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New Releases

Appelqvist, Hans
Sifantin och Morkret
PS, SWEDEN This is the fourth full-length release for Sweden's Hans Appelqvist, his third for the Häpna label. Hot on the heels of his last record Naima, released in November 2006, Hans has a new album ready, entitled Sifantin och mörkret, containing 12 new tracks and a beautiful video for "Tänk att himlens alla stjärnor," made by Andreas Nilsson (The Knife, José Gonzales and The Soundtrack Of Our Lives). The music shows Hans from a new side, the album being more open and spontaneous than previous works. Animal noises, doors creaking, children shouting, delicate acoustic guitar, and rollicking instrumentals, Sifantin och mörkret is a patchwork symphony. It oscillates between the sweet and grotesque, the nice and the ugly, harmony and terror, light and darkness.
Hapna-035
CD
$15.75

Barjed, Mattias & Various Artists
Upp Till Kamp [OST]
PS, SWEDEN Jim's Favorite Album of the Year 2007! The vintage-rock soundtrack to a cool new Swedish TV miniseries (about twenty-something rockers in early-70s Gothenburg) as created by Mattias Barjed, guitarist for The Soundtrack of Our Lives. I'll be interested to see how the songs and scores are used in the miniseries, but spread across two CDs it's like a freakin' Rock Opera, featuring a little bit of everything: Bjorn Olsson-esque acoustic and electric instrumental interludes, gritty organ-fueled garage-rock, some mesmerizing live stuff... So totally of-the-era, but I guess that is not surprising! Includes contributions from several of Barjed's TSOOL mates, including frontman Ebbot Lundberg; a brand new song from The Tallest Man On Earth; plus guest appearances by Elope's Sebastian Aronsson and Anders Person, Hipwhips' Markus Lindmark, The Frustration's Jan Martens, Mustasch's Ralf Gyllenhammar and series actors/stars Sverrir Gudnasson and Fanny Risberg, among others! HIGHLY RECOMMENDED!
Razzia
DCD
$18.00

Becuzzi, Gianluca & Fabio Orsi
Wildflowers Under The Sofa
PS, US This is an intense & fascinating album made of guitars, old keyboards, field recordings & sound objects. 3 long compositions between Avant-garde & Folk traditions where everything plays w/ big emotion: visionary soundscapes, deep drones & sudden noises.
LastVisibleDog-120
CD
$11.75

Berry, Shane
The Scrawlys EP
PS, GERMANY Shane Berry was born in South Africa and presently lives in Japan's capital, Tokyo. There he creates his tracks, all of which go directly from the ears to the legs. He released an EP on Trapez and tracks on the New York label Synewave. His songs are played and charted by numerous DJs, and colleagues such as Richie Hawtin and Dominik Eulberg hold Berry's work in high esteem. The new EP on Glückskind might also please them. Again Shane takes two bass lines and twists the sounds for several minutes through an electronic meat grinder. Over the kick, it pulsates and holds it all together perfectly. 'Scrawlys' is refined, reduced minimal techno. 'Deep Space' goes a bit deeper, techno-wise. Indeed, there is also a dominating bass loop, but the insertion of reverb and delay leaves the track with far more room to breathe.
GluckskindShallplatten-005
12"
$10.25

Black Strobe
Burn Your Own Church
PS, US VINYL VERSION!!!
PlayLouderecordings
LP
$14.00

Blessing, Lynn
Sunset Painter
PS, UK Shortly before he appeared on the landmark Advancement LP in 1969, vibraphone virtuoso Lynn Blessing released this, his only solo album. A superb fusion of jazz and laid-back psychedelia, it features musicians such as Sneaky Pete Kleinow (Flying Burrito Bros., John Lennon, Frank Zappa) and Wolfgang Melz (The Association, Gabor Szabo) and was produced by legendary jazz flautist Paul Horn (Miles Davis, Donovan). Including a handful of mellow originals alongside unorthodox covers of songs by The Beatles, The Byrds, The Who, Bob Dylan and Judee Sill, it's a laid-back delight from start to finish. As Blessing says at the outset: "sit back, relax, and take off your shoes..."
FallOut-2075
CD
$15.00

Bröderna Lindgren
Vuxen Barnmusik 2007
PS, SWEDEN Please note: sung in Swedish! Grown-up music for children, that's what they call it., with a classic 70s vibe! The Lindgren Brothers Mattias and Andreas take their mother Barbro Lindgren's legacy (writer of Swedish children's songs that have been sung for generations) and spice it up with an all star cast on their third album. Features guest appearances from members of The Soundtrack of Our Lives, Nina Ramsby, Bear Quartet's Mattias Alkberg, Asha Ali and Kristoffer Astrom, among others!
BAM
CD
$20.50

Butcher The Bear
Get Away b/w Leave This Town
PS, UK Butcher The Bar is the 22 year-old Joel Nicholson, who currently resides in the north of England with his acoustic guitar and a couple of instruments such as a banjo, a melodica and an accordion. "Get Away" is a melancholy goodbye to a town, a disillusioned memory of a city that fades away while still living in it. "Leave Town" is as minimal and as maximal as a pop song could be: a guitar, a banjo and a warm voice.
ANumberOfSmallThings-017
45
$6.00

Catanzarite, Stephen
U2's Achtung Baby (33 1/3 Paperback Book)
PS, US Stephen Catanzarite takes a close look at what many consider to be U2's most fully formed album through the prisms of politics, spirituality, and culture, illuminating its previously unexplored depths.

Description: Stephen Catanzarite takes a close look at what many consider to be U2's most fully formed album through the prisms of religion, politics, spirituality, and culture, illuminating its previously unexplored depths, arguing that it's a concept album about love and the fall of man.

Authors: Stephen Catanzarite is the managing director of the Lincoln Park Performing Arts Centre, just outside of Pittsburgh. He has created a course tracing the history and development of American popular music from Tin Pan Alley to today - which will be delivered, online, to thousands of high school students across the U.S.

Reviews: Stephen Catanzarite takes his readers on a metaphysical trip with Achtung Baby...The book reads like a well-written thesis, and Catanzarite is knowledgeable both musically and theologically. The songs are the bones on which the author fleshes out his theories, with the help of quotes by philosophers, poets, musicians (Axl Rose, of all people), and whole passages taken from books by religious scholars of different faiths. There are references to Neil Young, Led Zeppelin (the Tower of Babel is the original stairway to heaven), Bob Dylan and Morrissey for the rock cognoscenti, as well as a few Chinese proverbs thrown in for good measure." -@U2
Continuum-049
BOOK
$10.95

Club 8
The Boy Who Couldn't Stop Dreaming
PS, SWEDEN Now on vinyl. Club 8 "The boy who couldn't stop dreaming" on vinyl. Music looks and sounds a lot better on vinyl, doesn't it? We do think so. Labrador is happy to announce the arrival of Club 8's "The boy who couldn't stop dreaming" on shiny 12" vinyl. Limited edition of 500 copies. "Cool, calm, soft modern pop that falls somewhere in between the modern folk stylings of Linda Draper and the purely smooth addictive pop of Kirsty MacColl. These subtle, dreamy tracks get better the more familiar they become. Exceptional stuff, recommended. 5 Stars." - Babysue
Labrador-108-1
LP
$18.00

Copeland, Eric
Hermaphrodite
PS, US Eric Copeland is the amazing 3rd piece of the puzzle to NYC's BLACK DICE. On Hermaphrodite he Mexepdainudms on ideas only touched upon on BD releases & takes us further into the mind of his solo genius. An amazing record that you can put on when you are tripping, or skateboarding or building a house.
PostPresent-014
12
$11.00

Crushed Stars
Gossamer Days
PS, US 3rd CD of intimate bedroom pop from Crushed Stars, produced by Stuart Sikes. File under: Folk/Rock
Simulacra-0014
CD
$13.50

Cuomo, Rivers
Alone: The Home Recordings of Rivers Cuomo
PS, US Weezer dude's home-recordings, recorded unaccompanied, unaided, single-handedly, all by himself, without help, in seclusion, isolated. A collection of his favorite demos from the past fifteen years.

PITCHFORK: "Somewhere along the way, someone told Rivers Cuomo that he needed to rein it in. To the world's dismay, he listened, and made three records of faceless, predictable approximations of what the public supposedly wanted his band Weezer to be. Demo collection Alone does the opposite, collecting all sorts of goofy and indulgent ideas-- robot voices, barbershop-quartet harmonies, over-emoting, an Ice Cube cover-- reminding us why we fell for dorks with horn-rimmed glasses and flying-V guitars in the first place."
Geffen
CD
$15.00

Durutti Column, The
Lips That Would Kiss
PS, UK LTM is proud to announce the release of four expanded CDs by The Durutti Column, the legendary Factory Records ensemble formed and fronted by virtuoso guitarist/composer Vini Reilly. Lips That Would Kiss collects together a selection of key tracks and singles recorded for Factory Benelux, Les Disques du Crepuscule and Sordide Sentimental between 1980 and 1986. Chief among these are the pristine singles Lips That Would Kiss b/w Madeleine (1980) and Danny b/w Enigma (1981), both recorded with legendary producer Martin Hannett. The remastered 75 minute CD also includes the rare 12" EP for Factory Benelux from 1982, Deux Triangles, several unique tracks recorded for Crepuscule compilation albums, and no less than nine tracks from the unreleased 1983 album Short Stories For Pauline, several of which feature Tuxedomoon man Blaine L. Reininger on violin. The booklet features archive images, and a cover based on the original 1980 sleeve for the Lips That Would Kiss single by artist Jean-Francois Octave. Artist biography: Manchester native Vini Reilly formed The Durutti Column in 1978, recording his debut album The Return of the Durutti Column the following year with producer Martin Hannett, a set of delicate instrumental tracks housed in an abrasive sandpaper sleeve. Subsequent landmark albums include LC (1981), Without Mercy (1984), The Guitar & Other Machines (1987), Sex & Death (1993), Fidelity (1996) and Someone Else's Party (2003). A prolific recording artist in his own right (usually with drummer Bruce Mitchell), Reilly has also guested on records by Morrissey, Olive and Holly Johnson. For many years the group were managed by the late Anthony H. Wilson, founder of Factory Records.
LTM-2484
CD
$17.00

Electric Light Orchestra
Out of the Blue [30th Anniversary Edition]
PS, US
Sony
CD
$12.25

Fu Manchu
Return to Earth 91-93
PS, US Compiles early singles & rare recordings from FU MANCHU! Heavy guitar riffs mixed w/loud drums. 9 tracks
including all the songs on "Senioritis," "Pick-Up Summer," & "Don't Bother Knockin'" singles. Also included are previously unreleased versions of Ojo Rojo & Simco! BUY OR CRY, COOKIE!
Elastic-014
LP
$13.25

Funckarma
Sploid EP
PS, US Contains four original tracks with the trademark funckarma sound. Nice lush ynths and exciting beats. track list: A1 - Comply A2 - Raides B1 - Sploid B2 - Ymadyn.
BinaryDilemma-003
12
$8.25

Giant Robot
#51
PS, US Damon & Naomi, Hot Links, Meet John Jay, Blog Jam. Street Beat female streetwear, Joan Chen, Tang Wei & tons more about Asian pop culture & beyond!
ZINE
$4.75

Hitmen, The
Self-Titled [re-issue]
PS, AUSTRALIA The classic 1981 album by post-Radio Birdman/pre-Hoodoo Gurus outfit The Hitmen get the deluxe reissue treatment, expanded to 40+ tracks. Formed by Chris Masuak and Warwick Gilbert and Birdman MC/backing vocalist Johnny Kannis soon after Birdman's initial demise in '78, The Hitmen also featured future Hoodoo Gurus mainstays Brad Shepherd and Mark Kingsmill by the time they came to record their self-titled debut in '81 and its follow-up It Is What It Is in '82 (also available on re-issue). Credited with taking the high-energy Americanized rock of Radio Birdman (and their influences including The Stooges and The MC5) to the suburbs. Fans of Radio Birdman, The Hoodoo Gurus and the great Australian band's that followed in The Hitmen's wake, like The Screaming Tribesmen, The New Christs and The Lime Spiders, will find music on these CDs an absolute revelation.
SavageBeat-005
DCD
$21.75

Hitmen, The
It Is What It Is [re-issue]
The classic 1982 album by post-Radio Birdman/pre-Hoodoo Gurus outfit The Hitmen get the deluxe reissue treatment, expanded to 40+ tracks. Formed by Chris Masuak and Warwick Gilbert and Birdman MC/backing vocalist Johnny Kannis soon after Birdman's initial demise in '78, The Hitmen also featured future Hoodoo Gurus mainstays Brad Shepherd and Mark Kingsmill by the time they came to record their self-titled debut in '81 and its follow-up It Is What It Is in '82 (also available on re-issue). Credited with taking the high-energy Americanized rock of Radio Birdman (and their influences including The Stooges and The MC5) to the suburbs. Fans of Radio Birdman, The Hoodoo Gurus and the great Australian band's that followed in The Hitmen's wake, like The Screaming Tribesmen, The New Christs and The Lime Spiders, will find music on these CDs an absolute revelation.
SavageBeat-006
DCD
$21.75

Johnston, Daniel & Friends
The Late Great Daniel Johnston: Discovered Covered [re-issue, remaster]
PS, US A collection of great songs by Texas songwriter DANIEL JOHNSTON, performed by both his many fans, and by himself. Disc one features Johnston covers by TOM WAITS, TV ON THE RADIO, DEATH CAB FOR CUTIE, M. WARD, VIC CHESNUTT, MERCURY REV, BECK, SPARKLEHORSE with THE FLAMING LIPS, BRIGHT EYES, GORDON GANO, CALVIN JOHNSON, TEENAGE FANCLUB & JAD FAIR, CLEM SNIDE, EELS, and more. Disc two features the original Johnston-performed versions of the same songs.
HighWire
DCD
$16.75

Kazumasa, Hashimoto
Euphoriam
PS, JAPAN Noble, the label that brings "music for everyday life" will top off 2007 with the new album "Euphorium" by the magical alchemist of sound, Kazumasa Hashimoto. This will be the first album since Hashimoto's previous album released 1 year and 9 months ago. With a delicate combination of academic musical theory and unrivaled creativity, Kazumasa Hashimoto has been applauded all over the world for the deep and warm music like a "blissful honeymoon between classic and electronic music." The newest album "tiny people singing over the rainbow", by label mate Gutevolk and produced by Hashimoto is also a piece of work that is showered with the magical talent of the artist. Hashimoto also enchanted the crowd from around the world in June in Barcelona at Europe's largest electronic music and multi-media art festival, the sonar festival. In the new album titled "Euphorium", Hashimoto plays and produces most of the instruments in the album from the piano, guitar, bass to drums accompanied by several guest artists playing violin and cello. The new album features more vocal tracks including M-5, featuring Gutevolk. The pop melodies and the elegant and sophisticated arrangement of the tracks create a beautiful and breathtaking harmony that blend magically to create a kaleidoscope of sound. A sorcery of sound will lure listeners into a world of dreams. The newest album "Euphorium" skillfully portrays undeniable happiness and the shadows that lurk behind that paradise to prove that artist Kazumasa Hashimoto, has stepped beyond borders of electronica and soft rock to create a new universal monument of pop music that is new yet nostalgic at the same time.
Noble-1222
CD
$16.25

Lowfish
Burn The Lights Out
PS, US Now on CD. Lowfish is back with a new full length LP (2x12) and CD release for this fall 2007. Synth pop gone wild mashed up with breaks , wrapped in emotive melodies and pumped full of bass for the dance floor characterize his new LP . A total of 10 new tracks and two of his golden ones from the Sat.31 ep. Lowfish again determines his destiny in a positive , individualistic styled manner that can be described as complex, yet fully enjoyed by most listeners. Bladerunner , Wave Noir, or William Gibson breaking out the synths are a few words to describe this style Electro. Post Modern for sure considering the artful and seamless interweaving of various close connected genres from past and present coming together to define a sound that is new and only Lowfish. Artwork by 310K with a sleeve done in 60's pop fiery orange and some of the coolest Graphics to come out of the Amsterdam design scene. As always no expense on mastering with professional cuts made by Frankford and Wayne NY city. A lot of work went into this release to deliver the highest quality in overall production and sound.
Satamile-41-2
CD
$9.50

Malmberg, Eric
Verklighet & Beat
PS, SWEDEN This is the second solo release from Sweden's Eric Malmberg, former songwriter and organist for the now-defunct Sagor & Swing. Featuring guest musicians such as Goran Kajfes, Lars Skoglund, Johan Berthling, Cecilia Österholm and legendary organist, Bo Hansson. POPMATTERS: "Cosmic marches and psychedelic hymns"
Hapna-034
CD
$13.75

Merzbow
Zophorus
PS, US Japan's king of noise returns with Zophorus. Speaker-massaging pulsations of psychic skree & frequency abuse. Housed in a deluxe 5 color digipak designed by Masami Akita. Recorded in February of 2007.
BlossomingNoise-024
CD
$13.00

Moby Grape
Moby Grape '69 [Bonus Tracks]
PS, US
SundazedMusicInc.
CD
$18.75

Mojo
#170 (January 2008) [Magazine + CD]
PS, UK
ZINE
$10.00

Morita, Takuya
Woman and Shadow
PS, GERMANY Tokyo-based Takuya Morita is one of the most promising young Japanese artists in the minimal techno scene. After releases on the Morr Music and CYMK labels, he is now debuting on Adjunct with his most uncompromising and powerful dance music to date. A single string pattern opens up 'Woman and Shadow,' its hypnotic summon is soon answered by syncopated bleepy patterns and staccato synth. Dark vocal samples permeate the scene, the bass warbles the floorboards, the cavalcade of rhythms soon turns its march into a gallop, a maddened late night ride of Takuya's wild stallions. Jeremy P. Caulfield catapults the original's sound particles into space and conducts their fall into a gracious dance of echoing and reverberating beauty. 'Broken Memory' is another fundamental parable in the Book of The Morita Law of Techno. The high priest reads the Proverbs, his chimes of trance hypnotize the crowds through an infinite vertigo of magnetizing dance rhythms. A serious effort for serious holiday celebrations.
Adjunct-009
12"
$9.50

MV & EE Medicine Show
Uranian Ray
PS, US Beautiful vinyl lp, originally released on the legendary " Child of Microtones' label in 2004. A stunning get-hi-fidelity remastered reissue, slightly rearranged for the opportunities vinyl provides. LIMIITED single pressing on black vinyl.
Wabana-067
LP
$16.00

MV & EE with Golden Road
Gettin' Gone
PS, US Beautiful vinyl lp, originally released on the legendary " Child of Microtones' label in 2004. A stunning get-hi-fidelity remastered reissue, slightly rearranged for the opportunities vinyl provides. LIMIITED single pressing on black vinyl.
Wabana
LP
$16.00

MV & EE With The Golden Road
Gettin' Gone [DLP version]
PS, US *DOUBLE VINYL VERSION* in gatefold sleeve.
EcstaticPeace-109B
DLP
$22.50

Petrusich, Amanda
Nick Drake's Pink Moon (33 1/3 Paperback Book)
PS, US This book explores how a tiny acoustic record (Pink Moon) has puttered and purred its way into a new millennium. Amanda Petrusich interviews producer Joe Boyd, string arranger Robert Kirby, and even the marketing team behind the VW commercial.

Description: Pink Moon explores how Nick Drake's third and final album has puttered and purred its way into a new millennium. Features interviews with producer Joe Boyd, string arranger Robert Kirby, and even the marketing team behind the VW Cabrio commercial that launched the album to platinum status more than thirty years after its release.

