Rolling Reissues 2018

i was just listening to a mingus boot from the adams-pullen era and while entwistle may be the greatest bassist in rock i'd never confuse him with mingus!

Third Man's putting out Trout Mask Replica on vinyl:
Out of print on vinyl for nearly ten years, this remaster was helmed by industry legend Bob Ludwig and cut by the estimable Chris Bellman at Bernie Grundman Mastering. Utilizing crystalline-quality safety masters kept in the Zappa family vault for decades by the trustworthy Joe Travers, the audio here is positively glorious. Every last skronk breathes full life into the room. Every twisted guitar figure uncurls onto paths previously unpaved. Every last bark and howl shines resolute through the vast emptiness of your mind.

Previous countless Trout Mask Replica repressings used scans of scans of scans of the cover image, but for Vault Package #36 the original Cal Schenkel cover photo has been tracked down and reproduced here at its clearest — its resolution from the original release in 1969. If you’ve only ever seen a jpg online or fuzzy, smeared-looking CD issues from the 90’s, be prepared to be wowed by the fully engaging spectrum this iconic image casts. This 2xLP is pressed on heavyweight 180-gram fruitcake fish-scale colored vinyl for that full-on frenetic feeling.

The French-only 7-inch single of “Pachuco Cadaver” b/w “Wild Life” will also be included as part of this overreaching package. As the only single ever pulled from this admittedly dense album, this is the first time EVER that “Pachuco Cadaver” has been repressed and comes wonderfully housed in a replica glue-pocket picture sleeve and pressed on a white colored vinyl. ALL vinyl in this package is lovingly pressed at Third Man Pressing’s state-of-the-art plant in Detroit, Michigan for that extra-special attention to detail. Simmer down now! More details and art bits they prob won't let stand for long as C&P :
https://thirdmanrecords.com/news/introducing-vault-package-36-trout-mask-replica

glue-pocket o baby!

disappointing, that's not really a "reissue" per se, more like a subscription-only collector-only boutique release

i was just listening to a mingus boot from the adams-pullen era and while entwistle may be the greatest bassist in rock i'd never confuse him with mingus!

Yeah I gotta hear that! One I missed last fall: reissue of PSF's oft-molten maiden comp, a wake-up call to Westword noizeheads ov yore---tell it, Marc Masters:
The most immediately exciting material on Tokyo Flashback is drenched with fiery guitars and mammoth rhythms, mixed into a cacophonous lava pouring from speakers. High Rise, Marble Sheep & the Run-Down Sun’s Children, and Fushitsusha (whose first two albums on PSF, released before Tokyo Flashback, are legendary for their bleeding psych bombast) all stomp on the gas pedal until it breaks. But there are other gears on Tokyo Flashback too: Ghost’s seance-like acoustics, White Heaven’s Blue Cheer-style string wrangling, Kousokuya’s slow-burning metal, and a closer by Fushitsusha’s Keiji Haino that consists solely of his harrowing vocal calisthenics.
from https://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/various-artists-tokyo-flashback/

Czukay box---so was he a better Eno Zappa?
https://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/holger-czukay-cinema/

https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/I/61QZehjH1qL.jpg

From Northern Spy:

A bunch of us purchased Marvin Pontiac’s Greatest Hits back in 1999 on CD, and some of us totally bought into the story: Marvin Pontiac was an enigmatic genius of modern music. He was the son of an African father from Mali and a white Jewish mother from New York. Having been killed by a bus, this was a posthumous collection. Jackson Pollock listened solely to Marvin. Flea, David Bowie, Leonard Cohen, Iggy Pop, Beck, Angelique Kidjo, Mike Gordon and Michael Stipe were fans.

John Lurie’s story was deeply amusing and his music was extraordinary. The whole thing was characteristically ahead of its time and guaranteed to leave a permanent mark on your consciousness. Perhaps unsurprisingly, it still is and still does! We’re blissfully psyched to bring this music to vinyl for the first time for Record Store Day and to compact disc for a one-time pressing. Check out the music if you haven’t already and please help spread the word. The package, co-designed by John Lurie and Adam Downey, features a detail of Lurie's painting The sky is falling. I am learning to live with it.

We also asked John Lurie to take over our weekly Spotify playlist called Office Ephemera. Listen here.

“I have never used Spotify and don’t know what Record Store Day is, but I am releasing Marvin Pontiac’s Greatest Hits on vinyl with the people at Northern Spy. They asked me to make a playlist. They are nice people, so I did it.” – John Lurie

Read a feature by Marc Masters in the Washington Post here.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/amphtml/lifestyle/cult-favorite-john-lurie-makes-way-for-an-alter-ego/2018/04/12/4fb378f6-3825-11e8-9c0a-85d477d9a226_story.html?noredirect=on

For a long time, John Lurie was everywhere. If you cared about American independent art and culture between the mid-’70s and the late ’90s, you probably knew about his acting in films such as “Stranger Than Paradise,” “Paris, Texas,” and “Down by Law.” Or maybe as the host of his absurdist nature show “Fishing With John.” Or perhaps you heard his music as the composer of scores for “Get Shorty” and “Mystery Train,” or as the leader and saxophone player for his raucous jazz group, the Lounge Lizards.

During this prolific run, one of Lurie’s ventures was a little less visible. In 1999, his record label Strange and Beautiful released “Greatest Hits,” by someone called the Legendary Marvin Pontiac. According to press materials, Pontiac was a hard-luck drifter who made music in Mali, Chicago and Detroit before being killed by a bus in 1977. But since the album included a supporting cast of Lurie’s fellow New York musicians and featured a singing voice that sounded a lot like him, it wasn’t hard to guess who Pontiac actually was.

RELEASE INFO
CATALOG #: NS 097
VINYL: Record Store Day Exclusive, Available only in stores April 21st, 2018
CD: in stores June 22nd, 2018
PRE-ORDER CD: northern spy website, bandcamp

BACKGROUND

MARVIN PONTIAC was hit and killed by a bus in June 1977 ending the life of one of the most enigmatic geniuses of modern music. He was born in 1932, the son of an African father from Mali and a white Jewish mother from New Rochelle, New York. The father's original last name was Toure but he changed it to Pontiac when the family moved to Detroit, believing it to be a conventional American name.

Marvin's father left the family when Marvin was two years old. When his mother was institutionalized in 1936, the father returned and brought the young boy to Bamako, Mali where Marvin was raised until he was fifteen. The music that he heard there would influence him forever.

At fifteen Marvin moved by himself to Chicago where he became versed in playing blues harmonica. At the age of seventeen, Marvin was accused by the great Little Walter of copying his harmonica style. This accusation led to a fistfight outside of a small club on Maxwell Street. Losing a fight to the much smaller Little Walter was so humiliating to the young Marvin that he left Chicago and moved to Lubbock, Texas where he became a plumber's assistant.

Not much is known about him for the next three years. There are unsubstantiated rumors that Marvin may have been involved in a bank robbery in 1950. In 1952, he had a minor hit for Acorn Records with the then controversial song "I'm a Doggy." Oddly enough, unbeknownst to Marvin and his label, he simultaneously had an enormous bootleg success in Nigeria with the beautiful song "Pancakes."

His disdain and mistrust of the music business is well documented and he soon fell out with Acorn's owner, Norman Hector. Although approached by other labels, Marvin refused to record for anyone unless the owner of the label came to his home in Slidell, La and mowed his lawn.

Reportedly Marvin's music was the only music that Jackson Pollack would ever listen to while he painted, this respect was not reciprocated. In 1970 Marvin believed that he was abducted by aliens. He felt his mother had had a similar unsettling experience, which had led to her breakdown. He stopped playing music and dedicated all of his time and energy to amicably contacting these creatures who had previously probed his body so brutally.

When he was arrested for riding a bicycle naked down the side streets of Slidell, La, it provided a sad but clear view of Marvin's coming years.

Marvin held the tribal belief that having a photograph taken of yourself could steal your soul, thus these candid shots are the only ones known to exist.

In 1971 he moved back to Detroit where he drifted forever and permanently into insanity.

WHAT OTHER GREAT ARTISTS HAVE SAID ABOUT MARVIN PONTIAC.....

