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Denis O'Regan

David Bowie By Denis O'Regan : From The Man Who Photographed Him Most

    Official photographer to music legend David Bowie, Denis O'Regan presents a personal edit from his unrivalled collection of photographs. Accompanying Bowie on two world tours and enjoying a decades-long relationship with the star, no one photographed Bowie more than Denis O'Regan. As Bowie himself once remarked, 'Denis, Rock 'n' Roll is in your blood'.

    From the door of Olympic Studios, where Bowie recorded Diamond Dogs in 1974, to live stadium shows in the 1990s, Denis's full archive is at last opened and many unseen images revealed for the first time. David Bowie by Denis O’Regan tells Bowie's musical story in pictures, with O'Regan's own words relaying his experience of documenting that incredible journey. Author of the hugely successful Ricochet: David Bowie 1983 (Particular Books, 2018), O'Regan has toured with the biggest stars from The Rolling Stones and Queen to Pink Floyd and Duran Duran, to name a few.

    But it is his photographs of David Bowie, taken over two decades at over 200 concerts worldwide, that he is best known for. David Bowie the showman and David behind-the scenes, O'Regan has captured it all in this showcase of one of the world's most talented performers.

    Dirty Projectors, David Longstreth & S T A R G A Z E

    Song Of The Earth

      'Song of the Earth' is performed by Longstreth with members of his band Dirty Projectors — Felicia Douglass, Maia Friedman, Olga Bell —and the Berlin-based chamber orchestra s t a r g a z e, the album also features Phil Elverum (Mount Eerie), Steve Lacy, Patrick Shiroishi,Anastasia Coope, Tim Bernardes, Ayoni, Portraits of Tracy, and the author David Wallace-Wells.

      Longstreth wrote the first draft in six manic weeks for a commission arranged by s t a r g a z e. He felt disoriented and also galvanized bythe moment: the pandemic chaos, the ‘radical psychedelia’ of new fatherhood, the novelty of writing for large ensemble. Then he spentthree years revising, rewriting, rearranging, and recording in studios and homes in the Netherlands, Los Angeles, and New York City.

      'Song of the Earth' marks Longstreth’s biggest-yet foray into the field of concert music. It received its US premiere in a March 2024 sold-outperformance at Disney Hall in Los Angeles with the LA Philharmonic. Work-in-progress performances also took place between 2022 and2024 at the Barbican in London, Hamburg Elbphilharmonie, and Muziekgebouw Amsterdam.

      Just as Dirty Projectors’ 'Rise Above' sounds nothing like 'Damaged' — the Black Flag album upon which is based — 'Song of the Earth' bearslittle resemblance to its namesake, Gustav Mahler’s 1908 song-poem Das Lied Von Der Erde. But Longstreth notes that “it is saturated withthe Mahler work’s themes, feelings and spirit of dissolved contradiction.

      TRACK LISTING

      1. Summer Light
      2. Gimme Bread
      3. At Home
      4. Circled In Purple
      5. Our Green Garden
      6. Walk The Edge
      7. Opposable Thumb
      8. More Mania
      9. Spiderweb At Water's Edge
      10. Mallet Hocket
      11. So Blue The Lake
      12. Dancing On Our Eyelids
      13. Same River Twice
      14. Armfuls Of Flowers
      15. Twin Aspens
      16. Uninhabitable Earth, Paragraph One
      17. Kyrie / About My Day
      18. Shifting Shalestones
      19. Appetite
      20. Bank On
      21. Paper Birches, Whole Scroll
      22. Raven Ascends
      23. Blue Of Dreaming
      24. Raised Brow

      David Leaf

      SMiLE : The Rise, Fall, And Resurrection Of Brian Wilson

        The story of the Brian Wilson's legendary SMiLE album from Beach Boys authority David Leaf.

        This is the first book to tell the full story of Brian Wilson and SMiLE, including the details of the original SMiLE recording sessions and their increasingly legendary status as well as the final release of the album, the accompanying concerts and film, and its afterlife.

        David Keenan

        Volcanic Tongue: A Time-Travelling Evangelist’s Guide To LateTwentieth-Century Underground Music

          Volcanic Tongue presents the first ever collection of multi-award-winning author David Keenan's music writings. Keenan has been writing about music since publishing his first fanzine, inspired by The Pastels and by Glasgow (and Airdrie's) DIY music scene, in 1988. Since then, he has written about music for Melody Maker, NME, Uncut, Mojo, The New York Times, Ugly Things, The Literary Review, The Social and, most consistently, The Wire. Volcanic Tongue was also the name of the record shop and mail order that Keenan ran with his partner Heather Leigh in Glasgow from 2005-2015.

          Volcanic Tongue features the best of his reviews, interviews and think pieces, with exclusive in-depth conversations between Keenan and Nick Cave, members of legendary industrial bands Coil and Throbbing Gristle, krautrock legends like Faust, Shirley Collins, the first lady of English folk, Kevin Shields of My Bloody Valentine, German autodestructives Einstürzende Neubauten, as well as discographical analysis of the back catalogues of groups like Sonic Youth and musicians like John Fahey, extensive writings on free jazz and obsessive in-depth digs into favourites like Pere Ubu, Metal Box-era Public Image Ltd, Lou Reed, Bob Dylan, guitarist and vocalist John Martyn and many more. It is an essential addition to any music fan's bookshelf.

          This first collection of his legendary criticism functions as an extended love letter to the revolutionary music of the 20th century and the incredible culture that sustained it.


          David Bowie

          Young Americans - 50th Anniversary Edition

            7th March 2025 marks the 50th anniversary of the release of David Bowie's ninth studio album, 'Young Americans'.

            On the exact day of its Golden Jubilee, 'Young Americans' will be issued as a limited edition 50th anniversary half-speed mastered LP and a picture disc LP with a poster pressed from the same master.

            The album saw Bowie broaden his musical horizons once more, embracing what he called 'Plastic Soul' and would give Bowie his first number one single in the U.S., ‘Fame’, co-written with John Lennon and Bowie's then guitarist, Carlos Alomar.

            This new pressing of Young Americans was cut on a customised late Neumann VMS80 lathe with fully recapped electronics from 192kHz restored masters of the original Record Plant master tapes, with no additional processing on transfer. The half-speed was cut by John Webber at AIR Studios. 


            TRACK LISTING

            1. Young Americans
            2. Win
            3. Fascination
            4. Right
            5. Somebody Up There Likes Me
            6. Across The Universe
            7. Can You Hear Me
            8. Fame

            David Grubbs

            Whistle From Above

              Inspired by Gastr del Sol’s duo magic (revisited while assembling their recent box set) and reinvigorated by months of enforced woodshedding, David turns out incisive guitar pieces, a piano composition and an exceptionally eerie bit of musique concrète. Deeply personal minimalist fare, flexible enough to act both as solo expression and in engaging conversational gambits with Rhodri Davies, Andrea Belfi, Nikos Veliotis, Nate Wooley, and Cleek Schrey.

              TRACK LISTING

              1. Whistle From Above
              2. The Snake On Its Tail
              3. Hung In The Sky Of The Mind
              4. Scapegrace
              5. Poem Arrives Distorted
              6. Later In The Tapestry Room
              7. Queen’s Side Eye
              8. Synchro Fade Pluck Stutter Slip

              Hifi Sean & David McAlmont

              Twilight

                ‘Twilight’ is a twelve-track night drive from dusk ‘til dawn, with all the moments in-between. The album begins with ‘The Comedown,’ a collaboration with their friend ‘The Blessed Madonna’ who also narrates, “I can hear my heart beating like a drum.” The title track ‘Twilight’ follows, an immersive wall of choral sounds and field recordings, incorporating David’s favourite birdsong and Sean’s dogs, Fred and Barney.

                ‘Sorry I Made You Cry’ is one of the standout moments on the album. A warped doo-wop influenced torch song from Sean’s twisted droning synths to its wonky exploding chorus where David exclaims, “I’m not as good at sleeping when we’re lying awake.”

                Sean : ‘I wanted to make this album feel like you were in a dark head space while being hugged by your favourite person at the same time.’

                David : ‘All I know is we set out to make a little sister for Daylight and ended up with our best album so far…’

                TRACK LISTING

                1. The Comedown
                2. Twilight
                3. Uptown / Downtown
                4. Driftaway
                5. Sorry I Made You Cry
                6. Goodbye Drama Queen
                7. Equinox's Children
                8. High With You
                9. Night Drive
                10. Star
                11. Sleeping Pill
                12. Sirens 

                David Sylvian

                Died In The Wool (Manafon Variations)

                  First time on vinyl for ‘Died In The Wool’, the 12 song remix companion to David’s 2009 album, ‘Manafon’, plus the non-album track “When We Return You Won’t Recognise Us”

                  Features remixes by David Sylvian, Dai Fujikura, Jan Bang & Erik Honoré.

                  'When We Return You Won’t Recognise Us' was specially commissioned by the 2nd Canary Islands Biennial of Architecture, Art and Landscape 2008-2009.

                  TRACK LISTING

                  1. Small Metal Gods
                  2. Died In The Wool
                  3. I Should Not Dare (for N.O.)
                  4. Random Acts Of Senseless Violence
                  5. A Certain Slant Of Light (for M.K.)
                  6. Anomaly At Taw Head
                  7. Snow White In Appalachia
                  8. Emily Dickinson
                  9. The Greatest Living Englishman (coda)
                  10. Anomaly At Taw Head (a Haunting)
                  11. Manafon
                  12. The Last Days Of December
                  13. When We Return You Won’t Recognise Us

                  David Sylvian

                  The Good Son Vs The Only Daughter (The Blemish Remixes)

                    First time on vinyl for ‘The Good Son Vs The Only Daughter (The Blemish Remixes), the 9 song remix companion of David’s 2003 solo album, ‘Blemish’.

                    Featuring remixes by Burnt Friedman, Sweet Billy Pilgrim, Royoji Ikeda, Readymade FC, Yoshihiro Hanno, Tatsuhiko Asano, Akira Rabelais, Jan Bang & Erik Honoré.

                    TRACK LISTING

                    1. The Only Daughter (Remixed By Ryoji Ikeda)
                    2. Blemish (Remixed By Burnt Friedman)
                    3. The Heart Knows Better (Remixed By Sweet Billy Pilgrim)
                    4. A Fire In The Forest (Remixed By Readymade FC)
                    5. The Good Son (Remixed By Yoshihiro Hanno)
                    6. Late Night Shopping (Remixed By Burnt Freidman)
                    7. How Little We Need To Be Happy (Remixed By Tatsuhiko Asano)
                    8. The Only Daughter (Remixed By Jan Bang And Erik Honoré)
                    9. Blemish (Remixed By Akira Rabelais)

                    David Allred

                    The Beautiful World

                      David Allred is a prolific composer and producer based in Portland, Oregon. His new album The Beautiful World captures an enriched, realised understanding of why he composes in the first place. Dedicated to the expression of existential themes such as death, grief, longing and loss, the album’s core theme centres around the suicide of a young girl Lauren, who was a family friend to Allred. For as long as he could remember, Allred always created music out of a kind of dissociative state which he finds alluringly easy to lapse into. A repetition of a motif is usually where he begins composing. But unlike his previous works, The Beautiful World firmly has one foot in reality and is deeply intertwined with Allred’s relationships, past and present.

                      Through his correspondence with Erased Tapes label head and the album’s producer, Robert Raths, over the past year, he came to realise that everyone has a Lauren in a way – someone they’d lost. Through writing to Raths, Allred was able to draw out this thread from the work and position it more clearly as the central concept to this work. The music doesn’t reflect the chaos of trauma, instead it has a therapeutic quality. It was through this dialogue that Allred was able to create what may be his most cohesive body of work to date. The 11 track album unfolds around Oh Lauren, providing the core of the album’s sentiment – how grief returns to us throughout life over and over. Embedded more than halfway through the album, Allred allows listeners to cohabit a meditative space through ambient textures, drones and ballads echoing the vocal sincerity of Arthur Russell, Daniel Johnston and the hypnotic storytelling of Robert Ashley.

                      To truly reckon with The Beautiful World’s emotional position, listeners must understand the importance of the figure of Lauren, and the significance she has had throughout Allred’s life. Lauren’s suicide as a child provided the catalyst for Allred’s lifelong grief. But it was death anxiety and grief itself which provided Allred a link to a universal relationship that people have with each other and the world they live in. Impermanence and loss are the driving force behind all of our connections.

                      The trance-like nature of the album perhaps comes from David Allred’s time sense – particularly when it comes to memory and trauma. Time becomes non-linear rather than a straight line – where one can repeat or return to the same themes but older and in a different frame of mind. Grief continues to manifest itself in life and despite personal growth, there will always be moments where the same feeling will manifest itself again. The album encourages listeners to sit with the concept of grief, and Allred is hopeful they can find comfort and learn to process it in a healing way.

                      The Beautiful World is therefore heavily influenced by Allred’s work in therapy, particularly his relationship to writing music. In the past, Allred would be composing music as a means to dissociate from his life, but the album sees him engaging and connecting more authentically than ever with others and himself. Despite his prolific previous works being made in the company of others, Allred needed to step back from the scenes that he’s worked in to discover what he really wanted to create. Allred concludes: “In the power of love, curiosity, humour, and reconciliation, we give you The Beautiful World.”

                      TRACK LISTING

                      Side A:
                      1. Pupper
                      2. The Beautiful World
                      3. Stray
                      4. Piano Tree
                      5. Introverts As Leaders
                      6. Our Secret

                      Side B:
                      1. Good Afternoon
                      2. Oh Lauren
                      3. The Door
                      4. Look
                      5. Elevation

                      Back in stock Cover of The Unreleased Funk Instrumentals: Jukebox Edition by David.

                      David

                      The Unreleased Funk Instrumentals: Jukebox Edition

                      Newfangled popstar back-cat diggers label Bowie kick off their 7"s arm with an intention to "dig deep into the unreleased sides of pop superstars material from the past", focusing initially on two formerly unreleased funk instrumental tracks recorded by the label's namesake. Who knew an anisocoric kid from Bromley could end up playing funk? So he did, having, at an unnamed point in time, laid down funk versions of 'Fame' and 'Golden Years', two already towering moments in the discography. His trademark jerkiness shines as ever here, but it's the 'Fame' instrumental that really flexes his twanging side, flaunting long releases and dramatic two-tone movements.

                      STAFF COMMENTS

                      Matt says: What's this?! Funk instrumentals of Bowie classics? You'da thunk that'd be a well worn verse round these parts by now... but, whoever David is, they've uncovered some rather fine work here.

                      TRACK LISTING

                      Golden Years (Previously Unreleased Instrumental)
                      Fame (Previously Unreleased Instrumental)

                      David Gray

                      Dear Life

                        David Gray is back doing what he does better than almost anyone, and fans of complex, serious, lyrical songcraft should rejoice. 'Dear Life' may be the deepest, strangest, loveliest album this pioneering British singer-songwriter has ever delivered. Years in the making, it is an album of emotional crisis and resolution, mortality and faith, reality and illusion, love and heartbreak, magic, science, loss and acceptance.

                        'Dear Life' is David Gray’s 13th album. It’s the result of “a starburst of songwriting … it just seemed like the gods of songwriting were being kind. An album of emotional crisis and resolution, mortality and faith, reality and illusion, love and heartbreak, magic, science, loss and acceptance. While it is full of yearning and hope, there is an undercurrent of darkness, a tension between competing forces of hope and despair: a cavalcade of emotions in what is his most lyrically-focused collection to-date.

                        TRACK LISTING

                        1. After The Harvest
                        2. Plus & Minus
                        3. Eyes Made Rain
                        4. Leave Taking
                        5. I Saw Love
                        6. Fighting Talk
                        7. Sunlight On Water
                        8. That Day Must Surely Come
                        9. Singing For The Pharaoh
                        10. The Messenger
                        11. Acceptance (It’s Alright)
                        12. Future Bride
                        13. The Only Ones
                        14. The First Stone
                        15. More Than Anything

                        Gillian Welch & David Rawlings

                        Woodland

                          Acony Records is proud to present Woodland, the new album by the preeminent songwriting team Gillian Welch & David Rawlings. Following up their homespun GRAMMY-winning release All The Good Times, this ambitious 10 song album mingles full band tracks with intricate duet performances all tied together with the duo's signature sound and remarkable lyricism. Woodland was recorded in Nashville, Tennessee at Welch and Rawlings' own Woodland Sound Studio (newly rebuilt after the 2020 tornado) and cements the duo's iconoclastic position at the forefront of acoustic music.

                          STAFF COMMENTS

                          Barry says: Sitting nicely in the middle ground between country music and rock and roll, with Welch's evocative vocals perfectly sitting alongside Rawlings' melodic drawl. Upbeat, skilful and wonderfully warming.

                          TRACK LISTING

                          Side A
                          1. Empty Trainload Of Sky
                          2. What We Had
                          3. Lawman
                          4. The Bells And The Birds
                          5. North Country

                          Side B
                          1. Hashtag
                          2. The Day The Mississippi Died
                          3. Turf The Gambler
                          4. Here Stands A Woman
                          5. Howdy Howdy

                          David Toop

                          Two-Headed Doctor : Listening For Ghosts In Dr. Johns Gris-Gris

                            Two-Headed Doctor is a forensic investigation into a single LP: Dr. John, the night tripper's Gris-gris. Though released in 1968 to poor sales and a minimum of critical attention, Gris-gris has accumulated legendary status over subsequent decades for its strangeness, hybridity, and innovative production. It formed the launch pad for Dr. John's image and lengthy career and the ghostly presence of its so-called voodoo atmosphere hovers over numerous cover versions, samples, and re-invocations. Despite the respect given to the record, its making is shrouded in mystery, misunderstandings, and false conclusions. The persona of Dr. John, loosely based on dubious literary accounts of a notorious voodooist and freed slave, a nineteenth-century New Orleans resident known as Doctor John, provided Malcolm Mac Rebennack with a lifelong mask through which to transform himself from session musician in order to construct a solo career.

                            Somewhere between puzzle, experimental rhythm, blues disguised as rock, and elaborate hoax, Gris-gris was a collaborative project between Rebennack and producer/arranger Harold Battiste (at the time musical director for Sonny & Cher). A few brief sessions held at Gold Star Studios in Los Angeles brought together many of New Orleans' finest musicians, including Shirley Goodman, John Boudreaux, Plas Johnson, Jessie Hill, Ernest McLean, and Tami Lynn. Along with their complex histories, the cast of characters implicated in the story includes Ornette Coleman, Lafcadio Hearn, Zora Neale Hurston, Cher, Sonny Bono, Sam Cooke, Ishmael Reed, Black Herman, Prince La La, and many others. The story details in discursive style the historical context of the music, how it came together, its literary sources, production and arrangements, and the nature of the recording studio as dream state, but also examines as a disturbing undercurrent the volatile issue of race in twentieth-century music, the way in which it doomed relationships and ambitious projects, exploited great talents, and distorted the cultural landscape.

                            Orbital, David Holmes, Mike Garry & DJ Helen

                            Tonight In Belfast

                              ‘Tonight In Belfast’ is a re-interpolation of Orbital’s 1991 classic, with DJ Helen blending David Holmes’ remix of ‘Belfast’ with Manchester street poet Mike Garry’s track ‘Tonight’.

                              Mike’s spoken piece brings a heartfelt human connection to the original’s uplifting ambience, resulting in a passionate swirling rhythm of thoughts and emotions - a piece of electronic music perfection.

                              “Like all good collaborations of this nature this one changes the whole landscape and creates so much more than the sum of its parts.” - Orbital

                              Featured on the new London Records 2024 house-bag, this vinyl edition features the full 12 minute version of Tonight In Belfast, as well as the instrumental David Holmes remix of Belfast.


                              TRACK LISTING

                              1. Tonight In Belfast
                              2. Belfast (David Holmes Remix)

                              David Sylvian

                              Everything & Nothing - 2024 Reissue

                                First time on vinyl for David Sylvian’s 29-track career-spanning compilation from 2000.

                                Features key songs from Japan and Rain Tree Crow, as well as David’s Virgin Records solo years.

                                Also includes key collaborations with Ryuichi Sakamoto, Robert Fripp and Alesini & Andreoni.

                                Alongside the remixes of “Ghosts” and “Bamboo Houses”, the album features tracks such as the beautiful ‘Ride’ from the ‘Secrets of the Beehive’ sessions, two dobro pieces written with Bill Frizell and “Cover Me with Flowers” from the ‘Dead Bees On A Cake’ sessions, plus the classic “Some Kind of Fool’ taken from Japan’s sessions for ‘Gentleman Take Polaroids’.

                                TRACK LISTING

                                LP1 - Side A
                                The Scent Of Magnolia (5:36) – David Sylvian
                                Heartbeat (Tainai Kaiki II) - Remix ( 5:17) – Ryuichi Sakamoto & David Sylvian
                                Blackwater (4:22) – Rain Tree Crow
                                Albuquerque (Dobro #6) (1:22) – David Sylvian
                                Ride (8:00) – David Sylvian

                                LP1 - Side B
                                The Golden Way – Remix (5:54) – David Sylvian, Alesini & Andreoni
                                Ghosts – Remix (3:47) – David Sylvian & Japan
                                Pop Song (4:30) – David Sylvian
                                Every Colour You Are (4:44) Rain Tree Crow
                                Godman (3:58) – David Sylvian

                                LP2 - Side C
                                God’s Monkey (4:09) – David Sylvian & Robert Fripp
                                Let The Happiness In (5:37) – David Sylvian
                                I Surrender (9:24) – David Sylvian
                                Thoroughly Lost To Logic (1:17) – David Sylvian

                                LP2 - Side D
                                Jean The Birdman (4:12) – David Sylvian & Robert Fripp
                                Cover Me With Flowers (6:33) David Sylvian
                                The Boy With The Gun (5:15) – David Sylvian
                                Riverman (4:56) – David Sylvian
                                Aparna & Nimisha (Dobro #5) (0:56) – David Sylvian

                                LP3 - Side E
                                Midnight Sun (4:02) – David Sylvian
                                Orpheus (4:48) – David Sylvian
                                Some Kind Of Fool -2000 (7:31) – David Sylvian & Japan
                                Cries And Whispers (2:33) – Rain Tree Crow
                                Wanderlust (6:41) – David Sylvian

                                LP3 - Side F
                                Laughter And Forgetting (2:33) – David Sylvian
                                Buoy- Remix (5:15) – Mick Karn Featuring David Sylvian
                                Weathered Wall – Remix (5:43) – David Sylvian
                                Bamboo Houses – Remix (5:21) - David Sylvian & Ryuichi Sakamoto
                                Come Morning- Remix (3:56) – David Sylvian, Alesini & Andreoni

                                David Evans

                                Manic Street Preachers’ The Holy Bible - 33 1/3

                                  In August 1994, Manic Street Preachers released The Holy Bible, a dark, fiercely intelligent album that explored such themes as mental illness, murder and war. Richey Edwards, the band’s lyricist and motive force, vanished five months later; he was never found. In his absence The Holy Bible entered the rock canon alongside Joy Division’s Closer and Nirvana’s In Utero, the valedictory works of troubled young men.

                                  This book tells the dramatic story of Manic Street Preachers' masterpiece. Tracing the album's origins in the Valleys, an industrialised region of South Wales where the band spent their formative years, the author argues that The Holy Bible can be seen as a meditation on the uses and abuses of history.

                                  Glenn Hendler

                                  David Bowie's Diamond Dogs - 33 1/3

                                    After his breakthrough with Ziggy Stardust and before his U.S. pop hits "Fame" and "Golden Years" David Bowie produced a dark and difficult concept album set in a post-apocalyptic "Hunger City" populated by post-human "mutants." Diamond Dogs includes the great glam anthem "Rebel Rebel" and utterly unique songs that combine lush romantic piano and nearly operatic singing with scratching, grungy guitars, creepy, insidious noises, and dark, pessimistic lyrics that reflect the album's origins in a projected Broadway musical version of Orwell's 1984 and Bowie's formative encounter with William S. Burroughs.

                                    In this book Glenn Hendler shows that each song on Diamond Dogs shifts the ground under you as you listen, not just by changing in musical style, but by being sung by a different "I" who directly addresses a different "you." Diamond Dogs is the product of a performer at the peak of his powers but uncomfortable with the rock star role he had constructed. All of the album's influences looked to Bowie like ways of escaping not just the Ziggy role, but also the constraints of race, gender, sexuality, and nationality. These are just some of the reasons many Bowie fans rate Diamond Dogs his richest and most important album of the 1970s.

