John Carroll Kirby brings his signature sound to film scoring with the official soundtrack album for feature film The Luckiest Man in America, which premiered at the Toronto Film Festival and received a wide theatrical release.

John Carroll Kirby’s background is steeped in jazz, but his signature sound blends genres and styles. He has collaborated with artists ranging from superstars Solange, Frank Ocean, Harry Styles, and Steve Lacy (earning him a GRAMMY nod for the smash hit "Bad Habit") to beloved indie musicians like Connan Mockasin, Yves Tumor, Eddie Chacon, and Liv.e.

TRACK LISTING

Side A
1. The Luckiest Man
2. Sewing A Button
3. Board Of Desire
4. Lot Tour
5. Meeting Peter
6. Michael Winning
7. Michael Losing

Side B
1. Detective Chuck
2. Chuck Sad
3. Michael Giving Up
4. Bill’s Bargain
5. Patricia’s Theme
6. Patricia’s Theme Reprise
7. The Whammy

Foreword by Pete Townshend. Tom Wright first met Pete Townshend at Ealing Art School in the early 60s. He became The Who's official tour photographer and manager from 1967 in the US, also managing the Grande Ballroom in Detroit where The Who's rock opera Tommy premiered.

He was much more than the band's photographer, he was a friend and photographed them right up to their farewell tour in 1991. Tom's vast record collection and musical influences had a big impact on the band in their early years. Their Generation covers The Who's first tours of North America, a hugely creative time with explosive performances both on and off stage, the time of their US hit 'I Can See for Miles' and much more.

Through the fabulous photographs, many of which have never been seen before, we see the band backstage, onstage, on tour, at rehearsal, at ease, in studio, at home. The photos will be accompanied by extended captions providing background details of the time, the people and the places. As well as The Who, Tom Wright toured with the Rolling Stones, the Faces, The James Gang, Elvis Costello, The Eagles and many more, documenting their performances and life on the road.

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Exapnded edition of Elvis Costello's 1986 album 'King Of America'.

Across the 6CD editon, Elvis Costello: 'King of America & Other Realms' explores the career defining 1986 album produced by T-Bone Burnett: from the solo demo versions of songs that appear on 'King of America' to the mélange of Memphis to New Orleans inspired recordings and collaborations over the last 4 decades.

The journey across the music is guided by Costello’s newly self-penned 35-page essay and numerous rare and never-before seen photos. The collection is anchored by CD1, a new 2024 remaster of the album from the original master tapes. CD2 collects the solo demos recorded in 1985 & now includes 6 never heard before Red Bus Session recordings. CD3 is a never heard, mixed from the multitrack tapes, 17-song concert recorded in London, UK on January 27, 1987. Hear Elvis in concert backed by James Burton, Jim Keltner, Jerry Scheff, Belmont Tench & T-Bone Wolk. The set closes with 3 compilation CDs that digest Costello’s studio recordings, previously unreleased demos, outtakes & live recordings.

The 2CD set includes the new 2024 remaster of the album 'King Of America' from the original master tapes, with CD2 being a collection of songs featuring studio recordings, previously unreleased demos, outtakes & live recordings from this wild and wonderfully odd odyssey.

The LP version is just the 2024 remaster.

TRACK LISTING

CD1/LP – King Of America (2024 Remaster):
1. Brilliant Mistake
2. Lovable
3. Our Little Angel
4. Don't Let Me Be Misunderstood
5. Glitter Gulch
6. Indoor Fireworks
7. Little Palaces
8. I'll Wear It Proudly
9. American Without Tears
10. Eisenhower Blues
11. Poisoned Rose
12. The Big Light
13. Jack Of All Parades
14. Suit Of Lights
15. Sleep Of The Just

