Nick Cave and Warren Ellis crafted the evocative soundtrack for the biopic Back to Black, which chronicles the rise and impact of Amy Winehouse. Their composition is a haunting yet soulful homage, blending melancholic strings and ambient soundscapes to mirror Winehouse’s turbulent journey and profound artistry. The duo’s music underscores the film’s emotional depth, capturing both the rawness of Winehouse’s struggles and the brilliance of her musical legacy

TRACK LISTING

SIDE A
1. Opening
2. At The Taxi
3. Park Bench
4. Tattoo Parlour
5. Dublin Castle
6. Snooker Hall
7. Sort Yourselves Out

SIDE B
1. Soho To Glastonbury
2. Holloway Prison
3. The End
4. Song For Amy
5. Song For Amy (Reprise)

King Yellowman is the 1984 Columbia Records debut album by Yellowman. The artist, whose real name is Winston Foster, is a Jamaican reggae and dancehall artist who first became popular in Jamaica in the 80s. After he rose to prominence in his home country, he released this record under the Columbia label. Yellowman is considered to be one of the pioneers in reggae and hugely contributed to Jamaican musical culture and the internationalization of reggae.

TRACK LISTING

SIDE A
1. Jamaica Nice/Take Me Home Country Roads
2. Strong Me Strong
3. Mi Believe/Summer Holiday
4. Wha Dat
5. Moving On/Keep On Moving

SIDE B
1. Disco Reggae
2. Still Be A Lady/Girls Can't Do What The Guys Do
3. Reggae Calypso
4. Ooh We/Sea Cruise
5. If You Should Lose Me/You'll Lose A Good Thing

Quill was a Boston-based rock band that had national exposure when they played the Woodstock festival in August of 1969. The quintet got together in 1967 and played New England and New York over the next few years, getting some positive regional press for their combination of high-wattage rock with elements of psychedelia and jazz, and what would later be identified as performance art. Most of the songwriting was handled by John and Dan Cole, who tended to deliver fairly complex pieces that lent themselves to elaborate performances, sometimes involving some heavy audience participation as well.

TRACK LISTING

Side A
1. Thumbnail Screwdriver
2. The Tube Exuding
3. They Live The Life

Side B
1. BBY
2. Yellow Butterfly
3. Too Late
4. Shrieking Finally

The Modulations released their album It’s Rough Out Here in 1975. This album featured the singles “Rough Out Here”, “I Can’t Fight Your Love”, and the title track. The singles received considerable airplay and managed to chart on Billboard’s R&B single chart. The Modulations recorded extensively with MFSB, the house band of the famed record label Philadelphia International. These sessions yielded to this album, which is considered a gem of 1970s soul music. The group reached the pinnacle of its career with an appearance on Don Cornelius’ popular TV show Soul Train in 1976.

TRACK LISTING

Side A
1. Rough Out Here
2. Head On Collision With Heartbreak
3. Love At Last
4. I'll Always Love You

Side B
1. I'm Hopelessly In Love
2. I Can’t Fight Your Love
3. Worth Your Weight In Gold
4. Those Were The Best Days Of My Life
5. Share What You Got, Keep What You Need

Edwin Birdsong’s self-titled album was released in 1978 on Philadelphia International Records at the height of the Disco craze. By this time, Edwin was a major player at PIR and a talented songwriter and producer as well. Birdsong’s vision hits the mark as the album boasts several gems that became dance floor classics. “Cola Bottle Baby”, “Kunta Dance” and “Goldmine” are all hard hitting funk gems that kick in hard and are ready for partying. Daft Punk sampled the hitsong “Cola Bottle Baby” in “Harder, Better, Faster, Stronger. Even though the album missed the charts, it became something of a hot item for disco/soul music collectors.

TRACK LISTING

Side A
1. Cola Bottle Baby
2. Phiss-Phizz
3. Kunta Dance

Side B
1. Lollipop
2. Goldmine
3. Freaky Deaky Sities
4. Autumn Eyes
5. Lollipop (Slow)

Fourth Drawer Down is a compilation album by the Scottish post-punk and new wave band the Associates, released in October 1981. It compiles the A- and B-sides from the six singles the band released that year. The songs that appeared on Fourth Drawer Down had a notably darker and more experimental edge than their debut studio album The Affectionate Punch. The album was well received by music critics, with reviewers commenting on the band's increased experimentalism. Alastair McKay of Uncut called Fourth Drawer Down "an extraordinary document on which the sense of mystery deepens, and the commitment to sonic experiment becomes more pronounced."

STAFF COMMENTS

Mine says: Worth it alone for the opening song... What a tune!!

TRACK LISTING

Side A
1. White Car In Germany
2. A Girl Named Property
3. Kitchen Person
4. Q Quarters

Side B
1. Tell Me Easter's On Friday
2. The Associate
3. Message Oblique Speech
4. An Even Whiter Car

Revelation is the 2010 album by dub pioneer Lee “Scratch” Perry (born Rainford Hugh Perry). From his Jamaican based Black Ark Studio, he created some pivotal works by producing new instrumental or vocal versions of existing tracks. Later, he moved to Switzerland, where he reinvented himself as a performance and visual artist and collaborated with artists such as The Beastie Boys, The Clash, and Adrian Sherwood among others. For his album Revelation, he collaborated with Keith Richards and George Clinton. The album is the last in a series of three albums he made with English musician and producer Steve Marshall a.k.a. John Saxon. The album is accompanied by the full-length film The Revelation of Lee “Scratch” Perry, which looks behind the scenes of the recording sessions and features an in-depth interview with the great man.

