New Releases - 11/17/23
Hitting The Racks
Here's your weekly rundown of what's hitting the new release racks at Grimey's
New Releases
Bastards Of Soul – Give It Right Back CD (Eastwood Music Group)
Bastards of Soul return with their third album Give It Right Back, the last chapter in the band's story following the death of their lead singer Chadwick Murray in 2021. The set features "This Love", a song written by Chadwick and although he was never able to record the song, Keite Young (who performed the stunning cover of "Like A Ship" with Leon Bridges) stepped in with a beautiful rendition that Chadwick would be proud of. Also featured on the album are Daptone recording artist The Sha La Das and Colemine recording artist Ghost Funk Orchestra. [An indie store exclusive red color vinyl pressing is due November 24.]
Matt Berry – Simplicity CD/LP (Acid Jazz)
Matt Berry presents a unique collaboration with esteemed Library Music label KPM. KPM is renowned for providing the musical bedrock for so many classics of British TV and international cinema, using the best British composers - such as Keith Mansfield, Alan Hawkshaw, John Cameron, and Alan Moorhouse - to do so. Simplicity follows in the footsteps of these giants and is a worthy successor to them.
Andrew Bird – Outside Problems CD/LP (Loma Vista)
Andrew Bird on Outside Problems: “I wanted to record Inside Problems outside, but this plan fell apart when it became clear that some dude with a woodchipper could really ruin our day. I did so much casual recording during the pandemic, in my backyard or in Ojai, that I gathered enough outdoor recordings to make Outside Problems. Most of these were made without any intention of making an album, just improvisations on simple themes, some of which make up the musical backbone of Inside Problems.”
Aidan Bissett – Supernova 12” (Capitol)
Aidan Bissett details the twists and turns of romance and heartbreak with raw immediacy on his new EP, Supernova. Released by Capitol Records, the seven-song set demonstrates his remarkable range - vocally, sonically and emotionally.
Car Colors – Old Death 12” (Absolutely Kosher)
Silver vinyl. The first music in 20 years by Charles Bissell, the singer-writer-producer of the Wrens.
Cher – Christmas CD/LP (WB)
Recently released on CD – now available on ruby red vinyl. Christmas, Cher’s first new studio album in five years, includes 13 songs - several holiday classics and four originals. It also has a star-studded list of musical besties including Darlene Love, Stevie Wonder, Michael Bublé, Cyndi Lauper and Tyga. Recorded primarily in L.A. and London, Christmas was produced by longtime collaborator Mark Taylor (“Believe”). Songs include beloved superstar duet classics “What Christmas Means To Me" with Stevie Wonder and "Christmas (Baby Please Come Home)" with Darlene Love. (Darlene first recorded the song with Phil Spector and a l7-year-old Cher singing background vocals); in addition to a haunting version of “Home" written and sung with Michael Bublé. “I never say this about my own records but I’m really proud of this one. It is one of the most amazing highlights of my career,” commented Cher.
Vince Clarke – Songs Of Silence CD/LP+MP3 (Mute)
Vince Clarke, the primary composer and musician in Erasure, and previous songwriter and member of Yazoo, Depeche Mode, and The Assembly, presents (unbelievably) his first-ever solo album, Songs Of Silence. As the album title suggests, Songs of Silence is a lyric-less, instrumental album and is hugely evocative for that. Unlike anything you've previously heard from Vince Clarke as an artisan of dynamic electropop, Songs of Silence has about it a more sober ambient electronic beauty; its unique characteristics put it in a category of its own.
Des Rocs – Dream Machine CD/LP (Sumerian)
Des Rocs releases Dream Machine, the sophomore effort from the "This Is Our Life" artist. The album follows Des Rocs' 2021 debut, A Real Good Person In A Real Bad Place. Dream Machine includes the previously released single "Never Ending Moment". “Somewhere in Queens, a musical madman creates compositions in an underground lair. Formerly used as a break room for 1950s MTA tunnel workers, the grit and legacy of the city radiates from the walls, anointing Des Rocs with the authentic soul of NYC. His music builds upon its deep and soulful rock roots and applies a sadistic, frenetic twist.” [Indie store exclusive white & gold galaxy vinyl.]
Luther Dickinson – Magic Music For Family Folk CD/LP (Antone’s)
“As a father and touring musician, I made this album to keep my kids’ company in my absence, hopefully for them to sing along with in their mom’s car. These songs evoke memories of my mother playing her Martin parlor guitar and of my father, at the family turntable, telling stories about Furry Lewis and Gus Cannon or explaining a song’s meaning. I wanted to share these childhood favorites with my kids. This collection of childhood favorites was recorded for fun, at home, with family and friends in the spirit of sharing. Everyone is welcome. I wanted to share these songs with my kids and my friend’s kids as well as expose my daughters to the joy of learning, performing, and recording music that my father shared with me. The recording was largely done in 2017 during dinner parties, sleep overs and play dates, either in a family style social setting or while the kids slept.”
D’Virgilio, Morse & Jennings – Sophomore CD (Inside Out Music)
Three titans of progressive rock, Nick D’Virgilio (Big Big Train), Neal Morse (Transatlantic, NMB) & Ross Jennings (Haken, Novena) joined forces in 2021 for their Troika album, a record that saw them exploring their love of more acoustic-led music and three-part vocal harmonies. Now the band are extremely pleased to reveal the follow-up, aptly titled Sophomore. The three musicians began trading song ideas in late 2022, before choosing 10 of those to record in January 2023. “I think there was always a plan in the back of everybody’s minds about doing a second one. We just got the conversation started and then started checking out some tunes. There were a lot of songs that were a little less fleshed out than with the first album, but once we got the ball rolling, it kind of went fast”, says Nick D’Virgilio.
Mick Flannery – Goodtime Charlie CD/2xLP (Oh Boy)
Mick Flannery writes songs with fluency, expressing layered aspects of the human condition, its flaws, triumphs, and general uncertainty. Mick's latest offering, Goodtime Charlie, marks his eighth studio album and is no exception. The last couple of years saw the release of an album inspired by the world's most famous chess matches, and a duet album with Susan O'Neill that blossomed into In The Game - the biggest selling Irish independent album of 2021. Now, a new collection of songs that summon up characters and scenes and give voice to emotions that have transformed into the album, Goodtime Charlie.
Gatlin – I Sleep Fine Now LP (Many Hats Dist./Gatlin)
Gray colorway. I Sleep Fine Now condenses an emotional rollercoaster into sharply rendered pop songs like "Paris", a plea for a lover to get out of her life, which swells from fluttery synths into a splendidly wounded guitar-pop track, and the wrenching "How Do You Sleep At Night", which resolves desperate wailing in a tumultuous, cathartic coda. The record contains moving depictions of grief and rebirth, feeling the pain, without wallowing.