CD2 – Le Roi Sans Sabots Demos, Outtakes & Other Realms:
1. The People's Limousine – The Coward Brothers
2. Next Time Round (Red Bus Demo) *
3. Deportee (Red Bus Demo) *
4. Brilliant Mistake (Red Bus Demo) *
5. Suffering Face (Solo Demo)
6. Poisoned Rose (Solo Demo)
7. Jack Of All Parades (Solo Demo)
8. Sleep Of The Just (Red Bus Demo) *
9. Blue Chair (Red Bus Demo) *
10. I Hope You're Happy Now (Solo Demo)
11. I'll Wear It Proudly (Solo Demo)
12. Indoor Fireworks (Solo Demo)
13. Having It All (Solo Demo)
14. Shoes Without Heels (Red Bus Demo) *
15. King Of Confidence (Outtake)
16. They'll Never Take Her Love From Me – The Coward Brothers
17. American Without Tears No. 2 (Twilight Version)

CD3 - Kings Of America Live At The Royal Alert Hall 27th January 1987:
1. The Big Light *
2. Only Daddy That'll Walk The Line *
3. Our Little Angel *
4. It Tears Me Up *
5. I'll Wear It Proudly *
6. Lovable *
7. Riverboat *
8. Sally Sue Brown/36-22-36 *
9. American Without Tears *
10. Brilliant Mistake *
11. What Would I Do Without You? *
12. You're Mind's On Vacation / Your Funeral, My Trial *
13. Pouring Water On A Drowning Man *
14. Payday *
15. That's How You Got Killed Before (Reprise) *
16. Sleep Of The Just *
17. True Love Ways *

CD4 – Il Principe Di New Orleans E Le Marchese Del Mississippi:
1. There’s A Story In Your Voice – With Lucinda Williams
2. Country Darkness
3. The Delivery Man
4. Nothing Clings Like Ivy
5. Heart Shaped Bruise – With Emmylou Harris (Live At The Hi-Tone, Memphis **
6. Bedlam (Live At Montreal Jazz) **
7. Either Side Of The Same Town
8. Wonder Woman
9. In Another Room (The Clarkdale Sessions)
10. The Monkey * - Rehearsal With Dave Bartholomew & The Dirty Dozen Brass Band
11. Monkey To Man
12. Deep Dark Truthful Mirror
13. Clown Strike (Live At Montreal Jazz) **
14. Who’s Gonna Help Brother Get Further?
15. The River In Reverse
16. The Greatest Love – From Treme *
17. Ascension Day

CD5 – El Prtncipe Del Purgatorio:
1. Stations Of The Cross
2. Quick Like A Flash (Unreleased Version) *
3. Sulphur To Sugarcane
4. Red Cotton
5. Lost On The River #12
6. A Slow Drag With Josephine
7. I Felt The Chill
8. Complicated Shadows (Cashbox Version)
9. She's Pulling Out The Pin
10. Condemned Man (Demo) *
11. Hidden Shame
12. Red Wicked Wine – With Dr. Ralph Stanley
13. The Scarlet Tide – With Emmylou Harris, Gillian Welch & Dave Rawlings (Live At The Grand Ole Opry)*
14. One Bell Ringing
15. Bullets For The New Born King
16. All These Strangers
17. For More Tears (Demo) *
18. You Hung The Moon

CD6 – Der Herzog Des Rampenlight:
1. Stella Hurt
2. Mr. Feathers
3. Under Lime
4. Jimmie Standing In The Rain
5. Down Among The Wines And Spirits
6. Dr. Watson, I Presume
7. Church Underground (Demo) *
8. A Voice In The Dark
9. April 5th – With Rosanne Cash & Kris Kristofferson
10. Indoor Fireworks (Memphis Magnetic Version) *
11. That’s Not The Part Of Him You’re Leaving – With Larkin Poe *
12. Brilliant Mistake/Boulevard Of Broken Dreams (Cape Fear Version) *
13. That Day Is Done – With The Fairfield Four

* Previously Unreleased
** First-ever Audio Release

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Soul Jazz Records’ new 10th anniversary one-off limited-edition heavyweight special-edition orange coloured vinyl pressing (+ download code) exclusively for Record Store Day 2024 of their long out of print ‘Punk 45: Kill the Hippies! Kill Yourself!’

