Cream’s groundbreaking third album is chronicled on this special 3LP expanded edition of 'WHEELS OF FIRE: IN THE STUDIO'.

The 3LP set features a newly remastered stereo version of the nine-track studio portion of 'Wheels Of Fire'. Originally released in 1968 utilising CSG processed recordings, this newly remastered de-CSG’d version now presents the album phase corrected, delivering the recordings with greater detail and a crisp soundstage.

Also included is a newly remastered mono version of the studio album. This mono version, sourced from the late Cream producer Felix Pappalardi’s personal reference reels, has never been issued before.

The set also includes a newly compiled rarities collection featuring 11 rare recordings, eight of which are previously unreleased. These include early versions, alternate mixes and single versions. Highlights of this collection include 'WHITE ROOM (EARLY VERSION MONO MIX)' and 'DESERTED CITIES OF THE HEART (MONO ROUGH MIX / NO STRINGS)', alongside six additional alternate stereo and mono mixes.

This 180g black vinyl release is presented in a gatefold sleeve complete with a metallic Pantone finish.

TRACK LISTING

LP1 - Wheels Of Fire: In The Studio Phase Corrected 2026 Remaster
Previously Unreleased Phase Corrected (De-Csg’D) Version:
1. White Room 
2. Sitting On Top Of The World 
3. Passing The Time 
4. As You Said 
5. Pressed Rat And Warthog 
6. Politician 
7. Those Were The Days 
8. Born Under A Bad Sign 
9. Deserted Cities Of The Heart

LP2 - Wheels Of Fire: In The Studio Mono Mix Reference Reels
Previously Unreleased Mono Mixes:
1. White Room (Mono Mix) 
2. Sitting On Top Of The World (Mono Mix) 
3. Passing The Time (Long Version) (Mono Mix) 
4. As You Said (Mono Mix) 
5. Pressed Rat And Warthog (With Spoken Intro) (Mono Mix) 
6. Politician (Mono Mix) 
7. Those Were The Days (Mono Mix) 
8. Born Under A Bad Sign (Mono Mix) 
9. Deserted Cities Of The Heart (Mono Mix)

LP3 - Wheels Of Fire: In The Studio Rarities
Early Versions, Alternate Mixes And Single Versions + Previously Unreleased:
1. White Room (Stereo Us Single Edit) 
2. Sitting On Top Of The World (Alternate Stereo Mix) 
3. Passing The Time (Alternate Long Stereo Mix) 
4. As You Said (Alternate Stereo Mix) 
5. Politician (Alternate Stereo Mix) 
6. Anyone For Tennis (Stereo Single Version) 
7. White Room (Early Version Mono Mix) 
8. Deserted Cities Of The Heart (Rough Mono Mix / No Strings) 
9. Pressed Rat And Warthog (Alternate Mono Mix) 
10. As You Said (Alternate Mono Mix) 
11. Anyone For Tennis (Mono Single Version) 

Deep and moody roots from The Congos, delivered with their signature harmonies. Originally released on their debut 1977 LP, with a different mix later released on 7” single. We are happy to say you will be treated to both mixes + dub on one glorious 10”.

Another gem from the Black Ark, released by Studio 16.

TRACK LISTING

Original LP Mix
7" Mix
7" Version

Soul Jazz Records celebrate 25 years of working in partnership with Studio One with brand new editions of five of their bestselling classic Studio One collections, released as special edition card wallet CD (where applicable) and one-off pressing coloured double vinyl editions.

‘STUDIO ONE CLASSICS’ features a non-stop selection of stone-cold classic Studio One killers! Spanning 40 years of the legendary label, this album is a celebration of the music of Studio One Records and features a who’s who of Jamaican rReggae: Bob Marley, The Heptones, Horace Andy, Sugar Minott, Don Drummond, Prince Jazzbo and more.

This collection contains numerous legendary tracks, including Bob Marley and The Wailers’ ‘Simmer Down’, ‘Love Me Forever’ by Carlton & His Shoes, Slim Smith’s ‘Rougher Yet’, Horace Andy’s ‘Fever’, Alton Ellis’s ‘I’m Just A Guy’, The Skatalites’ blazing ‘Confucious’ and loads more.

Studio One produced hundreds of hits and this selection includes some of the label’s most enduring songs. It is simply impossible to imagine modern Jamaican music without Clement ‘Coxsone’ Dodd, founder of the iconic Studio One where virtually every singer and musician of note in reggae cut their teeth.

Studio One's output spans over four decades, all represented here. Coxsone Dodd pioneered nearly every new form of Jamaican music as it developed over time and this album includes Ska, Dancehall, Roots, Rocksteady, DJ, Lovers and more.

If you’re after a primer on the Studio One sound, this is probably the best entry of the many Soul Jazz Studio One releases.

TRACK LISTING

The Skatalites – El Pussy Ska
Carlton and the Shoes – Love Me Forever
Sound Dimension – Rockfort Rock
Johnny Osbourne – Sing Jah Stylee
The Heptones – Pretty Looks Isn’t All
Slim Smith – Rougher Yet
Lone Ranger – Automatic
Horace Andy – Fever
Prince Jazzbo – School
The Wailers – Simmer Down
Burning Spear – Rocking Time
Alton Ellis – I’m Just A Guy
Sugar Minott – Oh Mr DC
Jennifer Lara – Consider Me
Don Drummond – Confucious
Michigan and Smiley – Rub A Dub Style
Sound Dimension – Full Up
Dennis Brown – No Man Is An Island

Soul Jazz Records celebrate 25 years of working in partnership with Studio One with brand new editions of five of their best-selling classic Studio One collections, released as special edition card wallet CD (where applicable) and one-off pressing coloured double vinyl editions.

‘Studio One Dub’ features classic and rare dub tracks from Studio One, many available on vinyl for the first time in over thirty years.

Included here are the dub versions of many classic tracks such as Horace Andy’s ‘Skylarking’, Johnny Osbourne’s ‘Truth and Rights’, John Holt’s ‘Hooligan’ and Freddie McGregor’s ‘Bobby Bobylon’ plus a host of super-rare dub cuts.

This album also comes complete with two rare interviews - one with Clement “Sir Coxsone” Dodd talking about dub and dubplates, and one with sound engineer Sylvan Morris, talking about his ground-breaking period at Studio One and his many innovations that he evolved there. In short, this is a 100% essential album!

TRACK LISTING

Dub Specialist – Bionic Dub
Dub Specialist – Take A Ride Version
Dub Specialist – Sky Rhythm
Dub Specialist – Taurus Dub 2
Dub Specialist – Hooligan
Dub Specialist – Dub Rock
Dub Specialist – Rastaman Version
Dub Specialist – Jah Jah Version
Dub Specialist – Creator Version
Dub Specialist – Running Dub
Dub Specialist – Hi Fashion Dub
Dub Specialist – Pretty Version
Dub Specialist – Race Track Version
Dub Specialist – Spawning
Dub Specialist – In Cold Blood Version
Dub Specialist – Chase Them Version
Dub Specialist – Feel The Dub

Soul Jazz Records celebrate 25 years of working in partnership with Studio One with brand new editions of five of their best-selling classic Studio One collections, released as special edition one-off pressing coloured double vinyl editions.

‘STUDIO ONE FUNK’ is made up of rare and unreleased reggae funk from the vaults of Studio One. Ever since the birth of funk in America, the sound has been an ever-present ingredient in the melting pot of Studio One’s musical output.

The music here is a combination of originals and USA soul and funk covers. Jackie Mittoo shows his appreciation for Booker T and The MGs, the studio group at Memphis’s famous Stax Records, with a previously unreleased version of ‘Hang ‘Em High’. Booker T’s superfunky ‘Melting Pot’ is also covered by the little-known Underground Vegetables.

Other covers include Isaac Hayes’ classic ‘Shaft’ by Cedric Brooks - another unreleased gem, straight from the master tapes. Motown gets a look in with Alton’s stripped-down version of the Spinners classic ‘It’s A Shame’, written by Stevie Wonder and Syreeta. James Brown is checked with the J.B.’s-inspired rare groove of Lee Arab’s ‘Now’. Lloyd Williams similarly does a fine Kingston-style version of the hardest working man in showbusiness on ‘Reggae Feet’.

Version-wise, we have ‘Idleberg’, Cedric Brooks’ tough instrumental cut to Horace Andy’s seminal ‘Skylarking’. Pablove Black’s cut of Sidewalk Doctor (aka Poco Tempo) is one of a handful of Studio One releases featuring Augustus Pablo’s trademark instrument, the melodica, played by Black himself.

Add to these original cuts from Studio One’s heavyweight session players, including Leroy Sibbles, Jackie Mittoo, Leroy Sibbles, Eric Frater, Richard Ace, Vin Gordon and more and you have one of the finest selections of reggae and funk you will ever hear.

TRACK LISTING

Cedric Im Brooks – Shaft
Alton Ellis – African Descendants
Pablove Black – Poco Tempo
Lloyd Williams – Reggae Feet
Jackie Mittoo – Hang ‘Em High
Cedric Im Brooks – Idleberg
Prince Francis – Beat Down Babylon
Lee Arab – Now
Soul Bros – 007
Prince Moonie – See A Man’s Face
Im and Sound Dimension – Love Jah
Leroy Sibbles – Do Your Thing
The Sharks – Music Answer
Underground Vegetables – Melting Pot
Devon Russell – You Found Heaven
Vin Gordon – Steady Beat
Alton Ellis – It’s A Shame
Roy Richards – Another Day
Delroy Wilson – Funky Broadway

Soul Jazz Records celebrate 25 years of working in partnership with Studio One with brand new editions of five of their bestselling classic Studio One collections, released as special edition card wallet CD (where applicable) and one-off pressing coloured double vinyl editions.

‘Studio One Roots’ set the standard for Soul Jazz Records’ long-standing series and features many of the classic artists from Clement “Sir Coxsone” Dodd’s mighty roster of reggae.

This album includes Freddie McGregor, Willie Williams, Cornell Campbell, Alton Ellis, Devon Russell alongside some of the defining in-house groups of Jamaican reggae history - The Sound Dimension, Brentford All-Stars, The Skatalites, New Establishment and more. The album is filled with a mixture of seminal cuts and super-rarities from the vast vaults of 13 Brentford Road.

Stand-out tracks include Alton Ellis’s ‘Blackish White’, a surreal and powerful Afro-centric dream, Count Ossie’s Rastafarian drummers’ genre-defying interpretation of Booker T and The MGs ‘Meditation’, Willie Williams awe-inspiring versioning of The Skatalites’ seminal Rastafari anthem ‘Addis Ababa’ and many, many more.

Original sleevenotes by Lloyd Bradley (author of ‘When Reggae Was King’), compiled by Mark Ainley (Honest Jons), high-quality Soul Jazz mastering, wicked images of Count Ossie and the Mystic Revelation of Rastafari on the cover, and a rare image of Clement Dodd and musicians inside the studio at Studio One on the full colour inner sleeves.

TRACK LISTING

The Cyclones with Count Ossie – Meditation
Cornell Campbell – Natty Don't Go
Freddie McGregor – Africa Here I Come
Bunnie & Skitter – Lumumbo
Willie Williams – Addis A Baba
L Crosdale – Set Me Free
Leroy Wallace – Far Beyond
Lennie Hibbert – More Creation
Alton Ellis – Blackish White
Winston Jarrett – Fear Not
Devon Russell – Drum Song
The Gaylads – Africa
Black Brothers – School Children
Linton Cooper – You'll Get Your Pay
Sound Dimension – Congo Rock
Zoot Simms – African Challenge

Soul Jazz Records celebrate 25 years of working in partnership with Studio One with brand new editions of five of their best-selling classic Studio One collections, released as special edition card wallet CD (where applicable) and one-off pressing coloured double vinyl editions.

A blistering collection of non-stop ska classic tunes featuring classic cuts from the originators of ska alongside a heavy dose of superb rarities from the mighty vaults of 13 Brentford Road - pure fire!

This compilation features classic tracks from The Skatalites, Bob Marley & The Wailers and Delroy Wilson alongside super-rare tracks from the likes of Ken Boothe, The Maytals, Jackie Mittoo, Tommy McCook and many more.

Clement “Sir Coxsone” Dodd’s musical empire was founded on ska, the first explosive and most exciting music to come out of newly independent Jamaica.

This album is a celebration of the music of Studio One Records’ seminal ska releases and features a who’s who of some of the most important artists in the history of reggae music.

TRACK LISTING

Jackie Mittoo – El Bang Bang
Ken Boothe & Stranger Cole – Arte Bella
The Wailers – (I'm Gonna) Put It On
The Skatalites – Addis Ababa
Roland Alphonso – President Kennedy
Joe Higgs – (I'm The) Song My Enemies Sing
The Skatalites – Beardsman Ska
Delroy Wilson – I Want Justice
Tommy McCook's Orchestra – Sampson
The Ethiopians – I'm Gonna Take Over
Tommy McCook – Freedom Sounds
The Maytals – Marching On
The Skatalites – Exodus
Roland Alphonso – Look Away Ska
Don Drummond – Don Cosmic
Roland Alphonso – Scambalena
Andy & Joey – You're Wondering Now

Long out of print, this limited reissue of 2023's groundbreaking Underground Rap hit, 'Maps', by billy woods & Kenny Segal features all new artwork.

For the first time since their epic 2019 album, 'Hiding Places', billy woods teams with Kenny Segal (producer) to bring us, 'Maps', billy woods' most accessible album to date. A-list features include: Danny Brown, Sam Herring (Future Islands), Aesop Rock, Elucid, Benjamin Booker, and more.

TRACK LISTING

1. Kenwood Speakers
2. Soft Landing
3. Soundcheck
4. Rapper Weed
5. Blue Smoke
6. Bad Dreams Are Only Dreams
7. Babylon by Bus
8. Year Zero ft Danny Brown
9. Hangman
10. Baby Steps
11. The Layover
12. FaceTime ft Samuel T. Herring
13. Agriculture
14. Houdini
15. Waiting Around
16. NYC Tapwater
17. As the Crow Flies

This reissue marks the creation of Silver Apples Foundation, which is both a non profit organisation and new imprint whose mission is to honour the legacy wishes of Simeon Coxe to preserve the memory of Silver Apples by promoting electronic music and the setting up of an electronic music scholarship fund. This release will be followed later in the year with the long awaited Silver Apples biography, ‘Electronic Evocations', by music journalist and writer Kris Needs. This version of 'Oscillations' was the last ever recording by Simeon at his ChickenCoop studio in Fairhope Alabama in 2019 and captures how he liked to play it live. Backed with the late Andrew Weatherall's remix of 'The Edge of Wonder', taken from Silver Apples last ever album 'Clinging to a Dream'. The sleeve art features an Oscillator drawn by Simeon in 2014, while the back cover uses the original Silver Apples logo. But to make this release extra special it comes with a Silver Apples slipmat, featuring the iconic Apples logo

TRACK LISTING

1. Oscillations Studio Mix
2. The Edge Of Wonder

Studio Kosmische’s music is rooted deeply in the ethos of the 1970s krautrock movement. Blending psychedelic instrumentation with a healthy disregard for conventional song form, this is music intended to encourage altered states. Primarily the solo project of musician and producer Dom Keen, usually working in collaboration with fellow musician and label mate Jonathan Parkes. Through Keen’s influences and ongoing collaborations, SK has carved out a niche within modern kosmische and psychedelic music, creating immersive journeys that blur the boundaries between inner and outer space.

STAFF COMMENTS

Barry says: BOOM! Dom Keen's superb Studio Kosmische project returns for another selection of deeply evocative Harmonia-flavoured krautrock, wonderfully rich and almost dubby in parts, showing the true range of emotion that Keen and Parkes manage to eke out of their instruments. This time sees a much more loose, improvisational spirit, but results in something that feels a lot more organic while retaining the core spirit. Brilliant.

TRACK LISTING

1. The Sorcerers Gather
2. In Search Of Magick
3. Golden Dunes
4. Esoteric Modulation
5. The Great Author Of The Universe
6. As Above, So Below
7. Eternal Dream Musick

Samo DJ, undeniable legend of global oddball house, finally debuts on hometown label Studio Barnhus after a decade-long, winding courtship and frequent collaborations with SB mainstays like Baba Stiltz and Pedrodollar. Every atom of his singular craft is on display as tracks like "Third Guitar" distill disco tradition, club futurism and hip-hop attitude into cuts only Samo could deliver. Pressed on DJ-friendly 12'' vinyl, complete with a printed love letter from Stockholm underground hero, Nasty Nate.