Ghost Hounds – First Last Time CD (Maple House Music/Gibson)
“In the world of good ol' rock 'n' roll, Pittsburgh's Ghost Hounds stand out from the pack with a new spin on the traditional approach of classic rock. On their new album, First Last Time, the band channels a combination of the blues, Southern rock and Americana flavors that would light up mainstream rock radio at any point in time over the last 50 years. Much like their label, Gibson Records, Ghost Hounds are every bit as timeless as they are fresh and modern. They seamlessly manage to blur the lines between the new and the old, and it's all done with such masterful artistry and storytelling that it's hard to believe that First Last Time is only their fourth full-length album as a band.” – SPIN Magazine
Golden Apples – Bananasugarfire LP (Run For Cover)
A listener might hear echoes of the Velvet Underground, Stereolab, Stone Roses, Yo La Tengo, but there is more going on than just a studied homage to indie rock's progenitors. The themes of doubt and bewilderment found on previous albums are still present, but they are thrown into a kalaedo- scope with beams of positivity, hope, and optimism.
Neil Hamburger - Seasonal Depression Suite LP/CD/cassette (Drag City)
Neil Hamburger presents a new work from the songwriting team of Gregg Turkington and Erik Paparozzi. Seasonal Depression Suite is an album-based musical, sung by an all-star cast whose voices embody various guests stuck in a perfectly average chain-hotel, wallowing in self-pity and paranoia, re-living personal catastrophes both real and imagined, or simply trying to use the hotel vending machine. Expert music played by an all-star band to boot!
Juliana Hatfield – Sings ELO CD/LP (American Laundromat)
“ELO songs were always coming on the radio when I was growing up. They were a reliable source of pleasure and fascination (except for ‘Fire On High’ which scared the heck out of me). With this album of covers I wanted to get my hands deep into some of the massive '70s hits but I am also shining a light on some of the later work (‘Ordinary Dream’ from 2001's Zoom album, ‘Secret Messages’ and ‘From The End Of The World’, both from the '80's). Thematically, I identify with the loneliness and alienation and the outerspace-iness in the songs I chose. (I have always felt like I am part alien, not fully belonging to or in this Earth world.). [Limited edition metallic gold vinyl.]
Iron & Wine – Who Can See Forever – Soundtrack CD/2xLP+MP3 (Sub Pop)
Iron & Wine's Who Can See Forever is an accompanying live record to the film of the same name. Captured at Haw River Ballroom in Saxapahaw, North Carolina, the soundtrack features nineteen songs from the twenty plus year career of singer-songwriter Sam Beam. Having found inventive ways to re-invent his catalog live over the years, Who Can See Forever offers new and fresh versions of Iron & Wine songs including "The Trapeze Swinger", "Boy With a Coin" and "Naked As We Came". The film - initially intended as a live concert film - evolved into a visual portrait capturing Beam during a creative outburst that earned him four Grammy nominations in four years. Like his music, the film touches on universally personal themes as Beam juggles being an artist, husband and father. Taken as one, the soundtrack and film are a fascinating first-time glimpse behind-the-scenes of Iron & Wine. [Limited-edition blue vinyl ‘Loser edition’.]
Kishi Bashi – Music From The Song Film: Omoiyari CD/2xLP (Joyful Noise)
"Omoiyari" means to have empathy and consideration for others, and act on it. Now, the American indie-folk multi-instrumentalist and singer-songwriter Kishi Bashi releases the companion album to his forthcoming documentary song film, titled Music From The Song Film: Omoiyari. [Limited edition sky blue vinyl.]
Robert Joseph Manning Jr. – Radio Daze & Glamping CD/LP (Omnivore)
New music from the Jellyfish co-founder. Radio Daze & Glamping includes the tracks from 2018's Glamping along with four new songs co-written with Glamping’s Chris Price (Emitt Rhodes). Roger Joseph Manning Jr. burst onto the music world's radar as cofounder of Jellyfish in 1990. After two critically acclaimed and now revered releases, the band parted ways, and Roger began a career that saw him in bands including Imperial Drag, The Moog Cookbook, and TV Eyes, as well as contributing to albums from Beck, Morrissey, Lana Del Rey, Blink 182, Johnny Cash, Adele, and more.
M(h)aol – Attachment Styles CD/LP+MP3 (Merge)
This Irish intersectional feminist five piece have gained a reputation for their engaging and invigorating live shows. M(h)aol consists of Róisín Nic Ghearailt (She/Her), Constance Keane (She/Her), Jamie Hyland (She/Her), Zoë Greenway (She/Her), and Sean Nolan (He/Him). Attachment Styles was originally released on TULLE, an independent women-led record label co-founded by Constance Keane. Attachment Styles is a record about social connection, queerness and healing where the listener goes on a journey. When Róisín was writing the lyrics, she used the theory of attachment styles as an overarching theme which is a theory that looks at the impact our inter-familial relationships and society have on how we relate to one another. The album was recorded, mixed, mastered and produced by Jamie Hyland (bassist) and all accompanying artwork and music videos were created by Zoë Greenway. [A limited-edition clear red Peak vinyl.]
Myrkur – Myrkur 12” (Relapse)
Limited blue and white color vinyl pressing. Emerging from the darkness of Scandinavia comes the much-anticipated debut EP by one-woman black metal band Myrkur. Combining the rawness of second wave black metal bands like Ulver and Darkthrone with a natural sonic, ethereal beauty, Myrkur has created a wholly unique perspective on the genre. With a distinct sense of Nordic isolation, Myrkur's debut is a feminine yet definitively brutal record that has burst onto the scene like a Valkyrie into battle.
The National – Laugh Track CD/2xLP (4AD)
The surprise companion to The National's April release First Two Pages Of Frankenstein, Laugh Track is the band's most freewheeling, all-hands-on-deck album in years. If Frankenstein represented a rebuilding of trust between group members after 20+ years together, the vibrant, exploratory Laugh Track is both the product of that faith and a new statement of intent. Reveling in the license to radically upend its creative process, The National honed most of this material in live performances on tour and captured those invigorated versions in impromptu sessions at producer Tucker Martine’s Portland studio. Two nights later in Vancouver, the nearly eight-minute album closer “Smoke Detector” was recorded during soundcheck, completing a body of work bristling with spontaneity and vintage rock energy that makes a perfect complement to the songs found on its more introspective predecessor. [Indie store exclusive translucent pink vinyl.]