                                    David Gilmour

                                    Luck And Strange

                                      The brand-new album by David Gilmour, ‘Luck and Strange’ was recorded over five months in Brighton and London and is Gilmour’s first album of new material in nine years. The record was produced by David and Charlie Andrew, best known for his work with ALT-J and Marika Hackman, with lyrics mostly written by Polly Samson, Gilmour’s co-writer for the past thirty years. The album features eight new tracks along with a beautiful reworking of The Montgolfier Brothers’ ‘Between Two Points’, which sees Romany Gilmour, who performs backing vocals across the album, on vocals and harp. Musicians contributing to the record include Guy Pratt & Tom Herbert on bass, Adam Betts, Steve Gadd and Steve DiStanislao on drums, Rob Gentry & Roger Eno on keyboards and the string and choral arrangements are by Will Gardner. The title track also features the late Pink Floyd keyboard player Richard Wright, recorded in 2007 during a ‘Barn Jam’ at David’s house. The album’s cover image, photographed and designed by renowned artist Anton Corbijn, is inspired by lyrics written by Charlie Gilmour for the album’s final song ‘Scattered’.

                                      STAFF COMMENTS

                                      Barry says: One of the greatest living songwriters of all time from one of the greatest bands of all time returns with a brand new solo album. 'Luck And Strange' is absolutely swimming with moments of classic Gilmour melody and phrasing, and sits perfectly as a modern companion to his earlier solo work. An enduringly important musician.

                                      TRACK LISTING

                                      Side 1
                                      Black Cat (Gilmour)
                                      Luck And Strange (Gilmour/Samson)
                                      The Piper’s Call (Gilmour/Samson)
                                      A Single Spark (Gilmour/ Samson)
                                      Vita Brevis (Gilmour)
                                      Between Two Points (Tranmer/Quigley)

                                      Side 2
                                      Dark And Velvet Nights (Gilmour/Samson)
                                      Sings (Gilmour/Samson)
                                      Scattered (D. Gilmour/Samson/C. Gilmour)

                                      David Hepworth

                                      Hope I Get Old Before I Die : Why Rock Stars Never Retire

                                        From the author of Abbey Road comes the story of how enduring rock icons like Pink Floyd, Bruce Springsteen and many more have remained in the ever changing music game. When Paul McCartney closed Live Aid in July 1985 we thought he was rock's Grand Old Man. He was forty-three years old.

                                        As the forty years since have shown he - and many others of his generation - were just getting started. This was the time when live performance took over from records. The big names of the 60s and 70s exploited the age of spectacle that Live Aid had ushered in to enjoy the longest lap of honour in the history of humanity, continuing to go strong long after everyone else had retired.

                                        Hence this is a story without precedent, a story in which Elton John plays a royal funeral, Mick Jagger gets a knighthood, Bob Dylan picks up the Nobel Prize, the Beatles become, if anything, bigger than the Beatles and it's beginning to look as though all of the above will, thanks to the march of technology, be playing Las Vegas for ever.

                                        Hifi Sean & David McAlmont

                                        Daylight

                                          Coming out mid-summer, the exhilarating journey of twelve songs on 'Daylight' celebrates, expresses and explores the colours and feel of summer. It will be the first of two albums from the duo in 2024 with the nocturnal sister album, 'Twilight', released on the first day of winter - December 1st.

                                          McHifi are taking you on a journey for 2024.


                                          STAFF COMMENTS

                                          Barry says: Beautifully produced disco soul business here from the great Hifi Sean and Soul vocalist, David McAlmont. Warm jazzy keys and soaring backing vocals, chugging synth bass and soaring lead stabs all beneath McAlmont's athletic vocals.

                                          TRACK LISTING

                                          1. Daylight
                                          2. Sun Come Up
                                          3. Coalition
                                          4. You Are My
                                          5. Meantime
                                          6. Golden Hour
                                          7. Sad Banger
                                          8. USB -USC
                                          9. Summery
                                          10. Living Things
                                          11. Celebrate
                                          12. The Show

                                          David Kilgour

                                          A Feather In The Engine - 2024 Reissue

                                            On 9 August, 2024, Merge Records reissues David Kilgour’s A Feather in the Engine, remastered and pressed on vinyl for the very first time. Originally released in 2002, A Feather in the Engine followed two full-band efforts 1997’s David Kilgour & the Heavy Eights and The Clean’s 2001 album Getaway and is thus almost startling in its intimacy.

                                            Recorded at home and mostly alone (The Verlaines’ Graeme Downes provides lush string arrangements), Kilgour once called A Feather in the Engine “the most solo LP I’ve made.” Interpolating his genius for guitar pop through acoustic guitars and gorgeous instrumentals, its melodies unfold gently, suggesting that the 13 songs here, written over the course of four years, were searching Kilgour as much as he was searching them.

                                            The dichotomy between A Feather in the Engine’s pop songs and instrumentals fascinates the ear, drawing the listener closer and closer to Kilgour’s virtuosic guitar playing when his lyrics aren’t imparting his breezy charm. The depth of style he achieves the psych pop of “Today Is Gonna Be Mine,” the Velvet Underground-esque churn of “All the Rest,” the chamber folk of “The Perfect Watch” is daunting; listening to it now, every song feels capable of generating a dozen playlists, or like the spawning point of a new microgenre.

                                            Perhaps anomalous upon release, it’s A Feather in the Engine’s instrumentals that feel weightiest in this regard now. “Sept. 98” and “Backwards Forwards,” respectively the opening and closing tracks of the album, are elegant, pastoral epics that call out into the yawning expanse, presaging the simmering ambient country of William Tyler and SUSS, while “Instra 2” pushes out the boundaries of Eastern-influenced psychedelia.

                                            Lovingly remastered (and in some cases remixed) from the original tapes by Tom Bell at Port Chalmers Recording Services, the vinyl reissue of A Feather in the Engine is a crucial opportunity to rediscover one of David Kilgour’s best records, a handcrafted gem that perfects guitar pop’s past while pointing to its future, idiosyncratic in its making and tantalizing in its potential. There is good reason for David Kilgour to be your favourite musician’s favourite musician. A Feather in the Engine is good reason for him to become yours.

                                            TRACK LISTING

                                            Side A:
                                            1. Sept. 98
                                            2. Slippery Slide
                                            3. All The Rest
                                            4. The Perfect Watch
                                            5. Instra 2
                                            6. I Lost My Train

                                            Side B:
                                            7. Time To Run
                                            8. Today Is Gonna Be Mine
                                            9. I Caught You
                                            10. Instra 2 Reprise
                                            11. Wooden Shed
                                            12. Which One
                                            13. Backwards Forwards

                                            Chrystabell & David Lynch

                                            Cellophane Memories

                                              The origin of Chrystabell and David Lynch’s album Cellophane Memories comes from a vision that David experienced during a nighttime walk through a forest of tall trees, over the tops of which he saw a bright light. As he recalls it, the light became the lilt of Chrystabell’s voice and revealed a secret to him. It is from these mysterious convergences of light and sound, day and night, starry sky and black forest that Chrystabell and David’s collaboration has continued to blossom.

                                              For 'Cellophane Memories', the two have traveled through different portals. Fittingly, many of the songs are set in fairytale forests, mountain peaks, swimming holes, crepuscular highways and darkened bedrooms. These are the abodes of both loneliness and romance, the sorts of sublime landscapes where people often travel alone in search of a wayward lover. But they are also shapeless atmospheres—of color, weather and breath: blue and white skies, red roses, darkening thunderheads, swirling winds and summer perfumes, which quickly immerse the traveler in the supernatural sensations of other worlds.

                                              Time is a mercurial creature in Chrystabell and David’s songs. The characters are little more than oblique sketches of time’s quotidian melodramas: people arrive and depart as strangers, strangers fall into despair and love, lovers part at the crossroads and reunite in a dream. In this quantum matinee of everyday life, each character is both a star and a background extra. Elisions in time reappear over and over within Chrystabell’s vocals, which emerge and dissolve and loop back in layers of harmony and history. They are mantled by David’s, and late composer Angelo Badalamenti’s, orchestra of waldeinsamkeit-inspired strings, oneiric guitar glissandi and clouds of reverb, whose melodies are like the sensation of time pausing for a first kiss.

                                              As with much of Chrystabell and David’s work from the past, 'Cellophane Memories' returns us to a central question: what is a mystery? Alas, the riddle remains unanswered. But all mystery contains slivers of those conceits and feelings described above: the departing and the coming-back, the landscape, atmosphere and breath, the topsy turvy mechanisms of time, memories of the bygone, a distant light radiating from darkness, music within silence, love.


                                              STAFF COMMENTS

                                              Barry says: Hanting, otherworld melodies and overlapping lysergic vocals, droning neo-folk and gothic washes of waving delay. It's an otherworldly, transformative experience and perfectly dips in and out of a wealth of sound worlds. Beautifully rich, and wonderfully weird.

                                              TRACK LISTING

                                              1. She Knew
                                              2. The Sky Falls
                                              3. You Know The Rest
                                              4. So Much Love
                                              5. Two Lovers Kiss
                                              6. The Answers To The Questions
                                              7. With Small Animals
                                              8. Reflections In A Blade
                                              9. Dance Of Light
                                              10. Sublime Eternal Love

                                              David Bowie

                                              David Bowie - Deluxe 2024 Reissue

                                                David Bowie’s groundbreaking debut album is set for a vibrant revival with a reissue on both CD and coloured vinyl, boasting exclusive tracklists to tantalize fans old and new. Critics of the time commented; with the NME praising Bowie’s fresh sound as “all very refreshing” and hailing him as “a very promising talent.” Melody Maker lauds the album as “a singularly rewarding collection” with “excellent” production, while expressing surprise that Bowie hadn’t yet made a bigger impact on the pop scene. Meanwhile, Disc & Music Echo raves about the album, describing it as “a remarkable, creative debut album by a 19-year-old Londoner” and declaring Bowie as “a new talent that deserves attention.” With such illuminating reviews, this reissue promises to reignite Bowie’s early legacy and introduce his visionary artistry to a new generation of listeners.

                                                TRACK LISTING

                                                2CD Tracklisting:
                                                CD1
                                                Uncle Arthur
                                                Sell Me A Coat
                                                Rubber Band
                                                Love You Till Tuesday
                                                There Is A Happy Land
                                                We Are Hungry Men
                                                When I Live My Dream
                                                Little Bombardier
                                                Silly Boy Blue
                                                Come And Buy My Toys
                                                Join The Gang
                                                She’s Got Medals
                                                Maids Of Bond Street
                                                Please Mr. Gravedigger

                                                CD2
                                                Rubber Band
                                                The London Boys
                                                The Laughing Gnome
                                                The Gospel According To Tony Day
                                                Love You Till Tuesday
                                                Did You Ever Have A Dream
                                                When I Live My Dream
                                                Let Me Sleep Beside You
                                                Karma Man
                                                In The Heat Of The Morning
                                                London Bye Ta-Ta
                                                When I’m Five
                                                Ching-A-Ling
                                                The Laughing Gnome (Vocal Take 1/Mix 1)
                                                Sell Me A Coat
                                                Space Oddity (Love You Till Tuesday Version)


                                                Standard Version (2LP Green) Tracklisting:
                                                *Exclusive Bonus Track – Sell Me A Coat*
                                                A-Side:
                                                Uncle Arthur
                                                Sell Me A Coat
                                                Rubber Band
                                                Love You Till Tuesday
                                                There Is A Happy Land
                                                We Are Hungry Men
                                                When I Live My Dream

                                                B-Side:
                                                Little Bombardier
                                                Silly Boy Blue
                                                Come And Buy My Toys
                                                Join The Gang
                                                She’s Got Medals
                                                Maids Of Bond Street
                                                Please Mr. Gravedigger

                                                C-Side:
                                                Rubber Band
                                                The London Boys
                                                The Laughing Gnome
                                                The Gospel According To Tony Day
                                                Love You Till Tuesday
                                                Did You Ever Have A Dream
                                                When I Live My Dream

                                                D Side:
                                                Let Me Sleep Beside You
                                                Karma Man
                                                In The Heat Of The Morning
                                                London Bye Ta-Ta
                                                When I’m Five
                                                Ching-A-Ling
                                                Sell Me A Coat

                                                Indie Version (2LP Cloudy Green) Tracklisting:
                                                *Exclusive Bonus Track – The Laughing Gnome – Vocal Take 1/Mix 1*
                                                A-Side:
                                                Uncle Arthur
                                                Sell Me A Coat
                                                Rubber Band
                                                Love You Till Tuesday
                                                There Is A Happy Land
                                                We Are Hungry Men
                                                When I Live My Dream

                                                B-Side:
                                                Little Bombardier
                                                Silly Boy Blue
                                                Come And Buy My Toys
                                                Join The Gang
                                                She’s Got Medals
                                                Maids Of Bond Street
                                                Please Mr. Gravedigger

                                                C-Side:
                                                Rubber Band
                                                The London Boys
                                                The Laughing Gnome
                                                The Gospel According To Tony Day
                                                Love You Till Tuesday
                                                Did You Ever Have A Dream
                                                When I Live My Dream

                                                D Side:
                                                Let Me Sleep Beside You
                                                Karma Man
                                                In The Heat Of The Morning
                                                London Bye Ta-Ta
                                                When I’m Five
                                                Ching-A-Ling
                                                The Laughing Gnome (Vocal Take 1/Mix 1)

                                                David Potts

                                                The Blue Tree

                                                  David Potts, formerly of Monaco, ‘What Do You Want From Me?’ taken from ‘Music For Pleasure’ is usually supplying vocals and guitar for Peter Hook & The Light. During a break from their extensive touring, David has had the opportunity to simultaneously release TWO new albums entitled ‘The Blue Tree’ and ‘The Red Tree’ this Spring. A follow up to a series recent of EPs.

                                                  These two simultaneous releases shine the spotlight on his own crafty crafted pop gems, brim full of quirky yet modern pop that sounds huge. These are surging anthems of crystalline and perfect northern indie. The type of songs that could resonate around festival fields all summer long, dripping in lovelorn melody and classic sixties pop tunes. There are so many great tunes spread across all the sides. These are albums to get lost in. Full of moods and melody and subtle shifts in texture and sound, the albums are perfectly crafted guitar-pop beauty. This could become one of the surprise hits of the year. John Robb @ Louder Than Wa

                                                  TRACK LISTING

                                                  1. One Summer 03:55
                                                  2. Feed My Love 03:43
                                                  3. Run 04:08
                                                  4. Read The Signs 03:23
                                                  5. TV 05:14
                                                  6. Bullet In The Head 04:53
                                                  7. Show Me Love Show Me Life 03:45
                                                  8. Two For The Road 03:52
                                                  9. Carlos The Chicken 02:51
                                                  10. Take It On The Chin 03:13
                                                  11. Meet Françoise 03:33

                                                  Hugo Wilcken

                                                  David Bowie's Low - 33 1/3

                                                    "One day I blew my nose and half my brains came out." Los Angeles, 1976. David Bowie is holed up in his Bel-Air mansion, drifting into drug-induced paranoia and confusion. Obsessed with black magic and the Holy Grail, he's built an altar in the living room and keeps his fingernail clippings in the fridge.

                                                    There are occasional trips out to visit his friend Iggy Pop in a mental institution. His latest album is the cocaine-fuelled "Station To Station" (Bowie: "I know it was recorded in LA because I read it was"), which welds R&B rhythms to lyrics that mix the occult with a yearning for Europe, after three mad years in the New World. Bowie has long been haunted by the angst-ridden, emotional work of the Die Brucke movement and the Expressionists.

                                                    Berlin is their spiritual home, and after a chaotic world tour, Bowie adopts this city as his new sanctuary. Immediately he sets to work on "Low", his own expressionist mood-piece.

                                                    David Bowie

                                                    Rock 'n' Roll Star!

                                                      Half-Speed Master Vinyl Edition
                                                      David Bowie’s Rock ‘n’ Roll Star! Charts Bowie’s journey to Ziggy Stardust. Starting with early home demos, through radio sessions and live performances, to session recordings, outtakes and alternate versions from the recording of The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust album.

                                                      The 1LP half-speed master which accompanies the 5CD+BR version features alternative takes and mixes including an alternative version of ‘Lady Stardust’, an unheard version of the deep-cut classic ‘Shadow Man’ and an up-tempo take of The Who’s ‘I Can’t Explain’, which he would later slow down and cover for the PIN-UPS album. 

                                                      5CD + 1 Blue-Ray Edition
                                                      David Bowie’s Rock ‘n’ Roll Star! is a 5CD and 1 Blu-Ray Audio set that explores David Bowie’s journey from February 1971 through the creation of the Ziggy Stardust character, the recording of the iconic The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders From Mars album, and captures the international mania that surrounded the Ziggy phenomenon in the form of UK radio sessions and TV performances, as well as live tracks from Ziggy and the Spiders’ 1st October 1972 show at the Boston Music Hall.

                                                      Rock ‘n’ Roll Star! contains 29 unreleased tracks, covers early songwriting demos, recordings from David’s band, The Arnold Corns, rehearsals at Bowie’s then-home, Haddon Hall, BBC sessions, singles, live performances, plus outtakes and alternative versions from the original album recording sessions, which have been newly mixed by original album producer, Ken Scott.

                                                      Unreleased highlights include an alternative version of ‘Lady Stardust’, an unheard version of the deep-cut classic ‘Shadow Man’ and an up-tempo take of The Who’s ‘I Can’t Explain’, which he would later slow down and cover for the PIN-UPS album.

                                                      The Blu-Ray includes a version of the Ziggy Stardust album called Waiting In The Sky (Before The Starman Came To Earth) taken from Trident Studio tapes dated 15th December 1971, which features an alternative running order and four songs that didn’t make the final album.

                                                      Rock ‘n’ Roll Star! also contains two books. The first is an extensive 112-page book with detailed liner notes, memorabilia, contemporary reviews and articles, rare photographs from Barrie Wentzel, Michael Putland, Mick Rock, Sukita and Alec Byrne, as well as brand-new notes and interviews with Ken Scott, Mark Carr Pritchett and David’s plugger from the time, Anya Wilson. Accompanying the main book is a 36-page compiled reproduction of David’s personal Ziggy Stardust era notebooks. 


                                                      TRACK LISTING

                                                      Half-Speed Master Vinyl Edition
                                                      Side 1
                                                      1. Hang On To Yourself (early Ziggy Session Take)
                                                      2. Star (Take 5 Alternative Version)
                                                      3. Lady Stardust (Take 1 Alternative Version)
                                                      4. Shadow Man (Ziggy Session Version)
                                                      5. The Supermen (Ziggy Session Version 2023 Mix)
                                                      6. Holy Holy (Ziggy Session Version Alternative Mix)
                                                      7. Round And Round (alternative Mix)
                                                      Side 2
                                                      1. Velvet Goldmine (Ziggy Sessions Outtake 2022 Mix)
                                                      2. Looking For A Friend (Ziggy Session Version)
                                                      3. It's Gonna Rain Again (Ziggy Sessions Outtake)
                                                      4. Sweet Head (Ziggy Sessions Outtake 2022 Mix)
                                                      5. Starman (Top Of The Pops Version 2022 Mix)
                                                      6. John, I'm Only Dancing (alternative Trident Studios Version)
                                                      7. I Can't Explain (Trident Studios Version)

                                                      CD/Blu-Ray Edition:
                                                      Disc 1
                                                      1. So Long 60s (San Francisco Hotel Recording) *
                                                      2. Hang On To Yourself (early Demo) *
                                                      3. Lady Stardust (demo)
                                                      4. Ziggy Stardust (demo)
                                                      5. Star (Aka Stars) (demo) *
                                                      6. Soul Love (demo And DB Spoken Notes) *
                                                      7. Starman (demo 1 Excerpt) *
                                                      8. Starman (demo 2) *
                                                      9. Moonage Daydream (The Arnold Corns Version)
                                                      10. Hang On To Yourself (The Arnold Corns Version)
                                                      11. Looking For A Friend (The Arnold Corns Version – Rough Mix) *
                                                      12. Haddon Hall Rehearsals Segue: Ziggy Stardust / Holy Holy / Soul Love *
                                                      13. Star (Aka Stars) (Haddon Hall Rehearsal) *
                                                      14. Sweet Head (Haddon Hall Rehearsal) *

                                                      Disc 2
                                                      Sounds Of The 70s: John Peel
                                                      Session Recorded On 11th January, 1972 And Broadcast On 28th January, 1972
                                                      1. Ziggy Stardust *
                                                      2. Queen Bitch *
                                                      3. Waiting For The Man *
                                                      4. Lady Stardust *
                                                      Sounds Of The 70s: Bob Harris
                                                      Session Recorded On 18th January, 1972 And Broadcast On 7th February, 1972
                                                      5. Hang On To Yourself
                                                      6. Ziggy Stardust
                                                      7. Queen Bitch
                                                      8. Waiting For The Man
                                                      9. Five Years
                                                      Old Grey Whistle Test Performance
                                                      Filmed On 7th February, 1972 And Broadcast On 8th February, 1972
                                                      Except ‘Oh! You Pretty Things’ Which Was Not Broadcast Until 1982.
                                                      10. Oh! You Pretty Things (take 1)
                                                      11. Queen Bitch
                                                      12. Five Years

                                                      Disc 3
                                                      Sounds Of The 70s: John Peel
                                                      Session Recorded On 16th May, 1972 And Broadcast On 23rd May, 1972
                                                      1. White Light/White Heat
                                                      2. Moonage Daydream
                                                      3. Hang On To Yourself
                                                      4. Suffragette City
                                                      5. Ziggy Stardust
                                                      Johnnie Walker Lunchtime Show
                                                      Session Recorded On 22nd May, 1972 And Broadcast From 5th – 9th June, 1972
                                                      6. Starman
                                                      7. Space Oddity
                                                      8. Changes
                                                      9. Oh! You Pretty Things
                                                      Sounds Of The 70s: Bob Harris
                                                      Session Recorded On 23rd May, 1972 And Broadcast On 19th June, 1972
                                                      10. Andy Warhol
                                                      11. Lady Stardust
                                                      12. White Light/White Heat
                                                      13. Rock ‘N’ Roll Suicide
                                                      Top Of The Pops Performance
                                                      Filmed On 5th July, 1972 And Broadcast On 6th July, 1972
                                                      14. Starman

                                                      Disc 4
                                                      1. Round And Round
                                                      2. The Supermen (Ziggy Session Version)
                                                      3. Holy Holy (Ziggy Session Version)
                                                      4. Velvet Goldmine (Ziggy Session Outtake)
                                                      5. Starman (original Single Mix)
                                                      6. John, I’m Only Dancing (original Single Version)
                                                      Recorded Live At The Music Hall, Boston.
                                                      Recorded On 1st October, 1972
                                                      7. The Supermen
                                                      8. Changes
                                                      9. Life On Mars?
                                                      10. My Death *
                                                      11. John, I’m Only Dancing

                                                      Disc 5
                                                      1. Looking For A Friend (The Arnold Corns Version 2022 Mix) *
                                                      2. Hang On To Yourself (early Ziggy Session Take) *
                                                      3. Star (take 5 Alternative Version) *
                                                      4. Lady Stardust (take 1 Alternative Version) *
                                                      5. Shadow Man (Ziggy Session Version) *
                                                      6. The Supermen (Ziggy Session Version 2023 Mix) *
                                                      7. Holy Holy (Ziggy Session Version Alternative Mix) *
                                                      8. Round And Round (alternative Mix)
                                                      9. It’s Gonna Rain Again (Ziggy Session Outtake) *
                                                      10. Looking For A Friend (Ziggy Session Version) *
                                                      11. Velvet Goldmine (Ziggy Sessions Outtake 2022 Mix) *
                                                      12. Sweet Head (Ziggy Sessions Outtake 2022 Mix) *
                                                      13. Starman (Top Of The Pops Version 2022 Mix)
                                                      14. John, I’m Only Dancing (alternative Trident Studios Version) *
                                                      15. I Can’t Explain (Trident Studios Version) * Bonus Mix
                                                      16. Moonage Daydream (2003 Instrumental Mix)

                                                      Blu Ray Audio
                                                      THE RISE AND FALL OF ZIGGY STARDUST AND THE SPIDERS FROM MARS
                                                      Original Album Mix (96khz/24bit Stereo)

                                                      THE RISE AND FALL OF ZIGGY STARDUST AND THE SPIDERS FROM MARS AND EXTRAS
                                                      2003 5.1 Mixes (DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1 - 96khz/24bit)

                                                      WAITING IN THE SKY (BEFORE THE STARMAN CAME TO EARTH)
                                                      Early Ziggy Stardust Album Tracklisting – December 1971 (96khz/24bit PCM Stereo)

                                                      THE SINGLES
                                                      (96khz/24bit PCM Stereo)

                                                      OUTTAKES AND ALTERNATIVE VERSIONS
                                                      (96khz/24bit PCM Stereo) 

                                                      David Boulter

                                                      St. Ann's

                                                        Clay Pipe is pleased to welcome back the Tinderstick’s keyboard player David Boulter to the label.

                                                        Since his Yarmouth LP in 2020, and the spoken word-based Lovers Walk the following year, Boulter has concentrated on his soundtrack work. He has produced scores for documentary maker Volkan Üce’s Displaced – and Tinnitus, a visually striking film by Brazilian director Gregorio Graziosi. He has also released a series of lathe-cuts featuring his soundtrack work, and the Factory Mini CD and Twelve Bells for Libuše flexi-disc single on Clay Pipe.