STAFF COMMENTS

Matt says: More barn-stomping, hillbilly house music from Axel Bowman's Studio Barnhus label. Oddball maverick Samo DJ mans the hay bales for this psychedelic-tinged excursion.

TRACK LISTING

A1. Third Guitar
A2. Third Guitar (Robin Graham remix)
B1. Feel Good (Pedrodollar Edit)
B2. Olive Grove

Backwoodz Studioz release 'Crayola Circles', a collaboration between rapper Fatboi Sharif and producer Child Actor. While both artists have long standing connections to Backwoodz, this album marks their first collaboration of any kind and breaks new artistic ground for all parties.

Sharif’s previous album, 'Decay', released on Backwoodz in 2023, was a haunting experimental rap masterpiece, an acid trip in a mental hospital. On 'Crayola Circles' Sharif trades menacing psychedelia for a simmering stew of blacklight expressionism, his verses slipping effortlessly through the swells and tides of Child Actor’s masterful production. No matter how uneasy the waves grow, Sharif is at ease, a truth teller whispering anti-riddles in your ear. This album feels like a new chamber for Child Actor, as well. The producer has been on an impressive run since dropping 'CINE'- a collaboration with rapper Cavalier- on Backwoodz in late 2024. Child Actor has shown up in the liner notes of everyone from Navy Blue ('The Sword & The Soaring') to Earl Sweatshirt ('Live, Laugh, Love') to ELUCID ('Revelator') to Open Mike Eagle ('Neighborhood Gods Unlimited'), to Ghais Guevara ('A Quest to Self-Mythologize'), amongst others. On 'Crayola Circles' Child Actor’s production is dynamic, shifting and sliding into new phases and movements in an instant. The beats are full and knotty, leaning into jazz and folk, while remaining tethered to the tender minimalism that is his signature. It’s a difficult balance for any producer, and here it is executed perfectly, placing us in a world of wood and brass, cowhide and undersea piano. On any other record, this soundscape would steal the show — and it very nearly does — but Sharif’s command never wavers, ever in control; a lucid dreamer in an induced coma.
There are no guests, no skits, and no interludes. There might not even be songs, instead 'Crayola Circles' seems akin to a great river; singular, traversing forest and jungle, mountain and valley, running from mouth to endless sea.

TRACK LISTING

1. Six Figurines
2. Assassination Tapes
3. How To Disinfect A Live Grenade
4. Chemo Crystal Ball
5. Saltwater Tantrums
6. Night Terrors
7. Recognition
8. Diagnosis
9. Crayola Circles Of Creativity
10. ANGER
11. Chinese Sunrise
12. Kwaidan Snowstorm
13. Leon Ichaso
14. Willow Trees
15. The Destitute Stashspot

THIS IS A RECORD STORE DAY 2026 EXCLUSIVE AND WILL BE AVAILABLE INSTORE ON SATURDAY APRIL 18TH ON A FIRST COME FIRST SERVED BASIS, LIMITED TO ONE PER PERSON.

IF THERE ARE ANY REMAINING COPIES THEY WILL BE MADE AVAILABLE ONLINE AT 8PM (BST) ON MONDAY APRIL 20th).

The Residents present Randy, Chuck and Bob In The Studio refers to a period when the avant-garde (former eyeballs in top hats) used these three pseudonyms to represent themselves as an offbeat power trio, performing and releasing music with a focus on studio versions of live material. This concept was part of the "Randy, Chuck and Bob Trilogy," which included tours and albums between 2010 and 2016. Presented here on vinyl for the very first time, Residents fans and collectors can expect a trippy treat of rare demos, rehearsal sessions, live jams, sonic experiments and remixes. All lovingly slung together on fine wax to wrap your ears around for Record Store Day 2026.

THIS IS A RECORD STORE DAY 2026 EXCLUSIVE AND WILL BE AVAILABLE INSTORE ON SATURDAY APRIL 18TH ON A FIRST COME FIRST SERVED BASIS, LIMITED TO ONE PER PERSON.

IF THERE ARE ANY REMAINING COPIES THEY WILL BE MADE AVAILABLE ONLINE AT 8PM (BST) ON MONDAY APRIL 20th).

Limited edition one-off pressing transparent green double vinyl exclusive for RSD 2026
Studio One Sound is the classic Studio One collection from Soul Jazz Records. Described as ‘The University of Reggae’ by Chris Blackwell, Studio One, and founder Clement ‘Sir Coxsone’ Dodd are by far the most-important names in the history of reggae music.
Originally released in 2012 this album has been out of print for many years making it one of the most-collectible of Soul Jazz Records’ Studio One Series. This is the first ever colour vinyl edition of this classic album.
This album is newly fully remastered for vinyl by Jason Goz at Transition.

Two turntables and a microphone. There is a truth in the clarity of that simple coda, a truth that also belies the breadth of what is possible within its confines. Sometimes you gotta get reminded. 'I Guess U Had To Be There', the new album from NYC rapper ELUCID and veteran producer Sebb Bash, is one of those ones. So fresh it sounds like it was made tomorrow, but bet money you could put this on in ’89 and get heads bopping.

There are moments in music when masters of their craft cross paths at the height of their respective powers—records like Madvillainy, Liquid Swords, Dr. Octagonecologyst, and Hell Hath No Fury—where the result is more than the sum of its parts. ELUCID and Sebb Bash find themselves in this heady, seemingly effortless ephemera on 'I Guess U Had To Be There'. Everything is both familiar and groundbreaking. The beats shift and flip under ELUCID’s feet but he tightropes it all, delivery nimble as a mountain goat, producer and rapper moving in perfect synchronization. Some shining stars make memorable appearances: billy woods, Breezly Brewin, Estee Nack, Shabaka Hutchings. But this is a two-man show, and the duo keep the spotlight where it belongs. 'I Guess U Had To Be There' is a captivating, convention-defying listen and a high-water mark for two of the best artists in the genre.

TRACK LISTING

1. First Light
2. Cantata
3. Hands N Feet (feat. Estee Nack)
4. Make Me Wise
5. Coonspeak
6. Equiano (feat. Shabaka Hutchings)
7. The Lorax (feat. Billy Woods)
8. Fainting Goats (feat. Breeze Brewin)
9. I Say Self
10. Visitation Place
11. Alive Herbals
12. Parental Advisory

Next Feral Child off the blocks sees a monster of a double a side from long term label favourites, Studio Kosmische.

2 superb covers of the classic Cluster tune 'Caramel' from the legendary 1974 LP 'Zuckerzeit'. Recorded in January, both versions (entitled 'Crème Caramel' and 'Salted Caramel') are absolute beauties.

For a little background, over to SK mainman Dom Keen: SK is an experimental electronic project, rooted deeply, as the name suggests, in the ethos of German 1970s kosmische music. Blending drones, psychedelic instrumentation and sound design into immersive, otherworldly deep listening—this is music intended to encourage and accompany an altered state.

Primarily the solo project of British musician and producer Dom Keen, it also reflects collaborations with key contributors. Keen is also known for his work with The Hologram People and as a touring musician with Quantic and Death in Vegas. A close collaborator is Jonathan Parkes, founder of Dreamlord Recordings. Drawing on a background in sonic experimentation, Studio Kosmische channels the ethos of 1970s cosmic music—expansive synth textures, open structures, and a disregard for conventional song form.

This release serves as a tribute to two of kosmische’s founding figures, Hans-Joachim Roedelius and Dieter Moebius, of Cluster, the track “Caramel” originally appeared on the 1974 album Zuckerzeit”

TRACK LISTING

1. Crème Caramel
2. Salted Caramel

Following the well received "Prince Philip Presents..." 2xLP compilation from last year, here's a lovely overview of the second phase of Philip's career, as engineer & producer at his own studio, HC&F. These ten tracks comprise our favorites from his production catalog, spanning the mid '80s when the studio really got going, right up until 1996 and his last set of proper productions. The album holds a mix of well known classics like the Garnett Silk, lesser known album only cuts like the Frankie Paul, NY dancehall 12" staples like the Scion Success or Shelene, as well as some lesser known gems. We'd be remiss in not mentioning that this album also contains two previously unreleased cuts - a wicked mid '80s Tony Tuff, and the wild vocoder laden 1985 theme song for Philip's "Get Smart" radio show, which ran for many many years on New York University's WNYU radio station.

TRACK LISTING

A1. Philip Smart - Get Smart Theme
A2. Sammy Levi - Come Off The Road
A3. Lilly Melody - Promotion & Stripe
A4. Scion Success - Cry Fi Mi Girl
A5. Tom And Jerry Horns - Autumn Leaves
B1. Tony Tuff - Hit And Run
B3. Shelene - Where Does It Go From Here
B4. Frankie Paul - Plastic Smile
B5. Half Pint - Don't Try To Use Me

Anthony Naples returns with his seventh full length album, "In Studio Magic," comprised of ten new songs. A departure from the serene, dubbed out house off his last excursion; "In Studio Magic", moves in a more non-linear fashion, merging electro-acoustic elements and a dubwise sensibility into something resembling modern electro-avant-jazz! Still executed with the delicate finesse we've come to expect from this NYC legend; it's a seriously intriguing listening, allowing us access to a side of the producer's persona we haven't really been privy to before. Well worth a listen!

TRACK LISTING

A1. Harmonie
A2. Dustos
A3. Opal
A4. Fragment Memory
A5. Whisper
B1. Aris
B2. On Your Own Again
B3. May
B4. Yours Truly
B5 Perix

A spectacular return for Shakarchi & Stranéus, the legendary Gothenburg duo's softfocus magic in full display on four new tracks (the first of many to come apparently). Longtime Studio Barnhus heads will rejoice in familiar bliss from tracks like dreamhouse extravaganza "Donut Plains" and the triphop wonkiness of "Sandy Balls Resort", while "Emerald Hills" and "Royal Links" offer new, exciting pathways leading to unexpected territories and increased BPM levels.

TRACK LISTING

A1. Donut Plains
A2. Emerald Hill
B1. Royal Links
B2. Sandy Balls Resort

Kicking off a brand new subsidiary label from Studio 16. Featuring killer, Black Art dubplate style recordings from The Black Ark around the mid-70s. The first instalment features singers Keith Rowe & Texan Dixon. 
Recorded at The Black Ark in the mid-’70s with Lee “Scratch” Perry. These are unmissable recordings from the glory days of the genre. 

STAFF COMMENTS

Matt says: One of four utterly compelling and completely essential 10"s released from the golden era of The Black Ark. Just when you thought you'd heard all the Lee Perry mixes there was to hear, Studio 16 hit us with this salvo of roots and dub. The pressing and fidelity is ultra high, leaving us, as usual, scratching our heads as to how the Upsetter achieved such sonic majesty with such limited resources.

TRACK LISTING

1. Mix 1
2. Mix 2

The second of two new 10”s on a new subsidiary label from Studio 16. Black Art recordings, dubplate style, with singer Keith Rowe of Keith & Tex fame.
Recorded at Lee Perry's infamous studio in the mid-’70s. Essential recordings for anyone with a penchant for the golden years of dub reggae. 

STAFF COMMENTS

Matt says: Beautiful number from Keith Rowe with upbeat demeanor and an almost proto-Lover's feel to proceedings. Bass cut LOUD, with hi-hats sizzling with tape hiss and saturation. MMmmmhmmm :)

TRACK LISTING

1. Mix 1
2. Mix 2

Killer 10” on a new subsidiary label from Studio 16. Black Art dubplate style, featuring Carlton Jackson. Recorded at The Black Ark in the mid-’70s with Lee 'Scratch' Perry and previously unreleased. Unmissable dubwise roots! Limited copies. 

STAFF COMMENTS

Matt says: Poignant number from Carlton Jackson which harks back to the rocksteady style; discussing the enslavement of his peoples and with lush female chorus and Perry's iconic production. An early and unmissable nugget from The Black Ark.

TRACK LISTING

1. Mix 1
2. Mix 2

The first of two 10”s on a new subsidiary label from Studio 16. Black Art dubplate style, featuring singer George Faith.

Recorded at The Black Ark in the mid-’70s with Lee 'Scratch' Perry. Simply unmissable dubwise roots. Limited copies. 

STAFF COMMENTS

Matt says: Moody and sultry deep roots enhanced by the wild production genius of Perry at the dials.

TRACK LISTING

1. Mix 1
2. Mix 2

Axel Boman’s critically acclaimed double album "LUZ/Quest For Fire from 2022 gets a remix & dub treatment from one of Scandinavia's finest reggae-and-beyond soundsystems, Trensum Tribe.

'Great, now they sound better that the originals' said Axel when he heard the remixed versions for the first time, excitedly starting to collect the best ones for an album. Having been heavily inspired by Mad Professor’s work for Massive Attack since a young age (listen to "No Protection" for example), a project like this had been a dream of Axel Boman's for decades. There is a certain freedom that comes with remixing, where you can step outside yourself as a producer and take risks and chances you might not in your own work, and Trensum Tribe really took an adventurous new path when they approached this music. On this homage to soundsystem and rave culture, jungle, dub, disco and house all become best friends in front of a huge stack of homemade speakers, standing tall on fresh dew in a Swedish forest on a cold summer night.

TRACK LISTING

A1. Sottopassaggio Dub
A2. Gröna Dalen Dub
A3. ’Atra Dub
A4. Dub Grape
A5. One Two Dub
B1. Bhuka Dub
B2. Nowhere Good Dub
B3. Les Lèvres Dub
B4. My Dub Is Out Sailing
B5. Hold On Dub

The vinyl edition of Surge Studio Music gives punk and glam rock pioneer Spider Taylor's archival pornographic soundtracks the physical presence they deserve. Sourced from his 1985-86 work for Al Parker and Steve Scott's iconic Surge Studios, these tracks, which were crafted with drum machines, analogue synths and Steve Conrad's engineering, unfold with tactile depth. The reverb-soaked ambience of 'Rainforest,' the nocturnal pulse of 'Tech' and the sleazy, cinematic grooves take on a new dimension and highlight Taylor's adventurous blend of post-punk, synthwave and erotic atmosphere. Wrapped in Gwenael Rattke's striking artwork and with detailed liner notes, it's a definitive document of a lost queer musical world.

TRACK LISTING

Side 1
1."Stairs"
2."Rain Forest"
3."Cobra"
4."Coming Soon"

Side 2
1."Slow Bug"
2."Tech"
3."Hi Tech"
4."Strange Places, Strange Things"

Having recorded as Tyrannosaurus Rex since the mid-1960s, frontman, lyricist, poet and guitarist Marc Bolan entered the new decade with a new sound, a new band and a new, foreshortened name – ‘T. Rex’. In the process, he became Britain’s first new superstar of the seventies, embarking upon a breathtaking run of hit singles and studio albums that demonstrated his restless muse and showcased constant genre-defying creativity.

1970’s ‘T. Rex’ came in the wake of the chart success of ‘Ride A White Swan’ and formed a sonic bridge between the Tyrannosaurus Rex sound and a new electric glam that would bring him superstardom. The follow up, 1971’s all-time classic ‘Electric Warrior’ followed, a classics-packed collection of songs that included ‘Life’s A Gas’, ‘Jeepster’, ‘Get It On’ and ‘Cosmic Dancer’.

1972’s ‘The Slider’ was released at the peak of T. Rex mania (“T.Rexstasy”!) and delivered two UK No. 1 singles in the form of ‘Telegram Sam’ and ‘Metal Guru’, while 1973’s ‘Tanx’ pushed all the glam faders into the red on one of the most exciting rock albums of the decade.

1974’s ‘Zinc Alloy’ saw Bolan’s interest on the move, into a frenetic, more electric-soul glam sound with the introduction of R&B influences including funky keyboards and the gospel-sounding ‘Cosmic Choir’. Moving on again, 1975’s ‘Bolan’s Zip Gun’ caught the prevailing zeitgeist, channelling Bolan’s sound at times with a proto=Punk back-to-basics approach.

1976’s gorgeous ‘Futuristic Dragon’ was a late T. Rex classic, a mature and confident collection of timeless hooks and effortless melodies (including the hit single ‘New York City’). Finally, on further chart singles like ‘I Love To Boogie’ and ‘Light Of Love’ the last studio album before Bolan’s untimely death, 1977’s ‘Dandy In The Underworld’ still stands as a reminder of a huge talent the music world lost way too soon.

