'POWER TO THE PEOPLE' is the highly acclaimed 2026 multiscreen concert film of John Lennon & Yoko Ono’s legendary One-To-One live shows at Madison Square Garden, NYC in 1972 with Elephant’s Memory and Special Guests – newly restored, re-edited and remixed by the Lennons’ seven-times GRAMMY®-Award winning team, with music produced by Sean Ono Lennon. Accompanying the concert film is Kevin Macdonald's award-winning documentary ONE TO ONE: JOHN & YOKO, a rare and immersive look at the couple’s first year in New York City, exploring the creativity and activism that led up to these landmark performances. 

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4 Blu-ray Deluxe Box Set:
POWER TO THE PEOPLE - Hybrid (Multiscreen), Afternoon & Evening Concerts (3 Blu-Ray Discs)
Concert Film restoration and re-edit Directed by Simon Hilton
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ONE TO ONE: JOHN & YOKO
Documentary Directed By Kevin Macdonald + Sam Rice-Edwards
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128 Page Book + 2 Postcards + 2 Posters 

2 Blu-ray Set:
POWER TO THE PEOPLE - Hybrid (Multiscreen) version
Concert Film restoration and re-edit Directed by Simon Hilton
+
ONE TO ONE: JOHN & YOKO
Documentary Directed By Kevin Macdonald + Sam Rice-Edwards

Original Jazz Classics celebrates John Coltrane’s centennial with this release of his 1958 album 'Soultrane'. Recorded at Van Gelder Studios in New Jersey, the album contains 5 cuts from the quartet featuring Coltrane alongside Red Garland (piano), Paul Chambers (bass) and Art Taylor (drums). This new edition of the album is released on 180-gram vinyl pressed at RTI with all-analog mastering from the original tapes at Cohearent Audio and a Stoughton Tip-On Jacket.

TRACK LISTING

1. Good Bait
2. I Want to Talk about You
3. You Say You Care
4. Theme for Ernie
5. Russian Lullaby

'John Son' captures The Fat Lady Sings at their most open-hearted and ambitious. Across these songs, the band threads jangling guitars with sharp emotional detail, building a world where memory, regret, and hope collide. It's an album that moves with purpose -- melodic, literate, and unafraid to sit with the difficult moments. Every track feels like a postcard from a life half- lived and half- understood, delivered with the band's unmistakable blend of tenderness and bite.

TRACK LISTING

1. Boil
2. Show Of Myself
3. Alien 
4. Drunkard Logic 
5. World Exploding Touch 
6. Horse Water Wind
7. This Guitar
8. Johnny Sunrise 
9. Stealing A Plane 
10. Colourblind 
11. But 
12. Providence

Throughout his career, Oriol Riverola (best known to the electronic music world as John Talabot) has relied on the spark—both creative and social—provided by being on the road, playing gigs, getting into the studio and living the life of a working musician. But when the world shut down in 2020, that spark was abruptly snuffed out. At the time, it was unclear when—or if—things would ever go back to normal; producing dance music felt weird and somewhat pointless, and as much of the music sphere pivoted hard toward a blurry strain of homebound ambient, Riverola found himself asking, “What might the most euphoric possible variant of ambient sound like?”

'Music for Empty Stadiums' is the album that answered that question, and with 17 tracks and a runtime of nearly 95 minutes, it’s easily the most substantial release of Riverola’s career, and one of the most personal things he’s ever done. That’s why he’s chosen to release it under the name OR, which is not only a stand-in for his initials, but is also the Catalan word for “gold.”

'Music for Empty Stadiums' is not a new John Talabot album. It is, however, a new album from John Talabot.

TRACK LISTING

1. The Cortisol Arena
2. Barroque
3. Terrace Continuum
4. Ginger & Miyake
5. Where's the Melody
6. Ombra de Ninja (Balearika Mix)
7. Preset Symphony
8. Supper Bowl
9. =^.^= (ANTHEM4U)
10. Nokik Messiah
11. Reflex Amnesia
12. Maracaná
13. Fractal Love Odyssey
14. CROWDPLEASER
15. Strings of Death (Dtunin’ version)
16. Trancient
17. Serotonin Bliss Blues

In 1990, John Williams created the compilation album "John Williams Conducts John Williams – The Star Wars Trilogy", which features 13 of his most memorable tracks from the original Star Wars Trilogy. All performed by the London Symphony Orchestra, it features the iconic “Main Theme” and “Throne Room / Finale” from Episode IV – A New Hope, “The Imperial March” from Episode V – The Empire Strikes Back, and “Luke And Leia”. "John Williams Conducts John Williams – The Star Wars Trilogy" is available on vinyl for the very first time and is housed in a gatefold sleeve with liner notes by the creator of the Star Wars franchise, George Lucas.

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Liam says: Super duper limited release, this John Williams curated compilation of his most iconic themes from the original Star Wars trilogy has never been released on vinyl before and is comin' atcha on (Yoda or lightsaber - you take your pick) green vinyl. Perfect soundtrack accompaniment for those days you're wanting to blow up the Death Star or Jedi training on Dagobah.

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Side A
1. Episode IV "A New Hope": Main Theme
2. Episode IV "A New Hope": Princess Leia's Theme (Instrumental)
3. Episode IV "A New Hope": The Little People (Instrumental)

Side B
1. Episode V "The Empire Strikes Back": The Imperial March
2. Episode V "The Empire Strikes Back": Yoda's Theme (Instrumental)
3. Episode VI "Return Of The Jedi": Parade Of The Ewoks (Instrumental)
4. Episode V "The Empire Strikes Back": The Asteroid Field (Instrumental)

Side C
1. Episode VI "Return Of The Jedi": Luke And Leia (Instrumental)
2. Episode IV "A New Hope": Cantina Band
3. Episode IV "A New Hope": Here They Come! (Instrumental)
4. Episode VI "Return Of The Jedi": Jabba The Hut (Instrumental)

Side D
1. Episode VI "Return Of The Jedi": The Forest Battle (Instrumental)
2. Episode IV "A New Hope": Throne Room / Finale

In celebration of John Coltrane's centennial, this  boxset includes all 3 albums recorded with Wilbur Harden in 1958 for Savoy Records: 'Mainstream 1958', 'Tanganyika Strut' and 'Jazz Way Out'. Featuring players including Tommy Flanagan, Curtis Fuller, Doug Watkins, Louis Hayes, Art Taylor and more.

TRACK LISTING

Mainstream 1958
1. Wells Fargo
2. West 42nd Street
3. E.F.F.P.H.
4. Snuffy
5. Rhodomagnetics

Jazz Way Out
1. Dial Africa
2. Oomba
3. Gold Coast

Tanganyika Strut
1. Tanganyika Strut
2. B.J.
3. Anedac
4. Once in a While

The Best Of Miles Davis & John Coltrane (1955-1961), a 2LP highlights collection featuring key selections from the celebrated recordings. Previously available only on CD, this marks the first time the compilation will be released on vinyl, offering an accessible introduction to one of jazz’s most iconic partnerships.

TRACK LISTING

1. Two Bass Hit
2. Dear Old Stockholm
3. Bye Bye Blackbird
4. Round Midnight
5. Straight, No Chaser - Alternate Take
6. Milestones
7. So What
8. Blue In Green
9. Some Day My Prince Will Come

'Beam Cottage' is the new album from singer, musician and actor Johnny Flynn and his sister Lillie. Gathering music from their childhood alongside reworkings of tracks from Johnny's extensive catalogue, the album opens with new original 'The Music of the Spheres' and includes Lillie's songwriting debut 'Brockwell Park'. It features reinterpretations of traditional songs and covers including Paul Simon's 'The Boy In The Bubble' and Hank Williams' 'Rambling Man', and closes with a lullaby penned by their father. Produced by Charlie Andrew (Alt-J, Marika Hackman, London Grammar), lead single 'The Ghost Of O'Donahue' features acclaimed South African vocal harmony group The Joy.

TRACK LISTING

1. Rambling Man
2. The Music of the Spheres
3. Brockwell Park
4. The Ghost of O'Donahue ft. The Joy
5. Hares on the Mountain
6. The Boy In The Bubble
7. Between the Wars
8. The Lady is Risen
9. Dink's Song
10. Tell Old Bill
11. Idumea
12. Moon River
13. Been Listening
14. Sleepy Head

'The Complete Miles Davis & John Coltrane' documents Miles Davis’ first years and earliest albums for Columbia Records, spanning October 1955 through March 1961. Capturing one of the most important collaborations in jazz history, these recordings showcase the creative evolution of two legendary musicians whose influence continues to resonate across generations.

TRACK LISTING

1. Two Bass Hit (Alternate Take)
2. Two Bass Hit
3. Ah-Leu-Cha (Alternate Take)
4. Ah-Leu-Cha
5. Ah-Leu-Cha (Take 5)
6. Little Melonae
7. Budo (Alternate Take)
8. Budo
9. Dear Old Stockholm
10. Bye Bye Blackbird (Alternate Take)
11. Bye Bye Blackbird
12. Tadd's Delight
13. Tadd's Delight (Alternate Take)
14. Dear Old Stockholm (Alternate Take)
15. All of You (Alternate Take)
16. All of You
17. Sweet Sue, Just You (First Version)
18. Sweet Sue, Just You (False Start with Discussion by Leonard Bernstein & Miles Davis)
19. Sweet Sue, Just You (Alternate Take)
20. Sweet Sue, Just You
21. Miles Davis Comments
22. 'Round Midnight
23. Two Bass Hit (Alternate Take)
24. Two Bass Hit
25. Billy Boy
26. Straight, No Chaser (Alternate Take)
27. Straight, No Chaser
28. Milestones (Alternate Take)
29. Milestones 
30. Sid's Ahead
31. Little Melonae
32. Dr. Jekyll
33. On Green Dolphin Street
34. Fran-Dance (Alternate Take)
35. Fran-Dance
36. Stella By Starlight
37. Love For Sale
38. Freddie Freeloader (False Start)
39. Freddie Freeloader
40. So What
41. Blue in Green
42. Flamenco Sketches (Alternate Take)
43. Miles Davis Comments
44. Flamenco Sketches
45. All Blues
46. Some Day My Prince Will Come
47. Teo
48. Introduction by Willis Conover
49. Ah-Leu-Cha
50. Straight, No Chaser
51. Fran-Dance
52. Two Bass Hit
53. Bye Bye Blackbird (Live at Newport Jazz Festival, Newport, RI – July 1958)
54. The Theme (Live at Newport Jazz Festival, Newport, RI – July 1958)
55. If I Were a Bell (Live at the Plaza Hotel, New York, NY – September 1958) 56. Oleo (Live at the Plaza Hotel, New York, NY – September 1958)
57. My Funny Valentine (Live at the Plaza Hotel, New York, NY – September 1958)
58. Straight, No Chaser (Live at the Plaza Hotel, New York, NY – September 1958)

LOST FOR SIX DECADES, 'The Tiberi Tapes' uncover remarkable performances whose brilliance shines beyond the limitations of the recordings themselves.

Certain musical treasures reach us in raw form, their sonic anomalies inseparable from their history. Their true worth reveals itself in attentive listening.

'The Tiberi Tapes' are such a treasure. Hidden away for six decades, these recordings offer musical riches that transcend the medium that preserved them.

Among the most fabled and mythologized recordings of the last 65 years, the private recordings of John Coltrane’s group made by musician Frank Tiberi in the early 1960s have long been the subject of jazz world rumor and intense speculation.

Tiberi followed Coltrane into clubs in New York and Philadelphia, capturing the otherworldly music being created nightly on his portable tape recorder.

TRACK LISTING

1. Giant Steps (226 bpm)
2. Giant Steps (262 bpm)
3. Thing in D Flat
4. Lover
5. West 42nd St.
6. Impressions
7. Untitled Original in F Minor
8. Satellite
9. Good Bait
10. Resolution
11. It’s Easy to Remember

'Legendary Children (All of Them Queer)' is a celebrated 1994 dance-pop track by former Frankie Goes to Hollywood frontman Holly Johnson. The song acts as an upbeat LGBTQ+ historical roll-call, honoring historical queer icons from Andy Warhol to Leonardo da Vinci, and was notably performed at London's Gay Pride in 1994. The song is based on the iconic Paris Is Burning and features the brilliant vocals of Helen Terry (Culture Club/2wo Third3). 

Released on the album 'Soulstream', the song is famous for its spoken-word verses and euphoric chorus celebrating legendary figures like Oscar Wilde, Jean Cocteau, and Joe Orton. The overarching message is captured in its defiant lyric: "The answer is clear, they're all of them queer."

Now 2026 sees brand new versions by Luv Foundation (UK). George from the Sharp Boys, a dear friend of Holly's and Mark Loverush, mentioned to Holly that Luv Foundation (UK) should do the rework. Mark Loverush and Julian Napolitano wanted to capture as much of the original essence as possible, keeping that 90s flavor while giving the remix a big, classic feel reflective of how it would sound today. 

This is a limited edition of 700 pink vinyl, including 2 of the original versions alongside 2 remixes by Luv Foundation (UK).  It comes in brand new artwork by Philip Marshall. 

TRACK LISTING

1. Legendary Children (All Of Them Queer)
2. Legendary Children (All Of Them Queer) (Saturday Night In Heaven Mix)
3. Legendary Children (All Of Them Queer) (Luv Foundation (UK) Remix)
4. Legendary Children (All Of Them Queer) (Luv Foundation (UK) Extended Remix) 

To celebrate the 10th anniversary of 'Lost Themes II', Sacred Bones is proud to present a new expanded art edition of John Carpenter’s acclaimed second album of non-soundtrack compositions. Featuring newly commissioned artwork by Randy Ortiz, this anniversary edition pairs the original album with a bonus 7” containing 'Real Xeno', now available on vinyl outside its original, limited Sacred Bones Society release for the first time. The B-side features an exclusive etched design created especially for this edition.

'The Lost Themes' series has grown into one of the defining chapters of Carpenter’s career. Free from the constraints of the screen, these compositions have taken on lives of their own, expanding Carpenter’s legacy beyond film scores. Released in 2016, 'Lost Themes II' broadened the sonic world of its predecessor, pairing Carpenter’s unmistakable gift for atmosphere and suspense with his trademark minimal synth, richer arrangements, and electric and acoustic guitars.

A decade on, 'Lost Themes II' remains a landmark in a series that has grown far beyond imagined soundtracks, standing as essential works in Carpenter’s catalog and a testament to his musical vision and remarkable ability to create worlds that extend far beyond film.

TRACK LISTING

1. Distant Dream 
2. White Pulse 
3. Persia Rising 
4. Angel’s Asylum 
5. Hofner Dawn 
6. Windy Death 
7. Dark Blues 
8. Virtual Survivor 
9. Bela Lugosi 
10. Last Sunrise 
11. Utopian Facade 
7":
12. Real Xeno 

To commemorate the 45th anniversary of Olivia Newton-John’s smash hit and album of the same name, ‘Physical’, a collectible colour 7” with the original packaging, upgraded with a new inner sleeve and remastered audio, is released.