                                                        St Ann’s, is a tribute to the council estate, on the edge of Nottingham city centre that defined Boulter’s formative years:

                                                        “I was born in the old St Ann’s. Famously documented in the late 60s as some of the poorest social housing in England. Crumbling, cramped, and full of damp. We had a shared toilet in the backyard and no bathroom, some of the houses were without hot water, it was freezing cold in winter. Everything seemed black and white.”

                                                        By the late 1960s, St. Ann's, like many other city centre areas, had become run down and was earmarked by the council for slum clearance. 340 acres were bulldozed and 30,000 people including David's family were compulsorily uprooted. In 1970 the Victorian streets were replaced with a Radburn-style estate.

                                                        “We moved to the new St Ann’s when I was six. There were two indoor toilets! A bathroom with a shiny white ceramic bath that you could fill whenever you wanted. Central heating, and a small garden at the front and back of the house. We had our own shed, and a cherry blossom tree just over the fence. Everything came into colour.”

                                                        Subtle use of guitar, double bass, vibraphone, tenor recorder and field recordings conjure up the old streets of cobble and slate, damp brickwork and grey skies, juxtaposing the newer post-1960s world of pebble dash and green grass, fresh air and a brighter future.

                                                        “After we moved to the new house, I still went to the old Victorian school, until it was demolished about a year later. It was very strange to walk to school through all the old houses and streets while they were being torn apart.”

                                                        This is a record full of personal memories, but it also tells the tale of Britain’s inner cities and their renewal in the 60s and 70s.

                                                        “At the end of 2022, my Mum could no longer live alone in our house. I spent Christmas packing belongings and emptying it, what to keep, what not to keep? The emotions and memories were intense. There was still the same carpet on the stairs that my Dad had put down when we’d moved in.
                                                        I’d already started to make some music that I knew had something to do with Nottingham, and the streets I’d spent my childhood wandering. When I arrived back home in Prague, the feelings poured into the music.

                                                        I grew up in St Ann’s and lived around the area until I left for London when I was 25. This LP is a celebration of a community, streets that still hold a special place in my heart. I will always be from St Ann’s and St Ann’s will always be a part of me.“



                                                        STAFF COMMENTS

                                                        Barry says: Another beautiful LP for the great Clay Pipe from David Boulter. This time sees the subject of his album change, with the off-kilter seaside breeze of Yarmouth giving way to a much more melodic selection written in dedication to his birthplace, on the outskirts of Nottingham. It's both nostalgic and beautifully evocative, and perfectly adds to his brilliant existing works for Clay Pipe.

                                                        TRACK LISTING

                                                        01 Plantagenet Street In The Morning
                                                        02 Cobbles And Slate
                                                        03 Blue Bell Hill
                                                        04 Donkey Hill
                                                        05 Grafton Terrace
                                                        06 Plantagenet Street In The Afternoon
                                                        07 Corporation Oaks
                                                        08 The Arboretum
                                                        09 Ford Street St Mary's
                                                        10 A New St Ann's
                                                        11 Along The St Ann's Well Road
                                                        12 Abbotsford And Hunger Hill
                                                        13 Pebble Dash And Green Grass

                                                        David Bowie

                                                        Diamond Dogs - 50th Anniversary Edition

                                                          On 24th May, 2024, the exact day of its Golden Jubilee, Diamond Dogs will be issued as a limited edition 50th anniversary picture disc LP, pressed from the same master as the half speed version. The first single from the album, ‘Rebel Rebel’, reached number 5 in the UK and the album would also reach similar heights on both sides of the Atlantic reaching number 1 in the UK and number 5 in the USA.

                                                          This new pressing of Diamond Dogs was cut on a customised late Neumann VMS80 lathe with fully recapped electronics from 192kHz restored masters of the original master tapes, with no additional processing on transfer. The half-speed was cut by John Webber at AIR Studios

                                                          The writing of the album was influenced by Bowie not being able to secure the rights for a theatrical production of George Orwell’s 1984 and the work of William S. Burroughs, whom Bowie had interviewed for Rolling Stone in November 1973. The songs on the album created an urban apocalyptic scenario with Bowie appearing on the cover as a controversial half-man, half-dog hybrid painted by the Belgian artist Guy Peellaert from photos by the world-renowned photographer Terry O’Neill. Since its release, tracks from Diamond Dogs have been covered by artists such as Beck, Tina Turner, Duran Duran, Def Leppard, Joan As Police Woman, Dead Or Alive and The Struts. 


                                                          TRACK LISTING

                                                          SIDE ONE
                                                          Future Legend
                                                          Diamond Dogs
                                                          Sweet Thing
                                                          Candidate
                                                          Sweet Thing (Reprise)
                                                          Rebel Rebel

                                                          SIDE TWO
                                                          Rock ’n’ Roll With Me
                                                          We Are The Dead
                                                          1984
                                                          Big Brother
                                                          Chant Of The Ever Circling Skeletal Family 

                                                          David Versace is an Australian multi-genre keyboardist, composer and producer based in Meanjin, Queensland. Growing up in a very musical household it was always important to express and embrace all types of music and sonics. His sound ranges from Jazz and Samba to ambient works and the odd dance-floor heater. David also plays in Meanjin nu-jazz dance outfit First Beige.

                                                          TRACK LISTING

                                                          1. Heart To Heart
                                                          2. Full Moon Sprint
                                                          3. With Time
                                                          4. You Really Mean It
                                                          5. Same Signals
                                                          6. Red Dirt
                                                          7. New Day
                                                          8. Capricorn

                                                          Suzi Ronson

                                                          Me And Mr Jones : My Life With David Bowie And The Spiders From Mars

                                                            From the stylist behind David Bowie's Ziggy Stardust look, an electrifying peek behind the curtains during a legendary chapter of pop culture history. 'Suzi Ronson was there as Bowie transitioned from suburban folkie to world superstar and genius. Few can offer such insight, and tell this fascinating story with such verve.' HANIF KUREISHISuzi Ronson was working in a Beckenham hair salon in the early seventies when Mrs Jones came in for her weekly shampoo and set.

                                                            After being introduced to her son David and his wife Angie, Suzi finds herself at the Bowies' bohemian apartment and is soon embroiled in their raucous world. Having crafted his iconic Ziggy Stardust hairstyle, Suzi becomes the only working woman in David's touring party and joins the Spiders from Mars as they perform around the globe. Amid the costume blunders, parties and groupies she meets her husband-to-be, Mick Ronson, and together they traverse the absurdities of life in show business, falling in with the likes of Iggy Pop, Bob Dylan and Lou Reed along the way.

                                                            Dazzling and intimate, Me and Mr Jones provides not only a unique perspective on one of the most beguiling stars of our time but also a world on the cusp of cultural transformation, charting the highs and lows of life as one of the only women in the room as it happened.

                                                            David Holmes Featuring Raven Violet

                                                            Yeah X 3 - Sonic Boom And Panda Bear / The Vendetta Suite Remixes

                                                              Yeah x 3 - Sonic Boom and Panda Bear Reset Remix & Instrumental Remix:
                                                              Two masters of modern day psychedelia fire the original into outer space to create a head spinning, foot stomping analogue space walk of a track.

                                                              Yeah x 3 - The Vendetta Suite:
                                                              On the Reason to Live mix, Belfast’s Balearic producer The Vendetta Suite turns back time and turns Yeah x 3 into a brilliantly shimmering ’80s pop anthem from an alternate universe.
                                                              Elsewhere, the Reason to Drift version is a gorgeous beatless ambient track that sounds like first light through stained glass windows.

                                                              TRACK LISTING

                                                              A1/ Yeah X 3 - Sonic Boom & Panda Bear Reset Remix
                                                              A2/ Yeah X 3 - Sonic Boom & Panda Bear Reset Instrumental
                                                              B1/ Yeah X 3 - The Vendetta Suite Reason To Drift Mix
                                                              B2/ Yeah X 3 - The Vendetta Suite Reason To Live Mix

                                                              David Holmes Featuring Raven Violet

                                                              Yeah X 3 - X-Press 2 / Rich Lane Remixes

                                                                Yeah x3 - X-Press 2 Remix & Dub
                                                                Rocky and Diesel’s remix is a deep techno stomp that flickers with the occasional celestial vocal sample, before slowly opening out into a hypnotic middle section that’s guaranteed to make people lose themselves on the dance floor.

                                                                Yeah x3 - Rich Lane Remix & Dub
                                                                Producer Rich Lane gives Yeah x 3 a hefty chugging bassline and a simple, irresistible acid loop for a mix that builds towards a massive hands in the air ambient breakdown before returning with more chug and more acid.

                                                                TRACK LISTING

                                                                A1/ Yeah X 3 - X-Press 2 Remix
                                                                A2/ Yeah X 3 - X-Press 2 Remix Dub
                                                                B1/ Yeah X 3 - Rich Lane Remix
                                                                B2/ Yeah X 3 - Rich Lane Remix Dub

                                                                David Zylberman

                                                                New Perspective

                                                                LA via Paris classically trained keyboard wizard David Zylberman AKA Ghost from Egyptian Lover's spaced out synthfunk backing band follows up his sold out Star Creature debut with another set of contemporary electronic jazz-funk primed for peak hour dancefloor action. After flipping bananas covers of Lonnie Liston Smith and Roy Ayers, he drops an original production that gives that same synth driven, rhythm forward dance vibe. The B Side takes us straight to deep space with an uptempo cracker of a remix of Brian Bennett's "Solstice" done in a zero-gravity flavor previously considered impossible. The promo copies have already seen major support from Chicago and NYC heavyweights and we here at Picc HQ reckon this is gonna blow up much like his "Expansions / "Everybody Loves The Sunshine" 7" from 2022.   

                                                                STAFF COMMENTS

                                                                Matt says: A real special release from Star Creature which sees Zylberman follow up on what many regard as the label's hottest release to date - Ghost's "Expansions / Everybody Loves The Sunshine". Taking on a Brian Bennett masterpiece and also dropping a self-penned original, that highly mellifluous, heavy grooving blend of disco and jazz-funk is apparent once again. Sending us spiralling into the speaker stacks in a gleeful abandon. Do not sleep!

                                                                TRACK LISTING

                                                                A) New Perspective
                                                                B) Solstice

                                                                David Nance

                                                                David Nance & Mowed Sound

                                                                  David Nance & Mowed Sound, the first album by Nance to be released on Third Man Records, cuts deep. Memories sprout back, like the sounds of a great rock song blasting from the neighbor’s truck as it revs away into the night. There is a definite connection to the past, but the swinging guitar boogie and snarled blues you might expect from Nance and company sounds leaner and completely hypnotic. What remains are 10 tracks from a well oiled group so rhythmically together that the songs on the album seem as connected as links in a chain.

                                                                  TRACK LISTING

                                                                  1. Mock The Hours
                                                                  2. Side Eyed Sam
                                                                  3. No Taste Tart Enough
                                                                  4. Tumbleweed
                                                                  5. Cut It Off
                                                                  6. Molly's Loop
                                                                  7. Credit Line
                                                                  8. Tergiversation
                                                                  9. Cure Vs Disease
                                                                  10. In Orlando

                                                                  X-Press 2 Feat. Kele Okereke

                                                                  Phasing You Out (David Holmes Remix)

                                                                    Hot on the heels of their fifth fantastic LP ‘Thee’ - their first for 25 years and debut for Acid Jazz - house stalwarts X-Press 2 have enlisted David Holmes to remix album track ‘Phasing You Out’.

                                                                    The original version of ‘Phasing You Out’ features Kele Okereke from Bloc Party and sits at the heart of the new album which again showed that Rocky and Diesel remain dedicated to proper house music.

                                                                    David Holmes has had a 25-plus year career in music that has seen him release several vital albums and remix artists like Andrew Weatherall, Primal Scream and Noel Gallagher’s High Flying Birds, hold down a cult NTS radio show and turn out a seminal mix for Late Night Tales.

                                                                    David Holmes brings plenty of signature musicality to what is a standout remix - his version of ‘Phasing You Out’ is an intense one that unfolds over eight minutes of percussive density, dusty drum work and careful treatment of the original vocal. The whole arrangement is lavishly decorated with wispy pads and glassy sound effects, police sirens and a rhythmic intensity that never lets up and will work any floor into a frenzy.

                                                                    TRACK LISTING

                                                                    1. Phasing You Out (David
                                                                    2. Holmes Remix)
                                                                    3. Phasing You Out

                                                                    David Holmes Feat. Raven Violet

                                                                    Blind On A Galloping Horse

                                                                      Blind On A Galloping Horse serves as David Holmes’ first solo album since 2008’s The Holy Pictures.

                                                                      A 14-track interrogation of the last decade, time spent watching a decaying, fraying Britain visibly buckling in real time while tending to his own battles with mental health. Holmes’ soundtrack to this inquiry is at times claustrophobic, often euphoric, driven by the rattle and snap of analogue drum machines, wild oscillations of droning analogue synths and the voice of Raven Violet which beguiles and commands in a way that could part oceans.

                                                                      On this record, there are songs of hope for an age of uncertainty; love songs to leap the barricades to and, on ‘Necessary Genius’, a comprehensive roll call of the great and good - those ‘dreamers, misfits, radicals, outcasts’ that we’ve lost and just a few who’ve managed to cling on in the churn of the 21st century. And there are elegiac electronics evocative of an endless Europe where pulsating, crackling rhythm tracks fuse with dreamlike textures and the underground pulse of psychedelic therapy to form something unique that feels nothing less than radical. 


                                                                      STAFF COMMENTS

                                                                      Barry says: It's no wonder we (the shop) or we (Manchester) have taken to David Holmes, with the snappy post-industrial synth-gloom of 'Necessary Genius' referencing Tony Wilson by name and by design. It's yet another bit of evidence that Holmes' musical skills know no bounds. Rich, evocative works throughout and produced as you'd expect, perfectly.

                                                                      TRACK LISTING

                                                                      1. When People Are Occupied Resistance Is Justified
                                                                      2. It's Over, If We Run Out Of Love
                                                                      3. Emotionally Clear
                                                                      4. Hope Is The Last Thing To Die
                                                                      5. You Will Know Me By The Smell Of Onions
                                                                      6. Necessary Genius
                                                                      7. Yeah X 3
                                                                      8. I Laugh Myself To Sleep
                                                                      9. Too Muchroom
                                                                      10. Agitprop 13
                                                                      11. Stop Apologising
                                                                      12. Tyranny Of The Talentless
                                                                      13. Love In The Upside Down
                                                                      14. Blind On A Galloping Horse 

                                                                      The lights are low and the champagne is on ice.

                                                                      Welcome to the mysterious parallel universe of David Fostex and a stellar cast of Yacht Rock legends, supervised by Shawn "Silver Fox" Lee.

                                                                      TRACK LISTING

                                                                      1. The Love Syndrome
                                                                      2. Butt Dial
                                                                      3. Glasses For The Masses
                                                                      4. Not Tonight
                                                                      5. Lost My Keys
                                                                      6. Head Up Her Ass
                                                                      7. Should Have Washed My Hands
                                                                      8. Taste The Biscuit
                                                                      9. Livin' The Stream
                                                                      10. What's That Smell Barry Manilow?
                                                                      11. No Lyrics

                                                                      David Wertman

                                                                      Kara Suite

                                                                        As one of the three inaugural 1976 releases to ignite the mythical Mustevic Music catalogue, David Wertman’s elusive Kara Suite LP was the first record to turn jazz drummer Steve Reid’s vanity imprint into an bona fide cooperative record label with a multi-artist repertoire. Entrusting his own bass player with the limelight, Reid’s unlikely A&R decision would typify his oblique strategies and challenge the common perception of a soloist within jazz’s shifting landscape.

                                                                        Drawing few comparisons amongst independent label releases of the time, save for rare standalone LP by Ronnie Boykins (ESP 1975) and cellist Abdul Wadoud (Bisharra 1978), Wertman’s only solo album (preceding his work with Sun Ensemble and The New Life Trio) combined frenetic bow work, intricate spiritual exchanges and raucous rock solid cyclic riffage to underpin his own compositional complexities. Providing a platform for first-time players like Richard Schatzberg (French horn) and future avant jazz punk participant Ken Simon (tenor/soprano sax) Kara Suite provides an early indication of Wertman’s multilayered and non-conformist blueprint from which the hallowed New Life Trio would eventually illuminate. The album’s off-kilter commitment is further cemented by the inclusion of worldly free jazz luminary Charles Tyler (alto sax) and the naturalistic back-beat of Steve Reid himself to complete the dream team – albeit a sleepless one, on account of this one-off quintet’s wide-eyed innovation.

                                                                        Presented in four parts, Kara Suite documents Wertman’s very first musical directorial commitment to vinyl, preceded only by guest appearances, months earlier, on Steve Reid’s classic Rhythmatism and the ultra-rare The Universal Jazz Symphonette LP which chronicles Wertman’s deep-end New York baptism alongside Billy Bang and Earl Freeman before his relocation to Northampton forged this unique and oblique chapter in America’s independent jazz narrative. As one of the final pages to be turned in the Mustevic reappraisal legacy this album perhaps remains the best kept secret for aficionados who actively choose to blur the lines between spiritual jazz and free jazz with no discrimination against art rock and the genre that might soon be christened punk (but not as we know it).

                                                                        Finally resurrected via the Finders Keepers/Early Future unison, complete with full cooperation and sleeve note narration by David’s partner Lynne Meryl, it might come as little surprise that amongst these pillars of alternative, privately pressed jazz is a story that also intertwines names such as Alice Cooper, Archie Shepp, KISS and DJ Shadow and many mutating musical genres that have made this music so hard to pin down over the subsequent five decades.


                                                                        TRACK LISTING

                                                                        1. Kara Suite
                                                                        2. Sunshine
                                                                        3. Sharatarr
                                                                        4. Devotion 

                                                                        David Bowie

                                                                        Pin Ups - 50th Anniversary Half-Speed Vinyl Edition

                                                                          October 2023 marks the 50th anniversary of the release of David Bowie’s classic collection of cover songs, PIN UPS, originally released 19th October 1973 - a mere six months after the legendary ALADDIN SANE and three months after the infamous final Ziggy Stardust show at Hammersmith Odeon, where he put the Ziggy persona to rest along with The Spiders From Mars.

                                                                          On 20th October 2023, one day after its Golden Jubilee PIN UPS will be issued as a limited edition 50th anniversary half-speed mastered LP. This new pressing of PIN UPS was cut on a customised late Neumann VMS80 lathe with fully recapped electronics from 192kHz restored masters of the original master tapes, with no additional processing on transfer. John Webber cut the half-speed at AIR Studios.

                                                                          Recorded at Château d’Hérouville in France, where Bowie would later return to record the masterpiece LOW, PIN UPS was a collection of cover songs paying tribute to bands and artists that had inspired him and that he had seen at clubs such as The Marquee in London in the mid to late 60s. Artists he covered for the album included The Yardbirds, The Kinks, Pink Floyd, The Who, Pretty Things, The Easybeats and more. 


                                                                          TRACK LISTING

                                                                          SIDE ONE
                                                                          Rosalyn – 2:27
                                                                          Here Comes The Night – 3:09
                                                                          I Wish You Would – 2:40
                                                                          See Emily Play – 4:03
                                                                          Everything’s Alright – 2:26
                                                                          I Can’t Explain – 2:07
                                                                          SIDE TWO
                                                                          Friday On My Mind – 3:18
                                                                          Sorrow – 2:48
                                                                          Don't Bring Me Down – 2:01
                                                                          Shapes Of Things – 2:47
                                                                          Anyway, Anyhow, Anywhere – 3:04
                                                                          Where Have All The Good Times Gone – 2:35 

                                                                          The Orb & David Gilmour

                                                                          Metallic Spheres In Colour

                                                                            '‘Metallic Spheres’ by The Orb and David Gilmour, the guitar and voice of Pink Floyd, has been reimagined and remixed as ‘Metallic Spheres In Colour’ and will be released on 29th September. Of this new reimagining producer Youth says ‘The idea for Metallic Spheres In Colour, was that Alex Paterson (founder of The Orb) could have done more on the first version, and he didn't really have the opportunity because we had a philosophy of making the music like the Blade Runner soundtrack meets Wish You Were Here. So, I asked him why don't we remix it and make it like an Orb classic? And in doing that, it's almost like a completely different album.’

                                                                            The original ‘Metallic Spheres’ album was initially released in 2010 was created almost by accident. In 2009 David Gilmour entered the studio to record the Graham Nash track"Chicago/Change The World", originally by Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young, in aid of the British Hacker Gary McKinnon, who was facing extradition to the USA. The song also featured vocals fromChrissie Hynde, Bob Geldof and Gary himself and the campaign was also supported by Peter Gabriel, Sting and the actress Julie Christie. 

                                                                            David Eugene Edwards

                                                                            Hyacinth

                                                                              David Eugene Edwards has always been larger than life. His music with innovative heavy droning folk band Wovenhand, and before that the haunting revivification of high lonesome sound antique Americana of 16 Horsepower breathed a near apocalyptic sense of urgency and power into musical archetypes long abandoned in the latter-20th Century.

                                                                              On his first-ever solo album under his own name, Hyacinth, David Eugene Edwards delivers a sound uniquely his own, with a vulnerability and introspection unheard from him before. Stripping back the heavy rock of his recent work with Wovenhand, Hyacinth puts the man’s voice, and sparing instrumentation into the main focus. There’s a somber beauty and world-weary tone throughout these songs. The album could’ve been considered a slight return to the more melodic sounds of 16 Horsepower’s Secret South (2000) and the first, self-titled Wovenhand album (2002). But there’s more going on here: a rhythmic, pulsating undercurrent reminiscent of the tape loops and rudimentary rhythms of 80s Industrial post-punk as well as 808 Drill Style beats. The overall effect is often as if we’re hearing the clock ticking away our own mortality.

                                                                              “Hyacinth was a sort of vision,“ Edwards says. “A dream. I sought out of my old wooden banjo and nylon string guitar a hidden path. Secrets they had kept from me within themselves all these years and created a new Mythos to myself of philosophical and spiritual ideas or concepts.” Once he’d harnessed the music within, he enlisted multi-instrumentalist and producer Ben Chisholm (The Armed, Chelsea Wolfe, Converge) to help him realize the album’s recording and mix.

                                                                              “Overall, the album is a weaving of narratives ancient and modern, of humankind’s search for understanding of this world we find ourselves in and of each other. In all its simplicity and complexity,” Edwards continues. “Hyacinth is a reference to the Greek myth of Apollo. And, the word meaning a precious stone and blue larkspur flower of purple and pall.”

                                                                              TRACK LISTING

                                                                              Seraph
                                                                              Howling Flower
                                                                              Celeste
                                                                              Through The Lattice
                                                                              Apparition
                                                                              Bright Boy
                                                                              Hyacinth
                                                                              Lionisis
                                                                              Weavers Beam
                                                                              Hall Of Mirrors
                                                                              The Cuckoo

                                                                              Gustavo Santaolalla & David Fleming

                                                                              The Last Of Us: Season 1 (Soundtrack From The HBO Original Series)

                                                                                Based on the critically acclaimed video game of the same name developed by Naughty Dog for the PlayStation® platforms, The Last of Us is written and executive produced by co-creators Craig Mazin (Emmy® Award-winning creator of HBO’s “Chernobyl”) and Neil Druckmann (creator and writer of the award-winning “The Last of Us” franchise and Naughty Dog Co-President). The Last of Us takes place twenty years after modern civilization has been destroyed by a viral outbreak. Joel, a hardened survivor, is hired to smuggle Ellie, a 14-year-old girl, out of an oppressive quarantine zone. What starts as a small job soon becomes a brutal, heart-breaking journey, as they both must traverse the U.S. and depend on each other for survival.

                                                                                The vinyl release to the acclaimed series contains soundtrack highlights from the show. Featured are score tracks by composer Gustavo Santaolalla, with additional music by David Fleming as well as songs by Depeche Mode, Pearl Jam, Jessica Mazin & Nick Offerman.

                                                                                The package contains 2x vinyl, standard weight at 140g, 1x green and 1x clear, a double-sided poster of the show’s key art, spot gloss and soft touch on the gatefold and an insert featuring liner notes by Neil Druckmann, Craig Mazin, Gustavo Santaolalla & David Fleming and images from the show.