TRACK LISTING

LP/CD1 - T. REX
LP/CD2 - ELECTRIC WARRIOR
LP/CD3 - THE SLIDER
LP/CD4 - TANX
LP/CD5 - ZINC ALLOY
LP/CD6 - BOLAN’S ZIP GUN
LP/CD7 - FUTURISTIC DRAGON
LP/CD8 - DANDY IN THE UNDERWORLD 

"Stiletti City Tape Archives" is the fourth Stiletti-Ana album, showing off the Finnish mastermind’s talent for making electronic music that’s immediately inviting while generously rewarding the focused listener. Following stand-out work for labels like Public Possession and Höga Nord – not to mention all sorts of odd jobs within the Sex Tags multiverse – Stiletti-Ana presents his latest offering: eight irresistible jams cooked up in the hallowed halls of Helsinki’s Haista II studio.

Here, vintage and modern synths join forces with live drums and the occasional robot-voiced interjection, resulting in a body of work that’s dazzlingly off-kilter, rich in detail and instantly addictive. The artist himself states: “I think the music has a sense of urgency which relates to city life. Still,
Stiletti City is a small and cozy place, a bit freaky and not gentrified.” Stockholm label Studio Barnhus is delighted to invite fellow travelers into this secret town – welcoming, full of auditory surprises and gleefully hallucinatory. 

STAFF COMMENTS

Matt says: Intriguing sonic curio from the ever-intriguing Studio Barnhus who seem very adept at signing electronic artists with a degree of both production finesse and eccentric ingenuity.

TRACK LISTING

A1. Fifteen Steps To Fulfill The Dream
A2. Hang On A Minute
A3. Ai Jai Jai
A4. The Great Cloud Boogie
B1. Transformation
B2. Bermuda Beats
B3. Rytmos
B4. Crossing An End Of A Day In Thin Air

Looking back more than four years later at 'Haram', it is easier to see the forest for the trees. At the time, much of the attention fell on how this outsider duo would fare under the bright lights- which was fair, Armand Hammer had never done a single producer record before- and here they were working with a living legend. Now, with a little distance, it’s easier to see how Alchemist stepped out of his comfort zone to meet them where they were, and how all three artists then absconded for parts unknown. The flashbulb energy of 'Bring The Stars Out', asymmetric drone of 'Chicharrones', fugue-bounce of 'God’s Feet', and good luck finding analogues for 'Peppertree' or 'Stonefruit'. 'Haram' doesn’t sound like anything else in the ALC discography, nor in Armand Hammer’s, for that matter. Haram was a one-shot kill that somehow contained some of the most accessible work ELUCID and billy woods had ever done, as well as some of their most experimental, and it all sounded cohesive.

Needless to say, they didn’t do this alone; KAYANA’s golden voice upps the wattage on 'Black Sunlight', while Fielded’s sultry alto gets chopped and screwed on 'Aubergine'. Earl Sweatshirt’s cameo on the sun-soaked 'Falling Out the Sky' is already a classic. Curly Castro, Amani, and Quelle Chris all turn up the heat when called upon.

But since we are talking about retrospect here, the thing about 'Haram' isn’t that it still sounds as good as it did when it came out. The amazing thing is that it actually sounds even better than it did then. You don’t have to take our word for it either, run it up one time, with the lights low and something on ice, see if it doesn’t take you somewhere new, again.

TRACK LISTING

1. Sir Benni Miles
2. Roaches Don’t Fly
3. Black Sunlight Featuring KAYANA
4. Indian Summer
5. Aubergine Featuring Fielded
6. God’s Feet
7. Peppertree
8. Scaffolds
9. Falling Out The Sky Featuring Earl Sweatshirt
10. Wishing Bad Featuring Curly Castro & Amani
11. Chicharrones Featuring Quelle Chris
12. Squeegee
13. Robert Moses
14. Stonefruit

A collection of some of Simone's best ever recordings, originally released in 2017.

TRACK LISTING

Studio:
A1 My Baby Just Cares For Me
A2 Don't Smoke In Bed
A3 Mood Indigo
A4 Nobody Knows You When You're Down And Out
A5 Little Girl Blue
A6 Chilly Winds Don't Blow
A7 I Want A Little Sugar In My Bowl
B1 I Loves You, Porgy
B2 Gin House Blues
B3 For All We Know
B4 Forbidden Fruit
B5 Plain Gold Ring
B6 Love Me Or Leave Me Alone
B7 Children Go Where I Send You

Live:
C1 Black Is The Color Of My True Love's Hair
C2 The Other Woman
C3 Summertime
C4 Cotton Eyed Joe
C5 Wild Is The Wind
C6 Trouble In Mind
C7 Just In Time
D1 Ain't Got No / I Got Life
D2 Backlash Blues
D3 Mississippi Goddam
D4 Four Women
D5 Do What You Gotta Do
D6 My Baby Just Cares For Me

Armand Hammer and The Alchemist build worlds. Their first was 'Haram' and it remains locked in orbit, equal parts lush and foreboding. Their new one is called 'Mercy' and it’s made out of blood and empire, children’s laughter, unpaid parking tickets, and things that haven’t happened yet.

Rappers ELUCID and billy woods are joined on the mic by Earl Sweatshirt, Quelle Chris, Cleo Reed, Pink Siifu, Kapwani, and Silka. The Alchemist did everything else.

TRACK LISTING

1. Laraaji
2. Peshawar
3. Calypso Gene (feat. Silka & Cleo Reed)
4. Glue Traps (feat. Quelle Chris)
5. Scandinavia
6. Nil By Mouth
7. Dogeared (feat. Kapwani)
8. Crisis Phone (feat. Pink Siifu)
9. Moonbow
10. No Grabba
11. U Know My Body
12. Longjohns (feat. Quelle Chris & Cleo Reed)
13. California Games (feat. Earl Sweatshirt)
14. Super Nintendo

Following Mr Bongo's reissue of Studio Rio's exquisite Brazilian-infused take on Bill Withers' 'Lovely Day', which was one of the standout hits from last summer, we shine a light on another of their superb remakes

Masterminded and produced by the German, Grammy award- winning Berman Brothers, and using the same all-star cast behind the Bill Withers' reinterpretation, they put a joyous Brazilian twist on the Marvin Gaye classic 'Sexual Healing'. Rich in positivity and a pure end-of-the-night classic, this is another surefire winner to light up any occasion.

A project born out of Christian & Frank Berman's, aka the Berman Brothers, passion for Brazilian music, they had wondered what some of the all-time classic US soul songs would sound like if they had been recorded in Rio de Janeiro with the best Brazilian musicians. "The idea took root in the vibrant streets of Rio de Janeiro. Beyond the city's main carnival, countless neighbourhood block parties pulse with live samba drumming, colourful costumes, and a joyful mix of freedom, music, and cultural expression. The goal was to capture this spirit and channel it into Gaye's timeless hit," explain the Berman Brothers.

Heading to Rio in 2013, the brothers assembled a select team of top- level Brazilian musicians including many sidemen to one of Brazil's most influential composers, Tom Jobim. They brought in Torcuato Mariano, renowned for his work with Djavan and Gilberto Gil, to arrange the songs, drawing inspiration from classic '60s / '70s Brazilian samba recordings for this new remake. Another addition was Pretinho da Serrinha, one of Brazil's most acclaimed samba musicians, who worked with Seu Jorge, Caetano Veloso, and Lulu Santos. His masterful percussion and cavaquinho playing gave the track its irresistible summer energy.

Having spoken to Sony about their idea, they were given access to the multitrack tapes, meaning they could present Marvin's original vocal take with this reimagined Brazilian flavour. "Our goal was to create an authentic samba recording to accompany Marvin Gaye's vocal performance. We wanted to honour the original while creating something fresh - hoping people would feel as if the song had been recorded this way from the very beginning".

Remoulding Gaye's iconic lovers' anthem from 1982, the brothers flipped 'Sexual Healing' into a joy-filled, smouldering samba-driven beauty. It's a breezy, light-hearted remake, with Marvin's sublime soul delivery sitting perfectly amidst the shuffling cavaquinho and cuica groove. Uplifting horn stabs, building melodies, and heartfelt harmonies elevate the song to an ecstatic climax.

Now pressed to 45 for the first time, with the instrumental on the B-side, this single is the perfect cut to ignite the party or as that feel-good closer that will send everyone home on a high.

TRACK LISTING

Sexual Healing (Studio Rio Version)
Sexual Healing (Studio Rio Instrumental Version)

Sortilège is the new album from esteemed producer and DJ Preservation and ascendant talent Gabe ‘’Nandez. The two artists first linked on Aethiopes, Preservation’s 2022 collaboration with billy woods, where Nandez was featured alongside Boldy James on one of the album’s standout tracks. “Sauvage” became the catalyst for Sortilège, as the New Orleans-based producer and New York-based rapper gradually began exchanging ideas—first long distance, then in February 2024, when Nandez flew to New Orleans for two weeks, ready to work.

“It was smooth, very synergetic,” ‘Nandez explains. “We listened to mad music—Boot Camp Clik, Scaramanga, Cuban Linx—and I was asking questions about all types of shit, trying to soak up game and history, which I did.”

The two also bonded over their shared francophone ancestry: Preservation is half French and ‘Nandez is half Malian. These connections made their way into the music as well, via both aesthetics and sample sources, and that sort of exchange courses through Sortilège, bridging the generational, geographical, and cultural gaps between the two artists with a record that feels a world unto itself. Esoteric, yet blunt and uncomplicated as a fistfight, Sortilège erases the line between urbane and urban. It’s a movie in a lucid dream, A Clockwork Négritude projected against the wall of a construction site. Mixed-use residential.

Tracing this arc, fellow travelers Armand Hammer, Koncept Jack$on, Ze Nkoma Mpaga Ni Ngoko, and billy woods all make appearances. Oh, and there are drums everywhere: drums that will rattle a hooptie and drums that whisper threats. Somehow, over the course of 14 tracks, Preservation seems to find his way to every instrument imaginable—yet each beat has room to breathe. Amidst this breakbeat symphony, ‘Nandez’s unmistakable baritone glides purposefully, ever forward, a bristling warship in troubled waters. Every time the bass thumps, ‘Nandez counterpunches. This is a record for heavyweight speakers and clunky headphones.

TRACK LISTING

1. Harmattan
2. Spire
3. Shadowstep
4. Muay Sok
5. Bascinet
6. Morning Star
7. Hierophant (feat. Koncept Jack$on)
8. War (feat. Billy Woods)
9. Ball & Chain
10. Nom De Guerre (feat. Ze Nkoma Mpaga Ni Ngoko)
11. Respected Calligraphy
12. Mondo Cane (feat. Armand Hammer & Benjamin Booker)
13. Kurtz
14. Lotus Flower

Studio Electrophonique, the solo project of singer-songwriter James Leesley, is one of the most original musical outfits to emerge from Sheffield's current independent scene. Taking the name 'Studio Electrophonique' from an old analogue recording studio in Sheffield, Leesley has already released two celebrated EPs under this moniker. He will release later this year his eponymous debut album on Paris-based label Valley of Eyes Records. It is produced by Simon Tong (The Verve, The Good, The Bad and The Queen and The Magnetic North).

James Leesley grew up in Handsworth, Sheffield where week-day evenings were spent kicking a football around grassy urban edgelands. At the weekends, the social clubs with their glitter balls, comedians, cockle sellers and sequin-suited cabaret singers brought a touch of glamour to this hilltop suburb on the fringe of an industrial northern city. The stage was not some far-off place. Dreams could be made and broken under bright lights and by the brusk tones of a bingo caller.

The classic songs, slap back echo and house organ sounds of the social club scene are in Leesley’s blood. His work draws inspiration from the heartfelt melodies of songsmiths like Carole King and Burt Bacharach with the smokey tenderness of vocalists such as Dusty Springfield and Elvis. Add to that his enthusiasm for American literature and the surrealism of 60s French cinema.

After stumbling across an old 4-track tape machine at a local Bring and Buy, Leesley used it to distill these influences into something that is spare in its sound but full in its intention and emotion. In 2019 he released Buxton Palace Hotel on Violette Records, an EP of six odes to the mystery of modern romance, followed in 2022 by the Happier Things EP. Leesley found a fan in Richard Hawley who he joined on a tour of the UK and Ireland and, under the Studio Electrophonique name, he played at the prestigious End of the Road and Green Man Festivals. He was also invited by French superstar Etienne Daho to support him at the legendary Olympia in Paris. Leesley received airplay on BBC Radio 6 Music (Steve Lamacq, Gideon Coe, Mark Radcliffe, Stuart Maconie & Tom Robinson), BBC Radio 3 (Unclassified) and Soho Radio (Pete Paphides).

After a chance meeting with Simon Tong, the pair bonded over a love of The Velvet Underground, The Byrds, Barry Hines’ books, Jake Thackray, Blackpool's North Pier, and late night attic-darts. At Tong’s home studio in South London they added an assortment of vintage guitars and Casio keyboards (Pipe Organ mode) to fragments of lyrics Leesley had scribbled on the back of betting slips and bus tickets.

The result is an 11-track album that finds big feelings in small details. Loneliness, beauty, longing and loss all linger in the everyday occurrences: the moments of miscommunication over tea and eggs, the neatly folded pyjamas left by a long-gone lover, the raindrops on the top deck window of a No. 52 bus, the rain-sodden faded glamour of a cheap seaside getaway. Captured on a Tascam reel to reel, Leesley’s mesmerising debut promises to whisk any listener away to a warm, intimate and day-dreamy place.

TRACK LISTING

01. David And Jayne
02. Taxi Ride
03. How Can I Love Anyone Else ?
04. All-Time Biggest Fans
05. Too Many Lonely Nights
06. The World’s Most Beautiful Cinema
07. Break My Heart Again
08. Handbrake Turns
09. The Last One
10. The World’s Most Beautiful Cinema Pt.2
11. Him Without Her

Since the 1940s, Library Music has lurked in the shadows, peripherally touching our lives through TV and film. Among the stalwarts of the industry was UK's Studio G, with cues heard on Doctor Who, and sampled by the likes of The Chemical Brothers, and Tyler, the Creator. Jazz Dispensary's Dream a Dream with Studio G: Cratedigger's Archive (1970–2009) culls some of their most sought-after cuts, with liner note commentary from Saint Etienne’s Bob Stanley, and illustrations by Ivan Minsloff.

Blending analog warmth with organic textures, raw cuts that moves from broken beats and hypnotic melodic house downtempo, tribal rhythms and ambient soundscapes. The project crafts field recordings from Thailand, Vietnam, and Cambodia, for a rich and immersive listening experience, balancing club instincts with introspective detail.

London-based label Studio Batsumi returns with its second release, Ya Hu Ra, a four-track EP. Blending analog warmth with organic textures, the record includes four raw cuts that moves from broken beats and hypnotic melodic house on the A-side to downtempo, tribal rhythms and ambient soundscapes on the B-side.

Written and recorded between London and Paris from 2020 to 2025 by Federico Bigonzetti and Maxime Obadia, the project also features Cameron Cullen and DJ Himitsu (Enharmonics) on Kirtan (A2). The EP blends field recordings from Thailand, Vietnam, and Cambodia, crafting a sound that feels both intimate and vast.

The concept behind Ya Hu Ra was developed by label cofounder Marta Paccagnella, a study in sound archetypes where each track represents a different symbolic state: initiation, movement, trance, return. Whether on the dancefloor or in a living room, this release offers a rich and immersive listening experience, balancing club instincts with introspective detail.

TRACK LISTING

A1. Bālāh
A2. Kirtan
B1. Ta Prohm
B2. Shaaa

It's pretty wild to think this is in fact Carli’s debut solo album, considering the Swedish producer’s long and illustrious career, defined by eclectic hits ranging from underground grime scorchers to straight-up Eurovision goodness, not to mention him being a cornerstone of acclaimed outfits like Off The Meds, Savage Skulls, and Marcus Price & Carli.
On Sea Of Love, the Stockholm-born former breakdancer takes listeners on a journey through a vast ocean of musical influences, effortlessly blending rave nostalgia, bass-heavy experimentation, and contemporary club sounds. Carli skilfully navigates from raw UK hardcore bonkerisms to the crisp rhythmic pulses of modern-day dancehall, always upholding a vibe that's at once futuristic and reverent of club music’s storied past.
Filled with intricate production techniques and an irresistible sense of joy, Sea Of Love showcases Carli’s unique ability to merge styles without losing coherence or authenticity. This is club music crafted by someone who’s not only seen it all from the booth, but also been on the dancefloor himself, resulting in tracks that feel deeply personal yet universally appealing.
With Sea Of Love, Carli firmly establishes himself as a visionary solo artist, proving that after decades of shaping the sound of Stockholm’s underground, his best is still ahead.