Author: Amanda Petrusich is a writer for Pitchforkmedia.com and a senior contributing editor at Paste magazine. Her work has appeared in Spin, the Village Voice, the Oxford American, and elsewhere. She is the author of It Still Moves: Lost Songs, Lost Highways, and the Search for the Next American Music, a travelogue about early Americana music forthcoming from Faber and Faber in 2008. She has an MFA in nonfiction writing from Columbia University and lives and works in Brooklyn, NY.<p/>

Reviews: "The latest addition to the evergrowing 33 1/3 series (now up to volume 51) is an in-depth look at Nick Drake's final album "Pink Moon". Tackling a 28 minute album of sparse folk by an artist whose life went largely undocumented (there are no known video clips or interviews with Drake) is a daunting task, but Petrusich handles the job nicely by telling the story through interviews with the people who knew Drake and worked with him musically, as well as testimonials from current artists who have felt his influence. She also does a great service to the readers by not painting Drake as some romantically doomed poetic soul, like so many other writers have done in the past. In fact, she does an excellent job of dispelling many Drake myths (ex: he didn't anonymously leave the tapes for Pink Moon at Island's reception desk without saying a word), and even points out flaws in the album (many of the vocals are garbled). The most interesting part of the book is the final third which focuses on Pink Moon's 21st Century revival thanks to a 2000 Volkswagon commercial featuring the title track. While many make the argument that using a song to push a product cheapens the artistry of the song, "Pink Moon" was used to such great effect that it has simultaneously become synonymous with Volkswagon. More importantly, thanks to commercial exposure, annual sales of the album jumped from 6,000 to 74,000 in the year that it hit the airwaves - exposing Drake's work to a new generation. Perhaps the best praise I can give the book is that after I finished reading it I put it down and listened to Pink Moon." -Losing Today.com<p/>
Continuum-051
BOOK
$10.95

Plagenhoef, Scott
Belle & Sebastian's If You're Feeling Sinister (33 1/3 Paperback Book)
PS, US <p>If You're Feeling Sinister includes interviews with band members, producers, management, and a range of fans, and provides perspective on how Belle & Sebastian transformed themselves, over the space of a decade, from an underground, slightly shambolic cult secret into a polished, highly entertaining, mainstream pop group.

Description
If You're Feeling Sinister shows how Belle & Sebastian transformed themselves over the space of a decade, from a slightly shambolic cult secret into a polished, highly entertaining, mainstream pop group. Along the way, the book shows how the internet has revolutionized how we discover new music-often at the cost of romance and mystery.

Authors
Scott Plagenhoef is Managing Editor for Pitchfork Media, the world's most popular and influential alternative music website.

Reviews

"Plagenhoef knows his subject matter inside and out and has gone the extra mile to research and contextualize the work- a necessary task, since the band refused to be interviewed for the project...it's nice to see a modern classic get some due recognition." -Under the Radar Magazine
Continuum-050
BOOK
$10.95

Randomnumber
Modern Ambivalence
PS, JAPAN Modern Ambivalence is the fourth album by Leeds long standing proponent of electronic music, RandomNumber. Modern Ambivalence is the latest incarnation of an evolving style which has taken shape over the past eight or so years which flowered from early noise experiments that gave way to a tentative and primitive electronica that was released on the now defunct, yet legendary CDR label, Fencing Flatworm. Since these early digital musings Robson's music has charted a course of increasing melody and of rhythmical complication with releases for California's Rocket Racer 2002's Understand Your Date & Time of Nowhere and Mogwai's Rock Action 2001's NME Dance single of the Week "The Fact That I Did" EP, Towards The Forlorn Society (2003) for Catmobile Records took the trademark sound to it's limit with it's brittle and unsettling mix of rhythmic obfuscation and winter smeared synth impressionism that tested the boundaries of home brewed electronic music. During this period, other more accessible EPs and mixes appeared for labels as diverse as Vacuous Pop and Irritant (who gave homes to early releases by Kid606, Knifehandchop and Printed Circuit). Shows with the likes of I Am Robot & Proud, Printed Circuit, Kid 606 and Cex would see the randomNumber live performance taken across the waters to France, USA, Mexico and Canada throughout the whole 2002 to 2004 period and would represent Robson's most prolific period of international touring as a solo artist. The tensions of these awkward, yet compelling mid-period pieces soon gave way to a more confident and relaxed sound that was no less compromising in it's desire to chart the dark and melancholic landscape of contemporary electronica, but presented a more coherent and accessible sound that appealed to a wider audience. Golden Acre Sleeps (Highpoint Lowlife) (2006) ushers in the dawn of a Post-Electronica era of scene fragmentation and ghettoisation with bedroom producers increasingly marginalized into obscurity or MP3 mediocrity, against this backdrop, Golden Acre comes across as a breath of fresh air from the very grassroots of the scene. Throughout this recent period, the randomNumber sound continues to develop, as Golden Acre was being released to a world increasingly enthralled by the new breed of over confident pretty boys with guitars, giddy on corporate expense accounts, Robson continues to be a credible live performer at both rock and electronic shows, playing with the likes of Thee More Shallows, Pram, Clark, A Silver Mount Zion, Christ and Bracken to name a few, showcasing material from the Modern Ambivalence sessions.
Moamoo-006
CD
$16.25

Remains, The
The Remains [2007 Bonus Tracks]
PS, US
Epic
CD
$18.75

Rigas
The Hardest Pocket To Pick
PS, SWEDEN New album from Rigas features pop songs althered in lo-fi electronics. Likened to Radio Dept. but in my mind alot weirder. Alot! Features guest appearances from labelmates The Chrysler.
Flora&Fauna-024
CD
$13.75

Rogue Wave
Asleep at Heaven's Gate
PS, US VINYL VERSION
BrushFire
LP
$14.00

Sea Wolf
Leaves In The River
US, PS Debut full length from former Irving member Alex Church (Sea Wolf). Drawing inspiration from fellow Californians John Steinbeck and Jack London.
Dangerbird DGBR30015.2
CD
$13.50

Seabear
Teenage Kicks
PS, UK Iceland's Seabear do a cover version of the punk rock classic, "Teenage Kicks," originally performed by The Undertones in the late '70s. Seabear made it a song with soft, sentimental and mellow tones, including a summery viola, a sparkling piano and the warm voice of Sindri. "Piano Hands" is a B-side session from their full-length debut, a silent tune with an abundance of sound.
ANumberOfSmallThings-014
45
$6.00

Seavault
Mercy Seat
PS, UK Organic, electronic, melodic songs that shimmer with light and dark textures from the UK. Antony Ryan (Isan) and Simon Scott (Televise/Slowdive) blend together a mixture of musical elements that stun and comfort. This musical partnership could be described as The Cure drinking with My Bloody Valentine drinking with The Postal Service drinking with Ulrich Schnauss.
ANumberOfSmallThings-015
45
$6.00

Small Brown Bike
Dead Reckoning
PS, US
NoIdea
CD
$14.00

Smith, Jimmy
Back at the Chicken Shack [RVG] (Remastered)
PS, US
BlueNote
CD
$12.25

Stooges
Weirdness
PS, US VINYL VERSION!!!
Virgin
LP
$20.00

Striborg
Nefaria
PS, US VINYL VERSION!!!
SouthernLord
DLP
$16.50

Valentine, Matt
PK Dick b/w We Can't Build You
PS, US
TimeLag-043
45
$8.00

Various
Love Is the Song We Sing: San Francisco Nuggets 1965-1970
PS, US (4PC, Remastered, Digipack Packaging)
Rhino
CD-BOX
$69.00

Various
Poem, Ballader Och Lite Blues - Aterbesoket
PS, SWEDEN Please note: this is sung in Swedish! 27 years ago Cornelis Vreeswijk recorded the classic album Poem, Ballder och Lite Blues. Modern day Swedish rock & jazz artists Martin Hederos (The Soundtrack of Our Lives, Hederos & Hellberg) had the idea to re-record this classic album all over again. Includes guest appearances by Martin's TSOOL mates Ebbot Lundberg and Fredrik Sandsten, plus Moneybrother, Nicolai Dunger, Mattias Hellberg, Reine Fiske (Dungen), Annika Norlen (Hello Saferide), and many more.
MNW
DCD
$23.00

Various
Lagg av! Ni fattar ingenting! Göteborgsprogg 1970-80
PS, SWEDEN A defacto companion piece to Mattias Barjed's soundtrack for Upp Till Kamp (and that killer Swedish Prog Boxset we're bringing in), this double-disc set of classic late-60s/early-70s Swedish/Göteborg prog is made of awesome. Features Nationalteatern, Björn Afzelius, Nynningen, Motvind, Dan Berglund, Nynningen med Sillstryparn, Totta Näslund, Ulf Dageby, Trio General Goof, Dom Smutsiga Hundarna, Ensamma Hjärtan, Nationalteatern & Nynningen, Love Explosion, Tältprojektet, Svartvitt, Blues Annika, Tomas Forsell, Yalsa Band, Huntington Band, Göran Ekstrand, Text & Musik, Knutna Nävar...
MNW
DCD
$18.00

White, John
S-T
PS, US In the last few yrs he's been involved in several cultural exchanges, incl. an extensiveEuropean tour w/ avant-noise-pop Cloudboy, providing live soundtracks to archival New Zealand footage. Last yr he travelled to South Korea w/ Wellington noise band Amalgam to perform a special performance in a Buddhist Monastery. This is a compilation of the two dream-pop folk albums "Balloon Adventure"(2000), a one-day spark in reaction to months of arduous Mestar recording & "Mogwash"(2003) which was recorded in Berlin w/ fellow members of CLOUDBOY.
LastVisibleDog-118
CD
$12.00

Wiese, John & Ortmann, Andy
Grux
PS, US Another collaboration w/ PANICSVILLE'S Ortmann & Wiese who has been a member of both SUNN0))) & MERZBOW. Limited to 200 copies. Blue Vinyl. Screened Silver on Blue Card stock 2-sided Inner sleeve w/ 12"x12" Metal Laser cut covers. WOW!!!!!
Rococo-016
LP
$25.00

Wilson, Carl
Celine Dion's Let's Talk About Love (33 1/3 Paperback Book)
PS, US Non-fans regard Céline Dion as ersatz and plastic, yet to those who love her, no one could be more real, with her impoverished childhood, her (creepy) manager-husband's struggle with cancer, her knack for howling out raw emotion. There's nothing cool about Céline Dion, and nothing clever. That's part of her appeal as an object of love or hatred - with most critics and committed music fans taking pleasure (or at least geeky solace) in their lofty contempt. This book documents Carl Wilson's brave and unprecedented year-long quest to find his inner Céline Dion fan, and explores how we define ourselves in the light of what we call good and bad, what we love and what we hate.

Authors: Carl Wilson is a writer and editor at The Globe and Mail, Canada's national newspaper, and his work also has appeared in Pitchfork, Slate, The New York Times, Blender and many other publications. His pieces were selected for two of Da Capo Books' annual Best Music Writing collections, in 2002 and 2007, by guest editors Jonathan Lethem and Robert Christgau. He runs the popular music blog Zoilus.com and is part of the team behind Trampoline Hall, Toronto's acclaimed nightclub series of lectures by non-experts, which toured America in 2002.

Reviews: "Let's Talk" about one of the most interesting music books you'll read this year... The always critical and erudite Mr. Wilson actually approached Let's Talk About Love as a non-fan grappling with questions of "good" and "bad" taste... It's almost certainly the only installment in the series to discuss French-Canadian race relations, rockism, and Milan Kundera's thoughts on kitsch." --Idolator.com
Continuum-052
BOOK
$10.95

Forthcoming Releases

Adorable
Footnotes: Best Of (92-94) (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE JANUARY 22ND)
PS, UK First compilation of songs from former Creation Records artists Adorable. Contains tracks from both their albums on Creation released in the early 1990's, along with non-album singles and B-sides -- all seven singles released by the band. Also included is a new edit of 'Glorious' from the debut 'Against Perfection', which is exclusive to this release. All tracks included have been deleted & unavailable for several years. Includes a 20-page booklet with exclusive new extensive liner notes from all four band members - especially written for this release - along with photos, classic sleeve images & items from their personal archives.
CherryRed-327
CD
$15.50

Affinity
S-T (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE JANUARY 22ND)
PS, US Featuring 8 rare tracks, not found on their original LP, including two tracks from their rare single and two tracks from their 1969 EMI acetate.
Lilith-145
CD
$18.00

Affinity
S-T (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE JANUARY 22ND)
PS, US ALSO ON 2LP!
Lilith-145
DLP
$29.50

Antietam
Opus Mixtum (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE FEBRUARY 12TH)
PS, US
CarrotTop-041
CD
$12.00

Atlas Sound
Let the Blind Lead Those (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE FEBRUARY 18TH)
PS, US One of the latest "true queer art punks" to emerge from the cracked pavement of southern suburban sprawl, this is the solo moniker of DEERHUNTER frontman/provocateur BRADFORD COX. This is, essentially, a bedroom album, a collage, mixing the garage rock & ambient electronic influences previously explored w/ Deerhunter in a new context, w/ newly explored recording techniques, mainly laptop-based, learned w/ guidance from kranky artist Nudge's Brian Foote. The result is 14 Songs of melancholy & mania.
Kranky-114
CD
$11.00

Autistic Daughters
Uneasy Flowers (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE MARCH 4TH)
PS, US This intercontinental trio of Dean Roberts (guitar, vocals), Martin Brandlmayr (percussion, computer) & Werner Dafeldecker (guitar, bass). It's also the 4th in a series of records in which Roberts, having begun in more abstract territory in New Zealand's mid-1990s 'free noise' ferment, has embraced song, lyric & voice as vessels for topographic & psychoanalytic tracings of the impacts of territory & nomadism on the subject. Feat. Chris Abrahams of THE NECKS, Martin Siewert & Valerio Tricoli - as part of both cast & crew, foley artists behind the trio's complex, worm-turning arrangements.
Kranky-115
CD
$12.25

Baby Dee
Safe Inside the Day (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE JANUARY 22ND)
PS, US Baby Dee is an internationally traveled singer, songwriter & performer. This is her 3rd album. Produced by MATT SWEENEY & BONNIE "PRINCE" BILLY, who also played on the record, along w/ ANDREW WK, ROBBIE LEE, MAX MOSTON, WILLIAM BREEZE, JOHN CONTRERAS, JAMES LO & LIZ KESSEL, all of whom bring extra fullness to Dee's old-world pop sensibilities. This is such a great album, filled w/ deeply moving songs & sharply produced in vivid images.
DragCity-351
CD
$13.25

Baby Dee
Safe Inside the Day (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE JANUARY 22ND)
PS, US VINYL VERSION!!!
DragCity-351
LP
$13.25

Baja
Wolfhour (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE JANUARY 22ND)
PS, US Daniel Vujanic´s third full-length release under the alias Baja, entitled, intensively displays the composer/musician´s exciting approach towards a "free electronica" genre. Fusing stripped-down folk, (free-)jazz, twisted pop, electroacoustic sound, maximized-minimalism, indietronics, eerie chamber music and a portion of sedative post-post-rock, "Wolfhour" plays with postmodern expectations as much as possible while avoiding pretentious, highbrow implications. There is at least as much ear-friendly repetition as there is stunning fragmentation. Vujanic´s compositions range from psychedelic piano ambience to sunny uptempo-pop, from electronic jazz fusion to cryptic sample ruins. Leitmotifs appear, evolve and fall apart into transcribed bits of data nebula. Beginnings sound like ends and vice versa. Sounds teleport. Comments on Baja's Sound: "Mirroring the obstinacy and arbitrary nature of human emotions, Vujanic is using electronic music in a way that makes it less a statement about media or a contemporary discussion about subverting conventional songwriting than a tool of matter-of-factness..." - Coke Machine Glow "If the indie rock just isn't getting it done for you anymore, Baja's enveloping, intangible compositions may be just the guide you need to more engaging musical territory. Tiny Mix Tapes ...beautifully strange thing in between postrock, notebookindie, jazzy bitparts and occasional guitar eruptions and - yes, indeed - pop..." (10 points) - VISIONS Magazine.
OtherElectricites-011
CD
$12.25

Battle of Land and Sea
S-T (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE JANUARY 15TH)
PS, US To describe the sound of The Battle of Land & Sea, one might call up images of abandoned sea-worn ships floating through a thick coastal fog. And upon first listen you might call to mind Cat Power, or the soft glow of Songs of Green Pheasant. But eventually, you start to hear what makes the music of Portland based Sarah O'Shura so special. You get a glimpse of a world through the eyes of a someone on a musical pilgrimage, whether the tales are laden with sorrow or joy, they are enchanting & hopeful. Spooky & beautiful...calling out all the old ghosts from past recordings on beautifully warbled vinyl, they recreate an old jazz club atmosphere but with a little sawdust on the floor.
Notenuf-008
CD
$13.25

Buddyrevelles
September, November (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE JANUARY 22ND)
PS, US Listen to that Telecaster chime! Those intertwining vocal lines! Those dynamic yet dancey rhythms! The Buddyrevelles really are one of the best pop bands around, and their debut CD (released in 1998 on Motorcoat Records) proves that 14 times over.
NoKarma-065
CD
$10.50

Buddyrevelles
American Matador (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE JANUARY 22ND)
PS, US "'One, Two' is a perfect example of the benefits resulting from the slightly thicker, more complex sound the band has chosen to explore on their latest record. Time changes, layered guitars, and a generally expanded musical vocabulary make American Matador's better moments a true step forward for an already excellent band ... and when the grand finale arrives, and drummer Dan Reinholdt's kit explodes like fireworks, any conceivable doubt disintegrates:American Matador is an awesome record." -Pitchfork [8.0]
NoKarma-066
CD
$10.50

Burial Chamber Trio
Wvrm (PIC 10") (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE FEBRUARY 5TH)
PS, US The 2nd vinyl only release by the the collaborative project between: OREN AMBARCHI, GREG ANDERSON & ATTILA CSIHAR. They return w/ a special picture disc 10" vinyl w/ sick, elaborate packaging designed by Seldon Hunt. The audio material is taken from the groups performance in Rotterdam, Holland in Jan. 2007 at club: Wvrm.
SouthernLord
10
$14.00

Canned Heat
Vintage (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE JANUARY 22ND)
PS, US Here's how they sounded in '66 when R&B pioneer Johnny Otis produced their first recordings. A perfect match, considering that Wilson & Hite were avid record collectors & blues aficionados.
Lilith-139
CD
$18.00

Celletti, Alessandra
Way Out (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE JANUARY 22nd)
PS, UK LTM is proud to announce a new studio album from Alessandra Celletti, the virtuoso Italian composer/pianist whose previous CDs include acclaimed interpretations of works by Glass, Satie and Gurdjieff. Way Out is Alessandra's third album of original material, following Overground (1997) and Chi Mi Darà le Ali (2006). Recorded in Rome in 2007, Way Out marks an innovative exploration of several musical styles, including vocal tracks sung by Alessandra as well as a number of her exquisite solo piano compositions. She is joined on most of the tracks by drummer Fabio Ferri, while Renzo Pin provided English-language lyrics. Stand-out tracks include Dear To Me, Burning and Hundred Points, the latter a future pop classic complemented by a brilliant animated video clip made by Tony Sbarbaro. A unique set that defies classification, Way Out also features one bonus song, the beautiful title track from Alessandra's previous artist album, Chi Mi Darà le Ali. The memorable cover image is the painting Pensando alla Guerra by artist Isobel Blank. Short biography: Alessandra Celletti studied piano at the Santa Cecilia Music Conservatory in Rome . After graduating she continued her studies with Vera Gobbi Belcredi, specializing in French piano works of the late 19th and early 20th Centuries. In 1994 she released Les sons et les parfums, an album of pieces by Debussy, Ravel and Satie. Since then she has followed an irregular artistic path, characterized by sudden departures from classical music. Her second album, Viaggio a Praga, an exploration of the work of Bohemian composers, saw Alessandra awarded a scholarship by the Czech Republic in 1997. On returning to Italy she began working with Kha Records. Her collection Esoterik Satie proved hugely popular in France , and Gnossienne #1 was used by Guy Ritchie in his 2005 movie Revolver. Alessandra is now preparing to release two new albums. The Golden Fly will appear in Italy in October 2007, and Way Out by LTM in January 2008.
LTM-2505
CD
$17.00

