Search Results for:

MARINA RECORDS

Dislocation Dance

Road To Happiness

    Back with a bang! Road To Happiness marks the triumphant return of Manchester’s one and only Dislocation Dance - after a 7-year long hiatus. The new album - their sixth - features ten new and fresh songs.

    Main songwriters Ian Runacres (guitar/vocals) and Phil Lukes (bass/vocals) most probably never sounded better. Kinda like Manchester’s Nile Rodgers & Bernard Edwards they create killer grooves a la Chic and The Real Thing. Melodies galore & disco euphoria plus beautiful vocals. To Love And Be Loved! Daft Punk meets Everything But The Girl.

    Gorgeous chord progressions, disco strings and wah-wah guitars - just listen to I Just Need A Friend. 70s Soul - beamed into today! The title song pays homage to Northern Soul classics by Candi Staton and Phyllis Hyman. There’s also a healthy dose of Todd Rundgren in there. The Sound Of Philadelphia meets The Sound Of Manchester.

    DD’s female vocalist Sam Heywood shares lead vocals with Ian Runacres and Phil Lukes. Check out her stunning performance on It’s Not True! Featuring superb trumpet action by Jon Board.

    What The Funk (Theme) - DD getting down and dirty - sounds like the sexy love child of Funkadelic and Paul McCartney & Wings’ Zoo Gang. Like a lost funky 70s movie theme.

    Ian Runacres formed DD in Manchester, and soon got trumpet player Andy Diagram on board who later joined The Pale Fountains and James. They created their unique mix of Post-Punk, New Wave, Jazz, Disco, 60s French Pop and Soundtracks. The NME called their mix of styles “the real mutant disco”. SOUNDS even voted them the “city’s best band”. The band played their first ever gig at the legendary Factory in Manchester, recorded sessions for John Peel, Janice Long and Kid Jensen, and went on their own eclectic journey. Always maintaining their unique DD sound.

    Now they are back. With a truly fabulous album. On Marina - the perfect home for them. Let’s get (it) on... the road to happiness.


    TRACK LISTING

    Side A:
    1. I Just Need A Friend
    2. Road To Happiness
    3. To Love And Be Loved
    4. We All Need Love
    5. Incurable Romantic

    Side B:
    1. Really Should Know Better
    2. Sugar Coated
    3. Can’t Come Back
    4. What The Funk (Theme)
    5. It’s Not True

    The Pearlfishers

    Making Tapes For Girls

      After a hiatus of five years, The Pearlfishers, Glasgow’s finest, return with their ninth album for Marina – most probably their best and most immediate one so far.

      Driven by main man David Scott’s exceptional songwriting and sophisticated arrangements, Making Tapes For Girls is a goldmine of pop gems – full of witty & colourful lyrics about the affirmative & healing power of music and pop escapism. 

      The title track evokes memories of those days of compiling a C-30/60/90 for your loved one or secretly adored one: “I didn’t know how to say the right thing / So I left it to Joni and Paul...”. Those mix tapes that came straight from your heart & soul – “the nub of it, the truth of it, the ‘you’ of it.” It is another Pearlfishers classic in the vein of My Dad The Weatherfan and Even On A Sunday Afternoon and also David Scott’s nod to Terry Hall’s The Colour Field.

      All of these 12 new tracks could have made it easily onto such a tape. Kisses On The Window is a very personal and straightforward love song, with a beautiful string quartet arrangement. Hold Out For A Mystic, most definitely the only song in pop history which references Henri Matisse and Billy Childish in the same line (“The Fauve and the Stuckist man”), is built around a cosmic ELO acoustic guitar sound, while Put The Baby In The Milk channels Carole King jumping through some harmony hoops à la Laura Nyro. We experience more name dropping in The Word Evangeline, a rumination on all songs featuring that name, from The Cocteau Twins to Emmylou Harris to Matthew Sweet. Yellow & The Lovehearts is a wonderful two part suite that takes us from full-on shiny pop to a glacial Simon & Garfunkel soundscape. We are even visiting a Fleetwood Mac-ish vibe in Until I Knew Happy – listen to that great cosmic country banjo solo which creates a fantastic widescreen sound! The super poppy We’re Gonna Make A Hit Record, Boy features the great line: “And we’ll sing it out for Judee Sill and Tony Bourdain”.

      Oh yes. When The Sun Comes Back To The West Coast definitely lives up to its title – a return to the catchy Byrds harmonies of The Pearlfishers’ Marina debut The Strange Underworld Of The Tall Poppies.

