For The Bobby Lees, their fourth album and Epitaph debut 'New Self' marks a thrilling new chapter for the band while doubling down on what's always made them so magnetic.

The Bobby Lees don't need much in the way of introduction. Within a few seconds of exposure to their furnace-blast live shows or their bottled-lightning studio records, it's easy to hear why they've earned fans in legendary musicians like Iggy Pop, Debbie Harry, and Henry Rollins. They're as uncompromising in their sound and generous with their energy as any of their punk ancestors who first rewrote the rules of engagement back in the 1970s. Led by singer and guitarist Sam Quartin, drummer Macky Bowman, and bassist Kendall Wind, The Bobby Lees bring wildness and danger back into punk rock.

You can hear the band easing into a new confidence -- one that's both looser and more towering -- all throughout New Self, from the seething, fiery 'Napoleon' to the rambunctious, offbeat take on PJ Harvey's '50ft Queenie'. This is the sound of a band who's scrambled over shaky ground only to come back stronger than ever: more confident, more connected, louder and fiercer and secure in their own skin.

TRACK LISTING

1. Give
2. Napoleon
3. The End
4. 50 Ft
5. New Self
6. All I Got
7. Got Me Good
8. Red Hot

Exactly three years after the debut album, 'Life Like' DEAD BOB continues to mine the archives of old and new demos that JOHN WRIGHT has created over the years, including two of the last songs demoed for NOMEANSNO with brother ROB WRIGHT.

Whereas ' Life Like' was primarily a solo project of John, since the formation of the live band the gang, FORD PIER, BYRON SLACK, KRISTY LEE AUDETTE and COLIN MACRAE take a far more active role in this record.

'Nothing Changes Everything' is a 35 min, 8 song release that takes you on Bob's journey and keeps you wondering, “Where the f**k is this going next!” Balls to the walls and head in the clouds, you're in for a treat.

With a couple years under their belts and return of SELINA MARTIN to collaborate on another song, Dead Bob takes it to the next level.

House royalty unite. Ralphi Rosario’s Chicago pedigree meets Bob Sinclar’s global dancefloor finesse on this uplifting, piano-charged vocal house weapon. A driving 4/4 groove underpins soaring chords and a powerful lead vocal from Donna Blakely, while Lego’s production keeps the low-end tight and club-focused. A great Chicago-classic where Bob Sinclar transformed it into a club weapon with energy, poise, breakdown drama and hands-in-the-air moments.

TRACK LISTING

1 Take Me Up (Bob Sinclar 12 Inch Mix)
2 Take Me Up (Bob Sinclar Extended Mix)
3 Take Me Up (Bob Sinclar Dub Mix)

THIS IS A RECORD STORE DAY 2026 EXCLUSIVE AND WILL BE AVAILABLE INSTORE ON SATURDAY APRIL 18TH ON A FIRST COME FIRST SERVED BASIS, LIMITED TO ONE PER PERSON.

IF THERE ARE ANY REMAINING COPIES THEY WILL BE MADE AVAILABLE ONLINE AT 8PM (BST) ON MONDAY APRIL 20th).

The Residents present Randy, Chuck and Bob In The Studio refers to a period when the avant-garde (former eyeballs in top hats) used these three pseudonyms to represent themselves as an offbeat power trio, performing and releasing music with a focus on studio versions of live material. This concept was part of the "Randy, Chuck and Bob Trilogy," which included tours and albums between 2010 and 2016. Presented here on vinyl for the very first time, Residents fans and collectors can expect a trippy treat of rare demos, rehearsal sessions, live jams, sonic experiments and remixes. All lovingly slung together on fine wax to wrap your ears around for Record Store Day 2026.

THIS IS A RECORD STORE DAY 2026 EXCLUSIVE AND WILL BE AVAILABLE INSTORE ON SATURDAY APRIL 18TH ON A FIRST COME FIRST SERVED BASIS, LIMITED TO ONE PER PERSON.

IF THERE ARE ANY REMAINING COPIES THEY WILL BE MADE AVAILABLE ONLINE AT 8PM (BST) ON MONDAY APRIL 20th).

Limited Edition, Audiophile-Grade, Collector's Quality LP Vinyl Set Manufactured using Buyer-Sourced Neotech 100% Virgin Vinyl for reduced degradation, extending lifetime playback quality. The Manufacturing-Exclusive Technology employed in mastering this pressing uses predictive analysis to identify and correct groove deformation. The resulting pressings are unrivaled in replicating the intended audio equalization of the original studio performance, enhancing layered sonic nuances often not detected in traditional mastering

colllectors quality LP, packaged in a 1 of 1 album cover variant

A historic bridge between two eras of hip-hop mastery.

Bobby Digital Presents: The Juice Crew is a once-in-a-generation collaboration that unites two of hip-hop’s most influential forces: RZA—visionary architect of the Wu-Tang Clan—and the legendary Juice Crew, whose pioneering MCs laid the foundation for lyricism, storytelling, and New York rap culture. Curated and produced under RZA’s Bobby Digital persona, this project reimagines the golden-era ethos through a futuristic Shaolin lens, creating a timeless cross-chamber experience.

The album is both homage and evolution. RZA pulls from decades of sonic experimentation—Shaolin drums, cinematic textures, digital grit, and soulful samples—while the Juice Crew delivers commanding performances that remind the world why their legacy remains unshakable. Each track builds its own universe: sharp lyricism, master craftsmanship, and generational excellence woven into a cohesive body of work.

This project is more than a collaboration—it’s a cultural moment. It marks the first time the worlds of the Abbott and the Juice Crew converge on record, forming a bridge between iconic rap lineages that shaped the artform. The result is bold, vibrant, and deeply rooted in hip-hop heritage, yet engineered for a new era of listeners.

Bobby Digital Presents: The Juice Crew stands as testament to the enduring power of lyricism, innovation, and artistic unity—an album that celebrates history while pushing the sound of hip-hop forward.

FEATURING AN EXCLUSIVE NEW INTERVIEW WITH SIR PAUL McCARTNEY

Persuasive, captivating and bursting with insight, this dual biography by acclaimed journalist Jim Windolf dives into the surprisingly supportive, occasionally rivalrous, always fertile relationship between Bob Dylan and the Beatles.

Few artists have shaped pop culture as profoundly as the Beatles and Bob Dylan. In Where the Music Had to Go, Jim Windolf offers a new, persuasive interpretation of how two of the twentieth century's greatest recording artists influenced one another - and reveals how their apprenticeships, accomplishments and legacies are uncannily intertwined.

From Dylan's early dismissal of the Beatles as being for 'teenyboppers' to his rapid acknowledgment of their talent, the book captures the pivotal moments that pushed Dylan to 'go electric' and inspired the Beatles to deepen their lyrics. Packed with vivid anecdotes (the Beatles rehearsing Dylan songs; Dylan spending hours at Lennon's childhood home), the book paints a picture of a relationship full of camaraderie, rivalry and mutual evolution.

Windolf's meticulous research uncovers hidden gems, peeling back layers of history to reveal the stories fans didn't even know they were missing.

From Lennon's and McCartney's lyrical transformations to George Harrison's growth as a songwriter, the book showcases the ripple effects of the Beatles-Dylan connection. More than a music biography, this is a front-row seat to the forces that shaped the sound of a generation.

Finally, the long-awaited repress of this tech-house banger by French producer Bobby Parker from ’03. A real classic from DJ Francesco Del Garda. The B-side comes from another sick release on the label, this time with Mogcha. It’s a straight-up electro-house heater, perfect to get that dancefloor hyped. Antinote’s also planning to reissue some of the Monster Funky catalog in the next monthes. Stay tuned!

STAFF COMMENTS

Matt says: A tech-house rukus that's both hypnotic, sublime and kickin' in equal measure. This is 100% my jam atm, and unlikely to leave the record boxes of anyone with a penchant for Villalobos, Craig Richards, Francesco Del Garda and Call Super.

TRACK LISTING

automatic bpm
our house

Third installment in Digikiller's Bobby Aitken series, featuring long unavailable and previously unreleased works by one of Jamaican music's most elder statesmen. The A-side is the stuff our dreams are made of, previously unreleased melancholy minor key rocksteady, featuring a young Glen Adams on vocals and cut at WIRL where Bobby & The Carib Beats did a lot of work. The B-side is the great "Wonder Music", an upful horns instrumental featuring Val Bennett sitting in with the band, finally back after being long unavailable since it first surfaced in the 1990's.

STAFF COMMENTS

Matt says: Holy grail tackle from Digikiller who reissue this rare-as-hen's-teeth slice of early rocksteady. Those riotous horns stir up the soul rrreeal nice. Unmissable!

TRACK LISTING

A1. Don't Need You
B1. Wonder Music

Via Jupiter returns with its second release, a proto-dancefloor collaboration between Psychederek and Behind the Groove’s Bobby Thorpe.

Born from a series of studio jams throughout the winter, the Manchester-based artists deliver a slick 4-track EP inspired by late-’80s dancefloors and driven by a clean, stripped-back approach.

Costa del Stockport continues to provide the world with a rich sonic haute couture. Weaving in influences old and new as they drag the town's grey identity of old into a rich and vibrant tapestry that encompasses much of the local artists, venues and record labels. Psychederek and Bobby Thorpe, both at the spearhead of this revolution join forces for four tracks that dip and dive between Balearic moods, electro-disco urgency and sublime deep house with a keen and sophsticated approach. The result? A record that unites the new kids with the old guard under an umbrella of musical creativity that looks set to continue well into 2026. Defo one's to watch! 

Artwork and label design by Ben Brumpton. Limited to 250 copies. 

STAFF COMMENTS

Matt says: "A Little Emotion" is set to unite the tribes this summer, an absolute mega-anthem from these two local stalwarts, keen to make their mark on the burgeoning Stockport-Manchester axis. Honestly, it's gonna blow - you heard it here first!

TRACK LISTING

A1. Strobes 
A2. A Little Emotion
B1. Let's Go To The Disco 
B2. Orange Dream

Fresh repress of Bob Dylan's iconic 'MTV Unplugged', which finds ol' Bobby D recasting 12 of his old songs, both famous and obscure. 

TRACK LISTING

1. Tombstone Blues
2. Shooting Star
3. All Along The Watchtower
4. The Times They Are A-Changin'
5. John Brown
6. Desolation Row
7. Rainy Day Women #12 & 35
8. Love Minus Zero / No Limit
9. Dignity
10. Knockin' On Heaven's Door
11. Like A Rolling Stone
12. With God On Our Side

WOW. Released on Valentine's Day 2025, Be With Records are releasing the first time reissue of the first *ever* heart-shaped red vinyl 45. Extremely limited!

The smooth titan of blue-eyed soul, Bobby Caldwell transcended genre tags with consummate ease; he was a musical icon of real class and versatility, cherished the world over.

The originals of these red heart-shaped vinyl records go for stupid money - if you can find one in good condition. Here's your chance to snag a real collectors item for fans of Bobby and, well, LOVE, the world over.

The eternal 'What You Won't Do for Love' became a national anthem. It remains that way - perhaps even more so in the past year or two. It perfectly captured Bobby's ability to infuse a contagious groove with introspective and relatable lyrics. With its instantly recognisable horn riff and Caldwell's soulful delivery, this timeless, chiller anthem continues to captivate audiences and define his musical legacy.

A perennial favourite, it has been heavily sampled, such is its unique allure; Aaliyah sang over snatches of it on 'Age Ain’t Nothing But A Number' and you can hear Caldwell’s vocal sample used for the hook on Tupac’s posthumously released 'Do For Love'.

Bobby's dynamite 'Open Your Eyes' was immortalised by the eternal J Dilla in the hip-hop canon with his production of Common’s epochal 'The Light', which heavily samples the magical 'Open Your Eyes'. On a post paying tribute to Bobby in March 2023, Questlove claimed that he "got word Brother Bobby loved it". Bobby's original has seen new life even more recently from the likes of Dwele and Kendrick Lamar and deservingly so, as its insistent drums and staccato piano created a modern-soul classic.

STAFF COMMENTS

Matt says: Taking cues from the infamous Mayer Hawthorn heart shaped disc from yesteryear; local legends Be With reissue this schmoozy doozy from Bobby Caldwell - just in time for Valentine's Day!

TRACK LISTING

1. What You Won't Do For Love
2. Open Your Eyes 

Super cosy cable knit bobble hat with 'Suprafleece' band inside to keep your ears extra warm.

A lovely richly coloured combo of yellow, dark teale, dark orange and navy. Like the 'Retro' colour scheme but with added zing!

Features multicoloured Piccadilly Records embroidered logo.

Frits Wentink’s Bobby Donny returns for the fifth various artist 12” vinyl release in the Ace Series. Welcoming new additions, Glenn & Derrick for some peak time dancefloor business as well as Leigh Hunt who joins forces with label favourite Rico Scott. On the flip Dominic Oswald returns with two soulful and deep cuts. Six heavy heaters for house fans of the deeper persuasion. Another essential release from Bobby Donny!

TRACK LISTING

A1. Glenn & Derrick - Got It Going On
A2. Glenn & Derrick - Syntax Of Style
A3. Rico Scott & Leigh Hunt - Node 01
B1. Dominic Oswald - Soft Touch
B2. Dominic Oswald - Private Energy
B3. Rico Scott & Leigh Hunt - Node 03

Ace’s small but ever-evolving “Black America Sings…” series has been quiet of late, but it springs back into action this month with the 2-LP and CD releases of “Highway Of Diamonds” – a second dip onto the catalogue of Bob Dylan, as reimagined by some of the foremost African-American artists of the 20th century.

From almost the start of his songwriting career, Dylan’s words and music have impacted on black American music, with ‘Blowin’ In The Wind’, speaking to an America that was still mostly segregated and becoming an anthem for all colours and creeds. As Dylan’s own career progressed, so did the number of covers he received, with a significant amount coming from what might be termed ‘non-traditional’ sources such as those heard here.

The 20 songs on “Highway Of Diamonds” continue the story that was told in part on the earlier “How Many Roads” compilation, with an almost entirely different selection of artists lending their voices to some of the best songwriting of the 20th century, and an almost entirely different selection of songs (with the exception of ‘Blowin’ In The Wind’ itself, which provides a common thread linking the story told across the two sets).

Big names from the worlds of soul, gospel and jazz, timeless songs and, for many, new ways of appreciating ever-durable material make “Highway Of Diamonds” as essential a purchase as its predecessor.

As ever, the great audio is complemented by a handsomely illustrated package on both CD and double vinyl, with a plethora of illustrations and in depth song-by-song-and-track-by-track annotation by Ace legend Tony Rounce.

TRACK LISTING

1. A HARD RAIN'S A-GONNA FALL - THE STAPLE SINGERS
2. EVERYTHING IS BROKEN - BETTYE LAVETTE
3. JUST LIKE TOM THUMB'S BLUES - NINA SIMONE
4. GOTTA SERVE SOMEBODY - NATALIE COLE
5. IT AIN'T ME BABE - MAXINE WELDON
6. IT'S ALRIGHT MA (I'M ONLY BLEEDING) - BILLY PRESTON
7. THE MIGHTY QUINN - SOLOMON BURKE
8. RAINY DAY WOMEN #12 & 35 - MERRY CLAYTON
9. SHELTER FROM THE STORM - CASSANDRA WILSON
10. THE TIMES THEY ARE A-CHANGIN' - THE BROTHERS & SISTERS OF LOS ANGELE
11. TOMORROW IS A LONG TIME - HARRY BELAFONTE
12. BABY I'M IN THE MOOD FOR YOU - ODETTA
13. DON'T FALL APART ON ME TONIGHT - AARON NEVILLE
14. IF NOT FOR YOU - SARAH VAUGHAN
15. GEORGE JACKSON - JP ROBINSON
16. WHEN HE RETURNS - JIMMY SCOTT
17. I THREW IT ALL AWAY - THE BO-KEYS
18. DOWN ALONG THE COVE - JOHNNY JENKINS
19. EVERY GRAIN OF SAND - LIZZ WRIGHT
20. BLOWIN' IN THE WIND - THE CARAVANS

Bobby Krlic and Daniel Pemberton’s score for Eddington pressed on bipartisan red, blue split vinyl. Featuring original art by Matt McCormick. Includes “Keep Honking” bumper sticker.

TRACK LISTING

1. EDDINGTON (OPENING) - DANIEL PEMBERTON
2. CITY LIMITS - DANIEL PEMBERTON
3. DISTURBING THE PEACE - DANIEL PEMBERTON, BOBBY KRLIC
4. YOU NEED A MASK - DANIEL PEMBERTON
5. TED AND JOE STANDOFF - BOBBY KRLIC
6. JOE CROSS FOR MAYOR - DANIEL PEMBERTON, BOBBY KRLIC
7. NO JUSTICE NO PEACE - DANIEL PEMBERTON, BOBBY KRLIC
8. PHOTO MESSAGE - BOBBY KRLIC
9. SANTA LUPE CRIME SCENE - DANIEL PEMBERTON, BOBBY KRLIC
10. HERE COMES THE CURE - BOBBY KRLIC
11. BUTTERFLY PURSUIT - DANIEL PEMBERTON
12. NO PEACE - DANIEL PEMBERTON, BOBBY KRLIC
13. WE DRAW GUNS - DANIEL PEMBERTON, BOBBY KRLIC
14. EDDINGTON (ENDING) - DANIEL PEMBERTON
15. BEDTIME - BOBBY KRLIC

THIS IS A BLACK FRIDAY 2025 EXCLUSIVE AND WILL BE AVAILABLE INSTORE ON FRIDAY NOVEMBER 28th FROM 10AM ON A FIRST COME FIRST SERVED BASIS, LIMITED TO ONE PER PERSON.

IF THERE ARE ANY REMAINING COPIES THEY WILL BE MADE AVAILABLE ONLINE AT 8AM ON SATURDAY NOVEMBER 29th).

First ever release of 'The Freewheelin’ Bob Dylan' as it was originally conceived, including four tracks that were withdrawn before the album came out: 'Rocks And Gravel', 'Let Me Die in My Footsteps', 'Rambling, Gamblin Willie' and 'Talking’ John Birch Paranoid Blues'. With the original never-before seen liner notes.

TRACK LISTING

1. BLOWIN' IN THE WIND
2. ROCKS AND GRAVEL
3. A HARD RAIN’S A-GONNA FALL
4. DOWN THE HIGHWAY
5. BOB DYLAN’S BLUES
6. LET ME DIE IN MY FOOTSTEPS
7. DON’T THINK TWICE IT”S ALL RIGHT
8. RAMBLING, GAMBLING WILLIE
9. OXFORD TOWN
10. CORRINA, CORRINA
11. TALKIN’ JOHN BIRCH PARANOID BLUES
12. HONEY, JUST ALLOW ME ONE MORE CHANCE
13. I SHALL BE FREE

Celestial Echo is here with one of the all time holy grail soul double siders. When we tell you a record will never leave your bag after buying it, this is exactly the record it applies to.

Originally released in 1970 and written, produced and arranged by the great Van McCoy, Washington D.C.’s Bobby Reed stepped up and delivered “The Time Is Right For Love” an incredible loved up stepper, and then “If I Don’t Love You”, a perfect compliment, another… loved up stepper.

This one isn’t a fresh find, or a new discovery - Just an essential, officially licensed reissue of an incredible slice of soul.

Pressed and distributed by Prime Direct Distribution—. Don’t miss!

TRACK LISTING

A1. The Time Is Right For Love
B1. If I Don’t Love You

A high-water mark of Bobby Hutcherson’s 1970s Blue Note output, 'Montara' is a feel-good album that found the vibraphonist conjuring up an intoxicating hybrid of Latin jazz and fusion grooves from the percolating rhythms of ‘La Malanga’, ‘Yuyo’, and ‘Oye Como Va’ to the alluring ‘Montara’ and ‘Love Song’.

This stereo Tone Poet Vinyl Edition was produced by Joe Harley, mastered by Kevin Gray from the original analog master tapes, pressed on 180g vinyl at RTI, and packaged in a deluxe tip-on jacket.