                                                                                TRACK LISTING

                                                                                Side A:
                                                                                1. The Last Of Us
                                                                                2. Get Out
                                                                                3. All Gone
                                                                                4. The Quarantine Zone
                                                                                5. Don't Look
                                                                                6. Forsaken
                                                                                7. Breaching The Wall
                                                                                8. Hope
                                                                                9. Haven
                                                                                10. Resolve
                                                                                Side B:
                                                                                1. The Swarm
                                                                                2. Long Long Time By Nick Offerman
                                                                                3. It Can't Last (Sunset)
                                                                                4. Raiders
                                                                                5. Longing
                                                                                6. All Gone (Affliction)
                                                                                7. Vanishing Grace
                                                                                8. All Gone (Purpose)
                                                                                9. All Gone (Isolation)
                                                                                10. Warning Signs
                                                                                11. Salvation
                                                                                12. Subterranean
                                                                                13. The Last Of Us (Prevail)
                                                                                14. Bravery
                                                                                Side C:
                                                                                1. Survive
                                                                                2. A Great Man
                                                                                3. All Gone (Flashbacks)
                                                                                4. Never Let Me Down Again By Jessica Mazin
                                                                                5. Left Behind (Together)
                                                                                6. Fleeting
                                                                                7. Vanishing Grace (Devotion)
                                                                                8. Never Let Me Down Again By Depeche Mode
                                                                                9. The Choice
                                                                                10. Left Behind
                                                                                Side D:
                                                                                1. All Gone (Embrace)
                                                                                2. Complications
                                                                                3. Collateral
                                                                                4. Resolve (Isolation)
                                                                                5. Unbroken
                                                                                6. All Gone (Elegy)
                                                                                7. Wounds
                                                                                8. The Last Of Us (Vengeance)
                                                                                9. All Gone (In Vain)
                                                                                10. All Gone (Ephemeral)
                                                                                11. The Path
                                                                                12. All Or None By Pearl Jam

                                                                                David Westlake

                                                                                D87

                                                                                  David Westlake’s first album finally gets a new day in the sun in the wake of his brilliant current LP ‘My Beautiful England’. 36 years after it first appeared in 1987 on Creation Records.

                                                                                  David Westlake formed The Servants in 1985, who released 2 excellent singles and appeared on the NME compiled C86 LP.

                                                                                  Searching for a stable Servants line-up to release an album he recruited Luke Haines (The Auteurs/Black Box Recorder) via an NME advert , who came on board, and stayed for five years. After failing to find a committed rhythm section, he enlisted the help of Martyn Casey (The Triffids/Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds ) & Alsy Macdonald (The Triffids) and recorded the 1987 ‘Westlake’ album for Creation. Overlooked at the time, the record was later described as a minor classic by Luke Haines himself. It is included here on Side One of the album, available on vinyl for the first time in 36 years. and CD for the first time in 30 years.

                                                                                  Side Two contains the previously unreleased Janice Long BBC session recorded in the summer of 1987 featuring Go Betweens members Robert Forster, Amanda Brown & Robert Vickers.

                                                                                  As chronicled in an interview in US music magazine The Big Takeover (issue 53, 2004), Belle and Sebastian frontman Stuart Murdoch was a huge Westlake fan and tried to locate him in the early 1990s in hope of forming a band with him, before launching Belle and Sebastian in his school class instead.


                                                                                  TRACK LISTING

                                                                                  Side 1:
                                                                                  1. The Word Around Town
                                                                                  2. She Grew And She Grew
                                                                                  3. Rings On Her Fingers
                                                                                  4. Talk Like That
                                                                                  5. Dream Come True
                                                                                  6. Everlasting
                                                                                  Side 2:
                                                                                  7. Faithful To 3 Lovers (BBC Session)
                                                                                  8. Everlasting (BBC Session)
                                                                                  9. The Word Around Town (BBC Session)
                                                                                  10. Dream Come True (BBC Session)
                                                                                  11. Take Me To Your Heart (demo)
                                                                                  12. Never Grow Up (demo)

                                                                                  David Bowie

                                                                                  Ziggy Stardust And The Spiders From Mars: The Motion Picture Soundtrack (50th Anniversary Edition)

                                                                                    David Bowie retired Ziggy Stardust, his most famous alter-ego, in front of 5000 stunned fans at London’s Hammersmith Odeon. Now, the fully restored film and soundtrack will be released for the first time for the 50th anniversary of the show. Renowned filmmaker D.A. Pennebaker (Monterey Pop, Bob Dylan - Don’t Look Back, Depeche Mode - 101) captured the momentous event by filming Bowie and The Spiders From Mars backstage and onstage.

                                                                                    Although filmed 50 years ago, the film was not widely seen for over a decade. However, the film and its soundtrack have been newly remastered with the medley of ‘The Jean Genie/Love Me Do’ medley and ‘Round And Round’ featuring the late legendary Jeff Beck reinstated - the latter track making its very first appearance anywhere. Both performances were newly mixed by long-time Bowie collaborator Tony Visconti.

                                                                                    The show featured Bowie’s famous speech just before the final encore, ‘Rock ‘n’ Roll Suicide’, where he revealed that he was retiring the Ziggy Stardust persona. The shocking announcement came as a surprise to all in attendance – including members of his band and was the first proclamation of its kind in rock and roll.


                                                                                    TRACK LISTING

                                                                                    Side 1
                                                                                    Introduction
                                                                                    Hang On To Yourself
                                                                                    Ziggy Stardust
                                                                                    Watch That Man
                                                                                    Wild Eyed Boy From Freecloud
                                                                                    All The Young Dudes
                                                                                    Oh! You Pretty Things
                                                                                    Moonage Daydream
                                                                                    Side 2
                                                                                    Changes
                                                                                    Space Oddity
                                                                                    My Death
                                                                                    Cracked Actor
                                                                                    Time
                                                                                    Side 3
                                                                                    The Width Of A Circle
                                                                                    Let’s Spend The Night Together
                                                                                    Suffragette City
                                                                                    Side 4
                                                                                    White Light/White Heat
                                                                                    Medley: The Jean Genie / Love Me Do / The Jean Genie (feat. Jeff Beck)
                                                                                    Round And Round (feat. Jeff Beck)
                                                                                    Farewell Speech
                                                                                    Rock ‘n’ Roll Suicide

                                                                                    David Byrne & Fatboy Slim

                                                                                    Here Lies Love - 2023 Reissue

                                                                                      David Byrne & Fatboy Slim’s acclaimed 2010 album Here Lies Love receives its first-ever vinyl release to coincide with a new production opening on Broadway this summer. Here Lies Love is a double-disc song cycle – improbably poignant, decidedly surreal, surprisingly thought provoking – about the rise and fall of the Philippines' notorious Imelda Marcos. It was conceived by David Byrne; composed by Byrne and DJ/recording artist Fatboy Slim, AKA Norman Cook; and performed by a dream cast drawn from the worlds of indie rock, alt country, R&B and pop. Byrne's taste in collaborators is as imaginative as it is impeccable, including Cyndi Lauper (who recounts, to lighthearted disco beats, Imelda's courtship with Ferdinand Marcos), Steve Earle (as the power-hungry Ferdinand), Dap-Kings vocalist Sharon Jones (recalling Imelda's introduction into New York society) and Natalie Merchant (as spurned Imelda confidante Estrella, anticipating the onset of martial law). Along with vocals turns from such stars as Tori Amos and the B-52's Kate Pierson, Byrne works with rising indie rockers St. Vincent and My Brightest Diamond; New York chanteuses Nellie McKay and Martha Wainwright; and dance-music divas Róisín Murphy and Santigold. Byrne himself appears as the voice of imperialistic America on ‘American Troglodyte’, a send-up that wouldn't have seemed out of places in Talking Heads' True Stories.

                                                                                      Byrne originally envisioned this as a musical theatre piece, to be mounted in disco and nightclub settings, reflecting the globe-trotting Marcos' taste for such velvet-roped spots as Studio 54 and Regine's. In 2006, he performed work-in-progress versions to enthusiastic audiences at New York City's Carnegie Hall and the Adelaide Festival in Australia. While plans for a US theatrical production continued to evolve, he delivered this unique recording. The award-winning theatrical production eventually premiered at The Public Theater in New York in 2013, travelled to London’s National Theater for a sold-out run (2014–15), and was remounted at the Seattle Repertory Theater (2017).

                                                                                      Here Lies Love has an effervescent disco feel, redolent of Fatboy Slim's own dance-floor anthems, with warm undercurrents of the Latin rhythms that have percolated through Byrne's recent solo work. The sunny arrangements act in counterpoint to the reality of the Marcos' increasingly repressive regime, reflecting the imagined inner life of the glamour-obsessed Imelda. Explains Byrne, "For me, the darker side of the excesses are, for the most part, a matter of record. A lot of the audience is going to come with that knowledge already. What's more of a challenge is to get inside the head of the person who was behind all of that, and understand what made them tick." Byrne offers no judgment and avoids the obvious – there is no mention of Imelda's infamous shoe collection.

                                                                                      Many of Byrne's lyrics are, astonishingly enough, constructed from actual Imelda quotes, including the project's title, the words that Imelda, now returned to the Philippines from US-assisted exile in Hawaii, would like to have inscribed on her gravestone. In addition to his new liner note, Byrne illustrates the story with archival photos. In a detailed preface, he reveals what drew him to this subject and the bumpy route he took to launch the project and, ultimately, record this album. The booklet is indeed a page-turner, just as Here Lies Love is a wonderfully old-school album that rewards start-to-finish listening. Once again, Byrne – beloved as musician, thinker and bicyclist-about-town – reveals the breadth and singularity of his vision.

                                                                                      The new production of Here Lies Love will premiere at the Broadway Theatre in New York City. Performances begin June 17, ahead of an official opening night on July 20. Tony Award winner Alex Timbers (direction) and Olivier Award nominee Annie-B Parson (choreography) reunite with Byrne (concept, music, and lyrics) and Fatboy Slim (music) to bring Here Lies Love to Broadway, continuing a ten-plus year collaboration on the project. Tom Gandey and J Pardo contribute additional music. Here Lies Love is produced on Broadway by Hal Luftig, Patrick Catullo, Diana DiMenna for Plate Spinner Productions, Clint Ramos, and Jose Antonio Vargas. The staging at the Broadway Theatre will transform the venue’s traditional proscenium floor space into a dance club environment, where audiences will stand and move with the actors. A wide variety of standing and seating options will be available throughout the theatre’s reconstructed space. The producers of Here Lies Love said, “As a team of binational American producers – Filipinos among us – we are thrilled to bring Here Lies Love to Broadway! We welcome everyone to experience this singularly exuberant piece of theatre. The history of the Philippines is inseparable from the history of the United States, and as both evolve, we cannot think of a more appropriate time to stage this show. See you on the dance floor!”


                                                                                      TRACK LISTING

                                                                                      Disc 1: Side A
                                                                                      1. Here Lies Love – David Byrne & Fatboy Slim Feat. Florence Welch (Florence & The Machine)
                                                                                      2. Every Drop Of Rain – David Byrne & Fatboy Slim Feat. Candie Payne & St. Vincent
                                                                                      3. You'll Be Taken Care Of – David Byrne & Fatboy Slim Feat. Tori Amos
                                                                                      4. The Rose Of Tacloban – David Byrne & Fatboy Slim Feat. Martha Wainwright
                                                                                      5. A Perfect Hand – David Byrne & Fatboy Slim Feat. Steve Earle
                                                                                      Disc 1: Side B
                                                                                      1. Eleven Days – David Byrne & Fatboy Slim Feat. Cyndi Lauper
                                                                                      2. When She Passed By – David Byrne & Fatboy Slim Feat. Allison Moorer
                                                                                      3. Walk Like A Woman – David Byrne & Fatboy Slim Feat. Charmaine Clamor
                                                                                      4. Don't You Agree? – David Byrne & Fatboy Slim Feat. Róisín Murphy
                                                                                      5. Pretty Face – David Byrne & Fatboy Slim Feat. Camille
                                                                                      6. Ladies In Blue – David Byrne & Fatboy Slim Feat. Theresa Andersson
                                                                                      Disc 2: Side A
                                                                                      1. Dancing Together – David Byrne & Fatboy Slim Feat. Sharon Jones
                                                                                      2. How Are You? – David Byrne & Fatboy Slim Feat. Nellie McKay
                                                                                      3. Men Will Do Anything – David Byrne & Fatboy Slim Feat. Alice Russell
                                                                                      4. The Whole Man – David Byrne & Fatboy Slim Feat. Kate Pierson
                                                                                      5. Never So Big – David Byrne & Fatboy Slim Feat. Sia
                                                                                      6. Please Don't – David Byrne & Fatboy Slim Feat. Santi White [Santigold]
                                                                                      Disc 2: Side B
                                                                                      1. American Troglodyte – David Byrne & Fatboy Slim
                                                                                      2. Solano Avenue – David Byrne & Fatboy Slim Feat. Nicole Atkins
                                                                                      3. Order 1081 – David Byrne & Fatboy Slim Feat. Natalie Merchant
                                                                                      4. Seven Years – David Byrne & Fatboy Slim Feat. Shara Worden (My Brightest Diamond)
                                                                                      5. Why Don't You Love Me? – David Byrne & Fatboy Slim Feat. Tori Amos & Cyndi Lauper

                                                                                      David Cavanagh

                                                                                      The Creation Records Story - My Magpie Eyes Are Hungry For The Prize

                                                                                        Out of print for many years and regarded as one of the greatest music books ever written, My Magpie Eyes are Hungry for the Prize: The Creation Records Story is the definitive account of the iconic British record label, republished for the label's 40th anniversary.

                                                                                        'The greatest book ever written on British independent music' Guardian 'One of the best British music books of the last ten years' Mojo

                                                                                        Founded by Alan McGee in 1983, Creation Records achieved notoriety as the home of Primal Scream, the Jesus and Mary Chain and other anti-Establishment acts. During the Britpop boom of the mid-90s, the astonishing success of Oasis brought Creation fame on the world stage. In 1999, however, McGee announced his shock departure as his label's influence over a generation of British music came to a confusing and disappointing end. Containing interviews with Creation musicians, employees, supporters and detractors, this is the inside story of Creation Records - and of British music since the 1980s.

                                                                                        David Sylvian & Stephan Mathieu

                                                                                        Wandermüde

                                                                                          Mathieu first collaborated with Sylvian at 2011’s Punkt festival in Kristiansand, Norway, when he performed a live remix of Sylvian / Czukay’s ambient classicPlight and Premonition. “I’ve lived with Stephan’s work for many years,” says Sylvian. “After hearing his remix at Punkt I decided he’d be the right person to take an alternate approach to the Blemish files.”

                                                                                          “The recordings have a beautiful clarity about them due to their simple but sturdy frameworks, and their open-ended architecture makes them ideal for a project of this sort.” When Mathieu first heard Blemish, “I was quite amazed by the album, its dark beauty… . When David sent me the files from the sessions one year ago, they were a pool of wonderful material to me, detached from the songs and original album, while very much connected to David at the same time.”

                                                                                          A startling break from Sylvian’s previous work, Blemish is pensive and spare, wrapping a lyrical raw nerve in extended, drone-like song structures. Recorded in a relatively-quick six week burst, Blemish was “cathartic” for Sylvian. An earlier remix album, 2005’s The Good Son vs. The Only Daughter, took the material in varied and lusher directions, but Wandermüde puts it under a microscope. The catharsis of the original is tested and reinvigorated by Mathieu’s treatment, which he performs in real time.

                                                                                          “My work with computers is always live,” Mathieu explains. “I’m feeding selected material into a software process and record the output, which I either take as is, or discard completely. I don’t multi-track, edit or re-arrange, I’m interested in self-evolving sound with all its rough and sometimes faulty qualities. I never use effects like artificial reverb in my music, so what you hear is rather a piling up of spaces that surround the individual inputs used for my processes.

                                                                                          “With David’s recordings I melted them with my instruments, recorded several takes and picked the best ones. While I first processed the recordings quite heavily, it took me a while to notice that I come to better results when David’s performance shines through much more clearly. For instance with the original guitar from Blemish, I only applied a soft processing and made a room recording of playing this version back through two Fender Twin amps.”

                                                                                          A guest from Blemish also makes a return appearance on this album. Guitarist and electronics artist Christian Fennesz contributes to “Deceleration,”. “‘Fire in the Forest,’ just as its sister ‘Transit’ on Fennesz’ Venice album are to me perfect models for what a 21st century song can be,” says Mathieu. “Since he had only a couple of days to work on this, he came up with this rough and very beautiful recording of his guitar playing in the last moment. It was love at first sight for me.”

                                                                                          Wandermüde is exquisitely planned but executed in real time, drawn from old pains but breathing with new life. The title of the album – “tired of wandering” – implies a fatigue, a resignation, and an end; but the music itself crackles with suspense and anticipation, marking a moment of reflection before a journey begins.

                                                                                          STAFF COMMENTS

                                                                                          Barry says: Originally released in 2012, this beautiful mixture of atmospheric ambient and organic drone sees David Sylvian's recordings expertly manipulated by one of the leading figures in ambient music production, Stephan Mathieu. Soaring choral echoes and snippets of guitar break through the hypnotic ambient washes, resulting in a wholly meditative and thoroughly stunning end result.

                                                                                          TRACK LISTING

                                                                                          A1 Saffron Laudanum 08:36
                                                                                          A2 Velvet Revolution 07:50
                                                                                          B1 Trauma Ward 06:00
                                                                                          B2 The Farther Away I Am 11:10
                                                                                          C1 Dark Pastoral 04:05
                                                                                          C2 Telegraphed Mistakes 14:04
                                                                                          D1 Deceleration 05:22
                                                                                          D2 I Can`t Pretend To Care 08:40

                                                                                          David Horridge's unreleased bedroom studio tape material (1982).

                                                                                          Shortly after releasing the inimitable “Light Patterns”, David Horridge recorded a handful of demos. These sole artifacts from Dave capture the same Mancunian melancholy presented on
                                                                                          “Light Patterns”, and offer an insight into David’s contributing piece of the puzzle. It comes as no surprise that every track laid to tape from that era is an absolute gem.

                                                                                          David’s playing comes in the form of well-timed melodies and carefully placed basslines.

                                                                                          Nothing forced or rushed, and each movement really sits with a mood. “Journey Within” is an even more sedated, mellow effort than “Light Patterns”. The songs were perhaps even sketches for a
                                                                                          follow up that never manifested. The album’s greatest strength is in setting a peaceful, pastoral mood that allows for a relaxed listen all the way through. Hypnotic stuff.

                                                                                          The only deviation is the final song, “One Note Bossa”, which came as a surprise with its use of a drum machine. A feature that demonstrates what might have been were David have continued to
                                                                                          experiment and release albums...

                                                                                          RIYL: Durutti Column, Woo, Pat Metheny, and Steve Hiett.


                                                                                          TRACK LISTING

                                                                                          A Pale Smile
                                                                                          At First Sight
                                                                                          Journey Within
                                                                                          Dark River
                                                                                          One Note Bossa

                                                                                          David Gray / Stick In The Wheel

                                                                                          The Endless Coloured Ways: The Songs Of Nick Drake

                                                                                            The Endless Coloured Ways is a collection of songs by legendary singer / songwriter, Nick Drake, performed and recorded by over 30 incredible artists from a range of different backgrounds, genres, age groups and audiences. From Fontaines D.C to Guy Garvey, and Aurora to Feist, each artist has offered their own incredible take on a timeless classic.

                                                                                            TRACK LISTING

                                                                                            1. Place To Be - David Gray
                                                                                            2. Parasite - Stick In The Wheel

                                                                                            David Hepworth, Paul McCartney

                                                                                            Abbey Road : The Inside Story Of The World's Most Famous Recording Studio (with A Foreword By Paul McCartney)

                                                                                              With a foreword by Paul McCartney'It's semi-devotional -- a really special place' Florence Welch'There are certain things that are mythical. Abbey Road is mythical' Nile RodgersMany people will recognise the famous zebra crossing. Some visitors may have graffitied their name on its hallowed outer walls.

                                                                                              Others might even have managed to penetrate the iron gates. But what draws in these thousands of fans here, year after year? What is it that really happens behind the doors of the most celebrated recording studio in the world?It may have begun life as an affluent suburban house, but it soon became a creative hub renowned around the world as a place where great music, ground-breaking sounds and unforgettable tunes were forged - nothing less than a witness to, and a key participant in, the history of popular music itself. What has been going on there for over ninety years has called for skills that are musical, creative, technical, mechanical, interpersonal, logistical, managerial, chemical and, romantics might be tempted add, close to magic.

                                                                                              This is for the people who believe in the magic.

                                                                                              The Liminanas & David Menke

                                                                                              Thatcher's Not Dead (OST) (RSD23 EDITION)

                                                                                                THIS IS A RECORD STORE DAY 2023 EXCLUSIVE, LIMITED TO ONE PER PERSON.

                                                                                                100 % New original songs done by the psychedelic french garage duo The Liminanas & german-french music composer David Menke for the forthcoming Arte documentary "Thatcher's Not Dead" dedicated to Margaret Thatcher. The only physical edition done is the this Double LP for the Record Store day. 

                                                                                                TRACK LISTING

                                                                                                A1 - Snatcher – Feat. Oliver Howlett
                                                                                                A2 – Downfall – Part.1
                                                                                                A3 – Not Our War
                                                                                                A4 – Heritage
                                                                                                B1 – Bright Future
                                                                                                B2 – The Iron Lady
                                                                                                B3 – Master Plan – Feat. Oliver Howlett
                                                                                                B4 – Don’t Be A Traitor Feat. Oliver Howlett
                                                                                                B5 – Fuzzy Thatcher
                                                                                                B6 – She Had To Be Believed
                                                                                                B7 – War
                                                                                                C1 – Broken Dreams – Feat. Oliver Howlett
                                                                                                C2 – Num Confrontation
                                                                                                C3 – Chaos
                                                                                                C4 – Business As Usual
                                                                                                C5 – Revolting
                                                                                                D1 – Tears Don’t Lie
                                                                                                D2 – Way Of Her Cross
                                                                                                D3  - Ambiguous Memories
                                                                                                D4 – Downfall Part.B

                                                                                                David Bowie

                                                                                                Aladdin Sane - 50th Anniversary Edition

                                                                                                  TWO SPECIAL VINYL RELEASES TO CELEBRATE THE 50th ANNIVERSARY OF ALADDIN SANE TO BE RELEASED 14th APRIL, 2023.

                                                                                                  April 2023 marks the 50th anniversary of the release of David Bowie’s ALADDIN SANE, which was released only ten months after his breakthrough album THE RISE AND FALL OF ZIGGY STARDUST AND THE SPIDERS FROM MARS. The title track and songs such as ‘Panic In Detroit,' ‘Lady Grinning Soul’ and ‘Time’ marked a significant musical progression from its predecessor, adding brass, woodwind, soulful backing vocals and the distinctive piano playing of Mike Garson.

                                                                                                  On 14th April, 2023, one week before its Golden Jubilee ALADDIN SANE will be issued as a limited edition 50th anniversary half-speed mastered LP pressed from the same master.

                                                                                                  This new pressing of ALADDIN SANE was cut on a customised late Neumann VMS80 lathe with fully recapped electronics from 192kHz restored masters of the original master tapes, with no additional processing on transfer. The half-speed was cut by John Webber at AIR Studios.
                                                                                                  The album was preceded by two singles ‘The Jean Genie’ and ‘Drive-In Saturday’, peaking in the U.K. singles chart at numbers 2 and 3 respectively, and was the first time he topped the U.K. album charts. It also marked Bowie’s debut on the U.S. charts reaching the top 20 album chart there, where an edited version of ‘Time’ was released as a single.

                                                                                                  The cover of ALADDIN SANE has become one of the most striking and memorable images in rock n roll history and was rumoured to be the most expensive produced up to that point. The cover photograph was taken by Brian Duffy, who would also shoot the sleeves for 1979’s LODGER and 1980’s SCARY MONSTERS (AND SUPER CREEPS) and features Bowie with the iconic red and blue lightning bolt make-up, an image which has staked out an indelible spot in the planet’s cultural lexicon.

                                                                                                  Bowie described ALADDIN SANE as ‘Ziggy Goes To Washington: Ziggy under the influence of America’. The album was to be Ziggy Stardust's last stand, and the persona was laid to rest three months after the album's release in July 1973 at the infamous final show with the Spiders From Mars at London’s Hammersmith Odeon.


                                                                                                  TRACK LISTING

                                                                                                  SIDE ONE
                                                                                                  Watch That Man – 4:30
                                                                                                  Aladdin Sane (1913-1938-197?) – 5:06
                                                                                                  Drive-In Saturday – 4:33
                                                                                                  Panic In Detroit – 4:25
                                                                                                  Cracked Actor – 3:01
                                                                                                  SIDE TWO
                                                                                                  Time – 5.15
                                                                                                  The Prettiest Star – 3:31
                                                                                                  Let’s Spend The Night Together – 3:10
                                                                                                  The Jean Genie – 4:07
                                                                                                  Lady Grinning Soul – 3:45

                                                                                                  David Axelrod

                                                                                                  Heavy Axe - 2023 Reissue

                                                                                                    Legendary composer & producer David Axelrod’s solo album Heavy Axe is a jazz-rock opus that encapsulated the preeminent sound of the of the mid ‘70s. With a little help from legendary players like Johnny “Guitar” Watson, Cannonball Adderley and George Duke, Heavy Axe crisscrosses between lush funk sounds and full, round low end and majestic orchestral flourishes that made Axelrod’s sonic realm a goldmine for sample-hungry hip-hop beatmakers from the ‘90s until today.

                                                                                                    This 180-gram reissue of Heavy Axe was cut from the original analog tapes by Kevin Gray and pressed at RTI, and comes packaged in a tip-on jacket. 

