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John Coltrane

My Favorite Things - 2022 Deluxe Edition

    Released in 1961, My Favorite Things made John Coltrane a star with box-office pulling power previously preserved for the likes of Dave Brubeck, Stan Getz, the MJQ, and Miles Davis. The dazzling quartet treatment of the Richard Rodgers hit song, features Coltrane on soprano saxophone for the first time on record, exercised a hypnotic effect on all sorts of music lovers and trend-spotters. The title track was a hit single, and the album became a major commercial success. In 1998, the album received the Grammy Hall of Fame award. It attained gold record status in 2018, having sold 500,000 copies. The mono version of this album, believed lost, was recently found, and is included in this deluxe package, as well as the stereo version, both mastered from the original tapes.

    The packaging includes liner notes by award-winning writer Ben Ratliff, as well as photos and Atlantic Records ephemera.


    TRACK LISTING

    Disc 1 (Mono)
    Side 1:
    1. My Favorite Things (13:41)
    2. Everytime We Say Goodbye (5:39)
    Side 2:
    1. Summertime (11:31)
    2. But Not For Me (9:34)

    Disc 2 (Stereo)
    Side 1:
    3. My Favorite Things (13:41)
    4. Everytime We Say Goodbye (5:39)
    Side 2:
    3. Summertime (11:31)
    4. But Not For Me (9:34)

    Father John Misty

    Chloë And The Next 20th Century

      Father John Misty returns with 'Chloë and The Next 20th Century', his fifth album and first new material since the release of God’s Favorite Customer in 2018.

      'Chloë and the Next 20th Century' was written and recorded August through December 2020 and features arrangements by Drew Erickson. The album sees Tillman and producer/multi-instrumentalist Jonathan Wilson resume their longtime collaboration, as well as Dave Cerminara, returning as engineer and mixer. Basic tracks were recorded at Wilson’s Five Star Studios with strings, brass and woodwinds recorded at United Recordings in a session featuring Dan Higgins and Wayne Bergeron, among others.


      STAFF COMMENTS

      Barry says: Father John Misty has always been one of the most distinctive voices working in the middle ground between modern indie and country music, and his latest is the perfect illustration as to why he's so revered in the field. Beautifully produced and gorgeously evocative throughout, this is classic Misty.

      TRACK LISTING

      1 Chloë
      2 Goodbye, Mr. Blue
      3 Kiss Me (I Loved You)
      4 (Everything But) Her Love
      5 Buddy's Rendevous
      6 Q4
      7 Olvidado (Otro Momento)
      8 Funny Girl
      9 Only A Fool
      10 We Could Be Strangers
      11 The Next 20th Century

      Teddy Pendergrass

      John Morales Presents Teddy Pendergrass - The Voice - Remixed With Philly Love

        BBE Music presents a brand new album celebrating one of Philadelphia soul music’s most iconic figures, Teddy Pendergrass, remixed by pioneering producer and engineer, John Morales. This exploration of 1970s Philly soul at its apex focuses on one of the era’s defining voices, Theodore DeReese Pendergrass. Born in Philadelphia in 1950, Pendergrass sang church music at age two, and was ordained a minister at ten years old. Having learned drums and played in local bands during his teens, at 20 he was hired as a drummer for the Blue Notes by group leader Harold Melvin. After being spotted singing along onstage, he was soon appointed lead singer, and the rest is history… The masterful, revealing remix work of John Morales affords these classic songs improved clarity, allowing each individual player more space to be heard and modernising the recordings without ever losing sight of the original spirit. The virtuoso quality of the songwriting, production, arrangements and performances shine forth anew, and so do some of the music’s subtler qualities and nuanced, sometimes conflicted, subtexts that might have been overlooked in the most conventional view of Pendergrass in his prime. Curated authoritatively, remixed with love and passion, John Morales’ collection revisits our relationship with Teddy’s and Gamble & Huff’s music as compellingly and immersively as when it was new. Teddy’s timeless force resides equally in his talent for portraying truthfully the joys and hurts, beliefs and doubts, blessings and challenges of our lives, and in the bravery of confronting them all with an honesty that is still utterly extraordinary.

        TRACK LISTING

        Disc: 1
        1. The More I Get, The More I Want (John Morales M + M Mix)
        2. Only You (John Morales M + M Mix)
        3. If You Know Like I Know (John Morales M + M Mix
        4. Now Is The Time To Do It (John Morales M + M Mix)
        5. The Love I Lost (John Morales M + M Mix)
        6. I Don't Love You Anymore (John Morales M + M Mix)
        7. Come Go With Me (John Morales M + M Mix)
        8. Bad Luck (John Morales M + M Mix)
        9. If You Don't Know Me By Now (John Morales M + M Mix)

        Disc: 2
        1. You Can't Hide From Yourself (John Morales M + M Mix)
        2. Where Are All My Friends (John Morales M + M Mix)
        3. Life Is A Song Worth Singing (John Morales M + M Mix)
        4. Satisfaction Guaranteed (Or Take Your Love Back) (John Morales M + M Mix)
        5. Do Me (John Morales M + M Mix)
        6. Somebody Told Me (John Morales M + M Mix)
        7. Is There A Place For Me (John Morales M + M Mix)
        8. Turn Off The Lights (John Morales M + M Mix)
        9. Don't Leave Me This Way (John Morales M + M Mix)

        Swami John Reis

        Ride The Wild Night

          Swami John Reis celebrates his 100th year in rock ’n’ roll with a brand new band and record! “Ride The Wild Night” is neither completely similar nor dissimilar to his previous bands (Hot Snakes, Night Marchers, The Sultans, Rocket From The Crypt, Drive Like Jehu, etc). Yet the sound is immediately familiar and assuring (like an old friend you lost touch with that comes back into your life only to ask to borrow money). The music is an amalgam of ’60s folk-punk, ’70s punk-punk and pre-Vietnam War rock ’n’ roll, filtered through the Reis’ unregistered, trademark sensibilities. “I wanted to celebrate some of my favorite rock n roll in its transitional periods. Flaming Groovies, Paul Revere and the Raiders, The Kinks, The Saints and others created some of the most exciting recordings while also connecting the musical past to its future. That really appeals to me”.

          Although titled a “solo” record it is predominantly in name only. The record is built on stentorian bedrock of savage drumming by J. Sinclair K. of Hot Snakes and the pounding acoustic piano of Joe Guevara. Also adding their expertise to the mix is Chris Prescott (Pinback) Gar Wood (Hot Snakes), Glen Galloway (Truman’s Water), Jacob Turnbloom (Mrs. Magician) and Jordan Clark (PLOSIVS).

          With this backing, Swami John Reis finalizes it with his throaty basso and weaponizes the files with roaring electric guitars, rapid acoustic guitar strum and bass.

          Hear his defiant, croak-howl in what might be his most autobiographical work yet. “All of these stories are real. They just might not be completely true.” Reis adds, ”The words come from what I overhear through my fence, what I see across the street, pictures I see in my head, experiences that I can’t forget or am grateful to remember.” If there is a loose theme throughout the record he offers, “Musically and lyrically there is a motivation to surrender to a restless and impulsive spirit that can only be satisfied by breaking things. Creating rubble for better or worse.“

          Music critics and fans alike have long referred to Reis’s signature voice as “The Velvet Yawn” and never has that description been more apt. “Ride The Wild Night” was recorded by Reis at City Of Refuge (Night Marchers, Black Lips, The Spits) and mixed by Ben Moore (Hot Snakes, Diamanda Galas) at Singing Serpent.

          TRACK LISTING

          1. Ride The Wild Night
          2. I Ain't Your Pawn
          3. Do You Still Wanna Make Out?
          4. When I Kicked Him In The Face
          5. Days Of Auld Lang Syne
          6. I Hate My Neighbors In The Yellow House
          7. Vape In The Dark Alone
          8. Rip From The Bone
          9. We Broke The News
          10. Keeper Of The Plains

          John Grant

          Marz - Music Box

            ‘Marz’ is the second song from John Grant’s debut solo album ‘Queen Of Denmark’ which was heralded as an “Instant Classic” by Mojo Magazine and went on to be selected as their choice for Best Album of 2010.

            Recorded in Texas in collaboration with members of Midlake and released on seminal UK label Bella Union, the BBC described it as "one of the most deeply satisfying debut albums of recent times" with The Guardian citing “songs of impossible love recalling Dennis Wilson's masterpiece, ‘Pacific Ocean Blue’."

            This Official Music Box Co version of this bittersweet classic is an evocative echo of the gold-dust in the original track. So why not go to where the green rivers flow and…

            John Coltrane

            Crescent - 2022 Reissue

              Crescent is widely regarded as one of John Coltrane's finest albums, featuring the talents of McCoy Tyner, Jimmy Garrison and Elvin Jones. During 1964, John Coltrane spent the least amount of time in the recording studio of his entire career as a leader. It wasn't until April 27th that he, along with Tyner, Garrison and Jones went to the familiar surroundings of Rudy Van Gelder's Englewood Cliffs studio to record all the tracks that appear on Crescent. In a hint of things to come for the Classic Quartet, both Garrison and Jones are featured on extended solos on the album’s second side. Verve’s Acoustic Sounds Series features transfers from the original analog tapes mastered by Ryan K. Smith at Sterling Sound and pressed on 180-gram vinyl at QPR. The series is supervised by Chad Kassem, CEO of Acoustic Sounds, and releases are presented in deluxe gatefold tip-on packaging.

              TRACK LISTING

              Crescent [8:40] (Side A)
              Wise One [9:01] (Side A)
              Bessie’s Blues [3:30] (Side A)
              Lonnie’s Lament [11:42] (Side B)
              The Drum Thing [7:20] (Side B)

              The Weather Prophets

              John Peel 01.12.86

                One of Creation boss Alan McGee’s favourite bands, the Weather Prophets were regulars at the BBC’s Maida Vale Studios, where they recorded this never-before-released four-song session for John Peel late in 1986 featuring early versions of singles Hollow Heart and She Comes From The Rain. Also included are sleeve notes from Pete Astor, free downloads of original BBC files and a set of postcards.

                TRACK LISTING

                Swimming Pool Blue
                Hollow Heart
                She Comes From The Rain
                Faithful

                John Coltrane

                'Live' At The Village Vanguard - 2022 Reissue

                  'Live' at the Village Vanguard (Impulse! AS-10), was Coltrane’s first official ‘live’ album. Coltrane is joined here on two tunes by Eric Dolphy on bass clarinet, plus McCoy Tyner on piano, Elvin Jones on drums, and Reggie Workman and Jimmy Garrison alternating on bass. Garrison’s presence on this album makes this the first recording by what came to be known as Coltrane’s ‘Classic Quartet’. Recorded live at the Village Vanguard, New York, November 2 & 3, 1961.

                  Verve’s Acoustic Sounds Series features transfers from the original analog tapes mastered by Ryan K. Smith at Sterling Sound and pressed on 180-gram vinyl at QPR. The series is supervised by Chad Kassem, CEO of Acoustic Sounds, and releases are presented in deluxe gatefold tip-on packaging.

                  TRACK LISTING

                  Spiritual [13:48] (Side A)
                  Softly As In A Morning Sunrise [6:33] (Side A)
                  Chasin’ The Trane [16:07] (Side B)

                  The script for A Pure Place had a dizzying effect on John Gürtler & Jan Miserre; their minds reeling with the possibilities.

                  From Persian sheep bells, Chinese sheng, prepared trombone, quarter-tone piano, a beaten-up cembalo, hand percussion, and a room full of synthesizers, embryonic compositions and experiments came to life early on in the project.

                  An electro-acoustic extravaganza, the soundtrack for A Pure Place takes a deep bow towards the many magnificent composers and scores from the late 60s and 70s where orchestral arrangements met with tape loops, psychedelia, and instruments from across the globe. Listening to that era of film music, anything seems possible. The minimalist tones of ‘Ritual Bells’ set the dial to weird in the opening sequence of the movie, whilst ‘The Island’ makes use of ambient vocals recorded through an oil drum, gently introducing one of the score’s main themes with a distant quarter-tone cembalo.

                  Acclaimed British artist Shackleton’s eerie original version of ‘Fust’s Song’ (also included) was a tonal keystone for the entire soundtrack. Gürtler and Miserre translated his psychedelic electronic blueprint, layering acoustic instruments and bottom-heavy percussion in their ‘Paradox Paradise’ production style. The vocals, written by Chryssos, and sung by the cast on set, capture the sonics of the actual crypt-like space where cult leader Fust addresses with his following.

                  ‘A Glimpse of the Other Side’ speaks of love and death in a 70s-indebted composition reflecting John and Jan’s shared love for melancholic and suspenseful chord progressions. Meanwhile, the sparkling synths of ‘Athens’ - the children discovering neon-lit civilisation after years confined on the island - transplant us to an entirely different era. Greek artist Maroulita del Kol features heavily throughout - her choir of vocals on ‘Erotica’ were recorded late at night in the studio foyer, capturing its unique tiled reflections and concrete reverb.

                  On ‘Purification’ Maroulita’s voice guides us alongside a Moog bass drone, building to an ecstatic climax, whilst she also features in the film’s disco-centric ending credits on ‘Gatoula Mou Mikri’.


                  TRACK LISTING

                  A1. Ritual Bells
                  A2 .The Island
                  A3. Fust’s Song
                  A4 Erotica
                  A5. Purification
                  A6. A Glimpse Of The Other Side
                  B1. Fust’s Song (Shackleton’s Orignal Version)
                  B2. Athens
                  B3. Small Doses
                  B4. Holy Soap
                  B5. Irinia Takes Over
                  B6. Gatoula Mou Mikri (feat. Maroulita Del Kol)

                  John Dwyer, Ryan Sawyer, Wilder Zoby & Andres Renteria

                  Gong Splat

                    • Latest in quickly selling-out series of John Dwyer (OSEES frontman) with friends lock down experimentations and improvisations.

                    • Featuring fantastic collage art by Dan Lean.

                    • Recorded at Stu-Stu-Studio by John Dwyer in the peak of dope smoke lock down.

                    What’s this? Today’s holiday gift? One final transmission from the core of the planet! Cresting slabs of concrete and powdered bone, rich soil—improvisation freak flag flitters atop a gutted highrise: Gong Splat. Featuring Ryan Sawyer on drums, Greg Coates on upright bass, Wilder Zoby on synth and mellotron, Andres Renteria on conga, bongos and hand percussion, and John Dwyer on guitar, synths, pan flute, cuíca, hand percussion, space drum and effects.

                    This one is spitting fat and neon night-light city drives, white in the corner of the pilot’s mouth. Furry, fuzzy and frenetic, motorik and full of blood-rich ticks…maggots unite! There’s a show tonight! Welcome back humans.

                    STAFF COMMENTS

                    Barry says: You always know you're in safe hands with Dwyer & co, and this one is a brilliantly heavy swerve into eastern-influenced psychedelia via garage percussion and brain-melting avant-synth swells. Elsewhere loungy keys meet jazzy tentative drum fills. Predictably brilliant, entirely mad.

                    TRACK LISTING

                    1. Gong Splat
                    2. Cultivated Graves
                    3. Toagut
                    4. Anther Dust
                    5. Yuggoth Travel Agency
                    6. Hypogeum
                    7. Oneironaut
                    8. Minor Protocides
                    9. Giedi Prime

                    John Coltrane

                    A Love Supreme: Live In Seattle

                      Impulse! dig up a never-before-heard live recording from a private collection featuring Coltrane’s Classic Quartet augmented by Pharoah Sanders amongst others. This is one of only three known concert performances of the most iconic suite in jazz.
                      Recorded in late 1965 on the culminating evening of a historic week-long run at The Penthouse in Seattle, A Love Supreme: Live In Seattle is a musical revelation of historic importance, capturing Coltrane as he began to expand his classic quartet—adding Pharoah Sanders on second saxophone and Donald Garrett on second bass—and catapulting him into the intense, spiritually focused final phase of his career.

                      TRACK LISTING

                      1. A Love Supreme Pt. I – Acknowledgement
                      2. Interlude 1
                      3. A Love Supreme Pt. II – Resolution
                      4. Interlude 2
                      5. A Love Supreme Pt. III – Pursuance
                      6. Interlude 3
                      7. Interlude 4
                      8. A Love Supreme Pt. IV – Psalm

                      In spring 2020, having been forced to postpone any live action due to lockdown, John set to work on the follow up to their Out Here On The Fringes album. It seems that the enforced confinement allowed them time to fine tune both their songwriting and sound and produce their best LP to date. The album opens with “Return To Capital” a brooding, slow-build instrumental that’s escalating nicely until it suddenly plummets head first into “Sibensko Powerhouse”, a ferocious collision of distorted guitars, pounding drums and snarled vocals, which kind of sets the tone for the rest of the album. Being a two piece, they operate with limited tools: drums, guitar and vocals, but that doesn’t in any way limit their sound. Seeing them live reminded me of seeing No Age play live for the first time and being blown away by how much noise two people could generate. And they’re creative with that limited palate too, this isn’t all a 100mph dash for the line, it’s a very nuanced sound, there’s plenty of texture. Idles have been an obvious reference point in recent reviews, but to me their sound is rooted in the US hardcore scene of the 80s: The kind of stuff that was being released by the likes of Touch And Go and Dischord Records. (There are definitely echoes of Mackaye / Picciotto in the dual vocals at times.) That’s not to say their sound is dated, far from it, they’re one of the most vital bands around at the moment.

                      STAFF COMMENTS

                      Laura says: Ooof! This is just awesome! Intense, dynamic guitar noise that has more in common with the likes of Jesus Lizard or any number of bands from the 80s DC scene than any more contemporary noisemakers. (The dual vocal on Šibensko Powerhouse in particular brings to mind Mackay / Picciotto.) That's not so say their sound is dated, far from it, this is the most vital noise around right now.

                      TRACK LISTING

                      1. Return To Capital
                      2. Šibensko Powerhouse
                      3. A Song For Those Who Speed In Built-Up Areas
                      4. Haneke'd
                      5. Austere Isle
                      6. Jargoncutter
                      7. Stadium Of No
                      8. Power Out For The Kingdom
                      9. Northwood Turret
                      10. Nonessential Hymn

                      John Carpenter, Cody Carpenter And Daniel Davies

                      Halloween Kills: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack

                      In 2018, David Gordon Green’s Halloween, starring icon Jamie Lee Curtis, slaughtered the box office, earning more than $250 million worldwide, becoming the highestgrossing chapter in the four-decade franchise and setting a new record for the biggest opening weekend in history for a horror film starring a woman. The film had the distinction of being the first film in the series with creator John Carpenter’s direct involvement since 1982’s Halloween III: Season of the Witch. Carpenter served as an executive producer, a creative consultant, and, thrillingly, as a soundtrack composer, alongside his collaborators from his recent solo albums, Cody Carpenter and Daniel Davies.

                      STAFF COMMENTS

                      Barry says: John Carpenter is obviously one of the most legendary figures in the soundtracking biz, and in the newest iteration with Cody &co, we get possibly his strongest late-career work to date. 'Halloween Kills' is a wonderfully evocative, perfectly pitched soundtrack from one of the true masters. Everything you'd expect.

                      TRACK LISTING

                      01.Logos Kill
                      02. Halloween Kills (Main Title
                      03. The Myer’s House
                      04. First Attack
                      05. Stand Off
                      06. Let It Burn
                      07. He Appears
                      08. From The Fire
                      09. Strodes At The Hospital
                      10. Cruel Intentions
                      11. Gather The Mob
                      12. Rampage
                      13. Frank And Laurie
                      14. Hallway Madness
                      15. It Needs To Die
                      16. Reflection
                      17. Unkillable
                      18. Payback
                      19. Michael’s Legend
                      20. Halloween Kills (End Titles) 

                      John Holt

                      Police In Helicopter

                        Classic set from the great John Holt based around his monster 1983 reggae hit title track. Produced by Henry ‘Junjo’ Lawes with the Roots Radics. Another of those Greensleeves classics that pretty much any home with a love of lamb's bread but own!

                        The cover shot sees John and a huge bag of collie weed with Babylon in hot pursuit via helicopter. Subject matter is lighthearted with a typically JA slant. John is one of reggae's most successful and respected artists and in 2004 he was honoured by the Jamaican government with the Order Of Distinction for his contribution to Jamaican culture!


                        TRACK LISTING

                        1. Police In Helicopter
                        2. Private Doctor
                        3. Last Train
                        4. Beach Party
                        5. Reality
                        6. Fat She Fat
                        7. Chanting
                        8. Sugar And Spice
                        9. Can't Use Me
                        10. I Got Caught

                        John Prine

                        Fair & Square

                          John Prine’s Grammy Award-winning album, Fair & Square, is available on vinyl for the first time in over sixteen years. There are three special double LPs: standard black, opaque green and a limited amount of “Irish Edition”—green and orange vinyl with a matte jacket featuring embossed lettering.
                          Originally released in 2005, Fair & Square won Best Contemporary Folk Album at the 48th Grammy Awards and achieved the fastest rise to number one in the history of Americana radio. The record marked Prine’s first album in nine years, following 1995’s Lost Dogs and Mixed Blessings. Rolling Stone declared Fair & Square “an excellent set of songs full of rootsy warmth and unpretentious wit,” while The Washington Post praised its relatability: “this low-key masterpiece arrives not just as a reminder of Prine’s cleverness and mischievous wit but also as a confirmation of his deeply human values. These are values rooted in the enduring mystery and majesty of everyday, ordinary lives.”

                          Prine is a four-time Grammy winner and Lifetime Achievement Award honoree, a seven-time Americana Music Award-winner, a PEN New England Lyrics Award recipient and member of both the Songwriters Hall of Fame and the Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame. Since his debut in 1971, Prine released over 18 albums and has had his songs recorded by Johnny Cash, Carly Simon, Bette Midler, Bonnie Raitt, Norah Jones, George Strait, Miranda Lambert, Zac Brown Band and many others, while drawing effusive praise from Bob Dylan, Kris Kristofferson, Bonnie Raitt, Roger Waters, Tom Petty, Bruce Springsteen and more.