"In my formative years, as an aspiring bass player, there was nothing I listened to more than Marvin Pontiac." -Flea

"A dazzling collection! It strikes me that Pontiac was so uncontainably prescient that one might think that these tracks had been assembled today." -David Bowie

"A Revelation." -Leonard Cohen

"This record has changed my life." -John Lurie

"Marvin would kick your ass for nothing. A true genius, Marvin was a pure original." -Iggy Pop

"The innovation and possibility in this music leaves me speechless." -Beck

"Marvin is good." -Angelique Kidjo

"...beds of eerie, hypnotic, textural rhythm with that tragic voice of the American male floating on top, or actually below." - Mike Gordon, Phish

CREDITS

Recorded At – The Magic Shop
Mixed At – RPM Studios
Mastered At – Classic Sound, New York

I'm A Doggy
Bass – Tony Scherr
Drums – Kenny Wolleson
Guitar – Jaime Scott
Harmonica – Marvin Pontiac
Piano, Organ – John Medeski
3:30

Small Car
Acoustic Guitar – Erik Sanko
Backing Vocals – Adele Bertei, Eszter Balint, Kate Fenner, Kyrie Tinch, Liz Riley, Meaghan Gannett, Veronica Bryant
Bass – Tony Garnier
Cello – Jane Scarpantoni
Drums – Calvin Weston
Electric Piano – Evan Lurie
Guitar – Jaime Scott, Marc Ribot
Marimba – Bill Ware
Percussion – Mauro Refosco
Shekere – Billy Martin
Tenor Saxophone [Tenor] – Michael Blake
Trombone – Art Baron
5:45

Now I'm Happy
Baritone Saxophone – Doug Wieselman
Bass – Tony Garnier
Drums – Calvin Weston
Guitar – Marc Ribot
Guitar, Alto Saxophone – Marvin Pontiac
Organ – John Medeski
Percussion, Gong – Mauro Refosco
Tenor Saxophone – Michael Blake
Trombone – Art Baron
Trumpet – Steven Bernstein
3:49

Power
Bass, Drums, Chair – Erik Sanko
Cello – Jane Scarpantoni
Drums [Murds] – Calvin Weston
Guitar – Jaime Scott
Keyboards [Casio] – Marvin Pontiac
Organ, Clavinet, Mellotron – John Medeski
4:02

Runnin' Round
Bass – Tony Scherr
Drums, Backing Vocals – Calvin Weston
Guitar – Jaime Scott
Guitar [Wah Wah Guitar] – Marvin Pontiac
Organ – John Medeski
Percussion – Mauro Refosco
Piano – Evan Lurie
3:39

Pancakes
Backing Vocals – Adele Bertei, Calvin Weston, Eszter Balint, Kyrie Tinch, Liz Riley, Renee French
Bass – Tony Scherr
Drums, Balafon [Balaphone] – Calvin Weston
Guitar – Jaime Scott
Harmonica, Keyboards – Marvin Pontiac
Marimba, Balafon – Bill Ware
Percussion – Kenny Wolleson
Shaker – Billy Martin
4:34

Bring Me Rocks
Alto Saxophone, Electric Piano [Rhodes] – Marvin Pontiac
Backing Vocals – Calvin Weston, Jaime Scott, Steven Bernstein, Tony Scherr
Baritone Saxophone – Doug Wieselman
Bass – Tony Scherr
Drums – Calvin Weston
Guitar – Jaime Scott
Marimba – Bill Ware
Tenor Saxophone – Michael Blake
Trombone – Art Baron
3:32

Rubin
Bass – Erik Sanko
Drums – Calvin Weston
Guitar – Jaime Scott
Marimba – Bill Ware
Percussion – Billy Martin
Trombone – Art Baron
Vocals – Angelique Kidjo
3:36

Wanna Wanna
Backing Vocals – Adele Bertei, Angelique Kidjo, Calvin Weston, Eszter Balint, Kate Fenner, Kyrie Tinch, Liz Riley, Meaghan Gannett, Sharon Niesp, Veronica Bryant
Baritone Saxophone – Doug Wieselman
Bass – Erik Sanko
Drums – Calvin Weston
Guitar – Jaime Scott, Marvin Pontiac
Percussion – Billy Martin, Kenny Wolleson
Piano, Organ – John Medeski
Tenor Saxophone [Tenor] – Michael Blake
Trombone – Art Baron
Trumpet – Steven Bernstein
4:49

Sleep At Night
Harmonica – Marvin Pontiac
Piano – John Medeski
3:25

Arms & Legs
Bass – Tony Scherr
Drums – Calvin Weston
Guitar – Jaime Scott
Keyboards, Sitar – Marvin Pontiac
Mellophone [Melophone] – Steven Bernstein
2:40

She Ain't Going Home
Backing Vocals – Calvin Weston, Erik Sanko, Jaime Scott, Marvin Pontiac, Tony Scherr
Banjo, Harmonica – Marvin Pontiac
Bass, Slide Guitar – Tony Scherr
Guitar – Jaime Scott
Percussion [Sticks] – Calvin Weston
3:12

Little Fly
Backing Vocals – Eszter Balint, Kate Fenner, Kyrie Tinch, Liz Riley, Meaghan Gannett, Veronica Bryant
Bass – Erik Sanko
Drums [Disco Drums] – Calvin Weston
Guitar – Jaime Scott
Lyrics By – Pontiac
Ocarina – Doug "The Hank" Wieselman
1:39

No Kids
Acoustic Guitar – Marvin Pontiac
Backing Vocals – Angelique Kidjo*, Meaghan Gannett, Melanie Rock
Bass, Guitar – Erik Sanko
Drums – Calvin Weston
Guitar – Jaime Scott
Marimba – Bill Ware
Percussion – Billy Martin
3:05

I haven't bought these because they've previously only been available as way overpriced CD/DVD or CD/Blu-Ray sets. If they release a reasonably priced CD-only version of this box, I might consider it, even though I don't really like the Wilson mix of Topographic:

YES: THE STEVEN WILSON REMIXES

Celebrate The Rock And Roll Hall Of Famer's 50th Anniversary With A Vinyl Set Featuring Steven Wilson's Remixes Of Five Classic Albums: The Yes Album, Fragile, Close To The Edge, Relayer And The Double Album, Tales From Topographic Oceans

Available June 29 From Rhino

LOS ANGELES - Yes mark their 50th anniversary this year and release YES: THE STEVEN WILSON REMIXES which spotlights five studio albums that helped secure the band's recent induction into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.

YES: THE STEVEN WILSON REMIXES will be available June 29 as a five album set. It includes remixed versions of: The Yes Album (1971), Fragile (1971), Close To The Edge (1972), the double album Tales From Topographic Oceans (1973), and Relayer (1974). Each album features remixed audio by renowned producer Steven Wilson, released on vinyl for the first time.

The record case features artwork created specifically for the set by Roger Dean, whose artwork and trademark calligraphy are synonymous with the band's identity, two of the albums, Close To The Edge and Tales From Topography Oceans have new cover art, while the remaining three covers have been reworked by Dean.

After their initial release in the 1970's,Wilson's articulate remix shines a light on the stellar performances that run deep through each of these the albums, from hits like "Roundabout" and "I've Seen All Good People," to album-side length epics like "Close To The Edge" and "The Gates Of Delirium."

The music included in this collection confirms the band's standing as the most enduring, ambitious, and virtuosic progressive band in rock history. It also follows the band through a number of personnel changes. Starting in February 1971 with Yes's third studio release, The Yes Album, the band featured vocalist Jon Anderson, bassist Chris Squire, guitarist Steve Howe, keyboardist Tony Kaye and drummer Bill Bruford. Released just nine months later, Fragile was Yes's first release with keyboardist Rick Wakeman. The same line-up returned on 1972's Close To The Edge. A year later, drummer Alan White made his Yes debut on Tales From Topographic Oceans. And finally, keyboardist Patrick Moraz joined for Relayer in 1974.

YES: THE STEVEN WILSON REMIXES
LP Album Listing:

The Yes Album (1971)
Fragile (1971)
Close To The Edge (1972)
Tales From Topographic Oceans (1973)
Relayer (1974)

The music included in this collection confirms the band's standing as the most enduring, ambitious, and virtuosic progressive band in rock history.

xp Boy the brainy 80s NYC hipster rollcall of Marvin's musical attendants---"the downtown crowd," as Lou Reed used to say---really takes me back, though they're a bit underemployed here, despite the alert, expert zigzag elevator groovage---underemployed compared to some other ventures, though not quantity-wise, would be better at half the length---about 25 minutes---or less (an excellent bonus EP w Lounge Lizards box, for inst). "Small Car" gets him out of the neighborhood or ward for a few minutes: it's about tiny farmers with "inch-long dogs" who are happy but one night they start to wonder where the stars come from, so they get in their cars made from cans and drive and drive, happy in the starlight and saying, "Hi farmer" to each other, 'til they come to the giants, us, or people our size, and agree that they don't belong here/there, so get in their can-cars and drive back home, but they enjoyed the trip and they're happy ever after to remember the night. Nice music.
Otherwise, in the usual fedoraheadspace, my fave line is "I put a piece of fur in my shoe to hide it from you. " Last track, "No Kids," has an intriguingly more serious vibe, or back and forth, coulda used a few more like that (although I kept getting interrupted, took most of the day so far to hear it all, so some may take hold later).

Numero Group announces Ectotrophia, the first authoritative compilation of American dream pop artist Happy Rhodes' earliest recordings from 1984-87, out June 29

The first authoritative compilation of American dream pop artist Happy Rhodes, whose singular songwriting and four-octave vocal range emanated from the pastoral confines of upstate New York in the 1980s. Her melding of classical music influences with synthesizer and acoustic guitar, and her enchanting and idiosyncratic singing, are favorably compared to heralded English chanteuse Kate Bush.

Fans of such artistic pop music would be remiss to overlook Rhodes’s similarly remarkable and otherworldly sonic transmissions, traversing tales of dreamers, outsiders, lovers and other lovely and terrifying creatures born of a wellspring of wild creativity and bold imagination.

Affectionately remastered from the original tapes, Ectotrophia gathers essential songs from Rhodes’s mid-'80s salad days, many written when she was just a teenager—wildly ahead of her time and unafraid to bare her soul to regional audiences, the ectophiles who’d eventually coin an entire subgenre of pop music in her honor. Dive deep into ecto, with the woman who started it all.