A massive cultural phenomenon, ‘Physical’ spent ten consecutive weeks at Number One on the Billboard Hot 100 and Billboard ranked it Number One on their Top 100 Songs Of The 1980s list.

Most recently, the song was interpolated on Benson Boone’s 2025 hit ‘Mystical Magical’.

Father John Misty’s landmark 2015 sophomore album, I Love You, Honeybear, is back on vinyl, remastered and repackaged as a single LP (It was originally released as a double LP).

The now-classic album includes fan favorites “Chateau Lobby #4 (in C for Two Virgins),” and the title track, “I Love You, Honeybear.” On release I Love You, Honeybear earned a Pitchfork Best New Music, a perfect score from Exclaim!, and rave reviews from NME, Mojo, Q, Spin, and more. It was hailed as one of the best albums of 2015 by Pitchfork, Billboard, The A.V. Club, NME, and Stereogum. I Love You, Honeybear was produced by Josh Tillman and Jonathan Wilson, and mixed by Phil Ek. This 2024 edition was remastered in 2024 by Adam Ayan at Ayan Mastering.

TRACK LISTING

1. I Love You, Honeybear
2. Chateau Lobby #4 (in C For Two Virgins)
3. True Affection
4. The Night Josh Tillman Came To Our Apt.
5. When You're Smiling And Astride Me
6. Nothing Good Ever Happens At The Goddamn Thirsty Crow
7. Strange Encounter
8. The Ideal Husband
9. Bored In The USA
10. Holy Shit
11. I Went To The Store One Day

Born and raised in the birthplace of House Music, Paul Johnson was known for his raw, soulful, and infectious sound, that helped shape Chicago's house scene and inspired generations of DJs worldwide in particular he was a massive inspiration to Daft Punk and the 'French Touch' scene. Releasing a vast amount of music throughout the 1990s for some of the most consistently underground dance labels including legendary Chicago imprints Cajual, Relief and Dance Mania he finally gained global fame with his 1999 hit 'Get Get Down', a dancefloor anthem that topped charts across Europe. Despite facing physical challenges, including losing both legs in accidents, he remained an unstoppable force in music—touring, producing, and uplifting others with his resilient spirit and signature groove.

Originally released in 1996 'Feel The Music' was Paul's second album for Peacefrog Records. Containing some of the classiest house music to hail from the Windy City. Classics such 'A Little Suntin Suntin', 'Summer Heat' and 'I Wonder Why' will have you smiling while you’re jackin’ and the irresistible and infectious 'Hear The Music' was the opening track for Daft Punks legendary Radio 1 Essential Mix.

TRACK LISTING

1. Relax With Me
2. A Little Suntin Suntin
3. You Make Me Say Do Be Do
4. Hear The Music
5. About Your Love
6. Summer Heat
7. I Wonder Why
8. The Groove 

Born and raised in the birthplace of House Music, Paul Johnson was known for his raw, soulful, and infectious sound, that helped shape Chicago's house scene and inspired generations of DJs worldwide in particular he was a massive inspiration to Daft Punk and the 'French Touch' scene.

Releasing a vast amount of music throughout the 1990s for some of the most consistently underground dance labels including legendary Chicago imprints Cajual, Relief and Dance Mania he finally gained global fame with his 1999 hit 'Get Get Down', a dancefloor anthem that topped charts across Europe. Despite facing physical challenges, including losing both legs in accidents, he remained an unstoppable force in music—touring, producing, and uplifting others with his resilient spirit and signature groove.

Paul Johnson’s classic 1995 debut album on Peacefrog, 'Bump Talkin' is a timeless showcase of Paul’s signature deep, soulful house sound, blending irresistible peak-time, piano-driven anthems with a playful touch of bouncy Ghetto House energy. 

TRACK LISTING

1. Hour Glass Figure
2. Fantasise
3. 4 The World
4. Time Of Love
5. Caught Up In Your Love
6. Bump Talkin
7. Bouncing Bed Springs
8. Autobahn Cruise
9. Tenacious

With Sunrise and the Life We Live, John Beltran returns to his ambient techno roots, the sound that garnered him global appeal in the 1990s. Through ten tracks, the album journeys through lush, aerated textures and beatless expanse. Hypnotic grooves deepen and bloom in a flow of shapes and colors, creating a sound that is both meditative and full of life.

Thirty years after the release of his seminal Ten Days of Blue, Beltran's musicianship, vision and desire to produce remain at a fever pitch. With Sunrise and the Life We Live his gift of extracting emotion from the universe and turning it into a unique musical experience puts him in a class of his own.

TRACK LISTING

A1. Blue Green Eyes
A2. Sunrise and the Life We Live
A3. Austin
B1. The Echo Bridge
B2. Soft Rain
B3. Éire
C1. Lila
C2. The Watering
C3. Meant For Her
D1. Ikibana
D2. Ambala, Anders Ponsaing & Troels Hammer - Quiet Yellow Purple (Beltrans LET IT GO Remix)
D3. Kenneth Bager & Findlay Brown - Stones and Steel (Beltran Remix)

Originally released on 27th September 1996, ‘Northern Exposure’ is widely regarded as one of the greatest mix compilations ever made. Thirty years on, it sounds as vital as ever - a testament to the fearless vision that went into its creation.

At a time when DJ culture was still writing its own rules, Sasha and John Digweed pushed against the grain. Drawing on sounds discovered during early trips to America - from Rabbit in the Moon to Future Sound of London - they built something that prioritised atmosphere over dancefloor convention. DJ Mag panned it on release. History changed their tune.

'Northern Exposure Redux' marks the 30th anniversary with a definitive reissue of both original mixes. The 3CD version also includes a newly created ambient mix. Shaped by the spirit of Bill Laswell and Mad Professor, it explores the deeper, more hypnotic DNA that always ran beneath the surface. 'Northern Exposure Redux - North' includes classic tracks by Keiichi Suzuki, The Future Sound Of London, and Banco de Gaia. 'Northern Exposure Redux - South' includes classic tracks by Dope On Plastic, Pete Lazonby, and a newly recreated version of ‘Dark And Long (Dark Train)’ by none other than Darren Emerson himself. Both vinyl versions also include a download code for both the North And South mixes, as well as the individual tracks. 

TRACK LISTING

1. Keiichi Suzuki – Satellite Serenade (Transasianexpress Mix)
2. The Future Sound Of London – Cascade (Part 1)
3. Young American Primitive – These Waves
4. God Within – Raincry (Submerged)
5. Rabbit In The Moon – Out Of Body Experience
6. Morgan King – I’m Free (NE Mix)
7. Aether feat. Maria Nayler – Kites
8. Fuzzy Logic x Erire – Obsession (Quantum Loop Mix)
10. William Orbit – Water From A Vine Leaf (Spooky’s Xylem Flow Mix)
10. Apollo 440 - Liquid Cool (Deep Forest Ice Cold @ The Equator Mix)
11. Banco de Gaia – Last Train To Lhasa

Northern Exposure Redux - South Tracklisting:
1. Dope On Plastic – Wave Dub
2. Drum Club – Sound System (Underworld Mix)
3. Castle Trancelott – The Gloom
4. Pete Lazonby – Wave Speech (NE Edit)
5. Evolution – Phoenix
6. The Light – Dusk
7. X-Tracks – Plan ‘94 (The Voyage)
8. Mellow Mellow – I Can’t Stop (Parrot Trance)
9. Banco de Gaia – Heliopolis (Eedupolis Dog Mix)
10. Humate & Rabbit In The Moon – East (Opium Den Mix)
11. Darren Emerson – Dark And Long (Dark Train) 

Arriving in record racks just a year before the epochal shift of 'A Love Supreme', 'Live At Birdland' anticipates the period of stunning artistic development John Coltrane was experiencing in his final years recording for Impulse! Contrary to its title, the album offers three live recordings from the stage of midtown Manhattan's Birdland jazz club on October 8, 1963 alongside two studio recordings made at Rudy Van Gelder's Englewood Cliffs studio the following month—all featuring Coltrane with his legendary quartet of pianist McCoy Tyner, bassist Jimmy Garrison, and drummer Elvin Jones. Highlights include the original 'Alabama', written in response to the 1963 Birmingham church bombing, and a live read of Mongo Santamaria's 'Afro Blue' with Coltrane offering a commanding lead on soprano saxophone.

Verve Acoustic Sounds Series titles are mastered from the original analog tapes by Matthew Lutthans, pressed on 180-gram vinyl at Quality Record Pressings (QRP) and packaged in high-quality tip-on gatefold jackets.

TRACK LISTING

1. Afro-Blue
2. I Want To Talk About You
3. The Promise
4. Alabama
5. Your Lady

'Animative' is new work by composer, producer, saxophonist and synthesist Josh Johnson (SML, Jeff Parker ETA IVtet, Flea and The Honora Band), his third album under his own name, and his first for International Anthem/Nonesuch.

The album further advances Johnson deep into a territory he has been exploring for years: live-processed electro-acoustic takes on deconstructed rhythmic jazz.

The ten track album – co-produced by Johnson and Paul Bryan, featuring contributions from Meshell Ndegeocello, Macie Stewart, Marquis Hill, Ben Lumsdaine, and more – is a marvel of electro-acoustic innovation that combines compositional brilliance and technological ambition into a mesmerizing blend of skeletal soul-jazz, post-bop, electronic minimalism, and dreamy ambience.

TRACK LISTING

1. Idiofone
2. Reece
3. Jazz Chord Possession
4. Aughts Hymnal
5. Mill
6. It Can Be Everywhere
7. Strays
8. High Step
9. Close
10. Upstairs 2021

Malcolm John Rebennack, Jr. lived an extraordinary life, from which we all benefitted. His combination of New Orleans R&B, blues, jazz, funk, and rock permeated the musical landscape of the late ’60s and beyond. While quite young, he was influenced by piano players, including Professor Longhair. As a teenage musical prodigy, Mac was a songwriter, arranger, A&R guy, and a producer for Ace Records, running sessions with legendary artists. During the 1960s, as a “first call” Los Angeles studio musician, he honed his chops doing session work for artists including Sonny & Cher, Canned Heat, and Frank Zappa. Years later, he developed his persona of Dr. John The Night Tripper and his 1968 debut album, Gris Gris, was a phenomenon, attracting fans across the musical spectrum. Its “I Walk On Guilded Splinters” has been covered by The Allman Brothers, Cher, Paul Weller, The Neville Brothers, and was a centerpiece of Humble Pie’s classic Performance Rockin’ The Fillmore. More singles and albums followed including “Iko Iko” (from Dr. John’s Gumbo) and “Right Place Wrong Time” (which hit #9 on the Billboard Hot 100 in 1973.) Both Gris Gris and Gumbo were listed on Rolling Stone’s Top 500 Albums of All Time, and Dr. John performed In The Right Place’s “Such A Night” at The Band’s 1976 farewell concert—immortalized in The Last Waltz. He would go on to win six Grammy awards and in 2011 was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame by John Legend. Now, his singles from those early and influential Atco/Atlantic years have been collected on Gris Gris Gumbo Ya Ya: Singles 1968–1974 . 26 sides of pure musical medicine from Dr. John. Available as a double LP, the packaging contains liner notes from Gene Sculatti. Featuring the hits “Right Place Wrong Time,” “Iko Iko,” “Such A Night,” and rare single edits of other classics, Gris Gris Gumbo Ya Ya: Singles 1968–1974 is not only the right place to start your Dr. John journey, but the perfect place to relive the classic Atco/Atlantic albums

TRACK LISTING

Disc 1 - Side A
1. Gris-Gris Gumbo Ya Ya 
2. I Walk on Gilded Splinters (Pt. I) 
3. I Walk on Gilded Splinters (Pt. II)
4. Mama Roux
5. Jump Sturdy
6. The Patriotic Flag-Waver (Mono)
Disc 1 - Side B
1. Wash, Mama, Wash
2. Loop Garoo
3. Iko Iko
4. Huey "Piano" Smith Medley
5. Wang Dang Doodle
6. Big Chief
Disc 2 - Side A
1. A Man of Many Words 
2. Let the Good Times Roll
3. Stack-A-Lee
4. Right Place Wrong Time
5. I Been Hoodood
6. Such a Night
7. Cold Cold Cold (Single)
Disc 2 - Side B
1. Traveling Mood
2. Same Old Same Old
3. Life
4. (Everybody Wanna Get Rich) Rite Away
5. Mos' Scocious
6. Let's Make a Better World 
7. Me Minus You Equals Loneliness

A fully illustrated, enhanced and reformatted edition of Johnny Marr’s acclaimed autobiography, Set the Boy Free, sumptuously re-imagined with additional archival photography and exclusive updates by Marr himself. A slick redesign integrating the classic text and photographs with expanded imagery from the archives of Angie Marr, this enhanced edition of Johnny Marr’s bestselling autobiography is so much more than the story of the much-loved guitar wizard. It’s the inside track of popular music over the last forty years, laid bare by a musical legend at the heart of it all and never far from the Top 10.

A true collector’s item, Johnny Marr: Set the Boy Free also includes a brand-new introduction by Marr and his previously unpublished, highly personal eulogy for Smiths bassist and school friend Andy Rourke. Published to celebrate the 10th anniversary of the original edition of Set the Boy Free and the 40th anniversary of the release of The Smiths’ The Queen Is Dead – voted the greatest album of all time by NME – this illustrated anniversary edition includes swathes of never-before-published photography from this classic Smiths era, and comes at a time when Marr’s stature as a musician, songwriter and household name confirms his position as a modern cultural icon.

All legends start somewhere, and 'With His Hot and Blue Guitar' is where the legend of Johnny Cash began. Remastered in honor of Sun Records’ 70th Anniversary, Cash’s debut album was also the first LP issued by Sam Phillips on the legendary label. The Man in Black is backed by the Tennessee Two on classic Cash hits like 'Folsom Prison Blues', 'Cry, Cry, Cry' and 'I Walk the Line'. 

TRACK LISTING

1. Rock Island Line
2. I Heard That Lonesome Whistle
3. Country Boy
4. If The Good Lord's Willing
5. Cry, Cry, Cry
6. Remember Me
7. So Doggone Lonesome
8. I Was There When It Happened
9. I Walk The Line
10. The Wreck Of The Old '97
11. Folsom Prison Blues
12. Doin' My Time

Forwards! moves roughly chronologically through moments in Brummie history; from the Lunar Society/Priestley Riots, through post war brutalist redevelopment, to the current era of apathy, strikes, mystery fires, and grifters stoking dangerously misguided "patriotism" The record grew from the band's view of the city as both a microcosm of the wider country, and testing ground for 200 years of unaccountable Westminster experimentation. The title itself is taken from the Birmingham's oft- derided civic motto.

Throughout the record, fellow Birmingham punx Luxury Nan Smell take the role of The City Elders, providing backing vocals that interrupt, question or comment on the songs like a running director's commentary. Meanwhile, Bryn Bowen, whose CV stretches across numerous Birmingham bands of the 2000s, appears as The Lords of Change, a recurring voice embodying the landlords, lawmakers and civic powerbrokers who shape the city from above.

