Rolling Reissues 2015

So Numero is reissuing Jimmy Carter & the Dallas County Green? I respect the work those guy put into their releases, But… I'm probably the odd man out here, but sometimes I wish these reissue labels would let things be. I've been waiting to find a copy of that record for 8 years now and I've enjoyed waiting. I will find a copy one day. That's why record collecting is thrilling, waiting digging, and finally finding something you want. I don't want a reissue of anything really.

So don't buy one, bro.

I mean, I kinda get what you're saying - I feel like I'm destined to find a copy of Jim Ford's Harlan County someday.

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(namechecks Laughner etc. like mad, but no legends/stars on these particular tapes---lots of good taste in covers, though)
SMOG VEIL RECORDS ANNOUNCES
THE NEXT RELEASE IN THE PLATTERS DU CUYAHOGA SERIES
Mr. Stress Blues Band: Live At The Brick Cottage 1972 – 1973
Winter 2016 Release Date

November 24, 2015 (Cleveland, OH) – Smog Veil Records announces the next release in the Platters du Cuyahoga (PDC1) series: Mr. Stress Blues Band: Live At The Brick Cottage 1972 – 1973. "Bill "Mr. Stress" Miller [January 1, 1943 -- May 18, 2015] performed “thousands of gigs," the Cleveland Plain Dealer explains, "He played with Steppenwolf, the MC5, the James Gang. Jammed with 100-plus bandmates, including rock heroes such as Chrissie Hynde, Peter Laughner and Jimmy Fox." The record which features extensive liner notes will hit retail this winter, 2016 and will be available in digital format as well as CD and vinyl LP. Since this is an archival release there is no touring scheduled, although a record release event with surviving members may be announced.

The album is a collection of recordings taped live at the legendary Brick Cottage in Cleveland in 1972 and 1973. Peter Laughner, Cleveland proto-punk legend and brief member of the Mr. Stress Blues Band, initially got the band booked at the “Sick Brick.” The scene in and around the Brick was the stuff of legend replete with gun-toting regulars, junkies nodding out in front of the stage, and a feisty waitress named Monique that could and often did put certain customers in their place.

The band played regularly in Cleveland with numerous local performers and shared the stage with touring acts such as Otis Spann, Bonnie Raitt, James Montgomery, Rotary Connection, Joe Jackson, Little Steven, Steppenwolf, Nazz, and Three Dog Night and many others. Chrissie Hynde of the Pretenders even namedropped Mr. Stress in the popular Pretenders' song "Precious."

"As a bandleader, Miller fronted his iconic Mr. Stress Blues Band through numerous permutations," music researcher Nick Blakey explains in the band's bio. Some of the best and brightest musicians in Cleveland who passed through the band included Chrissie Hynde (Pretenders), Peter Laughner (Pere Ubu/Rocket From The Tombs), Anton Fier (Golden Palominos/The Feelies/Swans), Vito San Filippo (Tower of Power/The O’Jays), James Emery (String Trio of New York/Anthony Braxton), Glenn Schwartz (Pacific Gas & Electric/All Saved Freak Band), Alan Greene (Breathless/The Innocent), Ken Klimak (Dr. John), Chuck Drazdik (It’s A Beautiful Day), Kenny Ruscitto (15-60-75), no less than six members of The James Gang, as well as noted international journalist and writer Eric Ehrmann."

The album features the band performing live takes on songs by Howlin' Wolf, B.B. King, Muddy Waters, Slim Harpo, Jimmy Reed, Albert King, and more. Musicians on the recording include: Bill “Mr. Stress” Miller on vocals and harmonica; Charlie “Pontiac Slim” Drazdik on guitar; Tom Rinda on bass; Mike “The Professor” Sands on electric piano; Dr. Pete Sinks on drums (1972 tracks); Kenny Ruscitto on drums (1973 tracks).