"When The Rain Came Down" (not my cuppa, but maybe yours)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jP8Nv8XWMgU&feature=youtu.be

Aw crap--anyway it's on YouTube

So Guns N' Roses are putting out a 4-CD/1-Blu-Ray super deluxe edition of Appetite For Destruction in June. There are various versions, the biggest of which costs $999 and comes in a crate with about a hundred stupid things nobody needs. But here's the track listing, which includes new remasters of the album and the Live ?!*@ Like a Suicide and G N' R Lies EPs, plus a bunch of previously unreleased tracks:

Disc One - Appetite For Destruction

01 “Welcome To The Jungle”
02 “It’s So Easy”
03 “Nightrain”
04 “Out Ta Get Me”
05 “Mr. Brownstone”
06 “Paradise City”
07 “My Michelle”
08 “Think About You”
09 “Sweet Child O’ Mine”
10 “You’re Crazy”
11 “Anything Goes”
12 “Rocket Queen”

Disc Two – B-sides N’ EPs

01 “Reckless Life”
02 “Nice Boys”
03 “Move To The City (Live)
04 “Mama Kin”
05 “Shadow Of Your Love” (Live)
06 “You’re Crazy” (Acoustic Version)
07 “Patience”
08 “Used To Love Her”
09 “You’re Crazy”
10 “It’s So Easy” (Live)
11 “Knockin’ On Heaven’s Door” (Live)
12 “Whole Lotta Rosie” (Live)

Disc Three – 1986 Sound City Session

01 “Welcome To The Jungle” (1986 Sound City Session)
02 “Nightrain” (1986 Sound City Session)
03 “Out Ta Get Me” (1986 Sound City Session)
04 “Paradise City” (1986 Sound City Session)
05 “My Michelle” (1986 Sound City Session)
06 “Think About You” (1986 Sound City Session)
07 “You’re Crazy” (1986 Sound City Session)
08 “Anything Goes” (1986 Sound City Session)
09 “Rocket Queen” (1986 Sound City Session)
10 “Shadow Of Your Love” (1986 Sound City Session)
11 “Heartbreak Hotel” (1986 Sound City Session)
12 “Jumpin’ Jack Flash” (1986 Sound City Session)

Disc Four – 1986 Sound City Session and More

01 “Shadow Of Your Love”
02 “Move To The City” (1986 Sound City Session)
03 “Ain’t Goin’ Down No More” (Instrumental Version – 1986 Sound City Session)
04 “The Plague” (1986 Sound City Session)
05 “Nice Boys” (1986 Sound City Session)
06 “Back Off Bitch” (1986 Sound City Session)
07 “Reckless Life” (1986 Sound City Session)
08 “Mama Kin” (1986 Sound City Session)
09 “New Work Tune” (1986 Sound City Session)
10 “November Rain” (Piano Version – 1986 Sound City Session)
11 “Move To The City” (Acoustic Version – 1986 Sound City Session)
12 “You’re Crazy” (Acoustic Version – 1986 Sound City Session)
13 “November Rain” (Acoustic Version – 1986 Sound City Session)
14 “Jumpin’ Jack Flash” (Acoustic Version- 1986 Sound City Session)
15 “Move To The City” (1988 Acoustic Version)

Blu-Ray Audio

01 “Welcome To The Jungle”
02 “It’s So Easy”
03 “Nightrain”
04 “Out Ta Get Me”
05 “Mr. Brownstone”
06 “Paradise City”
07 “My Michelle”
08 “Think About You”
09 “Sweet Child O’ Mine”
10 “You’re Crazy”
11 “Anything Goes”
12 “Rocket Queen”

Bonus Tracks

01 “Shadow Of Your Love”
02 “Patience”
03 “Used To Love Her”
04 “You’re Crazy”
05 “Move To The City” (1988 Acoustic Version)

Music Videos

01 “Welcome To The Jungle”
02 “Sweet Child O’ Mine”
03 “Paradise City”
04 “Patience”
05 “It’s So Easy” (Brand New Video From 1989)

Did you notice what's missing from Disc Two? That's right - "One In A Million" is not included on this box. Axl is woke now. (Well, kinda - "Used To Love Her" is still there.)

Five Temptations albums from their psychedelic soul period - Puzzle People, Psychedelic Shack, Sky's The Limit, Solid Rock, and Masterpiece - are being reissued June 1 on the Elemental Music label. These are all long out of print, newly reissued on CD with original artwork and track listing/timings and digitally remastered audio, packaged in deluxe gatefold mini-LP style jackets with inner sleeves and info.

Sky's The Limit is by far my favorite of theirs, followed by All Directions and 1990, which were on CD not too long ago I guess.

There are various versions, the biggest of which costs $999 and comes in a crate with about a hundred stupid things nobody needs.

Including a life-size replica of Slash's hat or GTFO.

Axl is woke now. (Well, kinda - "Used To Love Her" is still there.)

It’s about his dog, remember? ;)

I watched the unboxing video for this and could only see a succession of sad living rooms where this product serves as some kind of altar or shrine.

I’m slightly interested in the 2CD version they’re putting out – I’ve never actually owned Appetite, in any form – but spending any amount of money on it feels like a failure of imagination (and sense).

TheVinylFactory.com has beaucoup news, about first-timers and reissues; here's some, starting last month:

Far Out reissues two cult ’70s Brazilian albums featuring original members of Azymuth

https://thevinylfactory.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/VinylFactory-FarOutRecordings-ChicoAnysio-ArnauldRodrigues-B1.jpg

With Victor Assis Brazil, Orlandivo, and legendary producer and multi-instrumentalist Durval Ferreira.

Far Out Recordings is reissuing two 1970s Brazilian “comedy concept” albums from television duo Chico Anysio and Arnauld Rodrigues this June.

Baiano & Os Novos Caetanos (1974) and Azambuja & Cia (1975) are based on characters created by Anysio and Rodrigues, with sounds that mix jazz-funk, soulful samba-rock and MPB.

Baiano & Os Novos Caetanos is a satire on Brazil’s Tropicália movement, while Azambuja & Cia tells the story of Carioca conman Paulo Maurício Azambuja.

Both albums have been remastered for these new viny reissues, with original album artwork.

More pix and full albums streams linked here:
https://thevinylfactory.com/news/far-out-cult-70s-brazilian-albums-featuring-members-azymuth/

South African kwaito jazz

A future-facing hybrid of jazz, broken beat and afro-synth.

Composer and pianist Moses Taiwa Molelekwa’s 2000 album Genes And Spirits has been reissued on vinyl for the first time by Matsuli Music.

https://thevinylfactory.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/moses-taiwa.jpg

Released a year before his death at the age of 29, Molelekwa forged a unique international sound with a band that included Cuban legend Chucho Valdez, Cameroonian drummer Cuba Brice Wassy and Brazilian singer and fusion star Flora Purim.

The result is an album of genre-defying dexterity, created by a process of “finding a range of rhythmic alternatives”, of which the jazzy broken beat of second track ‘Spirits Of Tembisa’ is a particularly strong example.

The album will be reissued ion gatefold vinyl by Matsuli Music, who have already been responsible for reviving South African jazz gems by Batsumi, Black Disco and Ndikho Xaba And The Natives.

More info, audio here:
https://thevinylfactory.com/news/south-african-kwaito-jazz-by-moses-taiwa-molelekwa-reissued-on-vinyl/

Read next: An introduction to 10 of South Africa’s most important labels
https://thevinylfactory.com/features/south-africa-record-labels-ranger/

Little-known Turkish female singers from the ’70s and ’80s collected in new LP

“With eccentric synthesisers, mesmerising arabesque string orchestras, wakawaka funky guitars and narcotising rhythm sections of darbukas and drum sets.”

A new compilation called Turkish Ladies showcases female singers from Turkey in ’74 – ’88.

Spanning classical Türk Sanat, Argentinian tango, and Egyptian classical orchestras to disco, psychedelia, funk, the album is curated by Ladies on Records, from the archives of labels Elenor, Türküola and Şah Plak.

It features lesser-known female singers who never achieved international fame outside of Turkey such as Huri Sapan, Handan Kara, Gönül Yazar, and Esmeray, with liner notes telling their stories, in both Turkish and English.
More info, audio:
https://thevinylfactory.com/news/turkish-ladies-female-singers-from-turkey-1974-1988-lp/

https://thevinylfactory.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/VinylFactory-SpencerClark-MakeMineMacaw-LP.jpg

Dreamy Fourth World inspired soundscapes meet Balinese instrumentals.

Spencer Clark’s 2010 record Make Mine, Macaw, originally released under the Monopoly Child Star Searchers moniker will be reissued on vinyl for the first time, this June via Discrepant.

Second in the Tropical Bird Romance Audio trilogy between 2010’s Bamboo For Two and 2011’s The Garnet Toucan, Make Mine, Macaw is also the rarest. While the other releases had vinyl pressings on Olde English Spelling Bee and Underwater Peoples, Macaw was a tour-only CDr.

https://thevinylfactory.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/VinylFactory-MakeMineMacaw-LP-768x768.jpg

The trilogy features some of Clark’s most hypnotic soundscapes, melding exotica, Fourth World music, gamelan and more. It also includes contributions from his Skaters partner James Ferraro, Dolphins Into The Future’s Lieven Martens Moana and Orphan Fairytale.

