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Sitting perfectly at the corded fringe between acid jazz and rising Britpop, Corduroy emerged in 1991 out of the ashes of cult band Boys Wonder, and made three increasingly brilliant albums on Acid Jazz. They also became one of the top live acts of their generation. After an 18-year hiatus, they returned with ‘Return of the Fabric Four in 2018, and remain a draw on the live circuit.
Featuring the popular sides from last years limited-edition 7” single ‘No More Me Me Me’ and ‘Hypnotoad’, ‘Men of the Cloth’ features four new cuts from the same Corduroy cloth - a heady mix of swinging sixties soundtracks, pop art imagery and Jazz-Funk in equal measure. A must-have addition to one of the founding acts of Acid Jazz.

The stems were sent to Orangefish Studio in Brooklyn, NYC where Derek Neivergelt (Terrance Blanchard) Evan Pazner (Lee Fields) added a live rhythm section, with guest trumpet solos from Jeremy Pelt. The Summoned is a conceptual journey through life and the universe – a new an invigorated take on spiritual jazz with a sprinkling of soul.
TRACK LISTING
1. Ruptura
2. Sunday
3. The Summoned
4. A Mind Supreme
5. Novo
6. Radio Silence
7. Last Hour
8. Like Tears In Rain

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- LP
- £25.99
- Cat Number
- AJXLP729
- Release date
- Expected 23 Jun '23
Release date: Expected 23 Jun '23
Next in the series is ‘Les Sympathics de Porto Novo Benin (Vol. 2)’, the second album from another of Porto Novo’s premier groups from the 1970s, founded by former Herman Laleye – former leader of other Benin greats ‘Black Dragons de Porto Novo’.
The heavy rhythm section of the Laleye brothers (Herman on bass and Marc on drums) supports the vocals of Gangbo Bonheur (with backing from Herman and Jean-Louis Avognon), alongside Armand Pognon's blues-edged guitar and Camille Zanou's hypnotic organ.
Unlike a lot of their contemporaries, Les Sympathics steer clear of straight Afro Beat, Afro-Funk or Afro latin incursions, to create something truly unique in the Beninese musical canon.
Reissued in full for the very first time on high quality vinyl, with an incredible reproduction of the original sleeve. A must have for African music enthusiasts.
TRACK LISTING
1. Ego-Ibo
2. The End Of Soffer
3. Cust No De Kill
4. La Route Est Longue

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- 2xColoured LP
- £28.99
- Cat Number
- AJX2LP327T
- Release date
- 9 Jun '23
- Format Info
The gatefold double LP features the original album on the first disc and all of the exclusive material on a specially compiled second disc. The vinyl itself mimics the original album’s blood-splatter appearance.
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- CD
- £10.99
- Cat Number
- AJXCD327T
- Release date
- 9 Jun '23
- Format Info
A unique CD will include all of the tracks from the original album, followed by selected bonus tracks.
A unique CD will include... [ + ]
The original release plan saw a short run of a box set that included exclusive music and has inevitably become a sought after rarity since.
For the album’s tenth anniversary, special edition deluxe versions make these tracks availableagain, in some formats for the very first time.
TRACK LISTING
CD
Gather Up
Devil Inside Me
Fallen Angel
Medicine
Wolf Quartet
Solstice
October Sun
The Signs
Knock Knock
Bonfire
Village Dance
Farewell Summer Sun
The Dawn
You That I See
Fire Chant
Food Chain Blues
Early Knock
October
To The Floor
Sea Chant
Devil Inside Me (Walk With Samuel)
Honky Knock
Venison Sketch
Wolf Quartet (‘Original’ Mix)
2LP
Gather Up
Devil Inside Me
Fallen Angel
Medicine
Wolf Quartet
Solstice
October Sun
The Signs
Knock Knock
Bonfire
Village Dance
Farewell Summer Sun
The Dawn
Devil Inside Me (Walk With Samuel)
Fire Chant
You That I See
Early Knock
To The Floor
Wolf Quartet (‘original' Mix)
Ukenwhistle
Venison Sketch
On A High
October
Honky Knock
An Electric Hero
Food Chain Blues
Sea Chant

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- Coloured LP
- £25.99
- Cat Number
- AJXLP900W
- Release date
- 26 May '23
- Format Info
White vinyl
White vinyl
Highlights include a lounge version of ‘Never Stop’, the Crusaders-esque ‘Country Funkin’ as well as an adventurous live version of ‘Headhunters’, which shows the Heavies’ power as a live outfit. A vital snapshot into the early years of a vital band and the early years of Acid Jazz
TRACK LISTING
1. Rest Of Me
2. Put Yourself In My Shoes
3. Reality
4. Country Funkin’
5. Got To Give
6. Mother’s Tongue
7. Dream Come True
8. Never Stop
9. Headhunters (Live)
10. A Day At The Seaside

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- LP
- £25.99
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- AJXLP681
- Release date
- 24 Mar '23
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- CD
- £10.99
Usually ships within: 2-5 days - Cat Number
- AJXCD681
- Release date
- 24 Mar '23
Collaborator Bob Thiele Jr. is the son of legendary producer and Flying Dutchman founder Bob Thiele (John Coltrane, Gil Scott-Heron and many others), and an acclaimed producer and songwriter in his own right. Having worked together for over three decades, his vision was to produce a Billy Valentine record to reflect our times.
Conceived in the summer of 2020, it is a response to the throes of a global pandemic and the aftermath of the murder of George Floyd. More than a covers album, this record uncovers the works of the likes of Curtis Mayfield, Gil Scott-Heron, and Pharaoh Sanders in a new setting. Recorded at EastWest Studios (formally the historic United Western Recorders), produced and mixed by Dave Way, and featuring a stella cast of session musicians, the album is as sonically stunning as it is moving.
TRACK LISTING
1. We The People Who Are Darker Than Blue
2. Home Is Where The Hatred Is
3. My People… Hold On
4. You Haven’t Done Nothin’
5. The Creator Has A Master Plan
6. Sign Of The Times
7. Wade In The Water
8. The World Is A Ghetto

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- Coloured LP
- £25.99
Usually ships within: 2-5 days - Cat Number
- AJXLP297Y
- Release date
- 10 Mar '23
- Format Info
Yellow vinyl.
Yellow vinyl.
Recorded in a Tottenham industrial estate studio at the height of ‘acid jazz’, it’s a rock inflected, funky brew that heavily referenced Blaxploitation soundtracks from the early to mid 70s. Mother Earth developed a life of their own, moving through line-up changes, and leaving behind the arguably more radical sound that remains distilled in this album. A must-have for original-era acid jazz fans, marking an important time in British music.