Track listing:

Side One: (24:50)
1. How Many More Years (Chester Burnett) (Brick Cottage 1973) (9:35)
2. Walkin’ Through The Park (McKinley Morganfield) (Brick Cottage 1972) (4:12)
3. Good Time Charlie (Malone-Scott-Caple) (Unknown Location 1972) (3:49)*
4. Scratch My Back (Slim Harpo) (Brick Cottage 1973) (5:12)
5. Chicken Shack (Break Song) (Milburn-Cullum. arr MSBB) (Brick Cottage 1973) (1:50)

Side Two: (24:46)
1. Get Out of My Life Woman (Allen Toussaint) (Brick Cottage 1973) (7:02)
2. Big Boss Man (Jimmy Reed) (Brick Cottage 1973) (3:16)
3. I Feel So Bad (Chuck Willis) (Brick Cottage 1972) (4:19)
4. Sweet Little Angel (King-Taub) (Brick Cottage 1972) (9:59)

CD and LP download Bonus Tracks: (25:49)
1. Rock Me Baby (King-Bihari) (Kenny’s Last Stand at The Brick Cottage 1973) (4:51)
2. Crosscut Saw (R.G. Ford) (Brick Cottage 1973) (5:03)
3. Help Me (Williamson-Dixon-Bass) (Brick Cottage 1972) (6:00)
4. Black Night (Jessie Mae Robinson) (Brick Cottage 1972) (8:28)
5. Chicken Shack (Break Song #2) (Milburn-Cullum. arr MSBB) (Brick Cottage 1973) (1:27)

ABOUT SMOG VEIL RECORDS
Smog Veil Records was founded in Cleveland, Ohio in 1991 and focuses on underground, challenging and bombastic music. The label roster includes Rocket From The Tombs, Batusis (Cheetah Chrome and Sylvain Sylvain of New York Dolls), Peter Laughner, Pere Ubu, Complaints Choir, This Moment In Black History, OBNOX, The New Hope v/a compilation, Tin Huey, Easter Monkeys, Pistol Whip, Unknown Instructors (Mike Watt, George Hurley, Joe Baiza, Dan McGuire, Raymond Pettibon, David Thomas), Teacher’s Pet, Thor, Amps II Eleven, New Christs (featuring Rob Younger of Radio Birdman), Rubber City Rebels and others.

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MY MUSIC Presents
Close To You: Remembering The Carpenters

Remastered Documentary To Air On Public Television Nationwide on December 5th

People.com Premieres Unreleased Video Of The Duo's 1971 Hit "For All We Know"

Carpenters - The Complete Singles
Available Exclusively through Public TV Stations

On Saturday December 5th, the public television series MY MUSIC will present Close To You: Remembering The Carpenters, airing on Public Television stations nationwide. A look back at the lives and musical arc of the beloved brother-and-sister songwriting duo, the film stands as a testament to their enduring musical legacy. Featuring rare performances and extensive archival footage, this remastered documentary celebrates the timeless appeal of the Carpenters' unique sound, from Karen's warmly expressive voice to Richard's diverse talents as arranger, producer, pianist and composer. During their spectacular career, the duo was the recipient of three Grammy Awards, including Best New Artist of 1970, an American Music Award and over 20 gold records. Remembrances from friends and colleagues Herb Alpert, Burt Bacharach, Petula Clark and Paul Williams are also included.

Today People.com premieres a previously unreleased video of The Carpenter's smash hit "For All We Know." The song was a million-selling hit single for the duo in 1971, the same year they won their third Grammy Award for Best Pop Vocal Performance by A Duo Or Group. Reflecting on the song, Richard Carpenter observes, "'For All We Know' works beautifully for Karen's alto, our background harmonies and the fluid electric bass playing of Joe Osborn. The recording is as fresh to me in 2015 as it was in 1970." The video is currently streaming here:http://www.people.com/article/carpenters-for-all-we-know-performance-video"> http://www.people.com/article/carpenters-for-all-we-know-performance-video

TJL Productions' MY MUSIC series is proud to bring this program back to public television audiences. "Hearing Karen's intimate voice is like listening to our own inner voice, the music she and Richard made expresses every emotion we go through in this life," says Lubinsky, the series’ executive producer. "I felt that bringing the heartwarming story of the Carpenters to public television will help now for new generations to discover and us older fans to reflect on their extraordinary work.”

Made available as part of this television event, Carpenters – The Complete Singles is a new 3-CD box set that presents, for the first time in one collection, every A and B-side released in the United States on A&M Records between 1969 and 1989 in the form of their original single version. Included are timeless hits such as "Top of The World," "For All We Know," "Superstar" and "Close To You," as well as signature covers “Ticket to Ride” and “Please Mr. Postman.” With 66 tracks in total, the collection will be made exclusively available as a gift for viewers who make a pledge of support to their public television channel.