TRACK LISTING

Side A
1. Revelation Revolution And Evolution
2. Used To Drive A Tractor In Negril
3. Money Come And Money Go

Side B
1. Fire Power
2. Run For Cover
3. Books Of Moses

Side C
1. Let There Be Light
2. Holy Angels
3. Weatherman

Side D
1. Scary Politicians
2. An Eye For An Eye
3. Freaky Michael
4. Psalm

Bad Man Possee is a classic early Eighties dub reggae recording by Junior Murvin, who made his name working with Lee “Scratch” Perry on his 1976 debut album Police & Thieves. This album features some stirringly hypnotic tracks to go along with the hit title track. “Guitar” is an eerie ode to Murvin’s first guitar, riding craftily over a headnodding rhythm provided by Dread At The Controls studio musicians the Roots Radics Band.

TRACK LISTING

Side A
1. Bad Man Possee
2. Guitar
3. Guitar Dub
4. Never Fall In Love
5. Heartbreaker

Side B
1. Rebellion
2. Dub Rebel
3. Brixton Possee
4. Man Is The Fire
5. Dub On Fire

Inhaler is the third studio album by American rock band TAD, originally released on October 19, 1993. It was the band’s major label debut after two albums and an EP released by Sub Pop, and it was also their first album with drummer Josh Sinder, formerly of The Accüsed. Producer J. Mascis (Dinosaur Jr.) gave TAD a more focused and driven sound on this record. He can also be heard playing the piano on “Luminol”. The song “Grease Box” was played during the end credits of the 1994 movie Brainscan. Inhaler is easily their best and most consistent album to date and obtained positive critical reception upon release. Fortu-nately, the group has lost none of the grit that marked them as the grungiest of the Seattle scene. To promote Inhaler TAD did a big tour with their friends of Soundgarden.

TRACK LISTING

SIDE A
1. Grease Box
2. Throat Locust
3. Leafy Incline
4. Luminol
5. Ulcer

SIDE B
1. Lycanthrope
2. Just Bought The Farm
3. Rotor
4. Paregoric
5. Pansy
6. Gouge

After releasing their first EP Fuse, Cranes expanded to a four-piece band and recorded their debut full-length album Self-Non-Self in 1989. Their sound has been described as “gothic minimalism” and “dreampop”, and also became part of the shoegazing movement in the early Nineties. This 1989 album showed their progression with the increased textures in sound and drum slams. The album contains a darker sound and is a mixture of industrial and post-punk music. Originally only six tracks, the band’s label Dedicated Records added a further two tracks upon its re-release in 1992: “Reach (Live)” and “Nothing In The Middle, Nothing At The End”. In that same year, Cranes went on a world tour with The Cure, which increased their popularity.

TRACK LISTING

SIDE A
1. One From The Slum
2. Joy Lies Within
3. Heaven Or Bliss
4. Beach Mover

SIDE B
1. Focus Breathe
2. Fuse
3. Reach (Live) *bonus Track
4. Nothing In The Middle, Nothing At The End *bonus Track

Music On Vinyl, in collaboration with Spinnin’ Records, presents the 2024 remix by DJ Mark Knight of the 1970 soul classic “Move On Up” by Curtis Mayfield, backed with the original 1970 full length version. Curtis Mayfield is considered as one of the most influential musicians behind the soul and politically conscious African-American music and his soul classic “Move On Up” continues to influence artists to this day. The A-side features both the Extended Version and Radio Edit of the brand-new remix by acclaimed DJ Mark Knight. This 2024 remix of “Move On Up” is an uplifting club version, taking elements from Mayfield’s original version and creating a remix that’s perfectly suited for dancefloors worldwide. Side B features the original full-length version of “Move On Up” by Curtis Mayfield.

TRACK LISTING

SIDE A
1. Move On Up (Remix By Mark Knight – Extended Version)
2. Move On Up (Remix By Mark Knight – Radio Edit)

SIDE B
1. Move On Up (Original Full-Length Version)

Decoy is the 1984 album by the famous jazz musician Miles Davis, re- corded in 1983. Robert Irving III on keyboards took over the role that Miles had assumed with a true sense of harmony and only a rudi- mentary mastery of synthetic sounds and movements. Irving shared the responsibilities of directing with the trumpet player’s nephew Vince Wilburn, Jr., but Al Foster continued to lead the tempo. John Scofield drew the funk of bassist Darryl Jones in the direction of chromatic abstraction. The two tracks that he cowrote with Miles are fragments of solos, “That’s What Happened” reprising the beginning of his solo on “Speak” (Star People).

Decoy offered a good balance between the dominant funk that sub- sequently took over and the jazz tradition, reflected by Scofield’s angularities, Marsalis’ freedom of tone, and the breadth of Miles’ playing that had recovered its full power.

