Rolling Reissues 2014

Here we go, yo

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GOING BONKERS FOR MICHAEL YONKERS

After 40 some years, the legend of Michael Yonkers has finally ascended to it's much deserved highly estimable levels. The saga dates back to the mid-late 1960s, beginning with a near miss of wide-spread, major-label success followed by years of intense creativity with not a whole lot of acknowledgement from outside ears. At least, until Yonkers' Microminiature Love, originally intended for release on Sire in 1968, got issued in 2003 - suddenly, a new psychedelic window opened in the sky, and like any good drug, the desire for more of it naturally grew. Drag City aided in the movement by reissuing Lovely Gold alongside Galactic Zoo Disks in 2010, and now have the lovely pleasure of announcing a double-dose of Michael Yonkers come January 21st, 2014 - the country-fried Michael Lee Yonkers, and the intimate living-room recordings from 1973, Borders Of My Mind.

These records come from the other side of his musical personality, less plugged-in electronically and more acoustically reverberant - and filled with quizzical, beauteous moments and melodies. Michael was influenced by his working-class surroundings and the country-music radio playing soft in the warehouse that he worked, and the result was a Michael Lee Yonkers, a "country" excursion with quotation marks intact. It was recorded at home, just like Borders of My Mind, which found Michael reunited with his old pre-Microminiature Love bandmate, Jim Woehle. Here, the shared space between these two collaborators turned the rootsy sound a bit wild, captured on Woehrle's full-track, mono, one quarter-inch reel-to-reel tape recorder with just one, bi-directional ribbon microphone. The placement of the mic renders Woehrle's piano, Yonkers' plaintive guitar playing, and the two's arcing vocal harmonies transcendent in a very real atmosphere, flourishing with post-psychedelic echoes. Both albums are unjustly-unheard classics for lovers of homespun astral folk!

The first good news of the future new year, here in the present day. Noise primitives, private-press gurus, and you, the general fan, rejoice: two new albums from Michael Yonkers begin your campaign for a weird new world in 2014!

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CAMPER VAN BEETHOVEN’S
OUR BELOVED REVOLUTIONARY SWEETHEART AND
KEY LIME PIE TO BE RE-ISSUED ON 25th ANNIVERSARY
OF ORIGINAL RELEASE

Both titles set for CD and 180-gram vinyl formats,
with 19 bonus tracks between them,
on Omnivore Recordings February 4, 2014

LOS ANGELES, Calif. — When indie superstars Camper Van Beethoven signed with Virgin Records in the late ’80s, it seemed inconceivable. How could that irreverent act, a band with great wit and wide-ranging instrumentation, move to a major label without “selling out” and sacrificing all that made them great? As it turned out, the first three tracks on Our Beloved Revolutionary Sweetheart were a pop song, an instrumental and an adaptation of a dirge about death. Heck, the release even had a love song for Patty Hearst. No, Camper Van Beethoven hadn’t sold out. They just had better distribution now.

On February 4, 2014, Omnivore Recordings will proudly revisit a time when Camper Van Beethoven helped pioneer American alt-rock, with reissues of the band’s first two Virgin albums: Our Beloved Revolutionary Sweetheart and Key Lime Pie.

Produced by Dennis Herring (Elvis Costello, Counting Crows, Modest Mouse), Our Beloved Revolutionary Sweetheart finds itself reissued on CD with 10 bonus tracks, and on vinyl for the first time since its original issue.

Featuring new photos and liners in both the CD and LP, the album is being released in tandem with its acclaimed follow-up Key Lime Pie, with full cooperation from the band itself.

Key Lime Pie, also produced by Herring, was a logical next chapter in the saga of CVB while offering higher production value. From a track about Jack Ruby to a cover of Status Quo’s “Pictures of Matchstick Men,” Key Lime Pie was a slice above the rest and a fitting dessert for the 1980s.

This reissue contains nine bonus tracks on the CD. The nearly hour-long album was originally pressed on one LP, but Omnivore has expended it to two LPs (for better sound) and added a bonus track to Side 4 that plays at 45 rpm.

It’s been a few years since the end of the ’80s but Camper Van Beethoven has proved timeless. Our Beloved Revolutionary Sweetheart attests to that. It’s even spelled out in the title: beloved, revolutionary and a real sweetheart.

The band, which broke up after the two Virgin recordings, has reunited and continues to record and tour today.

Our Beloved Revolutionary Sweetheart CD Track List:
1. Eye Of Fatima (Pt. 1)
2. Eye Of Fatima (Pt. 2)
3. O Death
4. She Divines Water
5. Devil Song
6. One Of These Days
7. Turquoise Jewelry
8. Waka
9. Change Your Mind
10. My Path Belated
11. Never Go Back
12. The Fool
13. Tania
14. Life Is Grand
Bonus Tracks:
15. Love Is a Weed
16. Harmony In My Head
17. Wade In the Water
18. Eye Of Fatima Pts. 1 & 2 (Edit)
19. The Day That Lassie Went To The Moon (Live)
20. One Of These Days (Live)
21. Smash It Up (Live)
22. Seven Languages (Live)
23. Kodachrome (Live) “Kodachrome”® is a registered trademark for color film
24. Hanging Around (live)
25. Pope Festival

Our Beloved Revolutionary Sweetheart LP Track List:
Side One
1. Eye Of Fatima (Pt. 1)
2. Eye Of Fatima (Pt. 2)
3. O Death
4. She Divines Water
5. Devil Song
6. One Of These Days
7. Turquoise Jewelry
Side Two
1. Waka
2. Change Your Mind
3. My Path Belated
4. Never Go Back
5. The Fool
6. Tania
7. Life Is Grand

Key Lime Pie CD Track List:
1. Opening Theme
2. Jack Ruby
3. Sweethearts
4. When I Win The Lottery
5. (I Was Born In A) Laundromat
6. Borderline
7. The Light From A Cake
8. June
9. All Her Favorite Fruit
10. Interlude
11. Flowers
12. The Humid Press Of Days
13. Pictures Of Matchstick Men
14. Come On Darkness
Bonus Tracks:
15. Closing Theme (Aka Guitar Hero)
16. (I Was Born In A) Laundromat (Edit)
17. Country 2 (Demo)
18. Good Guys & Bad Guys (Live)
19. Wasted (Live)
20. Take The Skinheads Bowling (Live)
21. Before I Met You (Live)
22. L’aguardiente (Soho Natural Sesson)
23. (I Don’t Want To Go To The) Lincoln Shrine (Soho Natural Session)

Key Lime Pie LP Track List:
Side One
1. Opening Theme
2. Jack Ruby
3. Sweethearts
4. When I Win The Lottery
Side Two
1. (I Was Born In A) Laundromat
2. Borderline
3. The Light From A Cake
4. June
5. All Her Favorite Fruit
Side Three
1. Interlude
2. Flowers
3. The Humid Press Of Days
4. Pictures Of Matchstick Men
5. Come On Darkness
Side Four (Plays at 45 prm from the center out)
1. Closing Theme (aka Guitar)

NUMERO GROUP TO RELEASE SECOND UNWOUND BOX SET IN MARCH
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COMPREHENSIVE REISSUE CAMPAIGN CONTINUES WITH 'RAT CONSPIRACY', COLLECTING PACIFIC NORTHWEST POST-PUNK TRIO'S FAKE TRAIN & NEW PLASTIC IDEAS LPS, PLUS OUTTAKES

In March 2014, the Numero Group unravels Rat Conspiracy, installment #2 in the label's exhaustive 4-part Unwound reissue undertaking. This chapter intros the Olympia, Washington, noise-punk trio anew, kicking off with hi-hat thwaks on "Dragnalus" from drummer Sara Lund, whose lockstep partnership with Justin Trosper and Vern Rumsey marked the forging of a 1990s indie-rock legend. The band's advancing threat is captured in 32 tracks, a trove of house-show b&w period photographs, and a vivid 10,000-word narrative by latter-day Unwound diarist David Wilcox.

Rat Conspiracy, its name a one-time working title for Unwound's 1993 debut-the earliest Kill Rock Stars LP-brings the roiling, watershed Fake Train into natural integration with its sibling record, 1994's New Plastic Ideas, on which the band "branched out into propulsive odd meters...and traumatic contrasts between loud and soft, pulling the arty riffage into much tighter focus." [Trouser Press]. Both get exacting remasters and replica sleeve treatment, while the set's third LP tracks Unwound's restless work toward synthesis with the Mkultra and Negated 7" material, previously unissued radio sessions, indie comp rarities, and the spidery Minutemen cover "Plight."

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10th Anniversary Special Limited Edition

on DVD January 14th

The world of improvisational rap is explosively explored
in this look at the best MC's to ever bless the mic...
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Explosively documenting the story of a group of underground hip-hop MCs & DJs from the early 1980's to the present day, FREESTYLE: The Art of Rhyme is a film that explores the world of improvisational rap - the rarely recorded art form of rhyming spontaneously; off the top of the head. Made over the course of more than seven years, by a co-operative of filmmakers, b-boys, DJs, and MCs know as The Center for Hip-Hop Education, FREESTYLE takes the viewer on a journey through the previously unexamined dimensions of hip-hop as a spiritual and community based art form.

FREESTYLE: The Art of Rhyme features appearances by: Supernatural, Mos Def, Black Thought & ?uestlove of the Roots, Freestyle Fellowship, Lord Finesse, Cut Chemist, Craig G, Juice, Boots of the Coup, Medusa, Planet Asia, Sway, Crazy Legs, Jurassic-5, Wordsworth, Bobitto Garcia, and The Last Poets. The film offers a context in which to view living art as a social critique in story and rhyme that is designed to bring about a cathartic transformation of frustration into beauty. Following some of the best MCs ever to bless the mic, the film features legendary battles including those of the film's hero; Supernatural pitted against his arch nemesis Craig G providing the through line for the story. As these artists improvise poetry out of a mix of language, politics and culture that make up their lives, we discover revolutionary worlds where the English language is subverted and re-appropriated as a tool of economic and social empowerment.

FREESTYLE is critically acclaimed and the first of its kind in many respects. It is the first film to explore the social and cultural background that led to the current development of the street poet, or MC. It provides an inside look into the framework of hip-hop culture, its rules, taboos and social impact. It gives a voice to popular Black/urban culture, which is known to be a profound influence on youth culture globally. FREESTYLE is also the first independent film to counter false notions of hip-hop's erroneous negative and overly aggressive image, therefore providing a unique look at a growing influence in modern American and world culture.

FREESTYLE: The Art of Rhyme is directed by Kevin Fitzgerald, founder of Hip Hop for Health and a young and talented filmmaker on the rise. Holding great educational value for hip-hop enthusiasts as well as for those misinformed about hip-hop culture due to its intimate and honest portrayal of hard working independent artists, the film focuses on a group of intelligent, ambitious, and talented young men in pursuit of a dream, deconstructing the 'thug life' image that is often associated with the music.

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American news from Chris & Cosey!

Announcing their first U.S. shows since 1991!

In addition to PS1/MoMA's invitation to take part in the museum's celebrations for the first ever Mike Kelley retrospective exhibition momaps1.org, where they will exclusively perform a live enhanced remix of selected X-TG Desertshore / The Final Report album tracks @ the VW Dome venue @ PS1 on Sunday 5th January 2014…

(The event is dedicated to the memory of both Peter "Sleazy" Christopherson & Mike Kelley.)

They will now also appear at:

Mon. 6th Jan. - New York, NY

Live Phone-in Interview @ WFMU 9pm Dan Bodah's Airborne Event show.

http://www.wfmu.org

Thurs. 9th Jan. - Chicago, IL - Metro Club

Carter Tutti play Chris & Cosey + Outer Space (ex-Emeralds) + Hieroglyphic Being

Their highly praised heavy beat driven live performance revisiting their 1980's "techno-noir" material (October Love Song etc).

Ticket Link:

http://www.etix.com/ticket/online/homePageSearch.do?method=showPerformanceDetail&performance_id=1759634&search_source=etix

Sat. 11th Jan. - New York - Santos Party House

Carter Tutti plays Chris & Cosey + Excepter.

Note: This is the only C&C Eastern seaboard show.

Ticket link:

http://www.ticketweb.com/t3/sale/SaleEventDetail?dispatch=loadSelectionData&eventId=3932174

Tickets are on sale now, and are $20 each.

These shows will be the ONLY C&C shows in the USA.

There will be an exclusive limited tour CD available at the shows:-

Carter Tutti Remix Chris & Cosey

Five new 21st century remixes by Carter Tutti from the original 1980's master tapes:-

Cowboys in Cuba, Deep Velvet, Dancing Ghosts, Lost Bliss & October Love Song.

Damn, did it again! Sorry!

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man I wish I could go to one of those

CVB and Unwound reissues look killer too

Oh yeah. Also wondering about this:

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THE DREAM SYNDICATE’S
THE DAY BEFORE WINE AND ROSES,
RECORDED LIVE AT KPFK IN 1982,
AVAILABLE ON CD FOR THE FIRST TIME IN U.S. IN 15 YEARS

The band threw a party at L.A.’s KPFK Radio.
With many peers (and some cans of Mickey’s Big Mouth) in the house,
the band set the stage for the landmark album.
LOS ANGELES, Calif. — A few weeks before The Dream Syndicate entered the studio to record their seminal album The Days of Wine and Roses, they set up in Studio ZZZZ in left-leaning non-com station KPFK-FM in Los Angeles, on September 5, 1982, for a live on-air set. In attendance were members of R.E.M., The Bangles and Green on Red, as well as many friends of the band.

On February 4, 2014, when the recording receives proper U.S. release on Omnivore Recordings, you can be there, too.The Day Before Wine and Roses — available on CD for the first time in 15 years — documents the genesis of one of the most important pieces of the Paisley Underground puzzle. The band (Steve Wynn; guitar and vocals; Karl Precoda, guitar; Kendra Smith, bass; and Dennis Duck, drums) began its set at 2 a.m., according to Wynn’s liner notes. And that could not have been a more perfect hour for the ethereal sounds of this highly influential band.
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Comprising originals that appeared on their first EP and others that would later appear on their 1983 debut, as well as covers of classics by Neil Young, Bob Dylan and Donovan, The Day Before Wine and Roses not only presents an important time in alternative music, but also defines it. Packaged with a full-color booklet, the set also features the original 1994 liner notes and a postscript from original and current reissue producer Pat Thomas.

In addition, Steve Wynn offers additional notes with recollections of the evening including a malt liquor run, the forced removal of an ex-girlfriend, and presence of R.E.M.’s Peter Buck — later his band mate in the Baseball Project — of which he was not aware until years later. He even reveals that the live wee-hours version of “Days of Wine and Roses,” included in this collection, might have been might have been superior to the studio version. You decide.

The Dream Syndicate's influence on the bands that followed in their wake cannot be under estimated. Their pioneering “loud-soft-loud” dynamic from “verse to chorus to verse” was cited by both Black Francis and Kurt Cobain as inspiration for the Pixies and Nirvana.

The Dream Syndicate will reunite to play some live shows this month, including the Friday, December 6 Los Angeles benefit concert with The Bangles, Rain Parade and The Three O’Clock (whose The Hidden World Revealed was released to acclaim by Omnivore in June).

There are times when it’s difficult to remember what happened the day before. With The Day Before Wine and Roses, that will no longer be a problem.

