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NOW Music is pleased to announce NOW Presents…Classic Soul, a stunning 5LP boxset of 85 of the greatest 60s & 70s Soul tracks ever... Out September 22nd!



LP1 opens with ‘I Say A Little Prayer’ from the “Queen of Soul”- Aretha Franklin, the peerless ‘Walk On By’ from Dionne Warwick and followed by massive hits from Marvin Gaye with the #1 ‘I Heard It Through The Grapevine’ and Stevie Wonder’s ‘I Was Made To Love Her’, plus classic tracks from The Temptations and Otis Redding. Flip to the other side for legendary groups – The Supremes, The Ronettes, The Marvelettes, The Velvelettes and Martha Reeves & The Vandellas.



LP2 begins with the powerhouse vocals of Tina Turner (with Ike) on ‘River Deep, Mountain High’. Top tracks from the Jackson 5 & the Four Tops give way to a run of Northern Soul classics from Frankie Valli & The Four Seasons with ‘The Night’, ‘Tainted Love’ from Gloria Jones, Frank Wilson’s legendary ‘Do I Love You’, and ‘Green Onions’ from Booker T. & The M.G.'s. Side 2 begins with the superb vocals of Ben E. King with ‘Stand By Me’ and Percy Sledge with ‘When A Man Loves A Woman’. Another Otis Redding classic alongside the genius of both James Brown and Nina Simone brings this LP to a close.



The A-Side of LP3 kicks off with the signature smash from Aretha Franklin ‘Respect’ before the first UK #1 for the Motown label from The Supremes with ‘Baby Love’, and there’s still room for Smokey Robinson & The Miracles, The Drifters, and another #1 from Freda Payne. Side B begins with one of the most iconic and funky baselines ever on ‘Papa Was A Rollin’ Stone’ from The Temptations and the classic grooves ‘Move On Up’ from Curtis Mayfield, Isaac Hayes’ ‘Theme from “Shaft”’, the emphatic ‘War’ from Edwin Starr and the cool sophistication of ‘California Soul’ from Marlena Shaw lead to the closing track ‘Could It Be I’m Falling In Love’ from The Spinners.



LP4 begins with a run of beloved tracks from iconic artists opening with the politically charged masterpiece ‘What’s Going On’ from Marvin Gaye, followed by Al Green, Bill Withers and Billy Paul, plus The Stylistics and The Delfonics to add to the selection of celebrated groups on this release. The second side begins with the exceptional ‘Killing Me Softly With His Song’ from Roberta Flack, before the stunning vocals of Minnie Riperton’s ‘Lovin’ You’ and Deniece Williams, The Three Degrees and Gladys Knight. The Jackson 5 bring this disc to a close with their timeless ballad ‘I’ll Be There’.



LP5 contains a run of 1970s favourites beginning with ‘Ain’t No Mountain High Enough’ from Diana Ross and ‘You're The First, The Last, My Everything’ from Barry White. ‘Fantasy’ from Earth, Wind & Fire, ‘Summer Breeze, Pt. 1’ from The Isley Brothers and ‘Love Train’ from The O’Jays all feature before the Commodores kick off the final side with ‘Three Times A Lady’. Rose Royce, Peaches & Herb and a second selection from Gladys Knight & The Pips feature along with George Benson, before the “Prince of Soul” Marvin Gaye brings this essential collection home with ‘Let’s Get It On’.



85 tracks across 5 stunning LPs, NOW Presents Classic Soul... Out September 22nd!

NEW - Now with the alcohol-free Disco-Antistat Ultraclean concentrate!

Practical care set for basic cleaning.

Makes LPs permanently antistatic, with Disco-Antistat Ultraclean Concentrate a concentrate that works deep into the groove and cleans the records gently and thoroughly.

The care set consists of:
• Washing case with inserted brushes made of goat hair.
• Label cover with suspension axle for LPs, singles and 10 inch.
• 200ml Disco-Antistat Ultraclean concentrate (article no. 1302000) for record cleaning (makes 5 liters of cleaning solution)
• Disco-Antistat Mixture replacement bottle suitable for mixing the Ultraclean concentrate
• Funnel and filter with which the liquid is filtered back into the bottle after use.
• Drip stand (drying stand) with collection tray for 15 LPs or singles (slides into the case after use)

Made in Germany!

