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Ordered To Kill Camouflage Splatter Vinyl Edition

Release: 1988 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Rock & Indie

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High Roller Records, "camouflage" splatter vinyl, ltd 250, 425gsm heavy cardboard cover, lyric sheet, poster, A4 insert, A5 photo card, Original 1987 sound! Specially mastered for vinyl

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At War

LP | 1986 | EU | Reissue (High Roller)

Infidel Camouflage Splatter Vinyl Edition

Release: 1986 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Rock & Indie

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High Roller Records, "camouflage" splatter vinyl, ltd 250, 425gsm heavy cardboard cover, lyric sheet, poster, A4 insert, A5 photo card, bonus track "Fuckadafi", Original 1986 sound! Specially mastered for vinyl

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At War

LP | 2024 | EU | Original (High Roller)

LP | 2023 | EU | Original (Fat Possum)

Release: 2024 / EU – Original

Genre: Rock & Indie

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High Roller Records, "camouflage" splatter vinyl, ltd 250, 425gsm heavy cardboard cover, lyric sheet, poster, Mastered for vinyl by Patrick W. Engel at TEMPLE OF DISHARMONY in July 2023.

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OFF!

First Four Eps

Release: 2023 / EU – Original

Genre: Rock & Indie

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Big Time Lover - Soul On The Real Side

V.A.

LP | 2023 | UK | Original (Outta Sight)

Release: 2023 / UK – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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LP | 2023 | US | Original (Feel It)

Cosmo Jimmy

Under That Dress

LP | 2023 | UK | Original (Blue Crystal)

Release: 2023 / US – Original

Genre: Rock & Indie

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Poontang Twang, Cosmo J., David Kossoff, and Nigel Partridge make up the band Cosmo Jimmy. This foursome hails from a town that has a beaver for the town mascot named Seymour Of Hamilton. The album was recorded at Songgram studios in early 1987, produced by Tommy Marolda (The Toms, Richie Sambora, Smithereens). Members of Cosmo Jimmy played the local Jersey circuit when they decided to record their song “Batteries Not Included” for a movie soundtrack project, but the movie was never released. The song became a single for the new Scorpio Records label. The 12 track album was then green lighted to be recorded with song influences ranging from XTC to the Rolling Stones. Using analog recording equipment including Tascam 16 track DBX recorder, Tascam 24 track mixing board, Hammond B-3, Magnatone and Vox guitar amps, Yamaha Baby Grand Piano, Gibson and Fender guitars and bass, Hohner Harmonica, Vibraphone and Ludwig Drums, the album was recorded within a two week period.

Under That Dress was scheduled for release on Scorpio Records - and despite making it all the way to test pressings, the album never saw the light of day. 36 years later, Feel It Records (responsible for recent reissues of Marolda's late-70's recordings as the Toms) is proud to issue the Cosmo Jimmy album for the first time ever.

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Greg Foat & Ayo Salawu

Interstellar Fantasy

LP | 2023 | EU | Original (Spread Butte)

Release: 2023 / UK – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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A concept album of Analogue Electronic Sci Fi Library Grooves for Synthesisers and Percussion. Commissioned by Sonoton and inspired by the 70's & 80's Sonoton music Library Catalogue. Featuring Ayo Salawu on Drums (Kokoroko) and Greg Foat with his impressive collection of vintage Synthesisers. File under Library Music

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Cedar Hill

Variety EP

LP | 2019 | US | Reissue (Silrbreeze)

Release: 2023 / EU – Original

Genre: Hip Hop

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Cedar Hill is made up of rapper Nish and beatmaker Lancecape, from Ontario, Canada. The pair met at the age of 11 while playing hockey for Cedar Hill House League, which gave birth to the group’s name. Both were huge fans of hip-hop music, and started writing rhymes and creating pause tapes from college radio shows like Power Move and Masterplan. Shortly after that, they joined forces with Korry Deez and Black Cat of IRS (“Instinctive Reaction to Struggle”) to form the Horde Crew and then combined with a North Scarborough Crew - the Lyrical Coalition - to form a super crew of MCs, DJs and beatmakers called “The Monolith”. In 2000, Nish ventured off into a solo venture, appearing on DJ Serious’s album “Dim Sum” for the lead single and video, “Enlightening”, released by Sound King Records and distributed by Fat Beats. The success of the single led to a Canada-wide tour and garnered a Juno nomination for Rap Recording of the Year. Nish continued working with DJ Serious and appeared again on his follow-up album, “Cold Tea” on Audio Research Records. For a second time Nish landed the A-Side single titled “Frost Bite” and the B-Side consisting of the unreleased remix of “Enlightening”. Powered by Fat Beats, this helped cement Nish’s name as one of Canada’s finest MCs and shine light on Canadian hip-hop globally. In 2006, Lancecape received his first major placement producing “What Up”, the first single for J Dilla affiliates Frank N Dank’s album “Xtendedplay Version 3.13”. This led to further production for some of the biggest names in hip hop, including Keith Murray and Canibus as well as features on his beats from A.G (ditc) and Rapper Big Pooh (Little Brother). Lancecape also remained a key “battle” beatmaker twice coming second in the Redbull Big Tune Beat Battles which led to vinyl released by DJ House Shoe on his label, Street Corner Music. Most recently, Lancecape became 2x champion in Ski Beats Smackpack Battles. During this time, Nish and Lance continued recording music and, in 2018, they decided to join forces and become an official group, Cedar Hill. Their music has since been picked up by some of the biggest DJs Stateside, including their single “Strains”, which was played by DJ Premier on his acclaimed Sirius XM radio show “Live From Headquarterz”. Since then, DJ Premier has played every single released by Cedar Hill and has even promoted and featured their music a number of times on his Instagram page. In early 2022, Lancecape was approached via Instagram by Nij aka Nijmakesbeats of Spread Butter - a brand that had started out in streetwear apparel - who was interested in joining forces to release a Cedar Hill EP via a new label, Spread Butter Records. The Cedar Hill EP would be the first release of the label. Building from that point, we now have the EP offering from Cedar Hill, “Variety”. The EP consists of 4 previously released songs and 2 unreleased vinyl-only tracks, together with the accompanying instrumentals on the B-side. This release is for any boom bap head or hip-hop lover of lyrics, beats and cuts. This record is a tribute to the music that Cedar Hill was raised on and continues in the vein of classic boom-bap hip hop of the 90s Golden Era.

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Yuzo Iwata

Daylight Moon

Release: 2019 / US – Reissue

Genre: Rock & Indie

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Daylight Moon is Yuzo Iwata’s first outing since his debut, Drowning In The Sky, got the green light in 1999 on the legendary Org label. While Yuzo’s been living stateside for a couple of decades, his roots, style and fluidity harken back to the Kichijoji Minor days of the late seventies Tokyo underground scene. He also put in some time as a member of Tori Kudo’s Maher Shalal Hash Baz early on and there’s no one else in Philadelphia who can make that claim. His pedigree is legit. As is his playing. For fans of Kousokuya and Hallelujahs especially and PSF and Org label output overall. Limited re-pressing of 300.

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Eddie Chacon

Sundown T-Shirt

31,99 €* 39,99 € -20%

LP | 2023 | US | Original (Feel It)

Available Sizes: M, L, 2XL

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The Eddie Chacon Sundown Tee is equipped with the following features:
• rib crew neck with interior tape
• Eddie Chacon Sundown artwork printed on left chest and on the rear
• regular fit
• 100% cotton heavyweight single jersey
• limited edition

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Sugar Tradition

More Sugar

Dark Matters Part Ii White / Black Splatter Vinyl Edition

Release: 2023 / US – Original

Genre: Rock & Indie

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Oh boy, now we're cooking. Now we're in the court of Sugar Tradition. Only a city like their hometown of Detroit could foster such a refined appreciation of rock'n'roll, R&B, and garage punk—and Sugar Tradition clearly have IT. The trio, consisting of Antonio Keka (guitar/vocals), Kevin Irwin (drums), and Arlo Betley (bass) are a complete force of nature live—contemporaries of the Stools, Toeheads, and 208. They're also fresh off a tour supporting none other than the Detroit Cobras. Sugar Tradition have managed to capture that raw, driving Motor City sound in damn near perfect form on More Sugar, their vinyl debut on Feel It Records. "Rockin' Baby" kicks things into gear, anchored by a driving piano line that plays off a pounding rhythm section, allowing Keka's guitar and vocals to rule the high end of the mix. There's some tasteful harmonica and tambourine peppered throughout, but it's the raw, fuzzed-out sonics heard best on "Don't Leave Me" that may just steal the show. Oh yeah, did we mention the roaring rendition of Chuck Berry's "Come On"? It's all recorded live, too. A stupendous fourteen minutes at 45 RPM. Sugar Tradition are one of the brightest sets of young heads on the face of planet rock'n'roll right now, and More Sugar proves that to a tee.

