Rolling Reissues 2018

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

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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.

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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/

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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.

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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/

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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

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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

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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:

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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.
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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.

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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.

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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.

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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!

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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

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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:

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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/

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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.

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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

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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.

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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

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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’

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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.

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“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)
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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/

Anthony Braxton - Derek Bailey
Royal (2Lp)
LABEL: Honest Jon's
GENRE: Jazz | FORMAT: LPx2 | CATALOG N. HJR 201LP | YEAR. (2018)
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2018 small repress. Honest Jon's Records present a reissue of Derek Bailey and Anthony Braxton's Royal, expanded to include both intended volumes. Volume 1 was originally released in 1984; the second volume was never issued. The second release in a series of collaborations between Honest Jon's Records and Incus: three double-LPs of the legendary free-improvising guitarist Derek Bailey, solo (HJR 200LP) and in duos with Anthony Braxton and Han Bennink (HJR 202LP), augmenting the original releases with marvelous, previously unissued music. Recorded in 1974, at the Royal Hotel in Luton, with Braxton playing soprano and alto saxophones, and Bb and contrabass clarinets. Two volumes were planned; only one was issued, till now. This was an early transatlantic meeting between the leading free improvisers. Many of Braxton's signature techniques and ideas were gestated in such sessions. It still brims with inquisitive musical creativity and knockabout jazzbo allusiveness. Newly transferred from tape at Abbey Road, and remastered by Rashad Becker. The records are manufactured by Pallas.
more info, audio: https://www.soundohm.com/product/royal-2lp/pid/31945/

Aleister Crowley
Original Wax Recordings (LP)
LABEL: Fantome Phonographique
GENRE: Sound Art | FORMAT: LP | CATALOG N. OME 1007LP | YEAR. (2018)

Fantôme Phonographique present a reissue of the only known recordings from the infamous occultist, mystic, magician, poet, novelist, sexual deviant, and all-around misfit, Aleister Crowley. Recorded onto wax cylinder in the early 1910s, and later transferred to 78 RPM discs. The tracks include Crowley's recitation of the first two Enochian Keys, original poetry, incantations, and songs. An absolutely essential piece of occult history. This collection was originally compiled and released on LP in 1986.
more info, audio: https://www.soundohm.com/product/original-wax-recordings-lp/pid/31886/

Antonin Artaud
Pur En Finir Avec Le Jugement De Dieu (LP)
LABEL: Fantome Phonographique
GENRE: Sound Art | FORMAT: LP | CATALOG N. OME 1006LP | YEAR. (2018)
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Fantôme Phonographique present a reissue of Pur En Finir Avec Le Jugement De Dieu by Antonin Artaud. Antonin Artaud was a French poet, dramatist, and director and one of the most important figures in 20th century European theater, and especially the avant-garde. His piece "Pour En Finir Avec Le Jugement De Dieu" was recorded in 1947 to be aired on French radio. But the project was shelved not only for its scatological, anti-American, anti-religious content, but also for its avant-garde sound, with screams, cries, grunts, glossolalia, and general cacophony, all of which the radio thought would be too shocking for the listeners of post-WWII France. Now regarded as one of his most brilliant works, the piece is finally available again on vinyl courtesy of Fantôme Phonographique. Features the voice actors Maria Casarès, Roger Blin, and Paule Thévenin.
more info, audio: https://www.soundohm.com/product/pur-en-finir-avec-le-jugement-de-dieu-lp/pid/31885/

Robbie Basho
Land of Our Fathers: Rarities 1967-1983 (Lp)
€ 22.00
LABEL: Holographic Ontological Networks
GENRE: Folk | FORMAT: LP | CATALOG N. HON 40 | YEAR. (2018)
In STOCK

Land Of Our Fathers' is a stunningly beautiful compilation of never-before-released and hard-to-find recordings by America's great guitar mystic Robbie Basho. Spanning 16 years, this is 42 minutes of essential and extremely rare music from throughout Basho's multifaceted career. 'Land Of Our Fathers' provides further illumination of Basho's mysterious and incomparably poetic soul.
more info, audio: https://www.soundohm.com/product/land-of-our-fathers-rarities-1967-1983-lp/pid/31791/ (good related at bottom of this page, though may be older reissued: Tibbets, Jansch, Fahey, Tompkins Square excavations etc.)