More info, audio:
https://thevinylfactory.com/news/spencer-clark-make-mine-macaw-vinyl-monopoly-child-star-searchers/

Read more: An introduction to Jon Hassell in 10 records
https://thevinylfactory.com/features/introduction-jon-hassell-10-records/

https://thevinylfactory.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/VinylFactory-HabibiFunk008-KamalKeila-MuslimsandChristians-LP.jpg

From “the James Brown meets Fela Kuti of Sudan.”

Habibi Funk has launched a new series showcasing little-known music from Sudan’s jazz scene, starting with the first ever release of Kamal Keila’s album Muslims and Christians.

The label discovered Keila while on a recent trip to curate a collection of Arabic zouk tracks, where Keila’s name repeatedly came up in conversations.

For decades in Sudan, radio stations were not allowed to play label recordings on air, so stations hosted live sessions for musicians.

To prevent artists from self-releasing these sessions they rarely received copies of the tapes; however Keila managed to attain the studio reels of two, 5-track performances from the 12th of August 1992.

According to the label, “some of the songs were already written in the 1970s and have been part of Keila’s sets ever since, with only small changes for contemporary references in the lyrics and musically sometimes adopting to “new” sounds here and there.”

“Both sessions stand as a testament to how he stuck to a sound aesthetic from decades ago, while incorporating current events into his lyrics.”

Muslims and Christians includes Keila’s ‘Al Asafir’ which appeared on Habibi Funk 007: An Eclectic Selection of Music From The Arabic World, alongside nine previously unreleased songs.

The series will continue with albums by The Scorpions and Sharhabeel, forthcoming later this year.

more info, audio:
https://thevinylfactory.com/news/habibi-funk-sudan-jazz-kamal-keila-muslims-and-christians-2xlp/

Soul Jazz collects the best unknown rap records from ’70s-’80s in new Boombox installment

https://thevinylfactory.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/VinylFactory-Boombox3-Hiphop.jpg

The ode to independent hip-hop, electro and disco rap returns.

Soul Jazz is releasing the third edition of its Boombox series this June on triple vinyl.

According to the label the compilation was “created with just one thing in mind – to get this party jumping!”

As with previous editions, Boombox 3 showcases lesser known artists who released some of the first rap and hip-hop records on vinyl.

Boombox 3‘s 18-tracks include “New York rap artists, classic disco breaks...proto- electro and more,” shares Soul Jazz.

Boombox 3‘s triple vinyl release also includes a 44-page book with photographs, original artwork and images discussing “hip-hop’s trajectory from the first wave of Bronx creativity..."
Tracklist

1. Majestics – Class A
2. Brother’s Disco – Thumpin
3. Mifflin Ensemble – On The Move
4. Sherod – Schooling (Put Your Mind To The Message)
5. Sugar Daddy – Another One Bites The Dust
6. Family Four – Rap Attack
7. She-MsD.J.RapItUp!
8. The Caution Crew – Rhythm Rock (Part 1)
9. Poor Boy Rappers – The D.J. Rap
10. Family – Family Rap (6.56)
11. Bobby Deemo – Bugs-B-Skate Rap
12. Teen-Machine – Teen-Machine Rap
13. T.J. Swann & Company – Get Fly
14. Poor Boy Rappers – Low Rider Rap
15. Sicle Cell & Rhapazooty – Rhapazooty In Blue
16. Mr. Fox – Smooth Talk
17. Solid C, Bobby D & Kool Drop – Wack Rap
18. Disco Daddy & Capt. Rapp – The Gigolo Rapp

More Info, Audio:
https://thevinylfactory.com/news/soul-jazz-boombox-3-rap-records-70s-80s/

Read more: Worldwide Underground: 10 records that define Soul Jazz
https://thevinylfactory.com/features/10-records-that-define-soul-jazz/
(More about Soul Jazz releases than a subgenre, ranging even unto their first hardcore punk comp)

Wow, that's one infodump of must-have releases up there.

Baiano & Os Novos Caetanos is a satire on Brazil’s Tropicália movement, while Azambuja & Cia tells the story of Carioca conman Paulo Maurício Azambuja.

Dunno if this needs explaining to any of the heads here, but the joke here is they conflated the band Novos Baianos ("new guys from Bahia") with Caetano Veloso.

the first two volumes in the Boombox series have been great, looking forward to the third

https://gallery.mailchimp.com/480cdd9e0b390c18e4fc2e8a4/images/ef5431b9-dd4f-4c4f-8ac6-db017b41120a.jpg

A CERTAIN RATIO have announced the final phase in their studio album reissue series. Sextet (1982) will be released on orange vinyl in textured sleeve replicating the original Factory release, Change The Station (1997) will be released on double blue vinyl and Mind Made Up (2008) is out on double purple vinyl. Change The Station and Mind Made Up will appear on vinyl for the first time. CD and digital copies will also be available on July 27.

This is the latest installment in an ongoing collaboration with Mute and follows the release of The Graveyard And The Ballroom, To Each and Force. This Friday will see the release of I’d Like To See You Again, Good Together, Up In Downsville and ACR:MCR.

Sextet (1982) - Dark and brooding, yet bright and funky, Sextet is a firm favorite amongst the critics. The album saw A Certain Ratio refine the experimentation of the first two albums and deliver a masterpiece that is as off-kilter and weird as it is commercial and pop. Listen to “Crystal” here.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TWTAtkuVs0E&feature=youtu.be

Change The Station (1986) - An abstract album that sees A Certain Ratio bring the funk to laid back ambience in a way that only they could. The party is still there and it's more hypnotic than ever. Listen to “Yeah Boy” here.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uLY_0GNqAv0&feature=youtu.be

Mind Made Up (2008) - To date, this is A Certain Ratio’s last album release, and one that sees them explore pop closer than ever before - short sharp bursts of classic sing-a-long post-pop funk. Listen to “Bird to the Ground” here.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bow8z-J3-f8&feature=youtu.be

A new compilation will follow later in the year and various box sets will be released in 2019 to mark the 40th anniversary of the first releases by the band.

Known for their carnival atmosphere live performances, A Certain Raito have been playing blistering sold out shows throughout 2017 and 2018. A new series of dates have been announced. See below for an itinerary.
A Certain Ratio embraced the ethic and culture of the late seventies post-punk explosion, but sounded like nothing else around them and refused to fit in. Formed in 1978, the band had various members throughout their career and a core line-up comprised of Jez Kerr, Martin Moscrop and Donald Johnson.

Hailed universally as pioneers of what became known as “punk funk” thanks to the success of “Shack Up” on both sides of the Atlantic, their sound is not easily pigeon-holed and their influence can never be understated. The band introduced the avant-garde elements of funk, jazz, electronics, tape loops and technology to the pop song, wrapping it in a post punk aesthetic.

They have gone on to influence generations of musicians including Talking Heads, LCD Soundsystem, Happy Mondays, Franz Ferdinand, ESG, Factory Floor and Andrew Weatherall.

The Guardian’s Dave Simpson paid tribute to the band, once described as “James Brown on acid” in a recent Cult Heroes piece: “Once you start listening to A Certain Ratio, it’s difficult to stop”.

For a look inside the band’s early days, watch the inspiring short film Tribeca, directed by Michael Shamberg, here.

A CERTAIN RATIO UK TOUR
May 25 – Leeds, England – Belgrave Music Hall
June 30 – Birmingham, England – Hare and Hounds (w/ Sink Ya Teeth)
September 7 – Portmeirion, Wales – Festival Nº6
September 15 – Dublin, Ireland – The Sugar Club
September 22 – Helsinki, Finland – Aaniwalli
September 29 – Edinburgh, Scotland – Voodoo Rooms
November 24 – Manchester, England – Gorilla
December 1 – Clitheroe, England – The Grand
A Certain Ratio are supporters of Artists Against Hunger and will donate £1 for each ticket sold in 2018. For further details, please go to http://againsthunger.uk/acr

(Those promo tracks are all on YouTube)

Disciples of California is one of my favorite records of the aughts, nice to see this:

https://s3.amazonaws.com/delivery.midheaven.com/t/139598/images/647603401119_main.jpg

The Skygreen Leopards
The Jingling World of The Skygreen Leopards
SAB086 | LP, DL
PRE-ORDER FOR JUNE

“The Jingling World of The Skygreen Leopards” is a collection of songs from the first two Skygreen Leopards CDRs on Jewelled Antler; two mini albums written & recorded in the distant days of 2001, a year with a name that evokes a psychedelic future but which now seems very much part of the psychedelic past. Guided by Tall Dwarfs, The Monkees & The TVPs, the early SGLs concept was to mix automatic songwriting, two voices, California 12-string and put it on reverb smothered 1/4″ tape. The restrictions were that no songs could break the 3 minute mark, no jamming allowed, and you never went back to fix mistakes. All songs were written and performed by Glenn Donaldson and Donovan Quinn; both switching instruments and overdubbing until Glenn’s Tascam 388 had run out of open tracks.