                                                                                                    TRACK LISTING

                                                                                                    Side A
                                                                                                    1. Get Up Off Your Knees
                                                                                                    2. Cast Your Fate To The Wind
                                                                                                    3. You're So Vain
                                                                                                    4. My Family
                                                                                                    Side B
                                                                                                    1. Mucho Chupar
                                                                                                    2. Don't You Worry 'Bout A Thing
                                                                                                    3. It Ain't For You
                                                                                                    4. Everything Counts

                                                                                                    David Kitt

                                                                                                    Idiot Check

                                                                                                      'Idiot Check' is the Genre-bending Irish musician and producer David Kitt's 9th studio album. A unique and sincere songwriter with an expert ability to meld inspirations, eras and sounds, Kitt’s music glimmers with a sense of timelessness well-earned after over twenty years immersed in music.

                                                                                                      Produced and recorded by Kitt himself using his “Breaking Bad mobile studio set-up”, the album was written between 2016 and 2022 in Dublin, Paris and eventually the remote town of Ballinskelligs in south-west Kerry, where the artist moved during the pandemic and has stayed ever since. Blending acoustic and electronic elements with expert precision, the record showcases both the diverse circumstances of its inception and Kitt’s personal breadth as a songwriter and producer. From the fuzzy, lo-fi “Wishing Well” fluttering with a gentle sense of magnetism, to the infectious and upbeat “Not So Soon”, and jovial, traditional folk cut “Balances”, “Idiot Check” is an evergreen album as experimental as it is ageless. 

                                                                                                      TRACK LISTING

                                                                                                      1. Every Little Drop
                                                                                                      2. Not So Soon
                                                                                                      3. Wishing Well
                                                                                                      4. All Folly
                                                                                                      5. Its In Some Of Us
                                                                                                      6. Leave Me Making
                                                                                                      7. Wexford Strawberries
                                                                                                      8. Till The End
                                                                                                      9. Balances
                                                                                                      10. Wave Of Peace 

                                                                                                      David Holmes

                                                                                                      This England (Original Soundtrack)

                                                                                                        David Holmes (Ocean’s Eleven, Out of Sight, Killing Eve, The Fall, ‘71) new soundtrack to Sky limited series ‘This England’ is released via Stranger Than Paradise Records. The show is co-written and directed by Michael Winterbottom (A Mighty Heart, The Road to Guantanamo) and stars Kenneth Branagh as Boris Johnson and Ophelia Lovibond as Carrie Symonds. The 6-part drama is based on Boris Johnson’s tumultuous first months as Prime Minister and traces the impact on the country of the first wave of the Coronavirus pandemic.

                                                                                                        The plan for the music for This England came in 3 parts.

                                                                                                        1. We wanted to create a theme that was high in tempo. A theme that moved as fast as the virus was spreading. We wanted to always feel that we were chasing the vaccine but were ultimately never catching up as the virus took hold through huge events like Cheltenham & Champions League matches that should never have gone ahead. All the rhythms within the score were created using heart beats, ventilators, defibrillators, ECG machines etc. Even though these weren’t obviously noticeable I felt that it worked great as a linear thread and gave the piece real human movement, emotion and tension that told the story in an original way.

                                                                                                        2. The second theme centred around the virus itself as it creeped, crawled and spread through cities, countries and ultimately the world, the horrific nature of it and how the world practically changed overnight. I wanted to create a sense of danger that was uncomfortable. It also had to work with the recklessness, nativity and ultimately mismanagement that was witnessed day in day out in Downing Street.

                                                                                                        3. Emotionally, we had to be really careful. The last thing we wanted was to be overblown with the emotion. It was very important to deal with the raw human emotion in a very delicate way that had a profound feeling as people of all ages were dying unnecessarily by the 100s every day. The care homes were very tricky because of the hopelessness and obvious outcome of the situation. There was no room for sentimentality. We also wanted to create a darker sense of melancholy as Boris Johnson was not taking the virus at all seriously as he drove off to Chequers week after week.

                                                                                                        David Holmes in his own words:-
                                                                                                        “I’ve been profoundly affected by the sheer lawlessness and the dishonesty of the Tory government. When are the people who vote them in ever gonna learn? Boris Johnson is starting to make Margaret Thatcher look like she wasn’t doing a bad job. And she was the devil.”

                                                                                                        TRACK LISTING

                                                                                                        A1 Welcome To Brexit Britain
                                                                                                        A2 Meanwhile In Wuhan
                                                                                                        A3 AstraZeneca
                                                                                                        A4 Herd Immunity
                                                                                                        A5 Care Homes Catastrophe
                                                                                                        A6 Why? Why? Why?
                                                                                                        A7 Why Are They Not Testing?
                                                                                                        A8 A Very Different Britain
                                                                                                        A9 15,000 Discharged From Care Homes
                                                                                                        B1 No Morality
                                                                                                        B2 National Health Service
                                                                                                        B3 Test! Test! Test!
                                                                                                        B4 Another Break At Chequers
                                                                                                        B5 Jobs For The Boys
                                                                                                        B6 Forget About The Floods
                                                                                                        B7 Human Too Human
                                                                                                        B8 Failure Of Leadership

                                                                                                        David Cunningham

                                                                                                        Grey Scale - 2023 Reissue

                                                                                                          David Cunningham was born in Ireland in 1954. His work ranges from pop music to gallery installations including several collaborations with visual artists. His first significant commercial success came with The Flying Lizards' single "Money," an international hit in 1979.

                                                                                                          Originally released in 1976, Cunningham's first solo album Grey Scale has become a landmark statement of DIY minimalist composition – continuing in the vein of the wild explosion of arthouse experimentation from the early '70s. Cunningham, then a student at the Maidstone College of Art in Kent, drafted fellow student non-musicians and (using whatever instruments available) crafted an endlessly shifting sonic palette with an improvisor's keen sensitivity to space, texture and tone.

                                                                                                          As Cunningham states in the liner notes, his approach was to "pursue something (which may appear trivial or meaningless) so rigorously or relentlessly to the point that it reveals something new."

                                                                                                          Cunningham was influenced by live performances he was attending at the time by English composers Cornelius Cardew, Gavin Bryars and Michael Nyman as well as free improvisors Evan Parker, Derek Bailey, David Toop and Paul Burwell.

                                                                                                          The inaugural release on Cunningham's own Piano label, Grey Scale was indeed "something new" in 1976. The artist quickly integrated his experimental sensibilities to produce art-rock pioneers This Heat, whose debut appeared on Piano in 1979. His popular success performing as The Flying Lizards (with two electro-punk albums on Virgin during the New Wave era) was presaged by this seminal work of fascinating sound collage and tonal freedom. First-time reissue.

                                                                                                          TRACK LISTING

                                                                                                          A1. Error System (BAGFGAB)
                                                                                                          A2. Error System (C Pulse Solo Recording)
                                                                                                          A3. Error System (C Pulse Group Recording)
                                                                                                          A4. Error System (E Based Group Recording)
                                                                                                          A5. Error System (EFGA)
                                                                                                          B1. Ecuador
                                                                                                          B2. Water Systemised
                                                                                                          B3. Venezuela 1
                                                                                                          B4. Guitar Systemised
                                                                                                          B5. Venezuela 2
                                                                                                          B6. Bolivia

                                                                                                          David Brewis

                                                                                                          The Soft Struggles

                                                                                                            After three albums as School of Language, David Brewis’s next contribution to the ever-expanding Field Music universe is this jazz-inflected acoustic record. It will also be the second album release on Field Music’s newly formed Daylight Saving Records label, intended as the home for the Brewis brothers’ extra-curricular projects.

                                                                                                            The Soft Struggles veers away from Field Music’s eclectic palette and instead leans into the luminous spontaneity of Van Morrison’s Astral Weeks and the breathy, string-laden chamber pop of Colin Blunstone’s One Year. Several of the tracks were built around a single day of live recording at Field Music’s studio in Sunderland, with David’s brother Peter on drums, Sarah Hayes (Admiral Fallow, You Tell Me) on piano and flute and Faye MacCalman (Archipelago) on clarinet and saxophone.

                                                                                                            “There’s something a bit magical about a bunch of musicians together in a room being thrown in at the deep end,” says David, “So many of my favourite records were made quickly by musicians sitting a few feet from each other, playing songs they’d never even heard before the session began. That’s what I tried to do with this album. A chord sheet, a set of lyrics, a brief chat about tempo and then, okay comrades, see you at the other side.”

                                                                                                            The soft struggles of the songs themselves touch on weariness and loss, disappointments allayed or accepted, anxieties overcome or temporarily elbowed aside, sometimes grasping for romantic, or parental, wisdom, and when wisdom isn’t quite in reach, there are songs of consolation and wry hopefulness.

                                                                                                            The album also features contributions from singer Eve Cole, trombones by David Smith and Craig Hissett, saxophones on The Last Day by Pete Fraser, and strings courtesy of regular Field Music collaborators Ed Cross, Jo Montgomery, Chrissie Slater and Ele Leckie.

                                                                                                            TRACK LISTING

                                                                                                            Can We Put It In The Diary
                                                                                                            Surface Noise
                                                                                                            Tomorrow
                                                                                                            When You First Meet
                                                                                                            It Takes A Long Time
                                                                                                            Start Over
                                                                                                            Keeping Up With Jessica
                                                                                                            High Time
                                                                                                            The Last Day
                                                                                                            The King Of Growing Up

                                                                                                            Hifi Sean & David McAlmont

                                                                                                            Happy Ending

                                                                                                              Sean says - 'Happy Ending' is a psychedelic electronic soul soundtrack written and recorded at the top of an East London tower block and mixed in a beach house on the south coast. Half the album is accompanied by an eighty-piece Bollywood orchestra recorded at a film studio in Bangalore India.

                                                                                                              David Bowie

                                                                                                              The Next Day EP (Black Friday 22 Edition)

                                                                                                                THIS IS A BLACK FRIDAY 2022 EXCLUSIVE AND WILL BE AVAILABLE INSTORE ON FRIDAY NOVEMBER 25TH 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 26TH).

                                                                                                                Contains album outtakes and remixes from David Bowie’s The Next Day album. In the summer of 2013, unreleased songs – “Atomica,” “The Informer,” “Like A Rocket Man,” and “Born In A UFO” – were finally completed after remaining unfinished during the main album sessions. Two remixes, “Love Is Lost” (Hello Steve Reich Mix by James Murphy for the DFA), a ten-minute opus by LCD Soundsystem’s James Murphy, and the Venetian Mix of “I’d Rather Be High” were added, plus the Japanese bonus track “The Informer.”

                                                                                                                David Bowie

                                                                                                                Divine Symmetry - 4CD/Blu-Ray Box Set Edition

                                                                                                                  Parlophone Records proudly announces DAVID BOWIE DIVINE SYMMETRY, a four-CD, one blu-ray box set. This collection celebrates the twelve months running up to the release of the album HUNKY DORY in December 1971 via home demos, BBC radio sessions and live and studio recordings.

                                                                                                                  DIVINE SYMMETRY contains 48 previously unreleased tracks/demos from the period, and new alternative mixes of HUNKY DORY tracks by original co-producer Ken Scott.

                                                                                                                  Two books accompany DIVINE SYMMETRY, a 100-page hardback book featuring exclusive memorabilia and photos alongside a 60-page replica composite of Bowie’s notebooks from the era featuring handwritten lyrics, costume drawings, recording notes and set lists. The sleeve notes have been written for the release by Bowie expert Tris Penna, along with contributions from HUNKY DORY co-producer Ken Scott, lifelong Bowie friends Geoff MacCormack and George Underwood, singer Dana Gillespie, guitarist Mark Pritchett, Friars Aylesbury promoter David Stopps, publisher Bob Grace and photographer Louanne Richards.

                                                                                                                  ‘KOOKS’, recorded by Bowie and guitarist Mick Ronson for the BBC’s Sounds Of The 70s presented by Bob Harris is available now for download and streaming single. It was recorded at Kensington House, Shepherds Bush, London, Studio T1 for BBC Radio on 21st September, 1971 and broadcast on 4th October, 1971. 1971 was a pivotal year for Bowie. He signed a record deal with RCA, he met Andy Warhol, Lou Reed, and Iggy Pop while in New York, became a father and penned the song ‘KOOKS’ as a show of paternal pride, played live for the first time that June with Mick Ronson, Woody Woodmansey and Trevor Bolder, the band that would later be christened the Spiders From Mars and recorded the classic album HUNKY DORY.


                                                                                                                  TRACK LISTING

                                                                                                                  Tracklist 4CD
                                                                                                                  * PREVIOUSLY UNRELEASED
                                                                                                                  CD 1: THE SONGWRITING DEMOS PLUS
                                                                                                                  1 Tired Of My Life (demo) *
                                                                                                                  2 How Lucky You Are (aka Miss Peculiar) (demo) *
                                                                                                                  3 Shadow Man (demo)
                                                                                                                  4 Looking For A Friend (demo) *
                                                                                                                  5 Waiting For The Man (San Francisco Hotel Recording) *
                                                                                                                  6 Quicksand (San Francisco Hotel Recording) *
                                                                                                                  7 King Of The City (demo) *
                                                                                                                  8 Song For Bob Dylan (demo) *
                                                                                                                  9 Right On Mother (demo) *
                                                                                                                  10 Quicksand (demo)
                                                                                                                  11 Queen Bitch (demo) *
                                                                                                                  12 Kooks (demo) *
                                                                                                                  13 Amsterdam (demo) *
                                                                                                                  14 Life On Mars? (demo) *
                                                                                                                  Bonus Acetate Dubs:
                                                                                                                  15 Changes (demo) *
                                                                                                                  16 Bombers (demo) *

                                                                                                                  CD 2: BBC RADIO IN CONCERT: JOHN PEEL
                                                                                                                  David Bowie And Friends
                                                                                                                  (mono)
                                                                                                                  1 Queen Bitch *
                                                                                                                  2 Bombers
                                                                                                                  3 The Supermen *
                                                                                                                  4 Looking For A Friend
                                                                                                                  5 Almost Grown
                                                                                                                  6 Kooks
                                                                                                                  7 Song For Bob Dylan *
                                                                                                                  8 Andy Warhol *
                                                                                                                  9 It Ain't Easy
                                                                                                                  David Bowie And Friends (stereo)
                                                                                                                  10 Queen Bitch *
                                                                                                                  11 The Supermen *
                                                                                                                  12 Looking For A Friend *
                                                                                                                  13 Kooks *
                                                                                                                  14 Song For Bob Dylan *
                                                                                                                  15 Andy Warhol *
                                                                                                                  16 It Ain't Easy *

                                                                                                                  CD 3:
                                                                                                                  BBC RADIO SESSION AND LIVE
                                                                                                                  1 The Supermen
                                                                                                                  2 Oh! You Pretty Things
                                                                                                                  3 Eight Line Poem
                                                                                                                  4 Kooks *
                                                                                                                  5 Fill Your Heart *
                                                                                                                  6 Amsterdam *
                                                                                                                  7 Andy Warhol *
                                                                                                                  8 Introduction*
                                                                                                                  9 Fill Your Heart*
                                                                                                                  10 Buzz The Fuzz*
                                                                                                                  11 Space Oddity*
                                                                                                                  12 Amsterdam*
                                                                                                                  13 The Supermen*
                                                                                                                  14 Oh! You Pretty Things*
                                                                                                                  15 Eight Line Poem*
                                                                                                                  16 Changes*
                                                                                                                  17 Song For Bob Dylan*
                                                                                                                  18 Andy Warhol*
                                                                                                                  19 Looking For A Friend*
                                                                                                                  20 Round And Round*
                                                                                                                  21 Waiting For The Man*
                                                                                                                  Recorded Live To 2 Track Tape.

                                                                                                                  CD 4:
                                                                                                                  ALTERNATIVE MIXES, SINGLES AND VERSIONS
                                                                                                                  BOWPROMO Mixes
                                                                                                                  1 Oh! You Pretty Things
                                                                                                                  2 Eight Line Poem
                                                                                                                  3 Kooks
                                                                                                                  4 Queen Bitch
                                                                                                                  5 Quicksand
                                                                                                                  6 Bombers – Andy Warhol Intro. 
                                                                                                                  7 Lightning Frightening (aka The Man)*
                                                                                                                  8 Amsterdam (early Mix)
                                                                                                                  9 Changes (mono Single)
                                                                                                                  10 Andy Warhol (full Length Mono Single)
                                                                                                                  11 Amsterdam (single B-side Mix)
                                                                                                                  12 Life On Mars? (2016 Mix)
                                                                                                                  2021 Mixes
                                                                                                                  13 Changes (2021 Alternative Mix)
                                                                                                                  14 Life On Mars? (original Ending Version)*
                                                                                                                  15 Quicksand (2021 Mix – Early Version)*
                                                                                                                  16 Fill Your Heart (2021 Alternative Mix)*
                                                                                                                  17 Bombers (2021 Alternative Mix)*
                                                                                                                  18 Song For Bob Dylan (2021 Alternative Mix)*
                                                                                                                  19 The Bewlay Brothers (2021 Alternative Mix)*

                                                                                                                  Tracklist (Blu-ray Audio)
                                                                                                                  * PREVIOUSLY UNRELEASED
                                                                                                                  HUNKY DORY 2015 REMASTER
                                                                                                                  1 Changes
                                                                                                                  2 Oh! You Pretty Things
                                                                                                                  3 Eight Line Poem
                                                                                                                  4 Life On Mars?
                                                                                                                  5 Kooks
                                                                                                                  6 Quicksand
                                                                                                                  7 Fill Your Heart
                                                                                                                  8 Andy Warhol
                                                                                                                  9 Song For Bob Dylan
                                                                                                                  10 Queen Bitch
                                                                                                                  11 The Bewlay Brothers

                                                                                                                  A DIVINE SYMMETRY (AN ALTERNATIVE JOURNEY THROUGH HUNKY DORY)
                                                                                                                  1 Changes (2021 Alternative Mix)
                                                                                                                  2 Oh! You Pretty Things (BOWPROMO Mix)
                                                                                                                  3 Eight Line Poem (BOWPROMO Mix)
                                                                                                                  4 Life On Mars? (original Ending Version)*
                                                                                                                  5 Kooks (BOWPROMO Mix)
                                                                                                                  6 Quicksand (2021 Mix – Early Version)
                                                                                                                  7 Fill Your Heart (2021 Alternative Mix)*
                                                                                                                  8 Bombers (2021 Alternative Mix)*
                                                                                                                  9 Andy Warhol (original Mix)*
                                                                                                                  10 Song For Bob Dylan (2021 Alternative Mix)*
                                                                                                                  11 Queen Bitch (BOWPROMO Mix)
                                                                                                                  12 The Bewlay Brothers (2021 Alternative Mix)*
                                                                                                                  Bonus Mix
                                                                                                                  13 Life On Mars? (2016 Mix)

                                                                                                                  SOUNDS OF THE 70S: BOB HARRIS
                                                                                                                  14 The Supermen
                                                                                                                  15 Oh! You Pretty Things
                                                                                                                  16 Eight Line Poem
                                                                                                                  17 Kooks*
                                                                                                                  18 Fill Your Heart*
                                                                                                                  19 Amsterdam*
                                                                                                                  20 Andy Warhol*

                                                                                                                  David Lance Callahan

                                                                                                                  English Primitive II

                                                                                                                    The follow-up to last year’s first volume, English Primitive II continues the themes introduced previously in a harder, more electric and psychedelic style.

                                                                                                                    The songs were mostly recorded during the same sessions but, if EP I showcased the ‘songs of innocence’, this new set comprises ‘songs of experience’. Callahan's lyrical themes here are frequently the sleaze and corruption of our ‘betters’, the intentional and unintentional brutality meted out on those weaker and the sometimes perverse ways in which this happens. There are moments of reflection among the broken mirrors, but they allow scant solace or reassurance. Dressed in another of Scottish artist Pinkie McClure’s witty and detailed stained glass creations and recorded at home and under a railway arch, EPII rises above its origins and invades the wider world, in all its colour, gritand glory. Each song serves as a monument to its internal tale – in fact, the whole LP is as much a collection of musical short stories as it is an album of songs. Opening with Invisible Man, the impression of a regular person with hidden grievances, biding his time and waiting to lash out is given. Waves of distant samples ebb and fall as the warped guitars swell and crash behind the main themes. We don’t know when this explosion will happen – we only know it will.

                                                                                                                    A sleazy celebration of Britain’s position as the laundering capital of the world follows in the form of Beautiful Launderette. It’s good that we keep everything nice and clean for the whole planet, isn’t it? Business as usual, keeping the globe turning – that’s our role and we love it. The Parrot rocks like only a prolonged evisceration of governmental mouthpieces and their court stenographers can. It’s a thankless task making sure that the powers that be retain their authority in all things and patrolling the borders of what is allowed to be said and believed, but somebody’s got to do it. If you’re providing a service, you’ll need to present a united front against the grievances of the public, so you’ll need The Scapegoat. Mistakes and accidents can’t be the company’s fault, so you’ll need to pay someone to be publicly and repeatedly sacked to make it appear as if you’re solving problems and getting better. Lessons will be learned, going forward. The disturbing tale of Bear Factory begins side two and is the real-life story of the murder of one of the singer’s primary-school classmates in the 1970s, and true in every detail. The victim’s body was never found but the killer justifiably imprisoned for life. A more ancient scent of death pervades The Burnet Rose. This ground-hugging plant covers the graves of the victims in a seventeenth-century plague village on the Yorkshire coast to this day, commemorating their sacrifices when all around have forgotten. It’s this particular songwriter’s favourite flower. Orgy of the Ancients describes the intimate intricacies of ageing politicians and the press as they decide whether to go to war. In grotesque scenarios worthy of Caligula, they decide the fates of our children. And it’s not even half the truth. To finish, the songwriter looks back to an admired predecessor, when he sets William Blake’s famous poem London in a groovier setting than we’re used to – in the form of London by Blakelight. If London swings, it’s from the Tyburn tree. 

                                                                                                                    TRACK LISTING

                                                                                                                    Invisible Man
                                                                                                                    Beautiful Launderette
                                                                                                                    The Parrot
                                                                                                                    The Scapegoat
                                                                                                                    Bear Factory
                                                                                                                    The Burnet Rose
                                                                                                                    Orgy Of The Ancients
                                                                                                                    London By Blakelight

                                                                                                                    David Gedge

                                                                                                                    Something And Nothing Tales From The Wedding Present: Volume Two

                                                                                                                      Something And Nothing is the second volume in the autobiography from David Gedge of Wedding Present fame. The stories featured in this stunning 176-page matt-laminated, hard-back book have previously only been available to readers of the Tales From The Wedding Present comic book series. This collected edition comes with 100 pages of never-before-seen additional material and an introduction by Craig Cash.David writes the Tales From The Wedding Present narrative together with long-time musical associate Terry de Castro, and then the stories are illustrated by virtuoso artist Lee Thacker. For the past decade, they’ve been working steadily (along with editing help from Jessica McMillan) to relate David’s life and adventures.Something And Nothing is presented in chronological order; it takes up where Volume One left off – just after the release of The Wedding Present’s first single ‘Go Out And Get ’Em, Boy!’ in 1985 – and takes us through the next three years of the band’s existence. David writes intimately about all of the events leading up to the writing, recording and release of the band’s classic debut album, George Best, as well as detailing sessions that the group recorded for John Peel [including the legendary Ukrainian folk music ones], early live appearances in the UK and the rest of Europe and the development of their label Reception Records. On the way, we also learn about some of the romantic experiences that may have informed his writing.


                                                                                                                      David Bowie

                                                                                                                      Moonage Daydream - Music From The Film

                                                                                                                        The album companion to the critically acclaimed film by Brett Morgen. Featuring unheard versions, live tracks and mixes, created exclusively for the film. ***** The Guardian, ***** The Telegraph, ‘Astounding’ Vogue.

                                                                                                                        Moonage Daydream illuminates the life and genius of David Bowie, one of the most prolific and influential artists of our time. Told through sublime, kaleidoscopic, never-before-seen footage, performances and music, Brett Morgen’s (The Kid Stays in the Picture, Kurt Cobain: Montage of Heck, Jane) feature length experiential cinematic odyssey explores David Bowie’s creative, musical and spiritual journey. The film is guided by David Bowie’s own narration and is the first officially sanctioned film on the artist.

                                                                                                                        The companion album features songs from spanning Bowie’s career and includes previously unheard material, unique mixes created for the film and this release along with dialogue from Bowie himself. Highlights include a previously unreleased live medley of 'The Jean Genie / Love Me Do / The Jean Genie’ recorded live at the final Ziggy Stardust concert at Hammersmith Odeon in 1973, featuring Jeff Beck on guitar. Other rarities include an early version of the Hunky Dory favourite ‘Quicksand’ and a previously unreleased live version of ‘Rock ’n’ Roll With Me’ from the legendary 1974 ’Soul Tour’.