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Odd Crew

LP | 2023 | EU | Original (Drakkar)

Release: 2023 / EU – Original

Genre: Rock & Indie

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2LP | 2003 | EU | Reissue (Out Of Line Music)

Suicide Commando

Axis Of Evil

2LP | 2023 | EU | Original (Out Of Line Music)

Release: 2003 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Electronic & Dance, Pop

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Belgian Johan van Roy has had one of the longest careers in electro-industrial music, rising from humble beginnings in the '80s EBM scene to become a figurehead of the genre.
Suicide Commando's music is characterised van Roy's nasty, ultra-nihilistic worldview and his unflinching exploration of the dark side of human nature, combined with the intense, dancefloor-focused sounds in which it was packaged.
Now, exactly 20 years after its original release in 2003, Suicide Commando’s legendary Axis of Evil album is re-released with lots of brand new goodies.

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Bloodred Hourglass

How's The Heart

Release: 2023 / EU – Original

Genre: Rock & Indie

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LP | 2023 | US | Original (Thrill Jockey)

Sally Anne Morgan

Carrying

Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark

Release: 2023 / US – Original

Genre: Rock & Indie

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Multi-instrumentalist Sally Anne Morgan, known for her work as part of The Black Twig Pickers, and half of House and Land (with Sarah Louise), cultivates seeds sown by folk musics and psychedelia. Carrying tills the rich soil of Appalachian traditions and her rural North Carolina surroundings into warm, reflective songs about the weight people carry with them, as well as Morgan"s own pregnancy and the birth of her first child. Bridging the more freeform, expansive leanings of 2021"s Cups and the lucid beauty of her acclaimed 2020 debut Thread, Carrying finds Morgan imbuing her masterfully crafted songs with more subtle and intricate arrangements. The album"s exploratory nature is anchored by a full band comprised of some of the most thoughtful players in the psychedelic folk and "cosmic country" spheres, including a guest appearance by Ripley Johnson (Rose City Band, Wooden Shjips, Moon Duo), and the foundational rhythm section of fellow The Black Twig Pickers collaborators: drummer Nathan Bowles (Steve Gunn Band, Pelt), guitarist Andrew Zinn, and bassist/engineer Joe Dejarnette. Morgan finds unity in the burdens and joys, tensions, and releases of modern living as a common thread that people bear in their day-to-day lives. "So much of what we accumulate and carry around with us burdens us, but we also can"t or don"t know how to let go," says Morgan. The profoundness and mundanity of that weight ran parallel for Morgan as she literally carried her child to term: the utter commonality of enduring what billions of parents before her had, and the awesome power of the human body and spirit, the complicated and unpredictable wash of emotions that come with nurturing and nourishing another life.

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Bauhaus Staircase Red Vinyl Edition

LP | 2023 | EU | Original (White Noise)

Release: 2023 / EU – Original

Genre: Pop

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Hyacinth Amber Vinyl Edition

David Eugene Edwards

LP | 2023 | EU | Original (Sargent House)

Release: 2023 / EU – Original

Genre: Rock & Indie

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Odd Holiday (Mattic & Daylight Robbery!)

L.I.S.A.

LP | 2023 | US | Original (Chinese Man)

Ex Voto Yellow Vinyl Edition

Release: 2023 / US – Original

Genre: Hip Hop

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Odd Holiday are purveyors of a rare breed of hip hop, both anchored in golden-era lyrical dextrousness and aligned to the contemporary movement of minimal soulful production. Their music is deeply emotive, seasoned, and undeniable. L.I.S.A is the debut release by the semi-nomadic duo consisting of Mattic, a Charlotte, NC native currently residing in France and producer Daylight Robbery! who has one foot in the burgeoning jazz scene of London, UK and the other in the boom bap foundation of Brooklyn, NY. L.I.S.A represents the meeting of two forces who are at the top of their game and supremely comfortable in their craft, merging into something which feels both timeless and brand new. The project sees Mattic engaging with the altering world around us in the wake of global upheaval with a lazy laid back simple but puzzling pen accompanied with his ghost package of delays, effects and skits. Producer Daylight Robbery!, fresh off the back of his debut solo release Moons of Jupiter on Melting Pot Music, provides backdrops which are rooted by a crate-diggers ear with minimal intervention to maximum stirring effect with limitless range. ODD Holiday represent the Offkiltr circle - both members also form part of the collective Clouds in a Headlock who dropped their psychedelic art rap debut on Fat Beats / CMR in late 2022

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Signal Aout 42

2LP | 2023 | EU | Original (Out Of Line Music)

Release: 2023 / EU – Original

Genre: Rock & Indie

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Clark Terry & His Orchestra

Clark Terry

LP | 1960 | EU | Reissue (Sam)

LP | 2021 | EU | Reissue (Sam)

Release: 1960 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Re-mastered from a copy of the Mono Master Tapes. Limited edition 2000 copies. 180 gr vinyl pressed by Pallas in Germany. Deluxe high-gloss flipback album jacket. Facsimile reissue using the original photo by JP Leloir. Double insert using an original photo by JP Leloir from 1959. Each record has been visually checked to prevent defects.

Recorded October 1959, Paris.

Original LP issue: Decca 153.924

Critics often complain that small-group sessions comprised of members of the Duke Ellington Orchestra are somewhat disappointing; this is definitely not the case with this session led by Clark Terry, recorded during a 1959 tour of Europe in the final month of the trumpeter’s almost eight-year tenure with the band. Fellow Ellington sidemen Paul Gonsalves, Jimmy Woode, and Sam Woodyard are present, along with Raymond Fol at the piano. Terry was one of the most gifted trumpeters to grace the Ellington band and he blossoms when he has more opportunities to solo in a small group setting like this one. Gonsalves proves to be the perfect foil for Terry as they trade lines on several of the numbers. Unlike many dates led by Ellington veterans, this one doesn’t rely heavily on songs from the vast Ellington songbook; instead, Terry includes only ‘Satin Doll’, a Monk’s tune, one by Babs Gonzales and three of his own compositions, with ‘Serenade to a Bus Seat’ (a remake of his upbeat instrumental interpretation of the hectic life of a touring musician) proving to be the most memorable.

This studio date was recorded for French Decca label and was almost impossible to find until now.

Clark Terry (Trumpet) Paul Gonsalves (Tenor saxophone) Raymond Fol (Piano) Jimmy Woode (Bass) G. T. Hogan (Drums)

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Billy Harper Quintet

Antibes '75

Release: 2021 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Produced by François Lê Xuan and Fred Thomas for Sam Records/Saga. Mastered from the original stereo master tapes. Limited edition 2000 copies. Cut by SST (Schallplaten Schneid Technik). 180g vinyl LP pressed by Pallas in Germany. 6-page booklet . Each record has been visually checked to prevent defects.

Sam Records and Saga present:

A never-before released Billy Harper 1975 live recordings.

First official release with the full permission and cooperation of the Billy Harper & INA (Institut National de l’Audiovisuel).

Billy Harper Quintet – Antibes ‘75

Two days after recording the first album ever issued on the Black Saint label, Billy Harper and his quintet were onstage at the Antibes Juan-Les-Pins jazz festival. Though Black Saint is a phenomenal album and is rightfully considered as one of the finest jazz releases of the period, Antibes ’75 shows that Billy and his men gathered momentum to push the boundaries of their studio effort even further.

That night, surrounded by stars, pine woods and a captivated audience, the quintet delivered a powerful and inspired performance. Never had Harper’s signature tunes “Cry of Hunger” and “Croquet Ballet” reached such a soulful expression, and we only wish that this moment of truth would have lasted a little longer.

We are honored to present to you this concert for the first time on record, a 180g LP including a 6-page insert with previously unseen photos by Gérard Rouy and Thierry Trombert and an essay by Bernard Loupias.

Virgil Jones (Trumpet) Billy Harper (Tenor saxophone) Joe Bonner (Piano, arranger) David Friesen (Double Bass) Malcolm Pinson (Drums)

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Genre: Pop

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Here Is One I Know You Know

Seja

LP | 2023 | EU | Original (IT)

Release: 2023 / EU – Original

Genre: Rock & Indie

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Hymns For Heretics Clear Blue Vinyl Edition

Black Eyed Vermillion

LP | 2009 | US | Reissue (1332)

Release: 2009 / US – Reissue

Genre: Rock & Indie

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Turkish Delite Türk Lokumu

Nyofu Tyson

LP | 2023 | Original (Seismographic)

LP | 2023 | UK | Original (Native Rebel)

Release: 2023 / Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Official re-release, retrieved from original cassette tape (1988). First time on vinyl! Includes Turkish musicians like jazz & percussion star Okay Temiz.
Brought to you by the compiler of the Saz Beat series as well as the Bosporus Bridges series.