The MF Doom Throw Sweatpants's features include:
• cut & sew custom dyed construction
• elastic, drawstring-adjustable waistband with sturdy eyelets plus aglets including debossed Doom branding
• 2 side-entry front pockets
• welt pocket at wearer’s right rear
• drawstring-adjustable leg opening hemlines with sturdy eyelets
• MF Doom Mask logo embroidered at upper left leg
• brushed interior
• relaxed fit
• 80% cotton, 20% polyester fleece, 450 g/m²

The MF Doom Throw Sweatpants's features include:
• cut & sew custom dyed construction
• elastic, drawstring-adjustable waistband with sturdy eyelets plus aglets including debossed Doom branding
• 2 side-entry front pockets
• welt pocket at wearer’s right rear
• drawstring-adjustable leg opening hemlines with sturdy eyelets
• MF Doom Mask logo embroidered at upper left leg
• brushed interior
• relaxed fit
• 80% cotton, 20% polyester fleece, 450 g/m²

Black Friday Record Store Day 2022 Reissue. Color: Gold. Limitation: 10.000 copies.

Available for the first time on vinyl. 5-lp, 180-Gram, vinyl boxed set. Limited edition of 10,000. (The preceding show to the 2022 RSD release from 4/8/72). When the Grateful Dead opened their famed Europe '72 tour at the sold-out, cavernous Wembley Empire Pool in London, they signaled from the very start that they meant business. From the very first notes of this show's opener, “Greatest Story Ever Told,” the Dead were "on," performing a mix of their best-known songs including “Truckin'” and “Sugar Magnolia,” a healthy dose of music from their most recent album, the live album that was a critical commercial success Skull & Roses, including “The Other One,” “Not Fade Away” > “Goin' Down The Road Feeling Bad,” and “Wharf Rat,” along with more than a half dozen songs from Bob's and Jerry's respective 1972 solo albums. If the Dead had opening-night jitters at this show, they sure masked it well with confidence, inventiveness, and inspiration, all hallmarks of what would become known as one of the Grateful Dead's greatest tours ever.

SOURCED FROM THE ORIGINAL MASTER TAPES AND PRESSED ON MOFI SUPERVINYL
1/2" / 30 IPS analogue master to DSD 256 to analogue console to lathe



Run-D.M.C.'s Raising Hell remains the turning point at which hip-hop crashed through mainstream barriers and never left. Anchored by the crossover smash "Walk This Way," the 1986 blockbuster still sounds like a revolution unfolding in real time. It has everything – hard-rock riffs, turntable scratching, itchy rhythms, hit singles – not the least of which are the trio's invigorating raps and inseparable chemistry. And now it's the first rap record afforded audiophile treatment, courtesy of Mobile Fidelity.

Sourced from the original master tapes and pressed on MoFi SuperVinyl, the reissue label's numbered-edition 180g 33RPM SuperVinyl LP elevates Raising Hell to sonic heights on par with its musical and cultural significance. Ranked the 123rd Greatest Album of All Time by Rolling Stone, 43rd on Pitchfork's Greatest Albums of the 1980s, one of the Top 100 Albums of All Time by TIME – and included on "Best of" lists by Spin, Paste, XXL, Entertainment Weekly, and basically every other significant media outlet – the triple-platinum effort rocks the house.

Benefitting from the ultra-low noise floor and groove definition of SuperVinyl, Raising Hell unleashes a torrent of massive dynamics and tsunami of frequency-plumbing details underlined by Rick Rubin's taut, crisp, albeit raw and streetwise production. Just as the Queens-based group both defined what hip-hop could represent – and displayed just how big it could get – Rubin's work melded ear-worm hooks, savvy drum loops, metal-leaning guitars, and, of course, Run and D.M.C.'s cross-fire lyrical interplay into watertight frameworks bursting with ideas, tones, samples, and beats. Heard anew on Mobile Fidelity vinyl, Raising Hell is in every regard the aural equivalent of a direct-to-console 1970s classic. And it sounds as fresh as hell.

