The Fall's fourth studio album Perverted by Language was released in 1983. The album was produced by the band's vocalist and songwriter Mark E. Smith and recorded at various studios in Manchester. Perverted by Language features some of The Fall's most renowned tracks, including "Garden". The album's sound is characterized by its sharp and angular post-punk guitar riffs, driven by a heavy bass and drums rhythm section, all layered with Mark E. Smith's distinctive vocals.

Lyrically, Perverted by Language deals with themes of alienation, disorder, and the unpredictability of modern life. Smith's idiosyncratic and cryptic wordplay, including his penchant for inventing new words and phrases, adds to the album's overall sense of unease and dislocation. Despite its challenging sound and lyrics, Perverted by Language is considered by many critics and fans to be one of The Fall's finest albums, showcasing the band at their creative and innovative peak.

TRACK LISTING

Side A
1. Eat Y'self Fitter
2. Neighbourhood Of Infinity
3. Garden
4. Hotel Bloedel

Side B
1. Smile
2. I Feel Voxish
3. Tempo House
4. Hexen Definitive/Strife Knot

Monk, released in 1964, is the fourth studio album Thelonious Monk released on Columbia Records, and his seventh album overall for that label. It features Larry Gales on Bass, Ben Riley on drums, and Charlie Rouse on Tenor saxophone. The album contains two original compositions and several jazz standards. "Pannonica" is a tribute to the jazz patron Pannonica de Koenigswarter and "Teo" is a tribute to the album's producer Teo Macero.

TRACK LISTING

Side A
1. Liza (All The Clouds'll Roll Away)
2. April In Paris
3. That Old Man
4. I Love You (Sweetheart Of All My Dreams)

Side B
1. Just You, Just Me
2. Pannonica
3. Teo

From The Roots is the fourth studio album by one of the best-known ska and rocksteady vocal groups, The Maytals. The group was founded in 1962 by Toots Hibbert, Henry “Raleigh” Gordon, and Nathaniel “Jerry” Mathias. They helped popularise reggae music during the Sixties and were even credited in the etymology of the word “Reggae” in the Oxford English Dictionary, as a result of being the first to use the word “Reggae” in their 1968 single “Do They Reggay”. The album From The Roots was recorded by Leslie Kong and features some of The Maytals' most explosive tunes. Fun fact, the album was already recorded in 1970, but wasn't released until three years later, after signing to Island Records in 1973.

TRACK LISTING

Side A
1. Pee Pee Cluck Cluck
2. Loving Spirit
3. Dr. Lester
4. Gola Silver
5. Koo Koo
6. Revival Reggae
7. Thy Kingdom Come

Side B
1. One Eye Enos
2. A Time To Love
3. 9 O'clock
4. Know Me Good
5. Got To Feel
6. Feel So Good
7. Give Peace A Chance

The Primitives emerged from the UK independent music scene of the mid-1980s, with a sound that distilled the shimmering guitar chime of The Byrds, the buzzsaw style of The Ramones and 60's girl group melodies into two-and-a-half-minute pop gems. After topping the indie singles chart several times, their widely acclaimed first album, Lovely, made them one of the UK's most revered alternative rock acts, while the international success of the single "Crash" saw them cross over to a mass audience. Further chart success followed, along with two more studio albums, Pure and Galore, plus extensive tours of Europe and the US, before the band called it a day in 1992. The band were reunited in 2009. The Best Of The Primitives is available on vinyl for the first time and features the hit singles "Crash", "Put Of Reach", "Way Behind Me", "Sick Of It", "Secrets" and many more classic hits.

TRACK LISTING

Side A
1. Crash
2. Spacehead
3. Shadow
4. Thru' The Flowers
5. Nothing Left
6. Out Of Reach

Side B
1. Summer Rain
2. Sick Of It
3. All The Way Down
4. Secrets
5. Can't Bring Me Down

Side C
1. Way Behind Me
2. Noose
3. I Almost Touched You
4. You Are The Way
5. Lead Me Astray

Side D
1. Slip Away
2. Give This World To You
3. Empathise
4. Earth Thing
5. All The Way Down (Beat Version)

Grotesque (After The Gramme) is the third studio album by the Fall. The album reached number one on the UK Independent Chart, spending 29 weeks on the chart in total. The Fall's music at the time was described as "Mancabilly", and by Smith himself as "Country 'n' Northern". In 2020, Rolling Stone included Grotesque (After The Gramme) in its "80 Greatest albums of 1980" list, praising the band for its "ability to craft impossibly catchy songs that simultaneously sound like they're shaking apart at the seams"

TRACK LISTING

Side A
1. Pay Your Rates
2. English Scheme
3. New Face In Hell
4. C'N'C-S Mithering
5. The Container Drivers

Side B
1. Impression Of J. Temperance
2. In The Park
3. W.M.C - Blob 59
4. Gramme Friday
5. The N.W.R.A.

The Sultans Of Ping are an Irish band formed in 1988. The band's name is a play on the 1978 Dire Straits song "Sultans of Swing", dating from a time when "it was sacrilege to say anything whatsoever funny or nasty about Dire Straits".

Following a number of lineup changes, the band came to the attention of the Irish and UK music press, when "Where's Me Jumper" was released in January 1992. After several other independently released singles, the band signed to Epic Records, through a deal organized by Rhythm King Records's Martin Heath. With Epic, the band released their debut album Casual Sex In The Cineplex. This debut album from 1993 reached the 23rd position in the UK Albums Chart and includes the singles "Where's Me Jumper", "Stupid Kid", and "You Talk Too Much". These singles respectively reached No. 8, No. 11 and No. 4 in the Irish Singles Chart.

TRACK LISTING

Side A
1. Back In A Tracksuit
2. Indeed You Are
3. Veronica
4. 2 Pints Of Rasa
5. Stupid Kid
6. You Talk Too Much

Side B
1. Give Him A Ball (And A Yard Of Grass)
2. Karaoke Queen
3. Let's Go Shopping
4. Kick Me With Your Leather Boots
5. Clitus Clarke
6. Where's Me Jumper

Guru's Jazzmatazz 1, originally released in 1993, is one of the first albums to combine a live jazz band with hip hop production and rapping. Guru had a vision and brought together a diverse group of jazz cats both old and new school; Lonnie Liston Smith, Branford Marsalis, Ronny Jordan, Donald Byrd and Roy Ayers and vocalists like Carleen Anderson, N'Dea Davenport (Brand New Heavies) and French rapper MC Solaar have cooperated on this classic album. Jazzmatazz proved to be a highly influential album and a huge commercial success.

TRACK LISTING

SIDE A
1. Introduction
2. Loungin’ (feat. Donald Byrd)
3. When You’re Near (feat. N’Dea Davenport)
4. Transit Ride (feat. Branford Marsalis)
5. No Time To Play (feat. Ronny Jordan And Dee C. Lee)
6. Down The Backstreets (feat. Lonnie Liston Smith)

SIDE B
1. Respectful Dedications
2. Take A Look (At Yourself) (feat. Roy Ayers)
3. Trust Me (feat. N’Dea Davenport)
4. Slicker Than Most (feat. Gary Barnacle)
5. Le Bien, Le Mal (feat. MC Solaar)
6. Sights In The City (feat. Carleen Anderson And
Courtney Pine)

Glitterbug is the third major studio album by British indie rock band The Wombats. The album was produced by Mark Crew (Bastille, Lovejoy, Rag'n'Bone Man) alongside the band themselves and was released in 2015. The first single from the album was "Your Body Is A Weapon", followed by "Greek Tragedy", "Give Me A Try", "Be Your Shadow" and "Emoticons". The album entered the UK charts at #5 and reached #2 in Australia, as well as charting at #91 in the US, becoming the band's first appearance in the Billboard 200.

TRACK LISTING

Side A
1. Emoticons
2. Give Me A Try
3. Greek Tragedy
4. Be Your Shadow
5. Headspace

Side B
1. This Is Not A Party
2. Isabel
3. Your Body Is A Weapon
4. The English Summer
5. Pink Lemonade
6. Curveballs

Battle Of Armagideon is one of the essential albums by Lee 'Scratch' Perry & The Upsetters. Perry's technique as a mixer and producer will get to you in many ways. “I'm a Madman” is the best-known album track, wherein Perry acknowledged his lunatic persona. The Spin Alternative Record Guide deemed the album Perry's best of the 1980s. Lee 'Scratch' Perry was a pioneer in dub music and worked together with artists such as Bob Marley and the Wailers, The Clash and The Beastie Boys.

TRACK LISTING

Side A
1. Introducing Myself
2. Drum Song
3. Grooving
4. All Things Are Possible
5. Show Me That River
6. Time Marches On (In/Out Mix)

Side B
1. I Am A Madman
2. The Joker
3. Happy Birthday
4. Sexy Lady
5. Time Marches On

Things To Make And Do is the third album by the electronic/dance duo Moloko, originally released in 2000. It was a sonic departure for Moloko, with tracks less reliant on electronics and more on live musicians. In addition to the change in musical styles, the album featured new vocal techniques from lead singer Róisín Murphy.

After the release of Things To Make And Do, offers came in for Murphy to guest on others' records, most notably The Psychedelic Waltons, Boris D. and Handsome Boy Modelling School. The album held the record as Echo's fastest-selling UK Platinum record, until beaten by Feeder's The Singles compilation six years later.

TRACK LISTING

Side A
1. Radio Moscow
2. Pure Pleasure Seeker
3. Absent Minded Friends
4. Indigo

Side B
1. Being Is Bewildering
2. Remain The Same
3. A Drop In The Ocean
4. Dumb Inc.

Side C
1. The Time Is Now
2. Mother
3. It's Your Problem
4. It's Nothing

Side D
1. Bingo Massacre
2. Somebody Somewhere
3. Just You And Me Dancing
4. I Have A Cross To Bear You May As Well Use It As A Crutch
5. Keep Stepping
6. Sing It Back (Boris Musical Mix)

Forever, originally released in 1993, continues the trend of Crane's previous albums, revolving largely around Alison Shaw's distinctive vocals. The album contains elements of shoegaze, dream pop and gothic rock, and features the singles "Adrift" and "Jewel".

The album starts with hypnotizing acoustic guitar chords on the first track "Everywhere". Songs like "Cloudless", "And Ever" and "Far Away" show the band taking an extremely minimalist approach to their songwriting with sometimes nothing more than a piano accompanying Alison's voice. The songs "Adrift" and "Clear" are heavy post-punk rockers and "Jewel" is one of the brightest and most colorful songs that Cranes have ever produced.

"Jewel" ended up being an underground hit in the U.K. and U.S., thanks to a somewhat transformed remix courtesy of longtime Cranes fan Robert Smith (Forever takes its name from a The Cure rarity of the same title) and Forever turned out to be a favorite amongst fans and critics. It's a lost treasure of early 90s dream pop, delivering unique and mesmerizingly beautiful music. The hidden track "Shine Like Stars" is included on the LP.

TRACK LISTING

Side A
1. Everywhere
2. Cloudless
3. Jewel
4. Far Away
5. Adrift

Side B
1. Clear
2. Sun And Sky
3. And Ever
4. Golden
5. Rainbows
6. Shine Like Star (Hidden Track)

Top Boy is a British television crime drama series, created and written by Ronan Bennett. The story follows two seasoned drug dealers return to the gritty streets of London, but their pursuit of money and power is threatened by a young and ruthless hustler. It stars Ashley Walters, Kane Robinson, and the 2020 BAFTA Rising Star Award-winning Michael Ward. The first two seasons aired between 2011 and 2013, but following interest from rapper Drake, Netflix announced in 2017 that it would revive the series. Co-produced by the Hotline Bling-rapper, the third and fourth season of Top Boy launched in 2019 and 2022.