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- LP
- £25.99
Usually ships within: 2-5 days - Cat Number
- AJXLP665
- Release date
- 3 Mar '23
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- CD
- £10.99
- Cat Number
- AJXCD665
- Release date
- 3 Mar '23
This compilation brings these singles together onto one LP, with graphics and photography on a sleeve to match the sound and style of Fingier Records. Features the vocals of Diane Ward, Jo-Ann Hamilton and Gerri Granger, Brazilian singer Jose Dias and Senegalese vocalist/percussionist Abdoulaye Badiane, backed by the all-star Kevin Fingier Collective.
TRACK LISTING
Why Don’t You Go Home
September
Don’t Wanna Cry No More
Cocktail De Medianoche
El Basement
Rua Nova Barao
I Love Without A Love
Latin Dynamite
Um Brilho Novo
Kairo Bancou Moulu
Sunglasses After Dark
Addis Abada

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- LP
- £25.99
- Cat Number
- AJXLP702
- Release date
- 17 Feb '23
Like many Albarika releases, it was recorded at EMI Lagos, giving a depth and fidelity that stands out in the realm of Afro rarities. Reissued in full with the original artwork for the very first time, a must have for Afro collectors and completists alike.
TRACK LISTING
1. Avale
2. Ogassa Story
3. Production Vido Tche
4. Gbe We Gnin Wa Bio

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- LP
- £25.99
- Cat Number
- AJXLP642
- Release date
- 3 Feb '23
TRACK LISTING
1. I’m Com’un Home In The Morn’un – The Mighty Typhoons Ft. Beaulah Enser
2. Seven Bullets, One Gun – The Spinshots
3. Scorched – Rosie Stevens & The Dry Riverbed Trio
4. Do It All Night – Working Voodoo Club
5. Open Your Heart – The Uppertones
6. Gigglewater – 44 Shakedown
7. Waddasei – The Mighty Typhoons Ft. Viky De Sentis
8. One More Chance – The Might Typhoons Ft. Beaulah Enser
9. Sweet Baby Of Mine – Rose Stevens & The Dry Riverbed Trio
10. The Snake – The Mighty Typhoons
11. For A Minute – Voodoo Working Club
12. Sometimes I Feel – The Uppertones
13. Ramrod – 44 Shakedown
14. Diabolik - Skepticals

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- LP
- £25.99
Usually ships within: 2-5 days - Cat Number
- RJMLP157
- Release date
- 13 Jan '23
TRACK LISTING
1. Sitting In The Park
2. Park Dub
3. Know Yourself Mankind
4. Mankind Dub
5. I Want To Hold You
6. Hold You Dub
7. Stop Spread Rumour
8. Rumour Dub
9. Number One Lover
10. Love Dub
11. No War
12. War Dub

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- LP
- £25.99
Usually ships within: 2-5 days - Cat Number
- AJXLP636
- Release date
- 2 Dec '22
TRACK LISTING
Gbeto Viv
It’s A Vanity
Minkou E So Non Moin
Kou Tche Kpo So O
Houe Djein Nada
Gbeti Ma Djro
Segla
Medida
Gan Tche Kpo
Mi Si Ba To
Mi Ve Wa Se
Aihe Ni Kpe We

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- LP
- £25.99
Usually ships within: 2-5 days - Cat Number
- AJXLP648
- Release date
- 14 Oct '22
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- CD
- £10.99
Usually ships within: 2-5 days - Cat Number
- AJXCD648
- Release date
- 14 Oct '22
An ambitious, collaborative project, producers David Hill and Nick Manasseh bring together reggae legends, including Ken Boothe and Ernest Ranglin, with the hottest UK musical talent, in what has become the standout reggae project of the year
The Dub version continues in the same vein – another installment in the rich history of West London reggae and dub.
TRACK LISTING
Meanwhile Dub
Harder Version
Underground Dub
Gone Clear
Rocka Dub
Why Dub
Got To Dub
More Drama

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- Ltd LP
- £25.99
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- AJXLP646
- Release date
- 30 Sep '22
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- CD
- £10.99
Usually ships within: 2-5 days - Cat Number
- AJXCD646
- Release date
- 30 Sep '22
Her collaboration with Barry White yielded her acclaimed 1974 album ‘What Am I Gonna Do’, which included ‘(A Case Of) Too Much Love Makin’, and also sees three tracks on this brand new record.
Alongside the White-written/associated tracks, are 5 original numbers (including a co-write with PP Arnold), and a cover of Gospel-House classic ‘Promised Land’.
An absolute must-have contemporary record from a classic soul artist.

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- LP
- £25.99
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- AJXLP293
- Release date
- 26 Aug '22
The record exploded in the summer of 1990, defining the the sound of the summer, while establishing both the band and the Acid Jazz label.
With a fresh take on their influences – ’70s Jazz Funk and Two-Step Soul – combined with a London Warehouse Party vibe, it began the groups journey to international success, with 16 Top 40 hits.
Includes raw funk cuts ‘BNH’ and ‘Sphynx’, as well as ‘Dream Come True’ and ‘Stay This Way’ – both of which would become US R&B and UK Pop hits.
Their legacy lives on with their spirit firmly residing in this classic debut LP.
TRACK LISTING
BNH
Gimmie One Of Those
Dream Come True
Put The Funk Back In It
People Get Ready
Ride In The Sky
Sphynx
Stay This Way
Shake Down

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- CD
- £10.99
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- AJXCD633
- Release date
- 1 Jul '22
Ferry Djimmy was a schoolteacher, former boxer, and a personal friend of Muhammad Ali and Fela Kuti. He was later Jacques Chirac’s personal bodyguard.
Recorded at the Satel Studio in Cotonou, the album is one of the toughest, wildest and deepest slices of Afro-Funk cut - with raw African rhythms, distortion, energy and wit.
Alongside nods to Hendrix, Kuti and James Brown, there is something truly unique about Ferry Djimmy’s musical legacy.
A must-have for Afrobeat, Afro Funk and Psych collectors.
STAFF COMMENTS
Matt says: Hard fuzz and clatter here from a Benin revolutionary.. Ferry wields his guitar like a man possessed, issuing wah-wah bombardments and frenzied solos; whilst a whole array of yet-to-be-sampled breaks thump away in the back. Real deal shit!TRACK LISTING
Be Free
Atakpa DC9
When I Come In The Road
Brest DC10
Yong Revolution
Carry Me Blak
Antiga
Ichango
A Were We Coco
Egbemi Black
Love Love
Start To Pray
Oluwa Loranmi Nichai
Toba Walemi
Chikri Man
My Dad Has Me To Kanm

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- CD
- £10.99
- Cat Number
- AJXCD640
- Release date
- 17 Jun '22
DJ and Producer Chris Bangs first coined the term ‘acid jazz’, and has produced records for Galliano and Paul Weller, alongside his own project, Quiet Boys.
Mick Talbot was a founding member and keyboardist of The Style Council with Paul Weller. He has since played with Galliano, Dexys Midnight Runners and Candy Staton.
Having previously recorded together in Yada Yada and Soundscape, ‘Back To Business’ marks the first Bangs & Talbot collaboration for years. Vital for mod collectors and beyond.
TRACK LISTING
Sumthin’ Else
Surf’N’Turf
How Sweet It Is (To Be Loved By You)
Stingray (Live At PJ’s)
Kookie T
It’s Alright (Instrumental)
Leela’s Dance
Blue Jeans
Goody Goody
Pick’N’Mick’s
Jerk Chicken
Blues Walk