Chico Hamilton Quintet/Elmer Bernstein
OST: Sweet Smell Of Success (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE JANUARY 22ND)
PS, UK One of the most important films of the fifties, Sweet Smell Of Success boasts one of the great jazz scores; a combination of abstract jazz themes written and performed by the Chico Hamilton Quintet and a furious orchestral score by the masterful Elmer Bernstein. These albums were released seperately in 1957 - both became very considerable rarities - and are here combined in a single edition in digital format for the first time. Sweet Smell Of Success is memorable for the vicious performances of Burt Lancaster and Tony Curtis and its uniquely nasty view of the tough underbelly of New York fifty years ago. It was directed by Alexander mackendrick ('The Ladykillers' 'Whisky Galore' 'The Man In The White Suite' 'Mandy') Its audience is with jazz and film buffs and the eternally stylish; strong export potential everywhere.
El-132
CD
$15.50

Clark, Gene
Self -Titled "White Light" (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE JANUARY 22ND)
PS, US Further proof that '71 could very well have been the best yr ever for pop music is this LP. Following his '66 departure from The Byrds, as well as a release w/ the Gosdin Brothers & 2 w/ Doug Dillard as Dillard & Clark, Gene cut this w/ guitarist/produced Jesse Ed Davis, Burrito Brother Chris Ethridge & pianist Ben Sidran.
4MenwithBeards-116
LP
$16.25

Clark, Guy
Texas Cookin' (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE JANUARY 22ND)
PS, US Originally released in '76, this sophomore effort for RCA is another fine set of country tunes that run the gamut of emotions from goofy & playful to brutally heartbreaking, sometimes within the same song. Feat. a ridiculous talented set of players that includes Emmylou Harris, Waylon Jennings, Johnny Gimble, Chip Young, Jerry Jeff Walker & Rodney Crowell,this is an Outlaw Country classic.
DBKWorks-540
CD
$16.50

Clark, Guy
Old No. 1 (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE JANUARY 22ND)
PS, US His debut from '75 is one of the all time classic country singer-songwriter records. From the rollicking Texas swing of opener "Rita Ballou" to the fingerpicked heartbreak of closer "Let Him Roll" there is not a stinker to be found. Feat. EMMYLOU HARRIS, RODNEY CROWELL & a young STEVE EARLE.
DBKWorks-539
CD
$16.50

Creteens
4-Track Blues (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE TBA)
PS, US 4 song EP from some French kid(s?) making with the Memphis-sound garage-punk racket. The title cut and "Contaminated" are definitely 'Teenage Hate'-esque. B-Side has an Oblivians cover & a slower-style Fatals-ish long-titled bloozer. Recording is pretty rough. Scums stats: 600 copies on baby- blue swirled vinyl.
Contaminated-009
45
$6.00

Destroy All Monsters
Bored (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE JANUARY 15TH)
PS, UK American group Destroy All Monsters caused quite a stir when they first appeared in the UK. Featuring guitarist Mike Davis who had previously played in The MC5, Ron Asheton - bass player from The Stooges and drummer Rob King, the band were completed by vocalist and ex-model Niagara. The band recorded only three singles for Cherry Red, all of which are contained on this mid-price CD (Tracks 1 > 6). Track seven - 'Goin' To Lose' - was previously unreleased.
CherryRed-094
CD
$15.50

Devine & Griffiths
Wheels To Get To Heaven (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE JANUARY 8TH)
PS, UK Ian Devine is guitarist with Manchester post-punk band Ludus and one half of the duo Devine & Statton. This is the new album recorded with Amanda Griffiths on vocals. To narrow the field, this is a record that sits in the same emotional and musical league as the third release from The Velvet Underground, the first album by The Smiths, Neil Young's 'Harvest Moon', Nico's 'The Chelsea Girls', Carole King's 'Tapestry' or Joni Mitchell's 'Court and Spark'. And how to justify such a grand claim? It all comes back to the music, and the world opened up by the music. 'Wheels To Get To Heaven' is a near perfect conflation of darkness and light: that such enchanting, mesmeric songs make eloquent not simply such sadness, but such heartfelt vulnerability to the curves and ragged edges of seemingly commonplace days.
Anhrefn-017
CD
$15.50

Doleful Lions
7 (ON SALE / PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE FEBRUARY 2008)
PS, US After clearing the vaults with their previous album, Song Cyclops Volume Two, Doleful Lions return with a new lineup, direction, and wisdom. 7 represents the next step in the evolution of Doleful Lions, marrying their keen pop sensibilities with a new adventurous sound... The usual folk guitar strummings of their previous releases have been replaced with an eclectic mix of electronically-informed, epic song structures and a focused lyrical intensity. They have used 7 to explore other sonic horizons. 7 is a truly adventurous album in all regards; an album that has ventured further beyond any music created by the Doleful Lions in the past.
Parasol-CD-108
CD
$9.00

Dolenz, Jones, Boyce & Hart
Same (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE JANUARY 15TH)
PS, UK Almost immediately after the demise of The Monkees in 1970, there was industry clamour for a reunion and publisher Christian Dewalden came forward with an offer to finance the project. Micky Dolenz and Davy Jones were enthusiastic but as Mike Nesmith wasn't interested and Peter Tork couldn't be found a kind of pseudo-Monkees was created enlisting the services of gifted songwriting team of Tommy Boyce and Bobby Hart, who had written The Monkees first number one 'Last Train To Clarksville', 'The Monkees Theme (Hey, Hey We're The Monkees)' and '(I'm Not Your) Stepping Stone'. So Dolenz, Jones, Boyce & Hart was born. With the Monkees logo under copyright and not available for their use, the foursome set off on tour as 'the great golden hits of the Monkees - the guys who wrote 'em and the guys who sang 'em.' DJBH made its first public appearance on July 4, 1975 at six flags over mid-America in St. Louis, Missouri, where they were met by 12,500 of the same screaming fans who had followed the Monkees 10 years previously. Performing a raft of Monkee hits (Peter Tork had joined DJBH onstage at Disneyland) the band appeared on 'American Bandstand' and 'Don Kirshner's rock concert' and toured the States for a year before heading to the far east. They have the distinction of being the first American band to play in Thailand (they had to cut their hair to be allowed into the country!). The success of the American tour secured a contract with capitol records. The subsequent 'Dolenz Jones Boyce & Hart' was produced by Boyce & Hart and though light and very pop, is regarded as the most coherent Monkeerelated
release since 1967¹s 'Pisces Aquarius, Capricorn & Jones'.
El-052
CD
$15.50

Durutti Column, The
Circuses & Bread (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE JANUARY 22ND)
PS, UK LTM is proud to announce the release of four expanded CDs by The Durutti Column, the legendary Factory Records ensemble formed and fronted by virtuoso guitarist/composer Vini Reilly. Circuses & Bread was originally released by the Factory Benelux label in April 1986, and features ten tracks written and performed by Vini Reilly, together with drummer Bruce Mitchell. Stand-out tracks include All That Love & Maths Can Do and the single Tomorrow. This expanded edition of Circuses & Bread also features ten bonus tracks, including the rare Japanese single For Noriko/Love Fading, compilation album tracks Verbiers and The Aftermath, and four previously unreleased tracks from the cancelled 1983 album Short Stories For Pauline. The bonus cuts also include the rarely heard 1983 single I Get Along Without You Very Well, a Hoagy Carmichael cover sung by Lindsay Reade and dedicated to her former husband, the late Anthony H. Wilson (Factory Records founder and Durutti Column manager). The booklet restores the original cover design by 8vo. Artist biography: Manchester native Vini Reilly formed The Durutti Column in 1978, recording his debut album The Return of the Durutti Column the following year with producer Martin Hannett, a set of delicate instrumental tracks housed in an abrasive sandpaper sleeve. Subsequent landmark albums include LC (1981), Without Mercy (1984), The Guitar & Other Machines (1987), Sex & Death (1993), Fidelity (1996) and Someone Else's Party (2003). A prolific recording artist in his own right (usually with drummer Bruce Mitchell), Reilly has also guested on records by Morrissey, Olive and Holly Johnson. For many years the group were managed by the late Anthony H. Wilson, founder of Factory Records.
LTM-2510
CD
$17.00

Durutti Column, The
Fidelity (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE JANUARY 22ND)
PS, UK LTM is proud to announce the release of four expanded CDs by The Durutti Column, the legendary Factory Records ensemble formed and fronted by virtuoso guitarist/composer Vini Reilly. Fidelity was originally released by Les Disques du Crepuscule in April 1996, and features ten tracks written and performed by Vini Reilly, with occasional guest vocals by Elli Rudge. In addition to Vini's trademark guitar style, the album also features sleek programmed beats and synth textures. The expanded Fidelity CD also features one bonus track, My Only Love, originally issued in 1995 on a free CD with a guitar magazine. The attractive booklet for this digitally remaster includes background notes, and the text of the original press release. Artist biography: Manchester native Vini Reilly formed The Durutti Column in 1978, recording his debut album The Return of the Durutti Column the following year with producer Martin Hannett, a set of delicate instrumental tracks housed in an abrasive sandpaper sleeve. Subsequent landmark albums include LC (1981), Without Mercy (1984), The Guitar & Other Machines (1987), Sex & Death (1993), Fidelity (1996) and Someone Else's Party (2003). A prolific recording artist in his own right (usually with drummer Bruce Mitchell), Reilly has also guested on records by Morrissey, Olive and Holly Johnson. For many years the group were managed by the late Anthony H. Wilson, founder of Factory Records.
LTM-2512
CD
$17.00

Fair Weather
Beginning From An End (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE JANUARY 22ND)
PS, UK ANDY FAIRWEATHER LOW's CLASSIC PROGRESSIVE ALBUM - NOW 24-BIT REMASTERED WITH 6 BONUS TRACKS. Following the demise of AMEN CORNER, Andy Fairweather Low and fellow musical cohorts Blue Weaver, Clive Taylor and Dennis Byron underwent a musical transition into the band FAIR WEATHER. Heading into a "Progressive" direction the band adopted a harder edge and were the first act to sign to RCA Records' progressive imprint NEON (an attempt to rival Philips' VERTIGO label). Perhaps the most successful NEON signing, the band secured a UK TOP TEN hit in "Natural Sinner" before releasing their sole album, "Beginning from an End". Featuring guest contributions from DAVE EDMUNDS on "I Hear You Knockin'", although the album was a success in Europe, FAIR WEATHER lasted a mere 13 months before disbanding. This ESOTERIC reissue gathers together the album and six tracks released over three singles to comprise this definitive edition remastered reissue.
EsotericRecordings-2028
CD
$20.25

Fairport Convention
What We Did On Our Holidays (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE JANUARY 22ND)
PS, US Their 2nd, originally released in '69, is the 1st to feat. the beautifully haunting vocals of the legendary SANDY DENNY.
This finds them moving away from the California folk-rock of their debut album towards a more British approach to similar material. It is also the last full LP to feat. IAN MATTHEWS on vocals & many consider this lineup to be the finest in their long & varied career.
Water-211
CD
$14.00

Farr, Gary
Strange Fruit (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE JANUARY 22ND)
PS, UK GARY FARR's LONG LOST CLASSIC FOLK ROCK ALBUM - NOW 24-BIT REMASTERED FROM THE ORIGINAL MASTER TAPES WITH BONUS TRACK. "Strange Fruit" is a great undiscovered work of the acoustic rock / classic rock genres, cited by some as a minor masterpiece. In the late 60's Gary Farr made the transition from leader of R&B outfit The T-Bones to a noted singer-songwriter. Recording an album for Marmalade Records, Farr then signed to CBS Records in 1970, recording this sole album for the label. Sessions featured contributions from RICHARD THOMPSON on lead guitar and leading lights of the underground MIGHTY BABY. Unavailable on CD for many years, "Strange Fruit" is a record made by an often overlooked singer-songwriter made available once more by Esoteric Recordings and is certain to appeal to all who adore acoustic music both melancholic and uplifting. The reissue also features the first ever CD appearance of the single edit of "Revolution of the Season".
EsotericRecordings-2029
CD
$20.25

Fessenden
v1.1 (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE JANUARY 22ND)
PS, US Joshua Convey, Stephen Fiehn, and Steven Hess (On, Pan American, Haptic) have been actively writing and performing as Fessenden since 2004. This Chicago/New York-based electro-acoustic trio creates distinct, atmospheric and progressive sound collages, at times weaving quietly subtle textures against harsh moments of volume, or low hums and buzzes against crisp percussion while drones interplay with staccato chords. "v1.1" represents their first release of studio-recorded material. An exercise in restraint, where hypnotic and atmospheric palettes create a vague sense of foreboding, this release engages the acute listener with new concepts of structure and texture. Praise for Fessenden: "Playing on a rusty knife edge, these artists mould a new genre of inquisitive reduction of technical abuse..." -Touching Extremes "Contemplative music that combines the best of improvised music, real instruments and yet manages to sound so micro-sound." -Vital Weekly "Like drifting Arctic waters in an atomic sub, slowly diving, headset plugged directly into the hull."- Avant Music News "One of the more patient ensembles I've heard, Fessenden members seem to be in no hurry to move things along here...just a few compass degrees this way or that...Fessenden provides a nice trip." -KFJC
OtherElectricites-010
CD
$12.25

Gainsbourg, Serge
Les Annees Psychedelique 1966-1971 (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE JANUARY 15TH)
PS, US Culling its music from rare vinyl (Gainsbourg's ultra-rare 7" B-side from the Mister Freedom OST) & master tapes (the superb & never commercially released "La Horse" & the breakbeat classic "Requiem Pour Un Con") & utilizing tasteful restoration & remastering, this latest anthology promises to be the 1st time that many of these songs will be heard by the record-buying public. And w/ bonus beats to boot.
LeSmokeDisques
DLP
$16.75

Hamill, Claire
One House Left Standing (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE JANUARY 22ND)
PS, UK CLASSIC FOLK ROCK ALBUM - NOW 24-BIT REMASTERED FROM THE ORIGINAL MASTER TAPES WITH BONUS TRACKS. The possessor of one of the finest voices in popular music, Claire Hamill signed to Island records at the age of 16, recording two albums which featured contributions from JOHN MARTYN, FREE & TERRY REID. "One House Left Standing" is Claire's first album, a masterpiece of folk rock and the art of songwriting and features music of both innocence and maturity. The Esoteric reissue includes four bonus tracks, three of which are unreleased, including a version of "Meet Me On the Corner" featuring Gerry Rafferty and Steeler's Wheel as backing musicians and the evocative single B-side "Alice in the Streets of Darlington". With her songs covered by EVA CASSIDY and cited by KATE BUSH as an influence, this reissue is the first part of a programme that sees the reissuing of Claire's work by Esoteric Recordings.
EsotericRecordings-2031
CD
$20.25

Hamill, Claire
October (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE JANUARY 22ND)
PS, UK CLASSIC FOLK ROCK ALBUM - NOW 24-BIT REMASTERED FROM THE ORIGINAL MASTER TAPES WITH BONUS TRACKS. The possessor of one of the finest voices in popular music, Claire Hamill signed to Island records at the age of 16, recording two albums which featured contributions from JOHN MARTYN, FREE & TERRY REID. "October" is Claire's second album, a masterpiece of folk rock and the art of songwriting and features music of both innocence and maturity. Produced by Paul Samwell Smith (who had recently worked with Cat Stevens), "October" is a highlight of Claire's early career and is certain to appeal to those who appreciate the art of the singer songwriter. The Esoteric reissue includes "Baby What's Wrong" as a bonus tracks. With her songs covered by EVA CASSIDY and cited by KATE BUSH as an influence, this reissue is the first part of a programme that sees the reissuing of Claire's work by Esoteric Recordings.
EsotericRecordings-2032
CD
$20.25

Heaven
Brass Rock 1 (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE JANUARY 22ND)
PS, UK CLASSIC PROGRESSIVE JAZZ ROCK ALBUM REISSUED ON CD OFFICIALLY FOR THE FIRST TIME- 24-BIT REMASTERED FROM THE ORIGINAL MASTER TAPES. Heaven, a jazz rock group from Portsmouth, burst forth onto the British rock scene in 1970 when they appeared at the legendary Isle of Wight festival sharing a bill with The Who, The Doors, Jimi Hendrix et al. Making a stunning debut, the band (now managed by festival organiser Rikki Farr), soon secured a recording deal with CBS Records who signed the band for a large advance. The resulting double album "Brass Rock 1" appeared in 1971, adorned in a lavish fold-out sleeve. Well received critically, the album failed to achieve the expected success and Heaven soon disbanded, leaving behind a fine example of classic jazz rock. Officially released on CD for the first time, this Esoteric Recordings reissue is digitally remastered from the original master tapes and restores the artwork of the album in full.
EsotericRecordings-2030
CD
$20.25

Hiorthoy, Kim
My Last Day (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE JANUARY 15TH)
PS, US LIMITED VINYL
SmalltownSupersound-087
LP
$14.50

Klein, Alan
Well At Least It's British (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE JANUARY 29TH)
PS, UK 60's Brit Pop with an influence on 90's Brit Pop. Includes rare Joe Meek produced tracks. All first time on CD, and first ever reissue. After writing the soundtrack to the quintessential pre- Beatles English pop movie What A Crazy World Alan Klein scored a deal with Decca to write and perform his view of English society at the time. His style of delivery was very distinctive, not unlike contemporary Anthony Newley, and writing like Lionel Bart. Alan was managed by Ken Pitt who also had another client called David Jones, soon to be David Bowie. That the early style of Bowie's delivery is also akin to Kleins must surely be more than coincidence. In the mid 90's Damon Albarn was asked about his influences and said about this LP " ...it was instrumental in me making Modern Life Is Rubbish,and changing and getting an idea of my own self.... I can't believe that David Bowie didn't know him inside out, and the same with Ray Davies. My favourite track goes ' he's a twentieth-century Englishman ' (see Blur's For Tomorrow). It's a fantastic record." Klein went on to tour the world as vocalist in the New Vaudeville Band. For bonus tracks we include the two singles he wrote and recorded in 1962, both produced by Joe Meek, and the 1965 singles including the withdrawn Age Of Corruption.
RPM-824
CD
$17.00

Kubin, Felix Und Das Mineral Orchester
Music for Theatre and Radio Play (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE JANUARY 22ND)
PS, GERMANY We are extremely excited to announce the 1st collaboration between the Dekorder label and our old friend, local conspirator and private hair gardener Felix Kubin. Kubin has achieved worldwide reputation by releasing post-dadaist, futuristic NDW-influenced Organ&Korg smash hits on his own Gagarin label, on A-Musik, Ski-pp, Meeuw, Diskono et al. He has collaborated with People Like Us, Coolhaven, Mark Boombastik, Asmus Tietchens, ensemble Intégrales, David Fenech, Ergo Phizmiz, Boris D. Hegenbart, Wojtek Kucharczyk and many others. His first recordings date back to his teenage years in the early 1980's, followed by his electroacoustic noise duo Klangkrieg and the pseudo-communist Liedertafel Margot Honecker. Right from the start Felix Kubin has written and recorded music for films (hence the title of his first album) by the likes of Mariola Brillowska and Anke Feuchtenberger and continues the German tradition of "Hörspiel" (radio play) with works such as "Territerrortorium", "Nachtspeicher", "Orpheus' Psykotron" and "Syndikat für Gegenlärm" (with guest appearances by Matmos, DAT Politics and Wolfgang Müller of Die Tödliche Doris). Some of Kubin's most gorgeous and adventurous works are his contributions to "The Raft" (a radio play by the mysterious Xentos Bentos of The Homosexuals, directed by Lukas Simonis of Coolhaven, Trespassers W, Dull Schicksal) and his soundtracks for theatre plays by Branko Simic ("Zufall", based on a short story by Vladimir Nabokov) and the notorious Schorsch Kamerun. The latter (known in Germany as a member of Goldene Zitronen) directed "Hollywood Elegien" based on a song cycle by Bert Brecht and Hanns Eisler. Now the best parts of these works are for the first time available on LP and CD, simply (and aptly) titled "Music for Theatre and Radio Play". While the musical spectrum on this release covers a variety of styles and moods it's still almost immediately recognizable as a typically Kubin-ist work featuring the main ingredients his records and body-and-mind-boggling live shows are famous for. Twisted rythms & playfully clever arrangements that could have been created by a mutated reincarnation of the legendary Juan Esquivel; hauntingly ethereal tracks sounding like a narcoleptic John Carpenter playing Angelo Badalamenti arrangements; contorted Big Band music, pre-war Schlager and Vaudeville sent through a malfunctioning pre-digital time machine; Ennio Morricone cloned as a Russian male choir; instrumental workers' songs Hanns Eisler might have imagined in a feverish nightmare - it's all there, and more!
Dekorder-022
CD
$15.00