TRACK LISTING

foreward
The Remnants of the Lunar Society
The Sacking of Fairhill House
The Concrete Collar
OUR CITY ELDERS REFRAIN
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Dylan John Thomas returns with his electrifying second album, 'Nothing Here Worth Taking'.

Entirely written by Dylan, the album was recorded at Magic Box studios over the past year. Anchored by the gravitational pull of his unmistakable vocal and longstanding relationship with the acoustic guitar, the 10-track set is gritty, raw and emotionally charged. A rousing, carousing blast of brass, blues, banjo, piano and classic, retrofutureproof, singalong songwriting. It marks a bold step forward for one of Scotland's most compelling voices.

Includes the singles 'Heaven Knows You're Lonely' and 'Got You On My Mind'.

TRACK LISTING

1. Nothing Here Worth Taking
2. Heaven Knows You're Lonely 
3. The Bridge 
4. Got You on My Mind 
5. Call It a Day 
6. Dining With The Devil Next Door 
7. Come and Get It 
8. Thinking About You 
9. Sequel 
10. All the Days of My Life

John Prine’s Found Dogs is a newly curated archival release celebrating the 30th anniversary of Lost Dogs & Mixed Blessings. Drawn from the original recording sessions and demos from the era, Found Dogs collects alternate versions, acoustic performances, and five previously unreleased tracks, offering a rare look into Prine’s songwriting and studio process during a pivotal period of his career.

Highlights include alternate takes of “Ain’t Hurtin’ Nobody” and “Quit Hollerin’ At Me,” a solo acoustic version of “Humidity Built the Snowman,” demos such as “Lake Marie,” and unreleased recordings including “Hey Ah Nothin’,” “World Without Love,” and “Dogs in Burlington.” All tracks have been newly remastered for vinyl.

TRACK LISTING

1. Ain't Hurtin Nobody - Alternative Version
2. All The Way With you - Acoustic Version
3. Lake Marie - Demo
4. Humidity Built the Snowbman - Solo Acoustic
5. Quit Hollerin' At Me - Alternaitve Version
6. Hey Ah Nothin' - Previously Unreleased Track
7. World Without Love - Previously Unreleased Track
8. All For The Love of A Girl - Johnny Horton Cover
9. Dogs In Burlington - Previously Unreleased Track
10. My God Thank You John - Previously Unreleased Track

Drawing from the larger career spanning 6LP box, comes a shorter/sweeter collection featuring just the highlights! These are the quintessential compositions and timeless classics that shaped Coltrane's career and influence. Essential listening!

TRACK LISTING

1. STRAIGHT STREET - John Coltrane 
2. TRINKLE, TINKLE - Thelonious Monk with John Coltrane 
3. BLUE TRAIN - John Coltrane 
4. MILESTONES - Miles Davis 
5. SO WHAT - Miles Davis 
6. GIANT STEPS - John Coltrane 
7. NAIMA - John Coltrane 
8. MY FAVORITE THINGS - John Coltrane
9. EQUINOX - John Coltrane 
10. A LOVE SUPREME, PT. 1 - ACKNOWLEDGEMENT - John Coltrane

'The Age Of Everything' is Johnny Marr's fifth full length studio record. Written in London, developed live on the road across the East Coast of North America and recorded in Manchester, 'The Age Of Everything' captures the energy and tensions of the city. Sharp, fast and dynamic, filled with ideas and possibilities.

“This is the record that’s been the most cathartic. The title came to me early in the process and became an inescapable idea. It seemed to sum up the way I think a lot of people are feeling. It’s all encompassing, but it's not necessarily a negative statement. There’s a sense of overwhelm in the culture brought about by technology, but looking at it with a different light, there could also be a sense of possibility.” Johnny Marr

STAFF COMMENTS

Barry says: An incendiary new outing from shop all-time favourite, Johnny Marr. With his trademark jangling guitars and soaring vocals coming together into a more upbeat endeavour than the Fever Dreams quadrilogy on the whole, it really showcases Marr's impeccable ear for melody and skill at composition. Wonderfully concise, upbeat indie from one of the masters of the craft.

TRACK LISTING

1. Spin
2. Beyond The Rain
3. It's Time
4. How Come
5. Ophelia
6. That Feeling
7. In And Out Of Love
8. Just Once More
9. Fire With Fire
10. All In A Life

A cross-label career spanning compilation to celebrate the 100th birthday of jazz legend John Coltrane. This is the first truly comprehensive career overview on the accomplished musician and bandleader to date, including early compositions from 1951 through to his final creative outputs before his passing in 1967. This collection of 6 discs on 180g vinyl will be a fabulous anchor piece for Coltrane devotees and a perfect place for new fans to explore his catalog & legacy.

TRACK LISTING

1. WE LOVE TO BOOGIE - Dizzy Gillespie Sextet 
2. TWO BASS HIT (Alternate Take) - Miles Davis Quintet 
3. JOHN PAUL JONES - Paul Chambers 
4. IF I WERE A BELL - Miles Davis Quintet 
5. STRAIGHT STREET - John Coltrane 
6. WHILE MY LADY SLEEPS - John Coltrane 
7. WELL YOU NEEDN’T - Thelonious Monk 
8.TRINKLE, TINKLE - Thelonious Monk with John Coltrane 
9. SLOW DANCE - John Coltrane with the Red Garland Trio 
10. BLUE TRAIN - John Coltrane 
11. PRISTINE - Art Blakey’s Big Band
12. MILESTONES - Miles Davis 
13. OLEO (Live) - Miles Davis & John Coltrane
14. BAGS & TRANE - Milt Jackson & John Coltrane 
15. SO WHAT - Miles Davis 
16. COUSIN MARY - John Coltrane 
17. GIANT STEPS - John Coltrane 
18. SYEEDA’S SONG FLUTE - John Coltrane 
19. I’LL WAIT AND PRAY - John Coltrane
20. NAIMA - John Coltrane 
21. LIKE SONNY - John Coltrane
22. MY SHINING HOUR - John Coltrane 
23. CHERRYCO - John Coltrane & Don Cherry
24. MY FAVORITE THINGS - John Coltrane 
25. VILLAGE BLUES - John Coltrane
26. CENTRAL PARK WEST - John Coltrane 
27. MR. SYMS - John Coltrane 
28. BODY AND SOUL - John Coltrane 
29. BLUES TO ELVIN - John Coltrane 
30. EVERYTIME WE SAY GOODBYE - John Coltrane 
31. EQUINOX - John Coltrane
32. INDIA (Live) - John Coltrane 
33. IN A SENTIMENTAL MOOD - Duke Ellington & John Coltrane 
34. MY ONE AND ONLY LOVE - John Coltrane & Johnny Hartman 
35. ALABAMA (Live) - John Coltrane 
36. A LOVE SUPREME, PT. 1 - ACKNOWLEDGEMENT - John Coltrane
37. STELLAR REGIONS - John Coltrane 

The energy that Johnny Cash and the Tennessee Three captured on the legendary At Folsom Prison record can probably never be duplicated. That being said, Hello, I'm Johnny Cash comes very close. This forgotten album is arguably one of the five best albums in the Cash discography. It is fueled by superb original Cash songs and well executed covers. It contains "See Ruby Fall" (co-written with Roy Orbison) and one of his best 70s hits, "Blistered." The lean, minimalist instrumentation of the Tennessee Three ensures the album with great rhythm, leaving Johnny Cash's voice as effective as ever. The album reached No. 1 on the country charts and No. 6 on the pop charts.

TRACK LISTING

SIDE A
1. Southwind
2. The Devil To Pay
3. 'Cause I Love You
4. See Ruby Fall
5. Route # 1, Box 144
6. Sing A Traveling Song

SIDE B
1. If I Were A Carpenter
2. To Beat The Devil
3. Blistered
4. Wrinkled, Crinkled, Wadded Dollar Bill
5. I've Got A Thing About Trains
6. Jesus Was A Carpenter

Two of the most prolific remixers in the world of Disco,Dave 'Love' Lee and John Moraleshave teamed up for one of their biggest projects to date - 'Mixed To The Maxxx'. After gaining access from the legendary original artists, the pair take the multi-track tapes of many classic Disco, Funk & Soul tracks and re-work them...to the Maxxx!

Where Remixed With Love stands as Dave Lee's own gold-standard body of work, Mixed To The Maxxx sets that legacy alongside Morales' own decades-deep M+M body of work: Lee brings his musically dense, groove-first touch to the likes of Harold Melvin, Syreeta, Lenny Williams and The Brand New Heavies, while Morales applies his extended, dancefloor-built M+M treatment and crushes the likes of Barry White, The Temptations and Loleatta Holloway, plus Dennis Coffey's breakbeat classic "Scorpio" for the DJs and collectors alike. Both work from original tapes, surfacing parts barely audible or entirely unheard in the source mixes, and both know when to let a classic breathe rather than bury it under modern production. It's a pairing a long time in the making. Lee and Morales first talked about working together around a decade ago, and getting Mixed To The Maxxx off the ground took five years of patient work: tracking down usable stems, securing approvals, and navigating a licensing landscape where much of the best material is now tied up with major labels increasingly cautious about clearing remixes. What's landed here is the product of that graft as much as the pair's shared ear for a great record, the sound of two people who know exactly what they're looking for and are willing to put in the time to find it.

A double 12" sampler in summer 2025 previewed the record's range. A bass-driven overhaul ofThe Brothers Johnson's "The Real Thing" and an extended mix of Philly legends Bell & James' "Livin' It Up (Friday Night)" showcased Lee's side, while an anthemic take on Inner Life's "Ain't No Mountain High Enough" and a tempo-lifted Light Of The World"London Town" flew the flag for Morales. Both drew strong early support ahead of the full LP.

Mixed To The Maxxx arrives across two double LPs and a double CD. Vinyl buyers get an exclusive extra: a Dave Lee rework of First Choice's "Double Cross," not available on the CD edition.

TRACK LISTING

CD TRACKLISTING:
01: The Brothers Johnson - The Real Thing (Dave Lee's Thunderthumbs Mix)
02: Mystic Merlin - Just Can't Give You Up (Dave Lee's Full Moon Mix)
03: Harold Melvin - Prayin' (Dave Lee’s Testified Mix)
04: Lenny Williams - You Got Me Running (Dave Lee's Soulful Reprise)
05: Bell & James - Livin It Up (Friday Night) [Dave Lee's Friday Night Fever Mix]
06: The Brand New Heavies - Dream Come True (Dave Lee’s Future Reality Mix)
07: Crown Heights Affair - Far Out (Dave Lee’s Further Out Mix)
08: The Esquires - 2001 (Dave Lee’s Psychedelic Funk Mix)
09: Metropolis - Every Time I See Him (Dave Lee’s Salsoul Sleaze Mix)
10: Syreeta - I Don’t Know (Dave Lee’s Tribute to Leon Ware)
11: Alicia Myers - I Want To Thank You (John Morales M+M Mix)
12: Stephanie Mills - What Cha Gonna Do With My Lovin' (John Morales M+M Mix)
13: Barry White - Your Sweetness Is My Weakness (John Morales M+M Club Mix)
14: Jerry Knight - Overnight Sensation (John Morales M+M Mix)
15: Inner Life - Aint No Mountain High Enough (John Morales M+M Mix)
16: Dennis Coffey - Scorpio (John Morales M+M Mix)
17: Loleatta Holloway - Catch Me On The Rebound (John Morales M+M Mix)
18: Light Of The World - London Town (John Morales M+M Hyde Park Stroll Mix)
19: The Temptations - Treat Her Like A Lady (John Morales M+M Mix)
20: Robert Palmer - I Want You - Mercy Mercy Me (John Morales M+M Mix)

PART ONE VINYL:
01: Harold Melvin - Prayin' (Dave Lee’s Testified Mix)
02: Lenny Williams - You Got Me Running (Dave Lee's Soulful Reprise)
03: Loleatta Holloway - Catch Me On The Rebound (John Morales M+M Mix)
04: Dennis Coffey - Scorpio (John Morales M+M Mix)
05: The Brand New Heavies - Dream Come True (Dave Lee’s Future Reality Mix)
06: Metropolis - Every Time I See Him (Dave Lee’s Salsoul Sleaze Mix)
07: The Temptations - Treat Her Like A Lady (John Morales M+M Mix)
08: Robert Palmer - I Want You - Mercy Mercy Me (John Morales M+M Mix)

PART TWO VINYL:
01: Alicia Myers - I Want To Thank You (John Morales M+M Mix)
02: Stephanie Mills - What Cha Gonna Do With My Lovin' (John Morales M+M Mix)
03: Mystic Merlin - Just Can't Give You Up (Dave Lee's Full Moon Mix)
04: Syreeta - I Don’t Know (Dave Lee’s Tribute to Leon Ware)
05: Barry White - Your Sweetness Is My Weakness (John Morales M+M Club Mix)
06: Jerry Knight - Overnight Sensation (John Morales M+M Mix)
07: Crown Heights Affair - Far Out (Dave Lee’s Further Out Mix)
08: First Choice - Double Cross (Dave Lee’s Salsoul Strut)

John Cooper Clarke may have a doctorate and a poem on the English Literature GCSE syllabus, but don’t let that fool you: the “Poet Laureate of Punk” is still a bona fide iconoclast. In Have It, a collection of scathing new poems, the Bard of Salford puts his pen to work across a host of painfully funny critiques of modern life. 

Former RSD Ambassador and hip-hop legend Chuck D (Public Enemy) joins forces with The Doors’ iconic drummer John Densmore for do+pe = no country for old men. Recorded specifically for Record Store Day 2026, the album blends spoken word, rhythm, and raw social commentary, bridging generations of rebellion and reflection. It includes the RSD Song of the Year "every tick tick tick."

Previously an RSD exclusive, it is now available again.

The packaging features original illustrations from Chuck D himself.

TRACK LISTING

1. every tick tick tick
2. no country for old men
3. doomsay
4. the bones of my father by etheridge knight
5. i love that i don’t love
6. people are strangers
7. breakthru
8. ops3ssion
9. djali ii by kamau daáood
10. everybody dies
11. no country for old men (dub)
12. saydoom (dub)

There are pop stars, and then there is Prince. In this kaleidoscopic, freewheeling biography, John McKie examines the remarkable life and career of one of the most mysterious figures in music through the prism of the record most widely considered his masterpiece, 1987's Sign o' the Times. Drawing on more than 200 interviews with friends, ex-girlfriends, bandmates, recording engineers, bodyguards, personal assistants, wardrobe designers and hairdressers, accomplished music writer John McKie examines the life of this musical polymath with the help of many of the people who knew him best.

Family members and friends discuss his childhood when he learned to master several instruments, there is new information on how he made the soundtrack to Purple Rain, the full story about why he decided to stop using his name, the now legendary Super Bowl half-time show and that guitar solo at the Rock 'n' Roll Hall of Fame which has been viewed on YouTube 100 million times. McKie also dives into the personality of the man: what made him laugh, the way he hired and fired colleagues, what he was like to live with, how his relentless drive to make music led to him recording for hours without sleep, how he changed his car stereo to road test his new hits and even booked his guitar and album sleeves their own seats on flights. Prince: A Sign o' the Times is the most comprehensive book ever written about one of the most enigmatic and talented pop stars of all time.