                          TRACK LISTING

                          Disc: 1

                          1. Some Humans Ain't Human
                          2. Glory Of True Love
                          3. My Darlin' Hometown
                          4. Crazy As A Loon
                          5. Morning Train
                          6. Long Monday
                          7. The Moon Is Down
                          8. Taking A Walk

                          Disc: 2

                          1. Safety Joe
                          2. Clay Pigeons
                          3. She Is My Everything
                          4. Carousel Of Love
                          5. That's Alright By Me
                          6. I Hate It When That Happens To Me
                          7. That's How Every Empire Falls
                          8. Bear Creek Blues
                          9. Other Side Of Town
                          10. Dual Custody

                          John Cooper Clarke

                          I Wanna Be Yours

                            This is a memoir as wry, funny, moving and vivid as its inimitable subject himself. This book will be a joy for both lifelong fans and for a whole new generation. John Cooper Clarke is a phenomenon: Poet Laureate of Punk, rock star, fashion icon, TV and radio presenter, social and cultural commentator.

                            At 5 feet 11 inches (32in chest, 27in waist), in trademark dark suit, dark glasses, with dark messed-up hair and a mouth full of gold teeth, he is instantly recognizable. As a writer his voice is equally unmistakable and his own brand of slightly sick humour is never far from the surface. I Wanna Be Yours covers an extraordinary life, filled with remarkable personalities: from Nico to Chuck Berry, from Bernard Manning to Linton Kwesi Johnson, Elvis Costello to Gregory Corso, Gil Scott Heron, Mark E. Smith and Joe Strummer, and on to more recent fans and collaborators Alex Turner, Plan B and Guy Garvey.

                            Interspersed with stories of his rock and roll and performing career, John also reveals his boggling encyclopaedic take on popular culture over the centuries: from Baudelaire and Edgar Allan Poe to Pop Art, pop music, the movies, fashion, football and showbusiness - and much, much more, plus a few laughs along the way.

                            STAFF COMMENTS

                            Javi says: Yes! THE poet of punk finally gives us a peek into his brilliant and back-combed head - and it's every bit as entertaining as you'd expect

                            Visionary artist John Glacier combines punk and grime informed poetry with futuristic, glacial electronics and warped, poppy hooks. It's a singular and unique sound which although the sole owner of its author, would find company and sympathy with acts such as GFOTY, Hype Williams and AJ Cook as much as it could be found next to a Lil Simz, DISCHI or Tyler The Creator track on a mixtape. Her slack but inspired rhyming shuns old tradition, hanging loose with benzo-rap, Princess Nokia and Blackhaine like they're all just friends on the school bus.

                            Produced with fellow London-born, LA-based producer Vegyn, it treads the radioactive, post-hip-hop badlands where genres, identity and culture blur and interact.

                            John has confessed that the album's content is incredibly personal and poignant, opening up her heart and soul to the listener whilst keeping up a streetwise, asphalt-hardened front, the product of a world and society in which weaknesses can be exploited by the greedy and malevolent.

                            It's striking, instantly arresting and rather quite special. An intimate and seductive journey that you'll want to play from start to finish every time. 


                            TRACK LISTING

                            1. If Anything
                            2. Icing
                            3. Cryptomnesia
                            4. Trelawny Waters
                            5. Timing
                            6. Senseless
                            7. Boozy
                            8. Platoon
                            9. Green Elephants Freestyle
                            10. Some Other Thing
                            11. On Formulation
                            12. No More Left Like It’s Death

                            John Coltrane

                            Another Side Of John Coltrane

                              This collection showcases some of Coltrane's best recordings as a side artist and features collaborations with such jazz greats as Miles Davis, Thelonious Monk, Sonny Rollins, Tadd Dameron, and Art Taylor. Primarily focusing on Coltrane's recordings as side man from 1956 and 1957 on the Prestige, Riverside, and Jazzland labels, it also includes a guest appearance (and legendary tenor saxophone solo) with Miles Davis on the track "Someday My Prince Will Come" (from the 1961 Miles Davis Columbia album of the same title).

                              The 2-LP vinyl edition contains two extra tracks that are not available on the CD and digital editions: Nutty (Originally released on the album Thelonious Monk with John Coltrane (Jazzland JLP 46) and Birks' Works (Originally released on the Red Garland Quintet album Soul Junction featuring John Coltrane and Donald Byrd). The liner notes were written by Doug Ramsey, winner of the Jazz Journalists Association’s Lifetime Achievement Award. Ramsey is the author of the award-winning biography Take Five, The Public and Private Lives of Paul Desmond. His other awards include two ASCAP Deems Taylors.

                              TRACK LISTING

                              Side A
                              1. SONNY ROLLINS QUARTET: Tenor Madness (12:08)
                              2. MILES DAVIS AND THE MODERN JAZZ GIANTS: 'Round Midnight (5:22)
                              3. THE MILES DAVIS QUINTET: Oleo (6:17)
                              Side B
                              1. THE MILES DAVIS QUINTET: Airegin (4:21)
                              2. TADD DAMERON WITH JOHN COLTRANE: Soultrane (5:22)
                              3. ART TAYLOR: C.T.A. (4:39)
                              4. THELONIOUS MONK: Monk's Mood (7:48)
                              Side C
                              1. THELONIOUS MONK WITH JOHN COLTRANE: Epistrophy (Alternate Take) (3:07)
                              2. THELONIOUS MONK WITH JOHN COLTRANE: Trinkle, Tinkle (6:39)
                              3. *THELONIOUS MONK WITH JOHN COLTRANE: Nutty* (6:36)
                              4. *RED GARLAND QUINTET FEATURING JOHN COLTRANE AND DONALD BYRD: Birks' Works* (7:32)
                              Side D
                              1. THE RED GARLAND QUINTET WITH JOHN COLTRANE: Billie's Bounce (9:21)
                              2. MILES DAVIS: Someday My Prince Will Come (9:02) 

                              * Vinyl Bonus Tracks.

                              John

                              Out Here On The Fringes - Signed Edition

                                The second pressing of JOHN's second album 'Out Here On the Fringes' . Record includes lyric sheet insert with artwork by John Newton of the band.

                                This duo make superb adrenalin fuelled, intelligent guitar noise.

                                If you're a fan of Metz, Protomartyr, Idles, Fucked Up, then you should check this out. 

                                TRACK LISTING

                                1. Future Thinker 03:04
                                2. Standard Hauntings 02:26
                                3. Out Here On The Fringes 03:51
                                4. Western Wilds 02:21
                                5. High Digger 02:48
                                6. Dog Walker 01:59
                                7. Laszlo 04:16
                                8. Midnight Supermarket 02:24
                                9. Solid State 02:48

                                John Murry

                                The Stars Are God's Bullet Holes

                                  John Murry’s third album is starlit and wondrous, like being wrapped in the softest black velvet. It’s an album of startling imagery and insinuating melodies, of cold moonlight and searing heat. It’s a record that penetrates to the very heart of you, searing with its burning honesty, its unsparing intimacy and its twisted beauty.

                                  ‘The Stars Are God’s Bullet Holes’ is not an album for an ordinary world, because it’s not an ordinary album. It’s an album to dive deep into and submerge yourself in, and to emerge from aware that this world is a remarkable place, and that John Murry is a remarkable artist.

                                  STAFF COMMENTS

                                  Barry says: There's a palpable sense of rock and roll groove on this one from Murry, with the fuzzy bass and power-chord riffs being wonderfully offset with surprisingly light vocal accompaniments from the backing singers. Dynamically intricate but surprisingly simple audio constructions perfectly displaying Murry's unmatched songcraft.

                                  TRACK LISTING

                                  1. Oscar Wilde (Came Here To Make Fun Of You)
                                  2. Perfume & Decay
                                  3. The Stars Are God's Bullet Holes
                                  4. Di Kreutser Sonata
                                  5. I Refuse To Believe (You Could Love Me)
                                  6. Ones + Zeros
                                  7. Time & A Rifle
                                  8. Ordinary World
                                  9. 1(1)1
                                  10. Yer Little Black Book

                                  PJ Harvey & John Parish

                                  A Woman A Man Walked By - Reissue

                                    Reissue on vinyl of the second collaboration album between PJ Harvey and John Parish – A Woman A Man Walked By.

                                    Produced by Parish and Harvey, and originally released in March 2009, A Woman A Man Walked By features the single ‘Black Hearted Love’. Reissue is faithful to the original recording with vinyl cutting by Jason Mitchell at Loud Mastering, overseen by John Parish.

                                    TRACK LISTING

                                    Side A
                                    Black Hearted Love
                                    Sixteen, Fifteen, Fourteen
                                    Leaving California
                                    The Chair
                                    April

                                    Side B
                                    A Woman A Man Walked By / The Crow Knows Where All The Little Children Go
                                    The Soldier
                                    Pig Will Not
                                    Passionless, Pointless
                                    Cracks In The Canvas

                                    John Lee Hooker

                                    I'm A Boogie Man - The Best Of

                                      Fantastic double CD and double LP of the best from the American blues singer. 

                                      TRACK LISTING

                                      2LP
                                      A1. Boom Boom
                                      A2. Boogie Chillun
                                      A3. Crawling King Snake
                                      A4. I Love You Baby
                                      A5. Hobo Blues
                                      A6. Little Wheel
                                      A7. Drive Me Away
                                      A8. I'm Gonna Kill That Woman
                                      B1. I'm A Boogie Man
                                      B2. I Need Some Money
                                      B3. Bundle Up And Go
                                      B4. Mad Man Blues
                                      B5. You Can Lead Me Baby
                                      B6. Worried Life Blues
                                      B7. Will The Circle Be Unbroken
                                      B8. No More Doggin'
                                      C1. Dimples
                                      C2. Please Don't Go
                                      C3. I Love You Honey
                                      C4. I Don't Want Your Money
                                      C5. High Priced Woman
                                      C6. Just Me And My Telephone
                                      C7. I'm Goin' Upstairs
                                      C8. Walkin' The Boogie
                                      D1. I'm In The Mood
                                      D2. Shake, Holler And Run
                                      D3. Leave My Wife Alone
                                      D4. Blues Before Sunrise
                                      D5. I'm Ready
                                      D6. Wandering Blues
                                      D7. Sally Mae
                                      D8. Boogie Rambler

                                      John Grant

                                      Boy From Michigan

                                        Produced by longtime friend Cate Le Bon, ‘Boy from Michigan’ is Grant’s most autobiographical and melodic work to date. Grant stopped being a boy in Michigan aged twelve, when his family moved to Denver, Colorado, shifting rust to bible belt, a further vantage point to watch collective dreams unravel. Across 12 tracks, Grant lays out his past for careful cross-examination. In a decade of making records by himself, he has playfully experimented with mood, texture and sound, all the better for actualizing the seriousness of his thoughts. At one end of his musical rainbow, he is the battle-scarred piano-man, at the other, a robust electronic auteur. ‘Boy from Michigan’ seamlessly marries both.

                                        With Le Bon at the helm, Grant pared back his zingers, maximizing the emotional impact of the melodies. A clarinet forms the bedrock of a song. One pre-chorus feels lifted from vintage Human League. There is a saxophone solo. ‘Boy from Michigan’ ultimately swings between ambient and progressive, calm and livid. The album’s narrative journey opens with Grant at his artistic prettiest, three songs drawn from his pre-Denver life (the Michigan Trilogy, as Grant calls them): the title track, “The Rusty Bull,” and “County Fair.” Each draws the listener in to a specific sense of place, before untangling its significance with a rich cast-list of local characters, often symbolizing the uncultivated faith of childhood.

                                        Elsewhere, tracks like “Mike and Julie” and “The Cruise Room” offer an affecting plunge deep into Grant’s late teenage years in Denver, while the midpoint of the album is highlighted by “Best in Me” and “Rhetorical Figure,” a pair of skittish, scholarly dance tunes that build on the lineage of Grant’s electropop heroes, Devo. Childhood as a horror narrative is the theme of “Dandy Star,” which observes a tiny Grant watching the Mia Farrow horror movie ‘See No Evil’ on an old family TV set, and finally on “The Only Baby” (released this January) Grant removes his razor blade from a pocket to cleanly slit the throat of Trump’s America, authoring a scathing epitaph to an era of acute national exposition.

                                        Though he has lived in Iceland since 2011 – the same year he was also diagnosed HIV-positive – Grant spent his childhood and formative years in the US and maintains US citizenship. Growing up, Grant was subjected to a deeply ingrained hatred of anyone perceived as homosexual at school. Following the demise of his first band The Czars, Grant left music entirely for over five years, only to achieve greater success as a solo artist (his acclaimed 2015 solo LP ‘Grey Tickles, Black Pressure’ went Top Five in the UK). Grant has sold out Royal Albert Hall, performed at Glastonbury, Latitude + more, and his song “Snug Snacks” was featured on Pitchfork's 'Songs That Define LGBTQ Pride'. BBC Radio 6 host Mary Anne Hobbs described Grant’s music: "Most songwriting, even if it's based on a true story ... is embellished in some way. But John's lyrics — they're so true they might as well be written in blood."

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                                        STAFF COMMENTS

                                        Barry says: Absolutely classic modern day John Grant this, filled with the wry self-deprecation and endlessly witty lyricism of Queen Of Denmark / Pale Green Ghosts era but swimming with the shimmering disco synths and snapping electronic groove of the more recent LP's. It's a PERFECT mix and is quite possibly his strongest outing to date. Another outstanding LP from this Piccadilly favourite.

                                        TRACK LISTING

                                        1. Boy From Michigan
                                        2. County Fair
                                        3. The Rusty Bull
                                        4. The Cruise Room
                                        5. Mike And Julie
                                        6. Best In Me
                                        7. Rhetorical Figure
                                        8. Just So You Know
                                        9. Dandy Star
                                        10. Your Portfolio
                                        11. The Only Baby
                                        12. Billy

                                        John Carroll Kirby

                                        Septet

                                          John Carroll Kirby returns with ‘Septet’, a live instrumental album.

                                          ‘Septet’ sees the widely acclaimed keyboardist and composer lead a band to perform a new suite of works.

                                          Second album for Stones Throw following ‘My Garden’, released in April 2020.

                                          From the acclaimed musician John Carroll Kirby, a new electronic jazz album à la Herbie Hancock’s ‘Head Hunters’.

                                          All tracks written and arranged by Kirby and performed by him and six additional musicians.

                                          Three bonus dubs.

                                          John Carroll Kirby has collaborated with artists including Solange, Frank Ocean, Harry Styles, Eddie Chacon and Sebastien Tellier.

                                          For fans of Herbie Hancock, Floating Points, Four Tet, Sons of Kemet, The Comet Is Coming, Shabaka Hutchings.

                                          TRACK LISTING

                                          Rainmaker
                                          P64 By My Side
                                          Sensing Not Seeing
                                          Swallow Tail
                                          Weep
                                          Jubilee Horns
                                          The Quest Of Chico
                                          Hamilton
                                          Nucleo (Boy From The Prebiotic Birth)
                                          Sensing Dub
                                          Jubilee Dub
                                          Nucleo Dub

                                          John Robb Feat. Iman Kakai-Lazell

                                          John Robb: Confessions Vol. 1

                                            Ladies & gentleman, introducing Mr. John David Robb... John Robb, is an English music journalist and singer. Robb writes for and runs the Louder Than War website and a monthly music magazine of the same name. He has written several books on music and occasionally makes media appearances as a music commentator. He is also the vocalist in the punk rock band Goldblade and bassist and vocalist in post punk band The Membranes.

                                            Robb has worked as a journalist for many years. He wrote for ZigZag in the 1980s, and was a regular freelance contributor to Sounds in the late 1980s, as well as writing for Melody Maker. He now writes for The Sunday Times, The Observer, The Guardian, The Independent.

                                            While working for Sounds, Robb was the first journalist to interview Nirvana (in 1988), and also later coined the word ‘Britpop'.

                                            "To live in the 21st century is an art from. To have your life turned into a visual feast is the aim of any artist. To have my life reimagined by Iman Kakai-Lazell has been a thrilling trip into sound and vision and this book is a dayglo adventure into the high decibel. As Lord Byron once said ‘ The great art of life is sensation, to feel that we exist, even in pain.’" - John Robb

                                            This is the 2nd in a series of custom made books by artist Iman Kakai-Lazell, featuring icons of 'The Arts & Entertainment' in a way never before seen. In conjunction with each artist, each book will feature never before seen photos, manipulated & reinterpreted with original lyrics & confessions. Each series will be extremely limited and will never be repressed.


                                            David John Morris

                                            Monastic Love Songs

                                              Debut solo album by the Red River Dialect songwriter. Recorded at the Hotel2Tango, Montreal, by Howard Bilerman. Featuring Thor Harris (Swans, Thor & Friends, Shearwater) on drums and Thierry Amar (GYBE!, ASMZ) on bass, with guest appearances from Tom Relleen (RIP) (Tomaga, Melos Kalpa), Catrin Vincent (Another Sky) and Coral Rose (The Silver Field, Red River Dialect).

                                              David has written five critically acclaimed collections of songs under the Red River Dialect name. The last two albums (released by Paradise of Bachelors) achieved a glowing Pitchfork review and a Folk Album of the Month award from the Guardian. Selected press below.

                                              “Folk Album of the Month. Alert, anti-colonialist folk. Songwriter David Morris brings alternate seduction and disquiet on this worldly album steeped in the British landscape... a wide-eyed, curious creature, willingly alert to the world.” – 4/5 The Guardian.

                                              “Animated with a new intensity, the Cornwall band’s fifth album may be its most ingenious and immersive mix of folk and rock yet. It’s also Morris’ most compelling set of songs. He invests small sensations with outsize power, finding joy in sensory pleasures as well as in the mystical inquests that music allows. Even as the record is steeped in the long history of British folk music, that balance of the tactile and the spiritual anchors these songs in the present moment.” – Pitchfork.

                                              “The most underrated folk-rock band in Britain. The idea of them as a Cornish-born, Buddhist-inclined Waterboys is more potent than ever. Their fifth album of elementally-battered, rueful and rousing folk-rock ... is as stirringly anthemic as they've managed thus far.” – MOJO.

                                              “A beguilingly atmospheric record… imagine Steve Gunn transplanted to Kernow.” – Clash.

                                              “Gorgeous and moving, anchored by the heft of the physical but reaching for more. The epic spareness, the way it manages to be both still and an enveloping swirl, reminds me most of Talk Talk. There’s a prayerful intensity to the quiet bits, a listening, wondering awe, that makes the rock payoffs more powerful. The album works as a restless, searching, gorgeous whole. Morris and his band have never been better.” – Dusted
                                              “It’s not often that a band comes along and over the course of nine songs both plays to the tradition and stands it on its ear. RRD has taken the challenge of playing with reckless abandon to heart, generating an album that stands on the shoulder of giants showing no fear.” Folk Radio

                                              Monastic Love Songs continues the tradition that David has established over the course of five albums with Red River Dialect: using a song cycle to articulate a relationship with inner and outer landscapes, inspired by the Taoist approach of observing the movement of the heavens in order to understand the cosmos within, and vice versa. The joyful closing track Inner Smile was initially written as a poem of thanks to his Tai Chi teacher Hollis and takes its name from a Taoist practice.

                                              The songs were written during the final weeks of a nine-month retreat at Gampo Abbey, a Buddhist monastery in Nova Scotia where David took ordination as Buddhist monk. The album title is sincere, with a little tongue-in-cheek. The songs mostly explore human relationships within the community, with outliers: Gone Beyond shimmers with cosmic devotion, in Rhododendron a reverie grows from the shadow of a flower. Steadfast concerns the love to be found beyond the urge to like and be liked, when you can’t avoid that difficult person. Leonard Cohen, on his six years living in a monastery:
                                              “You know, there’s a Zen saying: ‘Like pebbles in a bag, the monks polish one another.’

                                              David considers this album to be a follow up to 2015’s Tender Gold and Gentle Blue. The cover of that lp featured an image of him on top of Skellig Michael, in the years before the island was made famous as the home of the Jedi. He considers the visit to that abandoned Celtic monastic site to be one of the influences that stirred up his motivation. Skeleton Key speaks of what was given up to go, and what he was giving up to leave, referencing the Tibetan concept of the ‘bardo of becoming’.

                                              The album came about through a series of fortunate encounters. David’s friend Tom Relleen visited him at the Abbey in May 2019, mentioning a postponed plan to visit the Hotel2Tango. A spark was sown: this studio had long figured in David’s imagination. Many of the releases on Constellation Records, which he had become a die-hard fan of in his teens, were recorded there. Tom contributed some Buchla synthesizer to the opener New Safe, which concerns healing in emptiness and light.

                                              In May David was given permission by the senior monastics to acquire a guitar, which was swiftly baptised as “Malibu Barbie”. Having let the identity of being a songwriter loosen up, not playing an instrument in six months, he was unsure what would happen. In the single hour he was permitted to practice each day, songs began to cascade. The first, Purple Gold, concerns a reacquaintance with first love. David wrote to the Hotel2Tango asking if they had any days available in mid-July?

                                              Engineer and studio co-owner Howard Bilerman replied that they did, and a date was set. Did Howard know any local drummers or bass players who might do a session? He did, too many to choose from, what kind of style? David decided to ask for his ideal: did Thierry from Godspeed ever do sessions? Howard sent him the demos. Thierry was up for it. On the day he went deep into the cover of traditional song Rosemary Lane, his double bass singing on this and on Circus Wagon.