Orbiting Human Circus – Quartet Plus Two CD/LP+MP3 (Merge)
Orbiting Human Circus is the continuing evolution of the imagination of Julian Koster (Neutral Milk Hotel, The Music Tapes, Elephant 6), whose music and storytelling under this moniker have encompassed immersive theater and podcasts as well as more traditional EPs and singles. Quartet Plus Two is the group's debut album. [Indie store exclusive pink & natural swirl Peak vinyl.]
Dolly Parton – Rockstar 2xCD/4xLP (Big Machine)
Global icon and recent Rock & Roll Hall of Fame inductee Dolly Parton has joined forces with some of rock music's most legendary artists along with today's biggest stars for her first-ever rock album, Rockstar. The ever-evolving Parton teamed up with an all-star roster of musicians for the 30-song collection, which includes nine original tracks, and 21 covers of iconic rock anthems. Includes collaborations with Paul McCartney & Ringo Starr, Steve Perry, Ann Wilson, John Fogerty, Steven Tyler, Kid Rock, Stevie Nicks, Peter Frampton, Joan Jett & the Blackhearts, Debbie Harry, Kevin Cronin, Rob Halford, Sting, and many others. [Indie store exclusive purple vinyl pressing with alternate cover art.]
Jai Paul –Leak 04-13 (Bait Ones) 12” (XL Recordings)
Leak 04-13 (Bait Ones) is the stolen and leaked album now officially released on vinyl. It is without doubt, one of the most joyous, shape shifting pop albums of the last 30 years. It's an album that twists and turns and radiates colors and hooks. Every listen reveals another layer, and the unfinished nature just adds to the texture and excellence.
The Polyphonic Spree – Salvage Enterprise LP (Good)
The Phoenix symbolizes a new beginning. The fire burns off the last vestiges of the past as the bird spreads its wings and takes flight into the future. The Polyphonic Spree harness the flames of rebirth on their 2023 full-length offering, Salvage Enterprise. Led by frontman, founder, producer, multi-instrumentalist, and visionary Tim DeLaughter, the group embark on their next season. They're reverent of their history, yet they're also ready for an even brighter tomorrow. [An indie store exclusive lemon-yellow colorway is available. CD and cassette versions due December 1.]
Emeli Sandé – How Were We To Know LP (Chrysalis)
A singer/songwriter with a highly resonant voice and musical influences across adult pop, R&B, and jazz, Emeli Sandé regularly provided guest vocals for several of the U.K.'s most successful grime artists before she embarked on a successful solo career in 2010. Her new album, How Were We To Know, features production from Jonny Coffer (Beyoncé, Miley Cyrus), Jim Jonsin (ASAP Rocky, Usher, Eminem), DI Genius (Drake, Raye, Sean Paul), Rxwntree, Chris Loco and Mac & Phil. This latest pop record is reminiscent of Emeli's debut in 2012, when she had her first breakout hit.
SDEM - Vortices 2xLP (Skam Records)
SDEM's debut album for Mancunian electronic music imprint Skam Records, following releases on labels like CPU and Opal Tapes. Informed by hip-hop and computer music and steeped in Northern England's post bleep+bass mutations, Vortices operates in its own lane, rooted as much in the by-hand manipulations of musique concrete and free improv as the studio-as-an-instrument innovations of electro, hip-hop, dub, and bass-weighted electronica. Evolved out of hardware jams, the pieces showcased here crackle with emotion and color; repeated plays reveal suggested and subliminal depths. Neither shackled to the grid nor beholden to linearity, the album expands and finesses SDEM's dynamic and forward-facing approach.
Kenny Wayne Shepherd – Dirt On My Diamonds Volume 1 CD/LP (Provogue)
Hot on the heels of his critically acclaimed 2022 reissue, Trouble Is...25, Shepherd returns with a new project that builds upon his already legendary repertoire. Three decades since the release of his debut album, 1995's Ledbetter Heights, this Grammy-nominated, multi-platinum bandleader still sounds like the future of the blues. If you approach Dirt On My Diamonds Vol 1 expecting autopilot twelve bars then you'll be thrown a volley of curveballs in the best way possible. With material this strong, no polish was needed. As on any KWS album, songs are the currency, and the seven originals from Dirt On My Diamonds Vol 1 demand to be heard, lifting listeners above their circumstances at a time when life often feels bleak and bone-raw. [Limited-edition translucent ‘natural’ vinyl.]
Sparkling – We Are Here To Make You Feel CD/LP (Moshi Moshi)
The irresistible rush that comes from listening to Sparkling's music is intoxicating. The Cologne-formed trio's second album We Are Here To Make You Feel is a glimmering widescreen world where emotions are writ large, the group dealing in rousing choruses, twinkling synth toplines and an incessant desire to keep things propelling forward at pace. "We Are Here To Make You Feel is an album about the importance of expressing your emotions" the group say. "It's about love in every kind of way. Love for your friends, lovers, and family. It's a reminder to tell your loved ones that you love them. On this record, we wanted to say that in the most honest and straightforward way possible." [Limited-edition clear vinyl.]
Kurt Vile – Back To Moon Beach CDEP/12” (Verve)
Back To Moon Beach is an EP by no one’s definition but Kurt Vile’s. For Kurt, this collection is an expression of just how deep his well of non-album material runs. This includes six tracks culled from various sessions over the last four years and represents a wide swath of the inspirational musical community Kurt surrounds himself with. [Indie store exclusive Coke bottle clear vinyl.]
Flora Yin Wong - Cold Reading LP (Modern Love)
Flora Yin Wong's ravishing interiority finds lucid expression on an absorbing second album for Modern Love, manifesting her instrumental storytelling in a syncretic bind of supernatural themes with hyperrealist, concrète sound design. Through ten parts, Flora crystallizes the ennui that followed an uncanny, disorienting trip to East and Southeast Asia, also taking inspiration from Giuseppe Tartini's Violin Sonata in G Minor, aka the "Devil's Trill Sonata," a notoriously tricky c.18th composition which attempted to transcribe music heard in a dream. It's this soporific motif that binds and underpins Cold Reading, finding Flora chasing the dragon of fleeting fantasy through passages of etched melancholy, pinched with hypnagogic jerks that linger in the memory. From evocations of subtropical humidity in the Bryn Jones-esque, resonant hand-played percussion of "Konna" and "Banjar", to a breathtaking dreampop denouement "Nectar Dripping" and the Enya-like lush of "Beautiful Crisis", Flora blooms her ideas with an open-ended ambiguity so often missing from so called ambient music, ushering the listener into a sound world that disturbs and displaces just as much as it calms.
Reissues, Comps, Live Recordings, Vault Excavations...