From the womb of fanzines, flea market record crates of the 90’s and San Francisco’s fading victorians, it’s “The Jingling World of The Skygreen Leopards”!

https://softabuse.com/catalog/the-skygreen-leopards-the-jingling-world-of-the-skygreen-leopards/

Light in The Attic Records is ecstatic to announce the release of their Hauromi Hosono 5-album series, coming out this Summer/Fall.

“A basking adventure through exquisite & intricate melodies & grooves.” -Kaitlyn Aurelia Smith

"Amazing sound presence in his voice and in his musical arrangements...a gifted sound artist for sure." -Laraaji

“I personally think he is beyond being a musician, more like a philosopher. He creates a borderless mindset with his music portraying a deep understanding of the world with his wit and elegance.” -Miho Hatori (Cibo Matto)

There is perhaps no figure more towering in the history of modern Japanese music than Haruomi “Harry” Hosono. From the groundbreaking folk rock of Happy End and the pioneering techno pop of Yellow Magic Orchestra, to the countless influential solo works that have touched on exotica, funk, country, electronic, ambient, and everything in between.

Light in the Attic is beyond proud to present a comprehensive archival series of Hosono’s key albums from throughout his solo career. These highly influential and sought-after albums have never been reissued outside of Japan, until now.
https://gm1.ggpht.com/XMO5IuOyuHv7gNSEmEFwXrbZoq_X0Lu2D3hjvACEeZO8-CxdGOgcVjysLuKvE3ydCD5B0hTsN8HMNasZb6Xey7gUEEf-wtVa--Klb9r1ekHippEwinAsGr6Z54gypek2T6uEskfRg6wfAmlmAl7n-zlcsetrv4N6fuCV7ub0pO_iarJqjOdcD1-xx3UPdDfjTXIbshKf5boLT_3bC6ikh2BBmzIy0d2fX5skVjXbR3ID6LC75WpBWuW1rOVq-KKDijfusViIQ93rvmrLmrI7NvZIlcPCEQeUeIXKmvuNGJbkAnjvqW1yZnzvcn0_nyxo0JiKJzCWkms3351kxxpEpuRDddmXR-4MyEuq6SXaz6vB8zG4udlrpWLIGNhkoyiHLSjoVZnUBqrqKvNRxqgCGLLhX5ChUavp6DjiOnJBr1WVyNW6-mdtQmoaYzJ8Hl28pOC756vRcrSgS5pbIeE0wW-9O1zerVzrxEQITOHwmm5p2GupsvYV2c3KWi1Cnpl5yYp3wxXZcDPAQz6o1FZ9qnBA2VoUmZ-RApubLUMJCQS3g2zMY8QXx1AEgUuePoeWcctgexJGTk5uqNG-W9CuU-a8CQy0CcBm4Sf0kOGsU7eUQJIn-LFNAbrixZmvDKTuoSmN5qQO54dWM3dkB94Nf_GtNO4imJjMu_R85Y5QM7jZ3-Ayd0dvBzYqJhb1dxE=w526-h526-l75-ft

Philharmony (1982) – RELEASE DATE: August 10, 2018
* First ever vinyl reissue and first ever release outside of Japan
* Translated interview with Haruomi Hosono
* Originally released in 1982
* LP housed in a deluxe gatefold jacket & limited to 1500 copies on black vinyl
* 3xLP Bundle includes "Philharmony", "omni Sight Seeing", and "Paraiso"

Philharmony is one of the most well-loved of Hosono’s albums, and a favorite of the artist himself. Admired by artists ranging from Van Dyke Parks to Mac DeMarco, Hosono continues to forge ahead as he heads into his fifth decade as a musician. With the re-release of his key albums for the first time outside of Japan, his genius will be discovered by a whole new generation of fans around the world.

https://gm1.ggpht.com/tAwFYYzg11CmSuzsLY7jjvLrcXWIgoLGBghW__p73qanEgK4emel2M7few8eJPnPvg1HqiA_sfJDPLUyWjRu0aLSVe7GSxPLeEQdLi7Tkid_XhC2S9BkZG2dqOCqCjoGEb3MmcDqfH9vbVw9dnKqDWR6huGPKcJA63-Y0R-XNkiLmFIgIanNllUQw1yhdKXzc6Z3AtXpfNSAWTMfQ3bjpQZ-aa-Rjcecj2WXzWahPYTNln4-PC7xiI0crrNMgNawSnVmSN0W6NQNGrkykZsia3zfxwoDmAswLza1rKFFJBeuJfJ-bJql_e0vXzFufCbJEKj6wbiLdr8LMU6SEaY8wPZFGy9j4ECqMr8UWP8AL5UV79_XbfilHJCVXeWaolAJs1pODFhnmEGuSrsWWHjSJwtHwEammcuFnrQ_4kl40a-rQwTVv7Uq-X6nAU1dStWzLFR0ZS7FhYB0guepHFPpGjiw-4zujFid1wakWeMpt54Bw7tky7mu1rLUUeEBDGjYhbHfqdrB5G5OzC0REh9E_i0OwMZWLFwTebSOMBAgGsetRZ3wmm_kzEzX_x3Dv0Nn92I0MlI-hkcVl-t7doi4eERV8X1ODfP2yf18asLdg6sY7a3J1pXpEn6-MO5Lhby6w0iNii_-hEg-gu6f81HUnt-sK76cfnYEoVzrnjK4usuHX1VnsbmX4jUByOjuB4E=w588-h588-l75-ft

omni Sight Seeing (1989) – RELEASE DATE: August 10, 2018

* First ever vinyl release
*Originally released in 1989
* Translated interview with Haruomi Hosono
* LP housed in a deluxe gatefold jacket & limited to 1500 copies pressed on black vinyl
* 3xLP Bundle includes "omni Sight Seeing", "Philharmony", and "Paraiso"

Omni Sight Seeing, originally released in 1989 during YMO’s initial hiatus, is an exhilarating musical journey around the world as filtered through Hosono’s kaleidoscopic lens. This work stands as a manifestation of his concept of “Sight Seeing Music,” putting his own tasteful spin on the “world” music encountered during his explorations of global cultures.

Paraiso (1978) – RELEASE DATE: August 10, 2018

* First ever vinyl reissue and first ever release outside of Japan
* Originally released in 1978

* Translated interview with Haruomi Hosono
* LP housed in a deluxe gatefold jacket & limited to 1500 copies pressed on black vinyl
* 3xLP Bundle includes "Paraiso,” "Philharmony,” and "omni Sight Seeing"

The album can be seen as a turning point in Haruomi Hosono’s career, having been newly signed to Alfa Records by label head Kunihiko Murai. Hosono expands on the Van Dyke Parks-inspired tropical funk styles explored in the previous albums, and arrives at a captivating fusion sound that’s at times equally earthy and exotic.

https://gm1.ggpht.com/9IBHivGda8grAUlyqWmhoICreQmJO7LpDwpaZgkGxvixsCval3uKtxJmLi68NZlXF1xJuPrcmYJRYNajTwzpQ4s9nwiq5w934gkgcLyO2qrQpVB9tdEz636ot5eW7TbLXqOWdjT-iEAVYSexll6HIUUewSgoV1Wjb2tOFTVzo8SvWzLQKBsIkG6yezHp2xB_sykoVuWopbVBgR4pbQXJ86wVe7qGPPExyIRokBEGXP2BDYKA_cYqa1z_pt_-U2ZhMxzVj_jw5Zhv39p_WNWqI1AtrIwi8xP1BicQ5R8aLIkK_d9onn8a3Uo5zuLO-Ziaolw-8Ae9FmVGqso_SqJs1iE_TGKy6ghyIhmB_IzxrRBBaQqdBSnI0MLhLFp5ZJpOvYGapSCXsQ81rvPxCsNRmD8vHEl4AiY4IGj7K-FhK4E0LMNN_H7LUxiym7ZYZtbvL17tP7ji-sxtl9MCctmp1_v8nNpDpizS072uL45wTE_J1riL3GO_75sP8CN4UV9U7Dlx5DNEK-v_3R-CsLHBRSQ-QBC6hNTwIO0SphZYMF0R4Teqt3imROLtJ4-aozBiB1us4E2V7MR5TcfXyoSdUaWLI6yTzf8Hl9p00_tH5qXxbBU5wvLTRVQU-JIF9M8GUnAfB4rVgm2SoH18hq0amUejw-gDgzbp5FoWMKshp_oPPXxU20cgZ0k03XSAUC0Z=w566-h566-l75-ft

Hosono House (1973) – RELEASE DATE: September 28, 2018

* First ever release outside of Japan
* Remastered form the original analog master tapes
* 2xLP Bundle (both on Color & Black vinyl) includes "Hosono House" & "Cochin Moon"

After Happy End’s amicable break up in 1973, Hosono released Hosono House, an intimate slice of Japanese Americana recorded at home with a back-to-basics approach akin to Music from Big Pink or McCartney. While his former band helped pave the way for the rise of “city pop” that reflected upon urban themes and city life, Hosono took a 180 degree turn towards the countryside for his highly-regarded first solo album.