Menck
Hey War Pigs (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE JANUARY 2008)
NO PS, US On his new 45rpm vinyl single Velvet Crush drummer and very occasional solo singer-songsmith Ric Menck covers former Soft Boys and Katrina & The Waves guitarist-songwriter Kimberly Rew's pissed-off protest anthem "Hey War Pigs" (so very fitting) backed by his dry-hump version of "Teenage Head" by The Flaming Groovies. Black wax in a plain paper sleeve. In addition to founding Velvet Crush Menck is and has been a member of The Drats, The Reverbs, The Springfields, The Paint Set, The Big Maybe, The Stupid Cupids, Pop The Balloon, Choo Choo Train, Duffy, The Tyde, Frausdots, Aimee Mann and Matthew Sweet.
BirdSong-106
45
$3.00

Moorcock, Michael & Deep Fix
The New World's Fair (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE JANUARY 22ND)
PS, UK Classic sci-fi rock album - now 24-bit remastered from the original master tapes with unreleased bonus tracks. Features members of Hawkwind & Snowy White. New essay by Nik Turner. Leading Science Fantasy author Michael Moorcock enjoyed a long collaboration with Space Rock kings HAWKWIND eventually forming his own outfit Deep Fix to record this conceptual album in 1975. Featuring Members of HAWKWIND and guitarist SNOWY WHITE, "The New Worlds Fair" was a stunning work inspired by Moorcock's writings and was wonderfully conceived and delivered. The ESOTERIC reissue is remastered from the original tapes and includes 7 bonus tracks, 3 of which are previously unreleased. The booklet features an essay by HAWKWIND founder & friend of Michael Moorcock NIK TURNER. It an essential release for fans of HAWKWIND, MOORCOCK and Science Fantasy.
EsotericRecordings-2026
CD
$20.25

Nyro, Laura
More Than A New Discovery (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE JANUARY 29TH)
PS, UK Rev-Ola proudly re-presents the album which introduced to the world the wonderful talent of Laura Nyro! More Than A New Discovery (aka The First Songs) is openly informed by the styles of Laura's youth. She had just turned 19 when she recorded the album in early 1966, and the songs retain a youthful exuberance and glisten with beautiful pop melodies and then-fashionable, sturdy 1960s New York arrangements. Laura's lyrics are already as poetically-charged and mature as at her peak, from the wise "And When I Die" to the observational approach of "Buy and Sell." Musically, the album was obviously tailored to fit the prevailing landscape of 1960s female pop singers and it often has the same soulful atmosphere of Dusty Springfield and Evie
Sands or the brash, bravura pop of Barbra Streisand, who was to take "Stoney End" to the charts three years later. Although Laura's albums would become more and more influential and adventurous, this, her first outing, features the majority of her most famous and revered compositions. Due to production decisions she did mot agree with, Laura Nyro more or less disowned her debut for many years, until the music fan in her began to appreciate the set forms as one might a Motown hit of the period, no matter how overexposed and hackneyed. With new manager David Geffen, a slew of covers of her material hitting the charts, and a controversial showing at the Monterey Pop Festival, Laura Nyro signed a favourable new deal with Columbia Records, making some of the most essential albums of the late 1960s and 1970s...but that is another, quite wonderful story. Listen now to where it all began. Fantastic album by one of our very favourite artists! Beautifully re-mastered in true RevOla style with lovely packaging as usual... A must for all fans of Laura Nyro, and of classic New York girlpop... the set form she made into so much more!
Rev-Ola-233
CD
$15.50

Patchen, Kenneth/Lawrence Ferlinghetti
Rebel Poets Of America (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE JANUARY 22ND)
PS, UK Two of the most brilliant poets of the beat generation, Kenneth Patchen and Lawrence Ferlinghetti performing their compelling works in a jazz context This edition captures the movement in poetry toward all-inclusiveness, and a belief that the language and music of the street had their own beauty, integrity and significance, rooted as they were in the experience of ordinary people. Patchen is one the most important american writers of the 20th century and Ferlinghetti wrote 'Coney Island Of The Mind' which sold a million copies. In terms of both attitude and style, Patchen and Ferlinghetti paved the way for Bob Dylan, Jim Morrison and Captain Beefheart. Strong export potential to America and to jazz culture specialists in Japan.
El-133
CD
$15.50

Quarteto Em Cy
Aleluia 1964-66 (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE JANUARY 22ND)
PS, UK The last truly great undiscovered vocal group of the sixties...Mamas & Papas, Free Design, the Association, Harper's Bizarre. Prominent in the first generation of the bossa nova movement; made seminal album "os afros sambas" with Vinicius and Baden Powell. Worked with Joao Gilberto, Antonio Carlos Jobim, Marcos Valle. Centrepiece of this set is the 1965 album they recorded with the male Brazilian vocal group Tama Trio under the auspices of arranger Luiz Eca. It is a masterpiece.
El-131
CD
$15.50

Radiohead
In Rainbows (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE JANUARY 1ST)
PS, US VINYL VERSION!!!
Radiohead
LP
$17.50

Radiohead
In Rainbows (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE JANUARY 1ST)
PS, US New album from the music industry's most quietly entertaining shaker-uppers. Music is really good too.
ATO
CD
$14.25

Ramsey Lewis Trio, The
In Person v.1: 1960 - 65 (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE JANUARY 29TH)
PS, UK Ramsey Lewis straddled the boundary between bop-oriented jazz and pop music. Most of his recordings (particularly by the mid-'60s) were very accessible and attracted a large non-jazz audience. The very epitome of groovy, finger poppin' soul/jazz/pop, perfect for a party, yet eminently listenable in any circumstances...with personnel including Ramsey himself, with his roots in BeBop, and Maurice White (founder of Earth Wind and Fire) the Ramsey Lewis Trio sit squarely in the very midst of soul, Jazz, funk and whatever history! As soon as you hear The Ramsey Lewis Trio, you'll feel as if you always knew them! With a whole load of amazing performances recorded live during their record-breaking tours of the 1960s, this is THE Ramsey Lewis Trio album you need...believe it! Amazing and timeless soul-jazz-pop-bossa-boogaloo you'll love! Perfectly remastered by Mr. Nick Robbins of this parish...and wonderfully packaged by Mr. Andy Morten in Zummerzet!
Rev-Ola-221
CD
$15.00

S.T. Mikael
Mind of Fire (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE JANUARY 15TH)
PS, SWEDEN After an 11 year silence, here's a new album by the mysterious and legendary Swedish psychedelic multi-instrumentalist, S.T. Mikael. Mikael spearheaded the DIY psychedelic rock/folk movement of the late 1980s/mid-'90s... Now that he's finally back, here's a chance at last for the world to join his psychedelic world again. The music, stretching out in many different directions, has been done freely and spontaneously in an extremely relaxed and happy environment. He also joins forces with Dungen's Reine Fiske and Fredrik Björling, whose musical expertise now also grace the grooves. These otherworldly acid tripper recordings now exist in the real world and S.T. Mikael proves, once again, to be a gifted songwriter and an unconventional performer with a very personal ear for acoustics and an emotional honesty seldom seen these days. Melodic folk-rock elements flow with waves of heavy fuzz-phase leads; weird, detached, haunted vocals echo over the band and the whole thing seems to teeter on the brink of psychedelic oblivion. This is not psychedelic revival, but the psychedelic NOW. His soaring vocals, surreal lyrics, fragile, folky melodies, heavy fuzz riffs, mind-bending soul funk and penchant for the spiritual and mystical make this a fascinating voyage that is so mind-twisting, soul-swirling, upper psychedelic that your third eye takes you on a joyride through an altered state! This album makes your brain start thinking in those pebble-splash-pond-mind circular expanding waveforms that reveal the password to tomorrow. The CD also contains 9 previously-unreleased vintage recordings and unique spoken introductions by Mikael. Limited edition of 2,000 copies only.
SubliminalSounds-022
CD
$16.25

Sambassadeur
Migration (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE JANUARY 22ND)
PS, SWEDEN Migration is a sparkling pop album, where breezy vocals meet deceptively sunny arrangements that perfectly wrap up the most heartfelt melodies. Biography: Sambassadeur debuted on Labrador in winter 2005 with the release of the "Between the Lines"-EP. The EP was followed by their self-titled debut album later that year. The songs were all recorded at home which gave the production a primitive quality that labeled them by some as being a lo-fi-twee act. This was never the bands intention. If the cliché is that songs are like children, then Sambassadeur saw no purpose in stagnating in front of their home-computer while watching their kids being taken custody by those who didn't have the ability to, indeed, read between the lines and see through the understated surface of the songs. This called for some change. The EP "Coastal Affairs", released in may 2006, marked the start of a development towards a more luxurious setting. Without loosing their enigmatic qualities, songs like "Kate" and "Marie" introduced a breeze of new confidence. The Sambassadeurs saw the opportunity to take things to even greater heights and returned to the scene in late august 2007 with "Subtle Changes".
Labrador-106
CD
$15.75

Samurai
S-T (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE JANUARY 22ND)
PS, UK Classic Progressive rock album - Now 24-bit remastered from the original master tapes. New essay & interview with Dave Lawson. "Samurai" is truly a lost classic of the Progressive era. Released on the short lived Greenwich Gramophone label in 1972, the album was influenced by the experiments of groups such as KING CRIMSON, GENTLE GIANT et al, but was more than a mere clone of these bands. Evolving from the equally excellent band WEB (whose album "I Spider" is a classic of the genre), the musicianship on the album was excellent and Keyboard player DAVE LAWSON's compositions were groundbreaking and memorable. Sadly the group disbanded shortly after the release of the record resulting in limited sales. However, the influence of the album was not lost as both DAVE LAWSON and TONY REEVES soon joined DAVE GREENSLADE to form the group GREENSLADE, effectively taking up the musical mantle laid down by SAMURAI. This Esoteric reissue features a booklet with previously unseen photographs and an interview with DAVE LAWSON.
EsotericRecordings-2025
CD
$20.25

Scenics
How Does It Feel To Be Loved: The Scenics Play the Velvet Underground (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE JANUARY 15TH)
PS, US This quickly immerses the listener into a warm frenzy of fuzzy energy. First formed in '76 by Andy Meyers & Ken Badger, they were one of the most intrepidly inspired bands of the Toronto new wave/punk scene. They now return w/ a full-length
collection of Velvet Underground covers recorded live between 1977-81 in Toronto. Jangly, inverted pop aesthetics & wild mood swings of feverish noise dominate these ten tracks, making this an abrasive wash of harmonious distortion.
DreamTower-001
CD
$16.25

Scientists, The
Swampland: Birth Of The Scientists (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE JANUARY 22ND)
PS, UK Formed in Perth, Australia, but later to relocate to Melbourne and then London, Kim Salmon's Scientists played a brand of minimalist punked-up swamp blues that saw them become legends on at least three continents. Just about everyone loves the Scientist, from Sonic Youth and Mudhoney (both of whom have asked the band to play with them) to Sub Pop to Henry Rollins - in fact, the entire US alt-rock hierarchy. And what's not to like - this new compilation for the UK features the strongest tracks from the band's legendary Blood Red River recordings, notably 'Swampland', one of the most evocative and best loved Australian songs of all time. But that's not all: as well as the studio recordings, with Kim's permission we've unearthed some dynamite live recordings from 1982 that have never been released anywhere before. The packaging includes a mammoth essay on the band's history written by Alex Ogg, with full co-operation and humorous asides from Kim, plus photos and memorabilia. A handy starting point for those new to the band, featuring as it does the cream of the Scientists' work from their acclaimed early Melbourne period, but spiced up with some amazing live tracks for the established fan.
CherryRed-345
CD
$15.50

Set In Sand
Nothing Against The Ocean (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE JANUARY 22ND)
PS, JAPAN "Nothing Against The Ocean" is the debut CD of Set In Sand, licensed by Hue (JAPAN) from Abandon Building Records (US). Set in Sand (one of the many aliases of producer Lendin Hopes) was brought into this world around 2000, originally designed as a purely electronic and instrumental project working within the nether-regions of IDM. Early Set in Sand creations followed the blueprint for experimental electronic song crafts, disjointed percussion and glitchy filtered melodies with subtle instrumentation and vocal samples offering a hint of things to come. Two net releases came out in this vein, the self released "Are You Listening EP" and the full length "You Say You Can't Sleep Alone" by German label Subsource. Around 2004 Lendin reconnected with his singer-songwriter roots, adding acoustic guitar and vocals to a large portion of his compositions. Examples of this style can be found on the net release "Mini Splintered Things" hosted by the good folks at Drift Records. In addition to these three net releases Set in Sand has contributed songs to a number of compilations including "Assemblage Sessions 1 and 2 CD's" (Abandon Building), "Subvaritrax" (Subvariant), "Ctrl-Space" (Modsquare), "The Karaoke Hymnal" (Peppermill Records) and "Calderas of the Mind" and "Heart on the Right Spot" ( Project Mooncircle/ Botanica Del Jibaro). Set in
Sand is also the producer for the whacky Hip Hop duo Flowtation Addvice (who's debut "Terrain Clouds" is due out on Abandon Building in early 08.) With "NATO" Lendin has synthesized all the elements of his early work into a weird piece of sonic experimentation masquerading as a sort of Pop album. Half of the albums 8 songs feature vocals, a surreal blend of androgynous singing and hyperactive MC work. The music is based around skeletons of guitar and programmed beats with multiple layers of digital nonsense wrapped around them. A most distinct touch is Lendin's use of live drums in complimentary patterns over the grounding electronic percussion. It results in a blurring mesh of chaotic calm, establishing a kind of fresh voice in the world of beatmaking. In other words it's pretty decent stuff.
Hue-1039
CD
$16.25

Shalabi, Sam
Eld (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE JANUARY 22ND)
PS, US Third solo outing was conceived in Cairo, Egypt in 2006 while Shalabi was living there and further realized in Montreal & Vancouver. His ideas were to compose songs for singers he knew and enjoyed and to create a 'modern Arabic pop' record. Features well over 25 musicians.
Alien8-074
CD
$13.50

Snow, Hank
Paving The Highway With Tears (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE JANUARY 29TH)
PS, UK Resplendent in his lavish and colorful sequin-studded suits, Hank Snow had a career covering six decades during which he sold more than 80 million albums, and was one of the biggest stars of country music practically from it's origins until his passing, a unique man and a unique achievement. Born in Nova Scotia in 1914, Snow embarked on a musical career as a teenager, conquering Canadian radio as "The Yodelling Ranger", until his voice changed and so did his name! In 1950, Snow had the monster hit, "I'm Movin' On", the first of many, and covered by country, R&B and Rock acts to this day...Everyone from Johnny Cash to The Rolling Stones has dome their take of this classic song... Along the way, Hank even briefly managed his young
protégé Elvis Presley, introducing him at The Grand Ole Opry as he had done for Hank Williams before him... Hank Snow was a giant of country music, and here we present some of his greatest recordings. A member of the Country Music Hall Of Fame, the Canadian Country Music Hall Of Fame, and the Nova Scotia Music Hall Of Fame, there simply isn't a hall of fame complete without Hank! **An amazing CD collection of 1950s hits by one of the masters of Country Music! **Beautifully packaged by Pepperbox! **Wonderfully re-mastered by Norman Blake and Joe Foster at the mysterious Studio 3, Glasgow, Scotland! **A must for all fans of top flight Americana!
Rev-Ola-237
CD
$15.50

Souvenir
Extras 64 (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE JANUARY 8TH)
PS, SPAIN Souvenir's 'Extras 64' has been conceived as the epilogue to their record '64' (Jabalina Música 2007), which was released at the beginning of this year and critically acclaimed as an inspired change of course in the sound of this heterodox Spanish indie band. Initially intended as a single to feature their song 'Si tu sais pas' -an irresistible techno-pop gem which Souvenir wrote and recorded after the release of '64'- it has eventually become a real treat for fans which includes their cover version of Blondie's 'Hanging on the telephone' (which Souvenir are performing live on their current tour), three remixes of songs from '64', and their amazing first-ever video of the song 'Allô, allô'. So 'Extras 64' features two brand new tracks, a
video and three remixes which give songs from '64' an even more dance-oriented dimension. For this task Souvenir have chosen artists on their same wavelength, such as Johan Agebjörn (the Swedish producer and songwriter who's responsible for the success of this year's brilliant debutante Sally Shapiro) who has taken 'Allô, allô' to new dancefloor heights, or Spanish singer Miqui Puig, who has remixed 'Une semaine en ballon'. Also, Souvenir's Jaime Cristóbal has revamped his own 'Accident à Londres'. These new 5 dancefloor fillers are topped by a brilliant video produced and directed by Spanish ace company Producciones Entrelíneas. The video takes the avant-garde aesthetics of '64' further on and the result is a pleasure to the eye, with a special mention to Patricia, whose appearance on the video is especially captivating. Iker Spoz