Acetone – I’m Still Waiting. 11xLP (New West)
Acetone – Cindy [Reissue/1993] 2xLP (New West)
Acetone – If You Only Knew [Reissue/1995] 2xLP (New West)
Acetone – Acetone [Reissue/1997] 2xLP (New West)
Acetone – York Blvd. [Reissue/2000] 2xLP (New West)
I'm Still Waiting. is a definitive, career-spanning 11-LP box set featuring the band’s debut EP Acetone (first ever vinyl release outside of the UK), Cindy (expanded to a double LP and available in the US on vinyl for the first time), I Guess I Would (available on vinyl for the first time commercially in the US), If You Only Knew (on vinyl for the first time ever), Acetone LP (featuring the band’s original mix), York Blvd. (expanded to a double LP), & Prime Cuts (featuring eight previously unreleased recordings). Each box set includes a 60-page book featuring extensive liner notes by J Spaceman (Spiritualized) and Drew Daniel (Matmos/The Soft Pink Truth), never-before-seen photos & more. [Stand-alone versions of four of the sets seven LPs are available.]
The Beths – Expert In A Dying Field [Reissue/2022] LP (Carpark)
New evergreen vinyl. The third LP from the New Zealand quartet houses 12 jewels of tight, guitar-heavy songs that worm their way into your head, an incandescent collision of power-pop and skuzz. With Expert, The Beths wanted to make an album meant to be experienced live, for both the listeners and themselves. They wanted it to be fun - to hear, to play - in spite of the prickling anxiety throughout the lyrics, the fear of change and struggle to cope.
Boris with Merzbow – 4092001 [Reissue/2005] LP (Relapse)
Boris with Merzbow – Klatter [Reissue/2011] LP (Relapse)
Two new colorways (silver and pink, respectively). 04092001 was originally released only on vinyl in a limited edition of 500 copies, and immediately discontinued. Klatter is the third collaborative studio album and sixth release by the Japanese experimental rock band Boris and Japanese noise musician Merzbow, originally released in 2011.
Bounaly – Dimanche à Bamako LP (Sahel Sounds)
Malian guitar hero Bounaly (the stage name of Ali "Bounaly" Traore) makes his full-length debut with Dimanche à Bamako ("Sunday in Bamako"). Recorded live on location, the music on Dimanche à Bamako is a mix of regional favorites, traditional standards, and originals. Long songs with looping rhythms, pounding kick, and electric shredding guitar, punctuated by shout outs to the guests of honor. A raw and frenetic take on Northern Mali desert sound, playing for the diaspora at a Bamako wedding.
Tina Brooks – True Blue [Reissue/1960] LP (Blue Note)
In addition to appearing as a sideman on dates led by Kenny Burrell, Freddie Hubbard, and Jackie McLean, tenor saxophonist Tina Brooks recorded several of his own Blue Note sessions as a leader between 1958-61. However, only one would be released during Brooks' too-brief lifetime, the hard bop masterpiece True Blue. A jewel of the Blue Note catalog, the album was recorded in June 1960 just one week after Brooks appeared on Hubbard's own Blue Note debut Open Sesame. Once again Brooks and Hubbard joined forces on the frontline with Duke Jordan on piano, Sam Jones on bass, and Art Taylor on drums. [This title shipped late and will arrive next week.]
David Byrne – Live From Austin TX [Reissue/2017] 2xLP (New West)
Clear splatter vinyl. This show, captured on November 28, 2001, came on the heels of his hit single, “Like Humans Do” and the release of the album Look Into The Eyeball, which was another typically eclectic musical stew reflecting a variety of styles and influences, from Philly soul to a D.C. Go-Go inspired groove and his first-ever Spanish composition, “Desconocido Soy.” Critics at the time called it his best work in years, and his performance on the Austin City Limits stage shows why.
The Chills – Kaleidoscope World [Reissue/1986] 2xLP+MP3 (Fire)
Blue vinyl. Expanded edition. “This is what a living legend looks and sounds like” - Rolling Stone. The Chills reissue their celebrated early singles compilation, this 24-track expanded version of Kaleidoscope World gathers together tracks from the Dunedin Double compilation, live recordings, “Doledrums” single and the band’s seminal “Pink Frost”. The collection also contains The Lost EP, with early takes on their groundbreaking Submarine Bells album, alongside the aching “I Love My Leather Jacket”, perfectly illustrating the rollercoaster ride of Martin Phillipps and The Chills as portrayed in the award film The Triumph And The Tragedy Of Martin Phillipps. “Singer/guitarist Martin Phillipps’ group was at the forefront of the extraordinary little guitar-pop scene in New Zealand in the early ’80s. Kaleidoscope World is the major document of their early era.” - Pitchfork
The Counts – What’s Up Front That-Counts CD/LP (Org Music)
In 1971, after dropping "Fabulous" from their moniker, The Counts delivered their first full-length platter for Westbound Records. What's Up Front That-Counts is indisputably one of the funkiest albums of all time. The conga-led grooves, impassioned vocals and strutting in-the-pocket arrangements are as infectious as they are groovy. The release of this funk classic marks the second installment in Org Music's Westbound Records reissue series, complete with three previously unissued tracks. [Limited edition purple vinyl.]
Sheryl Crow – Story Of Everything LP (Valory)
As an upcoming member of the Rock & Roll Hall Of Fame class of 2023, Sheryl Crow releases a collection of songs that have been made available digitally on a limited-edition picture disc LP.
The Cult – Electric [Reissue/1987] LP (Beggars Banquet)
The Cult's third album Electric was released in 1987 and caused the band to explode to new levels of fame. It contains the massive hits “Love Removal Machine”, Wild Flower” and “Lil’ Devil” and was produced by Rick Rubin. Electric was a commercial and critical success, propelling The Cult to the forefront of the hard rock scene and cementing their status as one of the most influential bands of the era. The album remains a touchstone for hard rock and heavy metal fans, a classic work that captures the spirit of rebellion and the power of rock and roll. [Indie store exclusive blue vinyl.]
Daft Punk – Random Access Memories (Drumless Edition) CD/2xLP (Sony Legacy)
Following the release of the critically acclaimed Random Access Memories 10th Anniversary Edition earlier this year, this new iteration of the Grammy-award winning Album of the Year strips away all drum and percussive elements from the album, giving listeners the ability to dive deeper into the layers of instrumentation on each track.
Charlie Daniels – Memories Memoirs & Miles: Songs Of A Lifetime [Reissue/2017] 2xLP (CDC)
Double color vinyl pressing. This collection is the companion release to Charlie's memoir, Never Look At The Empty Seats, which includes hits, songs that Charlie performed that helped shape him as an artist, and a real lost treasure, his very first commercial recording, "Jaguar" by his band, The Jaguars.