A Danish-Lebanese Afro-American who has learned Turkish and knows how to play the saz? Who entered the Anatolian Pop scene in Istanbul right in the heyday, the early 1970s? And who got so much musical credit that the renowned Turkish producer Nazmi Şenel released a solo album with him in 1988, recorded in Istanbul and including musicians like Turkish percussion star Okay Temiz? Sounds pretty unlikely. Sometimes miracles happen and highly improbable music gets released. A person with a diverse heritage as Nyofu Tyson can be seen as a ‘melting pot’, as a ‘synthesis’. Yet, he can be also seen as someone who is able to step out for new paths.
This is the case for TÜRK LOKUMU – TURKISH DELITE. Like nobody before, Tyson connects and opens up Anadolu Pop towards a whole range of styles: Synth-Pop, New Wave, Reggae, Hip Hop/Break, Latin, Disco Boogie… He shows us how vital, compatible and versatile one could think Anadolu Pop at the end of the 1980s. The compositions are basically all Türkü-s, traditional Anatolian folk songs, yet updated with a poly-cultural music practice, which involved a lot of the then current musical trends. So, this is Turkish folk music and it has at the same time all what you like about the late 1980s pop music: cold electronic drum sounds, crisp-flashy synths, crunchy bass – all in contrast with warm distorted saz tones, wooden Turkish wind instruments, and a disco-soul proven female choir. This is crazy music. This is a miracle. This is Anatolian-Synth.

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Kofi Flexxx

Flowers In The Dark

31,49 €* 34,99 € -10%

Delaney & Bonnie & Friends With Eric Clapton

Release: 2023 / UK – Original

Genre: Hip Hop, Organic Grooves

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As with all albums on Shabaka Hutchings' Native Rebel Recordings the plan was the same: the musicians gather at the RAK Studios for three days, without rehearsal and consider the rehearsals part of the recording, with Shabaka producing

The performers featured here are Jas Kayser who has performed with Alfa Mist, Nubya Garcia and Jorja Smith among others, Alexander Hawkins of the Convergence Quartet and Decoy, Daisy George, and Ross Harris of Speakers Corner Quartet.

The features on the album are incredible too, and highlight the eclectic nature of Native Rebel. We have billy Woods on album opener “Apothecary", TS Elliot prize winning poet Anthony Joseph on "By Now", Confucius MC of Speaker's Corner Quartet and Con & Kwake on "Flowers In The Dark", Elucid on "Show Me", ganavya on "Increase Awareness", and Siyabonga Mthembu of The Brother Moves On and Shabaka and The Ancestors on “Aim".

As always with Native Rebel releases, the physical product is on double heavyweight vinyl, in high quality sleeves with printed inner sleeves and with side D on this release featuring etched artwork.

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On Tour

LP | 2020 | EU | Original (Speakers Corner)

31,49 €* 34,99 € -10%

Release: 2020 / EU – Original

Genre: Pop

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2LP | 2024 | EU | Original (Atlantic)

A Boogie Wit Da Hoodie

Hoodie Szn

31,49 €* 41,99 € -25%

Release: 2024 / EU – Original

Genre: Hip Hop

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Worlds Torn Asunder Blue Vinyl Edition

Warbringer

LP | 2011 | EU | Reissue (M-Theory Audio)

LP | 2024 | US | Original (Grilchy Party)

Release: 2011 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Rock & Indie

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We’re pleased to present the second of three classic Century Media vinyl reissues from Warbringer. The next generation’s thrash metal force Warbringer have built a commendable reputation for themselves with heralded albums and consistent touring supporting some of the biggest names in metal. We’re pleased to present a limited 500 copy run of this blue vinyl version with loads of extras in an expanded package, plus two bonus tracks – covers of Swedish black metal band Bathory’s “Sacrifice” and the Motorhead classic “(We Are the) Road Crew,” which Warbringer often includes in their set lists to this day. 2011’s Worlds Torn Asunder took things up a notch and Warbringer really came into their own with a confident and bold new effort, and first featuring drummer Carlos Cruz. Produced by Steve Evetts, Worlds Torn Asunder features classics like “Living Weapon” and “Shattered Like Glass.” Two years of touring continued launched by the band’s first national headlining tour and US support slots to Destruction, Symphony X, Iced Earth and Death Angel, in addition to a European tour with Arch Enemy and virtually every metal festival.

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Da Buze Bruvaz

Trigga Twinz EP

Waking Into Nightmares Purple Vinyl Edition

Release: 2024 / US – Original

Genre: Hip Hop

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The one thing we know about DA Buze Bruvaz is they never stop workin...no rest and no days off..Always cookin up something new for your ears..They have now returned with their next project “trigga Twinz” completely produced by the supreme duo themselves..The multi-talented tag team champions once again prove why they are levels above the rest..Clever One (homasidal Hitz) and HIM LO (airmaxwell Trax) return to cause mass murda on sinister beats..Pour yourself a shot of cognac, twist up and get nice while you experience fly talk from the top shelf, drunken street crime blowing ya mind rhyme sayers..CHEERS. This will be available on limited edition vinyl and cd.

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Warbringer

LP | 2009 | EU | Reissue (M-Theory Audio)

Release: 2009 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Rock & Indie

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We’re pleased to present the first of three classic Century Media vinyl reissues from Warbringer. The next generation’s thrash metal force Warbringer have built a commendable reputation for themselves with heralded albums and consistent touring supporting some of the biggest names in metal. We’re pleased to present a limited 500 copy run of this purple vinyl version with gatefold jacket, album art poster, expanded insert with extra pics and liner notes by singer John Kevill, and two bonus tracks including a cover of Swedish Death Metal band Unleashed. 2009’s Waking Into Nightmares was introduced with over 100 tour dates supporting the likes of Exodus, Kreator and Soilwork, and the relentless touring continued with European tours supporting Testament and Sacred Reich and further US shows opening for Megadeth, Suicide Silence, Slipknot, Vader, Obituary, Krisiun and more. The album was heralded as the next extreme step for the young thrashers who further enhanced their sound by introducing death metal elements and becoming even more fierce and precise than their classic debut hinted. Produced by Exodus/Slayer guitarist Gary Holt and engineered by Zack Ohren, Waking Into Nightmares is an esteemed favorite and now it’s back in print with expanded packaging and bonus tracks.

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Audio-Technica

AT-HS4

th1rt3en (Pharoahe Monch)

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The AT-HS4BK is a universal ½"-mount headshell designed for use with straight 4-pin tonearms.
The AT-HS4BK features an ultra-lightweight (8.5 g) aluminum die-cast body to keep vibration to a minimum and a finger lift to enable precise stylus placement. The headshell is also equipped with color-coded lead wires and comes with mounting screws.
Available in black (AT-HS4BK) and silver (AT-HS4SV).

Functions:
• Universal ½"-mount headshell for 4-pin tonearms
• Ultra-lightweight aluminum die-cast body keeps vibration to the bare minimum
• Angled shape suitable for straight tonearms
• Finger lift enables precise stylus placement
• Includes lead wires and mounting screws

Specifications:
• Material: Aluminum
• Connector: Aluminum
• Weight: 8.5 g (0.3 oz), including lead wire
• Dimensions: 12.5 mm (0.5") H × 20.7 mm (0.8") W × 54.0 mm (2.1") D
• Accessories: Installation screws (10 mm × 2, 8 mm × 2), nuts x 2, plastic washers x 2

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A Magnificent Day For An Exorcism

LP | 2021 | US | Original (Fat Beats)

2LP | 2009 | US | Reissue (Seebedon)

Release: 2021 / US – Original

Genre: Hip Hop

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th1rt3eN is what you would get If Led Zeppelin and Kendrick Lamar had a baby and raised it in Jamaica, Queens. The gritty production coupled with live instrumentation and exquisite lyricism creates a unique yet familiar sound that has been tried before but hasn’t ever reached this level of artistry.

The brainchild of legendary emcee Pharoahe Monch, who is joined by Jack White drummer Daru Jones and guitarist Marcus Machado (winner of the 2014 Rolling Stone magazine’s Next Young Gun), th1rt3en is aggressive, abrasive, often irreverent and fearless with their examination of the world today.