Live 1977 at the PARIS BATACLAN, the final date of the Heartbreakers’ European year.

The soundtrack to an unreleased film, recorded by Marc Zermati of Skydog Records. Unavailable for a decade.

One year earlier, 50 years ago this December, THE HEARTBREAKERS arrived in London to join the Sex Pistols on the ‘Anarchy’ tour. They spent most of 1977 there, recording ‘L.A.M.F.’ and cementing their status as elder statesmen of the punk movement. This last date of their European tour was to be their very last as a band – until the reunions of course. Drummer Jerry Nolan had already jumped ship; his substitute is The Clash’s Terry Chimes. The gig was filmed for a movie that was never to be – this is the soundtrack recording. 

"Yard Style" showcases legendary vocalist Johnny Clarke and the budding genius of Mad Professor (b. Neil Fraser). The year was 1983, Mad Prof had yet to become the very well known mixer he is today. Later projects with, amongst others, Massive Attack, would see him firmly installed as the UK's premier dub remixer. Characterized by electronic kick drum, digital echo effects and his very own brand of technical wizardry. Sounding like no other, yet drawing heavily on the established rituals of dub music making. A bridge between the older roots of Jamaica and the purely electronic digital dub that took over in the UK and Europe.

TRACK LISTING

A1. You`re All I Want
A2. Do I Do I
A3. Party
A4. Truth And Rights
B1. Nuclear Weapon
B2. Mount Zion
B3. We Want To Be Free
B4. Dread Like A Lion
B5. Top Fight

'Piano Works 2016-2026' collects fourteen impromptu pieces by composer and producer John Carroll Kirby, written whenever he had the opportunity to sit at a piano while on the road.

These mostly solo works for piano were recorded in Los Angeles, Rome, Tokyo, Wollongong (Australia), rural New Zealand and London.

'Piano Works 2016-2026' marks a departure from the full-band sound of recent albums Blowout and Septet, which Kirby has spent the past years performing live around the world. The album is a study in piano repertoire: Baroque, Romantic, Impressionist, jazz, minimalist, atonal, and more. Most of the pieces have an impromptu feel – improvised, or meant to sound improvised, or at least written in one sitting.

The collected pieces on 'Piano Works 2016-2026' are a document of Kirby’s life as a piano player and touring musician, and “serve as the melodic / harmonic lexicon for what would inform all my other compositions of the past ten years.”

TRACK LISTING

1. MS4
2. First Position 1
3. First Position 2
4. Bendable Pine
5. Melody
6. Cecilia 14
7. Piano #4
8. Little Mouse
9. Impromptu
10. Empty Room
11. Suntory
12. Valentino
13. Rain Walking

Navajo White is a color. It’s the color of an off white, interior, house paint. Throughout his teens into adulthood, John Reis was as a house painter by trade. The soiled walls of evacuated apartments was his canvas. Here he would cover up the residue of life’s stains with a fresh coat of the beige, human white-out that is Navajo White. Amongst the vacated, drywall chambers littered with the scant detritus of a fleeing existence is where this record began. It started as road noise, a repetitious hum of a fictional dialogue. A languageless, argument of noise that took shape as a disconnect between two people. They are both barricaded by an impenetrable surface tension that harbors the distortion of their prolonged isolation from the world beyond their self imposed exile. For all that can’t be solved or thrown away here’s a thick coat of Navajo White to cover our tracks as if to say “we were never here and this never happened.”

This is the fifth Swami John Reis album and features Jason Kourkounis (Hot Snakes, Delta 72, Night Marchers) on drums as well as contributions from Rick Froberg (Hot Snakes, Drive Like Jehu, Obits) on guitar, Gar Wood (Hot Snakes, Tanner, Night Marchers) on bass, Joe Guevara (Jejune, Swami and the Bed Of Nails) on piano and keyboards and Rob Crow (Pinback, PLOSIVS) and Jacob Turnbloom (Mrs. Magician) on backing vocals. Taking musical cues from later period Wipers, the more low key Saints songs, early recordings of The Church as well as The Damned on their Black Album, 'Navajo White' pits sentiment vs the unsentimental. Recorded by John Reis at City of Refuge, San Diego with additional recording and mixing by Ben Moore at Singing Serpent and mastered by Dave Gardner at DSG Mastering. This record is dedicated to house painters everywhere.

TRACK LISTING

1. It’s Not Fair
2. On Our Way
3. Future Moods
4. From Here On Out
5. Directions
6. It’s All For Sale
7. Lies Don’t Lie
8. You Made It Gross

Noisy, chaotic, and defiantly experimental, Swell Maps may not have found commercial success in their time, but their impact on music is undeniable. An inspiration to bands such as R.E.M., Sonic Youth, Dinosaur Jr., Pavement and Nirvana, with Kurt Cobain famously being a fan and often seen sporting a Swell Maps T-Shirt. A democracy within the confines of punk’s anything is possible, members Biggles Books, Jowe Head and brothers Nikki Sudden and Epic Soundtracks – helped shape the landscape of post-punk and DIY music. Now, for the first time in over 40 years, 'The John Peel Sessions' brings together all three of their recordings for John Peel, a figure instrumental in championing their sound.

Formed in the early ’70s and fully realised by 1976, Swell Maps embodied the DIY ethos, launching their own label and self-releasing the jagged, frenetic debut single ‘Read About Seymour’ in 1977. Peel was an early supporter, playing their record as soon as it landed on his desk – a moment the band described as one of disbelief and elation. His regular airplay of their music helped solidify their cult status, and these sessions capture the raw energy, off-kilter melodies, and boundary-pushing creativity that defined them.

'The John Peel Sessions' is a vital document of Swell Maps at their most unfiltered – three sessions of unpredictable, exhilarating noise.

TRACK LISTING

1. International Rescue - 16/10/78
2. Harmony in Your Bathroom - 16/10/78
3. Read About Seymour - 16/10/78
4. Another Song - 16/10/78
5. Full Moon / Blam!! / Full Moon (Reprise) - 16/10/78
6. Armadillo - 15/5/79
7. Vertical Slum / Forest Fire - 15/5/79
8. Midget Submarines - 15/5/79
9. Bandits One Five - 15/5/79
10. Big Empty Field - 18/3/80
11. Bleep And Booster Come Round For Tea / Secret Island - 18/3/80
12. Let's Buy a Bridge - 18/3/80
13. Helicopter Spies / A Raincoat's Room - 18/3/80

Heavily influenced by the Ramones - the band opened their first live show with 'Blitzkrieg Bop' and from then on opened with a new Ramones song every time they played, working through the band's complete catalogue in chronological order - as all manner of hyper-melodic and high energy rock. The Eastern Dark were a classic trio powered by former Celibate Rifles bassplayer James Darroch's blazing guitar and anchored by former Lime Spiders backing vocalist Bill Gibson's hard driving and melodic bass playing (and supreme backing vocals) and Geoff Milne's untouchable beat keeping. They set Sydney's Radio Birdman influenced scene alight in 1984 and quickly built an international following on the back of their classic single. Sadly, just hours after completing what would become their next release - the mini-LP "Long Live the New Flesh" - the band's life, and that of 26-year old James Darroch, was brutally ended in a road accident whilst the band was on its way to Melbourne.

On the back of the tragedy, the band's music lived on and it's global impact was reflected in the influence it bore on numerous bands, from Boston's the Lemoneads to Tokyo's Teengenenete, and obviously a succession of Australian bands from the Hard-Ons through to God and the Meanies and beyond.

After years of searching, surviving members Bill Gibson and Geoff Milne recently found the single's original multi-track tapes, and for the new release, the original recordings have been both remixed and remastered for maximum impact under their supervision.

TRACK LISTING

1. Johnny And Dee Dee
2. Julie Is A Junkie

Original Jazz Classics celebrates John Coltrane’s centennial with this release of the mono edition of 'Coltrane'. Originally released on Prestige in 1957 the album features Coltrane alongside Johnnie Splawn, Sahib Shihab, Red Garland, Mal Waldron, Paul Chambers, and Albert “Tootie” Heath. This new edition of the album is released on 180-gram vinyl pressed at RTI with all-analog mastering from the original tapes at Cohearent Audio and a Stoughton Tip-On Jacket.

TRACK LISTING

1. Bakai
2. Violets for Your Furs
3. Time Was
4. Straight Street
5. While My Lady Sleeps
6. Chronic Blues

Following the genre-redefining revelations of A Love Supreme in 1965, John Coltrane began a dramatic shift toward spiritual free jazz, abandoning familiar forms in favor of a more abstract sonic palette and bold questions he'd spend the rest of his life and career pursuing. Meditations, released by Impulse! in 1966, continues that emotional throughline while retaining, for the last time in full, the classic quartet that propelled Trane to greatness: pianist McCoy Tyner, bassist Jimmy Garrison and drummer Elvin Jones. (They're further augmented by Pharoah Sanders on tenor sax and additional drummer Rashied Ali.) Meditations pushes Coltrane’s spiritual jazz into heightened realms of energy and abstraction — a powerful document of transformation, intensity, and devotion in Coltrane’s recorded legacy.

The Verve Vault series is all-analog, cut from the original master tapes by Ryan K. Smith at Sterling Sound and pressed on 180-gram vinyl.

An abandoned cathedral. A gruesome murder. A powerful supernatural entity living in the catacombs. It all comes to a head in downtown Los Angeles. What will happen and who will live to tell the tale? Such is the storyline of 'Cathedral', the thrilling new album and terrifying graphic novel from director and musician John Carpenter, based on a dream Carpenter had in 2024. 'Cathedral' has all the drama, dark atmosphere, and frenetic pacing of a classic heavy metal record. Especially designed as the soundtrack to the graphic novel, each track corresponds to a specific section of the book.

The liner notes included with the album packaging feature prompts for each track, creating a fully interactive experience. Combined with the graphic novel, it’s the closest thing to a new John Carpenter film in years. The music on 'Cathedral' retains all the eerie atmosphere and sinister propulsion of the epochal scores Carpenter created for his films Halloween, The Fog, and Assault on Precinct 13, but this is a much heavier, riff-driven enterprise.

Carpenter is a firm believer that music plays a major role in what really makes something scary. That’s first and foremost,” the director says. “It’s all about making the music work.” “This is somewhat different sounding stuff that we’ve done, but it’s done with the same desire in mind,” he adds. “In other words, put this thing on and imagine you’re watching a movie. That’s what we want you to do.” Daniel Davies’ soaring, snaky guitars take center stage on opener 'Primeval', 'Elevator', and the metal masterpiece 'Lord of the Underground' while John Carpenter and Cody Carpenter’s synths take the lead on the ominous 'Desolation in the Underworld', the plaintive 'Death of the Mapmaker', and even converge with strings on 'Abandoned Cathedral'.

Whereas the 'Lost Themes' albums were written as scores to movies of the mind, 'Cathedral' scores the first original graphic novel written by Carpenter, his wife and long-time creative partner, producer and editor Sandy King, and writer Sean Sobczak, published by Storm King Comics. 

STAFF COMMENTS

Barry says: A thrashing, metallic soundtrack to a comic book of Carpenter's own making, Cathedral is as intense as anything Carpenter's done, with pummelling percussion and distorted guitars taking centre-stage and ending up soundtracking what I assume is an equally dark and foreboding, Carpenteresque tale.

TRACK LISTING

1. Primeval 
2. Identity 
3. Inside Out 
4. Abandoned Cathedral 
5. Elevator 
6. Elevator Two 
7. Desolation in the Underworld
8. The Mapmaker
9. The Ferryman
10. Lord of the Underground 
11. Death of the Mapmaker 
12. Back to Ruins 
13. Revenge 
14. Resolution 

Bonus 7":
1. Lord of the Underground (Live at The Belasco Theater) 
2. Last Rites (Live at The Belasco Theater) 

Released by Island Records in November 1977, 'One World' is widely regarded as one of John Martyn's finest achievements and a pivotal album in his evolution from folk-based singer-songwriter to sonic innovator.

This 180g vinyl re-issue faithfully replicates the original Island UK pressing including inner sleeve with lyrics, and features the original UK mix of the album.

TRACK LISTING

1. Dealer
2. One World
3. Smiling Stranger
4. Big Muff
5. Couldn't Love You More
6. Certain Surprise
7. Dancing
8. Small Hours

Released in October 1980, 'Grace and Danger' is one of John Martyn's most personal and emotionally revealing albums. This 180g vinyl re-issue faithfully replicates the original Island UK pressing

TRACK LISTING

1. Some People Are Crazy
2. Grace and Danger
3. Lookin' On
4. Johnny Too Bad
5. Sweet Little Mystery
6. Hurt In Your Heart
7. Baby Please Come Home
8. Save Some (For Me)
9. Our Love

“I wanted to make a totally fried recording, quick and dirty. Sort of a cathartic expulsion. Clean the cobwebs. I recently bought a Vestax MR44 (the best sounding 4 track ever imho) the same 4 track I recorded some Coachwhips. early Ocs etc on now we had the tools we needed so I spent a week writing riffs and brought them to Tom Dolas and John Hodge. We ran them one time and then recorded them on the second go. Loosely improvised and unhinged. Everything turned all the way up. Hope you dig play loud for fans of Mainliner, High Rise , Comets On Fire , Hair Police.” - John Dwyer

Heathen Axe:
John Dwyer Guitar, Vocals & Noise Machines
Tom Dolas Bass, Tambourine & Claps
John Hodge Drums

Recorded On Vestax Mr44 Cassette Four Track Turned All The Way Up
Recorded, Mixed And Edited By John Dwyer At Practice Space & Stu Stu Studio
Mastered By Weasel Walter
Art By Sierra Smith
Layout By Ethan Miller

TRACK LISTING

1. Guzzler
2. Exit
3.False Floor
4. Infected
5. Agent
6. Caviar Spoon

A restless soul with a wide-open heart, Johnny Delaware was born in South Dakota, but he spent his 20s on the road, drifting between Nashville, Albuquerque, and Austin before landing in Charleston, SC, where he recorded his 2013 debut, 'Secret Wave'. The album earned glowing reviews, with the Charleston City Paper declaring Delaware their Songwriter of the Year, but before he could record a follow-up, another local project he helped co-found, Susto, began taking off. Over the course of the next decade, the band would become one of the most critically acclaimed names in indie roots music, garnering raves from Rolling Stone and Spin and touring with the likes of The Lumineers, Band of Horses, and The Head and the Heart.

In 2022, Delaware finally released his sophomore effort, 'Energy of Light', which he recorded after moving to Mexico City, and two years later, he followed it up with Para Llevar, which Glide Magazine hailed as “a swirl of indie rock, Americana and psychedelic folk.” On his newest collection, 'On God’s Time', Delaware returns to the sounds he grew up on in South Dakota, crafting a lush, cinematic meditation on mortality and meaning that’s firmly rooted in the spiritual realm of the cosmic drifter. Produced by Delaware, the album reckons with death as a means of appreciating life, exploring love and loss and gratitude and regret through the eyes of a host of larger-than-life characters all navigating their way through a world of tragic beauty and infinite wonder.