Parasol New Arrivals • December 18, 2007
Hi friends, The sale is going full force and to be honest with you, we’re a bit swamped. But fear not, because oh boy, our good friend and trusted mail man Tim will surely be earning his government pay today with all the parcels he’s going to be housing in that little truck of his. The good thing is, a little extra weight in the back of that truck will keep him from fishtailing out on the icy streets of Urbana. We’re going to get back to packing your orders so cast your peepers downward and have a safe and happy holiday. We also want to extend our deepest gratitude to all of you good folks who have been the wind in the Parasol sail this past year. We couldn’t do it without you. Tears of a clown, Royal and Paul
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	Check out the Parasol Posse's favorite albums of 2007! Roy starts his list off with The Perishers latest album Victorious, but gets weirder and beardier after that. Speaking of hairy Paul plays it all hirsute and oldschool and welcomes the return of Dinosaur Jr. with their triumphant reunion album Beyond occupying his top spot. Angie stays loyal and local with her choice of Parasol pal Ryan Groff's solo debut *People In The Midwest. This year Jim* actually listened to music created outside the Arctic Circle and chose Aussie duo Black Cab's second album *Jesus East* as his fave of the bunch. And lastly, bossman Geoff liked The 1900s full-length Cold & Kind so much he bought the company. Actually it was the other way around, but who's keeping track?
Jim's Favorite Scandinavian/Nordic Releases of 2007, Alphabetically
	Martin Barjed & Various Artists - Upp Till Kamp OST Black Belt - Two Minutes To Midnight Black Bonzo - Sound of the Apocalypse The Chrysler - The Benelux Years The Concretes - Hey Trouble Elope - 9 Distilled Dreams The Hypnomen - Dreaming of the New Dawn Frida Hyvönen - Music from the Dance Performance 'Pudel' My Midnight Creeps - Histamin Norma - 1 EP Tupelo Honeys - Tupelo Honeys Salute You Click above and go check out tracks from all the artists, even the Finnish one! Try before you buy.
New Releases Appelqvist, Hans Sifantin och Morkret PS, SWEDEN This is the fourth full-length release for Sweden's Hans Appelqvist, his third for the Häpna label. Hot on the heels of his last record Naima, released in November 2006, Hans has a new album ready, entitled Sifantin och mörkret, containing 12 new tracks and a beautiful video for "Tänk att himlens alla stjärnor," made by Andreas Nilsson (The Knife, José Gonzales and The Soundtrack Of Our Lives). The music shows Hans from a new side, the album being more open and spontaneous than previous works. Animal noises, doors creaking, children shouting, delicate acoustic guitar, and rollicking instrumentals, Sifantin och mörkret is a patchwork symphony. It oscillates between the sweet and grotesque, the nice and the ugly, harmony and terror, light and darkness. Hapna-035 CD $15.75 Barjed, Mattias & Various Artists Upp Till Kamp [OST] PS, SWEDEN Jim's Favorite Album of the Year 2007! The vintage-rock soundtrack to a cool new Swedish TV miniseries (about twenty-something rockers in early-70s Gothenburg) as created by Mattias Barjed, guitarist for The Soundtrack of Our Lives. I'll be interested to see how the songs and scores are used in the miniseries, but spread across two CDs it's like a freakin' Rock Opera, featuring a little bit of everything: Bjorn Olsson-esque acoustic and electric instrumental interludes, gritty organ-fueled garage-rock, some mesmerizing live stuff... So totally of-the-era, but I guess that is not surprising! Includes contributions from several of Barjed's TSOOL mates, including frontman Ebbot Lundberg; a brand new song from The Tallest Man On Earth; plus guest appearances by Elope's Sebastian Aronsson and Anders Person, Hipwhips' Markus Lindmark, The Frustration's Jan Martens, Mustasch's Ralf Gyllenhammar and series actors/stars Sverrir Gudnasson and Fanny Risberg, among others! HIGHLY RECOMMENDED! Razzia DCD $18.00 Becuzzi, Gianluca & Fabio Orsi Wildflowers Under The Sofa PS, US This is an intense & fascinating album made of guitars, old keyboards, field recordings & sound objects. 3 long compositions between Avant-garde & Folk traditions where everything plays w/ big emotion: visionary soundscapes, deep drones & sudden noises. LastVisibleDog-120 CD $11.75 Berry, Shane The Scrawlys EP PS, GERMANY Shane Berry was born in South Africa and presently lives in Japan's capital, Tokyo. There he creates his tracks, all of which go directly from the ears to the legs. He released an EP on Trapez and tracks on the New York label Synewave. His songs are played and charted by numerous DJs, and colleagues such as Richie Hawtin and Dominik Eulberg hold Berry's work in high esteem. The new EP on Glückskind might also please them. Again Shane takes two bass lines and twists the sounds for several minutes through an electronic meat grinder. Over the kick, it pulsates and holds it all together perfectly. 'Scrawlys' is refined, reduced minimal techno. 'Deep Space' goes a bit deeper, techno-wise. Indeed, there is also a dominating bass loop, but the insertion of reverb and delay leaves the track with far more room to breathe. GluckskindShallplatten-005 12" $10.25 Black Strobe Burn Your Own Church PS, US VINYL VERSION!!! PlayLouderecordings LP $14.00 Blessing, Lynn Sunset Painter PS, UK Shortly before he appeared on the landmark Advancement LP in 1969, vibraphone virtuoso Lynn Blessing released this, his only solo album. A superb fusion of jazz and laid-back psychedelia, it features musicians such as Sneaky Pete Kleinow (Flying Burrito Bros., John Lennon, Frank Zappa) and Wolfgang Melz (The Association, Gabor Szabo) and was produced by legendary jazz flautist Paul Horn (Miles Davis, Donovan). Including a handful of mellow originals alongside unorthodox covers of songs by The Beatles, The Byrds, The Who, Bob Dylan and Judee Sill, it's a laid-back delight from start to finish. As Blessing says at the outset: "sit back, relax, and take off your shoes..." FallOut-2075 CD $15.00 Bröderna Lindgren Vuxen Barnmusik 2007 PS, SWEDEN Please note: sung in Swedish! Grown-up music for children, that's what they call it., with a classic 70s vibe! The Lindgren Brothers Mattias and Andreas take their mother Barbro Lindgren's legacy (writer of Swedish children's songs that have been sung for generations) and spice it up with an all star cast on their third album. Features guest appearances from members of The Soundtrack of Our Lives, Nina Ramsby, Bear Quartet's Mattias Alkberg, Asha Ali and Kristoffer Astrom, among others! BAM CD $20.50 Butcher The Bear Get Away b/w Leave This Town PS, UK Butcher The Bar is the 22 year-old Joel Nicholson, who currently resides in the north of England with his acoustic guitar and a couple of instruments such as a banjo, a melodica and an accordion. "Get Away" is a melancholy goodbye to a town, a disillusioned memory of a city that fades away while still living in it. "Leave Town" is as minimal and as maximal as a pop song could be: a guitar, a banjo and a warm voice. ANumberOfSmallThings-017 45 $6.00 Catanzarite, Stephen U2's Achtung Baby (33 1/3 Paperback Book) PS, US Stephen Catanzarite takes a close look at what many consider to be U2's most fully formed album through the prisms of politics, spirituality, and culture, illuminating its previously unexplored depths. Description: Stephen Catanzarite takes a close look at what many consider to be U2's most fully formed album through the prisms of religion, politics, spirituality, and culture, illuminating its previously unexplored depths, arguing that it's a concept album about love and the fall of man. Authors: Stephen Catanzarite is the managing director of the Lincoln Park Performing Arts Centre, just outside of Pittsburgh. He has created a course tracing the history and development of American popular music from Tin Pan Alley to today - which will be delivered, online, to thousands of high school students across the U.S. Reviews: Stephen Catanzarite takes his readers on a metaphysical trip with Achtung Baby...The book reads like a well-written thesis, and Catanzarite is knowledgeable both musically and theologically. The songs are the bones on which the author fleshes out his theories, with the help of quotes by philosophers, poets, musicians (Axl Rose, of all people), and whole passages taken from books by religious scholars of different faiths. There are references to Neil Young, Led Zeppelin (the Tower of Babel is the original stairway to heaven), Bob Dylan and Morrissey for the rock cognoscenti, as well as a few Chinese proverbs thrown in for good measure." -@U2 Continuum-049 BOOK $10.95 Club 8 The Boy Who Couldn't Stop Dreaming PS, SWEDEN Now on vinyl. Club 8 "The boy who couldn't stop dreaming" on vinyl. Music looks and sounds a lot better on vinyl, doesn't it? We do think so. Labrador is happy to announce the arrival of Club 8's "The boy who couldn't stop dreaming" on shiny 12" vinyl. Limited edition of 500 copies. "Cool, calm, soft modern pop that falls somewhere in between the modern folk stylings of Linda Draper and the purely smooth addictive pop of Kirsty MacColl. These subtle, dreamy tracks get better the more familiar they become. Exceptional stuff, recommended. 5 Stars." - Babysue Labrador-108-1 LP $18.00 Copeland, Eric Hermaphrodite PS, US Eric Copeland is the amazing 3rd piece of the puzzle to NYC's BLACK DICE. On Hermaphrodite he Mexepdainudms on ideas only touched upon on BD releases & takes us further into the mind of his solo genius. An amazing record that you can put on when you are tripping, or skateboarding or building a house. PostPresent-014 12 $11.00 Crushed Stars Gossamer Days PS, US 3rd CD of intimate bedroom pop from Crushed Stars, produced by Stuart Sikes. File under: Folk/Rock Simulacra-0014 CD $13.50 Cuomo, Rivers Alone: The Home Recordings of Rivers Cuomo PS, US Weezer dude's home-recordings, recorded unaccompanied, unaided, single-handedly, all by himself, without help, in seclusion, isolated. A collection of his favorite demos from the past fifteen years. PITCHFORK: "Somewhere along the way, someone told Rivers Cuomo that he needed to rein it in. To the world's dismay, he listened, and made three records of faceless, predictable approximations of what the public supposedly wanted his band Weezer to be. Demo collection Alone does the opposite, collecting all sorts of goofy and indulgent ideas-- robot voices, barbershop-quartet harmonies, over-emoting, an Ice Cube cover-- reminding us why we fell for dorks with horn-rimmed glasses and flying-V guitars in the first place." Geffen CD $15.00 Durutti Column, The Lips That Would Kiss PS, UK LTM is proud to announce the release of four expanded CDs by The Durutti Column, the legendary Factory Records ensemble formed and fronted by virtuoso guitarist/composer Vini Reilly. Lips That Would Kiss collects together a selection of key tracks and singles recorded for Factory Benelux, Les Disques du Crepuscule and Sordide Sentimental between 1980 and 1986. Chief among these are the pristine singles Lips That Would Kiss b/w Madeleine (1980) and Danny b/w Enigma (1981), both recorded with legendary producer Martin Hannett. The remastered 75 minute CD also includes the rare 12" EP for Factory Benelux from 1982, Deux Triangles, several unique tracks recorded for Crepuscule compilation albums, and no less than nine tracks from the unreleased 1983 album Short Stories For Pauline, several of which feature Tuxedomoon man Blaine L. Reininger on violin. The booklet features archive images, and a cover based on the original 1980 sleeve for the Lips That Would Kiss single by artist Jean-Francois Octave. Artist biography: Manchester native Vini Reilly formed The Durutti Column in 1978, recording his debut album The Return of the Durutti Column the following year with producer Martin Hannett, a set of delicate instrumental tracks housed in an abrasive sandpaper sleeve. Subsequent landmark albums include LC (1981), Without Mercy (1984), The Guitar & Other Machines (1987), Sex & Death (1993), Fidelity (1996) and Someone Else's Party (2003). A prolific recording artist in his own right (usually with drummer Bruce Mitchell), Reilly has also guested on records by Morrissey, Olive and Holly Johnson. For many years the group were managed by the late Anthony H. Wilson, founder of Factory Records. LTM-2484 CD $17.00 Electric Light Orchestra Out of the Blue [30th Anniversary Edition] PS, US Sony CD $12.25 Fu Manchu Return to Earth 91-93 PS, US Compiles early singles & rare recordings from FU MANCHU! Heavy guitar riffs mixed w/loud drums. 9 tracks including all the songs on "Senioritis," "Pick-Up Summer," & "Don't Bother Knockin'" singles. Also included are previously unreleased versions of Ojo Rojo & Simco! BUY OR CRY, COOKIE! Elastic-014 LP $13.25 Funckarma Sploid EP PS, US Contains four original tracks with the trademark funckarma sound. Nice lush ynths and exciting beats. track list: A1 - Comply A2 - Raides B1 - Sploid B2 - Ymadyn. BinaryDilemma-003 12 $8.25 Giant Robot #51 PS, US Damon & Naomi, Hot Links, Meet John Jay, Blog Jam. Street Beat female streetwear, Joan Chen, Tang Wei & tons more about Asian pop culture & beyond! ZINE $4.75 Hitmen, The Self-Titled [re-issue] PS, AUSTRALIA The classic 1981 album by post-Radio Birdman/pre-Hoodoo Gurus outfit The Hitmen get the deluxe reissue treatment, expanded to 40+ tracks. Formed by Chris Masuak and Warwick Gilbert and Birdman MC/backing vocalist Johnny Kannis soon after Birdman's initial demise in '78, The Hitmen also featured future Hoodoo Gurus mainstays Brad Shepherd and Mark Kingsmill by the time they came to record their self-titled debut in '81 and its follow-up It Is What It Is in '82 (also available on re-issue). Credited with taking the high-energy Americanized rock of Radio Birdman (and their influences including The Stooges and The MC5) to the suburbs. Fans of Radio Birdman, The Hoodoo Gurus and the great Australian band's that followed in The Hitmen's wake, like The Screaming Tribesmen, The New Christs and The Lime Spiders, will find music on these CDs an absolute revelation. SavageBeat-005 DCD $21.75 Hitmen, The It Is What It Is [re-issue] The classic 1982 album by post-Radio Birdman/pre-Hoodoo Gurus outfit The Hitmen get the deluxe reissue treatment, expanded to 40+ tracks. Formed by Chris Masuak and Warwick Gilbert and Birdman MC/backing vocalist Johnny Kannis soon after Birdman's initial demise in '78, The Hitmen also featured future Hoodoo Gurus mainstays Brad Shepherd and Mark Kingsmill by the time they came to record their self-titled debut in '81 and its follow-up It Is What It Is in '82 (also available on re-issue). Credited with taking the high-energy Americanized rock of Radio Birdman (and their influences including The Stooges and The MC5) to the suburbs. Fans of Radio Birdman, The Hoodoo Gurus and the great Australian band's that followed in The Hitmen's wake, like The Screaming Tribesmen, The New Christs and The Lime Spiders, will find music on these CDs an absolute revelation. SavageBeat-006 DCD $21.75 Johnston, Daniel & Friends The Late Great Daniel Johnston: Discovered Covered [re-issue, remaster] PS, US A collection of great songs by Texas songwriter DANIEL JOHNSTON, performed by both his many fans, and by himself. Disc one features Johnston covers by TOM WAITS, TV ON THE RADIO, DEATH CAB FOR CUTIE, M. WARD, VIC CHESNUTT, MERCURY REV, BECK, SPARKLEHORSE with THE FLAMING LIPS, BRIGHT EYES, GORDON GANO, CALVIN JOHNSON, TEENAGE FANCLUB & JAD FAIR, CLEM SNIDE, EELS, and more. Disc two features the original Johnston-performed versions of the same songs. HighWire DCD $16.75 Kazumasa, Hashimoto Euphoriam PS, JAPAN Noble, the label that brings "music for everyday life" will top off 2007 with the new album "Euphorium" by the magical alchemist of sound, Kazumasa Hashimoto. This will be the first album since Hashimoto's previous album released 1 year and 9 months ago. With a delicate combination of academic musical theory and unrivaled creativity, Kazumasa Hashimoto has been applauded all over the world for the deep and warm music like a "blissful honeymoon between classic and electronic music." The newest album "tiny people singing over the rainbow", by label mate Gutevolk and produced by Hashimoto is also a piece of work that is showered with the magical talent of the artist. Hashimoto also enchanted the crowd from around the world in June in Barcelona at Europe's largest electronic music and multi-media art festival, the sonar festival. In the new album titled "Euphorium", Hashimoto plays and produces most of the instruments in the album from the piano, guitar, bass to drums accompanied by several guest artists playing violin and cello. The new album features more vocal tracks including M-5, featuring Gutevolk. The pop melodies and the elegant and sophisticated arrangement of the tracks create a beautiful and breathtaking harmony that blend magically to create a kaleidoscope of sound. A sorcery of sound will lure listeners into a world of dreams. The newest album "Euphorium" skillfully portrays undeniable happiness and the shadows that lurk behind that paradise to prove that artist Kazumasa Hashimoto, has stepped beyond borders of electronica and soft rock to create a new universal monument of pop music that is new yet nostalgic at the same time. Noble-1222 CD $16.25 Lowfish Burn The Lights Out PS, US Now on CD. Lowfish is back with a new full length LP (2x12) and CD release for this fall 2007. Synth pop gone wild mashed up with breaks , wrapped in emotive melodies and pumped full of bass for the dance floor characterize his new LP . A total of 10 new tracks and two of his golden ones from the Sat.31 ep. Lowfish again determines his destiny in a positive , individualistic styled manner that can be described as complex, yet fully enjoyed by most listeners. Bladerunner , Wave Noir, or William Gibson breaking out the synths are a few words to describe this style Electro. Post Modern for sure considering the artful and seamless interweaving of various close connected genres from past and present coming together to define a sound that is new and only Lowfish. Artwork by 310K with a sleeve done in 60's pop fiery orange and some of the coolest Graphics to come out of the Amsterdam design scene. As always no expense on mastering with professional cuts made by Frankford and Wayne NY city. A lot of work went into this release to deliver the highest quality in overall production and sound. Satamile-41-2 CD $9.50 Malmberg, Eric Verklighet & Beat PS, SWEDEN This is the second solo release from Sweden's Eric Malmberg, former songwriter and organist for the now-defunct Sagor & Swing. Featuring guest musicians such as Goran Kajfes, Lars Skoglund, Johan Berthling, Cecilia Österholm and legendary organist, Bo Hansson. POPMATTERS: "Cosmic marches and psychedelic hymns" Hapna-034 CD $13.75 Merzbow Zophorus PS, US Japan's king of noise returns with Zophorus. Speaker-massaging pulsations of psychic skree & frequency abuse. Housed in a deluxe 5 color digipak designed by Masami Akita. Recorded in February of 2007. BlossomingNoise-024 CD $13.00 Moby Grape Moby Grape '69 [Bonus Tracks] PS, US SundazedMusicInc. CD $18.75 Mojo #170 (January 2008) [Magazine + CD] PS, UK ZINE $10.00 Morita, Takuya Woman and Shadow PS, GERMANY Tokyo-based Takuya Morita is one of the most promising young Japanese artists in the minimal techno scene. After releases on the Morr Music and CYMK labels, he is now debuting on Adjunct with his most uncompromising and powerful dance music to date. A single string pattern opens up 'Woman and Shadow,' its hypnotic summon is soon answered by syncopated bleepy patterns and staccato synth. Dark vocal samples permeate the scene, the bass warbles the floorboards, the cavalcade of rhythms soon turns its march into a gallop, a maddened late night ride of Takuya's wild stallions. Jeremy P. Caulfield catapults the original's sound particles into space and conducts their fall into a gracious dance of echoing and reverberating beauty. 'Broken Memory' is another fundamental parable in the Book of The Morita Law of Techno. The high priest reads the Proverbs, his chimes of trance hypnotize the crowds through an infinite vertigo of magnetizing dance rhythms. A serious effort for serious holiday celebrations. Adjunct-009 12" $9.50 MV & EE Medicine Show Uranian Ray PS, US Beautiful vinyl lp, originally released on the legendary " Child of Microtones' label in 2004. A stunning get-hi-fidelity remastered reissue, slightly rearranged for the opportunities vinyl provides. LIMIITED single pressing on black vinyl. Wabana-067 LP $16.00 MV & EE with Golden Road Gettin' Gone PS, US Beautiful vinyl lp, originally released on the legendary " Child of Microtones' label in 2004. A stunning get-hi-fidelity remastered reissue, slightly rearranged for the opportunities vinyl provides. LIMIITED single pressing on black vinyl. Wabana LP $16.00 MV & EE With The Golden Road Gettin' Gone [DLP version] PS, US DOUBLE VINYL VERSION in gatefold sleeve. EcstaticPeace-109B DLP $22.50 Petrusich, Amanda Nick Drake's Pink Moon (33 1/3 Paperback Book) PS, US This book explores how a tiny acoustic record (Pink Moon) has puttered and purred its way into a new millennium. Amanda Petrusich interviews producer Joe Boyd, string arranger Robert Kirby, and even the marketing team behind the VW commercial. Description: Pink Moon explores how Nick Drake's third and final album has puttered and purred its way into a new millennium. Features interviews with producer Joe Boyd, string arranger Robert Kirby, and even the marketing team behind the VW Cabrio commercial that launched the album to platinum status more than thirty years after its release. Author: Amanda Petrusich is a writer for Pitchforkmedia.com and a senior contributing editor at Paste magazine. Her work has appeared in Spin, the Village Voice, the Oxford American, and elsewhere. She is the author of It Still Moves: Lost Songs, Lost Highways, and the Search for the Next American Music, a travelogue about early Americana music forthcoming from Faber and Faber in 2008. She has an MFA in nonfiction writing from Columbia University and lives and works in Brooklyn, NY.