Track Listing:
1 Some Kinda Itch
2 Mr. Soul
3 Sure Thing
4 That’s What You Always Say
5 Outlaw Blues
6 Open Hour
7 When You Smile
8 Season of the Witch
9 The Days of Wine and Roses
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hmm I think some of those songs were the B-side of the UK "Tell Me When It's Over" 12"

Yeah, the live tracks on the b-side of the "Tell Me When It's Over" Rough Trade 12" are all on this CD, which looks like a straight reissue of the Atavistic CD. Sort of bullshit that they're implying it's never been properly released in the US before. I have a copy that proves otherwise.

yeah, that CD has been (pretty widely?) available in the past iirc. it is great though, if you like this lineup of the band.

LOL like any sane person would prefer them w/o Kendra and/or Karl - or do people really rate the later records?

cuz for me I was out the first time I heard Medicine Show

That Day before Wine & Roses is a great lp. I love their live material from the early days with that line-up. There are quite a few live sets up at archive.org
https://archive.org/browse.php?collection=DreamSyndicate&field=year

LOL like any sane person would prefer them w/o Kendra and/or Karl - or do people really rate the later records?
i don't think the later records are terrible necessarily, but they're not a patch on days of wine and roses of course... i kinda think of them as different bands altogether.

that's probably a good approach - I saw Steve Wynn live a few years ago and he was great.

Looks like Kendra Smith left mid-April 1983 and the band continued almost immediately afterwards with a new bassist.
Her solo lp was pretty interesting too, Five Ways Of Disappearing that is Not sure if I've heard Guild of Temporal adventurers.
Opal were also very interesting, but then I guess you know that.

sorry, should have expanded on that which was intended to follow my own post.

Stevo we are like the biggest Kendra fans you will ever meet

Sweet Jesus, when will Kendra Smith make another album?

haha yeah...

this dream syndicate show from the archive is unbelievably good: https://archive.org/details/ds1983-02-12.flac16

Thanks! What's good for playing Flac now that WinAmp's going away? (Archive's Help still lists that as the one to use---preferred the SoundForge app they used to link, but mine stopped working, and I haven't found it anywhere else online anymore).

I use VLC on my Mac

I've already got VLC, didn't think of trying that (on Windows). Thanks sleeve!

Bob Mould - Workbook 25

Kind of a lame track listing. That Metro show has circulated for 20 years. And no real demos/bonus tracks :(

More from Omnivore, who brought us Townes Van Zandt, Bert Jansch etc. in '13. Mostly know this guy as co-founder/executive producer of Public Radio's Beale Street Caravan---also the Chilton/Jim Dickinson connections,like this says---but he had his own distinctive vocal delivery.
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THE COLD OF THE MORNING,
THE GREAT LOST CLASSIC BY
MEMPHIS MUSIC CATALYST SID SELVIDGE,
COMING ON CD/LP/DIGITAL FROM OMNIVORE RECORDINGS

Produced by Jim Dickinson,
featuring Mudboy & the Neutrons (on two tracks), and
with photos by William Eggleston, the album portended greatness.
Perhaps now it will find its audience.

MEMPHIS, Tenn. — Sid Selvidge’s The Cold Of The Morning is a mid-’70s Memphis classic that almost never saw the light of day. Selvidge and producer Jim Dickinson (Big Star, Ry Cooder, The Replacements) created this 12-track song cycle live in the studio in 1975, with Selvidge on vocals and guitar, plus Dickinson on piano with Memphis’ iconic Mudboy and the Neutrons on two tracks. The cover photo was by William Eggleston. The record seemed destined for greatness. But when Peabody Records’ benefactor decided not to put it out at the last minute, he gave the rights to the recently pressed LP to Selvidge, who drove down to the plant, loaded up his car and distributed the discs himself. The album eventually found its way into regional stores and the national press, even reaching the Cashbox charts; this was enough to take Selvidge to New York. But life intervened, and bigger record deals were not in the cards.

On March 11, 2014, Omnivore Recordings will issue this indelible piece of the Memphis music canon on CD (unavailable for more than two decades and with newly discovered bonus tracks) and on LP for the first time since its original release. The LP, the initial run of which will be pressed on blue vinyl, will contain a download card for the entire album plus bonus tracks.

Co-produced by Sid’s son, Steve (The Hold Steady), The Cold Of The Morning has been expanded to include six previously unissued tracks from the original sessions. (The CD/digital contains the full 18-track playlist; the LP has the original 12 tracks with a download card for the full 18 songs.) Consisting of originals, blues standards, and Broadway classics, the record is not only a snapshot of a time and place, but of Selvidge himself. The package includes rare photographs and an in-depth essay by Bob Mehr of Memphis’ Commercial Appeal.

Selvidge would eventually turn Peabody into a boutique label, issuing records by Cybil Shepherd, and even Alex Chilton’s solo debut, Like Flies on Sherbert. He continued to record, releasing a 1993 album on Elektra and a triumphant swan song, I Should Be Blue, in 2010. The Greenville, Miss. native and former DJ also co-founded the syndicated Beale Street Caravan radio program, beaming the influential music of Memphis to the world.

But it all began on The Cold Of The Morning. “He said, ‘Look, I’ve made my classic record,” recalls his son, Steve. “It was almost like he was apart from it. It really was the perfect capturing of the perfect moment, and it made for his most perfect statement.”

his first album produced/arranged by don nix from the late sixties is pretty nice, no reissue as far as i know.

Excited abt the Selvidge rec, was lucky enough to see him, Jim Dickinson and Jimmy Crosthwait perform together at the Barbican in 2005 - Sid still had it!

Cool, didn't know he was still performing then; must check YouTube. Maybe some of that will get released.
Also from Omnivore---gets more intriguing as it goes along:

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WORLDS AROUND THE SUN,
CLASSIC BLACK POWER JAZZ ALBUM BY TODD COCHRAN
(THEN KNOWN AS BAYETÉ)
REISSUED BY OMNIVORE RECORDINGS MARCH 11

Making its CD debut, the release features original version of “Free Angela,”
plus two bonus tracks, liner notes and rare photos

LOS ANGELES, Calif. — The music world of the early 1970s was a time of experimentation and activism. When listeners heard Santana play “Free Angela” on their classic 1973 release Lotus, few, if any, knew the song was originally released by its writer, Todd Cochran, a year before.

Worlds Around the Sun was recorded and issued on Prestige Records in 1972 by Todd Cochran (as Bayeté). Not only did the young keyboardist write all of the material for the album, he also produced and played on it, along with other jazz greats — including a young Bobby Hutcherson on vibes. The combination of jazz and groove, anchored by Cochran’s pumping Rhodes and clavinet, have made Worlds Around the Sun a legend. More than 40 years later, the album has become a holy grail for collectors, with copies fetching unbelievable prices. When copies can be found, that is . . .

On March 11, 2014, Omnivore Recordings will issue the classic album on CD for the first time. To make this release even better, two previously unissued tracks from the sessions have been added as bonus tracks. Adding in rare photos from Cochran’s personal library, as well as an in-depth conversation with Pat Thomas, the author of Listen, Whitey! The Sights and Sounds of Black Power 1965-1975, about the material and the time in which it was recorded, Worlds Around the Sun is ready to be (re)introduced to the world.

Worlds Around the Sun was very much a product of the era and location in which it was conceived and recorded. The San Francisco Bay Area was a cultural landscape with a vibrant music scene (Sly & the Family Stone, Santana, Jefferson Airplane, Moby Grape) and intense political activism (Black Panther Party, Berkeley Free Speech Movement) interwoven with a progressive literary history (City Lights Bookstore and the Beats) as well as the birthplace of the counter culture (the hippies and Haight-Ashbury).

During the early 1970s, many musicians recorded tributes to political prisoner Angela Davis, including Santana, who performed a funky instrumental workout entitled “Free Angela” on the triple live album Lotus. Cochran had written and recorded it a year earlier as “Free Angela (Thoughts and all I’ve got to say).”

At the time, Worlds Around The Sun caught the ear of Rolling Stone (in that golden era when the publication reviewed many jazz albums) and it even beat out Miles Davis’ iconic On the Corner for jazz album sales that summer of ’72. Miles’ LP held down the #2 spot, while Bayeté topped at #1 on the Downbeat chart.

While Cochran would later form the rock band Automatic Man (with Santana drummer Michael Shrieve), play keyboards on Peter Gabriel’s second solo album, and guest on recordings by the likes of Aretha Franklin, Freddie Hubbard, Burt Bacharach, and Jeff Beck, the journey begins with 1972's Worlds Around the Sun.

According to Cochran, “The passage I was to take began with this album. International influences, acknowledging, embracing, and celebrating the variations of diaspora, seeking the connections of humanity through musical expression — all was activated with this collection of music.”

CELEBRATED 60'S RAGA/PSYCHEDELIC/FOLK ACOUSTIC GUITARIST, PETER WALKER, ANNOUNCES FIRST TOUR IN SIX YEARS, PERFORMING SHOWS IN SELECT MARKETS IN FEBRUARY TO SUPPORT THE RELEASE OF LONG LOST 1970 STUDIO SESSION AND FIRST SOLO GUITAR/VOCALS RECORD,
"HAS ANYBODY SEEN OUR FREEDOMS?"

Peter Walker is an American original, as eclectic and enigmatic as the songs he writes.
The legendary seventy-five year old raga/psychedelic/folk acoustic guitarist, and Woodstock resident, who was schooled by masters such as Ravi Shankar, and Ali Akbar Khan, has been described by Larry Coryell as, "One of the most original practitioners of contemporary music" and proclaimed by the Beatles' press agent Derek Taylor as "Perhaps the greatest guitarist in the world."His music, celebrated by the late Jack Rose, James Blackshaw, Steffen Basho-Junghans, Thurston Moore, and Greg Davis, all contributed original compositions to the 2006 tribute album, "A Raga For Peter Walker".In the mid-'60s, while musical director to Timothy Leary's LSD explorations, Walker released the classic "Rainy Day Raga" LP in 1966, and 1968's influential "Second Poem to Karmela or Gypsies Are Important", both on Vanguard Records. Following that, he disappeared from recording for almost forty years, but never stopped practicing, learning, reaching. Now, to celebrate the recent release of Walker's lost studio session from 1970, and his first solo guitar record with vocals, "Has Anybody Seen Our Freedoms?", on Delmore Recording Society, he is proud to announce that he will be embarking on his first tour dates in six years in select markets in February.

You can catch Peter here:

FEBRUARY 4 - MONTREAL, QC - CASA DEL POPOLO

FEBRUARY 6 - BROOKLYN, NY - BABY'S ALL RIGHT

FEBRUARY 7 - HARRISBURG, PA - TBC

FEBRUARY 8 - BALTIMORE, MD - THE WINDUP SPACE

FEBRUARY 9 - CHAPEL HILL, NC - NIGHTLIGHT

FEBRUARY 10 - ASHEVILLE, NC - MOTHLIGHT

FEBRUARY 11 - KNOXVILLE, TN - THE PILOT LIGHT

FEBRUARY 13 - LEXINGTON, KY - NATASHA'S

FEBRUARY 14 - LOUISVILLE, KY - KENTUCKY MUSEUM OF ART AND CRAFT

FEBRUARY 15 - COLUMBUS, OH - WILD GOOSE CREATIVE

Recorded at Mercury Studios in NYC, "Has Anybody Seen Our Freedoms?", which was described by the "New York Times" as "...rough, passionate and often raga-like..." and "All Music Guide" raved that the record "...adds immeasurably to his musical and cultural legacy, and is a must for any fan of American guitar music", and was included on their list of "Favorite Folk Albums of 2013", is Walker's manifesto. It could have been Peter's classic third album had it been released at the time (Peter had been storing the reels in a converted bread truck for decades). While his previous two records are incredible collaborative efforts - the playing of Bruce Langhorne, Jeremy Steig, and John Blair as important to the final product as Peter's - this album solely Walker. A requiem to the 1960s, chronicling lovers on the run, anti-war movement adventures, and living off the grid in Mexico, California, Detroit, and NYC.

The record begins gently, with love and war songs, (and a version of the traditional "Pretty Bird," that is unlike any other), before going on the rough and urgent ride of "Fifty Miles," (on two flat tires, a story detailed in the liner notes), and culminating with "Wonder," a song where Peter summons all the elements into one long journey, bringing us back down at the end as if we were at one of Timothy Leary's "celebrations." Peter's wondrous guitar playing and intimate, otherworldly vocals create the effect of a record encoded with some deeper wisdom being channeled directly to your ears.

You can stream the new album track, "Early In The Morning" from "Has Anybody Seen Our Freedoms?" here:

Streaming link:

http://delmorerecordings.bandcamp.com/track/early-in-the-morning

At the time of the session, Peter was living in the infamous Garwood Mansion near Detroit, working as incumbent opening act for their weekly, all night concerts / parties (as he had been at the Café Au Go Go throughout the '60s, and the Joyous Lake in the 70s). William Kunstler stopped by to speak about the John Sinclair trial, and the two had an immediate rapport. Kunstler was a major influence on Peter's anti-war movement involvement and leadership, and on his later decision to get a para-legal degree and represent immigrant taxi drivers in NYC in the 1970s. The two of them are pictured together on the album cover.

The beautifully crafted packaging for the CD and the limited edition vinyl version of "Has Anybody Seen Our Freedoms?" features a twenty-page booklet with exclusive images as well as a 4300 word essay by Peter, which was condensed from forty pages he sent to Delmore founder, and Executive Producer of the record, Mark Linn. While it's not exactly clear how every wild adventure discussed in the essay relates to each song on the record, knowing that these adventures occurred helps us imagine their evolution. The notes reveal a man of mystery. A man who rubbed elbows with Karen Dalton, Sandy Bull, Jimi Hendrix, Janis Joplin and John Barrymore. A man who possesses endless energy, drive and passion for the instrument he holds and the fearlessness to explore and reach for new sounds with a childlike curiosity.
The previously mentioned limited edition vinyl version also includes a full album DL code, plus bonus track, tip-on jacket, and an exclusive 8 1/2" x 11" Matrix handbill reproduction. The CD / DL bonus track is Peter doing his best Lord Buckley, from the same studio session.

Walker's colorful past reveals a man equally at home in legal discourse with Kuntsler, as he is sitting at the feet of Ravi Shankar, soaking up the Sitar. He disappears for months to Peru and comes back sunbathed and dappled by the waves, his head full of new sounds and ideas. He makes regular pilgrimages to the caves of Grenada and Spain, the only gringo allowed into the dangerous and exciting world of the gypsy masters of Spanish guitar, where he is now considered a peer.

As previously mentioned, Peter was reinstated to public consciousness with the critically-acclaimed 2006 tribute album, "A Raga For Peter Walker". The ensuing years have included two beautiful new albums of mostly Spanish guitar music, and a previously unissued collaboration with Maruga Booker, Badal Roy, and Perry Robinson, which was recorded at Levon Helm's barn in 1970.

An artist in the truest sense of the word, Walker uses the world as his canvas, distilling his experiences into the neck and body of his guitar, where they are transformed into a cacophony of sounds...dark, brooding, complex, atypical in rhythm and form, an experimental expression captivating the listener's ear, piece after piece.

Prob standard roc doc format, but hopefully some good clips. I missed seeing him with Delaney & Bonnie, Derek & The Dominos, and the mid-70s line-ups, but did finally catch up in the late 70s (though only because Muddy Waters opened: this was after Hard Again, and his first note, on slide guitar, vaulted me out of my complacent haze and onto my feet, for the remainder of his set)(had Tony Glover on harmonica too). Claptone had Albert Lee as foil, and they got way into some really good, complex grooves that seemed to lose big chunks of the audience, past the radio hits---kept yelling "Co-CAINE!" way after he'd played it)(A consultant suggested they were calling for a vendor, and he goes to DC ball games, so he knows about such things)

Eric Clapton - The 1970s Review
on DVD March 11

Film follows Clapton's bold musical journey through the 1970s,

with exclusive interviews, rare footage and more.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fM614NQB3c8

In 1968, Eric Clapton was at a crossroads. A virtuoso lead guitarist and the crown prince of heavy rock, with Cream he had quickly risen to the very pinnacle of popular music's hierarchy. Yet his exposure to the work of American mavericks The Band led him to lose faith in his own group, and to embark on a bold musical journey across the following decade.