Soul Jazz Records’ debut ‘Punk 45’ album charts the rise of underground punk across the United States of America in the years 1973-1980.

This album is fully remastered, relicensed with new tracks exclusively for RSD 24 and includes new tracks from Iggy & The Stooges, Nervous Eaters, Angry Samoans and more.

The ‘Punk 45’ album features a collection of seminal, classic, obscure and rare punk and proto-punk 45 singles from the likes of Electric Eels, The Pagans, The Deadbeats, The Randoms, The Lewd and many more – a lightning-rod journey across the states of America: Cleveland, Detroit, Los Angeles, Akron, New Orleans, Philadelphia – tracing the rise of punk music in these various towns and cities.

The album comes complete with extensive text, biographies on each of the bands, exclusive photos and original record artwork.

Various artists musically interpret poems from "The Fall of America: Poems of these States1965-1971" on this second volume, covers the years 1965- 1971

Musical interpretations of Ginsbergs poems are performed by Ai Weiwei, Philip Glass, Thurston Moore With Saul Williams, Anne Waldman, Miho Hatori, Jack Dangers, Devendra Banhart, Kai Campos & Cj Mirra, and more.

Recorded in the spring of 2010 and then mysteriously abandoned by Prince before its release, the statement album Welcome 2 America documents Prince’s concerns, hopes, and visions for a shifting society, presciently foreshadowing an era of political division, disinformation, and a renewed fight for racial justice. The album features some of Prince’s only studio collaborations with the bassist Tal Wilkenfeld, drummer Chris Coleman, and engineer Jason Agel, with additional contributions from New Power Generation singers Shelby J, Liv Warfield, and Elisa Fiorillo and keyboardist Morris Hayes, who Prince also recruited to co-produce the album.

STAFF COMMENTS

Barry says: It really is a testament to the output of the purple one himself that THIS absolute stunner got left on the cutting room floor. Political spoken word, undeniable groove and impeccable instrumental performances from all involved lead to one of the greatest albums he's put out for a LONG time.

TRACK LISTING

CD TRACKLIST:
1. Welcome 2 America (5:23)
2. Running Game (Son Of A Slave Master) (4:05)
3. Born 2 Die (5:03)
4. 1000 Light Years From Here (5:46)
5. Hot Summer (3:32)
6. Stand Up And B Strong (5:18)
7. Check The Record (3:28)
8. Same Page Different Book (4:41)
9. When She Comes (4:46)
10. 1010 (Rin Tin Tin) (4:42)
11. Yes (2:56)
12. One Day We Will All B Free (4:41)

VINYL TRACKLIST WITH SIDE BREAKS:
SIDE A
1. Welcome 2 America (5:23)
2. Running Game (Son Of A Slave Master) (4:05)
3. Born 2 Die (5:03)
4. 1000 Light Years From Here (5:46)
SIDE B
1. Hot Summer (3:32)
2. Stand Up And B Strong (5:18)
3. Check The Record (3:28)
4. Same Page, Different Book (4:41)
SIDE C
1. When She Comes (4:46)
2. 1010 (Rin Tin Tin) (4:42)
3. Yes (2:56)
4. One Day We Will All B Free (4:41)
SIDE D
Etching

BLU-RAY TRACKLIST:
Welcome 2 America: Live At The Forum, April 28, 2011
Runtime: 2:13:00
Available In Stereo, 5.1 Surround And Dolby Atmos
Joy In Repetition
Brown Skin (India.Arie Cover)
17 Days
Shhh
Controversy
Theme From “Which Way Is Up” (Stargard Cover)
What Have You Done For Me Lately (Janet Jackson Cover)
Partyman
Make You Feel My Love (Bob Dylan Cover)
Misty Blue (Eddy Arnold Cover)
Let’s Go Crazy
Delirious
1999
Little Red Corvette
Purple Rain
The Bird (The Time Cover – Prince Composition)
Jungle Love (The Time Cover – Prince Composition)
A Love Bizarre (Sheila E Cover – Prince Composition)
Kiss
Play That Funky Music (Wild Cherry Cover)
Inglewood Swingin’ (version Of Kool & The Gang’s Hollywood Swingin’)
Fantastic Voyage (Lakeside Cover)
More Than This (Roxy Music Cover)