Fred Davis – Cleveland Blues CD/LP (Remined)
“Fred really COULD sing like J.B. Lenoir and play like T-Bone Walker. He really DID have his own style. And that style had now been passed on to me. Without even realizing it, I had learned to play like Fred Davis. Even now, when I sit down to play the guitar or write a song and I wrap my thumb around the neck, I'm playing like he did. With this music now professionally transferred and remastered, I can only hope that Fred Davis can finally receive the acclaim that he deserves; that he never received in his lifetime. The legend can finally go behind the confines of my living room and, with any luck, to the whole world." – Eli Paperboy Reed, Fall 2022
Deafheaven – Sunbather: 10th Anniversary Remix CD/2xLP (Deathwish Inc.)
2013’s Sunbather created a radical shift in heavy music culture, an acceptance of the genre by previous outsiders, and a trailblazing sound that heretofore hadn’t been heard outside of learned circles. One of the most important and original rock bands of the past fifteen years, the long-awaited reissue of this pivotal release celebrates its tenth anniversary with a fresh shine and coat of paint - a newly remixed and remastered sound by original producer Jack Shirley with available spacial audio. [Indie store exclusive orange/yellow/pink vinyl.]
Devourment – Conceived In Sewage [Reissue/2013] LP (Relapse)
Devourment – Obscene Majesty [Reissue/2019] LP (Relapse)
New splatter colorways of the fourth and fifth albums by the Texas death metal band.
Don Caballero – What Burns Never Returns [Reissue/1998] 2xLP (Touch and Go)
Limited 25th anniversary edition on transparent yellow vinyl of Don Caballero's third album, What Burns Never Returns. "Yet another testament of pure musical genius from the wizards of Don Caballero. This album - probably their greatest effort to date and a keystone instrumental album - will make musicians stand open-mouthed in absolute amazement, wondering just how such music is written. " - Allmusic.
Duster – Remote Echoes CD/LP/Cassette (Numero)
Culled from half a decade of home four-tracking, Remote Echoes is a hissy, crumbly, and ungrounded expression of Clay Parton and Canaan Amber's ongoing Duster project. A mix of cassette only demos released under the banners Christmas Dust and On The Dodge, this 14 track album also includes a bevy of previously unissued stragglers. Duster's unique blend of fuzzy guitars, bargain synths, muffled percussion, and hushed vocals anticipated chillwave, mumblecore, and corecore, elegantly illustrating the holy trinity of slacker vices: cigarettes, coffee, and the weed supreme. [Limited edition clear w/ sea blue & ruby splatter vinyl.]
Bob Dylan – The Complete Budokan 1978 4xCD (Sony Legacy)
A deluxe box set celebrating Bob Dylan's 1978 world concert tour and the 45th anniversary of the artist's first concert appearances in Japan, The Complete Budokan 1978 includes two complete shows from Tokyo’s Nippon Budokan Hall (February 28 and March 1, 1978) featuring 58 tracks, 36 of which are previously unreleased. The audio is newly remixed from the original 24-channel analog tapes. This luxurious 12 x 12” box is imported from Japan and includes four-CD’s, a 60-page full-color photo book of liner notes and previously unpublished photos of Dylan on-stage and behind-the-scenes at the airport, press conferences and more and facsimile memorabilia such as concert tickets, pamphlets, posters, and flyers. [A stand-alone double vinyl edition of Another Budokan 1978 is also available.]
Bob Dylan – Another Budokan 1978 2xLP (Sony Legacy)
Another Budokan 1978 includes 16 specially selected tracks from the new Complete Budokan 1978 box set, newly mixed from the original 24-track analog tapes. All tracks are previously unreleased.
The Easybeats – Easy [Reissue/1965] 2xLP (Alberts)
Easy is the debut studio album by the Australian rock band The Easybeats, originally released on September 23, 1965. It features their hit single "She's So Fine" and is reissued here on opaque yellow and opaque teal vinyl. This expanded version includes B-sides, their debut single "For My Woman" / "Say That You're Mine" outtakes, alternate mixes, and a live recording of "She's So Fine".
Roger Eno – The Skies, They Shift Like Chords LP (Deutsche Grammophon)
Released last week on CD – now available on vinyl. Roger Eno releases his second solo album The Skies: They Shift Like Chords on Deutsche Grammophon. The album builds on the soundscape of piano and strings that Eno first introduced on his first solo album The Turning Year. With instruments such as electric guitar, clarinet, bass clarinet, vibraphone, flute organ and electronica, he creates an emotional thread that accompanies you as you listen.
Evanescence – Fallen (20th Anniversary Deluxe) 2xCD/2xLP (Craft Recordings)
Celebrating the 20th anniversary of Evanescence's 2002 debut Fallen, this newly remastered double-disc set includes the singles "My Immortal", "Going Under", "Everybody's Fool", and the Grammy-winning smash hit, "Bring Me To Life". The expanded set also includes a trove of bonus material - ten tracks in all - comprising previously unreleased demos and live recordings, plus a selection of rare B-sides. Alongside reimagined artwork with previously unseen photos from the era, plus a heartfelt, handwritten foreword by Amy Lee, who oversaw all aspects of the reissue. [Indie store exclusive pink w/ black marble vinyl.]
Bill Evans – Sunday At The Village Vanguard [Reissue/1961] LP (Craft Recordings)
The first of two albums recorded at the legendary final appearance of the Bill Evans Trio at the Village Vanguard, these recordings have long been recognized as capturing the unique interaction that characterized the trio of Evans, LaFaro and Motian. This new edition of Sunday At The Village Vanguard is released as part of the Original Jazz Classics Series and is pressed on 180gm vinyl with all-analog mastering from the original tapes by Kevin Gray at Cohearent Audio. It is presented in a tip-on jacket.
Bryan Ferry – Mamouna [Reissue/1994] 3xCD/2xLP (BMG)
Bryan Ferry's ninth solo studio album Mamouna has been reissued for the first time since 1994 on two deluxe formats (triple-CD and double-LP). Mamouna was, at the time of its original release, Bryan Ferry's first studio album in seven years to feature original recordings, having worked on the album for six years under the working title of Horoscope. The previously unreleased alternate recordings to the final Mamouna versions are collected for the first time on these deluxe reissues as the Horoscope album. The double-LP audiophile heavyweight vinyl was half-speed cut at Abbey Road Studios, London, by master engineer Miles Showell. The triple-CD version also includes the Horoscope album, with an additional disc of previously unreleased demos or "Sketches" from both the Mamouna and Horoscope albums. The original album features a stellar cast of supporting musicians including Nile Rodgers, Guy Pratt, and Steve Ferrone, as well as contributions from his Roxy Music bandmates Phil Manzanera, Andy Mackay and Brian Eno.