This film, from the makers of Eric Clapton - The 1960s Review, follows Clapton's journey through the seventies, from his immersion in musical collectives such as Delaney & Bonnie & Friends and Derek and the Dominos, through his re-emergence in 1974 as a phenomenally successful solo artist and onwards across a series of critically acclaimed albums and tours in the latter half of the decade which cemented EC's reputation as not just an extraordinary musician but as a composer of majestic material and a performer of quite startling intensity.

Featuring new and archive interviews, rare performance footage, contributions from the likes of Bonnie Bramlett, Bobby Whitlock, The Albert Brothers , George Terry, Willie Perkins, Bill Halverson, Clapton biographer Marc Roberty and more, plus a host of other features.

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LOS LOBOS’ 1976 DEBUT RECORDING,
SÍ SE PUEDE!, A TRIBUTE TO CESAR CHAVEZ,
REISSUED DIGITALLY FOR THE FIRST TIME

Fantasy Records to make album available
March 11, 2014 — just prior to national Cesar Chavez Day
and forthcoming Chavez biopic by Diego Luna.

LOS ANGELES, Calif. — In 1976, after Cesar Chavez helped get Coca-Cola to sponsor his groundbreaking Latin entertainment television show, The Mean Salsa Machine, television and music producer Art Brambila wanted to do something in return for Chavez and the United Farm Workers. The idea of Sí Se Puede! (Yes We Can!) came to him.

“I was grateful but undecided on how I was to make good on my own promise to him,” recalls Brambila. “After thinking long and hard I decided to record an album that would honor his union and represent it with dignity. I could utilize the talents of many local artists I’d worked with in my earlier years as a record producer and the union could sell it at rallies, marches, and huelgas.”

After reviewing over 120 songs and speeches from UFW marches, Brambila began to create the list of songs for the album. Inspired by his work, he wrote “Mañana Is Now,” the only all-English song, for the LP. As the song choices were coming together, he knew who he wanted to record and arrange the music — from East L.A., Los Lobos, then consisting of David Hidalgo, Louie Pérez, Cesar Rojas and Conrad Lozano. This would be the band’s first released recordings, a full two years ahead of their groundbreaking EP Just Another Band From East L.A.

Sí Se Puede will be released digitally-only on March 11, 2014 by Fantasy Records.

His passion and tenaciousness in full swing, Brambila continued to get key people to sign on to his project — Herb Alpert, President of A&M Records, donated studio time. In addition to Los Lobos, singers like Carmen Moreno from Fresno, Geree Gonzales of East L.A., the Salas brothers of Lincoln Heights and Tigre Rodriguez from Phoenix all agreed to participate.

In January 1977 Brambila assembled his cast at A&M’s studio on La Brea Avenue in Los Angeles — as Carole King and The Carpenters were in the studios next door and down the hall — to record the album. By early February he had recorded all the music and vocals with the professional singers and needed only to add the vocals on “Mujeres Valientes” and “De Colores.”

After a long search he found a kids’ choir in a small Catholic school in East L.A., made up of eight-year-olds, to bring the right sound to “De Colores.” The search for the right singer for “Mujeres Valientes” was not long or far, but Brambila’s power of persuasion was on high again as he finally convinced his brother, Raul, to do the honors.

In March, 1977, the United Farm Workers Union was presented with 5,000 albums of Sí Se Puede! The statement on the back of the album reads: “This album mirrors the spirit and vitality that have sustained the farm workers through good times and bad for more than a decade. It celebrates the love and solidarity we share as a people united in a common struggle. It is a tribute to the artists who donated their talents to support the cause. It will be cherished within the movement, and it will help bring our message to friends and supporters everywhere.” —Cesar Chavez

Almost 40 years later, on the verge of Cesar Chavez Day (March 31), Sí Se Puede! once again rises to honor Cesar Chavez and the United Farm Workers.

Chavez is an upcoming film directed by Diego Luna about the life of American labor leader Cesar Chavez, who cofounded the United Farm Workers. The film stars Michael Peña as Chavez. John Malkovich co-stars as the owner of a large industrial grape farm who leads the opposition to Chávez's organizing efforts.

Track listing:
All arrangements and instrumentation by Los Lobos
1. De Colores —Los Lobos with Santa Isabel School Children's Choir
2. Huelga en General — Los Lobos with Carmen Moreno
3. Yo Estoy con Chavez* — Los Lobos with Ramon “Tiguere” Rodriguez
4. Mujeres Valientes* — Los Lobos with Raul Bambila
5. Mañana Is Now* — Los Lobos with Geree Gonzalez and Tierra
6. Telingo Lingo - Los Lobos
7. Corrido de Delores Huerta #39— Los Lobos
8. Chicanita de Aztlan* —Los Lobos with Diana Cruz
9. Sangre Antigua – Los Lobos with Carmen Moreno
10. No Nos moveran* —Los Lobos with Geree Gonzalez, Carmen Moreno, Tierra and Conrad Lozano

From Drag City weekly newsletter:

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HOMETOWN HEROES
Around the biz, it's well known that most celebrities have quirky little fetishes: Kristen Stewart and her armpit licking, Richard Gere and his gerbils, Heather Mills and her stump. Then there's Fred Armisen, who gets his kicks with ear play - by listening to obscure records, of course! Fred's got an immaculately curated collection of them, one we felt should naturally be shared with others. So with great pleasure, we introduce a new 7" single series dedicated to regional music stars of decades past, artists who share the common experience of hitting the big time, at a purely local level: Hometown Heroes.
The first in this series is a split featuring two distinctly different artists. The Blue Jean Committee were the proud products of the late 70's Northampton, Massachusetts music scene. Comprised of some of the most sought after local session musicians, the group was most defined by Richie Cornish's busy talk-singing lyrical style. The gently soulful "Massachusetts Afternoon" celebrates the time in ones life when independence, friendships, and the autumn sunset seem to go on forever.
On the flip, from Bath, England, come The Fingerlings, a prolific synth/post-disco band who released twelve EPs between 1981 and 1983. Typically, a group such as this would have been formed at an art college, and The Fingerlings were no different. Their aesthetically meticulous nature earned them a reputation for creating some of the most elaborate and expensive 12" EP covers ever to be produced in the UK. "Embrace Me" is the jam, a huge local hit, its lyrics evoking imagery of neon framed cities like Paris and Berlin.
This exclusive listening experience, a tiny glimpse into the sounds that help define the lifestyle of one of America's most prolific and experienced satirists and avid music fans, is coming your way February 18th!
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Bob Dylan - The 30th Anniversary Concert Celebration - Deluxe Edition will be released for the first time on DVD and Blu-ray on Tuesday, March 4, 2014, struck from a new High Definition video master with remastered audio, and also will be released as a two-CD audio set.

The 2-DVD and Blu-ray versions of The 30th Anniversary Concert Celebration - Deluxe Edition include 40 minutes of previously unreleased material including behind-the-scenes rehearsal footage, interviews and more.

The four hour show, brought together an unprecedented roster of artists and icons including Johnny Cash and June Carter Cash, Lou Reed, The Clancy Brothers, Richie Havens, Johnny Winter, Roger McGuinn, Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers, Stevie Wonder, Willie Nelson, Kris Kristofferson, Neil Young, Eric Clapton, Ron Wood, Chrissie Hynde, The O'Jays, Eddie Vedder, Sinead O'Connor, Tracy Chapman, George Harrison and more.

Also available is the 2-CD audio edition which premieres two previously unreleased recordings from the concert's sound check: Sinéad O'Connor singing "I Believe In You" and Eric Clapton's interpretation of "Don't Think Twice, It's Alright."

Mike Bloomfield box out Feb. 4

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trailer for it, created by director of Bloomfield doc, which is incl in box
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nuEacyBE29E

According to Rolling Stone, it starts with his early '64 audition for John Hammond Sr., incl. outtake of "Tombstone Blues", and I think some live w Dylan, "East-West", "Texas" from his album w Electric Flag, a disc of Super Session tracks, and contemperaneous live, and much more.

Beatles US albums reissued, as a box and sep; each has all tracks in mono, and in stereo. Gotta get my old ('77-'79)party-blasting fave rave, Beatles XI, also prob Yesterday and Today, Second Album...here's a li'l trailer for 'em: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q7GqSElYZgk

Numerophiles-

Just a quick one to get your blood boiling in the midst of winter. We just launched two website-only records that we know you're going to want in on. Both are limited, and both will send your mother screaming from your bedroom covering her ears. Let's get to it.

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In the brave tradition of George and Charles Parker, Milton Bradley, and Gary Gygax comes Cities of Darkscorch—the Numero Group's embattled first attempt at board game creation. Cities is the playable companion to Warfaring Strangers: Darkscorch Canticles, our 48th mainline release and a harrowing dive into the Stygian caverns of the American hard rock underground. A dice-rolling, card-driven, heavy rock band van ride through a fantasy landscape, Cities of Darkscorch could not begin to exist without Robert Soden, who, in 1975, set about creating a tapestry of maps, floorplans, and dungeon schema—the D&D-based lands of Eldara. Expanding upon Soden’s meticulous vision, Cities of Darkscorch required newly commissioned card art and band logos to summon up a gravely themed mythical land of desolate outposts, warring bands, and the familiar ills that befall them.

Roleplaying as any of Darkscorch Canticles’ sixteen determined bands, one to six players traverse the broken roads of Darkscorch—battling such forbidding quartets as Grimsword, Narcissus, Ass-Centaur and 97 more—to collect city banners from such pits of hard rock competition as Afterdath, Wizard’s Wellspring, and Throk,. Along the way, players may augment their bands through the use of fate cards with new artwork from the demented minds of John McGavock McConnell and Eliza Childress. The ultimate goal is Numenor, victory, and a record contract penned in brimstone, VD, and pot smoke.

Packaged in a custom game box with new artwork by Robert Soden, in a limited edition of 1500, Cities of Darkscorch includes the following elements:

• 25x25 full color Cities of Darkscorch Gameboard
• 16 Wooden Player Tokens/45 Adapters
• 6 Banner Boards
• 100 Fate Cards
• 100 Foe Cards
• 1 20-Sided Combat Die
• 1 6-Sided Movement Die
• 1 4-Sided Performer Die
• Warfaring Strangers: Darkscorch Canticles 2LP and CD with alternate cover art by Robert Soden.

What's a Darkscorch Canticle anyways?

With Warfaring Strangers: Darkscorch Canticles, the impacts of Led Zeppelin and Black Sabbath on US shores and heartlands is revealed as a bludgeoning previously undescribed. In this collection, medieval Bonham thunk and febrile Iommi guitar leads crowd out the bluesy Americana that foregrounded those bands, replacing hippie pastoralism with mythology, armored conflict, sorcery, and doom. From legions of occult-obsessive 1970s bonehead teens, we summoned a horde of 16 bands, cloaked in eons of tortured obscurity, whose sole release amounts to a blistering chapter ripped free of rock’s lumbering mythos.

This music hails from an occluded realm, somewhere just beyond the dope-addled minds of its creators. Lyrically, the Darkscorch Canticles trifle with themes most grave: crippling fear, pagan hostility, paranoia, power addiction—even necromancy. Satan’s name is openly invoked, alongside Sauron’s. These worried, warlike Canticles occupy a miniscule niche in the American underground of self-released rock, but their appeal is more broad today than in any previous era.

But wait, there's more! The limited to 500 "Supa" edition includes all of the elements of Cities of Darkscorch game, plus a bonus 7” featuring “Animal Woman” b/w “Red Brained Woman” by LA heavy rock honchos Supa Chief. Also included is a custom-printed guitar pick, which serves double duty as an additional Cities of Darkscorch Player Token. Full color pic sleeve features a game board map extension, complete with its own exclusive Darkscorch city.

If you like hard rock, guitar solos, Magic the Gathering, Munchkin, Tolkien, and hanging out in the basement until 3am, we've got you covered.

Thee other website-only:

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Rat Conspiracy, its name a one-time working title for Unwound’s 1993 debut—the earliest Kill Rock Stars LP—brings the roiling, watershed Fake Train into natural integration with its sibling record, 1994’s New Plastic Ideas, on which the band “branch[ed] out into propulsive odd meters...and traumatic contrasts between loud and soft, pulling the arty riffage into much tighter focus.” [Trouser Press]. Both get exacting remasters and replica sleeve treatment, while the set’s third LP tracks Unwound’s restless work toward synthesis with the "Mkultra" and "Negated" 7” material, previously unissued radio sessions, indie comp rarities, and the spidery Minutemen cover “Plight.”

This chapter intros the Olympia, Washington, noise-punk trio anew, kicking off with hi-hat thwaks on “Dragnalus” from drummer Sara Lund, whose lockstep partnership with Justin Trosper and Vern Rumsey marked the forging of a 1990s indie-rock legend. The band’s advancing threat is captured in 32 tracks, a trove of house-show b&w period photographs, and a vivid 10,000-word narrative by latter-day Unwound diarist David Wilcox.

Faked Train is a limited-to-1000 website-only bonus LP that contains a demo version of Fake Train recorded by Nation of Ulysses’ Tim Green. You can only get the limited LP when you pre-order from Numero.

Pro-tip: Sign up for a Numero Gold subscription and you'll get 15% off both of these and never miss another release. Free downloads of all your purchases as well. Just sayin'.

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From Strut:

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Haiti Direct, Compiled By Hugo Mendez of Sofrito. Limited 180g vinyl exclusive to Strut store
"If this music doesn't get your feet tapping, pulse racing and put a smile on your face, see a doctor." —The Independent
"Arguably the first in-depth tropical dig for Haiti's rare, classic & obscure popular music… Fantastic stuff." —MOJO
Haiti Direct
Buy Haiti Direct on CD, Vinyl or MP3

Compared to reggae and calypso, the music of Haiti remains relatively obscure outside of the Caribbean. And that's a real shame, especially given the delightful and innovative sounds showcased on our Haiti Direct collection. Stemming from traditional merengue and compas styles, and incorporating a cornucopia of influences, from African and Latin rhythms to American soul and psychedelic rock, there is quite a lot for adventurous ears to discover.

Compiled by Hugo Mendez of Sofrito, Haiti Direct is out this week on double CD, double vinyl (with CD version included), and digital download. Vinyl orders via the Strut store will receive exclusive limited edition 180 gram vinyl, until we run out!

STRUT ON THE WEB (with some Haiti Direct tracks) https://soundcloud.com/strut

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Tony Conrad in the 1960s. Photo: Frederick Eberstadt

on issues(incl reluctant), reissues, YouTube etc

http://thewire.co.uk/in-writing/collateral-damage-28138/collateral-damage_david-grubbs-on-1960s-recordings

Haiti Direct comp is really really good.

Thanks for the heads up on the Haiti comp, dow. Great stuff.

You're welcome! More on Peter Walker's return (tour dates upthread)---from Howlin' Wuelf Media:

Recorded at Mercury Studios in NYC, "Has Anybody Seen Our Freedoms?", which was described by the "New York Times" as "...rough, passionate and often raga-like..." and "All Music Guide" raved that the record "...adds immeasurably to his musical and cultural legacy, and is a must for any fan of American guitar music", and was included on their list of "Favorite Folk Albums of 2013", is Walker's manifesto. It could have been Peter's classic third album had it been released at the time (Peter had been storing the reels in a converted bread truck for decades). While his previous two records are incredible collaborative efforts - the playing of Bruce Langhorne, Jeremy Steig, and John Blair as important to the final product as Peter's - this album solely Walker. A requiem to the 1960s, chronicling lovers on the run, anti-war movement adventures, and living off the grid in Mexico, California, Detroit, and NYC.