Mad River
Mad River (LP)
LABEL: SUNDAZED
GENRE: Psych | FORMAT: LP | CATALOG N. LP5243 | YEAR. (2018)
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180gram High Definition Vinyl, originally released in 1968 on Capitol; by far the most ominous-sounding of the Bay Area’s 1960s psychedelic bands, the music of Berkeley’s Mad River comes across like a spiralling, acid-spiked descent into hell. With a raw, garagey style marked by Lawrence Hammond’s quavering vocals and the interlocking exchanges of guitarists David Robinson and Rick Bockner, Mad River’s sound conjures a darker, more menacing version of Quicksilver Messenger Service or early Country Joe and The Fish. No wonder the quintet’s self-titled 1968 debut has long been at the top of many collector’s want lists! Presented in sealed & stickered picture sleeve).
more info, audio:https://www.soundohm.com/product/mad-river-lp/pid/31858/
(CREEM's ancient mention of this debut quoted lyrics, imploring "Merciful monks from your caves of ether" to do some stuff incl. "sweep the burning nostrils into the sea...and no one looks to me like they've come here," followed by a typesetter's note, "I can't go on this, stuff is too awful. Historian added that the second album went to an opposite extreme of mellow, even incl. a guest appearance by Richard Brautigan," and it's a classic of its kind too.")

I've loved this band and its later incarnation as mad River since I discovered them a few decades back. My teens coincided with the Ultimate Action coming out on Edsel which i got when i was like 14.
Now all of their material hopefully in best possible sound is coming out next October in one box set

https://www.cherryred.co.uk/product/the-action-shadows-reflections-the-complete-recordings-1964-1968-4cd-digibook/

Sixties Mod band THE ACTION only released six singles in their lifetime – or seven, if you count a pre-Action single by The Boys – but their legend has grown exponentially since their demise in 1968.

THE ACTION was the first band signed by Beatles producer George Martin after he left EMI to set up his own company AIR Productions. In due course, he produced the band’s five singles issued on Parlophone between 1965 and 1967 as well as tracks intended for a never-released album.

SHADOWS AND REFLECTIONS is far and away the most comprehensive tribute to THE ACTION so far assembled, boasting all their known recordings in the studio and live on radio/TV.

Many of the original Parlophone single mixes have never been reissued in their original form on compact disc – until now. The fresh discovery of multi-tracks and rehearsal tapes has led to a whole disc’s worth of previously unheard mixes and performances.

The box set includes numerous photos of THE ACTION in their heyday, with 16,000 words of sleeve-notes by David Wells and a 36-page booklet within a handsome 4-CD ‘digibook’.

Includes all previous material issued from the band’s BBC sessions and post-Parlophone period, suitably remastered by Alec Palao.

DISC ONE
THE PARLOPHONE MASTERS
THE SINGLES
1. LAND OF ONE THOUSAND DANCES
2. IN MY LONELY ROOM
3. I’LL KEEP HOLDING ON
4. HEY SAH-LO-NEY
5. BABY YOU’VE GOT IT
6. SINCE I LOST MY BABY
7. NEVER EVER
8. TWENTYFOURTH HOUR
9. SHADOWS AND REFLECTIONS
10. SOMETHING HAS HIT ME
11. THE HARLEM SHUFFLE
12. WASN’T IT YOU
13. THE PLACE
14. THE CISSY
15. I LOVE YOU (YEAH!)
16. COME ON, COME WITH ME
17. JUST ONCE IN MY LIFE (New Mono Mix) *

BONUS TRACKS
18. MINE EXCLUSIVELY (BBC Session)
19. REG KING INTERVIEW / BABY YOU’VE GOT IT (BBC Session)
20. TAKE ME IN YOUR ARMS (ROCK ME A LITTLE WHILE) (BBC Session)
21. I SEE YOU (BBC Session)
22. SHADOWS AND REFLECTIONS (BBC Session)