As for the music, it ranks among the most influential, inventive, and invigorating ever released – rap or otherwise. Vanguard artists such as Ice-T, Eminem, Jay-Z, and Public Enemy's Chuck D – who declared it his all-time favorite and "the first record that made me realize this was an album-oriented genre" – have testified on behalf of its brilliance. And never mind the presence of the Top 5 single "Walk This Way," whose power helped make Aerosmith's Steven Tyler and Joe Perry relevant for the first time in nearly a decade – and literally put Run-D.M.C. in bedrooms ranging from the Bronx to Bartlett to Bad Axe.

Look instead to the rest of the entirely filler-free set, be it the corkscrew turns, slippery wordplay, and "My Sharona"-meets-"Mickey" mixology of the boisterous "It's Tricky," the fat-but-minimized bass grooves and warped turntable wobble of the hysterical "You Be Illin'," chimes-accented inertia and boombox-on- shoulder thunder of the now-iconic "Peter Piper," or voice-as-percussion attack of the funky "Is It Live." With Raising Hell, the answer to the question is always affirmative – a sensation bolstered by the fact the group always had something to say.

The definition of Golden Age Hip-Hop in every way, Run-D.M.C. avoids the negativity and misogyny that later plagued the style, spinning assertive tales about identity (the biographical and culture-changing "My Adidas"), work ethics ("Perfection"), and, most notably, pride (the Harriet Tubman- and Malcom X.-referencing "Proud to Be Black"). Pavement-packed inner cities, tree-lined suburbs, and cornfield-rimmed rural areas would never again be the same. And rocking a rhyme that's right on time would become trickier than ever.

PROS
•Modern turntable
•Built-in speakers
•Adjustable speed
•Output for headphones

PRODUCT INFORMATION
•The Lenco LS-10 is a modern turntable with two built-in speakers. Enjoy your favourite vinyl at a single press of a button. Forget complicated music systems, because the Lenco LS-10 effortlessly brings your records to life.

•Whatever the music genre you like listening to, you can change easily from 33 to 45 RPM. For more volume, you connect external speakers via the RCA jack on the back of the turntable. This ensures that you can fill any size of room with music. The turntable also has an output for headphones so that you can listen to your favourite music without disturbing anybody else.

•The Lenco LS-10 is supplied with a removable dust cover that protects the turntable from dirt. You can also easily clean the appliance with a soft, dry cloth. The stylus is easy to replace. The manual supplied with the turntable tells you how. The Lenco LS-10 guarantees you years of pleasure listening to music from the past, played on modern equipment.

SPECIFICATIONS
•SKU: A003102
•Product height: 10.30 cm
•Product depth: 31.80 cm
•Product width: 32.90 cm
•Number of speakers: 2
•Speaker options: Speakers integrated
•Number of RCA outputs: 1
•Power option: Power on/off switch, AC
•Type of drive: Belt drive
•Turntable rpm: 33 rpm, 45 rpm
•GTIN / EAN: 8711902040965
•Material: Plastic
•Manufacturer's warranty: 24 months
•Stand-by power consumption (ErP Directive): 0.5W
•Maximum power consumption: 6W
•Headphone connector: Yes

The MF Doom Throw Slides are an effortless slip-on construction equipped with classic DOOM 3D-style lettering at the bold strap, a debossed mask graphic at heel as well as an UVA foam midsole for exceptional cushioning and support, delivered in a custom printed shoe box with spot gloss finish. The MF Doom Throw Slides fit true to its size, half sizes suggested to round down to the nearest whole size.

Legendary Finnish hardcore punk band Bastards’ discography to be released in a glorious box set in December

Bastards was one of the first Finnish hardcore punk bands coming from Finland in the early 80’s. The band released three albums between 1982-1983: Harhaa (1982, originally only on cassette tape), Järjetön maailma (1983) and Siberian Hardcore (1983). Propaganda Records, the oracle of its time, released the Maailma palaa ja kuolee EP when the band was still active, and some single tracks also appeared on Finnish and international compilations.

Bastards gained international attention and were the first Finnish hardcore band to tour Europe, yet they still ended up quitting the band in December 1983 after just a few active years. Svart Records have now put together all the recorded material by Bastards. Arctic Hardcore – Complete Studio Recordings & Rare Rehearsal Tapes -box set was done as a tight co-operation between the record company and members of the band. The nearly four-hour long compilation contains 136 songs, of which fifty are never released versions or completely unheard material, until now. The box set also contains a thick booklet with the band’s history, lyrics, complete song information and a lot of photos from the band’s active years.