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- LP
- £22.99
Usually ships within: 2-5 days - Cat Number
- AJXLP637
- Release date
- 27 May '22
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- CD
- £10.99
- Cat Number
- AJXCD637
- Release date
- 27 May '22
Led by Joe Nicholls, the band emerged in 2020 with their debut, ‘Dreams Fulfilled’, and a series of remixes and singles on Acid Jazz, establishing them as one of the most exciting jazz groups in the UK.
In January the band offered a taster with ‘To The Light’, which was playlisted by Jazz FM, alongside a debut at Ronnie Scott’s and a series of live dates.
An exuberant, innovative and uplifting second effort, the band step out ‘From The Shadows’ and the turbulence of the last couple of years with a positive message and buoyant outlook.
TRACK LISTING
High Time
Forward Thinker
Woodview
Another Place
Search For Solace
From The Shadows
To The Light

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- LP
- £22.99
Usually ships within: 2-5 days - Cat Number
- AJXLP623
- Release date
- 13 May '22
It now sees its first official reissue on Acid Jazz Records, with four infectious tracks across the two sides, including ‘Oya Ka Jojo’, Latin dancefloor dynamite and a DJ must-have.
Remastered by Nick Robbins at Sound Mastering and presented in a wonderful colour sleeve, it’s an opportunity to finally own this special and highly sought after LP.
TRACK LISTING
Bella
Oya Ka Jojo
Mercenariat Africa
Gbemeho

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- LP
- £22.99
Usually ships within: 2-5 days - Cat Number
- DOWNLP4
- Release date
- 6 May '22

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- 2xLP
- £26.99
Usually ships within: 2-5 days - Cat Number
- AJX2LP608
- Release date
- 29 Apr '22
Formed in 1990, The Aloof were a pioneering electronic act, playing and touring with the likes of Massive Attack and Leftfield. After three albums with the Warner EastWest, they forged their own path, releasing ‘This Constant Chase For Thrills’ on their own Screaming Target label.
Despite highlights ‘Doing It For Money’ and ‘Painted Face’, as well as ‘So Good’, which featured in the US version of ‘Queer As Folk’, the album didn’t get the coverage it deserved upon release.
Within a dark and moody atmosphere, there is definite Ibiza and Balearic feel to the record, showing a band with a positive DIY spirit.
TRACK LISTING
So Good
Doing It For Money
Good Morning World
Sold
Tearing Up Inside
Infatuated
D.I.R.M. Version
The Beach
Painted Face

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- LP
- £22.99
Usually ships within: 2-5 days - Cat Number
- AJXLP614
- Release date
- 8 Apr '22
This compilation gathers them together, alongside in a couple of album rarities, in one super-cool package.
Musically, we have Northern stompers such as The Tom’s ‘When You Lose Your Grove’, Tony & Tandy’s ‘Two Can Make It Together’ and The Patterson Twins masterful ‘Gonna Find A True Love’; disco funk classic ‘Family Tree’ by Family Tree, and from a similar era Rita Joyce’s ‘Dancin’ Close’; The Gil Scott Heron-sounding gospel of Lamont Butler, with ‘Ungodly War’, which sits well alongside Delores Fuller’s exceptional ‘One More Chance Lord’; we take it down a notch with Rick Hickman’s yacht rock rarity ‘Time Is Long’ and the lush harmonies of the Fantastics ‘We Got Good Lovin’.
Housed in a beautifully illustrated sleeve, this is the first in an ongoing series from Acid Jazz Records.
TRACK LISTING
Lamont Butler - Ungodly War
The Tom – Emmanuel And Ron Experience - When You Lose Your Groove
Patterson Twins - Gonna Find A True Love
Rita Joyce - Dancing Close
Rick Hickman - Time Is Long
The Fantastics - We Got Good Lovin’
The Tom – Emmanuel And Ron Experience - Why (The Knower)
Delores Fuller - One More Chance Lord
Family Tree - Family Tree
Leon’s Creation - This Is The Beginning
Tony And Tandy - Two Can Make It Together
Lamont Butler - Thank You Lord

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- 2xLP
- £26.99
Usually ships within: 2-5 days - Cat Number
- AJX2LP604
- Release date
- 11 Mar '22
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- CD
- £10.99
Usually ships within: 2-5 days - Cat Number
- AJXCD604
- Release date
- 11 Mar '22
An ambitious and passionate collaboration project, it features musicians spanning seven decades, including Jamaican legends: Ernest Raglin, Ken Boothe, Earl 16 and Devon Russell; alongside contemporary artists, including jazz trumpeter Ms. Maurice (known for her work with Afro—Jazz Ensemble Kokoroko and Nubya Garcia), and vocalist Alexia Coley.
The roots of Soul Revivers lie in film. In late 2017, David was asked to act as music and creative consultant for Idris Elba’s Yardie. David & Nick’s subsequent productions for the film provided the spark for what would become the album.
‘On The Grove’ was produced at Yard Studios, under the Westway, below the charred hulk of Grenfell. It is a journey through the moodier side of reggae, and a progression in the ever evolving, yet timeless nature of the music. It is also a tribute to its long connection to West London, and in particular Ladbroke Grove and Notting Hill, distilled in the sleeve itself, which features Charlie Phillips’ photograph of Lepke (founder of Dread Broadcasting Platform) setting up for the Notting Hill Carnival in the late ‘70s.
Alongside the featured artists, there are stellar performances throughout, from an extraordinary range of London’s most talented musicians, completing the next chapter in the musical mythology of West London reggae.
TRACK LISTING
No More Drama – Feat. Ernest Raglan
Tell Me Why – Feat. Ken Boothe
Got To Live – Feat. Earl 16
Look No Further – Feat. Ms. Maurice
Gone Are The Days – Feat. Alexia Coley
Meanwhile Shuffle – Feat. Matic Horns
Cee Rocka – Feat. Dougal And Ciyo
The Underground – Feat. Devon Russell
Where The River – Feat. Earl 16
Harder – Feat. Ernest Raglin
Futile Cause – Feat. Alexia Coley
Down River – Feat. Ms. Maurice