TRACK LISTING

1. Camel Rise
2. Montara
3. (Se Acabo) La Malanga
4. Love Song
5. Little Angel
6. Yuyo
7. Oye Como Va

This much- loved Latin workout has been rocking dancefoors for years with its infectious, driving energy and pulsating rhythms. Released in 1968, the 'My Latin Soul' album on Philips Records now receives a welcome reissue on Mr Bongo. It's a sheer delight throughout and a premier example of the Nu Yorican sound that was thriving in New York in the '60s.

From a young age, the Bronx, New York-born Latin jazz percussionist Bobby Matos found inspiration through the conga drum masters Mongo Santamaria and Patato Valdez (who he had informal backstage lessons with) and timbales legends Willie Bobo and Tito Puente. Bobby was drawn into New York's club scene and began playing in the vibrant '60s beat / bohemian Greenwich Village cafes, followed by stints in a wide range of different venues. These included Bronx dance halls and after-hours clubs in El Barrio, through to the elegance of Carnegie Hall, Central Park concerts, and off-Broadway theatres.

Later relocating to Los Angeles, Bobby played an important role in spreading Latin music far and wide. He became an inspiration to many on the jazz dance and acid jazz scenes in the '80s / '90s where his recordings were picked and played, becoming prized collector items amongst DJs. The track 'Tema De Alma Latina' was immortalised as a classic for many, after being featured on the Gilles Peterson's Street Sounds Jazz Juice 5 compilation in 1987. A captivating listen from start to finish, the album features other treats such as the dynamic album opener 'Nadie Baila Como Yo', the blazing fute led 'Mambo Maxims', and the blistering piano shufer 'Raices'.

A truly iconic Latin classic whether you're being reunited with it like an old friend or discovering it as a fresh new find.

TRACK LISTING

1. Nadie Baila Como Yo
2. En Casa De Alfredo
3. Caliente Y Grasoso
4. Te Adoro A Ti
5. La Cosa De Ritchie
6. Me Tienes Loco
7. Tema De Alma Latina
8. Mambo Maxims
9. One Mint Julep
10. Raices
11. Trailo A Casa

Cherry Red Records is double delighted to present not one, but TWO brilliant brand-new albums from Jim Bob this summer!

One album is ‘AUTOMATIC’ and one album is ‘STICK’. This is NOT a double album, double albums allow filler in and there is NO filler on ‘Automatic’ or ‘Stick’.

You won’t find any skippable Instrumentals or reprised versions on these beauties, just wall-to-wall, floor-to- ceiling bangers - 22 of them – 11 songs on each excellent record.

‘Automatic’ features the full band from the last three Jim Bob albums (‘Pop Up Jim Bob’, ‘Who Do We Hate Today’ and ‘Thanks For Reaching Out’ - also available on Cherry Red Records) and includes the opening sing-a-long ‘Victoria Knits The Wars’ which features on the first 7” single.

Cherry Red Records is double delighted to present not one, but TWO brilliant brand-new albums from Jim Bob this summer!

One album is ‘AUTOMATIC’ and one album is ‘STICK’. This is NOT a double album, double albums allow filler in and there is NO filler on ‘Automatic’ or ‘Stick’.

You won’t find any skippable Instrumentals or reprised versions on these beauties, just wall-to-wall, floor-to- ceiling bangers - 22 of them – 11 songs on each excellent record.

‘Stick’ is a punkier, dirty power-trio, guitar record and features the poppin’ punky ‘S’ side of the 7” ‘Every Day’s a Discotheque’.

TRACK LISTING

SIDE 1
1. A Song By Me (2:39)
2. Swordfight Outside McDonalds (3:30)
3. Art (2:58)
4. I Will Still Be Here (3:01)
5. I Go To The Park (4:07)
SIDE 2
6. Every Day’s A Discotheque (2:52)
7. (Oh What A) Shitshow (2:26)
8. Lovers Rock (4:12)
9. Walk The Dog Start A War (1:56)
10. The Last Night Of The Tour (3:25)
11. There’s Not Enough Space In The Hall (2:10)

Welcome to 'Bobby’s Place', the new split personality album from long time musical mischief maker and cultural provocateur Bobby Conn!

Side A finds Bobby living in a tent somewhere on the astral plane surrounded by synthesizers, woodwinds, hand drums and a pulsating psychedelic fog. Planet Earth and the temporal plane are only faintly visible in the distance. Bobby is joined by his partner in crime Monica BouBou on violin, and DJ LeDeuce on unknown electronics making three long form journeys through polyrhythmic soundscapes. Master percussionist Michael Zerang (Peter Brötzmann Tentet, among many others), virtuoso flautist Constance Volk (Ensemble Dal Niente, Twyla Tharp Dance), and bassoonist Airan Wright (Mucca Pazza) come along for the ride. While sonic exploration has always been an aspect of Bobby’s music, this is his purest expression to date.

Side One finds Bobby starring in an alternative reality workplace sitcom also called 'Bobby’s Place'. In each episode Bobby starts a new small business, like a restaurant or a nail salon, with a team of puppets, but the business inevitably fails and ends in bankruptcy by the end of the show. But no matter, Bobby can’t stop, and the six tightly arranged glam rock tunes on Side One are proof. Bobby sings odes to blind (emphasis on blind) optimism in the face of rising Fascism and the decadent decay of late capitalism, joined once again by Monica BouBou and his band from 2020’s Recovery release: Josh Johannpeter, Jim “Dallas” Cooper, Devin Davis and Billie Howard.

Essentially, each side exists as an independent conception - which side to play first? There is no answer, they are equally the best entry into 'Bobby’s Place'. The album was recorded at Bobby’s home studio in Chicago over the summer of 2024 and mixed by the brilliant Cooper Crain (Bitchin’ Bajas).

TRACK LISTING

1. Bobby's Place
2. Never Felt Better
3. Juicy Goons
4. Sixties Babies
5. Nostalgia
6. Satisfied
7. Jay & Bee
8. Wretched
9. All For You

Alternative Tentacles proudly welcomes Dead Bob to the family with their brand new 7”, "Some Bodies / We Are The Humans"! Hailing from Vancouver Island, Canada, Dead Bob is the solo project of John Wright—legendary drummer of the now-retired punk rock powerhouse NoMeansNo. In this new incarnation, Wright is joined by Colin MacRae, Byron Slack, Ford Pier, and Kristy Lee Audette, reimagining two incredible covers to mark his reunion with the label that helped launch his legacy. He didn’t have to look far for the track “Some Bodies,” originally a NoMeansNo song from their 1985 release You Kill Me. This new version starts with rich vocal harmonies in the call back to the original a cappella intro and builds into an explosive reworking of the classic—with Audette’s powerful vocals along with bold horn arrangements driving it into new territory. The song loses none of its original intensity, instead gaining new layers and depth. NoMeansNo fans will be thrilled. On the flip side, "We Are The Humans" is a complete reimagining of Kraftwerk’s "We Are The Robots". In the age of AI, the track feels more relevant than ever with the new title and chant. The guitar and bass work is front and center, reminding listeners why John Wright's incredible songwriting legacy endures to this day. There’s a reason we say: Play it loud. With Dead Bob, John Wright and company do what few have managed since NoMeansNo’s retirement— honoring that stylistic past while boldly forging their own path forward. NoMeansNo fans, rejoice: a worthy successor has arrived and their name is Dead Bob.

TRACK LISTING

1 Some Bodies
2 We Are The Humans

Griffiths & Andy achieved international fame with their rendition of Nina Simone’s “Young, Gifted and Black.” The song resonated deeply with audiences in the UK, selling over half a million copies and earning Bob & Marcia a place on Top of the Pops. It reached the number #5 spot in the UK charts.

This album is packed with classic tracks & cover versions - gems like “It ain’t me babe”, “Keep The Customers Satisfied” & “Put A Little Love In Your Heart”. Their popularity soared, and the duo continued with hits like “Pied Piper,” bringing reggae to European audiences during a time when the genre was still emerging on the global stage. Their success was not just commercial but symbolic, as they inspired pride and cultural appreciation among Jamaican communities worldwide.

TRACK LISTING

Side A
1. Young Gifted And Black
2. Private Number
3. United We Stand
4. We've Got To Get Ourselves Together
5. Peace Of Mine
6. It's A Rocking Good Way

Side B
1. It Ain't Me Baby
2. Ain't Nothing But The Real Thing
3. Put A Little Love In Your Heart
4. Onion Song
5. Gee Baby
6. Keep The Customers Satisfied

At the turn of the 70s, songwriters like Tony Macaulay (‘Love Grows Where My Rosemary Goes’), Cook and Greenaway (‘Something's Gotten Hold Of My Heart’), Lynsey De Paul and Barry Blue (‘Storm In A Teacup’) and John Carter (‘Beach Baby’) were bossing the singles charts and Radio 1 while more serious acts such as Led Zeppelin and Pink Floyd concentrated on album sales.

“Chip Shop Pop” is a stellar collection of super-melodic, expertly crafted songs; it gathers two dozen of the songs that got away, all potential hits written by these Denmark Street-schooled songwriters. You might have only heard these records once or twice before, coming out of a passing kid's transistor radio, or in the background in a cafe, or a chippie, and then they disappeared into the ether never to be heard again - until now.

Aside from the Fortunes, Marty Wilde and Candlewick Green, very few of these names will be at all familiar but the harmonies, the string and brass arrangements and top session musician playing will all be familiar to anyone who loves the sound of ‘My Baby Loves Lovin'’, ‘Silver Lady’ or ‘(If Paradise Is) Half As Nice’. They are all incredibly catchy.

Compiled by Bob Stanley from his sizeable collection of 70s 7" singles, ”Chip Shop Pop” revives records on Bell, UK, Young Blood and Bradley's, labels that were home to these unabashed radio-friendly sounds that would disappear when first disco, then punk, came along later in the 70s.
Dormant for decades, many unavailable for more than fifty years, here is a perfect collection of sunshine-friendly pop with a capital P.

TRACK LISTING

Side One
1. HELLO, HELLO, HELLO - STORMY PETREL
2. MELANIE MAKES ME SMILE - TONY BURROWS
3. TIP OF MY TONGUE - BROTHERLY LOVE
4. LOST AND FOUND - WHISKEY MAC
5. ON A PLANE TO NOWHERE - BARRACADE
6. LEAVE A LITTLE LOVE - CANDLEWICK GREEN
Side Two
1. LADY PEARL - CURRANT KRAZE
2. ON THE RUN - SCORCHED EARTH
3. I WANT TO BE WHERE YOU ARE - SCARECROW
4. TELLTALE - PATCHES
5. RUSTY HANDS OF TIME - PETER DOYLE
6. A LITTLE THING LIKE LOVE - RIVER
Side Three
1. DREAMS ARE TEN A PENNY - JOHN KINCADE
2. IN THE MORNING - BITTER ALMOND
3. EVERY LITTLE MOVE SHE MAKES - WHITE PLAINS
4. SCHOOLGIRL NOTION - JANIE & THE MARLETTES
5. HERE COMES THAT RAINY DAY FEELING AGAIN - FORTUNES
6. YELLOW BIRD (HAVE YOU NO HOME) - DESIGN
Side Four
1. CLOVELLY - ROGER HOLMAN & SIMON MAY
2. I NEED YOUR EVERLASTING LOVE - LIBERTY HELM
3. BYE GOODBYE - SILVER LINING
4. IT'S GETTING SWEETER ALL THE TIME - SHORTY
5. CATERPILLAR - COLD FLY
6. THIS IS MY LIFE - WEI WEI WONG

The recordings for the album took place between October 25, 1955, and February 10, 1956, at Studio Pathe-Magellan in Paris and features a mix of cool jazz and bop styles with tracks like "How About You," "Once in a While," and "Alone Together." The ensemble of musicians on this album includes notable names such as Jean- Louis Viale on drums, and Benoit Quersin on bass; the album highlighting Baker's distinctive trumpet tone and his collaboration with talented European musicians: "I Get Chet" is a significant work in his discography and reflect his mastery in the cool jazz and bop genres. The tracks are characterized by its relaxed tempos and lighter tone, and bop, known for its complex rhythms and harmonies, it is praised for its lyrical and cool jazz elements. For this and other reasons and considered a gem from Chet Baker's Paris sessions, showcasing his talent during a pivotal time in his career.

TRACK LISTING

How About You
Once In A While
Chekeetah
Alone Together
Chet
Dinah
Tasty Pudding
Anticipated Blues
V Line
Exitus

From the day that Bobby Zimmerman first turned on the radio in his parents’ home in Hibbing, he’d had a pretty good idea that big things were happening, that old values were changing, that something new was on the way. Bob Dylan arrived in New York one winter morning in 1961. His music and spirit would go on to capture the hearts and minds of a generation, but what no one knew then was that, like so many before him, Dylan was concealing his Jewish origins.

For Harry Freedman, Dylan’s roots are the key to grasping how this complete unknown burst onto the scene and reinvented not only himself, but popular music. The instinct for escape and reinvention has defined Dylan’s long career. In this insightful biography Freedman traces the heady atmosphere of the 1960s and the folk-rock revolution spearheaded by Dylan.

Right up until the moment in 1966 when Dylan stepped out onto the stage and went electric – exploring how his musical decisions, genius for reinvention and his Jewishness go inescapably hand in hand.

A definitive insight into the ever-influential world of Mark E. Smith and the Fall, featuring never-before published essays and ephemera from fans, collectors and the artist and band themselves.

This is not a book about a rock band. This is not even a book about Mark E Smith. This is a book about The Fall group - or more precisely, their world. Over a prolific forty-year career, the Fall created a world that was influential, idiosyncratic and fiercely original; it was an education. Who wouldn't want to be armed with a working knowledge of M.R. James, contemporary dance and Manchester City? Bringing together previously unseen artwork, rare ephemera and handwritten material, alongside essays by a slate of fans, EXCAVATE! is a vivid, definitive record - an illumination of the dark corners of the Fall's wonderful and frightening world.

'To 50,000 Fall Fans: please buy this inspired & inspiring, profound & provocative, beautiful & bonkers Book of Revelations, choc-stock-full of loving Acts by true Apostles, simultaneously both the scrapbook you wished you'd kept and a portal to futures & pasts, known & unknown, & a Fantastic Celebration of this Nation's Saving Grace. - 'DAVID PEACE

'A container sized treasure trove bursting at the hinges with strangeness and wonder . . . I strongly advise you to buy it.' - MAXINE PEAKE

Alt rock legend Bob Mould returns with his new album. The legendary former frontman of Husker Du and Sugar delivers 11 slices of anthemic, emotional driving alt rock. Featuring singles “Here We Go Crazy”, “When Your Heart Is Broken” and “Breathing Room” the album finds Bob on top form.

TRACK LISTING

1. Here We Go Crazy
2. Breathing Room
3. Neanderthal
4. Hard To Get
5. When Your Heart Is Broken
6. Fur Mink Augurs
7. Lost Or Stolen
8. Sharp Little Pieces
9. You Need To Shine
10. Thread So Thin
11. Your Side

I’ll Be Your Rainbow is the only recorded album by classic soul singer Bobby Wilson. Originally released in 1975, the album is a perfect blend of the styles of soul that were running through the east coast underground of the early 70s. It includes elements of the burgeoning club scene on the more up-tempo songs, and sweet warm vocals on the strong mellow cuts. The album was recorded in Detroit, Philadelphia and Miami, produced by Vernon Bullock and orchestrated by Paul Riser. It features the UK soul scene hit “Deeper and Deeper”. It is the first time the record is pressed on coloured vinyl and the first repress since its original release in 1975.

TRACK LISTING

SIDE A
1. Deeper And Deeper
2. Hey, Girl (Tell Me)
3. Let Me (Put Love Back In Your Life)
4. I'll Be Your Rainbow
5. Here Is Where The Love Is

SIDE B
1. Don't Shut Me Out
2. You Make Me Feel Good All Over
3. I'll Take Good Care Of You
4. All I Need (I've Got)
5. When I Don't See A Smile On Your Face

Introducing the iconic "Monster Mash" album by Bobby Pickett, now remastered and pressed on mesmerizing glow-in-the-dark vinyl!

The eternal Halloween classic ‘Monster Mash’ is included alongside further spooky delights of classic hits like "Transylvania Twist" and "Graveyard Shift".

TRACK LISTING

A:
Monster Mash
Rabian The Fiendage Idol
Blood Bank Blues
Graveyard Shift
Skully Gully
Wolfbane
Monster Minuet

B:
Transylvania Twist
Sinister Stomp
Me & My Mummy
Monster Motion
Monster Mash Party
Irresistible Igor
Bella's Bash
Let's Fly Away

In 2016 it was announced that Bob Dylan had sold his personal archive to the George Kaiser Foundation in Tulsa, Oklahoma, reportedly for $22 million. As the boxes started to arrive, the Foundation asked Clinton Heylin - author of the acclaimed Bob Dylan: Behind the Shades and 'perhaps the world's authority on all things Dylan' (Rolling Stone) - to assess the material they had been given. What he found in Tulsa - as well as what he gleaned from other papers he had recently been given access to by Sony and the Dylan office - so changed his understanding of the artist, especially of his creative process, that he became convinced that a whole new biography was needed.

It turns out that much of what previous biographers - Dylan himself included - have said is wrong; often as not, a case of, Print the Legend. This is the second instalment of the definitive biography (following A Restless Hungry Feeling) of one contemporary culture's most iconic and mysterious figures - musical revolutionary, Nobel Prize-winner, chart-topping recording artist. Clinton Heylin's meticulously researched, all-encompassing and consistently revelatory account of these fascinating early years is the closest we will ever get to a definitive life of an artist who has been the lodestar of popular culture for six decades.

Deluxe Box Set Features 417 Previously Unreleased Performances, Newly-Mixed Recordings And Liner Notes by Elizabeth Nelson.

Celebrating the 50th anniversary of Bob Dylan’s return to touring that in 1974. Featuring all professionally recorded shows from the artist’s 1974 performances backed by The Band, the collection will be available as a deluxe box set across 27 CDs. The 1974 Live Recordings offers fans 417 previously-unreleased Bob Dylan live tracks – including 133 recordings newly mixed from 16-track tape, and every single surviving soundboard recording – along with new liner notes by journalist and critic Elizabeth Nelson.

"In the summer of 2021 I was introduced to the French filmaker Émilie Deleuze in Paris. She asked me if I would create a soundtrack for a film she intended to make titled Cinq Hectares. When I asked Emilie what the story of the film was about she replied "It's a comedy and road movie , about a guy driving a tractor across France". I love road movies and I had never composed a movie soundtrack before so I immediately said "yes". I recorded the soundtrack in the summer of 2022 in east London with the help of producers James Rand & Thomas Gorton of @godcolony and a bunch of great young musicians they introduced me to, one of which @alwhite who now plays saxophone with Primal Scream. Émilie's film is an absolute cracker and I'm very proud of the soundtrack. Hope you enjoy listening to it as much as we did making it”

Bobby Gillespie, June 2024

STAFF COMMENTS

Barry says: Primal Scream lead singer Gillespie presents his soundtrack for the French Film, '5 Hectares'. It is at once reminiscent of Gillespie's writing for the band, but is obviously more tailored to the film (which I haven't seen). Good music though, independent of the film or nay.

TRACK LISTING

1. Pastoral Love Scene
2. Dystopian Office
3. Villager All Your Life
4. Franck’s Theme
5. Running Scene
6. Make It On Your Own - Hurdy Gurdy Version
7. Sickness Of The City
8. Descending Funk Storms Of Steel
9. Organ Interlude
10. Make It On Your Own
11. Storms Of Steel
12. Storms Of Steel - Choir Version
13. Love In The Eurozone / Tractorcide
14. Make It On Your Own - Ambient Version
15. Where Is Franck?
16. Plastic Throne
17. Melancholy Man
18. Out In The Country

• Featuring well over 100 songs.