Svart Records proudly presents Arctic Hardcore – Complete Studio Recordings & Rare Rehearsal Tapes on a Svart exclusive red 6LP box set (limited to 100 copies, contains a A2 size poster), black 6LP box set and a 3CD edition. Release date December 8th.

The Champion x Beastie Boys Hello Nasty Soft Fleece Crewneck Sweatshirt's features include:

• rib crew neck with interior tape
• self-fabric side panels
• stretch rib cuffs and bottom band
• Beastie Boys lettering printed on left chest
• Beastie Boys Hello Nasty artwork printed on the rear
• Champion "C" logo embroidery at left cuff
• regular fit
• 86% cotton, 14% polyester heavyweight TCV reverse weave brush-back fleece, 400 g/m²

This is a very limited edition of only a few test pressings made of Kutmasta Kurt & Kool Keith's collaborative 1997 EP, “Your Mom Is My Wife”.

KutMasta Kurt Digs deep into his archives to put together this compelling 6 track EP of previously unreleased recordings he and Keith recorded in 1996-1997. This Post “Sex Style” and Pre “Dr. Dooom” material helps further illustrate why they are one of Hip-Hop's favorite collaborators from the 90’s and beyond.

After the success of the first Alessandroni Proibito box set, which sold out in pre-sale before it even hit the stores, Four Flies is proudly back with Volume 2 of the compilation. This new release too features five exclusive 7-inches, housing a total of 10 seriously rare tunes. All previously unreleased in physical format, the tracks have been carefully selected from the soundtracks of five obscure Italian films from the late ‘70s – sexy flicks that flirted with the line between erotic and explicit, and which are now largely forgotten, having been out of circulation for decades.

As was the case with the previous volume of the compilation, Alessandroni's music rises above the films' flimsy plots, improvised actors, and amateurish production, exuding his distinctive touch thanks to the (typically Italian) artisanal approach he took to his musical craft. The composer let his creativity run free, playing with his instruments at home as if he were in his own little amusement park; trying to have fun and produce something entertaining and captivating with just the few means at his disposal.

This creative freedom turned even budget limitations into musical strength. Armed with just a 4-track Teac, Alessandroni recorded the rhythmic elements first and then added layers of melodic variations on top, at times relying on wordless vocals provided by skilled family members (Alessandroni himself in “Racing”, or his wife Giulia De Mutiis in “Ticket”), and at others on affordable or readily available instruments from the Italian folk tradition, such as the mandolin, the accordion, the melodica, or the diatonic harmonica. And of course, let’s not forget his unmistakable guitar! Whether classical or electric, it's the heartbeat of every track in this compilation, from the seductive suspense of “Luci Rosa” (i.e., ‘pink lights’) to the groovy disco-funk of “Snake Disco (Reprise)”, all the way to the brilliant proto-wave of “Climax.” To top it off, a splash of DIY electronica – think minimalist drum machines and quirky synths – injects a modern feel into what we now call Italian erotic sound.

This time as well, the box set comes with artwork by Eric Adrian Lee, along with a matching 30x70cm folded poster inspired by the insert-size posters that used to deck out movie theaters.

Alessandroni Proibito Vol. 2 (Music from Red Light Films 1976-1980) is being released in a limited edition of just 400 copies and will never be reissued. So, be quick – it's first come, first served!

Only 200 copies available!

This limited "Gumbo Trilogy Box" packaged in a high-quality paperboard slipcase contains:

- "Gumbo III – The Gorilla Diaries 2012 - 2016" vinyl, cover design by Cone The Weird
- "Gumbo II" vinyl with a brand-new, customized Pantone colorway by Cone The Weird
- "Gumbo I" double LP vinyl available in full length for the first time, cover artwork by Aro
- An exclusive photo book designed by Robert Winter and Jeremias Diekmann which lets you dive into the creation process of the Gumbo Trilogy. Includes rare photographs, cover sketches by Aro and Cone The Weird and essays by Brenk Sinatra and Stephan Kunze

Aesop Rock ITS Logo Hoodie - Features:

10oz black fleece-lined hoodie.
70% cotton / 30% polyester blend.
Embroidered chest & pocket.
Custom sewn tag on inside neckline.
Split stitch double-needle sewing on all seams.
Twill neck tape.
100% cotton round braided drawcord.
Ribbed cuffs and waistband.
Nickel eyelets.