TRACK LISTING

1. Sue Lee of Big Sky
2. Heaven’s Town
3. Less Fear, More Soul
4. Crystal Ball
5. Mystery Man
6. Entertaining the Fantasy
7. Apache Legend of the Reptilians on Superstition Mountain
8. Regret Town
9. New Orleans
10. Big Pants

John Hassall & The April Rainers is the followup to 2017's 'Wheels to Idyll', which picked up critical applause on its release. Uncut Magazine described the album as “a Laurel Canyon- style bucolic rock voyage, with Hassall’s hushed tenor voice cooing over CSN harmonies, wistful major-sevenths and Robbie Krieger-ish guitar explorations.” Whilst Mojo Magazine raved “a long-player of mellifluous, melody soaked psychedelic pop. Hassall’s tune-fulness rarely misfires and the homely, nostalgic charms never wear out their welcome.”

Most of the songs were cowritten by John and longtime poet collaborator Steev Burgess exploring memories of school days, journeys and adventures, fading dreams, ancient empires and even somebody’s trinket collection. Burgess who has known Hassall for many years, wrote the lyrics to lead single 'Miracles', a sort of Ballad of John and Line. Libertines band mate Peter Doherty is also involved with a co-writing credit on 'Doing Time'.

Speaking on the album, John says "These 10 songs are the ones that survived, grew and took on a life of their own. There's no way of telling if a song will make it until the end. 'That Pale Lantern' in my opinion, started off as a rank outsider and then turned into one of the strongest songs on the album. Lessons were learnt from Wheels to Idyll and a new musical development runs through it. Whereas the last album was recorded pretty much live. The new album maintains similar classic songwriting and pop sensibilities, though with more complex arrangements and production.”

STAFF COMMENTS

Barry says: Another slice of sunny jangle-pop, rendered beautifully by John Hassall of Libertines fame, recalling The La's or early Coral mixed with soaring 60's psych. Beautifully evocative and wonderfully intricate indie-pop.

TRACK LISTING

1. Miracles
2. Doing Time
3. A 45 to 1967
4. That Pale Lantern
5. Silver Crucifixion
6. Last Lover of the Summer
7. A Land I’ll Never Know
8. Shaded Roman Eyes
9. Winter Term
10. Leaf-lined Song

Essential compilation of long lost hard to find Detroit classics!
"Now & Then" features five 90s original tracks and 2 brand new remixes from Detroit In Effect and Terrace. Top that up with 2 unreleased 90's tracks from John and we have the perfect compilation for the true heads, TIP!

TRACK LISTING

1 Aquatic
2 Aquatic Carl Craig Mix
3 Rainforest
4 Earth & Nightfall Original Mix
5 Earth & Nightfall Detroit In Effect Remix
6 High Tide
7 Bisous Au Revoir
8 Fragile
9 Fragile Terrace Rework

"Back in April 2020, as lockdown brought normal life to a halt, Phil Odgers — singer and acoustic guitarist with The Men They Couldn’t Hang — finally found time to begin a project he’d long been considering: recording a collection of Phil Ochs songs. He invited John Kettle (Merry Hell guitarist and producer) to collaborate, and together, working remotely, they created the critically acclaimed album Far Rockaway.

The record became a folk favourite, picking up radio play across the US and Europe and, most importantly, introducing Ochs’ songs to new listeners. With that mission accomplished, Odgers returned to his own writing and touring, with no plans to revisit the idea. However, four years and seven months later, on the morning of 6 November 2024, when Odgers heard the newsreader announce that Donald Trump had won the US presidential election for a second time, he knew it was time to return to the work of Phil Ochs. The result is The War Is Over — a collection shaped by world events, steeped in anti‑war themes, and filled with stories of struggle and resistance. The album was completed exactly fifty years after Phil Ochs took his own life. His songs remain powerful, urgent and sadly as relevant today as when they were written. Phil Ochs died on 9 April 1976 in Far Rockaway, Queens, New York. This album is dedicated to his memory and to the lasting impact he made on people, music and politics.

TRACK LISTING

1 Automation Song (2:04)
2 I Ain’t Marching Anymore (3:15)
3 The War Is Over (4:00)
4 Celia (3:38)
5 Remember Me (3:23)
6 When I’m Gone (4:06)
7 I’m Tired (1:19)
8 Joe Hill (7:13)
9 What Are You Fighting For (3:44)
10 No More Songs (3:37)

Robert Johnson, the legendary blues guitarist, sold his soul at the crossroads in Clarksdale, Mississippi, for musical greatness. Ryan Coogler's latest film, Sinners , resonates with that story, exploring ambition and sacrifice. His 'King of the Delta Blues Singers' LP epitomises that story.

The legendary Robert Johnson (1911-1938) stands at the crossroads of American music and the first modern bluesman to progress country blues of the Mississippi Delta to an urban sensibility. Johnson was a songwriter of searing depth and a guitar player with a commanding ability that inspired every blues artist that followed in his wake. The blues giant's legacy is deeply enveloped in myth and several songs from this LP were repeatedly covered throughout the blues-rock explosion of the 1960's by many artists, notably Eric Clapton, Peter Green's Fleetwood Mac, The Rolling Stones, John Mayall's Bluesbreakers, Led Zeppelin, The Doors, and ZZ Top, among many others.

TRACK LISTING

Cross Road Blues [aka Crossroads]
Terraplane Blues
Come On In My Kitchen
Walkin' Blues
Last Fair Deal Gone Down
32-20 Blues
Kind Hearted Woman Blues
If I Had Possession Over Judgement Day
I Believe I'll Dust My Broom
Preachin' Blues (Up Jumped The Devil)
When You Got A Good Friend
Rambling On My Mind/ Stones In My Passway
Travelin' Riverside Blues
Milkcow's Calf Blues
Me And The Devil Blues
Hellhound On My Trail
Love In Vain Blues
Sweet Home Chicago

Organist Big John Patton’s 1966 soul jazz manifesto Got A Good Thing Goin’ was a showcase for the dynamic duo of Patton and guitarist Grant Green whose deep rapport elevate this set of Patton-Green originals and covers of hits by Marvin Gaye and Sam Cooke backed by Hugh Walker on drums and Richard Landrum on congas.

TRACK LISTING

Side A
1. The Yodel
2. Soul Woman
Side B
1. Ain't That Peculiar
2. Shake
3. Amanda

This may be one of the pearls in the history of jazz recordings, the John Coltrane Quartet featuring McCoy Tyner, Jimmy Garrison, and Elvin Jones with guest Eric Dolphy. It’s the John Coltrane Quartet at its peak with Elvin Jones confirming once again his rank as one of the all times greatest percussionists. The program on that fiery broadcast night in February 1962 on Symphony Sid’s (a long-time jazz disc jockey in the United States) radio program included three long selections: “Mr. PC,” “Miles’ Mode” (aka “Red Planet”), and a nearly 20-minute reading of “My Favorite Things,” which Trane always performed as an extended jam.

Duo Concert Frankfurt 1986, was recorded live in Germany on February 15th. The album captures tenor icon Pharoah Sanders and celebrated pianist John Hicks in a moment of profound musical harmony. Sanders, known for his evolution from fierce free‑jazz to deeply lyrical spiritualist, plays here with warmth, focus and emotional clarity. Hicks meets him with luminous touch, rich voicings and an intuitive sense of space that elevates every phrase. Together they deliver a beautifully balanced set of Coltrane classics “Giant Steps” and “Central Park West”, original compositions such as “Heart To Heart” and more timeless standards.

TRACK LISTING

Side A
1. After The Morning
2. After The Rain

Side B
1. When The Lights Are Low
2. Giant Steps

Side C
1. Heart To Heart
2. Central Park West

Side D
1. The Creator Has A Master Plan/Thembi
2. Little Rock Blues

Recorded between 1961 and 1963 and released on Impulse! Records in July 1963, Impressions documents John Coltrane’s classic quartet with pianist McCoy Tyner, bassist Jimmy Garrison, and drummer Elvin Jones.
Two selections — “India” and “Impressions” originate from the group’s November 1961 engagement at the Village Vanguard, where the quartet was joined by Eric Dolphy on alto saxophone, bass clarinet, and flute and second bassist Reggie Workman.

These are paired with the studio recordings “Up ’Gainst the Wall” (recorded September 18, 1962) and “After the Rain” (recorded April 29, 1963 at Van Gelder Studio in Englewood Cliffs, NJ), the latter featuring Roy Haynes on drums.

Issued during the same period as albums including Coltrane and Live at Birdland, Impressions forms part of Coltrane’s early-1960s Impulse! discography, demonstrating the quartet’s unique power in both expanded live performance and studio contexts.

Verve’s Acoustic Sounds Series features transfers from analog tapes and remastered 180-gram vinyl in deluxe gatefold packaging.

Ascension, released in 1966 on Impulse! Records, stands as one of John Coltrane’s most radical and influential works. Subtitled “Edition I & II” to reflect the two complete takes recorded at the session—and presented together on LP for the first time—the piece is a nearly 40-minute large-ensemble performance marking Coltrane’s decisive embrace of the avant-garde. Recorded on June 28, 1965, at Rudy Van Gelder’s Englewood Cliffs studio and produced by Bob Thiele, the session assembled an expanded ensemble of eleven musicians. Alongside Coltrane’s tenor saxophone are trumpeters Freddie Hubbard and Dewey Johnson; saxophonists Pharoah Sanders, Marion Brown, John Tchicai, and Archie Shepp; pianist McCoy Tyner; bassists Art Davis and Jimmy Garrison; and drummer Elvin Jones. The music alternates between densely textured collective improvisation and extended solo statements, conjuring a hurricane of violent, searching sound. Initially controversial for its intensity and freedom, Ascension has since come to be recognized as a landmark of modern jazz and a defining statement of the emerging free-jazz movement. Presenting both takes together highlights the organic, ever-changing character of the performance and affirms its enduring place in Coltrane’s artistic legacy. 

TRACK LISTING

LP 1 - Ascension (Edition I)
Side A
Ascension (Part 1)
Side B
Ascension (Part 2)
LP 2 - Ascension (Edition II)
Side C
Ascension (Part 1)
Side D
Ascension (Part 2)

Celebrate the 45th Anniversary of Indiana Jones and the Raiders of the Lost Ark. Now available on gold color vinyl, the original motion picture soundtrack from the film composed by John Williams & performed by the London Symphony Orchestra.

TRACK LISTING

1. In the Jungle
2. The Idol Temple
3. Escape from the Temple
4. Flight from Peru
5. Washington Men/Indy's Home
6. A Thought for Marion/To Nepal
7. The Medallion
8. Flight to Cairo
9. The Basket Game
10. Bad Dates
11. The Map Room: Dawn
12. The Well of the Souls
13. Indy Rides the Statue
14. The Fist Fight/The Flying Wing
15. Desert Chase
16. Marion's Theme/The Crate
17. The German Sub
18. Ride to the Nazi Hideout
19. Indy Follows the Ark
20. The Miracle of the Ark
21. Washington Ending/Raiders March

Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom original motion picture soundtrack, now available on orange vinyl, featuring original music composed and conducted by John Williams. 

TRACK LISTING

1. Anything Goes
2. Indy Negotiates 
3. The Nightclub Brawl 
4. Fast Streets Of Shanghai
5. Map / Out Of Fuel 
6. Slalom On Mt. Humol 
7. Short Round's Theme 
8. The Scroll / To Pankot Palace 
9. Nocturnal Activities 
10. Bug Tunnel / Death Trap
11. Approaching The Stones 
12. Children In Chains 
13. The Temple Of Doom
14. Short Round Escapes 
15. Saving Willie 
16. Slave Children's Crusade
17. Short Round Helps
18. The Mine Car Chase 
19. Water! 
20. The Sword Trick 
21. The Broken Bridge / British Relief
22. End Credits

Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade original motion picture soundtrack, now available on sand colour vinyl, featuring music composed and conducted by John Williams. 

TRACK LISTING

1. Indy's Very First Adventure 
2. The Boat Scene 
3. X Marks The Spot
4. Ah, Rats!!! 
5. Escape From Venice 
6. Journey To Austria
7. Father And Son Reunited 
8. The Austrian Way 
9. Scherzo For Motorcycle And Orchestra 
10. Alarm! 
11. No Ticket 
12. Keeping Up With The Joneses 
13. Brother Of The Cruciform Sword 
14. On The Tank 
15. Belly Of The Steel Beast 
16. The Canyon Of The Crescent Moon 
17. The Penitent Man Will Pass 
18. The Keeper Of The Grail 
19. Finale & End Credits

Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull original motion picture soundtrack, now available on bronze colour vinyl, featuring music composed and conducted by John Williams.

TRACK LISTING

1. Raiders March 
2. Call Of The Crystal 
3. The Adventures Of Mutt 
4. Irina's Theme 
5. The Snake Pit 
6. The Spell Of The Skull
7. The Journey To Akator 
8. A Whirl Through Academe 
9. "Return" 
10. The Jungle Chase 
11. Orellana's Cradle 
12. Grave Robbers 
13. Hidden Treasure And The City Of Gold 
14. Secret Doors And Scorpions 
15. Oxley's Dilemma 
16. Ants! 
17. Temple Ruins And The Secret Revealed 
18. The Departure
19. Finale

Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny original motion picture soundtrack, now available on brown vinyl, featuring music by John Williams. 

TRACK LISTING

1. Prologue To Indiana Jones And The Dial Of Destiny
2. Helena's Theme 
3. Germany, 1944 
4. To Morocco 
5. Voller Returns 
6. Auction At Hotel L'Atlantique 
7. Tuk Tuk In Tangiers
8. To Athens 
9. Perils Of The Deep 
10. Water Ballet 
11. Polybius Cipher
12. The Grafikos 
13. Archimedes' Tomb 
14. The Airport 
15. Battle Of Syracuse 
16. Centuries Join Hands 
17. New York, 1969
18. Helena's Theme (For Violin And Orchestra)

Robert Johnson was an American blues musician whose recordings heavily influenced many, many future generations of artists. Despite the fact his recording career spanned a mere seven months, he is universally recognized as a master of the Delta blues style, one of the earliest-known styles of blues emerging from the Mississippi delta in the early twentieth century. This second compilation, originally released in 1970, collects sixteen recordings previously available on the 78rpm format and includes recordings of two Johnson songs that have since become blues standards: "Sweet Home Chicago" and "I Believe I'll Dust My Broom." In contrast to the deeply emotive songs released on the 1961 album, many of the tracks on this volume display Johnson's lighter side. In 2003 the record was ranked #424 on Rolling Stone's list of 500 Greatest Albums of All Time. Whether he really needed to sell his soul to the devil at the crossroads to reach these great heights, we'll never know..