In the captivating Netflix series Top Boy, Brian Eno’s transcendent music serves as a vital companion, molding the narrative’s essence with its ethereal power. With a masterful touch, Eno’s atmospheric compositions effortlessly transport us into the gritty world of crime, friendship, and survival in East London. From delicate ambience to pulsating beats, his sonic tapestry envelops every scene, elevating the storytelling and evoking a range of emotions. Eno’s singular ability to capture the struggle, hope, and inner strength of the characters accentuates the raw authenticity of Top Boy, leaving an indelible mark on its viewers. His haunting melodies and intricately crafted soundscapes symbolize the unyielding resilience amidst chaos, making Brian Eno’s music an integral and unforgettable component of this groundbreaking series.

TRACK LISTING

Side A
1. Top Boy Theme
2. But Not This Way
3. Damp Bones
4. Cutting Room I
5. Floating On Sleep's Shore

Side B
1. Beauty And Danger
2. Beneath The Sea
3. Afraid Of Things
4. Waiting In Darkness
5. The Fountain King
6. Washed Away In Morocco

Side C
1. Overground
2. Watching The Watcher
3. Sweet Dark Section
4. Sky Blue Alert

Side D
1. Delirious Circle
2. Cutting Room Ii
3. Dangerous Landscape
4. The Good Fight

Moloko's album I Am Not A Doctor was released in 1998 and features the hit track "Sing It Back". The album showcases Moloko's unique blend of electronic, dance, and experimental pop music with drum and bass and downbeat elements. The title of the album refers to the fact that neither Murphy nor Brydon have medical training, highlighting their focus on creating music rather than pursuing traditional careers.

TRACK LISTING

Side A
1. The Flipside
2. Knee Deepen
3. Blink
4. Stylophone Pet

Side B
1. Downsized
2. Sorry
3. Sing It Back
4. Pretty Bridges

Side C
1. Be Like You
2. Caught In A Whisper
3. Dr. Zee

Side D
1. The Id
2. Tatty Narja
3. Over My Head
4. Should've Been Could've Been

Curve were an English alternative rock and electronic music duo from London, formed in 1990 and split in 2005. The band consisted of Toni Halliday (vocals, occasionally guitar) and Dean Garcia (bass, guitar, drums, programming). Halliday wrote the lyrics of their songs and they both contributed to songwriting. Producer Alan Moulder was a prominent collaborator who helped shape their blend of heavy beats and densely layered guitar tracks set against Halliday's vocals.

Doppelgänger is their debut studio album from 1992 and is a continuation of the musical idiom established by the group on its three earlier EPs. Doppelgänger combines elements of dance music and alternative rock with the reverb-laden and distortion-heavy stylings of shoegaze. The album reached No. 11 in the UK Albums Chart and spawned the two singles "Faît Accompli" and "Horror Head".

TRACK LISTING

Side A
1. Already Yours
2. Horror Head
3. Wish You Dead
4. Doppelgänger
5. Lillies Dying

Side B
1. Ice That Melts The Tips
2. Split Into Fractions
3. Think And Act
4. Faît Accompli
5. Sandpit

Miles Davis is regarded to be one of the most influential and acclaimed figures in the history of jazz and 20th-century music. Quiet Nights is the fourth and last studio album that Davis collaborated on with Gil Evans. The 1963 release took inspiration from the bossa nova genre that rose to popularity during the time.

Quiet Nights is a mix of situations and sources: Brazilian folk (“Prenda Minha”, titled “Song #2” on the album), Spanish classical (“Adelita” by guitar pioneer Francisco Tárrega, here called “Song #1”), and a few ballads, including one that stands out from the rest of the big band album: “Summer Night,” a quintet take featuring Miles playing muted then open trumpet and the start of a new band: tenor saxophonist George Coleman, pianist Victor Feldman, bassist Ron Carter, and drummer Frank Butler.

The album was produced by Teo Macero. Some of the additional performers on this album include Paul Chambers, Bill Barber, Steve Lacy, Jimmy Cobb, Willie Bobo, and George Coleman amongst others.

TRACK LISTING

Side A
1. Song #2
2. Once Upon A Summertime
3. Aos Pes Da Cruz
4. Song #1

Side B
1. Wait Till You See Her
2. Corcovado
3. Summer Night

Sly & The Family Stone’s Anthology is an essential collection for any fan of funk, soul, or R&B music. The 1981 compilation album features the band’s greatest hits, including US Billboard chart-topping “Family Affair”, “Everyday People” & “Thank You (Falettinme Be Mice Elf Agin)”.

The music of Sly & The Family Stone has influenced countless artists over the years and this anthology is a testament to their enduring legacy. A compilation album full of infectious grooves, catchy hooks and powerful messages of unity and positivity.

Anthology spans the band’s career, from their early recordings in the mid-1960s to their later hits in the 1970s.

TRACK LISTING

Side A
1. Dance To The Music
2. M'lady
3. Life
4. Fun
5. Sing A Simple Song
6. Everyday People

Side B
1. Stand!
2. I Want To Take You Higher
3. Don't Call Me Nigger, Whitey
4. You Can Make It If You Try
5. Hot Fun In The Summertime

Side C
1. Thank You (Falettinme Be Mice Elf Agin)
2. Everybody Is A Star
3. Family Affair
4. Runnin' Away
5. (You Caught Me) Smilin'

Side D
1. Thank You For Talkin' To Me Africa
2. Babies Makin' Babies
3. If You Want Me To Stay
4. Que Sera, Sera (Whatever Will Be, Will Be)

Call Me By Your Name, the film by Luca Guadagnino, is a sensual and transcendent tale of first love, based on the acclaimed novel by André Aciman.

Summer of 1983, Northern Italy. An American Italian is enamored by an American student who comes to study and live with his family. Together they share an unforgettable summer full of music, food, and romance that will forever change them.

The film received widespread critical acclaim, particularly for Chalamet, Hammer and Stuhlbarg's performances, Guadagnino's direction, and the screenplay. Call Me By Your Name won a variety of awards, including an Academy Award, BAFTA, GLAAD and the 23rd Critics' Choice Award amongst others. Sufjan Stevens' song "Mystery of Love" was also nominated for the Academy Award for Best Original Song.

Luca Guadagnino wanted the film's music to be connected to Elio, a young pianist who likes to transcribe and adapt pieces to get close to Oliver. The music is used to reflect the time, the characters' family, level of education and "the kind of canon they would be a part of."

Guadagnino found himself resonating with Sufjan Stevens' lyricism through his work and initially asked Stevens to record an original song. Eventually, Stevens contributed three songs to the soundtrack: "Visions of Gideon", which was used at the end of the film, "Mystery of Love," which was featured in the film's first trailer, and a new rendition of "Futile Devices" with piano. Stevens penned the songs by using the script, the book, and the conversations with the director about the characters. It marks Sufjan Stevens' first soundtrack for a feature film.

TRACK LISTING

Side A
1. Hallelujah Junction - 1st Movement - John Adams
2. M.A.Y. In The Backyard - Ryuichi Sakamoto
3. J'adore Venise - Loredana Bertè
4. Paris Latino - Bandolero

Side B
1. Sonatine Bureaucratique - Frank Glazer
2. "Zion Hört Die Wächter Singen" - Alessio Bax
3. Lady Lady Lady - Giorgio Moroder & Joe Esposito

Side C
1. Une Barque Sur L'océan - André Laplante
2. Futile Devices (Doveman Remix) - Sufjan Stevens
3. Germination - Ryuichi Sakamoto
4. Words - F.R. David
5. È La Vita - Marco Armani

Side D
1. Mystery Of Love - Sufjan Stevens
2. Radio Varsavia - Franco Battiato
3. Love My Way - The Psychedelic Furs
4. Le Jardin Féerique - Valéria Szervánszky & Ronald Cavaye
5. Visions Of Gideon - Sufjan Stevens

Most musical genres arise as counter-reaction to a previous musical genre. This is also the case of New Wave which can be described as the follow-up to the punk and post-punk sound at the end of the 70s. At the beginning of the 80s, British bands changed their sound and influential figures such as entrepreneur Malcolm McLaren and fashion designer Vivienne Westwood stamped their mark on the New Wave scene.

The double album New Wave Of The 80's Collected features artists that defined the sound of a decade, including U2, XTC, Propaganda, Tears For Fears, China Crisis, The Cure, Talk Talk, ABC, Echo & The Bunnymen, The Human League, Duran Duran, Thompson Twins, Simple Minds, Marillion and many more.

TRACK LISTING

Side A
1. U2 - 11 O’clock Tick Tock
2. XTC - Senses Working Overtime
3. Propaganda - Duel
4. Tears For Fears - Pale Shelter
5. China Crisis - Wishful Thinking
6. Duran Duran - Planet Earth

Side B
1. The Cure - Caterpillar
2. Talk Talk - Dum Dum Girl
3. Abc - All Of My Heart
4. Strawberry Switchblade - Since Yesterday
5. The Church - Under The Milky Way
6. Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark - Enola Gay

Side C
1. Simple Minds - Someone Somewhere (In Summertime)
2. Echo & The Bunnymen - Seven Seas
3. The Call - The Walls Came Down
4. Siouxsie And The Banshees - Spellbound
5. The Mission - Stay With Me
6. Spandau Ballet - To Cut A Long Story Short
7. The Alarm - Rescue Me

Side D
1. The Human League - Mirror Man
2. Lloyd Cole And The Commotions - Rattlesnakes
3. Bow Wow Wow - The Man Mountain
4. Stephen “Tin Tin” Duffy - Kiss Me
5. Marillion - Assassing
6. Thompson Twins - Doctor! Doctor!
7. The Psychedelic Furs - Love My Way

Adorable formed in Coventry in 1990. The band consisted of vocalist and guitarist Pete Fijalkowski, guitarist Robert Dillam, bassist Stephen 'Wil' Williams and drummer Kevin Gritton. Against Perfection is their debut album, which was released in 1993. In 2016, Pitchfork included it in its list of "The 50 Best Shoegaze Albums of All Time".

STAFF COMMENTS

Mine says: I have a difficult relationship with Shoegaze (that I won't go into now) but remember liking this record a lot in my early twenties so for nostalgic reasons decided to listen to it again. It's been a while but Sistine Chapel Ceiling is still giving me goosebumps - worth it for this gem of a song alone!

TRACK LISTING

Side A
1. Glorious
2. Favourite Fallen Idol
3. A To Fade In
4. I Know You Too Well
5. Homeboy

Side B
1. Sistine Chapel Ceiling
2. Cut #2
3. Crash Sight
4. Still Life
5. Breathless

Michael Campbell started out as an engineer with the Jamaica Broadcasting Corporation and made reggae history presenting his Dread At The Controls radio program, after which he embarked on a successful career as an innovative performing artist, producer and bona fide dubmaster. As such, he was among the first to utilize the incredibly talented, young the Roots Radics to lay the foundations of his tracks. Much less relying on endlessly recycled riddims from the Studio One and Treasure Isle catalogues than many of his peers, Mikey mostly delivered crisp, original tunes. They were 'deconstructed' at King Tubby's studio - the birthplace of dub - in this case by virtuoso Scientist with Mikey himself. Dread at the Controls indeed! This catalogue includes the majestic "Two Track Dub" (a version of the Roots & Culture riddim) and "Demo Dub" (versioning Radio One, featured on the B-side of The Clash' Hitsville UK).