close to NM

Svart Records proudly present Swallow The Sun's magnum opus "Songs From The North I, II & Iii" vinyl reissue

Swallow The Sun, Finnish Death-Doom band hailing from the city of Jyväskylä, released their sixth studio album "Songs From The North I, II & Iii" back in 2015 via Century Media. This 5LP monolith is now getting the reissue treatment by Svart Records for the first time with the original album art and presented in a glorious box set. Containing a booklet and with three different vinyl color variants, this soon-to-be-collectors-item is pressed in limited quantities and will be available on June 14th 2024.

Swallow The Sun was established in 2000 by Juha Raivio. The band's Death-Doom style focuses on both melody and atmosphere, while also moving around more gothic and black metal territories. "Songs From The North I, II & Iii" is an epic triple album of Gloom, Beauty, and Despair. It depicts the three different facets of the band's style with Gloom being the death/doom album, Beauty mostly acoustic and folksy material, and Despair the funeral doom album.

Record Store Day 2022 Drop 1 Release.

Limited pressing of 400 copies on clear blue vinyl

Includes bonus vinyl with the instrumentals!

Yellow marbled vinyl! Includes slipmat!

factory – melody synthesizer and sequencer with parameter locks, punch-in effects, arpeggio and chord play styles.

multiple real synthesizer engines, including fm, subtractive synthesis, wave table and physical modeled string.
16 punch-in effects including delay, bit crusher and filters.
16 punch-in arpeggio and chord play styles
parameter locks.
auto compressor
hardware limiter
16-step sequencer
16 patterns
16 pattern chaining
clock
alarm clock
jam sync with audio through
3.5 mm audio out / in
animated unique lcd display
folding stand
2 year standby time

Manual: https://www.teenageengineering.com/guides/po-14/en

close to NM. Limited edition. Direct Disk. OBI is missing.

Sealed copy!

The Atmosphere Lucy Ford Hoodie´s features include:
• drawstring-adjustable two-layer hood with interior tape, metal eyelets plus aglets at the draw cord
•Split stitch double-needle sewing on all seams
• raglan sleeves
• Lucy Ford artwork printed on front
• kangaroo pocket
• twill neck tape
• stretch rib cuffs and bottom band
• regular fit
• 70% cotton / 30% polyester blend (10oz black fleece-lined)

The Champion x Beastie Boys Hello Nasty Soft Fleece Hooded Sweatshirt's features include:
• drawstring-adjustable two-layer hood with metal eyelets
• drop-down shoulders
• Beastie Boys lettering printed on the rear
• Beastie Boys Hello Nasty artwork printed on left chest
• Champion "C" logo embroidery at left cuff
• self-fabric side panels
• kangaroo pocket
• bold stretch rib cuffs and bottom band
• regular fit
• 86% cotton, 14% polyester heavyweight TCV reverse weave brush-back fleece, 400 g/m²

The Roland Code 808 Hoodie's features include:
• drawstring-adjustable two-layer hood with metal eyelets
• Code 808 artwork printed on chest
• kangaroo pocket
• stretch rib cuffs and bottom band
• regular fit
• 100% cotton brush-back fleece

Clear vinyl edition!

The Roland Sound Pack Hoodie's features include:
• drawstring-adjustable hood with metal eyelets
• Roland logo printed on left chest
• Sound Pack artwork printed on back
• kangaroo pocket
• stretch rib cuffs and bottom band
• regular fit
• 100% cotton brush-back fleece

The MF Doom Throw Slides are an effortless slip-on construction equipped with classic DOOM 3D-style lettering at the bold strap, a debossed mask graphic at heel as well as an UVA foam midsole for exceptional cushioning and support, delivered in a custom printed shoe box with spot gloss finish. The MF Doom Throw Slides fit true to its size, half sizes suggested to round down to the nearest whole size.

Record 1 is VG with a small light scuff on side B and a few hairlines.
Record 2 is VG+. Includes original inner sleeves.

Your record collection is a reflection of you. So, show off your vinyl in our beautiful display box.