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Tigran Hamasyan

Red Hail

31,19 €* 38,99 € -20%

Got A Story To Tell Magenta Vinyl Edition

Release: 2009 / US – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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This is Tigran Hamasyan's 3rd album as a leader. Most of the compositions on this album are originals except for a few Armenian folk song's that Tigran has arranged. The band features Areni Agbabian on vocals, Ben Wendel on saxophones and bassoon, Sam Minaie on bass and Nate Wood on drums. Red Hail was originally released in 2009.

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Thee Sacred Souls

LP | 2024 | US | Original (Daptone)

LP | 2024 | US | Original (Daptone)

Release: 2024 / US – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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The highly anticipated follow-up to Thee Sacred Souls's breakout 2022 self-titled debut, Got A Story To Tell, features 12 all original new songs, a soaring statement of exquisite craftsmanship from this young band from San Diego whose story grows bigger by the day. Recorded and produced by Gabriel Roth at Penrose Recorders, in Daptone’s Riverside, CA studio, and written in the throes of supporting their 2022 album, which was met with significant excitement and major touring that brought them across the world. What swirls together on Got A Story To Tell is an appreciation of decades of soul music, and beyond - a sound and feel that is timeless, lived in, and very much in the now. Album opener “Lucid Girl” champions independent women, set to some of the toughest sounding drums and bass the band has yet to put to tape. “Waiting On The Right Time” slinks with a touch of slow-burning psychedelia. A plea for empathy punctuates “One and the Same,” with Lane singing: “We’re one and the same, I feel one day / We learn to live with each other / In love, not fear / Just for a moment, why can’t we be together.” “On My Mind” is a sweeping orchestration, with Lane navigating the complexities of finding happiness while balancing the good with the bad. The album is punctuated with strings and squelching guitar, trundling piano, pops of conga, horns - it makes for a thrilling, layered listen that rewards with multiple spins.

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Thee Sacred Souls

Got A Story To Tell

Release: 2024 / US – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Gillian Welch & David Rawlings

Woodland

LP | 2024 | EU | Original (ADA)

Release: 2024 / EU – Original

Genre: Rock & Indie

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Enter The 37th Chamber 15th Anniversary Yellow & Black Vinyl Edition

El Michels Affair

LP | 2009 | US | Reissue (Fat Beats)

Eddie Gale's Ghetto Music

Release: 2009 / US – Reissue

Genre: Hip Hop, Organic Grooves

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Originally released on Fat Beats Records in 2009, El Michels Affair’s landmark album “Enter the 37th Chamber” is celebrating its 15th Anniversary in 2024. Featuring reinterpretations of hip hop anthems from the Wu-Tang Clan, the album took stripped-down, raw hip hop bangers and flipped them into richly-arranged instrumentals. Cover versions of tracks such as “C.R.E.A.M.” and “Can It All Be So Simple” instantly sounded as vintage as the records that RZA had sampled to create the originals, with the familiar melodies and driving rhythms elevated by expertly-arranged horns and strings. The gritty and bottom-heavy style of these analog recordings—dubbed “Cinematic Soul”—has been both widely celebrated and often imitated. El Michels Affair namesake Leon Michels has since gone on to produce for and collaborate with artists as diverse as Adele, Black Thought, Lana Del Rey, and The Carters (Beyonce & Jay-Z). Now 15 years from its initial release, “Enter the 37th Chamber” has proven to be one of the true classic instrumental albums of its era, every bit as enduring as the music it had meant to pay homage to.

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Eddie Gale

LP | 1968 | EU | Reissue (Elemental)

Release: 1968 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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2LP | 2005 | UK | Original (The Drop)

Fat Freddys Drop

Based On A True Story

Samba Is Our Gift Record Store Day 2024 Edition

Release: 2005 / UK – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves, Electronic & Dance, Reggae & Dancehall

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1st studio produced album by the New Zealand group from 2005. The album utilized the band's trademark dub, reggae, soul and funk influenced sound, and has been successful both in terms of sales and of critical reception. 7 times platinum in New Zealand!

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The Ipanemas

LP | 2024 | UK | Original (Far Out)

The Nothing That Is Bone W Blue Pink Purple Splatter Vinyl Edition

Release: 2024 / UK – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Far Out Recordings kicks off its 30th anniversary celebrations with the long awaited first ever vinyl pressing of The Ipanemas’s Samba is Our Gift. Originally released in 2006, the album combined Afro-Brazilian-bossa grooves with classic vocal samba: a step back in time to 1960s Rio de Janeiro.

The Ipanemas, aka drummer and vocalist Wilson Das Neves and guitarist Neco, were instrumental in breaking bossa nova in the 1950s. In the decades following, they recorded with practically every Brazilian great there is, including Elis Regina, Antonio Carlos Jobim, Wilson Simonal, Chico Buarque & Elza Soares to name a small few. Bringing together jet-set swinging bossa, with the roots samba and Candomble music of the religious black Brazilian working class, ‘Samba is our Gift’ united two sides of Brazilian culture that rarely met.

Alongside Wilson Das Neves and Neco, the album featured Azymuth’s original drummer Ivan Conti who helped put the project together and shared drum and percussion duties with Das Neves. Neco passed away in 2008, Wilson Das Neves in 2017 and Conti in 2023 but between the three of them, they left us with an enormous body of beautifully joyous music spanning over half a century.

With a remaster and vinyl cut by Stuart Hawkes at Metropolis Music, Samba is our Gift will be released on vinyl LP for the first time ever for Record Store Day 2024 via Far Out Recordings.

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Fit For An Autopsy

LP | 2024 | EU | Original (Nuclear Blast)

Release: 2024 / EU – Original

Genre: Rock & Indie

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Umoja Joaquin Joe Claussell Sacred Rhythm Music & Cosmic Arts Remixes

Nicola Conte

2LP | 2024 | Original (Far Out)

2LP | 2007 | EU | Original (Ed Banger)

Release: 2024 / Original

Genre: Electronic & Dance

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Renowned New York City house music icon Joaquin Joe Claussell has embarked on an electrifying project of ecstatic, spiritual club music with his latest endeavor: a double album worth of reinterpretations of the music from Italian jazz master Nicola Conte's 2023 album Umoja.

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Justice

Cross

2LP | 2024 | EU | Original (Repeat)

Release: 2007 / EU – Original

Genre: Electronic & Dance

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12 tracks to bang your 'ed to ! and Uffie is ready to uff on this one, too ...

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Eddie Richards

Time Travel 1

2LP | 2013 | CZ | Reissue (Universal)

Release: 2024 / EU – Original

Genre: Electronic & Dance

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After the debut release on Repeat, which is already in high demand among collectors, renowned UK Acid-Tech Pioneer Eddie Richards is launching a new reissue series of his rare and iconic vinyl - Time Travel!

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Fall Out Boy

From Under The Cork Tree

2LP | 2024 | EU | Original (ADA)

Release: 2013 / CZ – Reissue

Genre: Rock & Indie

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Fall Out Boy is an American rock band formed in Wilmette, Illinois, a suburb of Chicago, in 2001. The band consists of lead vocalist and rhythm guitarist Patrick Stump, bassist Pete Wentz, lead guitarist Joe Trohman, and drummer Andy Hurley. The band originated from Chicago's hardcore punk scene, with which all members were involved at one point. The group was formed by Wentz and Trohman as a pop punk side project of the members' respective hardcore bands, and Stump joined shortly thereafter. The group went through a succession of drummers before landing Hurley and recording the group's debut album, “Take This to Your Grave” (2003). The album became an underground success and helped the band gain a dedicated fanbase through heavy touring, as well as some moderate commercial success. “Take This to Your Grave” has commonly been cited as an influential blueprint for pop punk music in the 2000s.
Now, their album “From Under The Cork Tree” is finally back in print on limited vinyl.