Additionally, a DVD of the Close To You special will be offered as a public television exclusive, with 60 minutes of extras including complete song performances from the duo, expanded from the documentary. Also included is "The Carpenters at The White House" featurette, shot when President Nixon was in office, other rare songs and footage and a stunning rendition of Karen and Richard performing "Ave Maria."

TJ Lubinsky is currently available to speak about the documentary and December 5th television broadcast event. Jim Pierson, an original producer of Close To You: Remembering The Carpenters, is also available.

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Joe Bussard Presents: The Year of Jubilo - 78 RPM Recordings of Songs from the Civil War
Street Date, October 16th, 2015, Dust-to-Digital

Legendary collector Joe Bussard is putting records out once again! After running the last 78rpm label in the US (RIP Fonotone Records 1956-1974), Joe had relegated his efforts to promoting old-time music by making cassette tapes for people hungry to hear his rare treasures and producing his radio show Country Classics for stations in Georgia, North Carolina, Tennessee and West Virginia. But last year, Joe and his daughter Susannah Anderson had the idea to produce a compilation of Civil War tunes and they rang the office of Dust-to-Digital to gauge interest in producing such a compilation.

"Bussard's got shit that God don't have. It is one of the great glory holds, probably the finest in the world. He was canvassing earlier than most, and he's been at it longer, and he took everything: He recognized stuff that he really didn't even like at the time, but he recognized it as being good, and he kept it."
-- collector and musician Tom Hoskins, an authority on pre-World War II Delta blues, for the Washington City Paper
Description: CD in digipak with 36-page booklet. Includes introductory essay by Kevin Fontenot and liner notes by Tony Russell.

Tracklist
1. Ernest Stoneman – Pass Around the Bottle
2. Blue Ridge Mountain Singers – Lorena
3. Grant Brothers & Their Music – Johnson Boy
4. Red Mountain Trio – Dixie
5. Buell Kazee – The Faded Coat of Blue
6. G. B. Grayson & Henry Whitter – He Is Coming to Us Dead
7. Ernest Stoneman – Sweet Bunch of Violets
8. Ward & Winfield – In Those Cruel Slavery Days
9. Chubby Parker & His Little Old-Time Banjo – The Year of Jubilo
10. Da Costa Woltz’s Southern Broadcasters – John Brown’s Dream
11. Capt. M. J. Bonner (The Texas Fiddler) – Dusty Miller / Ma Ferguson
12. Cherry Lane Express – Rebels Hornpipe
13. Henry C. Gilliland and A. C. (Eck) Robertson – Turkey in the Straw
14. The Foreman Family – The Poor Old Slave
15. Asa Martin & James Roberts – Darling Nellie Gray
16. Henry C. Gilliland and A. C. (Eck) Robertson – Arkansaw Traveler
17. McGee Brothers & Todd – Old Master’s Runaway
18. Da Costa Woltz’s Southern Broadcasters – Richmond Cotillion
19. Fiddlin’ John Carson & His Virginia Reelers – Dixie Division

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Gong Radio Gnome Invisible trilogy plus asa box set on both vinyl and cd. Cd comes with a 4th cd with the debut 7" by the band on it.

JUsty had this pointed out to me though
http://planetgong.co.uk/news/current.shtml#statement

Ltd. ed. vinyl, never heard of the additional guitarist or female guest vocalist. "Walk With Me Sydney"!
http://www.discogs.com/Pink-Floyd-1965-Their-First-Recordings/release/7780256

It looks like a lot of the Sanctuary era Trojan sets are reappearing. Been seeing a lot of the Lee Perry ones locally.

Ltd. ed. vinyl, never heard of the additional guitarist or female guest vocalist. "Walk With Me Sydney"!

Rado "Bob" Klose was in Floyd in 1964-1965. These early sessions were his only recordings with the band, then he apparently left music until 2006, when he showed up on Gilmour's On an Island and a few Chico Hamilton records.

Juliette Gale was Rick Wright's first wife.