We designed the Vulgar Display of Vinyl box to be used as a stand alone vinyl storage unit or to be placed on top of one of our 12 inch Music Boxes to further enhance, maximize storage space and organize any listening room. The convenient top flipping makes finding your current rotation favorites easy as pie. It's a bit like crate digging in your own home.

This brand new addition to our line of vinyl storage products is made of solid 18mm thick Oak wood and sanded to seductively smooth finish then topped off with our delicious wood oil.

Each Vulgar Display Box can hold at least 68 LP's (depending on the thickness)

Please note that unlike our other products, you will have to assemble it yourself. All you'll need is a screwdriver and a few minutes, then BAM!! Vinyl Heaven Awaits.

External Dimensions:
• Back Height: 23 cm
• Front Height: 12 cm
• Length: 34cm
• Width: 36.7cm
• Weight : 4.96kg

Sourced and crafted in Europe!

The Champion x Beastie Boys Hello Nasty Soft Fleece Crewneck Sweatshirt's features include:

• rib crew neck with interior tape
• self-fabric side panels
• stretch rib cuffs and bottom band
• Beastie Boys lettering printed on left chest
• Beastie Boys Hello Nasty artwork printed on the rear
• Champion "C" logo embroidery at left cuff
• regular fit
• 86% cotton, 14% polyester heavyweight TCV reverse weave brush-back fleece, 400 g/m²

Records housed inside a full-colour, mirror-board printed, hardcover book featuring alternate front cover artwork, extra artwork, lyrics and credits all within a full-colour, mirror-board printed hardcover slide-out box.
Vinyl is very close to NM, some hairlines and scuffs. Box has tiny wear.

Sonny Rollins war 1957 einer der ersten Saxophonisten (wenn nicht gar der erste überhaupt), die mit einem Trio ohne Harmonieinstrumente auftraten. Eines der bahnbrechenden Alben in dieser damals noch absolut außergewöhnlichen Besetzung mit Sax, Bass und Schlagzeug war “A Night At The Village Vanguard”.

Erst 1976 erschien unter dem Titel “More From The Vanguard” ein Doppel-Vinyl-Album mit den restlichen Aufnahmen der drei Sets, die Rollins am Nachmittag und Abend des 3. November 1957 mit zwei unterschiedlichen Trios gespielt hatte. Nun werden sämtliche Aufnahmen, erstmals von den Originalbändern gemastert (!), in der “Tone Poet”-Reihe auf 2 CDs bzw. drei LPs neu aufgelegt.

Blue Note Tone Poet Edition: Mono, produziert von Joe Harley, komplett analog von Kevin Gray von den Originalbändern gemastert, RTI-Pressung (180g), stabiles Triple-Gatefold Tip-on-Sleeve, wattierte Innenhüllen.

* Completely remastered * Pressed on Heavyweight 180g Vinyl * LP 2-disc set record (limited edition)

150 copies on crystal clear red vinyl, deluxe edition 3LP Box, silver print on deluxe Fedrigoni Ultra Black paper, released with the full approval of the Sun Ra Estate

Born Herman Poole Blount in Alabama during 1914, Sun Ra first emerged on the Chicago jazz scene during the late 1940s. One of the great avant-garde composers of his generation - leading the way on piano, organ, and (eventually) synthesizer - beginning in the mid-1950s and lasting until his death in 1993, led the Arkestra, a band through which a near countless number of important artists passed and collaborated with, and many remained for the duration of their careers, notably Marshall Allen, John Gilmore and June Tyson. Known for their wild costumes and theatrics, Ra’s eccentric image and claims that he was from Saturn was deeply political, imagining an alternate social order, history, and future for African Americans that rests as a pioneering force in the Afro-Futurist movement.

While Sun Ra and his Arkestra can best be located within the broader movements of avant-garde jazz - particularly as innovators of free and spiritual jazz in their evolving forms - the composer was notoriously hard to pin down on creative terms. He was a visionary titan whose work traversed nearly half of the 20th Century, continuously pushing the idiom of jazz at every turn, ingesting and incorporating the entire history African American music - the blues, R&B, soul, gospel, ragtime, hot jazz, swing, bebop, free jazz, and fusion, etc. - into his work, without any division or hierarchy, producing roughly 100 full lengths bear his name, beginning with 1957’s “Jazz By Sun Ra Vol.1”, and stretching well beyond his death in 1993. Despite how much was captured and released, remarkably, rare and previously unheard recordings continue to emerge and amaze.