• The most detailed and definitive look at the career of cult hero Frank Sidebottom.

• With an introduction by former bandmate Mark Radcliffe and an exclusive interview with Chris (Frank) Sievey's son Stirling.

• As well as the interview, Stirling has also opened up the Sievey audio archive to provide 20 previously unreleased tracks of Frank performing at various gigs in Manchester from 1985-1988.

• The compilation also includes, for the first time on CD, 16 tracks from Frank's EPs for Regal Zonophone from 1985-1986.

Disc 1 contains 'Frank Sidebottom's ABC & D... The Best Of...', Cherry Red's first Frank collection, initially released in 1999.

Disc 2 contains 'E, F, G & H. The Best Of... Volume Two', Cherry Red's 2009 follow-up.

Disc 3 is made up of 36 tracks that have never been on CD before with 20 of those never having been released at all.

TRACK LISTING

DISC ONE
'Frank Sidebottom's ABC & D... The Best Of...'
1. Anarchy In Timperley
2. Timperley Blues
3. Timperley Sunset
4. Born In Timperley
5. Surfin' Timperleya
6. Next Train To Timperley
7. Oh Timperley
8. Wild Thing In Timperley
9. The Robbins Aren't Bobbins
10. Guess Who's Been On Match Of The Day
11. Mexico '90
12. Estudiantes (Striped Shirts/ Black Panties)
13. Puff 'n' Blow
14. Hit The North
15. I Should Be So Lucky
16. Bohemian Rhapsody
17. Frank Gordon
18. Everybody Sings Queen
19. We Will Rock You
20. Radio Ga
21. I Am The Champion
22. Indie Medley
23. The Monopoly Song
24. Zoo Scrapbook
25. Xmas Is Really Fantastic
26. I Wish It Could Be Xmas Every Day
27. Oh Come All Ye Faithful
28. Xmas Medley
29. What For From Me Mum
30. Being For The Benefit Of Mr. Kite
31. Flying
32. Mull Of Timperley
33. It Was Nearly 20 Years Ago Today
34. Twist 'n' Shout
35. Blackpool Fool
36. Mr. Custard
37. Hey You Street Artist
38. The Wonder Of Me
39. Firm Favourite Ads
40. Mirror Man, Mirror Puppet / Gimmie That Harp Little Frank
41. Another Fantastic Banjo Song
42. Electricity

DISC TWO
'E, F, G & H. The Best Of... Volume Two'
1. Panic
2. Guess Who's Been On Match Of The Day
3. I Said Hey You Riot Policewoman
4. I Should Be So Lucky
5. Love Poem For Kylie
6. Franks World (Theme)
7. Mirrorman/Gimme That Harp Boy
8. Airplay
9. TVR17
10. Barber's Shop Quartet
11. Electricity
12. Fantastic Sea Shanty
13. Firm Favourite Ads
14. Of Puppets And Space And Decimal Currency
15. I've Got Something To Shout About
16. Mr Custard
17. Tex Sidebottom
18. I Said Hey You Street Artist
19. Radio Timperley Phone-In
20. Bohemian Rhapsody (The Bit I Missed Off My First EP)
21. Bros Medley
22. S.O.S.
23. Timperley Travelogue
24. Save Me
25. Tummy
26. Can't Help Falling In Love
27. Monopoly Song
28. Football Is Really Fantastic
29. Guess Who's Been On Match Of The Day [Live]
30. 1812 Overture
31. God Save The Queen

DISC THREE
Bonus Tracks
PREVIOUSLY UNRELEASED ON CD
1. Anarchy In The U.K.
2. Material Boy
3. Every Breath You Take
4. Popular Medley
5. Oh Blimey It’s Christmas
6. Christmas In Australia
7. Old Lang Zine
8. In The Summertime
9. Oh Supermum
10. I’m The Urban Spaceman
11. Sci-Fi Medley
12. Space Is Ace
13. Roger Robot
14. Fireball XL5
15. Life On Mars
16. The Theme Tune From Close Encounters Of The Third Kind PREVIOUSLY UNRELEASED
17. Magic Trick (Manchester 22/03/1985)
18. Séance And Little Frank (22/03/1985)
19. Love Missile (22/03/1985)
20. We Love You (22/03/1985)
21. No Train To Brooklands (Manchester 27/02/1988)
22. Fireball XL5 (27/02/1988)
23. Space Is Ace (27/02/1988)
24. Hey Jude (27/02/1988)
25. Timperley 969 1909 (27/02/1988)
26. Little Frank (28/05/1988)
27. Caravan Of Love (28/05/1988)
28. Spider Puppet (28/05/1988)
29. Talking Parrot (28/05/1988)
30. The Ginger Baker Book Of Jokes (28/05/1988)
31. Spanish Harlem (28/05/1988)
32. Jailhouse Rock(28/05/1988)
33. Elvis Is Really Fantastic (28/05/1988)
34. Barbara Ann (28/05/1988)
35. Hound Dog (28/05/1988)
36. We’re Gonna To Write Some Invitations (29/09/1988)

Everyone has their favourite era of the Bee Gees' career, but so much is still unclear about this celebrated but often misunderstood band. This book will provide the perfect route in, pulling together every fascinating strand to tell the story of these pioneering, melancholic masters of pop. Uniquely, the Bee Gees' tale spans the entire modern pop era - they are the only group to have scored British top-ten singles in the '60s, '70s, '80s and '90s - and includes world-conquering disco successes like 'Stayin' Alive' and 'More Than a Woman', both from the soundtrack of hit film Saturday Night Fever.

But the Bee Gees' extraordinary career was one of highs and lows. From a vicious but temporary split in 1969 to several unreleased albums, disastrous TV and film appearances, and a demoralising cabaret season, the group weren't always revelling in the glow of million-selling albums, private jets and UNICEF concerts. Yet, even in the Gibbs' darkest times, their music was rarely out of the charts, as sung by the likes of Al Green, Kenny Rogers & Dolly Parton and Diana Ross.

When Bob Vylan won the first MOBO award for Best Alternative Music Act in 2022, the punk-grime duo took to the stage and used the platform to speak about how they managed to achieve the impossible as independent artists in a genre-defying space. “We released an album this year that we produced entirely, mixed entirely, recorded entirely, all from my bedroom…so everybody that’s here, bigging up Atlantic and bigging up Warner, fuck that, us man did it ourselves”.

It was an acceptance speech that rattled the room and built anticipation for their next projects.

Humble as the Sun, the forthcoming album from Bob Vylan continues with much of the rage and urgency that they have come to be known and loved for, but this latest project shows that they are now stronger and wiser, bolstered by the wins and learnings that they have fought hard for along the way. The resulting tracklist aims to leave the listener feeling power alongside their anger, and brings a fresh and compelling blend of punk, rock, grime and rap together in an experimental way.

Following on from the last album, Bob Vylan Presents the Price of Life, the message woven throughout Humble as the Sun remains dark in places but is high-energy, defiant and unapologetic in its critique of a broken social and political system that so many have fallen victim to, but feel powerless against.

This album is for the underdogs, the ones who come out swinging and those who refuse to be defeated in the face of injustice, and aims to remind listeners that anger is a fire that can be harnessed and put to use. The album creation started from a conversation with the sun, which is, after all, a big ball of fire that sustains life.

From masculinity to myths about the G Spot, the themes and topics explored on Humble As The Sun make for an often humorously empowering celebration of the people’s ability to endure, overcome and bring about change.

The lyricism on this album is even more layered than their previous projects, still darkly humorous, anti-establishment and unforgiving but at times pauses to deliver much-needed words of affirmation to listeners, “You are loved. You are not alone. You are going through hell but keep going.” Bobby assures the listener, offering an antidote to the state of the world, aiming to give some power and agency to those who hear it. At a time when so little trust or faith exists between the people and the powers that be, Bob Vylan offers out a hand in the despondent darkness that has overwhelmed so many in the shadow of a burning planet. They guides the listener to a place where they can see some light and feel empowered to do something, to fight back, to continue pushing forwards despite the challenges faced along the way.

Mixing all of the best quintessentially British - and Jamaican - musical elements from punk to drum and bass, grime and rock, Bob Vylan creates a sound that reflects the state of the nation, at once voicing the frustrations that normal people have, while also highlighting one’s ability to persevere, overcome hardship and to change.

STAFF COMMENTS

Barry says: Humble As the Sun is almost certain to bring Bob Vylan to the wider public consciousness. It's a momentum-filled, chaos embracing collection of grime-adjacent, punky rock pieces. Brilliantly propulsive and more than a little reminiscent of rap-rock superstars RATM.

TRACK LISTING

A1. Humble As The Sun
A2. Reign
A3. GYAG
A4. Dream Big
A5. Hunger Games
B1. Right Here
B2. Makes Me Violent
B3. He's A Man
B4. Ring The Alarm
B5. I'm Still Here 

Selassie is the chapel is a beautiful, spiritual and dream like recording, made by the young Bob Marley when he had first discovered the Rastafarian religion. The single is a song taken from the little-known JAD Records catalogue of Bob Marley recordings, which have remained unexploited for some time. It was a song which held great meaning and significance for him and was always very important to him. It is no coincidence that this song, created more than 50 years ago, should resonate with all of us at this time of intense difficulty and unparalleled adversity that is being felt across the world. Bob Marley's image is known, admired and accepted as a beacon of spiritual hope and unification for people of every race, creed, colour, and gender in every corner of the globe and has been fundamental in connecting people of all countries and faiths for many years. In this dire climate of global distress, deprivation and unrest, world politics is providing us with no solution, but perhaps Bob Marley and this beautiful song will unify us.

TRACK LISTING

1. Selassie Is The Chapel
2. Lick Samba

Super cosy cable knit bobble hat with 'Suprafleece' band inside to keep your ears extra warm.

Features multicoloured Piccadilly Records embroidered logo.

Super cosy cable knit bobble hat with 'Suprafleece' band inside to keep your ears extra warm.

Features multicoloured Piccadilly Records embroidered logo.

Super cosy cable knit bobble hat with 'Suprafleece' band inside to keep your ears extra warm.

A combination of warm orange, light teale, mustard and grey. A more muted version of the 'Bonfire' colour scheme.

Features multicoloured Piccadilly Records embroidered logo.

Columbia Records and Legacy Recording, the catalog division of Sony Music Entertainment, will release Bob Dylan - The Complete Budokan 1978 on Friday, November 17.

A deluxe box set celebrating Bob Dylan's 1978 world concert tour and the 45th anniversary of the artist's first concert appearances in Japan, The Complete Budokan 1978 presents two full shows originally recorded on 24-channel multitrack analog tapes at Tokyo's Nippon Budokan Hall on February 28 and March 1, 1978 and offers fans 36 previously unreleased Dylan performances. The Complete Budokan 1978 will be available in 4CD, 8LP (Japan only) and digital configurations. 

The Bob Dylan World Tour 1978 marked the artist's first international concert dates since 1966 and his first live shows since the Rolling Thunder Revue blasted through North America in 1975-76. A major international musical event, the year-long tour found Bob Dylan performing 114 shows in Asia, Oceania, North America and Europe, to a combined audience of two million fans.

The tour launched in February 1978 with eleven historic performances: Dylan' first-ever concerts in Japan which included eight shows at the revered Nippon Budokan Hall in Tokyo. Two of the Budokan shows--February 28 and March 1, 1978--were recorded on 24-channel multi-track analog tape with 22 performances excerpted from those shows appearing on Bob Dylan At Budokan, a 2LP set first issued on Columbia Records as a Japan-only release in November 1978, followed by a global release in April 1979 in response to widespread demand. The Complete Budokan 1978 marks the first time any of Dylan's complete performances from his 1978 world tour have been officially available.

For his 1978 performances, Dylan (rhythm guitar, harmonica, vocals) led an ensemble featuring Billy Cross (lead guitar), Ian Wallace (drums), Alan Pasqua (keyboards), Rob Stoner (bass, vocals), Steven Soles (acoustic rhythm guitar, vocals), David Mansfield (pedal steel, violin, mandolin, guitar, dobro), Steve Douglas (saxophone, flute, recorder), Bobbye Hall (percussion), Helena Springs (vocals), Jo Ann Harris (vocals), and Debi Dye (vocals). The original Bob Dylan At Budokan album was produced by Don DeVito, who also helmed Dylan's Street-Legal, recorded and released during the 1978 world tour, featuring the same musicians.

According to Tetsuya Shiroki, co-producer of The Complete Budokan 1978, the newly restored, remixed and remastered recordings "…capture(s) two days of this history-making tour. Nothing has been removed or altered in any way."

Many individuals involved in the original Bob Dylan at Budokan album reunited for the new release. Under the supervision of Heckel Sugano, the CBS Sony product manager for Bob Dylan in Japan at the time, the engineer responsible for the 1978 recording has worked on the new 2023 remix using the original 24-channel multi-tapes, while the album cover showcases artwork by the same photographers as the original.

Chief engineer Tom Suzuki says, "We mixed the record with the keyword 'passion' in mind. The result is a mix that surpasses the original 1978 release, providing a crisper and clearer sound where each instrument and Bob Dylan's voice are distinctly audible."

Heckel Sugano says, "The completed album documents the remarkable sound of the legendary Budokan shows that are forever etched in history. We tried to faithfully reproduce the sound the Japanese audience would have heard in the concert hall.."

Presented in a luxurious deluxe box, The Complete Budokan 1978 includes newly remixed complete live recordings from the two Budokan concert dates featuring 36 previously unreleased tracks; facsimile memorabilia such as concert tickets, pamphlets, posters, and flyers; 60-page full-color photo book of previously unpublished photos of Dylan on-stage and behind-the-scenes at the airport, press conferences and more; exclusive liner notes. The 2LP Another Budokan 1978 features 16 previously unreleased tracks from the Budokan box.

In her liner essay for The Complete Budokan 1978, music critic Edna Gundersen notes that the original Bob Dylan At Budokan album "has undergone a sober reappraisal over the decades as consumers and critics grew to admire its adventurous arrangements and provocative performances." She heralds the new restored and remastered release, writing that "Captured at Budokan, Dylan is in good spirits and fully engaged. He sings with brio and urgency, his voice clear and melodic and his phrasing impeccable as ever....The band crackles with careening energy.... (Dylan) saw the stage as a proving ground that brought his tunes to life."

TRACK LISTING

Live At Nippon Budokan Hall, Tokyo, Japan - February 28, 1978
CD1
1. A Hard Rain's A-Gonna Fall*　
2. Repossession Blues*
3. Mr. Tambourine Man*
4. I Threw It All Away*
5. Shelter From The Storm
6. Love Minus Zero/No Limit
7. Girl From The North Country*
8. Ballad Of A Thin Man*
9. Maggie's Farm*
10. To Ramona*
11. Like A Rolling Stone*
12. I Shall Be Released*
13. Is Your Love In Vain? *
14. Going, Going, Gone*
CD2
1. One Of Us Must Know (Sooner Or Later) *
2. Blowin' In The Wind*
3. Just Like A Woman*
4. Oh, Sister*
5. Simple Twist Of Fate
6. You're A Big Girl Now*
7. All Along The Watchtower*
8. I Want You*
9. All I Really Want To Do*
10. Tomorrow Is A Long Time*
11. Don't Think Twice, It's All Right
12. Band Introductions*
13. It's Alright, Ma (I'm Only Bleeding)
14. Forever Young
15. The Times They Are A-Changin'
Live At Nippon Budokan Hall, Tokyo, Japan – March 1, 1978
CD3
1. A Hard Rain's A-Gonna Fall*
2. Love Her With A Feeling*
3. Mr. Tambourine Man
4. I Threw It All Away*
5. Love Minus Zero/No Limit*
6. Shelter From The Storm*
7. Girl From The North Country*
8. Ballad Of A Thin Man
9. Maggie's Farm
10. One More Cup Of Coffee (Valley Below)
11. Like A Rolling Stone
12. I Shall Be Released
13. Is Your Love In Vain?
14. Going, Going, Gone
CD4
1. One Of Us Must Know (Sooner Or Later) *
2. Blowin' In The Wind
3. Just Like A Woman
4. Oh, Sister
5. I Don't Believe You (She Acts Like We Never Have Met) *
6. You're A Big Girl Now*
7. All Along The Watchtower
8. I Want You
9. All I Really Want To Do
10. Knockin' On Heaven's Door
11. The Man In Me*
12. Band Introductions*
13. It's Alright, Ma (I'm Only Bleeding)*
14. Forever Young*
15. The Times They Are A-Changin'*

*Previously Unreleased

A 2LP highlight edition of the 4CD box set, features 16 select unreleased live performances.

The Bob Dylan World Tour 1978 marked the artist's first international concert dates since 1966 and his first live shows since the Rolling Thunder Revue blasted through North America in 1975-76. A major international musical event, the year-long tour found Bob Dylan performing 114 shows in Asia, Oceania, North America and Europe, to a combined audience of two million fans.

For his 1978 performances, Dylan (rhythm guitar, harmonica, vocals) led an ensemble featuring Billy Cross (lead guitar), Ian Wallace (drums), Alan Pasqua (keyboards), Rob Stoner (bass, vocals), Steven Soles (acoustic rhythm guitar, vocals), David Mansfield (pedal steel, violin, mandolin, guitar, dobro), Steve Douglas (saxophone, flute, recorder), Bobbye Hall (percussion), Helena Springs (vocals), Jo Ann Harris (vocals), and Debi Dye (vocals). The original Bob Dylan At Budokan album was produced by Don DeVito, who also helmed Dylan's Street-Legal, recorded and released during the 1978 world tour, featuring the same musicians.

STAFF COMMENTS

Barry says: Another Budokan sees One of Bob Dylan's most revered performances summarised beautifully to vinyl, with each LP representing different selection of tracks from two consecutive nights. Classic, peak live Dylan.

TRACK LISTING

Live At Nippon Budokan Hall, Tokyo, Japan - February 28, 1978

LP1 - Side A

1. A Hard Rain's A-Gonna Fall　
2. Repossession Blues
3. Ballad Of A Thin Man
4. To Ramona

LP1 - Side B

1. Like A Rolling Stone
2. Blowin' In The Wind
3. All Along The Watchtower
4. Tomorrow Is A Long Time

Live At Nippon Budokan Hall, Tokyo, Japan – March 1, 1978

LP2 - Side A

1. Love Her With A Feeling
2. I Threw It All Away
3. Girl From The North Country
4. One Of Us Must Know (Sooner Or Later)

LP2 - Side B
1. I Don't Believe You (She Acts Like We Never Have Met)
2. You're A Big Girl Now
3. The Man In Me
4. Forever Young

Mixing Up The Medicine is a new career-spanning compilation containing 12 of Bob Dylan’s greatest songs, including “Knocking On Heaven’s Door”, “Like A Rolling Stone” and “Hurricane”. It serves as the companion piece to the Mixing Up The Medicine book, which offers an unprecedented look into the Bob Dylan Archive. Set for release on Oct. 24, 2023, this magnum opus will include nearly 1,000 images, most of which have never been seen by the public, alongside original essays by prominent writers and artists.

TRACK LISTING

SIDE A:
Times They Are A-Changin’
Blowin’ In The Wind
Like A Rolling Stone
Subterranean Homesick Blues
All Along The Watchtower
Lay Lady Lay
Forever Young (slow Version)
SIDE B:
Tangled Up In Blue
Hurricane
Knockin’ On Heaven’s Door
Make You Feel My Love
Things Have Changed

For her third album, ‘Bobbie’, Dutch singer-songwriter Pip Blom decided to rip it up and start again. After making her name as one of the brightest indie rock singers around through two albums – 2019 debut ‘Boat’ and 2021 follow-up ‘Welcome Break’ – and a lauded live show honed over gruelling years of touring, the new album sees her take a delightful left turn into thumping, carefree synth pop. This 12-track collection features collaborations with Personal Trainer and Alex Kapranos.

STAFF COMMENTS

Barry says: Ooof, what a lovely change of direction for Amsterdam's Pip Blom, brimming with the sort of instrumental loveliness they've done so well in the past but lighetened with a lean towards more carefree synth-pop grooves. It's brilliantly fresh, but without sacrificing anything that made the band so beloved.