                                                                                                                        TRACK LISTING

                                                                                                                        CD1
                                                                                                                        “Time… One Of The Most Complex Expressions…”
                                                                                                                        Ian Fish U.K. Heir (Moonage Daydream Mix 1)
                                                                                                                        Hallo Spaceboy (Moonage Daydream Remix Edit)
                                                                                                                        Medley: Wild Eyed Boy From Freecloud / All The Young Dudes / Oh! You Pretty Things (Live)
                                                                                                                        Life On Mars? (2016 Mix Moonage Daydream Edit)
                                                                                                                        Moonage Daydream (Live)
                                                                                                                        The Jean Genie / Love Me Do / The Jean Genie (Live) (featuring Jeff Beck)
                                                                                                                        The Light (Excerpt)*
                                                                                                                        Warszawa (Live Moonage Daydream Edit)
                                                                                                                        Quicksand (Early Version 2021 Mix)
                                                                                                                        Medley: Future Legend / Diamonds Dogs Intro / Cracked Actor
                                                                                                                        Rock ‘n’ Roll With Me (Live In Buffalo 8th November 1974)
                                                                                                                        Aladdin Sane (Moonage Daydream Edit)
                                                                                                                        Subterraneans
                                                                                                                        Space Oddity (Moonage Daydream Mix)
                                                                                                                        V-2 Schneider

                                                                                                                        CD2
                                                                                                                        Sound And Vision (Moonage Daydream Mix)
                                                                                                                        A New Career In A New Town (Moonage Daydream Mix)
                                                                                                                        Word On A Wing (Moonage Daydream Excerpt)
                                                                                                                        “Heroes” (Live Moonage Daydream Edit)
                                                                                                                        D.J. (Moonage Daydream Mix)
                                                                                                                        Ashes To Ashes (Moonage Daydream Mix)
                                                                                                                        Move On (Moonage Daydream Acappella Mix Edit)
                                                                                                                        Moss Garden (Moonage Daydream Edit)
                                                                                                                        Cygnet Committee/Lazarus (Moonage Daydream Mix)
                                                                                                                        Memory Of A Free Festival (Harmonium Edit)
                                                                                                                        Modern Love (Moonage Daydream Mix)
                                                                                                                        Let’s Dance (Live Moonage Daydream Edit)
                                                                                                                        The Mysteries (Moonage Daydream Mix)
                                                                                                                        Rock ‘n’ Roll Suicide (Live Moonage Daydream Edit)
                                                                                                                        Ian Fish U.K. Heir (Moonage Daydream Mix 2)
                                                                                                                        Word On A Wing (Moonage Daydream Mix)
                                                                                                                        Hallo Spaceboy (live Moonage Daydream Mix)
                                                                                                                        I Have Not Been To Oxford Town (Moonage Daydream Acappella Mix Edit)
                                                                                                                        “Heroes": IV. Sons Of The Silent Age (Excerpt) *
                                                                                                                        ˜

                                                                                                                        David Sylvian

                                                                                                                        Blemish - 2022 Reissue

                                                                                                                          ‘Blemish’ was David Sylvian’s first solo album to be released on his own Samadhisound label following his departure from Virgin Records in 2003. This is the first official release on 180gram vinyl.

                                                                                                                          Working primarily as a solo artist, Sylvian created an impromptu suite of songs for guitar, electronics and voice. The compositions were crafted from improvisational sessions by Sylvian and the acclaimed free-jazz guitarist, Derek Bailey on 3 tracks.

                                                                                                                          “A Fire In A Forest” features the haunting electronic arrangements by Austrian guitarist / producer Christian Fennesz.

                                                                                                                          TRACK LISTING

                                                                                                                          Side A
                                                                                                                          Blemish (13:42)
                                                                                                                          The Good Son (5:25)
                                                                                                                          The Only Daughter (5:28)
                                                                                                                          Side B
                                                                                                                          The Heart Knows Better (7:52)
                                                                                                                          She Is Not (0:45)
                                                                                                                          Late Night Shopping (2:54)
                                                                                                                          How Little We Need To Be Happy (3:22)
                                                                                                                          A Fire In The Forrest (4:14)
                                                                                                                          Trauma (5:42) 

                                                                                                                          David Sylvian

                                                                                                                          Manafon - 2022 Reissue

                                                                                                                            David Sylvian describes his 2nd solo album for his own Samadhisound label as being: “A modern kind of chamber music. Intimate, dynamic, emotive, democratic, economical”.

                                                                                                                            Recorded in London, Vienna and Tokyo, the 8 songs and 1 instrumental on ‘Manafon’ bring together “the world’s leading improvisors, and innovators, artists who explore free improvisation, space-specific performance and live electronics” including Evan Parker, Keith Rowe, Christian Fennesz, Sachiko M, Otomo Yoshihide, John Tilbury and members of Polwechsel.

                                                                                                                            This is the first time on 180gram vinyl for this 2LP set.

                                                                                                                            TRACK LISTING

                                                                                                                            LP1
                                                                                                                            Side A
                                                                                                                            Small Gods (5:49)
                                                                                                                            The Rabbit Skinner (4:42)
                                                                                                                            Random Acts If Senseless Violence (7:06)
                                                                                                                            Side B
                                                                                                                            The Greatest Living Englishman (10:55)
                                                                                                                            125 Spheres (0:29)
                                                                                                                            LP2
                                                                                                                            Side C
                                                                                                                            Snow White In Appalachia (6:36)
                                                                                                                            Emily Dickinson (6:25)
                                                                                                                            The Department Of Dead Letters (2:26)
                                                                                                                            Side D
                                                                                                                            Manafon (5:23)
                                                                                                                            Random Acts Of Senseless Violence – Dai Fujikura Remix (6:24) 

                                                                                                                            David Bowie

                                                                                                                            Black Tie White Noise - 2022 Reissue

                                                                                                                              "Black Tie White Noise" can now be seen as the album that helped David Bowie rediscover the inspiration of his earlier career and redefine his future one. After the abortive mismatch that was the Tin Machine this 1993 album was a breath of sophisticated, white-soul funk. Chic's Nile Rodgers and Bowie's co conspirator /partner in crime Reeves Gabrels gave an urgency and focus to the recording sessions and Bowie rose to the occassion by producing some of his best music of the 90s.

                                                                                                                              TRACK LISTING

                                                                                                                              The Wedding
                                                                                                                              You've Been Around
                                                                                                                              I Feel Free
                                                                                                                              Black Tie White Noise (featuring Al B. Sure!)
                                                                                                                              Jump They Say
                                                                                                                              Nite Flights
                                                                                                                              Pallas Athena
                                                                                                                              Miracle Goodnight
                                                                                                                              Don't Let Me Down & Down
                                                                                                                              Looking For Lester
                                                                                                                              I Know It's Gonna Happen Someday
                                                                                                                              The Wedding Song

                                                                                                                              David Bowie

                                                                                                                              Toy - 2022 Reissue

                                                                                                                                'Toy' is a posthumously released album from David Bowie. Recorded in mid-2000 in New York with members of his touring band, with a mixture of new and unreleased old material rehearsed quickly for the purposes of what would have been a surprise album, it was shelved by Virgin/EMI, an act leading to Bowie's departure from the label.

                                                                                                                                TRACK LISTING

                                                                                                                                I Dig Everything
                                                                                                                                You've Got A Habit Of Leaving
                                                                                                                                The London Boys
                                                                                                                                Karma Man
                                                                                                                                Conversation Piece
                                                                                                                                Shadow Man
                                                                                                                                Let Me Sleep Beside You
                                                                                                                                Hole In The Ground
                                                                                                                                Baby Loves That Way
                                                                                                                                Can't Help Thinking About Me
                                                                                                                                Silly Boy Blue
                                                                                                                                Toy (Your Turn To Drive) 

                                                                                                                                David Bowie

                                                                                                                                The Buddha Of Suburbia - 2022 Reissue

                                                                                                                                  David Bowie's full-album soundtrack loosely related to a BBC TV serialisation of Hanif Kureishi's novel 'The Buddha of Suburbia' has always been one of the hidden gems of his vast and celebrated back catalogue. While only the title track actually made it into the series, the finished album was a smorgasbord of jazz, ambient and experimental influences incorporated into a wider pop and rock aesthetic.

                                                                                                                                  TRACK LISTING

                                                                                                                                  Buddha Of Suburbia
                                                                                                                                  Sex And The Church
                                                                                                                                  South Horizon
                                                                                                                                  The Mysteries
                                                                                                                                  Bleed Like A Craze, Dad
                                                                                                                                  Strangers When We Meet
                                                                                                                                  Dead Against It
                                                                                                                                  Untitled No. 1
                                                                                                                                  Ian Fish, U.K. Heir
                                                                                                                                  Buddha Of Suburbia (featuring Lenny Kravitz On Guitar)

                                                                                                                                  David Bowie

                                                                                                                                  1. Outside (The Nathan Adler Diaries: A Hyper Cycle) - 2022 Reissue

                                                                                                                                    The twentieth album by David Bowie, originally released in 1995. The album saw Bowie hook up with producer Brian Eno once again, creating a diverse and experimental album incorporating art rock, jazz, ambient, industrial and electronica. Inspired by Twin Peaks as well as outsider art and artists, the album has a concept following detective Nathan Adler's murder investigation in world where art crimes and concept muggings happen.

                                                                                                                                    TRACK LISTING

                                                                                                                                    Leon Takes Us Outside
                                                                                                                                    Outside
                                                                                                                                    The Hearts Filthy Lesson
                                                                                                                                    A Small Plot Of Land
                                                                                                                                    Baby Grace (A Horrid Cassette)" (segue)
                                                                                                                                    Hallo Spaceboy
                                                                                                                                    The Motel
                                                                                                                                    I Have Not Been To Oxford Town
                                                                                                                                    No Control
                                                                                                                                    Algeria Touchshriek (segue)
                                                                                                                                    The Voyeur Of Utter Destruction (as Beauty)
                                                                                                                                    Ramona A. Stone/I Am With Name (segue)
                                                                                                                                    Wishful Beginnings
                                                                                                                                    We Prick You
                                                                                                                                    Nathan Adler (segue)
                                                                                                                                    I'm Deranged
                                                                                                                                    Thru' These Architects Eyes
                                                                                                                                    Nathan Adler (segue)
                                                                                                                                    Strangers When We Meet

                                                                                                                                    David Bowie

                                                                                                                                    Earthling - 2022 Reissue

                                                                                                                                      'Earthling' was the 20th studio album by David Bowie, released in February 1997. The album showcases an electronica-influenced sound partly inspired by the industrial and drum & bass culture of the 1990s like Prodigy and Underworld. This was the first album Bowie self-produced since 1974. Recorded in just two and a half weeks right after returning from the 'Outside'  tour, the album is a snapshot of what Bowie was going through musically at the time. Making extensive use of sampling their own material on high BPMs, the album was the first Bowie album to be recorded digitally.

                                                                                                                                      TRACK LISTING

                                                                                                                                      Little Wonder
                                                                                                                                      Looking For Satellites
                                                                                                                                      Battle For Britain (The Letter)
                                                                                                                                      Seven Years In Tibet
                                                                                                                                      Dead Man Walking
                                                                                                                                      Telling Lies
                                                                                                                                      The Last Thing You Should Do
                                                                                                                                      I'm Afraid Of Americans
                                                                                                                                      Law (Earthlings On Fire)

                                                                                                                                      David Bowie

                                                                                                                                      Hours… - 2022 Reissue

                                                                                                                                        ‘Hours...’ is the 21st studio album by David Bowie, released in 1999. It was the first complete album by a major artist available to download over the Internet, preceding the physical release by two weeks.

                                                                                                                                        A lot of the material that ended up on ‘Hours...’ was originally used, in alternate versions, for the video game Omikron: The Nomad Soul, which also featured two characters based on Bowie, as well as one on his wife Iman, one on ‘Hours...’ collaborator Reeves Gabrels, and one on bassist Gail Ann Dorsey.

                                                                                                                                        TRACK LISTING

                                                                                                                                        Thursday's Child
                                                                                                                                        Something In The Air
                                                                                                                                        Survive
                                                                                                                                        If I'm Dreaming My Life
                                                                                                                                        Seven
                                                                                                                                        What's Really Happening?
                                                                                                                                        The Pretty Things Are Going To Hell
                                                                                                                                        New Angels Of Promise
                                                                                                                                        Brilliant Adventure
                                                                                                                                        The Dreamers

                                                                                                                                        Hurrah!

                                                                                                                                        David Jensen Session 08​.​12​.​82

                                                                                                                                          On vinyl for the first time, this is the only BBC session ever recorded by legendary 1980s indie pioneers Hurrah!, featuring an early version of their fabled second single ‘Hip Hip’ alongside three more bursts of immaculate guitar pop. Comes with a set of postcards – first 250 copies signed by Paul Handyside and Taffy Hughes, who have also provided sleeve notes. Postcards also feature excerpts from the Kitchenware fanzine, the first-ever group photo shoot and a Bleddyn Butcher photo; Bleddyn also did the cover. And download codes, of course.

                                                                                                                                          TRACK LISTING

                                                                                                                                          1. Hip Hip (Jensen Session) 02:40
                                                                                                                                          2. Saturday’s Train (Jensen Session) 03:10
                                                                                                                                          3. This Boy (Jensen Session) 02:59
                                                                                                                                          4. Lonely Room (Jensen Session) 04:36

                                                                                                                                          David Bowie

                                                                                                                                          The Rise And Fall Of Ziggy Stardust And The Spiders From Mars - 50th Anniversary Edition

                                                                                                                                            28th April 2022 marks the 50th anniversary of the release of David Bowie’s STARMAN, the first single from THE RISE AND FALL OF ZIGGY STARDUST AND THE SPIDERS FROM MARS. To celebrate, Parlophone Records is proud to announce release details to mark the album’s Golden Jubilee.

                                                                                                                                            On 17th June 2022, 50 years and one day after the original U.K. release date, THE RISE AND FALL OF ZIGGY STARDUST AND THE SPIDERS FROM MARS will be issued as a limited edition 50th anniversary picture disc, featuring a half-speed master and a replica promotional poster for the album.

                                                                                                                                            THE RISE AND FALL OF ZIGGY STARDUST AND THE SPIDERS FROM MARS is the breakthrough album that catapulted David Bowie into the international spotlight. Over the past 50 years it has remained a touchstone record, growing in stature with each passing year. It is now ingrained in popular culture, its undeniable influence spanning musicians from Arcade Fire to Lady Gaga, to Harry Styles’s androgynous fashion sense to Noel Fielding’s shirts on The Great British Bake-Off to Ziggy make-up challenges on Tik-Tok.

                                                                                                                                            David Bowie laid to rest the Ziggy Stardust persona in July 1973 at his infamous last show with the Spiders From Mars at London’s Hammersmith Odeon, but Ziggy’s impact reverberates to this day.


                                                                                                                                            TRACK LISTING

                                                                                                                                            SIDE ONE
                                                                                                                                            Five Years – 4:42
                                                                                                                                            Soul Love – 3:34
                                                                                                                                            Moonage Daydream – 4:40
                                                                                                                                            Starman – 4:10 It Ain’t Easy – 2:58
                                                                                                                                            SIDE TWO
                                                                                                                                            Lady Stardust – 3:22
                                                                                                                                            Star – 2:47
                                                                                                                                            Hang On To Yourself – 2:40
                                                                                                                                            Ziggy Stardust – 3:13
                                                                                                                                            Suffragette City – 3:25
                                                                                                                                            Rock ’n’ Roll Suicide - 2.58

                                                                                                                                            David Sylvian

                                                                                                                                            Sleepwalkers - 2022 Reissue

                                                                                                                                              Grönland Records announce a revised, remastered reissue of‘Sleepwalkers’ by David Sylvian. Available as a gatefold digipack CD and a gatefold double LP with exclusive art print, this new edition also features the previously unreleased track ‘Modern Interiors’. 

                                                                                                                                              In the 00s, David Sylvian produced two of his strongest and most solitary statements, ‘Blemish’ and ‘Manafon’, but those records don’t tell the whole story. During that the same period, Sylvian created an alternate body of work: a series of collaborations and side projects with leading talents of pop and improv, electronic and contemporary classical music. The best of these recordings are gathered here on ‘Sleepwalkers’, meticulously sequenced and remixed. The fruits of one-off meetings and lifelong partnerships, they jump from bliss to intrigue, romance to sensuality, as arch experiments lead into the lushest pop. 

                                                                                                                                              The single ‘World Citizen - I Won’t Be Disappointed’, written with Ryuichi Sakamoto, is a sublime example, with an impeccable melody and lyric warmed by Sylvian’s gorgeous tenor. Sylvian has worked with Sakamoto for close to three decades. 

                                                                                                                                              “As many of you will already be aware, despite relativelyc ontinuous work on solo albums, I’ve maintained strong ties with a number of musicians throughout my life in one context or another. On this new collection, let’s call it ‘Sleepwalkers 2.0’, a selection of collaborative work produced over the period encompassing Blemish through to Manafon, I’ve included compositions by Nine Horses as well as more fleeting flirtations and one-offs. Neglected offspring. Represented also is long term friend and writing partner, Ryuichi Sakamoto, as well as more recent but potentially equally productive partnerships such as Christian Fennesz, ArveHenriksen and contemporary classical composer Dai Fujikura.

                                                                                                                                              TRACK LISTING

                                                                                                                                              1. Sleepwalkers
                                                                                                                                              2. Money For All
                                                                                                                                              3. Do You Know Me Now?
                                                                                                                                              4 .Angels
                                                                                                                                              5. World Citizen - I Won’t Be
                                                                                                                                              6. Disappointed
                                                                                                                                              7. Five Lines
                                                                                                                                              8. The Day The Earth Stole
                                                                                                                                              9. Heaven
                                                                                                                                              10. Modern Interiors
                                                                                                                                              11. Exit / Delete
                                                                                                                                              12. Pure Genius
                                                                                                                                              13. Wonderful World
                                                                                                                                              14. Transit
                                                                                                                                              15. World Citizen
                                                                                                                                              16. The World Is Everything
                                                                                                                                              17. Thermal
                                                                                                                                              18. Sugarfuel
                                                                                                                                              19. Trauma

                                                                                                                                              David Grubbs & Jan St. Werner

                                                                                                                                              Translation From Unspecified

                                                                                                                                                First album by this duo, known separately for their work in Mouse on Mars and Gastr del Sol.

                                                                                                                                                Two long-form pieces, utterly different from one another: one hyper-detailed electronic music and sound poetry, and the other live-in-the-studio electric guitar and laptop paint-peeling.

                                                                                                                                                The exciting first chapter in a long-anticipated collaboration David Grubbs and Jan St. Werner met in the mid-1990s when Grubbs was playing with Gastr del Sol and The Red Krayola and St. Werner in Mouse on Mars and Microstoria. After years of exchanging ideas, ‘Translation from Unspecified’ marks their first time locking horns as a duo, and it’s clear this deck-clearing collaboration was long overdue.

                                                                                                                                                In January 2020 Grubbs arrived at Mouse on Mars’ Berlin studio Paraverse with a guitar and ‘Translation from Unspecified’, an open-ended, seemingly self-generating poem suggesting AI, one of the themes in St. Werner’s recent work. This became the side-length title track, a winding corridor of electronic fanfares and spontaneous musical miniatures urging Grubbs’s slow and steady recitation to grow wings and graduate into song. Who knows where this idiosyncratic mise-en-scène - day-glo, extrovert electronics and task-oriented human - came from? Reference points - distant ones - might include Robert Ashley and Paul De Marinis’s ‘In Sara, Mencken, Christ and Beethoven...’ and the sound poetry of Anton Bruhin.

                                                                                                                                                Flip the record and you have ‘Soixante Ooze’, a live-in-the-studio duo for guitar and computer more recognizably St. Wernerian and Grubbs-like that reconfigures elements of the title track before finally morphing into needlepinning monoliths of sound. David Grubbs has released fourteen solo albums and appeared on more than 200 releases. He was a member of the groups Gastr del Sol, Bastro, and Squirrel Bait and has performed with Tony Conrad, Pauline Oliveros, Luc Ferrari, Will Oldham, Loren Connors, the Red Krayola, Royal Trux, and many others. His newest book is ‘Good night the pleasure was ours’ (Duke University Press, 2022).

                                                                                                                                                Jan St. Werner is an artist and electronic music composer best known as one half of the group Mouse on Mars. He has collaborated with Oval’s Markus Popp as Microstoria and written music for installations and films by visual artist Rosa Barba. In 2013, St. Werner released ‘Blaze Colour Burn’, the first of a series of experimental recordings called ‘the Fiepblatter Catalogue’. Recently his work has prioritized installation and interventions with spatialized sound, including a number of collaborations under the name Dynamische Akustische Forschung (DAF).

                                                                                                                                                TRACK LISTING

                                                                                                                                                1. Translation From
                                                                                                                                                2. Unspecified
                                                                                                                                                3. Soixante Ooze

                                                                                                                                                Gillian Welch & David Rawlings

                                                                                                                                                All The Good Times

                                                                                                                                                  “ The 10-song collection is the equivalent of being welcomed into Welch and Rawlings’ living room and the pair treating you to a private recital. In other words, it doesn’t get much better than this.” - Uncut Magazine
                                                                                                                                                  “... modern masters of American folk.” – Pitchfork

                                                                                                                                                  After a devastating tornado ravaged Nashville in the Spring of 2020 making their studio unusable, immediately followed by a global pandemic shutting down their community and touring livelihood, Gillian Welch and David Rawlings were able to find the inspiration to set up recording equipment in their home living room and record 10 performances on their reel-to-reel of some of their favourite songs from the likes of John Prine (“Hello In There”), Bob Dylan (“Abandoned Love”), Norman Blake (“Ginseng Sullivan”), and more.

                                                                                                                                                  All The Good Times is the first Welch/Rawlings collaboration to feature both of their names on the cover, and received a 2021 Grammy nomination for Best Folk Album. Originally released in July 2020 as a surprise treat for fans, the limited edition handmade CD and LP first pressings sold out in 48 hours as a D2C exclusive.

                                                                                                                                                  This new reissue will have revised art and packaging, including some new photos. The vinyl (coming later this year) will have new artwork on a tip-on jacket with custom paper. 

                                                                                                                                                  David West

                                                                                                                                                  Jolly In The Bush

                                                                                                                                                    RIYL: Felt, The Wake, The Servants, Sarah Records, Rat Columns, The Reds, Pinks and Purples. Jolly In The Bush is David West's fourth eponymous record, following Drop Out Of Collage (2014), Peace Or Love(2016) and Cherry On Willow (2017).

                                                                                                                                                    David is an underground pop musician from Perth, Western Australia and has been in numerous interesting and more-or-less obscure acts over the decades - some include Rat Columns, Rank/Xerox, Total Control, Lace Curtain, Liberation, Burning Sensation and Scythe. His solo works allow him free reign to follow various classic and sideways pop rainbows to their illogical conclusions. On Jolly In The Bush, he is graced by the angelic presence of stellar musicians, such as Louis Hooper from Rat Columns, Bob Jones from Eaters/P.E, Mikey Young from Total Control/Green Child/Eddy Current Suppression Ring, and Richard Ingham from Taco Leg/Mink Mussel Creek.

                                                                                                                                                    Jolly In The Bush is a homage to shaggy indie dorks, sub-tropical singer-songwriters, robotic melancholia and the pre-Cold War 'grown and sexy' aisle at the Marina Safeway. The first side of the record sees DW straddle the indie rock horse, indulging in lyrical detours into historical fiction (‘1816’), naughty words (‘The Poet Of My Dreams’) and mumbling (‘Sleeping Head’). 'Sleeping Head' features a startlingly egotistical self-sampling of David and compatriot Bob Jones' atmospheric electronics project, Scythe, and their tune of the same name. Idea glut, or deficit? DW and his team challenge the seemingly pervasive professional competence rife in today's indie rock world. 'Keep indie rock shambolic' seems to be a theme close to his heart. However, a disturbingly serious side emerges in the middle of the record with two minimal, acoustically-minded numbers, 'Not That Lonely Yet' and 'Letters From Home'; light in feel, depressing in subject matter.

                                                                                                                                                    A pleasing but perhaps formulaic shift in atmosphere guides us into Side B. Keyboards are deployed, synthesizers twinkle, beats hit us at a steady, head-nodding pace. 'Prove Your Love' sentimentally shimmies in the light bouncing off the marina's placid waters, 'You Must Be My Friend' is a downtempo electronic paean to illusions lost. 'You Saved My Life' sees our weary traveler finding fleeting succor in jazzy changes and a stranger's touch. Lest it all get too much, 'So We Ran Away' dusts off the glam boots worn on the Cherry On Willow LP but takes them down to a sub-basement chintz floor for a prancing romp through romantic insanity. Please, join us and become Jolly In The Bush! 

                                                                                                                                                    TRACK LISTING

                                                                                                                                                    Poet Of My Dreams
                                                                                                                                                    6am Style
                                                                                                                                                    1816
                                                                                                                                                    Sleeping Head
                                                                                                                                                    Not That Lonely Yet
                                                                                                                                                    Letters From Home
                                                                                                                                                    Prove Your Love
                                                                                                                                                    You Must Be My Friend
                                                                                                                                                    You Saved My Life
                                                                                                                                                    So We Ran Away

                                                                                                                                                    Mark Edwards

                                                                                                                                                    The Tao Of Bowie: 10 Lessons From David Bowie's Life To Help You Live Yours

                                                                                                                                                      What would David Bowie do?