STAFF COMMENTS

Matt says: Futureproof selection of hyped-up bass music that recalls the sprawling pastoral electronics of Proc Fiskal, the hyper-pop genius of Sophie and the UK soundsystem techniques of Overmono.

TRACK LISTING

A1. Sås Crew
A2. Choppa Choppa
A3. Land Ft. Duvchi
A4. Meteoroid Ft. K. Sling
A5. Nothing To Fear
B1. Wave Song
B2. Shivers Ft. Duvchi
B3. Emelie's Ride Ft. Lune
B4. Sea Of Love
B5. The Runner Ft. Seinabo Sey
B6. Saw You At Sea

Released to celebrate the start of the epic Oasis Live '25 tour - Limited-Edition Oasis: Complete Studio Album Collection. Includes Definitely Maybe, (What’s The Story) Morning Glory?, Be Here Now, Standing On The Shoulder Of Giants, Heathen Chemistry, Don’t Believe The Truth, Dig Out Your Soul, and the iconic B-sides album The Masterplan. 

TRACK LISTING

DISC 1
SIDE A
1. Rock ‘n’ Roll Star (Remastered)
2. Shakermaker (Remastered)
3. Live Forever (Remastered)
SIDE B
1. Up In The Sky (Remastered)
2. Columbia (Remastered)
3. Sad Song (Remastered)

DISC 2
SIDE A
1. Supersonic (Remastered)
2. Bring It On Down (Remastered)
3. Cigarettes & Alcohol (Remastered)
SIDE B
1. Digsy’s Dinner (Remastered)
2. Slide Away (Remastered)
3. Married With Children (Remastered)

DISC 3
SIDE A
1. Hello (Remastered)
2. Roll With It (Remastered)
3. Wonderwall (Remastered)
SIDE B
1. Don't Look Back In Anger (Remastered)
2. Hey Now! (Remastered)
3. [Untitled] (Remastered)
4. Bonehead's Bank Holiday (Remastered)

DISC 4
SIDE A
1. Some Might Say (Remastered)
2. Cast No Shadow (Remastered)
3. She's Electric (Remastered)
SIDE B
1. Morning Glory (Remastered)
2. [Untitled] (Remastered)
3. Champagne Supernova (Remastered)

DISC 5
SIDE A
1. D'You Know What I Mean? (Remastered)
2. My Big Mouth (Remastered)
3. Magic Pie (Remastered)
SIDE B
1. Stand By Me (Remastered)
2. I Hope, I Think, I Know (Remastered)
3. The Girl In The Dirty Shirt (Remastered)

DISC 6
SIDE A
1. Fade InOut (Remastered)
2. Don't Go Away (Remastered)
3. Be Here Now (Remastered)
SIDE B
1. All Around The World (Remastered)
2. It's Gettin' Better (Man!!) (Remastered)
3. All Around The World (Reprise) (Remastered)

DISC 7
SIDE A
1. Acquiesce (Remastered)
2. Underneath The Sky (Remastered)
3. Talk Tonight (Remastered)
4. Going Nowhere (Remastered)
SIDE B
1. Fade Away (Remastered)
2. The Swamp Song (Remastered)
3. I Am The Walrus – Live Glasgow Cathouse June ‘94 (Remastered)

DISC 8
SIDE A
1. Listen Up (Remastered)
2. Rockin' Chair (Remastered)
3. Half The World Away (Remastered)
SIDE B
1. (It's Good) To Be Free (Remastered)
2. Stay Young (Remastered)
3. Headshrinker (Remastered)
4. The Masterplan (Remastered)

DISC 9 
SIDE A
1. Fuckin' In The Bushes
2. Go Let It Out
3. Who Feels Love?
4. Put Yer Money Where Yer Mouth Is
5. Little James
SIDE B
1. Gas Panic!
2. Where Did It All Go Wrong?
3. Sunday Morning Call
4. I Can See A Liar
5. Roll It Over

DISC 10
SIDE A
1. The Hindu Times
2. Force Of Nature
3. Hung In A Bad Place
SIDE B
1. Stop Crying Your Heart Out
2. Songbird
3. Little By Little

DISC 11
SIDE A
1. A Quick Peep
2. (Probably) All In My Mind
3. She Is Love
SIDE B
1. Born On A Different Cloud
2. Better Man

DISC 12
SIDE A
1. Turn Up The Sun
2. Mucky Fingers
3. Lyla
4. Love Like A Bomb
5. The Importance Of Being Idle
SIDE B
1. The Meaning Of Soul
2. Guess God Thinks I'm Abel
3. Part Of The Queue
4. Keep The Dream Alive
5. A Bell Will Ring
6. Let There Be Love

DISC 13
SIDE A
1. Bag It Up
2. The Turning
SIDE B
1. Waiting For The Rapture
2. The Shock Of The Lightning
3. I'm Outta Time

DISC 14
SIDE A
1. (Get Off Your) High Horse Lady
2. Falling Down
3. To Be Where There's Life
SIDE B
1. Ain't Got Nothin'
2. The Nature Of Reality
3. Soldier On

The third offering from Marco Passarani's Studiomaster label heralds a significant return: M.Chrome. Absent since 1994 when it debuted on Alan Oldham's Generator, this alias is resurrected to explore new sonic frontiers. While its roots subtly echo a certain legendary Detroit imprint, "Flare Rider" stands as a testament to evolution. This isn't just an EP; it's a series of compelling sonic narratives, guiding listeners through techno and house territories. Expect subtle acid inflections, deep cosmic voyages, and a powerful, melancholic harmonic core that defines its distinct planetary landscapes. Best experienced as the sun begins to rise and the vision of distant planets starts to fade!

STAFF COMMENTS

Matt says: Passarani resurrects his M. Chrome alias - nodding to classic Italian dream house and their very geospecific brand of supremo acido musica!

TRACK LISTING

A1. Chronicles Of The Expanse
A2. Eclipsed Horizon
B1. Beyond Orion
B2. Escape From The Evil Planet

Tony Njoku returns with 'All Our Knives Are Always Sharp', a sonically expansive and emotionally charged second album that brings together a remarkable cast of black British voices. Featuring powerful collaborations with Tricky, GAIKA, Ghostpoet, Coby Sey, James Massiah Space Afrika and Labi Junior, the record serves as a landmark moment for Njoku, a culmination of both the singular musical style and nuanced, socially-engaged storytelling he’s been crafting throughout his career.

Rooted in themes of spiritual preparedness, cultural resistance and emotional clarity, the album unfolds through Njoku’s signature blend of electronic abstraction, falsetto-led songwriting and cinematic composition. It’s a work that cuts deep. Philosophical, political and personal, each guest brings a vital new layer to the conversation.

TRACK LISTING

1. Weapon
2. Catatonia (feat James Massiah)
3. Spirals
4. Eternity
5. The Slipstream (feat Ghostpoet)
6. All Our Knives Are Always Sharp (feat Coby Sey)
7. Depleted (feat Tricky)
8. Spirit War Dub (feat Gaika)
9. On The Back Of Forgiveness (feat Space Afrika)
10. Safety (feat Labi Junior)

The 1988 Studio Ghibli classic My Neighbor Totoro, one of the most magical and mischievous films to come out of the legendary animation studio.

Notable for the appearance of one of the Studio’s most loved animations alongside a well loved and wondrous line up of forest spirits, Joe Hisaishi's soundtrack is still widely considered by many to be a flawlessly powerful masterpiece of his catalogue.

TRACK LISTING

1. Sanpo – Opening Theme Song (Inoue Azumi)
2. May Village
3. Okake!
4. Suddenly With May
5. Twilight Wind
6. Not Scared
7. Let’s Go Ahead
8. Mom
9. Small Obake
10. Totoro
11. Taka Mori’s Big Tree
12. Welcome
13. Wind Street
14. Soaked Okeba
15. Flight Of The Moonlit
16. There Is No May
17. Cat Bus
18. Good For You
19. My Neighbor Totoro – Ending Theme Song (Inoue Azumi)
20. Sanpo (with Chorus / Azumi Inoue / Suginami Children’s Choir)

Discover the 21 tracks of the soundtrack of 'Spirited Away' on double vinyl by Joe Hisaishi based on poetic notes and inspirations written by Miyazaki during the creation of the film.

TRACK LISTING

1. One Summer Day
2. A Road To Somewhere
3. The Empty Restaurant
4. Nighttime Coming
5. The Dragon Boy
6. Sootballs
7. Procession Of The Spirits
8. Yubaba
9. Bathhouse Morning
10. Day Of The River
11. It's Hard Work
12. The Stink Spirit
13. Sen's Courage
14. The Bottomless Pit
15. Kaonashi (No Face)
16. The Sixth Station
17. Yubaba's Panic
18. The House At Swamp Bottom
19. Reprise
20. The Return
21. Always With Me

High-value dance business once again from Studio Barnhus, as Austin, TX-based label debutant Fennec jams onto one slab of vinyl four cuts of the sort of dancefloor-driving yet warmly welcoming house music the Stockholm label is not NOT known for.

Amassing a cult following from his bedroom studio over the past decade, Fennec channels the sampler titans of yore to craft club bangers for tomorrow, from the instantly captivating dancefloor call-to-arms "Jaunt" to the
frisky yet contemplative "Grilled Romaine." It's got that wild carnival energy that brings to minds some of DJ Koze's finest cuts, and should serve DJs well, working the summer crowds into a slathering fury. 

TRACK LISTING

A1. Jaunt
A2. Message To Earth
B1. Grilled Romaine
B2. 3AM In AUS

ULLAPOOL, Scotland – RuMac (Ruairidh Maclean), the “weird guy” making “weird music” who insists his fans “have fun or feck off”, is proud to announce the release of his debut album 'The Bloody Box'. This uproarious new record showcases RuMac’s one-of-a-kind comedy persona and high-octane folk-punk sound, blending music and humor in a way that has already made his live shows legendary. Fresh off a viral TV performance that even left Simon Cowell declaring “I’ve never heard anything like this… it was fantastically mad”, RuMac is unleashing that same anarchic energy on 'The Bloody Box' for listeners everywhere.

On 'The Bloody Box', RuMac’s comedy and musical mayhem go hand-in-hand. Fans can expect “twisted folk-punk versions of classic hits” delivered with tongue-in-cheek flair. RuMac turns well-known anthems upside-down – from an accordion-driven take on AC/DC’s 'Thunderstruck' to a raucous cover of Dr. Hook’s satirical gem 'Everybody’s Makin’ It Big But Me' – each track packed with sonic surprises and punchlines. Known for his “off-kilter, abrasive and energetic” performances, RuMac brings that same wild stage spirit into the studio. He wields his accordion as both instrument and comedic prop, “armed only with his accordion and ancient Highland fury” as he mashes up bagpipe sounds, punk rock attitude, and cheeky theatrics. The result is a listening experience that’s equal parts concert, comedy show, and ceilidh gone awry.

Even the album’s title reflects RuMac’s devilishly witty style. 'The Bloody Box' is a nod to RuMac’s own tongue-in-cheek mythology: “The devil doesn’t play the fiddle… the devil plays the bloody box,” he likes to joke. It’s a playful twist on an old saying, asserting that the accordion – affectionately known as “the box” – is the true instrument of chaos. That mischievous theme runs throughout the album. From start to finish, 'The Bloody Box' embraces RuMac’s love of the absurd. Thunderous drum beats and even banjo riffs burst forth from his electrified accordion (according to RuMac’s infamous “origin story,” he once rigged his accordion with a mysterious device to unleash “sounds from hell” in a conservative music academy). The album captures that fictional mayhem in musical form, inviting listeners to laugh, mosh, and maybe raise a glass to the devil’s own jester of the Highlands.

TRACK LISTING

1. Kirk & Josh Of Corrie Farm
2. Everybody’s Makin’ It Big But Me
3. Thunderstruck
4. Jean’s Reel
5. Port Of Amsterdam
6. The Gaelic Choir
7. The Chain
8. The Sick Bed Of Cuchulainn
9. Mason’s Apron
10. Seagull Eagle
11. Poaching Days

In the winter of 2022, Holy Wave had a week off after a short tour that ended with a show in Los Angeles. The band found particular glee in playing those shows at that time, as they weren't sure they'd ever be doing that again just a few months prior—this batch of songs results from hanging out with some very good friends at Studio 22.

"The band have fashioned themselves into mainstays in the world of gauzy psychedelia, infusing dream pop soundscapes with colourful instrumentation, lush melodies, and weighty pathos." - Under the Radar Magazine.

"…narcotic neo-psych with synthed-out bedroom-pop undertones." - Shindig Magazine. "…lush-yet-tempered instrumentation that's undeniably pleasant, if not downright attractive." - Flood Magazine.

"The sound of Austin's Holy Wave has been getting progressively dreamier with each successive release, their music lush and immaculately arranged." - Post-Trash.

"Wonderful aural tones, meandering genteelly." - Narc Magazine.

TRACK LISTING

1. Chaparral
2. Time Crisis Too
3. Cowprint
4. Father’s Prayer
5. Bog Song
6. Away Here
7. String Performer

The amazing story of the home studio that helped launch some of Britain’s most beloved bands. The Sheffield space age began in 1961, when local mechanic Ken Patten won a tape-recording competition by recreating the sound of a rocket launch using a pencil and a bicycle pump. In the decades that followed, the makeshift home studio he constructed became the launch pad for a group of young musicians who would shape the futuristic sound of 1980s pop.

The Human League, Heaven 17, Pulp, ABC and others made their early recordings with Ken, whose DIY ethic was the perfect fit for a city facing industrial decline but teeming with ideas. Studio Electrophonique tells the story of a generation seeking new frontiers in music, using everything they could lay their hands on – from science fiction novels to glam rock, Dada art and cheap electronics – to get there. Drawing on original interviews with Jarvis Cocker, Martyn Ware, Mark White and others, it brings to light a world of humour, charm, creativity and unfounded yet undaunted self-belief.

THIS IS A RECORD STORE DAY 2025 EXCLUSIVE, LIMITED TO ONE PER PERSON.

Soul Jazz Records’ ‘Studio One Showcase 45’ features a roll call of classic Studio One reggae legends including Horace Andy, Cornell Campbell, Bob Marley and The Wailers, Jackie Mittoo, The Heptones, The Skatalites and more - seminal reggae artists who all launched their careers at the legendary Studio One label.

Featuring seminal cuts like Bob Marley and The Wailer’s original version of ‘One Love’, Freddie McGregor’s take on the classic ‘Beat Down Babylon’, Judah Eskender Tafari’s re-version of ‘Danger In Your Eyes’ plus tracks from The Skatalites, Lone Ranger, Johnny Osbourne and more.

The album was previously only ever released as a long-deleted limited edition 7” box set for Record Store Day. This album has now been expanded into a lavish double vinyl album edition as well as a first-time release on CD, with both formats featuring a massive eight bonus tracks of wicked Studio One classics and rarities. The album also comes with newly commissioned sleeve and track notes by Noel Hawks.

TRACK LISTING

Freddie McGregor - Beat Down Babylon
Cornel Campbell - No Man's Land
Judah Eskender Tafari - Danger In Your Eyes
Tony & Howie - Fun It Up
Liberation Group - Namibia
Winston Francis - Love Me Today, Not Tomorrow
Roland Alphonso - Jah Shakey
Joe Higgs - Dinah
Brown Eagle - Natural Living
Freddie McKay - So Long, Farewell
Jackie Mittoo - Mixing
The Heptones - How Can I Leave You
The Skatalites - Sudden Destruction
Lone Ranger - Dance A Fe Cork
Horace Andy - Mamie Blue
Johnny Osbourne - Run Up Your Mouth
Bob Marley And The Wailers - One Love
The Cables - What Am I To Do

Some called Studio, the project of Swedish musicians Dan Lissvik and Rasmus Hägg, “the missing link between The Cure and Lindstrøm,” Pitchfork heard Durutti Column and Can, as the duo’s story became swept up in a loosely developing scene — adjacent first to the label Service (Jens Lekman, The Whitest Boy Alive) and later Sincerely Yours (The Tough Alliance, jj) — and a precursor to the 2010s boom at the axis of electronic and psychedelic music guided by indie greats like Caribou, Four Tet, and Darkside.