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The Muffs

Release: 2024 / EU – Original

Genre: Rock & Indie

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Crustation With Bronagh Slevin

Bloom Translucent Purple Vinyl Edition

LP | 2024 | EU | Original (Music On Vinyl)

The Hits Live Colored Vinyl Edition

Release: 2024 / EU – Original

Genre: Electronic & Dance

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180 GRAM AUDIOPHILE VINYL
DELUXE SLEEVE WITH LEATHER LAMINATE FINISH
INCLUDES INSERT
1997 TRIP HOP ALBUM FEATURING THE SINGLES “PURPLE” & “HEY”
SLEEVE ARTWORK BY STANLEY DONWOOD (RADIOHEAD)
LIMITED EDITION OF 750 COPIES ON TRANSLUCENT PURPLE COLOURED VINYL

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Metallica

LP | 2024 | UK | Original (Get Yer Vinyl Out)

Mykal Rose, Subatomic Sound System & Hollie Cook

Release: 2024 / UK – Original

Genre: Rock & Indie

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Metallica’s influence on the heavy metal genre and the music industry as a whole is immeasurable. They pioneered thrash metal and inspired countless bands in their wake. From their electrifying live performances to their chart-topping albums, Metallica’s journey remains a compelling narrative of passion and dedication, solidifying their place among the greatest bands in the history of rock music. Collected from two classic performances from 1989 and 1994. the apocalyptic messiahs grind down your souls with ten of their most terrifying best, played live without mercy.Tread on sacred ground if you dare and hear the voices of hell unleashed in stereo! Featuring tracks culled from two fully restored and professionally remastered original broadcasts, presented with background notes and timeline photos. Side 11. Master Of Puppets 3.15 **2. Creeping Death 6.51 **3. Sad But True 6.36 **4. Battery 4.32 *5. Nothing Else Matters 8.24 **Side 21. One 6.50 **2. For Whom The Bell Tolls 4.32 *3. Enter Sandman 6.34 **4. Fade To Black 6.30 *5. Whiplash 4.29 *** Reunion Arena, Dallas, TX February 5th 1989 (Z-Rock FM)** Winston's Farm, Saugerties, New York, NY August 13th 1994 (WNEW-FM)

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Rockin' Like A Champion Black Friday Record Store Day 2024 Edition

LP | 2024 | Reissue (Dubshot /Cssl)

Between The Buried And Me

Release: 2024 / Reissue

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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Reggae superstar Mykal Rose, original voice of the Grammy Award-winning Jamaican group Black Uhuru, steps into the future with Lee "Scratch" Perry's former band, NYC dub specialists Subatomic Sound System and London lover's rock queen Hollie Cook on the new collaborative full-length album, Rockin’ Like a Champion. This RSD Black Friday release is the first vinyl pressing, and features a different mix than the digital release.

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Colors II Black Inside Grimace Purple Inside Trans Highlighter Yellow Vinyl Edition

2LP | 2021 | EU | Original (ADA)

Release: 2021 / EU – Original

Genre: Rock & Indie

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Crime In Australia Opaque Blue Vinyl Edition

Party Dozen

LP | 2024 | US | Original (Temporary Residence)

LP | 2024 | EU | Original (Rrc Music)

Release: 2024 / US – Original

Genre: Rock & Indie

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Opaque Blue Vinyl. Crime In Australia follows 2022's The Real Work, the firstParty Dozen record that (some) people were actuallywaiting for; the one that Nick Cave sang on; the one thathad a track that billy woods jumped on for a rework; theone that took them to the USA, Europe (twice), Japan,China and New Zealand; the one that saw Party Dozenhook up with a cool US label (Temporary Residence Ltd.);the one that made Bandcamp, Stereogum, BrooklynVegan and a whole swathe of Australian radio stationsdeclare it their Album of the Day/Week/Epoch; and theone that made KEXP invite the band in for a live session,and made Sub Pop add to their hallowed Singles Club.The Real Work was not the first Party Dozen record, butit was in many ways where Party Dozen really started toput it all together. Crime In Australia continues to build ontheir arc, and elevates their ascent with a slew of newsongs that are simultaneously more focused and moreferal than anything they've ever done. And there are noguests on this one.

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Salimata

Wooden Floors

Art Gallery Turquoise Vinyl Edition

Release: 2024 / EU – Original

Genre: Hip Hop

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After her debut album “ouch” on 10K in late 2022, the Brooklyn native returns with her most polished work to date and presents her latest project titled “Wooden Floors”. Inspired among other things by a scene in the 80's movie "Risky Business"; she treats each song as a journal entry where she depicts her life in New York and touches on various subjects like love, family, personal achievements, morals and future goals. Delivering an array of multiple fl ows and emotions on groovy beats; she stands out from other mcs with her sweet voice tone, raw style and poignant lyrics.

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The Artwoods

LP | 1966 | EU | Reissue (Guerssen)

Chronicles Of A Diamond Clear Vinyl Edition With Poster

Release: 1966 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Rock & Indie

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Essential ‘60s British beat, R&B, Mod album from 1966 by this band fronted by Art Wood (elder brother of Birds/Rolling Stones/Faces guitarist Ronnie) and featuring a young, pre-Deep Purple Jon Lord on organ, plus Keef Hartley (John Mayall’s Bluesbreakers) on drums, Derek Griffiths on guitar and Malcolm Pool on bass. Now reissued for the first time ever in Mono, just like the 1966 original.

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Black Pumas

LP | 2023 | EU | Original (ATO)

LP | 2024 | EU | Original (ADA)

Release: 2023 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Limited Edition - comes on clear vinyl including an art print.

As they set to work on their highly awaited sophomore album, Black Pumas broadened their palette to include a dazzling expanse of musical forms: heavenly hybrids of soul and symphonic pop, mind-bending excursions into jazz-funk and psychedelia, starry-eyed love songs that feel dropped from the cosmos. The debut was nominated for 7 Grammys and reached one million album equivalents. Chronicles Of A Diamond arrives as the fullest expression yet of their frenetic creativity and limitless vision.

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Von Hertzen Brothers

In Murmuration

Release: 2024 / EU – Original

Genre: Rock & Indie

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LP | 1970 | EU | Reissue (Be With)

Nucleus

Elastic Rock

Collected Black Vinyl Edition

Release: 1970 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Nucleus's Elastic Rock is undisputedly a milestone in Jazz-Rock. A beautiful and vital debut album, it was first released on Vertigo in 1970. Original copies are now very tricky to score and, like all the Nucleus records, it’s aged ridiculously well. This Be With re-issue, re-mastered from the original analogue tapes, shows off just why this deserves to be back in press.

Genius trumpeter and visionary composer Ian Carr was one of the most respected British musicians of his era. He was a true pioneer and saw the potential in fusing the worlds of jazz with rock, just as Miles Davis and The Tony Williams Lifetime did in the US. In late 1969, following the demise of the Rendell-Carr quintet, and tiring of British jazz, Carr assembled the legendary Nucleus. Regarding music as a continuous process, Nucleus refused to “recognise rigid boundaries” and worked on delivering what they saw as a “total musical experience”. We can get behind that.

Under bandleader Carr, Nucleus existed as a fluid line-up of inventive, skilled musicians. This constant evolution and revolution was all part of the continuous musical exploration and discovery that took jazz to new levels. And the music has kept relevant. To steal a line from a review of our re-issue of Roots, when it comes to anything Nucleus “it’s basically already hip-hop”.

The very title Elastic Rock could be regarded as the group's MO, describing a melting point between their rock and jazz impulses. Indeed, housed in a memorable gatefold jacket designed by Roger Dean, the die cut molten teardrop shape on the front sleeve opens to reveal a fiery volcanic crater. On the back, Dean's drawing has Carr with saxophonist Brian Smith, guitarist Chris Spedding, drummer John Marshall, bassist Jeff Clyne and sax, oboe and pianist Karl Jenkins in a circle, the central core of a movement and the basis for its activity.

Recorded over four days in January 1970, Elastic Rock didn't sound like any other British jazz album. Exploding out the gate, "1916" opens with Marshall's frantic pounding before melancholic horns enter. The smooth title track, "Elastic Rock" is just a gorgeous electric blues track. Light drums, gentle melodic horns, piano and a solid bassline serve as the perfect bed for Spedding's graceful bluesy guitar melodies. The serene "Striation", a Clyne and Spedding collaboration, is led by bowed bass and is the epitome of calm before the late night laid back vibe of "Taranaki" breezes along sweetly and smoothly with great trumpet and tenor.

The truly emotional "Twisted Track" is elegant with horns, while guitar is gently played with drums and bass. Initially deeply soothing, it gradually builds with various solos and duets. "Crude Blues (Part 1)" features an excellent oboe part by Jenkins with laconic guitar helping out. "Part 2" is livelier, with a heavy backbeat and great wind parts. "1916 (Battle Of Boogaloo)" features a steady bassline and great call and response parts from the horn section.

The highly-charged centrepiece of the record, the mesmeric epic "Torrid Zone" features an hypnotic bassline and hi-hat with some of the ensemble's best soloing. Brilliantly encapsulating the jazz fusion aesthetic so desired by the group, the rhythm section is rock-influenced but magically retains a laid-back jazz vibe. Just perfection. Spacey jazz in the style of In a Silent Way, the semi-ambient "Stonescape" features smooth, muted brass, warm, smokey keys and a barely-there rhythm section. Heavenly.

The bubbling, fragile restraint of "Earth Mother" partially utilises the "Torrid Zone" bassline but takes the energy in a different direction with Marshall's frenetic drumming and Spedding's unpredictable riffing. Next comes the very idiosyncratic drum solo track by Marshall in the appropriately-titled "Speaking for Myself, Personally, in My Own Opinion, I Think." The album closes with the raucous "Persephones Jive", a track that ends the album frantically, riotously, just as it began.