TRACK LISTING

1. Not Tonight
2. Tiger
3. Red
4. Kiss Me By The Candlelightfeat. Personal Trainer
5. I Can Be Your Man
6. Where'd You Get My Number?
7. Brand New Car
8. Is This Love?feat. Alex Kapranos
9. Fantasies
10. Again
11. Get Back
12. 7 Weeks 

Time Out of Mind is the thirtieth studio album by American singer-songwriter Bob Dylan, originally released on September 30, 1997, through Columbia Records. For many fans and critics, the album marked Dylan's artistic comeback after he appeared to struggle with his musical identity throughout the 1980s; he had not released any original material since Under the Red Sky in 1990. Time Out of Mind is hailed as one of Dylan's best albums, and it went on to win three Grammy Awards, including Album of the Year in 1998.

TRACK LISTING

Side A
1. Love Sick
2. Dirt Road Blues
3. Standing In The Doorway
4. Million Miles
Side B
1. Tryin' To Get To Heaven
2. 'Til I Fell In Love With You
3. Not Dark Yet
Side C
1. Cold Irons Bound
2. Make You Feel My Love
3. Can't Wait
Side D
1. Highlands

The John Carter and Bobby Bradford Quartet/Quintet were critical to the progressive jazz movement around Los Angeles in the late 60s alongside the likes of Horace Tapscott. Both hailed from the Watts area and trumpeter, Bradford played with a woodshedding Ornette Coleman for two years in the early 60s when the legendary free movement leader decided not to record for a while but wanted to hone his trademark sound on the saxophone. Multi-reed player, Carter also worked with Coleman who brought them together to lead their own band.

Their first outing on Flying Dutchman was “Flight For Four” as the Carter Bradford Quartet that was released in 1969. This is the second album they recorded where Carter and Bradford were supported by Tom Williamson (bass), Buzz Freeman (drums) and another uncredited bass player on four extended improvisations – ‘The Sunday Afternoon Jazz Blues Society’, ‘The Eye Of The Storm’, ‘Loneliness’ and ‘Encounter’.

The album has been out of print on vinyl since 1971 and Ace are delighted to release it with audio taken from hi-res digital transfers from the original masters.

TRACK LISTING

Side One
1. The Sunday Afternoon
Jazz Blues Society
2. The Eye Of The Storm
Side Two
1. Loneliness
2. Encounter

First Time Reissued, Includes The Original Cover Artwork. Out of Print in any format for 30 years.

Most of us likely missed MUDHONEY’s ‘Five Dollar Bob’s Mock Cooter Stew’ when it first cratered here on Earth in late 1993, but we can ALL learn from our previous mistakes RIGHT NOW!!! Out of print in any physical format for 30 years (!), here is their Reprise mini-LP for all to devour in real-time and roll in its naked glory. Initially recorded by the band as an offering for their fans to devour while they were between full-length albums, the majority of ‘Five Dollar’ was recorded in one short, inspired burst on August 1, 1993, between the hours of 9:30 and 10:15 PM (with friend and Fastback Kur(d)t Bloch egging them on from the production booth). They smashed this out in just 45 minutes.

It might be the band at their most ‘Stooge-esque’ since there is no flowery imagery; nothing to misinterpret; just in-your-face blunt despair (in that department, Black Flag’s ‘Damaged’ LP comes to mind, especially in Mudhoney’s gleefully punishing highlight: ‘No Song III’). Within two seconds of any of these songs hitting your mind (maybe even within one second), you knew it could only be Mudhoney. You can instantly recognize it, because they truly own it/you/the universe.

TRACK LISTING

1. In The Blood
2. No Song III
3. Between Me & You Kid
4. Six Two One
5. Make It Now Again
6. Deception Pass
7. Underide

Endless Skyways is Bobby Lee’s third full album and second release on Tompkins Square. Returning to the full band sound of his debut, the name Endless Skyways is borrowed from a line in Woody Guthrie’s This Land Is Your Land, one of the cornerstones of American music. That song’s mix of the terrestrial (“ribbons of highway”) and celestial consciousness encapsulates Lee’s brand of widescreen cosmic americana; a duality also evident in the album’s split between deep-fried rural rock and ambient country. Dusty boots but third eye open.

Bobby's 2019 tour ended in New York City and he had two days off before flying home to Finland. Leon invited him to the Diamond Mine to record some music. Bobby had been talking about wanting to stretch out lyrically and write about more esoteric subject matter, Leon was game. They recorded "Reasons" in one session which put the chemistry between the two on the world stage and sparked the idea of doing a full length album together. More than halfway through the recording process, they have decided to treat us to another two-sider of the new material.

On the A side, "Whatcha Know" Bobby explores death and the human experience, putting his philosophical ponderings into his music. Michels' production and overall ethos is the perfect complement to Bobby's desire to stretch out his sound. EMA provides a gorgeous backing track that compliments Bobby's style and simultaneously broadens its scope.

The B side "Losing It" is a dramatic and moving number that Bobby sings in Spanish and English. A gorgeous guitar riff is countered with eerie sound effects that crescendo when the drums come in. Bobby professes he's "Losing It" over a love too strong and El Michels Affair's production turns the whole affair into a saga that thunders through speakers.

TRACK LISTING

Whatcha Know
Losing It

The world is full of Bee Gees fans. Yet, for a band of such renown, little is known about Barry, Maurice and Robin Gibb. Weren't two of them twins? Didn't one of them marry Lulu? Where does Andy fit into the Gibb family tree? And why did they storm out of that Clive Anderson interview?People tend to have their favourite era of the Bee Gees' career, but many listeners are also conscious that there is more to uncover about the band.

This book will provide the perfect route in, pulling together every fascinating strand to tell the story of a group with the imagination of the Beatles, the pop craft of ABBA, the drama of Fleetwood Mac and the emotional heft of the Beach Boys. Uniquely, the Bee Gees' tale spans the entire modern pop era - they are the only group to have scored British top-ten singles in the '60s, '70s, '80s and '90s - and includes world-conquering disco successes like 'Stayin' Alive' and 'More Than a Woman', both from the soundtrack of hit film Saturday Night Fever. But the Bee Gees' extraordinary career was one of highs and lows.

From a vicious but temporary split in 1969 to several unreleased albums, disastrous TV and film appearances, and a demoralising cabaret season, the group weren't always revelling in the glow of million-selling albums, private jets and UNICEF concerts. Yet, even in the Gibbs' darkest times, their music was rarely out of the charts, as sung by the likes of Al Green, Kenny Rogers and Dolly Parton, and Destiny's Child. Capturing the human story at the heart of the Bee Gees, this book will be a lyrical and stylish read, delighting hardcore fans with its details while engaging casual pop readers who simply want to know more about this important and enigmatic group.

Shadow Kingdom presents Dylan performing revelatory 21st century versions of songs from his storied back catalog – including fan favorites like "Forever Young" and "It's All Over Now, Baby Blue," and deep catalog gems like "Queen Jane Approximately" and "The Wicked Messenger."

Originally reinterpreted for an exclusive streaming film event, which aired in July 2021, Shadow Kingdom will now be available on vinyl, CD, and streaming platforms for the first time. The album's setlist includes 13 original songs handpicked by Dylan for his Shadow Kingdom performance plus the closing instrumental, "Sierra's Theme."

TRACK LISTING

When I Paint My Masterpiece
Most Likely You Go Your Way (And I'll Go Mine)
Queen Jane Approximately
I'll Be Your Baby Tonight
Just Like Tom Thumb's Blues
Tombstone Blues
To Be Alone With You
What Was It You Wanted
Forever Young
Pledging My Time
The Wicked Messenger
Watching The River Flow
It's All Over Now, Baby Blue
Sierra's Theme

For Fans Of… Charles Bradley, Sharon Jones & The Dap-Kings, Lee Fields.

Bobby Harden & The Soulful Saints are proud to announce their debut album, “Bridge of Love.” The album’s ten original compositions are presented in sparklingly-clear stereo sound and run the soul gamut, from grits-n-bricks R&B (‘Played a Fool by You’) to throw-back psychedelia (‘One Tribe’), svelte seventies pop (‘One Night of the Week’) and some seriously sophisticated ballads (‘Wounded Hearts’, ‘Bridge of Love’).

Together they document Bobby’s life journey in song. Through youthful self-doubt in the opening track ‘It’s My Time’, to confirmation on the exuberant finale ‘Raise Your Mind’, Bobby proves that faith and hard work can pay dividends. “Life is a joy when you free your soul.”

Throughout the album, Harden’s voice is tailored to perfection by the almost impossibly dexterous Soulful Saints, and further dressed to the nines by an accoutrement of Latin percussion, full-on horns, high-flying backing singers and even a string quartet. This comes as no surprise as The Soulful Saints have performed live and recorded together with acts such as Sharon Jones & The Dap-Kings, Charles Bradley & His Extraordinaires, Lee Fields & The Expressions, The Budos Band, Mark Ronson, Antibalas, The Impressions, & The Wu-Tang Clan.

TRACK LISTING

1. It’s My Time
2. One Tribe
3. Feels So Good
4. One Night Of The Week
5. Wounded Hearts
6. Played A Fool By You
7. Bridge Of Love
8. Butterfly
9. Runnin’ (To Get To Your Love)
10. Raise Your Mind

Bobbie Lovesong is the alias of American recording artist Madelyn Strutz. On The Wind is the debut full length from Bobbie, who produced, performed, recorded, and mixed the album herself in Taos, New Mexico. The album is a collection of psych-pop oddities and fizzy space-age interpretations of jazz standards that are informed in equal parts by Larry Heard’s breezy dream sceneries, LSD blotted Americana and kaleidoscopic ’60s pop. Bobbie went to Taos, New Mexico in 2020 to live communally with a small group of musicians as the lockdown stretched on for months. Retreating into an unfinished Earthship, she passed the days writing and recording music, with nothing more than a laptop microphone and a few instruments. At once surreal, timeless and extraterrestrial, On The Wind can be heard as a hallucinatory sonic love letter to Taos.

TRACK LISTING

1. Organic Orange
2. Watching From A Window
3. Desert Air
4. Eat The Apple Before It Falls
5. Fly Me To The Moon
6. Into Blue
7. Sun Star & Moon
8. Road For A Moment
9. Inner Sea
10. Two Faces In The Castle
11. Interlude
12. Doses
13. Reincarnation Of A Lovebird
14. Why'd It Gotta Take So Long?
15. Misty

The complete Bob Dylan Fragments January 2023Time Out of Mind Sessions (19961997): The Bootleg Series Vol.17 will be available as a deluxe box set in a 5CD edition. Also available, a twodisc/4LP standard edition of Fragments which includes the Time Out of Mind 2022 remix disc and a disc of twelve select Outtakes and Alternates highlights.

The latest chapter in Columbia/Legacy's highly acclaimed Bob Dylan Bootleg Series takes a fresh look at Time Out of Mind, Dylan's midcareer masterpiece, celebrating the album and its enduring impact 25 years after its original release on September 30, 1997.

Fragments Time Out of Mind Sessions (19961997): The Bootleg Series Vol.17 follows the evolution of songs written for the album, from intimate early incarnations in the previously unreleased 1996 Teatro sessions featuring Dylan (vocals, guitar, and piano), Daniel Lanois and Tony Mangurian (guitar and organ), Tony Garnier (bass) (drums and percussion) through incandescent live renditions (also previously unreleased) showcasing Dylan and his touring ensemble channeling the songs onstage from 1998-2001.

TRACK LISTING

CD Box Set:
Disc One - Time Out Of Mind (2022 Remix) 
1. Love Sick
2. Dirt Road Blues
3. Standing In The Doorway
4. Million Miles
5. Tryin
6. 'Til ' To Get To Heaven I Fell In Love With You
7. Not Dark Yet
8. Cold Irons Bound
9. Make You Feel My Love
10. Can't Wait
11. Highlands

Disc Two - Dreamin Outtakes And Alternates
1. The Water Is Wide (8/19/96, Teatro)
2. ' Of You (10/1/96, Teatro)
3. Red River Shore
4. Love Sickversion 1 (9/26/96, Teatro) Version 1 (1/14/97, Criteria Studios)
5. 'Til I Fell In Love With You
6. Not Dark Yet –– Version 1 (10/3/96, Teatro) Version 1 (1/11/97, Criteria Studios)
7. Can't Wait Version 1 (1/21/97, Criteria Studios)
8. Dirt Road Blues
9. Mississippi Version 1 (1/12/97, Criteria Studios) Version 1 (1/11/97, Criteria Studios)
10. 'Til I Fell In Love With You
11. Standing In The Doorway
12. Tryin ' To Get To Heaven ––version 2 (1/16/97, Criteria Studios) Version 1 (1/13/97, Criteria Studios) Version 1 (1/18/97, Criteria Studios)
13. Cold Irons Bound (1/9/97, Criteria Studios)

Disc Three – Outtakes And Alternates
1. Love Sick–version 2 (1/14/97, Criteria Studios)
2. Dirt Road Blues –version 2 (1/20/97, Criteria Studios)
3. Can't Wait–version 2 (1/14/97, Criteria Studios)
4. Red River Shore –version 2 (1/19/97, Criteria Studios)
5. Marchin' To The City (1/5/97, Criteria Studios)
6. Make You Feel My Love –take 1 (1/5/97, Criteria Studios)
7. Mississippi –version 2 (1/11/97, Criteria Studios)
8. Standing In The Doorway –version 2 (1/13/97, Criteria Studios)
9. 'TilI Fell In Love With You –version 3 (1/16/97, Criteria Studios)
10. Not Dark Yet –version 2 (1/18/97, Criteria Studios)
11. Tryin' To Get To Heaven –version 2 (1/12/97, Criteria Studios)
12. Highlands (1/16/97, Criteria Studios)

Disc Four – Live (1998-2001)
1. Love Sick(6/24/98, Birmingham, England)
2. Can't Wait (2/6/99, Nashville, Tennessee)
3. Standing In The Doorway (10/6/00, London, England)
4. Million Miles (1/31/98, Atlantic City, New Jersey)
5. Tryin' To Get To Heaven (9/20/00, Birmingham, England)
6. 'TilI Fell In Love With You (4/5/98, Buenos Aires, Argentina)
7. Not Dark Yet (9/22/00, Sheffield, England)
8. Cold Irons Bound (5/19/00, Oslo, Norway)
9. Make You Feel My Love (5/21/98, Los Angeles, California) Previously Released On The "Things Have Changed" Maxi-single
10. Can't Wait (5/19/00, Oslo, Norway)
11. Mississippi (11/15/01, Washington, D.C.)
12. Highlands (3/24/01, Newcastle, Australia)

Disc Five – Bonus Disc (Previously Released On The Bootleg Series Vol. 8: Tell Tale Signs: Rare And Unreleased 1989–2006)
1. Dreamin' Of You –Tell Tale Signs(10/1/96, Teatro)
2. Red River Shore –Tell Tale Signs, Version 1 (1/19/97, Criteria Studios)
3. Red River Shore –Tell Tale Signs, Version 2 (1/8/97, Criteria Studios)
4. Mississippi –Tell Tale Signs, Version 1 (9/96, Teatro)
5. Mississippi –Tell Tale Signs, Version 3 (1/17/97, Criteria Studios)
6. Mississippi –Tell Tale Signs, Version 2 (1/17/97, Criteria Studios)
7. Marchin' To The City –Tell Tale Signs, Version 1 (1/5/97, Criteria Studios)
8. Marchin' To The City –Tell Tale Signs, Version 2 (1/6/97, Criteria Studios)
9. Can't Wait–Tell Tale Signs, Version 1 (10/1/96, Teatro)
10. Can't Wait–Tell Tale Signs, Version 2 (1/5/97, Criteria Studios)
11. Cold Irons Bound –Tell Tale Signs, Live (6/11/04, Bonnaroo Music Festival)
12. Tryin' To Get To Heaven –Tell Tale Signs, Live (10/5/00, Londo

Back in 1998, RZA had already cemented his status as Wu-Tang Clan's man behind the boards, producing the entirety of the group's respective solo albums - When it came to his own breakout moment, the producer opted to introduce the world to Bobby Digital, a cartoonish, hedonistic mad-rapping alter ego and grew so fond of the character that he released another album under the moniker before finally delivering 2003's “Birth of a Prince” as the RZA.

Now it seems Bobby Digital is back in the picture and potentially set to square up with his host.

The new album features the hard-hitting single, “Saturday Afternoon Kung Fu Theater”. According to a press release, DJ Scratch handles production on the album. ‘Giving Scratch the reins as a producer and me taking the reins as an MC, that's what frees me up creatively and lets me play more with lyrical gags and lyrical flows because I don't have to be focused on everything’, RZA explained in a statement.

It's as moody and visceral as you’d expect, laced with a kind of weird, dark humour and joint-inflated pomp and swagger as the two MCs attempt to out-do each other line on line. It’s brave, outlandish and riddled with attitude. The beats are tight, freewheeling and brimming with tension. 

TRACK LISTING

RZA Vs. Bobby Digital
Saturday Afternoon Kung Fu Theater
Pugilism
Never Love Again
Fate Of The World
Fisherman
Kaiju

Bobby Weir & Wolf Bros - consisting of Bobby Weir, Don Was, Jay Lane and Jeff Chimenti - are set to release their second batch of live recorded material this year. Bobby Weir & Wolf Bros: Live In Colorado Vol 2 is out October 7 on Third Man Records, a follow-up to the first volume of the critically acclaimed live performance collection.

Bobby Weir & Wolf Bros: Live In Colorado, Vol 2 features more songs recorded at the band’s live performances at the historic Red Rocks Park & Amphitheatre in Morrison, Colorado and the Gerald R. Ford Amphitheater in Vail, Colorado on June 8, 9, 11, 12, 2020, including classic Grateful Dead hits, "Ripple" and "Brokedown Palace" along with covers of Merle Haggard and Marvin Gaye. These shows were the group’s first live audience concerts in over a year and featured Greg Leisz on pedal steel, along with The Wolfpack: Alex Kelly, Brian Switzer, Adam Theis, Mads Tolling and Sheldon Brown. “Been too long,” Weir said of the performances, “but I can’t think of a better place to pick it back up…”

Live in Colorado, Vol 1, received acclaim from LA Times, Forbes, USA Today, Billboard and more. In their review for Volume 1, Pitchfork Says, "Weir's rootsy trio offer a more intimate reimaging of his former group's historic counter cultural songbook."

Weir explains “I’ve been workin’ in my spare time on expanding the sonic coloration of the songs I do. The Wolfpack is basically a step toward full orchestration - and further, I gotta say, these guys are game. We worked on the arrangements a bit but eventually we needed to trot it all out and play it for folks - and right at that moment, the folks in Colorado reached out and told us they were gonna open up. Holy Shit, WTF? Let’s Go.

Bob Marley With The Chineke! Orchestra reimagines some of Bob Marley's greatest songs with contemporary classical orchestration from the globally esteemed Chineke! Orchestra. Recorded at Abbey Road Studios and produced by Nick Patrick (If I Can Dream, Elvis Presley and the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, True Love Ways, Buddy Holly and The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra), reimagined tracks include Satisfy My Soul, Exodus, Is This Love, Redemption Song, Get Up, Stand Up, and One Love/People Get Ready, scheduled for release as a lead track on 25th March.

The genesis of the idea for Bob Marley & The Chineke! Orchestra came via the acclaimed cellist and 2016 BBC Young Musician of the Year Sheku Kenneh-Mason OBE. Although now a full-time solo artist and no longer an active Chineke! member, it was Kenneh-Mason's pioneering and original arrangements of Marley's No Woman, No Cry and Redemption Song that initially captured the attention and appreciation of Tuff Gong and the Bob Marley estate. So the Chineke! musical journey, via Abbey Road Studios, had begun.