TRACK LISTING

Side A
1. Decoy
2. Robot 415
3. Code M.D.
4. Freaky Deaky

Side B
1. What It Is
2. That's Right
3. That's What Happened

Blue Day is a compilation album by English shoegaze band Slowdive. It was originally released in 1992 and compiles the first three Slowdive EPs:

TRACK LISTING

1. Slowdive
2. Avalyn 1
3. Morningrise
4. She Calls

SIDE B
1. Losing Today
2. Shine
3. Albatross

Just For A Day is the 1991 debut album by English shoegaze band Slowdive. The production on Slowdive’s debut commenced shortly after they convinced Alan McGee, head of Creation Records, the band had enough songs written for a full-length album. Slowdive actually did not. The group hurriedly began writing songs in the studio, experimenting with sounds during the process.

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

Souvlaki is the second studio album by Slowdive, originally released in 1993. The album contains synthesizer contributions from Brian Eno on “Sing” (which he co-wrote) and “Here She Comes”. Wonderful tunes, captivating lyrics, and excellent cover art. It’s just perfect in all terms

TRACK LISTING

SIDE A
1. Side One
2. Alison
3. Machine Gun
4. 40 Days
5. Sing
6. Here She Comes

SIDE B
1. Souvlaki Space Station
2. When The Sun Hits
3. Altogether
4. Melon Yellow
5. Dagger

Just before they disbanded, Slowdive put out the album Pygmalion in 1995. It was by far their most abstract album, coming from sugary pop on Just For A Day and the mature, experimental Souvlaki. Slowdive began to incorporate more elements of ambient electronica on Pygmalion.

TRACK LISTING

SIDE A
1. Rutti
2. Crazy For You
3. Miranda
4. Trellisaze Side

SIDE B
1. Cello
2. J’s Heaven
3. Visions Of LA
4. Blue Skied An’ Clear
5. All Of Us

Pop Music by Iggy Pop is the 1996 compilation featuring the 20 best tracks released through BMG between 1979 and 1981, including “Bang Bang”, “I Need More”, “I’m Bored”, “New Values” and “Five Foot One”. Iggy Pop was associated with Virgin Records for much of his post-Stooges solo career, but for a brief spell during the late ‘70s and early ‘80s he called Arista Records (BMG) his home. This era saw punk’s godfather stray away from the primal style he is known for, as he experimented largely with new wave sounds.

TRACK LISTING

Side A
1. Loco Mosquito
2. Bang Bang
3. Tell Me A Story
4. Pumpin' For Jill
5. Take Care Of Me

Side B
1. I Need More
2. I'm Bored
3. Knocking 'Em Down (In The City)
4. I Snub You
5. Sea Of Love

Side C
1. Play It Safe
2. Dog Food
3. Happy Man
4. Time Won't Let Me
5. Five Foot One

Side D
1. Angel
2. Girls
3. New Values
4. Pleasure
5. Houston Is Hot Tonight

Som, Sangue e Raça is still one of the milestones in Brazilian music. The music of Dom Salvador e Abolição is a funky and smooth blend of samba, soul, rock, jazz, forro and baião. The band’s sound was a major influence on the successful group Banda Black Rio. Som, Sangue e Raça still stands out for its catchy and groovy melodies and shows the wide range of the band. All this makes this samba/soul classic a must for all mu- sic collectors.

TRACK LISTING

SIDE A
1. Uma Vida
2. Guanabara
3. Hei! Você
4. Som, Sangue E Raça
5. Tema Pro Gaguinho
6. O Rio

SIDE B
1. Evo
2. Number One
3. Folia De Reis
4. Moeda, Reza E Cor
5. Samba Do Malandrinho
6. Tio Macrô

Monk’s Blues is an album by Thelonious Monk, accompanied by a big band arranged and conducted by Oliver Nelson. Produced by Teo Macero, the album was recorded in Los Angeles by Monk‘s working quartet augmented by a group of top Hollywood studio musicians. The Monk Quartet included Monk on the piano, Charlie Rouse on Tenor Saxophone, Larry Gales on Bass and Ben Riley on the Drums. Additional musicians a.o. Tom Scott, Buddy Collette, Bobby Bryant and Conte Candoli.

TRACK LISTING

SIDE A
1. Let’s Cool One
2. Reflections
3. Rootie Tootie
4. Just A Glance At Love
5. Brilliant Corners

SIDE B
1. Consecutive Seconds
2. Monk’s Point
3. Trinkle Tinkle
4. Straight, No Chaser

76:14 is the 1994 second studio album by Global Communication, an English electronic music duo consisting of Tom Middleton and Mark Pritchard. The title of the album was intended to correspond to the record's total running time in minutes and seconds, though the actual runtime is shorter. Likewise, each track on the album is correspondingly titled after its respective length. The duo has stated in the sleeve notes that this was intended to avoid implying any specific meaning to the music, thus leaving the listener completely free to interpret the music according to their own imagination. 76:14 is featured in The Guardian's 1,000 Albums to Hear Before You Die list, where it is described as an "unfathomably beautiful out-of-time masterpiece". In 1996, Mixmag ranked the album at number 11 in its list of the Best Dance Albums of All Time.