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- CD
- £9.99
- Cat Number
- AJXCD628
- Release date
- 25 Feb '22
After four albums, including 2020’s ‘Life Worth Living’ (Top 5, UK National Indie Chart), countless live performances, and having gained considerable loyal support (including support slot invitations from Paul Weller and The Specials), The Spitfires have a reputation as one of the UK’s foremost young bands.
‘Play For Today’ offers a culmination of their journey and offers a level of introspection, alongside their characteristic social commentary, pop nous and raw passion.
Produced by Simon Dine (long-time producer of Paul Weller), the band continue to make strides musically and sonically, absorbing influences and inspiration, making a triumphant farewell for an ever-exciting band.
TRACK LISTING
Suburbia
Save Me
Blaze Of Glory
Don’t Look At Me
Interlude 1: Accumulator
Did You Have To Go?
Find My Way Back Home
Time To Take Sides
Interlude 2: Helpline
Spoiler Alert
Keep Me Waiting
Interlude 3: In It To Win It!
Reap What You Sow
Costa Del Mundane
Promised Land
Credits

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- CD
- £10.99
- Cat Number
- AJXCD605
- Release date
- 26 Nov '21
Over 10 years with Acid Jazz Records Berry has released nine incredibly diverse albums (including one live album). From the tangled-folk rock thickets of Witchazel and Kill The Wolf (which features the song from which this box gets its name), to the out-there explorations of Music For Insomniacs or TV Themes’ retro-kitsch delights, through the soul power in Matt Berry & The Maypoles Live or the twilight grooves of The Small Hours to the classic pedal-steel songwriting of Phantom Birds and the smorgasbord of psychedelic sounds on The Blue Elephant, Berry’s journey has produced a feast for the ears that twists and turns down more unexpected avenues than most artists could manage over several careers.
Gather Up pulls together an excellent 21-track career spanning collection expertly compiled by Berry, available as a separate, standalone release on 2LP or single CD, including non-album tracks such as ‘Snuff Box Theme’. No easy achievement considering the sheer breadth, diversity and volume of his exceptional musical output.
TRACK LISTING
1. Take My Hand
2. Something In My Eye
3. Medicine
4. Badger's Wake
5. World In Action
6. One By One
7. Take A Bow
8. October Sun
9. So Low
10. Summer Sun
11. Gather Up
12. Theme From Snuff Box
13. Middle Of The East
14. Like Stone
15. Phantom Birds
16. Music For Insomniacs Part IV
17. Say It Again
18. The Innkeepers Song Live
19. Obsessed & So Obscure
20. Woman
21. Solstice

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- 4xCD Box Set
- £26.99
Usually ships within: 2-5 days - Cat Number
- AJX4CD605
- Release date
- 26 Nov '21
- Format Info
4CD hardback book box edition.
4CD hardback book box... [ + ]
The 55 tracks are split between an anthology compilation that tracks the very best tracks from his 8 albums and associated singles for the label over the last decade, an album of unreleased tracks and rarities, a demo version of his 2020 album Phantom Birds and the previously unreleased Live At A Festival LP which showcases Matt & his band the Maypoles in full flight.
The book included in both formats has an extended essay by Chris Catchpole which review Matt’s musical career and an exclusive set of photo images culled from the archive of Matt’s long time photographic collaborator Ben Meadows.
The LP Box is strictly limited to 1500 copies and comes with a certificate of authenticity signed by Matt.
TRACK LISTING
CD 1 - Gather Up
1. Take My Hand
2. Something In My Eye
3. Medicine
4. Badger's Wake
5. World In Action
6. One By One
7. Take A Bow
8. October Sun
9. So Low
10. Summer Sun
11. Gather Up
12. Theme From Snuff Box
13. Middle Of The East
14. Like Stone
15. Phantom Birds
16. Music For Insomniacs Part IV
17. Say It Again
18. The Innkeepers Song Live
19. Obsessed & So Obscure
20. Woman
21. Solstice
CD 2 - Rare & Unreleased
1. Bigger Than A Dog - Original Witchazel Intro
2. Take My Hand - Live On Absolute Radio
3. Autumn - Witchazel Outtake
4. The Dawn - From Myspace EP 'Summer Sun' 2010
5. Snuff Box - Live Loop Used Live Between 2005 - 2012
6. Catch Me In Time
7. Dark Beach - From Myspace EP 'Summer Sun' 2010
8. The Hangman - Acoustic Version 2007
9. Wonder Theme - Became 'Something In My Eye’
10. Music For Insomniacs - Alternative Intro
11. Theme From 'Sorry’ - Live From Charlie Brooker's Screenwipe 2007
12. Music For Insomnaics - Rejected Theme
13. Walk With Samuel - Devil Inside Me’
14. Blankety Blank - Vocal Intro
15. The Blue Elephant - Trip Two
16. Sweet Velvet - Became 'Seasons On Fire’
17. The Blue Elephant - Alternative
CD 3 - Phantom First
1. Covered In Clowns
2. Get Her Out Of My Mind
3. I'm Going
4. Make It Go Away
5. Peter Cleopatra And The Windmill
6. Play On
7. Take A Bow
8. The Preacher's House
9. A Shot Rang Out In The Forest
10. The Wrong House
11. Where's My Love?
12. You Danced All Night
CD 4 - Live At A Festival
1. Medicine / So Low
2. Silver Sun
3. Theme From Snuffbox
4. Solstice
5. The Pheasant

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- Coloured LP
- £22.99
Usually ships within: 2-5 days - Cat Number
- SSEEDLP10
- Release date
- 19 Nov '21
- Format Info
Milky clear transparent vinyl.
Milky clear transparent... [ + ]
A pastoral folk album that sits perfectly alongside Nick Drake’s ‘Bryter Layter’ and ‘Solid Air’ by John Martyn.
Originally released in 1995, ‘Villager’ garnered great reviews from NME, Q and The Guardian, and, on its 2011 reissue, was named by Mojo as a Buried Treasure.
Remastered from the original production master by Nick Robbins at Sound Mastering (Ace Records, The Small Faces), the vinyl sounds incredible.
TRACK LISTING
Good For Us
Stones Around The Candle
Villager/ Bone Dry Boat
Jesus Loves The Rain
Get Out The Road
Hey, My Mind
Pure English Honey
The Windmills Of Norfolk
Two Piece Jigsaw Puzzle
Hiding In The Breeze

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- Coloured LP
- £23.99
- Cat Number
- DOWNLP3
- Release date
- 6 Aug '21
The first full length Long Tall Shorty album released originally released in 2001. Lead singer Tony Perfect mixes a Stonesey drawl with then contemporary garage rock stylings, to show that he was always the smartest of the mod revivalists.
Produced by Danny Corr and originally only released on CD, it is making its vinyl debut in an edition limited to 500 copies.
TRACK LISTING
1. And That Ain't All
2. Shine On Me
3. Out Of Reach
4. Don't Try To Stop Me
5. Taking Time
6. Shake
7. Killing Me Killing You
8. Justice
9. Hey Joe
10. Forever On Your Own
11. Centre Of The Square
12. Tenth Floor
13. I Saw The Light