Chineke! founder Chi-chi Nwanoku OBE explains, "As a purely trained classical musician, the idea of being involved in a musical collaboration with the legendary Bob Marley was truly mind-blowing. I ardently believe that all genres of music should be open to absolutely everyone, so it was wonderful for Chineke! to be able to bring new orchestrations to these iconic tracks."

TRACK LISTING

1. Exodus
2. Stir It Up
3. One Love/People Get Ready
4. Get Up, Stand Up
5. Is This Love
6. Redemption Song
7. Top Rankin'
8. Satisfy My Soul
9. I Shot The Sheriff
10. Turn Your Lights Down Low

'Gillespie is rock and roll's Oliver Twist. A punk rock fairytale, razor sharp on class struggle, music, style, and a singular view of the world resulting in one of the world's great bands. Couldn't put down' Courtney LoveBorn into a working-class Glaswegian family in the summer of 1961, TENEMENT KID begins in the district of Springburn, soon to be evacuated in Edward Heath's brutal slum clearances.

Leaving school at 16 and going to work as a printers' apprentice, Bobby's rock n roll epiphany arrives like a bolt of lightning shining from Phil Lynott's mirrored pickguard at his first gig at the Apollo in Glasgow. Filled with 'the holy spirit of rock n roll' his destiny is sealed with the arrival of the Sex Pistols and punk rock which to Bobby, represents an iconoclastic vision of class rebellion and would ultimately lead to him becoming an artist initially in the Jesus and Mary Chain then Primal Scream. Building like a breakbeat crescendo to the Summer of Love, Boys Own parties, and the fateful meeting with Andrew Weatherall in an East Sussex field, as the '80s bleed into the '90s and a new kind of electronic soul music starts to pulse through the nation's consciousness, TENEMENT KID closes with the release of Screamadelica, the album often credited with 'starting the '90s'.

A book filled with the joy and wonder of a rock n roll apostle who would radically reshape the future sounds of fin de siecle British pop, Bobby Gillespie's memoir cuts a righteous path through a decade lost to Thatcherism and saved by acid house.

RE:WARM 012 is a double AA side 12” with remixes of two of the most talked-about tracks from the compilation, Fug – From Little Seeds We Grow & Bobby Lee & Mia Doi Todd – Walking With Trees. None other than 4hero & A Mountain of One were on remix duties for these two wonderful tracks.

For the A-Side 4hero take the wonderfully laidback style of the original track by Fug – From Little Seeds We Grow and turn in a full-on tearjerker. The strings and orchestration on this remix are reminiscent of some of our favourite 4hero moments from over the years. The Drums shuffle along nicely with Jess Williams voice perfectly complimenting this take on the track. This one is set for summer glory by any standard.

Flip this over to the AA side for the complete analogue journey that is A Mountain of Ones spaced out dubs of Bobby Lee & Mia Doi Todd - Walking with Trees. Mo & Zeben take this track by its scruff and give it a full-on tropical overhaul using crazy old fashioned dub techniques, stringing it out into a low end slow motion house dub ready for sun-drenched moments with sand between your toes and the smell of sun lotion on the breeze.

Bobby Oroza puts his desire for the profound on wax with his sophomore album Get On The Otherside. Musically, he has updated the formula we were introduced to on the first record. But lyrically, songs are bravely rooted in the more complicated, ubiquitous inner tangles of life like self-examination and coming to terms with the vastness of the human experience. With Coronavirus bringing the world to a halt, Bobby—a father and husband—had to do something. No tours to play or studio time to fill, Bobby found himself back in the construction yard, doing blue-collar work to provide for his family. "I was super grateful for the work—a lot of my colleagues didn't have an option like that," Bobby admits. More than a few personal hardships forced him to acknowledge and work through some brutal truths. And what came of it?

Well, for one, this new record Get On The Otherside which pretty well describes what Bobby's been through: He had to demolish his ego, his old ways of thinking, and his tried approaches to anchor into a refreshed perspective with new understandings. As Bobby tells it, "I had to do some real self-searching, come to terms with what was wrong, and how much of it I was responsible for." So how does this translate to the new album? Moments of clarity as to where the real value in life lies on "I Got Love," encouraging numbers like the title track "The Otherside", and declarations of self actualization on "My Place, My Time." Even the more straightforward love songs are outside the box lyrically like "Sweet Agony" and "Loving Body." If you have never had the pleasure of catching one of Bobby's live shows you may have no idea that he is a maverick on the guitar.

He lets us in on a little of that on "Passing Things" with a solo that possesses the same restrained and space that his lyrics do. As we'd expect, the songwriting still has that raw, direct edge to it. But an evolution has taken place. There are new points of view on familiar territory which in Bobby's words "For me to love, I needed to take a bigger view of love. One with less ego and more empathy" really hold true. The result is a record with Bobby's new found humility on full display and a message of encouragement to anyone who is struggling and can't see a way out. It still may be hard to nail down and define Bobby and his sound. He's no one thing more than the other. But what he's showing us now, on Get On The Otherside, is that we can also label him a soulful, philosophical optimist. Someone who can say a lot with a little, and who wants us all to know that it's us that has to do the hard lifting to truly live a life in love—both with the world and with yourself

TRACK LISTING

Side A:

I Got Love
Loving Body
Bobby’s New Mood
The Otherside
Soon Everyone Will Know
Blinding Light

Side B:

My Place My Time
Sweet Agony
Passing Thing
Make Me Believe
Real Connection
Through These Tears

Bobby Weir & Wolf Bros—consisting of Bobby Weir, Don Was, Jay Lane and Jeff Chimenti—are set to release their first ever vinyl collection of recorded material. Bobby Weir & Wolf Bros: Live In Colorado is out via Third Man Records—their debut with the label.

Bobby Weir & Wolf Bros: Live In Colorado features a collection of songs recorded at the band’s live performances at the historic Red Rocks Park & Amphitheatre in Morrison, Colorado and the Gerald R. Ford Amphitheater in Vail, Colorado on June 8, 9, 11, 12, 2020.

These shows were the group’s first live audience concerts in over a year and featured Greg Leisz on pedal steel, along with The Wolfpack: Alex Kelly, Brian Switzer, Adam Theis, Mads Tolling and Sheldon Brown. “Been too long,” Weir said of the performances, “but I can’t think of a better place to pick it back up…” Weir explains “I’ve been workin’ in my spare time on expanding the sonic coloration of the songs I do. The Wolfpack is basically a step toward full orchestration - and further, I gotta say, these guys are game. We worked on the arrangements a bit but eventually we needed to trot it all out and play it for folks - and right at that moment, the folks in Colorado reached out and told us they were gonna open up. Holy Shit, WTF? Let’s Go.” Third Man Records says “When Don approached us about this project of course we all jumped at the opportunity. The whole live music experience is so important to everyone here at Third Man Records and the chance to work with a few of the all time greats, well it seems like a miracle.”

TRACK LISTING

Disc: 1
1. New Speedway Boogie (Live)
2. Big River (Live)
3. West L.A. Fadeaway (Live)
4. Hard Rain's A-Gonna Fall (Live)

Disc: 2
1. My Brother Esau (Live)
2. Looks Like Rain (Live)
3. Only A River (Live)
4. Lost Sailor/Saint Of Circumstance (Live)

The latest chapter in Columbia/Legacy's highly acclaimed Bob Dylan Bootleg Series revisits an often-forgotten, rich vein in Dylan’s vast and complex catalog, shining fresh light on the provocative new musical directions Dylan was taking as a songwriter and a recording artist from 1980 through 1985. In the early 1980s, while the music industry was grappling with the arrival of new trends and technology, from MTV to compact discs to digital recording, Bob Dylan was writing and recording new songs for a new decade, creating an essential new chapter in his studio catalog. Bob Dylan - Springtime In New York (1980-1985) celebrates the rich creative period surrounding Dylan's albums Shot Of Love, Infidels, and Empire Burlesque with previously unreleased outtakes, alternate takes, rehearsal recordings, live performances and more. 

The second volume of music from the hit Fox TV show ‘Bob’s Burgers’. The Emmywinning, top-rated show was named one of the 60 Greatest TV Cartoons of All Time by TV Guide.

In addition to the show’s cast, the album features high-profile guests including Adam Driver, Tiffany Haddish, Jenny Slate, Daveed Diggs, Max Greenfield, Toddrick Hall, Aparna Nancherla and Matt Berninger (of the National).

The ‘Bob’s Burgers’ audience is wide-ranging: strong performance with 15-25 year olds, median viewing age of 37, 35 share among males 35-54 and a 16 share of females in the same group.bCampaign will include promotion from the cast and show production team.
‘The Bob’s Burgers Music Album Vol. 2’ includes nearly every single musical morsel from Seasons 7 through 9.

This 90-song smorgasbord will feature the Belcher family - Bob (H. Jon Benjamin), Linda (John Roberts), Tina (Dan Mintz), Gene (Eugene Mirman) and Louise (Kristen Schaal) - as well as the show’s numerous recurring and special guests.

For fans of the show, enjoying the music of Bob’s Burgers on its own is both an irresistible to-go bag and ultimately a world unto itself. Lose yourself in the strangely epic disco celebration ‘Hot Pants Rain Dance’, sing along with the musical theatre gem ‘The Wedding Is My Warzone’, or do whatever you’re gonna do to ‘Sexy Little Tiger’ but don’t miss ‘The Bob’s Burgers Music Album Vol. 2’.

Demon Records presents Distortion: Live, the fourth and final edition in a series of expansive vinyl box sets chronicling the solo career of legendary American musician Bob Mould. Bob Mould’s career began in 1979 with the iconic underground punk group Hüsker Dü before forming the beloved alternative rock band Sugar and releasing numerous critically acclaimed solo albums. The final volume in the series features 8LPs of live recordings from across Mould’s solo career.

TRACK LISTING

LP 1 & 2
Bob Mould
Live At The Cabaret Metro, 1989

Side A
1. Sunspots
2. Wishing Well
3. Compositions For The Young And Old
4. Heartbreak A Stranger
5. Dreaming, I Am

Side B
1. If You're True
2. Poison Years
3. Sinners And Their Repentances
4. Lonely Afternoon

Side C
1. Brasilia Crossed With Trenton
2. See A Little Light
3. Whichever Way The Wind Blows
4. All Those People Know

Side D
1. Shoot Out The Lights
2. Hardly Getting Over It
3. Celebrated Summer
4. Makes No Sense At All

LP 3 & 4

Sugar
The Joke Is Always On Us, Sometimes

Side A
1. Gift
2. Company Book
3. Hoover Dam
4. After All The Roads Have Led To Nowhere

Side B
1. Where Diamonds Are Halos
2. Slick
3. Going Home
4. Running Out Of Time
5. Frustration

Side C
1. Changes
2. Can't Help You Any More
3. Helpless
4. If I Can't Change Your Mind
5. In The Eyes Of My Friends

Side D
1. Clownmaster
2. Gee Angel
3. Explode And Make Up
4. The Slim

LP 5 & 6

BobMouldBand
LiveDog98

Side A
1. Moving Trucks
2. Taking Everything
3. First Drag Of The Day
4. I Hate Alternative Rock
5. Stand Guard

Side B
1. Classifieds
2. Hear Me Calling
3. Art Crisis
4. Anymore Time Between

Side C
1. Skintrade
2. Eternally Fried
3. Roll Over And Die
4. Lonely Afternoon

Side D
1. Egoverride
2. Reflecting Pool
3. Disappointed
4. Hanging Tree
5. Man On The Moon

LP 7
Bob Mould Band
Live At ATP 2008

Side A

1. The Act We Act
2. A Good Idea
3. I Hate Alternative Rock
4. See A Little Light
5. Hoover Dam
6. Circles

Side B
1. Paralyzed
2. I Apologize
3. Chartered Trips
4. Celebrated Summer
5. Makes No Sense At All
6. New Day Rising

LP 8

Bob Mould
Distortion Plus: Live

Side A - Live At First Avenue, March 1995

1. Fort Knox, King Solomon
2. I Hate Alternative Rock

Side B - Live At The 9:30 Club, 7th October 2005

1. Could You Be The One?
2. I Apologize
3. Chartered Trips 

Bobby Lee trades in a wide screen brand of cosmic country-folk, full of space and pawn shop guitars. There are touches of JJ Cale's analogue Americana, the swampy groove of Tony Joe White and Richard Thompson's sinewy, modal guitar work. Amps hum in the warm afternoon sun, kids and dogs snooze on the grass and broken drum machines keep time with the universe…Open sky/scorched earth improvisations recorded to four track tape during the rare moments of solitude afforded by lockdown and early fatherhood.

Bobby Lee’s “worn-denim psych-country” remains, but the ancestral spirits of Ashra, Popol Vuh and Terry Riley are present here too. Time and technological limitations have been embraced. A song dreamt up, tracked and mixed in an afternoon, never to be tampered with again. Imperfections allowed to stand; knowing that nothing is ever truly finished. The Bob Ross school of philosophy. “Overdriven drum-machine low slung choogle" – MOJO “The further Bobby unmoors himself from songs and heads towards long-form abstraction, the more engrossing it becomes”

Demon Records presents Distortion: 2008-2019, the third in a series of four expansive vinyl box sets chronicling the solo career of legendary American musician Bob Mould. Bob Mould’s career began in 1979 with the iconic underground punk group Hüsker Dü before forming the beloved alternative rock band Sugar and releasing numerous critically acclaimed solo albums. Volume three in this new series covers the period 2008-2019 and contains many of Bob Mould’s most celebrated recordings including Silver Age (2012), Patch The Sky (2016), and Sunshine Rock (2019).

TRACK LISTING

LP 1 – District Line (2008)

Side A

1. Stupid Now
2. Who Needs To Dream?
3. Again And Again
4. Old Highs, New Lows
5. Return To Dust

Side B

1. The Silence Between Us
2. Shelter Me
3. Very Temporary
4. Miniature Parade
5. Walls In Time

LP 2 - Life And Times (2009)

Side A

1. Life And Times
2. The Breach
3. City Lights (Days Go By)
4. MM 17
5. Argos

Side B

1. Bad Blood Better
2. Wasted World
3. Spiraling Down
4. I'm Sorry, Baby, But You Can’t
Stand In My Light Any More
5. Lifetime

LP 3 – Silver Age (2012)

Side A

1. Star Machine
2. Silver Age
3. The Descent
4. Briefest Moment
5. Steam Of Hercules

Side B

1. Fugue State
2. Round The City Square
3. Angels Rearrange
4. Keep Believing
5. First Time Joy

LP 4 – Beauty & Ruin (2014)

Side A

1. Low Season
2. Little Glass Pill
3. I Don't Know You Anymore
4. Kid With Crooked Face
5. Nemeses Are Laughing
6. The War

Side B

1. Forgiveness
2. Hey Mr. Grey
3. Fire In The City
4. Tomorrow Morning
5. Let The Beauty Be
6. Fix It

LP 5 – Patch The Sky (2016)

Side A

1. Voices In My Head
2. The End Of Things
3. Hold On
4. You Say You
5. Losing Sleep
6. Pray For Rain

Side B

1. Lucifer And God
2. Daddy's Favorite
3. Hands Are Tied
4. Black Confetti
5. Losing Time
6. Monument

LP 6 – Sunshine Rock (2019)

Side A

1. Sunshine Rock
2. What Do You Want Me To Do
3. Sunny Love Song
4. Thirty Dozen Roses
5. The Final Years
6. Irrational Poison

Side B

1. I Fought
2. Sin King
3. Lost Faith
4. Camp Sunshine
5. Send Me A Postcard
6. Western Sunset

LP 7 – Distortion Plus: 2008-2019 (2021, First Time On Vinyl)

Side A

1. Dear Rosemary (Foo Fighters)
2. Father's Day (Butch Walker)
3. I Don't Mind

Side B

Etching 

On the 'We Are Legacy' label - "Highway 61 Revisited" is the sixth studio album by American singer-songwriter Bob Dylan, released on August 30, 1965 by Columbia Records. Having until then recorded mostly acoustic music, Dylan used rock musicians as his backing band on every track of the album, except for the closing track, the 11-minute ballad "Desolation Row".

Critics have focused on the innovative way Dylan combined driving, blues-based music with the subtlety of poetry to create songs that captured the political and cultural chaos of contemporary America. Author Michael Gray has argued that, in an important sense, the 1960s "started" with this album. 

3-Disc Collection of Previously Unavailable Studio Performances includes Complete May 1,1970 Session featuring George Harrison

December 18, 2020-New York, NY-Columbia Records and Legacy Recordings, the catalog division of Sony Music Entertainment, announce the forthcoming release of Bob Dylan - 1970, the first widely available pressing of a three-disc collection of long-sought-after studio recordings, on Friday, February 26.

The recordings on Bob Dylan - 1970 were first released in a limited edition on December 4 as part of the Bob Dylan - 50th Anniversary Collection copyright extension series (which began in 2012). The buzz surrounding the 1970 performances, notably Dylan's studio sit-down with George Harrison on May 1, created a demand for a broader release of these historic tracks.

Bob Dylan - 1970 includes previously unreleased outtakes from the sessions that produced Self Portrait and New Morning as well as the complete May 1, 1970 studio recordings with George Harrison, which capture the pair performing together on nine tracks, including Dylan originals ("One Too Many Mornings," "Gates of Eden," "Mama, You Been On My Mind"), covers (the Everly Brothers' "All I Have to Do Is Dream," Carl Perkins' "Matchbox") and more.

TRACK LISTING

Disc 1

March 3, 1970

I Can’t Help But Wonder Where I’m Bound
Universal Soldier – Take 1
Spanish Is The Loving Tongue – Take 1
Went To See The Gypsy – Take 2
Went To See The Gypsy – Take 3
Woogie Boogie

March 4, 1970
Went To See The Gypsy – Take 4
Thirsty Boots – Take 1

March 5, 1970
Little Moses – Take 1
Alberta – Take 2
Come All You Fair And Tender Ladies – Take 1
Things About Comin’ My Way – Takes 2 & 3
Went To See The Gypsy – Take 6
Untitled 1970 Instrumental #1
Come A Little Bit Closer – Take 2
Alberta – Take 5

Bob Dylan – Vocals, Guitar, Piano
David Bromberg – guitar, Dobro, Bass
Al Kooper – Organ, Piano
Emanuel Green – Violin
Stu Woods – bass
Alvin Rogers – Drums
Hilda Harris, Albertine Robinson, Maeretha Stewart – Background Vocals

May 1, 1970
Sign On The Window – Take 2
Sign On The Window – Takes 3-5
If Not For You – Take 1
Time Passes Slowly – Rehearsal
If Not For You – Take 2
If Not For You – Take 3
Song To Woody – Take 1
Mama, You Been On My Mind – Take 1
Yesterday – Take 1

Disc 2

Just Like Tom Thumb’s Blues – Take 1
Medley: I Met Him On A Sunday (Ronde-Ronde)/Da Doo Ron Ron – Take 1
One Too Many Mornings – Take 1
Ghost Riders In The Sky – Take 1
Cupid – Take 1
All I Have To Do Is Dream – Take 1
Gates Of Eden – Take 1
I Threw It All Away – Take 1
I Don’t Believe You (She Acts Like We Never Have Met) – Take 1
Matchbox – Take 1
Your True Love – Take 1
Telephone Wire – Take 1
Fishing Blues – Take 1
Honey, Just Allow Me One More Chance – Take 1
Rainy Day Women #12 & 35 – Take 1
It Ain’t Me Babe
If Not For You
Sign On The Window – Take 1
Sign On The Window – Take 2
Sign On The Window – Take 3

Bob Dylan – Vocals, Guitar, Piano, Harmonica
George Harrison – Guitar, Vocals (Disc 1, Tracks 20 & 24 And Disc 2, Tracks 2-3, 6-7, 10-11, & 16)
Bob Johnston – piano (Disc 1, Tracks 24-25 And Disc 2, Tracks 1-3)
Charlie Daniels – bass
Russ Kunkel – drums

June 1, 1970
Alligator Man
Alligator Man [rock Version]
Alligator Man [country Version]
Sarah Jane 1
Sign On The Window
Sarah Jane 2

Disc 3

June 2, 1970
If Not For You – Take 1
If Not For You – Take 2

June 3, 1970
Jamaica Farewell
Can’t Help Falling In Love
Long Black Veil
One More Weekend

June 4, 1970
Bring Me Little Water, Sylvie – Take 1
Three Angels
Tomorrow Is A Long Time – Take 1
Tomorrow Is A Long Time – Take 2
New Morning
Untitled 1970 Instrumental #2

June 5, 1970
Went To See The Gypsy
Sign On The Window – Stereo Mix
Winterlude
I Forgot To Remember To Forget 1
I Forgot To Remember To Forget 2
Lily Of The West – Take 2
Father Of Night – Rehearsal
Lily Of The West 

Distortion: 1996-2007 is the second in a series of four expansive vinyl box sets chronicling the solo career of legendary American musician Bob Mould. Bob Mould’s career began in 1979 with the iconic underground punk group Hüsker Dü before forming the beloved alternative rock band Sugar and releasing numerous critically acclaimed solo albums. Volume two in this new series covers 1996 to 2007, beginning with the 1996 self-titled solo album and continuing through to Mould’s 2006 collaboration with Rich Morel Blowoff. 