      Most of the album was recorded at La Chunky Studios in Glasgow where everything is vintage – from an old Ludwig kit, old Wurlitzer electric piano and Fender Rhodes keyboards to tons of vintage microphones and compressors. It made a big stamp on the overall sound to an album which is most probably the best one by The Pearlfishers yet.


      TRACK LISTING

      01. Making Tapes For Girls
      02. Kisses On The Window
      03. Hold Out For A Mystic
      04. Put The Baby In The Milk
      05. Until I Knew Happy
      06. The Word Evangeline
      07. We’re Gonna Make A Hit Record, Boy
      08. Yellow & The Lovehearts
      09. The Wild Lives
      10. Protect The Heart That’s Beating
      11. When The Sun Comes Back To The West Coast
      12. Sweet Jenny Bluebelle

      Ashby

      Power Ballads (RSD24 EDITION)

        THIS IS A RECORD STORE DAY 2024 EXCLUSIVE AND WILL BE AVAILABLE INSTORE ON SATURDAY APRIL 20TH ON A FIRST COME FIRST SERVED BASIS, LIMITED TO ONE PER PERSON.

        IF THERE ARE ANY REMAINING COPIES THEY WILL BE MADE AVAILABLE ONLINE AT 8PM ON MONDAY APRIL 22ND.



        The Pearlfishers

        Sky Meadows (RSD23 EDITION)

          THIS IS A RECORD STORE DAY 2023 EXCLUSIVE AND WILL BE AVAILABLE INSTORE ON SATURDAY APRIL 22ND ON A FIRST COME FIRST SERVED BASIS, LIMITED TO ONE PER PERSON.



          IF THERE ARE ANY REMAINING COPIES THEY WILL BE MADE AVAILABLE ONLINE AT 8PM ON MONDAY APRIL 24TH).




          20th Anniversary Edition of the long-deleted fifth album by THE PEARLFISHERS from 2003.



          Deluxe 2-LP set in a beautiful gatefold sleeve with enhanced artwork and all lyrics. The album has been remastered and features four previously unreleased bonus tracks. Non-Returnable.



          Masterful, melody-laden classic pop music, driven by main man DAVID SCOTT’s exceptional songwriting which has often been compared to PAUL MCCARTNEY, BURT BACHARACH, JIMMY WEBB, TODD RUNDGREN and BRIAN WILSON.



          The Pearlfishers

          The Young Picnickers - 2022 Vinyl Reissue

            Marina proudly present the first ever vinyl issues of three classic albums by Glasgow’s finest, The Pearlfishers: “The Young Picnickers” (1999), “Across The Milky Way” (2001) and “Up With The Larks” (2007). 

            Three albums of masterful, classic pop music, driven by main man David Scott’s exceptional songwriting which was often compared to Paul McCartney, Burt Bacharach, Jimmy Webb, Todd Rundgren and Brian Wilson. The beautifully crafted arrangements include woodwinds, trumpet, flugel horns, banjo – and real strings! “David Scott’s compositions sound something like The Carpenters and Burt Bacharach – except much more poppy, upbeat, and current!” (Babysue).

            These albums also feature some of the finest Scottish musicians. Duglas T Stewart of BMX Bandits co-wrote two songs. Norman Blake of Teenage Fanclub contributed backing vocals on “The Young Picnickers” and co-produced four tracks on “Up With The Larks”. Mick Slaven, one of the most unique guitarists ever (Jazzateers, James Kirk, Paul Quinn & The Independent Group), plays on “Across The Milky Way”. So does trumpet maestro Colin Steele who later recorded an entire album of Pearlfishers songs in terrific jazz arrangements (“Diving For Pearls”, 2017).

            “The Young Picnickers” was selected ”Indie album of the month” in MOJO magazine. “Up With The Larks” was recently voted one of “Scotland’s favourite albums” in The Herald.
            “Save the world! Save the world! From this grotesque exhibition…



            TRACK LISTING

            A
            We’re Gonna Save The Summer
            An Ordinary Day Out In The Suburbs
            We’ll Get By
            Blue December
            B
            You Justify My Life
            Battersea Bardot
            The Young Picnickers
            Once There Was A Man
            C
            Over & Over
            Every Day I Read Your Stars
            Strawberries In The Snow
            Stella Painted Joy
            D Bonus Tracks
            Already There
            David Vs. Godzilla
            The Loneliest Bonfire
            Since You’ve Asked

            The Pearlfishers

            Across The Milky Way - 2022 Reissue

              Marina proudly present the first ever vinyl issues of three classic albums by Glasgow’s finest, The Pearlfishers: “The Young Picnickers” (1999), “Across The Milky Way” (2001) and “Up With The Larks” (2007). 