Recorded live at Teatro Giulio Cesare on March 28, 1980, comprising an astounding 27 compositions, including the highly celebrated “Astro Black”, “Mr. Mystery”, “Romance of Two Planets”, “Space Is the Place”, “We Travel the Spaceways”, and “Calling Planet Earth”, over six vinyl sides. High among the greatest live gigs by the Arkestra captured on tape, carefully mastered by Matt Bordin at Outside Inside Studio, “Live in Rome 1980” is a near perfect snapshot of the band’s versatility and range, including many of their most notably and famous songs, as well as striking renditions of the Horace Henderson penned Benny Goodman number “Big John’s Special”, Fletcher Henderson’s “Yeah Man!”, and "Limehouse Blues”, displaying Ra’s willingness to address and rework the entire, diverse history of jazz in a single go.

Heard in its totality, perhaps what makes “Live in Rome 1980” most striking is the way in which the concert plays out. Roughly the first half encounters the band locked in some of the most out-there, free jazz fire that can be imagined, weaving a startling sense of interplay and furious energy into a brilliant tapestry of writhing sonority, the likes of which were only really achieved by this band. The second half, with only moments of exception that return to the furious energy of the first, is very different affair, easy toward the vocal standards, led by June Tyson’s vocals and the joyous collective chanting of the band, for which they have become so widely celebrated, threading the sounds of off-kilter big band swing with heavy grooves and imagines of outer space.

Recorded live at Teatro Giulio Cesare on March 28, 1980. Sun Ra: Piano, Keyboards, Vocals. Noel Scott: Alto Saxophone, Baritone Saxophone, Percussion. Marshall Allen: Alto Saxophone, Flute, Oboe. Danny Ray Thompson: Baritone Saxophone, Flute. Chris Henderson, Eric “Samurai” Walker: Drums. Kenny Williams: Tenor Saxophone, Baritone Saxophone, Percussion. John Gilmore: Tenor Saxophone, Percussion. Michael Ray: Trumpet. June Tyson: Vocals. Mastered by Matt Bordin at Outside Inside Studio. Lacquer cut by Daniel Krieger at SST, Frankfurt am Main. All pictures by Paolo Ferraresi (Milano, Teatro Orfeo, March 26, 1980). All compositions by Sun Ra © Enterplanetary Koncepts (bmi) except where otherwise stated. Released under license from Sun Ra LLC.

Gatefold cover with some storage wear, ring wear and some yellowing.
Records with some hairlines. Included are 4 one-sided 29x21 cm sheets
with pictures of the musicians and a 12-page 12" sized booklet

Jimmy Cage Jr. is part of the Frame Your Records product series Record Jack, which includes shelves made of MDF that can be perfectly integrated into the room. Capacity: approx. 40 7 inch singles. Material: MDF & plastic.

Made in Germany!

Triple vinyl LP pressing + Blu-ray edition. Experience Hendrix announces a collection that couples the brand new feature length documentary Music, Money, Madness... Jimi Hendrix In Maui with the accompanying live performances on both audio and video. The film chronicles the Jimi Hendrix Experience's storied visit to Maui, their performance on the dormant lower crater of Haleakala volcano on the island and how the band became ensnared with the ill-fated Rainbow Bridge movie produced by their controversial manager Michael Jeffery. Directed by John McDermott and produced by Janie Hendrix, George Scott and McDermott, the documentary incorporates never before released original footage and new interviews with firsthand participants and key players such as Billy Cox, Eddie Kramer, Warner Bros. Executives and several Rainbow Bridge cast members, as well as it's director Chuck Wein. The Blu-ray will include the full documentary as well as the 16mm color film shot of the two afternoon performances captured on July 30, 1970 mixed in both stereo and 5.1 surround sound. Also included in the package will be Live In Maui - both of the aforementioned sets spread across 2 CDs, newly restored and mixed by longtime Jimi Hendrix engineer Eddie Kramer, and mastered by Bernie Grundman. Included are breathtaking renditions of crowd favorites like "Foxey Lady, " "Purple Haze" and Voodoo Child (Slight Return), " as well as then-unreleased songs like "Dolly Dagger" and "Freedom" that showcased the new direction Hendrix was moving toward.