The record begins gently, with love and war songs, (and a version of the traditional "Pretty Bird," that is unlike any other), before going on the rough and urgent ride of "Fifty Miles," (on two flat tires, a story detailed in the liner notes), and culminating with "Wonder," a song where Peter summons all the elements into one long journey, bringing us back down at the end as if we were at one of Timothy Leary's "celebrations." Peter's wondrous guitar playing and intimate, otherworldly vocals create the effect of a record encoded with some deeper wisdom being channeled directly to your ears.

You can stream the track "Early In The Morning" from "Has Anybody Seen Our Freedoms?" here:

http://delmorerecordings.bandcamp.com/track/early-in-the-morning

At the time of the session, Peter was living in the infamous Garwood Mansion near Detroit, working as incumbent opening act for their weekly, all night concerts / parties (as he had been at the Café Au Go Go throughout the '60s, and the Joyous Lake in the 70s). William Kunstler stopped by to speak about the John Sinclair trial, and the two had an immediate rapport. Kunstler was a major influence on Peter's anti-war movement involvement and leadership, and on his later decision to get a para-legal degree and represent immigrant taxi drivers in NYC in the 1970s. The two of them are pictured together on the album cover.

The beautifully crafted packaging for the CD and the limited edition vinyl version of "Has Anybody Seen Our Freedoms?" features a twenty-page booklet with exclusive images as well as a 4300 word essay by Peter, which was condensed from forty pages he sent to Delmore founder, and Executive Producer of the record, Mark Linn. While it's not exactly clear how every wild adventure discussed in the essay relates to each song on the record, knowing that these adventures occurred helps us imagine their evolution. The notes reveal a man of mystery. A man who rubbed elbows with Karen Dalton, Sandy Bull, Jimi Hendrix, Janis Joplin and John Barrymore. A man who possesses endless energy, drive and passion for the instrument he holds and the fearlessness to explore and reach for new sounds with a childlike curiosity.

The previously mentioned limited edition vinyl version also includes a full album DL code, plus bonus track, tip-on jacket, and an exclusive 8 1/2" x 11" Matrix handbill reproduction. The CD / DL bonus track is Peter doing his best Lord Buckley, from the same studio session.
Walker's colorful past reveals a man equally at home in legal discourse with Kuntsler, as he is sitting at the feet of Ravi Shankar, soaking up the Sitar. He disappears for months to Peru and comes back sunbathed and dappled by the waves, his head full of new sounds and ideas. He makes regular pilgrimages to the caves of Grenada and Spain, the only gringo allowed into the dangerous and exciting world of the gypsy masters of Spanish guitar, where he is now considered a peer.

As previously mentioned, Peter was reinstated to public consciousness with the critically-acclaimed 2006 tribute album, "A Raga For Peter Walker". The ensuing years have included two beautiful new albums of mostly Spanish guitar music, and a previously unissued collaboration with Maruga Booker, Badal Roy, and Perry Robinson, which was recorded at Levon Helm's barn in 1970.

An artist in the truest sense of the word, Walker uses the world as his canvas, distilling his experiences into the neck and body of his guitar, where they are transformed into a cacophony of sounds...dark, brooding, complex, atypical in rhythm and form, an experimental expression captivating the listener's ear, piece after piece.

From Drag City, out 02/18---a final scrape? I'll check it out at some point.

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"North St." 3:44/"We're Gonna Make It" 4:03 7" single $6.00

Death comes a-knockin' again! Two later phases set the stage for a third rip through the archives: 1980's "North St." finds the band still uncoiling dense knots of rage. 1992's "We're Gonna Make It" was a final reunion of the brothers and a sweet release of any bitterness, affirming hope for their afterlife.

Oh wait: "set the stage for a third rip"---so maybe this Death scrape is not the end.

A documentary about the Akron punk saga; see link below to watch it (55 minutes).

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Western Reserve PBS documentary tells the story of "the Akron Sound” of the 1970s

In the early 1970s, rubber was still king in Akron, Ohio. But just a few short years later, Akron’s most important product was, ever so briefly, music. In the mid-1970s, a group of local bands took over an old rubber workers’ hang-out in downtown Akron called The Crypt and created a mix of punk and art rock that came to be known as “the Akron Sound.” And for a while, it was almost “the next big thing.” Almost.

It’s Everything, and Then It’s Gone, a Western Reserve PBS production written and directed by Phil Hoffman., takes viewers back to a time when the music really did mean everything. And for the men and women in these local bands, it was a way out of the factory.

“This is the story of those people, many of them children of rubber workers, who rode to the crest of the new wave and what happened to them after the attention turned away from Akron and away from them,” explains Hoffman in the opening of the documentary. Over the course of the hour-long program, Hoffman tells the story of bands like Devo, The Numbers Band, The Bizarros, The Rubber City Rebels, Tin Huey and The Waitresses and their flirtation with rock stardom.

The story of “the Akron Sound” and It’s Everything, and Then It’s Gone really begins in the college bars along Kent’s Water Street in the late 1960s and early 1970s. The rise of Kent-based Joe Walsh to national rock'n'roll fame created the feeling that local bands could “make it big” and inspired a movement of original music in groups like The Numbers Band, Devo, Tin Huey and others.

Many of these bands shifted to the Akron scene when The Rubber City Rebels acquired a bar called The Crypt from its previous owner in the midst of a rubber workers’ strike.

“Out of the misery of one of the longest rubber workers’ strikes in the city’s history, an unexpected gift would lead to the development of ‘the Akron Sound,’” says Hoffman.

The Crypt became a haven for the original music of bands such as Devo, Tin Huey, The Bizarros, The Rubber City Rebels and others, explains David Giffels, Beacon Journal columnist and co-author of Are We Not Men?, based on the Akron music movement. The Crypt was modeled after the New York nightclub CBGB’s, home to the then-new sound of bands such as Talking Heads, Television and The Ramones.

Buzz about Akron’s music scene began to grow. The local music movement came to the attention of a British music journalist; soon, the spotlight zoomed in on Akron and record label scouts descended on the city. “None of [the band members] could guess ... that an off-hand comment about Akron by one of their friends would set off a record industry feeding frenzy that would sweep them all up into the world of rock stardom,” says Hoffman. For a short time, it looked like “the Akron Sound” was going to be “the next big thing.” Between 1978 and 1980 nearly every one of the Akron bands would record and release their first major label record, including Devo, The Rubber City Rebels, Tin Huey and The Bizarros.

With the exception of Devo, success was short-lived. While some band members muse that a lack of record label support and promotion might have hindered their success, Meredith Rutledge of Cleveland’s Rock and Roll Hall of Fame speculates otherwise. “You can promote and publicize and tour a band ragged and if people aren't going to buy it, they're not going to buy it,” she explains. “The bands that didn’t sell well just didn’t fit into the taste of the record-buying public at that time.”

“Every one of these bands got plucked from Akron with great aspirations and almost every one of them tanked, except Devo” says Giffels. Devo, instead, became a national phenomenon with hits like “Whip It” and “Jocko Homo.”

The band members today, many of whom still live in northeast Ohio, have bittersweet memories of their flirtation with success. “Failure doesn't happen overnight," said Buzz Clic of The Rubber City Rebels. “I didn't realize we weren't going to sell records ... nobody heard of us ... It’s pretty disappointing to watch your whole band fall apart right in front of you. It’s everything, and then it’s gone.”

But the recollections aren’t all bad. “It was the most interesting time of my life,” Clic reflects later. “It gave me a lot of great memories and a lot of great stories to tell.” That story is told in It's Everything, and Then It's Gone.

It's Everything, and Then It's Gone is a Western Reserve PBS production. Executive Producer: Don Freeman. Writer/Director: Phil Hoffman.

A Western Reserve PBS production, 2003.

[watch online]http://westernreservepublicmedia.org/vodshows/everythv.htm

And don't forget about that big-ass Waitresses comp, from Rolling Reissues 2013

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Amazon has it at $50, which seems on the low side for a Handmade release (when measured against the $40 2CD sets they peddle).

$99 for the vinyl but ooooh I want it, that cover art is great

Lots of people of been waiting for this for a long time, especially Decals which was out of print for 25 years. Wish I'd sold my copies before this was announced, as they would have paid for the new one. Two of his best albums, can't go wrong here.

Now let's have a matching Starsailor/Blue Afternoon/Lorca set (with sufficient lead time for me to sell my Starsailor CD at market value)

diving in to the tracklist for those outtakes, they seem to have nothing or very little in common with what is commonly known as "The Spotlight Kid Outtakes", which maybe makes them even more essential. Wonder where they dug this stuff up? Killing me that "Funeral Hill" has still not been officially released...

Yall may well be on top of this, but just in case: this guy does conjectural, "imaginary" versions of albums that never were (aborted, thwarted, etc)---incl Beefheart's apparently intended 2-discIt Comes To You In A Plain Brown Wrapper. Mostly if not all previously if belatedly released, but here minus what the Captain called "psychedelic Bromo-Seltzer" and other label mandates, and in what may be the intended order:
http://albumsthatneverwere.blogspot.co.uk/2014/08/captain-beefheart-it-comes-to-you-in.html

Oh cool, that guy's Floyd and VU and beach boys assemblies were wonderful

yes that's excellent, thanks

Bob Lind's best record will be reissued!!
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Barbara Lynn

Here Is Barbara Lynn

Light In The Attic

LITA 119

Available: October 28, 2014

To be a woman singing your own blues and soul songs in 1960s Texas was a rare thing. To do so while brandishing a left-handed Stratocaster and bashing out hard-edged licks was even rarer. Yet that’s just what Barbara Lynn did, inspired by Guitar Slim, Jimmy Reed, Elvis Presley and Brenda Lee. And it was a hit: her 1962 debut single, “You’ll Lose A Good Thing,” recorded with session musicians including Dr. John, gave her an R&B chart Number One and a Billboard chart Top 10 hit.

It was a path that Lynn chose at elementary school in 1940s Beaumont, Texas, when she told her mother she wanted to play guitar. “I decided that playing piano was a little bit too common, you know what I mean?” says Lynn in the new liner notes. “You’d always see a lady or a little girl sitting at a piano. I decided I wanted to play something more unexpected, so that’s when I got interested in learning to play the guitar.” Self-taught, first on the ukulele and then on a guitar, Lynn formed her first group, Barbara Lynn and Her Idols, while still at school and soon took the local scene by storm. Hers was a powerful talent in a petite package, a performer who could stand up against the best–even as a teenager.

Spotted while performing, underage, in Louisiana, she was offered the chance to record her own material, songs that filtered the experience of being a black Texan teen with power, feel, and guts. Ten of the twelve tracks on her debut album were her own compositions. “It took a lot of time,” Lynn remembers of the recording process, “but we got ‘Good Thing,’ we got our hit. I loved it. I loved meeting the new musicians; a lot of the guys who played on that record became friends. And seeing how the engineers worked and how they produced the sounds, all of that was really interesting to me.”

The success of that single took Lynn out on the road with the likes of Stevie Wonder, Gladys Knight, BB King, Supremes, Chuck Berry, Guitar Slim, and The Temptations. BB King even wrote a letter to Lynn’s mother to tell her what a talented daughter she’d raised. She appeared at the Apollo Theater, she was twice on American Bandstand, and one of her songs, “Oh Baby (We’ve Got A Good Thing Goin’)” was covered by The Rolling Stones.

Though she was a precocious performer, hers is a talent that came to full bloom on Here Is Barbara Lynn, her 1968 album produced by Huey P. Meaux and originally released on Atlantic Records. The record was conceived as an introduction of Lynn’s prodigious talents, her deeply felt guitar playing, her gutsy soulful singing skills, and her songwriting prowess. It collected her early hit and a raft of new songs, each packed with Lynn’s passion and fire. Yet the introduction to her world–now reissued by Light In The Attic–largely proved to be her swansong. She married in 1970, aged 28, had three children, and largely retired from the music industry for most of the ‘70s and ‘80s. Now touring again, she’s amused to think of her 46 year-old album gaining new fans. “I hear this album, and it seems like… it seems like the old times to me,” she says. "I don’t know, it’s strange to know it’s coming out again. It is going to be a wild, first time thing for me, like going back in time. But I’m excited to see what happens.”

24bit / 96kHz remastering from original 1/4” tapes
Liner notes by Jessica Hundley interviewing Barbara, plus rare archive photographs
180gram LP housed in an expanded deluxe Stoughton gatefold “Tip-On” jacket

Tracks streaming here, for now: http://lightintheattic.net/releases/1367-here-is-barbara-lynn

Hate that they're digitally remastering it for vinyl, but I appreciate their honesty. At least it's not CD quality.

Sly Stone
I’m Just Like You: Sly’s Stone Flower 1969-70
CD & Digital available NOW
LP Available: November 4, 2014

Check out this short doc on the making of this reissue project HERE.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1oCyHAhJgFA

In 1970, The Family Stone were at the peak of their popularity, but the maestro Sly Stone had already moved his head to a completely different space. The first evidence of Sly’s musical about-turn was revealed by the small catalog of his new label, Stone Flower: a pioneering, peculiar, minimal electro-funk sound that unfolded over just four seven-inch singles. Stone Flower’s releases were credited to their individual artists, but each had Sly’s design and musicianship stamped into the grooves–and the words “Written by Sylvester Stewart/Produced and arranged by Sly Stone” on the sticker.

Set up by Stone’s manager David Kapralik with distribution by Atlantic Records, Stone Flower was, predictably, a family affair: the first release was by Little Sister, fronted by Stone’s little sister Vaetta Stewart. It was short lived too–the imprint folded in 1971–but its influence was longer lasting. The sound Stone formulated while working on Stone Flower’s output would shape the next phase in his own career as a recording artist: it was here he began experimenting with the brand new Maestro Rhythm King drum machine. In conjunction with languid, effected organ and guitar sounds and a distinctly lo-fi soundscape, Sly’s productions for Stone Flower would inform the basis of his masterwork There’s A Riot Goin’ On.

The first 45 came in February 1970: Little Sister’s dancefloor-ready “You’re The One” hit Number 22 in the charts–the label’s highest showing. The follow-up, “Stanga," also by Little Sister, made the wah pedal the star. The third release came from 6IX, a six-piece multi-racial rock group whose sole release, a super-slow version of The Family Stone’s “Dynamite," featured only the lead singer and harmonica player from the group. Joe Hicks was the final Stone Flower stablemate; his pulsing, electronic "Life And Death In G&A” is one of the bleakest moments Sly Stone ever created on disc (Hicks’ prior single for Scepter, “Home Sweet Home,” the first released Stone Flower production, is also included).

This long overdue compilation of Sly’s Stone Flower era gathers each side of the five 45s plus ten previously unissued cuts from the label archives, all newly remastered from the original tapes. In these grooves you’ll find the missing link between the rocky, soulful Sly Stone of Stand! and the dark, drum machine-punctuated, overdubbed sound of There’s A Riot Going On. I’m Just Like You: Sly’s Stone Flower 1969-70 opens up the mysteries of an obscure but monumental phase in Stone’s career.