              Three albums of masterful, classic pop music, driven by main man David Scott’s exceptional songwriting which was often compared to Paul McCartney, Burt Bacharach, Jimmy Webb, Todd Rundgren and Brian Wilson. The beautifully crafted arrangements include woodwinds, trumpet, flugel horns, banjo – and real strings! “David Scott’s compositions sound something like The Carpenters and Burt Bacharach – except much more poppy, upbeat, and current!” (Babysue).

              These albums also feature some of the finest Scottish musicians. Duglas T Stewart of BMX Bandits co-wrote two songs. Norman Blake of Teenage Fanclub contributed backing vocals on “The Young Picnickers” and co-produced four tracks on “Up With The Larks”. Mick Slaven, one of the most unique guitarists ever (Jazzateers, James Kirk, Paul Quinn & The Independent Group), plays on “Across The Milky Way”. So does trumpet maestro Colin Steele who later recorded an entire album of Pearlfishers songs in terrific jazz arrangements (“Diving For Pearls”, 2017).


              TRACK LISTING

              A
              Across The Milky Way
              New Stars
              I Was A Cowboy
              Steady With You
              B
              Sweet William
              The Vampires Of Camelon
              We’ll Be The Summer
              Snow On The Pines
              Paint On A Smile
              C
              Everything Works Out
              Shine It Out
              When The Highway Ends
              Is It Any Wonder
              D Bonus Tracks
              Over The Headland
              Lust At Luss
              Wa Wa
              On The Waves

              The Pearlfishers

              Up With The Larks - 2022 Reissue

                Marina proudly present the first ever vinyl issues of three classic albums by Glasgow’s finest, The Pearlfishers: “The Young Picnickers” (1999), “Across The Milky Way” (2001) and “Up With The Larks” (2007). 

                Three albums of masterful, classic pop music, driven by main man David Scott’s exceptional songwriting which was often compared to Paul McCartney, Burt Bacharach, Jimmy Webb, Todd Rundgren and Brian Wilson. The beautifully crafted arrangements include woodwinds, trumpet, flugel horns, banjo – and real strings! “David Scott’s compositions sound something like The Carpenters and Burt Bacharach – except much more poppy, upbeat, and current!” (Babysue).

                These albums also feature some of the finest Scottish musicians. Duglas T Stewart of BMX Bandits co-wrote two songs. Norman Blake of Teenage Fanclub contributed backing vocals on “The Young Picnickers” and co-produced four tracks on “Up With The Larks”. Mick Slaven, one of the most unique guitarists ever (Jazzateers, James Kirk, Paul Quinn & The Independent Group), plays on “Across The Milky Way”. So does trumpet maestro Colin Steele who later recorded an entire album of Pearlfishers songs in terrific jazz arrangements (“Diving For Pearls”, 2017).




                TRACK LISTING

                A
                Up With The Larks
                The Bluebells
                Send Me A Letter
                The Umbrellas Of Shibuya
                B
                Womack And Womack
                London’s In Love
                Eco Schools
                With You On My Mind
                C
                Fighting Fire With Flowers
                Blue Riders On The Range
                Ring The Bells For A Day
                I Just See The Rainbow
                D Bonus Tracks
                Always Running Away From The Pretty Things
                Clumsy
                Come Home Pretty Bird
                How Do You Start Again

                The Bathers

                Lagoon Blues

                  Marina proudly present: The long-awaited reissues of all three classic Marina albums by The Bathers - “Lagoon Blues” (1993), “Sunpowder” (1995) and “Kelvingrove Baby” (1997). In new beautiful deluxe editions - all remastered plus enhanced artwork. And on vinyl for the first time ever!

                  The Bathers (aka Chris Thomson) from Glasgow are somewhat of a Scottish national treasure. Listen to these albums, and you’ll know why. Enter a musical universe of intricate arrangements, lush orchestrations, swoony vocals and songs of deep emotional beauty. With nods to Van Morrison, Tom Waits, David Bowie, Tim Hardin and Leonard Cohen. Moody wurlitzers and mesmerising pianos are joined by violins, accordians and acoustic guitars to create a hypnotic, totally unique sound. Chamber pop at its very best.