In the summer of 1980, the jazz world bore witness to an electrifying fusion of talent, rhythm, and soul as Art Blakey and the Jazz Messengers Big Band took the stages of two icon- ic European festivals: Montreux and North Sea. The Big Band performers, next to Art Blakey on drums, consisted of a stellar line-up with Bill Pierce, Bobby Watson, Valery Ponomarev, James Williams, Charles Fambrough, Wynton Marsalis, Bran- ford Marsalis, Robin Eubanks, Kevin Eubanks and John Ram- sey. For the Marsalis brothers, Wynton and Branford, and also Eubanks brothers Robin and Kevin these were their first ever recordings of them together. Tracks include “Minor Thesis”, “A Wheel Within A Wheel”, “Bit A Bittadose” and two more com- positions serve as a testament to the power of improvisation.

TRACK LISTING

Side A
1. Minor Thesis
2. A Wheel Within A Wheel

Side B
1. Bit A Bittadose
2. Stairway To The Stars
3. Linwood

Prehistoric Sounds is the third studio album by the Australian punk rock group The Saints, released in 1978. This was the final album to feature founding lead guitarist, Ed Kuepper, who left the band shortly after the release. The record was described by AllMusic as “the textbook by which to make a great rock record where horns play as much of a role as guitar”. In 2010, Prehistoric Sounds was listed in the top 50 100 Best Australian Albums. The album features two cover versions of the soul classics “Security” by Otis Redding, and “Save Me” by Aretha Franklin.

TRACK LISTING

Side A
1. Swing For The Crime
2. All Times Through Paradise
3. Every Day's A Holiday, Every Night's A Party
4. Brisbane (Security City)
5. Church Of Indifference
6. Crazy Googenheimer Blues

Side B
1. Everything's Fine
2. The Prisoner
3. Security
4. This Time
5. Take This Heart Of Mine
6. The Chameleon
7. Save Me

Two years after their formation, the English power pop band The Only Ones released their self-titled debut album in 1978. Led by the raffish and slightly scuzzy romance-obsessed Peter Perrett, The Only Ones played not-so-fast guitar rock that sounded deeply indebted to the New York Dolls and other mid-70s proto-punks. Their debut album The Only Ones is regarded as a classic of the first wave of UK punk and features the brilliant hit “Another Girl, Another Planet”, which is their most successful track and has since been covered by many other performers. Since the Nineties, the album has appeared on several all-time greatest albums lists, including the book 1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die in 2006.

STAFF COMMENTS

Andy says: The Only Ones' debut in 1978 stood at odds with what was going on with the burgeoning UK punk scene at the time. However, they were embraced by said scene even though singer Peter Perret's drawl could be almost Dylan-ish and his lyrics were far away from the anger and posturing of the new breed. In truth they were a superb rock band but with the occasional jerky, up-tempo number to make them seem current. They were above pigeon-holing though and here was an LP to prove it. Includes one of the greatest songs ever written in Another Girl Another Planet.

TRACK LISTING

SIDE A
1. The Whole Of The Law
2. Another Girl, Another Planet
3. Breaking Down
4. City Of Fun
5. The Beast

SIDE B
1. Creature Of Doom
2. It’s The Truth
3. Language Problem
4. No Peace For The Wicked
5. The Immortal Story

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

STAFF COMMENTS

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

TRACK LISTING

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

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

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

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

The multi-talented Johnny “Guitar” Watson was known for his guitar skills and was one of the hottest blues artists during the 1950s. His 1977 funk album A Real Mother For Ya produced the same titled international hit song and features the additional “Nothing Left To Be Desired” and “Lover Jones”. Also included is the “2020 Ben Liebrand Oldskool mix” as a bonus track, which was not available on the original album. During his career, Johnny “Guitar” Watson influenced Jimi Hendrix amongst others and earned a Grammy nomination for Best Contemporary Blues Album. Sadly, Johnny “Guitar” Watson passed away while touring Japan in 1996.

TRACK LISTING

Side A
A Real Mother For Ya
Nothing Left To Be Desired
Your Love Is My Love
The Real Deal

Side B
Tarzan
I Wanna Thank You
Lover Jones
A Real Mother For Ya (Ben Liebrand Oldskool Mix) – Bonus Track

In 1980, The Only Ones released their third and final studio album Baby’s Got A Gun. While they produced the previous two albums, for Baby’s Got A Gun they joined forces with the acclaimed producer Colin Thurston, who is best known for his work with Duran Duran, Talk Talk, and The Human League among others. The album features guest performances by lead vocalist of Penetration, Pauline Murray, on the tracks “Fools” and “Me And My Shadow”. “Fools” is the only time that the band had released a cover version, which is originally a song by American country musician Johnny Duncan. Two years after the album release, The Only Ones officially disbanded.

STAFF COMMENTS

Andy says: The Only One's third and final album may well be their best. What a shame this most influential of bands never managed to make it. Incredible songs like Why Don't You Kill Yourself (droll and funny put down to top them all!), Trouble In The World (an incredible encapsulation of the perils of heroin addiction), and the adorable Oh Lucinda fell by the way side in the real world of pop, but were hugely loved by the band's devoted fan base, and still loved and cherished to this day. What a brilliant band.