                                                                                                                                                      When life gets tough, who can we turn to for help? Who will help us find happiness, meaning and purpose? The Tao of Bowie suggests that we turn to David Bowie for guidance - and use his amazing journey through life as a map to help us navigate our own.

                                                                                                                                                      Buddhism was central to David Bowie's life, but he was a wide-ranging thinker who also drew meaning from other sources including Jungian psychology, Nietzschean philosophy and Gnosticism. The Tao of Bowie condenses these concepts - the ideas that inspired and supported Bowie throughout his life and career - into ten powerful lessons, each with a series of exercises, meditations and techniques to encourage readers to apply these learnings to their own lives.

                                                                                                                                                      The Tao of Bowie will help readers understand who they really are, clarify their purpose in life, manage their emotions and cope with setbacks and change. This fresh approach to the search for spirituality and happiness unites the perennial human quest for answers with the extraordinary mind and unique career of one of the most important cultural figures of the past halfcentury

                                                                                                                                                      David Bowie

                                                                                                                                                      Toy:Box

                                                                                                                                                        Parlophone Records/ISO Records are proud to announce TOY:BOX. The previously unreleased TOY album will be released on 7th January 2022, the day before David Bowie’s birthday. Available in six 10” vinyl versions and 3CD, TOY:BOX is a special edition of the TOY album. The ‘capture the moment’ approach of the recording sessions are extended to the sleeve artwork designed by Bowie featuring a photo of him as a baby with a contemporary face. The package also contains a 16-page full-colour book featuring previously unseen photographs by Frank Ockenfels 3.

                                                                                                                                                        TOY was recorded following David's triumphant Glastonbury 2000 performance. Bowie entered the studio with his band, Mark Plati, Sterling Campbell, Gail Ann Dorsey, Earl Slick, Mike Garson, Holly Palmer and Emm Gryner, to record new interpretations of songs he’d first recorded from 1964-1971. David planned to record the album ‘old school’ with the band playing live, choose the best takes and then release it as soon as humanly possible in a remarkably prescient manner. Unfortunately, in 2001 the concept of the ‘surprise drop’ album release and the technology to support it were still quite a few years off, making it impossible to release TOY, as the album was now named, out to fans as instantly as David wanted. In the interim, David did what he did best; he moved on to something new, which began with a handful of new songs from the same sessions and ultimately became the album HEATHEN, released in 2002 and now acknowledged as one of his finest moments. 


                                                                                                                                                        TRACK LISTING

                                                                                                                                                        Vinyl Tracklisting:
                                                                                                                                                        10” No. 1
                                                                                                                                                        Side 1
                                                                                                                                                        I Dig Everything
                                                                                                                                                        You've Got A Habit Of Leaving
                                                                                                                                                        The London Boys
                                                                                                                                                        Side 2
                                                                                                                                                        Karma Man
                                                                                                                                                        Conversation Piece
                                                                                                                                                        Shadow Man

                                                                                                                                                        10” No. 2
                                                                                                                                                        Side 3
                                                                                                                                                        Let Me Sleep Beside You
                                                                                                                                                        Hole In The Ground
                                                                                                                                                        Baby Loves That Way
                                                                                                                                                        Side 4
                                                                                                                                                        Can't Help Thinking About Me
                                                                                                                                                        Silly Boy Blue
                                                                                                                                                        Toy (Your Turn To Drive)

                                                                                                                                                        10” No. 3
                                                                                                                                                        Side 5
                                                                                                                                                        Liza Jane
                                                                                                                                                        You've Got A Habit Of Leaving (alternative Mix)
                                                                                                                                                        Baby Loves That Way (alternative Mix)
                                                                                                                                                        Side 6
                                                                                                                                                        Can't Help Thinking About Me (alternative Mix)
                                                                                                                                                        I Dig Everything (alternative Mix)
                                                                                                                                                        The London Boys (alternative Version)

                                                                                                                                                        10” No. 4
                                                                                                                                                        Side 7
                                                                                                                                                        Silly Boy Blue (Tibet Version)
                                                                                                                                                        Let Me Sleep Beside You(alternative Mix)
                                                                                                                                                        In The Heat Of The Morning
                                                                                                                                                        Conversation Piece (alternative Mix)
                                                                                                                                                        Side 8
                                                                                                                                                        Hole In The Ground (alternative Mix)
                                                                                                                                                        Shadow Man (alternative Mix)
                                                                                                                                                        Toy (Your Turn To Drive) (alternative Mix)

                                                                                                                                                        10” No. 5
                                                                                                                                                        Side 9
                                                                                                                                                        In The Heat Of The Morning (Unplugged & Somewhat Slightly Electric Mix)
                                                                                                                                                        I Dig Everything (Unplugged & Somewhat Slightly Electric Mix)
                                                                                                                                                        You've Got A Habit Of Leaving (Unplugged & Somewhat Slightly Electric Mix)
                                                                                                                                                        Side 10
                                                                                                                                                        The London Boys (Unplugged & Somewhat Slightly Electric Mix)
                                                                                                                                                        Karma Man (Unplugged & Somewhat Slightly Electric Mix)
                                                                                                                                                        Conversation Piece(Unplugged & Somewhat Slightly Electric Mix)

                                                                                                                                                        10” No. 6
                                                                                                                                                        Side 11
                                                                                                                                                        Shadow Man (Unplugged & Somewhat Slightly Electric Mix)
                                                                                                                                                        Let Me Sleep Beside You (Unplugged & Somewhat Slightly Electric Mix)
                                                                                                                                                        Hole In The Ground (Unplugged & Somewhat Slightly Electric Mix)
                                                                                                                                                        Baby Loves That Way (Unplugged & Somewhat Slightly Electric Mix)
                                                                                                                                                        Side 12
                                                                                                                                                        Can't Help Thinking About Me (Unplugged & Somewhat Slightly Electric Mix)
                                                                                                                                                        Silly Boy Blue (Unplugged & Somewhat Slightly Electric Mix)
                                                                                                                                                        Toy (Your Turn To Drive) (Unplugged & Somewhat Slightly Electric Mix)

                                                                                                                                                        3 CD Tracklisting:
                                                                                                                                                        CD1 TOY
                                                                                                                                                        I Dig Everything
                                                                                                                                                        You've Got A Habit Of Leaving
                                                                                                                                                        The London Boys
                                                                                                                                                        Karma Man
                                                                                                                                                        Conversation Piece
                                                                                                                                                        Shadow Man
                                                                                                                                                        Let Me Sleep Beside You
                                                                                                                                                        Hole In The Ground
                                                                                                                                                        Baby Loves That Way
                                                                                                                                                        Can't Help Thinking About Me
                                                                                                                                                        Silly Boy Blue
                                                                                                                                                        Toy (Your Turn To Drive)

                                                                                                                                                        CD 2 TOY- Alternatives & Extras
                                                                                                                                                        Liza Jane
                                                                                                                                                        You've Got A Habit Of Leaving (alternative Mix) *
                                                                                                                                                        Baby Loves That Way (alternative Mix) *
                                                                                                                                                        Can't Help Thinking About Me (alternative Mix)
                                                                                                                                                        I Dig Everything (alternative Mix)
                                                                                                                                                        The London Boys (alternative Version)
                                                                                                                                                        Silly Boy Blue (Tibet Version)
                                                                                                                                                        Let Me Sleep Beside You (alternative Mix) *
                                                                                                                                                        In The Heat Of The Morning
                                                                                                                                                        Conversation Piece (alternative Mix) *
                                                                                                                                                        Hole In The Ground (alternative Mix)
                                                                                                                                                        Shadow Man (alternative Mix) *
                                                                                                                                                        Toy (Your Turn To Drive) (alternative Mix) *


                                                                                                                                                        CD 3 TOY - Unplugged & Somewhat Slightly Electric
                                                                                                                                                        In The Heat Of The Morning (Unplugged & Somewhat Slightly Electric Mix)
                                                                                                                                                        I Dig Everything (Unplugged & Somewhat Slightly Electric Mix)
                                                                                                                                                        You've Got A Habit Of Leaving (Unplugged & Somewhat Slightly Electric Mix)
                                                                                                                                                        The London Boys (Unplugged & Somewhat Slightly Electric Mix)
                                                                                                                                                        Karma Man (Unplugged & Somewhat Slightly Electric Mix)
                                                                                                                                                        Conversation Piece (Unplugged & Somewhat Slightly Electric Mix)
                                                                                                                                                        Shadow Man (Unplugged & Somewhat Slightly Electric Mix)
                                                                                                                                                        Let Me Sleep Beside You (Unplugged & Somewhat Slightly Electric Mix)
                                                                                                                                                        Hole In The Ground (Unplugged & Somewhat Slightly Electric Mix)
                                                                                                                                                        Baby Loves That Way (Unplugged & Somewhat Slightly Electric Mix)
                                                                                                                                                        Can't Help Thinking About Me (Unplugged & Somewhat Slightly Electric Mix)
                                                                                                                                                        Silly Boy Blue (Unplugged & Somewhat Slightly Electric Mix)
                                                                                                                                                        Toy (Your Turn To Drive) (Unplugged & Somewhat Slightly Electric Mix)

                                                                                                                                                        *Previously Unreleased

                                                                                                                                                        Fucked Up

                                                                                                                                                        David Comes To Life (10th Anniversary Edition)

                                                                                                                                                          In 2011, Toronto’s Fucked Up delivered an album that chafed the edges of punk rock’s conceptual boundaries –a set of songs that splayed freely into unexpected instrumentation, psychedelic drift, and situationist philosophy. Its ambition was limitless and its run time opulent.

                                                                                                                                                          Which is to say, they made a concept album.

                                                                                                                                                          On December 10th, Matador Records will celebrate the 10th anniversary of Fucked Up’s titanic 78-minute early ’10s masterpiece, David Comes to Life, with a limited-edition 2xLP reissue on lightbulb-yellow vinyl.

                                                                                                                                                          David Comes To Life is a story of lost love, global meltdown, depression, bombs, guilt and madness. Or is it? A modern-day morality tale set amid the dour backdrop of a British industrial town in the late ’70s, it’s a four-part play that follows the dark moods and inner psyche of the titular hero. At the same time, the reliability of the narrator gets called into question. The tables are turned, responsibility shifts, and the story goes meta. Of course,you could always ignore the backstory and just listen to a fiercely imaginative double album of blistering, melodic rock'n'roll shot through with all manner of psychic weirdness.

                                                                                                                                                          TRACK LISTING

                                                                                                                                                          1. Let Her Rest
                                                                                                                                                          2. Queen Of Hearts
                                                                                                                                                          3. Under My Nose
                                                                                                                                                          4. The Other Shoe
                                                                                                                                                          5. Turn The Season
                                                                                                                                                          6. Running On Nothing
                                                                                                                                                          7. Remember My Name
                                                                                                                                                          8. A Slanted Tone
                                                                                                                                                          9. Serve Me Right
                                                                                                                                                          10. Truth I Know
                                                                                                                                                          11. Life In Paper
                                                                                                                                                          12. Ship Of Fools
                                                                                                                                                          13. A Little Death
                                                                                                                                                          14. I Was There
                                                                                                                                                          15. Inside A Frame
                                                                                                                                                          16. The Recursive Girl
                                                                                                                                                          17. One More Night
                                                                                                                                                          18. Lights Go Up

                                                                                                                                                          David Christian

                                                                                                                                                          For Those We Met On The Way

                                                                                                                                                            After 29 years with British indie/garage/beat/punk/psych-pop collective Comet Gain, singer/ mastermind and main fireraiser David Christian thought, "Why not do a solo album?" After all, some of his favourite records are also solo records by people from bands; John Cale, Gene Clark, Julian Cope, Stephen Duffy, Mike Nesmith, Curtis Mayfield, Neil Young... under the sun of his new home in the South of France, exchanged for Brexit London, a timeless folkrock album was created with the kind help of numerous friends on numerous instruments. The verve and snottiness of the Comet Gain sound can also be found here, but "For Those We Met On The Way" sounds more dandy, somehow more southern French. If you like listening to "Robespierre's Velvet Basement" by the Jacobites AND the electric songs of Bob Dylan's "Bringing it All Back Home" AND Comet Gain... then "For Those We Met On The Way" is perfect for you!

                                                                                                                                                            Fleeing screaming from the group gulag after 29 years of maintaining sweet failure at all costs with his group Comet Gain (a mix of post punk, garage punk, northern soul, freakbeat/psych, early creation records, indie pop, folk rock and other such messes all churned together with films, books, left wing politics-all THAT stuff falling out of a bin onto a pile of records) songwriter and singer and oldest bastard in the gang David Christian (sometimes known as Feck) escaped to the french woods by the ocean when Boris and his rabid disgusting crew weren't looking. After a while of picking up pinecones he decided he simply had to EXPRESS HIS INNER SOUL. “Fuck it, i might as well make a solo record". Some of his favourite records were solo lps from people in bands – John Cale, Gene Clark, Julian Cope, Stephen Duffy, Mike Nesmith, Neil Young, Mark Eitzel, Sandy Denny, Curtis Mayfield, etc – and there were all those great solo solo ones from Jimmy Camel, Bill Fay etc and it seemed like everybody was looking back or inward due to that plague thing, a connection to what you loved or who you missed in order to make sense of the nonsensical world of Brexit and plague and all that shit. The LP was made in the middle of the french countryside in a barn/farm owned by Mike and Allison Targett of Heist fame where along with old comrade and wonderful drummer Cosmic Neman (Zombie/Zombie, Herman Dune) they cut the record while cows grazed with Mike producing and both Targetts adding vocals,pianos etc. Then later, the group of friends known as The Pinecone Orchestra; James Horsey and Alasdair MacLean (The Clientele), Ben Phillipson (18th Day Of May/Trimdon Grange Explosion/Comet Gain), Gerry Love (Teenage Fan Club/Lightships), Anne-Laure Guillain (Comet Gain/Cinema Red And Blue) and Joe-Harvey Whyte (Hanging Stars) coloured everything in with guitars, vocals, bass, pedal steel etc.

                                                                                                                                                            So David’s rules for the LP were off to a good start. Get some good dudes to play with you, also... it's a solo record so be honest bad or good, don’t listen to any records before and rip anything off (very difficult after years of "ooh-i'll have that riff!"). Part of the weird process of looking back or trying to diary a life full of holes is that it's best managed through friends, places, records. But mainly the people you knew – good or bad – those fleeting best friends forevers whose faces you now struggle to recall, the crushes that crushed you until you wonder 'well i wonder how their life turned out'. Moving country makes you go through boxes and find memorials – letters, photos, all kinds of mementos and some tug at you preciously so the title of the record was in tribute to these half remembered and faded folks - 'the ones that burst into your heart and are then lost forever' but you can navigate your way to who you were or where or what by their psychic presence-maps to a gone you. The plan was to inhabit the songs with these moments, people, places, etc and then banish them sweetly – or as sung in "Goodbye Teenage Blue": "you've got to break the taboo by singing goodbye teenage blue" to exorcise your ghost suitcase weight – so there are songs about the future ("On The Last Day (We Spend Together)"), the present ("In My Hermit Hours", "Dream A Better Me" and the past (most of the others) and "Mum's and Dad's and Other Ghosts" which holds to the past while giving a message to a future.

                                                                                                                                                            When a record has just YOUR name on it you try to make it good. No shadows to hide in, even your mum might hear it. Solo records are (technically) written by songwriters, so might as well try and write some songs. So that's what David tried and he thinks he did ok. There are broken ballads, long winding songs, short pop songs, and things in between. Acoustic guitars, pianos, pedal steels, harmonies, wonderful drumming… There are alcoholic skinheads, forest hermits, californian dudes, holloway sweethearts, bruised mods in the upstairs room, strange boys being hit by a car, painters who can’t paint no more, friends and ghosts and lovers and losers.

                                                                                                                                                            TRACK LISTING

                                                                                                                                                            1. In My Hermit Hours
                                                                                                                                                            2. Goodbye Teenage Blue
                                                                                                                                                            3. Holloway Sweethearts
                                                                                                                                                            4. When I Called Their Names They'd Faded Away
                                                                                                                                                            5. Dream A Better Me
                                                                                                                                                            6. On The Last Day (We Spend Together)
                                                                                                                                                            7. Lockets, Drop-outs And Dragnets
                                                                                                                                                            8. Pay Me. Later, Coco + Dee
                                                                                                                                                            9. See You In Almost Sunshine
                                                                                                                                                            10. I Used To Make Drawings
                                                                                                                                                            11. The Ballad For The Button-downs
                                                                                                                                                            12. Mum's And Dad's And Other Ghosts

                                                                                                                                                            David Grubbs & Ryley Walker

                                                                                                                                                            A Tap On The Shoulder

                                                                                                                                                              You never know when that tap’s going to come. How about now? (Not for you to decide.) Or exactly what it means—except in the aftermath.

                                                                                                                                                              Mutual admiration society and David Grubbs and Ryley Walker had been taking notes on one another’s playing for some time before they hit the stage together on a couple of blistering occasions immediately pre-pandemic. (One of these live sets was released earlier this year as Fight or Flight Simulator on Café OTO’s Takuroku label.)

                                                                                                                                                              Studio sessions were clearly in the cards, and the result is A Tap on the Shoulder, a collection of duo performances that veers from crystalline instrumental compositions (“A Tap on the Shoulder,” “Accepting Most Plans,” “Dorothy Kept”) to animated alien chatterfests (“Leslie Steinberger”), and from ecstatic extrapolations charging this way and that (“Pump Fake on the Death Rattle,” “The Madman from Massachusetts in an Empty Bar”) to, I don’t know, words don’t do the trick (“Uglification”). Don’t think for a second that these shorthand descriptions suffice.

                                                                                                                                                              Electric guitars make electronic music. Ryley’s hellion musical fearlessness lights a fire under the more typically Apollonian, chess-masterly Grubbs. What’s good for the geezer is good for the, etc. And where the duo’s live performances thus far have been set-length juggernauts, A Tap on the Shoulder toggles effortlessly between microscope, telescope, and Cinemascope, letting the smallest of gestures land in all of its sonic specificity before opening the scene up to disorienting panoramas.

                                                                                                                                                              Listen to A Tap on the Shoulder in the context of Ryley’s glorious Course in Fable; listen to it in the context of Grubbs’s playing with Loren Connors, Jim O’Rourke, Taku Unami, and others; or listen to it as if you’ve never heard note one from these soulful odd birds, the two of them curiously, quixotically committed to working inside and beyond song form.

                                                                                                                                                              TRACK LISTING

                                                                                                                                                              1. A Tap On The Shoulder (5:42)
                                                                                                                                                              2. Accepting Most Plans (3:04)
                                                                                                                                                              3. Uglification (13:30)
                                                                                                                                                              4. Leslie Steinberger (4:27) 
                                                                                                                                                              5. Pump Fake On The Death Rattle (8:26)
                                                                                                                                                              6. Dorothy Kept (2:50)
                                                                                                                                                              7. The Madman From Massachusetts In An Empty Bar (7:53)

                                                                                                                                                              David Lance Callahan

                                                                                                                                                              English Primitive I

                                                                                                                                                                Uniquely of the many acts which came to public awareness through the lauded C86 compilation, David Lance Callahan has pursued a career of consistent brilliance and stark originality. After a run of fine albums with The Wolfhounds, outstanding work with Moonshake and collaborations with members of Stereolab and PJ Harvey (among others), Callahan has outdone himself on this long-awaited solo album, the results of which merit the sort of deep dive best explained with with ample time and a quality turntable. Whether English Primitive I is a product of the past year's isolation or of a long-simmering brew only now ready for dissemination is something Callahan has yet to reveal. Whatever its origins, English Primitive I is the work of a massive talent.

                                                                                                                                                                Wolfhoundian riffage offered enough ramshackle charm to somewhat obscure Callahan's darker, more penetrating writing. Likewise, Moonshake's musically bi-polar approach disguised his underlying political impulse. Here Callahan's lyricism finally, indelibly, proves him to be among the finest British pop craftsmen. This is his masterwork, a mélange of what has been called "mutant Eastern, West African, folk, blues and post-punk influences" . . . an improbable cross-cultural gumbo, yet one which coalesced into a swirling, kaleidoscopic psychedelia of emotion unlike any other record in this era. As with any recording favouring the avant-garde –works like Balaklava, Brian Jones Presents The Pipes of Pan at Joujouka, and The Heart Of The Congos– one might expect that the impact of English Primitive I will be revealed slowly, over a much longer span of time than the the too-often workaday product of today's independent music scene. With this album, Callahan takes his place alongside cult heroes Robert Wyatt, Scott Walker and Cathal Coughlan as a prime example of seemingly limitless artistic expression.

                                                                                                                                                                TRACK LISTING

                                                                                                                                                                1. Born Of The Welfare State Was I 
                                                                                                                                                                2. Goatman 
                                                                                                                                                                3. Foxboy 
                                                                                                                                                                4. She's The King Of My Life 
                                                                                                                                                                5. She Passes Through The Night 
                                                                                                                                                                6. One Rainy September 
                                                                                                                                                                7. Always

                                                                                                                                                                Susan Howe & David Grubbs

                                                                                                                                                                Concordance

                                                                                                                                                                  ‘Concordance’ is Susan Howe’s and David Grubbs’s fifth album in the fifteen years of their unexpected and richly satisfying collaboration. Here they’ve pared down their materials to voice and piano, aspiring to the hushed intensity of their live performances. What had previously resulted from Grubbs’s recomposition of recorded materials now arrives as unadorned duo performance.

                                                                                                                                                                  “Howe is a poet who has spent her career reminding us that our experiences of meaning and sound are synchronous.” - Tess Taylor, The New York Times

                                                                                                                                                                  ‘Concordance’ is Susan Howe’s and David Grubbs’s fifth album in the unexpected and richly satisfying collaboration that began with ‘Thiefth’ and includes ‘Souls of the Labadie Tract’, ‘Frolic Architecture’ and ‘WOODSLIPPERCOUNTERCLATTER’. Where these works feature the fragmentation and multiplication of Howe’s recorded voice - in a style akin to her celebrated text collages - with ‘Concordance’ they’ve pared down their materials to voice and piano, aspiring to the hushed intensity of their live performances. After fifteen years of working together, the subtleties of inflection and interaction that previously resulted from Howe’s nuanced delivery and Grubbs’s composition using recorded materials now arrives as unadorned duo performance.

                                                                                                                                                                  One of America's greatest living artists, Bollingen Prize-winning poet Susan Howe’s text for ‘Concordance’ originates in a collage poem of the same name published by Grenfell Press, which then became the title work in her most recent book, published to acclaim by New Directions in 2020. She has continued to rework the text for this performed version, incorporating material from her 2015 book of essays, ‘The Quarry’. Her source material is scissored from print concordances of the poetry of Milton, Herbert, Arnold, Browning, Dickinson and Coleridge, as well as old field guides to birds, rocks, trees, moths and mushrooms; Howe’s fiery commitment to placing these echoes of the past in dialogue with the present speaks to her position as one of America’s essential artists.

                                                                                                                                                                  David Grubbs is Professor Of Music at Brooklyn College and The Graduate Center, CUNY. He is the author of ‘The Voice in the Headphones’, ‘Now that the audience is assembled’ and ‘Records Ruin the Landscape: John Cage, the Sixties, and Sound Recording’ (all published by Duke University Press) and, with Anthony McCall, Simultaneous Soloists (Pioneer Works Press). Grubbs has played in Gastr del Sol, The Red Krayola and Squirrel Bait and performed with Tony Conrad, Pauline Oliveros and Will Oldham, among many others.

                                                                                                                                                                  TRACK LISTING

                                                                                                                                                                  CONCORDANCE (Part One)
                                                                                                                                                                  CONCORDANCE (Part Two)

                                                                                                                                                                  David Keenan

                                                                                                                                                                  What Then?

                                                                                                                                                                    "WHAT THEN?" is the second album from Irish singer-storyteller David Keenan. The follow-up to his critically acclaimed 2019 debut "A Beginner's Guide To Bravery", which charted at Number One on the official Irish independent album charts, and Top 10 on the national album charts. It was also one of the best selling vinyl album releases by an Irish artist of 2019. At the end of 2019, David Keenan premiered his concert film 'Alchemy & Prose' at the London Doc'N'Roll film festival.

                                                                                                                                                                    "WHAT THEN?" has been produced by Jonathon Mooney of Portland, OR cinematic-indie rockers Other Lives. Guests on the album include celebrated Scottish author, namesake and soul brother David Keenan, Irish poet Stephen Murphy and Nashville drummer Aaron Steele, best known for his work with Portugal. The Man and Hayley Williams. 