Morning in America consists of 7 songs that were recorded during the sessions for Mudhoney’s 2018 album, Digital Garbage (“…an astute, politically relevant and commendably fired-up garage punk belter of an LP,” – The Quietus). The tracks include "Let's Kill Yourself Live Again" (an alternate version of the Digital Garbage stand-out “Kill Yourself Live,” and the bonus track for the Japanese CD version of that album), "One Bad Actor" (a new version of Mudhoney’s track on the limited-edition, and now very sold-out, SPF30 split 7” single w Hot Snakes), album outtakes “Snake Oil Charmer,” “Morning in America” and “Creeps Are Everywhere,” plus "Ensam I Natt" (“So Lonely Tonight,” a Leather Nun cover) and "Vortex of Lies" from a very limited EU tour 7". The songs were mixed at Johnny Sangster’s studio Crackle & Pop!

TRACK LISTING

Vortex Of Lies
Creeps Are Everywhere
Ensam I Natt
Morning In America
Let's Kill Yourself Live Again
Snake Oil Charmer
One Bad Actor

Stein formed Howling Bells with her brother, Joel, and friends when they moved to London together in 2004. Four acclaimed albums followed, along with headline tours and festival shows around the world, and huge support dates including several US tours with Coldplay and The Killers. A break from Howling Bells around the arrival of her first child saw the first shoots of her solo work start to emerge, and now we find ourselves here. America, an unpredictable place, forever bound up in a uniquely widescreen hope and romance. An evocative and beautiful record (produced by Gus Seyffert (Beck, Ryan Adams) in L.A.), Stein’s honeyed voice weaves stories of heartbreak and optimism, from the unmistakably Western-influenced Dark Horse, to the moody love song, Cry. Florence is inspired by a real-life photograph by Dorothea Langue, taken during the Great Depression, of the eponymous Florence Owens Thompson, a tale of a struggle for themselves and their children that’s as relevant to women of the world today as it ever was. The songs on the LP tell tales of characters real and imagined, Stein’s own experiences woven amongst them.

Says Stein of the album: "This record is an ode to the dark heart of America. Of times gone and times to come. Dusty trails, a whimsical 50s suburbia and the haze of the 1960s. I've forever idealised American life - growing up in Australia we were fed the American dream through film and television. The dichotomy between what was real and a dream is forever intriguing to me. The music of Roy Orbison, Dusty Springfield, Lee and Nancy and Patsy Cline all informed my musical sensibilities. They opened up this wide screen universe for me.”

STAFF COMMENTS

Barry says: Thumping psych-rock, echoing guitars and the brittle but perfectly fitting vocal workouts from Stein, shimmers of classic Americana mix in with brilliantly evocative songwriting. A stunning outing.

TRACK LISTING

1. Florence
2. Dark Horse
3. Black Winds
4. I'll Cry
5. Stargazer
6. Shimmering
7. Someone Else's Dime
8. It's All Wrong
9. Not Paradise
10. Cold Comfort
11. America

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The Bevis Frond have successfully traversed the ‘traditional’ side of songwriting to produce a prolific and un-comparable body of genuinely beautiful, yet genre baiting songs that are hard to ignore” Louder Than War. Released on 12” purple coloured vinyl for Record Store Day 2017, ‘The Auntie Winnie Album’ will be reissued for Record Store Day alongside ‘Bevis Through The Looking Glass’ and ‘Triptych’ as part of the band’s 30th Anniversary. Initially released in 1988, the companion piece to ‘Bevis Through The Looking Glass’ comprises of unreleased material from the Woronzow archives. The last of his earlier releases that sees the influential multi-instrumentalist Nick Saloman perform solo throughout. A labour of love and fiercely independent, his prolific output has seen as many releases in as many years and an uncompromising vision under his own label Woronzow. Hailed as “a Hendrix devotee every bit as tough and contemporary as the serrated guitar chorales of Sonic Youth and Pixies” by Rolling Stone’s David Fricke, his immense psych-stoner-rock has seen him become a cult figure in his own right. The Bevis Frond’s legion of loyal fans includes Teenage Fanclub, Dinosaur Jr and Mary Lou Lord, who have all covered his music. 