                                              David asked if there were any local drummers he would recommend? Thierry said “many, what style?” David tried his luck again, “two of my favourite drummers are Thor Harris and Jim White.” Thierry said let’s invite them. Thor, having met David a decade earlier, flew from Austin to Montreal for that July day in the studio. Nine months of watching thoughts come and go in meditation helped David recognise this as an opportunity to practice enjoying the day without expectations.

                                              He is, however, grateful that this album came out the way it did, channelling some of what it was like to live those nine months in a monastery overlooking the Gulf of St Lawrence, frozen and flowing.

                                              Mixed by Jimmy Robertson at SNAFU, London, mastered by DenisBlackham.


                                              TRACK LISTING

                                              1 New Safe
                                              2 Purple Gold
                                              3 Rhododendron
                                              4 Circus Wagon
                                              5 Earth And Air
                                              6 Rosemary Lane (trad.)
                                              7 Skeleton Key
                                              8 Steadfast
                                              9 Gone Beyond
                                              10 Inner Smile

                                              John Lennon

                                              Plastic Ono Band (The Ultimate Mixes)

                                                Plastic Ono Band was the debut solo album by John Lennon. Released on December 11th 1970, John and Yoko had started writing and demoing at Abbey Road (EMI Studios) in the summer, with recording sessions during September/October

                                                After the break-up of The Beatles that year, John and Yoko embarked on a period of self-reflection and experimentation, with the results that the songs and sessions for Plastic Ono Band were heavily influenced by his immersion in Arthur Janov’s primal therapy. John was able to find emotional depth and honesty within himself that few artists had ever done before, with John saying to Rolling Stone “now I write all about me and that’s why I like it. It’s me.” . The result is perhaps the most honest and emotionally raw album that anyone has ever released, let alone someone who was one of the four most famous musicians on the planet. With a small core band comprised of just Ringo Starr on drums and old friend Klaus Voorman on bass, co-produced by Phil Spector, the album peaked at 8 in the UK charts and 6 in the USA. It has come to be regarded by many as John’s finest solo work and has continued to grow in stature and reverence and has often featured in various Best Of lists through the years since. 

                                                Released on the same day was Yoko Ono’s Plastic Ono Band album, the couple regarding the release as a pair of albums rather than two entirely separate projects, albeit of course it not achieving the same sort of coverage or chart success as John’s.

                                                Coming as this does hot on the heels of last year’s much loved and well-reviewed “Gimme Some Truth” set and “Imagine” before that, the audio has been completely remixed from the original studio tapes as part of the ongoing John Lennon Ultimate Mix series. The aim for this mix process is to achieve three things: to remain faithful and respectful to the original recordings; to ensure that the sound is sonically clearer overall and to increase the clarity of John’s vocals. As Yoko says, “it’s about John” and this new mix shows that it is his voice that brings the biggest emotional impact of the album.


                                                TRACK LISTING

                                                2LP
                                                Side A: The Ultimate Mixes Album And Singles
                                                Mother
                                                Hold On
                                                I Found Out
                                                Working Class Hero
                                                Isolation

                                                Side B: The Ultimate Mixes Album And Singles
                                                Remember
                                                Love
                                                Well Well Well
                                                Look At Me
                                                God
                                                My Mummy’s Dead

                                                Side C: The Ultimate Mixes/Out-takes Album And Singles
                                                Mother / Take 61
                                                Hold On / Take 2
                                                I Found Out / Take 1
                                                Working Class Hero / Take 1
                                                Isolation / Take 23

                                                Side D: The Ultimate Mixes/Out-takes Album And Singles
                                                Remember / Rehearsal 1
                                                Love / Take 8
                                                Well Well Well / Take 2
                                                Look At Me / Take 2
                                                God / Take 27
                                                My Mummy’s Dead / Take 2

                                                John Coltrane

                                                Ballads

                                                  “With Ballads Coltrane looks into the warmer side of things, a path he would take with both Johnny Hartman and with Duke Ellington. Here he lays out for McCoy Tyner mostly, and the results positively shimmer at times. He’s not aggressive. Instead, he’s introspective and at times even predictable, but that is precisely Ballads’ draw.” - Sam Samuelson, AllMusic

                                                  TRACK LISTING

                                                  Say It (Over And Over Again)
                                                  You Don’t Know What Love Is
                                                  Too Young To Go Steady
                                                  All Or Nothing At All
                                                  I Wish I Knew
                                                  What’s New?
                                                  It’s Easy To Remember Nancy (With The Laughing Face)
                                                  Greensleeves

                                                  John Dwyer, Ted Byrnesm Greg Coatesm Tom Dolas, Brad Caulkins

                                                  Endless Garbage

                                                    “Walk the dog. Exercise. Make art.’The mind is happy when the body is.’ Things I can potentially fill my days with if I am stuck at home for months on end…Then, one day, I hear a frenetic, free drummer playing in his garage a few blocks from me. And I think ‘interesting’. I stand outside his garage staring at the wall, like a fool, for a minute, then decide to leave a note on the car parked there. This is how I ended up meeting and working with Ted Byrnes. He wasn’t creeped out, and he ended up sending me a pile of truly spontaneous drums recordings from the carport to work with. I decided to have every musician come in one at at time and just take a wild pass at their track over the drums. None of these people had ever met or played together. I was the connecting thread. I scratched the surface initially with electric bass, saxophone, guitars, cuica, synthesizers, flute and effects, but soon realized I would need heavy hitters to make this place habitable. “Greg Coates, upright bass expressionist extraordinaire, hacked through the dense weeds, vines and frayed cabling. He lays the map out and makes breathing room. Space to swing a cat. Tom Dolas (keys), my often foil, came in and began tip-toeing through the rubble and refuse. Dotting the layout with flecks of light, flights of fancy and potential tangential trajectories. Then the finisher, Brad Caulkins on horns. As always, Brad came in like grace itself, scanned the floor for food, and huffed and puffed and blew the house down. He takes a bruiser situation and lends it some warmth and hospitality, old school. “After I spent a bit of time mixing and editing this down to a palatable offering I couldn’t help but think about human consumption. ...Endless Garbage seemed a fitting title. A cacophonous and glorious sketch of ourselves. For fans of Albert Ayler, ECM records, Gong, improvisation, sustainability and consumption” - John Dwyer.

                                                    TRACK LISTING

                                                    1. Vertical Infinity
                                                    2. No Flutter
                                                    3. Goose
                                                    4. Four
                                                    5. Lucky You
                                                    6. Pro-Death
                                                    7. A Grotesque Display
                                                    8. No Goodbyes

                                                    Father John Misty

                                                    Fear Fun - Reissue

                                                      Father John Misty is the nom-de-plume of Josh Tillman, who has been recording and releasing solo albums under his own name since 2003 and who recently left Seattle’s Fleet Foxes after playing drums with them from 2008-2011.

                                                      When discussing Father John Misty, Tillman paraphrases Philip Roth: “‘It’s all of me and none of me, if you can’t see that, you won’t get it.’”

                                                      ‘Fear Fun’, Father John Misty’s album from 2012 and now available again through Sub Pop, began gestating during what Tillman describes as an “immobilizing period of depression” in his former Seattle home, when he had lost interest in songwriting and wound up finding his voice by writing a novel. After breaking from Seattle and settling in a spider-infested Laurel Canyon treehouse, Tillman spent months demoing songs, eventually liberating himself from his creative impasse. With the help of LA producer/songwriter/pal Jonathan Wilson, a wealth of talented musicians kicking around LA and producer Phil Ek (who everyone knows has worked with Built to Spill, Modest Mouse, Band of Horses, Fleet Foxes), ‘Fear Fun’ blossomed into a fully-formed expression of Tillman’s unrestrained vision.

                                                      ‘Fear Fun’ consists of such disparate elements as Waylon Jennings, Harry Nilsson, Arthur Russell, All Things Must Pass and Physical Graffiti, often within the same song. Tillman’s voice has never been better and often sounds like Roy Orbison at his most joyous, while the music maintains a dark, mysterious yet playful, almost Dionysian quality.

                                                      Lyrically, his absurdist fever dreams of pain and pleasure elicit, in equal measures, the blunt descriptive power of Bukowski or Brautigan, the hedonist-philosophy of Oscar Wilde and the dried-out wit of Loudon Wainwright III.

                                                      TRACK LISTING

                                                      Funtimes In Babylon
                                                      Nancy From Now On
                                                      Hollywood Forever Cemetery Sings
                                                      I’m Writing A Novel
                                                      O I Long To Feel Your Arms Around Me
                                                      Misty’s Nightmares 1 & 2
                                                      Only Son Of The Ladiesman
                                                      This Is Sally Hatchet
                                                      Well, You Can Do It Without Me
                                                      Now I’m Learning To Love The War
                                                      Tee Pees 1-12
                                                      Everyman Needs A Companion

                                                      John Dwyer, Nick Murray, Brad Caulkins, Tom Dolas & Greg Coates

                                                      Witch Egg

                                                        Transmission incoming…

                                                        Alien sound waves have been bouncing off the side of our ship.

                                                        We’ve managed to capture some of them on plastic.

                                                        They seem to appear suddenly out of the vacuum.

                                                        Projected by planets

                                                        Beamed through stars

                                                        Reflected off debris

                                                        Hanging in space like dust motes


                                                        Witch egg is a improvised set of songs by John Dwyer, Nick Murray, Brad Caulkins, Greg Coates & Tom Dolas.

                                                        Another fired expedition out in the wilds.

                                                        Recorded and mixed at Stu-Stu-Studio by John Dwyer

                                                        This one is a burner designed optimally for your eco-pod sound system.

                                                        When you’ve left the world behind, you will need a soundtrack while you lay in dream stasis

                                                        This is it

                                                        JPD

                                                        John Carroll Kirby

                                                        Conflict

                                                          ‘Conflict’ is an album on inviting peace in from pianist, producer and composer John Carroll Kirby.

                                                          Intended as a balm for this time of crisis, ‘Conflict’ aims to provide a welcome opportunity to step away from the breakneck pace and profound anxiety of the news cycle and take a moment instead to listen and reflect.

                                                          John Carroll Kirby follows up his Stones Throw debut ‘My Garden’ with this soothing collection of ambient pieces for piano.

                                                          For fans of Nils Frahm, Max Richter, Ólafur Arnalds, Brambles, Jóhann Jóhannsson, William Basinski, Peter Broderick, Rafael Anton Irisarri.

                                                          TRACK LISTING

                                                          A Pilgrims Trail
                                                          Anthony Joshua In My House (Anthony Joshua At Home)
                                                          Walking Through A House Where A Family Has Lived
                                                          Iconic Portraits Mutilated During The Spanish Civil War
                                                          Who Will Replace Brandon Lee
                                                          Canyon (Waiting Alive In A Canyon)
                                                          Inside A Ruin
                                                          Wabi

                                                          Teena Marie

                                                          John Morales Presents Teena Marie - Love Songs & Funky Beats - Remixed With Loving Devotion

                                                            Producer extraordinaire John Morales returns to BBE Music, celebrating the life and work of R&B / soul legend Teena Marie with a double album full of brand new remixes, lovingly crafted from the original studio tapes, entitled ‘Love Songs & Funky Beats’. “Teena is somewhat underrated, and people don't really know much about her.” Says Morales. “I set out to immerse people in her music and represent what she really did. That meant for me a dive into more than her R&B hits, to dig into her ballads and dance cuts. People know she was talented. I don't really think they really knew the depth of her abilities, her complete confidence to take it upon herself to do everything – singing, producing, arranging, songwriting. Teena Marie was the total package.” John Morales had the pleasure of mixing many of Teena Marie’s original records over the years, so it felt natural to dig into the archives and select his favourite cuts to rework, extend and subtly update in his own distinctive style. While by no means a definitive collection of Lady Tee’s expansive musical catalogue, ‘Love Songs & Funky Beats’ represents a fitting tribute to a multifaceted and important voice in popular music, by one of the most storied mix engineers and remixers of our age. Jumping into the music industry deep end in 1979 with a three-year mentorship from Berry Gordy & Rick James at Motown, Teena Marie then spent seven fertile years with Epic, which yielded her greatest commercial successes (including the classic album 'Starchild'). After founding an independent label ‘Sarai’, Marie took a ten-year hiatus which ended in 2004 in a deal with hip hop label Cash Money Records; a less unlikely partnership than some might assume, given that Teena was one of the first ‘mainstream’ artists to perform a rap verse, on 1981’s ‘Square Biz’. Teena Marie Brockert forged a unique path through the industry, an artist in-charge of her own destiny, influencing (and heavily sampled by) both the hip hop and R&B sounds of the 90’s and early 2000’s. Her 1982 lawsuit against Motown records resulted in "The Brockert Initiative", which has benefitted literally thousands of other artists by making it illegal for record companies to ‘shelve’ artists by keeping them under contract without releasing their material. She continued to tour regularly and deliver commercially successful, expertly sculpted music, right up until her untimely passing in 2010.

                                                            TRACK LISTING

                                                            1 – I Need Your Lovin’ (John Morales M+M Mix)
                                                            2 – It Must Be Magic (John Morales M+M Mix)
                                                            3 – Aladdin’s Lamp (John Morales M+M Mix)
                                                            4 – First Class Love (John Morales M+M Mix)
                                                            5 – Now That I Have You (John Morales M+M Mix)
                                                            6 – I’m A Sucker For Your Love (Live In Long Beach, Ca 1981: Alternate Mix / John Morales M+M Mix)
                                                            7 – Behind The Groove (John Morales M+M Mix)
                                                            8 – Love Just Wouldn’t Be Right (John Morales M+M Mix)
                                                            9 – Portuguese Love (John Morales M+M Mix)
                                                            10 – Chains (John Morales M+M Mix)
                                                            11 – 365 (John Morales M+M Mix)
                                                            12 – Wasn’t I Good To You (John Morales M+M Mix)
                                                            13 – Square Biz (John Morales M+M Mix)
                                                            14 – More Love (John Morales M+M Mix)
                                                            15 – You Got Away (John Morales M+M Mix)
                                                            16 – You’re All The Boogie I Need (John Morales M+ M Mix)
                                                            17 – Lonely Desire (John Morales M+ M Mix)
                                                            18 – Fire And Desire (John Morales M+M Mix)

                                                            John Smith

                                                            The Fray

                                                              Against the backdrop of a universally difficult 2020, songwriter and guitarist John Smith found himself facing personal and unrelenting change. “With newfound pain coming from so many directions, dealing with the uncertainty it brings, I closed the curtains and picked up the pen, turning to songwriting as a lifeline.” On his new album The Fray, Smith gives us an uplifting perspective on the path forward, but pays beautiful homage to the difficulties along the way.

                                                              TRACK LISTING

                                                              1. Friends
                                                              2. Hold On
                                                              3. Sanctuary
                                                              4. Deserving
                                                              5. The Best Of Me
                                                              6. Star-Crossed Lovers
                                                              7. To The Shore
                                                              8. Eye To Eye
                                                              9. Just As You Are
                                                              10. The Fray
                                                              11. She's Doing Fine
                                                              12. One Day At A Time

                                                              The Jasmine Minks

                                                              John Peel 17.02.86

                                                                “The Jasmine Minks were the first real Creation band – their single ‘Think!’ was the fourth single we put out. An amazing unknown gem of a band. Working-class heroes – to me, anyway.” Alan McGee

                                                                Formed in Aberdeen in 1983, the Jasmine Minks were one of the original artists on Alan McGee’s fledgling Creation label and regulars at the storied Living Room. They recorded several classic singles for the label – among them ‘Think!’, ‘What’s Happening?!’ and ‘Cold Heart’ – plus a number of LPs. These recordings are their only two sessions for the BBC.

                                                                This session for the legendary John Peel show, features the band’s original line-up with powerhouse songwriting duo Jim Shepherd and Adam Sanderson; among tracks included are ‘The Ballad of Johnny Eye’ and ‘Cry For A Man’, both favourites with their fans. 

                                                                TRACK LISTING

                                                                The Ballad Of Johnny Eye
                                                                Cry For A Man
                                                                You Take My Freedom
                                                                I Don't Know

                                                                Much has changed in the musical life of renowned composer and director John Carpenter since 2016’s Lost Themes II. Following the release of that album, he went on his first-ever concert tour, performing material from the Lost Themes albums, as well as music from his classic film scores. He re-recorded many of those classic movie themes for 2017’s Anthology album, working alongside son Cody Carpenter and godson Daniel Davies. The following year, he was asked to executive produce and compose the music for the new Halloween movie directed by David Gordon Green, which promptly became the highest-grossing installment in the series. Now, he returns with his first album of non-soundtrack music in nearly five years, Lost Themes III: Alive After Death.

                                                                Underpinning Carpenter’s renaissance as a musician has been his collaboration with Cody Carpenter and Daniel Davies. They’ve composed and performed as a trio throughout this entire run, on studio albums, on soundtracks, and onstage. Here, the trio reaches a new level of creative mind meld. Richly rendered worlds are built in the interplay between Davies’s guitar and the dueling synthesizers played by the Carpenters.

                                                                “We begin with a theme, a bass line, a pad, something that sounds good and will lead us to the next layer,” John says of the trio’s process. “We then just keep adding on from there. We understand each other’s strengths and weaknesses, how to communicate without words, and the process is easier now than it was in the beginning. We’ve matured.”

                                                                Whereas the original Lost Themes album came as a pleasant surprise after years of relative silence from Carpenter, the third installment sees him in the midst of a resurgent moment as a cultural force. The 2018 Halloween score gave his music its biggest audience in decades, and the world he releases his new album into is one that has, at long last, given him the credit he deserves as a founding father of modern electronic music.


                                                                STAFF COMMENTS

                                                                Barry says: There are very few forces more influential in the world of soundtrackery than John Carpenter, and it's no mean feat that his music outside of soundtracks is every bit as impressive. Featuring once again his son Cody and Daniel. Davies, Lost Themes III is every bit the pulsing, synthy wonder and helps further cement Carpenter's place in the annals of musical history.

                                                                TRACK LISTING

                                                                Alive After Death (4:05)
                                                                Weeping Ghost (3:33)
                                                                Dripping Blood (3:54)
                                                                Dead Eyes (3:26)
                                                                Vampire’s Touch (4:30)
                                                                Cemetery (4:11)
                                                                Skeleton (3:13)
                                                                Turning The Bones (3:33)
                                                                The Dead Walk (4:25)
                                                                Carpathian Darkness (5:36)

                                                                Bob Dylan

                                                                John Wesley Harding - 2021 Coloured Vinyl Edition

                                                                  John Wesley Harding (2010 mono version) is the eighth studio album by American singersongwriter Bob Dylan, released on December 27, 1967, by Columbia Records. Produced by Bob Johnston, the x12 song album marked Dylan's return to semi-acoustic instrumentation and folk-influenced songwriting after three albums of lyrically abstract, blues-indebted rock music. 

                                                                  Round

                                                                  Days - Inc. John Talabot / Ex-Terrestrial / Fit Siegel Remixes

                                                                    'Days' is like no other track Round has produced to date. For a start, it's the first song he has ever written without using samples. It's also the first time he's worked with a vocalist. Truth is that everything surrounding the track's conception is somehow exceptional. The melody came to Torsten as a sudden spark, which he discretely hummed into his phone while walking in Assistens Cemetery in Copenhagen. "I always feel an urge to make music when I feel emotional, and like many other people I remember the emotional periods in my life", he recalls when questioned about what inspired him of that particular time and space. He then asked danish singer Astrid Engeberg to record vocals and after some work with the laptop the song was born. So simple, so special. The three remixes manage to be faithful to the original's haunting oddness while offering radically different takes on it. First off John Talabot pushes it into slow and sludgey mollusc break territories with a shamanic translation, then Ex-Terrestrial offers a sedated IDM interpretation for fans of BOC etc, finally the Fit Siegel gets his music box on with a deranged bit of technofunk.

                                                                    TRACK LISTING

                                                                    A1. Days
                                                                    A2. Days (John Talabot Skoooldub Remix)
                                                                    B1. Days (Ex-Terrestrial Remix)
                                                                    B2. Days (Fit Siegel's Bow Legged Mix)

                                                                    John Prine

                                                                    John Prine

                                                                      John Prine’s self-titled debut album continues to sound as fresh as it did back in 1971, with Rolling Stone ranking it amongst its 500 greatest albums of all time. It includes some of Prine’s finest works such as “Sam Stone,” “Paradise,” and the famous “Angel From Montgomery.” After initially being spotted by famed singer-songwriter Kris Kristofferson, John Prine’s debut album earned him a number of admirers, including the likes of Bob Dylan. Tracks such as “Paradise” resonated with many, quickly becoming a bluegrass standard. Originally written by John for his father, the track has since been covered by a number of artists such as Johnny Cash and The Everly Brothers.


                                                                      John Prine

                                                                      Sweet Revenge

                                                                        Back in 1973, John Prine released his third album Sweet Revenge. It starts with the title track “Sweet Revenge,” one of Prine’s most famous tracks. The majority of the album was recorded in Nashville, apart from the track Dear Abby, taken from a live performance at New York’s State University. It features Prine chatting to the crowd giving a prelude to the track, as well as the crowd reaction highlighting the wittiness and genius of his lyrics. 

                                                                        John MOuse

                                                                        The Goat

                                                                          When lockdown commenced John MOuse seized the opportunity to create a new album. The concept behind The Goat, was to write, record and release a song on a weekly basis. Each song was then uploaded to bandcamp. The album was remixed and mastered for both vinyl and digital and the initial recordings were then ordered in a cohesive and exciting running order. Social distancing meant that the music for the album was created Lincolnshire by long term collaborator Phil Pearce and then sent to John in Cardiff who worked on the lyrics and vocal melody for each track. The result is a typically idiosyncratic, electronic pop album, heavy on spoken word content and catchy chorus hooks, these songs possess musical hints of everyone from Adian Moffat, Momus to early Pulp.