TRACK LISTING

SIDE A
1. The Happy Pilgrim
2. Why Don’t You Kill Yourself?
3. Me And My Shadow
4. Deadly Nightshade
5. Strange Mouth
6. The Big Sleep

SIDE B
1. Oh Lucinda (Love Becomes A Habit)
2. Re-union
3. Trouble In The World
4. Castle Built On Sand
5. Fools
6. My Way Out Of Here

A year after their acclaimed self-titled debut album, The Only Ones followed up with Even Serpents Shine. The sophomore album was met with positive reviews like "Even Serpents Shine doesn’t boast an out-of-the-box classic tune along the lines of 'Another Girl, Another Planet' from the debut, but in many respects, this is the more consistent album, achieving a similar degree of thematic and melodic variety while generating a more coherent sound and feeling”.

STAFF COMMENTS

Andy says: Another moody but exhilarating outing which mixed heavy, brooding numbers with simply gorgeous pop in the likes of Flaming Torch, Out There In The Night and the exquisite Someone Who Cares. Just ask Johnny Marr!!

TRACK LISTING

SIDE A
1. From Here To Eternity
2. Flaming Torch
3. You’ve Got To Play
4. No Solution
5. Inbetweens
6. Out There In The Night

SIDE B
1. Curtains For You
2. Programme
3. Someone Who Cares
4. Miles From Nowhere
5. Instrumental

Music For Pleasure is the 1997 debut studio album by Monaco, a side project of New Order bassist Peter Hook. When New Order went on a hiatus after 1993’s Republic, Hook took the group’s sound and spirit with him and founded Monaco together with David Potts. Hook’s distinctive pulsating bass lines united New Order’s marriage of post-punk and pop, creating an identity so recognizable that Monaco’s first single, “What Do You Want From Me?”, was often mistaken for a New Order track. Upon its release, the album hit #11 on the UK album charts and sold more than 500.000 copies worldwide Music For Pleasure is for the first time available as an expanded edition featuring 6 bonus tracks, including remixes by Joey Negro and Farley & Heller.

TRACK LISTING

Side A
1. What Do You Want From Me?
2. Shine (Someone Who Needs Me)
3. Sweet Lips
4. Buzz Gum

Side B
1. Blue
2. Junk
3. Billy Bones
4. Happy Jack

Side C
1. Tender
2. Sedona
3. Bicycle Thief *Bonus Track
4. Ultra *Bonus Track

Side D
1. Coming Around Again *Bonus Track
2. Shattered *Bonus Track
3. Sweet Lips (Farley & Heller’s Ambient Mix) *Bonus Track
4. Sweet Lips (Joey Negro Aka Dave Lee Main Slice) *Bonus Track

Deep Nyabinghi drumming and chanting on a version of the Ethiopian national anthem gets things underway on Slave Call, a majestic journey through the spiritual roots of reggae. Later songs add guitars, bass, keyboards, and horns to build a more standard reggae sound on that foundation, but there’s always a dignified restraint and the profundity of the nyabinghi beat. the entire album revolves around Leonard Dillon’s Rastafarian beliefs, with even the cover of the Beatles’ “Let It Be” rewritten to a religious end.

TRACK LISTING

Side A
1. Ethiopian National Anthem
2. Slave Call
3. Guilty Conscience
4. Hurry On
5. Nuh Follow Babylon

Side B
1. Train To Skaville
2. Culture
3. Obeah Book
4. Let It Be Me
5. I Love Jah

Acclaimed jazz artist Bill Evans’ Momentum album is the 1972 live album recorded at a concert at Stadsschouwburg in Groningen, the Netherlands. The trio includes, next to Bill Evans on piano, Eddie Gomez on bass and Marty Morell on drums. The ensemble plays compositions by Bill Evans, Miles Davis’ “Nardis” and Michel Legrand’s “What Are You Doing The Rest Of Your Life”. The album received the prestigious German award Preis Der Deutschen Schallplattenkritik. The 2LP Momentum is available on vinyl for the first time.

TRACK LISTING

Side A
1. Re: Person I Knew
2. Elsa
3. Turn Out The Stars

Side B
1. Gloria's Step
2. Emily
3. Quiet Now

Side C
1. My Romance
2. Sugar Plum
3. The Two Lonely People

Side D
1. Who Can I Turn To
2. What Are You Doing The Rest Of Your Life
3. Nardis

Soul artist Bettye Swann was born in Shreveport, USA on October 24, 1944 and spent her first nineteen years in Louisiana. She moved to California and signed a deal with Money Records, recording her breakthrough hit "Make Me Yours" in 1967, which is still her biggest selling record. After the contract expired, she signed to Capitol Records and teamed up with producer Wayne Shuler and recorded a R&B version of Hank Cochran's country song "Don't Touch Me".

On this comprehensive self-titled double album, compiled by Mark Ainley, classic songs such as "Tell Me Like It Is", "Stand By Your Man", "(My Heart Is) Closed For The Season", "Willie & Laura Mae Jones" plus 18 heartfelt soul songs showcase Bettye's unique voice.