TRACK LISTING

Disc 1 A1 Malvolio's Dream Journey To Pikes A2 Foreign Laugh A3 Down Again A4 Will To Lose A5 Repressor A6 Winter's Blues B1 The Miz-Maze B2 Close B3 Without Mind B4 City Of The Sun C1 Traction C2 Long Day C3 Twice Torn, Once Forgotten C4 Spa Hotel D1 Visions Through Dilated Eyes D2 African Violet D3 Hillview D4 Automatic Bomb Virgins D5 Possession

Next single up on the Great Pop Supplement, following super quick sell outs already this year of previous releases from the likes of The Hanging Stars and Dean & Britta, is the debut 45 from Youth of America.

Youth Of America is the new songwriting project of Simon Shaw from Trembling Bells. Featuring all of the Bells, plus singers Lucy Sweet (Lucky Luke) and Sophie Sexon (Big Hogg). It was born out of his love of US West Coast power pop (The Go-Gos, Bangles, Redd Kross etc), and an ongoing obsession with US counterculture films from the same period.

Navigator has been described as "Big Star with gurls" while the flip side Night Of The Comet is a tribute to the 80s zombie cult classic of the same title.

A killer 45 limited to a pressing of 400 with (proudly) no links whatsoever to Record Store Day. Destined to sell out real quick. Get on it!

For Fans Of: The Bronx, Biffy Clyro, Baroness, Hot Snakes and Titus Andronicus. The Northern Irish trio Axis Of has been winning hearts throughout Europe since the release of their debut album ‘Finding St. Kilda’ in 2012.

Their records espouse their deep love of music, meeting new people and travel: ”The touring we do completely shapes our music and lyrics,” explains Ewen Friers (lead singer and bassist). And on their lastest offering, ‘The Mid Brae Inn’ this is taken to fascinating new emotional heights. Recorded in the grip of an Irish winter, the daily trek to the recording studio proved to be a mission in itself: “There were deep snow storms and havoc on old coastal roads. One morning our van’s exhaust was ripped off by a wave.”

The band succumbing to the sea is an apt metaphor for ‘The Mid Brae Inn’. Across its eleven tracks, distorted bass swells and soars whilst guitars foam with effervescent hooks. One can almost taste the salt in the air on album highlights: “Wetsuit”, “Beachcombing” and “Quarrel Reef”. The sound that the bass-player-fronted three-piece has crafted is simultaneously melodic and thunderous – drawing comparison to the sound Biffy cultivated on their crossover ‘Only Revolutions’.

“Over the last few years we've really pushed that idea of ‘poppy but heavy’. I think this record takes that idea and stretches it further at both ends” explains Niall. “I feel we're now the band we were hinting at becoming, it just required a few hundred shows to get us to this point.” A record built to be heard live, by men on a mission. Axis Of: coming soon, to a town near you (hopefully in a van with an intact exhaust).

TRACK LISTING

1. All My Bones
2. Wetsuit
3. The Grey Man's Path At Night
4. Super Resurgence
5. Munro Bagger
6. Beachcombing
7. Marconi's Place
8. Quarrel Reef
9. Oh Calusco!
10. The Harsh Winds Of Rathlin
11. Sunfinder
12. Returnee's Lament

Sullivan & Gold release their new album on Smalltown America, ‘For Foes’ in the UK and Ireland on November 11th, 2013. Sullivan & Gold is the pen name of Adam Montgomery (Bass/Guitar/Vocals) and Ben Robinson (Piano/Guitar/Vocals) who both hail from Co. Derry, Northern Ireland. Their sound is an evocative mix of Laurel Canyon soul and British alt-indie - bold, atmospheric and emotive songs for fans of Bombay Bicycle Club, Iron & Wine and Fleet Foxes.