-Compilation and notes by Alec Palao
-An exclusive new interview with Sly Stone himself
-In-depth liner notes with first-hand reminiscences of the Stone Flower era from many of the participants
-Features all five Stone Flower produced singles plus ten previously unissued cuts from the label archives
-All tracks newly remastered from the original tapes
-2xLP housed in a gatefold “tip-on” jacket
-Sly approved Rotter and Friends x Light In The Attic “Stone Flower” shirts
-Limited edition poster illustrated by Jess Rotter

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that looks awesome

I am psyched about that. I only have one original Stone Flower 45 and kinda want everything. I'm sure there's some crossover with that Ace label comp of his recordings from the late 60s and early 70s, but that's fine.

Word from Forced Exposure newsletter: no bonus tracks, but good presentation:

BRIAN ENO & JON HASSELL: Fourth World Music Vol. I: Possible Musics CD
GLITTERBEAT (Germany) / GB 019CD
release date: 11/25/2014

DESCRIPTION

Originally released in 1980, Jon Hassell and Brian Eno's collaborative album Fourth World Music Vol. I: Possible Musics is a sound document whose ongoing influence seems beyond dispute. Not only is the album a defining moment in the development of what Eno coined as "ambient music" but it also facilitated the introduction of Hassell's "future primitive" trumpet stylings and visionary "Fourth World" musical theories to the broader public. These vectors continue to enrich contemporary audio culture. Eno's ambient strategies are now fixed in the DNA of electronic music and the cross-cultural legacy of Hassell's "Fourth World" concept is apparent not only in the marketplace genre "World Music" but also more persuasively in the accelerating number of digitally-driven, borderless musical fusions we now experience. By the time that Eno and Hassell met, Hassell's experiments with a "Fourth World" musical vocabulary were well underway and in fact it was because of these experiments, particularly Hassell's debut album Vernal Equinox that Brian Eno purposefully sought him out. Within a couple of months of Hassell's performance at The Kitchen the duo entered Celestial Sound in New York City and began work on what would become Fourth World Music Vol. I: Possible Musics. Hassell invited previous collaborators like the Brazilian percussionist Nana Vasconcelos and the Senegalese drummer Ayibe Dieng to join the sessions. Most of the tracks carry a Hassell/Eno writing credit, though the 20-minute "Charm (Over 'Burundi Cloud')" was a carryover from Hassell's concert repertoire. Hassell has made it clear in several interviews over the years that the album's shared billing was at least partly inaccurate and that Eno's contribution was mainly as a producer. More spiky, angular and steeped in rhythm and exoticism than most of Eno's records and more drone-based, reflective and sonorous than most of Hassell's outings, Possible Musics -- whatever the actual division of labor in sound and concept -- is a seminal highlight in both of their discographies. A meeting of two of the late 20th century's most restless and prescient musicians, the album sounds as beguiling, indeterminate and otherworldly today as it did 34 years ago when it was originally released. The impact of Possible Musics on the contemporary music conversation was almost immediate. Just ten days after it was mastered, Brian Eno and David Byrne convened in Los Angeles to continue experiments inspired in part by Hassell's musical theories. The resultant album would be called My Life in the Bush of Ghosts. All parties involved agree that Ghosts was originally conceived as a trio project that included Hassell but the idea fell apart over disagreements about logistics and musical direction. Hassell still remains bitter about what he considers the projects un-credited appropriation of his musical signatures. From there it was a short jump forward to the chart-topping, Afro-futurism of The Talking Heads Remain in Light, an album that Eno co-produced and Hassell guested on. "Fourth World" strategies have echoed, and can still be heard echoing in the music of Peter Gabriel, Nils Petter Molvaer, Björk, David Sylvian, David Byrne, Ryuichi Sakamoto, Damon Albarn, DJ Spooky, Jah Wobble, Matmos, 23 Skidoo, Goat, Bill Laswell, Mark Ernestus, Adrian Sherwood, and of course, the ongoing projects of Eno and Hassell themselves. Glitterbeat is proud and honored to re-release and re-introduce this compelling, groundbreaking album.

TRACKLISTING

01.

Chemistry

6:54

02.

Delta Rain Dream

3:27

03.

Griot (Over "Contagious Magic")

4:02

04.

Ba-benzélé

6:10

05.

Rising Thermal 14° 16' N; 32° 28' E

3:09

06.

Charm (Over "Burundi Cloud")

21:37

HIGHLIGHTS

- Glitterbeat reissues the genre-defining 1980 album Fourth World Music Vol. 1: Possible Musics from Brian Eno and Jon Hassell.
- Not only a defining moment in ambient music as defined by Eno, but also heralded the introduction of Hassell's "future primitive" trumpet stylings and visionary "Fourth World" theories.
- Gatefold LP version pressed on 180 gram vinyl with CD.
- "Jon Hassell invented the term 'Fourth World' both to describe his music and as a general term applicable

Gatefold LP version pressed on 180 gram vinyl with CD.
Oops, didn't notice that! The original vinyl was real good, at least on my Hassellhead friend's splendid stereo.

Oh yeah, also from Forced Exposure news; this one does have a couple bonus tracks:

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GUN CLUB, THE
TITLE
Mother Juno
FORMAT
LP

LABEL
BANG! RECORDS
CATALOG #
BANG 082LP
GENRE
ROCK
RELEASE DATE
10/14/2014

At last, a vinyl reissue of this 1987 classic album by The Gun Club, featuring Jeffrey Lee Pierce and Kid Congo Powers (The Cramps, Nick Cave And The Bad Seeds). Mother Juno meant the evolution of sound at The Gun Club's discography, entering into musical adventures where Jeffrey Lee Pierce and Kid Congo Powers mixed their guitars and melodies as per Television and Jimi Hendrix. This record has the addition of guitar cooperation from Blixa Bargeld (Einstürzende Neubauten, Nick Cave And The Bad Seeds) and was recorded in Berlin during the wild period before the fall of the Wall. Intense, obscure, rich in sound and writing, Mother Juno is a timeless classic for all fans of rock music. Proudly released by Bang! Records, courtesy of Creeping Ritual Productions, this record has been remastered and is presented in a deluxe gatefold edition, including two bonus tracks ("Crab Dance" and "Nobody's City" which has been recently covered by Iggy Pop and Nick Cave, alongside Sonic Youth's Thurston Moore and Beasts Of Bourbon's Brian Henry Hooper) previously unreleased on the original edition.

from Drag City newsletter

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RETURNING TO THE FIRST COMING OF THE SOURCE FAMILY
With the story of The Source Family out there, both as the subject of an acclaimed book and documentary film (as well as an ongoing series of rare, never-before-released recordings), it’s time to turn the light back on the records that made this whole thing a story in the first place. In the 1990s, it was a revelation to discover that there was a series of records made by a hippie cult led by a big Santa Claus-looking guy named Father Yod. More so that these records weren’t predictable light-rock recitals about Jesus — far from it! Instead, they were darkly psychedelic, stream-of-consciousness jams, with Father and the members of his band (usually The Spirit of ’76 or YaHoWa13) transforming divine coils of enlightenment rock over and over. The records were amazing home-recorded documents, adorned with hand-drawn phrases, logos and grainy color shots of what appeared to be truly magical everyday cult life with Father.
Now we return to the beginning, for the second coming of Kohoutek. It was the first spontaneous recording they actually pressed up and came out in 1973, the year of the comet Kohoutek, whose immanent arrival spawned a new round of cosmic consciousness in the media and with people all over the planet. It was more than a comet; its radiance was enormous, coming from ancient times to be experienced again by the enlightened people of the day. The Source Family were alive with expectation about the return of this long-haired messenger, and Father devoted considerable time chanting and eventually changing in his identity to Yahowa while meditating on the comet - the event provided an infusion of energy. The two sides of Kohoutek are a special jam that passes through tranquility to exultation, a tapping of the passing flame in the skies and a greeting from Father to the messenger and bearer of such awesome gifts. Very pure.
By contrast, Savage Sons of Ya Ho Wa is a record that Father doesn’t appear on. Well, he doesn’t play on the record, but look on the cover — Yahowa is still in the driver’s seat. Musically, YaHoWa13 go it on their own, with Octavius, Sunflower, Djinn, and Rhythm collaborating with Electron, who supplies powerful lead vocals. What’s here is a collection of heavy rock songs that will echo in your consciousness, like the opening track, “Edge of a Dream,” and the refrain “I want to see/What’s going on.” The guttural nature of Electron’s vocal sound may recall the name of Beefheart to some; Electron occupies the same unconsciousness, free in the communal slipstream, with less blues and more country gospel in his soul.
Neither album has been available on vinyl for decades, but by YaHoWa, it's our mission to bring these emanations of original, pure Source Family spiritual visions from the mid-1970s to you, November 18th - prepare for their re-arrival on this earth!

Fucking finally. Savage Sons isn't very good, but I'm just glad they're reissuing these and not more echoey leftovers.

Now let's have a matching Starsailor/Blue Afternoon/Lorca set (with sufficient lead time for me to sell my Starsailor CD at market value)

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If they're likely to do this at all I hope they'd add both audio and video of the Boboquivari set

Indeedio. Meanwhile:

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Black Beauty, the masterpiece by Arthur Lee’s legendary psychedelic rock band Love, is making its first-ever official release on CD, out November 11th via High Moon Records. The album had never been released in any format until High Moon Records put it out on vinyl in 2012. In November, Black Beauty will be available as a TrueSound Audiophile CD, packaged in a Hardbound Eco-Book. With its unparalleled sound and state-of-the-art packaging, Black Beauty is being hailed as an instant classic by critics worldwide. Read and share the exciting announcement courtesy of Rolling Stone.

The Deluxe CD comes with a 62-page photo-filled booklet with over 35 never-before-seen photos by Herbert W. Worthington and a revelatory essay by Ben Edmonds. Bonus
tracks feature explosive live Black Beauty-era Love performances, an unearthed Arthur Lee interview from 1974, and two unreleased Arthur Lee studio cuts. The ultra-rare title track from legendary filmmaker Max Julien’s “Thomasine & Bushrod’, recorded a few months after the completion of Black Beauty, was Arthur Lee’s first and only foray into film soundtrack composition. Recorded in 1973 for Hair Executive Producer Michael Butler’s Buffalo Records, Black Beauty remained unreleased when the label folded. Finally, after 40 years High Moon Records is honored to fulfill Arthur Lee’s wish that Black Beauty be heard by music fans worldwide on CD.

Black Beauty is that rarest of rock artifacts: a full-length studio album, from an undisputed musical genius. The album is the missing link in a
catalog that includes Forever Changes, the classic 1967 Love album
the New York Times called “one of the most affecting and beguiling
albums of all time.” With Black Beauty, Arthur Lee manages to
combine searing 70’s-rock with gorgeous melodies and stellar
songwriting—topped off by his most powerful, soulful vocals
ever. With its wonderfully eclectic collection of songs, the album offers
Love fans a rare glimpse into a previously undocumented phase of
Arthur Lee’s fabled career, while shining a light for new fans to
discover the unique genius that is the music of Arthur Lee and Love.

There will be a Love exhibit at the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, which opens in 2015. Love’s Black Beauty album will be featured in the exhibit.

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Gene Clark’s “Lost” Album Two Sides To Every Story Coming Out on CD For First Time via High Moon Records on November 18th, 90 Minutes of Unreleased Bonus Tracks Included

“Extra tracks, rare photos and detailed liner notes help make this the definitive version of a lost and nearly forgotten gem.” – American Songwriter

Two Sides To Every Story, the criminally long out-of-print solo album from Gene Clark, a founding member of The Byrds, will be released as a deluxe CD on November 18th via High Moon Records. The album, which came out in 1977 will be available as an expanded CD with bonus tracks. This re-mastered version of Two Sides To Every Story features absolutely stunning sound.

Two Sides To Every Story is packaged in a deluxe hardbound Eco-Book with a full-color 26-page book. It has never-before-seen photographs by Ed Caraeff from the Two Sides Photo session and liner notes by John Einarson, author of accalaimed Gene Clark biography, Mr. Tambourine Man. There is also an exclusive download card featuring over 90 minutes of unheard Gene Clark in 24-bit WAV files including stunning live full-band performances from 1975. The deluxe CD features a never-aired 1974 Gene Clark interview by L.A. disc jockey B. Mitchel Reed.

The album was voted #3 in the 2010 Uncut feature “Readers 50 Greatest Lost Albums.” From the country-rocking “Kansas City Southern”, to the to the achingly, melancholy, strings-and-synthesizer-draped “Sister Moon”, Two Sides is a masterfully eclectic album that All Music
Guide proclaims “succeeds on many more levels the more heralded No Other.” Produced by Thomas Jefferson Kaye (who also produced Clark's masterpiece No Other), the album features an all-star cast of musical co-conspirators: Emmylou Harris on backing vocals, banjo virtuoso Douglas Dillard, Country violin legend Byron Berline, pedal- steel ace Al Perkins, and Jeff "Skunk" Baxter on guitar.

Gene Clark served as The Byrds' chief songwriter in the mid-sixties, penning some of their most essential songs, including "Feel a Whole Lot Better," "Eight Miles High" and "You Showed Me." Clark is widely considered to be the pioneer of three musical genres: folk-rock, country-rock, and psychedelic-rock. Gene Clark’s inimitable songwriting and singing continue to inspire and influence countless artists, including: Robert Plant and Alison Krauss (who recorded TWO of his compositions on their 2010 Grammy® winning Album Of The Year, Raising Sand), Bob Dylan, Beach House, Fairport Convention, REM, Grizzly Bear, Tom Petty, Fleet Foxes, Yo La Tengo, and Wilco.

To coincide with the release, Gene’s son Kai has organized an intimate concert in celebration of his father's 70th birthday. The event will take place at the 175-seat Hotel Café in West Hollywood on November 16th 2014. https://www.facebook.com/GeneClarkTribute

stunning live full-band performances from 1975

wonder if this is the Ebbetts (?) Field set...

Dunno, but speaking of Gene, check this guy's stash: http://bbchron.blogspot.com

Especially (but not only) this: http://bbchron.blogspot.com/2014/06/gene-clark-gene-clark-box-set.html

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fpnnwYn93UA
From Light In The Attic
Available: November 25, 2014

Largely unheard, criminally undocumented, but at their core, utterly revolutionary, the recordings of the diverse North American Aboriginal community will finally take their rightful place in our collective history in the form of Native North America (Vol. 1): Aboriginal Folk, Rock, and Country 1966–1985. An anthology of music that was once near-extinct and off-the-grid is now available for all to hear, in what is, without a doubt, Light In The Attic’s most ambitious and historically significant project in the label’s 12-year journey.

Native North America (Vol. 1) features music from the Indigenous peoples of Canada and the northern United States, recorded in the turbulent decades between 1966 to 1985. It represents the fusion of shifting global popular culture and a reawakening of Aboriginal spirituality and expression. The majority of this material has been widely unavailable for decades, hindered by lack of distribution or industry support and by limited mass media coverage, until now. You’ll hear Arctic garage rock from the Nunavik region of northern Quebec, melancholy Yup’ik folk from Alaska, and hushed country blues from the Wagmatcook First Nation reserve in Nova Scotia. You’ll hear echoes of Neil Young, Velvet Underground, Leonard Cohen, Creedence Clearwater Revival, Johnny Cash, and more among the songs, but injected with Native consciousness, storytelling, poetry, history, and ceremony.

The stories behind the music presented on Native North America (Vol. 1) range from standard rock-and-roll dreams to transcendental epiphanies. They have been collected with love and respect by Vancouver-based record archaeologist and curator Kevin “Sipreano” Howes in a 15-year quest to unearth the history that falls between the notes of this unique music. Tirelessly, Howes scoured obscure, remote areas for the original vinyl recordings and the artists who made them, going so far as to send messages in Inuktitut over community radio airwaves in hopes that these lost cultural heroes would resurface.