TRACK LISTING

SIDE A
1. Kind Hearted Woman Blues
2. I Believe I'll Dust My Broom
3. Sweet Home Chicago
4. Rambling On My Mind
5. Phonograph Blues
6. They're Red Hot
7. Dead Shrimp Blues
8. Preachin' Blues

SIDE B
1. I'm A Steady Rollin' Man
2. From Four Till Late
3. Little Queen Of Spades
4. Malted Milk
5. Drunken Hearted Man
6. Stop Breakin' Down Blues
7. Honeymoon Blues
8. Love In Vain

'Pure Comedy', Father John Misty’s third album, is a complex, often-sardonic, and, equally often, touching meditation on the confounding folly of modern humanity. Father John Misty is the brainchild of singer-songwriter Josh Tillman. While we could say a lot about 'Pure Comedy' – including that it is a bold, important album in the tradition of American songwriting greats like Harry Nilsson, Randy Newman, and Leonard Cohen – we think it’s best to let its creator describe it himself. Take it away, Mr. Tillman: 'Pure Comedy' is the story of a species born with a half-formed brain. The species’ only hope for survival, finding itself on a cruel, unpredictable rock surrounded by other species who seem far more adept at this whole thing (and to whom they are delicious), is the reliance on other, slightly older, half-formed brains. This reliance takes on a few different names as their story unfolds, like “love,” “culture,” “family,” etc. Over time, and as their brains prove to be remarkably good at inventing meaning where there is none, the species becomes the purveyor of increasingly bizarre and sophisticated ironies. These ironies are designed to help cope with the species’ loathsome vulnerability and to try and reconcile how disproportionate their imagination is to the monotony of their existence.Something like that. 'Pure Comedy' was recorded in 2016 at the legendary United Studios (Frank Sinatra, Ray Charles, Beck) in Hollywood, CA. It was produced by Father John Misty and Jonathan Wilson, with engineering by Misty’s longtime sound-person Trevor Spencer and orchestral arrangements by renowned composer/double-bassist Gavin Bryars (known for extensive solo work, and work with Brian Eno, Tom Waits, Derek Bailey).

TRACK LISTING

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

'Water Sign' is the debut EP from producer and instrumentalist John Silas: a five-track suite that moves fluidly between peak-time dance and inward reflection. Deeply aligned with the open-eared ethos of NYC’s Love Injection Records, the release channels house and jazz into an emotive personal chronicle shaped by movement, memory, and community.

At its thematic center is 'Boundaries', a dynamically arranged dance-floor meditation that begins with piano, 4/4 kick and restless hi-hats before blooming into radiant synth work reminiscent of classic disco auteur Patrick Adams. Midway, the track shifts—electric piano, whistles and percussion reframing the groove into what Silas calls “hues of vulnerability.” The result mirrors the arc of love, release and renewal.'Cyber Dreams' leans into lush escapism, buoyed by surging keys and impassioned flute from Domenica Fossati, while a remix from Detroit mainstay Patrice Scott (Sistrum Records) adds unmistakable Motor City weight. 'Foster Child' nods to Silas’ hero, the late Paul Johnson with exuberant Chicago spirit, and 'Nasty' delivers a concise workout featuring Marquinn Mason’s robust saxophone.

'Water Sign' reflects Silas’s trajectory—from a childhood steeped in Soul Train, coming of age with hip hop, to MPC craftsmanship, his Detroit musical family and present-day Brooklyn—into a deeply personal record equally suited to discerning DJs and deep listeners.

TRACK LISTING

1. Boundaries
2. Cyber Dreams (Patrice Scott Remix)
3. Nasty (feat. Marquinn Mason)
4. Cyber Dreams (feat. Domenica Fossati)
5. Foster Child

'What Remains’ is the new album from John Haycock featuring Daniel Bridgwood Hill and produced by resonance founders Matthew Williams and Adam Kahan, mastered in Berlin by Arnold Kasar.

It’s a long way from its West African origins, but John Haycock’s relationship with the 24 stringed Kora began by hearing it on Market Street - Manchester city centre’s bustling/chaotic heaven/hell.

"You couldn’t miss it bouncing across the buildings. It had a Pied Piper effect. It drew people in, creating this bubble of tranquillity and somehow separating you from the consumerist chaos of the city centre."

The busker (if we can rather reductively call him that) crafting this compelling quietude was Gambian griot and kora master, Jali Nyonkoling Kuyateh - playing a near 100 year-old instrument handed down through his family. Transfixed, John struck up a conversation and persuaded an initially sceptical Jali that this late teen was serious in wanting to learn the instrument.

John immersed himself in the doubled bridged harp/lute hybrid. Jali’s mesmeric Mancunian street corner masterclass made him see its potential.

During 15 years of practice, he dreamed of combining the instrument with electronic and woodwind elements. Informed also by Kora masters like Toumani Diabaté and Ballaké Sissoko (‘they're just on another level’) he has integrated the sound into his own hybrid ambient, minimalist and spiritual jazz fusion.

"I'm influenced by people outside of the West African tradition of the instrument too. Tony Scott, Wacław Zimpel, Alice Coltrane, Alabaster DePlume, Nico Georis - people working with tone, repetition, and a kind of meditative quality. Also Domenique Dumont. Nils Frahm’s approach is entirely different but has had an equally great impact on me."

It’s a contemplative and ethereal sound with added dub-inflections which is enhanced in live performance - where the mix is always fresh and fluid. There are no computers involved and any emerging sequences are either hand played or are effects generated analog loops. There’s a feeling of the ancient and mysterious Popol Vuh of In Den Garten Pharaos. Perhaps Tangerine Dream at their most serene, but an otherworldliness emerges from the combination of light, sound and setting which has its own dimension.

‘What Remains’ features Daniel Bridgwood Hill and was produced by resonance founders Matthew Williams and Adam Kahan.

It was recorded live at Hope Baptist Chapel in Hebden Bridge in 2023, and alongside the kora itself, features clarinet, violin, guitar and electronics.

The recording was then ‘worldized’ at Todmorden Unitarian Church. This is a a term coined by acclaimed cinematic sound designer, Walter Murch - meaning to play a previously recorded sound through loudspeakers in a second real world setting, re-recording the output though multiple carefully placed microphones in order to capture the natural reverberation and acoustic architecture of secondary live spaces.

The release also incorporates ‘worldized’ performance elements from Wainsgate Chapel, Hebden Bridge, The Portico Library in Manchester and the former Post Office sorting house in Todmorden. It’s an ongoing exploration which will always evolve.

The album is the culmination of 3 years of events and experimentation - folding in John’s live musical reactions to the refracted light and natural reverb within the spaces themselves.

Everything is in flux. Gates are always open.

TRACK LISTING

1. Tuning
2. Resonance
3. Solstice
4. Flow State Part 1
5. Flow State Part 2
6. Seraph
7. Supra Infra
8. Embers

The irresistible story of a one-man cultural phenomenon. Minister for the Counterculture, Mancunian mainstay and alternative national treasure John Robb has lived a life in music. In this book he charts his adventures on the cultural frontline, chronicling the making of a DIY icon.

Robb’s quest began in his hometown of Blackpool – where punk was a battle against the odds – and went international when he toured the world with his band. The first person to interview Nirvana, he also discovered The Stone Roses for weekly newspaper Sounds and did early interviews with The Jesus and Mary Chain and The Manics, before moving on to legends such as Mark E. Smith, Nick Cave and Patti Smith.

Along the way, he became an on-screen commentator and author of bestselling books. Robb’s memoir tells of deep friendships with figures from Poly Styrene to Chris Packham. Packed with riotous stories, it provides an alternative account of British musical and cultural history and a triumphant blueprint for a punk rock life.

Modern Woman, the London art-rock outfit fronted by Sophie Harris, release their anticipated debut album ‘Johnny’s Dreamworld’. ‘Johnny’s Dreamworld’ represents the culmination of Modern Woman’s journey from Harris’s early, intimate songwriting project into a full-bodied band capable of folding post-punk, avant-garde, and folk traditions into a live force of dynamic originality. At its heart, the record explores the strange poetry buried within the ordinary. Harris’s lyrics, steeped in literary detail and filmic atmosphere, draw from a fascination with the dark underbelly of the everyday and the contradictions of womanhood.

Harris explains, “A vital theme I’ve always wanted in Modern Woman is the idea of conflicting things, of the tender/harsh, loud/quiet and scrappy/polished. The style of everybody’s playing, drawing from a melting pot of influences, coming together to form something new.

This interplay defines the album’s sound, delicate one moment, raw and untamed the next. Layers of violin and saxophone stretch across a foundation of propulsive drums and bass, creating something equally methodical and volatile. Harris’s lyrics remain rooted in the female experience; “I find it interesting to explore the rawer side of femininity that is often hidden; girlhood relationships and the complexities of female fixation and obsession.”

TRACK LISTING

1. Johnny’s Dreamworld
2. Neptune Girl
3. Offerings
4. Killing A Dog
5. Daniel
6. Fork/Heart
7. Blessed Day
8. Dashboard Mary
9. The Garden 

John Henry is a powerhouse of an album - They Might Be Giants' full band debut finds the Johns joined by Brian Doherty on drums, Kurt Hoffman on keys and woodwinds, along with twin rock legends Tony Maimone (Pere Ubu, Bob Mould) and Graham Maby (Joe Jackson, Freedy Johnston). Coming off extensive live band touring behind Apollo 18, for TMBG, John Henry is a hard left turn back into the world of the rock combo. While the album is full of wild sonic surprises like the manic improvisation of "Spy" and the rich vocal harmonies delivered by Hudson Shad on "O, Do Not Forsake Me," at the core of the album is a remarkable set of rollicking songs delivered in a direct manner. "Snail Shell," "Subliminal," and "Meet James Ensor" immediately established themselves as show-stoppers, and audiences' appreciation for the album has only grown over the years. This two-disc set is an audiophile's dream. The full 20-track program of the original CD release has been remastered by Sterling Sound and spread over three LP sides. Side D features select live rarities of the John Henry era, pressed on vinyl for the very first time.

TRACK LISTING

Disc 1
Side 1
1. Subliminal
2. Snail Shell
3. Sleeping In The Flowers
4. Unrelated Thing
5. AKA Driver
6. I Should Be Allowed To Think

Side 2
1. Extra Savior-Faire
2. Why Must I Be Sad?
3. Spy
4. O, Do Not Forsake Me
5. No One Knows My Plan
6. Dirt Bike

Disc 2
Side 1
1. Destination Moon
2. A Self Called Nowhere
3. Meet James Ensor
4. Thermostat
5. Window
6. Out Of Jail
7. Stomp Box
8. The End Of The Tour

Side 2
1. O, Do Not Forsake Me (live)
2. AKA Driver (live)
3. Sleeping In The Flowers (live)
4. Snail Shell (live)
5. Meet James Ensor (live)
6. A Self Called Nowhere (live)

Long a popular bootleg among folks who enjoy that kind of thing, these demo sessions for They's fifth album John Henry mark a fascinating moment in the evolution of that project and their evolution as a band - Recorded in Williamsburg in what was then the newly-opened Excello Studio, the new lineup of They Might Be Giants pulled together an entire album's worth of material over a few days with stellar performances along with a wide variety of local musical luminaries. Finally available in a fully remixed and mastered format, this set of songs rivals and, for some, eclipses the final finished product.

TRACK LISTING

Side 1
1. Subliminal
2. Snail Shell
3. Sleeping In The Flowers
4. Unrelated Thing
5. AKA Driver
6. I Should Be Allowed To Think
7. Extra Savoir-Faire

Side 2
1. Why Must I Be Sad?
2. Spy
3. O, Do Not Forsake Me
4. No One Knows My Plan
5. Dirt Bike
6. Destination Moon
7. A Self Called Nowhere
8. Meet James Ensor
9. Thermostat
10. Window

7"
1. Out Of Jail
2. The End Of The Tour

Cognitive Dissident may begin in the music biography tradition, but it quickly becomes something deeper. Borne out of years of conversation and collaboration between Matt Johnson (the creative force behind THE THE) and writer Jason Wood (Executive Director at the BFI), it expands into a work that is philosophical, cultural, and socio-political in scope. The story traces Johnson's childhood growing up above one of East London's most famous pubs, his early international success in music, followed by his sudden disappearance for decades.

Then in 2017, The Inertia Variations project brought about an extraordinary creative rebirth, leading to THE THE's return: The Comeback Special World Tour, live album and film, the release of Ensoulment - their first new album in 25 years - and the acclaimed Ensouled World Tour. Along the way, it illuminates Johnson's evolution from the post-punk DIY scene to his many collaborations with producers, musicians, and cultural icons, as well as the influence of literature, art, and cinema that has always shaped his vision. Through these conversations with Matt Johnson - a working-class auto-didact who achieved success and ultimately career control on his own terms - this book by extension is also a meditation on family, friendship, creativity, conservation, gentrification, geopolitics, love and loss.

Africa/Brass, released in 1961, was John Coltrane’s first album for Impulse! Records and a turning point in his recorded output.

Recorded at Rudy Van Gelder’s studio and produced by Creed Taylor, the project expanded Coltrane’s working quartet into a large ensemble, pairing his searching tenor and soprano saxophone with dense, brass-heavy orchestrations by Cal Massey.

Arrangements by Eric Dolphy and McCoy Tyner helped shape the album’s distinctive sound, weaving tuba, euphonium, French horns, and more into a powerful backdrop for Coltrane’s improvisations.

With key contributions from trumpeters Booker Little and Freddie Hubbard, bassist Reggie Workman, drummer Elvin Jones, and others, Africa/Brass reframed the idea of a “big band.”

One of the most important early Impulse! releases, Africa/Brass announced Coltrane’s arrival on the “house that Trane built” with radical clarity.

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25th Anniversary Double Vinyl Edition Includes 4 Bonus Tracks Pressed on Blue and Orange color vinyl Record Store Day Limited Edition.

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John Prine recorded live for BBC radio. Featuring solo performances of songs from his first two albums. First official release. 1-LP 140g black vinyl.