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- 2xColoured LP
- £22.99
Usually ships within: 2-5 days - Cat Number
- VAINS2LP102
- Release date
- 26 Mar '21
- Format Info
Orange coloured double vinyl in a gatefold sleeve.
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- CD
- £9.99
Usually ships within: 2-5 days - Cat Number
- VAINSCD102
- Release date
- 26 Mar '21
Atlantic Records, Andrew Loog Oldham, Shel Talmy, Cream, Isaac Hayes and Tony Blackburn - all these and so many more turn up in the story of Southampton band the Fleur De Lys. You may not have heard of them and if you have it may be just because of their glorious cover of the Who’s ‘Circles’, an ultimate freakbeat anthem that this compilation is named after, but the singles they released in the second half of the 1960s are one of the greatest collections of singles by any band, ranging from R&B through freakbeat and psych and back into club soul.
Emerging from the English South Coast’s competitive club scene they signed to Rolling Stones’ manager Andrew Loog Oldham’s pioneering indie label Immediate where they recorded two singles before being taken under the wing of Frank Fenter, who worked out of the UK Polydor office running the UK arm of Atlantic. The group went through numerous line up changes as they recorded a series of singles which are now some of the most collectible of the era.
Acid Jazz and Countdown Records have been the custodians of the Fleur De Lys catalogue for the last decade and this compilation is the culmination of that work, containing all the singles that they released for Immediate, Polydor and Atlantic (where they pipped Led Zeppelin to become the first UK signed band to that legendary label).
TRACK LISTING
Circles
Mud In Your Eye
Hold On (as Ruptert’s People)
Gong With The Luminous Nose Tick Tock (as Shyster)
Hammer Head
One City Girl
I Forgive You (as Chocolate Frog)
Brick By Brick (Stone By Stone)
I Can See A Light
Prodigal Son
Nothing To Say
Stop Crossing The Bridge
The Bitter And The Sweet (as Tony And Tandy With The Fleur De Lys)
So Come On
You’ve Got To Earn It
Two Can Make It Together (as Tony And Tandy With The Fleur De Lys)
I’ve Been Trying
Liar
Moondreams
Wait For Me
Love Them All (Demo)
Gotta Get Enough Time (Demo)
I Walk The Sands
Yeah I Do Love You (Demo)

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- Ltd 7"
- £8.99
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- VAINS101S
- Release date
- 19 Mar '21
Produced by The Truth and 9 Below Zero’s Dennis Greaves and Mick Lister, this was to have been the West Midland group’s debut single for Countdown.
Featuring the group’s original members, it remained unreleased when that line-up changed and Countdown’s parent label Stiff decided in a change of direction, aiming the group at the pop charts.
Featuring two highlights of their early live set - the Fay Hallam composed ‘Honey’ and ‘Take What You Can Get’, written by Martin Blunt.
The 7” comes in an exclusive Countdown sleeve so make sure to get your copy now.
TRACK LISTING
Honey (Original Version)
Take What You Can Get (Original Version)

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- 2xColoured LP
- £22.99
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- AJX2LP561
- Release date
- 12 Mar '21
- Format Info
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- £9.99
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- AJXCD561
- Release date
- 12 Mar '21
Live they were a revelation. The only group from the UK scene who could do tight and slick, without slipping into ‘lift music’ blandness. The core membership of Andrew Levy, Simon Bartholomew and Jan Kincaid had been playing together since college and each knew where the other was going. Their ability to write classic soul songs lifted them above their contemporaries.
‘Shibuya 357’ is the quintessential (and only live) document of an era that quickly passed. The hits - ‘Never Stop’, ‘Dream Come True’, ‘Stay This Way’ and ‘Don’t Let It Go To Your Head’ are all here - as are some compelling funk jams. This recording captures the ecstatic rush of joy; when you go from youthful dream to accomplishment in such a short period.
The album was only ever released in Japan in the late 90s and then only for a very short time. Acid Jazz are pleased to release this new version remastered from the source tape and the album appears on vinyl for the very first time.
TRACK LISTING
Gimme One Of Those
BNH
Ride In The Sky
Got To Give
People Get Ready
Don’t Let It Go To Your Head
Mr. Tanaka
Never Stop
Stay This Way
Doin’ It To Death
Dream Come True
Shakedown

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- LP
- £21.99
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- AJXLP552
- Release date
- 12 Feb '21
Originally released in 1977, the title track is an infectious Afro-Latin workout that is interwoven with driving horn stabs by master trumpet player Tidiani Kone. Unité Africaine was recorded over the Nigerian border at the state-of-the-art EMI Studios in Lagos, yielding majestic sonic results.
Mede Ma Gnin Messe is taken from the 1978 Special 30 Novembre, and this time Poly-Rythmo wore their Afro-funk hat to deliver almost sixteen minutes of dancefloor fire. Propelled by Poly-Rythmo’s super-tight beats and underpinned by a relentless keyboard refrain, the magic is the stellar horn parts that take this track to another level.
As with much of the Albarika catalogue, copies of the original LPs are incredibly tough to locate in anything approaching reasonable condition, so this should be a gift.
TRACK LISTING
1. Unite Africaine
2. Mede Ma Gnin Messe

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- LP
- £21.99
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- AJXLP553
- Release date
- 22 Jan '21
The next in the series of reissues by Acid Jazz presents a straight reproduction of the incredibly hard to find Poly-Rythmo ‘Vol. 4’ album, originally from 1978.
For DJs and dancers this album has long been about the killer track ‘Aiha Ni Kpe We’, an incendiary Afrobeat recording which will activate any dancefloor anywhere. “Every time I listen to the Orchestre Poly Rythmo… Wow, I just discover something new in the music” - Gilles Peterson
This is the first exhaustive trawl of the archive and will see the label presented in a way that ensures its historical importance is recognized. Trips to West Africa have secured original master tapes and the process of transferring is ongoing. Over the next few years a comprehensive reissue campaign is planned.
TRACK LISTING
Davi Djinto Super No2
Homin Si Tche
Aiha Ni Kpe We

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- LP
- £18.99
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- DOWN1
- Release date
- 27 Nov '20
Signed to Eddie Piller and Maxine Forrest’s Stiff distributed Countdown label it was seen as a possible contender for pop crossover. The album that emerged was the vibrant and exciting Rhythm & Soul.
The band was fronted by the bob-headed, strong voiced organ playing Fay Hallam and guitarist and vocalist Mark McGounden, and these two along with Martin Blunt provided a strong set of self penned songs. A dynamic band live ‘Here Is My Number’, ‘Feels Like It’s Love’ ‘Only Time Will Time’ and the other self penned numbers were already fan anthems by the time they were recorded.
TRACK LISTING
Take What You Can Get
Feels Like It's Love
Here Is My Number
Only Time Will Tell
Did I Tell You
Honey
I Gotta Move
Where The Rhythm Takes You
Every Single Day
The Girl That Touched My Soul
I Know What You're Thinking
Stop This Cryin' Inside