                                                                          TRACK LISTING

                                                                          Side A
                                                                          Le Pigeon
                                                                          A Well-Planned Part
                                                                          Kerplunk Sticks
                                                                          Felix And Sebastien
                                                                          The People Vrs Charles Mitchlemore
                                                                          Buy To Let Industry Expert

                                                                          Side B
                                                                          Professor Max Beta
                                                                          Use Neutral Tones To Accent Eyes
                                                                          The Raven Argonette
                                                                          O’Sullivan, Reardon, Doherty, Bond

                                                                          John Frusciante

                                                                          Maya

                                                                            John Frusciante releases the first instrumental electronic album under his own name on Aaron Funk's Timesig label. The record is dedicated to his cat Maya who recently passed away, a fellow traveller in his otherwise solitary music making sessions. 'Maya' is inspired by John's favourite music: '91 to'96 UK breakbeat hardcore and jungle. It’s a varied and personal take with sophisticated, authentic production balanced against John’s acute sense of melody, an inspired blending of machines and samples infused with a joyful energy. "I don't have that interest in singing or writing lyrics like I used to. The natural thing when I'm by myself now, is to just make music like the stuff being released this year. I really love the back and forth with machines and the computer." The fun he’s having on 'Maya' is infectious

                                                                            TRACK LISTING

                                                                            A: Brand E Usbrup Pensul
                                                                            B: Flying Pleasure Explanation Blind Aim
                                                                            C: Reach Out Amethblowl
                                                                            D: Zillion Anja Motherless

                                                                            John Coltrane

                                                                            Giant Steps - 60th Anniversary Deluxe Edition

                                                                              John Coltrane is one of the most renowned jazz artists and influential saxophonists in music history

                                                                              Within the span of less than three weeks, John Coltrane completed his work with Miles Davis on what would become the bestselling jazz title in history (Kind of Blue) and embarked on his first record with Atlantic that would become the landmark recording Giant Steps.

                                                                              Saying farewell to bebop, "Giant Steps" was Coltrane's second album to be recorded for the Atlantic label, and marked the first time that all of the pieces on a recording had been composed by him. The recording exemplifies Coltrane's melodic phrasing that came to be known as 'sheets of sound', and features the use of a new harmonic concept later to be known as 'Coltrane changes'. The set features early versionss of "Naima", "Cousin Mary", "Mr PC", "Spiral", and "Syeeda's Song Flute".

                                                                              A remastered, deluxe 180g 2-LP and 2-CD, each with the original album plus a bonus disc of alternate takes and versions – including rehearsal and incomplete tracks, as well as false starts – only previously included in The Heavyweight Champion: The Complete Atlantic Recordings of John Coltrane boxed set.


                                                                              STAFF COMMENTS

                                                                              Barry says: There are few artists more important to the history of jazz than John Coltrane, and ‘Giant Steps’ is one of the reasons why. From bebop to the development of free-jazz, you can hear the influence that Coltrane took in, and in turn his influence on the world of music. Now, we get a deluxe double album reissue with an extra disc of unheard outtakes. It’s a no-brainer for any jazz fan.

                                                                              TRACK LISTING

                                                                              2LP / 2 CD

                                                                              DISC ONE – STANDARD ALBUM (Side A)
                                                                              1. Giant Steps
                                                                              2. Cousin Mary
                                                                              3. Countdown
                                                                              4. Spiral

                                                                              DISC ONE – STANDARD ALBUM (Side B)
                                                                              5. Syeeda’s Song Flute
                                                                              6. Naima
                                                                              7. Mr. P.C.

                                                                              DISC TWO – THE OUTTAKES (Side A)
                                                                              1. Giant Steps (Alternate, Take 1, Incomplete)
                                                                              2. Naima (Alternate Take)
                                                                              3. Like Sonny (Alternate Take)
                                                                              4. Countdown (Alternate Take)

                                                                              DISC TWO – THE OUTTAKES (Side B)
                                                                              5. Syeeda's Song Flute (Alternate Take)
                                                                              6. Cousin Mary (Alternate Take)
                                                                              7. Giant Steps, Take 5 (Alternate)
                                                                              8. Giant Steps, Take 6 (Alternate)

                                                                              John Massoni & Sonic Boom

                                                                              The Sundowner Sessions

                                                                                THIS IS A RECORD STORE DAY 2020 RELEASE AVAILABLE ONLINE ONLY AS PART OF THE AUGUST 29TH DROP DAY AT 6PM.
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                                                                                Not previously released on vinyl Originally recorded in Seattle, in 2000 and released on CD only later the same year 'The Sundowner Sessions' is a recording featuring John Massoni (electronics) and Sonic Boom (custom human voice synthesizer). "[Sonic} can make something out of almost anything.He'd just pick out a tape of mine (I have a bunch of tapes with sound and drone experiments), and work something into a piece.His focus and ability not to be undermined by the limits surrounding him is really amazing to watch.We worked well into the night - thus 'The Sundowner Sessions' were born." - John Massoni. Never before released on vinyl but now re-mastered by John Rivers at Woodbine Street Studio especially for vinyl release for RSD 2020.

                                                                                Freeez & John Rocca

                                                                                Southern Freeez / Variations On A Theeem

                                                                                  Beggars Arkive is excited to reissue the classic FREEEZ debut album SOUTHERN FREEEZ. The second LP contains seven brand new tracks from the band’s leader John Rocca.

                                                                                  Freeez were a legendary group from London, known as one of the UK’s main jazz-funk bands of the early 1980s…aka Brit funk. Led by John Rocca, Freeez consisted of various musicians, originally with Rocca and others including Andy Stennet (keyboards), Peter Maas (bass guitar) and Paul Morgan.

                                                                                  Their debut album Southern Freeez was released in 1981 and contains the hit song “Southern Freeez” which included guest vocals by Ingrid Mansfield Allman. John Rocca initially released the album it on his own Pink Rythm label before being signed to Beggars Banquet.

                                                                                  A few years later, they had even more hits. Their biggest, “IOU”, was a #1 club single and was written and produced by renowned producer Arthur Baker with lyric contributions and lead vocals by John Rocca and remixed by Jellybean Benitez and Baker. It was a hit in the US in addition to the UK and was used in the legendary breakdancing movie Beat Street. “Pop Goes My Love” was another hit. Rocca also had a hit as a solo artist in 1984 with “I Want It To Be Real”.

                                                                                  While they may not be a household name, if you know, you know. They have been sampled many times, by artists including Jamie xx, Coolio, Brandy, Madlib and more.

                                                                                  Nearly 40 years after the original release of Southern Freeez, after being contacted by Beggars Arkive about a reissue, John was inspired to go back to his roots. He pulled together some of the work that he had been experimenting with over the years and enlisted some musicians (including his nephews) to play on the tracks, saying that doing so “was a nice reflection of the past meeting the present”.

                                                                                  “"The melancholic suburban soul of ‘Southern Freeez’ never gets tired for me....an album that has remained at the top of my Brit Funk pile!" - GILLES PETERSON

                                                                                  TRACK LISTING

                                                                                  LP1/FREEEZ – SOUTHERN FREEEZ
                                                                                  A1 Mariposa
                                                                                  A2 Caribbean Winter
                                                                                  A3 Easy On The Onions
                                                                                  A4 Sunset
                                                                                  B1 Flying High
                                                                                  B2 Southern Freeez
                                                                                  B3 Roller Chase
                                                                                  B4 First Love
                                                                                  B5 Finale

                                                                                  LP2/John Rocca
                                                                                  A1 Southern Freeez 20+20
                                                                                  A2 Feeel The Music
                                                                                  A3 Simple Breeez
                                                                                  B1 My Name Is Love Part 1 + 2
                                                                                  B2 Slow Down (ordinary Dawn)
                                                                                  B3 Rain

                                                                                  John Mulaney And The Sack Lunch Bunch

                                                                                  John Mulaney And The Sack Lunch Bunch

                                                                                    Emmy Award-winning comedian John Mulaney aims to recapture the magic of that bygone television era - when children sang songs about their feelings with celebrity guests on funky outdoor sets - with ‘John Mulaney & The Sack Lunch Bunch’, a television special that premiered December 24, 2019 on Netflix. Now, Christmas is coming again like never before, with physical editions of the soundtrack. This includes a special peelable sticker on the cover of the LP edition, allowing children of all ages to pick at it. 

                                                                                    Who are John Mulaney & The Sack Lunch Bunch and what is this album? Well, John Mulaney is a 6ft tall comedian with many credits and two awards and he was born on a humid August night in 1982. The Sack Lunch Bunch is a group of children ages 8-13, born after the turn of the 21st Century, and they are each unique human beings with way more talent than Mr. Mulaney.
                                                                                    With the brilliant musical chameleon and Emmy nominated composer Eli Bolin, Mulaney and his co-writer Marika Sawyer put together some songs and then were joined by guests like David Byrne, Tony Awardwinner André De Shields, Annaleigh Ashford, Shereen Pimentel and Jake Gyllenhaal. 

                                                                                    There are probable hits like ‘Grandma’s Boyfriend Paul’, inspired by the breezy piano pop of Carole King’s ‘Really Rosie’. ‘Plain Plate of Noodles’ may be a child’s existential food lament but you can still dance to its Three Dog Night-inspired funk. ‘I Saw a White Lady Standing on the Street Just Sobbing (and I Think About It Once a Week)’ is a daydream made of the rich major 7th chords of Laura Nyro layered with the warm flugelhorn that seems to whisper Burt Bacharach. 

                                                                                    Calypso, New Orleans jazz and even the Alan Parsons’ Project’s ‘Eye in the Sky’ make up the DNA of other Sack Lunch songs. David Byrne lent his time, his voice and his whole essence for a song that demands the listener ‘Pay Attention’. Bolin, Byrne, Sawyer and Mulaney wrote it in 2019 but it’s also a nod to a bizarre boy back in the 1980s named John who was thunderstruck by Talking Heads’ ‘Warning Sign’ and its command: “Pay Attention, Pay Attention/I’m talking to you and I hope you’re concentrating.”

                                                                                    TRACK LISTING

                                                                                    1. It’s John Mulaney And The Sack Lunch Bunch
                                                                                    2. Grandma’s Boyfriend Paul
                                                                                    3. Algebra Song!
                                                                                    4. Googy’s Theme
                                                                                    5. Plain Plate Of Noodles
                                                                                    6. Do You Wanna Play Restaurant?
                                                                                    7. Pay Attention!
                                                                                    8. Do Flowers Exist At Night?
                                                                                    9. I Saw A White Lady Standing On The Street Just Sobbing (and I Think About It Once A Week)
                                                                                    10. Music, Music Everywhere!

                                                                                    John Foxx & The Maths

                                                                                    Howl

                                                                                      John Foxx And The Maths return with a new line-up on their 5th studio album, Howl. Former Ultravox guitarist Robin Simon joins Foxx, Benge (Ben Edwards) and Hannah Peel after previously guesting with The Maths at their debut Roundhouse show in 2010. ‘For years, I'd wanted to work with Robin Simon again,’ says Foxx. ‘There’s something central about what he does - and I always miss it, no matter who I work with. It’s what Rob can do with a song, and with the sheer power of sound.’

                                                                                      Work on the album began back in April 2019 at Benge’s Memetune studios in Cornwall with Rob Simon involved right from the start, his contributions instantly mutating the original ideas into something new. ‘Give him a song and he’ll give you three takes - all utterly different incarnations,’ enthuses Foxx who first worked with Simon on Ultravox’s Systems Of Romance album in 1978. ‘And it will all be much better. Demolition intercision is what he does and when you get used to the violence he can wreak, it’s a true delight.’

                                                                                      Foxx and Benge originally got together back in 2010, playing a headline show at the Roundhouse in London as the first ever John Foxx And The Maths show before they’d even finished their debut album, Interplay, which came out a few months later in 2011. Forward-looking, intuitive and risk taking from the start (Critic Mark Fisher summed them up as ‘a glimpse into another world in which rock ’n’ roll was invented on Moogs’) their passion for the strange sounds and atmospheres they seduce and rip from the machines in Benge’s studio has inspired a series of fiercely personal electronic records - the Shape Of Things (2012), Evidence (2013) and The Machine (2017), an eerie instrumental score for the theatre production of E.M. Forster’s The Machine Stops. Along the way they’ve collaborated with The Soft Moon, Gazelle Twin, ADULT., Xeno & Oaklander, Gary Numan, Matthew Dear and many more, but at the core of everything is Foxx and the Cornish-based artist/producer. ‘Benge is this generation’s Conny Plank’, grins Foxx. ‘Original thinker, open mind, eager conspirator in insanity and the desire to push everything beyond its limits and record it all perfectly - but holding no daft prejudices. In other words, the kind of captain you always want at the helm of the Enterprise.’

                                                                                      Hannah Peel joined the line-up on the Interplay tour in 2011 and has played every show since, while also adding violin to Evidence and of course, Howl. ‘Hannah did a few star turns on the album,’ says Foxx, referring to the vicious noises that she conjured up as textures on a few songs. However on the electro-psychedelic ‘Everything Is Happening At The Same Time’, the complex interplay of the ‘The Dance’ and the romantic longing of ‘Strange Beauty’, Foxx describes her string-led contributions as ‘luscious, expansive and eloquent.’

                                                                                      The Maths have created an album of dark, writhing glamour. Opener ‘My Ghost’ sounds like haunted static in a cold wind, the title track is a twisted glam-punk celebration of ‘the outsider’ who leaves the fringes to make himself visible, while Foxx switches to a sinister Ferry-esque croon on ‘Tarzan And Jane Regained’.‘New York Times’ is a report back from the city of the 1970s, with Foxx’s vocals gently coaxing out the vulnerability of its street characters and Factory stars, while ‘Last Time I Saw You’ revels in an ice-cool narrative illuminated by neon-lit transformations and flickering revelations - this song is built for streets and strobes. The album ends with ‘Strange Beauty’, where Foxx sounds like an echo from the 1950s - a voice that is still searching across all these years for something just out of reach.


                                                                                      STAFF COMMENTS

                                                                                      Barry says: There's a whole world of influence here being semlessly integrated into one cohesive whole. Elements of post-punk and synthpop mix with the headier aspects of industrial (distorted basses, jagged melodies a-la NIN), and more percussive, beat-led DFA style rhythms. A collection that is, amazingly, more than the sum of its parts.

                                                                                      TRACK LISTING

                                                                                      1. My Ghost
                                                                                      2. Howl
                                                                                      3. Everything Is Happening At The Same Time
                                                                                      4. Tarzan And Jane Regained
                                                                                      5. The Dance
                                                                                      6. New York Times
                                                                                      7. Last Time I Saw You
                                                                                      8. Strange Beauty

                                                                                      John Carroll Kirby

                                                                                      My Garden

                                                                                        My Garden is the Stones Throw debut of pianist, producer and composer John Carroll Kirby. An album written, recorded and produced entirely by Kirby, My Garden is a pure distillation of his sound — soulful, spiritual, and evocative. Demonstrating perfectly why Kirby is the go-to collaborator for artists ranging from experimental auteurs Bat for Lashes and Connan Mockasin to pop megastars Harry Styles and Kali Uchis, and R&B innovators Solange and Frank Ocean, My Garden is also a testament to the clarity and singularity of Kirby's vision.

                                                                                        TRACK LISTING

                                                                                        1. Blueberry Beads
                                                                                        2. By The Sea
                                                                                        3. Night Croc
                                                                                        4. Arroyo Seco
                                                                                        5. Son Of Pucabufeo
                                                                                        6. San Nicolas Island
                                                                                        7. Humid Mood
                                                                                        8. Lay You Down
                                                                                        9. Wind

                                                                                        John Frusciante

                                                                                        The Empyrean (10 Year Anniversary Reissue)

                                                                                          10 year anniversary vinyl reissue of “The Empyrean” By John Frusciante cut for the original analog tapes at Bernie Grundman’s mastering. includes hi res audio download card. THE EMPYREAN is the eighth solo album by JOHN FRUSCIANTE. It was originally released in January of 2009, reaching number 151 on the US Billboard 200, 105 on UK Albums Chart and number 7 on the Top Heatseekers. It contains contributions from RHCP bandmate FLEA and former guitarist of The Smiths Johnny Marr. John Frusciante is an American guitarist, singer, composer, and producer. He is best known as the guitarist of the rock band Red Hot Chili Peppers.

                                                                                          He recorded five studio albums with them and was recently inducted into the ROCK & ROLL HALL OF FAME. Frusciante has an active solo career, having released twelve solo albums and five EPs; his recordings include elements ranging from experimental rock and ambient music to new wave and electronica. He has also recorded with numerous other artists, including the Mars Volta, for whom he was a studio guitarist (and occasional live performer) from 2002 until 2008; Josh Klinghoffer and Joe Lally, with whom he released two albums as Ataxia; and various collaborations with both Klinghoffer and Omar Rodríguez-López. He has also produced and/or recorded with Duran Duran, Wu-Tang Clan, Swahili Blonde, Black Knights, The Bicycle Thief, Glenn Hughes, Ziggy Marley, Johnny Cash, George Clinton, Johnny Marr, Dewa Budjana and others

                                                                                          TRACK LISTING

                                                                                          1. “Before The Beginning”
                                                                                          2. “Song To The Siren”
                                                                                          3. “Unreachable”
                                                                                          4. “God”
                                                                                          5. “Dark/Light”
                                                                                          6. “Heaven”
                                                                                          7. “Enough Of Me”
                                                                                          8. “Central”
                                                                                          9. “One More Of Me”
                                                                                          10. “After The Ending” Bonus

                                                                                          Tracks On Dl Card
                                                                                          11. “Today”
                                                                                          12. “Ah Yom”

                                                                                          Peter Bjorn And John

                                                                                          Endless Dream

                                                                                            Peter Bjorn & John celebrate their 20-year anniversary in 2020 with the release of ninth full-length studio album.

                                                                                            Dr. John

                                                                                            Babylon

                                                                                              Get On Down is all too eager to reissue this unique record for Record Store Day Black Friday, which has not been repressed on vinyl in over 40 years. In keeping with the album's hallucinogenic sound, it is presented on trippy splatter colored vinyl, and housed in a deluxe gatefold jacket

                                                                                              John Carpenter, Cody Carpenter And Daniel Davies

                                                                                              Halloween: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (Expanded Edition)

                                                                                                This soundtrack pays homage to the classic Halloween score that Carpenter composed and recorded in 1978, when he forever changed the course of horror cinema and synthesizer music with his low-budget masterpiece. Several new versions of the iconic main theme serve as the pulse of Green’s film, its familiar 5/4 refrain stabbing through the soundtrack like the Shape’s knife. The rest of the soundtrack is just as enthralling, incorporating everything from atmospheric synth whooshes to eerie piano-driven pieces to skittering electronic percussion. While the new score was made with a few more resources than Carpenter’s famously shoestring original, its musical spirit was preserved.

                                                                                                2018’s Halloween, directed by David Gordon Green, starring Jamie Lee Curtis, and with music by series creator John Carpenter (along with his son and godson, Cody Carpenter and Daniel Davies) was a critical and box-office smash. It grossed $159 million against a $10 million budget, becoming the most profitable Halloween movie since the 1978 original. The soundtrack album was a hit, too, debuting at #12 on the Billboard Albums chart and #2 on the vinyl chart, on its way to becoming one of the most successful movie soundtracks of the last decade. One year later, Sacred Bones Records is pleased to present an expanded edition of the soundtrack, including more than 28 additional minutes of music from the film and presenting a more complete, immersive listening experience.

                                                                                                The additional material included on the expanded edition adds at total of 24 cues to the album, spread across two more sides of vinyl on the deluxe double LP version. The LP also has all-new art and lavish packaging, including an optical-illusion lenticular sleeve that makes the flames around Michael Myers’s mask dance when you slide it off the record jacket. For diehard fans of the Halloween series, collectors of John Carpenter’s music, or anyone who wants to hear even more of the incredible score to this movie, this expanded edition is a must-buy.


                                                                                                TRACK LISTING

                                                                                                Intro
                                                                                                1. Aaron Meets Michael
                                                                                                2. Halloween Theme
                                                                                                3. Laurie’s Theme
                                                                                                4. Aaron And Dana Enter Laurie’s Compound
                                                                                                5. Laurie’s Past
                                                                                                6. Prison Montage
                                                                                                7. Laurie Breaks Down
                                                                                                8. Karen’s Flashback
                                                                                                9. Lumpy Explores Crash
                                                                                                10. Michael Kills
                                                                                                11. Hawkins Arrives At Crash Site
                                                                                                12. Dana’s In The Shower
                                                                                                13. The Story Of Judith’s Death
                                                                                                14. The Gas Station
                                                                                                15. Michael Kills Again
                                                                                                16. Gas Station Aftermath
                                                                                                17. The Shape Returns
                                                                                                18. The Boogeyman
                                                                                                19. The Shape Kills
                                                                                                20. Hawkins Called To Babysitter’s House
                                                                                                21. Laurie Sees The Shape
                                                                                                22. Babysitter Aftermath
                                                                                                23. Sartain Meets Laurie
                                                                                                24. Looking For Allyson
                                                                                                25. Wrought Iron Fence
                                                                                                26. The Shape Hunts Allyson
                                                                                                27. Talking To Cops
                                                                                                28. Allyson Discovered
                                                                                                29. Gun Closet
                                                                                                30. Halloween Theme (I’ve Got Eyes)
                                                                                                31. Sartain’s Gone Mad
                                                                                                32. Say Something
                                                                                                33. Through The Woods
                                                                                                34. Ray’s Goodbye
                                                                                                35. The Shape Attacks Laurie
                                                                                                36. The Shape Is Monumental
                                                                                                37. Searching For The Shape
                                                                                                38. Mannequin Panic
                                                                                                39. Death Drum
                                                                                                40. The Shape And Laurie Fight
                                                                                                41. The Grind
                                                                                                42. Trap The Shape
                                                                                                43. The Shape Burns
                                                                                                44. Halloween Triumphant

                                                                                                'In 1964, the National Film Board of Canada asked John Coltrane to record the soundtrack for a French-language film titled “Le chat dans le sac” (“The Cat in the Bag”).  Amazingly, no announcement was made that the iconic Coltrane was adding new performances to this film.In June of that year, Coltrane’s ‘Classic Quartet’ entered Rudy Van Gelder’s studio and recorded five previously- recorded Coltrane originals. For many years, viewers of the film who recognized the music thought that they were listening to the original recordings, though in fact they were new and had never been heard. Now, with the release of Blue World, we can hear these newly-discovered recordings for the first time.