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Marking 100 years since Coltrane’s birth, Charly Records presents France 1965: The Complete Concerts — a landmark 4LP deluxe set housed in a gatefold package with photographs, a concert poster, and new liner notes. This historic collection brings together, for the first time ever, the complete series of performances by the revered John Coltrane Quartet in France in July 1965, capturing the original “classic quartet” lineup — John Coltrane (tenor saxophone), McCoy Tyner (piano), Jimmy Garrison (bass), and Elvin Jones (drums) — during their final European tour together. A Historic Moment in Jazz History. In July 1965, Coltrane and his group were booked for three extraordinary performances in France: July 26 — International Jazz Festival, Juan-les-Pins, Antibes. July 27 — International Jazz Festival, Juan-les-Pins, Antibes. July 28 — Salle Pleyel, Paris. On July 26, the quartet performed the only complete live version of A Love Supreme ever known to have been played by the original lineup. Previously believed lost to time, the Charly Records archivists have painstakingly recovered and restored the full performance, long thought to survive only in a brief French TV excerpt. A Love Supreme — Reborn. Recorded just seven months after Coltrane entered Rudy Van Gelder’s studio to record A Love Supreme (December 9, 1964), these performances offer a transcendent continuation of that spiritual masterpiece. Coltrane described A Love Supreme as an offering of faith — “a humble attempt to say ‘thank you, God.’” In France, that devotion reached the stage: extended improvisations, spiritual intensity, and collective telepathy between four musicians at their creative and emotional peak.The Complete French Tour — Finally United. While fragments of these concerts have appeared over the years on scattered CD and vinyl releases, France 1965: The Complete Concerts marks the first time every note from this historic tour is presented together and in full fidelity. Across four LPs, listeners will experience:- The complete “A Love Supreme” suite, performed live for the first and only time. - Powerful renditions of “Naima,” “My Favorite Things,” “Impressions,” “Ascension,” and “Afro Blue.” - Coltrane’s bold reinterpretations of familiar material as he edged toward the free jazz revolution that would define his final years. An Essential Bridge Between Eras. These recordings document Coltrane’s crucial transitional phase — balancing the lyricism and structure of his early work with the boundless exploration that would characterize his late period with Pharoah Sanders and Alice Coltrane. The result is an unprecedented portrait of an artist and ensemble on the threshold of transformation — spiritually charged, deeply focused, and utterly fearless. A significant archival jazz release — a once-lost moment in history, released in celebration of Coltrane’s centenary.

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John Coltrane – From Form to Spirit needs no persuasion: this Gold triple vinyl speaks entirely for itself.
From the early fire of “Trane’s Blues” and “Straight Street” to the revelations of “Blue Train” and “Moment’s Notice,” and the ascensions of “Giant Steps,” “Naima,” or “My Favorite Things,” each side traces the evolution of a musician moving from form… to spirit.
Wrapped in an elegant metallic Gold Pantone trifold, the edition includes an exclusive text, integrated photos, and precise details for every session.
For the centennial Coltrane would have celebrated in 2026, this piece isn’t a tribute.
It’s an inevitability.

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Among the most fabled and mythologized recordings of the last 65 years, the private recordings of John Coltrane’s group made by musician Frank Tiberi in the early 1960s have long been the subject of jazz world rumor and intense speculation.

Tiberi followed Coltrane into clubs in New York and Philadelphia, capturing the otherworldly music being created nightly on his portable tape recorder.
For the first time ever, these recordings will be made available in September 2026 as part of John Coltrane’s Centennial celebrations.

For Record Store Day 2026, we’re offering a single LP preview of these historic recordings - a project that will undoubtedly grow and enhance the legend of John Coltrane.

TRACK LISTING

Side A
GIANT STEPS ................................ 13:40
(John Coltrane)

Side B
SATELLITE .................................. 11:38
(John Coltrane)

John Coltrane – tenor saxophone, soprano saxophone
(at end of “Satellite”)
McCoy Tyner – piano
Steve Davis – bass (prob.)
Pete LaRoca – drums (prob.)

Probably recorded at the Showboat, Philadelphia, PA in the early 1960s

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Recorded in 1995 and released on CD in 2019, this is the vinyl debut for this fantastic DR John Album. 1000 copies on double purple vinyl for RSD 2026. “Ya know, dis would be dat thing I was always using my head for: a big band thing with my New Orleans riffs.” Thus spoke Mac Rebennack, a.k.a. Dr. John, while tossing around ideas with his manager Stanley Chaisson ahead of a 1995 tour. Not long afterward, he manifested that vision in Cologne, Germany, where he recorded 16 tracks with the WDR Big Band. It remained on ice, until now. On the opening “Indian Red,” Mac name-checks Mardi Gras Indian tribes and soars to new heights when WDR jumps in with the gale-force gusto of a truly big band, summoning a real second-line rave-up. “New York City Blues” swings with enough swagger to light up Times Square, while “I’m Just Lucky” invokes the glitz of Vegas in its Rat Pack heyday. Both put a new spin on songs from Afterglow, the 1995 album Dr. John was touring behind, which also included moodier pieces like “Gee Baby.” Though not every track is one for the ages, this live set makes a fine addition to every Dr. John fan’s library, and delivers exactly what the good doctor intended to conjure: Big Band Voodoo. Personnel: Dr. John, piano, vocals; Phil Upchurch, guitar; Milan Lulic, guitar; Frank Chastenier, piano; John Goldsby, bass; Jeff Hamilton, drums; WDR Big Band horn section. 

TRACK LISTING

1 Indian Red 2 I’m Just A Lucky So And So 3 Blue Skies 4 Tell Me You’ll Wait For Me 5 Gee Baby Aint I Good To You 6 Stagger Lee 7 New York City Blues 8 I Know What I Got 9 I Still Think About You 10 I’m Confessin’ (That I Love You 11 Mess Around 12 There Must Be A Better World Somewhere 13 So Long 14 Going Back To New Orleans 15 JC’s Blues 16 Tipitina

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Limited-edition ‘glow in the dark’ 1LP curated by Elton John, released through the iconic dance label Positiva Records, this unique collection highlights Elton’s remarkable remix archive. Including mixes by The Blessed Madonna, Purple Disco Machine, The 2 Bears, Claptone, Roger Sanchez and KDME. Pressed on 180g vinyl, housed in the signature Positiva sleeve.

TRACK LISTING

Side A
1. Cold Heart with Dua Lipa - The Blessed Madonna Extended Mix
2. Hold Me Closer with Britney Spears - Purple Disco Machine Extended Mix
3. Sad - Elton John Vs Pnau - The 2 Bears Remix Edit
4. Philadelphia Freedom - Shine A Light Remix

Side B
1. Cold Heart with Dua Lipa - Claptone Remix
2. I Don’t Wanna Go On With You Like That - Shep Pettibone Mix
3. Don’t Go Breaking My Heart feat. RuPaul - Sanchez Club Mix Edit
4. Rocket Man - KDME Remix

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A Limited Edition 3LP set of 9 re-imagined Meditation Mixes of John Lennon’s 1970 classic ballad 'Love'. Plus 9 unique 1.8 second mantras that loop infinitely on a side of runout grooves. Produced by Sean Ono Lennon and mixed by Sam Gannon. Available on iridescent Pearl Arctic 180g transparent vinyl in a triple gatefold lilac mirrorboard sleeve designed by Liz Hirsch. Part 2 in a series follows Mind Games Meditation Mixes also available on vinyl and via the consciousness-expanding app Lumenate.

TRACK LISTING

Disc 1
SIDE A
1. REAL
70Hz Gamma Binaural
2. TOUCH

SIDE B
1. YOU
5Hz Theta Binaural
2. ME
3. FREE

Disc 2
SIDE A
1. FEELING
22Hz Beta Binaural
2. WANTING

SIDE B
1. REACHING

Disc 3
SIDE A
1. KNOWING
1Hz Delta Binaural

SIDE B
1. MANTRA ONE: REAL
2. MANTRA TWO: TOUCH
3. MANTRA THREE: YOU
4. MANTRA FOUR: ME
5. MANTRA FIVE: FREE
6. MANTRA SIX: FEELING
7. MANTRA SEVEN: WANTING
8. MANTRA EIGHT: REACHING
9. MANTRA NINE: KNOWING

Composed from 2020 to 2024, 'Alea Iacta Est' (The Die is Cast) is one of Zorn’s most challenging masterworks—a complex and varied piano concerto that runs the gamut of moods, styles, and tempi. Performed brilliantly by four of the most trusted and passionate interpreters of his work—the trio of Brian Marsella, Jorge Roeder, Ches Smith, with guest star Sae Hashimoto on vibraphone on one track—this stunning new work is an essential piece of the Zorn puzzle. Astonishing!

TRACK LISTING

1. Alea Iacta Est Part I
2. Alea Iacta Est Part II
3. Alea Iacta Est Part III
4. Alea Iacta Est Part IV

'That’s My Story: John Lee Hooker Sings the Blues' is a studio album originally recorded and released by John Lee Hooker in 1960. The album was recorded in one session at Reeves Sound Studio in New York City. The album includes the singles 'I Need Some Money', 'No More Doggin', and 'You’re Leavin’ Me Baby'.

TRACK LISTING

1. I Need Some Money
2. Come On And See About Me
3. I'm Wanderin'
4. Democrat Man
5. I Want To Talk About You
6. Gonna Use My Rod
7. Wednesday Evenin' Blues
8. No More Doggin'
9. One Of These Days
10. You're Leavin' Me, Baby
11. That's My Story

From March to May 2015, John Zorn composed 300 new tunes that were eventually collected into a book of music he called The Bagatelles. Volume 8 presents the long-awaited premiere recording of John Medeski’s psychedelic organ trio. Featuring David Fiuczynski (Screaming Headless Torsos) in a striking Hendrix/Blood Ulmer mood and the powerhouse drummer G. Calvin Weston (Ornette Coleman, Lounge Lizards), the music is fierce, imaginative and endlessly creative. Touching on funk, jazz, psychedelic rock, metal and more—this is one of the most intense interpretations of the Bagatelles ever conceived. This music will sear your brain!! Essential.

TRACK LISTING

1. Bagatelle #223
2. Bagatelle #64
3. Bagatelle #21
4. Bagatelle #28
5. Bagatelle #23
6. Bagatelle #8
7. Bagatelle #34
8. Bagatelle #6
9. Bagatelle #157

My Favorite Things is one of John Coltrane 's all time bestselling LPs. Recorded in 1960 for Atlantic Records during three marathon sessions that also produced enough music for four subsequent albums: Coltrane Plays the Blues, Coltrane's Sound, and Coltrane Legacy.

The LP's title tune belongs to the Rodgers & Hammerstein musical The Sound of Music, which at the time, might have seemed an odd choice by critics and fans. However, in Coltrane's hand the tune is spun out with an Eastern sound, a waltz reminiscent of a dervish dance, hypnotic and totally engaging. An edited version of the track was issued as a single and gained popularity across US radio stations, resulting in the LP becoming a major commercial success.

My Favorite Things features John Coltrane 's first recorded performance on soprano saxophone - an instrument gifted to him by Miles Davis.

TRACK LISTING

My Favorite Things
Everytime We Say Goodbye
Summertime
But Not For Me
Like Sonny

The finest book on Britain's most celebrated rock 'n' roll band – and why they were destined to reform.

Think Oasis was just Britpop and brawls? Think again. In this, the definitive book on Britain’s biggest band, John Robb peels back the layers of Manchester's best known musical export, revealing a tale of ambition, ego, talent, and a whole lot of attitude. From the gritty pubs of Manchester to the dizzying heights of global stardom, this unauthorized biography is a rollercoaster ride through the Gallagher brothers' turbulent lives and the music that defined a generation.

But it is also a portrait of Britain around the turn of the millennium and the cultural forces and places that shaped, and were shaped by, two cocksure autodidacts from Burnage – from art to fashion, and from football to politics. Playful, funny and irreverent, and drawing on dozens of interviews and first-hand stories, Live Forever puts Oasis squarely in the Pantheon of Rock ‘n Roll royalty as the last great band of the pre-internet age. So, grab your parka and shades, perfect your swagger, and prepare to be amazed, amused, and maybe even just a little bit shocked.

John Andrews has spent the past few years tucked away in Red Hook, Brooklyn - a neighborhood that sits just beyond the natural drift of the city. Once shaped by maritime industry and later a haven for artists in search of vast warehouse space, its history and isolation give it a quiet magnetism. 'Streetsweeper', the fifth album by John Andrews & The Yawns, reflects that vantage point-tranquil, self-contained, and curious about the movements most people overlook. Just a few cobblestone blocks from the freight-ship-lined harbor, Andrews wrote dozens of new songs at his electric piano. Nine of them found their way to Los Angeles to be recorded with Luke Temple, who played guitar and some bass. Drummer Noah Bond and bassist Kevin Louis Lareau, both longtime members of The Yawns and Cut Worms, form the rhythm section. Will Henriksen of Florry played fiddle on 'Something To Be Said', while Emily Moales of Star Moles sang harmonies recorded remotely by Kevin Basko at Historic New Jersey. Red Hook may not be the easiest neighborhood to reach, but that distance gives it a singular glow-one Andrews sneaks into every note of Streetsweeper. The Super 8 video for 'Something To Be Said', shot by Hilla Eden, wanders through its streets like a hazy love letter. The album offers a similar invitation: step off the main road, linger a little, and notice the small, overlooked moments that make a place-and a life-rich. Andrews has swept those margins with care, leaving songs that listen, observe, and stay with you.

TRACK LISTING

1. Something To Be Said
2. Friends In Misery
3. What's Good?
4. Goodbye Dirty Snow
5. The Last Word
6. Though & Through
7. Olivia
8. My Memory
9. Johnny's Dreams

Dr John Cooper Clarke A3 print by STEWY

Stewy swung by the shop to replace the stencil on our new shutters and very kindly printed some limited edition A3 versions for the shop.

We've only got a handful of these, so if you want one you'd better be quick!

Photo ref by Harry Yeates, Blackfriars Bridge, Salford 2022 (old stencil 2013)

The first-ever 7” appearance of Sylvester “Syl” Johnson’s vibrant, groove-driven 'Tripping on Your Love' and the title track 'Foxy Brown', long considered a funk collector’s grail—never reissued, never compiled, and sitting in that sweet spot be- tween boogie and steppers, the kind of private-press rarity that could only come out of Chicago.

TRACK LISTING

1. Tripping On Your Love
2. Foxy Brown

Bill Frisell, Kenny Wollesen, and Carol Emanuel are The Gnostic Trio and their unique blend of minimalism, early music, and jazz has resulted in some of the loveliest music Zorn has ever created. 'Sing Me Now Asleep' is their first CD in over five years and not surprisingly it explores some unexpected new directions — notably two ambient-influenced pieces in the spirit of Zorn’s 'Absinthe' and 'Redbird', and a dramatic long form composition in the style of his cinematic file card works. Enhanced by the moody electronics of Ikue Mori on one hypnotic track, this ninth CD in the legacy of The Gnostic Trio is their most gentle and soothing to date, and heralds a striking new musical direction for this beloved super group.

TRACK LISTING

1. Such Sweet Sorrow
2. Nature’s Soft Nurse
3. Soft You Now
4. He That Thy Knowest Thine
5. Spirits From The Vasty Deep

From March to May 2015, John Zorn composed 300 new tunes that were eventually collected into a book of music he called 'The Bagatelles'. 'Volume 7' is a remarkable solo piano performance by Brian Marsella who has become a lynchpin of Zorn’s crew of musical masters. Blending classical and jazz into an exhilarating and varied suite, Brian presents a group of thirteen Bagatelles as a beautiful set of theme and variations. This is piano virtuosity at its finest—a profound exploration into the world of Zorn’s 'Bagatelles'.