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Barry says: As one of the most well regarded and enduring figureheads of the punk movement, this box set of Bob Mould's covers mid 90's to the mid 00's, some of his greatest work including his first solo album.

TRACK LISTING

LP 1: Bob Mould – Bob Mould
Side A
1. Anymore Time Between
2. I Hate Alternative Rock
3. Fort Knox, King Solomon
4. Next Time That You Leave
5. Egøverride
Side B
1. Thumbtack
2. Hair Stew
3. Deep Karma Canyon
4. Art Crisis
5. Roll Over And Die

LP 2: Bob Mould – The Last Dog And Pony Show
Side A
1. New #1
2. Moving Trucks
3. Taking Everything
4. First Drag Of The Day
5. Classifieds
6. Who Was Around?
Side B
1. Skintrade
2. Vaporub
3. Sweet Serene
4. Megamanic
5. Reflecting Pool
6. Along The Way

LP 3: Bob Mould – Modulate.
(First Time On Vinyl)
Side A
1. 180 Rain
2. Sunset Safety Glass
3. Semper Fi
4. Homecoming Parade
5. Lost Zoloft
6. Without?
7. Slay/Sway
Side B
1. The Receipt
2. Quasar
3. Soundonsound
4. Hornery
5. Comeonstrong
6. Trade
7. Author's Lament

LP 4 & 5: LoudBomb – Long Playing Grooves.
(First Time On Vinyl, 45 Rpm)
Side A
1. Theme (It's A Perfect Day)
2. Guys Like You
3. Devil V. Angel
Side B
1. I Cannot Reverse You
2. The Fall Collection
3. This Is The Way I Want It
Side C
1. BB DuBois
2. Factory Builders Convention
3. NumberNine
Side D
1. Heaven's On Fire
2. We Need The Truth
3. Helium

LP 6: Bob Mould – Body Of Song
Side A
1. Circles
2. (Shine Your) Light Love Hope
3. Paralyzed
4. I Am Vision, I Am Sound
5. Underneath Days
6. Always Tomorrow
Side B
1. Days Of Rain
2. Best Thing
3. High Fidelity
4. Missing You
5. Gauze Of Friendship
6. Beating Heart The Prize

LP 7 & 8: BLOWOFF – BLOWOFF
(First Time On Vinyl, 45 Rpm)
Side A
1. Hormone Love
2. Here And Now
3. Overload
Side B
1. Saturday Night All The Time
2. Life With A View
3. Man Keeps Winning
Side C
1. Lemonade
2. Tag It
3. Fallout
Side D
1. Get Inside With Me
2. Beautiful
3. The Ballad Of Mark Dirt

LP 9: Distortion Plus: 1996-2007
(First Time On Vinyl)
Side A
1. Dog On Fire (Demo)
2. Wanted Was
3. Eternally Fried
4. Doubleface
5. He Didn't
Side B
1. Castor And Pollux
2. Surveyors And Cranes
3. Love Escalator
4. Lowdown Ground
5. My Old Friend
6. Nihil

Nashville Skyline is the ninth studio album by American singer-songwriter Bob Dylan, released on April 9, 1969, by Columbia Records as LP record, reel to reel tape & audio cassette. Building on the rustic style he experimented with on John Wesley Harding, Nashville Skyline displayed a complete immersion into country music. Along with the more basic lyrical themes, simple songwriting structures & charming domestic feel, it introduced audiences to a radically new singing voice from Dylan, who had temporarily quit smoking—a soft, affected country croon. 

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. 

Tim Melina Theo Bobby, Joan of Arc's final album, might be their most personal and adventurous to date, culminating the band's many inspired, divergent sounds into one self-reflective, conclusive statement. Joan of Arc always felt like an experimental intersection of its members interests. As prolific of a band as they have been, none of the albums sounded the same, none of the albums imagined themselves as too big to fail in the name of trying something new. They always felt like more of a collective than anything else. A smattering of gifted contributors, fighting their way through their own creative whims. Their shows, a type of controlled chaos.


A chaos that required a close and gentle ear, or else one might miss the delicate daggers of lyric woven into the walls of sound, the walls of slow movement. It is good to determine your own endings; for yourself, but also for the sake of whatever comes next. To have the band going out on their own terms, still steeped in their own sound—melancholic, but biting; cynical, but also witty; a sonic forest that is both comfortable, but also a little treacherous. We are used to mourning moments like this, letting go of a beloved band. But a listener can hear in this album that these people still love making music together. They’re still excited by how far they can push each other creatively. And to know that and still decide that you have given all you can give as a band is a real gift. It is better this way, to lay a project down at the feet of fans, and listeners, and have it treated with joy, and not sadness. Musicians owe growth to themselves, they owe exploration, and excitement, and eager noise-making to themselves. Whatever fans get out of that, at the end of the day, is something we should all be grateful for. And in the case of Joan of Arc, we got over two decades of it. 

TRACK LISTING

1. Destiny Revision
2. Something Kind
3. Karma Repair Kit 
4. Creature And Being
5. Land Surveyor
6. Feedback ¾
7. The Dawn Of Something
8. Cover Letter Song 
9. Rising Horizon
10. Upside Down Bottomless Pit. 

A posthumous collection produced by Rita Marley, based on work left behind by Bob upon his death. Some of his best post-Wailers work is here, with songs like "Buffalo Soldier," "Chant Down Babylon," and "Blackman Redemption." Given that he wasn't alive to do the production that he usually helped in, this album seems remarkably true to the general vision of Bob Marley's albums.

TRACK LISTING

1. Chant Down Babylon
2. Buffalo Soldier
3. Jump Nyabinghi
4. Mix Up, Mix Up
5. Give Thanks & Praise
6. Blackman Redemption
7. Trench Town
8. Stiff Necked Fools
9. I Know
10. Rastaman Live Up! 

In the winter of 2019, Bob Mould bucked the era’s despair with his most melodic, upbeat album in ages, Sunshine Rock.

Cut to spring of 2020, and he has this to say: “We’re really in deep shit now.”

That sentiment informs the new full-length album, Blue Hearts (Merge, September 25), the raging-but-catchy yin to Sunshine Rock’s yang.

To be sure, we were in some shit back in 2018, when Mould recorded Sunshine Rock with longtime colleagues Jon Wurster (drums), Jason Narducy (bass), and Beau Sorenson (engineer). Back then, he had a song called “American Crisis” that didn’t fit the album.

“That song is the seed for what we’re talking about now,” Mould says from his home in San Francisco during the COVID-19 lockdown. “At the time, it just seemed too heavy. Today it seems fucking quaint.”

“American Crisis” is the third song in a walloping first half of an album that spits plainspoken fire at the people who fomented this crisis. “This is the catchiest batch of protest songs I’ve ever written in one sitting,” he says.

Through some of the most direct, confrontational lyrics of his four-decade career, Mould makes his POV clear: “I never thought I’d see this bullshit again / To come of age in the ’80s was bad enough / We were marginalized and demonized / I watched a lot of my generation die / Welcome back to American crisis.”

Why “welcome back”? Because Mould experienced deja vu writing Blue Hearts in the fall of 2019. “Where it started to go in my head is back to a spot that I’ve been in before,” he says. “And that was the fall of 1983.”

Back then, Mould was a self-described “22-year-old closeted gay man” touring with the legendary Hüsker Dü and seeing an epidemic consume his community. Leaders, including the one in the White House, were content to let AIDS kill a generation. Mould later realized why his mind wandered back there for Blue Hearts.

“We have a charismatic, telegenic, say-anything leader being propped up by evangelicals,” he says. “These fuckers tried to kill me once. They didn’t do it. They scared me. I didn’t do enough. Guess what? I’m back, and we’re back here again. And I’m not going to sit quietly this time and worry about alienating anyone.”

Recorded at the famed Electrical Audio in Chicago with Sorenson engineering and Mould producing, Blue Hearts nods to Mould’s past while remaining firmly planted in the issues of the day. Acoustic opener “Heart on My Sleeve” catalogues the ravages of climate change. “Next Generation” worries for who comes next. “American Crisis” references “Evangelical ISIS” and features this dagger of a line: “Pro-life, pro-life until you make it in someone else’s wife.”

“There are songs that have no room,” Mould says, laughing. “The other songs, there’s room. There is room for imagination on the second half of the record.”

That’s where the songs turn personal in a different way. Tracks like “When You Left,” “Siberian Butterfly,” and “Everyth!ng to You” are grounded in personal relationships. “Racing to the End” captures the economic disparity of Mould’s neighborhood, and “Leather Dreams”… well, maybe Jon Wurster put it best.

“Jon turns to Jason and asks, ‘Is this the dirtiest song you’ve ever played on?’” Mould recalls with a chuckle. “I clearly did not put the edit tool to that one. Those are all pretty true bits. What kind of person could possibly have a life like that?” He laughs again. “Says the author.”

“Leather Dreams,” “Password to My Soul,” and “The Ocean” were composed during a writing binge before a January 2020 Solo Electric tour, when Mould stayed up for three straight days. “Songs just kept coming out,” he says. “‘Leather Dreams’ and ‘The Ocean’ both appeared within hours. I barely remember writing them.”

That feels right for an explosive, hook-laden album like Blue Hearts. Only there’s nothing forgettable about it.

TRACK LISTING

1. Heart On My Sleeve
2. Next Generation
3. American Crisis
4. Fireball
5. Forecast Of Rain
6. When You Left
7. Siberian Butterfly
8. Everyth!ng To You
9. Racing To The End
10. Baby Needs A Cookie
11. Little Pieces
12. Leather Dreams
13. Password To My Soul
14. The Ocean

The album is accompanied by a selection of some of the band’s favourite demo recordings made between 1988 and 1994.

The long awaited and eagerly anticipated new album by BOB captures the band at their peak and includes some of their best material ever committed to vinyl and CD. A 12-track vinyl record is available in coloured and black vinyl and includes digital download of all 28 tracks contained on the double CD version. ‘You Can Stop That For A Start’ is an exclusive album of previously unheard material written and recorded by BOB over a five day period in 1992. The almost legendary archive of unreleased professional and demo recordings by BOB is a rich one, and this release showcases some of the band’s best work.

All the recordings in the set have been newly mixed by songwriters Simon Armstrong and Richard Blackborow, and come packaged in artwork conceived by the band and accompanied by period images and new sleeve notes. 

Potted BOB History:
BOB’s initial line-up was Richard Blackborow (vocals, keyboards, guitar), Simon Armstrong (guitar, vocals).
Jem Morris (bass guitar), joined the duo in 1986 and, augmented with a drum machine, they recorded the band’s first release, a flexi disc, released in 1986 on their own House Of Teeth label, and containing three short songs: “Prune (Your Tree)”, “Groove” and “Brian Wilson’s Bed”. The band gave a copy to John Peel in a fortuitous encounter in the Rough Trade record shop, and he played it many times.
The drum machine was replaced by drummer Gary Connors in 1987, and this line-up recorded 1987’s What a Performance single and the first of three John Peel sessions. The band were now able to take to the UK’s motorway network in their newly acquired ‘vintage’ Transit van, and begin a series of tours that eventually saw them play hundreds of gigs the length of the country and beyond.

Early in 1988, Gary Connors was replaced by former Jamie Wednesday drummer Dean Leggett, and the band recorded their second single, Kirsty, a session for BBC Radio One’s Simon Mayo, and their second John Peel session. Both singles received heavy play by John Peel. The two singles were brought together with the earlier flexi disc as the compilation LP Swag Sack, which was their final release on the Sombrero label. All later records were on their own House Of Teeth label.

In 1989, the band released a single Convenience, which charted well in the NME and Melody Maker indie charts and, more importantly, reached no.31 in John Peel’s Festive Fifty at the end of the year. This was followed by a limited edition/fan club release containing three songs: “Esmerelda Brooklyn”, “I Don’t Know” and “Sink”. After their third and final John Peel session, Morris was replaced by ex-Caretaker Race bassist Stephen ‘Henry’ Hersom, and this final line-up recorded the Stride Up EP in 1990, an LP Leave The Straight Life Behind, the single Tired in 1991, and one last 12”, the Nothing For Something EP in 1992.
BOB became one of the victims of the demise of Rough Trade’s distribution arm, which limited sales of the album and forced the band to tour for an extended period to recoup the album’s costs. A feeling of disillusionment with the ‘business’ side of the music caused a drop in morale, and despite having produced a large body of unreleased work, they disbanded early in 1995.

In February 2014, “Leave the Straight Life Behind” was re-released by British independent label 3 Loop Music as a 2CD expanded edition which included the remastered album plus a bonus CD of all the John Peel and BBC sessions, as well as extra tracks.

In 2015, “The Singles and EPs” was released by 3 Loop Music as a 2CD compilation of remastered tracks from Swag Sack and all vinyl Sombrero and House of Teeth releases.

In 2019, the band announced six final concerts in England and Germany featuring Blackborow, Armstrong, and Leggett with newly recruited old friend Arthur Tapp on bass. A limited edition 7” of Convenience with an unreleased B-side from 1992 was released on Optic Nerve. The single reached number 18 on the official UK vinyl sales chart.

BOB on the new album You Can Stop That For A Start:
“The tracks that make up You Can Stop That For A Start were recorded over a five day period in our final years, as the hectic touring schedule that had kept us financially viable began to tail off. What funds the band could glean from occasional publishing deals were spent on studio time, with the hope of creating work that would eventually attract more substantial financial investment. As this never materialised, the songs have largely remained unheard since the early nineties. 

TRACK LISTING

TRACKLIST LP
SIDE ONE
01 Telepathy
02 Say You’re Alone
03 That’s What Tomorrow Brings
04 Round
05 Now
06 Sundown

SIDE TWO
01 Plastic
02 She’s Something Like Me
03 Green Pepper Feast
04 Queen Of Sheba
05 Plastered In Paris
06 Don’t Kid

TRACKLIST 2CD
CD1
01 Telepathy
02 Say You’re Alone
03 That’s What Tomorrow Brings
04 Round
05 Now
06 Sundown
07 Plastic
08 She’s Something Like Me
09 Green Pepper Feast
10 Queen Of Sheba
11 Plastered In Paris
12 Don’t Kid
13 I Must Need Some Sleep

CD2
01 Long May We Increase
02 Too Far Down
03 STP
04 When The Saints
05 Helvetia
06 On Your Side
07 Buy Me A Barstool
08 There She Was
09 Shoot
10 207
11 Jehovah
12 Hanging On
13 Thunderfeet
14 Turn That Racket Down
15 Before A Fall

The debut, limited edition 12" by The Illness featuring collaborations with Steve West and Bob Nastanovich (Pavement & Silver Jews).

The Illness are a UK collective of Sea-related personnel (members of Ambulance / Wolf Solent / Broken Arm / Alisia Casper) This 12" is the first release following 5+ years of scrapped sessions, line-up changes and other distractions.

This double sided single serves as a precursor to an Illness album, due to be recorded/released in 2020 (worldwide crisis permitting).

Both tracks were initially recorded in the basement of a former maternity home, Heworth Moor House in York (on Scout Niblett's old 8-track machine), then sent to Steve and Bob respectively. Steve recorded his vocals at Marble Valley Studio, Richmond, Virginia and Bob in Des Moines, Iowa.

The songs were mixed and Mastered by Iwan Morgan (Euros Childs, Cate le Bon, Gruff Rhys, Laura J Martin).

39th studio album by the legendary American singer-songwriter. It is Dylan's first album of original songs since his 2012 album 'Tempest'. The album has been preceded by the singles 'Murder Most Foul', 'I Contain Multitudes', and 'False Prophet'.

Two classic floor fillers from the DNSC record label.

Featuring Herb Ward’s 1968 RCA release that goes for around £200 if you can find a copy.

A Catacombs Club favourite that emphasizes Ward’s deep soulful vocal with a gorgeous call-andresponse bridge that leads into a truly uplifting chorus.

Backed with Bob Brady And The Con Chords’ blueeyed soul classic from the same year.

Often compared in style to Smokey Robinson, ‘Love In’ is a brass-led scorcher with a pulsating back beat that could have been a Motown 45.

Both tracks remastered from the original sound sources for maximum dancefloor effect.

TRACK LISTING

Herb Ward - Honest To Goodness
Bob Brady & The Con Chords - Everybody's Goin' To The Love - In

Who is “Bobby,” you ask?

Enter Pottery. Enter Paul Jacobs, Jacob Shepansky, Austin Boylan, Tom Gould, and Peter Baylis. Enter the smells, the cigarettes, the noise, their van Mary, their friend Luke, toilet drawings, Northern California, Beatles accents, Taco Bell, the Great Plains, and hot dogs. Enter love and hate, angst and happiness, and everything in between. Beginning as an inside joke between the band members, Bobby and his “motel” have grown into so much more. They’ve become the all-encompassing alt-reality that the band built themselves, for everyone else. So, in essence, Bobby is Pottery and his motel is wherever they are.

But really, Bobby is a pilot, a lumberjack, a stay at home dad, and a disco dancer that never rips his pants. He's a punching bag filled with comic relief. He laughs in the face of day-to-day ambiguity, as worrying isn’t worth it to Bobby. There’s a piece of him in everyone, there to remind us that things are probably going to work out, maybe. He’s you. He’s him. He’s her. He’s them. Bobby is always there, painted in the corner, urging you to relax and forget about your useless worries. And his motel? Well, the motel is life. It might not be clean, and the curtains might not shut all the way. The air conditioner might be broken, and the floors might be stained. But that’s okay, because you don’t go to Bobby’s Motel for the glamour and a good night’s sleep, the minibar, or the full-service sauna. You go to Bobby’s Motel to feel, to escape, to remember, to distract. You go for the late nights and early mornings, good times and the bad. You might spend your entire life looking for Bobby’s Motel and just when you think you will never find it, you realize you’ve been there all along. It’s filthy and amazing and you dance, and you love it.

The 11 songs on ‘Welcome to Bobby’s Motel’ don’t just invite you to move your body; they command you to. Fusing reckless, manic energy with painstaking precision, the record is part post-punk, part art-pop, and part dance floor acid trip, hinting at everything from Devo to Gang of Four as it boldly careens through genres and decades. The music is driven by explosive drums and off-kilter guitar riffs that drill themselves into your brain, accented with deep, funky grooves and rousing gang vocals. The production is similarly raw and wild, suggesting an air of anarchy that belies the music’s careful architecture and meticulous construction. The result is an album full of ambitious, complex performances that exude joy and mayhem in equal measure, a collection that’s alternately virtuosic, chaotic, and pure fun." 