* Previously unissued

DISC TWO
AT ABBEY ROAD
NEW STEREO MIXES
1. I’LL KEEP HOLDING ON
2. THE CISSY
3. NEVER EVER
4. SINCE I LOST MY BABY
5. SHADOWS AND REFLECTIONS
6. HEY SAH-LO-NEY
7. SOMETHING HAS HIT ME
8. BABY YOU’VE GOT IT
9. I LOVE YOU (YEAH!)
10. WASN’T IT YOU
11. THE HARLEM SHUFFLE
12. THE PLACE
13. TWENTYFOURTH HOUR
14. COME ON, COME WITH ME
15. JUST ONCE IN MY LIFE

OUTTAKES
16. SOMETHING HAS HIT ME (Rehearsal)
17. I LOVE YOU (YEAH) (Backing Track Take 1)
18. NEVER EVER (Rehearsal)
19. COME ON, COME WITH ME (Backing Track Take 4)
20. TWENTYFOURTH HOUR (Alternative Version)
21. THE PLACE (Backing Track Take 2)
22. JUST ONCE IN MY LIFE (Take 2)
23. SOMETHING HAS HIT ME (Alternative Backing Track)
24. SHADOWS AND REFLECTIONS (Backing Track)

All tracks previously unissued

DISC THREE
ROLLED GOLD PLUS:THE 1967-68 RECORDINGS
1. COME AROUND
2. SOMETHING TO SAY
3. LOVE IS ALL
4. ICARUS
5. STRANGE ROADS
6. THINGS YOU CANNOT SEE
7. BRAIN (Full Length Version)
8. LOOK AT THE VIEW
9. CLIMBING UP THE WALL (SEE ME) (Full Length Vers.)
10. REALLY DOESN’T MATTER (Full Length Version)
11. I’M A STRANGER
12. LITTLE BOY (Full Length Version)
13. FOLLOW ME
14. IN MY DREAM (George Martin Orchestrated Version)

ACTION SPEAKS LOUDER THAN…
15. ONLY DREAMING
16. DUSTBIN FULL OF RUBBISH
17. AN UNDERSTANDING LOVE
18. MY FAVOURITE DAY
19. A SAYING FOR TODAY

BONUS TRACK
20. IN MY DREAM (Demo Version)

DISC FOUR
ACTION EXTRAS
1. IT AIN’T FAIR – The Boys
2. I WANT YOU – The Boys
3. FINE LOOKING GIRL – The Boys
4. GIRL (WHY YOU WANNA MAKE ME BLUE) (Decca Audition)
5. IN MY LONELY ROOM (Decca Audition)
6. YOU’LL WANT ME BACK (Decca Audition)
7. I’LL KEEP HOLDING ON (Live)
8. LAND OF ONE THOUSAND DANCES / UPTIGHT (EVERYTHING’S ALRIGHT) (Live)
9. GOING TO A GO-GO (BBC Session)
10. NEVER EVER (BBC Session)
11. INDIA (BBC Session)
12. LOVE IS ALL (BBC Session)
13. I’LL KEEP HOLDING ON (“Edsel” mix)
14. BABY YOU’VE GOT IT (“Edsel” mix)
15. THE HARLEM SHUFFLE (“Edsel” mix)
16. JUST ONCE IN MY LIFE (“Edsel” mix)
17. NEVER EVER (“Edsel” mix)
18. TWENTYFOURTH HOUR (“Edsel” mix)
19. SOMETHING HAS HIT ME (“Edsel” mix)
20. SHADOWS AND REFLECTIONS (“Edsel” mix)

Mighty Baby not Mad river. Think I got that from the entry immediately above.

Also should have just said taht there are a couple of tracks included there better known as recorded by Mighty Baby.

I think some members wound up in Habbibiya after going through the same Sufi conversion as Richard and Linda Thompson.

From a Pitchfork news item about the next reissue of Led Zeppelin's The Song Remains The Same:

Jimmy Page supervised the remastering process, according to Rolling Stone. The reissue will be available as a digital release, as well as on Blu-ray audio, CD, and vinyl. Additionally, the vinyl will include the entire nearly-30-minute rendition of “Dazed and Confused” on one side for the first time. A super deluxe edition is also available, and comes with two CDs, four 180-gram vinyl LPs, DVD audio of the entire album, two DVDs of the original film plus extras, a numbered art print of the album cover, a 20-page replica of the 1977 Japanese Cinema Programme, and more.