TRACK LISTING

1. Bagatelle #263
2. Bagatelle #290
3. Bagatelle #151
4. Bagatelle #292
5. Bagatelle #72
6. Bagatelle #96
7. Bagatelle #112
8. Bagatelle #110
9. Bagatelle #289
10. Bagatelle #238
11. Bagatelle #111
12. Bagatelle #121
13. Bagatelle #176

Whitney Johnson, Lia Kohl, and Macie Stewart are a trio of improvisers individually rooted in deep sound exploration, multi-disciplinary composition, and all manner of cross-genre collaboration. The musical ground covered by their solo practices is correspondingly expansive, and their individual recording and performance credits read as a veritable who's who, ranging from DIY darlings to household names of experimental avant-garde, electronic, indie rock, and more.

Their collective sound is based in improvised performance automatic, intuitive composition via their three voices and three string instruments: viola, cello, and violin, respectively. Influences here are vast, dispatched with more playful ease than a trio of string instruments is typically approached with, and just as likely to be found in the cloud-obscured mountains of Donegal, the low-rent cacophony of a midwestern basement, or the revelatory expanse of the Nurse With Wound list as in the storied hals of the academy.

As a recording unit, the trio hones and transforms their performance concept with careful post-production, using multiple tape machines and outboard effects to reimagine their improvised material into meticulously crafted compositions. It's al a response to the spaces they are collectively engaged with, and the use of a highly physical medium like analog tape deepens that spatial engagement with striking, organically psychedelic results.

TRACK LISTING

1. Dawn | Pulse
2. Laundry | Blood
3. Chewing Gun
4. Door | Watch
5. Stone | Piece
6. Burning | Counting (sleeping)
7. Shadow | Mess
8. Paper Folding | Disappearing
9. Cough | Laugh
10. Snow | Touch
11. Fog | Mirror

'The Best Of John Coltrane' captures the legendary saxophonist in his most formative and creative years with Prestige. Curated from his prolific 1957-1958 output, this LP features selections that spotlight Coltrane's rapid artistic evolution as an original tenor saxophonist. Featuring both American songbook classics and jazz standards, it is both the perfect introduction for new listeners and a prized acquisition for aficionados, presenting the recordings that cemented John Coltrane's legacy.

TRACK LISTING

1. I Hear A Rhapsody
2. Traneing In
3. Theme For Ernie
4. I Love You
5. Lover Come Back To Me
6. Trinkle, Tinkle

Johnny Cash (1932–2003) was a legendary singer-songwriter whose deep voice and storytelling made him one of the most influential figures in American music. Blending country, rock, folk, and gospel, he created timeless songs like “I Walk the Line,” “Ring of Fire,” “Folsom Prison Blues.”, “I Got Stripes,” and “Oh Lonesome Me.” Known as The Man in Black, Cash’s music spoke to themes of love, faith, and redemption, leaving an enduring mark on generations of artists.

TRACK LISTING

Side 1
"I Walk The Line"
"Folsom Prison Blues"
"Cry! Cry! Cry!"
"There You Go"
"Next In Line"
"Home Of The Blues"
"Ballad Of A Teenage Queen"
"Guess Things Happen That Way"
"It's Just About Time"
"Katy Too"

Side 2
"I Got Stripes"
"The Ways Of A Woman In Love"
"All Over Again"
"What Do I Care"
"Don't Take Your Guns To Town"
"Five Feet High & Rising"
"Frankie's Man, Johnny"
"Second Honeymoon"
"Oh Lonesome Me"
"Bonanza"

Dr. John Chowning (b. 1934) is a pioneering computer musician, composer and professor who, in 1967, discovered the FM synthesis algorithm. This breakthrough in electronic music allowed for simple, yet rich timbres described as sounding "real". With this discovery, Chowning composed singular, dramatic electronic music and changed thetimbre of music forever. Chowning utilized the potential of computers to synthesize sounds according to programmed instructions. The composer's use of his own FM algorithms, digital synthesis with computers and the new compositional concepts offered by a programmable musical structure combine to create some of the most original and unique electronic music ever created. The compositions on this LP were realized between 1966 and 1981 and the music on this LP, with the exception of 'Stria', was originally released on CD in Germany (Wergo, 1988). The version of 'Stria' included here contains a section not included on the Wergo CD. Thus, this version of 'Stria' is complete. This is the first time these purelydigital recordings have been released on an analog medium.

The original dynamics of these groundbreaking compositions have been preserved on this LP. As a result, listeners are advised to increase volume with caution. In 1975, John Chowning founded the CCRMA - Center For Computer Research In Music and Acoustics at Stanford University. Through Stanford, Chowning licensed his groundbreaking algorithms to Yamaha resulting in numerous new instruments including the iconic DX series of keyboards. In 1972, his composition Tureens which is included onthis LP, was the first to create the illusion of continuous 360-degree space using four speakers. Technical Notes All pieces on this LP are originally quadrophonic. The illusion of moving sound sources is thus projected from the surrounding environment given by four loud-speakers on the stereo-basis. 'STRIA' was composed using Chowning’s own program to compile the musical structure into note-lists and MUSIC 10 (by D. Poole/Tovar) to generate the sounds in software-synthesis.

TRACK LISTING

1. Phoné
2. Turenas
3. Stria
4. Sabelithe

First time vinyl reissue of this incredible library record, as part of Be With Records's crucial Music De Wolfe reissue campaign. 140g vinyl. Limited to just 750 worldwide.

This is that absolute stank-face filth: hard, espionage drama-soul and tough, jazzy street-funk. 'Hogan, The Hawk & Dirty John Crown' sounds like the soundtrack of a blaxploitation movie from the early 70s and, packed with funky fusion and smoother orchestral numbers, it is basically that.

Featuring a veritable who's who of killer library break snakes - Alan Parker, Alan Hawkshaw (under sneaky alias William Parrish), Simon Haseley, Reg Tilsley and Gordon Grant - it's not hard to see how this commands over £350 on secondary markets.

This beautifully presented reissue, part of Be With's fresh campaign with the legendary library label Music De Wolfe, is well overdue.

Recorded for De Wolfe in 1972, 'Hogan, The Hawk, Dirty John Crown' is a fantastic start-to-finish listen. The flute-funk of Hawkshaw and Parker's opener 'The Hawk' comprises driving, fuzzy, wah-wah-drizzled bell-laced breaks with synths and basslines to murder for. Up next, Haseley's 'The Happening' is a carefree, rhythmic builder with strings and horns. Let's face it, it doesn't prepare us for the monster that follows...

Hawkshaw and Parker's amazing 'Main Chance' is likely the reason you're here; it's a moody, beaty proto-hip-hop banger; all rolling drums and flute-laced, organ-drenched, synth-funk breaks. Just sensational - you'll want to play it again and again and again.

The cool AF 'Hogan Baby' has a soft, rounded, bluesy feel - it's a lighter number and Haseley's work here sounds more than a little indebted to Burt Bacharach. It's melancholic, reflective and contains ace breaks with beautiful flutes and wistful horns. It's just gorgeous. Grant's pounding 'Dirty John Crown' brilliantly conjures swirling string-swept serenity atop driving, incisive drama-funk breaks. Sublime. Hawkshaw and Parker come roaring back with the murky, creeping crime-funk of 'Swarf' with killer basslines underpinning slow-mo high-class flute-funk.

Reg Tilsley enters the fray with the bright, snappy, carefree 'Turnover'. It's lightweight but still retains some nice orchestral movements. The brief 'Tarantula' gets us back on track - from the pen and chops of Hawkshaw and Parker, are we surprised? - with the driving crime funk breaks, super clean yet brooding. Synths, sax and 'nuff guitars. YES.

Side 2 opens with the car chase swag of Haseley's dramatic, driving 'Precinct'. Jazzy, instrumental flute funk over great percussive breaks. We love this. Haseley's rolling 'Sidewinder Version 1' is robust and exuberant with bouncy horns before a cracking Parker-Hawkshaw one-two featuring the tense 'Pressure' and the deeply soulful 'Call Me', a relaxed, medium-tempo organ feature. With building piano and strings Gordon Grant's excellently titled 'Scorch' is as aggressive and dramatic as you'd hope. Hawkshaw and Parker's furtive flute-funk of 'Digger' precede the light, melodic and romantic themes of Tilsley's 'Marianne' whilst 'Sidewinder Version 2', a faster iteration of Track B2 sees Haseley close out this remarkable set in bouncy, bright fashion.

The audio for 'Hogan, The Hawk, Dirty John Crown' has been meticulously remastered by Be With regular Simon Francis, ensuring this release sounds better than ever. Cicely Balston's expert skills have made sure nothing is lost in the cut whilst the records have been pressed to the highest possible standard at Record Industry in Holland. The original, iconic sleeve has been restored here at Be With HQ as the finishing touch to this long overdue re-issue.

TRACK LISTING

1. A. Parker / W. Parrish - The Hawk
2. S. Haseley - The Happening
3. A. Parker / W. Parrish - Main Chance
4. S. Haseley - Hogan Baby
5. G. Grant - Dirty John Crown
6. A. Parker / W. Parrish - Swarf
7. R. Tilsley - Turnover
8. A. Parker / W. Parrish - Tarantula
9. S. Haseley - Precinct
10. S. Haseley - Sidewinder Version 1
11. A. Parker / W. Parrish - Pressure
12. A. Parker / W. Parrish - Call Me
13. G. Grant - Scorch
14. A. Parker / W. Parrish - Digger
15. R. Tilsley - Marianne
16. S. Haseley - Sidewinder Version 2

Kanyon (John) is a NYC based producer / DJ who has cut his teeth in the underground US techno scene through raw live sets, and dynamic DJing. Keeping the quality high with his signature, no-BS style of production and performing, he has played live supporting legends like Steve Poindexter, DJ Hyperactive, and Francois K. His productions have garnered support from Ben Sims, Akua, Ron Like Hell, Kush Jones and many others.

The "Duplex EP" is a split record featuring John's house alias DJ John Brooklyn on the A side (A1, A2, locked groove) & techno alias Kanyon on the B side (B1, B2). Exploring NY house and trippy, dubby minimal techno respectively, "Duplex EP" is a heady start to 2026.

STAFF COMMENTS

Matt says: Block party techno flavoured cuts that packs bare punch. Have 'em pogo'ing for a good thirty mins+ with the five tracks here that's got that New York spirit running wild.

TRACK LISTING

A1. C U Dance
A2. Disco Freak
A Side Locked Groove
B1. Clemencia
B2. Plasma Link

The remaining members of Magnolia Electric Co. joined forces with Will Johnson to record their two songs from the 2009 collaborative album Molina and Johnson. Also includes the previously-released Magnolia Electric Co. cover "The Big Beast."

Will Johnson is the Texas songwriter in Centromatic, South San Gabriel, and a current member of the 400 Unit with Jason Isbell. Johnson released his 10th solo album Diamond City in April 2025, and was part of the 2009 collaborative album Molina and Johnson, a record for which a tour was canceled due to Molina’s struggles with alcohol.

Magnolia and Johnson Electric Co. (featuring Will Johnson along with original Magnolia Electric Co. members Mike Brenner, Jason Evans Groth, Michael Kapinus, Mark Rice, and Pete Schreiner) convened in Texas earlier this year to record new studio versions of both Molina’s and Johnson’s songs, much in the vein of the 2018 Goshen Electric Company collaboration between Magnolia and Oaks.

The sessions were recorded and mixed by Johnson's longtime collaborator Britton Beisenherz and mastered by Magnolia mastering engineer Matthew Barnhart. Iconic artwork by Will Schaff graces the cover, whose artwork has now been inextricably linked to Jason Molina's songwriting.

TRACK LISTING

1.Wooden Heart (3:20)
2.Twenty Cycles To The Ground (3:01)

A culturally connected celebration of the groundbreaking hip-hop group De La Soul, and how they changed the look, sound, and feel of Black America. Music artists and trends come and go, but every once in a while, a moment arrives that genuinely changes everything. In 1988, De La Soul, three young men from Amityville, Long Island, did exactly that.

Their always innovative work pulled inspiration from artists of the past and popularized cutting-edge music sampling techniques to blend jazz, R&B, and rap as they created a sound unlike any the world had heard before. But the De La Soul experience didn't end there. These weren't just musicians-they were game-changers in so many ways.

From the way they dressed, to the words they spoke, to the day-glo colours of their breakout 3 Feet and Rising, De La Soul rejected convention, refused to be talked back into the box, and left the door open for everyone behind them. Now, in Living in a D.A.I.S.Y. Age, Austin McCoy explores how De La Soul not only defined a new era of hip-hop, but also American and Black culture at the same time.

Through his eyes, ears, and well-studied recall of '80s, '90s, and 2000s America, McCoy takes us on a journey through the world this innovative musical act made. One of the few hip-hop groups of their era to stay together long term, De La Soul lived astonishing highs and lows, from forming the Native Tongues collective to influential fights with their publishers to assert the artist's right to control their creations. And after a lifetime left out of music's digital revolution, in 2023 they finally hit streaming services just as it lost founding member David Jolicoeur too soon to see his work reach a brand-new generation of fans.

Living in a D.A.I.S.Y. Age will connect with DLS fans, '80s babies, and students of the rap game alike, in a beautifully rendered and deeply researched tome that places this group atop the pedestal it deserves.

Vintage Violence is John Cale’s first post-Velvet Underground album and was originally released in 1970. Cale's signature sound with the Velvets was purposefully rough and aurally challenging, but Vintage Violence is a startlingly user-friendly piece of mature, intelligent pop with a smooth, satin finish. The Welsh rocker shows a pop craftsman at work on ten tracks that reference everything from Country Rock to Beach Boys harmonies to The Band-style Americana and beyond.

TRACK LISTING

SIDE A
1. Hello, There
2. Gideon's Bible
3. Adelaide
4. Big White Cloud
5. Cleo
6. Please

SIDE B
1. Charlemagne
2. Bring It On Up
3. Amsterdam
4. Ghost Story
5. Fairweather Friend

Following on the heels of his acclaimed 2025 solo LP 'Strange Is The Way', ex-De Rosa frontman and Bellshill's shadier pop songsmith M. John Henry turns to his back catalogue with this beautiful collection of reworked and newly performed versions of classic songs and unreleased material. 2026 marks the 20th anniversary of 'Mend' - De Rosa's 2006 debut - which put Henry's songwriting on the map for its strong sentiment and deep connection to his post-industrial homeland.

A three decade career later (as both solo performer and collaborator with some of Scotland's finest - Barry Burns, Robert Dallas Gray, King Creosote, Gillian Fleetwood) and we find Henry seeking alternate paths through what were once jagged, indie-folk cuts and arriving in darkly pastoral territory. "The kind of parochial majesty you might encounter if Pixies reworked The Go-Betweens' 'Before Hollywood' for a documentary about the social history of Lanarkshire...", MOJO magazine wrote of 'Mend'. Swap in Bert Jansch and Mark Eitzel and you might be heading in Henry's direction on 'Early Songs, Of Late'. Featuring new versions of fan favourites 'Camera', 'Cathkin Braes', 'Evelyn' and 'The Engineer'.

TRACK LISTING

1. Hopes And Little Jokes
2. New Lanark
3. Camera
4. Prevent Me You
5. Evelyn
6. All Saints Day
7. Hattonrigg Pit Disaster
8. Cathkin Braes
9. Ripped Apart
10. The Engineer
11. Swell