TRACK LISTING

Side A
1. Demo Dub
2. Raving Style
3. Dub Addict
4. Stereo Dub
5. Brain Wave
6. Queen Dub

Side B
1. Front Room Dub
2. Two Track Dub
3. Control Tower Dub
4. Reflexion Dub
5. Dreadlocks Dud

Born in Natick, Massachusetts, singer, songwriter, and guitarist Jonathan Richman began playing music and writing his own songs in the mid-60s. While in Boston, Richman formed the Modern Lovers, a proto-punk garage rock band. Other notable members of the group were keyboard player Jerry Harrison and drummer David Robinson, who later joined Talking Heads and the Cars, respectively.

In 1975, Richman moved to California to record as a solo singer/songwriter. In January 1976, Richman put together a new version of the Modern Lovers, which included original Modern Lovers drummer David Robinson, along with former Rubinoos bassist Greg 'Curly' Keranen, and Leroy Radcliffe on guitar. The album Jonathan Richman And The Modern Lovers was released in May 1976, three months prior to the earlier Modern Lovers sessions which were released as their eponymous self-titled debut studio album.

TRACK LISTING

Side A
1. Rockin' Shopping Center
2. Back In The U.S.A.
3. Important In Your Life
4. New England
5. Lonely Financial Zone

Side B
1. Hi Dear
2. Abominable Snowman In The Market
3. Hey There Little Insect
4. Here Come The Martian Martians
5. Springtime
6. Amazing Grace

This classic album from 1973 saw its creator, Lee 'Scratch' Perry exploring synths and starting to develop his Black Ark sound - the enigmatic producer was at the time in the process of building his famous studio and honing his ideas about dub as a musical form.

The LP opens with the eerie “Kentucky Skank”, Perry's ode to KFC, complete with frying chicken sounds, spliced between winding tapes, a ghostly trumpet, and futuristic moog synthesizer, overdubbed at London's Chalk Farm studios.

U Roy's “Double Six” and I Roy's “High Fashion” & “Hail Stones” illustrate just how strong The Upsetter's deejay material had become, while versions of the Chi-Lites' “We Are Neighbours”, Sam & Dave's “Soul Man” and a re-working of Al Green's “Love and Happiness” (retitled “Jungle Lion”) all betray the funky soul influence that was increasingly shaping his work.

The backing tracks illustrate the producer at his best; the audio spectrum is fully differentiated while spatial placement an important component - something it would take years for him to achieve at the Black Ark.

TRACK LISTING

Side A
1. Kentucky Skank - The Upsetters
2. Double Six - U Roy
3. Just Enough To Keep Me Hanging On - David Isaacs
4. In The Iaah - The Upsetters
5. Jungle Lion - The Upsetters
6. We Are The Neighbours - David Isaacs

Side B
1. Soul Man - The Upsetters
2. Stick Together - U Roy
3. High Fashion - U Roy
4. Long Sentence - The Upsetters
5. Hail Stones - The Upsetters
6. Ironside - The Upsetters
7. Cold Weather - The Upsetters
8. Waap You Waa - The Upsetters

The Fall's fourth studio album Perverted by Language was released in 1983. The album was produced by the band's vocalist and songwriter Mark E. Smith and recorded at various studios in Manchester. Perverted by Language features some of The Fall's most renowned tracks and its sound is characterized by its sharp and angular post-punk guitar riffs, driven by a heavy bass and drums rhythm section, all layered with Mark E. Smith's distinctive vocals.

Lyrically, Perverted by Language deals with themes of alienation, disorder, and the unpredictability of modern life. Smith's idiosyncratic and cryptic wordplay, including his penchant for inventing new words and phrases, adds to the album's overall sense of unease and dislocation. Despite its challenging sound and lyrics, Perverted by Language is considered by many critics and fans to be one of The Fall's finest albums, showcasing the band at their creative and innovative peak.

TRACK LISTING

Side A
1. Eat Y'self Fitter
2. Neighbourhood Of Infinity
3. Garden
4. Hotel Bloedel

Side B
1. Smile
2. I Feel Voxish
3. Tempo House
4. Hexen Definitive/Strife Knot

Swervedriver are an English alternative rock band formed in Oxford in 1989 around core members Adam Franklin and Jimmy Hartridge. Mezcal Head is their second studio album, originally released in 1993. The album includes their most successful single "Duel" which was awarded NME's Single of the Week. The album became one of the hottest albums in 1993 and was recognized a masterpiece from start to finish of vintage dream-pop/shoegaze on AllMusic. Mezcal Head was ranked at number 265 on Spin's "The 300 Best Albums of the Past 30 Years (1985-2014)" list. Alternative Press also ranked it #39 and #90 on their "90 Greatest Albums of the 90s" and "Top 99 Albums of '85 to '95" lists respectively. Pitchfork Media Ranked the album #10 in their list of the top 50 shoegaze albums in 2016.

TRACK LISTING

Side A
1. For Seeking Heat
2. Duel
3. Blowin' Cool
4. Mm Abduction
5. Last Train To Satansville

Side B
1. Harry & Maggie
2. A Change Is Gonna Come
3. Girl On A Motorbike
4. Duress
5. You Find It Everywhere

The Oxford based alternative rock band Swervedriver continued to develop themselves by implementing different music into their alternative rock and shoegaze sound. Their first album Raise can be categorized as an album with a heavy sound, but also some melodic parts. Their direct approach of the shoegaze sound can be heard by listening to a song like "Rave Down". But they're mainly focusing on the noisy and distortion guitar lines. While listening to the classic "Son of Mustang Ford" you feel the roaring engine run and are drifting back into the American landscape. It's one out of the fascinating 9 tracks, with solid hooks and shiny guitar riffs. Twisted relationships get's their punchline on the epic "Deep Seat". The great debut album meant the start of a great career which hasn't been finished to this date.

TRACK LISTING

Side A
1. Sci-Flyer
2. Pile-Up
3. Son Of Mustang Ford
4. Deep Seat

Side B
1. Rave Down
2. Sunset
3. Feel So Real
4. Sandblasted
5. Lead Me Where You Dare...

The original Jamaican extra-terrestrial marked a return to the power of Lee “Scratch” Perry’s most spaced-out work. On Jamaican E.T., Perry created a contemporary and challenging set by applying his psychedelic dub to roots reggae, modern reggae, Hip-hop, and dazed, otherworldly exotica. The riddims are groovy, but Perry’s greatest strength has always been his mixology. On this album, instead of his usual dub mixes full of insane rhythmic effects, Perry utilizes the voice as his primary instrument of dub: laid-back toasting, singing, mumbling, and gospel backups come in and out, crisscrossing and swirling, truly setting a new mark. In 2003 it won the Grammy award for Best Reggae Album.

TRACK LISTING

Side A
1. 10 Commandments
2. I'll Take You There
3. Message From The Black Ark Studios
4. Holyness, Righteousness, Light

Side B
1. Babylon Fall
2. Mr. Dino Koosh Rock
3. Hip Hop Reggae
4. Evil Brain Rejector

Side C
1. Jah Rastafari, Jungle Safari
2. Love Sunshine, Blue Sky
3. Clear The Way
4. Congratulations

Side D
1. Shocks Of Mighty
2. Jamaican E.T.
3. Telepathic Jah A Rize

Pharoah Sanders possesses one of the most distinctive tenor saxophone sounds in jazz, which has earned him royal status amongst free jazz players, critics and collectors. Harmonically rich and heavy with overtones, his sound can be as raw and abrasive as it is possible for a saxophonist to produce. His 1987 album Africa is soulful but also searching for a strong groove at the same time. The album is recorded with John Hicks, Curtis Lundy and Idris Muhammad and was an explicit tribute to his late mentor John Coltrane, another giant of jazz.

TRACK LISTING

Side A
1. You've Got To Have Freedom
2. Naima

Side B
1. Origin
2. Speak Low

Side C
1. After The Morning
2. Africa

Side D
1. Heart To Heart
2. Duo

To celebrate the 45th anniversary of iconic Dutch jazz label Timeless Records, Music On Vinyl is releasing a series that features albums that are part of the Timeless Records legacy. Part of this series is Pharoah Sanders' Moon Child from 1990, which bookended a decade of musical soul searching for Sanders. The acclaimed free jazz player is known to have a raw and abrasive sound, but reinvented himself on this album as a more traditional improviser capable of thoughtful deliberations. Moon Child is a grand old time throughout, and Sanders has never been more eminently sing-along-able as he is on its title track. The record was co-written with Horace Silver, George Gershwin and Abdullah Ibrahim and recorded with William Henderson, Stafford James, Eddie Moore and Cheikh Tidiane Fall.

TRACK LISTING

Side A
1. Moon Child
2. Moon Rays
3. The Night Has A Thousand Eyes

Side B
1. All Or Nothing At All
2. Soon
3. Moniebah

The English-Irish electronic/dance duo Moloko released their first album Do You Like My Tight Sweater? in 1995. It's one of their most experimental records, before moving on to a more mainstream approach. Róisin Murphy is carrying the album with her versatile vocals, both in range and style, while Mark Brydon created the breakbeats, sound effects, and groovy disco lines. This is electronica at its best, danceable and funky. The album includes their hits “Fun for Me" and "Dominoid", besides fan favorites like “Day for Night” and “Where Is the What If the What Is in Why?”. They never slow down in their exciting music and absurd lyrics, but that's exactly what makes this record unforgettable. A pure joy to dance to all night.

TRACK LISTING

Side A
1. Fun For Me
2. Tight Sweater
3. Day For Night
4. I Can't Help Myself
5. Circus

Side B
1. Lotus Eaters
2. On My Horsey
3. Dominoid

Side C
1. Party Weirdo
2. Tubeliar
3. Ho Humm
4. Butterfly 747
5. Dirty Monkey

Side D
1. Killa Bunnies
2. Boo
3. Where Is The What If The What Is In Why?
4. Who Shot The Go Go Dancer?

Richard Hawley's eponymous debut was a mini album that featured seven songs and was released in April 2001 through Setanta Records. While Hawley played "90% of the stuff" he was assisted by former Longpigs drummer Andy Cook and Colin Elliot, who became his long-term producer. Clash Magazine described it as "a rather brief burst of seven mid-paced, ’50s-flecked moments of jangle. Listening back now, it’s easy to spot the early signs of the grandeur that was to come, especially on standout "Sunlight" amongst these tentative 22 and a half minutes".

In 2001, Late Night Final, named after the cry of vendors selling the Sheffield Star evening newspaper on the streets of the city, was released to positive reviews from the press. Hawley later explained that prior to going into the sessions "all I'd got was the riff to "Baby, You're My Light" and that the majority of songs were written during the sessions. As an example he cited "The Nights Are Cold" that was done in one take after Cooke asked "look, we've got a gig tonight, are we doing this or what?".

Two years after 'Late Night Final" Hawley released Lowedges, named after a suburb of the city. The NME called Lowedges the "first great album of 2003" and it topped an end-of-the-year poll held by Virgin Radio. Hawley later stated that "as those three records progressed you can see the band thing taking over more and more. By the time you get to Lowedges there's less of me playing everything and there's more of the guys. I was determined for it to be very ragged-arsed and not to be really polished and produced".

The Sugarhill Gang is an American hip hop trio, known worldwide for their massive 1979 hit "Rapper's Delight", which was the first rap single to become a Top 40 hit on the Billboard Hot 100. The track was the first exposure to hip-hop for millions of people. The Sugarhill Gang were also among the very first rap acts to record a full-length LP.

TRACK LISTING

Side A
1. Here I Am
2. Rapper’s Reprise (Jam-Jam)
3. Bad News

Side B
1. Sugar Hill Groove
2. Passion Play
3. Rapper’s Delight
4. Rapper’s Delight (Single Version) *

* = Bonus Track

We Started Nothing is the debut studio album by English indie pop duo The Ting Tings. Jules & Katie's combination of dance, indie pop and new wave proved to be one of the hottest things in 2008. The result being the album peaking at number one in the UK Albums Chart. We Started Nothing spawned no less than six hit-singles, including "That's Not My Name", which reached number one on the UK Singles Chart. Eventually, the band, the album and several singles and videos were nominated for a variety of NME, MTV, Grammy and Brit awards. The Ting Tings won the MTV Award for best UK act and "Shut Up and Let Me Go" won the award for best UK video.