This Be With edition of Elastic Rock has been re-mastered from the original Vertigo master tapes, Simon Francis’ mastering working together with Cicely Balston's cut at AIR Studios to weave their usual magic with these wonderful recordings. The stunning die-cut gatefold sleeve has been restored in all its molten glory.

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Njoi

3LP | 2022 | EU | Original (Food Music)

Visions Of Bodies Being Burned Black Vinyl Edition

Release: 2022 / EU – Original

Genre: Electronic & Dance

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For the first time, these exclusive extended versions of Njoi's seminal tracks are available as a 3 coloured disc vinyl-only release. Carefully lifted from their original early 90's live sets, these tracks have been re-crafted, extended and mastered to todays sonic standards and we're very proud to present 'Collected' on Food Music.

This project is much more than simply re-issuing the cream of Njoi's catalogue. As we enter 2022, we begin a year long journey with the duo, eventually unveiling 30 year old unreleased sought-after material for the first time ever, together with remixes from some of the todays finest electronic artists. It’s a privilege to complete the circle with Njoi and their timeless music.

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Clipping.

2LP | 2020 | US | Original (Sub Pop)

LP | 2020 | EU | Original (Fat Possum)

Release: 2020 / US – Original

Genre: Hip Hop

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In the horror genre, sequels are perfunctory. As the insufferable film bro Randy explains in Scream 2, "There are certain rules that one must abide by in order to create a successful sequel. Number one: the body count is always bigger. Number two: the death scenes are always much more elaborate-more blood, more gore. Carnage candy. And number three: never, ever, under any circumstances, assume the killer is dead." Last Halloween, Los Angeles experimental rap mainstays Clipping ended their three-year silence with the horrorcore-inspired album There Existed an Addiction to Blood. This October, rapper Daveed Diggs, and producers Jonathan Snipes and William Hutson return with an even higher body count, more elaborate kills, and monsters that just won't stay dead. Visions of Bodies Being Burned is less a sequel than it is the second half of a planned diptych. It turns out, Clipping took to the thematic material of horrorcore like vampires to grave soil. Before the release of There Existed an Addiction to Blood, Clipping and Sub Pop Records divided the material up into two albums, designed to be released only months apart. However, a global pandemic and multiple cancelled tours pushed the release of the project's "part two" until the following Halloween season. Visions of Bodies Being Burned contains sixteen more scary stories disguised as rap songs, incorporating as much influence from Ernest Dickerson, Clive Barker, and Shirley Jackson as it does from Three 6 Mafia, Bone Thugs-N-Harmony, and Brotha Lynch Hung. Clipping's angular, shattered interpretations of existing musical styles are always deferential, driven by fandom for the object of study rather than disdain for it. Clipping reimagine horrorcore-the purposely absurdist hip-hop subgenre that flourished in the 1990s-the way Jordan Peele does horror cinema: by twisting beloved tropes to make explicit their own radical politics of monstrosity, fear, and the uncanny. The album features a host of collaborators: Inglewood's Cam & China, fellow noise-rap pioneers Ho99o9, Tortoise guitar genius Jeff Parker, and experimental LA drummer Ted Byrnes. The final track, "Secret Piece," is a performance of a Yoko Ono text score from 1953 that instructs the players to "Decide on one note that you want to play/Play it with the following accompaniment: the woods from 5am to 8am in summer," and features nearly all of the musicians who appeared on both albums. Since their last album, Daveed Diggs-the group's Tony and Grammy Award-winning rapper-has starred in the TNT science fiction series, Snowpiercer, voiced a character in Pixar's Soul, and portrayed Frederick Douglass in Showtime's The Good Lord Bird. Writer Rivers Solomon's novella based on Clipping's Hugo-nominated song "The Deep" has been nominated for the Nebula, Hugo, and Locus Awards, and won the Lambda Literary Award for best Lgbtq SF/Fantasy/Horror novel. Clipping's song "Chapter 319"-a tribute to George Floyd (aka Big Floyd) the former DJ-Screw affiliated rapper who was murdered by police officers in May of 2020-was released on Bandcamp on June 19th and raised over $20,000 for racial justice charities. A clip of the song also became a popular meme on TikTok, generating over 50,000 videos in which teenagers rapped the song's lyrics ("Donald Trump is a white supremacist, full stop_") directly into the frowning faces of their conservative parents. The band also contributed a Skinny Puppy-esque rework of J-Kwon's "Tipsy" to Save Stereogum: An '00s Covers Comp.

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Country Westerns

Release: 2020 / EU – Original

Genre: Rock & Indie

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LP | 2019 | US | Original (Fat Possum)

Townes Van Zandt

Sky Blue

Release: 2019 / US – Original

Genre: Rock & Indie

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Nova Bossa Nova 20th Anniversary Edition

Marcos Valle

LP | 1997 | EU | Reissue (Far Out)

2LP | 2017 | EU | Original (Warner)

Release: 1997 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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A download code is included. Marking sixty years of Bossa Nova, and twenty years since Marcos Valle’s first release for Far Out Recordings, what better time to bring back this era-defining classic from the Brazilian master composer?

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Ed Sheeran

÷ (Divide)

Release: 2017 / EU – Original

Genre: Pop

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LP | 1971 | US | Reissue (Fat Possum)

Ann Peebles

Straight From The Heart

2LP | 2013 | EU | Original (Fat Possum)

Release: 1971 / US – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Vinyl reissue of 1972 R&B classic.

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Youth Lagoon

Wondrous Bughouse

Release: 2013 / EU – Original

Genre: Rock & Indie

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The Elmatic Instrumentals

Will Sessions

LP | 2011 | US | Original (Fat Beats)

LP | 2009 | US | Reissue (Fat Possum)

Release: 2011 / US – Original

Genre: Hip Hop

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Instrumental versions to Elzhi's (Slum Village) tribute to Nas "Illmatic" performed by Chicago funk band Will Sessions. Limited edition vinyl with free mp3 download card.

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Al Green

Let's Stay Together

LP | 2009 | US | Original (Fat Possum)

Release: 2009 / US – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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180g vinyl

- "Let's Stay Together" sampled by Little Brother for "Light it Up"

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Wavves

Wavvves

New Riders Of The Purple Sage

Release: 2009 / US – Original

Genre: Rock & Indie

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incl. download code

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Hempsteader:Live At The Calderone Concert Hall

2LP | 2024 | EU | Original (ADA)

Release: 2024 / EU – Original

Genre: Rock & Indie

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LP | 2024 | EU | Original (Blume Editions)

Ben Vida

Vocal Trio

LP | 2024 | US | Original (Fat Possum)

Release: 2024 / EU – Original

Genre: Electronic & Dance

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Since its founding back in 2014, Blume has carved a unique place in cultural landscape, issuing free-standing works, spanning the historical and contemporary, that represent singular gestures of creativity within the field of experimental sound. Joining their broad efforts in building networks of context and understanding that already includes the works by Werner Durand, Sarah Hennies, Bruce Nauman, John Butcher, Jocy de Oliveira, Mary Jane Leach, Valentina Magaletti, Alvin Curran, Julius Eastman, Alvin Lucier, and shortly after returning with the first ever vinyl release to attend to James Tenney’s legendary “Postal Pieces”, the label is now offering a brand new, ambitious work by the American composer Ben Vida, entitled “Vocal Trio”, conceived, performed, and recorded in Bremen, Germany, during the Spring of 2022. A truly stunning work of compositional conceptualism, combining the ideas of systems based synthesis with real-time vocal collaboration - issued in a highly limited vinyl edition of 200 copies mastered by Stephan Mathieu, featuring specially commissioned liner notes by Bradford Bailey and a leporello insert offering the piece visual score - it’s a landmark in contemporary experimental practice and arguably the most forward-thinking and exciting piece by one of the most exciting American artists working today.