Thanks, my Floyd knowledge has many gaps. Meanwhile:

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Also, the accompanying compilation--- series links are messed up, but here are some individually (info and audio samples incl.):
The CLE set: http://www.souljazzrecords.co.uk/releases/?id=40922

Akron: http://www.souljazzrecords.co.uk/releases/?id=40918

Sick On You (Electric Eels, Crime, Cab Voltaire, further afield:
http://www.souljazzrecords.co.uk/releases/?id=36733

There Is No Such Thing As A Society (Johnny Moped, Disturbed, Television Personalities, Swell Maps etc)
http://www.souljazzrecords.co.uk/releases/?id=35137

Kill The Hippies! Kill Youself! America Destroys Its Young (Urinals, Theoretical Girls, Zeros, Flamin' Groovies (?), more from Cleveland, etc)
[url]http://www.souljazzrecords.co.uk/releases/?id=36733[url]

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After only 12 years in business, we’re finally, truly embracing the Christmas spirit (that is, exploiting a fundamentally spiritual holiday for material gain).

Despite our annual tradition of exploitation, wherein we spend 12 days peddling slightly-discounted stocking stuffers and various tree-obscuring box sets, we’ve never created an actual product to hoover up all those loose Christmasy dollars before. Perhaps our Scrooge McGrinch hearts are warming to the idea of all that holiday moolah, but here we are with our first seasonal product. Available for purchase only in the months of November and December, we’re bringing you the wonderful original single by Indiana girl-group The Shades.

Staying well within the seasonal spirit, we are also finally providing the lightly-satanic music of Medusa to the compact disc consumer, featuring three additional tracks and wrapped in the same velveteen ensconcement as the large-format edition. We've also released a repro of their original missives on 45 "Strangulation" b/w "Temptress". To celebrate the occasion, we've created a commemorative 3" embroidered patch featuring Medusa’s trademarked pentagram with claws of fire logo.

Keeping vaguely in theme with the holidays, we have the original motion picture soundtrack to Rick Alverson's new film Entertainment. The soundtrack, curated by the film's main character Gregg Turkington (aka Neil Hamburger), features co-star John C. Reilly turning in a truly bizarre rendition of Away In The Manger. It's sure to be one more thing for your family to argue about over the dinner table.

We'd be remiss not to mention our Numero Gift Cards and the newly launched subscription club, Project Twelve. Both make excellent holiday gifts for that discerning record collector in your life.

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The Shades

Santa Claus Is Coming To Town b/w Prancer's Got Some Red Spots

Girl group greatness for your holiday soiree! Figuring it would take a Christmas miracle to break them out of rural Indiana, the Shades––Cindi, Jannie, and Suzi––traveled to Chicago's RCA Studios in 1966 to cut the holiday perineal, "Santa Claus Is Coming To Town." Backed with the original "Prancer's Got Some Red Spots" and released on Indiana's tiny Fujimo label, the 2015 reissue comes housed in a festive pic sleeve featuring the teen trio at their most merry.

Add Some Holiday Cheer to Your Record Collection.

Medusa

Strangulation b/w Temptress

Prior to tracking First Step Beyond, Chicago proto-metal quintet Medusa headed three miles west to the Village of Oak Park and cut their debut 7” at Stephen Wilcox’s Pepperhead custom studio. The resulting versions of “Strangulation” and “Temptress” are a touch further unhinged than their sororal album twins, as phased-out scraps of psychedelia and bleeding solos maxed out Pepperhead’s 8-track rig. Pressed in a strictly limited quantity of 1000 copies. Also available with an extremely limited 3” Medusa patch that’ll add snake-haired credibility to even the crispest new denim jacket.

Get Tempted.
Medusa

First Step Beyond

You must physically hold this album, kneel at its altar; we will fail to describe it. Medusa’s First Step Beyond might have forever shifted the perception of Chicago rock history had it managed to make the leap from tape to its never-realized vinyl pressing. Instead, the conflagation of Sabbath, Hawkwind, and Amon Duul II remained petrified in the Corycian Caverns—otherwise known as the drummer’s basement. Self-produced on four track in 1975, this lone transmission from Medusa’s repertoire appeared on the extremely mysterious Pepperhead label, whose proprietor allegedly disappeared after a bad trip and was never been seen again. Forged in ceremonial mock-velvet, custom embossed in Gorgon-gold and blood-red, and art directed in accordance with the band’s elaborate original stage props and artwork, we have positioned this unreleased opus to finally reach its destination: the turntables of pot-smoking and leather-clad teenagers, young and old.

Embrace The Sorcerer's Magic.