                  Liz Fraser of The Cocteau Twins contributes vocals on a couple of songs on “Sunpowder”. A match made in heaven with the music of Chris Thomson. James Grant of Love & Money - Thomson’s fellow musician in legendary 80s pop band Friends Again - supplies backing vocals and guitar on “Kelvingrove Baby”. Isobel Campbell from Belle & Sebastian plays cello on “Lagoon Blues” and “Kelvingrove Baby”.

                  Turn the lights down low - turn up the volume - and get on a trip with these very special, truly cinematic and, yes, quite spectacular albums.

                  The LP editions are limited to 690 copies each. 

                  TRACK LISTING

                  1. Lagoon Blues Pt. 1
                  2. Venice Shoes
                  3. Gracefruit
                  4. Never Too Late
                  5. Fermina Fair
                  6. Easter – For Edda Van Heemstra
                  7. Pissoir / The Ornella Mutiny
                  8. Through The Old Holmwood
                  9. Sweetheart Sessions
                  10. Lolita
                  11. Via D’Oro
                  12. Ave The Leopards
                  13. Carnival
                  14. Easter Sorbonne
                  15. Lagoon Blues Pt. 2

                  Various Artists

                  Goosebumps – 25 Years Of Marina Records

                    Congratulations! Yippie-Aye-Yay-Yay! Bang! Marina Records celebrates its 25th anniversary with the release of Goosebumps, a deluxe compilation featuring 40 stunning tracks on two groovy compact discs and 3LP.

                    Goosebumps, living up to its title, includes many unreleased cuts and exclusive contributions, as well as selected nuggets from the label catalogue. Includes tracks from SHACK, JAMES KIRK, THE PALE FOUNTAINS, MALCOLM ROSS, PAUL HAIG, THE PALE FISHERS, ALEX CHILTON and many more..

                    The splendid booklet features more than 100 photographs from the Marina archive. The strictly limited 3-LP edition comes with beautifully designed innersleeves and individually coloured wax. Orange - Yellow – Red.

                    Marina Records, founded by Stefan Kassel and Frank Lähnemann in Hamburg 25 years ago, is not only known for its distinctive sleeve design which has been praised in several cover art books, but also for its eclectic, unique artist roster and its devotion to classic pop songwriting. Their fabulous The In-Kraut compilation series even turned out to define a genre of its own.

                    Kickstarting with Brent Cash’s pop smash Digging The Fault Line, Goosebumps features artists as diverse as exceptional Glasgow funk sextet Gazelle and Chris Thomson’s beloved chamber pop outfit The Bathers from the early days of the label - to the lushly orchestrated Morricone-like soundscapes of Starless and jazz trumpeter Colin Steele, two recent signings. Steele gave the wonderful songs of The Pearlfishers the royal jazz treatment with exciting new arrangements. The Pearlfishers themselves recorded seven albums for Marina so far. Their songwriting has been compared to Paul McCartney, Jimmy Webb and Brian Wilson. They contribute the previously unreleased The Time Is Right. They also recorded a fantastic cover version of The Pale Fountains’ Southbound Excursion - under the nom de plume The Pale Fishers. Another exclusive on this compilation.

                    The Pale Fountains themselves are featured with The Norfolk Broads – a track from their Marina anthology Longshot For Your Love. Pale Fountains songwriter Michael Head makes a second appearance with Dragonfly from the Shack album Waterpistol. Released by Marina in 1995 - and rated by many critics as one of the best British albums of the 90s. In 2001 Marina effectively initiated the reformation of sunshine pop legends The Free Design. McCarran Airport hails from their comeback album Cosmic Peekaboo. Only With You by Norman Blake of Teenage Fanclub and I Wanna Pick You Up by Alex Chilton originate from Marina’s bestselling album Caroline Now! The Songs Of Brian Wilson & The Beach Boys (“Album of the month” in UNCUT).

                    Eccentric Orange Juice founding member James Kirk recorded his pop-tastic solo album You Can Make It If You Boogie for Marina in 2003. He joins Scottish super-group Port Sulphur on the groovy Orient Express. Felicity, one of his classic Orange Juice songs, is featured in a special, as yet unreleased “Party Mix“. Boogie! Two other Scottish music legends - both of Josef K fame - are featured on Goosebumps: Malcolm Ross and Paul Haig.

                    Goosebumps - 25 years of pure pop heaven. 