Fishbone – Fishbone [Reissue/1985] CDEP/12” (Bottles To Ground)
Fishbone is the recording debut of alternative group Fishbone. This six-song EP was released in 1985 and captures the band at the height of their early funk/ska era. The track "Party at Ground Zero" remains one of the band's most popular tracks.
Flume – Things Don’t Always Go The Way You Plan LP (Future Classics)
Flume unveils, Things Don't Always Go The Way You Plan and Arrived Anxious, Left Bored - a project of previously unheard music from the past decade. Feeling nostalgic upon the 10-year anniversary of his widely acclaimed debut album, Flume dug into the archives and pulled out 10 tracks from laptops stashed away as a celebration and thank you to his fans. Featuring tracks with Injury Reserve and Panda Bear, the music traverses hip-hop, pop and ambient beats and production synonymous with his astronomical rise in the early 2010s.
F*cked Up – Rivoli [Reissue/2020] 2xLP (Fucked Up Records)
Transparent magenta w/ black smoke colorway. Recorded live at the Rivoli Club in June 2014, six days after the release of Glass Boys, Rivoli gives you Fucked Up at their peak, bringing you as close as possible Fucked Up’s fabled live energy. Material from Glass Boys, Hidden World, David Comes to Life, as well as the early hits are all here. Originally released exclusively on Bandcamp in May 2020, Rivoli is on vinyl for the first time and released directly by the band.
Grant Lee Buffalo – Copperopolis [Reissue/1996] LP (Chrysalis)
Grant Lee Buffalo – Jubilee [Reissue/1998] LP (Chrysalis)
First released in June 1996, Copperopolis would be the final Grant Lee Buffalo studio album to feature the original line-up of Grant-Lee Phillips, Paul Kimble, and Joey Peters. Following the departure of long-time bassist Paul Kimble, 1998’s Jubilee is Grant Lee Buffalo's fourth and final studio album. Both are available for the first time on vinyl.
Grant Green – Live At Club Mozambique [Reissue/2006] 2xLP (Third Man)
Funk fans have been waiting for this one. Finally available on vinyl, Grant Green's near perfect slice of jazz funk and soul, Live At Club Mozambique, remastered and rendered back in the Motor City. Grant Green's band had been playing a series of live dates at Detroit's Club Mozambique, (before it became a fabled Male dance club) when this session was recorded live on two cold January nights in 1971. [An indie store exclusive green colorway is available.]
Josh Groban – Closer (20th Anniversary Deluxe Edition) 2xLP (Reprise)
20th Anniversary Deluxe Edition of Closer, Josh Groban's enduring classic second album from 2003. The album features the multi-platinum smash "You Raise Me Up", plus, "Remember When It Rained", "When You Say You Love Me", "Per Te" and more. This expanded reissue features six bonus tracks, including a never-before-heard extended version of "You Raise Me Up" and a newly recorded, acoustic rendition of "Broken Vow" featuring David Foster on piano.
Guided By Voices – Live From Austin TX [Reissue/2017] 2xLP (New West)
Red splatter colorway. This 2017 release from the acclaimed Live From Austin, TX series of releases from the vaults of the award-winning PBS Austin City Limits TV show. Guided By Voices is one of indie rock s most loved and prolific bands. On their 2004 farewell tour they performed one of their final concerts on Austin City Limits. Many of the songs were never aired on the TV broadcast.
Whitney Houston – I’m Your Baby Tonight [Reissue/1996] LP (Sony Legacy)
Whitney Houston – The Preacher’s Wife (Original Soundtrack) [Reissue/1996] 2xLP (Sony Legacy)
Whitney Houston – My Love Is Your Love [Reissue/1998] 2xLP (Sony Legacy)
Vinyl reissues of the legendary singer’s third and fourth albums, along with the soundtrack to the 1996 Christmas film The Preacher’s Wife.
Jason Isbell – Sirens Of The Ditch [Reissue/2007] 2xLP (New West)
Deluxe expanded green double-LP colorway. The debut album from accomplished guitarist and songwriter Jason Isbell, formerly of Drive By Truckers (DBT), is reissued with four unreleased tracks from the original recording sessions. The addition of those four extra songs finds Sirens Of The Ditch clocking in at 15 total tracks.
The Kinks – The Journey – Part 2 2xCD/2xLP (BMG)
The Journey is a collection of tracks chosen by The Kinks' Ray Davies, Dave Davies and Mick Avory that reflect the trials and tribulations of their journey through life together as a band since 1963. The albums are split into themed sections created by The Kinks, and contain hits, key album tracks, singles, band favorites and B-sides. The Journey – Part 2 also features six new Ray Davies track mixes, including three previously unreleased 1975 live versions. All recordings remastered from original sources.
Klark Kent – Klark Kent 2xLP (BMG)
This comprehensive 2023 collection features newly remastered versions of all the original non-album singles, the full 1980 self-titled album, plus two unreleased studio recordings. Stewart Copeland's Klark Kent was the first solo project by a member of The Police. Beginning with a series of singles in 1978 and culminating in a 1980 self-titled debut album (recently reissued as a limited Record Store Day vinyl release), Klark Kent's innovative music has not been widely available since 1995's Kollected Works.
Andrzej Korzynski - Possession original score LP (Finders Keepers)
Polish composer Andrzej Korzynski's complete electro/orchestral/experimental score for Andrzej Zulawski's surrealist '80s horror classic Possession. These 25 cues were written and recorded exclusively for the 1981 award-winning film starring Isabelle Adjani and Sam Neil, but due to the progressive, stark and modernist nature of the finished film, less than half of them made it onto the actual director's cut. The intended Possession score in its entirety marks an important axis in Korzynski's career where his various musical disciplines overlap. In one respect, it marks his first forays into to synth driven electronics and disco drum machines, while other tracks epitomize the well-honed techniques used in previous Zulawski scores, such as Third Part Of The Night and The Devil, which rely on his inimitable orchestral arrangements and combination of clavinet, Rhodes, piano and electric guitar. Duplicated and carefully remastered directly from Korzynski's original master tapes, this album boasts the uninhibited studio experiments and retains the pre-cut ambience.
Local Natives – Gorilla Manor [Reissue/2009] 2xLP (French Kiss)
Double maroon vinyl pressing. Gorilla Manor is the debut album by Los Angeles based indie rock band Local Natives, originally released in 2009.
Katie Melua – Call Off The Search [Reissue/2003] 2xLP (BMG)
This 20th anniversary deluxe reissue was remastered at Metropolis Studios, London, and includes B-sides plus seven previously unreleased and pristine demos recorded by Katie and Mike Batt in 2002. The liner notes, written by Pete Paphides, features contributions from a new interview with Katie. - Critics and listeners alike praised the album for its mature and soulful sound, especially considering Katie Melua was just 19 years old at the time of its release in 2003.