<p/> Reviews: "The latest addition to the evergrowing 33 1/3 series (now up to volume 51) is an in-depth look at Nick Drake's final album "Pink Moon". Tackling a 28 minute album of sparse folk by an artist whose life went largely undocumented (there are no known video clips or interviews with Drake) is a daunting task, but Petrusich handles the job nicely by telling the story through interviews with the people who knew Drake and worked with him musically, as well as testimonials from current artists who have felt his influence. She also does a great service to the readers by not painting Drake as some romantically doomed poetic soul, like so many other writers have done in the past. In fact, she does an excellent job of dispelling many Drake myths (ex: he didn't anonymously leave the tapes for Pink Moon at Island's reception desk without saying a word), and even points out flaws in the album (many of the vocals are garbled). The most interesting part of the book is the final third which focuses on Pink Moon's 21st Century revival thanks to a 2000 Volkswagon commercial featuring the title track. While many make the argument that using a song to push a product cheapens the artistry of the song, "Pink Moon" was used to such great effect that it has simultaneously become synonymous with Volkswagon. More importantly, thanks to commercial exposure, annual sales of the album jumped from 6,000 to 74,000 in the year that it hit the airwaves - exposing Drake's work to a new generation. Perhaps the best praise I can give the book is that after I finished reading it I put it down and listened to Pink Moon." -Losing Today.com<p/> Continuum-051 BOOK $10.95 Plagenhoef, Scott Belle & Sebastian's If You're Feeling Sinister (33 1/3 Paperback Book) PS, US <p>If You're Feeling Sinister includes interviews with band members, producers, management, and a range of fans, and provides perspective on how Belle & Sebastian transformed themselves, over the space of a decade, from an underground, slightly shambolic cult secret into a polished, highly entertaining, mainstream pop group. Description If You're Feeling Sinister shows how Belle & Sebastian transformed themselves over the space of a decade, from a slightly shambolic cult secret into a polished, highly entertaining, mainstream pop group. Along the way, the book shows how the internet has revolutionized how we discover new music-often at the cost of romance and mystery. Authors Scott Plagenhoef is Managing Editor for Pitchfork Media, the world's most popular and influential alternative music website. Reviews "Plagenhoef knows his subject matter inside and out and has gone the extra mile to research and contextualize the work- a necessary task, since the band refused to be interviewed for the project...it's nice to see a modern classic get some due recognition." -Under the Radar Magazine Continuum-050 BOOK $10.95 Randomnumber Modern Ambivalence PS, JAPAN Modern Ambivalence is the fourth album by Leeds long standing proponent of electronic music, RandomNumber. Modern Ambivalence is the latest incarnation of an evolving style which has taken shape over the past eight or so years which flowered from early noise experiments that gave way to a tentative and primitive electronica that was released on the now defunct, yet legendary CDR label, Fencing Flatworm. Since these early digital musings Robson's music has charted a course of increasing melody and of rhythmical complication with releases for California's Rocket Racer 2002's Understand Your Date & Time of Nowhere and Mogwai's Rock Action 2001's NME Dance single of the Week "The Fact That I Did" EP, Towards The Forlorn Society (2003) for Catmobile Records took the trademark sound to it's limit with it's brittle and unsettling mix of rhythmic obfuscation and winter smeared synth impressionism that tested the boundaries of home brewed electronic music. During this period, other more accessible EPs and mixes appeared for labels as diverse as Vacuous Pop and Irritant (who gave homes to early releases by Kid606, Knifehandchop and Printed Circuit). Shows with the likes of I Am Robot & Proud, Printed Circuit, Kid 606 and Cex would see the randomNumber live performance taken across the waters to France, USA, Mexico and Canada throughout the whole 2002 to 2004 period and would represent Robson's most prolific period of international touring as a solo artist. The tensions of these awkward, yet compelling mid-period pieces soon gave way to a more confident and relaxed sound that was no less compromising in it's desire to chart the dark and melancholic landscape of contemporary electronica, but presented a more coherent and accessible sound that appealed to a wider audience. Golden Acre Sleeps (Highpoint Lowlife) (2006) ushers in the dawn of a Post-Electronica era of scene fragmentation and ghettoisation with bedroom producers increasingly marginalized into obscurity or MP3 mediocrity, against this backdrop, Golden Acre comes across as a breath of fresh air from the very grassroots of the scene. Throughout this recent period, the randomNumber sound continues to develop, as Golden Acre was being released to a world increasingly enthralled by the new breed of over confident pretty boys with guitars, giddy on corporate expense accounts, Robson continues to be a credible live performer at both rock and electronic shows, playing with the likes of Thee More Shallows, Pram, Clark, A Silver Mount Zion, Christ and Bracken to name a few, showcasing material from the Modern Ambivalence sessions. Moamoo-006 CD $16.25 Remains, The The Remains [2007 Bonus Tracks] PS, US Epic CD $18.75 Rigas The Hardest Pocket To Pick PS, SWEDEN New album from Rigas features pop songs althered in lo-fi electronics. Likened to Radio Dept. but in my mind alot weirder. Alot! Features guest appearances from labelmates The Chrysler. Flora&Fauna-024 CD $13.75 Rogue Wave Asleep at Heaven's Gate PS, US VINYL VERSION BrushFire LP $14.00 Sea Wolf Leaves In The River US, PS Debut full length from former Irving member Alex Church (Sea Wolf). Drawing inspiration from fellow Californians John Steinbeck and Jack London. Dangerbird DGBR30015.2 CD $13.50 Seabear Teenage Kicks PS, UK Iceland's Seabear do a cover version of the punk rock classic, "Teenage Kicks," originally performed by The Undertones in the late '70s. Seabear made it a song with soft, sentimental and mellow tones, including a summery viola, a sparkling piano and the warm voice of Sindri. "Piano Hands" is a B-side session from their full-length debut, a silent tune with an abundance of sound. ANumberOfSmallThings-014 45 $6.00 Seavault Mercy Seat PS, UK Organic, electronic, melodic songs that shimmer with light and dark textures from the UK. Antony Ryan (Isan) and Simon Scott (Televise/Slowdive) blend together a mixture of musical elements that stun and comfort. This musical partnership could be described as The Cure drinking with My Bloody Valentine drinking with The Postal Service drinking with Ulrich Schnauss. ANumberOfSmallThings-015 45 $6.00 Small Brown Bike Dead Reckoning PS, US NoIdea CD $14.00 Smith, Jimmy Back at the Chicken Shack [RVG] (Remastered) PS, US BlueNote CD $12.25 Stooges Weirdness PS, US VINYL VERSION!!! Virgin LP $20.00 Striborg Nefaria PS, US VINYL VERSION!!! SouthernLord DLP $16.50 Valentine, Matt PK Dick b/w We Can't Build You PS, US TimeLag-043 45 $8.00 Various Love Is the Song We Sing: San Francisco Nuggets 1965-1970 PS, US (4PC, Remastered, Digipack Packaging) Rhino CD-BOX $69.00 Various Poem, Ballader Och Lite Blues - Aterbesoket PS, SWEDEN Please note: this is sung in Swedish! 27 years ago Cornelis Vreeswijk recorded the classic album Poem, Ballder och Lite Blues. Modern day Swedish rock & jazz artists Martin Hederos (The Soundtrack of Our Lives, Hederos & Hellberg) had the idea to re-record this classic album all over again. Includes guest appearances by Martin's TSOOL mates Ebbot Lundberg and Fredrik Sandsten, plus Moneybrother, Nicolai Dunger, Mattias Hellberg, Reine Fiske (Dungen), Annika Norlen (Hello Saferide), and many more. MNW DCD $23.00 Various Lagg av! Ni fattar ingenting! Göteborgsprogg 1970-80 PS, SWEDEN A defacto companion piece to Mattias Barjed's soundtrack for Upp Till Kamp (and that killer Swedish Prog Boxset we're bringing in), this double-disc set of classic late-60s/early-70s Swedish/Göteborg prog is made of awesome. Features Nationalteatern, Björn Afzelius, Nynningen, Motvind, Dan Berglund, Nynningen med Sillstryparn, Totta Näslund, Ulf Dageby, Trio General Goof, Dom Smutsiga Hundarna, Ensamma Hjärtan, Nationalteatern & Nynningen, Love Explosion, Tältprojektet, Svartvitt, Blues Annika, Tomas Forsell, Yalsa Band, Huntington Band, Göran Ekstrand, Text & Musik, Knutna Nävar... MNW DCD $18.00 White, John S-T PS, US In the last few yrs he's been involved in several cultural exchanges, incl. an extensiveEuropean tour w/ avant-noise-pop Cloudboy, providing live soundtracks to archival New Zealand footage. Last yr he travelled to South Korea w/ Wellington noise band Amalgam to perform a special performance in a Buddhist Monastery. This is a compilation of the two dream-pop folk albums "Balloon Adventure"(2000), a one-day spark in reaction to months of arduous Mestar recording & "Mogwash"(2003) which was recorded in Berlin w/ fellow members of CLOUDBOY. LastVisibleDog-118 CD $12.00 Wiese, John & Ortmann, Andy Grux PS, US Another collaboration w/ PANICSVILLE'S Ortmann & Wiese who has been a member of both SUNN0))) & MERZBOW. Limited to 200 copies. Blue Vinyl. Screened Silver on Blue Card stock 2-sided Inner sleeve w/ 12"x12" Metal Laser cut covers. WOW!!!!! Rococo-016 LP $25.00 Wilson, Carl Celine Dion's Let's Talk About Love (33 1/3 Paperback Book) PS, US Non-fans regard Céline Dion as ersatz and plastic, yet to those who love her, no one could be more real, with her impoverished childhood, her (creepy) manager-husband's struggle with cancer, her knack for howling out raw emotion. There's nothing cool about Céline Dion, and nothing clever. That's part of her appeal as an object of love or hatred - with most critics and committed music fans taking pleasure (or at least geeky solace) in their lofty contempt. This book documents Carl Wilson's brave and unprecedented year-long quest to find his inner Céline Dion fan, and explores how we define ourselves in the light of what we call good and bad, what we love and what we hate. Authors: Carl Wilson is a writer and editor at The Globe and Mail, Canada's national newspaper, and his work also has appeared in Pitchfork, Slate, The New York Times, Blender and many other publications. His pieces were selected for two of Da Capo Books' annual Best Music Writing collections, in 2002 and 2007, by guest editors Jonathan Lethem and Robert Christgau. He runs the popular music blog Zoilus.com and is part of the team behind Trampoline Hall, Toronto's acclaimed nightclub series of lectures by non-experts, which toured America in 2002. Reviews: "Let's Talk" about one of the most interesting music books you'll read this year... The always critical and erudite Mr. Wilson actually approached Let's Talk About Love as a non-fan grappling with questions of "good" and "bad" taste... It's almost certainly the only installment in the series to discuss French-Canadian race relations, rockism, and Milan Kundera's thoughts on kitsch." --Idolator.com Continuum-052 BOOK $10.95 Forthcoming Releases Adorable Footnotes: Best Of (92-94) (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE JANUARY 22ND) PS, UK First compilation of songs from former Creation Records artists Adorable. Contains tracks from both their albums on Creation released in the early 1990's, along with non-album singles and B-sides -- all seven singles released by the band. Also included is a new edit of 'Glorious' from the debut 'Against Perfection', which is exclusive to this release. All tracks included have been deleted & unavailable for several years. Includes a 20-page booklet with exclusive new extensive liner notes from all four band members - especially written for this release - along with photos, classic sleeve images & items from their personal archives. CherryRed-327 CD $15.50 Affinity S-T (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE JANUARY 22ND) PS, US Featuring 8 rare tracks, not found on their original LP, including two tracks from their rare single and two tracks from their 1969 EMI acetate. Lilith-145 CD $18.00 Affinity S-T (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE JANUARY 22ND) PS, US ALSO ON 2LP! Lilith-145 DLP $29.50 Antietam Opus Mixtum (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE FEBRUARY 12TH) PS, US CarrotTop-041 CD $12.00 Atlas Sound Let the Blind Lead Those (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE FEBRUARY 18TH) PS, US One of the latest "true queer art punks" to emerge from the cracked pavement of southern suburban sprawl, this is the solo moniker of DEERHUNTER frontman/provocateur BRADFORD COX. This is, essentially, a bedroom album, a collage, mixing the garage rock & ambient electronic influences previously explored w/ Deerhunter in a new context, w/ newly explored recording techniques, mainly laptop-based, learned w/ guidance from kranky artist Nudge's Brian Foote. The result is 14 Songs of melancholy & mania. Kranky-114 CD $11.00 Autistic Daughters Uneasy Flowers (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE MARCH 4TH) PS, US This intercontinental trio of Dean Roberts (guitar, vocals), Martin Brandlmayr (percussion, computer) & Werner Dafeldecker (guitar, bass). It's also the 4th in a series of records in which Roberts, having begun in more abstract territory in New Zealand's mid-1990s 'free noise' ferment, has embraced song, lyric & voice as vessels for topographic & psychoanalytic tracings of the impacts of territory & nomadism on the subject. Feat. Chris Abrahams of THE NECKS, Martin Siewert & Valerio Tricoli - as part of both cast & crew, foley artists behind the trio's complex, worm-turning arrangements. Kranky-115 CD $12.25 Baby Dee Safe Inside the Day (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE JANUARY 22ND) PS, US Baby Dee is an internationally traveled singer, songwriter & performer. This is her 3rd album. Produced by MATT SWEENEY & BONNIE "PRINCE" BILLY, who also played on the record, along w/ ANDREW WK, ROBBIE LEE, MAX MOSTON, WILLIAM BREEZE, JOHN CONTRERAS, JAMES LO & LIZ KESSEL, all of whom bring extra fullness to Dee's old-world pop sensibilities. This is such a great album, filled w/ deeply moving songs & sharply produced in vivid images. DragCity-351 CD $13.25 Baby Dee Safe Inside the Day (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE JANUARY 22ND) PS, US VINYL VERSION!!! DragCity-351 LP $13.25 Baja Wolfhour (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE JANUARY 22ND) PS, US Daniel Vujanic´s third full-length release under the alias Baja, entitled, intensively displays the composer/musician´s exciting approach towards a "free electronica" genre. Fusing stripped-down folk, (free-)jazz, twisted pop, electroacoustic sound, maximized-minimalism, indietronics, eerie chamber music and a portion of sedative post-post-rock, "Wolfhour" plays with postmodern expectations as much as possible while avoiding pretentious, highbrow implications. There is at least as much ear-friendly repetition as there is stunning fragmentation. Vujanic´s compositions range from psychedelic piano ambience to sunny uptempo-pop, from electronic jazz fusion to cryptic sample ruins. Leitmotifs appear, evolve and fall apart into transcribed bits of data nebula. Beginnings sound like ends and vice versa. Sounds teleport. Comments on Baja's Sound: "Mirroring the obstinacy and arbitrary nature of human emotions, Vujanic is using electronic music in a way that makes it less a statement about media or a contemporary discussion about subverting conventional songwriting than a tool of matter-of-factness..." - Coke Machine Glow "If the indie rock just isn't getting it done for you anymore, Baja's enveloping, intangible compositions may be just the guide you need to more engaging musical territory. Tiny Mix Tapes ...beautifully strange thing in between postrock, notebookindie, jazzy bitparts and occasional guitar eruptions and - yes, indeed - pop..." (10 points) - VISIONS Magazine. OtherElectricites-011 CD $12.25 Battle of Land and Sea S-T (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE JANUARY 15TH) PS, US To describe the sound of The Battle of Land & Sea, one might call up images of abandoned sea-worn ships floating through a thick coastal fog. And upon first listen you might call to mind Cat Power, or the soft glow of Songs of Green Pheasant. But eventually, you start to hear what makes the music of Portland based Sarah O'Shura so special. You get a glimpse of a world through the eyes of a someone on a musical pilgrimage, whether the tales are laden with sorrow or joy, they are enchanting & hopeful. Spooky & beautiful...calling out all the old ghosts from past recordings on beautifully warbled vinyl, they recreate an old jazz club atmosphere but with a little sawdust on the floor. Notenuf-008 CD $13.25 Buddyrevelles September, November (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE JANUARY 22ND) PS, US Listen to that Telecaster chime! Those intertwining vocal lines! Those dynamic yet dancey rhythms! The Buddyrevelles really are one of the best pop bands around, and their debut CD (released in 1998 on Motorcoat Records) proves that 14 times over. NoKarma-065 CD $10.50 Buddyrevelles American Matador (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE JANUARY 22ND) PS, US "'One, Two' is a perfect example of the benefits resulting from the slightly thicker, more complex sound the band has chosen to explore on their latest record. Time changes, layered guitars, and a generally expanded musical vocabulary make American Matador's better moments a true step forward for an already excellent band ... and when the grand finale arrives, and drummer Dan Reinholdt's kit explodes like fireworks, any conceivable doubt disintegrates:American Matador is an awesome record." -Pitchfork [8.0] NoKarma-066 CD $10.50 Burial Chamber Trio Wvrm (PIC 10") (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE FEBRUARY 5TH) PS, US The 2nd vinyl only release by the the collaborative project between: OREN AMBARCHI, GREG ANDERSON & ATTILA CSIHAR. They return w/ a special picture disc 10" vinyl w/ sick, elaborate packaging designed by Seldon Hunt. The audio material is taken from the groups performance in Rotterdam, Holland in Jan. 2007 at club: Wvrm. SouthernLord 10 $14.00 Canned Heat Vintage (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE JANUARY 22ND) PS, US Here's how they sounded in '66 when R&B pioneer Johnny Otis produced their first recordings. A perfect match, considering that Wilson & Hite were avid record collectors & blues aficionados. Lilith-139 CD $18.00 Celletti, Alessandra Way Out (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE JANUARY 22nd) PS, UK LTM is proud to announce a new studio album from Alessandra Celletti, the virtuoso Italian composer/pianist whose previous CDs include acclaimed interpretations of works by Glass, Satie and Gurdjieff. Way Out is Alessandra's third album of original material, following Overground (1997) and Chi Mi Darà le Ali (2006). Recorded in Rome in 2007, Way Out marks an innovative exploration of several musical styles, including vocal tracks sung by Alessandra as well as a number of her exquisite solo piano compositions. She is joined on most of the tracks by drummer Fabio Ferri, while Renzo Pin provided English-language lyrics. Stand-out tracks include Dear To Me, Burning and Hundred Points, the latter a future pop classic complemented by a brilliant animated video clip made by Tony Sbarbaro. A unique set that defies classification, Way Out also features one bonus song, the beautiful title track from Alessandra's previous artist album, Chi Mi Darà le Ali. The memorable cover image is the painting Pensando alla Guerra by artist Isobel Blank. Short biography: Alessandra Celletti studied piano at the Santa Cecilia Music Conservatory in Rome . After graduating she continued her studies with Vera Gobbi Belcredi, specializing in French piano works of the late 19th and early 20th Centuries. In 1994 she released Les sons et les parfums, an album of pieces by Debussy, Ravel and Satie. Since then she has followed an irregular artistic path, characterized by sudden departures from classical music. Her second album, Viaggio a Praga, an exploration of the work of Bohemian composers, saw Alessandra awarded a scholarship by the Czech Republic in 1997. On returning to Italy she began working with Kha Records. Her collection Esoterik Satie proved hugely popular in France , and Gnossienne #1 was used by Guy Ritchie in his 2005 movie Revolver. Alessandra is now preparing to release two new albums. The Golden Fly will appear in Italy in October 2007, and Way Out by LTM in January 2008. LTM-2505 CD $17.00 Chico Hamilton Quintet/Elmer Bernstein OST: Sweet Smell Of Success (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE JANUARY 22ND) PS, UK One of the most important films of the fifties, Sweet Smell Of Success boasts one of the great jazz scores; a combination of abstract jazz themes written and performed by the Chico Hamilton Quintet and a furious orchestral score by the masterful Elmer Bernstein. These albums were released seperately in 1957 - both became very considerable rarities - and are here combined in a single edition in digital format for the first time. Sweet Smell Of Success is memorable for the vicious performances of Burt Lancaster and Tony Curtis and its uniquely nasty view of the tough underbelly of New York fifty years ago. It was directed by Alexander mackendrick ('The Ladykillers' 'Whisky Galore' 'The Man In The White Suite' 'Mandy') Its audience is with jazz and film buffs and the eternally stylish; strong export potential everywhere. El-132 CD $15.50 Clark, Gene Self -Titled "White Light" (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE JANUARY 22ND) PS, US Further proof that '71 could very well have been the best yr ever for pop music is this LP. Following his '66 departure from The Byrds, as well as a release w/ the Gosdin Brothers & 2 w/ Doug Dillard as Dillard & Clark, Gene cut this w/ guitarist/produced Jesse Ed Davis, Burrito Brother Chris Ethridge & pianist Ben Sidran. 