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Smoke & Fiction

Release: 2024 / US – Original

Genre: Rock & Indie

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Luminous Rubble Black Vinyl Edition

Blockhead

LP | 2024 | US | Original (Def Pressé Editions)

LP | 1974 | US | Reissue (Fat Possum)

Release: 2024 / US – Original

Genre: Hip Hop

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London-based label, Def Presse are very pleased to announce their partnership with legendary Library Music label KPM. Def Presse Editions/KPM Crate Diggers are works built around samples from KPM releases. As part of the series - Blockhead presents his new album, Luminous Rubble, where the artist dives deep into KPM’s iconic music and sound design library. Blockhead has released 15 albums over the past 15 years and is regarded as one of the modern masters of instrumental hip-hop. It’s a producer’s dream: Being given access to a vast library of material to construct something completely new and exciting out of all of it and when Blockhead’s at the controls, the results are a listener’s paradise, too. The New York City-based hip-hop production legend’s Luminous Rubble is the latest missive in a particularly busy period for the underground hip-hop veteran, who’s spent the last decades lending his considerable talents to work from artists like Armand Hammer, billy woods, Murs, and Open Mike Eagle; in 2021, he released the critically acclaimed collab LP Garbology with rap legend and longtime collaborator Aesop Rock, just last year he unleashed his twelfth solo album, The Aux. “For me, as a producer who uses samples, there’s nothing better than free rein. That was so exciting for me. Their vault is the one I’m most familiar with,” he says with a laugh. “Back when I used to go record shopping a lot, I would pretty much buy any KPM record on sight. They were always a huge find at record stores. So to be able to tap into these records with no limitations was really nice. Having no boundaries can be overwhelming when it comes to the creative process. Working with these samples forced me to find middle ground in cases where I’d typically just walk away and look elsewhere.” After hearing Luminous Rubble, you’ll be happy he stuck around.

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Ann Peebles

I Can't Stand The Rain

Release: 1974 / US – Reissue

Genre: Electronic & Dance

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Zombie White, Black And Red Splatter Vinyl Edition

Ot The Real & Araabmuzik

LP | 2024 | US (Next)

LP | 2024 | EU | Original (Phat Penguin)

Release: 2024 / US

Genre: Hip Hop

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Limited to 300 Hand-Numbered Copies Pressed on White, Black and Red Splatter Vinyl OT The Real & araabMuzikís new collaborative album Zombie is now available as a limited edition vinyl release. The 12-track project, released through Black Soprano Family records, was executive produced by Benny The Butcher and features appearances by several Black Soprano Family members. The BSF boss has been a fan of the Philadelphia based rapper since they met while recording “Coke & Guns” (off the album Broken Glass) and when he had the chance to put together a full project with OT and the MVP of the MPC, Benny seized the opportunity, bringing both OT and araabMIUZIK out to the BSF studio in Buffalo to record what would ultimately become “The Crown,” the first single off of Zombie featuring Benny The Butcher & ElCamino. The guest appearances on Zombie were carefully curated, purposefully tapping artists that hadn’t yet collaborated with OT (outside of Benny) and araab- Muzik in order to deliver something new to fans, including 38 Spesh, Conway The Machine, ElCamino, Rome Streetz, Lihtz and Amir Ali.

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Leftovers

Krach

Release: 2024 / EU – Original

Genre: Rock & Indie

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LP | 1970 | EU | Reissue (Far Out)

Agustin Pereyra Lucena

Youth Meets Radical Dance Faction

Release: 1970 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Following Far Out’s reissue of Agustin Pereyra Lucena Quartet’s La Rana, the label continues its memorialisation of the late, great Argentinian guitarist’s music, with the first ever direct from tape, audiophile reissue of Pereyra Lucena’s self-titled debut album from 1970.

One of the outstanding South American guitarists, Agustin Pereyra Lucena commanded a unique position in Latin music history. He hailed from Buenos Aires, but was obsessed with the music of Brazil. A disciple of Antônio Carlos Jobim, Baden Powell and Vinicius De Moraes, the nature of Agustin’s Argentinian roots combined with the nurture of Brazil and its music to give Agustin a sound entirely his own.

After being scouted in a nightclub, by musician and guitar craftsman Jorge Demonte, Agustin was invited for an audition at Argenitinian label Tonodisc. Before he knew it, aged 22, he was in the studio recording his first album.

Agustin enlisted fellow Argentinian Brazilophiles Mario "Mojarra" Fernandez who played bass and drummer Enrique "Zurdo" Roizner. He had first heard the duo backing Vinicius de Moraes, Toquinho and Maria Creuza on their legendary La Fusa live album, also recorded in Buenos Aires. For vocals, Agustin brought in his old friend, a French teacher called Helena Uriburu, who at the time had (unbelievably) never sung in a studio before.

The atypical bossas and spiritual swinging sambas, composed by many of Agustin’s aforementioned heroes, were elevated to new heights by Agustin’s dazzling arrangements and phenomenal guitar playing. The almost cosmic reaches Agustin achieved with his sound are balanced against the stylish sophistication and breezy nature of the music.

Moments of calm serenity include Agustin’s own composition “Nina No Divagues”, Durval Ferreira and Pedro Camargo’s “Chuva” and the Brazilian bossa classic “Tristeza Nos Dois”, which feels like it draws equally upon exotica and early library records. Accompanied by Roizner’s shuffling samba jazz drums, opener “O Astronauta” is Agustin’s cover of the Brazilian guitar standard composed by Baden Powell. Another Baden Powell classic, “Consolacao” is an extended full-band set, which features Agustin’s crisp guitar dancing around a hypnotic rhythm section. Upright bass is swapped out for a big, round-sounding electric one, which sits loud in the mix for almost seven minutes of deep, groovy, distinctively early-seventies magic.

Agustin passed away in 2019, and it is only in recent years that he is starting to gain his plaudits as one of South America’s greats. On the liner notes of the album Vinicius De Moraes writes: “I think I never saw, with the exception of Baden Powell and Toquinho, anyone more linked to his instrument than Agustín Pereyra Lucena. It would give the impression that if the guitar were taken away from him, he would fade into music as one dies from the amputation of an arm.”

Agustin Pereyra Lucena will be released on audiophile vinyl LP, CD and digitally on the 26th January 2024 via Far Out Recordings.

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LP | 2023 | Original (Cadiz Music/Youth Sounds)

Release: 2023 / Original

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James Blood Ulmer

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Suckapunch (Deluxe Edition)

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Mindsets, Joan Jett and the Blackhearts' latest release features six brand new originals plus live versions of the tracks. The album serves as a reminder of what the band is all about – the perfect blend of punk and rock n' roll that feels timeless and immediate at once. "If You're Blue" kicks off the EP with the band's signature crunchy, distortion forward guitar, hooky chorus, and Jett's powerful, snarling vocals. Every track has its own spin on the band's signature tight instrumentation and heavy guitar riffs which provide the perfect backdrop for Jett's vocals, creating a sound that is both powerful and infectious. Jett's voice is a force to be reckoned with as her powerful vocals are full of attitude and emotion. She delivers each song with strong conviction and energy.

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Casting a net over a recording career that spans over 20 years to capture the essence of the Becker/Fagen songwriting vortex is a hard task, but remains highly rewarding work for the compiler and joy for the listener. Thus, the two selected performances here from the ‘All American Tour’ of 1974 combine highlights from their first four albums with their signature classic Do It Again rounding off the 1972-74 timeline. Their return to the stage in 1993 was a hotly anticipated event and saw a broader line-up, bringing back classics from the 1975-1980 period of studio isolation. However, it was clear that the real stars of Steely Dan’s 1993 reunion tour weren’t simply Becker and Fagen alone, but the songs themselves, those gorgeously crafted pop confections; all sleek surface and clandestine passion. When music is this timeless, the word nostalgia doesn’t apply.Get Yer Vinyl Out celebrates the legacy of Steely Dan, live on stage with a selection of ten of their greatest hits beautifully restored and professionally remastered. Presented with background notes. Side 11 Pretzel Logic 5.22 *2 Bodhisattva 4.46 **3 Reelin’ In The Years 4.23 **4 Rikki Don’t Lose That Number 4.03 **5 Your Gold Teeth Jam 5.29 **6 Peg 4.21 ***Side 21 Do It Again 7.37 **2 Deacon Blues 7.40 ***3 Hey Nineteen 5.42 ***4 The Royal Scam / Bad Sneakers / Aja 7.37 **** University Of California, Irvine, CA, March 10th 1974 KSAN-FM** The Record Plant, Sausalito, CA, March 20th 1974 KMET-FM*** Riverport Amphitheater, Maryland Heights, MI, September 1st 1993 KLLT-FM

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Righteous Rooster is a jazz-groove organ trio from Chicago, featuring Henry Dickhoff on organ, Kenny Reichert on guitar, and Luke Sagadin on drums and cymbals. Their debut album, 'Fowl Play,' is out October 25 on Shifting Paradigm Records. Influenced by the Delvon Lamarr Organ Trio, Soulive, Medeski Martin & Wood, and Goldings/Bernstein/Stewart, the trio blends improvisation, imaginative compositions, and a love for the history of organ trios to create a distinct and engaging sound.