Muse – Absolution XX Anniversary 2xCD+3xLP (WB)
To celebrate the 20th anniversary of Muse's third studio album, Muse are releasing Muse Absolution XX Anniversary which features remastered audio, unreleased live versions, demos and photos as well as a new, in-depth interview with the band where they discuss the ups and downs of the recording process as well as the social environment they found themselves in which influenced the albums themes. In addition, there is an interview and Q&A with the album's producer, Rich Costey. - The deluxe box set is housed in a silver foiled slipcase and includes a 40-page casebound book with debossed cover detailing. The remastered Absolution album is on one CD and two 12' silver vinyl. The bonus audio is featured on a second CD and third clear 12' vinyl.
Olivia Newton-John – Totally Hot [Reissue/1978] CD/LP (Geffen)
Totally Hot is the tenth studio album by British-Australian singer Olivia Newton-John, originally released on November 21, 1978. Commercially, it became her first top-ten album on the Billboard 200 chart since Have You Never Been Mellow (1975). Dressed on the album cover all in leather, Newton-John's transformation was seen to mirror her character Sandy's transformation in Grease. At the time, Totally Hot was her most successful album, and became her first album to receive a Platinum certification by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA).
Sinéad O'Connor – The Lion And The Cobra [Reissue/1987] LP (Chrysalis)
Sinéad O'Connor – Am I Not Your Girl [Reissue/1992] LP (Chrysalis)
Sinéad O'Connor – Universal Mother [Reissue/1994] LP (Chrysalis)
Sinéad O'Connor is widely regarded as one of the most influential female performers of the '90s, not only for her sensational performances and raw vocal emotion but also for her outspoken confidence to express herself publicly. Sinéad was born in Dublin in 1966, and was discovered by Paul Byrne, drummer of U2 protégés In Tua Nua, while singing wedding covers in the city. After co-writing the first In Tua Nua single, she left school to focus on music, studying voice and piano at the Dublin College of Music before relocating to London in 1985. She died on July 26, 2023.
Ozzy Osbourne – Bark At The Moon [Reissue/1983] LP (Sony Legacy)
40th anniversary edition of Ozzy Osbourne's classic third studio album Bark At The Moon. [RSD exclusive translucent blue vinyl with poster.]
Pearl Jam – Vs. [Reissue/1993] 2xLP (Sony Legacy)
Double 180gm vinyl LP pressing mastered at 45RPM. In celebration of the 30th Anniversary of Pearl Jam's historic second studio album Vs., which features hits like "Daughter", "Elderly Woman Behind The Counter In A Small Town", and "Rearviewmirror".
Oscar Peterson – Very Tall [Reissue/1961] LP (Verve)
Very Tall, released in 1961, features the first partnership between Oscar Peterson and vibraphonist Milt Jackson. The quartet set (which also includes bassist Ray Brown and drummer Ed Thigpen) swings as hard as one might expect. Highlights include "On Green Dolphin Street", “John Brown's Body” (a jam on “Battle Hymn Of The Republic) and “Reunion Blues”.
Post Malone – The Diamond Collection CD (Republic)
Post Malone has surpassed former record-holder Bruno Mars as the artist with the most RIAA diamond-certified singles. Bruno Mars holds six diamond-certified singles whereas Post Malone now has eight, with “Circles”, “Better Now”, and “I Fall Apart” helping him to reach the record this past week. Diamond-certified means the song has sold 10 million units. In honor of this accomplishment, he releases a compilation entitled The Diamond Collection containing all eight of his diamond-certified tracks along with his new single, “Chemical”. The first of his diamond-certified singles, “White Iversion”, was released in 2015. [A Record Store Day Black Friday exclusive clear vinyl pressing is due November 24.]
The Rapture – Echoes [Reissue/2003] LP (DFA)
The Rapture's Echoes was and is a clear-eyed kick in the teeth, a band at the peak of their powers and producers with an ambitious vision making. The whole "indie crowd finally learns to dance" narrative is overwrought and irrelevant in 2023 - perhaps context is no longer king - but what remains clear is that this album, made by a San Diego punk band who had moved to New York via Seattle, and produced by the DFA in their own studio, where time and gear and ideas both good and bad were aplenty, maintains an energy and search for catharsis that could bulldoze even the most uptight. For whatever reason, it's remained out-of-print on vinyl since its initial run. And now, with minimal pageantry, it's back. Recut by Bob Weston, loud and clear.
The Replacements – Songs For Slim [Reissue/2013] LP+MP3 (New West)
Limited red w/ black color vinyl pressing. The Songs For Slim series was constructed in order to raise money for former Replacements guitarist Slim Dunlap's medical costs, the result of a massive right brain stroke he suffered in 2012. Fellow Replacements members Paul Westerberg and Tommy Stinson reunited and recorded an original Slim Dunlap song plus three additional covers.
Doug Sahm – Live From Austin TX [Reissue/2006] 2xLP (New West)
Translucent green colorway. This performance, recorded October 14, 1975, came after Doug had temporarily retired the Sir Douglas name, but features original member Meyer along with musical compadres Martin Steitle, John Barber, Steve McDaniels and Harry Hess.
Scritti Politti – White Bread, Black Beer [Reissue/2006] LP (Rough Trade US)
Fittingly, for the release of White Bread, Black Beer, which was a beautiful expression of the creative energy Gartside had sustained over two decades at that point, Scritti Politti returned to Rough Trade for the first time since the mid-1980s. Humbly described by Green on release as "an album of me playing around in the back room... just me alone at home", White Bread, Black Beer was universally acclaimed. Described as "a return to the top" by The Guardian, "the best record of this restlessly self-critical career" by Uncut and "a sophisticated, gloriously gentle thing" by Pitchfork, the record was duly nominated for the 2006 Mercury Prize (and was only pipped by Arctic Monkeys' debut).
Secret Sisters – You Don’t Own Me Anymore [Reissue/2017] LP (New West)
Yellow vinyl. Seamlessly and effortlessly Secret Sisters harmonize, add in the honest songwriting, sympathetic arrangements and subtle playing on these dozen tunes they create a perfect storm of artistic ambition. This album is a nice reminder of just how powerful and moving the merging of two stunning voices can be.