4MenwithBeards-116 LP $16.25 Clark, Guy Texas Cookin' (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE JANUARY 22ND) PS, US Originally released in '76, this sophomore effort for RCA is another fine set of country tunes that run the gamut of emotions from goofy & playful to brutally heartbreaking, sometimes within the same song. Feat. a ridiculous talented set of players that includes Emmylou Harris, Waylon Jennings, Johnny Gimble, Chip Young, Jerry Jeff Walker & Rodney Crowell,this is an Outlaw Country classic. DBKWorks-540 CD $16.50 Clark, Guy Old No. 1 (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE JANUARY 22ND) PS, US His debut from '75 is one of the all time classic country singer-songwriter records. From the rollicking Texas swing of opener "Rita Ballou" to the fingerpicked heartbreak of closer "Let Him Roll" there is not a stinker to be found. Feat. EMMYLOU HARRIS, RODNEY CROWELL & a young STEVE EARLE. DBKWorks-539 CD $16.50 Creteens 4-Track Blues (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE TBA) PS, US 4 song EP from some French kid(s?) making with the Memphis-sound garage-punk racket. The title cut and "Contaminated" are definitely 'Teenage Hate'-esque. B-Side has an Oblivians cover & a slower-style Fatals-ish long-titled bloozer. Recording is pretty rough. Scums stats: 600 copies on baby- blue swirled vinyl. Contaminated-009 45 $6.00 Destroy All Monsters Bored (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE JANUARY 15TH) PS, UK American group Destroy All Monsters caused quite a stir when they first appeared in the UK. Featuring guitarist Mike Davis who had previously played in The MC5, Ron Asheton - bass player from The Stooges and drummer Rob King, the band were completed by vocalist and ex-model Niagara. The band recorded only three singles for Cherry Red, all of which are contained on this mid-price CD (Tracks 1 > 6). Track seven - 'Goin' To Lose' - was previously unreleased. CherryRed-094 CD $15.50 Devine & Griffiths Wheels To Get To Heaven (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE JANUARY 8TH) PS, UK Ian Devine is guitarist with Manchester post-punk band Ludus and one half of the duo Devine & Statton. This is the new album recorded with Amanda Griffiths on vocals. To narrow the field, this is a record that sits in the same emotional and musical league as the third release from The Velvet Underground, the first album by The Smiths, Neil Young's 'Harvest Moon', Nico's 'The Chelsea Girls', Carole King's 'Tapestry' or Joni Mitchell's 'Court and Spark'. And how to justify such a grand claim? It all comes back to the music, and the world opened up by the music. 'Wheels To Get To Heaven' is a near perfect conflation of darkness and light: that such enchanting, mesmeric songs make eloquent not simply such sadness, but such heartfelt vulnerability to the curves and ragged edges of seemingly commonplace days. Anhrefn-017 CD $15.50 Doleful Lions 7 (ON SALE / PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE FEBRUARY 2008) PS, US After clearing the vaults with their previous album, Song Cyclops Volume Two, Doleful Lions return with a new lineup, direction, and wisdom. 7 represents the next step in the evolution of Doleful Lions, marrying their keen pop sensibilities with a new adventurous sound... The usual folk guitar strummings of their previous releases have been replaced with an eclectic mix of electronically-informed, epic song structures and a focused lyrical intensity. They have used 7 to explore other sonic horizons. 7 is a truly adventurous album in all regards; an album that has ventured further beyond any music created by the Doleful Lions in the past. Parasol-CD-108 CD $9.00 Dolenz, Jones, Boyce & Hart Same (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE JANUARY 15TH) PS, UK Almost immediately after the demise of The Monkees in 1970, there was industry clamour for a reunion and publisher Christian Dewalden came forward with an offer to finance the project. Micky Dolenz and Davy Jones were enthusiastic but as Mike Nesmith wasn't interested and Peter Tork couldn't be found a kind of pseudo-Monkees was created enlisting the services of gifted songwriting team of Tommy Boyce and Bobby Hart, who had written The Monkees first number one 'Last Train To Clarksville', 'The Monkees Theme (Hey, Hey We're The Monkees)' and '(I'm Not Your) Stepping Stone'. So Dolenz, Jones, Boyce & Hart was born. With the Monkees logo under copyright and not available for their use, the foursome set off on tour as 'the great golden hits of the Monkees - the guys who wrote 'em and the guys who sang 'em.' DJBH made its first public appearance on July 4, 1975 at six flags over mid-America in St. Louis, Missouri, where they were met by 12,500 of the same screaming fans who had followed the Monkees 10 years previously. Performing a raft of Monkee hits (Peter Tork had joined DJBH onstage at Disneyland) the band appeared on 'American Bandstand' and 'Don Kirshner's rock concert' and toured the States for a year before heading to the far east. They have the distinction of being the first American band to play in Thailand (they had to cut their hair to be allowed into the country!). The success of the American tour secured a contract with capitol records. The subsequent 'Dolenz Jones Boyce & Hart' was produced by Boyce & Hart and though light and very pop, is regarded as the most coherent Monkeerelated release since 1967¹s 'Pisces Aquarius, Capricorn & Jones'. El-052 CD $15.50 Durutti Column, The Circuses & Bread (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE JANUARY 22ND) PS, UK LTM is proud to announce the release of four expanded CDs by The Durutti Column, the legendary Factory Records ensemble formed and fronted by virtuoso guitarist/composer Vini Reilly. Circuses & Bread was originally released by the Factory Benelux label in April 1986, and features ten tracks written and performed by Vini Reilly, together with drummer Bruce Mitchell. Stand-out tracks include All That Love & Maths Can Do and the single Tomorrow. This expanded edition of Circuses & Bread also features ten bonus tracks, including the rare Japanese single For Noriko/Love Fading, compilation album tracks Verbiers and The Aftermath, and four previously unreleased tracks from the cancelled 1983 album Short Stories For Pauline. The bonus cuts also include the rarely heard 1983 single I Get Along Without You Very Well, a Hoagy Carmichael cover sung by Lindsay Reade and dedicated to her former husband, the late Anthony H. Wilson (Factory Records founder and Durutti Column manager). The booklet restores the original cover design by 8vo. Artist biography: Manchester native Vini Reilly formed The Durutti Column in 1978, recording his debut album The Return of the Durutti Column the following year with producer Martin Hannett, a set of delicate instrumental tracks housed in an abrasive sandpaper sleeve. Subsequent landmark albums include LC (1981), Without Mercy (1984), The Guitar & Other Machines (1987), Sex & Death (1993), Fidelity (1996) and Someone Else's Party (2003). A prolific recording artist in his own right (usually with drummer Bruce Mitchell), Reilly has also guested on records by Morrissey, Olive and Holly Johnson. For many years the group were managed by the late Anthony H. Wilson, founder of Factory Records. LTM-2510 CD $17.00 Durutti Column, The Fidelity (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE JANUARY 22ND) PS, UK LTM is proud to announce the release of four expanded CDs by The Durutti Column, the legendary Factory Records ensemble formed and fronted by virtuoso guitarist/composer Vini Reilly. Fidelity was originally released by Les Disques du Crepuscule in April 1996, and features ten tracks written and performed by Vini Reilly, with occasional guest vocals by Elli Rudge. In addition to Vini's trademark guitar style, the album also features sleek programmed beats and synth textures. The expanded Fidelity CD also features one bonus track, My Only Love, originally issued in 1995 on a free CD with a guitar magazine. The attractive booklet for this digitally remaster includes background notes, and the text of the original press release. Artist biography: Manchester native Vini Reilly formed The Durutti Column in 1978, recording his debut album The Return of the Durutti Column the following year with producer Martin Hannett, a set of delicate instrumental tracks housed in an abrasive sandpaper sleeve. Subsequent landmark albums include LC (1981), Without Mercy (1984), The Guitar & Other Machines (1987), Sex & Death (1993), Fidelity (1996) and Someone Else's Party (2003). A prolific recording artist in his own right (usually with drummer Bruce Mitchell), Reilly has also guested on records by Morrissey, Olive and Holly Johnson. For many years the group were managed by the late Anthony H. Wilson, founder of Factory Records. LTM-2512 CD $17.00 Fair Weather Beginning From An End (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE JANUARY 22ND) PS, UK ANDY FAIRWEATHER LOW's CLASSIC PROGRESSIVE ALBUM - NOW 24-BIT REMASTERED WITH 6 BONUS TRACKS. Following the demise of AMEN CORNER, Andy Fairweather Low and fellow musical cohorts Blue Weaver, Clive Taylor and Dennis Byron underwent a musical transition into the band FAIR WEATHER. Heading into a "Progressive" direction the band adopted a harder edge and were the first act to sign to RCA Records' progressive imprint NEON (an attempt to rival Philips' VERTIGO label). Perhaps the most successful NEON signing, the band secured a UK TOP TEN hit in "Natural Sinner" before releasing their sole album, "Beginning from an End". Featuring guest contributions from DAVE EDMUNDS on "I Hear You Knockin'", although the album was a success in Europe, FAIR WEATHER lasted a mere 13 months before disbanding. This ESOTERIC reissue gathers together the album and six tracks released over three singles to comprise this definitive edition remastered reissue. EsotericRecordings-2028 CD $20.25 Fairport Convention What We Did On Our Holidays (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE JANUARY 22ND) PS, US Their 2nd, originally released in '69, is the 1st to feat. the beautifully haunting vocals of the legendary SANDY DENNY. This finds them moving away from the California folk-rock of their debut album towards a more British approach to similar material. It is also the last full LP to feat. IAN MATTHEWS on vocals & many consider this lineup to be the finest in their long & varied career. Water-211 CD $14.00 Farr, Gary Strange Fruit (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE JANUARY 22ND) PS, UK GARY FARR's LONG LOST CLASSIC FOLK ROCK ALBUM - NOW 24-BIT REMASTERED FROM THE ORIGINAL MASTER TAPES WITH BONUS TRACK. "Strange Fruit" is a great undiscovered work of the acoustic rock / classic rock genres, cited by some as a minor masterpiece. In the late 60's Gary Farr made the transition from leader of R&B outfit The T-Bones to a noted singer-songwriter. Recording an album for Marmalade Records, Farr then signed to CBS Records in 1970, recording this sole album for the label. Sessions featured contributions from RICHARD THOMPSON on lead guitar and leading lights of the underground MIGHTY BABY. Unavailable on CD for many years, "Strange Fruit" is a record made by an often overlooked singer-songwriter made available once more by Esoteric Recordings and is certain to appeal to all who adore acoustic music both melancholic and uplifting. The reissue also features the first ever CD appearance of the single edit of "Revolution of the Season". EsotericRecordings-2029 CD $20.25 Fessenden v1.1 (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE JANUARY 22ND) PS, US Joshua Convey, Stephen Fiehn, and Steven Hess (On, Pan American, Haptic) have been actively writing and performing as Fessenden since 2004. This Chicago/New York-based electro-acoustic trio creates distinct, atmospheric and progressive sound collages, at times weaving quietly subtle textures against harsh moments of volume, or low hums and buzzes against crisp percussion while drones interplay with staccato chords. "v1.1" represents their first release of studio-recorded material. An exercise in restraint, where hypnotic and atmospheric palettes create a vague sense of foreboding, this release engages the acute listener with new concepts of structure and texture. Praise for Fessenden: "Playing on a rusty knife edge, these artists mould a new genre of inquisitive reduction of technical abuse..." -Touching Extremes "Contemplative music that combines the best of improvised music, real instruments and yet manages to sound so micro-sound." -Vital Weekly "Like drifting Arctic waters in an atomic sub, slowly diving, headset plugged directly into the hull."- Avant Music News "One of the more patient ensembles I've heard, Fessenden members seem to be in no hurry to move things along here...just a few compass degrees this way or that...Fessenden provides a nice trip." -KFJC OtherElectricites-010 CD $12.25 Gainsbourg, Serge Les Annees Psychedelique 1966-1971 (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE JANUARY 15TH) PS, US Culling its music from rare vinyl (Gainsbourg's ultra-rare 7" B-side from the Mister Freedom OST) & master tapes (the superb & never commercially released "La Horse" & the breakbeat classic "Requiem Pour Un Con") & utilizing tasteful restoration & remastering, this latest anthology promises to be the 1st time that many of these songs will be heard by the record-buying public. And w/ bonus beats to boot. LeSmokeDisques DLP $16.75 Hamill, Claire One House Left Standing (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE JANUARY 22ND) PS, UK CLASSIC FOLK ROCK ALBUM - NOW 24-BIT REMASTERED FROM THE ORIGINAL MASTER TAPES WITH BONUS TRACKS. The possessor of one of the finest voices in popular music, Claire Hamill signed to Island records at the age of 16, recording two albums which featured contributions from JOHN MARTYN, FREE & TERRY REID. "One House Left Standing" is Claire's first album, a masterpiece of folk rock and the art of songwriting and features music of both innocence and maturity. The Esoteric reissue includes four bonus tracks, three of which are unreleased, including a version of "Meet Me On the Corner" featuring Gerry Rafferty and Steeler's Wheel as backing musicians and the evocative single B-side "Alice in the Streets of Darlington". With her songs covered by EVA CASSIDY and cited by KATE BUSH as an influence, this reissue is the first part of a programme that sees the reissuing of Claire's work by Esoteric Recordings. EsotericRecordings-2031 CD $20.25 Hamill, Claire October (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE JANUARY 22ND) PS, UK CLASSIC FOLK ROCK ALBUM - NOW 24-BIT REMASTERED FROM THE ORIGINAL MASTER TAPES WITH BONUS TRACKS. The possessor of one of the finest voices in popular music, Claire Hamill signed to Island records at the age of 16, recording two albums which featured contributions from JOHN MARTYN, FREE & TERRY REID. "October" is Claire's second album, a masterpiece of folk rock and the art of songwriting and features music of both innocence and maturity. Produced by Paul Samwell Smith (who had recently worked with Cat Stevens), "October" is a highlight of Claire's early career and is certain to appeal to those who appreciate the art of the singer songwriter. The Esoteric reissue includes "Baby What's Wrong" as a bonus tracks. With her songs covered by EVA CASSIDY and cited by KATE BUSH as an influence, this reissue is the first part of a programme that sees the reissuing of Claire's work by Esoteric Recordings. EsotericRecordings-2032 CD $20.25 Heaven Brass Rock 1 (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE JANUARY 22ND) PS, UK CLASSIC PROGRESSIVE JAZZ ROCK ALBUM REISSUED ON CD OFFICIALLY FOR THE FIRST TIME- 24-BIT REMASTERED FROM THE ORIGINAL MASTER TAPES. Heaven, a jazz rock group from Portsmouth, burst forth onto the British rock scene in 1970 when they appeared at the legendary Isle of Wight festival sharing a bill with The Who, The Doors, Jimi Hendrix et al. Making a stunning debut, the band (now managed by festival organiser Rikki Farr), soon secured a recording deal with CBS Records who signed the band for a large advance. The resulting double album "Brass Rock 1" appeared in 1971, adorned in a lavish fold-out sleeve. Well received critically, the album failed to achieve the expected success and Heaven soon disbanded, leaving behind a fine example of classic jazz rock. Officially released on CD for the first time, this Esoteric Recordings reissue is digitally remastered from the original master tapes and restores the artwork of the album in full. EsotericRecordings-2030 CD $20.25 Hiorthoy, Kim My Last Day (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE JANUARY 15TH) PS, US LIMITED VINYL SmalltownSupersound-087 LP $14.50 Klein, Alan Well At Least It's British (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE JANUARY 29TH) PS, UK 60's Brit Pop with an influence on 90's Brit Pop. Includes rare Joe Meek produced tracks. All first time on CD, and first ever reissue. After writing the soundtrack to the quintessential pre- Beatles English pop movie What A Crazy World Alan Klein scored a deal with Decca to write and perform his view of English society at the time. His style of delivery was very distinctive, not unlike contemporary Anthony Newley, and writing like Lionel Bart. Alan was managed by Ken Pitt who also had another client called David Jones, soon to be David Bowie. That the early style of Bowie's delivery is also akin to Kleins must surely be more than coincidence. In the mid 90's Damon Albarn was asked about his influences and said about this LP " ...it was instrumental in me making Modern Life Is Rubbish,and changing and getting an idea of my own self.... I can't believe that David Bowie didn't know him inside out, and the same with Ray Davies. My favourite track goes ' he's a twentieth-century Englishman ' (see Blur's For Tomorrow). It's a fantastic record." Klein went on to tour the world as vocalist in the New Vaudeville Band. For bonus tracks we include the two singles he wrote and recorded in 1962, both produced by Joe Meek, and the 1965 singles including the withdrawn Age Of Corruption. RPM-824 CD $17.00 Kubin, Felix Und Das Mineral Orchester Music for Theatre and Radio Play (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE JANUARY 22ND) PS, GERMANY We are extremely excited to announce the 1st collaboration between the Dekorder label and our old friend, local conspirator and private hair gardener Felix Kubin. Kubin has achieved worldwide reputation by releasing post-dadaist, futuristic NDW-influenced Organ&Korg smash hits on his own Gagarin label, on A-Musik, Ski-pp, Meeuw, Diskono et al. He has collaborated with People Like Us, Coolhaven, Mark Boombastik, Asmus Tietchens, ensemble Intégrales, David Fenech, Ergo Phizmiz, Boris D. Hegenbart, Wojtek Kucharczyk and many others. His first recordings date back to his teenage years in the early 1980's, followed by his electroacoustic noise duo Klangkrieg and the pseudo-communist Liedertafel Margot Honecker. Right from the start Felix Kubin has written and recorded music for films (hence the title of his first album) by the likes of Mariola Brillowska and Anke Feuchtenberger and continues the German tradition of "Hörspiel" (radio play) with works such as "Territerrortorium", "Nachtspeicher", "Orpheus' Psykotron" and "Syndikat für Gegenlärm" (with guest appearances by Matmos, DAT Politics and Wolfgang Müller of Die Tödliche Doris). Some of Kubin's most gorgeous and adventurous works are his contributions to "The Raft" (a radio play by the mysterious Xentos Bentos of The Homosexuals, directed by Lukas Simonis of Coolhaven, Trespassers W, Dull Schicksal) and his soundtracks for theatre plays by Branko Simic ("Zufall", based on a short story by Vladimir Nabokov) and the notorious Schorsch Kamerun. The latter (known in Germany as a member of Goldene Zitronen) directed "Hollywood Elegien" based on a song cycle by Bert Brecht and Hanns Eisler. Now the best parts of these works are for the first time available on LP and CD, simply (and aptly) titled "Music for Theatre and Radio Play". While the musical spectrum on this release covers a variety of styles and moods it's still almost immediately recognizable as a typically Kubin-ist work featuring the main ingredients his records and body-and-mind-boggling live shows are famous for. Twisted rythms & playfully clever arrangements that could have been created by a mutated reincarnation of the legendary Juan Esquivel; hauntingly ethereal tracks sounding like a narcoleptic John Carpenter playing Angelo Badalamenti arrangements; contorted