TRACK LISTING

Side A
1. Great DJ
2. That's Not My Name
3. Fruit Machine
4. Traffic Light
5. Shut Up And Let Me Go

Side B
1. Keep Your Head
2. Be The One
3. We Walk
4. Impacilla Carpisung
5. We Started Nothing

Nina Simone's Baltimore can be seen as the one true hidden gem in her discography. Without any promotion or lead singles, Baltimore was a commercial failure with no chart position. In recent years, the album has been rediscovered and Baltimore has become one of her most popular songs of the internet era. The album is praised for its reggae production and the presence of beautiful vocal performances of songs originally by Judy Collins, Hall & Oates, and Randy Newman.

TRACK LISTING

Side A
1. Baltimore
2. Everything Must Change
3. The Family
4. My Father

Side B
1. Music For Lovers
2. Rich Girl
3. That's All I Want From You
4. Forget
5. Balm In Gilead
6. If You Pray Right

Shuggie Otis' three solo releases from the 1970s are now regarded as some of the most essential and sought-after soul/funk albums, but that wasn't always the case. In the 70s, Shuggie Otis' most commercially successful moment was probably the top 10 hit The Brothers Johnson had with "Strawberry Letter 23". It took until the mid-90s for a wider audience to get to know Shuggie. This compilation brings together ten seminal track from Shuggie Otis's core catalog: Here Comes Shuggie Otis (1969), Freedom Flight (1971), and Inspiration Information (1974).

TRACK LISTING

Side A
1. Hurricane
2. Baby, I Needed You
3. Ice Cold Daydream (Album Version)
4. Strawberry Letter 23
5. Sweet Thang
6. Me And My Woman

Side B
1. Inspiration Information
2. Island Letter
3. Sparkle City
4. Aht Uh Mi Hed

Miles Davis is regarded to be one of the most influential and acclaimed figures in the history of jazz and 20th-century music. At the request of Columbia Records executive George Avakian, he formed his first regular quintet in 1955. After all members of the first quintet left Davis a few years later, he hired the core of the second quintet in 1963 and the final member in late 1964. The second quintet would record and play together until the end of the 60s. Sorcerer is the third album by the Second Great Miles Davis Quintet. The quintet consisted of Miles Davis on trumpet, Wayne Shorter on tenor saxophone, Herbie Hancock on piano, Ron Carter on bass and Tony Williams on drums. It was recorded in May 1967 and contains a darker sound. The last song on the album, "Nothing Like You", features vocals by Bob Dorough.

TRACK LISTING

Side A
1. Prince Of Darkness
2. Pee Wee
3. Masqualero
4. The Sorcerer

Side B
1. Limbo
2. Vonetta
3. Nothing Like You

After Larry Weinstein heard the 1985 tribute album Lost In The Stars - The Music of Kurt Weill, he was inspired to film the follow-up, September Songs – The Music of Kurt Weill. This 94-minute music video was recorded in an abandoned warehouse in Toronto where musicians performed a series of songs by Kurt Weill. The lineup included Lou Reed, Nick Cave, PJ Harvey, Elvis Costello, Charlie Haden, Betty Carter, and David Johansen amongst others. September Songs was nominated for an Emmy Award for Outstanding Cultural Program and won five Gemini Awards.

TRACK LISTING

Side A
1. Nick Cave - Mack The Knife (From The Threepenny Opera)
2. PJ Harvey - Ballad Of The Soldier's Wife
3. David Johansen - Alabama Song (From The Rise And Fall Of The City Of Mahagonny)

Side B
1. Teresa Stratas - Youkali Tango (From Marie Galante)
2. Elvis Costello - Lost In The Stars (From Lost In The Stars)
3. Lotte Lenya - Pirate Jenny (From The Threepenny Opera)
4. Charlie Haden - Speak Low (From One Touch Of Venus)

Side C
1. The Persuasions - Oh, Heavenly Salvation (From The Rise And Fall Of The City Of Mahagonny)
2. Betty Carter - Lonely House (From Street Scene)
3. Teresa Stratas - Surabaya Johnny (From Happy End)

Side D
1. Mary Margaret O'Hara - Don't Be Afraid (From Happy End)
2. Lou Reed - September Song (From Knickerbocker Holiday)
3. Bertolt Brecht - Mack The Knife (From The Threepenny Opera)
4. William S. Burroughs - What Keeps Mankind Alive? (From The Threepenny Opera)

The Marshall Suite from 1999 builds on the techno-influenced beats of its predecessor Levitate, while also returning to a more rockabilly-influenced sound reminiscent of earlier Fall line-ups with songs such as the catchy "Touch Sensitive" and the strange, complex, thumping jungle beats of "The Crying Marshal".

The Marshall Suite was made immediately after an American tour during which Mark E. Smith had an onstage fight with members of the band and was arrested following ongoing altercations at the hotel at which the group were staying. While the remaining band members quit and returned to England, leaving Smith in a cell in Manhattan, Julia Nagle chose to stay in the band, helping to assemble the group's new line-up. During the recording of the album, this new line-up was still taking shape and the album features two different bassists. None the less it was a very well-received album at the time and is highly collectible by now.

TRACK LISTING

Side A
1. Touch Sensitive
2. F-'Oldin' Money
3. Shake-Off
4. Bound
5. This Perfect Day

Side B
1. (Jung Nev's) Antidotes
2. Inevitable
3. Anecdotes + Antidotes In B#
4. Finale : Tom Ragazzi

Side C
1. Early Life Of Crying Marshal
2. The Crying Marshal
3. Birthday Song
4. Mad.Men-Eng.Dog
5. On My Own

Side D
(Blank/No Music)

Rock 'n Roll With The Modern Lovers is the second album released by The Modern Lovers. The band was formed in 1970 by singer, songwriter, and guitarist Jonathan Richman, augmented with Jerry Harrison (keyboards), Ernie Brooks (bass), and David Robinson (drums). Richman's friend John Felice joined them occasionally. Their sound almost totally focusses on the sound from the Fifties. The lo-fi record breathes folky roots music and rock 'n roll as it would sound ages ago. The album features the popular tracks "Ice Cream Man", "Roller Coaster By The Sea", and "Egyptian Reggae". The latter was a cover version of Earl Zero "None Shall Escape The Judgement" and became a UK Top 5 hit.

TRACK LISTING

Side A
1. The Sweeping Wind (Kwa Ti Feng)
2. Ice Cream Man
3. Rockin' Rockin' Leprechauns
4. Summer Morning
5. Afternoon
6. Fly Into The Mystery

Side B
1. South American Folk Song
2. Roller Coaster By The Sea
3. Dodge Veg-O-Matic
4. Egyptian Reggae
5. Coomyah
6. The Wheels On The Bus
7. Angels Watching Over Me

The garage punk band The Cramps returned in 1994 with their sixth studio album Flamejob. Wild vocals from Lux Interior and the creepy guitar work from Poison Ivy marks one of their most energetic performances in quite a long time. The whole album centers on sex, drugs, and rock 'n roll. Most of the tracks clocking just beneath the 3 minutes and the album contains multiple covers. The most famous one of them is “Route 66”, which is infused with the famous Cramps sound.

TRACK LISTING

Side A
1. Mean Machine
2. Ultra Twist
3. Let's Get F*cked Up
4. Nest Of The Cuckoo Bird
5. I'm Customized
6. Sado County Auto Show
7. Naked Girl Falling Down The Stairs

Side B
1. How Come You Do Me?
2. Inside Out And Upside Down (With You)
3. Trapped Love
4. Swing The Big Eyed Rabbit
5. Strange Love
6. Blues Blues Blues
7. Sinners
8. Route 66 (Get Your Kicks On)

I Want Candy is a compilation album by Bow Wow Wow featuring their biggest hit "I Want Candy". The album consists of all four tracks from their EP The Last of the Mohicans, four tracks from their debut album See Jungle! See Jungle! Go Join Your Gang Yeah, City All Over! Go Ape Crazy!, and the track "El Boss Dicho", that comes from the B-side of the single "Go Wild in the Country". The song "I Want Candy" was the band's most successful one and became an enduring new wave classic. It was a smash hit in the US, Europe and Australia and featured on VH1's "100 Greatest Songs of the '80s" list. The track was produced by Kenny Laguna who is known for his work with Joan Jett.

TRACK LISTING

Side A
1. I Want Candy
2. Baby, Oh No
3. Louis Quatorze
4. Cowboy
5. Mile High Club

Side B
1. Go Wild In The Country
2. Jungle Boy
3. El Boss Dicho
4. (I'm A) T.V. Savage
5. King Kong

Desmond Dekker recorded some of his best-known songs together with his backing group the Aces (consisting of Wilson James and Easton Barrington Howard). Their debut album 007 (Shanty Town) includes their single of the same name, which made him Jamaican music's first 'outernational' superstar, reaching #14 on the UK charts. You'll hear how the ska music from the mid-60s developed into the rocksteady sound. This is where it all started before Desmond became the international star, famous because of his international hits, such as "Israelites" (1968) and "It Miek" (1969).

TRACK LISTING

Side A
1. 007 (Shanty Town)
2. Unity
3. Wise Man
4. Rude Boy Train
5. You've Got Your Troubles
6. Rudie Got Soul

Side B
1. Mother Young Gal
2. Keep A Cool Head
3. Shing-A-Ling
4. Mother Long Tongue
5. Personal Possession
6. Sweet Music

The Fall were an English post-punk group, formed in 1976 in Prestwich, Greater Manchester. They underwent many line-up changes, with vocalist and founder Mark E. Smith as the only constant member. A journalist once described them as "a kind of Northern English magic realism that mixed industrial grime with the unearthly and uncanny," voiced through a "one-note delivery somewhere between amphetamine-spiked rant and alcohol-addled yarn." It was the favourite band from the legendary BBC disc jockey John Peel. The Light User Syndrome is The Fall's 18th album. The crisp live edge to the recording is very well done, and its one of their most abbrasive and hardhitting album of the 90's. It features the popular tracks "Spinetrap", "Oleano", "Hostile", and "He Pep!". In addition, they recorded a cover version of Johnny Paycheck's "Stay Away (Old White Train)".

TRACK LISTING

Side A
1. D.I.Y. Meat
2. Das Vulture Ans Ein Nutter-Wain
3. He Pep!
4. Hostile
5. Stay Away (Old White Train)

Side B
1. Spinetrak
2. Interlude/Chilinism
3. Powder Keg

Side C
1. Oleano
2. Cheetham Hill
3. The Coliseum

Side D
1. Last Chance To Turn Around
2. The Ballard Of J. Drummer
3. Oxymoron
4. Secession Man

Idris Muhammad is a American jazz drummer and bandleader and is one of contemporary music's most sampled drummers. His resume includes nearly 500 recording credits that range across the genre spectrum and 12 studio albums as a bandleader, including the 1976 House Of The Rising Sun. The album is arranged by David Matthews, also known as leader of the Dave Matthews Band (DMB), and produced by Creed Taylor, founder of CTI Records. The track "Sudan" is arranged by jazz trumpeter Tom Harrell. The album features several guest performances by New York studio aces, including Joe Beck, Don Grolnick, David Sanborn, Fred Wesley and Michael Brecker amongst others.