Wayne Shorter – Night Dreamer [Reissue/1964] LP (Blue Note)
1964 was a pivotal year in the musical life of Wayne Shorter. Early in the year, the saxophonist was still a member of Art Blakey & The Jazz Messengers, appearing on classic Blue Note albums like Free For All and Indestructible. That summer he would join the Miles Davis Quintet, cementing a lineup that became one of the seminal bands in jazz history. But before that he stepped out confidently as a Blue Note artist when he entered Van Gelder Studio in April to record his masterful label debut as a leader, Night Dreamer. The sublime six-song set signaled the arrival of one of the most important new voices in jazz, a visionary composer and thrilling improviser with a wholly distinctive sound.
The Sir Douglas Quintet – Live From Austin TX [Reissue/2006] 2xLP (New West)
Crystal pink colorway. For this Austin City Limits set recorded on January 21, 1981, Doug Sahm (AKA Sir Doug) reunited with original band members Augie Meyers and Johnny Perez, along with the legendary Alvin Crow on guitar and Speedy Sparks on bass for a no-holds-barred, rip-snortin’ Texas rock ‘n’ roll revival.
Susan Tedeschi – Live From Austin TX [Reissue/2012] 2xLP (New West)
Purple colorway. Susan is the essence of what Austin City Limits is all about. Obviously she draws from the best of blues, rock, soul and funk, but what she does best comes from deep within her heart and soul. You'd never know it if you ran into her on the street, but once she gets up on that stage with her band and a guitar in hand, she can burn down the house! It takes a lot of courage to take a classic like Dylan's "Don't Think Twice, It's All Right" and breathe new life into it, but Susan has a way of putting her own stamp on everything she does.
Thee Headcoats – Heavens To Murgatroyd, Even! It’s Thee Headcoats! (Already) [Reissue/1990] CD/LP (Damaged Goods)
Reissue of a classic Thee Headcoats album, originally released on Sup Pop Records in 1990. Now expanded with two extra tracks.
A Tribe Called Quest – The Love Movement [Reissue/1998] 3xLP (Sony Legacy)
The Love Movement is the fifth studio album by A Tribe Called Quest. Originally released on September 29, 1998, by Jive Records, it is a concept album exploring the lyrical theme of love containing 15 album tracks and six bonus tracks over three-LPs. The album features the singles "Find A Way" and "Hot Sex" and has been certified Gold by the RIAA.
Shania Twain – Greatest Hits [Reissue/2004] 2xLP (Mercury Nashville)
Shania Twain releases her record-breaking Greatest Hits album for the first time on 180gm black vinyl. Selling over 100 million records, Shania is the best-selling female country artist ever, and this compilation showcases why. Including her iconic songs "Man! I Feel Like a Woman!", "Any Man Of Mine", "You're Still The One", and "Forever And For Always", this updated remastered release now contains her newest hit "Giddy Up!" and fan favorite "Life's About To Get Good".
Unknown Mortal Orchestra – II – 10 Year Anniversary Expanded Edition 2xLP (Jagjaguwar)
Unknown Mortal Orchestra came to life in basements and bedrooms, the musical vision of Portlander-via-New Zealand Ruban Nielson that fused guitar-god riffs, choppy percussion, soul and funk. II, the sophomore album from UMO, emerged in an era rampant hedonism and isolationism and became the blueprint for everything Nielson has become renowned for. It was, and is, the solidification of Unknown Mortal Orchestra as an endlessly intriguing, brave and addictive band. Ten years on, 2013’s II is back with an expanded edition. Written during a punishing, debauched touring schedule during which Nielson feared for both his sanity and health, II illustrates the emotional turmoil of life on the road, painting surrealist, cartoonish portraits of loneliness, love and despair. [Limited edition aluminum color vinyl.]
Various Artists – Hot House: The Complete Jazz At Massey Hall Recordings 2xCD (Craft Recordings)
70 years on from the legendary 1953 concert at Massey Hall in Toronto - featuring jazz legends Charlie Parker, Dizzy Gillespie, Bud Powell, Charles Mingus and Max Roach on stage together - comes this complete double-disc set. Hot House: The Complete Jazz At Massey Hall Recordings including two insightful essays and previously unseen photos, this expanded collection features mastering and audio restoration by Paul Blakemore.
Various Artists – Space Funk 2: Afro Futurist Electro Funk In Space 1976-84 CD/2xLP (Soul Jazz)
You are about to embark on a new intergalactic journey into black space, fuelled by funk, powered by computers. Soul Jazz Records’ new second collection of twisted hyperspace electro/funk Space Funk 2: Afro Futurist Electro Funk in Space 1976-84, continues its intergalactic journey. Featuring rare and off-the-wall space funk and electro rarities and obscurities, all released on small independent USA record labels in the late 1970s and 1980s.
The John Wright Trio – Nice ‘N’ Tasty [Reissue/1960] LP (Newland)
Truly one of the most underrated pianists of the early 1960s, who's run of albums on Prestige have gained in stature over the years. Mixing a blend of soulful hard bop with a swinging Chicago edge, these recordings are to be treasured. His last album for Prestige was released in 1965 (having been recorded in '61) before Wright disappeared into obscurity, performing on the Chicago club scene and working as a librarian at the Cook County Jail, Chicago from the mid-1980s until 1999.
Yob – Catharsis [Reissue/2003] LP (Relapse)
Fans across the globe consider Catharsis, the sophomore album by Oregon's Yob, to be the band's best work and one of the finest doom metal releases of the genre. Yob's sought-after cult classic, 10 years after its initial release. Remastered from the original tapes by legendary grunge godfather Tad Doyle, Catharsis sounds heavier and more monstrous than ever. [Limited edition gold nugget vinyl.]
Neil Young – Neil Young Archives Volume 1: 1963-1972 8xCD (Reprise)
Neil Young Archives Volume 1: 1963-1972 is the first in a series of archival box sets encompassing Neil Young's entire career. Volume 1 was originally released on June 2, 2009. Out –of-print for over a decade, the CD box set is now being reissued in its original format - housed in the "Garypak", a unique package designed by Neil's long-time art director, the late Gary Burden. Each CD has its own custom sleeve.
Frank Zappa – Over-Nite Sensation [Reissue/1973] 4xCD+Blu-ray/2xLP (Zappa)
Over-Nite Sensation turns 50 years old. The four-CD & 1-Blu-ray box set features the 2012 remaster of the album with bonus tracks from the original 1973 sessions. Also included are live recordings from 1973 shows at the Hollywood Palladium, L.A. and Cobo Hall, Detroit. The Blu-ray contains the album newly mixed in Dolby Atmos & 5.1, Zappa's original Quadraphonic mix, the 192/24 & 96/24 2012 stereo remaster. [The double-LP 180gm black audiophile vinyl reissue features the album cut at 45 rpm for the first time ever from the original analog tape by Chris Bellman at Bernie Grundman Mastering in 2023 and a bonus 24" x 12" poster of the complete cover art.]