                                                                                                TRACK LISTING

                                                                                                A1. Naima (Take 1)
                                                                                                A2. Village Blues (Take 2)
                                                                                                A3. Blue World
                                                                                                A4. Village Blues (Take 1)
                                                                                                B1. Village Blues (Take 3)
                                                                                                B2. Like Sonny
                                                                                                B3. Traneing In
                                                                                                B4. Naima (Take 2)

                                                                                                Echo & The Bunnymen

                                                                                                The John Peel Sessions 1979-1983

                                                                                                  Echo & The Bunnymen - ‘The John Peel Sessions 1979-1983’ is a collection of all the Radio 1 John Peel sessions that they performed in the formative years of the band, and in celebration of these early recordings, a double black LP and a 1CD of this set will be released.

                                                                                                  Significantly, this collection of 21 tracks are from the very beginning of the bands existence. With little money, the band used them to demo new material. Many of the songs were written due to the fact a Peel session had been booked, not because the show loved the new songs - demonstrating the level of trust, confidence and love they had for the band.According to Echo & The Bunnymen guitarist Will Sergeant, these recordings could quite simply be some of the most significant in the bands career - “Without John Peel sessions, Echo And The Bunnymen in my opinion, would not exist! It’s that simple. The band got so much support from him and John Walters (Peel’s producer). Recording a Peel session was essential to the development of our songwriting skills while at the same time giving us amazing exposure and self-belief.”


                                                                                                  TRACK LISTING

                                                                                                  LP1
                                                                                                  Side One
                                                                                                  1. Read It In Books (John Peel Session)
                                                                                                  2. Stars Are Stars (John Peel Session)
                                                                                                  3. I Bagsy Yours (John Peel Session)
                                                                                                  4. Villiers Terrace (John Peel Session)
                                                                                                  5. The Pictures On My Wall (John Peel Session)
                                                                                                  6. All That Jazz (John Peel Session)

                                                                                                  Side Two
                                                                                                  1. Over The Wall (John Peel Session)
                                                                                                  2. All My Colours (John Peel Session)
                                                                                                  3. That Golden Smile (John Peel Session)
                                                                                                  4. Heaven Up Here (John Peel Session)
                                                                                                  5. Turquoise Days (John Peel Session)

                                                                                                  LP2
                                                                                                  Side One
                                                                                                  1. Taking Advantage (John Peel Session)
                                                                                                  2. An Equation (John Peel Session)
                                                                                                  3. No Hands (John Peel Session)
                                                                                                  4. Silver (John Peel Session)
                                                                                                  5. Seven Seas (John Peel Session)

                                                                                                  Side Two
                                                                                                  1. The Killing Moon (John Peel Session)
                                                                                                  2. Nocturnal Me (John Peel Session)
                                                                                                  3. Watch Out Below (John Peel Session)
                                                                                                  4. Ocean Rain (John Peel Session)
                                                                                                  5. My Kingdom (John Peel Session)

                                                                                                  CD Track List:
                                                                                                  1. Read It In Books (John Peel Session)
                                                                                                  2. Stars Are Stars (John Peel Session)
                                                                                                  3. I Bagsy Yours (John Peel Session)
                                                                                                  4. Villiers Terrace (John Peel Session)
                                                                                                  5. The Pictures On My Wall (John Peel Session)
                                                                                                  6. All That Jazz (John Peel Session)
                                                                                                  7. Over The Wall (John Peel Session)
                                                                                                  8. All My Colours (John Peel Session)
                                                                                                  9. That Golden Smile (John Peel Session)
                                                                                                  10. Heaven Up Here (John Peel Session)
                                                                                                  11. Turquoise Days (John Peel Session)
                                                                                                  12. Taking Advantage (John Peel Session)
                                                                                                  13. An Equation (John Peel Session)
                                                                                                  14. No Hands (John Peel Session)
                                                                                                  15. Silver (John Peel Session)
                                                                                                  16. Seven Seas (John Peel Session)
                                                                                                  17. The Killing Moon (John Peel Session)
                                                                                                  18. Nocturnal Me (John Peel Session)
                                                                                                  19. Watch Out Below (John Peel Session)
                                                                                                  20. Ocean Rain (John Peel Session)
                                                                                                  21. My Kingdom (John Peel Session

                                                                                                  Mastodon

                                                                                                  Stairway To Nick John

                                                                                                    THIS IS A RECORD STORE DAY 2019 EXCLUSIVE, LIMITED TO ONE PER PERSON.

                                                                                                    10" Black Vinyl single

                                                                                                    Technological force-of-nature Leafcutter John teams up with fellow stalwarts of idiosyncratic electronica Border Community for the release of his masterful seventh artist album: the small-yet- perfectly formed joyously utopian artefact ‘Yes! Come Parade With Us’.

                                                                                                    Interweaving layers of lyrical modular synth and occasional guest drums (from Tom Skinner and Sebastian Rochford) with a set of field recordings collected during his sixty mile walk along the Norfolk coastal path during the summer of 2017, these seven bright-eyed folk anthems sing with positivity and a sense of place and see Leafcutter John on career-defining form.

                                                                                                    TRACK LISTING

                                                                                                    Doing The Beeston Bump
                                                                                                    Yes! Come Parade With
                                                                                                    Us
                                                                                                    Pillar
                                                                                                    Elephant Bones
                                                                                                    Stepper Motor
                                                                                                    This Way Out
                                                                                                    Dunes

                                                                                                    John Lennon & Yoko Ono

                                                                                                    Wedding Album

                                                                                                      Originally released in 1969, John Lennon and Yoko Ono’s ‘Wedding Album’ was the couple’s third experimental album length record and one of the most remarkable of the duo’s testaments to an intense romantic and artistic partnership that would last fourteen years, until Lennon’s tragic passing in 1980.

                                                                                                      On March 20, 1969, John and Yoko were married in a civil service in Gibraltar. To celebrate the event, in lieu of a conventional honeymoon, the newlyweds spent a week in bed at the Hilton Hotel in Amsterdam, inviting members of the press into their room for interviews and photo sessions and using their fame and the publicity generated by their ‘Bed-in’ to call attention to their campaign for world peace.

                                                                                                      With ‘Wedding Album’, John and Yoko created an enduring snapshot of a vibrant pop-cultural moment, with the hostilities of the Vietnam War as its bracing backdrop. It captures the humour, earnestness, and spontaneity that marked the early years of the ‘Ballad of John and Yoko’ era.

                                                                                                      ‘Wedding Album’’s innovative, original packaging, created by graphic designer John Kosh, included a box filled with souvenirs of John and Yoko’s nuptials: photographs, a copy of the couple’s marriage certificate, both Lennon’s and Ono’s drawings, a picture of a slice of wedding cake and more. Now, with a faithful recreation of ‘Wedding Album’ on special edition white vinyl LP, as well as compact disc, Secretly Canadian are making one of the most unusual and emblematic recordings of the Sixties available again - fifty years after John and Yoko were married - to mark the Golden Wedding anniversary of two of the 20th Century’s most emblematic cultural figures.

                                                                                                      TRACK LISTING

                                                                                                      John & Yoko
                                                                                                      Amsterdam

                                                                                                      Haze

                                                                                                      St John

                                                                                                        Birthed out of the boredom of rural village life in Buckinghamshire, Haze now reside in Bristol and make urgent, dissonant music, described as a ‘special brand of ramshackle post-punk that’s raucous and dripping with irony’ by So Young Magazine.

                                                                                                        Lyrically, often adopting the biographical form, they have strived to deconstruct our society, addressing topics such as toxic masculinity in ‘Ladz Ladz Ladz’ and our false deification of historical figures in ‘Piochitas’ and new single ‘St John’, whilst maintaining a sense of humour that pervades their live shows


                                                                                                        TRACK LISTING

                                                                                                        A - St. John
                                                                                                        B - Piochitas

                                                                                                        John Coltrane

                                                                                                        1963: New Directions

                                                                                                          'In the brief, bright arc that is the career of John Coltrane, 1963 marks a point of transition between past jazz masterpieces and future work which would transcend the boundaries of the music itself.  That year's recorded output shows movement in many directions: a look back at the past, continued examination of a familiar repertoire, exploration of more traditional formats and a look forward at compositions and approaches that would further extend the reach of jazz. John Coltrane 1963: New Directions collects all of John Coltrane’s 1963 Impulse recordings in the order in which they were recorded

                                                                                                          5-LP, 3-CD sets include artwork featuring original collages.

                                                                                                          The box is meant to show the growth in Coltrane’s musical journey in 1963 that ultimately resulted in 1964’s “Crescent” and, especially, “A Love Supreme” // Music comes from the original albums “Both Directions at Once: The Lost Album”, “John Coltrane and Johnny Hartman”, “Dear Old Stockholm” (released after Coltrane’s death), “Newport ‘63” and “Live at Birdland”.

                                                                                                          Bagpuss, dear Bagpuss

                                                                                                          Old fat furry cat-puss

                                                                                                          Wake up and look at this thing that I bring

                                                                                                          Wake up, be bright

                                                                                                          Be golden and light

                                                                                                          Bagpuss, Oh hear what I sing

                                                                                                          12th of February, 1974, and for an audience of small children at 1:45pm, a life irrevocably coloured by the wayward wonderings of one saggy cloth cat. Some 44 years later and Earth Recordings opens the door to Bagpuss & Co. once again, revealing for the first time the original music in all its newly-mastered splendour.

                                                                                                          The 32 tracks that make up the main body of the compositions are – like all good folk music – a patchwork of traditional pieces, half-remembered tunes and pure improvisation. It's testament to Sandra Kerr and John Faulkner's musicianship that the recordings work so well, not only within the context of the television episodes, but as an album in its own right. Of the recording, Oliver Postgate (in his exquisite autobiography 'Seeing Things') says: "Between them Sandra and John could play every sort of instrument from a mountain dulcimer to an Irish fiddle. They knew and could sing every tune in the world and didn't bother with written music, except as a last resort. They were exactly suited to Gabriel the Toad and Madeleine the Rag Doll and in those roles were happy to play whatever music and sing whatever songs would be needed."

                                                                                                          Those songs manifested themselves as reworkings of familiar tunes ('I Saw A Ship'; 'Row Your Boat'; 'Bucket's Burning'), takes on traditional ballads ('Brian O'Lynn'; 'The Frog Princess'; 'Weaving Song'; 'The Old Woman Tossed Up in a Basket') and delicious flights of fancy ('The Bony King of Nowhere'; 'Turtle Calypso'; 'Uncle Feedle'). The counterpart to Madeleine and Gabriel's more polished ditties are the interludes from the mice; a raggle-taggle chorus that accompanies the creatures' efforts of help (with the mice once famously going on strike when they were not permitted sang as they worked). Again, Postgate muses: "Once I had worked out a few episodes I would make a very rough list of the bits where I though music would be appropriate. I would send it to [Sandra and John] to think about. Then we would borrow a fairly silent room in a remote house and, taking the various articles that we intended to celebrate with us, would spend a happy day with a tape recorder, thinking up and recording whatever songs and tunes came to mind."

                                                                                                          The outtakes provide an intimate – and often very humourous – insight into the trio's work ethic, if it can be called such a thing. (By all accounts they sound as though they're having a very jolly time indeed.) Highlights include alternative opening words and end music, as well as Postgate sound-checking in character as Bagpuss. This never-before heard audio provides a real treat for fans (and indeed those new to the Smallfilms stable) – affirmation again to the enduring quality of these special recordings, and the beloved programme that inspired them.

                                                                                                          "An accidental classic of the folk-roots underground that we never dared hope we’d hear with such clarity." -Stewart Lee.

                                                                                                          And so their work was done.

                                                                                                          TRACK LISTING

                                                                                                          1 Opening
                                                                                                          2 We Will Wash It
                                                                                                          3 I Saw A Ship
                                                                                                          4 We Will Rub It
                                                                                                          5 The Bony King Of Nowhere
                                                                                                          6 Cat And Bird Tone Phone
                                                                                                          7 Princess Suite
                                                                                                          8 The Old Woman Who Lived In A Shoe
                                                                                                          9 Row The Boat
                                                                                                          10 We Will Lace It
                                                                                                          11 Ballerina Music Box
                                                                                                          12 Porcupine Song
                                                                                                          13 Here's A Pin
                                                                                                          14 We Will Fix It
                                                                                                          15 Turtle Calypso
                                                                                                          16 The Elephant's Fable
                                                                                                          17 The Miller's Song
                                                                                                          18 We Will Find It
                                                                                                          19 The Town Band
                                                                                                          20 Song Of The Flea
                                                                                                          21 We Will Do It (Undo It)
                                                                                                          22 The Weaving Song
                                                                                                          23 Charliemouse Weaving
                                                                                                          24 Bucket's Burning
                                                                                                          25 Brian O'Lynn
                                                                                                          26 Lullaby For Cabbages
                                                                                                          27 We Will Do It (Go Through It)
                                                                                                          28 The Old Woman Tossed Up In A Basket
                                                                                                          29 Mouse Ragtime
                                                                                                          30 We Will Fold It
                                                                                                          31Uncle Feedle
                                                                                                          32 Closing
                                                                                                          33 Opening Words (Outtake)
                                                                                                          34 Introducing The Characters (Outtake)
                                                                                                          35 Characters Waking Up (Outtake)
                                                                                                          36 Bagpuss Soundcheck
                                                                                                          37 I Saw A Ship A-Sailing (Alternate Version)
                                                                                                          38 Mermaid Song
                                                                                                          39 Captain Bagpuss Poem
                                                                                                          40 Owls Of Athens Story
                                                                                                          41 Birdsong
                                                                                                          42 Princess Suite (Outtake)
                                                                                                          43 The Old Woman Who Lived In A Shoe (Outtake)
                                                                                                          44 Porcupine Song (Outtake)
                                                                                                          45 Bagpipes
                                                                                                          46 Brian O'Lynn (Outtake )
                                                                                                          47 Agricultural Jig
                                                                                                          48 Percy Pratt Poem
                                                                                                          49 End Music (Outtake) 

                                                                                                          When the new Halloween movie hits theaters in October 2018, it will have the distinction of being the first film in the series with creator John Carpenter’s direct involvement since 1982’s Halloween III: Season of the Witch. Carpenter serves on the new David Gordon Green-directed installment as an executive producer, a creative consultant, and, thrillingly, as a soundtrack composer, alongside his collaborators from his three recent solo albums, Cody Carpenter and Daniel Davies.

                                                                                                          The new soundtrack pays homage to the classic Halloween score that Carpenter composed and recorded in 1978, when he forever changed the course of horror cinema and synthesizer music with his low-budget masterpiece. Several new versions of the iconic main theme serve as the pulse of Green’s film, its familiar 5/4 refrain stabbing through the soundtrack like the Shape’s knife. The rest of the soundtrack is just as enthralling, incorporating everything from atmospheric synth whooshes to eerie piano-driven pieces to skittering electronic percussion. While the new score was made with a few more resources than Carpenter’s famously shoestring original, its musical spirit was preserved.

                                                                                                          “We wanted to honor the original Halloweensoundtrack in terms of the sounds we used,” Davies explained. “We used a lot of the Dave Smith OB-6, bowed guitar, Roland Juno, Korg, Roli, Moog, Roland System 1, Roland System 8, different guitar pedals, mellotron, and piano.”

                                                                                                          Unlike the Lost Themes albums, where the composers wrote the soundtracks for imaginary movies, Halloween saw the Carpenters and Davies collaborating on music set to images for the first time. Though it marked a significant change from their previous creative process, the trio thrived under the constraints and tight deadlines that film scoring work demands.

                                                                                                          “Being limited by the length of time in scoring the sequence, we focused on the director’s tempo, timing, and vision,” Davies said. “He would tell us what he had in mind, how long the cue should be, what emotion he wanted, and we would take it from there. It’s only the three of us, there is no elaborate system. We wrote, performed, and orchestrated everything.”

                                                                                                          For John Carpenter, who reunited on the new film with original Halloween star Jamie Lee Curtis, composing the score felt like a homecoming. Not only had he not worked on a Halloween movie in 35 years, he hadn’t composed a soundtrack since his 2001 sci-fi thriller Ghosts of Mars.

                                                                                                          “It was great,” Carpenter said of the experience. “It was transforming. It was not a movie I directed, so I had a lot of freedom in creating the score and getting into the director's head. I was proud to serve David Gordon Green’s vision.”

                                                                                                          For Cody Carpenter, John’s son, and Davies, his godson, it was surreal to work on something that means so much to generations of fans, and that they grew up around.

                                                                                                          “It was an honor for us to be involved, and we are really happy to be a part of something that so many people are anticipating and excited about,” Davies said. “Working together with both the director of the new Halloween and the creator of the original Halloween was really a fantastic experience.”

                                                                                                          TRACK LISTING

                                                                                                          1. "Halloween Theme" 2:21
                                                                                                          2. "Halloween 1963" 3:11
                                                                                                          3. "The Evil Is Gone!" 4:08
                                                                                                          4. "Halloween 1978" 2:50
                                                                                                          5. "The Boogeyman Is Coming" 0:40
                                                                                                          6. "The Shape" 1:43
                                                                                                          7. "The Hedge" 1:35
                                                                                                          8. "He Came Home" 2:40
                                                                                                          9. "Trick Or Treat" 0:39
                                                                                                          10. "The Haunted House" 1:43
                                                                                                          11. "The Devil's Eyes" 1:39
                                                                                                          12. "The Boogeyman Is Outside" 1:27
                                                                                                          13. "Damn You For Letting Him Go!" 1:34
                                                                                                          14. "Empty Street" 0:33
                                                                                                          15. "See Anything You Like?" 2:22
                                                                                                          16. "Lock The Door" 2:53
                                                                                                          17. "He's Here?" 0:55
                                                                                                          18. "Light's Out" 2:49
                                                                                                          19. "Cut It Out" 1:19
                                                                                                          20. "Tombstone" 1:19
                                                                                                          21. "The Shape Stalks Laurie" 1:35
                                                                                                          22. "Turn Around" 0:33
                                                                                                          23. "Unlock The Door" 2:53
                                                                                                          24. "The Hanger" 3:04
                                                                                                          25. "Call The Police" 0:28
                                                                                                          26. "Last Assault" 1:34
                                                                                                          27. "Was That The Boogeyman?" 0:32
                                                                                                          28. "End Credits/Halloween Theme (Reprise)" 3:36

                                                                                                          The White Stripes

                                                                                                          The Complete John Peel Sessions

                                                                                                            At both our Nashville and Detroit locations as well as a record store near you, we present the first-ever official release of The White Stripes Peel Sessions on 2 stuffed-to-the-brim discs.

                                                                                                            Capturing Jack and Meg at the precipice of international renown in the hubbub of “White Blood Cells," their two live sessions with famed BBC DJ John Peel are arguably the best document of the White Stripes at that time. Having been widely bootlegged since their initial broadcast in 2001, these recordings are enjoying their first authorized release in celebration of their 15 year anniversary.

                                                                                                            TRACK LISTING

                                                                                                            VOL 1:
                                                                                                            A1 Let's Shake Hands
                                                                                                            A2 When I Hear My Name
                                                                                                            A3 Jolene
                                                                                                            A4 Death Letter
                                                                                                            A5 Cannon
                                                                                                            A6 Astro / Jack The Ripper
                                                                                                            A7 Hotel Yorba

                                                                                                            B1 I'm Finding It Hard To Be A Gentleman
                                                                                                            B2 Screwdriver
                                                                                                            B3 We're Going To Be Friends
                                                                                                            B4 You're Pretty Good Looking
                                                                                                            B5 Boll Weevil
                                                                                                            B6 Hello Operator
                                                                                                            B7 Baby Blue

                                                                                                            VOL 2:
                                                                                                            C1 Lord Send Me An Angel
                                                                                                            C2 Dead Leaves And The Dirty Ground
                                                                                                            C3 I Think I Smell A Rat
                                                                                                            C4 Lets Build A Home / Goin’ Back To Memphis
                                                                                                            C5 Little Room
                                                                                                            C6 The Union Forever
                                                                                                            C7 The Same Boy You've Always Known
                                                                                                            D1 Look Me Over Closely
                                                                                                            D2 Looking At You
                                                                                                            D3 St James Infirmary Blues
                                                                                                            D4 Apple Blossom
                                                                                                            D5 Rated X
                                                                                                            D6 Little Girl That Says
                                                                                                            D7 Jumble, Jumble
                                                                                                            D8 Little People

                                                                                                            It's been a hell of a recent past for John Grant, who, aside from getting the unquestionable delight of getting to see our faces every time he comes to Manchester (and us, his), has produced a superb album with Stephen Mallinder of Cab Voltaire and Wrangler fame under their collaborative moniker, 'Creep Show', and a string of live dates in the diary. All of this while recording his oft-teased new LP, 'Love Is Magic'. 