'West Coast', their seminal 2006 debut, captured a faraway romanticism of Balearic brushed up against Krautrock, disco, dub, and afrobeat, with pop lyricism lifted from new wave, all made modern by two art school grads in Gothenburg. First pressed in a small vinyl-only run via their own Information label, the album has been notably absent from most streaming services, and the internet’s record of its initial impact is all but fossilized from a bygone blog era, while its sound is simply untraceable to any one moment in music.

Outside of three 7” releases, they’d keep the music to themselves for several more years. In 2005, Hägg remembers, “We got our degrees and were kicked out of our studio spaces so all these recordings were just piled up. A year later we dusted them off and started to deconstruct and assemble them in a more drawn-out fashion.” In the same breadth, they cite DJ Screw, J Dilla, and Joy Division, along with early ‘80s European live DJ sets from the likes of Beppe Loda, Dj Mozart, and Baldelli as reference points. “The anything-goes mentality was very encouraging and was a big cornerstone to the Studio sound,” says Hägg. “But there’s so much more to the picture, we were not that young then and had lots of musical baggage in our suitcases, the new thing was that we finally let it all come through, not bound by any borders that was often the case with music identity in Sweden during the 90s.”

In the afterglow of the record’s 2007 reception, Studio receded from view, clouded behind a mountain of remix requests (including one for Kylie Minogue that saw release) and label bureaucracy. “It’s easy to wish we would have done some proper recordings of our own instead,” Hägg reflects. But both artists, now well into respective careers beyond Studio, have come to peace with West Coast as their most enduring effort together. Lissvik adds, “It serves as a good reminder for me to keep to that decision and promise and to continue exploring and growing.

TRACK LISTING

1. Out There
2. West Coast
3.Origin
4. Life’s A Beach!
5. Self Service
6. Indo

‘Studio Natives, Vol.1’ is filled with improvisation, the most natural form of Jazz. Jackson Mathod is a trumpet player with intangible skill for the instrument, having played alongside Stormzy for his Glastonbury set he’s making waves with his third album. Speaking on the track ‘Mandible’ Mathod expands on his development into creating the album, ‘I think in some of my previous recorded music I was more focused on creating well-crafted music with great melodies and harmony. Whereas here there's a bit more focus on playing as a group and being more explorative in improvisation. We also didn't have a melody for this track until a week before the recording! Sometimes it just takes a while to find that melody or it might just pop into your head one day.’

STAFF COMMENTS

Matt says: Modern trumpet player, Guildhall jazz alumni and session musician for Stormzy and Jordan Rakaei, Jackson Mathod drops his third album. A bright, fragrant and free jazz affair that's sure to give Halsall a run for his money. Lovely stuff.

TRACK LISTING

1. Watermelon Man
2. Mandible
3. Slum
4. Jerome Arrived Late
5. Red Pistachio

This release has been liaised and approved by the band's founder and main songwriter Jerry Dammers.

Formed in Coventry in the mid-1970s, The Specials was the idea of musician Jerry Dammers, who brought together an eclectic array of individuals to fulfill his vision of a multi-racial band, fusing the energy of punk with the legendary but, at the time, often overlooked, sound of Jamaican ska. The band rose to prominence along with the 2Tone movement, which included two No. 1 singles, Too Much too Young and 1981's Ghost Town, which theme still resonates today before Terry Hall, Lynval Golding and Neville Staple left to form the Fun Boy Three and Roddy Byers left to tour with his band the Tearjerkers.

The remaining members, Dammers, Bradbury and Panter, recruited guitarist John Shipley from The Swinging Cats, ex-Bodysnatcher Rhoda Dakar and lead vocalist Stan Campbell, reverting the original band name of The Special AKA and set to work on a new album. Released in 1984, 'In the Studio' was a brave mix of bold and challenging music, with a strong political, social and moral conscience. The album made it into the Top 40, and while it might not have been a huge commercial success, it was, and still is, an astonishingly unique work: a haunting, claustrophobic mix of lounge, soul, reggae, jazz and Arabic rhythms, with uncompromising subject matter. It featured two classic singles: the joyous, yet serious rallying anthem for the then imprisoned South African ANC leader, 'Free Nelson Mandela', and 'What I Like Most About You Is Your Girlfriend'. As time has gone by, the status of 'In The Studio'has grown, and today it is rightly viewed as a genuine lost classic.

Like the previous two Specials 40th Anniversary vinyl editions, this has been newly remastered and cut at half-speed by Miles Showell at Abbey Road Studios, London.

TRACK LISTING

Bright Lights (2024 Remaster)
The Lonely Crowd (2024 Remaster)
What I Like Most About You Is Your Girlfriend (2024 Remaster)
Housebound (2024 Remaster)
Night On The Tiles (2024 Remaster)
Nelson Mandela (2024 Remaster)
War Crimes (The Crime Is The Same) (2024 Remaster)
Racist Friend (2024 Remaster)
Alcohol (2024 Remaster)
Break Down The Door (2024 Remaster)

Off the back of winning the 2024 Mercury Award for their debut album ‘This Could Be Texas’;

Leeds’ finest band English Teacher release an exclusive limited edition 140g, 10” Crystal Clear vinyl of their Live from Maida Vale EP.

The EP includes 2 stunning covers of “Birds Of A Feather” by Billie Eilish and LCD Soundsystem’s “New York, I Love You but You’re Bringing Me Down”.

TRACK LISTING

BIRDS OF A FEATHER – Live From BBC Maida Vale
This Could Be Texas – Live From BBC Maida Vale
You Blister My Paint – Live From BBC Maida Vale
The World’s Biggest Paving Slab – Live From BBC Maida Vale
New York, I Love You But You’re Bringing Me Down – Live From BBC Maida Vale

Brand new collection of Studio One killer tunes, focussing on the late 70s, 80s and beyond.

Since the early 1960s Clement ‘Sir Coxsone’ Dodd had established Studio One as the unparalleled leader in reggae music in the world. In the years that followed he established the careers of countless reggae legends – Bob Marley & The Wailers, Marcia Griffiths, The Skatalites, Horace Andy, Dennis Brown, Burning Spear and many more.

From its inception Studio One had been at the forefront of every major development in reggae music – ska, rocksteady, roots, DJ, dub and, starting in the second half of the 1970s, dancehall.

Having attained such great success, by the late 1970s Clement Dodd was free to enjoy Studio One’s now firmly established supremacy in reggae music. He released a series of stunning new albums at the end of the decade by Sugar Minott, Johnny Osbourne, Freddie McGregor, and others that rode the wave of dancehall and set the path of Studio One’s output for the following 25 years.

During this period, long-established artists such as Alton Ellis, Jackie Mittoo and others returned to the label, recording some of their most creatively satisfying albums with new music that both celebrated the classic sound of Studio One while continuing to experiment, push boundaries and look forward to the future.

This release celebrates this sometimes-overlooked golden era at Studio One in the 1970s,1980s and beyond.

TRACK LISTING

1. Otis Gayle - What You Won’t Do For Love
2. Earl Sixteen - Love Is A Feeling
3. Alton Ellis - Back To Africa
4. Prince Jazzbo - Apollo 16
5. Johnny Osbourne - Eternal Peace
6. Errol Dunkley - Don’t Do It
7. Omega - Bounty Hunter
8. Noel Bailey And Sound Dimension - Wiggles Diggles
9. Freddie McGregor - I Am Ready
10. Prince Jazzbo - Imperial I
11. Jackie Mittoo - Lovers Rock
12. Devon Russell - Swing And Dine
13. Sugar Minott - Guidance
14. Dolly Man - Trigger Happy
15. Nana McLean - A Little Love
16. Tyrone Taylor - Rightful Rebel
17. Wailing Souls - All Alone
18. Sugar Minott - Revelation

On September 13, Experience Hendrix L.L.C., in partnership with Legacy Recordings, the catalog division of Sony Music Entertainment, is releasing Electric Lady Studios: A Jimi Hendrix Vision, a deluxe box set offering 39 tracks (38 previously unreleased) that were recorded by the new-look Jimi Hendrix Experience (Billy Cox on bass, Mitch Mitchell on drums) at Electric Lady Studios between June and August of 1970, just before the legendary musician’s untimely death the following month.

In celebration of the forthcoming release, on August 8, the City of New York will be temporarily renaming the portion of West 8th Street between 6th Street and MacDougal Street JIMI HENDRIX WAY. This is the block on which Electric Lady Studios was built and still stands. There will also be a media screening event inside the studio that night.

The project also includes 20 newly created 5.1 surround sound mixes of the entire First Rays Of The New Rising Sun album plus three bonus tracks [“Valleys Of Neptune,” “Pali Gap,” and “Lover Man”]. The Blu-ray includes the critically acclaimed, full-length documentary Electric Lady Studios: A Jimi Hendrix Vision. The film chronicles the creation of the studio, rising from the rubble of a bankrupt Manhattan nightclub to becoming a state-of-the-art recording facility inspired by Hendrix’s desire for a permanent studio. Directed by John McDermott and produced by Janie Hendrix, George Scott and McDermott, the film features exclusive interviews with Steve Winwood (who joined Hendrix on the first night of recording at the new studio), Experience bassist Billy Cox and original Electric Lady staff members who helped Hendrix realize his dream. The documentary includes never-before-seen footage and photos as well as track breakdowns of Hendrix classics such as “Freedom,” Angel” and “Dolly Dagger” by recording engineer Eddie Kramer. The package includes an extensive booklet filled with unpublished photos, Hendrix’s handwritten song drafts, and comprehensive liner notes. The new release comes on the heels of another feature-length documentary that was created by the same team; Music, Money, Madness… Jimi Hendrix Live In Maui, which was nominated for a GRAMMY in the Best Music Film category in 2022.

Leading the project is a previously unreleased version of “Angel [Take 7].” This newly mixed, stripped down version includes the original performances recorded by Hendrix, Mitchell and Cox on July 23, 1970. It does not include any of the drums and additional percussion elements Mitchell opted to add to this master take after Jimi had died. 

Contained on the five vinyl LPs or three CDs in the Electric Lady Studios: A Jimi Hendrix Vision box set are 39 tracks recorded by Jimi and his band—consisting of bassist Billy Cox and drummer Mitch Mitchell—at the studio within the last four months of the guitarist’s life. Hendrix was hard at work creating First Rays Of The New Rising Sun, the ambitious double album that would follow his 1968 masterwork Electric Ladyland. Inspired by the possibilities of the new studio, the Experience built classic fare such as “Night Bird Flying,” “Freedom,” and “Dolly Dagger” from the ground up. The set offers a comprehensive look at the work Hendrix undertook during that fruitful summer of 1970. The music ranges from four-track demo recordings of “Valleys Of Neptune” and “Heaven Has No Sorrow,” alternate arrangements of promising new songs such as “Come Down Hard On Me” and “Belly Button Window,” extraordinary, live in the studio takes of “Tune X/In From The Storm,” “Astro Man” and “The Long Medley,” a stirring, 26 minute spontaneous exploration of “Beginnings,” “Hey Baby (New Rising Sun),” “Keep On Groovin’” and “Freedom.” Additionally, the box set present many of the mixes the guitarist completed with engineer Eddie Kramer before leaving to begin a European tour on August 30 at the Isle Of Wight festival in England. Hendrix would never again return to Electric Lady Studios.

The newly mixed 5.1 audio tracks contained on the Blu-ray of Electric Lady Studios: A Jimi Hendrix Vision include all 17 tracks from the posthumously released First Rays of the New Rising Sun (1997, recorded 1968-70), as well as “Pali Gap” from Rainbow Bridge (1971, recorded 1970), “Lover Man” from The Jimi Hendrix Experience box set, (2000, recorded 1970) and “Valleys of Neptune” from Valleys of Neptune (2010, recorded 1969-70).
The documentary explains in depth that while Jimi Hendrix’s death robbed the public of so much potential music, the continued success of his recording studio provides a lasting legacy beyond his own music. John Lennon, The Clash, AC/DC, Chic, David Bowie, Stevie Wonder and hundreds more made records at Electric Lady Studios, which speaks to one of Jimi’s lasting achievements in an industry that has radically changed over the course of the last half century.

“My brother had a musical vision,” Janie Hendrix reflects. “With this project, it felt appropriate to shed light not only on his own music, but also on his lasting contribution of Electric Lady Studios. He was driven internally to build a home base where he could record everything he felt. While his life was cut short, so many other talented artists continue to express themselves within those magical walls on 52 West 8th Street.”

TRACK LISTING

Vinyl:
DISC ONE
SIDE ONE
1) Ezy Ryder [Alternate Mix]* 6/18/70
2) Valleys Of Neptune [Alternate Version]* 6/15/70
3) Straight Ahead [Takes 1 & 2]* 6/17/70
4) Astro Man [Takes 9 & 10]* 6/24/70
5) Drifting [Takes 1 & 2]* 6/25/70
6) Night Bird Flying [Take 25]* 6/16/70

SIDE TWO
1) Earth Blues [Alternate Mix]* 6/26/70
2) Drifter’s Escape [Takes 1 & 2]* 6/17/70
3) Astro Man [Take 14]* 6/24/70
4) Further Up The Road* 6/24/70

DISC TWO
SIDE ONE
1) Dolly Dagger [Takes 17 & 18]* 7/1/70
2) Lover Man 7/20/70
3) Freedom [Take 4]* 6/25/70
4) Angel [Take 7]* 7/23/70
5) Beginnings [Take 5]*

SIDE TWO
1) The Long Medley [Astro Man / Beginnings / Hey Baby (New Rising Sun) / Midnight Lightning (Keep On Groovin’) / Freedom]* 6/24/70

DISC THREE
SIDE ONE
1) Freedom [Alternate Version]* 7/19/70
2) Valleys Of Neptune [Demo]* 6/70
3) Tune X*/Just Came In [Take 6]* 7/22/70
4) Drifting [Alternate Version]* 8/20/70
5) Messing Around [Take 17]* 6/16/70

SIDE TWO
1) Tune X* / Just Came In (Take 8)* 7/22/70
2) Dolly Dagger [Alternate Version]* 7/19/70
3) Come Down Hard On Me [take 15]* 7/15/70
4) Heaven Has No Sorrow [Demo]* 6/70

DISC FOUR
SIDE ONE
1) Midnight Lightning* / Beginnings* 7/1/70
2) Dolly Dagger [Mix 2]* 8/20/70
3) Belly Button Window [Take 1]* 7/23/70

SIDE TWO
1) Night Bird Flying [Alternate Version]* 8/20/70
2) Freedom [Alternate Version]* 8/20/70
3) Straight Ahead [Alternate Mix]* 8/20/70
4) In From The Storm [Alternate Mix]* 8/24/70

DISC FIVE
SIDE ONE
1) Bolero* / Hey Baby (New Rising Sun) [Alternate Mix]* 8/22/70
2) Drifter’s Escape [Alternate Mix]* 8/22/70

SIDE TWO
1) Bleeding Heart [Alternate Mix]* 8/22/70
2) Drifting [Alternate Version]* 11/20/70
3) Astro Man [Alternate Version]* 8/22/70
4) Room Full Of Mirrors [Alternate Version]* 10/20/70
5) Angel [Alternate Version]* 10/19/70
*Previously Unreleased

3CD Tracklist:
DISC ONE
1) Ezy Ryder [Alternate Mix]* 6/18/70
2) Valleys Of Neptune [Alternate Version]* 6/15/70
3) Straight Ahead [Takes 1 & 2]* 6/17/70
4) Drifter’s Escape [Takes 1 & 2]* 6/17/70
5) Astro Man [Takes 9 & 10]* 6/24/70
6) Astro Man [Take 14]* 6/24/70
7) Drifting [Takes 1 & 2]* 6/25/70
8) Night Bird Flying [Take 25]* 6/16/70
9) Farther Up The Road* 6/24/70
10) The Long Medley [Astro Man / Beginnings / Hey Baby (New Rising Sun) / Midnight Lightning (Keep On Groovin’) / Freedom]* 6/24/70

DISC TWO
1) Earth Blues [Alternate Mix]* 6/26/70
2) Dolly Dagger [Takes 17 & 18]* 7/1/70
3) Angel [Take 7]* 7/23/70
4) Beginnings [Take 5]* 7/1/70
5) Lover Man 7/20/70
6) Tune X* / Just Came In [Take 6]* 7/22/70
7) Heaven Has No Sorry [Demo]* 6/26/70
8) Freedom [Take 4]* 6/25/70
9) Valleys Of Neptune [Demo]* 6/26/70
10) Come Down Hard On Me [Take 15]* 7/15/70
11) Dolly Dagger [Alternate Version]* 7/19/70
12) Messing Around [Take 17]* 6/16/70
13) Tune X* / Just Came In [Take 8]* 7/22/70
14) Drifting [Alternate Version]* 8/20/70
15) Freedom [Alternate Version]* 7/19/70
16) Belly Button Window [Take 1]* 7/23/70

DISC THREE
1) Dolly Dagger [Mix 2]* 8/20/70
2) Night Bird Flying [Alternate Version]* 8/20/70
3) Freedom [Alternate Version]* 8/20/70
4) Midnight Lightning* / Beginnings* 7/1/70
5) Straight Ahead [Alternate Mix]* 8/20/70
6) In From The Storm [Alternate Mix]* 8/24/70
7) Bolero* / Hey Baby (New Rising Sun) [Alternate Mix]* 8/22/70
8) Drifter’s Escape [Alternate Mix]* 8/22/70
9) Astro Man [Alternate Version]* 8/22/70
10) Bleeding Heart [Alternate Mix]* 8/22/70
11) Drifting [Alternate Version]* 11/20/70
12) Room Full Of Mirrors [Alternate Version]* 10/19/70
13) Angel [Alternate Version]* 10/19/70

*Previously Unreleased


First Rays Of The New Rising Sun + Bonus Tracks 5.1 Mixes (contained On Blu-ray With Both Vinyl And CD Versions Of Package)
1) Freedom
2) Izabella
3) Night Bird Flying
4) Angel
5) Room Full Of Mirrors
6) Dolly Dagger
7) Ezy Ryder
8) Drifting
9) Beginnings
10) Stepping Stone
11) My Friend
12) Straight Ahead
13) Hey Baby (New Rising Sun)
14) Earth Blues
15) Astro Man
16) In From The Storm
17) Belly Button Window
18) Pali Gap (from Rainbow Bridge Album)
19) Lover Man (from Jimi Hendrix Experience Box Set)
20) Valleys Of Neptune (from Valleys Of Neptune Album)

All 20 Tracks Available In 5.1 Surround Sound Audio For First Time Ever

In August of 2023, while on tour in Europe, Elder was invited to record a live session at the legendary BBC Maida Vale Studios for the Radio 1 Rock Show with Dan Carter. The resulting session is a snapshot of the band's powerful live performance and setlist from that tour.