With cooperation and guidance from the artists, producers, family members, and behind the scenes players, Native North America (Vol. 1) sheds real light on the painful struggles and deep traditions of the greater Indigenous community and the significance of its music. The songs speak of joy and spirituality, but also tell of real tragedy and strife, like that of Algonquin/Mohawk artist Willy Mitchell, whose music career was sparked by a bullet to the head from the gun of a trigger-happy police officer, or those of Inuk singer-songwriter Willie Thrasher, who was robbed of his family and traditional Inuit culture by the residential school system.

Considering the financially motivated destruction of our environment, the conservative political landscape, and corporate bottom-line dominance, it’s bittersweet to report that the revolutionary songs featured on Native North America hold as much meaning today as when they were originally recorded. Dedicated to legendary Métis singer-songwriter and poet Willie Dunn, featured on the anthology but who sadly passed away during its making, Native North America (Vol. 1) is only the beginning. A companion set featuring a crucial selection of folk, rock, and country from the United States’ Lower 48 and Mexico is currently in production.

34 tracks newly re-mastered
Deluxe 2xCD set features a hard-cover 120 page book with comprehensive liner notes, artist interviews, unseen archival photos, and lyrics (with translations)
Deluxe 3xLP set includes 60 page book with comprehensive liner notes, artist interviews, unseen archival photos, and lyrics (with translations), housed in a “Tip-On” slip case with three “Tip-On” jackets
Liner notes by Kevin “Sipreano” Howes
Color vinyl editions:
- 200 on “Burnt Orange” wax (LITA Vinyl Subscriber Edition) + “Sweetgrass” LITA logo tote bag and sticker
- 200 on “Tan” wax (LITA.net Pre-order Edition – limit 2 per customer) + “Sweetgrass” LITA logo tote bag and sticker
- 100 on “Gold” wax (LITA Shop Edition – limit 2 per customer)
preview tracks here: http://lightintheattic.net/releases/1332-native-north-america-vol-1-aboriginal-folk-rock-and-country-1966-1985

that looks so good -- a friend is heavy into this kind of stuff and put together a homemade comp a little while back. really amazing.

Numerophiles-

It will comes as no surprise to anyone reading this missive that we make a lot of vinyl. By year's end we'll have produced 43 unique titles for the year (down from 48 in 2013) across a handful of different imprints. About two years ago we launched a series of records dedicated to replicating original LPs down to their tiniest detail, using Numero's benchmark for quality. "The 1200s"—as they're known around the office—have grown from four modest LPs by Zion, Illinois' Shoes to nearly 40 albums, spanning a wide variety of genres and decades. We're pleased to add three more to record bins and shelves everywhere, available at finer shops or our website now.
The Montgomery Express

THE MONTGOMERY MOVEMENT

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Funk's answer to the Five Blind Boys of Alabama, Florida's Montgomery Express stood at the crossroads of politically conscious soul and mystically awakened dance music. Comprised of two blind musicians in their 20s and a teenage rhythm section, their lone LP was cut in 1972 for Orlando's Dove label, then reissued on Folkways two years later. Although the label usually steered clear of soul music and anything remotely commercial sounding, Montgomery Express tapped into Folkways' Guthrie-cum-Chamber Bros. nerve.

Sensational Saints

YOU WON'T BELIEVE IT

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Formed in the early '50s under the watchful eye of Tuskegee, Alabama, transplant Charles Chambliss, the Sensational Saints were handpicked from a Cleveland clothing store, a pool room, and from a group of friends singing from a third story window. After years spent rotating members and issuing stray singles for assorted non-denominational imprints, the group connected with the vocally inclined Reverend Melvin Kenniebrew at the close of the '60s, making good on their "Sensational" boast. "With God in their hearts and singing on their minds," the Sensational Saints mounted their crown jewel in 1973 with "You Won't Believe It" (Try It You'll Like Us). Pressed in conservative quantities by local gospel magnate James Bullard on his King James label, the group's lone long-player perfectly encapsulates the intersection of funk and gospel as only the religious conversion of a Bill Wither's tune can do.

Bulbous Creation

YOU WON'T REMEMBER DYING

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A truly underground document of the national obsession with heavy, mind-bent psychedelia. Originating in the unassuming suburb of Prairie Springs, KS, Bulbous Creation seem to have warped directly from the wrong side of the looking glass with a jabberwocky full of surreal lyrics and gratuitous guitar solos. Recorded and abandoned in the catacombs of Independence, Missouri's Cavern Sound studio in 1969, Bulbous Creation's eight-song screed invokes images of sinners, wage slaves, drugs, out of touch parents, jail, and the devil, naturally.

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http://exclaim.ca/News/nicos_end_gets_expanded_vinyl_reissue_for_40th_anniversary

By Alex Hudson

...This reissue expands the collection to a double LP with the inclusion of radio sessions, TV performances and alternate versions. This more than doubles the tracklist from eight tracks to 17.

According to Music on Vinyl, this it the first time these extra tracks have been pressed on vinyl. That being said, the same songs have previously appeared on a 2012 CD reissue.

The End...:

A1. It Has Not Taken Long
A2. Secret Side
A3. You Forget To Answer
A4. Innocent and Vain
A5. Valley of the Kings
B1. We've Got the Gold
B2. The End
B3. Das Lied Der Deutschen
C1. Secret Side (John Peel Session 20th February 1971)
C2. We've Got the Gold (John Peel Session - 3rd December 1974)
C3. Janitor of Lunacy (John Peel Session - 3rd December 1974)
C4. You Forget to Answer (John Peel Session - 3rd December 1974)
C5. The End (John Peel Session - 3rd December 1974)
D1. Secret Side (Old Grey Whistle Test - 7th February 1975)
D2. Valley of the Kings (Old Grey Whistle Test - 7th February 1975)
D3. Das Lied Der Deutschen (June 1st 1974)
D4. The End (June 1st 1974)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NGnwRnvnJdI

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OLD 97’s’ CLASSIC DEBUT HITCHHIKE TO RHOME
RECEIVES EXPANDED 20th ANNIVERSARY REISSUE
ON OMNIVORE RECORDINGS
Prototype alt-country band’s 1994 indie debut release
now available as 2-CD (with 12 bonus tracks) or 2-LP package
Photo by Danny Clinch
DALLAS, Texas — The Old 97’s burst onto the alt-country scene in 1994 with their independently released debut, Hitchhike To Rhome. With subsequent albums on Bloodshot, Elektra, New West, and ATO Records, the quartet became one of the Americana genre’s most enduring bands.
To celebrate this anniversary, Omnivore Recordings will reissue Hitchhike, the band’s first album, with an expanded release on 2-CD, digital, and — for the first time — on double LP. Street date is November 17, 2014.
When band member and set co-producer Ken Bethea was revisiting the original tapes for this reissue, he discovered a treasure trove of eight extra tracks cut at the album sessions — many of which the band hadn’t even remembered recording. It seemed the perfect time to bring those previously unissued songs to light and add the tracks from their first four-song demo cassette to round out the early picture of the 97’s.
The 2-CD version of Hitchhike To Rhome contains the original album, coupled with a second disc of those 12 rare and unreleased tracks, many mixed from the original multi-tracks for the first time by longtime Old 97’s engineer Rip Rowan. The double LP (limited edition first pressing on translucent orange vinyl) features the LP on three sides with six of the recently unearthed tracks on Side 4. The download card included gives the buyer the complete 2-CD program. Both formats include rare photos, memorabilia and notes from Bethea.
The entire album has been remixed from original session tapes by Rip Rowan.
From the Too Far To Care reissue complete with demos (also available separately on vinyl as They Made A Monster), to the band’s sessions with the great Waylon Jennings, Omnivore continues to add to the Old 97’s legacy with this integral, early part of their history and catalog.
Return to the origins of the Old 97's with Return to Rhome!
CD TRACK LIST:
Disc One
St. Ignatius
504
Drowning In The Days
Miss Molly
Dancing With Tears
4 Leaf Clover
Wish The Worst
Old 97’s Theme
Doreen
Hands Off
Mama Tried
Stoned
If My Heart Was A Car
Desperate Times
Ken’s Polka Thing
Tupelo County Jail
Disc Two
St. Ignatius (demo cassette version)
Drowning In The Days (demo cassette version)
Making Love With You (demo cassette version)

Stoned (demo cassette version)
Dancing With Tears (demo)*
Ivy (demo)*

Eyes For You*

Crying Drunk*

Victoria*

Old 97’s Theme Spgeddi*
Alright By Me*

Desperate Times*
LP TRACK LIST:
Side One
St. Ignatius
504
Drowning In The Days
Miss Molly
Dancing With Tears
Side Two
4 Leaf Clover
Wish The Worst
Old 97’s Theme
Tupelo County Jail
Doreen
Hands Off
Side Three
Mama Tried
Stoned

If My Heart Was A Car
Desperate Times
Ken’s Polka Thing
Tupelo County Jail
Side Four
Crying Drunk*

Dancing With Tears (demo)
Ivy (demo)*

Victoria*

Eyes For You*
Old 97’s Theme Spgeddi*
* Previously unissued

From Forced Exposure:

EDIP AKBAYRAM & DOSTLAR: Nedir Ne Degildir? CD
PHARAWAY SOUNDS (Spain) / PHS 020CD
release date: 10/14/2014

DESCRIPTION

As Turkey's political factions turned more and more violent in the late 1970s, Buscemi-eyed Edip Akbayram was nearly beaten up by rioting audiences for daring to sing about rural points of view that were naturally critical of Istanbul's political leaders. This second album of Anatolian psychedelia, originally released in 1977, showed defiance even in its gatefold art, with a drawing of the band members seeming to grow straight out the ground, covered in plant tendrils. Akbayram poached members of Mogollar and Bariş Manco's Kurtalan Ekspres to get the best fuzz breaks and Hammond slams & put 'em straight in your ears. The band also tried out some mixes that pushed the vocals or a particular instrument way up front, and of course, long, low, reverberant welcomes from Edip's echo-covered voice. Remastered sound, insert/booklet with photos and liner notes by Angela Sawyer of Weirdo Records.

CEM KARACA: Nem Kaldi? CD
PHARAWAY SOUNDS (Spain) / PHS 022CD
release date: 10/14/2014

DESCRIPTION

Cem Karaca announces his intent to slay all enemies of Istanbul's leftist counterculture with stompin' prog keyboards. Sophisticated and passionate, with flamboyant taste in sunglasses, Cem Karaca led Istanbul's music fans through a period of violent political turmoil. Karaca reworked traditional folk lyrics with molten electric bass lines that played up both a poet's broiling righteousness and also his listeners' common ground with their elders in Turkey's history. 1975's Nem Kaldi? gathers more '60s-'70s singles that lead the listener through Karaca's own musical history, skipping across various collaborations. Sink deeper into the intrigue both musical & otherwise as fractious personnel changes & real-life assassins multiply, yet the double-time drums & badass synthesizer schwings pound on.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K6T3vxF_xF0&list=UUAVuQPaWK_yC_0qeN4Q1b-w

ERNAN ROCH: La Onda Pesada, Mexico 1971 CD
SHADOKS MUSIC (Germany) / SHAD 141CD
release date: 9/23/2014

DESCRIPTION

Almost nothing was known about this mysterious record until Shadoks' friend Enrique Rivas managed to make contact with Ernan Roch, very much like he did with Kaleidoscope. This album was recorded in Mexico in 1970 together with the band El Amor, who recorded three albums for Capitol Records. His outstanding song "The Train" has a similar vibe to Damon's "Song of a Gypsy," with great fuzz guitar all over. Ernan sings all songs in English, which is not very common for bands from Mexico. This is the first official release of this album from Ernan Roch with great liner notes and photos. One of the best releases from Mexico. Features four bonus tracks.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gl1PsmjK93E&list=UUAVuQPaWK_yC_0qeN4Q1b-w

CHARLIES: Musiikkia Elokuvasta Julisteiden Liimaajat CD
SHADOKS MUSIC (Germany) / SHAD 163CD
release date: 9/23/2014

DESCRIPTION

One of the most influential bands from Finland are Charlies. They recorded their second album Buttocks in 1970 and also that same year, this first album. Shadoks has included six bonus tracks on this release, including their rare single from 1969. The album was recorded for an underground movie of the same title, and Charlies had full artistic freedom to create psychedelic songs and effects. Their song "Sunshine Supergirl" is a good example of classic work by this amazing underground band, featuring great guitar riffs by Eero Ravi. The original LP was pressed only a few hundred times and is a very rare collector's item today. What a great band and what a great guitar player. Dave Lindholm wrote: "Charlies was the first big Finnish rock band for me. They played loud & rough. They looked like men, not popstars. They played the music I love. Could I ask for more? Well, I didn't!"

ENSAMBLE POLIFONICO VALLENATO/SEXTETO LA CONSTELACION DE COLOMBIA : Fiesta, Que Viva La CD
STAUBGOLD (Germany) / STAUB 134CD
release date: 10/28/2014

DESCRIPTION

The first-ever release of mythic Colombian groups Ensamble Polifonico Vallenato and Sexteto La Constelacion De Colombia. A full-length album of exclusive archive recordings featuring members of the Meridian Brothers, Frente Cumbiero, Ondatropica, Romperayo and Los Piranas. Bland rock and pop music took over Colombia in the 1980s. For a country with so much musical heritage, this was blasphemy. Ensamble Polifonico Vallenato and Sexteto La Constelacion de Colombia were two groups who, in the late 90s, fought to redress the balance. Ensamble Polifonico Vallenato started as a joke, a parody of the bad vallenato music a bunch of university students would hear on the bus into campus. Their idea was simple: "to play whatever and see what happens." The resultant music was as heavy as rock, as acidic as punk and as far-out as the most left-field free-jazz. At the heart of it all was fiery accordion and acerbic vocals, often playing in call-and-response, just like the classic vallenatos of yore. The lyrics formed a big part of the group's identity; they were deep, sarcastic and surrealistic, and revelled in toying with Colombian clichés. The music soon stopped being a parody. The students began to learn more and more about Colombian folklore and their sound evolved. Soon, they ditched the accordion, replacing it with flutes from Colombia's Caribbean coast, and renamed the group Sexteto La Constelacion de Colombia. The musicians were now more mature, though no less experimental. Both groups were rebellious, counter-cultural and added to their reputations with anarchic live shows. At the time, the reaction was mixed. To quote the group, they were "approved by a few but disapproved by a lot." For many musicians who saw them play during their short lifespans, they offered an alternative, a new form of Colombian music that was rooted in their country's heritage but could be as innovative and experimental as any jazz or rock. A seed was sown that started a new branch of Colombian tropical music. The band members now play in groups like Meridian Brothers, Frente Cumbiero, Ondatropica, Romperayo and Los Piranas -- bands that have released albums and toured internationally, as well as won critical and public approval while maintaining the revolutionary spirit that will ensure that the evolution of Colombian music is not ready to stop yet.

https://soundcloud.com/staubgold/ensamble-polifonico-vallenato-chandeath

Not a reissue, but good idea for Nashville exhibition: Dylan, Cash and the Nashville Cats: A New Music City. A little too varied for Rolling Country (really didn't get that Bridge Over Troubled Water fit, though Elvis did great live version of the title track)

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http://www.americansongwriter.com/2014/10/country-music-hall-fame-announces-new-exhibition/

this week the first worldwide release of Ethiopian jazz and funk band Hailu Mergia and the Walias' "Tche Belew” comes out on Awesome Tapes From Africa LP/CD/Digital/Cassette.

Recorded in 1977, the album went on to become one of the most celebrated of all Ethiopian pop recordings from the golden age of Addis Ababa’s live band scene, not to mention a "holy grail” LP that collectors trade for ~$4000 on eBay.