                                                                                                            'Metamorphosis' kicks things off, bringing together stabbing saw-waves and Grant's unmistakeable vocal acrobatics, tumbling atop off-piste melodic turns and new-beat percussives, setting a brilliantly warped precident before what may well be Grant's finest work to date in the stunning titular piece, 'Love Is Magic'. Treading familiar minor-key ground, we get a solemn but hopeful progression played out by stabbing synth lines and huge gated snare hits, covering all the sonic space necessary while keeping the mess down to a minimum and allowing John's voice to really shine before launching into the mindblowingly beautiful chorus (the vocal harmonies, attributed to Paul Denton of Midlake have an ethereal and dynamic momentum that is unmistakeable) and staggered but determined forward-thrust. 

                                                                                                            I could keep running through the tracks, but some of our readership would doubtless give up or expire before i'd finished blathering on, so i'll keep it to a few key points. 'Smug Cunt' while clearly filled with the wry venom we've come to know and love from Grant is an unimaginably deep cascade of dytopian synth pulses and resonant bass,  launching into a spine-tinglingly effective culmination of gloom and euphoria. 'He's Got His Mothers Hips' brings the camp disco vibes spectacularly, with a truncated snappy analogue bassline swirling around beneath the syncopated vox before exploding into a major key serotonin release in the hand-waving chorus. 

                                                                                                            Move on a little and the spoken-word commentary of 'Diet Gum' takes an admittedly hilarious step into the leftfield, perfectly illustrating JG's clever tongue-in-cheek sense of humour 'Did you really think you could seduce me in a leisure suit?... well.... fair enough' and captivating presence before bringing it back to the sublime with the tear-inducing majesty of 'Is He Strange'. Stunning piano and vocal harmonies meet together into the perfect storm of majesty and misery. The closing duo of 'The Common Snipe' and 'Touch And Go' are once again perfectly matched, with the minimalistic backline and flickering sample and hold synth lines peaking lightly behind the former, and the anthemic, rolling stagger of the latter closing off a stunning and career-defining collection. It's a testament to Grant's sphere of influence and ability as a songwriter and producer that so many influences can be absorbed into his sound without sounding forced or disjointed. A brilliantly melodic, heart-warmingly anomalous wonder.  

                                                                                                            STAFF COMMENTS

                                                                                                            Barry says: Once again, John Grant pulls out a diverse range of influences (we've seen what records he buys!) into a cohesive and superb combination of off-piste vocal timbres, mind-melting synths and spine-tingling melodies. Punctuated with moments of introspective melancholy but quickly resolved into a warm bath of huge rock progressions and gritty synth swirls. Absolutely brilliant, and undoubtedly the best work of his career.

                                                                                                            TRACK LISTING

                                                                                                            1 Metamorphosis
                                                                                                            2 Love Is Magic
                                                                                                            3 Tempest
                                                                                                            4 Preppy Boy
                                                                                                            5 Smug Cunt
                                                                                                            6 He's Got His Mother's Hips
                                                                                                            7 Diet Gum
                                                                                                            8 Is He Strange
                                                                                                            9 The Common Snipe
                                                                                                            10 Touch And Go

                                                                                                            John Smith is an acclaimed singer, songwriter and guitarist from Devon, England. He has played to audiences all over the world in living rooms, festival tents and sold-out concert halls. He is a genuine folksinger, an inquisitive truth-seeker, devoted song interpreter, and enchanting writer. A contributor and collaborator, John quickly and effortlessly earns the esteem of his comrades and heroes. He has opened for folk greats including John Martyn, Davy Graham and John Renbourn, who called John Smith “the future of folk music.” On the contemporary side, he has also opened for Iron and Wine, Tinariwen, and Ben Howard. He has guested with artists such as Jackson Browne, Jerry Douglas, Glen Hansard and Rodney Crowell. He has played guitar for artists such as David Gray, Lisa Hannigan, Joe Henry and Joan Baez. John described his reason for making Hummingbird "

                                                                                                            Ever since my teenage epiphany at the altar of Folk Music, hearing Nick Drake, Bert Jansch and John Renbourn for the first time, I have been a devotee. The six strings of my guitar have granted me access to a sacred space between things, the unconscious interweaving sensations that allow us that gentle buzz on hearing a good folk song. It was with this in mind that I returned to Sam Lakeman’s Somerset studio in March of 2018, two years since recording my previous album ‘Headlong’ in that same place, to commit six of my favourite folk songs to tape, alongside one cover version and three original songs. The tracks quickly took on their own shape in Sam’s able hands. I invited several good friends to join me in this process: Cara Dillon, John McCusker and Ben Nicholls. "

                                                                                                            STAFF COMMENTS

                                                                                                            Barry says: Superbly toeing the line between traditional folk and more pop song structures, John Smith presents a brilliantly cohesive and heart-warmingly beautiful collection of perfectly measured odes to love, life and loss. Nice one John.

                                                                                                            TRACK LISTING

                                                                                                            1. Hummingbird
                                                                                                            2. Lowlands Of Holland
                                                                                                            3. Boudicca
                                                                                                            4. Hares On The Mountain
                                                                                                            5. Lord Franklin
                                                                                                            6. Master Kilby
                                                                                                            7. The Time Has Come
                                                                                                            8. Willy Moore
                                                                                                            9. Axe Mountain
                                                                                                            10. Unquiet Grave

                                                                                                            The Wolfhounds

                                                                                                            Hands In The Till: The Complete John Peel Sessions

                                                                                                              Originally formed as teenagers in 1984, The Wolfhounds released four critically acclaimed LPs and numerous singles, appeared on the NME’s influential C86 cassette, extensively toured the UK and continental Europe, finally disbanding in 1990. The band reformed in 2006 at the request of St Etienne’s Bob Stanley to celebrate 20 years since the release of C86, and inflicted a severe guitar noisefest on an unsuspecting indiepop crowd at London’s ICA. Since 2012 they have been recording and releasing new material.

                                                                                                              At the peak of media attention over the new bands promoted by the C86 cassette, The Wolfhounds recorded three four-song sessions for the BBC’s legendary late-night John Peel Show between March 1986 and January 1987, capturing all the excitement and youthful exuberance of a band just catching the public imagination. With an energy born of sweaty, rammed gigs in the function rooms of London pubs and a willful experimentation nurtured in suburban bedrooms and garages away from watchful eyes, The Wolfhounds blasted their raw live sound straight to tape with little in the way of overdubs or the more considered studio polish of their excellent albums.

                                                                                                              Every song from these sessions is now gathered together on Hands In The Till, making a surprisingly coherent whole despite the heady disorganized thrust of the times and a couple of line-up changes in the meantime. More wiry and angular than most of their C86 peers, The Wolfhounds had more in common with The Fall than The Byrds, and "Hands In The Till" shows them at their caustic best.

                                                                                                              The Wolfhounds are now (hyper-)active again, releasing two full-length LPs in recent years and performing at several popfests (including Berlin and New York) and Stewart Lee’s All Tomorrow’s Parties, as well as regular club dates of their own. The band continue to be more relevant than ever, grabbing their home country’s woes by the horns on the recent double LP, "Untied Kingdom or How to Come to Terms with your Culture" (which featured guest musicians from such bands as PJ Harvey, Gallon Drunk, Scritti Politti and Evans The Death), Hands In The Till is sure to illuminate such an expansive modern work’s precocious teenage beginnings, as well as providing the band’s contemporary listeners a nostalgic buzz – forever, a real all-ages show!


                                                                                                              TRACK LISTING

                                                                                                              1) The Anti-Midas Touch
                                                                                                              2) Hand In The Till
                                                                                                              3) Me
                                                                                                              4) Whale On The Beach
                                                                                                              5) Boy Racer RM1
                                                                                                              6) Disgusted E7
                                                                                                              7) Rule Of Thumb
                                                                                                              8) Sandy
                                                                                                              9) Happy Shopper
                                                                                                              10) Non-specific Song
                                                                                                              11) The William Randolph Hearse
                                                                                                              12) Son Of Nothing

                                                                                                              John Coltrane

                                                                                                              Both Directions At Once: The Lost Album (Deluxe Edition)

                                                                                                              These 2CD and 2LP formats features a further 7 tracks of different takes giving a further 40 minutes of music.

                                                                                                              June 8, 2018 (New York, NY) – On March 6, 1963, John Coltrane and his Classic Quartet— McCoy Tyner, Jimmy Garrison, and Elvin Jones –recorded an entire studio album at the legendary Van Gelder Studios. This music, which features unheard originals, is now finally released 55 years later. This is, in short, the holy grail of jazz.
                                                                                                              The first week of March in 1963 was busy for John Coltrane. He was in the midst of a two-week run at Birdland and was gearing up to record the famed John Coltrane and Johnny Hartman album, which he did on March 7. But there was a session the day before that was the stuff of legend, until now.
                                                                                                              On Wednesday, March 6, Coltrane and the quartet went to Van Gelder Studios in Englewood, NJ and cut a complete album’s worth of material, including several original compositions that were never recorded elsewhere. They spent the day committing these to tape, taking time with some, rehearsing them two, three times, playing them in different ways and in different configurations.
                                                                                                              At the end of the day, Coltrane left Van Gelder Studios with a reference tape and brought it to the home in Queens that he shared with his wife, Naima. These tapes remained untouched for the next 54 years until Impulse! approached the family about finally releasing this lost album. Though the master tape was never found—Rudy Van Gelder wasn’t one for clutter—the reference tape was discovered to be in excellent condition.
                                                                                                              As the legendary saxophonist Sonny Rollins so rightly put it, “This is like finding a new room in the Great Pyramid.” The musical implications of this album, the original compositions, the arrangements, the band, the year it was recorded, all amount to a rediscovery and re-contextualization of one of the most important musicians of our time.
                                                                                                              Danny Bennett, President and CEO of the Verve Label Group and home of Impulse! records, says, “Jazz is more relevant today than ever. It’s becoming the alternative music of the 21st century, and no one embodies the boundary-breaking essence of jazz more than John Coltrane. He was a visionary who changed the course of music, and this lost album is a once-in-a-lifetime discovery. It gives us insight into his creative process and connects us to his artistry. This album is a cultural moment and coincides perfectly with our relaunch of the iconic Impulse! label.”
                                                                                                              On this album, there are two completely unknown and never-before-heard originals. “Untitled Original 11383” and “Untitled Original 11386,” both played on soprano sax. “11383” features an arco bass solo by Jimmy Garrison, a relative rarity, and “11386” marks a significant structural change for the quartet, in that they keep returning to the theme between solos, not typical in the quartet’s repertoire.
                                                                                                              In addition to the two unheard originals, “One Up, One Down” – released previously only on a bootleg recording from Birdland – is heard here as a studio recording for the first and only time. It contains a fascinating exchange between Elvin Jones and Coltrane.
                                                                                                              “Impressions”, one of Coltrane’s most famous and oft-recorded compositions, is played here in a piano-less trio. In fact, McCoy Tyner lays out a number of times during this recording session. It’s one of the more interesting aspects of this session and reflects the harmonic possibilities that Coltrane was known to be discussing regularly with Ornette Coleman around this time.
                                                                                                              This studio session also yielded Coltrane’s first recording of “Nature Boy,” which he would record again in 1965, and the two versions differ greatly. The one we know is exploratory, meandering. This version is tight, solo-less and clocking in at just over three minutes. The other non-original composition on the album is “Vilia,” from Franz Lehár’s operetta “The Merry Widow”. The soprano version on the Deluxe Edition is the only track from this session to have been previously released.
                                                                                                              This incredible, once-in-a-lifetime discovery reveals a number of creative balances at work, like developing original melodies while rethinking familiar standards. Like trying out some tunes first on tenor saxophone, then on soprano. Using older techniques like the arpeggio runs of his “sheets of sound” while experimenting with false fingerings and other newer sounds. This session was pivotal, though to call it such overlooks the fact Coltrane was ever on pivot, always pushing the pedal down while still calling on older, tested ideas and devices.
                                                                                                              Both Directions at Once: The Lost Album is a major addition to the Coltrane catalogue and the most important jazz discovery in recent memory.


                                                                                                              TRACK LISTING

                                                                                                              Disc: 1
                                                                                                              1. Untitled Original 11383
                                                                                                              2. Nature Boy
                                                                                                              3. Untitled Original 11386
                                                                                                              4. Vilia
                                                                                                              5. Impressions
                                                                                                              6. Slow Blues
                                                                                                              7. One Up, One Down

                                                                                                              Disc: 2
                                                                                                              1. Villa (Take 5)
                                                                                                              2. Impressions (Take 1)
                                                                                                              3. Impressions (Take 2)
                                                                                                              4. Impressions (Take 4)
                                                                                                              5. Untitled Original 11386 (Take 2)
                                                                                                              6. Untitled Original 11386 (Take 5)
                                                                                                              7. One Up, One Down (Take 6)

                                                                                                              Father John Misty

                                                                                                              God’s Favorite Customer - 2023 Reissue

                                                                                                              Written largely in New York between Summer 2016 and Winter 2017, Josh Tillman’s fourth Father John Misty LP, ‘God’s Favorite Customer’, reflects on the experience of being caught between the vertigo of heartbreak and the manic throes of freedom.

                                                                                                              God’s Favorite Customer reveals a bittersweetness and directness in Tillman’s songwriting, without sacrificing any of his wit or taste for the absurd. From “Mr. Tillman,” where he trains his lens on his own misadventure, to the cavernous pain of estrangement in “Please Don’t Die,” Tillman plays with perspective throughout to alternatingly hilarious and devastating effect. “We’re Only People (And There’s Not Much Anyone Can Do About That)” is a meditation on our inner lives and the limitations we experience in our attempts to give and receive love. It stands in solidarity with the title track, which examines the ironic relationship between forgiveness and sin. Together, these are songs that demand to know either real love or what comes after, and as the album progresses, that entreaty leads to discovering the latter’s true stakes.

                                                                                                              God's Favorite Customer was produced by Tillman and recorded with Jonathan Rado, Dave Cerminara, and Trevor Spencer. The album features contributions from Haxan Cloak, Natalie Merring of Weyes Blood, longtime collaborator Jonathan Wilson, and members of Misty’s touring band.

                                                                                                              STAFF COMMENTS

                                                                                                              Andy says: Tillman segues into Beck territory a little here, with falsetto harmonies and jagged college-rock melodies, tastefully accentuated with staggered percussion and swooning loungey piano. As ever, FJM smashes out another killer album, conceptually clever and brilliantly accomplished, exactly as you'd expect.

                                                                                                              TRACK LISTING

                                                                                                              1 Hangout At The Gallows
                                                                                                              2 Mr. Tillman
                                                                                                              3 Just Dumb Enough To Try
                                                                                                              4 Date Night
                                                                                                              5 Please Don't Die
                                                                                                              6 The Palace
                                                                                                              7 Disappointing Diamonds Are The Rarest Of Them All
                                                                                                              8 God's Favorite Customer
                                                                                                              9 The Songwriter
                                                                                                              10 We're Only People (And There's Not Much Anyone Can Do About That)

                                                                                                              John Humphreys presents his 15-track suite of throbbing syntheisisers, percussive breakdowns and atmospheric, simmering pads. 

                                                                                                              Cinematic epic, 'Wathching Memories' takes the central refrain, abstracts and adds to it to twist it into a slow ballad from a highly charged synth-pop number into ambient territory before breaking down into a driven house number. 

                                                                                                              Likewise, 'Armands Clouds' relies on a throbbing central motif, with layered bass-heavy reverbed synth pulses and a kicking bass drum, this time opting for the instrumental appeal rather than the more song-based lyrical approach. 

                                                                                                              In all, we have a confident and varied outing, beautifully constructed and warmingly diverse, all brought together with Humphries' deft hand. 




                                                                                                              TRACK LISTING

                                                                                                              1. Intro
                                                                                                              2. Watching Memories
                                                                                                              3. Would I Lie To You (Progress Mix) 
                                                                                                              4. State Of Taylor
                                                                                                              5. Wishing On A Star
                                                                                                              6. Armands Clouds
                                                                                                              7. John Prayzz
                                                                                                              8. Belinda
                                                                                                              9. Finally
                                                                                                              10. EDD
                                                                                                              11. Joker
                                                                                                              12. Nothing's Changed
                                                                                                              13. SpreadoutandSkattah
                                                                                                              14. Whole Again
                                                                                                              15. Gwen

                                                                                                              Creep Show (John Grant & Wrangler)

                                                                                                              Mr. Dynamite

                                                                                                              Creep Show brings together John Grant with the dark funk of analogue electronic band Wrangler (Stephen Mallinder/Phil Winter/Benge) to create Mr Dynamite - a debut album packed with experimental pop and surreal funk. Recorded in Cornwall with a lifetime’s collection of drum machines and synthesisers assembled by Benge and explored by every member of Creep Show, there’s a real sense of freedom in the shackles-off grooves, channelling the early pioneering spirit of the Sugarhill Gang through wires and random electric noise. This sense of adventure is also part of the interplay between the two vocalists, John Grant and former Cabaret Voltaire frontman Stephen Mallinder, who switch between oblique wordplay to sinister humour as Phil Winter and Benge continue to man-handle the machines. The creepy ‘alter-ego’ title track, ‘Pink Squirrel’’s vocoder kaleidoscope and Grant’s exhilarating croon on the nine minute ‘Safe And Sound’ are just some of the twists and hooks to be explored on this consistently inventive record.

                                                                                                              STAFF COMMENTS

                                                                                                              Barry says: So, imagine John Grant's unmistakeable vocal serenades over the top of some rhythmic Bureau B synth pulses, swirling synth patterns and sickly-sweet Linn stabs. What could possibly go wrong? Absolutely nothing is what, it's superb, like we'd expect any different from our John.

                                                                                                              TRACK LISTING

                                                                                                              1 Mr. Dynamite
                                                                                                              2 Modern Parenting
                                                                                                              3 Tokyo Metro
                                                                                                              4 Endangered Species
                                                                                                              5 K Mart Johnny
                                                                                                              6 Pink Squirrel
                                                                                                              7 Lime Ricky
                                                                                                              8 Fall
                                                                                                              9 Safe And Sound

                                                                                                              John Bramwell

                                                                                                              Leave Alone The Empty Spaces

                                                                                                                I Am Kloot’s songwriter and frontman, John Bramwell, has announced the release of his first studio solo album “Leave Alone The Empty Spaces” The record is a stunning showcase of John’s skillful, widely acclaimed songwriting and his unique voice.

                                                                                                                It’s the first completely new collection of songs by John as a solo artist since he started his adventures away from I Am Kloot. “Leave Alone The Empty Spaces” has been inspired by John’s travels around the UK and Europe performing more than 300, intimate solo gigs.

                                                                                                                Travelling in his VW Campervan with his dog Henry, the experience allowed John to explore parts of the country hitherto unknown, develop his solo sound and ideas, and meet an awful lot of interesting people...

                                                                                                                The album is inspired by the spirit of liberty, independence, adventure and solitude that John has enjoyed on the road, as well as the diverse emotions that escape and travel can bring about - from sadness to exhilaration.

                                                                                                                It’s about rediscovering the romance, intimacy and magic of the live music experience, one to one with the audience.

                                                                                                                TRACK LISTING

                                                                                                                A Field Full Of Secrets
                                                                                                                Who Is Anybody
                                                                                                                Times Arrow
                                                                                                                From The Shore
                                                                                                                Sat Beneath The Lightning Tree
                                                                                                                The Whipperwill
                                                                                                                Tallulah
                                                                                                                Leave Alone The Empty Spaces
                                                                                                                Meet At The Station

                                                                                                                John Zorn

                                                                                                                The Hermetic Organ:Philharmonie De Paris

                                                                                                                  John Zorn. Rituel * Une Crise de Nerfs * Prière Empoisonné * L’heure des Sorcières John Zorn returns to his original instrument with a new volume of organ improvisations recorded at his infamous Weekend in Paris in April 2017. The organ at the Grand Salle Pierre Boulez is one of the most powerful and versatile in France, and Zorn approaches it with great sensitivity and wild abandon. Includes both the full 40 minute concert recording, and over 30 additional minutes of Zorn alone at the manuals in rehearsal the same day.

                                                                                                                  It has been six years since We Must Become The Pitiless Censors Of Ourselves appeared like a thunderbolt of maniacal energy and turned everyone’s heads around. After touring in support of the album, releasing a collection of rarities and unreleased tracks, Maus receded from the public spotlight, returning to his academic pursuits. Years later, after completing his doctorate in Political Philosophy, he began building his own modular synthesizers, etching the printed circuit boards, soldering components, and assembling panels, until he had an instrument that matched his vision.

                                                                                                                  His music is a highly mutable affair. Whilst often described as retro-futurist on behalf of the 80’s drum machines and synth sounds employed, John’s music is more personal than the nostalgic re-tread implied. He’s more interested in seeking cadence, through his love of Renaissance polyphony and the experimentation behind post punk. It’s an amalgamation of musical ideas as radical as its intent.

                                                                                                                  Screen Memories was written, recorded, and engineered by Maus over the last few years in his home in Minnesota, known genially as the Funny Farm. It’s a solitary place situated in the corn plains of the rural American Midwest. The landscape is as majestic as it is austere and inevitably some of the sub-zero winter temperatures creep into the songs, as do the buzzing wasps of summer.

                                                                                                                  STAFF COMMENTS

                                                                                                                  Barry says: As soon as you get a load of synths, some electronic drums and a boatload of reverb in the mix, i'm pretty much game. What makes this even more appealing is that it sounds like it was recorded when I was 5-10. This is ace, retrotastic synth swells, twee percussives and echoes for days. What's not to love?