A lush and sumptuously arranged record, ‘For Foes’ is an ambitious album focusing on a central character, who is reflecting on his life’s loves, losses and betrayals. Each track provokes new questions about the protagonist’s life and each is painted against a memorable, cinematic backdrop - from the beaches of Castlerock to the historic churches of St. Petersburg. Previous fans of Adam and Ben’s work (in indie-rockers The Good Fight) will be familiar with their closely woven harmonies and soulful use of melody. On ‘For Foes’ this is taken to new heights, soaring falsetto and dense backgrounds imbue these songs with an ethereal, otherworldly quality. A deftly realised debut, ‘Foe Foes’ provides a brand new soundtrack for anyone that finds themselves falling in or out of love.

Sullivan & Gold are: Adam Montgomery – Guitar / Bass / Vocals. Ben Robinson – Piano / Guitar / Vocals.

TRACK LISTING

1. Lonely
2. Changing
3. Run Faster
4. People Talk
5. Jigsaws
6. Don’t Stand In Line
7. Forget Myself
8. Please Repeat
9. All Of My Brothers
10. Glory

The double Grammy winning album “Breakfast In America” was released by Supertramp in March 1979 and featured the hit singles: "The Logical Song" , "Goodbye Stranger" , "Breakfast in America", and "Take the Long Way Home".

TRACK LISTING

Gone Hollywood
The Logical Song
Goodbye Stranger
Breakfast In America
Oh Darling
Take The Long Way Home
Lord Is It Mine
Just Another Nervous Wreck
Casual Conversations
Child Of Vision

Debut single on the excellent Young & Lost Club label. Limited edition - 300 copies only.

This was a single from June which initially was not offered to stores. 'Easy Meat' the title track taken from LaFaro's second album signals a departure in both musical and thematic territory. Recalling early Morphine, Ministry and NIN the stoner-swagger of the first album has been supplanted by droning riffology and bluesy nuance. Similarly, Johnny Black's lyrics have zoomed into examine other people's lives in even creepier and more exacting detail; as his songwriting matures so too does his ability to single out life's undesirables and our innermost, darkest thoughts. At 2'17" the track transforms into what fans love LaFaro for, a killer breakdown with outrageously exuberant John Stainer influenced drum-fills, from this point out the track is a master-class into how to bring it to the front three rows. Even those sitting comfortably at home with earbuds and tea will want to take their tops off and shake a fist at someone.

Crushingly recorded by the band's now regular producer (a Bangor man simply known as 'Marty') this new set of songs have all the urgency and precision of LaFaro live. In keeping with the album's theme of using Northern Irish colloquialism-as song title LaFaro's B-side to this single is entitled 'Wee Buns' and is well worth the purchase price alone. Recalling Jesus Lizard, Shellac, Helmet (with whom the band have toured Europe) and NI heroes Therapy? LaFaro have character, chops and emotion oozing through every seedy riff 'I love to write about life's dark little secrets - the things we all know happen but never get discussed'.

TRACK LISTING

1. Easy Meat
2. Wee Buns

The second single from their self titled second album is "America", and it's an anthem in the making.

Debut album from this hotly-tipped new band. Driving energetic rock'n'roll, at times reminiscent of early Manics.

Long awaited second edition in the "Psychedelic States" series compiling obscure singles of virtually unknown garage and psyche bands from the USA. This is the second edition covering the state of Florida, the first was immensely popular and the second version is filled with just as many gems. Compiled by real enthusiasts it includes The Tropics, The Lost Generation, The Epics, The Rockin' Roadrunners, Little Willie & The Adolescents, The Souldiers, The Purple Underground, The Ravens, Plant Life, Me And The Other Guys, Cosmic Camel, The Chain Reaction and The Deep Six. Giles Shaw you need this.