The session was recorded in a single afternoon in a few takes under the guidance of longstanding BBC engineers Guy Worth and Clive Painter, and mastered and cut for vinyl by Carl Saff.

Elder and Stickman Records have gone to pains to deliver a deluxe package for hardcore fans, including gorgeous artwork by designer Adam Hill, 180gr. solid red vinyl, a full-size A2 fold out poster and download code. The album is also available on CD and digitally.

TRACK LISTING

1. Merged In Dreams - Ne Plus Ultra
2. Lore
3. Thousand Hands

New 18th anniversary edition of the long out of print ‘Studio One Soul 2’, the long-awaited second volume of one of the largest selling Soul Jazz Records Studio One collections.

‘Studio One Soul 2’ takes us deep into Jamaica’s long-standing fascination with American soul and funk music.

Featuring a host of seminal Reggae artists who all first established their careers at Studio One before finding worldwide success. Featured artists include Horace Andy, The Heptones, Cornell Campbell, Ken Boothe, Jackie Mittoo, Jacob Miller and many more Studio One legends interpreting both classic and little-known American soul and funk tunes by the likes of Curtis Mayfield, Bill Withers, The Five Stairsteps, Marvin Gaye, The Stylistics, Lee Dorsey, Al Green, Syl Johnson and more.

Curtis Mayfield is without a doubt the main soul influence for many reggae groups in the 1960s and 1970s. Cornell Campbell’s ‘Ten to One’ is a stunning recut of the original Studio One single by The Mad Lads, who first covered this Curtis-penned hit for the Impressions. Another great Curtis Mayfield production, The Five Stairsteps and Cubie’s ‘Don’t Change’ is interpreted by Studio One soul man Winston Francis. Similarly, Devon Russell’s superb ‘Make Me Believe in You’ is, if anything, superior to Curtis Mayfield’s ground-breaking original.

While American soul and funk remain a constant source of inspiration on this album, classic DJs such as Prince Jazzbo and Little Joe also used these rhythms to ride vocal toasts over to serious effect.

This selection features a mixture of classics, rare and unreleased tracks from Studio One, all lovingly digitally re-mastered for this release.

TRACK LISTING

Jacob Miller - Westbound Train
Hortense Ellis - People Make The World Go
Round
Horace Andy - Aint’ No Sunshine
Soul Vendors - Swing Easy
The Heptones - Choice Of Colours
Jackie Mittoo And The Brentford Disco Set -
Choice Of Music Part 2
Prine Jazzbo - Fool For Love
Conrnell Campbell - Ten To One
Winston Francis - Don’t Change
Jackie Mittoo - Jumping Jeshosophat
Tony Gregory - Get Out Of My Life Woman
Dub Specialist - Darker Block
Little Joe - Red Robe
Devon Russell - Make Me Believe In You
Jerry Jones - Compared To What
Ken Boothe - Thinking
Anthony Creary - Land Call Africa
Jackie Mittoo - Fancy Pants

Feral Child’s 50th release is an absolute gem; housed in a beautiful 70s styled disco bag- it sees a 12” collaboration between longterm label favourites, Studio Kosmische from the UK and Cloud Canyons from Italy.

A killer double A side featuring a reworking by SK of “Under Neon Stars” (from Cloud Canyons’ great 2023 debut album “Dreaming Of Horses Running In Circles”) which adds to the original versions’ relentless motorik pulse, by adding a few parts and alchemically blending the original elements of the song; the slowbuilding ethereal female vocals, the multilayers of monophonic analogue synths- moulding a shrouding and lilting veil on the 9 minute long original.

Side B features a brand new track, “Black Fruit”, which also sprung from the creative dialogue between the two bands and also clocks in at around 9 minutes, side-long. Born as an instrumental piece by Studio Kosmische, “Black Fruit” developed into a full song thanks to the vocal additions by Michelle Cristofori, Laura Storchi and Stella Baraldi (Cloud Canyons’ singers) and a rich yet minimalistic array of instrumental parts by Studio Kosmische’s Dom Keen, who ingeniously shaped the keys harmonies and rhythmic textures around the vocal lines.

Accomplished by some subtle electronic treatment by Cloud Canyons’ Nicola Caleffi, “Black Fruit” ideally complements “Under Neon Stars” as a two-sided creature, hanging somewhere between krautrock and electronica.

STAFF COMMENTS

Barry says: Lysergic, cosmic wooze from the brilliant Studio Kosmische (Dom Keen) & Cloud Canyons. Both sides are longform pieces that are rich in the cosmic tradition but employ various levels of momentum. While 'Under Neon Stars' glows with psychedelic imagery and motorik prog atmospheres, 'Black Fruit' effortlessly brings in a beautiful haunted female vocal for a sparkling disco-adjacent swing. Another banging outing for the ever-reliable Feral Child.

Although both Ella Fitzgerald and Louis Armstrong had met and performed together previously, they wouldn't be heard on record together until January 18, 1946, when they waxed a single 78-rpm disc ("You Won't Be Satisfied) for Decca. They went on to record a few more singles together until in 1956 when producer Norman Granz paired the two together between 1956 and 1957 on three albums that were both critically acclaimed and commercial successes - appealing to audiences in and beyond the confines of jazz per se: Ella & Louis, its sequel Ella & Louis Again, and the selection of songs from George Gershwin's opera Porgy & Bess.

While Porgy & Bess was recorded with a big band, the first two albums (featured in this release) were made in small group formats with the great Oscar Peterson Trio plus drummers Buddy Rich or Louie Bellson, resulting in some of the most fascinating jazz and popular music ever produced.

TRACK LISTING

1. Can't We Be Friends
2. Isn't This A Lovely Day?
3. Moonlight In Vermont 
4. They Can't Take That Away From Me
5. Under A Blanket Of Blue
6. Tenderly
7. A Foggy Day
8. Stars Fell On Alabama
9. Cheek To Cheek
10. The Nearness Of You
11. April In Paris
12. Don't Be That Way
13. They All Laughed
14. Autumn In New York 
15. Stompin' At The Savoy
16. I Won't Dance
17. I've Got My Love To Keep Me Warm 
18. Gee, Baby, Ain't I Good To You?
19. Let's Call The Whole Thing Off
20. I'm Puttin' All My Eggs In One Basket
21. A Fine Romance
22. Love Is Here To Stay
23. Learnin' The Blues

Soul Jazz Records’ ‘Down Beat Special’ is a rollercoaster Greatest Hits ride through many of the alltime classic tunes hand-picked from across the mighty vaults of, without doubt, Jamaica’s finest ever record label and pioneering powerhouse of reggae music.

Seminal tracks such as Michigan and Smiley’s ‘Nice Up The Dance’, Dawn Penn’s ‘No, No, No’, The Wailers’ ‘Simmer Down’, The Eternals’ ‘Queen of the Minstrels’… and on it goes. Non-stop big tunes - ‘Down Beat Special’ is an essential primer to Studio One Records.

Originally released as a one-off pressing limited edition (long-since deleted) 7” box set, this new edition is fully remastered and expanded to a massive 18 rare and killer cuts from the Studio One empire.

Featuring The Skatalites, Jackie Mittoo, Bob Marley & The Wailers, Horace Andy, Alton Ellis, Lone Ranger and many more, the album features rare and classic tracks throughout.

Newly commissioned sleevenotes by Noel Hawks (History of the Jamaican Recording Industry) featuring a track by track historical and musical analysis, label scans and more added to this fantastic collection.

TRACK LISTING

The Eternals - Queen Of The Minstrels
Michigan And Smiley - Nice Up The Dance
The Mad Lads - Ten To One
Jackie Mittoo - Totally Together
Horace Andy - Just Say Who
The Skatalites - Addis Ababa
Sugar Minott - Live Loving
Lone Ranger - Can't Stand It
Wailing Souls - I've Got A Burning Fire
Bob Marley And The Wailers - Simmer Down
Dub Specialist - Hooligan
Alton Ellis - Your Heart Is Gonna Pay
Roland Alphonso - Do It Good
Wailing Souls - You Should Have Known
Dawn Penn - No No No 
Freddie McKay - You'll Be Sorry
Alton Ellis - We Need Love
Cornel Campbell - Best To Be Free

For this Studio One release we return to the roots of Reggae music-The Soundsystem. Throughout the late 1950s and 1960s Soundsystems played throughout the city of Kingston, Jamaica. As well as Sir Coxsone's Downbeat Soundsystem other famous Soundsystem operators included Duke Reid (the Trojan), Prince Buster, Tom the Great and King Edwards.

These Soundystems were the birthplace of much of Jamaica's musical culture ­ Soundclashes, Dancehall and the idea of the Toaster who sang over records- theDJ. As ever Clement "Sir Coxsone" Dodd led the field and so for this release the focus is on DJ's at Studio One and features legendary toasters such as Denis Alcapone, Dillinger and Prince Far I as well as a host of rare material by lesser known artists. Also included is Count Machuki ­ the original DJ- the first man ever to speak over the mic-at Sir Coxsone¹s Downbeat Sound System- from where it all began.

As Steve Barrow (author of The Rough Guide to Reggae/Blood and Fire Records) writes in the sleevenotes, Jamaican deejay music is the source for all Rap music: From Count Machuki talking over records on Sir Coxsone's legendary Downbeat Sound System this style would eventually travel to America when the Jamaican-born Kool Herc began playing at Block parties (a version of the Kingston Soundsystem parties) in the Bronx. Cutting up rare-groove classics for the first B-Boys to rap over, Hip-Hop was born and theDJ music that had started on the early Soundsystems of Kingston would go on to conquer the world!

Studio One Records is the original Jamaican record label. Studio One Records started the career of hundreds of Jamaican artists from Bob Marley to The Skatalites, from Horace Andy to The Heptones. Studio One DJs (compiled by Mark Ainley) is the next in the series of releases where Soul Jazz Records are showcasing the music of Studio One, the label that literally defines Reggae.

TRACK LISTING

1. Count Machuki – More Scorcha
2. Prince Francis – Rock Fort Shock
3. Dennis Alcapone – Power Version
4. Dillinger – Natty Kung Fu
5. Jah Scotchie – Man Of Creation
6. Jim Brown – Seen Him
7. Jah Buzz – Love In The Arena
8. Prince Francis – Street Doctor
9. Lone Ranger – The Answer
10. Prince Jazzbo – Crime Don't Pay
11. Brigadier Jerry – Every Man A Me Brethren
12. Big Joe – Version Of Rights
13. Lone Ranger – The Big Match
14. Jah Jesco – Warning
15. Prince Far I – Natty Farmyard
16. Charlie Ace & Scorcher – Father And Dread Loc

Studio One's music in the 1970s took the label to new heights. The new style of Disco Mix brought many areas of Reggae together ­ Roots, Lovers, Disco and Dub all came together in extended form, re-versioning classic hits, experimenting with new studio technology, over-dubbing, syn-drums and more producing what many fans describe as the most creative and innovative phase in the history of the legendary Studio One Records.

This Studio One Disco Mix album includes many sought after classic tunes only ever released in very small quantities (on Studio One's very first 12" records as well as it's infamous Music Lab 10"s out of New York) and consequently many of these track s have been unavailable since their day of release. Studio One Disco Mix features many of the classic Studio One artists such as Alton Ellis, Sugar Minott, Jackie Mittoo and Willie Williams (with his classic re-versioning of his own "Armigideon Time") alongside less well artists such as Doreen Schaeffer, Judah Eskender Tafari and George Dudley and many more.

TRACK LISTING

1. Lloyd & Devon – Push Push
2. Judah Eskender Tafari – Rastafari Tell You
3. Doreen Schaefer – Ain't Gonna Change My Mind
4. Dub Specialist – Kampala
5. George Allen – Be Wise Brethren
6. Jackie Mittoo – Night In Ethiopia
7. George Dudley – Gates Of Zion
8. The Silvertones – Come Forward
9. The Ethiopian – Muddy Water
10. Willie Williams & Brentford Disco Set – Armagideon Time
11. Willie Williams & Brentford Disco Set – Armagideon Time (version)
12. Norma White & Brentford Disco Set – I Want Your Love
13. Norma White & Brentford Disco Set – I Want Your Love (version)
14. Alton Ellis – You Make Me Happy
15. Suagr Minott – Love And Understanding
16. Winston Francis, Jackie Mittoo & Brentford Roc

Lovingly compiled, this album features only the finest Lovers from Jamaica’s finest label. From Blues parties in London, Birmingham, Bristol etc Lovers Rock quickly became one of the UK’s finest-ever musical movements.

Sweet harmonies, soulful reggae, love songs – the key ingredients of Lovers Rock - were all based on the revival of many of the classic Rocksteady harmony groups of the late 60s and early 70s, such as The Heptones, Carlton and The Shoes, Larry & Alvin, The Paragons, that Clement "Sir Coxsone" Dodd’s Studio One and rival Duke Reid’s Treasure Isle label produced hit after hit with as they fought for dominance in the dancehalls of Kingston.

As well as these classic harmony groups, this album also features fine contributions from many of the reggae greats – Horace Andy, Alton Ellis, Bob Marley and The Wailers, Delroy Wilson – All artists who became stars at the legendary Studio One Records which Chris Blackwell, founder of Island Records, describes as "The University of Reggae".

TRACK LISTING

1. Delroy Wilson – I Don't Know Why
2. Basil Daley – Hold Me Baby
3. Myrna Hague – Touch Me Baby
4. John Holt & The Paragons – Darling, I Need Your Loving
5. The Sharks – How Could I Live (1st Cut)
6. The Mad Lads – Ten To One
7. Jackie Mittoo – Reggae Magic (2nd Cut)
8. Larry & Alvin – Your Love
9. Freddy & Jenny – Too Long Will Be Too Late
10. Alton Ellis – Let Him Try
11. Albert Tomlinson – Don't Wait For Me
12. Horace Andy – Got To Be Sure
13. Carlton & His Shoes – Never Give Your Heart Away
14. The Heptones – Ready To Learn
15. Bob & Marcia – Really Together (No Strings)
16. Ernest Wilson – Undying Love
17. Bob Marley & The Wailers – I'm Still Waiting (1st Cut)
18. Doreen Schaeffer – We're All Alone

The Who’s 1982 tour, which was all in North America apart from two warm-up dates at the Birmingham NEC in England, was their last to feature Kenney Jones on drums and they wouldn’t tour again until 1989. The tour promoted the recent “It’s Hard” album, which had been released in June 1982, and the set list included a number of tracks from that album, some of which the band would only play live on this tour. This release features the show from the second of their two nights at New York’s Shea Stadium and was recorded on October 13th 1982. Although a couple of tracks have appeared on compilations, this is the first official release of the audio from the full show.