                                                                                                                  TRACK LISTING

                                                                                                                  1. The Combine
                                                                                                                  2. Teenage Witch
                                                                                                                  3. Touchdown
                                                                                                                  4. Walls Of Silence
                                                                                                                  5. Find Out
                                                                                                                  6. Decide Decide
                                                                                                                  7. Edge Of Forever
                                                                                                                  8. The People Are Missing
                                                                                                                  9. Pets
                                                                                                                  10. Sensitive Recollections
                                                                                                                  11. Over Phantom
                                                                                                                  12. Bombs Away

                                                                                                                  Jon Langford

                                                                                                                  Four Lost Souls

                                                                                                                    Carted off to Muscle Shoals, Alabama under the cloud of dark politics, Welsh-born, Chicago-based punk-rocker-turned-Americana musical icon and revered visual artist Jon Langford and a band of alchemists and merry-makers filed into NuttHouse studio, a one-story former bank building in Sheffield, AL, the day after the 2016 election and four days later emerged with Four Lost Souls.

                                                                                                                    It's an album of pure Americana - not just because of where it was recorded, or that many of its players helped put Muscle Shoals on the musical map, but because it is beyond the news of the day. It goes to a place where the differences between country, soul, blues, and rock and roll are blown aside by the warm, languid breezes. The music has no time for such petty details because in the moment, in that place, was the sound of sweet agreement. 

                                                                                                                    John Wall & Mark Durgan

                                                                                                                    Contrapt

                                                                                                                      John Wall and Mark Durgan return after a lengthy absence [ there first release together was in 2011] Theirs is a fractured sound world woven together from improvisations that took place in the Utterpsalm Studio in London between 2012-15. The resultant seven tracks are an attempt at imposing order,structure and "expression" without meaning or intentionality onto a huge amount of heavily edited sonic material

                                                                                                                      TRACK LISTING

                                                                                                                      1/Contrapt
                                                                                                                      2/Ontrapt
                                                                                                                      3/Ntrapt
                                                                                                                      4/Trapt
                                                                                                                      5/Rapt
                                                                                                                      6/Apt
                                                                                                                      7/Pt

                                                                                                                      John Murry

                                                                                                                      A Short Piece Of Decay

                                                                                                                        John Murry was adopted at birth into the family of William Faulkner. Some have speculated that the Faulkner blood might also run in his veins, but that should be left for a Southern Gothic novel yet to be written (or perhaps re-written)..Raised in Tupelo, Mississippi, in the shadow of Elvis, his undiagnosed autism led to troubles at an early age which led to prescribed medication, which led to unprescribed medication which led to being institutionalised for addiction and mental health issues at a too young age. Eventually, discarded onto the streets of Memphis, he found music, which became the one constant positive force in his life. Memphis led to San Francisco and San Francisco led to heroin and heroin led to a near fatal overdose on the corner of 16th and Mission, so harrowingly memorialised in his song Little Coloured Balloons.

                                                                                                                        Music again came to his rescue and led him to Tim Mooney (American Music Club) and the group of musicians that helped create his 2012 masterpiece "The Graceless Age". The album was hailed by MOJO magazine and received a 5 out of 5 rating, UNCUT called it a "masterpiece", both magazines included it in their Top 10 albums of the year; American Songwriter put it in their Top 5 of the year and The Guardian included it in their best of the year as well. The accolades rolled in and John toured the world. He entranced and devastated audiences with his raw, unfiltered live performances, and it looked like his trajectory was set, that music had won and would have the final word. And then Tim Mooney, John’s mentor, his beacon, his bedrock, died suddenly and unexpectedly… and John’s world fell back in to chaos.

                                                                                                                        Over the next few years, John would lose the footing that he had struggled so hard to establish. He would lose his wife, his daughter, temporarily his freedom and ultimately his country. Somewhere along this volatile journey, John crossed paths with Michael Timmins of Cowboy Junkies . John had opened for the band at a show in Glasgow and Michael watched side-stage transfixed by John’s performance. Over the next few years the two of them kept in touch, they talked about the music business, politics, books, but most of all they talked about music. And they talked about making an album together.

                                                                                                                        Eventually John completed his descent and landed in Kilkenny, Ireland where he found some solid ground as part of a welcoming arts community. Michael then convinced him to travel to his Toronto studio where Michael put a band together consisting of brother Peter Timmins (Cowboy Junkies) on drums and Josh Finlayson (Skydiggers, Gord Downie, Lee Harvey Osmond) on bass. John brought along Cait O’Riordan (The Pogues, Elvis Costello) whom he had met in Ireland and who wanted to be a part of John’s journey. The five of them put aside five days to record all bedtracks and overdubs, with the brief that they would let the songs dictate where the journey took them, spontaneity was the order of the week. Michael Timmins describes the sessions, "I felt that it was important that John got out of his own way and that we set up a situation where he would just play and sing and the rest of us would just react, no second guessing, just react and capture the moment. It was a very inspired and inspiring week of playing and recording. Very intense. And I think we captured the raw essence of John’s writing and playing".

                                                                                                                        A Short History Of Decay is an intensely personal document of an artist’s fall from grace. It contains all the tragic elements of that unwritten Southern Gothic novel: the revelations of a man coming to terms with the personal shortcomings, the flaws and the perverse twists of fate that led him to the end of one journey and the beginning of another.

                                                                                                                        STAFF COMMENTS

                                                                                                                        Barry says: Murry has always been known for his true life confessionals, and this outing is no different. Hard hitting rocking Americana anthems like 'Defacing Sunday Bulletins' and 'Under A Darker Moon' sit confortably alongside minimal acoustic odes like 'Wrong Man', or driven guitars and melancholic harmonies of 'Come Five & Twenty'. Lovely stuff all-round.

                                                                                                                        TRACK LISTING

                                                                                                                        1. Silver Or Lead
                                                                                                                        2. Under A Darker Moon
                                                                                                                        3. Wrong Man
                                                                                                                        4. Defacing Sunday Bulletins
                                                                                                                        5. When God Walks In
                                                                                                                        6. Come Five & Twenty
                                                                                                                        7. One Day (You’ll Die)
                                                                                                                        8. Countess Lola’s Blues (All In This Together)
                                                                                                                        9. Miss Magdalene
                                                                                                                        10. What Jail Is Like

                                                                                                                        An introduction to a new mystical world, Waiting Around fuses the great Brit folk-jazz traditions of Nick Drake, Bert Jansch, Davy Graham, with further-flung sounds of Gene Rains, Eden Ahbez, Moondog and Sun Ra.

                                                                                                                        Whilst their influence would not sit so brazenly on John’s rolled-up sleeves, each one possesses inspiring techniques; “I deliberately listen to how music is recorded and put that into my process,” John explains. “A lot of percussion in exotica stuff or Indian, South American folk gives me ideas. Things like a distorted reggae hi hat or a backing vocal that’s way too loud and bleeds all over the other musicians – I like natural accidents which you only get with tape.”

                                                                                                                        Fittingly titled, Waiting Around is the fruits of melodic craftsman, John Stammers’ labour. Arriving no sooner than six years since the release of his 2011 debut; a physically demanding day job and fascination for all things analogue has made way for a record of stark beauty and enduring quality - delayed only by an unyielding sense of intrepid experimentalism.

                                                                                                                        Sounding like its own reel of ticker tape, Waiting Around is punched with even more magical moments; given its name, it’s a wake-up call (“It means you’re wasting your life and not being as productive as you or I should be!” John says), whilst beautifully warm songs recall friends as well as past and present loves. ‘Stepping Round Her Clothes’ captures the feeling of being young and in love whilst fiancée Yasmin plays a starring role in ‘Woman.’ “’Risky Flowers’ is about a troubled young man I knew who smoked heroin; he didn’t do it regularly but then I once met him and he looked bad. People said they didn’t recognize him. Then I didn’t see him for ages – that was three years ago,” John says.

                                                                                                                        Waiting Around also features the varied skillset of John’s many musical friends. Paddy Steer (Home Life, 808 State) lends his expertise by way of homemade percussion, Nancy Elizabeth plays Celtic harp and adds warmth with her vocals, piano melodies are provided by Aidan Smith and Alfie’s Ben Dumville plumps up proceedings with rousing trumpet sounds.

                                                                                                                        Produced by Jim Spencer (The Charlatans, Bert Jansch), Miles Copeland (Superimposers), and Dan Munslow (The Monks Kitchen, Luca Nieri), the album was recorded in Eve studio, nestled in Manchester’s city suburbs. “The idea was to book the studio for two weeks and rehearse in my cellar,” tells John. “We got to choose which tape machine to use, synths, compressors – the perfect place to record if you’re geared to analogue and like 18th century chapels.”


                                                                                                                        TRACK LISTING

                                                                                                                        1. Waiting Around
                                                                                                                        2. Stepping Round Her Clothes
                                                                                                                        3. Woman
                                                                                                                        4. Risky Flowers
                                                                                                                        5. Miss Valentine
                                                                                                                        6. I See The Signs
                                                                                                                        7. Oblivion
                                                                                                                        8. Your Time 

                                                                                                                        John Holt

                                                                                                                        1000 Volts Of Holt

                                                                                                                          Originally released in 1974 this album is made up of cover versions of classic pop and soul tracks, all rendered in a soulful reggae style. Reggae balladeer John Holt wraps his silken voice around standards like 'Never Never Never', 'Baby I'm A Want You', 'Help Me Make It Through The Night', 'Mr Bojangles' and 'Killing Me Softly With Her Song'. If you like smooth reggae you'll love the voice of John Holt. There's nothing rootsy or challenging here, just soulful reggae interpretations of some great songs, delivered in a clear, concise and heart-felt manner.

                                                                                                                          John Coltrane

                                                                                                                          Giant Steps (Mono Edition)

                                                                                                                          John Coltrane’s landmark Atlantic album in glorious mono.

                                                                                                                          Saying farewell to bebop, "Giant Steps" was Coltrane's second album to be recorded for the Atlantic label, and marked the first time that all of the pieces on a recording had been composed by him. The recording exemplifies Coltrane's melodic phrasing that came to be known as 'sheets of sound', and features the use of a new harmonic concept later to be known as 'Coltrane changes'. The set features early versionss of "Naima", "Cousin Mary", "Mr PC", "Spiral", and "Syeeda's Song Flute".

                                                                                                                          John Coltrane

                                                                                                                          Trane: The Atlantic Collection

                                                                                                                          To coincide with the release of the John Coltrane documentary Chasing Trane, this 1 LP & 1 CD compilation with unique artwork, remastered for the release, is designed as an introduction to John Coltrane’s revered Atlantic recordings. Trane: The Atlantic Collection includes the hit single ‘My Favorite Things,’ the iconic ‘Giant Steps, ‘Naima’ and more, from one of the legends of the jazz world. The album features a new liner notes essay by Ben Ratliff, former NY Times jazz critic, & author of the 2007 biography ‘Coltrane: The Story of a Sound.’

                                                                                                                          John Matthias & Jay Auborn

                                                                                                                          Race To Zero

                                                                                                                            ‘Race To Zero’ is the new album by musician and composer John Matthias and producer, musician and composer Jay Auborn, via the Village Green label.

                                                                                                                            The album’s starting point was a series of acoustic improvisations recorded in a variety of locations, from a 700-year-old chapel in the Devon countryside to a basement studio in Reykjavík, Iceland. In an attempt to create a fractured sense of space reflective of the digital condition, the duo found themselves working within a place that could only exist in the digital landscape. By crushing the recordings through a hundred different virtual rooms of reverb and other chaotic digital processes they collided, soared and splintered into sweeping new rhythms, melodies and drones. Pushing the computer’s processor beyond its limits threw up sonic ‘errors’ that wouldn’t be easily possible to create through standard methods. In response, these outcomes created new and unplanned inspiration for further composition. Elements of the album were then produced binaurally adding a three dimensional listening experience. The outcome is a unique landscape that blurs the line between the virtual and physical worlds.

                                                                                                                            “Cerebral yet accessible” - Uncut (8/10)

                                                                                                                            “A fascinating album that continually surprises with its neo-classical meets electronic template” - Clash

                                                                                                                            John Moreland

                                                                                                                            Big Bad Luv

                                                                                                                              The new album from John Moreland is an honest, bruising experience. A beautiful record about love, faith and the human condition, Big Bad Luv is John’s fourth album to date and also his debut for 4AD.

                                                                                                                              Hailing from Tulsa, OK, John composes both pointedly and prodigiously, and has released largely self-produced albums every other year since 2011. Playing an equally pivotal role in his rise have been his mesmeric solo performances (including his TV debut on The Late Show with Stephen Colbert last year), which coupled with his incredible records, has helped to create a real word-of-mouth about him. Big Bad Luv, was recorded in Little Rock, AK, and mostly with a crew of Tulsa friends: John Calvin Abney (piano and guitar), Aaron Boehler (bass), Paddy Ryan (drums), Jared

                                                                                                                              Tyler (dobro) and Lucero's Rick Steff (piano). Coming together in three sessions over ten months, which were sandwiched between touring dates and life, the final album was then mixed by GRAMMY winning Tchad Blake, who has worked with iconic acts from Al Green to Tom Waits.

                                                                                                                              Since 2012, Father John Misty, aka Josh Tillman, has unexpectedly emerged as a singular (if not undeniably, um, idiosyncratic) voice. Whether by virtue of his lyrics, which routinely defy the presumed polarities of wit and empathy; his live performances which may perhaps be described best as “intimately berzerk”, or the infuriating line he seems to occupy between canny and total fraud online or in interviews, Father John Misty has cultivated a rare space for himself in the musical landscape - that of a real enigma. Pure Comedy sees Tillman at the height of these powers: as a lyricist, and equally so a cultural observer - at times bordering on freakishly prescient. Tillman’s bent critiques, bared humanity and gently warped classic songwriting are all here in equal measure and - at 75 minutes - there’s a veritable fuck ton of it. The album navigates themes of progress, technology, fame, the environment, politics, aging, social media, human nature, human connection and his own role in it all with his usual candour, and in terms as timely as they are timeless.

                                                                                                                              Tillman wrote the majority of Pure Comedy throughout 2015 and recorded all the basic tracking and vocals live to tape (in no more than two takes each) at United Studios (fka the legendary Ocean Way Studios, favored by Frank Sinatra and The Beach Boys) in Los Angeles March 2016.

                                                                                                                              Pure Comedy was co-produced once again by Josh Tillman and long-time producer Jonathan Wilson; mixed by Tillman, Wilson and Trevor Spencer, and mastered by Bob Ludwig at Gateway Mastering Studios. The album features string, horn and choral arrangements from classical iconoclast Gavin Bryars (Jesus Blood Never Failed Me Yet, Sinking Of The Titanic), with additional contributions from Nico Muhly and Thomas Bartlett.

                                                                                                                              TRACK LISTING

                                                                                                                              1. Pure Comedy
                                                                                                                              2. Total Entertainment Forever
                                                                                                                              3. Things It Would Have Been Helpful To Know Before The Revolution
                                                                                                                              4. Ballad Of The Dying Man
                                                                                                                              5. Birdie
                                                                                                                              6. Leaving LA
                                                                                                                              7. A Bigger Paper Bag
                                                                                                                              8. When The God Of Love Returns There’ll Be Hell To Pay
                                                                                                                              9. Smoochie
                                                                                                                              10. Two Wildly Different Perspectives
                                                                                                                              11. The Memo
                                                                                                                              12. So I’m Growing Old On Magic Mountain
                                                                                                                              13. In Twenty Years Or So

                                                                                                                              John Lennon & Yoko Ono

                                                                                                                              Unfinished Music, No. 2: Life With The Lions

                                                                                                                              The sound of Ono and Lennon validating their love as something impenetrable and timeless. It’s when we, the listener, begin to fully understand that the scope of their recording efforts was much more than a recording collaboration and something closer to a performative documentary, a declaration of “Our life and our love is our art - every nitty, gritty part of it.”

                                                                                                                              TRACK LISTING

                                                                                                                              Cambridge 1969
                                                                                                                              No Bed For Beatle John
                                                                                                                              Baby’s Heartbeat
                                                                                                                              Two Minutes Silence
                                                                                                                              Radio Play

                                                                                                                              John Lennon & Yoko Ono

                                                                                                                              Unfinished Music, No. 1: Two Virgins

                                                                                                                              Turns out the very sound of falling in love is just as abstract, subjective and loopy as the concept itself. Yoko Ono and John Lennon are two of history’s greatest lovers and ‘Two Virgins’ is the document of the pair falling in love in real time. The album is a curious and amazing suite recorded over one weekend in Spring 1968 at Lennon’s Kenwood home: Distant conversations; comedic role playing and footsteps; laughter, birdcalls and plunking piano lines; silly songs and space; tape delay stretching shrieks, bass rumbles and moans to the moon and back again.

                                                                                                                              The now-iconic cover (featuring Ono and Lennon standing nude together) notwithstanding, nothing about ‘Two Virgins’ is safe. It would be a risky move today for artists in the larger, pop culture conversation just as it was a risky move in 1969. However, this is an uncomfortably private, two-person dialogue about - and celebration of - experimentation, inspiration and play. These two souls bravely let us look through the keyhole.

                                                                                                                              TRACK LISTING

                                                                                                                              Side One
                                                                                                                              Side Two

                                                                                                                              John Chantler’s ever-searching sensibilities lead him back to Room40 for a suite of crystalline modular synth intricacies realised at his home studio, now located in Stockholm after stints in Japan and South London, with additional recordings made at his now-local, world renowned EMS facility.

                                                                                                                              Which Way To Leave? can be read as a response to his new surroundings; a sort of reflexive reaction filtered and felt out thru finely meshed, gaseous layers of melody and timbral thizz with an absorbing, refreshing sense of strolling momentum and lush mindfulness allowing him to imperceptibly fold in guest contributions from Carina Thorén (his partner in For Barry Ray) on electric bass, and Okkyung Lee on cello.

                                                                                                                              It’s a sound that lies on the border between new age optimism and the abstract traditions of 20th century concrète and electro-acoustic traditions, mixing the home-brewed, psychedelic potency of one discipline with the more studious processing, diaphanous dimensions and abstract textures associated to the other realm, making their putative borders porous and interchangeable via subliminal transitions and angular incision.

                                                                                                                              STAFF COMMENTS

                                                                                                                              Barry says: Modern musique concrete for the discerning synthesist (or those fond of a synth or two). This is a suite of modular synth excursions and woven ambient textures, based on pinging vactrols and glassine hammered tones. Though there is a certain sparseness to the developmental process, it soon becomes warming and full-bodied, introducing washes of close reverb and top-heavy tines. Reminiscent of some of the more stripped-back collections on spectrum spools (Brett Naucke, Outer Space etc). Magnificently engrossing and imbued with a rich and communicable vision.

                                                                                                                              TRACK LISTING

                                                                                                                              1. Falling Forward                03:38
                                                                                                                              2. Two And Four                   02:18
                                                                                                                              3. Clearing                            01:04
                                                                                                                              4. Fixation Pulse                  06:22
                                                                                                                              5. Lesser Demands             02:27
                                                                                                                              6. All Visible Signs              06:31
                                                                                                                              7. First December               10:28
                                                                                                                              8. Second December         01:55
                                                                                                                              9. Beginning Again             06.56

                                                                                                                              John Davis & The Monster Orchestra

                                                                                                                              Bourgie, Bourgie - Louie Vega Remixes

                                                                                                                              House Music legend Louie Vega continues to light fire to select tracks from the Sam Records 1970’s Disco Catalogue. He previously remixed Vicky D’s “This Beat Is Mine” and Convertion’s “Let’s Do It.” Now he has added his unique and legendary production skills to a remix of the Ashford & Simpon penned “Bourgie’, Bourgie’” by John Davis & The Monster Orchestra. Originally released on Sam Records in 1979, “Bourgie’, Bourgie’” also features background vocals by Ashford & Simpson.
                                                                                                                              Louie Vega continues to be one of the most dynamic and respected dance music producers in the world. With a body of work that combines his timeless and trend-settings production with Kenny Dope as Masters At Work, and his own distinctive and equally impactful Louie Vega productions, he has always had a great knowledge and respect for the R&B and Disco music that laid the foundation of the current soundtrack of nightlife. The Sam Records catalogue is owned and administered by Nervous Records, with which Louie has a long history, dating to his creation with Kenny Dope of the label’s signature tune, The Nervous Track by Nuyorican Soul. The distinctive string sections of “Bourgie’, Bourgie’” along with the Ashford & Simpson lyrics caught Louie’s ear, and he has created a remix that has been destroying dancefloors and festival summer.

                                                                                                                              TRACK LISTING

                                                                                                                              A1 Bourgie Bourgie (Louie Vega Mix) 
                                                                                                                              B1 Bourgie Bourgie (Dance Ritual Dub) 

                                                                                                                              John Zorn

                                                                                                                              Sacred Visions

                                                                                                                              Sacred Visions presents two Zorn masterpieces touching upon the mediaeval world. The Holy Visions is a Mystery Play in eleven strophes concerning the life, work and philosophy of 12th century composer, healer and visionary mystic Hildegard von Bingen, and is one of Zorn’s most beloved and acclaimed works for voice. Here is it coupled with Zorn’s latest string quartet The Remedy of Fortune, six tableaux depicting the changing fortunes of romantic love, which was inspired by the work of 12th century troubadour Guillaume de Machaut and receives a precise and passionate reading by the brilliant JACK quartet. Two brilliant modern compositions drawing on mediaeval spirituality, both sacred and secular! 


                                                                                                                              John Paul White was formerly one-half of Grammy Award winning duo The Civil Wars. His first solo album in nearly a decade, 'Beulah' is a remarkably & assuredly diverse collection spanning plaintive folk balladry, swampy southern rock, lonesome campfire songs, & dark acoustic pop. Gothic & ambitious, with a rustic, lived-in sound, it’s a meditation on love curdling into its opposite, on recrimination defining relationships, on hope finally filtering through doubt.