TRACK LISTING

01 Welcome To Bobby's Motel
02 Hot Heater
03 Under The Wires
04 Bobby's Forecast
05 Down In The Dumps
06 Reflection
07 Texas Drums Pt I & II
08 NY Inn
09 What's In Fashion?
10 Take Your Time
11 Hot Like Jungle

Bobby Conn returns with his first new album in 8 years. As always, the sound is the past 50 years of art rock and soul tossed into a blender and set on liquify. I was really into 10cc, J Dilla, Liaisons Dangeroux, Jean Claude Vannier, Anna Meredith, Slade, D'Angelo, etc. when writing this record, but I'm sure you can hear it for yourself. Musically, this is a collaboration with my partner Monica BouBou on violin and vocals and our Superband of drummer Josh Johannpeter, bassist Jim "Dallas" Cooper, keyboardist and string player Billie Howard, guitarist Devin Davis, and long time sound artist DJ LeDeuce. We recorded it over many months in a basement. There is a cameo by synth genius Felix Kubin on Brother. Mixed by the brilliant Tobias Levin and Hannes Plattmeier in Hamburg, Germany.

This first instrumental project from Equiknoxx Music’s Nick 'Bobby Blackbird'Deane, was conceptualized in 2015, after choreographer Liane Williams needed theme music for her dance documentary: “5, 6,7,8 Diaries”. Starting life as a voice note sent to musical partner Gavin 'Gavsborg' Blair, the ska tune was fully conceived in Deane’s mind from keys to horns. That sound was almost still born when he met in a near-fatal motor vehicle accident in July, 2015 leaving him hospitalized and bed-ridden for near 3 months.

With time to contemplate the importance of creativity in his life Bobby emerged from recovery determined to bring the song, and watercolour self-portrait to life. While metal pins held the bones in his hand together, Bobby enlisted the talents of friends to record “The Master Blenda” at Anchor Studios in one night. The ensemble featured none other than Grammy nominated Raging Fyah band members: Anthony “ToniDrumz” Watson (drums), Delroy “Pele” Hamilton (bass), Demar “Demz” Gayle (piano), and Courtland “Gizmo” White (guitar). For added authenticity, the Equiknoxx founders called upon keyboard legend Franklyn “Bubbler” Wahl of “The Professionals” fame and Grammy winning horn maestro “Stingwray” who delivered a blazing trumpet solo on top of all horn accompaniments.

Not content with revisiting one classic genre of Jamaican music, the Equiknoxx crew drop a genuine dub of the track on Side B, dicing the vocals of Exile Di Brave with the reverb-laced punches led by Jordan 'Time Cow' Chung, Gavsborg and Bobby Blackbird himself. The track was tied together with a mix from Olo Mothashipp in Warsaw, Poland and mastered by Nick Sinna in Manchester, UK.

The result is a global labour of love and a monument to passion in creative endeavour. Inspired by a dancer, made sound by musicians and painted by the artist: The Master Blenda is true to its name. An artisan’s take on marrying spirits to become more than the sum of their arts. Hopefully Bobby has made the famed Appleton Master Blender (and his former mentor), Dr. Joy Spence proud.

STAFF COMMENTS

Matt says: Honorary Mancunians Equiknoxx drop a tidy ska-themed track by Bobby Blackbird. Local lad Nick Sinna on the dials plus a highly acocmplished dub from the cartel. It's a JA>>MCR family affair!

TRACK LISTING

A1. The Master Blenda
B1. The Master Blenda (Timecow Featuring Exile The Brave)

"It's moody - as in low, subdued," says David Kilgour of his new album, Bobbie's a girl. David Kilgour’s 11th solo album, Bobbie’s a girl is a quieter affair than fans may associate with the pioneer of New Zealand indie rock. “I tended to shy away from too much guitar playing for a point of difference and to mix things up for myself a little,” Kilgour continues. The style set in at the beginning of sessions, as he and the Heavy Eights (i.e., longtime collaborators Thomas Bell, Tony de Raad, and Taane Tokona) headed to Port Chalmers Recording Services with producer Tex Houston. “We have worked on these songs for a number of years now, so that’s different because I usually can’t wait to get them out,” Kilgour says. Why the delay? Like with the themes of the album, Kilgour doesn’t want to elaborate too much.

“Everything’s related to the music and mood,” he says, “but I’d rather not say how. I like a little mystery.” Largely missing the jangly distortion of Kilgour’s other work, the album’s ten songs exude a hazy warmth, with a light psychedelia that recalls the ’60s outfits like The Byrds and The Velvet Underground. Opener “Entrance” floats wordlessly on acoustic guitar, whose ringing chords slightly mask the deft fingerpicking beneath it. “Smoke you right out of here” picks up the pace, but “Crawler” rolls in like a storm, its organ and fingerpicked guitars creating an ominous sound until a chorus of “aaaahs” lightens the mood. Only four songs have lyrics. “I kind of wanted a rest from verbalizing everything, like listening to yourself going, ‘Blah blah blah blah…,” Kilgour says. The guitar quietly shimmering between channels, the music seems to speak more than the words. “Ngapara,” the closing track of Bobbie’s a girl, is his favorite song on the album. It’s a loping instrumental carried by thickly distorted guitars and heavy reverb. Like the rest of Bobbie’s a girl, it feels both a part of Kilgour’s previous work, and just outside of it

TRACK LISTING

1. Entrance
2. Smoke You Right Out Of Here
3. Crawler
4. Threads
5. Coming In From Nowhere Now
6. Spotlight
7. Swan Loop 
8. If You Were Here And I Was There
9. Looks Like I’m Running Out
10. Ngapara.

The cliché that circulated after the 2016 election foretold a new artistic golden age: Artists would transform their anger and anxiety into era-defining works of dissent in the face of authoritarianism.
Yet Bob Mould calls his new album Sunshine Rock.
It’s not because Mould—whose face belongs on the Mount Rushmore of alternative music—likes the current administration. His decision to “write to the sunshine,” as he describes it, comes from a more personal place – a place found in Berlin, Germany, where he’s spent the majority of the last three years. Here Mould would draw inspiration from the new environments.
“Almost four years ago, I made plans for an extended break,” Mould explains. “I started spending time in Berlin in 2015, found an apartment in 2016, and became a resident in 2017. My time in Berlin has been a life changing experience. The winter days are long and dark, but when the sun comes back, all spirits lift.”
These three years in Berlin would quite literally shed new light on Mould’s everyday mindset.

“To go from [2011 autobiography] See a Little Light to the last three albums, two of which were informed by loss of each parent, respectively, at some point I had to put a Post-It note on my work station and say, ‘Try to think about good things.’ Otherwise I could really go down a long, dark hole,” he says. “I’m trying to keep things brighter these days as a way to stay alive.”

That makes Sunshine Rock as logical a product of the current climate as any rage-fuelled agit-rock. Variations on the word “sun” appear 27 times in five different songs over the course of the album’s 37 minutes. To hear Mould tell it, the theme developed early.
“Sunshine Rock is one hell of a way to wrap up the busiest decade of my career,” he shares. “The autobiography, the Disney Hall tribute show, reissues of several albums from my catalogue, three current rock band albums, several world tours, and now this new album — I’m humbled and grateful to still be making new music while celebrating my lifetime songbook.”

STAFF COMMENTS

Barry says: The aptly titled Sunshine Rock is indeed another side to Mould, eschewing the dark undertones of his previous work, focusing on the more optimistic pop spirit that has always provided the counterfoil to his trademark gloom. Major-key resolutions to slowly-grown unease lifts the mood once again into shining summer haze. Exactly as accomplished as you'd expect from Mould, but a good deal more optimistic. Lovely.

TRACK LISTING

01 Sunshine Rock
02 What Do You Want Me To Do
03 Sunny Love Song
04 Thirty Dozen Roses
05 The Final Years
06 Irrational Poison
07 I Fought
08 Sin King
09 Lost Faith
10 Camp Sunshine
11 Send Me A Postcard
12 Western Sunset

The latest chapter in the highly acclaimed Bootleg Series makes available the pivotal studio recordings made by Bob Dylan during six extraordinary sessions in 1974 - four in New York (September 16, 17, 18, 19) and two in Minneapolis (December 27, 30) - that resulted in the artist's 1975 masterpiece, Blood On The Tracks.

*The 2LP configuration of More Blood, More Tracks assembles 10 of the most emotionally resonant alternate takes of each of the 10 songs appearing the original Blood On The Tracks plus a previously unreleased version of "Up to Me."

*The 6CD full-length deluxe version includes the complete New York sessions in chronological order including outtakes, false starts and studio banter. The album's producers have worked from best sources available, in most cases utilizing the original multi-track session tapes.

The only recordings remaining from the Minneapolis sessions are the multi-track masters of the five performances included on the finished Blood On The Tracks album. Each of these has been remixed and remastered for the deluxe edition.

The deluxe box set is a strictly limited edition. The set includes a hardcover photo book featuring liner notes by rock historian Jeff Slate and a complete reproduction of one of Dylan's legendary handwritten 57 page notebooks, where you can follow the lyrical development of the songs that would eventually comprise Blood On The Tracks.

TRACK LISTING

CD + 2LP Track Listing:
1. Tangled Up In Blue(9/19/74, Take 3, Remake 3)
2. Simple Twist Of Fate(9/16/74, Take 1)
3. Shelter From The Storm(9/17/74, Take 2)
4. You're A Big Girl Now(9/16/74, Take 2)
5. Buckets Of Rain(9/18/74, Take 2, Remake)
6. If You See Her, Say Hello (9/16/74, Tape 1)
7. Lily, Rosemary And The Jack Of Hearts(9/16/74, Take 2)
8. Meet Me In The Morning(9/19/74, Take 1, Remake)
9. Idiot Wind(9/19/74, Take 4, Remake)
10. You’re GonnaMake Me Lonesome When You Go(9/17/74, Take 1, Remake)
11. Up To Me(9/19/74, Take 2, Remake)

6CD Deluxe Edition Tracklisting:
CD1
1. If You See Her, Say Hello (Take 1) –solo
2. If You See Her, Say Hello (Take 2) –solo –previously Released On The Bootleg Series, Vols. 1-3: Rare And Unreleased, 1961-1991
3. You’re A Big Girl Now(Take 1) –solo
4. You’re A Big Girl Now(Take 2) –solo
5. Simple Twist Of Fate(Take 1) –solo
6. Simple Twist Of Fate(Take 2) –solo
7. You’re A Big Girl Now(Take 3) –solo
8. Up To Me(Rehearsal) –solo
9. Up To Me(Take 1) –solo
10. Lily, Rosemary And The Jack Of Hearts(Take 1) –solo
11. Lily, Rosemary And The Jack Of Hearts(Take 2) –solo –included On Blood On The Tracks Test Pressing

CD2
1. Simple Twist Of Fate(Take 1A) –with Band
2. Simple Twist Of Fate(Take 2A) –with Band
3. Simple Twist Of Fate(Take 3A) –with Band
4. Call Letter Blues (Take 1) –with Band
5. Meet Me In The Morning(Take 1) –with Band –edited Version Included On Blood On The Trackstest Pressing And Previously Released On Blood On The Tracks
6. Call Letter Blues(Take 2) –with Band –previously Released On The Bootleg Series, Vols. 1-3: Rare And Unreleased, 1961-1991
7. Idiot Wind(Take 1) –with Bass
8. Idiot Wind(Take 1, Remake) –with Bass
9. Idiot Wind(Take 3 With Insert) –with Bass
10. Idiot Wind(Take 5) –with Bass
11. Idiot Wind(Take 6) –with Bass
12. You’re GonnaMake Me Lonesome When You Go(Rehearsal And Take 1) –with Band
13. You’re GonnaMake Me Lonesome When You Go(Take 2) –with Band
14. You’re GonnaMake Me Lonesome When You Go(Take 3) –with Band
15. You’re GonnaMake Me Lonesome When You Go(Take 4) –with Bass
16. You’re GonnaMake Me Lonesome When You Go(Take 5) –with Band
17. You’re GonnaMake Me Lonesome When You Go(Take 6) –with Band
18. You’re GonnaMake Me Lonesome When You Go(Take 6, Remake) –with Band
19. You’re GonnaMake Me Lonesome When You Go(Take 7) –with Band
20. You’re GonnaMake Me Lonesome When You Go(Take 8) –with Band

CD3
1. Tangled Up In Blue(Take 1) –with Bass
2. You’re A Big Girl Now(Take 1, Remake) –with Bass And Organ
3. You’re A Big Girl Now(Take 2, Remake) –with Bass, Organ, And Steel Guitar –included On Blood On The Trackstest Pressing And Previously Released On Biograph
4. Tangled Up In Blue(Rehearsal) –with Bass And Organ
5. Tangled Up In Blue(Take 2, Remake) –with Bass And Organ
6. Spanish Is The Loving Tongue(Take 1) –with Bass And Piano
7. Call Letter Blues (Rehearsal) –with Bass And Piano
8. You’re GonnaMake Me Lonesome When You Go(Take 1, Remake) –with Bass And Piano
9. Shelter From The Storm(Take 1) –with Bass And Piano –previously Released On The Jerry McGuireoriginal Soundtrack
10. Buckets Of Rain(Take 1) –with Bass
11. Tangled Up In Blue(Take 3, Remake) –with Bass
12. Buckets Of Rain(Take 2) –with Bass
13. Shelter From The Storm(Take 2) –with Bass
14. Shelter From The Storm(Take 3) –with Bass
15. Shelter From The Storm (Take 4) –with Bass –previously Released On Blood On The Tracks
16. Bob Dylan: Vocals, Guitar, Harmonica

CD4
1. You’re GonnaMake Me Lonesome When You Go(Take 1, Remake 2) –with Bass
2. You’re GonnaMake Me Lonesome When You Go(Take 2, Remake 2) –with Bass –previously Released On Blood On The Tracks
3. Buckets Of Rain(Take 1, Remake) –solo
4. Buckets Of Rain(Take 2, Remake) –solo
5. Buckets Of Rain(Take 3, Remake) –solo
6. Buckets Of Rain (Take 4, Remake) –solo
7. Up To Me(Take 1, Remake) –with Bass
8. Up To Me(Take 2, Remake) –with Bass
9. Buckets Of Rain(Take 1, Remake 2) –with Bass
10. Buckets Of Rain(Take 2, Remake 2) –with Bass
11. Buckets Of Rain(Take 3, Remake 2) –with Bass
12. Buckets Of Rain(Take 4, Remake 2) –with Bass –previously Released On Blood On The Tracks
13. If You See Her, Say Hello(Take 1, Remake) –with Bass –previously Included On Blood On The Trackstest Pressing
14. Up To Me(Take 1, Remake 2) –with Bass
15. Up To Me(Take 2, Remake 2) –with Bass
16. Up To Me(Take 3, Remake 2) –with Bass
17. Buckets Of Rain(Rehearsal) –with Bass
18. Meet Me In The Morning(Take 1, Remake) –with Bass –previously Released On The “Duquesne Whistle” 7” Single
19. Meet Me In The Morning(Take 2, Remake) –with Bass
20. Buckets Of Rain(Take 5, Remake 2) –with Bass

CD5
1. Tangled Up In Blue(Rehearsal And Take 1, Remake 2) –with Bass
2. Tangled Up In Blue(Take 2, Remake 2) –with Bass
3. Tangled Up In Blue(Take 3, Remake 2) –with Bass –included On Blood On The Trackstest Pressing And Previously Released On The Bootleg Series, Vols. 1-3: Rare And Unreleased, 1961-1991
4. Simple Twist Of Fate(Take 2, Remake) –with Bass
5. Simple Twist Of Fate(Take 3, Remake) –with Bass –previously Released On Blood On The Tracks
6. Up To Me(Rehearsal And Take 1, Remake 3) –with Bass
7. Up To Me(Take 2, Remake 3) –with Bass –previously Released On Biograph
8. Idiot Wind(Rehearsal And Takes 1-3, Remake) –with Bass
9. Idiot Wind(Take 4, Remake) –with Bass
10. Idiot Wind(Take 4, Remake) –with Organ Overdub –included On Blood On The Trackstest Pressing And Previously Released On The Bootleg Series, Vols. 1-3: Rare And Unreleased, 1961-1991
11. You’re A Big Girl Now(Take 1, Remake 2) –with Bass
12. Meet Me In The Morning(Take 1, Remake 2) –with Bass
13. Meet Me In The Morning(Takes 2-3, Remake 2) –with Bass

CD6
1. You’re A Big Girl Now(Takes 3-6, Remake 2) –with Bass
2. Tangled Up In Blue (Rehearsal And Takes 1-2, Remake 3) –with Bass
3. Tangled Up In Blue(Take 3, Remake 3) –with Bass
4. Idiot Wind –with Band –previously Released On Blood On The Tracks
5. You’re A Big Girl Now –with Band –previously Released On Blood On The Tracks
6. Tangled Up In Blue –with Band –previously Released On Blood On The Tracks
7. Lily, Rosemary And The Jack Of Hearts –with Band –previously Released On Blood On The Tracks
8. If You See Her, Say Hello –with Band –previously Released On Blood On The Tracks

‘Battle Lines’, the new album from Grammywinning duo Bob Moses, is set for release on Domino.

‘Battle Lines’ follows the band’s acclaimed debut album, ‘Days Gone By’, which featured their worldwide hit ‘Tearing Me Up’. The band recorded the new album in Los Angeles’ Laurel Canyon, after writing and testing out new material on the road. Inspired by their time playing raves and rock clubs all over the globe since the release of ‘Days Gone By’, Battle Lines takes a harder look at the world in which they find themselves.

TRACK LISTING

Heaven Only Knows
Battle Lines
Back Down
Eye For An Eye
The Only Thing We Know
Nothing But You
Enough To Believe
Listen To Me
Selling Me Sympathy
Don’t Hold Back
Fallen From Your Arms

On August 24, The Marley Family, Island Records, and UMC celebrate 40 years of "Kaya", Bob Marley & The Wailers’ historic March 1978 release. This most special anniversary edition to date will feature Stephen 'Ragga' Marley’s exciting and vibrant new "Kaya 40" mixes of all ten tracks from the original album alongside its original mixes in 2CD and 180-gram 2LP configurations.

Bob Marley’s artistic legacy forever endures, and the 40th anniversary edition of "Kaya" only serves to reinforce just how much we all share the shelter of this special music.

TRACK LISTING

Disc 1
Easy Skanking
Kaya
Is This Love
Sun Is Shining
Satisfy My Soul
She's Gone
Misty Morning
Crisis
Running Away
Time Will Tell


Disc 2
Easy Skanking
Kaya (Kaya 40 Mix)
Is This Love (Kaya 40 Mix)
Sun Is Shining (Kaya 40 Mix)
Satisfy My Soul (Kaya 40 Mix)
She's Gone (Kaya 40 Mix)
Misty Morning (Kaya 40 Mix)
Crisis (Kaya 40 Mix)
Running Away (Kaya 40 Mix)
Time Will Tell (Kaya 40 Mix)

Live album from Bob Dylan & The Band, originally released in 1974, documenting their American tour. A 21 song double album, pressed on black vinyl with download code insert. 

TRACK LISTING

Side One

1. "Most Likely You Go Your Way (And I'll Go Mine)" 02-14 (evening) 4:15
2. "Lay Lady Lay" 02-13 3:14
3. "Rainy Day Women #12 & 35" 02-13 3:27
4. "Knockin' On Heaven's Door" 01-30 New York City 3:51
5. "It Ain't Me, Babe" 02-14 (evening) 3:40
6. "Ballad Of A Thin Man" 02-14 (afternoon) 3:41

Side Two

7. "Up On Cripple Creek" (Robbie Robertson) 02-14 (evening) 5:25
8. "I Shall Be Released" 02-14 (afternoon) 3:50
9. "Endless Highway" (Robertson) 02-14 (evening) 5:10
10. "The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down" (Robertson) 02-14 (evening) 4:24
11. "Stage Fright" (Robertson) 02-14 (evening) 4:45

Side Three

12. "Don't Think Twice, It's All Right" 02-14 (evening) 4:36
13. "Just Like A Woman" 02-14 (evening) 5:06
14. "It's Alright, Ma (I'm Only Bleeding)" 02-14 (evening) 5:48
15. "The Shape I'm In" (Robertson) 02-14 (afternoon) 4:01
16. "When You Awake" (Richard Manuel, Robertson) 02-14 (evening) 3:13
17. "The Weight" (Robertson) 02-13 4:47

Side Four

18. "All Along The Watchtower" 02-14 (afternoon) 3:07
19. "Highway 61 Revisited" 02-14 (evening) 4:27
20. "Like A Rolling Stone" 02-13 7:09
21. "Blowin' In The Wind" 02-13 + 02-14 (afternoon) 4:30

Dylans first compilation album, originally released in March, 1967 on Columbia Records. 