Entertainment

Experience the soundtrack to Neil Hamburger's existential dread. Entertainment is the unnerving film account of a traveling comedian lost on the brink. A broken, aging comic tours the California desert, cast away in a sea of third-rate venues, novelty tourist attractions, and self-serving attempts to reach his estranged daughter. By day, he drags across the barren landscape, inadvertently alienating every acquaintance. At night, he seeks solace in the animation of his onstage persona. Fueled by the promise of a lucrative Hollywood engagement, he confronts a series of increasingly surreal and volatile encounters. This sonic companion to Entertainment comes straight from the record collection top-secret Neil Hamburger alter ego Gregg Turkington, an avid gatherer of privately pressed curios and the self-proclaimed #1 fan of Frank Sinatra Jr. Joining the Son of the Chairman of the Board on this limited edition LP is a cast of downtrodden personalities, including a emphatic ally Los Angeleno nun, a Italian-language folkie whose guitar laments the Vietnam war, and a Columbus, Ohio, civil rights activist and record man. Included are interstitial dialogue snippets, one of which lets co-star John C. Reilly supply a bizarre rendition of Away In The Manger.

Feel The Dread.

Project Twelve

Our seasonal music club featuring twelve exceedingly rare or entirely unreleased LPs. Four albums of Eccentric Soul, four albums from Wayfaring Strangers, and four plucked from our Private Mind Garden. These records won’t be available in stores and they won’t be repressed. We’re not issuing them on CD and the only way you can buy them is by joining the club. And that club? It's limited to just a thousand members.

Sign Up Now.

Numero Group Gift Proxy

If you wish to purchase a gift for the Numero Group collector/consumer/fan/friend/online stalker of your choice, but you'd prefer to avoid the risk of replicating an already acquired item number in our vast catalog, we offer the Numero Group Gift Proxy. Unlike your standard Gift Card or Gift Certificate, this is a physical item with mild to moderate functionality that will stand-in for what will become your recipient's actual gift, while not being entirely a piece of rubbish. The Numero Group Gift Proxy comes attached to a 7" single that could, if the recipient so desires, be filed with their other similar items in an already established collection. Whatever they do with it, they will love whatever gift they choose to redeem it for. (For a few bucks less you can do it all digitally.)

Go ahead, make their day.

Eccentric Snow: The Numero Guide to Holiday Funk.

Want us to do all the work for you? Just kick back in front of the ol' Yule Log, and click the link to fire up our holiday Spotify playlist: https://play.spotify.com/user/numerogroup/playlist/7aKmK6GwGsLFyFCmDNgTKW?play=true&utm_source=open.spotify.com&utm_medium=open

As always, any item purchased from our website gets an immediate digital download of the album. Orders ship within one to two business day and are packed with care by two qualified professionals. We apologize in advance for the US Postal Service’s inability to deliver an LP with out a crushed corner or a packing knife slash.

Acute licensed some stuff to those Punk 45 comps. Great series.

http://exclaim.ca/music/article/felt_gets_vinyl_reissue_campaign_through_captured_tracks

Glad to see these get reissued but i'm bummed I just dropped $$$ on the originals.

Your originals probably sound better and are still going to be worth more, if that makes you feel better.

Not music, but zany energy x blithe spirit

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SHOUT! FACTORY EXTENDS ERNIE KOVACS DISTRIBUTION DEAL THROUGH 2020

Library of Congress Acquisition of the Archive of Ernie Kovacs &
Edie Adams Estate Guarantees Preservation and Digitization of the Entire Archive from Television’s Original Genius & Muriel Cigar Girl

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

LOS ANGELES, CA (THURSDAY DECEMBER 3, 2015) – Shout! Factory and Ediad Productions today announced an agreement extending the distribution of Ernie Kovacs visual archive that aired in the 1950s and early 1960s for five years through 2020. In addition to the continued sale of existing packages of television shows, a newly amassed physical set will be released to coincide with the Centennial of Kovacs’ birth on January 23, 2019. Entire episodes of previously unseen-since-broadcast shows from the Ernie Kovacs archive will be released digitally.

It was also announced today that the Library of Congress has acquired the entire physical archive of both Ernie Kovacs and Edie Adams including Kinescopes, videotapes, 16MM, Super 8 home movies and other media that provide a unique window into both the professional and personal lives of these two iconic entertainers. The intellectual property however remains with Ediad Productions. The collection will complement the Library’s existing collections of iconic humorists, including Bob Hope, Groucho Marx, Jerry Lewis, Danny Kaye, Lucille Ball and Desi Arnaz, Sid Caesar and Johnny Carson.