Big Band music, pre-war Schlager and Vaudeville sent through a malfunctioning pre-digital time machine; Ennio Morricone cloned as a Russian male choir; instrumental workers' songs Hanns Eisler might have imagined in a feverish nightmare - it's all there, and more! Dekorder-022 CD $15.00 Kubin, Felix Und Das Mineral Orchester Music for Theatre and Radio Play (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE JANUARY 22ND) PS, GERMANY We are extremely excited to announce the 1st collaboration between the Dekorder label and our old friend, local conspirator and private hair gardener Felix Kubin. Kubin has achieved worldwide reputation by releasing post-dadaist, futuristic NDW-influenced Organ&Korg smash hits on his own Gagarin label, on A-Musik, Ski-pp, Meeuw, Diskono et al. He has collaborated with People Like Us, Coolhaven, Mark Boombastik, Asmus Tietchens, ensemble Intégrales, David Fenech, Ergo Phizmiz, Boris D. Hegenbart, Wojtek Kucharczyk and many others. His first recordings date back to his teenage years in the early 1980's, followed by his electroacoustic noise duo Klangkrieg and the pseudo-communist Liedertafel Margot Honecker. Right from the start Felix Kubin has written and recorded music for films (hence the title of his first album) by the likes of Mariola Brillowska and Anke Feuchtenberger and continues the German tradition of "Hörspiel" (radio play) with works such as "Territerrortorium", "Nachtspeicher", "Orpheus' Psykotron" and "Syndikat für Gegenlärm" (with guest appearances by Matmos, DAT Politics and Wolfgang Müller of Die Tödliche Doris). Some of Kubin's most gorgeous and adventurous works are his contributions to "The Raft" (a radio play by the mysterious Xentos Bentos of The Homosexuals, directed by Lukas Simonis of Coolhaven, Trespassers W, Dull Schicksal) and his soundtracks for theatre plays by Branko Simic ("Zufall", based on a short story by Vladimir Nabokov) and the notorious Schorsch Kamerun. The latter (known in Germany as a member of Goldene Zitronen) directed "Hollywood Elegien" based on a song cycle by Bert Brecht and Hanns Eisler. Now the best parts of these works are for the first time available on LP and CD, simply (and aptly) titled "Music for Theatre and Radio Play". While the musical spectrum on this release covers a variety of styles and moods it's still almost immediately recognizable as a typically Kubin-ist work featuring the main ingredients his records and body-and-mind-boggling live shows are famous for. Twisted rythms & playfully clever arrangements that could have been created by a mutated reincarnation of the legendary Juan Esquivel; hauntingly ethereal tracks sounding like a narcoleptic John Carpenter playing Angelo Badalamenti arrangements; contorted Big Band music, pre-war Schlager and Vaudeville sent through a malfunctioning pre-digital time machine; Ennio Morricone cloned as a Russian male choir; instrumental workers' songs Hanns Eisler might have imagined in a feverish nightmare - it's all there, and more! Dekorder-022 LP $17.00 Menck Hey War Pigs (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE JANUARY 2008) NO PS, US On his new 45rpm vinyl single Velvet Crush drummer and very occasional solo singer-songsmith Ric Menck covers former Soft Boys and Katrina & The Waves guitarist-songwriter Kimberly Rew's pissed-off protest anthem "Hey War Pigs" (so very fitting) backed by his dry-hump version of "Teenage Head" by The Flaming Groovies. Black wax in a plain paper sleeve. In addition to founding Velvet Crush Menck is and has been a member of The Drats, The Reverbs, The Springfields, The Paint Set, The Big Maybe, The Stupid Cupids, Pop The Balloon, Choo Choo Train, Duffy, The Tyde, Frausdots, Aimee Mann and Matthew Sweet. BirdSong-106 45 $3.00 Moorcock, Michael & Deep Fix The New World's Fair (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE JANUARY 22ND) PS, UK Classic sci-fi rock album - now 24-bit remastered from the original master tapes with unreleased bonus tracks. Features members of Hawkwind & Snowy White. New essay by Nik Turner. Leading Science Fantasy author Michael Moorcock enjoyed a long collaboration with Space Rock kings HAWKWIND eventually forming his own outfit Deep Fix to record this conceptual album in 1975. Featuring Members of HAWKWIND and guitarist SNOWY WHITE, "The New Worlds Fair" was a stunning work inspired by Moorcock's writings and was wonderfully conceived and delivered. The ESOTERIC reissue is remastered from the original tapes and includes 7 bonus tracks, 3 of which are previously unreleased. The booklet features an essay by HAWKWIND founder & friend of Michael Moorcock NIK TURNER. It an essential release for fans of HAWKWIND, MOORCOCK and Science Fantasy. EsotericRecordings-2026 CD $20.25 Nyro, Laura More Than A New Discovery (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE JANUARY 29TH) PS, UK Rev-Ola proudly re-presents the album which introduced to the world the wonderful talent of Laura Nyro! More Than A New Discovery (aka The First Songs) is openly informed by the styles of Laura's youth. She had just turned 19 when she recorded the album in early 1966, and the songs retain a youthful exuberance and glisten with beautiful pop melodies and then-fashionable, sturdy 1960s New York arrangements. Laura's lyrics are already as poetically-charged and mature as at her peak, from the wise "And When I Die" to the observational approach of "Buy and Sell." Musically, the album was obviously tailored to fit the prevailing landscape of 1960s female pop singers and it often has the same soulful atmosphere of Dusty Springfield and Evie Sands or the brash, bravura pop of Barbra Streisand, who was to take "Stoney End" to the charts three years later. Although Laura's albums would become more and more influential and adventurous, this, her first outing, features the majority of her most famous and revered compositions. Due to production decisions she did mot agree with, Laura Nyro more or less disowned her debut for many years, until the music fan in her began to appreciate the set forms as one might a Motown hit of the period, no matter how overexposed and hackneyed. With new manager David Geffen, a slew of covers of her material hitting the charts, and a controversial showing at the Monterey Pop Festival, Laura Nyro signed a favourable new deal with Columbia Records, making some of the most essential albums of the late 1960s and 1970s...but that is another, quite wonderful story. Listen now to where it all began. Fantastic album by one of our very favourite artists! Beautifully re-mastered in true RevOla style with lovely packaging as usual... A must for all fans of Laura Nyro, and of classic New York girlpop... the set form she made into so much more! Rev-Ola-233 CD $15.50 Patchen, Kenneth/Lawrence Ferlinghetti Rebel Poets Of America (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE JANUARY 22ND) PS, UK Two of the most brilliant poets of the beat generation, Kenneth Patchen and Lawrence Ferlinghetti performing their compelling works in a jazz context This edition captures the movement in poetry toward all-inclusiveness, and a belief that the language and music of the street had their own beauty, integrity and significance, rooted as they were in the experience of ordinary people. Patchen is one the most important american writers of the 20th century and Ferlinghetti wrote 'Coney Island Of The Mind' which sold a million copies. In terms of both attitude and style, Patchen and Ferlinghetti paved the way for Bob Dylan, Jim Morrison and Captain Beefheart. Strong export potential to America and to jazz culture specialists in Japan. El-133 CD $15.50 Quarteto Em Cy Aleluia 1964-66 (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE JANUARY 22ND) PS, UK The last truly great undiscovered vocal group of the sixties...Mamas & Papas, Free Design, the Association, Harper's Bizarre. Prominent in the first generation of the bossa nova movement; made seminal album "os afros sambas" with Vinicius and Baden Powell. Worked with Joao Gilberto, Antonio Carlos Jobim, Marcos Valle. Centrepiece of this set is the 1965 album they recorded with the male Brazilian vocal group Tama Trio under the auspices of arranger Luiz Eca. It is a masterpiece. El-131 CD $15.50 Radiohead In Rainbows (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE JANUARY 1ST) PS, US VINYL VERSION!!! Radiohead LP $17.50 Radiohead In Rainbows (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE JANUARY 1ST) PS, US New album from the music industry's most quietly entertaining shaker-uppers. Music is really good too. ATO CD $14.25 Ramsey Lewis Trio, The In Person v.1: 1960 - 65 (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE JANUARY 29TH) PS, UK Ramsey Lewis straddled the boundary between bop-oriented jazz and pop music. Most of his recordings (particularly by the mid-'60s) were very accessible and attracted a large non-jazz audience. The very epitome of groovy, finger poppin' soul/jazz/pop, perfect for a party, yet eminently listenable in any circumstances...with personnel including Ramsey himself, with his roots in BeBop, and Maurice White (founder of Earth Wind and Fire) the Ramsey Lewis Trio sit squarely in the very midst of soul, Jazz, funk and whatever history! As soon as you hear The Ramsey Lewis Trio, you'll feel as if you always knew them! With a whole load of amazing performances recorded live during their record-breaking tours of the 1960s, this is THE Ramsey Lewis Trio album you need...believe it! Amazing and timeless soul-jazz-pop-bossa-boogaloo you'll love! Perfectly remastered by Mr. Nick Robbins of this parish...and wonderfully packaged by Mr. Andy Morten in Zummerzet! Rev-Ola-221 CD $15.00 S.T. Mikael Mind of Fire (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE JANUARY 15TH) PS, SWEDEN After an 11 year silence, here's a new album by the mysterious and legendary Swedish psychedelic multi-instrumentalist, S.T. Mikael. Mikael spearheaded the DIY psychedelic rock/folk movement of the late 1980s/mid-'90s... Now that he's finally back, here's a chance at last for the world to join his psychedelic world again. The music, stretching out in many different directions, has been done freely and spontaneously in an extremely relaxed and happy environment. He also joins forces with Dungen's Reine Fiske and Fredrik Björling, whose musical expertise now also grace the grooves. These otherworldly acid tripper recordings now exist in the real world and S.T. Mikael proves, once again, to be a gifted songwriter and an unconventional performer with a very personal ear for acoustics and an emotional honesty seldom seen these days. Melodic folk-rock elements flow with waves of heavy fuzz-phase leads; weird, detached, haunted vocals echo over the band and the whole thing seems to teeter on the brink of psychedelic oblivion. This is not psychedelic revival, but the psychedelic NOW. His soaring vocals, surreal lyrics, fragile, folky melodies, heavy fuzz riffs, mind-bending soul funk and penchant for the spiritual and mystical make this a fascinating voyage that is so mind-twisting, soul-swirling, upper psychedelic that your third eye takes you on a joyride through an altered state! This album makes your brain start thinking in those pebble-splash-pond-mind circular expanding waveforms that reveal the password to tomorrow. The CD also contains 9 previously-unreleased vintage recordings and unique spoken introductions by Mikael. Limited edition of 2,000 copies only. SubliminalSounds-022 CD $16.25 Sambassadeur Migration (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE JANUARY 22ND) PS, SWEDEN Migration is a sparkling pop album, where breezy vocals meet deceptively sunny arrangements that perfectly wrap up the most heartfelt melodies. Biography: Sambassadeur debuted on Labrador in winter 2005 with the release of the "Between the Lines"-EP. The EP was followed by their self-titled debut album later that year. The songs were all recorded at home which gave the production a primitive quality that labeled them by some as being a lo-fi-twee act. This was never the bands intention. If the cliché is that songs are like children, then Sambassadeur saw no purpose in stagnating in front of their home-computer while watching their kids being taken custody by those who didn't have the ability to, indeed, read between the lines and see through the understated surface of the songs. This called for some change. The EP "Coastal Affairs", released in may 2006, marked the start of a development towards a more luxurious setting. Without loosing their enigmatic qualities, songs like "Kate" and "Marie" introduced a breeze of new confidence. The Sambassadeurs saw the opportunity to take things to even greater heights and returned to the scene in late august 2007 with "Subtle Changes". Labrador-106 CD $15.75 Samurai S-T (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE JANUARY 22ND) PS, UK Classic Progressive rock album - Now 24-bit remastered from the original master tapes. New essay & interview with Dave Lawson. "Samurai" is truly a lost classic of the Progressive era. Released on the short lived Greenwich Gramophone label in 1972, the album was influenced by the experiments of groups such as KING CRIMSON, GENTLE GIANT et al, but was more than a mere clone of these bands. Evolving from the equally excellent band WEB (whose album "I Spider" is a classic of the genre), the musicianship on the album was excellent and Keyboard player DAVE LAWSON's compositions were groundbreaking and memorable. Sadly the group disbanded shortly after the release of the record resulting in limited sales. However, the influence of the album was not lost as both DAVE LAWSON and TONY REEVES soon joined DAVE GREENSLADE to form the group GREENSLADE, effectively taking up the musical mantle laid down by SAMURAI. This Esoteric reissue features a booklet with previously unseen photographs and an interview with DAVE LAWSON. EsotericRecordings-2025 CD $20.25 Scenics How Does It Feel To Be Loved: The Scenics Play the Velvet Underground (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE JANUARY 15TH) PS, US This quickly immerses the listener into a warm frenzy of fuzzy energy. First formed in '76 by Andy Meyers & Ken Badger, they were one of the most intrepidly inspired bands of the Toronto new wave/punk scene. They now return w/ a full-length collection of Velvet Underground covers recorded live between 1977-81 in Toronto. Jangly, inverted pop aesthetics & wild mood swings of feverish noise dominate these ten tracks, making this an abrasive wash of harmonious distortion. DreamTower-001 CD $16.25 Scientists, The Swampland: Birth Of The Scientists (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE JANUARY 22ND) PS, UK Formed in Perth, Australia, but later to relocate to Melbourne and then London, Kim Salmon's Scientists played a brand of minimalist punked-up swamp blues that saw them become legends on at least three continents. Just about everyone loves the Scientist, from Sonic Youth and Mudhoney (both of whom have asked the band to play with them) to Sub Pop to Henry Rollins - in fact, the entire US alt-rock hierarchy. And what's not to like - this new compilation for the UK features the strongest tracks from the band's legendary Blood Red River recordings, notably 'Swampland', one of the most evocative and best loved Australian songs of all time. But that's not all: as well as the studio recordings, with Kim's permission we've unearthed some dynamite live recordings from 1982 that have never been released anywhere before. The packaging includes a mammoth essay on the band's history written by Alex Ogg, with full co-operation and humorous asides from Kim, plus photos and memorabilia. A handy starting point for those new to the band, featuring as it does the cream of the Scientists' work from their acclaimed early Melbourne period, but spiced up with some amazing live tracks for the established fan. CherryRed-345 CD $15.50 Set In Sand Nothing Against The Ocean (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE JANUARY 22ND) PS, JAPAN "Nothing Against The Ocean" is the debut CD of Set In Sand, licensed by Hue (JAPAN) from Abandon Building Records (US). Set in Sand (one of the many aliases of producer Lendin Hopes) was brought into this world around 2000, originally designed as a purely electronic and instrumental project working within the nether-regions of IDM. Early Set in Sand creations followed the blueprint for experimental electronic song crafts, disjointed percussion and glitchy filtered melodies with subtle instrumentation and vocal samples offering a hint of things to come. Two net releases came out in this vein, the self released "Are You Listening EP" and the full length "You Say You Can't Sleep Alone" by German label Subsource. Around 2004 Lendin reconnected with his singer-songwriter roots, adding acoustic guitar and vocals to a large portion of his compositions. Examples of this style can be found on the net release "Mini Splintered Things" hosted by the good folks at Drift Records. In addition to these three net releases Set in Sand has contributed songs to a number of compilations including "Assemblage Sessions 1 and 2 CD's" (Abandon Building), "Subvaritrax" (Subvariant), "Ctrl-Space" (Modsquare), "The Karaoke Hymnal" (Peppermill Records) and "Calderas of the Mind" and "Heart on the Right Spot" ( Project Mooncircle/ Botanica Del Jibaro). Set in Sand is also the producer for the whacky Hip Hop duo Flowtation Addvice (who's debut "Terrain Clouds" is due out on Abandon Building in early 08.) With "NATO" Lendin has synthesized all the elements of his early work into a weird piece of sonic experimentation masquerading as a sort of Pop album. Half of the albums 8 songs feature vocals, a surreal blend of androgynous singing and hyperactive MC work. The music is based around skeletons of guitar and programmed beats with multiple layers of digital nonsense wrapped around them. A most distinct touch is Lendin's use of live drums in complimentary patterns over the grounding electronic percussion. It results in a blurring mesh of chaotic calm, establishing a kind of fresh voice in the world of beatmaking. In other words it's pretty decent stuff. Hue-1039 CD $16.25 Shalabi, Sam Eld (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE JANUARY 22ND) PS, US Third solo outing was conceived in Cairo, Egypt in 2006 while Shalabi was living there and further realized in Montreal & Vancouver. His ideas were to compose songs for singers he knew and enjoyed and to create a 'modern Arabic pop' record. Features well over 25 musicians. Alien8-074 CD $13.50 Snow, Hank Paving The Highway With Tears (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE JANUARY 29TH) PS, UK Resplendent in his lavish and colorful sequin-studded suits, Hank Snow had a career covering six decades during which he sold more than 80 million albums, and was one of the biggest stars of country music practically from it's origins until his passing, a unique man and a unique achievement. Born in Nova Scotia in 1914, Snow embarked on a musical career as a teenager, conquering Canadian radio as "The Yodelling Ranger", until his voice changed and so did his name! In 1950, Snow had the monster hit, "I'm Movin' On", the first of many, and covered by country, R&B and Rock acts to this day...Everyone from Johnny Cash to The Rolling Stones has dome their take of this classic song... Along the way, Hank even briefly managed his young protégé Elvis Presley, introducing him at The Grand Ole Opry as he had done for Hank Williams before him... Hank Snow was a giant of country music, and here we present some of his greatest recordings. A member of the Country Music Hall Of Fame, the Canadian Country Music Hall Of Fame, and the Nova Scotia Music Hall Of Fame, there simply isn't a hall of fame complete without Hank! An amazing CD collection of 1950s hits by one of the masters of Country Music! Beautifully packaged by Pepperbox! Wonderfully re-mastered by Norman Blake and Joe Foster at the mysterious Studio 3, Glasgow, Scotland! A must for all fans of top flight Americana! Rev-Ola-237 CD $15.50 Souvenir Extras 64 (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE JANUARY 8TH) PS, SPAIN Souvenir's 'Extras 64' has been conceived as the epilogue to their record '64' (Jabalina Música 2007), which was released at the beginning of this year and critically acclaimed as an inspired change of course in the sound of this heterodox Spanish indie band. Initially intended as a single to feature their song 'Si tu sais pas' -an irresistible techno-pop gem which Souvenir wrote and recorded after the release of '64'- it has eventually become a real treat for fans which includes their cover version of Blondie's 'Hanging on the telephone' (which Souvenir are performing live on their current tour), three remixes of songs from '64', and their amazing first-ever video of the song 'Allô, allô'. So 'Extras 64' features two brand new tracks, a video and three remixes which give songs from '64' an even more dance-oriented dimension. For this task Souvenir have chosen artists on their same wavelength, such as Johan Agebjörn (the Swedish producer and songwriter who's responsible for the success of this year's brilliant debutante Sally Shapiro) who has taken 'Allô, allô' to new dancefloor heights, or Spanish singer Miqui Puig, who has remixed 'Une semaine en ballon'. Also, Souvenir's Jaime Cristóbal has revamped his own 'Accident à Londres'. These new 5 dancefloor fillers are topped by a brilliant video produced and directed by Spanish ace company Producciones Entrelíneas. The video takes the avant-garde aesthetics of '64' further on and the result is a pleasure to the eye, with a special mention to Patricia, whose appearance on the video is especially captivating. Iker Spoz