                                                                                                                                                                    TRACK LISTING

                                                                                                                                                                    1. What Then Cried Jo Soap
                                                                                                                                                                    2. Bark
                                                                                                                                                                    3. Beggar To Beggar
                                                                                                                                                                    4. Philomena
                                                                                                                                                                    5. Peter O'Toole's Drinking Stories
                                                                                                                                                                    6. Hopeful Dystopia
                                                                                                                                                                    7. The Grave Of Johnny Filth (featuring David Keenan)
                                                                                                                                                                    8. The Boarding House
                                                                                                                                                                    9. Me, Myself And Lunacy
                                                                                                                                                                    10. Sentimental Dole (featuring Stephen Murphy)
                                                                                                                                                                    11. Grogan's Druid

                                                                                                                                                                    David Crosby

                                                                                                                                                                    If Only I Could Remember My Name - 50th Anniversary Edition

                                                                                                                                                                      Singer-songwriter David Crosby’s solo debut, If I Could Only Remember My Name, was dismissed by critics when it came out in 1971. Over the years, however, appreciation has grown for the album’s adventurous aesthetic, stacked harmonies and haunting lyrics about loss and confusion. Billed as Crosby’s solo debut, the album was anything but a one-man project. Instead, it was one of his most collaborative efforts, featuring an all-star cast of players that included members of the Grateful Dead, Jefferson Airplane, and Santana, along with Graham Nash, Joni Mitchell, Neil Young, and others.

                                                                                                                                                                      Vinyl Details:
                                                                                                                                                                      If I Could Only Remember My Name turned 50 earlier this year and Rhino is celebrating with a 1LP 180g vinyl that includes the album lovingly remastered from the original analog tapes. The new remaster was overseen by original album engineer Stephen Barncard with restoration and speed correction using Plangent Processes. 

                                                                                                                                                                      2CD Details:
                                                                                                                                                                      If I Could Only Remember My Name turned 50 earlier this year and Rhino is celebrating with a 2CD set that includes the album lovingly remastered from the original analog tapes, accompanied by a bonus disc that features a dozen unreleased demos, outtakes, and alternative versions. The new remaster was overseen by original album engineer Stephen Barncard with restoration and speed correction using Plangent Processes. The liner notes that accompany the collection were written by Steve Silberman, co-author of Skeleton Key: A Dictionary for Deadheads.

                                                                                                                                                                      TRACK LISTING

                                                                                                                                                                      CD Tracklisting:
                                                                                                                                                                      Disc One: Original Album
                                                                                                                                                                      “Music Is Love”
                                                                                                                                                                      “Cowboy Movie”
                                                                                                                                                                      “Tamalpais High (At About 3)”
                                                                                                                                                                      “Laughing”
                                                                                                                                                                      “What Are Their Names”
                                                                                                                                                                      “Traction In The Rain”
                                                                                                                                                                      “Song With No Words (Tree With No Leaves)”
                                                                                                                                                                      “Orleans”
                                                                                                                                                                      “I’d Swear There Was Somebody Here”
                                                                                                                                                                      Bonus Track
                                                                                                                                                                      “Kids And Dogs”

                                                                                                                                                                      Disc Two: Bonus Tracks
                                                                                                                                                                      Demos
                                                                                                                                                                      “Riff 1” – Demo *
                                                                                                                                                                      “Tamalpais High (At About 3)” – Demo *
                                                                                                                                                                      “Kids And Dogs” – Demo *
                                                                                                                                                                      “The Wall Song” – Demo *
                                                                                                                                                                      “Games” – Demo *
                                                                                                                                                                      “Laughing” – Demo *
                                                                                                                                                                      “Song With No Words (Tree With No Leaves)” – Demo
                                                                                                                                                                      “Where Will I Be” – Demo *
                                                                                                                                                                      Sessions
                                                                                                                                                                      “Cowboy Movie” – Alternate Version *
                                                                                                                                                                      “Bach Mode” – Pre-Critical Mass *
                                                                                                                                                                      “Coast Road” *
                                                                                                                                                                      “Dancer” *
                                                                                                                                                                      “Fugue” *
                                                                                                                                                                      * Previously Unreleased

                                                                                                                                                                      Vinyl Tracklisting:
                                                                                                                                                                      1. “Music Is Love”
                                                                                                                                                                      2. “Cowboy Movie”
                                                                                                                                                                      3. “Tamalpais High (At About 3)”
                                                                                                                                                                      4. “Laughing”
                                                                                                                                                                      5. “What Are Their Names”
                                                                                                                                                                      6. “Traction In The Rain”
                                                                                                                                                                      7. “Song With No Words (Tree With No Leaves)”
                                                                                                                                                                      8. “Orleans”
                                                                                                                                                                      9. “I’d Swear There Was Somebody Here”

                                                                                                                                                                      Ryuichi Sakamoto & David Toop

                                                                                                                                                                      Garden Of Shadows And Light

                                                                                                                                                                        Garden of Shadows and Light is the first collaboration between Ryuichi Sakamoto and David Toop, presenting the entirety of a concert performed in London in August 2018. With their collective musical experience encompassing collaborative work with figures as diverse as Evan Parker, Akiko Yano, Arto Lindsay and Christian Fennesz, in contexts ranging from pop session work to film scores to sound installation, no one could be sure how Sakamoto and Toop would approach their first concert together as a duo.

                                                                                                                                                                        From the opening moments, in which Sakamoto’s delicate inside-piano work is paired with distant scrapes and moans from Toop’s prepared lap steel guitar, it became immediately clear that a subtle, at times hushed, form of free improvisation is being practiced here, one in which space, pause and silence often take on heightened importance. The album’s title takes inspiration from the aesthetics of Japanese gardening, and the spatial metaphor this suggests is apt, as listeners can imagine themselves wandering through a subtly changing environment, chancing on beautiful details and admiring them before moving on. We are led through a series of discrete moments, each uniquely shaded, whether by highly amplified small percussive sounds, austere electronic tones or the mournful tones of Toop’s bass recorder. The course of the music follows a non-teleological drift, in which Sakamoto and Toop seem less concerned with establishing an overarching structure than in allowing each moment the space it needs to develop and breathe.

                                                                                                                                                                        When Sakamoto eventually turns to the piano’s keyboard in the performance’s second half, the music becomes lushly enveloping, as his jaggedly lyrical lines float against a backdrop of prepared guitar and field recordings. The music takes a radical, unexpected turn when Sakamoto picks up an electric guitar, with both players turning up the volume for a passage of distorted roar and shuddering feedback – bracing evidence of the unfettered, exploratory approach shared by these two uncategorisable musicians, beautifully documented here. 

                                                                                                                                                                        TRACK LISTING

                                                                                                                                                                        A. Part 1
                                                                                                                                                                        B. Part 2

                                                                                                                                                                        David John Morris

                                                                                                                                                                        Monastic Love Songs

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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


                                                                                                                                                                          TRACK LISTING

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

                                                                                                                                                                          David Bowie

                                                                                                                                                                          Mother / Tryin' To Get To Heaven

                                                                                                                                                                            To celebrate what would have been the 74th birthday of David Bowie on the 8th January, two previously unreleased cover versions John Lennon’s MOTHER and Bob Dylan’s TRYIN’ TO GET TO HEAVEN will be released as a very special limited edition 7” single.

                                                                                                                                                                            Originally recorded by Lennon for his 1970 album John Lennon/Plastic Ono Band, Bowie's version of MOTHER was produced by Tony Visconti in 1998 for a Lennon tribute that never came to fruition. Bob Dylan’s original TRYIN’ TO GET TO HEAVEN was released on his 1997 Album of the Year GRAMMY winning Time Out Of Mind. David’s version was recorded in February 1998 during the mixing sessions for the live album.

                                                                                                                                                                            TRACK LISTING

                                                                                                                                                                            A/ Mother
                                                                                                                                                                            AA/Tryin’ To Get To Heaven (single Edit)

                                                                                                                                                                            David Nance

                                                                                                                                                                            Staunch Honey

                                                                                                                                                                              Fool's Gold Vinyl is for Indies only. RIYL: Purling Hiss, Neil Young, Jim Shepard, Roy Montgomery, Peter Laughner, Circuit Rider. Nebraska songwriter David Nance returns to Trouble In Mind with his fifth (proper) studio album "Staunch Honey", his follow-up to his acclaimed 2018 album "Peaced and Slightly Pulverized". Returning to the home-recorded magic of his early albums, "Staunch Honey" was recorded entirely to tape by Nance himself at his Omaha home with scattered assistance from his longtime live bandmates Jim Schroeder & Kevin Donohue."Staunch Honey" is the culmination of two years of hard work - Nance worked and reworked the album three times over, recording & rerecording songs until they sounded just so - a stunning batch of sonic manna that hums with feeling and mood; expertly crafted, but sounding simultaneously off-the-cuff. Nance dials back the squalling feedback & raging guitars found on "Peaced..." into something a bit mellower, like the soundtrack to a late-night drive or late night hangs. Rusted & dusted with mid-fi, stoney brilliance.

                                                                                                                                                                              "The Merchandise" kicks off the album, loping into earshot with an off-kilter countrified gait, not unlike a front porch jam session. This vibe permeates the album, other tunes like "Save Me Some Tears", "Gentle Traitor" & "When The Covers Come Off" burn with casual intensity, while rockers like "My Love, The Dark and I" and "Sell It All Night" sizzle with a six-string fury. "Black Mustang" - the penultimate number - is a real standout, with a subtle banjo plucking in the background & a palpable yearning and melancholy. Nance's true gift as a songwriter lies in his ability to craft poetry and personas that feel "lived-in". There's a world-weariness to his lyrical and musical approach, but rooted in joy, love and above all; passion. Many of the tunes on "Staunch Honey" feel like classics, but that's because in Nance's hands - they are. Not content to let the album go by without the rumble of guitar, "If The Truth Ever Shows Up" closes out the album. It's an instrumental jam with Nance wrangling and riffing on a gut-punching guitar solo for 6-plus minutes that feels very much like the end credits to a long-lost midnight movie

                                                                                                                                                                              TRACK LISTING

                                                                                                                                                                              1. The Merchandise
                                                                                                                                                                              2. My Love, The Dark And I
                                                                                                                                                                              3. This Side Of The Moon
                                                                                                                                                                              4. Save Me Some Tears
                                                                                                                                                                              5. July Sunrise
                                                                                                                                                                              6. Gentle Traitor
                                                                                                                                                                              7. Learn The Curve
                                                                                                                                                                              8. When The Covers Come Off
                                                                                                                                                                              9. Sell It All Night
                                                                                                                                                                              10. Black Mustang
                                                                                                                                                                              11. If The Truth Ever Shows Up

                                                                                                                                                                              David Boulter

                                                                                                                                                                              Yarmouth

                                                                                                                                                                                David Boulter is a founding member of Tindersticks, he has made over 20 studio albums and film soundtracks with the band. Nottingham born, but based in Prague since 1998, under his own name he has worked on music for many films. These include an eight-part serial Pustina/Wasteland for HBO Europe, the American movie Five Nights In Maine and recently two documentaries with Turkish/Belgian director Volkan Uce. Yarmouth is his first solo LP.

                                                                                                                                                                                The inspiration for Yarmouth came when David, arrived a day early for a show at the Arts Centre in Norwich, and made an impromptu visit by train to the seaside town where had spent his childhood holidays.

                                                                                                                                                                                In a year when most of us have been unable to travel, Yarmouth offers an escape to summers past. It recalls the saturated colours of a John Hinde postcard in musical form. With a sound palette based around an old 1970’s Lowrey organ, flutes, violin, vintage tape echo and a Premiere vibraphone, it captures a dreamy side of Yarmouth. Sun- drenched childhood memories, long shadows on the sand, the sound of seagulls and waves breaking on the shore. The magic of the fair - the entrance guarded by a huge mechanical giant, club in hand, while the roller coaster rattles overhead on a backboard of painted mountains peaks. As the sun goes down, noise drifts out from the amusement arcades, and neon flickers on Marine Parade, lighting up the fountains in candy floss colours.

                                                                                                                                                                                “As I stepped off the train, the weight of time passed hit me. I was overwhelmed by a sense of sadness and loss. As I walked along the streets, looking for Trudy’s, I didn’t expect her, but I did find the house. Slowly, as I recognised buildings, streets, memories. I began to smile. I hadn’t lost anything. Great Yarmouth had changed. So had I. But the warmth of those sunny childhood summers was still there.” David Boulter 2020

                                                                                                                                                                                STAFF COMMENTS

                                                                                                                                                                                Barry says: There is nothing in this world that would make me miss a Clay Pipe release, and this one was CLOSE. One of the best labels around, i'm absolutely sure this will be amazing. Get in while you can!

                                                                                                                                                                                TRACK LISTING

                                                                                                                                                                                1. Across Sea To Sand
                                                                                                                                                                                2.The Flower Clock
                                                                                                                                                                                3 Looking For Trudy
                                                                                                                                                                                4. Marine Parade
                                                                                                                                                                                5. Sandcastles
                                                                                                                                                                                6. The Milk Bar
                                                                                                                                                                                7. Rusty Old Pedal Car
                                                                                                                                                                                8. Across Sand To Sea Crab Claws
                                                                                                                                                                                9. Roller Skates The Tower Ballroom
                                                                                                                                                                                10. The Morning Mist
                                                                                                                                                                                11. See Saw
                                                                                                                                                                                12. Knickerbocker Glory
                                                                                                                                                                                13. Roller Coaster Ride
                                                                                                                                                                                14. The End Of The Pier

                                                                                                                                                                                David Byrne

                                                                                                                                                                                American Utopia On Broadway (Original Cast Recording)

                                                                                                                                                                                  Nonesuch releases the cast album for the critically acclaimed Broadway production of David Byrne’s American Utopia, with music and lyrics by David Byrne. American Utopia began as an album, also released by Nonesuch, which received a Grammy nomination and was the first by Byrne to reach #1 on the Album Chart; it was also his first to reach the Top Five on the Billboard 200 chart. The concert tour in support of American Utopia, which inspired the Broadway show, included songs from the new album along with music from Talking Heads and Byrne’s solo career. Byrne and the ensemble performed more than 150 dates in twenty-seven countries over nine months. The NME said it ‘may just be the best live show of all time.’

                                                                                                                                                                                  David Byrne’s American Utopia features David Byrne with Jacquelene Acevedo, Gustavo Di Dalva, Daniel Freedman, Chris Giarmo, Tim Keiper, Tendayi Kuumba, Karl Mansfield, Mauro Refosco, Stéphane San Juan, Angie Swan, and Bobby Wooten III; Davi Viera also performs on the album. The show’s design team includes Rob Sinclair (lighting) and Pete Keppler (sound). Karl Mansfield and Mauro Refosco are Musical Directors. Choreography and Musical Staging is by Annie-B Parson. Alex Timbers serves as Production Consultant.

                                                                                                                                                                                  Fresh off a pre-Broadway engagement at Boston’s Emerson Colonial Theatre, David Byrne’s American Utopia began performances on October 4 at the intimate Hudson Theatre on Broadway and celebrated opening night on October 20. Byrne and company perform six times a week through January 19, 2020.

                                                                                                                                                                                  David Byrne’s American Utopia is the once-in-a-lifetime Broadway event that delivers ‘an experience unlike anything else’ (Billboard) and marks a major cultural milestone in the worlds of music and theatre. Innovative pop/rock icon David Byrne (Talking Heads, Here Lies Love) shares the spotlight with a diverse ensemble of eleven musical artists from around the globe to deliver ‘a marvel of staging and motion’ (Chicago Tribune) that’s a ‘thought-provoking example of the power of live music’ (Forbes).


                                                                                                                                                                                  David Keenan

                                                                                                                                                                                  A Beginner's Guide To Bravery

                                                                                                                                                                                    David Keenan is a twenty-six year old solo artist from the border-town of Dundalk in Ireland. His burgeoning reputation in his native country has been fuelled by a handful of self-released EPs and live shows which border on religious experiences. He counts Hozier, Gary Lightbody, Glenn Hansard and Dermot Kennedy among his growing number of fans. A Beginner's Guide To Bravery is his debut album. Recorded live in the studio, it is an audacious, unfettered introduction to his singular sound world.

                                                                                                                                                                                    TRACK LISTING

                                                                                                                                                                                    1. James Dean
                                                                                                                                                                                    2. Unholy Ghosts
                                                                                                                                                                                    3. Altar Wine
                                                                                                                                                                                    4. Love In A Snug
                                                                                                                                                                                    5. Tin Pan Alley
                                                                                                                                                                                    6. Good Old Days
                                                                                                                                                                                    7. The Healing
                                                                                                                                                                                    8. Origin Of The World
                                                                                                                                                                                    9. Eastern Nights
                                                                                                                                                                                    10. Evidence Of Living
                                                                                                                                                                                    11. Subliminal Dublinia

                                                                                                                                                                                    David Holmes & Brian Irvine

                                                                                                                                                                                    Ordinary Love

                                                                                                                                                                                      Bafta Award-winning modern master of the soundtrack, David Holmes, working in collaboration with composer Brian Irvine. Set in Northern Ireland, directed by Holmes’ longtime friends Glenn Leyburn and Lisa Barros D’Sa (Good Vibrations, Cherrybomb), and written by legendary Irish playwright Owen McCafferty (whom Holmes has known for forty years), the film tells the extraordinary story of Tom (Liam Neeson) and Joan (Lesley Manville) - their life and love as they enter the uncertainty and upset of Joan’s cancer diagnosis. In a career rich in highly personal work, Ordinary Love is up there with the most affecting in Holmes’ canon. Recorded between Abbey Road and Holmes’ own Drama Studio, the soundtrack features input from some of his most trusted collaborators. Holmes states: “I worked on the score with Brian Irvine. He is a longtime friend and the first person I ever had studio experience with 27 years ago. It felt important to work with Brian on this as his father (Ronnie), Owen’s father (Gerry) and my father (Jackie) - all now deceased - were great friends through a shared love of Point-to-Point horse racing and their work as bookmakers. For the three of us to work together on this was an opportunity I couldn’t ignore.”

                                                                                                                                                                                      There is also contributions from Holmes’ bandmates, Jade Vincent and Keefus Ciancia, who comprise the trio Unloved. The group’s sound has been central to the much lauded Killing Eve soundtracks, which saw Holmes and Ciancia pick up a Bafta in 2019. Vincent provides a stand-out performance - lending her haunting and smoky vocals to the albums centrepiece and final track - ‘Isn’t It So’. The score to Ordinary Love wasn’t inspired by any other soundtrack or even musical composition but by a mathematical theory called The Game of Life. Devised by mathematician John Conway in 1970, The Game of Life is not your typical computer game. It consists of a collection of cells which, based on a few mathematical rules, can live, die or multiply as the cells form various patterns throughout the course of the game. 


                                                                                                                                                                                      TRACK LISTING

                                                                                                                                                                                      1 . Ordinary Love
                                                                                                                                                                                      2 . Mammogram
                                                                                                                                                                                      3 . Good Man
                                                                                                                                                                                      4 . Power Walking
                                                                                                                                                                                      5 . Peter And Steve
                                                                                                                                                                                      6 . To And Fro
                                                                                                                                                                                      7 . It'll Be Over In No Time
                                                                                                                                                                                      8 . Check Up 9 . Dreaming
                                                                                                                                                                                      10 . Mammogram Erased
                                                                                                                                                                                      11 . Chemotherapy
                                                                                                                                                                                      12 . More Power Walking
                                                                                                                                                                                      13 . Normal People
                                                                                                                                                                                      14 . Love
                                                                                                                                                                                      15 . Every Moment
                                                                                                                                                                                      16 . The Haircut
                                                                                                                                                                                      17 . Debbie
                                                                                                                                                                                      18 . MRI Again
                                                                                                                                                                                      19 . Isn't It So 

                                                                                                                                                                                      David Bowie

                                                                                                                                                                                      VH1 Storytellers

                                                                                                                                                                                        On the 23rd of August 1999, David Bowie played an intimate set for invited guests at The Manhattan Centre’s Grand Ballroom in New York for the VH1 Storytellers series. Ten years later in 2009 a CD/DVD/Download of the evening was released, and now 20 years on the most complete version available will be released as a strictly limited-edition double vinyl LP.

                                                                                                                                                                                        The Bowie set has long been regarded as one of the most memorable episodes in VH1 Storytellers history, with David delving deep in to his catalogue to perform tracks such as ‘Can’t Help Thinking About Me’ for the first time in 33 years, Aladdin Sane’s ‘Drive-In Saturday' which he had not performed since 1974 and ‘Word On A Wing’ which received its first outing in 23 years.

                                                                                                                                                                                        Bill Flanagan, Executive Producer of the VH1 Storytellers “We were used to dealing with legendary musicians. Still, landing David Bowie was more than a big booking. There's no way to say this without being corny: it was an honour. Bowie has a unique place in rock & roll. He is not only one of the most influential musicians of the era, he does nothing unless he is fully committed”.

                                                                                                                                                                                        TRACK LISTING

                                                                                                                                                                                        Side 1:
                                                                                                                                                                                        1. Life On Mars?
                                                                                                                                                                                        2. Rebel Rebel (truncated)
                                                                                                                                                                                        3. Thursday's Child

                                                                                                                                                                                        Side 2:
                                                                                                                                                                                        1. Can't Help Thinking About Me
                                                                                                                                                                                        2. China Girl
                                                                                                                                                                                        3. Seven

                                                                                                                                                                                        Side 3:
                                                                                                                                                                                        1. Drive-In Saturday
                                                                                                                                                                                        2. Word On A Wing
                                                                                                                                                                                        3. Survive*

                                                                                                                                                                                        Side 4:
                                                                                                                                                                                        1. I Can't Read*
                                                                                                                                                                                        2. Always Crashing In The Same Car*
                                                                                                                                                                                        3. If I'm Dreaming My Life*

                                                                                                                                                                                        *Bonus Recordings Not Included On The Original CD

                                                                                                                                                                                        David Woodcock

                                                                                                                                                                                        Normal Life

                                                                                                                                                                                          The second album Normal Life from Southend singer-songwriter David Woodcock follows his self-titled debut album which had strong support from Steve Lamacq ('New Favourite Band' & 'Rebel Playlist Winner') and Marc Riley (Live In Session) both on BBC 6 Music, John Kennedy ( X-Posure Hot One) and Gary Crowley (BBC London + Amazing Radio). The album was recorded and produced by David and Joe Lamb, over a two year period of various recording sessions. The results being distilled into a thirteen song selection that makes up Normal Life. Kevin Feazey who worked on the debut album returned again to mix the tracks in London whilst also undertaking some additional recording in Southend. For fans of David’s debut there will be much to love and cherish with this new selection of songs. It sees him expand and develop but the riotous spirit is still very much alive and kicking. 

                                                                                                                                                                                          David Kilgour And The Heavy Eights

                                                                                                                                                                                          Bobbie's A Girl

                                                                                                                                                                                            "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.

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                                                                                                                                                                                            Must I Evolve? - Inc. David Holmes & Keefus Ciancia’s Unloved Rework

                                                                                                                                                                                              From Jarvis re the mix: “David Holmes & Keefus Ciancia invited Catherine Rebeiro, Ennio Morricone, The Vampires of Dartmoor, Jean-Claude Vannier, La Düsseldorf, Alan Vega, Sergio Leone, Dario Argento & Jaromil Jireš to our Rave in the Cave.”

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                                                                                                                                                                                              Must I Evolve (Original Version)
                                                                                                                                                                                              Must I Evolve (David Holmes & Keefus Ciancia’s Unloved Rework)

                                                                                                                                                                                              Back in stock Cover of Big Love - Inc. David Penn / The Dronez Remixes by Pete Heller's Big Love.

                                                                                                                                                                                              Pete Heller's Big Love

                                                                                                                                                                                              Big Love - Inc. David Penn / The Dronez Remixes

                                                                                                                                                                                              It’s almost hard to believe that a record with anthem status like Pete Heller’s ‘Big Love’ was created out of a happy accident, but that is exactly how it happened. Left to his own devices as his studio partner Terry Farley went to watch a Chelsea game, Pete Heller was playing around with his Akai sampler when he produced what is arguably one of the most recognisable pieces of dance music of the 1990’s. Earlier this summer Urbana Records boss and Spanish powerhouse David Penn took to remixing this enduring classic. Winning over dancefloors in Ibiza and beyond with his signature rolling bassline and infectious groove, the record soaring to both Beatport and Traxsource #1. Now Defected present a special 12” package that features David’s remix, joined on the A-Side by The Dronez Remix, where house masters Erick Morillo, Harry Romero and Jose Nunez lend their classic house capabilities to the track. On the B-Side is Pete Heller’s original, sounding as incredible as ever over twenty years after its original release, once again proving the timelessness of ‘Big Love’.

                                                                                                                                                                                              STAFF COMMENTS

                                                                                                                                                                                              Matt says: 'cor blimey gov'nor. They don't come much bigger than this! Mega-anthem status alert! The remixes are good (if a little superfluous), but tbh, who can turn down a chance to get a fresh as a baby's bum copy of this iconic funky house classic! I wore mine out years ago, already bought two copies this time round! wheeeee!

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                                                                                                                                                                                              A1. Big Love (David Penn Extended Remix)
                                                                                                                                                                                              A2. Big Love (The Dronez Mix)
                                                                                                                                                                                              B1. Big Love (Original 12" Mix)


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