That bolded part seems...unwise. Also, "Dazed And Confused" always did take up one whole side - it's just that the reissued version is about two and a half minutes longer.

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Drivin’ N Cryin’ are set to reissue their long out of print, 1997 eponymous album as Too Late To Turn Back Now on July 27th via New West Records. The record was produced by Kosmo Vinyl (associate to The Clash, The Jam, and Stiff Records) and features the Drivin’ N Cryin’ trio of founding members Kevn Kinney on vocals/guitar, Tim Nielsen on bass/mandolin, along with Jeff Sullivan on drums. The newly christened Too Late To Turn Back Now was remastered by Chris Griffin and features new, original artwork by Kosmo Vinyl which was assembled by Kosmo and longtime Drivin’ N Cryin’ tour poster artist Mike Sears. Available for the first time on vinyl, the album was pressed at Kindercore Vinyl in Athens, GA. Following their departure from Geffen Records, Drivin’ N Cryin’ returned to their hometown, independent roots. Of this time, longtime tour manager Scott Munn said, “The band was firing on all cylinders going into the studio, and there was a feeling that this was their truest representation and the record they had always wanted to make. Producer Kosmo Vinyl offered, “...I’d been around enough musicians, and in enough recording studios, to know what didn’t work. I wanted to make a record that sounded, and felt, like the Drivin’ N Cryin’ you would go see live. If I could do that, then I knew it would be good. All told, we spent about two weeks at Casino Studio, and I think we got what we wanted.” Upon its initial release, the album had success at radio with their cover of John Denver’s iconic “Leaving On A Jet Plane.” Relix Magazine has premiered the newly remastered lead off track “Keepin’ It Close To My Heart” which can be heard HERE. Too Late To Turn Back Now is available for pre-order now via NEW WEST RECORDS.

Drivin N Cryin’ frontman Kevn Kinney says of the album’s inception, “Too Late to Turn Back Now started out as a series of 45 rpm 7 inches. It was recorded in Clay Harper’s little Five Points studio and produced by Kosmo Vinyl. Kosmo had done a couple of Clay’s singles...production and artwork, and I asked him if he’d be interested in working with us for a 45? The first single was about Lenny Bruce! ‘Let Lenny B’ was a song from my early 80s punk band The Prosecutors. As well as the song Drivin N Cryin’. Kosmo IS real life rock and roll legacy. Not only his tenure with The Clash but his early days working at Stiff Records. I owned every Stiff 45 and would drive from Milwaukee to Chicago to get the newest ones! I was so honored to have his energy collaborating with us in this small, hot studio!! This is why I do this. This is who I am. Gone are the major labels. Gone are the tour buses. And the trappings of big empty studios and expenses. Well boys, it’s just us...None of those things have anything to do with making art. Well, one single turned to two and since we were already four songs in, let’s add a few more and make an album…’album’ refers to a collection of recorded music by the way. But it took 23 years to debut in all its vinyl glory!! We can’t thank everyone at New West Records enough for this. It sounds amazing. I toured Kindercore Vinyl last week and was blown away. I got my copy hot off the presses (literally) and I’ve played it every day. It’s too late to turn back now...I’m ready!”

Drivin’ N Cryin’ Too Late To Turn Back Now Track Listing:

1. Keepin’ It Close To My Heart
2. Roof Garden
3. I’ve Got A Message
4. Drivin’ N Cryin’
5. Around The Long Way
6. Let Lenny B
7. Paid In Full
8. Everything’s Gonna Be Alright
9. Beneath The Undertow
10. Passing Through
11. Leaving On A Jet Plane
12. Nothing To Lose

Another one from Soul Jazz Records' store Sounds of the Universe:

https://soundsoftheuniverse.com/img/MWdLQkJKL3EvWDBIb0JQb0tVRnpSQT09/mutima-cecil-mcbee.jpg

Just landed - Mutima. Super deep jazz from Cecil McBee on Strata-East vinyl new vinyl. Includes the seminal heavy cut 'Tulsa Black.'

w/ Dee Dee Bridgewater, Cecil McBee, Michael Carvin, Jimmy Hopps, Billy Hart & more.

More info, audio: https://soundsoftheuniverse.com/product/cecil-mcbee-mutima_2