TRACK LISTING

SIDE A
1. Don't You Ever Get Tired (Of Hurting Me)?
2. (My Heart Is) Closed For The Season
3. I'm Lonely For You
4. Don't Touch Me
5. Little Things Mean A Lot

SIDE B
1. Cover Me
2. Just Because You Can't Be Mine
3. Then You Can Tell Me Goodbye
4. Sweet Dreams
5. You're Up To Your Same Old Tricks Again

SIDE C
1. No Faith No Love
2. Ain't That Peculiar
3. Don't Let It Happen To Us
4. Today I Started Loving You Again
5. Words
6. These Arms Of Mine

SIDE D
1. Tell It Like It Is
2. Stand By Your Man
3. Chained & Bound
4. Willie & Laura Mae Jones
5. Angel Of The Morning
6. Traces

This One Is For The Party is the final studio album by The Trammps, originally released in 1984. The Trammps, hailing from Philadelphia, were a prominent fixture in the disco scene of the 1970s. Consisting of Earl Young, Harold Wade, Jimmy Ellis, Robert Upchurch, and Stanley Wade, they were known for their infectious grooves and energetic live performances. The Trammps earned their place in music history with hits like “Disco Inferno” and “Hold Back the Night”, but also “Shout” and “Move” became disco classics.

40 years after its original release, the tracks of This One Is For The Party continue to fill dance floors at parties and their influence can be heard in modern dance and pop music. The album also features a guest performance by the Dutch female group Mai Tai on “I Don’t Know (One For The Party)”.

In celebration of its 40th anniversary, This One Is For The Party is available as an expanded edition, including the extended version of the Top 40 hit “Move” as a bonus track. Also, the album has been completely remastered at Artone Studio in Haarlem, The Netherlands.

TRACK LISTING

SIDE A
1. Are You Ready
2. I Will Be Here For You
3. Twenty-Five Miles
4. Truly Wonderful
5. Shout

SIDE B
1. Move
2. Shine A Light
3. I Don't Know (One For The Party)
4. Fantacity
5. Move (Extended Version) (bonus Track)

The Sugarhill Gang is an American hip hop trio, worldwide known 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 *Bonus Track
4. Rapper's Delight (Single Version)

Loved is the third album by the British band Cranes, released in 1994. Siblings Alison and Jim Shaw formed the band back in 1989. They recorded several successful albums, including the 1991 Wings Of Joy and 1994 Loved. Loved combines elements of alternative rock, shoegaze, dream-pop, and darkwave. Their gothic elements made a return, while they retained the feeling of their previous album Forever. It was another artistic experience, with nicely orchestrated and constructed songs.

TRACK LISTING

Side A
Shining Road
Pale Blue Sky
Rêverie
Lilies
Are You Gone?

Side B
Loved
Beautiful Friend
Bewildered
Come This Far
Paris And Rome
In The Night (Hidden Track)

Influential DJ, producer, radio-DJ and founder of the Acid Jazz and Talkin' Loud labels Gilles Peterson has handpicked his jazz favourites from the immense catalog of the Dutch jazz Timeless label. Included are Pharaoh Sanders' cosmic jazz "Moonchild”, vocal jazz from Carter Jefferson's "Why", danceable jazz from Tom Grant "No Me Esqueca", Art Blakey & The Jazz Messengers' "In Case You Missed It", making a total of 11 tracks. In 2015, Peterson put together a Japan-only CD compilation of 10 of his favourite tracks, but for this version, the track list has been augmented with the previously unreleased version of "Mode For Joe" by Cedar Walton Trio.

TRACK LISTING

1. Pharoah Sanders – Moonchild
2. Carter Jefferson – Why
3. Tom Grant – No Me Esqueca
4. Eddie Harris – La Carnival
5. Rodney Jones – Articulations
6. Art Blakey & Jazz Messengers – In Case You Missed It
7. Eastern Rebellion – Bolivia
8. Joanne Brackeen – Haiti B
9. Brian Melvin Feat Jaco Pastorius – Zen Turtles
10. Timeless All Stars – World Peace (Bonus Track)
11. Cedar Walton Trio – Mode For Joe (Previously Unreleased Bonus Track)

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Cool Rasta is an album by The Heptones, which consisted of Earl Morgan, Barry Llewellyn, and Leroy Sibbles. Brought up in the Trench Town area of Kingston, their first successful record was "Fatty Fatty", first released in 1966. Since then, they have had several hits including "Country Boy", "Mama Say" and "Book Of Rules". At the guiding hand of top producer, Harry Johnson they recorded Cool Rasta, which came out in 1976. The title track of the album is a typical example of The Heptones at their brilliant best.

TRACK LISTING

Side A
1. Cool Rasta
2. Black On Black
3. Peace And Harmony
4. Do Good To Everyone
5. Dreadlock

Side B
1. Suffering So
2. Autalene
3. Baga Boo
4. Wah Go Home
5. Over And Over

Engine 54 is the debut studio album by The Ethiopians, who were one of Jamaica's best-loved harmony groups during the late ska, rocksteady and early reggae periods. Responsible for a significant number of hits between the mid-1960s and early 1970s, the group was also one of the first Jamaican acts to perform widely in Britain. Their debut album Engine 54 was originally released in 1968 and sounds far more rocksteady than ska, recorded with Tommy McCook and the Supersonics. Few if any other acts brought '60s soul and Jamaican rhythms together with such entrancing results.

TRACK LISTING

Side A
1. Engine 54
2. My Love
3. You Got The Dough
4. Train To Skaville
5. Give Me Your Love

Side B
1. Train To Glory
2. Long Time Now
3. Woman's World
4. Unchanged Love
5. Come On Now

Chapterhouse released two albums during their existence, Whirlpool (1991) and Blood Music (1993). Their debut album is a fantastic example of shoegaze at its best. The wall of sound approach is built around dance music structures and creates some heavy grooves.