TRACK LISTING

3LP:
A1. Substitute
A2. I Can’t Explain
A3. Dangerous
A4. Sister Disco
A5. The Quiet One
B1. It’s Hard
B2. Eminence Front
B3. Behind Blue Eyes
B4. Baba O’Riley
C1. I’m One
C2. The Punk And The Godfather
C3. Drowned
C4. Tattoo
D1. Cry If You Want
D2. Who Are You
D3. Pinball Wizard
D4. See Me Feel Me
E1. Love Reign O’er Me
E2. Long Live Rock
E3. Won’t Get Fooled Again
F1. Young Man Blues
F2. Naked Eye
F3. I Saw Her Standing There
F4. Summertime Blues
F5. Twist And Shout

2CD:
(CD1)
1. Substitute
2. I Can’t Explain
3. Dangerous
4. Sister Disco
5. The Quiet One
6. It’s Hard
7. Eminence Front
8. Behind Blue Eyes
9. Baba O’Riley
10. I’m One
11. The Punk And The Godfather
12. Drowned
13. Tattoo
14. Cry If You Want
(CD2)
1. Who Are You
2. Pinball Wizard
3. See Me Feel Me
4. Love Reign O’er Me
5. Long Live Rock
6. Won’t Get Fooled Again
7. Young Man Blues
8. Naked Eye
9. I Saw Her Standing There
10. Summertime Blues
11. Twist And Shout

A Certain Ratio present their recording of the ‘Loco Live at Hope Mill Studios’ session, originally a live stream of the band’s sensational 2020 album ‘ACR Loco’.

After a 12-year hiatus releasing albums, ‘ACR Loco’ was created by a confident and revitalised ACR. The band had jumped back into the studio after their most successful tour in over 20 years to record ‘ACR Loco’, and in the lead up to the release, they filmed and recorded this live session at the heart of the Manchester music scene - Hope Mill Studios. The session featured Maria Uzor of Sink Ya Teeth on vocals and the recorded vocals of the much-missed Denise Johnson.

“‘ACR Loco’ feels more than anything like a celebration - the long awaited re-arrival of one of the best bands to ever bring post-punk to the dancefloor.” - Treble

“Ladies and gentlemen, welcome to ‘ACR:Loco’, a forward-looking genre-defying slice of musical majesty.” - Narc

“On their first new album in over a decade, Manchester’s funkiest post-punk band offer an imperfect distillation of their 40-year legacy, updating their classic sound with nods to contemporary beat-driven music and political strife.” - Pop Matters

TRACK LISTING

Friends Around Us (Live At Hope Mill Studios)
Bouncy Bouncy (Live At Hope Mill Studios)
Yo Yo Gi (Live At Hope Mill Studios)
Supafreak (Live At Hope Mill Studios)
Always In Love (Live At Hope Mill Studios)
Family (Live At Hope Mill Studios)
Get A Grip (Live At Hope Mill Studios)
Berlin (Live At Hope Mill Studios)
What’s Wrong (Live At Hope Mill Studios)
Taxi Guy (Live At Hope Mill Studios)

“I think if a nuclear family could have a soundtrack, ours would be the Soul Jazz comp ‘Studio One Scorcher’. I wouldn’t say it’s the best record ever made, but if I heard it every single day for the rest of my life, I’d be 100% cool with it.” - DJ

New one-off press transparent orange coloured triple vinyl edition (with download code) of Soul Jazz Records’ long unavailable ‘Studio One Scorcher’, featuring a blistering collection of rare and classic cuts recorded at Studio One.

‘Studio One Scorcher’ is one of the most important collections in Soul Jazz Records’ ‘Studio One’ series, bringing together an unmissable collection of stand-out cuts from many of the finest players ever in Jamaica and in reggae music.

Featuring The Skatalites, Jackie Mittoo, Tommy McCook, Cedric Brooks, Tommy McCook, The Sound Dimension, Don Drummond, Brentford Road All Stars and more. Heavy, heavy tunes from start to finish! All killer no filler! 

These tunes encompass ska, rocksteady, roots, dub and more. Studio One instrumentals are the foundation of reggae. They literally define reggae music. Many of these classic recordings became the basis for everything that followed in reggae music, replayed and versioned thousands of times. 

Here you will find Jackie Mittoo’s seminal ‘Sidewalk Doctor’, Don Drummond Jnr’s classic ‘Heavenless’, The Soul Vendors’ ‘Ringo Rock’ and the Sound Dimension’s ‘Heavy Rock’. All original artists and original classic tunes, all on one album. Not to mention a host of utterly superb rarities from the mighty vaults of Studio One.

TRACK LISTING

The Skatalites – Coconut Rock
Cedric Im Brooks & The Sound
Dimension – Mun-Dun-Go
Tommy Mccook, Richard Ace,
The Skatalites & Disco Height – Shockers Rock
Soul Vendors – Ringo Rock
Jackie Mittoo & Ernest Ranglin – Jericho Skank
New Establishment – The People Skanking
Karl Bryan & The Afrokats – Money Generator
Lester Sterling – Afrikaan Beat
Sound Dimension – Heavy Rock
Sugar Belly – In Cold Blood
Don Drummond & The Skatalites — Heavenless
Soul Bros. – Bugaloo
Vin Gordon – Red Blood
Pablove Black – Push Pull
Jackie Mittoo & Brentford Rockers – Sidewalk Doctor
Liberation Group – Namibia
Brentford Road All Stars – Last Call
Soul Defenders – Still Calling
Karl Bryan & Count Ossie – Black Up

Crashing at the unlikely intersection of posthardcore, slowcore, and jazz-rock, Karate spent a dozen years producing peerless recordings in their adopted hometown of Boston.

Collected here are their six albums - ‘Self-Titled’, ‘In Place of Real Insight’, ‘The Bed Is In The Ocean’, ‘Unsolved’, ‘Some Boots’, ‘Pockets’, plus the ‘Cancel’ / ‘Sing’ and ‘In The Fish Tank’ EPs, singles, and split 7”s, a whopping 69 tracks spread across eight glorious compact discs.

Leor Galil’s career spanning essay is illustrated with dozens of period-appropriate photos in the accompanying 80-page book.

TRACK LISTING

CD1 - ‘Self-Titled’, ‘Death Kit’ Single, ‘The Schwinn’ &
‘Cherry Coke’
Gasoline
If You Can Hold Your Breath
Trophy
What Is Sleep?
- - -
Bad Tattoo
Every Sister
Bodies
Caffeine Or Me?
Death Kit
Nerve
The Schwinn
Cherry Coke

CD2 - ‘In Place Of Real Insight’ & ‘Operation: Sand’ /
‘Empty There’ Single
This, Plus Slow Song
New Martini
Wake Up, Decide
It’s 98 Stop
New New
The New Hangout Condition
On Cutting
Die Die
Today Or Tomorrow
Operation: Sand
Empty There

CD3 - ‘The Bed Is In The Ocean’
There Are Ghosts
The Same Stars
Diazapam
The Last Wars
Bass Sounds
Up Nights
Fatal Strategies
Outside Is The Drama
Not To Call The Police

CD4 - ‘Unsolved’
Small F Ires
The Lived-But-Yet-Named
Sever
The Roots And The Ruins
Number Six
One Less Blues
The Halo Of The Strange
The Angels Just Have To Show
This Day Next Year

CD5 - ‘Cancel’ / ‘Sing’
Cancel
Sing

CD6 - ‘Some Boots’
Original Spies
First Release
Ice Or Ground
South
In Hundreds
Airport
Baby Teeth
Corduroy
Remain Relaxed

CD7 - ‘Pockets’
With Age
Water
“The State I’m In” Aka “Goode Buy From Cobbs
Creek Park”
Cacophony
Alingual
Tow Truck
Pines
Concrete

CD8 - ‘In The Fishtank 12’
Strange Fruit
The Only Minority
Tears Of Rage
Bob Dylan Wrote Propaganda Songs
Need A Job
This Ain ’t No Picnic
Colors
A New Jerusalem

Soul Jazz Records release a new expanded version of ‘Studio One 007 - Licenced to Ska: James Bond and other Film Soundtracks and TV Themes’, originally only available as a long deleted 7” RSD box set.

This new edition is fully remastered and expanded to a massive 18 super rare and killer cuts from the Studio One empire.

Featuring The Skatalites, Lee Perry, Jackie Mittoo, Bob Marley, The Wailers, Roland Alphonso and The Soul Brothers - rare and classic tracks from Jamaica’s no.1 record label, Studio One.

Extensive sleevenotes discuss the connections between James Bond, Jamaica and Ska music. Jamaica was the setting for ‘Dr. No’, ‘Live and Let Die’, ‘The Man with the Golden Gun’ and the recent ‘No Time to Die’, and the home for Bond’s creator, Ian Fleming. There is also an extended essay on The Skatalites and their post modern love and ska-ification of all styles of music, from classical music to TV themes, from detective movies to ‘Fiddler on the Roof’.

Aside from the James Bond-related cuts, this album also includes killer tracks from the secret agent 1969 spoof, ‘Our Man Flint’, the Clint Eastwood-starring Spaghetti Western, ‘Hang ‘Em High’, the Brazilian movie masterpiece, ‘Black Orpheus’, and more besides.

TRACK LISTING

Jackie Mittoo And The Soul Brothers - James Bond
The Skatalites - Dick Tracy
The Soul Brothers - James Bond Girl
The Skatalites - Guns Of Navarone Roland Alphonso And The Studio
One Orchestra - From Russia With Love
The Soul Brothers - Thunderball
Jackie Mittoo - Hang 'Em High
The Soul Brothers - Mr Kiss Kiss Bang Bang
The Soul Brothers - 007
Lee Perry And The Wailers - Pussy Galore
The Soul Brothers - Mr. Flint
The Skatalites - Ball Of Fire
The Soul Brothers - James Bond Danger Man
The Soul Brothers - Lawman
The Skatalites - Black Orpheus
The Skatalites - Exodus
The Skatalites - Dr. Kildare
The Soul Brothers - Fiddler On The Roof

Soul Jazz Records’ seminal double LP release, Jackie Mittoo - The Keyboard King at Studio On’, now available on black vinyl.

From forming The Skatalites at age 15, alongside Don Drummond, Roland Alphonso, Tommy McCook and others, to his work as writer, arranger, producer at Studio One records during the Sixties, writing and playing for artists such as Alton Ellis, Ken Boothe, Marcia Griffiths and The Heptones (to name a few), to his career as a solo artist as well as leader of bands such as The Soul Brothers, Soul Vendors and The Sound Dimension, Jackie Mittoo is at the heart of reggae music. He was one of the instigators of Ska, Rocksteady and Reggae. In the Seventies, DJ music and Dancehall were based upon classic rhythms of the sixties, many using the instrumental tracks that Jackie Mittoo created at Studio One at this time.

This compilation features the work of Jackie Mittoo at Studio One. It features music recorded as a solo artist (as opposed to the numerous singers that he accompanied). Most of these are taken from his recordings in the mid- Sixties where he was recording on an almost daily basis at Studio One’s Brentford Road studios, developing the funky reggae sound that was his trademark.

Jackie Mittoo is as much an icon of Reggae as he is to fans of Funk music. He is without doubt the funkiest keyboard player ever to come out of Jamaica.

TRACK LISTING

1. Get It Up And Get It
2. Black Organ
3. Stereo Freeze
4. Totally Together
5. Hot Tamale
6. Reggae Rock
7. Oboe
8. Juice Box
9. Summer Breeze
10. P. Cafe
11. Henry The Great
12. Killer Diller
13. Wall Street
14. Darker Shade Of Black

‘Studio One Rocksteady’: With excellent sleevenotes by Lloyd Bradley (author of the classic book ‘Bass Culture: When Reggae Was King’), this album is dedicated to rocksteady at Studio One, as well as covering reggae soul and the birth of reggae. Featuring an all-star selection of artists: Ken Boothe, Marcia Griffiths, Jackie Mittoo, The Heptones, John Holt, Alton Ellis, Dennis Brown and more. “Soul Jazz’s excellent collection… even without the history, the importance, and the ins and outs, this music isn’t as much of an intellectual pursuit as it is a pleasure in every note… tremendously tight vocal arrangements… just chock full of creativity, developing a unique sound in every single.” - Pitchfork

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

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

This is for the people who believe in the magic.

18 years on from its original release, ‘Studio One Funk’ remains one of Soul Jazz Records’ most in demand Studio One titles.

‘Studio One Funk’ is made up of rare and unreleased reggae funk from the vaults of Studio One. Ever since the birth of funk in America, the sound has been an ever-present ingredient in the melting pot of Studio One’s musical output.

The music on this release is a combination of originals, US covers and versions of existing Studio One cuts. Jackie Mittoo shows his appreciation for Booker T and The MGs, the studio group at Memphis’ famous Stax Records, with ‘Hang ‘Em High’, itself a cover of a film soundtrack by Dominic Frontiere. Incredibly this version has never before been released. Booker T’s super funky ‘Melting Pot’ is also covered by the little-known Underground Vegetables.

Other versions include Isaac Hayes’ classic Blaxploitation soundtrack ‘Shaft’, again by Cedric Im Brooks, another unreleased gem, straight from the tape master. Motown gets a look in with Alton’s stripped-down version of the Spinners classic, ‘It’s A Shame’, written by Stevie Wonder and Syreeta.

James Brown is apparent in spirit with the JBs-inspired groove on the super rare cut, ‘Now’, by Lee Arab. Lloyd Williams similarly does a fine Kingston-style version of the hardest-working man in showbusiness on ‘Reggae Feet’.

Version-wise, we have ‘Idleberg’, Cedric Im Brooks’ tough instrumental cut on Horace Andy’s seminal ‘Skylarking’. The little-known Prince Moonie gives us a rare DJ cut of another Horace Andy classic, ‘See A Man’s Face’.

Pablove Black’s cut of Sidewalk Doctor (aka Poco Tempo) is one of a handful of Studio One releases featuring Augustus Pablo’s trademark instrument, the melodica, played by Black himself.

Add to these original cuts from Studio One’s heavyweight session players, including Leroy Sibbles, Jackie Mittoo, Leroy Sibbles, Eric Frater, Leroy ‘Horsemouth’ Wallace, Richard Ace, Vin Gordon and more, and you have one of the finest selections of reggae and funk you will ever hear.

“An absolute treasure trove for the collector as well as being great for the ears and feet. Jackie Mittoo's 'Hang Em High' is worth the price of the album on its own.” - Echoes

“A superb collection that shows how much many Jamaican musicians were influenced by the heavy funk belting out of American studios from the early seventies onwards.” - Touch

“The most satisfying listening experience so far in the Studio One series.” - The Wire

TRACK LISTING

Cedric Im Brooks - Shaft
Alton Ellis - African Descendants
Pablove Black - Poco Tempo
Lloyd Williams – Reggae Feet
Jackie Mittoo - Hang ‘Em High
Cedric Im Brooks - Idleberg
Prince Francis - Beat Down Babylon
Lee Arab - Now
Soul Bros - 007
Prince Moonie - See A Man’s Face
Im And Sound Dimension - Love Jah
Leroy Sibbles - Do Your Thing
The Sharks - Music Answer
Underground Vegetables - Melting Pot
Devon Russell - You Found Heaven
Vin Gordon - Steady Beat
Alton Ellis - It’s A Shame
Roy Richards - Another Day
Delroy Wilson - Funky Broadway

This new Studio collection on Soul Jazz Records delves deep into a melting pot world of reggae and funk and dub created at the music laboratory of 13 Brentford Road, Kingston in the 1970s - an intense collaboration of crack musicians, singers, DJs and engineers under the guidance of producer Clement ‘Coxsone’ Dodd.

Here you will find some of the deepest and rawest cuts to emanate out the Studio One factory - truly hypnotic rhythms, powerful funk guitar and bass, soaring horns and more interspersed with occasional vocals and toasting as musicians reach for the highest heights and deepest roots of reggae music.