                                                                                                                              White threw himself into the project, no longer the reluctant songwriter but a craftsman determined to make the best album possible. He cut several songs at the renowned FAME Studios in Muscle Shoals. One product of those sessions is “What’s So,” which introduces itself by way of a fire-&-brimstone riff, as heavy as a guilty conscience with gritty & soulful vocals. At the other end of the spectrum is “The Martyr,” the spryness of the melody imagines Elliott Smith wandering the banks of the Tennessee River, yet the song is shot through with a pervasive melancholy as White wrestles with his own demons

                                                                                                                              Some of the quieter songs were created in the Single Lock offices/studio, including the ominously erotic opener “Black Leaf” & the Southern gothic love song “Make You Cry.” As he worked, a distinctive & intriguing aesthetic began to grow clearer & clearer, one based in austere arrangements & plaintive moods. These are songs with empty spaces in them, dark corners that could hold ghosts or worse.

                                                                                                                              TRACK LISTING

                                                                                                                              1. Black Leaf
                                                                                                                              2. What's So
                                                                                                                              3. The Once And Future Queen
                                                                                                                              4. I Want To Make You Cry
                                                                                                                              5. Fight For You
                                                                                                                              6. Hope I Die
                                                                                                                              7. I've Been Over This Before – Featuring The Secret Sisters
                                                                                                                              8. The Martyr
                                                                                                                              9. Hate The Way You Love Me
                                                                                                                              10. I'll Get Even

                                                                                                                              Peter Bjorn And John

                                                                                                                              Breakin' Point

                                                                                                                              ‘Breakin’ Point’ is about the band's newfound search for another career high. “We started with some other album title ideas – like 'Thriller 2'. Then we realised we were pushing the envelope so got into the idea of a breaking point. If we broke it once, we can break it twice,” says Bjorn. That's why the album artwork features a hammer with three heads on it, not just to strike your nightmares, but to send a message out to everyone.

                                                                                                                              The trio's previous record 'Gimme Some' was Peter Bjorn and John's “power pop, guitar statement”, focused on recreating in the studio what they were confidently doing live. This time they wanted to do the total opposite. “This was about doing big pop songs,” says Bjorn, who recalls sitting around listening to ABBA with his bandmates, marvelling at how they made it sound and look so easy.

                                                                                                                              On ‘Breakin’ Point’ the band have worked with producers Patrick Berger (Icona Pop, Robyn), Paul Epworth (Florence And The Machine, U2, Paul McCartney), Greg Kurstin (Sia, Adele), Emile Haynie (Lana Del Rey, FKA Twigs, Kanye West) and Pontus Winnberg (Miike Snow).

                                                                                                                              TRACK LISTING

                                                                                                                              Dominos
                                                                                                                              Love Is What You Want
                                                                                                                              Do-Si-Do
                                                                                                                              What You Talking About?
                                                                                                                              Breakin' Point
                                                                                                                              A Long Goodbye
                                                                                                                              Nostalgic Intellect
                                                                                                                              In This Town
                                                                                                                              Hard Sleep
                                                                                                                              It's Your Call
                                                                                                                              Between The Lines
                                                                                                                              Pretty Dumb, Pretty Lame

                                                                                                                              Zorn’s compositions for a cappella voice are some of his most sensual and sublime creations. This CD presents his two books of Madrigals scored for six female voices. Beautifully performed by his long time ensemble the “Sapphites” the music is even more varied and challenging than his previous masterpieces The Holy Visions and Shir Hashirim, touching upon minimalism, tonal and atonal counterpoint, textural experiments and more. Inspired by the visionary poetry of 19th century British Romantic Percy Blysse Shelley, a charming lyricism and subtle spirituality rides through the music from first note to last. 

                                                                                                                              John Grant

                                                                                                                              John Grant And The BBC Philharmonic Orchestra: Live In Concert

                                                                                                                                This one-off live recording saw John performing much of his celebrated catalogue with the 90-piece BBC Philharmonic Orchestra, with arrangements by his long-time collaborator Fiona Brice.

                                                                                                                                We've just managed to get our hands on a few copies of this album that was originally available on Record Store Day. 

                                                                                                                                Includes a download code.

                                                                                                                                Exclusive silver vinyl limited to 1000 copies in the UK / Eire.

                                                                                                                                It’s been the most spectacular of journeys, from a place in time when John Grant feared he’d never make music again, to winning awards, accolades and Top 20 chart positions, collaborating with the likes of Sinead O’Connor, Goldfrapp and Elton John, as well as a Best International Male Solo Artist nomination at the 2014 BRITS Awards.

                                                                                                                                Now comes Grant’s third album, the invitingly titled Grey Tickles, Black Pressure, a veritable tour-de-force that further refines and entwines his two principal strands of musical DNA, the sumptuous tempered ballad and the taut, fizzing electronic pop song. There are newer musical accomplishments across its panoply of towering sound, like the title track’s new steely demeanour, while the ominous drama of “Black Blizzard” echoes both John Carpenter and Bernard ‘Black Devil Disco Club’ Fevre’s beautiful and icy synthscapes. The contagious, gleeful “You And Him” marries buzzing rock with a squelchy electronic undertow, while orchestral drama swathes the bad-dreamy “Global Warming” and the album’s gorgeously aching widescreen finale “Geraldine”.

                                                                                                                                Grey Tickles, Black Pressure was recorded in Dallas with producer John Congleton (St Vincent, Franz Ferdinand, Swans) - coincidentally the same state of Texas where Grant nailed his 2010 solo debut Queen Of Denmark in the company of Denton’s wondrous Midlake. After that landmark return, which MOJO made its album of 2010, 2013’s Pale Green Ghosts was made in Icelandic capital Reykjavik (where Grant has lived ever since), which entered the UK Top 20 in its first week and ended up as Rough Trade Shop’s Album of the Year 2013, The Guardian’s No.2 and in MOJO and Uncut’s Top Five). Such recognition, iced by years of sell-out shows across Europe and a recent US tour as special invited guest of the Pixies, should allow the notoriously self-critical and insecure Grant the passing thought that Grey Tickles, Black Pressure will deservedly cement his reputation as the most disarmingly honest, caustic, profound and funny diarist of the human condition in the persistently testing, even tragic, era that is the 21st century.

                                                                                                                                “I do think the album’s great, and I’m really proud of it,” he says. “I wanted to get moodier and angrier on this record, but I probably had a lot more fun making it.” He cites “amazing” session keyboardist Bobby Sparks, “who really funked things up,” as part of that fun; likewise a month of Dallas sunshine “after a brutal dark winter in Iceland. And there was a lot of laughter.”

                                                                                                                                That said, fun isn’t the first ingredient you’d expect when you know the roots of the album title. “‘Grey tickles’ is the literal translation from Icelandic for ‘mid-life crisis’, while ‘black pressure’ is the direct translation from Turkish for ‘nightmare’,” Grant explains, an unusually gifted linguist (he’s fluent in German, Russian and now tackling Icelandic).

                                                                                                                                Nevertheless, there are plenty of positive streaks in Grey Tickles, Black Pressure. Grant, for one, is in fabulous voice throughout and has moved on from the specific subject matter that shaped both previous albums (though the concept of love always figures into the mix). “Disappointing” – featuring vocal guest Tracey Thorne – is an exuberant tribute to new love, against which Grant’s favourite Saturday Night Live comediennes, Russian artists and “ballet dancers with or without tights” pale in comparison. The album’s other two guests are vocalist Amanda Palmer and former Banshees drummer Budgie.

                                                                                                                                But the end result is indeed a moody, angry record, laced with levering humour and wounded pathos, yet as dark as Reykjavik in February. It starts and ends with spoken word snippets called, simply, “Intro” and “Outro”, both taken from the same Biblical quote (from 1 Corinthians 13) regarding the divinity of love that young John was taught in church. In between are 12 songs that document the reality of love on planet Earth, corrupted by “pain, misunderstandings, jealousy, objectification and expectations,” as Grant puts it.

                                                                                                                                The album’s last two songs are among its finest. “No More Tangles” fights against co-dependency “with narcissistic queers,” he sings, through the metaphor of hair care products. “It’s about not apologizing for who you are and not putting up with unnecessary bullshit from people who do not care about you”. But in “Geraldine” (as in the late Geraldine Paige, “one of freakiest, strongest, coolest actresses I’ve come across”), Grant’s latest actor-inspired song is Grant’s chance to ask her if she too had to “put up with this shit” that life dishes out.

                                                                                                                                So Grant still manages to keep fighting the good fight, and writing his way out of trouble with another fantastic record. “I want to continue to challenge myself,” he says. “To keep collaborating, to get the sound or the direction that will take me where I need to go. To keep taking the bull by the horns.” 

                                                                                                                                STAFF COMMENTS

                                                                                                                                Andy says: Lush, deep production bringing throbbing electronics further to the fore, which when married to Grant's enormo ballads and hilarious lyrics, make this John's most complete album yet.

                                                                                                                                TRACK LISTING

                                                                                                                                1. Intro
                                                                                                                                2. Grey Tickles, Black Pressure
                                                                                                                                3. Snug Slacks
                                                                                                                                4. Guess How I Know
                                                                                                                                5. You & Him
                                                                                                                                6. Down Here
                                                                                                                                7. Voodoo Doll
                                                                                                                                8. Global Warming
                                                                                                                                9. Magma Arrives
                                                                                                                                10. Black Blizzard
                                                                                                                                11. Disappointing
                                                                                                                                12. No More Tangles
                                                                                                                                13. Geraldine
                                                                                                                                14. Outro

                                                                                                                                John Lennon

                                                                                                                                Imagine - 2015 Reissue

                                                                                                                                  Remastered from the original analogue masters in 2010, by Yoko Ono and a team of engineers led by Allan Rouse at Abbey Road Studios in London and by George Marino at Avatar Studios in New York. This LP has been newly cut to vinyl from those 96k digital files. Comes as an authentic reproduction of its UK original, in its sound and visual presentation.

                                                                                                                                  STAFF COMMENTS

                                                                                                                                  Andy says: Superb second solo album, produced by Phil Spector.

                                                                                                                                  TRACK LISTING

                                                                                                                                  1. Imagine
                                                                                                                                  2. Crippled Inside
                                                                                                                                  3. Jealous Guy - John Lennon, The Plastic Ono Band, The Flux Fiddlers
                                                                                                                                  4. It's So Hard
                                                                                                                                  5. I Don't Wanna Be A Soldier Mama
                                                                                                                                  6. Gimme Some Truth
                                                                                                                                  7. Oh My Love
                                                                                                                                  8. How Do You Sleep?
                                                                                                                                  9. How?
                                                                                                                                  10. Oh Yoko!

                                                                                                                                  John Foxx

                                                                                                                                  20th Century: The Noise

                                                                                                                                    Metamatic Records’ first major compilation of John Foxx material is the first part of a double release spanning 35 years as a solo artist. John Foxx – 20th Century: The Noise covers the years from his debut single ‘Underpass’ in January 1980 to the rest of the last century, up to his ‘comeback’ albums with Louis Gordon, Shifting City and The Omnedelic Exotour in 1997 and 1998.

                                                                                                                                    There’s also a precious Cathedral Oceans gem, ‘Splendour’ which has only ever been available on a rare album by various artists entitled Orphée and 20th Century also includes an unreleased instrumental track from the vaults, ‘Musique Electron’ – a melodic idea Foxx has had ‘for decades’. The Metamatic material is taken from the new 2014 master which is based on a set of 1979 analogue tapes recently discovered in John’s archive.

                                                                                                                                    20th Century also includes a Foxx/Gordon version of ‘Hiroshima Mon Amour’, a track that featured on Ultravox’s second album, Ha! Ha! Ha! A follow-up album, 21st Century: A Man, A Woman And A City is scheduled for early 2016.

                                                                                                                                    TRACK LISTING

                                                                                                                                    1. 20th Century (B-side To Burning Car)
                                                                                                                                    2. Underpass (Taken From Metamatic)
                                                                                                                                    3. No-One Driving (Single Version)
                                                                                                                                    4. Burning Car (Single)
                                                                                                                                    5. He's A Liquid (Alternative Version)
                                                                                                                                    6. A Long Time (B-side To Miles Away)
                                                                                                                                    7. Miles Away (Single)
                                                                                                                                    8. Europe After The Rain (Taken From The Garden)
                                                                                                                                    9. This Jungle (B-side To Europe After The Rain)
                                                                                                                                    10. Dancing Like A Gun (Taken From The Garden)
                                                                                                                                    11. Endlessly (Single Version)
                                                                                                                                    12. The Hidden Man (Taken From The Golden Section)
                                                                                                                                    13. The Noise - Foxx/Gordon (Taken From Shifting City)
                                                                                                                                    14. Through My Sleeping - Foxx/Gordon (Taken From Shifting City)
                                                                                                                                    15. Hiroshima Mon Amour – Foxx/Gordon (Taken From Omnidelic Exotour)
                                                                                                                                    16. Musique Electron (previously Unreleased)
                                                                                                                                    17. Splendour (previously Only Available On A Compilation, Orphée)

                                                                                                                                    Eltron John / Eddie C

                                                                                                                                    Ludzie Z Marsa / Stoneczna Promenada

                                                                                                                                    Brand new (and also the last one) treat in the The Very Polish Cut-Outs 7" series, usually devoted to quirkier and weirder tracks than the much acclaimed 12" samplers.

                                                                                                                                    Eltron John kicks off the A-side with a reggae influenced rework of a Polish children's song from late 80s called 'Ludzie z Marsa'.

                                                                                                                                    His modern, dubby production and close attention to the smallest details fuses perfectly with abstract lyrics. This serious-not-serious song treats about people who are from Mars and invade Earth, because 'they can't remember what the forest animals look like, what a farce!

                                                                                                                                    Already road tested by the members of TVPC, this Caribbean-East European depth of a groove works perfectly in late night drunk sets.
                                                                                                                                    On the B-side Eddie C visits executive suite of a cruise ship with his extended, melancholic rework of 'Stoneczna Promenada'. The original tune is an old Polish cocktail-lounge classic from the late 70s, transformed here into a psychedelic story of epic proportions. Moody loops evoke instant headnodding and added dub effects magnify the nostalgic, sunny vibe.

                                                                                                                                    TRACK LISTING

                                                                                                                                    A. Ludzie Z Marsa
                                                                                                                                    B. Stoneczna Promenada

                                                                                                                                    STANDARD VINYL EDITION, with a gatefold jacket with black vinyl and fold-out poster, featuring a collage of Emma Tillman’s intimate photos, designed by Alia Penner and an extensive “Exercises for Listening” written by Josh Tillman

                                                                                                                                    CD EDITION, which includes fold-out poster, featuring a collage of Emma Tillman’s intimate photos, designed by Alia Penner and an extensive “Exercises for Listening” written by Josh Tillman

                                                                                                                                    'I Love You, Honeybear' is the highly-anticipated follow up to his acclaimed debut, Fear Fun. The album, featuring “Bored In The USA,” “Chateau Lobby #4 (in C for Two Virgins),” “True Affection,” and the title track, was produced by Josh Tillman and Jonathan Wilson, mixed by Phil Ek, and mastered by Greg Calbi at Sterling Sound. 

                                                                                                                                    STAFF COMMENTS

                                                                                                                                    Andy says: Americana's answer to Jarvis Cocker, Josh Tillman uses his FJM persona to tease and torment (and behave like the coolest, sexiest, superstar ever!) whilst behind the guise casually writing some of this year's greatest songs! It's a superb record and a huge hit.

                                                                                                                                    TRACK LISTING

                                                                                                                                    01 I Love You, Honeybear
                                                                                                                                    02 Chateau Lobby #4 (in C For Two Virgins)
                                                                                                                                    03 True Affection
                                                                                                                                    04 The Night Josh Tillman Came To Our Apt.
                                                                                                                                    05 When You’re Smiling And Astride Me
                                                                                                                                    06 Nothing Good Ever Happens At The Goddamn Thirsty Crow
                                                                                                                                    07 Strange Encounter
                                                                                                                                    08 The Ideal Husband
                                                                                                                                    09 Bored In The USA
                                                                                                                                    10 Holy Shit
                                                                                                                                    11 I Went To The Store One Day

                                                                                                                                    John Grant And The BBC Philharmonic Orchestra

                                                                                                                                    Live In Concert

                                                                                                                                      Early October saw John Grant turn in a truly fabulous performance as part of the BBC Philharmonic Presents Series which was broadcast across 6Music and other BBC networks. This one-off live recording saw John performing much of his celebrated catalogue with the 60-piece BBC Philharmonic Orchestra, with arrangements by his long-time collaborator Fiona Brice.

                                                                                                                                      So good was the performance, and also in response to public demand, Bella Union are delighted to announce that the recording will be released in a few weeks time on 1st December. The recording should also serve as a memento (of sorts) for John's upcoming sold-out orchestral tour with the Royal Northern Sinfonia which will see him performing in some of the UK's most prestigious venues.

                                                                                                                                      TRACK LISTING

                                                                                                                                      It Doesn’t Matter To Him
                                                                                                                                      Sigourney Weaver
                                                                                                                                      Vietnam
                                                                                                                                      Marz
                                                                                                                                      Fireflies
                                                                                                                                      Where Dreams Go To Die
                                                                                                                                      Caramel
                                                                                                                                      Glacier
                                                                                                                                      T C & Honeybear
                                                                                                                                      It’s Easier
                                                                                                                                      GMF
                                                                                                                                      Pale Green Ghosts
                                                                                                                                      Outer Space
                                                                                                                                      You Don’t Have To
                                                                                                                                      Drug
                                                                                                                                      Queen Of Denmark

                                                                                                                                      Stephen John Kalinich

                                                                                                                                      A World Of Peace Must Come

                                                                                                                                        THIS IS A RECORD STORE DAY 2014 EXCLUSIVE, LIMITED TO ONE PER PERSON.

                                                                                                                                        "A World Of Peace Must Come is his masterpiece. That was fantastic." - Brian Wilson
                                                                                                                                        "'Be Still' is the only song I've ever heard that made me want to be a better person." - Brian Barr, The Seattle Weekly

                                                                                                                                        "The only other artist as pure as him is Captain Beefheart." - Bill Bentley

                                                                                                                                        Stephen John Kalinich was born in Endicott, New York and grew up in Binghamton. In his early teens, he stared writing poems and articles about World Peace. He first came to California around 1964, fell in love with it, and promptly transferred from Harper College in upstate New York to UCLA.

                                                                                                                                        Kalinich found himself immersed in the vibrant anti-War culture of late 60’s California, often writing songs and poems against the War. He found a musical partner and kindred spirit in Mark Lindsey Buckingham. They cut a demo for a track called "Leaves of Grass," inspired by the famous Walt Whitman poem "Leaves Of Grass", and Kalinich started taking demos around.

                                                                                                                                        In the mid 60s, it was either at Brother Records or while pumping gas that Kalinich first met the Beach Boys. He hit it off with Brian, Carl and Dennis right away. As the first artist signed to the Beach Boys new label Brother Records, Carl Wilson produced a record for him. His first songs that saw release were "Little Bird" and "Be Still," which he wrote with Dennis and were released on the Friends album. His relationship with Dennis would lead to a number of further collaborations and Kalinich / Dennis Wilson co-writes, including: 20/20 - "All I Want To Do," Hawthorne, CA - "A Time to Live in Dreams", Pacific Ocean Blue - "Rainbows," and Bambu - "Love Remember Me.”
                                                                                                                                        A World of Peace Must Come was recorded at various LA studios and Brian's house in Bel-Air in 1969. The tapes were promptly lost, not to be heard again until our discovery of them in 2008. Following the CD-only reissue in that year, this is the first time this timeless snapshot of an era and an ethos will be available on vinyl for Record Store Day 2014.


                                                                                                                                        'I believe the use of noise to make music will continue and increase until we reach a music produced through the aid of electrical instruments which will make available for musical purposes any and all sounds that can be heard.' - John Cage 1937. Although John Cage occasionally worked in large, sophisticated studios - for example, when he composed Fontana Mix in 1958 - his approach to electronic and tape music was often uncomplicated, makeshift, and pragmatic, employing simple tabletop devices: tape machines, phonograph cartridges, contact microphones, record players, portable radios, etc. He developed a soundworld that was utterly new, radical and demanding. It heralded the age of the loudspeaker, mass communication and Marshall McLuhan's 'global village.' The hiss, crackle and hum of electronic circuits, and the disembodied sounds, snatched by radio from the ether, spoke of the 20th century.

                                                                                                                                        Langham Research Centre works within the tradition firmly established by Cage, using resources that would have been available to him. For the realisation of Cartridge Music, moving iron phonograph pickups were sourced and restored. These have a knurled screw designed to hold a steel phonograph needle and, in the piece, other objects are inserted and amplified: pieces of wire, toothpicks, paperclips, etc. The realisation of Fontana Mix includes the individual mono tracks from Cage's original tapes created in 1958. These are played using open-reel tape machines. These practices ensure we work within the limitations that Cage experienced and enable us to get close to the soundworld he inhabited. (Robert Worby, LRC).

                                                                                                                                        TRACK LISTING

                                                                                                                                        CD:
                                                                                                                                        01 Fontana Mix With Aria 1958 / 13'36
                                                                                                                                        02 Imaginary Landscape N°.5 1952 / 3'00
                                                                                                                                        03 WBAI 1960 / 7'00
                                                                                                                                        04 Cartridge Music 1960 / 10'00
                                                                                                                                        05 0'00'' 1962 / 2'36
                                                                                                                                        06 Variations I 1960 / 10'00 Tracklisting LP

                                                                                                                                        VINYL:
                                                                                                                                        SIDE A
                                                                                                                                        01 Fontana Mix With Aria 1958 / 13'36
                                                                                                                                        02 Imaginary Landscape N°.5 1952 / 3'00
                                                                                                                                        03 WBAI 1960 / 7'00

                                                                                                                                        SIDE B
                                                                                                                                        01 Cartridge Music 1960 / 10'00
                                                                                                                                        02 0'00'' 1962 / 2'36
                                                                                                                                        03 Variations I 1960 / 10'00


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