TRACK LISTING

SIDE A
1. House Of The Rising Sun
2. Baia (Boogie Bump)
3. Hard To Face The Music
4. Theme For New York City

SIDE B
1. Sudan
2. Hey Pocky A-Way 

The double-LP Great Moments With documents the music of Pharoah Sanders from 1983 to 1990, showcasing both the raw energy and tender nature of his music. It contains 12 of his recordings, including "Africa", "Naima", "You've Got To Have Freedom" and also the previously unreleased version of "Central Park West". Featured guest musicians are John Hicks, Idris Muhammad, Curtis Lundy, Benny Golson, Cedar Walton, Ron Carter and more jazz masters. For this compilation, Bret Primack has written new liner notes and Timeless Records founders Ria and Wim Wigt share additional great moments from Sanders' sublime work.

The British shoegaze band Chapterhouse released two albums during their existence, Whirlpool (1991) and Blood Music (1993). Blood Music spawned the single “We Are The Beautiful”, which was released during that same year and also appeared as a 12”. The 1993 EP We Are The Beautiful features the title track, a mix of the title track, and two additional tracks: “Frost” and “Age”. Except for “We Are The Beautiful”, none of the tracks have been released on Chapterhouse’s studio albums.

TRACK LISTING

Side A
1. We Are The Beautiful
2. We Are The Beautiful (Spooky's Extravaganja Dub Mix)

Side B
1. Frost
2. Age

The British shoegaze band Chapterhouse released two albums during their existence, Whirlpool (1991) and Blood Music (1993). Blood Music spawned the single “She’s A Vision”, which was released during that same year and also appeared as a 12”, including three additional tracks. The 1993 EP She’s A Vision features two tracks from the album Blood Music, the title track and “Don’t Look Now”. In addition, the EP contains two mixes from that same album, including the mix of “Don’t Look Now” by The Drum Club, a popular dance duo based in the UK.

TRACK LISTING

SIDE A
1. She’s A Vision
2. Don’t Look Now

SIDE B
1. Don’t Look Now (Drum Club Sitar Trance Mix)
2. Deli (Dark Jester Mix)

In 1991, English shoegaze band Chapterhouse released the single “Mesmerise”, which was a non-album single. The track was cited by Robert Smith of The Cure as an influence on their 1992 album Wish. “Mesmerise” was released on the same titled EP which came out simultaneously with the single and contained three more non-album tracks, “Precious One”, “Summer Chill” and “Then We’ll Rise”. Later on, all four featured on the 1996 Rownderbowt and/or the 2007 The Best Of Chapterhouse compilations.

TRACK LISTING

Side A:
1. Mesmerise
2. Precious One

Side B:
1. Summer Chill
2. Then We'll Rise

After John Squire left The Stone Roses, he formed The Seahorses in 1996 together with Stuart Fletcher, Chris Helme and Andy Watts. The year after they released their debut album Do It Yourself, which was produced by Tony Visconti. Visconti had his first hit with T. Rex' “Ride A White Swan” and was involved in many David Bowie productions.

The album was well received and entered the UK Album Charts at #2 and received a Platinum status. It featured three popular singles: “Love Is The Law”, “Blinded By The Sun” and “Love Me And Leave Me”. The latter was Liam Gallagher's first song writing credit. Their success resulted in support slots with The Rolling Stones, U2 and Oasis. Unfortunately, The Seahorses aborded the recordings of their follow-up album to split up due to musical differences.

Do It Yourself is celebrating its 25th anniversary in 2022

TRACK LISTING

I Want You To Know
2 Blinded By The Sun
3 Suicide Drive
4 The Boy In The Picture
5 Love Is The Law
6 Happiness Is Eggshaped
7 Love Me And Leave Me
8 Round The Universe
9 1999
10 Standing On Your Head
11 Hello

Leading up to the release of their 1991 debut studio album Whirlpool, Chapterhouse released the single “Pearl” as the album’s only single. It reached #67 on the UK Singles Chart and remains one of their biggest hits. The track also features backing vocals by Rachel Goswell, who is the vocalist of Slowdive. The 12” of Pearl features two non-album tracks in addition, “Come Heaven” and “In My Arms”. Both were solely included on the 1996 compilation Rownderbowt.

TRACK LISTING

Side A:
1. Pearl

Side B:
1. Come Heaven
2. In My Arms

Five years after the release of 1989’s pop-oriented album Strange Angels, Laurie Anderson followed up with the avant-garde concept album Bright Red, a Brian Eno production exploring much darker territory. Eno also co-wrote four tracks; “The Puppet Motel”, “Muddy River”, “Poison” and “Tightrope”. For the recordings, Anderson was supported by Adrian Belew, who provided guitars on several tracks. Belew is best known as the lead vocalist and guitarist of King Crimson. During the time of the recording of Bright Red, Laurie Anderson and Lou Reed just started dating. They collaborated on a number of recordings together, including the duet “In Our Sleep”, that is featured on Bright Red.

Here Comes Shuggie Otis is the debut album by guitarist and songwriter Shuggie Otis, released when he was only 18 years old. Produced and arranged by his father, Johnny Otis, the set features nine original cuts co-written by the pair. The album is evenly divided between vocal tunes and instrumentals. It was this effort that earned him the title of “child prodigy”. The album stands the test of time, since tracks like “Gospel Groove” and “Funky Thithee” are fan favourites to this day. Shuggie's guitar-picking isn't a million miles away from Hendrix, and is backed by members of The Crusaders for this session. Listenin' to Shuggie Otis is like sitting on a Californian beach for the sunrise on a perfect Summer morning, watching the dolphins mingle with the surfers as the solar rays dapple on the rippling ocean currents. Every home needs one!

Formed in Reading in 1987, Chapterhouse took the unusual step of rehearsing and gigging for well over a year before recording even a demotape. Initially, the band got lumped in with the British acid rock scene of the time, a mistake hardly rectified by the band's early performances supporting the rather laidback Spacemen 3. Chapterhouse eventually escaped from one genre only to find themselves amongst the infamous shoegaze groups of 1991 such as Lush, Moose and Slowdive.

Freefall was their 1990 debut EP and includes the popular track “Falling Down”, which was also included in their debut full-length album Whirlpool. The other three tracks, “Need (Somebody)”, “Inside Of Me” and “Sixteen Years”, were never included on their albums on vinyl and only appeared on this EP.

TRACK LISTING

1. Falling Down
2. Need (Somebody)
3. Inside Of Me
4. Sixteen Years

Right On Time - Trojan Rock Steady is the 2nd part of the exclusive Music On Vinyl’s Trojan compilation series, which celebrates the best works from the legendary reggae label Trojan Records. It was compiled by Laurence Cane-Honeysett, who also wrote the linernotes. Some of Trojan’s finest are featured on this compilation; as there are The Gladiators, The Melodians, The Gladiators, Ken Boothe a.o. 750 individually numbered copies on orange vinyl. The package also includes an exclusive Trojan / Music On Vinyl coaster

3 Years, 5 Months & 2 Days in the Life Of... is the debut album by American Hip Hop group Arrested Development, released in 1992. The album's chart success was the beginning of the popularization of Southern Hip Hop. The album stood in stark contrast to the gangsta rap that ruled the Hip Hop charts in 1992, in its focus on spirituality, peace and love. It was voted as the best album of the year in The Village Voice Pazz & Jop critics poll. The album's title refers to the length of time it took Arrested Development to get a record contract. The album charted at #3 in the UK Charts, and #7 in the Billboard 200. Charting singles that came off the album are "People Everyday", "Mr. Wendal" and "Tennessee". The latter song is part of the The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame's 500 Songs that Shaped Rock and Roll list.

TRACK LISTING

SIDE A
1. MAN'S FINAL FRONTIER
2. MAMA'S ALWAYS ON STAGE
3. PEOPLE EVERYDAY
4. BLUES HAPPY
5. MR. WENDAL
6. CHILDREN PLAY WITH EARTH
7. RAINING REVOLUTION
8. FISHIN' 4 RELIGION
9. GIVE A MAN A FISHSIDE B

SIDE B
1. U
2. EVE OF REALITY
3. NATURAL
4. DAWN OF THE DREADS
5. TENNESSEE
6. WASHED AWAY

Therapy? are an alternative metal band from Northern Ireland. The band was formed in 1989 by guitarist-vocalist Andy Cairns and drummer-vocalist Fyfe Ewing. To complete the lineup, the band recruited bassist Michael McKeegan.

1994 saw the release of the commercially successful Troublegum album which earned the band appearances at a string of rock and indie festivals, including Reading, Donington and Phoenix in the UK alone, as well as a clutch of top 40 singles. It achieved a string of nominations in end-of-year polls, including a Mercury Music Prize nomination, and success at the Kerrang! Awards.

The album has a melodically dark, metal-like sound. Troublegum is generally considered to be Therapy? at their musical and commercial peak and has since sold over one million copies worldwide.

The album includes singles and videos for “Screamager”, “Turn”, “Nowhere”, “Trigger Inside”, “Die Laughing” and “Isolation” (Joy Division cover).

The Coral are an English rock band, formed in 1996 by Ian Skelly, Paul Duffy, James Skelly, Lee Southall and Bill Ryder-Jones. The band first emerged during the early 2000s and found success with their debut album The Coral [MOVLP338]. Their self-titled debut album was nominated for the 2002 Mercury Music Prize and later voted the fourth best album of the year by NME Magazine.

Magic and Medicine is the second album by The Coral, released in 2003 in the United Kingdom, where it debuted at number 1 in the charts. The singles “Don’t Think You’re the First” and “Pass It On” entered the top ten in the UK.

The album title originates from a lyric in Time Travel, the hidden track on the band’s debut album: “Well there’s a war going on, ain’t the obvious one. It’s between magic and medicine”.

This is The Coral’s last album with Bill Ryder-Jones, who departed in 2008 to start a very successful solo-career.

TRACK LISTING

In The Forest 
Don't Think You're The First 
Liezah 
Talkin' Gypsy Market Blues 
Secret Kiss 
Milkwood Blues 
Bill McCai 
Eskimo Lament 
Careless Hands 
Pass It On 
All Of Our Love 
Confessions Of A.D.D.D.

More gorgeous, late night, storytelling songs by the erstwhile Pulp and Longpigs guitarist. Hawley croons lovelorn words which evoke the late 50s in their charm and sweetness. Musically it's pretty and melodic, acoustic guitar ballads, lushly fleshed out with lapsteel, vibes, Mellotron and shimmery, echoey electric (guitar). Warm, poetic and inviting, this is a beautiful record and a balm for aching hearts everywhere!

To celebrate his new album "Further" our good friends at Music On Vinyl have presented to us the three Setanta albums from their back catalogue. A super limited one off pressing with just 275 of each available on clear wax - gotta move quick on these pop pickers!