From Smog Veil: first a reunion, then reissues:

X__X has a Cleveland date scheduled with The Gizmos, making this an extra special gig. The band also has an in-store scheduled for November 1 at Minds Eye in Lakewood. If you are lucky enough to possess X__X's 2 records originally issued on Drome Records, or the recent (and I think now out of print) retrospective LP on Ekto Records, then you know that these gigs will be ones not to miss, details are copied below. Uncertain? Check out the digital download version available at your favorite download source (he means Amazon):
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x_x
hearpen.com has a new release this month: a remix/reissue of '18 Monkeys on a Dead Man's Chest' from David Thomas and two pale boys. Here's what we know: This is the 2014 David Thomas remix of the original 2004 multitracks. Tracks were cleaned up, some modifications made and David's current mix methodology used. Nothing was added in terms of new recordings. Some elements not used in the original mix were re-introduced.

'18 Monkeys on a Dead Man's Chest' is the companion album to Pere Ubu's Carnival of Souls. 18M completes the first cycle of 2pbs albums and is a lynchpin between the 2pbs and Pere Ubu projex. The Chinese Whispers methodology had been tested and was ready for its final stage of implementation, which was going to be within the Pere Ubu structure. The stories and characters, as well as musical ideas, were taken up again for COS and, for that reason, 18M provides key elements of the backstory and is essential to the 'getting' of COS. Get it here:

There is a download single of out-takes from the 18M session that are available at a special price from hearpen.com.
Updates for all the new stuff, reviews, mp3 samples and videos available daily at the Smog Veil Facebook fan page. Check it out:

Smog Veil Records at Facebook link!
Attend a gig in your area:

X_X

Saturday, November 1: Cleveland, OH, WCSB Halloween Ball (w/The Gizmos)

BUZZ CLIC ADVENTURE

FRI, NOV 14: N. Hollywood, CA, Universal Bar

PERE UBU

Wed, Nov 12: Leicester, The Musician
Thur, Nov 13: Swansea, The Scene
Fri, Nov 14: Tunbridge Wells, The Forum
Sat, Nov 15: Manchester, Band On The Wall
Sun, Nov 16: Bristol, The Fleece
Mon, Nov 17: Cambridge, Junction 2
Tues, Nov 18: Edinburgh, Voodoo Rooms
Wed, Nov 19: Glasgow, Centre for Contemporary Arts (CCA)
Thur, Nov 20: New Brighton (Wirral, Merseyside), Floral Pavilion
Fri, Nov 21: Leeds, Brudenell Social Club
Sat, Nov 22: London, Institute of Contemporary Arts (ICA)
Sun, Nov 23: Brighton, Brighton Film Festival, Duke of York's Cinema, Underscore to Roger Corman's 'X, The Man With The X Ray Eyes'
Mon, Nov 24: Gateshead, Sage Gateshead
Thurs, Nov 27: Vitoria-Gasteiz (Basque, Spain), Jimmy Jazz
Fri, Nov 28: Barcelona, La [2] de Apolo
Sat, Nov 29: Madrid, Sala El Sol (981 Heritage)
Sun, Nov 30: Valencia, 16 Tonelades
Mon, Dec 1: Alicante, Teatro Arniches
Tue, Dec 2:
Zaragoza, CMM Las Armas
Thurs, Dec 4: Lisbon, ZDB
Fri, Dec 5: Braga, GNRnation
Sat, Dec 6: Vigo, Marco

Ok, all for now comrades...Mr. Frank/Smog Veil Boss

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The week commencing 1st December, Pixies and 4AD will celebrate the 25th anniversary of Doolittle with the release of Pixies: Doolittle 25 - an expanded edition of the classic album that brings together all the album's B-sides, Peel Sessions and demos for the first time, with nearly half of the tracks having not been commercially released before.

The second studio album from Pixies - Black Francis, Joey Santiago, Kim Deal and David Lovering - Doolittle was to prove a pivotal moment for both band and the wider scene. Produced by Gil Norton and recorded between two studios (Downtown Recorders in Boston MA and Carriage House Studios in Stamford CT) in late-1988, it was an instant hit, containing some of the band’s most memorable singles (‘Monkey Gone To Heaven’, ‘Here Comes Your Man’, ‘Debaser’). Included among the many plaudits thrown Doolittle’s way was Pitchfork ranking it at Number 4 in their Best Albums of the 80s poll, while NME writers in 2004 named it their Second Best Album of All Time. The band toured Doolittle in 2009 to celebrate its 20th birthday and five years on, it’s now time to give it the deluxe release treatment it deserves.

The 3 CD Pixies: Doolittle 25 contains an impressive fifty tracks with the original album on disc one, two full Peel Sessions and six B-sides on disc two and the complete album in demo form plus seven bonus tracks on disc three. A gatefold double LP version is also being released, with two pieces of 180g black vinyl being pressed - the first containing six B-sides and two full Peel Sessions and the second being the album in complete demo form plus 3 bonus tracks. A download card is included, offering access to all LP tracks plus four more bonus tracks. The full tracklistings can be found below.

Like all other Pixies sleeves before it, Vaughan Oliver returns to oversee its design, reinterpreting his original artwork and Simon Larbalestier’s photographs to create a stunning design using metallic ink.

Pixies: Doolittle 25 is being released on 1st / 2nd December and is available to pre-order now direct from the band.
The band are offering an exclusive t-shirt bundle with both CD and LP pre-orders.
The album can also pre-ordered from the 4AD store, with the opportunity for one buyer to win a white label of the record.

Pixies: Doolittle 25
3CD Edition (CAD 3425CD)
Disc One - Doolittle 1. Debaser (2.52), 2. Tame (1.55), 3. Wave of Mutilation (2.04), 4. I Bleed (2.34), 5. Here Comes Your Man (3.21), 6. Dead (2.21), 7. Monkey Gone to Heaven (2.57), 8. Mr. Grieves (2.05), 9. Crackity Jones (1.24), 10. La La Love You (2.43), 11. No. 13 Baby (3.51), 12. There Goes My Gun (1.49), 13. Hey (3.31), 14. Silver (2.25), 15. Gouge Away (2.45)
Disc Two - Doolittle: Peel Sessions & B-Sides 1. Dead (Peel Session) (3.18), 2. Tame (Peel Session) (1.58)*, 3. There Goes My Gun (Peel Session) (2.18), 4. Manta Ray (Peel Session) (1.49), 5. Into The White (Peel Session) (4.11)*, 6. Wave of Mutilation (Peel Session) (2.31), 7. Down To The Well (Peel Session) (2.14), 8. Manta Ray (2.40), 9. Weird At My School (1.58), 10. Dancing The Manta Ray (2.14), 11. Wave of Mutilation (UK Surf) (3.02), 12. Into The White (4.43), 13. Bailey's Walk (2.24)
Disc Three - Doolittle: Demos 1. Debaser (3.00), 2. Tame (2.10)*, 3. Wave of Mutilation (First Demo) (2.04)*, 4. I Bleed (1.46)*, 5. Here Comes Your Man (1986 Demo) (3.07), 6. Dead (1.35)*, 7. Monkey Gone To Heaven (2.52)*, 8. Mr. Grieves (1.42)*, 9. Crackity Jones (1.21)*, 10. La La Love You (2.08)*, 11. No. 13 Baby - VIVA LA LOMA RICA (First Demo) (2.17)*, 12. There Goes My Gun (1.29)*, 13. Hey (First Demo) (3.22)*, 14. Silver (2.11)*, 15. Gouge Away (1.42)*, 16. My Manta Ray Is All Right (2.30)*, 17. Santo (2.17)*, 18. Weird At My School (First Demo) (1.53)*, 19. Wave Of Mutilation (1.30)*, 20. No. 13 Baby (3.07), 21. Debaser (First Demo) (3.37)*, 22. Gouge Away (First Demo) (2.08)*

Pixies: Doolittle 25
2LP Edition (CAD 3425)
Side One - Doolittle: B-Sides 1. Manta Ray (2.40), 2. Weird At My School (1.58), 3. Dancing The Manta Ray (2.14), 4. Wave of Mutilation (UK Surf) (3.02), 5. Into The White (4.43), 6. Bailey's Walk (2.24)
Side Two - Doolittle: Peel Sessions 1. Dead (Peel Session) (3.18), 2. Tame (Peel Session) (1.58)*, 3. There Goes My Gun (Peel Session) (2.18), 4. Manta Ray (Peel Session) (1.49), 5. Into The White (Peel Session) (4.11)*, 6. Wave of Mutilation (Peel Session) (2.31), 7. Down To The Well (Peel Session) (2.14)
Side Three - Doolittle: Demos 1. Debaser (3.00), 2. Tame (2.10)*, 3. Wave of Mutilation (First Demo) (2.04)*, 4. I Bleed (1.46)*, 5. Here Comes Your Man (1986 Demo) (3.07)*, 6. Dead (1.35)*, 7. Monkey Gone To Heaven (2.52)*, 8. Mr. Grieves (1.42)*, 9. Crackity Jones (1.21)*
Side Four - Doolittle: Demos 1. La La Love You (2.08)*, 2. No. 13 Baby - VIVA LA LOMA RICA (First Demo) (2.17)*, 3. There Goes My Gun (1.29)*, 4. Hey (First Demo) (3.22)*, 5. Silver (2.11)*, 6. Gouge Away (1.42)*, 7. My Manta Ray Is All Right (2.30)*, 8. Santo (2.17)*, 9. Weird At My School (First Demo) (1.53)*

* Denotes previously unreleased
The Peel Sessions were recorded on 18th October 1988 and 2nd May 1989 and originally broadcast on BBC Radio 1
Related Releases

LITA Black Friday Specials and 2014 Recap

(individual press releases for *most* of their 2014 reissues have already been posted here)
Record Store Day Black Friday 2014

Fall is finally upon us and the best part of the season is not gathering with family and friends for a seasonal feast, but rather the limited edition vinyl available on Black Friday, November 28th!

Lee Hazlewood
There's A Dream I've Been Saving (vinyl edition)
First up is the vinyl edition of There's A Dream I've Been Saving. Seven years in the making this is the ultimate artifact for Lee Hazlewood heads new and old. Now, for the first time, you can enjoy the entire experience on vinyl. This landmark box set contains an expansive LP-sized hard cover book detailing the label history of Lee Hazlewood Industries, accompanied by 8LPs + 4CDs and the never-before-released film Cowboy in Sweden.

Lizzy Mercier Descloux
Fire b/w Morning High, 7"
This year marks the ten-year anniversary of impassioned poet, painter, actor, and prolific, self-taught musician Lizzy Mercier Descloux’'s death. Instrumental in the late 70s New York underground, yet of Parisian origin, Mercier Descloux, with partner Michel Esteban, established the magazine Rock News and ran in the same circles as Patti Smith and Richard Hell. Lizzy became a genre defying artist and pioneer of worldbeat and avant garde rock, and supreme minimalist of the no wave genre in her own right. Next year, we will release a detailed series showcasing her work. A glimpse of what’s in store for this upcoming archival series, this 7" presents two key tracks from the Mercier Descloux catalog: the epitomic, 1979 disco-punk classic “Fire” backed with a rare session featuring Lizzy and “Godmother of Punk” Patti Smith reciting a bilingual version of Arthur Rimbaud’s poem, “Matinée d’ivresse/Morning High,” set to music by experimental contemporary Bill Laswell. Remastered from the original tapes, this 33 1/3 RPM 7” single comes pressed on “Fire” colored wax.

Wayne McGhie & The Sounds of Joy
S/T
Finally back in print and one of the pinnacle releases in our catalog, this 1970 masterpiece is the Holy Grail of Toronto Funk! The first true debut of Studio One veteran and Jackie Mittoo bandmate Wayne McGhie, this self-titled LP is a wicked mix of Caribbean Funk, Soul and reggae. For this special Black Friday edition we have expanded the album to a deluxe gatefold "tip-on" jacket with rare archival photos and extensive liner notes featuring interviews with McGhie, Alton Ellis, and Lloyd Delpratt.

LITA 2014 Reissues

Mark Lanegan- Has God Seen My Shadow? An Anthology 1989-2011
Bobby Charles- Bobby Charles
Bob Frank- Bob Frank
Peter Walker- "Second Poem To Karmela" Or Gypsies Are Important
Brothers & Sisters- Dylan's Gospel
Built to Spill- Ultimate Alternative Wavers
Michael Chapman- Playing Guitar The Easy Way
Stephen John Kalinich- A World Of Peace Must Come
Lewis- L'Amour
Big Boys- Lullabies Help The Brain Grow
Big Boys- No Matter How Long The Line At The Cafeteria, There's Always A Seat
V/A- Light In The Attic/Burger Cassette Series
V/A- Wheedle's Groove, Vol. II: Seattle Funk, Disco & Modern Soul 1972-1987
Donnie & Joe Emerson- Still Dreamin' Wild: The Lost Recordings 1979-1981
V/A- Country Funk Volume II 1967-74
Lewis Baloue- Romantic Times
Tinariwen- The Radio Tisdas Sessions
Tinariwen- Amassakoul
Sly Stone and Various Artists- I'm Just Like You: Sly's Stone Flower 1969-70
Barbara Lynn- Here Is Barbara Lynn
Sylvie Simmons- Sylvie
V/A- Native North America (Vol. 1): Aboriginal Folk, Rock, and Country 1966–1985
V/A- There's A Dream I've Been Saving: Lee Hazlewood Industries 1966-1971
Lizzy Mercier Descloux- Fire b/w Morning High
Wayne McGhie & The Sounds of Joy- S/T
Grateful Dead- Two From The Vault

GAME THEORY AND SNEAKERS
HEADLINE OMNIVORE’S VINYL OFFERINGS
FOR BLACK FRIDAY RECORD STORE DAY, NOVEMBER 28
Game Theory’s early EPs Distortion and
Pointed Accounts of People You Know reissued on 10" vinyl
Sneakers featured Chris Stamey and Will Rigby (later of the dB’s)
with Mitch Easter (Let’s Active) and Don Dixon.
Their 1976 EP, which gets expanded edition reissue,
was a prototype of American indie rock
LOS ANGELES, Calif. — Omnivore Recordings’ contributions to Record Store Day Black Friday will feature coast-to-coast exemplars of smart pop: Davis, Calif.’s Game Theory, whose early EPs Distortion and Pointed Accounts of People You Know will be issued as 10" vinyl EPs (in clear and green vinyl, respectively) and Winston-Salem, N.C.’s Sneakers, whose influential self-titled 1976 7" EP will be issued as an expended-edition 10" clear vinyl EP with added tracks. Street date for both is Black Friday, November 28, 2014.
Game Theory followed up their debut album, Blaze of Glory (recently reissued by Omnivore Recordings as the beginning of their Game Theory catalog re-launch) with a pair of EPs — 1983’s Pointed Accounts of People You Know and the following year’s Distortion. Omnivore is pleased to present the next two pieces of the Game Theory puzzle with collectible, one-time only 10" pressings of these landmark releases (Distortion on green vinyl; Pointed Accounts … on clear vinyl).
Distortion contains five tracks, including Game Theory staples “Shark Pretty” and “Nine Lives to Rigel Five.” Lead guitar was provided by David Bowie’s then-axe man Earl Slick, credited for contractual reasons on the original release as Ernie Smith.
Produced by the Three O’Clock’s Michael Quercio, Distortion showed another musical growth, as Game Theory moved toward the sound they would refine on later releases like Real Nighttime and Lolita Nation (reissues of which are on the horizon for 2015). Distortion’s green vinyl 10" contains a download card for the entire program. http://d31hzlhk6di2h5.cloudfront.net/20141023/fc/b7/78/2c/404151c8228394862a2b26dc_280x218.jpg