TRACK LISTING

Side A
1. Breather
2. Pearl
3. Autosleeper
4. Treasure

Side B
1. Falling Down
2. April
3. Guilt
4. If You Want Me
5. Something More

One of the most famous Dutch bands ever is Shocking Blue. The band released some of their best-selling hits all around the world, including the still standing "Venus". It´s one of the many songs which can be found on the double LP Single Collection Part 1. This collection was originally released in 1997 and consisted of 28 of their best tracks, including "Pickin' Tomatoes", "Never Marry a Railroad Man", and "Mighty Joe". Also included are Robbie's powerful B-sides like "Fireball of Love", "Hot Sand', "Wild Wind", and "Roll Engine Roll".

TRACK LISTING

Side A:
1. Love Is In The Air
2. What You Gonna Do
3. Lucy Brown Is Back In Town
4. Fix Your Hair Darling
5. Send Me A Postcard
6. Harley Davidson
7. Long And Lonesome Road
8. Fireball Of Love

Side B:
1. Venus
2. Hot Sand
3. Mighty Joe
4. Wild Wind
5. Never Marry A Railroad Man
6. Roll Engine Roll
7. Hello Darkness

Side C:
1. Pickin' Tomatoes
2. Shocking You
3. Waterloo
4. Blossom Lady
5. Is This A Dream
6. Out Of Sight Out Of Mind

Side D:
1. I Like You
2. Inkpot
3. Give My Love To The Sunrise
4. Rock In The Sea
5. Broken Heart
6. Eve And The Apple
7. When I Was A Girl

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 

Following the success of Curve's debut full-length Doppelgänger, which nearly hit the U.K. Top 10, the British group went in a darker, moodier direction with 1993 follow-up Cuckoo. Opener "Missing Link" is furious and aggressive, coming closer to Ministry-style industrial than the group's previous work, but other songs are slower, more atmospheric, and a bit more experimental. "Superblaster" is a bit closer to the poppiness of Doppelgänger's highlights and was released as a single.

TRACK LISTING

Side A
1. Missing Link
2. Crystal
3. Men Are From Mars Women Are From Venus
4. All Of One
5. Unreadable Communication

Side B
1. Turkey Crossing
2. Super Blaster
3. Left Of Mother
4. Sweetest Pie
5. Cuckoo

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 #1 in the UK Albums Chart. We Started Nothing spawned no less than six hit singles, including "That's Not My Name", which reached #1 on the UK Singles Chart. Eventually, the band, the album and several singles and videos were nominated for a variety of NME, MTV, Grammy Award 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

Dead Elvis is the debut studio album by British band Death in Vegas, which was originally released in 1997. It featured a blend of musical genres, but most of the tracks are mainly based in dub and electronic dance music. This was the only Death in Vegas album to feature original member Steve Hellier. A limited vinyl run of Dead Elvis was released in 1997 but didn't feature the complete album. The complete Dead Elvis album, including the singles "Dirt", "Rocco" & "Rekkit" is now for the first time available on vinyl.

TRACK LISTING

Side A
1. All That Glitters
2. Opium Shuffle
3. GBH

Side B
1. Dirt
2. Rocco
3. Rekkit

Side C
1. I Spy
2. Amber

Side D
1. Rematerialised
2. 68 Balcony
3. Sly

Man in Black may be the 38th album by Johnny Cash, but it is definitely one of the most memorable album in his discography. Man in Black is perhaps one of Cash's most political albums and the title refers to Cash's tendency to wear only black during his live shows. This was to reflect the turbulent times during the Vietnam War. This message is also reflected in the album's lyrics. The singles “Man in Black” and “Singin' in Viet Nam Talkin' Blues” can be seen as his most important protest songs. Both singles were successful on the Billboard Country charts. All this makes the album a unique milestone in his career and still a must for all Johnny Cash fans

TRACK LISTING

Side A
1. The Preacher Said, “Jesus Said” (With Billy Graham)
2. Orphan Of The Road
3. You’ve Got A New Light Shining In Your Eyes
4. If Not For Love
5. Man In Black

Side B
1. Singin’ In Viet Nam Talkin’ Blues
2. Ned Kelly
3. Look For Me (With June Carter Cash)
4. Dear Mrs.
5. I Talk To Jesus Every Day (With June Carter Cash)

Back in Your Life was released in 1979 under the Jonathan Richman & The Modern Lovers moniker, but only half the album featured the backup band. The other half of the album features Richman as a solo artist. The Modern Lovers were formed by Richman and included Leroy Radcliffe on guitar, Asa Brebner on bass and Denotra 'D' Sharpe on drums. Occasionally, they were joined by Richman's friend and The Real Kids' band leader John Felice.

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

It's Great When You're Straight... Yeah contains 10 catchy songs with influences from indie-pop, alternative, funk, disco, with rough guitar, rapping all glued together and produced by American Danny Saber. Upon release in 1993, the debut album immediately charted #1 in the UK Albums chart and was certified Platinum. It's Great When You're Straight... Yeah includes the UK Top 2- singles "Reverend Black Grape", "In the Name of The Father" and "Kelly's Heroes".