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- LP
- £21.99
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- AJXLP550
- Release date
- 20 Nov '20
‘Ipa Boogie’ is a super rare LP from 1978 that almost never surfaces in good shape. Today even average condition copies can command £500 to £1,000 on the collector's market and for good reason. These are the only known recordings by this obscure band and they present the listener with some of the finest afro-boogie and afro funk that the extensive Albarika Store catalogue has to offer.
Transferred from the original tapes and remastered by Grammy award-winning engineer Frank Merritt at The Carvery, the album is presented with beautiful artwork and packaging to match the sonics. This is the music as it should be heard.
TRACK LISTING
Get The Music Now
Africa
Jesus Kese Me
Alo Dangereux
Giving Yourself To Me
Sunga Mba

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- LP
- £21.99
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- AJXLP551
- Release date
- 20 Nov '20
This is the first exhaustive trawl of the archive and will see the label presented in a way that ensures its historical importance is recognized.
‘Segla’ is a hens’ teeth-rare Poly Rythmo album from 1978 that was originally released without a sleeve as ALS059. Recorded at EMI Lagos, Nigeria, as per most of the Poly Rythmo recordings for Albarika, the sound quality is from the tapes is dynamic and fresh.
Transferred from the original tapes and remastered by Grammy award-winning engineer Frank Merritt at The Carvery, the album is presented with beautiful artwork and packaging to match the sonics. This is the music as it should be heard.
TRACK LISTING
Mi Kple Mi De
Dodji Lo
Segla

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- LP
- £18.99
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- AJXLP542
- Release date
- 23 Oct '20
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- CD
- £9.99
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- AJXCD542
- Release date
- 23 Oct '20
The core of the Nimbus Sextet sound comes courtesy of Joe with long-time collaborators Alex Palmer and Mischa Stevens. The trio met while studying at Edinburgh University and have continued to perform together ever since. Nimbus Sextet was fully formed in 2018 with the addition of Martin Fell and Euan Allardice joining the line-up with James Mackay arriving later.
It was around this point the band started to compose and record the first shoots of what would become Nimbus Sextet’s blend. A decidedly wellbalanced alchemy, arrived at somewhat naturally by way of the varied musical influences and contributions from each of its culturally diverse members. You’re as likely to hear elements of Herbie Hancock and Gil Scott-Heron as easily as The Roots and Robert Glasper.
TRACK LISTING
Trap Door
Lily White
Deep Dark Blue Lights
Klara
Séance
Dreams Fulfilled

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- LP
- £18.99
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- AJXLP536
- Release date
- 18 Sep '20
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- CD
- £9.99
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- AJXCD536
- Release date
- 18 Sep '20
His most recent album ‘TV Themes’ was a UK Top 40 hit and was awarded four stars by Will Hodgkinson writing for The Times. His reinterpretation of British TV themes of the past was no mere wallow in nostalgia but an exploration of recording techniques and a joyous celebration of the music.
‘Phantom Birds’ was inspired by a fascination with Bob Dylan’s ‘John Wesley Harding’, the way it was recorded with the minimum of musicians to draw attention to the songs. For the recording Matt worked with drummer Craig Blundell - known for his work with Steven Wilson and Steve Hackett - and legendary pedal steel player BJ Cole, yet the tinges of Americana are never allowed to overwhelm Matt’s own distinctive style.
TRACK LISTING
Something In My Eye
You Danced All Night
Phantom Birds
Moonlight Flit
Man Of Doom
Where’s My Love?
Take A Bow
Intermission
Hail To The King
In My Mind
That Yellow Bird
Waving Goodbye
Covered In Clowns

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- LP
- £18.99
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- AJXLP494
- Release date
- 10 Jul '20
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- CD
- £10.99
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- AJXCD494
- Release date
- 10 Jul '20
TRACK LISTING
1. Theme
2. Power
3. White Tiger
4. For Those Who Are Yet To Be Born
5. Time (Time)
6. Time Reprise

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- 2xLP
- £17.99
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- AJX2LP503
- Release date
- 3 Jul '20
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- 2xCD
- £9.99
- Cat Number
- AJX2CD503
- Release date
- 3 Jul '20
The concept came from a radio show that Freeman and Piller put together for BBC Radio 6 Music which was so well received that the pair decided to dig deep into their record collections and build a double album of some of their favourite tracks.
The concept is simple: an album packed full of jazz gems which they hope are slightly off the beaten track. This year we have hidden gems from Nina Simone and Nicola Conte, classics from Roberta Flack, Roy Ayers and The MJQ, whilst the new British jazz generation is represented by Emma Emma-Jean Thackray. Running the gamut from hard bop, to progressive fusion via Latin beats, it’s an exhilarating listen from start to finish.
STAFF COMMENTS
Laura says: Eddie Piller dons Sherlock’s Deerstalker, teaming up with national treasure Martin Freeman for another trip through their enviable jazz collections. Eschewing the wilfully obtuse in favour of personal favourites from across the decades, the duo celebrate a lifelong love of the genre.TRACK LISTING
Double LP Tracklisting
Side A
1. Stanley Turrentine – The Magilla
2. Nina Simone – I’m Gonna Leave You
3. The Jazz Crusaders – Tough Talk
4. Gene Ammons – Jungle Strut
5. George Benson – Shape Of Things To Come
Side B
1. Nicola Conte – Caravan
2. Duke Pearson – Gira, Girou (Round And Round)
3. Chet Baker – Do It The Hard Way
4. The Modern Jazz Quartet – Concorde
5. Lorez Alexandria – Nature Boy
Side C
1. Emanuel K Rahim & The Kaliqs – Al Amin
2. Roberta Flack – Compared To What
3. Horace Silver – Tranquilizer Suite Part : Perservance And Eudurance
4. Emma-Jean Thackray – Ley Lines
5. The Lyman Woodard Organisation – Creative Musicians
Side D
1. Charles Earland – Leaving This Planet
2. Brain Auger Oblivion Express – Freedom Jazz Dance
3. Johnny Mercer – That Old Black Magic
4. Roy Ayers – A Tear To A Smile
5. Lonnie Liston Smith – Summer Days
Double CD Tracklisting
Martin’s Picks
1. Stanley Turrentine – The Magilla
2. Nina Simone – I’m Gonna Leave You
3. The Jazz Crusaders – Tough Talk
4. Roberta Flack – Compared To What
5. Duke Pearson – Gira, Girou (Round And Round)
6. Lonnie Liston Smith – Summer Days
7. Roy Ayers – A Tear To A Smile
8. Les McCann – Us
9. Johnny Mercer – That Old Black Magic
10. The Modern Jazz Quartet – Concorde
11. Horace Silver – Tranquilizer Suite Part : Perservance And Eudurance
12. Chico Hamilton – Conquistadores
Eddie’s Choices
1. Emanuel K Rahim & The Kaliqs – Al Amin
2. Brain Auger Oblivion Express – Freedom Jazz Dance
3. Gene Ammons – Jungle Strut
4. George Benson – Shape Of Things To Come
5. Charles Earland – Leaving This Planet
6. Emma-Jean Thackray – Ley Lines
7. Nicola Conte – Caravan
8. Lorez Alexandria – Nature Boy
9. Chet Baker – Do It The Hard Way
10. The Lyman Woodard Organisation – Creative Musicians
11. The Bukky Leo Quintet – Rejoice In Righteousness
12. Patrice Rushen - Haw Right Now