Pointed Accounts of People You Know contains six tracks, including Game Theory classics “Metal and Glass Exact” and “Penny, Things Won’t.” Also featured is the original version of “Selfish Again,” recently covered by Eric Matthews (who also appears on Omnivore’s new retrospective from Ireland’s Pugwash, A Rose in a Garden of Weeds). The band’s Scott Miller produced Pointed Accounts of People You Know. The vinyl EP also contains a download card for the entire program.
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Both Distortion and Pointed Accounts of People You Know will see their full reissues in this one-time pressing of 1,500 units for Record Store Day Black Friday. They are destined to be highly sought-after pieces, and vital additions to any collection.
Selected tracks from both EPs also comprise the CD reissue of the French compilation Dead Center, available November 24th, and intended to remain part of the permanent Omnivore catalog.
Game Theory (Photo: Robert Toren)
Track Listing for Pointed Accounts of People You Know:
SIDE ONE
Penny, Things Won't
Metal and Glass Exact
Selfish Again
SIDE TWO
I Wanna Get Hit by a Car
Life in July

37th Day

Track Listing for Distortion:
SIDE ONE
Shark Pretty
Nine Lives to Rigel Five
The Red Baron 

SIDE TWO
Kid Convenience
Too Late for Tears

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Chris Stamey and Mitch Easter, icons of indie pop, first began to explore recording techniques in Winston-Salem, N.C., during their youth. In 1976, Chris and his band, Sneakers (including drummer Will Rigby, with appearances from Easter), released a EP on Stamey’s own Carnivorous Records (later to morph into Car Records and release Chris Bell’s “I Am the Cosmos”). The sessions were engineered by Don Dixon, who would eventually produce bands such as R.E.M. (with Easter) and the Smithereens. Stamey and Rigby would go on to form the dB’s, and Easter would reappear in Let’s Active. The Sneakers EP — one of just a handful of self-released records that created the template for the modern indie avalanche — remains vital in not only independent record history, but music in general.
Omnivore Recordings is proud to reissue this seminal 7" EP as an expanded 10", clear-vinyl EP for Record Store Day Black Friday. Sneakers’ original six tracks are joined by three more tracks, including a previously unissued cover of The Grass Roots’ “Let’s Live for Today.”
Housed in a sleeve that replicates the first issue, this pressing includes a download card for the entire program. Sneakers’ 1,500 units will give people the opportunity to experience the birth of the music they love. Whether to run to the record store or just to dance, everyone needs Sneakers.

Track listing for Sneakers

SIDE ONE
1. Ruby
2. Condition Red
3. Driving

4. Love’s Like a Cuban Crisis
5. On the Brink 

SIDE TWO 

1. Let’s Live for Today
2. Story of a Girl

3. Nonsequitur

4. S’il Vous Plaît

(Don't remember Game Theory very well, but got a really good Sneakers collection from several years back; think it's on the now-defunct Collector's Choice label)

Try that cover again

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From Kill Rock Stars weekly etc.:

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We are excited to announce that Bratmobile's debut Pottymouth is BACK ON VINYL for the first time in over 10 years on 11/18/2014.

Comprised of singer Allison Wolfe, guitarist Erin Smith, and drummer Molly Neuman, Bratmobile made their debut at 1991's International Pop Underground convention and quickly took the Riot Grrrl underground by storm. The band released their debut album Pottymouth in 1993 following a series of 7 inch singles on labels like Homestead, K, Four Letter Words, Simple Machines, and Twelve-Verse-Twelve. The band broke up in 1994, reunited in 1999, and released two more albums on Lookout! Records. They played their last show in 2003.

Pottymouth is one of the most beloved albums in the Kill Rock Stars back catalog and we couldn’t possibly be happier to have it back on vinyl where it belongs.
https://soundcloud.com/killrockstars/bratmobile-cool-schmool

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yxa0UsDRenU

Critical praise for Pottymouth:

"Has any band ever done unalloyed, sneering contempt quite as witheringly as Pottymouth-era Bratmobile? " - Stereogum

" Pottymouth is a definitive riot grrrl record and essential listening for fans of indie rock and punk." - James Elliott, Amoeba Records

"... Pottymouth was an album full of jittery agitations, quickly solidifying the group as one of the Pacific Northwest’s garage greats." - The AV Club

Pottymouth is also available on CD and good ol’ MP3 for those without turntables.

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This album here is an amazing collection of rare and independent tracks from Disco’s halcyon period – 1978 to 1982 – expertly compiled by Disco Patrick, who also compiled the new deluxe book. Blurring the musical lines between disco, modern soul and boogie this double album features many exclusive and hard to find records from the era.

Included here are in-demand classics such as The Fantastic Aleems featuring Leroy Burgess, John Gibbs and the US Steel Orchestra, rare Patrick Adams and Peter Brown productions, Jessie G, The Easton Assassin (a 12” given out free at boxing matches!) and much more!

The album comes as a double CD, two seperate volumes of heavyweight double-album vinyl (with free download codes) and worldwide digital release.

This album is released to coincide with the massive new 360-page deluxe hardback book Disco – An Encyclopedic Guide To The Cover Art of Disco featuring over 2,000 album cover designs as well as over 700 12” sleeves, including sections on roller disco, disco instruction albums and more. There are also interviews and introductions by Tom Moulton, Nicky Siano, Mel Cheren (West End Records), Ken Cayre (Salsoul), Marvin Schlachter (Prelude) and more. This book is compiled by Disco Patrick and Patrick Vogt, text by Claes Widlund.

Tracklisting:

CD 1/2xLP Vol.1

1. The Fantastic Aleems featuring Calebur - Hooked On Your Love

2. Superfunk - Superfunk

3. Jessie G - That's Hot

4. Jupiter Beyond - The River Drive

5. The Sunburst Band - The Easton Assassin

6. John Gibbs and The U.S. Steel Orchestra - Trinidad

7. Sparkle - Disco Madness

8. Chain Reaction - Sweet Lady (Dance With Me)

9. Wayne Ford - Dance To The Beat Freakout

CD 2/ 2xLP Vol.2

1. Sympho-State - You Know What I Like

2. The Fantastic Aleems - Movin' To The Beat

3. Something Extra - Sexy Lady

4. Stwange Poweple - Get Up (Let's Rock)

5. Chemistry - Skateboard

6. Cirt Gill and The Jam-A-Ditty Band - Turn This Disco Out

7. Sugar Bear Johnson - When Your Jones Come Down

8. Retta Young - My Man Is On His Way

9. The Imperials - Fast Freddie The Roller Disco King

10. Cordial - Wave

listen here: http://www.souljazzrecords.co.uk/releases/?id=39893

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Soul Jazz Records presents 100% Dynamite Xmas Party:

HURRY TO GET YOUR TICKET FOR THIS EVENT NOW - ALL PREVIOUS EVENTS HAVE SOLD OUT!

Sat 20 Dec 2014 Electrowerkz, Islington, London.

(check Soul Jazz site)

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SOUNDS OF THE UNIVERSE RECOMMENDS: Patrick Cowley & Jorge Socarras 'Catholic'
Available Today, November 20

Cowley is known as one of the pioneers of disco in the 1970s, particularly the hi-NRG strain. This material was written and recorded with vocalist (and frequent collaborator) Jorge Socarras in San Francisco between 1975 and 1977, before the latter went to London and Cowley started a gig playing synthesizers for Sylvester. The two artists reconvened in 1979 and re-recorded some of the material, eventually sending an album to Megatone Records who ultimately decided not to sign it.
2-LP, more info & audio here: http://www.soundsoftheuniverse.com/releases/?id=40441

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BAY AREA RETROGRADE--Various/Vols. 1&2
(Dark Entries)
Both volumes of Dark Entries’ compilation of underground music from San Francisco (and the greater Bay Area) made between 1978-1988 are available here! Collecting tracks from the Bay Area (at the time a hotbed for experimental and quirky new wave, post punk, and synthpop) that draw a comparison to New York’s No Wave scene and Berlin’s Neue Deutsche Welle.
CD, more info & audio here: http://www.soundsoftheuniverse.com/releases/?id=40439
Tracklisting
1. Nominal State — Middle Class
2. Batang Frisco — Power
3. Necropolis Of Love — Talk
4. Wasp Women — Kill Me
5. Distant Thunder — Tin Soldiers
6. Voice Farm — Voyeur
7. Danny Boy And The Serious Party Gods — Castro Boy
8. Quiet Room — Yangtzee River
9. Los Microwaves — Silent Screamers
10. Standard Of Living — N.F.A.
11. Units — Mission
12. Factrix — Night To Forget
13. Chrome — Meet You In The Subway
14. Red Asphalt — Red Asphalt
15. Tuxedomoon — Day To Day
16. Ki Di Me — Islamatic
17. Indoor Life — Gilmore Of The Fillmore
18. Baby Buddha — Little Things
19. Timmy Spence — Brand New Dance
20. Human Being Men — Human Dub
21. Wonders Of Science, The — Let’s Start A Rumor
22. Zru Vogue — Nakweda Dream

Dennis Brown---Deep Down
(Iroko)

Killer mid 70s roots album from Dennis Brown & Niney The Observer reissued with gatefold sleeve and great liner notes by David Katz. Recorded at Joe Gibbs Studio with The Soul Syndicate band and Niney at the helm. Check 'So Long Rastafari' 'Voice Of The Father' 'Tribulation' and many more.
LP, more info & audio: http://www.soundsoftheuniverse.com/releases/?id=40681

Jerry Harris---I'm For You
(Wackie's)

Very rare Wackie's deep roots album gets reissued by Deeper Knowledge people from New York. Originally released in 1982, this version has added dubs plus dropping a few weaker tracks from the original release with the added bonus of a unreleased track.
LP, more info & audio: http://www.soundsoftheuniverse.com/releases/?id=40638

Transllusion

The Opening Of The Cerebral Gate
(Tresor)

**VINYL NOW AVAILABLE**

Long-out-of-print groundbreaking C-L-A-S-S-I-C electro album - an essential lesser-konwn piece of Drexciyan history!

Produced by the late James Marcel Stinson and released in 2001 via Supremat, a short-lived sub label Tresor dedicated to a more abstract and experimental electro sound, “The Opening Of The Cerebral Gate” was conceived as the second part of the so-called Drexciyan Storms – a whopping stack of seven albums by the Detroit pair released under different monikers within a single year (the Tresor album “Harnessed The Storm” being the first). Informed by esoteric concepts, the music on this brilliant album is chock full of hypercharged arpeggios and driving pulse patterns. BRILLIANT.
2-LP, CD, more info & audio: http://www.soundsoftheuniverse.com/releases/?id=40180

From Smog Veil Newsletter---put this on 2015 by mistake

hearpen.com has a new release this month: a season-appropriate reissue of Monster Walks The Winter Lake by David Thomas and the Wooden Birds. Here's what we know of it: This is the 2014 David Thomas revision of the original 1986 two track digital recordings. Nearly six hours worth of tape were reviewed to come up with the definitive version.

This album was recorded live in the studio to two-track digital tape at Suma on November 18, 20 and 21, 1985. No overdubs or drop-ins. If something went wrong then we started again. Fostex X-15 and Tascam 144 multitrack cassette recordings were used as real time accompaniments for Coffee Train, My Town, Monster Magee and Monster Thinks About The Good Days.
more info & audio:http://hearpen.com/hr181.html

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Great album, one to play on special occasions. Hope he doesn't do anything too bloody-minded to it.

The Bangles: early 80s demos, live tracks, their first EP, all in new collection:

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WARDRUNA's mesmerizing debut full-length, Runaljod - Gap Var Ginnunga, finally gets the reissue treatment in North America via Indie Recordings. Originally released in 2009, Runaljod - Gap Var Ginnunga serves as the first release in the band's stunning Runaljod trilogy, a musical rendition of the twenty-four runes in what is often referred to as the "elder futhark." Runaljod - Gap Var Ginnunga incorporates some of the oldest of Nordic instruments such as primitive deer hide frame drums, kraviklyra, tagelharpe, mouth harp, goat horn and lur, poetic metres and lyrics written in Norwegian, Old Norse and Proto-Norse tongue. Some of the recordings are captured outdoors or under circumstances of significance to each rune while other sources of sound like trees, rocks, water and torches are used. All of these elements are carefully woven into a rich musical landscape and complemented with whispering voices, melodic song and mighty choirs. Although WARDRUNA's sound shares characteristics with music typically labeled as folk, world and/or ambient, none of these genres can accurately describe their unique style. It truly must be experienced. Music from Runaljod - Gap Var Ginnunga is featured in the soundtrack to both seasons of The History Channel's Vikings series.

Runaljod - Gap Var Ginnunga Track Listing:

1. Ar var alda

2. Hagal

3. Bjarkan

4. Løyndomsriss

5. Heimta Thurs

6. Thurs

7. Jara

8. Laukr

9. Kauna

10. Algir - Stien klarnar

11. Algir - Tognatale

12. Dagr

WARDRUNA:

Kvitrafn: vocals, all instruments (except fiddle), songwriting

Lindy Fay Hella: vocals

Gaahl: vocals

WARDRUNA was founded by Einar Kvitrafn Selvik and in 2009 and enchanted listeners with Runaljod - Gap Var Ginnunga. In the ensuing years the group has spent a great deal of time adapting their music to a live format and establishing a live band, resulting in a handful of very special concerts, perhaps most notably when they performed in front of the majestic 1100-year-old Gokstad ship at the Viking Ship Museum in Norway. The second album in the Runaljod trilogy, Yggdrasil, was released in 2013. Multi-instrumentalist and songwriter Selvik, together with vocalists Kristian Espedal (aka Gaahl) and Lindy-Fay Hella, managed to create a strikingly beautiful and intense continuation of what was started with their first album, but without falling into the trap of merely repeating themselves. The band is currently working on Ragnarok, the final release of the series.

Runaljod - Gap Var Ginnunga is available on CD, black double vinyl gatefold and
digitally via Indie Recordings.

from Luaka Bop:
William O box
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William Onyeabor
CD/LP Box Set

William Onyeabor self-released 8 albums between 1978 and 1985 and then became a Born-Again Christian, refusing ever to speak about himself or his music again. Various biographies can be found online. Some say he studied cinematography in the Soviet Union and returned to Nigeria in the mid-70s to start his own film company, Wilfilms. Some say he was a lawyer with a degree from a university in Great Britain. Others portray him as a businessman who for years worked on government contracts in Enugu, Nigeria.
Now for the first time Luaka Bop will release ALL of Onyeabor's creative output, 9 albums in total. Available as 2 hand-numbered LP boxes or 1 CD box with 9 CDs. Get them while they last!

---also noteworthy

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Light In The Attic playlist starts w new track by amazing Sylvie Simmons, but think all the rest are from reissues, incl many if not all mentioned on this thread, like Native North America:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G7zphev_6Wk&list=UUPFJl-I-PhIonNPBGUK0Aog

124 videos, it says here.

5-Disc Kinks box, releases & demos 1964-71 just out, http://www.amazon.com/Anthology-1964-1971-5CD-Box/dp/B00NJADEJ2/ref=sr_1_1?s=music&ie=UTF8&qid=1419558209&sr=1-1&keywords=the+kinks+anthology+1964-1971

Fresh Air interview w Ray Davies (orig Nov. 26), w backstory of several early tracks: http://www.npr.org/2014/12/25/372906846/naive-yet-revolutionary-ray-davies-on-50-years-of-the-kinks

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Damn, pretty good interview! And the songs are real short, so get to hear concentrated excerpts.