TRACK LISTING

1 Run For Me
2 Darlin'
3 Oh My Love
4 The Only Road
5 On The Ledge
6 You Don't Miss Your Water (Till Your River Runs Dry)
7 The Motorcycle Song
8 It's Over Love
9 I'm On Nights
10 Danny
11 The Nights Are Made For Us

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180 gram audiophile vinyl PVC protective sleeve Gatefold sleeve with UV-spot Varnish (TBC) A selection of defining songs, featured in the five seasons of Breaking Bad Exclusive Breaking Bad postcard (TBC) Exclusive Breaking Bad sticker-sheet with logo’s (TBC) 4-page booklet with exclusive pictures and credits (TBC) 2 printed innersleeves with pictures (TBC) Secret inscriptions in run-out groove Essential Breaking Bad songs by Gnarls Barkley, Bob James, J.J. Cale, The Monkees, Beastie Boys, Badfinger, Fever Ray, Whitey, The Bambi Molesters and others Limited edition of 3000 individually numbered copies on crystal clear vinyl. 600 in UK Breaking Bad is one of the most critically acclaimed television shows of all time. Following its premiere in 2008, the show's five-season run won 16 Emmy Awards and earned 58 nominations and continues to appeal to new fans every day in over 170 territories worldwide. The series follows the story of Walter White, a desperate man who turns to a life of crime to secure his family's financial future, and is supported by an impressive soundtrack. Music from a variety of styles and decades can be heard throughout the 5 seasons of the series. Music On Vinyl releases a special Record Store Day 2LP soundtrack, containing a selection of defining songs from the series. The soundtrack includes tracks by Dave Porter, Gnarls Barkley, J.J. Cale, Los Cuates de Sinaloa, The Beastie Boys, Badfinger, Nat King Cole and The Monkees. The Breaking Bad release is housed in a gatefold sleeve with UV-spot varnish. The package includes an Breaking Bad postcard and sticker-sheet with logo’s. To understand the story behind the songs we including a 4-page booklet with exclusive pictures and extensive liner notes by Thomas Golubic, Breaking Bad's music supervisor

Tindersticks are an English alternative rock band led by the singer Stuart A. Staples. They recorded several albums which became popular years after their release. One of them is the slightly bright but still dark coloured Curtains. The songs on the album develops themselves into intimidate and destructive pearls. Stuart and Co created some melancholic melodies questioning on privacy issues and the feelings of lost. The warmer tones can be found in the vocal parts and putting away some of the depressive moods from their first albums.

Tindersticks recorded eleven albums to date and recorded songs for which Stuart A. Staples wrote lyrics based on his own life and that of people surrounding him.

This expanded edition contains the 15 original album songs plus 9 bonus tracks with, among others, “Paco’s Theme”, “A Marriage Made In Heaven” (duet with Isabella Rossellini) and “Rented Rooms”.

TRACK LISTING

A1. Another Night In
A2. Rented Rooms
A3. Don’t Look Down
A4. Dicks Slow Song
A5. Fast One
B1. Ballad Of TIndersticks
B2. Dancing
B3. Let’s Pretend
B4. Desperate Man
B5. Buried Bones (featuring Anne Magnuson)
B6. Bearsuit
B7. (Tonight) Are You Trying To Fall In Love Again?
C1. I Was Your Man
C2. Bathtime
C3. Walking
C4. Bathtime
C5. Paco’s Theme
C6. Shadow
D1. Manalow
D2. Rented Rooms (single Version)
D3. Rented Rooms (swing Version)
D4. Make Believe
D5. A Marriage Made In Heaven (duet With Isabella Rossellini)
D6. For Those… (orchestral Version)

First Utterance is the debut album of the progressive folk band Comus. It was released in 1971, with the opening song “Diana” being released as a single.

The album was notable for its unique blend of progressive rock, folk, psychedelia, and elements of paganism and the macabre. The overall thematic tone of the album is of vulnerable innocence facing abusive power, the songs dealing with violence (“Drip Drip”), rape (“Diana”, “Song to Comus”), and insulin shock therapy (“The Prisoner”). These themes contrast starkly with the acoustic sound of the record, featuring acoustic guitar, violin, flute, and lyrical, almost Arcadian, female harmonies.

References to Comus by other bands and artists include Opeth, citing its lyrics in album and song titles and tattoos. Experimental outfit Current 93 also covered “Diana” as the opening song on their 1997 LP Horsey.

The cover artwork was drawn in ball point pen by Roger Wootton, lead singer and songwriter of the band. The centrefold artwork was painted by guitarist Glenn Goring.

Reviews were favourable, such as the NME praised the album’s “highly unusual but fascinating sound” and Time Out said “the overall effect is unique”.

TRACK LISTING

A1. Diana
A2. The Herald
A3. Drip Drip
B1. Song To Comus
B2. The Bite
B3. Bitten
B4. The Prisoner 

There is funk, and there is Funk. This here is of course the latter. Struttin’ is the third studio album by the funk group The Meters, originally released in 1970. The first single was the song “Chicken Strut”. It reached #11 on the U.S. R&B Singles chart. It may not appear to be drastically different than its predecessors, at least not on the surface. After all, the title of the lead single “Chicken Strut” intentionally recalls their previous biggest “Cissy Strut,”and it has the same basic Meters groove. And if the essential sound remains unchanged, that’s because that organic, earthy funk is The Meters’ signature. Other groups have tried to replicate it, but nobody ever played it better. It was on this album The Meters introduced vocals to their style as well, with Art Neville’s leads on covers of Ty Hunter’s soulful uptown shuffle “Darling, Darling, Darling,” Jimmy Webb’s groovy ballad “Wichita Lineman,” and Lee Dorsey’s “Ride Your Pony” (the Meters provided support on the original recording).

TRACK LISTING

A1. Chicken Strut
A2. Liver Splash
A3. Wichita Lineman
A4. Joog
A5. Go For Yourself
A6. Same Old Thing
B1. Handclapping Song
B2. Darling Darling Darling
B3. Tippi-Toes4
B4. Britches
B5. Hey! Last Minute
B6. Ride Your Pony

Despite garnering favourable reviews and even though the artist performed doggedly as an opening act for a number of established artists, Judee Sill's eponymous 1971 debut album sold poorly and failed to propel the Californian musician to stardom. Undeterred, she returned with 1973's 'Heart Food' backed by engineer Henry Lewy and a band of stellar musicians and vocalists for a record altogether livelier and more confident than her debut. 'Heart Food' is similar to its predecessor in that it features Sill's multi-tracked vocals prominently, and that guitar and piano are prevalent, but other than that it's a forward step. Sill's songs have a gospel purity to them at times, as on the solo piano piece "When the Bridegroom Comes," written with then-boyfriend David Bearden. The best of these hymnal songs is surely "The Kiss," a timeless and beautiful celebration of romantic union with painstaking orchestration. It has an eerie, ethereal quality, and is renowned as one of Sill's finest compositions. The arrangements and orchestrations, done by Sill herself, complement the songs and the music and if there were any doubts about her abilities she certainly proves herself an expert songwriter and visionary with this album. Listen out, for example, for the ebullient backing vocals on "Down Where the Valleys Are Low," her most gospel-inspired song replete with organ licks and vocalists evoking a gospel choir.

Elsewhere, the themes of the first album are recalled on "The Vigilante" and "The Pearl," although they're less fragile and more forthright. The opening "There's A Rugged Road" is possessing of a memorable melody and strong structure, which is the case with every song here. The delicacy of the first album is replaced by something beefier (the rollicking "Soldier of the Heart," which should have been a major hit, which rocks harder than Sill's previous pop attempt, the glorious "Jesus Was A Cross Maker") but the subtle intricacies remain: on the surface, this sounds simple and effortless, and that's testament to Sill's amazing abilities.

The album's defining moment, however, must be the epic "The Donor," which displays the majority of Sill's many talents. The first four minutes or so are devoted to choral chanting and haunting piano lines, and the song becomes a beautiful, grand choral requiem. The chorus of "Kyrie Eleison" is stunning, but the dynamics of the song make it more like a suite and one of the defining moments on any record by any singer-songwriter. It's hard to imagine anybody else even daring to attempt something as grand and opulent as this and having the audacity and skills to pull it off.

Jim O'Rourke (Sonic Youth) describes her music on the sleeve, 'take a listen to Judee Sill now, some 30 years after she was captured on two timeless masterpieces: Her overwhelming songs of love and loss, both earthly and divine; a voice which alone could melt all defenses and when in harmony, could create heaven, right here on earth.'

STAFF COMMENTS

Andy says: Very similar sound but even better songs than on her debut. Includes "The Kiss", which is absolutely gorgeous and for some, her best ever composition. If you don't already know Judee Sill well you won't believe how amazing her music is!

TRACK LISTING

1. There's A Rugged Road
2. The Kiss
3. The Pearl
4. Down Where The Valleys Are Low
5. The Vigilante
6. Soldier Of The Heart
7. The Phoenix
8. When The Bridegroom Comes
9. The Donor

Slowdive were, in one way, a reaction to the fist-aloft bravado of the arse-end of baggy. Yet their gorgeous swathes of disorientating, hypnotic sound actually perfectly fitted in with early morning comedowns; we're talking about 1991 here! They aimed for a womb-like cosy dreaminess and with their three pre-album EPs looked like they were going to take over. "Slowdive", "Morningrise" and "Just For A Day" are all included here. Their main influence was The Cocteau Twins, but along with My Bloody Valentine, early Boo Radleys and others, the press christened them 'shoe-gazers'. A lot was written and there were just as many detractors as fans, but this fan, along with many others, was a little dissapointed by this, their debut LP. Yes it flows, drifts then envelops, but the songs weren't quite as good as expected. But, y'know: tell that to Babyshambles! With the inclusion of those lovely three EPs and a three-song Peel Session, this is now a very lush (though occasionally meandering) and beautiful disc. Recommended.

TRACK LISTING

SIDE A
1. SPANISH AIR
2. CELIA'S DREAM
3. CATCH THE BREEZE
4. BALLAD OF SISTER SUE
5. ERIK'S SONG

SIDE B
1. WAVES
2. BRIGHTER
3. THE SADMAN
4. PRIMAL

Originally released on CD in Japan circa 1992 "Blue Day" is a seven track collection of the the best tracks from the first three Slowdive EPs; "Slowdive", "Morningrise" and "Holding Our Breath". This shoegaze nugget features some of the band's best-loved tracks on the run up to their classic "Souvlaki" album.

TRACK LISTING

SIDE A
1. SLOWDIVE
2. AVALYN 1
3. MORNINGRISE
4. SHE CALLS

SIDE B
1. LOSING TODAY
2. SHINE
3. ALBATROSS

1993 and Slowdive, kings and queens of the shoegazers, release their masterpiece. Nobody was listening. They'd had all the hype and (inevitable) backlash around their debut, but now when they totally and convincingly deliver the goods, in a world consumed by Suede (at home) and Nirvana (abroad), apart from a few diehards, it was shrugs all round. How wrong they were! This is a stunningly beautiful album with a direct pop nous that's more Mary Chain than Cocteaus. It's full of yearning and dreams but also in "Souvlaki Space Station" a proper ambient/dub arse-quaker. Not one bad song: it's all brilliant. It's the ultimate in dreampop!

TRACK LISTING

SIDE A
1. ALISON
2. MACHINE GUN
3. 40 DAYS
4. SING
5. HERE SHE COME

SIDE B
1. SOUVLAKI SPACE STATION
2. WHEN THE SUN HITS
3. ALTOGETHER
4. MELON YELLOW
5. DAGGER

"Black Beauty, Miles Davis At Fillmore West", was recorded on April 10, 1970 at Fillmore West, San Francisco, when Davis performed as the opening act for the Grateful Dead. The recording took place shortly after the release of Miles’ classic album Bitches Brew. The album was released in 1973, originally in Japan only. "Black Beauty", a true jazz-rock album, captured one of Davis’ first performances at a rock venue during the early stages of his electric period. At the concert, he led his band (saxophonist Steve Grossman, bassist Dave Holland, keyboardist Chick Corea, drummer Jack DeJohnette, and percussionist Airto Moreira) through one continuously performed set list.
The songs in the band’s set list were as followed: “Directions”, “Miles Runs the Voodoo Down”, “Willie Nelson”, “I Fall In Love Too Easily”, “Sanctuary”, “It’s About That Time”, “Bitches Brew”, “Masqualero”, “Spanish Key”, and “The Theme”. They were performed as one continuous and uninterrupted piece of music, a practice Davis had begun in 1967. He later explained in his autobiography that performing these kinds of long musical suites without breaks allowed more space for improvisations in concert.

The original Japanese booklet is included in this vinyl package.