The Ernie Kovacs and Edie Adams Collection will be available to researchers in the Library’s Motion Picture and Television Reading Room in Washington, D.C. Processing of the collection continues, but much of it is currently available to researchers.

“The immense popularity of our three Ernie Kovacs releases during the first five-year period of this partnership justified the extension of this agreement with Shout! Factory,” said Joshua Mills, President of Ediad Productions. “To that end, the Library of Congress acquisition of the Ernie Kovacs and Edie Adams archive now guarantees the preservation and digitization of their work for future generations which was always Edie’s dream. As we push forward into the digital age, we will be introducing these shows to new audiences via streaming and mobile devices beginning shortly with Shout! Factory. ”

“We are delighted to continue being the home of the Ernie Kovacs Show, and we look forward to bringing more of his comic genius to fans of groundbreaking television,” said Jordan Fields, Vice President of Acquisitions at Shout! Factory.

The Library of Congress Collection highlights include:

• 2" videotape masters of all 8 of Kovacs' monthly specials for ABC (1961-62)
• 35mm kinescopes of 74 episodes of Kovacs' infamous morning show for NBC (1956)
• 2" videotape masters of 35 episodes of "Take a Good Look", Ernie's tongue-in-cheek panel quiz show
• Original 16mm elements of Kovacs' silent movie spoof “The Mysterious Knockwurst” made for his CBS morning show in 1953
• 2" videotape masters of all 21 episodes of "Here's Edie"
• Original 16mm kinescopes for "Ernie in Kovacsland" (1951)
• Test footage of matting effects for Ernie as "Superclod" et al
• Audio masters of (formerly) unreleased Percy Dovetonsils LP "Percy Dovetonsils…Thpeakth"

Ernie Kovacs, whose offbeat humor graced the airwaves for just a decade in the 1950s, and early 1960’s served healthy portions of the offbeat to his audiences, who had never seen anything quite like this cigar-wielding charmer. Wickedly funny but not offensive, Kovacs’ unique humor and flair for improvisation continues to attract audiences, influencing TV funnymen from Johnny Carson, Monty Python, Billy Crystal, Craig Ferguson, David Letterman, Pee Wee Herman and many Saturday Night Live cast members.

About Ediad Productions, Inc.
Formed by the late entertainer & Muriel Cigar girl Edie Adams and currently run by her son Joshua Mills, Ediad Productions is home to what is likely the largest independent archive of early American television in existence. With more than 150 half-hours of content from legendary comedian Ernie Kovacs as well as two seasons of Edie Adams’ prime time variety show from the mid-1960, Ediad Productions is a treasure trove of classic popular entertainment. Titles in the archive include, The Ernie Kovacs Show, Ernie in Kovacsland, Take A Good Look (clues), the Kovacs specials for ABC, The Edie Adams Show, Here’s Edie! and much more. Ediad Productions is based in Los Angeles, California.

About Shout! Factory
Shout! Factory, LLC is a diversified multi-platform media company devoted to producing, uncovering, preserving and revitalizing the very best of pop culture. Founders Richard Foos, Bob Emmer and Garson Foos have spent their entire careers sharing their music, television and film favorites with discerning consumers the world over. Shout! Factory’s entertainment offerings serve up feature films, classic and contemporary TV series, animation, live music and comedy specials. Shout’s audio division boasts GRAMMY®-nominated box sets, Broadway cast albums, new releases from storied artists, lovingly assembled album reissues and indispensable “best of” compilations. In addition, Shout! Factory maintains a vast digital distribution network which delivers video and audio content to all the leading digital service providers in North America. Shout! Factory also owns and operates Timeless Media Group, Biograph Records, Majordomo Records and Video Time Machine. These riches are the result of a creative acquisition mandate that has established the company as a hotbed of cultural preservation and commercial reinvention. Shout! Factory is based in Santa Monica, California. For more on Shout! Factory, visit shoutfactory.com.

About Library of Congress
The Library of Congress Packard Campus for Audio Visual Conservation is a state-of-the-art facility funded as a gift to the nation by the Packard Humanities Institute. The Packard Campus is the site where the nation’s library acquires, preserves and provides access to the world’s largest and most comprehensive collection of motion pictures, television programs, radio broadcasts and sound recordings (www.loc.gov/avconservation). The Packard Campus is home to more than 7 million collection items. It provides staff support for the Library of Congress National Film Preservation Board (www.loc.gov/film), the National Recording Preservation Board (www.loc.gov/rr/record/nrpb) and the national registries for film and recorded sound.