https://gm1.ggpht.com/5mEIKRTGjeYr-3E3260r_TizrwSFMZDhFffTP7hYb_EUS87vNi9N3JvoQtK31c_MjFljYEo720-swyIQ61J474f0Ea6k9h6NNnKeN1K_q3UTf9UfSJ3RchNEiSjzh47gMWXaswUhK1ygwh4Nm36PnXzG0cgWC3vQfaWFWAdGHnQl1Y2-FExLBG2zSqa5KPLKxboBp4nFb4I0bx2cjTu09sqAtBYY-NYsMNdHq0fZyWGa1kOx2Vu4LBQRSrDjdNwU3X-EFVO9pF24etmgC5qAINu5bPZnvcPV7J8n-NKwytfhwR1Asv0XxNHTWWaIhmJrHKtRfGiydhBn3as7_3dpmHE4GuhN1phw-1dt-JMlQOmkKZAwjhpLDu6VHvY67GZWKtjhqrPEmFEwTIhrM0zoK_Dz-upIeKO2ROiZ5H4uZekU-vY9v2TG1w6n0esOs5t0dWOBQiJ_e8FKKuEGKugrakNPvw-z1sVD5FQNOfjeKrV0_j30vY1-bwrqxwwoIQYCqByoajRrmDMI6GDWIwsqBcLTLJrm0lk9omf-0vC1-Hp4UT1IX6drbvogc3oQXw6wfywW7xrq0-cej--L8BiTO5RUFIz191DcrezH9c0413Jfi3rquEaEh40aEqMqgEneG2DuMcl9vVV0dw4A6gJxayLSljxr2NPsGYkTjG_NqLZXBnQ-XXpOsjXdJl12dZdZ=w542-h542-l75-ft

Cochin Moon (1978) – RELEASE DATE: September 28, 2018

* First ever release outside of Japan

* Translated interview with Haruomi Hosono
* Remastered form the original analog master tapes

* Originally released in 1978
* 2xLP Bundle (both on Color & Black vinyl) includes "Cochin Moon" & "Hosono House"

Cochin Moon is a clear precursor to the groundbreaking synth and sequencer-dominated sounds that would come to define the iconic trio. Credited to Hosono and Pop Art legend Tadanori Yokoo (who created the cover art), Cochin Moon is a fictional soundtrack to a journey into unknown worlds, inspired by Hosono and Yokoo’s trip to India.

I think all of these will be available on CD as well, not seeing digital. For more info:
https://lightintheattic.net/artists/2475-haruomi-hosono

Missed a cover!

https://gm1.ggpht.com/jzX1Z3hpKol7bivdBpUoS2FLYYdlO88bFzsag9E8ANOhhDlygsp1lcUKKLwCpsWj0qSHJ5M2XPvU0UnKgeCv38O-wdayx1KiUWoUWVL1yjjMphYGf09vQyq2EH3BnuzyjXfWjjHIcfhsCs1G-kWGp6srRRUJCiZ7WHCot26WG11hVBxye2o5q-NMemBZvSuUU5uLCO5GCbH_MRDGZ44CqWYeqk_nxE1uQ58DK6tsMEWbbHE_2GohCshwQ5YdgwF9VaNTqyN-V_bO4vRmviFZHTfKJ7CmWvFA_fADvqx1airQhbv3s8gDU7jvCQsdiW7ZX2R3HkWnlC_CRtDZoiSOtkhrB3O_OmN60g08bKUyAEGjBXWUWxXOA3hnTd0bXuHH2Gj-iF_bwp9NYJYo9A1x9I5OSv96qp19LptdkMrFR5-91R4dhthdxoOS9j6qawtbuCKPdho-LjK2kWs5te2rkAYxKyN39RRmLHP_CNjv3Yc3y1Cv7R3zuZRvE0p4HBDTPLpDYEk5DhuNMHa56nSd6AMcxoGWMgijVk2h6Utazf22THFc9SfbxTxVk10_xHjpZrbG2115UYCD8HgyLpxPpsDsNCTZBMrxPI47DphRj-c69T1YTTbWyGwVku5PKmU_cXqEbofNdL_eVJMx1gaxDgvt0XM388UjChjJ0i_VoZOSvKPDF5YtLm8bnVi-22U=w580-h580-l75-ft

here's the trailer for the series
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RsD_iVrLETI
a bunch of other HH on that page

Sweet, they send these images and won't let us post---anyway, I overlooked some of the news:

As he approaches his 50th anniversary as a working musician, Hosono will play his first ever UK shows as

Solo act in June 2018:

June 23: London – Barbican Centre*

June 25 – The Old Market

* with Acetone + Willie Thrasher & Linda Saddleback in celebration of Light In The Attic's Sweet 16 Year Anniversary!

Manu Dibango

Electric Africa

TIDAL WAVES MUSIC

www.tidalwavesmusic.com

i✧✧✧@tidalwavesmu✧✧✧.c✧✧

Afrobeat-Afrofunk genius MANU DIBANGO’s 1985 Electric Africa has been reissued by One Way Static Records, distributed through Light in The Attic in North America

https://gm1.ggpht.com/omImawO2hW0L9aQV_aVAoPVC5nTHPF6nvNrbP10SFN9UvlFFQH2GTABrIxV81geZ709SwSZAtPIymJVzUgjeihEI2qkx180i0j3xfMPF35GroXovMTlYtx2_1N3vMxgY4eaU3Sxd2LtFRt47yyCHxX6nefdzZTFfnsAPawH95xnjXyTxqIkLTEvoRwWoKFs33-SjLMJ18lRdSkFEkOmfep7vrYMqalG3nZ6JuHwZO0J1KAD6oVc8XBp0lMevPYKhgjrPQMXT2S7SkzCgO-vvv9hX1fMksqE3K9wck4kSzwMDOXSj-4FehYnnA7uH90M1ywWF_ScQ2kWxgOwW2_RiGF_9xwMpUgVSJUoEZ4TGvOyJE8psRNFeie3qMoVD3pOKrP-pVZE7UBCRk5ZJVgnb7SSDh2t1Uy91Km8j6jibsWpiM10UdjQS6Oij4FQJTK8dSdbw6FUSlTaeBA-U3BsJybHroLzHT0JF4zKWZKGKAETwwuLp9OnnGoXo6WUW3DbQklLrzWhd5acOMoDzb_BkCJNnz9Rl-Tk5pLLczb9Zsra_YxbVK6SM-w7UeWkcpUAuCHeT5GNuRdRC91kIko-ogip5qvhSq0OeBmMljVqy2cTN5Q98TRwv4Kee0Luvi47FcDO9u6K0uR00Z7-tTmw3MXo26rAru2PlCDAsliDqJAqf_EXZM1hV6IGWJRJi-K4=w400-h400-l75-ft

Manu Dibango needs litle introduction, born in Cameroon in 1933, Manu developed a musical style fusing jazz, funk, and traditional Cameroonian music. He’s definitely among the best known African

artists outside of Africa. Collaborations were numerous and include top acts like Fela Kuti, Herbie Hancock, Bill Laswell, Sly & Robbie, Don Cherry and Bernie Worrell.

In addition to selling hundreds of thousands of copies of the albums he recorded, he played such huge venues as Yankee Stadium and Madison Square Garden. In 1972, at 40 years of age, Manu Dibango did something almost unheard of for an African

artist – he had a pop hit. His song “Soul Makossa” became an enormous hit which influenced popular music for decades to follow. First picked up by David Mancuso (The Loft), “Soul Makossa” took New York dancefloors by storm & in July 1973 it became the first disco record to enter the Billboard Top 40 —an early instance of Western pop experiencing a paradigm shift thanks to Africa. The song’s chant of “ma-mako ma-ma-sa mako-mako sa” echoes through the greatest-selling pop album of all-time, Michael Jackson’s Thriller, and it’s in the DNA of the music of Kanye West, Rihanna, A Tribe Called Quest, Akon and The Fugees.

Side A

01.

Pata Piya

02.

Electric Africa

Side B

03.

Echos Beti

04.

L’Arbre A Palabres

·Back on vinyl for the first time since 1985 – BLUE VINYL now!

·Comes with the original 1985 artworks & obi strip

·All-star line-up featuring Herbie Hancock, Mory Kante & Bernie Worrell

·Strictly limited to 500 copies worldwide (that sweet Blue Vinyl)

SUNN O))) Releases Downtown LA Rehearsal/Rifftape March 1998 Limited Edition LP
SUNN O))) has unleashed the earliest recording of the band's monolithic tones, revamped for a limited edition pressing via Southern Lord Recordings, as the label celebrates its twentieth anniversary, as a split label release together with Stephen O'Malley's Ideologic Organ imprint.

The Downtown LA Rehearsal/Rifftape March 1998 dates back to the earliest rehearsals during the genesis of the SUNN O))) project. The source is a C60 cassette tape recorded on a boombox, and the result is essentially an extremely raw noise/drone record. It was taped in the band's early practice space at Downtown Rehearsal (RIP), Los Angeles, in a practice room which the band shared with The Melvins and Goatsnake at the time. The LP sees SUNN O))) founders Greg Anderson and Stephen O'Malley on guitars and stacks of amps, the original cassette was mastered by Brad Boatright February 2018.

Longtime/old school diehard listeners of SUNN O)))'s massive sound and those who have watched the collective's transformation over the past two decades can find the brutal practice tape revamped as Downtown LA Rehearsal/Rifftape March 1998, available only through Southern Lord and directly from the band in a limited run on 180-gram vinyl LP - 900 black, 500 silver, 100 white, with machine numbering on the front cover - and digitally.