TRACK LISTING

Directions
Miles Runs The Voodoo Down
Willie Nelson
I Fall In Love Too Easily
Sanctuary
It's About That Time
Bitches Brew
Masqualero
Spanish Key/The Theme

180 gram audiophile vinyl
Contains 3 previously unreleased live tracks
Includes 12-page booklet
Etched D-Side

It has been said that jazz stopped evolving when Davis wasn't there to push it forward. Even if that isn't true, Miles Davis certainly was one of the greatest music innovators of the 20th century, pioneering cool jazz (with the 1949 recording of 'Birth Of The Cool'), modal jazz (with 1959's 'Kind Of Blue') and Fusion with 1970's 'Bitches Brew'.

'Bitches Brew Live' contains recordings from two performances: the first three songs were recorded at his Newport Jazz performance in July 1969 - a couple of weeks before the Bitches Brew sessions in August of that year - and have remained unissued till this day.

Miles performs with Chick Corea on electric piano, Dave Holland on acoustic bass and Jack DeJohnette on drums; musicians who all went on to become leaders of the Fusion movement. (Wayne Shorter unfortunately missed this date because he was stuck in traffic.)

The A1 track "Miles Runs The Voodoo Down" is the first professionally live recorded version of this song. The other six songs were recorded at the Isle Of Wight festival in 1970,and contain "Directions" and "It's About That Time" from the In A Silent Way sessions.

Included in this exclusive release is a 12 page booklet with a liner note essay by renowned music journalist Michael Azerrad, and a special etch on the D side. Music On Vinyl is proud to bring you this -never before- released double vinyl edition.

TRACK LISTING

Side A
1. Miles Runs The Voodoo Down *
2. Sanctuary *
3. It's About That Time/The Theme *

Side B
1. Directions
2. Bitches Brew

Side C
1. It's About That Time
2. Sanctuary
3. Spanish Key
4. The Theme

Side D
Etch

*Previously Unissued

'World Gone Wrong' is the 29th Bob Dylan studio album, released in 1993. It was Dylan’s second consecutive collection of only traditional folk songs, performed acoustically with guitar and harmonica. The songs tend to deal with darker and more tragic themes than the previous outing, 'Good As I Been To You'.

'World Gone Wrong' is an exceptional album, boasting a strong set of songs given performances so fully realized that they seemed like modern protest songs. Much of this record is fairly obscure to anyone outside of dedicated folk fans; “Delia” (covered by Johnny Cash the following year) and “Stack-A-Lee” are the most familiar items, yet they’re given traditional readings, meaning that the latter doesn’t quite seem like “Stagger Lee.”

But even if these are traditionalist, they’re spirited and lively renditions, and Dylan seems more connected to the music than he has in years. That sense of connection, plus the terrific choice of songs, makes this one of his best, strongest albums of the second half of his career.

TRACK LISTING

SIDE A
1. World Gone Wrong
2. Love Henry
3. Ragged & Dirty
4. Blood In My Eyes
5. Broke Down Engine

SIDE B
1. Delia
2. Stack A Lee
3. Two Soldiers
4. Jack-A-Roe
5. Lone Pilgrim

2010 sophomore release from the alt-rock / pop outfit. 'Congratulations' is a collection of nine individual musical tours de force sequenced to flow with sonic and thematic coherence. Produced by MGMT and Sonic Boom, the album was recorded throughout 2009 in Upstate New York, Malibu and Brooklyn and features the band's core duo (Andrew Vanwyngarden and Ben Goldwasser) performing with Matt Asti, Will Berman and James Richardson, their live band.

Newly remastered from the original analog tapes, this 2LP edition of MGMT’s psychedelic rock masterpiece from 2010 is pressed on 180-gram vinyl and features the paradoxical “Flash Delirium.”

TRACK LISTING

1 It's Working 4:05
2 Song For Dan Treacy 4:09
3 Someone's Missing 2:29
4 Flash Delirium 4:16
5 I Found A Whistle 3:40
6 Siberian Breaks 12:09
7 Brian Eno 4:31
8 Lady Dada's Nightmare 4:31
9 Congratulations 3:56

The first in a continuing series of double-LP extravaganzas released only in Japan in the early '70s, 'Live Evil' mixes four studio tracks from 1970 with four live ones taken from a Washington, DC performance in December of that year. Amidst heavy competition, the live tracks - including "What I Say," "Sivad" and "Gemini Double Image" - are the highlights, featuring some of Miles' best playing of the decade, plus aggressive work on extended solo spots by John McLaughlin on guitar, Keith Jarrett on keyboards, and Jack DeJohnette on drums.

TRACK LISTING

Side A
1. Sivad
2. Little Church
3. Medley
Gemini
Double Image

Side B
1. What I Say
2. Nem Um Talvez

Side C
1. Selim
2. Funky Tonk

Side D
1. Inamorata And Narration By Conrad Roberts

• 180 gram audiophile vinyl
• Insert
• PVC protective sleeve

'Solid State Survivor' was the second album by Japanese electronic music band Yellow Magic Orchestra, released in 1979. Featuring Haruomi Hosono (bass, keyboards, vocals), Yukihiro Takahashi (drums, lead vocals) and Ryuichi Sakamoto (keyboards, vocals), the trio hit their stride with this second long player, a brisk and confident set of synth-disco pop tracks that continues along the line drawn five years before by Kraftwerk. Fun-loving and breezy where Kraftwerk had been ponderous and statuesque, the album sets out YMO's template for electronic pop with less minimalism and a more varying use of synthesizer lines. The English lyrics, written by Chris Mosdell but sung by YMO themselves, make for hilarious listening especially on a cover of the Beatles' "Day Tripper".

TRACK LISTING

Side A
1. Technopolis
2. Absolute Ego Dance
3. Rydeen
4. Castalia
Side B
1. Behind The Mask
2. Day Tripper
3. Insomnia
4. Solid State Survivor

Ella Fitzgerald is widely heralded for her clean phrasing, scat-singing and a confident sense of swing. Viewed as one of the world's most popular jazz singers, she performed alongside Louis Armstrong, Dizzy Gillespie, Frank Sinatra and Duke Ellington. Her outstanding performances on record and live yielded both critical and popular success during her lifetime.

'Lullabies Of Birdland' consists of recordings from 1945 to 1955. It offers a wonderful set of Swing-era standards, impossible to listen to without imagining yourself sipping cognac in a smoky jazz club on Broadway!

STAFF COMMENTS

Millie says: I can’t resist some lively jazz, especially the fabulous Ella Fitzgerald. Oh what a voice! I first discovered the music of Ella Fitzgerald in a small bookshop and had to know what was playing – It was ‘Under a Blanket of Blue’ with Louis Armstrong; it’s been a favourite of mine ever since. This incredible and powerful album is a treat to the ears.

TRACK LISTING

Side A
1. Lullaby Of Birdland
2. Rough Ridin'
3. Angel Eyes
4. Smooth Sailing
5. Oh, Lady Be Good!
6. Later

Side B
1. Ella Hums The Blues
2. How High The Moon
3. Basin Street Blues
4. Air Mail Special
5. Flying Home

Captain Beefheart's 1967 debut album Safe As Milk introduced the world to a one-of-a-kind visionary whose unique output had no precedent in contemporary music. Beefheart, aka Don Van Vliet, filtered the raw influence of the blues and R&B through his own singular musical sensibility and left-field lyrical wordplay, and surrounded himself with some of the most talented and inventive young musicians around. The result was an album that, even in the heady year in which it was released, sounded like nothing else, and the stage for one of rock's most iconoclastic and idiosyncratic careers.

With backup from the first, and perhaps finest, incarnation of Beefheart's legendary Magic Band (including future solo star Ry Cooder on guitar and teenage drum prodigy John "Drumbo" French), and production from future studio superstar Richard Perry, Beefheart unveils his fully-formed sound and vision on such landmark tracks as "Zig Zag Wanderer," "Abba Zaba," "Dropout Boogie," "I'm Glad" and "Electricity".

This Music On Vinyl edition includes a whole extra album featuring 7 bonus tracks.

TRACK LISTING

Side A
1. Sure 'Nuff 'N Yes I Do
2. Zig Zag Wanderer
3. Call On Me
4. Dropout Boogie
5. I'm Glad
6. Electricity
Side B
1. Yellow Brick Road
2. Abba Zaba
3. Plastic Factory
4. Where There's Woman
5. Grown So Ugly
6. Autumn's Child
Side C
1. Safe As Milk (Take 5)
2. On Tomorrow
3. Big Black Baby Shoes
4. Flower Pot
Side D
1. Dirty Blue Gene
2. Trust Us (Take 9)
3. Korn Ring Finger

'Nuff Said!' Is an album by jazz, blues and gospel singer / pianist / songwriter Nina Simone. It was recorded in front of a capacity crowd at the Westbury Music Fair in April 7, 1968, just a day after the murder of Dr. Martin Luther King. The track 'Why? (The King Of Love Is Dead)' was written by Simone's bass player Gene Taylor especially for the occasion, and the whole program that night was dedicated in his memory. Elsewhere the set includes classics like 'I Loves You Porgy' and 'Ain't Got No; I Got Life', while 'The Backlash Blues' was penned for Simone by the great Langston Hughes. 

 In 1969, the album was placed on peak 44 in R&B Albums Chart. The album received an Emmy nomination.

TRACK LISTING

Side A
1. In The Morning
2. Sunday In Savannah
3. The Backlash Blues
4. Please Read Me
5. Gin House Blues
Side B
1. Why? (The King Of Love Is Dead)
2. Peace Of Mind
3. Ain't Got No; I Got Life
4. I Loves You Porgy
5. Take My Hand, Precious Lord

Bonus Track:
6. Do What You Gotta Do (Webb)

No slouch as a songwriter herself, Nina Simone ably picked a variety of compositional classics from the new Rock era for her 1969 LP To Love Somebody. Opening with a beautiful, introspective version of Leonard Cohen’s “Suzanne”, Simone shows an obvious affinity for social statements with the Byrds’ “Turn! Turn! Turn! (To Everything There Is a Season)” and a trio of Dylan standards: “I Shall Be Released”, “Just Like Tom Thumb’s Blues”, plus a dramatic, meditative “The Times They Are A-Changin’”.

The album title is taken from the Bee Gees song “To Love Somebody”. Her cover of the song became her second British hit single after “Ain’t Got No-I Got Life”. Also “I Can’t See Nobody” is a song by the Bee Gees. “Revolution” (parts 1 & 2) was Simone’s third subsequent single released in the UK, after “Ain’t Got No-I Got Life” and “To Love Somebody” both became hits. The song was released around the time of the same titled song by The Beatles and, although it has a similar hook (“Don’t you know it’s gonna be - all right”) and structure, most of the lyrics differ.

TRACK LISTING

SIDE A
1. Suzanne
2. Turn! Turn! Turn! (To Everything There Is A Season)
3. Revolution (Part I)
4. Revolution (Part II)
5. To Love Somebody

SIDE B
1. I Shall Be Released
2. I Can’t See Nobody
3. Just Like Tom Thumb’s Blues
4. The Times They Are A-Changin’

Sixteen Stone is the debut album of British rock band Bush, released in 1994. Widely regarded as the band’s most popular album, it peaked at No. 4 on the Billboard 200 and boasted numerous successful singles. “Comedown” and “Glycerine” remain two of the band’s biggest hits to date, each reaching No. 1 on the Billboard Modern Rock Tracks chart. Both tracks also entered the Billboard Hot 100, reaching No. 30 and No. 28, respectively.

Sixteen Stone received mostly positive feedback from music critics, calling their sound impressive, not unlike their Seattle Grunge counterparts. In later years Bush would distance themselves from the familiar Grunge sounds with experimental releases such as Deconstructed and The Science Of Things.