Founded in 1800, the Library of Congress is the nation’s first-established federal cultural institution. It seeks to spark imagination and creativity and to further human understanding and wisdom by providing access to knowledge through its magnificent collections, programs, publications and exhibitions. Many of the Library’s rich resources can be accessed through its website at loc.gov.


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#JanisJoplin Early And Rare is on Egg Raid, 4 Dec., and #SteeleyeSpan Catch Up 2CD is out via Park.
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#MaynardFerguson The Ballad Style Of/Alive And Well In London is on BGO, 4 Dec., Bobbie Gentry The Definitive Collection 2CD is on Humphead.
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#JohnnyThunders In Cold Blood LP is on Easy Action, 4 Dec., Ben Webster The Complete Recordings 1952-59/59-62 4CDs on Enlightenment Series.
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Scott Seward posted that maybe his earliest memory was of being scared by Maynard Ferguson, live. Another ilxor responded, pronouncing MF "the Yngwie Malmsteen of jazz," which sounds right.
Haven't heard of In Cold Blood, what's it like?

Not sure if it's common knowledge but Nuno Canavarro's Plux Quba is back:
http://www.dragcity.com/products/plux-quba

Wasn't there some controversy about the last reissue of that being edited or remixed or something? Hmm.

Negativland’s latest release celebrates legacy of Don Joyce with 34 years of group’s “Over The Edge” radio program for download.

Called a “Mount Rushmore for sound collagists,” by Dangerous Minds, over 3200 hours of Joyce-helmed episodes are available now.

Negativland’s newest release is 34 years in the making, over 3200 hours long, and no human may ever be able to listen to it all! It is of course the audio archive of the legendary culture jamming group’s weekly radio show “Over The Edge” (Seeland 031).

Negativland’s live mix radio show “Over The Edge” is the longest-running block of free-form audio collage in radio history. With Negativland’s Don Joyce at the helm, the weekly show was broadcast from KPFA-FM in Berkeley, California from 1981 to 2015. The news of Joyce’s passing on July 22, 2015 received nearly 130,000 views on Negativland’s Facebook page, and with his death being memorialized by mainstream publications such as Rolling Stone and Billboard, the band members felt it was only fitting for this important and substantial portion of the group’s work to be made available immediately.

Access the “Over The Edge” Radio Archive here
https://archive.org/details/ote&tab=about

“Over The Edge”’s weekly themed mixes are made live and spontaneously on the air from a variety of formats and equipment used to do live sound cut-ups and collage while mixing, including the frequent use of the now long-dead analog technology of radio broadcast cart machines. On each themed episode there is a plan and there is no plan. The mix consists of found sounds of many kinds, from many sources, put together as a continuous audio collage, along with live electronics, live sound processing, and recurring themes and characters. “Over The Edge” also often employs “Receptacle Programming,” where phone callers are punched into the mix with no warning.

The archive currently has 941 three-to-five-hour-long episodes of “Over The Edge,” over 3200 hours of the show, with some gaps in the archive to be filled over time (especially the early years). If you are that person who listens to every single show in the archive, no matter how many years it takes you, Negativland wants to know about it!

Though “Over The Edge” continues to exist and evolve, and is still broadcast each week on KPFA-FM, the “Over The Edge” Radio Archive consists of the episodes helmed by Don Joyce. It ends on the episode broadcast immediately after his passing, “There Is No Don.”

A more extensive background on Negativland, “Over The Edge,” and Don Joyce’s legacy, written at the time of his passing, can be found courtesy of SF Gate here. (it's by primeval ilxor Uncle Ned Raggett!)
http://blog.sfgate.com/loaded/2015/07/23/don-joyce-radio-maverick-and-member-of-negativland-dies-at-71/

An informative bio on Negativland’s past, present, and future, is at this link:
http://www.negativland.com/news/?page_id=250

Besides Negativland’s many studio recordings, a selection of “Over The Edge” shows have been edited into CD releases over the years, and can be found here. http://negativland.com/shop/index.php?main_page=index&cPath=13&zenid=f95f3f3741fca6098cdd8f4874e221b7