Find SUNN O)))'s Downtown LA Rehearsal/Rifftape March 1998 at Bandcamp HERE
https://sunn.bandcamp.com/album/downtown-la-rehearsal-rifftape-march-1998

Other buying options at band's website.

Downtown LA Rehearsal/Rifftape March 1998 Track Listing:
Side A:
1. Room 206 pt.1
2. Room 206 pt.2
3. B-Witch

Side B:
1. Room 206 pt.3
2. The Grimm Robe / Black Wedding
3. Mustaine / Thorns
4. M & D I.L.F.
5. The DJs

The celebration of twenty years of SUNN O))) and Southern Lord this year will continue with reissues of the band's lauded White1 and White2 albums in the coming weeks.

SUNN O))) will perform live at the Psycho Las Vegas festival on August 19th alongside Godflesh, Goblin, Enslaved, All Pigs Must Die, Wolves In The Throne Room, and scores more.

Watch for further updates on SUNN O))) in the coming days.

SUNN O))) Live:
8/19/2018 Hard Rock Hotel & Casino - Las Vegas, NV @ Psycho Las Vegas

more news from The Vinyl Factory:

https://thevinylfactory.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/nhjgiidmbhfmehjk.jpg

Soundway collects under-the-radar Brazilian synth hits on new compilation

Samba boogie, synth wave and electro oddities from ’80s and ’90s Brazil.

Globe-trotting label Soundway Records touches down in Brazil for the first time this summer with the release of Onda De Amor, charting the “synthesized Brazilian hits that never were” on gatefold double vinyl.
Released in July, the compilation covers a ten year period between ’84 and ’94 of Brazilian music not yet extensively explored by reissue labels, and follows Music From Memory’s superb Outro Tempo last year, which exposed the country’s rich history of synthesized pop to a wider audience for the first time.

https://soundwayrecords.bandcamp.com/album/onda-de-amor-synthesized-brazilian-hits-that-never-were-1984-94

Onda De Amor is compiled by DJ Millos Kaiser, one half of Brazilian duo Selvagem, who says, “the idea is to do justice to these songs. Songs that combine all the right ingredients that should have put them on radio playlists when I was growing up, or at least in the case of more adventurous DJs.”

Onda De Amor: Synthesized Brazilian Hits That Never Were (1984​-​94) is out on 6th July via Soundway Records.
Tracklist:

1.Ricardo Bomba – Você Vai Se Lembrar
2.Vânia Bastos – Tabu (The Sweetest Taboo)
3. Rosana Mendes & Grupo Veneno – Reague
4. Grupo Controle Digital – A Festa É Nossa
5. Villa Box – Break De Rua (Versão Longa)
6. Batista Junior – Cheira
7.Dado Brazzawilly – Saramandaia
8. Anacy Arcanjo – Toque Tambor
9. Fogo Baiano – O Fogo Do Sol
10.Dodô Da Bahia & As Virgens De Porto Seguro – Africamerica 05:00
11.Via Negromonte – Love Is All
12. Electric Boogies – Electric Boogies
13. Os Abelhudos – Contos De Escola (Millos Kaiser Edit)
14. Nanda Rossi – Livre Pra Voar (Millos Kaiser Edit)
15. André Melo – Onda De Amor
16. Região Abissal – Feminina Mulher (Instrumental)

Read more: How Brazil is reclaiming its record culture
https://thevinylfactory.com/features/brazil-reclaiming-records/

https://thevinylfactory.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/VinylFactory-BrazilianBooks-B1.jpg

Experimental Brazilian records from 1976-1985 collected in vibrant new book

Sights and sounds from the underground.

Journalist and record collector Bento Araujo has launched a new crowdfunding campaign to help publish the second instalment of his Lindo Sonho Delirante book series.

A follow-up to Lindo Sonho Delirante Volume 1, – one of our favourite music books of 2017 – which looked at rare Brazilian psychedelic records released between 1968 – 1975, Volume 2 delves into 100 avant-garde and progressive psychedelic records from 1976–1985.

https://thevinylfactory.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/VinylFactory-Brazilianpsychrecords-Volume2-1.jpg

As with the first edition, the book features fully illustrated cover art reproductions for all albums, with a review written in both Portuguese and English, alongside comprehensive original release information.

Lindo Sonho Delirante is currently crowdfunding on Catarse, head here for more info.
https://www.catarse.me/lsd2

http://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=26&v=kyfVW1JWAfY

French Caribbean label Disques Debs collected in new 2xLP series

https://thevinylfactory.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/VinylFactory-DisquesDebs-B1-1170x731.jpg

From early biguine and bolero to zouk, reggae and créole.

Strut is releasing a new multi-volume vinyl series featuring archival music from Guadeloupe imprint Disques Debs, on June 25.

Launched by Henri Debs in the late ’50s, the studio released over 300 7″ singles and 200 LPs during its time.

https://thevinylfactory.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/unnamed.jpg

.

Volume 1, compiled by Hugo Mendez of Sofrito and Emile Omar of Radio Nova, includes 21 tracks taken from the first decade of the label’s existence, with percussive biguines, big bands like Orchestre Esperanza and Orchestre Caribbean Jazz, poet and radio personality Casimir “Caso” Létang and folkloric gwo ka artist Sydney Leremon.

Disques Debs International: An Island Story: Biguine, Afro Latin & Musique Antillaise 1960 – 1972 2xLP release also includes rare and unseen photos, extensive liner notes and interviews with Phillpe Debs and Max “Maxo” Severin from Les Vikings.

listen to Guy Conquette’s ‘Assez Fait Cancan’:
https://strut.bandcamp.com/album/disques-debs-international-vol-1

Tracklist

Side A

1. Daniel Forestal Et Sa Guitare – Ces P`Tits Je T`aime
2. Casimir Lètang – Travail Zènfants! Chantez Après!
3. Cyril Diaz Et Son Orchestre – Feeling Happy
4. Georges Tinedor Et Manuela Pioche – Colliè Et Zanno
5. Henri Debs Quintet – Douce Kombass
6. Joseph Lacides – Mr. Morin

Side B

7. Geno Exile – Lan Misè
8. Dolor Et Les Diables Du Rythme – Salvana
9. Syndey Lèrèmon Et Ses Amis Du Calvaire Baie-Mahault – You You Matayango
10. Raymond Cicault Et Son Orchestre Volcan – À Mon Ami Lucien Jolibois
11. Orchestre Esperanza Et Jean Leroy – Ou Pas Bel
12. Henri Debs Sextet Et Paul Blamar – Moin Çé On Maléré

Side C

13. Le Ry-Co Jazz – Si I Bon Di I Bon
14. Remy Mondey – Meringue Mondey
15. Henri Guedon Et Les Contesta – Van Van
16. Les Shupa Shupa D`Haiti – Batterie Shupa

Side D

17. Paul Blamaret Vèlo – Lovency
18. Eric Virgal – Stanislas
19. Les Aiglons – Les Aiglons Ka Satisfait
20. Tutus De La Guyane – Nanao Nanao
21. Guy Conquette – Assez Fait Cancan

Read more: Island Digging with Ruf Dug: The disco funk sound of Guadaloupe in 10 records
https://thevinylfactory.com/features/island-digging-with-ruf-dug-the-disco-funk-sound-of-guadeloupe-in-10-records/

Elusive disco, dub, ambient and electronics collected on new Isla of Jura 2xLP

https://thevinylfactory.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/VinylFactory-JuraTransmissions-B1.jpg

Norwegian tropico-funk, Legowelt space synth, ’80s hip-hop breaks and more.

Australian label Isle of Jura is releasing a new double vinyl compilation of elusive reissues, edits and originals from around the world.

Jura Soundsystem Presents Transmission One is the first in a series of compilations from Jura Soundsystem, aka label head Kevin Griffiths.

Highlights from Transmission One include a stellar edit of Ken-Dang’s 1983 percussive super jam ‘Born in Borneo’, the first ever vinyl release of Legowelt’s Smackos alias ambient tune ‘We Can Watch Alf In The Hotel Room’, Minus Group’s elusive 1979 Italian psych 7″ ‘Black Shadow’, and the eighties Baltimore booty shake of Mix-O-Rap’s ‘All Party People’.
Ken Dang--'Born In Borneo"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M3RTjuMYhK0

The collection also features four “soothing” Jura Soundsystem ambient tools, and follows the release of ‘Dear Adrian’ / ‘Udaberri Blues’ – one of our favourite dance 12″s of April – on sub-label Temple of Jura, as well as The Voice of Q 12″ reissue on the main imprint.