In April 2014 Rolling Stone placed the album at No. 39 on its “1994: The 40 Best Records From Mainstream Alternative’s Greatest Year” list. A month later, Loudwire placed Sixteen Stone at number eight on its “10 Best Hard Rock Albums of 1994” list. In July 2014, Guitar World placed the album on its “Superunknown: 50 Iconic Albums That Defined 1994” list.

TRACK LISTING

SIDE A
1. Everything Zen
2. Swim
3. Bomb
4. Little Things
5. Comedown
6. Body

SIDE B
1. Machinehead
2. Testosterone
3. Monkey
4. Glycerine
5. Alien
6. X-Girlfriend

Third Eye Blind is the eponymous debut for the American alternative rock band Third Eye Blind, originally released in 1997. It spawned several singles, including top 10 charting “Semi-Charmed Life”, “Jumper”, and “How’s It Going to Be”. While Third Eye Blind peaked at #25 on the Billboard 200, it spent 104 weeks on the charts. It is the group’s bestselling album, having been certified 6x Platinum.

Third Eye Blind is catchier than the average post-grunge album, and that fact alone reveals a lot about the band. Instead of relying on standard, plodding grunge influences, Third Eye Blind draw heavily from the simple hook-laden traditions of classic Arena Rock, which makes the album more immediate. Third Eye Blind is easy on the ears, and its straight-ahead professionalism makes it a pleasurable listen for post-grungers.

TRACK LISTING

SIDE A
1. Losing A Whole Year
2. Narcolepsy
3. Semi-Charmed Life
4. Jumper

SIDE B
1. Graduate
2. How’s It Going To Be
3. Thanks A Lot

SIDE C
1. Burning Man
2. Good For You
3. London
4. I Want You

SIDE D
1. The Background
2. Motorcycle Drive By
3. God Of Wine

Marc Moulin (1942 - 2008) was a Belgian musician and journalist. In the early Seventies he was the leader of the jazz-rock group Placebo. Moulin was one of Belgium's jazz legends, making jazz-influenced records for over 30 years. Marc Moulin's three Placebo albums are the 'Holy Grail' for the rare groove crowd, a sector of music fans who love that unique 70s style of cool.

Their eponymous third album is glossy, elaborate Benelux jazz-jock which could be labeled Library music as well - having themes that could easily accompany a cult 70's detective series. Its seductive rhythms, combined with tasteful arrangements, make this LP difficult to walk away from.

Original copies of Placebo are in short supply and overwhelming demand, making this first ever official reissue a much needed one! Sampled by Pete Rock and Madlib.

Korn is the eponymous debut studio album by the American Nu-Metal band Korn. It was released in 1994, right after the band toured with Biohazard and House of Pain. The album’s themes mainly consisted of both drug and child abuse. Korn was well received by music critics. The band stormed the alternative scene virtually overnight, and is said to have established Nu-Metal.

Bands like Coal Chamber and Limp Bizkit were inspired by the album’s rage, emphasising similar grooves and song structures, including some Hip Hop elements. Slipknot, Machine Head, and Sepultura were also inspired by the album. The album launched the career of record producer Ross Robinson, who later produced albums such as Three Dollar Bill, Yall by Limp Bizkit and Slipknot’s first two albums.

A little more than a year after release, the album went Gold in the United States. The album spawned 4 singles; “Blind”, followed by “Need To”, “Shoots and Ladders” and “Clown”. The album has now sold over 10 million copies worldwide and was never before issued on vinyl.

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Aerosmith’s 1976 classic Rocks captures Aerosmith at the band’s most raw and rocking, featuring “Back in the Saddle” and “Last Child.”

Alanis Morissette defined the alternative female Pop sound in the ‘90s, with a string of hits under her belt from the million-seller albums Jagged Little Pill (1995) and Supposed Former Infatuation Junkie (1998). In 1999 she performed a selection of personal favourites live at MTV Unplugged, with an emphasis on the non-hit material from the Supposed album. Morissette wanted to prove she’s more than ‘just’ the hits she produced, resulting in her daring step to not perform some of her contemporary hits including “Thank U” and “So Pure”. MTV Unplugged shows a multi-faceted artist, fully grown into her own and strong as ever.

Original vinyl copies are extremely hard to find. To celebrate MTV Unplugged’s reissue, we’re pressing this record in a limited first edition of 1000 gold/red marbled copies. Be quick to snag one of these!

• 180 gram audiophile vinyl
• insert
• first 1000 numbered copies are pressed on gold / red marbled vinyl

TRACK LISTING

Side A
1. You Learn
2. Joining You
3. No Pressure Over Cappuccino
4. That I Would Be Good
5. Head Over Feet
6. Princes Familiar

Side B
1. I Was Hoping
2. Ironic
3. These R The Thoughts
4. King Of Pain
5. You Oughta Know
6. Uninvited

Numbered limited edition for Black Friday. Previously unissued early versions of these tracks.

Bill Withers has been making a comeback since the release of the documentary "Still Bill", but there are many who would argue that, although he hasn’t recorded an album since 1985, he never really left. His musical legacy has found a place in our hearts and settled into our subconscious, none more so than "Menagerie"’s opening track “Lovely Day”. Every song as smooth as the next, this upbeat album is perfect for the summer to come. There’s a relaxed vibe running through every note - even in the more up-tempo songs - and a consistency here that shows Bill at his best. Now’s the perfect time to add this certified gold record that hasn’t been reissued on vinyl since 1978 to your ever-growing Bill Withers collection!

You'll know them as 'shoegazers' but as the title suggests, their third and final LP was about change. Where the band attempted to put more song structures in place on "Souvlaki", they began to incorporate more elements of ambient electronica on "Pygmalion". Which resulted in a more complete album than the two previous albums. Tracks like "Blue Skied An' Clear" and "Crazy For You" demonstrate that the songs are still there, somewhere - they're just buried under more abstract sounds than before. It's still super-atmospheric, echoey and Cocteau's-ish, but this time things have really drifted and unravelled. Influenced by techno and built on loops it is a stark, haunted record, ambient and experimental. They ditched songs in favour of sounds, and this is a desolate yet strikingly beautiful record. If you like Sigur Ros then you'll love this.

TRACK LISTING

Side A
A1 Rutti
A2 Crazy For You
A3 Miranda
A4 Trellisaze

Side B
B1 Cello
B2 J's Heaven
B3 Visions Of La
B4 Blue Skied An' Clear
B5 All Of Us

Much is made of his older brother Brian's tortured genius, but Beach Boys drummer Dennis Wilson had his own deeply artistic statement to make - one he made with moody, heartrending beauty and fathomless, soulful introspection on his 1977 masterpiece, "Pacific Ocean Blue". Besides being the first solo album by a member of the Beach Boys, "Pacific Ocean Blue" is a lost classic of 70s West Coast rock, a richly orchestrated opus that swaths the singer-songwriter's delicate and profoundly personal observations in epic, wide-screen arrangements that easily match the drama of the celluloid blockbusters made in his Hollywood back yard. Awash in studio strings and layered, breathy melodies, the piano-sprinkled balladry of tracks like "Thoughts of You" and "End Of The Show" offer glimpses of a more tender, wounded, and never-before-seen side of this most famously free-spirited Beach Boys member; while such ecology-themed meditations as "River Song" (which boasts flashes of hard rock) and the title cut reflect other topics close to the drummer's heart. But despite the album's more serious subject matter, the Beach Boys' good-time pop is still firmly on deck with the horn-pumping R&B of "What's Wrong" and the sunshine lilt of "Rainbows". No wonder Brian Wilson himself is one of "Pacific Ocean Blue"'s biggest fans.

TRACK LISTING

A1. River Song (3:44)
A2. What's Wrong (2:23)
A3. Moonshine (2:27)
A4. Friday Night (3:10)
A5. Dreamer (4:23)
A6. Thoughts Of You (3:04)

B1. Time (3:32)
B2. You And I (3:25)
B3. Pacific Ocean Blues (2:37)
B4. Farewell My Friend (2:26)
B5. Rainbows (2:48)
B6. End Of The Show (2:57)

Dusty Groove say: 'Seminal sounds from Placebo - one of the hippest electric groups going on the European scene of the early 70s, thanks to some great keyboards and electronics from the legendary Marc Moulin! Placebo's sound here is a unique approach to funky jazz - one that certainly draws from the electric modes of the American scene, and without any of the jamming elements of other Euro fusion groups - but there's also a touch of rockish inflection at points too - especially in the way the rhythms have a tightly pulsating groove. There's none of the indulgence of prog, but there's definitely a lineage going on somewhere in the mix too - and in addition to Moulin's keyboards, the group also features great horns from Nick Fissette, Alex Socrier, and Richard Rousselet.' I agree with them.

For this 2010 release ALL the songs from the cult classic 1973 soundtrack are included. Many years this was a holy grail among soundtrack aficionados, this release has been prepared from recently discovered master tapes with a clarity and presence that gives the late Paul Giovanni's haunting music the showcase it has so long deserved. This is definitely the stuff that myths are made of! Containing exclusive material from the later, longer version of the film, including the song "Gently Johnny", which was not available on early LP issues.

Paul Giovanni, together with Magnet, has created a mysterious and sinister world that has a life of it's own nearly 30 years after the film's release - flutes, lyres, harmonicas, and guitars, mixed in with original and traditional folk material makes each song totally different, summing up the atmosphere of the movie brilliantly! The Wicker Man is a stunning soundtrack which all you movie buffs and traditional British folk music fans are advised to snap up for your collection!

With its 40th Anniversary just about to happen, and the film version about to go in cinemas once more, Music On Vinyl have decided to repress The Wicker Man LP edition again. This is a straight repress of 500 copies on black vinyl.

For this 2013 release ALL the songs from the film are included. Containing exclusive material from the later, longer version of the film, and including the song "Gently Johnny". This release has been prepared from the original stereo master tapes. Packaged in a lavish gatefold sleeve with extensive notes and stills from the movie.

TRACK LISTING

Ide A
1. Corn Rigs
2. The Landlord's Daughter
3. Gently Johnny
4. Maypole
5. Fire Leap
6. The Tinker Of Rye
7. Willow's Song

Side B
1. Procession
2. Chop Chop
3. Lullaby
4. Festival / Mirie It Is / Sumer Is A Cumen In
5. Opening Music / Loving Couples / The Ruined Church
6. The Masks / The Hobby Horse
7. Searching For Rowan
8. Appointment With The Wicker Man
9. Sunset

Recorded in New York in 1967, 'Silk & Soul' is Nina Simone's second album for RCA. Despite arrangements that don't always best suit her voice, this album does contain classics "I Wish I Knew How It Would Feel To Be Free", which would become a Civil Rights anthem and "It Be's That Way Sometimes", written by her brother Sam Waymon. "The Turning Point"' is a song that seems to be about a child making a new friend, but turns out to question the origins of racism.

Ms Simone also takes on Dusty Springfield by covering "The Look Of Love", which was originally featured in the 1966 James Bond spoof Casino Royale. She's greatly inspired by Mozart in the fugue-like "Consummation".

As the sleeve notes on this 1967 LP say, 'Simone is neither all jazz nor all pop; neither all soul or all R&B. She is neither all folk nor all folk protest; neither poetess or balladeer. She is simply Nina Simone, a voice in this wilderness of modernity and industrialized society which cries out to be heard'.

TRACK LISTING

Side A
1. It Be's That Way Sometime
2. The Look Of Love
3. Go To Hell
4. Love O' Love
5. Cherish
Side B
1. I Wish I Knew How It Would Feel To Be Free
2. Turn Me On
3. The Turning Point
4. Some Say
5. Consummation