Some of these tunes here are rare and classic versions to seminal Studio One vocal cuts from the likes of Horace Andy and Hortense Ellis. There is also a wealth of cuts from simply the greatest musicians ever to come out of Jamaica (let alone Studio One). These include Jackie Mittoo, Roland Alphonso, Cedric Brooks, Ernest Ranglin and the Brentford All-Stars. You’ll find straight up funk bombs such as Lennie Hibbert’s mindblowing ‘Go For Yourself’ (sounding like The Meters meets James Brown), the Brentford All-Stars covering War’s classic ‘The World is a Ghetto’, and Jackie Mittoo showing how to make Cream’s ‘Sunshine of Your Love’ into a reggae funk bomb.

All of these sit beside super-deep roots and dub cuts that exemplify together how Studio One was unique in Clement Dodd’s pioneering vision of reggae, the music created functioning with a continuous level of experimentation that blurred the lines between genres and pushed the outer limits of reggae music at all times. This album is deep.

The album comes with extensive sleeve notes by Steve Barker

TRACK LISTING

Hortense And The Sound Dimension -
People Make The World Go Round Version
Leroy Wallace And The New Establishment -
Far Beyond Version
Sound Dimension - Face Man Version
Fabian & The Vibes - Mother And Child (Part
2)
Lennie Hibbert - Go For Yourself
Dub Specialist - Chainey Roots
Brentford All Stars - The World Is A Ghetto
The Jay Tees And Brentford Rockers -
Forward To Jah (Part 2)
Roy Richards - Summertime
Lennie Hibbert - Snow Bird
Pablov Black - Dread Head
Cedric Im Brooks - Glory To Sound
Jackie Mittoo - Lazy Bones
Dub Specialist - Message From Dub
Jackie Mittoo - Sunshine Of Your Love
Roland Alphonso - Tenor Man Trip
Ernest And The Sound Dimension - Surfin’

Mercury Studios is pleased to announce a new title from the Rolling Stones archive, Licked Live in NYC. This show from New York’s Madison Square Garden in January 2003 was one of 117 shows on the band’s 40th anniversary tour, which played in stadiums, arenas and theaters around the world between 2002 and 2003. 

Soul Jazz Records’ new Studio One collection ‘Fire Over Babylon: Dread, Peace and Conscious Sounds at Studio One’ features a stellar selection of 70s roots music - classic and rare tracks recorded at Clement Dodd’s musical empire at 13 Brentford Road in the 1970s.

Rastafarian-inspired Roots music was an ever-important aspect of Studio One’s output from the start of the 1970s onwards and this album features many of the groundbreaking groups and artists that established the sound of Jamaica during this decade and beyond.

Featured here are seminal artists such as Freddie McGregor, The Wailing Souls, The Gladiators, Horace Andy, Devon Russell, Cedric Brooks, Count Ossie and Judah Eskender Tafari alongside a host of lesser-known rare cuts made at Studio One from artists such as The Prospectors, Viceroys and Pablove Black.

Studio One and founder Clement Dodd’s connection with Rastafarianism dates back to the early 1960s, with Dodd accompanying members of the Skatalites up to the hills of Kingston to listen to the music of the Rastafarian Count Ossie and his drummers. The album sleevenotes discuss how Clement Dodd’s musical links, as well as his role in heading the most important record label in Reggae, are in many ways linked to the beliefs of Rastafarianism.

TRACK LISTING

Freddie McGregor - I Am A Revolutionist
The Silvertones - Burning In My Soul
Wailing Souls - Without You
Devon Russell - Jah Jah Fire
Trevor Clarke - Sufferation
The Gladiators - Sonia
Judah Eskender Tafari - Always Trying
The Viceroys - Ya Ho
Im And Count Ossie - Give Me Back Me Language And Me Culture
The Gladiators - Serious Thing
The Prospectors - Glory For I
Wailing Souls - Things And Time
Pablove Black - Inner Peace
The Gladiators - Peace
Horace Andy - Mr. Jolly Man
Wailing Souls - Rock But Don’t Fall
Albert Griffiths And The Gladiators - Righteous Man
So Many Problems - The Viceroys

November sees the release of MERRIE LAND, the second album from The Good, The Bad & The Queen, a band comprising of Damon Albarn, Paul Simonon, Tony Allen and Simon Tong. The Good, The Bad & The Queen began life as the acclaimed 2007 album of the same name, a heartfelt tribute to London described by The Observer in a 5 star review as –“One of the most surprising and magical records for which Damon Albarn has ever been responsible”.

The record traced a journey from the English music hall tradition to West Africa and Afrobeat, zigzagging through the West Indies and its reggae and dub, back to England and London's punk scene, all the while taking in a strand of British beat music from the '50s right through to Britpop. The result was a record specific to a place and mood but with a background that was geographically wide-ranging.

Now the four musical storytellers are back with a new studio album titled ‘Merrie Land’.

Produced by Tony Visconti and The Good, The Bad & The Queen was completed in London and Wales this year, during the current ongoing period in which the UK is preparing to leave the European Union, ‘Merrie Land ’is a questioning good-bye letter, a series of observations and reflections on Britishness in 2018. Even though it has been over 10 years since the band last released a record, the timing could not be more apt – there could not be a more perfect band to untangle the optimism, disorientation and confusion in the atmosphere today.

With ‘Merrie Land’, the band taps into a creative symbiosis of past and future, drawing inspiration from their shared glittering musical histories and wrapping the hybrid results in a brilliantly postmodern yet thoroughly British package.

The album sees the band’s focus move beyond London with a beautiful and hopeful paean to the Britain of today - an inclusive Britain - and the possibilities of the future. In the band’s own words, Merrie Land is a ten song lament of Anglo-Saxosentialism marking the reluctant end of a relationship, and about picking up the pieces and seeing what can be salvaged. The band set a beautifully muted palette and lustrous finish to bring out a mood that is bruised yet unapologetically defiant and optimistic, and carries the underlying message: we will survive.

In times of metaphysical trauma, the people need to forge ahead and wear armour. Here it is, set to the mood music of a nation about to be broken yet undefeated.

TRACK LISTING

1. Introduction
2. Merrie Land
3. Gun To The Head
4. Nineteen Seventeen
5. The Great Fire
6. Lady Boston
7. Drifters & Trawlers
8. The Truce Of Twilight
9. Ribbons
10. The Last Man To Leave
11. The Poison Tree

With members of Sonic Youth, Swans, White Hills, JG Thirlwell, Cop Shoot Cop, Live Skull reunion, Pop 1280, The Dresden Dolls, Alice Donut, Lubricated Goat, Sxip Shirley, Parlor Walls and many more!

BC35 refers to the weekend of performances and resulting album marking the 35 year anniversary of BC Studio in Gowanus, Brooklyn. Musicians were invited to participate by Martin Bisi, and were assembled by Genevieve Fernworthy into improv ensembles. There were also some long-awaited reunions. Recorded with a live audience comprised of sound pioneers, social deviants, and studio fans, these tracks were mixed and edited with care over several months by Martin Bisi and by veterans of the studio throughout the decades.

Legendary indie space rockers Sterling Roswell and Pete Bassman of Spacemen 3 return as The Darkside after a 23 year hiatus with a 5CD 'Complete Studio Masters' box set of remasters, remixes and demos. One of the projects to emerge from the groundbreaking efforts of the drone-rock pioneers, The Darkside led by Pete Bain (a.k.a. Pete Bassman), who on leaving Spacemen 3 prior returned to his hometown of Rugby, would be joined by fellow alumni and multi instrumentalist Sterling Roswell. Signed soon after to Beggars Banquet due to the strength of their demo’s and live shows, The Darkside went on to unleash psychedelic gems including; “Waiting For The Angels”, “Guitar Voodoo”, “Mystic Morning”, “All That Noise” and many more.

Now, nearly 25 years on, Rosco and Pete have worked front line for both the re-mastering and artwork of this special release. Rosco aka Sterling Roswell explains: “Contained are just some of the seeds that Pete and I planted in the spring time of our youth that are now bearing fruit with the help everyone at Beggars Banquet and Cargo Records, thanks and praises... This 5 CD box set contains the complete studio masters, 55 tracks recorded between the years 1989 and 1993 and contains 4 hidden bonus unreleased tracks recorded Live on Campus Radio at Surrey University celebrating the work we did together and continue to do so...”. Jonathan Levitt of Blurt Magazine, discusses the bands first release “All That Noise”: “I can clearly remember back to 1990 when All That Noise was released and the first time I spun it on my Doctor Goth radio show.

While simultaneously listening to the sinister opening bass notes of “Guitar Voodoo” and staring at the cryptic album cover I was transfixed by a band that was thankfully outside of any contrived musical movement being pushed at the time, Madchester anyone? The album is propelled along a very clear trajectory giving a heavy nod to 60’s psych along the way. Now some 27 years on, the album remains as it did upon my first listen, a psychedelic gem existing in its own space and time, filled with a sinister, brooding and beguiling set of tracks that continue to astonish.” Track Info : Discs 1 and 2 contain the critically acclaimed debut album ‘All That Noise’ remastered plus alternate versions, mixes, instrumentals, demos, bonus unreleased live tracks and an interview recorded in 1990. Disc 3 contains the follow up to second critically acclaimed album Mellomania, remastered in full. Disc 4 contains dub remixes and remastered Mayhem To Meditate EP. Disc 5 contains the Bomp Records Lunar Surf EP, remastered Jukebox At Munster’s single, the previously unreleased lost 3rd album and demos. 

TRACK LISTING

1 - 1 Guitar Voodoo
2 Found Love
3 She Don’t Come
4 Good For Me
5 Love In A Burning Universe
6 All That Noise
7 Spend Some Time
8 Don’t Stop The Rain
9 Soul Deep
10 Waiting For The Angels
11 Sweet Vibrations..

CD 2 - 1 Guitar Voodoo Alt Mix
2 Found Love Alt Mix
3 She Don’t Come Alt Mix
4 Good For Me Alt Mix
5 Love In A Burning Universe Instrumental
6 All That Noise Alt Mix
7 Spend Some Time Alt Mix
8 Soul Deep Instrumental
9 Waiting For The Angels Alt Mix
10 Head In The Sand Demo
11 Waiting For The Angels Demo
12 Sweet Vibrations Demo
13 Good For Me Demo
14 She Don’t Come - Live On Surrey University Campus Radio
15 Blues One - Live On Surrey University Campus Radio
16 Interlude On Mars - Live On Surrey University Campus Radio
17 High Rise Love - Live On Surrey University Campus Radio
18 Recorded Interview 1990..

CD3 -
1 Always Pleasure
2 Feelings Flow
3 Tornado
4 Mystic Morning
5 Someday
6 Are You For Real ?
7 24 Hours
8 Cry For Me
9 Rise..

CD 4 -

1 Waiting For The Angels 12” Mix
2 This Mystic Morning
3 This Mystic Remix
4 This Mystic Remix
5 This Mystic Dub
6 Cry For Me Single Remix
7 The Straightest Shot
8 This Time Is Mine
9 The Heart Of The Sun ..

CD 5 -

1 Feel Too Real
2 Retroglide
3 SOS Bomp EP Version
4 SOS Alt Mix
5 Space Walk Bomp EP Version
6 Space Walk Alt Mix
7 When Fate Deals It’s Mortal Blow
8 SOS Agent Ugly Version
9 There’s A World Outside
10 High Time
11 Easter Everywhere
12 Ride Around
13 Frankie Teardrop

‘Black Man’s Pride’ is the striking new Studio One collection of deep righteous reggae, featuring Horace Andy, Alton Ellis, The Gladiators, Sugar Minott, The Heptones, Freddie McGregor, Cedric Brooks & more.

While the righteousness of blackness is at the heart of the Rastafarian faith, this collection illustrates how black pride remained a central theme, if not the defining essence, at the very core of all the music created at Studio One Records under the direction of Clement ‘Sir Coxsone’ Dodd.

In order to understand the centrality of black identity in the music created at Studio One, we need look no further than Clement ‘Sir Coxsone’ Dodd who created the first black-owned record company in Jamaica.

In similar fashion Alton Ellis’s defining ‘Black Man’s Pride’ brings up emotions that are at the heart of many of these uplifting songs. Alton Ellis’ birthplace was the Trench Town ghetto of Kingston, also the birthplace of The Wailers, Ken Boothe and many other Studio One luminaries.

Clement Dodd established a musical empire firmly rooted by the core musicians working at Studio One, many of whom came out of the Alpha School for Wayward Boys, essentially an orphanage run by Roman Catholic nuns, whose luminaries include Don Drummond, Johnny Moore, Leroy ‘Horsemouth’ Wallace, Cedric Brooks, Vin Gordon, Tommy McCook & more.

Many of the songs featured here come from the transitory phase in reggae at the start of the 1970s, after the exhilaration of Ska and following the cooling down of Rocksteady.

While reggae awaited the arrival of roots, Studio One’s vocalists were already producing some of the moodiest music imaginable.

Here are 18 heavyweight tunes, both classic cuts and super-rare tunes.

TRACK LISTING

Alton Ellis - Black Man's Pride
Horace Andy - Child Of The Ghetto
Dennis Brown - Created By The Father
The Gladiators - Roots Natty
The Classics - Got To Be Cool
The Nightingales - Rasta Is Calling
Glen Miller - Love & Understanding
Sugar Minott - Woman Shadow
Lloyd Jones & The Super Natural Six - Red In A Babylon
Dudley Sibley & The Soul Gang - Love In Our Nation
The Heptones - Equal Rights
Glen Miller - You Must Be Love
Winston Jarrett - Up Park No Mans Land
Cedric Im Brooks - Why Can’t I
Larry Marshall - Let's Make It Up
Freddie McGregor - Children Listen To Wise Words
John Holt - Build Our Dreams
Johnny Osbourne – Forgive Them

Featured here is a new collection spanning Studio One’s dancehall period - singers and deejays on classic Studio One rhythms, studio and electronic wizardry from the Brentford Road headquarters, lots of rare 12” singles, all effortlessly brought together to nice up the dance.

When Clement ‘Sir Coxsone’ Dodd first ruled the dancehalls of Kingston in the 1950s, fighting off the soundsystem competition of Duke Reid, King Edwards and others, few could imagine how far the reign of Studio One would last. However, the emergence of dancehall as a distinct style of reggae at the end of the 1970s, as upstart competing producers began recording vocalists and deejays performing over replayed classic Studio One rhythms, in many ways made the influence of Clement Dodd’s vision more omnipotent than ever before (and lasting to this day).

Not surprisingly, Clement Dodd’s creativity and business acumen made him quick to respond to this musical phenomenon - he soon began voicing the new stable of Studio One singers and deejays, such as Sugar Minott and Lone Ranger, over original classic Studio One rhythms recorded in the late 1960s - by producing some of the most innovative, time-bending and creative music of his career.

This album comes as CD with slipcase, super-loud, super-heavy triple vinyl with free download code.

TRACK LISTING

Ernest Wilson - Why Oh Why
Johnny Osbourne - Lend Me The Sixteen
Windel Haye - Haunted House
Green Tea & Chassy - Ghetto Girl
Johnny Osbourne - Time A Run Out
Lone Ranger - Noah In The Ark
Devon Russell - Thanks And Praise
Brentford Disco Set - Rebel Disco
Doreen Schaffer - I Don’t Know Why
Slim Smith - Lonely Lover
Field Marshall Haye - Roots And Herb Style
DJ Dawn & The Ranking Queens - Peace Truce Thing
Jim Brown - Cure For The Fever
Sugar Minott - Peace Treaty Style
Lloyd Robinson - It Deep
Barry Brown - Far East
Windel Haye & Captain
Morgan - Flood Victim
Ernest Wilson - Pick Them Up

One of the most important Joy Division discoveries ever - with the approval of Martin Hannett's family - Martin Hannett's own mix tapes of the 1978 and 1979 Cargo Studios, Rochdale sessions plus Hannett's other mixes of songs and sound effects probably from Strawberry and Britannia Row. Martin Hannett had a habit of running quarter inch tape machines throughout all Joy Division recording sessions and had an agreement with the band and Rob Gretton and Tony Wilson to create his own versions of the recording sessions and would often go into the various studios without the band and continually remix what he had recorded on those tapes and experiment feeding what he had recorded through his AMS delays and play around with synthesisers. It is Martin's use of these weird and wonderful sound effects and synth sounds on Joy Division recordings that made Joy Division studio recordings stand out above any other punk or post punk band from that time and this CD gives an insight into the sounds Martin Hannett had in his head and what he fed into the Joy Division sound. Tracks included many with multiple versions are: "Digital", "Glass", "Atmosphere", "Dead Souls", "Ice Age", "N4" ("Decades") and "Eternal". Also features interviews and many of the original sound samples.

"Studio" is a compilation from this excellent and underated band's finest songs.