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French one-man melodic black metal band Inherits The Void is back with the third studio album in four years. Fifteen months after the acclaimed The Impending Fall Of The Stars, multi-instrumentalist A is back with a brand-new studio record.As introduced by Inherits The Void mastermind A. himself, “Scars Of Yesteryears is a melodic black metal album which embodies the artistic choices initiated with its predecessor. However, Scars Of Yesteryears is more diverse in its musical influences, while wanting to be more direct and incisive in its musical approach. In this, the album draws its inspiration from both the Swedish and French Black Metal scenes with the aim of combining the stylistic visions specific to each universe. The eight songs that follow one another in the album reflect a now mor e enterprising crossover between Atmospheric/Melodic Black Metal and early Melodic Death Metal, combining also more epic and doomy parts than in the past.The theme of the album deals with the legacy left by past and present societies, whether through struggles, revolutions or even through the traces that we ourselves leave and which, themselves, lead to the destruction of our environment”. 01 - Celestial Antler02 - The Orchard Of Grief03 - Ashes Of Grievance04 - The Meander’s Gate05 - L’Effigie Du Déclin06 - Scars Of Yesteryears07 - L’Eternelle Course Des Astres08 - The Endless Glow Of Twilight

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Nucleus

LP | 1971 | EU | Reissue (Be With)

LP | 1971 | EU | Reissue (Be With)

Release: 1971 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Their masterpiece? With breaks for dayyyyyys and an almost ambient, heavy jazz atmosphere throughout, *this* is the apex of British jazz-rock fusion. We'll Talk About It Later was first released on Vertigo in 1971 and original copies are now very tricky to score. Like all the Nucleus records, it’s aged ridiculously well and this Be With re-issue, re-mastered from the original analogue tapes, shows off just why this deserves to be back in press.

Genius trumpeter and visionary composer Ian Carr was one of the most respected British musicians of his era. He was a true pioneer and saw the potential in fusing the worlds of jazz with rock, just as Miles Davis and The Tony Williams Lifetime did in the US. In late 1969, following the demise of the Rendell-Carr quintet, and tiring of British jazz, Carr assembled the legendary Nucleus. Regarding music as a continuous process, Nucleus refused to “recognise rigid boundaries” and worked on delivering what they saw as a “total musical experience”. We can get behind that.

Under bandleader Carr, Nucleus existed as a fluid line-up of inventive, skilled musicians. This constant evolution and revolution was all part of the continuous musical exploration and discovery that took jazz to new levels. And the music has kept relevant. To steal a line from a review of our re-issue of Roots, when it comes to anything Nucleus “it’s basically already hip-hop”.

We'll Talk About It Later is arguably Nucleus's best album. Not only that, it's in the top 5 of all fusion albums. By the time Nucleus entered Trident Studios in September 1970 to record Elastic Rock's successor, they had already won a best group award at the Montreux Jazz Festival. Once again presented in a Roger Dean designed die-cut gatefold sleeve it continued to demonstrate the chemistry and interplay that worked so brilliantly on Elastic Rock; Carr's sumptuous trumpet and flügelhorn lines, Karl Jenkins's funk-filled electric keyboards, Chris Spedding's wah-wah guitar, Brian Smith's sax and the rhythmic foundation of drummer John Marshall and bassist Jeff Clyne.

The group work and insane musicianship Nucleus were famed for is in evidence from the off. The intensely funky "Song for the Bearded Lady" is absolute FIRE, blasting out the speakers to leave listeners floored. Counterpoint riffing segues into a spacious groove and a Carr trumpet solo demonstrating the influence of electric Miles from the period. The stop-start funk of "Sun Child" would appeal to Soft Machine devotees whilst the genuinely touching "Lullaby for a Lonely Child" is a lovely downtempo ballad. Featuring an understated, reflective horn line from Carr and Smith and atmospheric, shimmering bouzouki from Spedding, there's an exotic flavour which contributes to the bliss. The ominous, sleazy title track retains a swaggering menace and is not the only track to lend a sort of heavy stoner rock atmosphere. The guitars and bass are deep and low throughout, conjuring heavy psych moments to go with the actual jazz and even funk. To say this album was in conversation with Bitches Brew would not be overstating the sheer brain-frying brilliance.

The Weather Report-adjacent "Oasis" opens Side B, a colossal track featuring nearly 10 minutes of steadily building melodic horns, keys and choppy guitar riffs. So ace, it could easily go on for another 10. Mesmeric. Spedding adds unique vocals to the undeniable groove of "Ballad of Joe Pimp" whilst saxophonist Smith's duet with drummer Marshall at the conclusion of "Easter 1916" - inspired by the Yeats poem about the Irish nationalist uprising in Dublin - adopts the wildness of the most incendiary free jazz.

This Be With edition of We'll Talk About It Later has been re-mastered from the original Vertigo master tapes, Simon Francis’ mastering working together with Cicely Balston's cut at AIR Studios to weave their usual magic with these wonderful recordings. The stunning die-cut sleeve has been restored with the original gatefold window pane depicting the Irish uprising in 1916. Incredible, timeless, guaranteed spine-chills.

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Nucleus

Solar Plexus

LP | 2023 | EU | Original (Fat Possum)

Release: 1971 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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What a record! The outstanding Solar Plexus, the much-loved third album from Ian Carr and Nucleus, was first released on Vertigo in 1971. Inevitably, original copies are now very tricky to score and, like all the Nucleus records, it’s aged ridiculously well. This Be With re-issue, re-mastered from the original analogue tapes, shows off just why this deserves to be back in press.

Genius trumpeter and visionary composer Ian Carr was one of the most respected British musicians of his era. He was a true pioneer and saw the potential in fusing the worlds of jazz with rock, just as Miles Davis and The Tony Williams Lifetime did in the US. In late 1969, following the demise of the Rendell-Carr quintet, and tiring of British jazz, Carr assembled the legendary Nucleus. Regarding music as a continuous process, Nucleus refused to “recognise rigid boundaries” and worked on delivering what they saw as a “total musical experience”. We can get behind that.

Under bandleader Carr, Nucleus existed as a fluid line-up of inventive, skilled musicians. This constant evolution and revolution was all part of the continuous musical exploration and discovery that took jazz to new levels. And the music has kept relevant. To steal a line from a review of our re-issue of Roots, when it comes to anything Nucleus “it’s basically already hip-hop”.

We'll let Ian describe this one: "I wrote Solar Plexus' last year with the help of an Arts Council grant. It is based on two short themes which are stated at the beginning (Elements I & I1). The first theme is angular and has a slow, crab-like movement: the second theme is direct, simple and diatonic. CHANGING TIME and SPIRIT LEVEL explore the first theme and BEDROCK DEADLOCK and TORSO explore the second one. SNAKEHIPS DREAM tries to fuse both themes. (The title is a reference to the famous dancer 'Snakehips' Johnson)."

Solar Plexus features the same lineup as Elastic Rock and We'll Talk About It Later, but they're augmented by six guests, three of which play brass. Carr himself had almost full control of the writing and it does feel very different to the previous albums. It's more of a jazz record loosely based on a rock foundation rather than jazz fusion jamming.

The haunting synth-and-bass soundscape "Elements I and II" opens the album in dramatic, experimental fashion. It gives way to the bright, funky feel-good jazz of "Changing Times". An elegant onslaught of horns, courtesy of guests Kenny Wheeler and Harry Beckett, ride a solid groove for the duration. How the brass refrains have eluded samplers is beyond us. The melancholic "Bedrock Deadlock" features the brooding majesty of Jenkins' oboe and Clyne's mournful, skittering double bass. Wah wah guitar, drums and funky percussion then take over before the horns ride us out over frenetic beats. The dark, angular "Spirit Level" is a real highlight, by turns harmonic and beautiful then dissonant and wayward. Wonky jazz with no apparent structure or melodic bones. Regardless, it represents a great showcase for each virtuoso performer.

The breezy soul of "Torso" feels like a breath of fresh air, skipping along in the uptempo style with guitar, horns, drums and bass. A track which truly sounds scintillating, featuring sax solos, fantastic propulsive interplay from all the group around the halfway stage before Marshall gets his chance to really shine in closing out with a polyrhythmic drum solo. Final track "Snakehips' Dream" stretches cooly out over 15 minutes to round out a spellbinding album. An epic, suave groove, it's a relaxing piece with warm electric keys, laconic guitar and languorous horns. Truly sophisticated soulful jazz. An absolute masterclass. We could easily listen to this all day long.

This Be With edition of Solar Plexus has been re-mastered from the original Vertigo master tapes, Simon Francis’ mastering working together with Cicely Balston's cut at AIR Studios to weave their usual magic with these wonderful recordings. The stunning gatefold sleeve has been restored to complete this sensational package.

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Release: 2023 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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