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- LP
- £18.99
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- AJXLP504
- Release date
- 19 Jun '20
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- CD
- £9.99
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- AJXCD504
- Release date
- 19 Jun '20
Life Worth Living is a contrasting melting pot of unadulterated joy and melancholy, laughter, tears, frustration and peacefulness. Quiet and introspective moments collide with loud and angry times and no less powerful. At its heart is a sense of hope that things can be better, the title reflects that aspiration.
Produced by Simon Dine, who was behind the desk for Paul Weller’s 22 Dreams and Wake Up The Nation amongst a varied CV - has harnessed the undoubted vibrancy and swagger of the band’s live show helping create an ambitious album – a vehicle for the talents of Sullivan, Long and Johnson.
From the infectious brass-infused opener, Start All Over Again, the Nutty Boys-esque title track Life Worth Living to Tear This Place Right Down bathed in soul overtones, the ballad-like wonder of How Could I Lie To You? to the ska riffage of single (Just Won’t) Keep You Down and the magnificent finale of Make It Through Each Day.
TRACK LISTING
1.Start All Over Again
2.It Can't Be Done
3.Life Worth Living
4.Tear This Place Right Down!
5.How Could I Lie To You?
6.Kings & Queens
7.(Just Won't) Keep Me Down
8.Tower Above Me
9.Have It Your Way
10.Make It Through Each Day

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- LP
- £18.99
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- AJXLP502
- Release date
- 15 May '20
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- CD
- £9.99
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- AJXCD502
- Release date
- 15 May '20
Born 1949 in Louisville, Kentucky, Lamont Butler was drawn to music and dance from the very beginning. He was the son of well-known gospel, blues and R&B singer and pianist Clifford Butler Sr, receiving an early education in what was required to be a touring musician. It quickly became apparent that Lamont had a wonderful voice and was pushed to the front, despite no being fully confident yet of his singing ability. Lamont performed on the gospel circuit for a number of years, cutting his teeth with groups such as The Enterprise, The Dynamics and The New Beginnings, eventually going solo with Lamont Butler and The Spirit of Truth.
It was whilst he was singing and performing during this period that he started to write his own songs and think about putting together an album bringing together his influences from R&B, jazz, soul and of course gospel. The result is the very raw, almost low-fi sound of ‘It’s Time For A Change’, released nearly 10 years after Lamont started to pen the first tracks and gaining relative success. He toured the album around churches in Louisville, with tracks such as ‘Love One Another’,’ Time For A Change’ and ‘Ungodly War’ quickly becoming firm favourites.
Remastered with care by Nick Robbins at Sound Mastering and complete with in-depth sleevenotes.
TRACK LISTING
Get Up And Praise The
Lord
Brighter World
Thank You Lord
Love One Another
Time For A Change
Come Into God’s World
Smile
Ungodly War

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- Coloured LP
- £18.99
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- AJXLP496
- Release date
- 20 Mar '20
‘In From The Cold’ was the final shot at success by The Prisoners the only problem was they didn’t want it. Signed by Eddie Piller to his Stiff-backed subsidiary Countdown they were put in the studio with Troy Tate (Teardrop Explodes / The Smiths) and made this astounding album which they then disowned.
By 1986 they were an incredible live band and had released three albums of their distinctive 60s influenced garage rock. A four-piece featuring Johnny Symons on drums, future Acid Jazz hitmaker James Taylor on organ, Allan Crockford on bass and backing vocals and the compellingly soulful Graham Day on vocals. Graham also wrote fantastic songs. Ten years later and they would have been lauded as heroes in Brit Pop land but the mid-80s had no place in the mainstream for a band with their influences.
‘In From The Cold’ is full of amazing songs from the hard edges of ‘All You Gotta Do Is Say’, ‘Ain’t No Telling’ and ‘The More That I Teach You’, to the mournful ‘Wish The Rain’ and ‘Be On Your Way’. It is no surprise that Mojo journalist Lois Wilson described this as her favourite album by the band.
This reissue on coloured vinyl is the first time the album has been issued in its original form since 1986 when, due to Stiff’s imminent demise, it was deleted very quickly.
TRACK LISTING
All You Gotta Do Is Say
Come Closer
The More That I Teach You
Mourn My Health
I Know How To Please You
Deceiving Eye
In From The Cold
Wish The Rain
Be On Your Way
Find And Seek
Ain’t No Tellin’
Main Title Theme (The Lesser Evil)

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- LP
- £16.99
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- AJXLP478
- Release date
- 13 Sep '19
The album includes the absolute monster album version of the modern soul/crossover classic Gonna Find A True Love, which was reissued on Miles Away earlier this year. The album version of this track gives the 7” a run for it’s money.
Let Me Be Your Lover is an album is undeniably deep, soulful and passionate and now fully licensed from Estus and Lester Patterson.
TRACK LISTING
1. Let Me Be Your Lover
2. He’s A Loser
3. How Long Must The Show Go On
4. A Good Thing
5. Gonna Find A True Love
6. Funk Machine
7. You Give Me Someone To Love
8. Disco Dream

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- CD
- £9.99
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- AJXCD450
- Release date
- 5 Oct '18
Recorded in his brand new studio with his regular band The Maypoles, Matt tackles eleven classic themes including well known titles such as Are You Being Served, Rainbow, The Liver Birds & The Good Life alongside some less obvious choices such as Picture Box, Wildtrak & World In Action.
STAFF COMMENTS
Barry says: Quite often, I find myself sitting in front of the tele, watching some TV classics and wondering how good this theme would be if it was covered by Steven Toast. Turns out that as ridiculous as it sounds, it's actually REALLY good. A little odd, perhaps but the combination of Berry & The Maypoles' ear for melody along with the classic and unmistakeable collection of tunes here, we have a definite win.TRACK LISTING
1. Are You Being Served?
2. The Good Life
3. LWT
4. Blankety Blank
5. Top Of The Pops
6. Picture Box
7. The Liver Birds
8. Thames Television
9. Rainbow
10. Doctor Who
11. Wildtrak
12. World In Action
13. Sorry
14. Open University

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- CD
- £9.99
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- AJXCD434
- Release date
- 30 Mar '18