                    TRACK LISTING

                    Tracklist CD:
                    CD1
                    1. Brent Cash - Digging The Fault Line
                    2. Port Sulphur Feat. James Kirk - Orient Express
                    3. Malcolm Ross - Low Shot
                    4. Ashby - Already Won
                    5. The Aluminum Group - Star Wish
                    6. Shack - Dragonfly
                    7. Dave Dee, Dozy, Beaky, Mick & Tich - Marina
                    8. The Secret Goldfish - Holiday Hymn
                    9. Crocker - Crocker At LAX
                    10. The Pearlfishers - The Time Is Right
                    11. Norman Blake - Only With You
                    12. The Pale Fountains - The Norfolk Broads
                    13. Colin Steele Quartet - You’ll Never Steal My Spirit
                    14. Friends Again - Sweet Jane
                    15. Andy Pawlak - Sunshine Girl
                    16. Starless - Starless (Sam Barker Axor Mix)
                    17. James Kirk - Felicity (Party Mix)
                    18. Gazelle - Fear
                    19. Skinner - Still Messed Up With You
                    20. Camping - Von Verpassten Gelegenheiten

                    CD2
                    1. Die Zimmermänner - Pampelmusen
                    2. Marina Unlimited Orchestra - Breezy (Marina’s In The Air)
                    3. The Pale Fishers - Southbound Excursion
                    4. Sarah Cracknell - Miles Apart
                    5. The Bathers - If Love Could Last Forever
                    6. Jazzateers - Up To My Eyes
                    7. June & The Exit Wounds - Hey Hey Hey
                    8. The Kingfishers - I Know You're Down (But I Don’t Really Care
                    ) 9. The Magic Circles - Meet Me In Milan
                    10. Daniel Dodds - Beautiful
                    11. The Free Design - McCarran Airport
                    12. Frank Schmiechen - Die Jungs Sind Zurück
                    13. Alex Chilton - I Wanna Pick You Up
                    14. Oscar In Venice - Go For A Walk In The Woods
                    15. Peter Thomas - Multi-Kolored Mini-Skirts
                    16. Paul Quinn & The Independent Group - You Have Been Seen
                    17. Mindstore - PC Streets (Radio Edit)
                    18. Sugartown - 25 Years
                    19. Paul Haig - Listen To Me
                    20. Cowboy Mouth - Goodbye (She Quietly Says)

                    Tracklist 3LP:

                    Side 1
                    1. Brent Cash - Digging The Fault Line
                    2. Port Sulphur Feat. James Kirk - Orient Express
                    3. Malcolm Ross - Low Shot
                    4. Ashby - Already Won
                    5. The Aluminum Group - Star Wish 6. Shack - Dragonfly

                    Side 2
                    1. Dave Dee, Dozy, Beaky, Mick & Tich - Marina
                    2. The Secret Goldfish - Holiday Hymn
                    3. Crocker - Crocker At LAX
                    4. The Pearlfishers - The Time Is Right
                    5. Norman Blake - Only With You
                    6. The Pale Fountains - The Norfolk Broads
                    7. Colin Steele Quartet - You’ll Never Steal My Spirit

                    Side 3
                    1. Friends Again - Sweet Jane
                    2. Starless - Starless (Sam Barker Axor Mix)
                    3. James Kirk - Felicity (Party Mix)
                    4. Gazelle - Fear
                    5. Skinner - Still Messed Up With You
                    6. Camping - Von Verpassten Gelegenheiten

                    Side 4
                    1. Die Zimmermänner - Pampelmusen
                    2. Marina Unlimited Orchestra - Breezy (Marina’s In The Air)
                    3. The Pale Fishers - Southbound Excursion
                    4. Sarah Cracknell - Miles Apart
                    5. The Bathers - If Love Could Last Forever
                    6. Jazzateers - Up To My Eyes

                    Side 5
                    1. June & The Exit Wounds - Hey Hey Hey
                    2. The Kingfishers - I Know You're Down (But I Don’t Really Care)
                    3. The Magic Circles - Meet Me In Milan
                    4. Daniel Dodds - Beautiful
                    5. The Free Design –  McCarran Airport
                    6. Frank Schmiechen - Die Jungs Sind Zurück
                    7. Alex Chilton - I Wanna Pick You Up

                    Side 6
                    1. Oscar In Venice - Go For A Walk In The Woods
                    2. Peter Thomas - Multi-Kolored Mini-Skirts
                    3. Paul Quinn & The Independent Group - You Have Been Seen
                    4. Sugartown - 25 Years
                    5. Paul Haig - Listen To Me
                    6. Cowboy Mouth - Goodbye (She Quietly Says) 


                    Latest Pre-Sales

                    105 NEW ITEMS

                    E-newsletter —
                    Sign up
                    Back to top