Smackos---'We Can Watch Alf In the Hotel Room'
http://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=3&v=YuEjvC9mKWI

Tracklist

Side A

A1. Smackos ‘We Can Watch Alf In The Hotel Room’
A2. Astral Engineering ‘Seashore Dub’
A3. Minus Group ‘Black Shadow’

Side B

B1. Ken Dang ‘Born In Borneo’ (Jura Soundsystem Edit)
B2. Trevor Bastow ‘Integration’

Side C

C1. Kash ‘Percussion Sundance’
C2. Tabou Combo Superstars ‘Ooh La La’ (Jura Soundsystem Edit)

Side D

D1. Blindboy ‘Traumerei’
D2. Mix-O-Rap ‘All Party People’ (Special Mix) (Go-Go Style)
D3. Jura Soundsystem ‘Jungle Ambient Tool’
D4. Jura Soundsystem ‘Ocean Ambient Tool’
D5. Jura Soundsystem ‘Time Ambient Tool’
D6. Jura Soundsystem ‘Pyramids Ambient Tool’

https://thevinylfactory.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/VF-KuniyukiTakahashi-EarlyTapeWorksVol2-LP.jpg

Kuniyuki Takahashi
Early Tape Works (1986-1983) Vol. 2
(Music From Memory)
Listen:
https://soundcloud.com/music-from-memory/sets/mfm-032-kuniyuki-takahashi

Soothing ’80s synthscapes and breezy tropical samples abound, in this second instalment of Music from Memory’s compilation series showcasing the music of Japanese producer Kuniyuki Takahashi. Whereas the first instalment, one of the records had a more club orientated feel, Vol. 2 delves into cinematic territory that carries a Joe Hisaishi touch. An emotive and ethereal essential, whether you’re previously familiar with Takahashi’s tunes or not.

Giorgio Moroder’s elusive 1975 Einzelgänger LP reissued on vinyl for the first time.

https://thevinylfactory.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/VinylFactory-GiorgioMoroder-B2.png

“A look into the experimental side of his disco synth.”

Italian maestro composer and producer Giorgio Moroder’s seventies album Einzelgänger is being rereleased on vinyl for the first time.

Regarded as the “Father of Disco” Moroder created some of the era’s most popular singles with artist Donna Summer, including ‘I Feel Love’, ‘Love to Love You Baby’, and ‘On The Radio’.

Originally released in 1975 on Moroder’s own Oasis label under his Einzelgänger alias (German for individualist), the 9-track LP was composed, performed and produced by Moroder in collaboration with Reinhold Mack.

Though it failed to achieve commercial success, later that year Summer and Moroder released ‘Love To Love You Baby’ – one of the first hit disco singles to be released as an extended version, and the track that catapulted the duo to international fame.

In 2015, The Vinyl Factory released Moroder and Bruce Sudano’s track ‘Willoughby’ on limited 12″, as part of Doug Aitken and the Barbican’s Station to Station.

Tracklist

1. Einzelgänger
2. Aus (The End)
3. Warum (Why)
4. Percussiv
5. Good Old Germany
6. Basslich
7. Untergang (Ruin)
8. Liebes-Arie (Love Song)
9. Einzelganger

yessss

Alice Coltrane’s Lord of Lords reissued on vinyl for the first time

The last in her Universal Consciousness and World Galaxy trilogy.

Alice Coltrane’s 1972 album Lord of Lords is being reissued for the first time, via Superior Viaduct this June.

Its five tracks were recorded over the course of one week in a Los Angeles studio during July of 1972, following the release of her seminal albums World Galaxy and Journey in Satachidananda featuring Pharaoh Sanders.

Lord of Lords was released by Impulse! in the US and Canada that same year, with a UK release in 1976.

The album’s reissue follows last year’s World Spirituality Classics 1: The Ecstatic Music of Alice Coltrane Turiyasangitnanda, our favourite reissue of 2017.

Tracklist

Side A

A1 Andromeda’s Suffering
A2 Sri Rama Ohnedaruth
A3 Excerpts From The Firebird

Side B

B1 Lord Of Lords
B2 Going Home

'Amdromeda's Suffering'
http://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=5&v=hfsYmrqB8EE

A Short Documentary About Alice Coltrane's Spiritual Journey
https://thevinylfactory.com/news/alice-coltrane-documentary-spiritual-journey/

from 2017:

Joe Henderson and Alice Coltrane’s rare 1973 LP The Elements reissued for the first time

A soulful and celestial voyage to otherworldly music realms.

Tenor saxophonist Joe Henderson rose to stardom releasing iconic post-bop jazz on Blue Note in the sixties, but it was in the seventies when Henderson branched out into inspiring and experimental terrain.

The Elements is one of the most exciting examples of Henderson’s innovative creative directions.

Mixing jazz with funk, soul, psych, latin, Indian and beyond, the LP is a four-part improvisation based on compositions written by Henderson, exploring fire, air, water and earth.

For this journey, Henderson enlisted a heavyweight group of likeminded, intrepid musicians including Alice Coltrane on piano and harp, Charlie Haden on bass, Michael White on violin, and Kenneth Nash on percussion.

What followed was a unique album, captured over the course of two days at Village Recorders studio in Los Angeles.

Remastered from the original tapes for this first ever reissue, The Elements is an essential sonic exploration, that still sounds as fresh and forward-thinking over 40 years later.

Henderson/Coltrane: "Earth"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ub3gH9IlVgs

John and Alice Coltrane’s Cosmic Music reissued on vinyl

With the original private press cover artwork.

Spiritual jazz power couple Alice and John Coltrane’s collaborative album Cosmic Music is to be reissued on vinyl via Superior Viaduct, on 5/26/17.

Self-released by Alice Coltrane in 1968 following her husband’s death, Cosmic Music was subsequently re-released by Impulse! who introduced the recognisable moon motif on the sleeve.

Featuring two tracks by John Coltrane’s legendary final quintet (‘Manifestation’ and ‘Rev. King’) that were recorded in San Francisco on February 2nd, 1966 and two from Alice Coltrane’s very first session as a bandleader after her husband’s passing (‘Lord Help Me To Be’ and ‘The Sun’), it’s a joint monument to the pair’s vast influence on spiritual jazz, giving a platform to heavyweight contemporaries like Jimmy Garrison, Rashied Ali and Pharoah Sanders.

John Coltrane Quintet w Alice Coltrane:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=2&v=xJXJmXf1f6M

This whole "reissued on vinyl for the first time" thing is such utter sucker-baiting horseshit it makes me froth with rage.

The Elements has been in print on CD since the 1990s. Lord of Lords is just as readily available, as half of a budget twofer CD (it's paired up with Universal Consciousness). But hey, pay $25 for the LP if that's what you wanna do with your life.

I don't even have a working turntable, but find these items good for info, since I never heard of most of these Vinyl Factory news objects. Always look for the most affordable option anyway.

That David Bowie live album, Waiting for the Blackout: Live London '78, that came out as a 3LP set for Record Store Day, is being released as a 2CD set on June 29. I'm listening to it now and other than the inclusion of a version of "Sound and Vision" that's inferior to the studio version, there's literally no point to it if you already have Stage. Same tour, virtually identical set list. But I'm agnostic-to-skeptical w/r/t Bowie in general, so.

From latest Smog Veil newsletter:

European fans: many of our releases are now available from Soundohm, a quality distributor of electronic, psych, cinematic, and otherwise fantastic reissue releases. Check 'em out!
https://www.soundohm.com/

AT THE PRESSING PLANT and out soon:

Chris Butler/Ralph Carney: Songs For Unsung Holidays LP/CD
Obnox: Bang Messiah LP/CD

Speaking of Chris Butler, take a gander at his newest release, a Smog Veil digital exclusive "Get It Togehter". A collection of demos, works in progress, and all things Chris. Think a little bit of Tin Huey, a little bit of The Waitresses, and of course, all Akron all the time. Check it out at your favorite online download/stream source (or check smogveil site)

So, say hello to these 7" records that we recently unearthed in our warehouse:

Rocket From The Tombs "I Sell Soul"
HG Lewis and the Amazing Pink Holes "2000 Maniacs" splatter wax
Rubber City Rebels "Annoyed, Destroyed, Unemployed"
2 Bobs "Papa Oom Mow Mow/Roll On Big O"
This Moment In Black History "Family Day At Euclid Beach" etched
Defnics "Look At Me Mom I'm Not Dead" green vinyl
Van Failin' (aka FYPM) "Panama" pic disc

These records are available for sale. 3 7"s for 1 low price plus postage. But, act now as on June 30, anything left over will be gifted to the guys that pick up the trash. If you don't see the 7" available in the drop down box or if the link is dead, that means we are sold out. No special code needed. We have very limited quantities on these, so this is the last chance forever and once June 30 rolls around, well, say goodbye.

And a few from xp Soundohm:

Nurse With Wound
Sinister Whimsy For The Wretched (2Cd)
LABEL: DIRTER PROMOTIONS
GENRE: Experimental | FORMAT: 2 x CD | CATALOG N. DPROM140 | YEAR. (2018)
In Stock
Sinister Whimsy For The Wretched contains the long out-of-print albums, Sugar Fish Drink (1992) and Large Ladies With Cake In The Oven (1993). Both discs are remastered by Andrew Liles. You will never hear these better. Sugar Fish Drink, "Cod Surrealism", is a distinctly wet aberration on paranoid aesthetics occasionally coordinated by John Balance and Steven Stapleton. For Large Ladies With Cake In The Oven, all tracks were previously released in some form or another. Songs titles have been altered from their original forms on their original releases. "Head Cold" is very close to being the exact song as the Miss Ticker remix of "Cold" from the Thunder Perfect Mind CD reissue and "Steel Dream March Of The Metal Man".
more info, audio: https://www.soundohm.com/product/sinister-whimsy-for-the-wretched-2cd/pid/31949/