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- CD
- £9.99
- Cat Number
- 5414940004687
- Release date
- 23 Feb '18
- Format Info
The CD comes with three bonus tracks including the 2017 discovery ‘Positive Forces’ whilst the album comes with a full colour inner sleeve complete with in-depth notes by award winning soul expert Tony Rounce.
The CD comes with three... [ + ]
Here we have a deluxe reissue of ‘Hutson II’. Often seen as a partner to the early ‘Hutson’, this is a highly sort after album and a high point of 1970s Chicago soul. Recorded at Curtom Studios, it features the all time classics ‘I Think I’m Falling In Love’, ‘Love The Feeling’ and ‘Don’t It Make You Feel Good’.
TRACK LISTING
Love The Feeling
Situations (Instrumentals)
I Do I Do (Want To Make Love To You
I Think I’m Falling In Love
Love To Hold You Close
Flying High
Blackberry Jam
Sofunkstication
Don’t It Make You Feel Good
Positive Forces
Blackberry Jam (Single Edit)

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- 2xLP
- £18.99
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- AJX2LP419
- Release date
- 20 Oct '17
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- CD
- £9.99
- Cat Number
- AJXCD419
- Release date
- 20 Oct '17
TRACK LISTING
Cool Out
All Because Of You
Don’t It Make You Feel Good
Love The Feeling
Positive Forces
Lucky Fellow
Never Know What You Can Do (Give It A Try)
Love Oh Love
Ella Weez
Could This Be Love
So In Love With You
I Think I’m Falling In Love
Closer To The Source
Give This Love A Try
Right Or Wrong
Now That I Found You
Get To This (You’ll Get To Me)
Lover’s Holiday
Time Brings On A Change

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- CD
- £9.99
- Cat Number
- AJXCD416
- Release date
- 18 Aug '17
Dyble was the original vocalist in Fairport Convention, appearing on their self-titled debut, before joining Giles, Giles and Fripp and then recording the awesome UK psych masterpiece ‘Morning Way’ under the name Trader Horne with her then boyfriend Ian McDonald.
Andy Lewis was the original DJ at legendary Brit-pop club Blow Up, before recording his own albums for Acid Jazz and scoring a Top Forty hit with his collaboration with Paul Weller, ‘Are You Trying To Be Lonely?’ in 2007. After that he joined Weller’s band of which he was a member until the end of last year.
The album is made of the very stuff of British psychedelia, an obsession with childhood, the country and the city. It emerges from a place somewhere between Broadcast, the soundtrack to ‘The Wickerman’ and Stereolab.
The album is released at the time when Judy is very much involved in the celebrations for Fairport's 50th Anniversary and she will be appearing at their annual Cropredy Festival as both a solo artist and as part of Fairport Convention.
STAFF COMMENTS
Barry says: Folk me, this is nice. Airy hippie vibes, hazy barbecues in the park, village fetes, bees all over the place. Not malicious ones, just normal nice bees. Warm pastoral acoustic guitars and swooning vox. Lovely.TRACK LISTING
Intro
He Said She Said
Up The Hill
Summer Dancing
These Words
A Message
Night Of 1000 Hours
London
My Electric Chauffeur
Treasure
The Day They Took The Music Away
Such Fragile Things
Summers Of Love
Tired Bones
The Weathermonger

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- CD
- £9.99
- Cat Number
- AJXCD398
- Release date
- 29 Apr '16
April of 2016 sees the release of their second studio album, titled “This City”, which is dedicated to their home town – Tel Aviv. In the album MONC infuse Northern Soul, Post-Punk and Rock'N'Roll influences into heady visions of the city’s buildings, streets, bedrooms, clubs and bars, while remaining dedicated to their brass section extravaganza and the three-minute pop-nugget charm.
The band have a fan in Craig Charles, who liked the album so much he’s hand-selecting 3 of his favourite tracks from the album on his BBC Funk & Soul Show and will invite listeners to phone in and vote for the “single”, which will then be released digitally by the band. He has also invited the band over from Tel Aviv for a live session in the station’s Manchester studios.
TRACK LISTING
1. Running
2. Wendy Rene
3. All In
4. Boy
5. My Danish Girl
6. Forever Starts Tonight
7. I’m Com’un Home (In The Morn’un)
8. Lost Tobacco Road
9. 77
10. They Don’t Know
11. Let’s Get Away
12. Permanent Vacation

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- LP
- £17.99
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- AJXLP397
- Release date
- 20 Nov '15
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- CD
- £9.99
Usually ships within: 2-5 days - Cat Number
- AJXCD397
- Release date
- 20 Nov '15
TRACK LISTING
1. The Innkeeper’s Song
2. So Low
3. October Sun
4. Take My Hand
5. Sorry (Theme From)
6. Solstice
7. Snuff Box
8. Song For Rosie
9. Medicine
10. Devil Inside Me
11. The Pheasant

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- CD
- £3.99
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- AJXCD382
- Release date
- 2 Oct '15
TRACK LISTING
1. Intro
2. The Wolves
3. Stay Strange
4. Suburban Sex Dungeon
5. Your Lovely Wife
6. These Nights Were Made For Us
7. Borderline
8. We Paid For Blood
9. Heaven
10. Her Disappearing Act
11. Braggarts Regatta
12. You Deserve The World

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- CD
- £10.99
- Cat Number
- AJXCD249
- Release date
- 7 Feb '11
"Now's The Time!" will be Tony Christie's nineteenth studio album over an illustrious career, which has taken him from Sheffield to Amarillo, and very much back again. It picks up from where the critically acclaimed album, "Made In Sheffield", left off.
Two years on and Tony Christie is again visiting his roots, although not geographical this time. He has spent time rediscovering the soul side of his early career, and has encompassed this into the recording of an incredible album, which was produced by friend, fan and one time collaborator, Richard Barrett from The All Seeing Eye. The album brings together the sound of northern soul, British beat and filmic soundtracks. Tracks like "Get Christie" (a re-work of the iconic theme from Get Carter) which features a collaboration with fellow 'Dee-Dar', Jarvis Cocker, other collaborations on the album come from Roisin Murphy amongst others.
The title track "Now's The Time!" shows Christie in a light that we haven't seen him in for 30 years, yet it seems more fashioned to him now more than ever. "This album has given me the opportunity to be the real me. What could be more exciting?" The rich production and original collection of songs, which testify Christie's high level of dexterity, are beautifully conceived and movingly delivered in a way that only Christie could furnish. Tony Christie has arguably made the album of his impeccable career showcasing his iconic status as one of Britain's greatest singers.
TRACK LISTING
1.Now's The Time!
2.Money Spider
3.7 Hills (feat. Roisin Murphy)
4. Nobody In The World
5.Steal The Sun
6.Longing For You Baby
7.Get Christie
8.Too Much Of The Sun
9. Key Of U
10.Workin' Overtime
11. I Thank You
12. Something Better

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- CDS
- £4.49
- Cat Number
- AJX141CD
- Release date
- 9 Dec '02