TRACK LISTING

Rainy Day Women # 12 & 35
Blowin' In The Wind
The Times They Are A-Changin'
It Ain't Me Babe
Subterranean Homesick Blues
Mr Tambourine Man
Like A Rolling Stone
I Want You
Positively 4th Street
Just Like A Woman

A CMG release - The latest in the Bob Dylan 'Bootleg Series' covers a prolific recording period between 1979 - 1981, where Dylan recorded a x3 album trilogy - "Slow Train Coming", "Saved" & "Shot of Love". 

The Deluxe box-set includes:- A hardcover book with exclusive liner notes & pics, plus... The first two discs contain x30 live songs, with discs 3&4 being rare & unreleased songs. Discs 5&6 are recorded live in Toronto (1980). Discs 7&8 are recorded live @ Earls Court, London, June 1981. Disc 9 is a bonus DVD featuring "Trouble No More" a musical film, plus other extra bonus content.

The Vinyl format has x4 LP Vinyl & x2 CD (featuring the first x2 discs from the deluxe box). The standard CD a x2 CD set (featuring the first x2 discs from the deluxe box).

This collection debuts x14 previously unreleased songs & a multitude of unreleased live performances, rare studio outtakes & more...

TRACK LISTING

Disc 1: Live
1. Slow Train (Nov. 16, 1979)
2. Gotta Serve Somebody (Nov. 15, 1979)
3. I Believe In You (May 16, 1980)
4. When You Gonna Wake Up? (July 9, 1981)
5. When He Returns (Dec. 5, 1979)
6. Man Gave Names To All The Animals (Jan. 16, 1980)
7. Precious Angel (Nov. 16, 1979)
8. Covenant Woman (Nov. 20, 1979)
9. Gonna Change My Way Of Thinking (Jan. 31, 1980)
10. Do Right To Me Baby (Do Unto Others) (Jan. 28, 1980)
11. Solid Rock (Nov. 27, 1979)
12. What Can I Do For You? (Nov. 27, 1979)
13. Saved (Jan. 12, 1980)
14. In The Garden (Jan. 27, 1980)

Disc 2: Live
1. Slow Train (June 29, 1981)
2. Ain’t Gonna Go To Hell For Anybody (Unreleased Song – Apr. 24, 1980)
3. Gotta Serve Somebody (July 15, 1981)
4. Ain’t No Man Righteous, No Not One (Unreleased Song – Nov. 16, 1979)
5. Saving Grace (Nov. 6, 1979)
6. Blessed Is The Name (Unreleased Song – Nov. 20, 1979)
7. Solid Rock (Oct. 23, 1981)
8. Are You Ready? (Apr. 30, 1980)
9. Pressing On (Nov. 6, 1979)
10. Shot Of Love (July 25, 1981)
11. Dead Man, Dead Man (June 21, 1981)
12. Watered-Down Love (June 12, 1981)
13. In The Summertime (Oct. 21, 1981)
14. The Groom’s Still Waiting At The Altar (Nov. 13, 1980)
15. Caribbean Wind (Nov. 12, 1980)
16. Every Grain Of Sand (Nov. 21, 1981)

Disc 3: Rare And Unreleased
1. Slow Train (Soundcheck – Oct. 5, 1978)
2. Do Right To Me Baby (Do Unto Others) (Soundcheck – Dec. 7, 1978)
3. Help Me Understand (Unreleased Song – Oct. 5, 1978)
4. Gonna Change My Way Of Thinking (Rehearsal – Oct. 2, 1979)
5. Gotta Serve Somebody (Outtake – May 4, 1979)
6. When He Returns (Outtake – May 4, 1979)
7. Ain’t No Man Righteous, No Not One (Unreleased Song – May 1, 1979)
8. Trouble In Mind (Outtake – April 30, 1979)
9. Ye Shall Be Changed (Outtake – May 2, 1979)
10. Covenant Woman (Outtake –February 11, 1980)
11. Stand By Faith (Unreleased Song – Sept. 26, 1979)
12. I Will Love Him (Unreleased Song – Apr. 19, 1980)
13. Jesus Is The One (Unreleased Song – Jul. 17, 1981)
14. City Of Gold (Unreleased Song – Nov. 22, 1980)
15. Thief On The Cross (Unreleased Song – Nov. 10, 1981)
16. Pressing On (Outtake – Feb. 13, 1980)

Disc 4: Rare And Unreleased
1. Slow Train (Rehearsal – Oct. 2, 1979)
2. Gotta Serve Somebody (Rehearsal – Oct. 9, 1979)
3. Making A Liar Out Of Me (Unreleased Song – Sept. 26, 1980)
4. Yonder Comes Sin (Unreleased Song – Oct. 1, 1980)
5. Radio Spot January 1980, Portland, OR Show
6. Cover Down, Pray Through (Unreleased Song – May 1, 1980)
7. Rise Again (Unreleased Song – Oct. 16, 1980)
8. Ain’t Gonna Go To Hell For Anybody (Unreleased Song – Dec. 2, 1980)
9. The Groom’s Still Waiting At The Altar (Outtake – May 1, 1981)
10. Caribbean Wind (Rehearsal – Sept. 23, 1980)
11. You Changed My Life (Outtake – April 23, 1981)
12. Shot Of Love (Outtake – March 25, 1981)
13. Watered-Down Love (Outtake – May 15, 1981)
14. Dead Man, Dead Man (Outtake – April 24, 1981)
15. Every Grain Of Sand (Rehearsal – Sept. 26, 1980)

Disc 5 – Live In Toronto 1980
1. Gotta Serve Somebody (April 18, 1980)
2. I Believe In You (April 18, 1980)
3. Covenant Woman (April 19, 1980)
4. When You Gonna Wake Up? (April 18, 1980)
5. When He Returns (April 20, 1980)
6. Ain’t Gonna Go To Hell For Anybody (Unreleased Song – April 18, 1980)
7. Cover Down, Pray Through (Unreleased Song – April 19, 1980)
8. Man Gave Names To All The Animals (April 19, 1980)
9. Precious Angel (April 19, 1980)

Disc 6 – Live In Toronto 1980
1. Slow Train (April 18, 1980)
2. Do Right To Me Baby (Do Unto Others) (April 20, 1980)
3. Solid Rock (April 20, 1980)
4. Saving Grace (April 18, 1980)
5. What Can I Do For You? (April 19, 1980)
6. In The Garden (April 20, 1980)
7. Band Introductions (April 19, 1980)
8. Are You Ready? (April 19, 1980)
9. Pressing On (April 18, 1980)

Disc 7 – Live In Earl’s Court, London – June 27, 1981
1. Gotta Serve Somebody
2. I Believe In You
3. Like A Rolling Stone
4. Man Gave Names To All The Animals
5. Maggie’s Farm
6. I Don’t Believe You
7. Dead Man, Dead Man
8. Girl From The North Country
9. Ballad Of A Thin Man

Disc 8 – Live In Earl’s Court – London – June 27, 1981
1. Slow Train
2. Let’s Begin
3. Lenny Bruce
4. Mr. Tambourine Man
5. Solid Rock
6. Just Like A Woman
7. Watered-Down Love
8. Forever Young
9. When You Gonna Wake Up
10. In The Garden
11. Band Introductions
12. Blowin’ In The Wind
13. It’s All Over Now, Baby Blue
14. Knockin’ On Heaven’s Door

Disc 9: Bonus DVD
Trouble No More – A Musical Film

DVD EXTRAS:
Shot Of Love
Cover Down, Pray Through
Jesus Met The Woman At The Well (Alternate Version)
Ain’t Gonna Go To Hell For Anybody (Complete Version)
Precious Angel (Complete Version)
Slow Train (Complete Version)

This is the album that might have saved Bob Dylan’s career. At the least, it proved the icon still relevant. It immediately followed what remains the artist’s biggest disaster, Self Portrait, a nearly unlistenable attempt that caused many to wonder whether Dylan had lost his mind. If intended as a joke, it bombed, making the sublime New Morning all the more important to restore faith in the singer’s creativity and songwriting prowess. It did all this and more, and would stand as his finest studio effort during a five-year span. “Many of the songs seem to have been made up on the spot, with confidence in the ability of first-rate musicians to move in any direction at any time,” wrote Dylan expert Greil Marcus in his original review for The New York Times. These observations hold true today, for the 1970 effort claims a daring flair Dylan rarely exhibited on albums before or since. An enthusiasm and excitement surrounds his singing, and his work on the 88s underlines the liberating arrangements.

Mastered on Mobile Fidelity’s world-renowned mastering system, this restored album spotlights the open, woozy sound that welcomes wholeheartedly Dylan’s piano, several eager guitars, female background singers, Al Kooper’s organ, and snappy drumming into a world of their own. The instruments retain an off-the-cuff sensibility relating to a nightclub atmosphere or live stage feel. On this reissue, notes naturally dangle and fade, allowing the playful vibes and humor to come through like never before. Consequently, New Morning can be experienced with newfound perspective.

TRACK LISTING

Side One

1. "If Not For You" 2:39
2. "Day Of The Locusts" 3:57
3. "Time Passes Slowly" 2:33
4. "Went To See The Gypsy" 2:49
5. "Winterlude" 2:21
6. "If Dogs Run Free" 3:37

Side Two

1. "New Morning" 3:56
2. "Sign On The Window" 3:39
3. "One More Weekend" 3:09
4. "The Man In Me" 3:07
5. "Three Angels" 2:07
6. "Father Of Night" 1:27

Bobo Yéyé: Belle Époque in Upper Volta From his studio in central Bobo-Dioulasso, photographer Sory Sanlé documented a nation’s transformation from colonial foothold to cosmopolitan oasis. Bobo Yeye: Belle Epoque in Upper Volta provides an intimate look into the landlocked nation’s pop culture explosion of the 1970s. A melange of community elders and emboldened youth spill from the brightly lit confines of Sanlé’s Volta Photo into the dimly lit nightclubs of Upper Volta’s cultural capital. Accompanying this hardbound monograph are dozens of rare and evocative recordings spread over three discs by Bobo-Dioulasso’s musical titans: Volta Jazz, Dafra Star, Echo Del Africa, and Les Imbattables Léopards.

TRACK LISTING

1. Volta Jazz - Air Volta
2. Volta Jazz - Bi Kameleou
3. Volta Jazz - Fitri Mawaly
4. Volta Jazz - Djougou Toro
5. Volta Jazz - BB Peyrissac
6. Volta Jazz - Mama Soukous
7. Volta Jazz – Fintalabo
8. Volta Jazz - Wêrê Wêrê Magni
9. Volta Jazz - Nâgô Fâla
10. Volta Jazz - Mousso Koroba Tike
11. Volta Jazz - Dounya Te Soyé *
12. Volta Jazz - Beni Djarabi *
13. Volta Jazz - Chérie Nawa *
14. Volta Jazz - Ma Douce Ledy *
15. Volta Jazz - Djougou Malola *
16. Volta Jazz - Na Dalo *
17. Dafra Star** - De Nwolo 
18. Dafra Star - Sie Koumgolo19. Dafra Star – Dounian
20. Dafra Star - Si Tu Maime 
21. Dafra Star – Tjiranama
22. Dafra Star – Yafamma
23. Dafra Star – Foli
24. Dafra Star - Ram Passomayé 
25. Dafra Star - Bombossi *
26. Dafra Star - Sondja Magni * 
27. Dafra Star - Limaniya *
28. Echo Del Africa – Gentlemen Doromina
29. Les Imbattables Léopards - Bissongo Lebguinw 
30. Les Imbattables Léopards - Dja Tigui Kie 
31. Les Imbattables Léopards – Milaoba 
32. Echo Del Africa - Yiri Wah 
33. Les Imbattables Léopards - Néné 
34. Ouedraogo Youssef - He Ya Wannan 
35. Idy OIdrissa - Arindo 
36. Les Imbattables Léopards – Ne Toumdé *
37. Les Imbattables Léopards - Boudou Nyida *

* Available On CD Only 

** Full Band Name Is Coulibaly Tidiani & Dafrastar

STAFF COMMENTS

Andy says: The best of Bob Dylan. The perfect entry point.

TRACK LISTING

Side A
1. Blowin' In The Wind
2. Don't Think Twice, It's All Right
3. The Times They Are A-Changin'
4. It Ain't Me Babe
5. Maggie's Farm
6. Mr. Tambourine Man
7. Subterranean Homesick Blues

Side B
1. Like A Rolling Stone
2. Positively 4th Street
3. Just Like A Woman
4. Rainy Day Women #12 & 35
5. Lay, Lady, Lay
6. Knockin' On Heaven's Door

Side C
1. Forever Young
2. Tangled Up In Blue
3. Gotta Serve Somebody
4. Jokerman
5. Make You Feel My Love

Side D
1. Things Have Changed
2. Mississippi
3. When The Deal Goes Down
4. Beyond Here Lies Nothin'
5. Long And Wasted Years

The first legit reissues of these rare, stellar LP's by DC-based singer/songwriter Bob Brown. Richie Havens took Bob under his wing, produced both albums, and released them on his Stormy Forest label distributed by MGM. Although they failed to make a commercial impact at the time, cosmic-folk enthusiasts and vinyl-heads have long placed these albums in high esteem alongside the works of exploratory greats like Tim Hardin and Tim Buckley. 

Blonde on Blonde: A double album that transcends time, suspends reality, and looks through the human soul and tells the listener characteristics about themselves they didn’t know. Renowned for what Bob Dylan deemed “that thin, that wild mercury sound.”

Deemed by cultural critic Greil Marcus “the most glamorous record imaginable,” Blonde on Blonde remains to music, production, prose, and performance what hydrogen is to water. The secret to the 1966 masterwork’s inimitable aural character partially stems from Dylan’s request to remove the baffles from the studio room, allowing the musicians to interact as well as the music to possess a more organic quality. 

The story of Blonde on Blonde is almost as compelling as the music. Dylan, relocating to Tennessee and pairing with Nashville’s top session players as well as members of what would become the Band, feverishly chasing perfectionism while arriving at an inimitable on-the-fly feel. A majority of tunes were recorded long after midnight, the early A.M. vibe reflected in the nocturnal aura, woozy optimism, and spiritual soulfulness of the playing. “Essential” doesn’t even begin to cover the genius of this record that, ranked ninth-best of all-time by Rolling Stone, finally features sonics that match the caliber of the conscious-altering power and mythical weight of the songs within.

"The Cutting Edge, 1965-1966" is the latest installment in the 'Bootleg Series' of releases from rock music icon Bob Dylan on the Columbia/Legacy label. Focussing on the legendary studio sessions that produced 'Bringing It All Back Home', 'Highway 61', & 'Blonde On Blonde'. All recordings are pristine transfers & mixed from the original studio tracking tapes.

STAFF COMMENTS

Andy says: Sessions and out-takes from Dylan's imperious phase. Absolutely essential.

TRACK LISTING

Disc: 1
1. Love Minus Zero / No Limit
2. I'll Keep It With Mine
3. Bob Dylan's 115th Dream
4. She Belongs To Me
5. Subterranean Homesick Blues
6. Outlaw Blues
7. On The Road Again
8. Farewell, Angelina
9. If You Gotta Go, Go Now
10. You Don't Have To Do That
11. California
12. Mr. Tambourine Man
13. It Takes A Lot To Laugh, It Takes A Train To Cry
14. Like A Rolling Stone
15. Like A Rolling Stone
16. Sitting On A Barbed Wire Fence
17. Medicine Sunday
18. Desolation Row
19. Desolation Row
Disc: 2
1. Tombstone Blues
2. Positively 4th Street
3. Can You Please Crawl Out Your Window
4. Just Like Tom Thumb's Blues
5. Highway 61 Revisited
6. Queen Jane Approximately
7. Visions Of Johanna
8. She's Your Lover Now
9. Lunatic Princess
10. Leopard-Skin Pill-Box Hat
11. One Of Us Must Know (Sooner Or Later)
12. Stuck Inside Of Mobile With The Memphis Blues Again
13. Absolutely Sweet Marie
14. Just Like A Woman
15. Pledging My Time
16. I Want You
17. Highway 61 Revisited

'Highway 61 Revisited' is a landmark - recorded in 1965, during the same tumultuous summer that had seen him plugging in his electric guitar at the Newport Folk Festival, "Highway 61 Revisited" is Bob Dylan diving head-first into the rock and roll maelstrom, backed by the studio prowess of Al Kooper, Michael Bloomfield and others on such devastating classics as the epochal "Like A Rolling Stone". Essential!!

The masterpiece that is Bob Marley’s ‘Exodus’ was originally released on Friday 3rd June 1977. He recorded the ‘Exodus’ album in exile in the UK, having escaped an assassination attempt in Jamaica.

‘Exodus’ transformed Marley’s career. A recording of extraordinary creative maturity, the album resonated with audiences around the world. In the UK alone in stayed on the chart for 56 consecutive weeks and included three massive hit singles. Bob Marley was established as the Third World’s first superstar, a legacy that survives thirty years after the album’s release.

TRACK LISTING

1. Natural Mystic 3:28
2. So Much Things To Say 3:08
3. Guiltiness 3:19
4. The Heathen 2:32
5. Exodus 7:40
6. Jamming 3:31
7. Waiting In Vain 4:16
8. Turn Your Lights Down Low 3:39
9. Three Little Birds 3:00
10. One Love / People Get Ready 2:52

'Catch A Fire' was the major label debut for Bob Marley and the Wailers, and it was an international success upon its release in 1973. Although Bob Marley may have been the main voice, every member of the Wailers made valuable contributions and they were never more united in their vision and sound. All the songs were originals, and the instrumentation was minimalistic in order to bring out the passionate, often politically charged lyrics. Much of the appeal of the album lies in its sincerity and sense of purpose - these are streetwise yet disarmingly idealistic young men who look around themselves and believe they might help change the world through music. Marley sings about the current state of urban poverty ("Concrete Jungle") and connects the present to past injustices ("Slave Driver"), but he is a not a one-trick pony. He is a versatile songwriter who also excels at singing love songs such as his classic "Stir It Up." Peter Tosh sings the lead vocal on two of his own compositions - his powerful presence and immense talent hint that he would eventually leave for his own successful solo career. More than anything else, however, this marks the emergence of Bob Marley and the international debut of reggae music. Marley would continue to achieve great critical and commercial success during the 1970s, but 'Catch a Fire' is one of the finest reggae albums ever. This album is essential for any music collection.

TRACK LISTING

A1 Concrete Jungle 4:12
A2 Slave Driver 2:53
A3 400 Years 2:45
A4 Stop That Train 3:55
A5 Baby We've Got A Date (Rock It Baby) 3:56
B1 Stir It Up 5:32
B2 Kinky Reggae 3:36
B3 No More Trouble 3:51
B4 Midnight Ravers 5:09

Featuring 10 tracks, the Jack Frost produced album 'Shadows In The Night' is the 36th studio release from iconic superstar Bob Dylan & marks his first new music since 2012's 'Tempest'. The album was recorded 'live' in the studio with a five-piece band & features some classic ballads, stripped down, with no overdubbing & mixed as it was recorded.

TRACK LISTING

I'm A Fool To Want You
The Night We Called It A Day
Stay With Me
Autumn Leaves
Why Try To Change Me Now
Some Enchanted Evening
Full Moon And Empty Arms
Where Are You
What'll I Do
That Lucky Old Sun