Black Grape was founded by former members of The Happy Mondays, Shaun Ryder and Bez (a.k.a. Mark Berry). New band members included rappers Paul "Kermit" Leveridge, Carl "Psycho" McCarthy, drummer Ged Lynch (all three from the first wave of UK hip-hop, and influential Hulme, Manchester act Ruthless Rap Assassins), guitarist Paul Wagstaff (from the Paris Angels), and Oli "Dirtycash" Dillon on ocarina.

TRACK LISTING

Side A
1. Reverend Black Grape
2. In The Name Of The Father
3. Tramazi Parti
4. Kelly's Heroes
5. Yeah Yeah Brother

Side B
1. A Big Day In The North
2. Shake Well Before Opening
3. Submarine
4. Shake Your Money
5. Little Bob

Statues is the fourth and final studio album by English/Irish electronic music duo Moloko, first released in 2003. The whole album is set up around the different stages of a romantic relationship and how things can fall apart. This fresh album charted all over Europe and eventually went on to become their most popular record. Roisin's voice and the fine handling of the album's instrumentation sets Moloko apart from many other dance duos. The best part of the amazing love between them is coming to an end, making this the ultimate final by the duo.

TRACK LISTING

Side A
1. Familiar Feeling
2. Come On
3. Cannot Contain This

Side B
1. Statues
2. Forever More

Side C
1. Blow X Blow
2. 100%
3. The Only Ones

Side D
1. I Want You
2. Over & Over

Through his operas, his symphonies, his compositions for his own ensemble, and his wide-ranging collaborations with artists ranging from Twyla Tharp to Allen Ginsberg, Woody Allen to David Bowie, Philip Glass has had an extraordinary and unprecedented impact upon the musical and intellectual life of his times.

The operas - Einstein on the Beach, Satyagraha, and Akhnaten among many others - play throughout the world's leading houses, and rarely to an empty seat. Glass has written music for experimental theater and for Academy Award-winning motion pictures. Glass is the first composer to win a wide, multi-generational audience in the opera house, the concert hall, the dance world, in film and in popular music - simultaneously. Much of his early work was based on the extended reiteration of brief, elegant melodic fragments that wove in and out of an aural tapestry. Or, to put it another way, it immersed a listener in a sort of sonic weather that twists, turns, surrounds, develops.

In the past 30 years, Glass has composed more than twenty-five operas, large and small; twelve symphonies; three piano concertos and concertos for violin, piano, timpani, and saxophone quartet and orchestra; soundtracks to films ranging from new scores for the stylized classics of Jean Cocteau to Errol Morris's documentary about former defense secretary Robert McNamara; string quartets; a growing body of work for solo piano and organ.

TRACK LISTING

Side A
1. Lightning (Songs From Liquid Days)
2. Facades (Glassworks)
3. A Gentleman's Honor (The Photographer)
4. Primacy Of Number (Naqoyqatsi)

Side B
1. Metamorphosis IV (Liquid Days, Part II)
2. Open The Kingdom (Liquid Days, Part II)
3. Dance II (In The Upper Room)
4. Dance VIII (In The Upper Room)

Side C
1. Glasspiece #1 (Rubric From Glassworks)
2. Changing Opinion (Songs From Liquid Days)
3. Opening (Glassworks)

Side D
1. Floe (Glassworks)
2. Funeral Of Amenhotep Iii (Akhnaten)
3. Point Blank (Naqoyqatsi)

Side E
1. Wichita Vortex Sutra
2. Forgetting (Songs From Liquid Days)
3. Dance IX (In The Upper Room)

Side F
1. The Dam (Itaipú)
2. Definition (Naqoyqatsi)
3. Protest (Satyagraha)
4. Evening Song (Satyagraha)

Side G
1. Hymn To The Sun (Akhnaten)
2. Trial – Prison (Einstein On The Beach)
3. Akhnaten And Nefertiti (Akhnaten)
4. Kuru Field Of Justice (Satyagraha)
5. Knee Play 1 (Einstein On The Beach)

Side H
1. Tolstoy Farm (Satyagraha)
2.Window Of Appearances (Akhnaten)
3. Bed (Einstein On The Beach)
4. Epilogue (Akhnaten)
5. Knee Play 5 (Einstein On The Beach)

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

Cosmic Sounds is a collaborative concept album, based on the signs of the Zodiac and originally released in 1967 by Elektra Records. Mort Garson, who is known for his collaborations with Doris Day and Glen Campbell, was asked to compose the psychedelic rock music and record it together with producer and The Limeliters co-founder Alex Hassilev. Different session musicians were brought in to contribute to the recordings, including most notably Moog synth guru Paul Beaver and narrator Cyrus Faryar.

TRACK LISTING

Side A
1. Aries - The Fire-Fighter
2. Taurus - The Voluptuary
3. Gemini - The Cool Eye
4. Cancer - The Moon Child
5. Leo - The Lord Of Lights
6. Virgo - The Perpetual Perfectionist

Side B
1. Libra - The Flower Child
2. Scorpio - The Passionate Hero
3. Sagittarius - The Versatile Daredevil
4. Capricorn - The Uncapricious Climber
5. Aquarius - The Lover Of Life
6. Pisces - The Peace Piper

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)

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

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

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

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)

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

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 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?

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

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

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

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

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).

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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 

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

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

"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