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Release: 1989 / US – Reissue

Genre: Rock & Indie

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Fortune / Harper / Cowell / Workman / Hart

Great Friends

2LP | 1987 | UK | Reissue (Pure Pleasure)

... And He's Not Gonna Take It Anymore Colored Vinyl Edition

Release: 1987 / UK – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Recorded in 1986 in Paris and originally released only in France, "Great Friends" mines the John Coltrane spiritual legacy with fervent incantatory playing and an ecstatic charge. Not that alto saxophonist Fortune and tenor man Harper necessarily speak with Trane’s voice, but the intensity of their playing and their use of certain scales and modes produce a Tranelike atmosphere. Drummer Hart (who organized this band at the request of a Japanese promoter), bassist Workman and pianist Cowell form a hard-hitting team alongside the horns. Things begin with “Cal Massey”, a tribute penned by Cowell. Harper sets the spiritual vibe in motion with a big-toned, take-no-prisoners solo. The Texas tenor man has the heaviest low-register sound in the business. On Workman’s “East Harlem Nostalgia”, he chomps into the low notes as a prelude to wailing runs into the upper register. Harper’s up tempo “Insight” is the album’s tour de force, with rippling solos and torrid exchanges between the saxophonists. Fortune’s searing tone is well suited to the exuberant joyride of this performance. The rhythm section can be compared to the McCoy Tyner, Jimmy Garrison and Elvin Jones triumvirate that backed Trane. Equally heavyweight and agile, it is relentless in its conviction and spiritual attitude. Great Friends is hot. Owen Cordle/Jazz Times

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My Dad Is Dead

2LP | 1986 | US | Reissue (Scat)

2LP | 1972 | EU | Reissue (Reprise)

Release: 1986 / US – Reissue

Genre: Rock & Indie

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Originally released in 1986, the debut album by My Dad Is Dead is remarkable not only for its strong and varied material, but also how the aesthetic of MDID’s music was fully formed and instantly recognizable from the git-go. Here are the open modal guitar tunings, the primitive drum machine paired with live drums, the complete rejection of the pentatonic scale and related 1970s guitar techniques, and the dry, journalistic language that brings a distanced, subdued pathos to the harrowing characters and their situations. Few artists who traffic in the darker realms of the human condition do so without some degree of melodrama; Mark Edwards’s penchant for understatement and distance brings even more gravity and impact to these songs of lost souls in a dying city. All these qualities would become hallmarks of the My Dad Is Dead sound for years to come. Like Edwards’s next few albums, ...And He’s Not Gonna Take It Anymore was performed and written entirely by himself, which only deepens the feeling of isolation that permeates the album. This 2021 reissue was remastered by John Golden Sr. and is a huge sonic improvement over the original pressing and early ’90s European editions. Best of all, it includes an entire bonus LP of rare 1985 recordings that were only issued on cassette at the time. These are raw, primitive 4-track recordings that ooze with post-industrial Cleveland malaise. They include nine previously unnreleased songs, and early versions of four songs that were re-recorded for the album. Fans are certain to find some new favorites here.

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Neil Young

Harvest

Release: 1972 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Rock & Indie

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LP | 1970 | US | Reissue (BYM)

Los Blops

Carmen Maki Blues Creation

Release: 1970 / US – Reissue

Genre: Rock & Indie

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The debut from the experimental folk / rock band recorded during the revolutionary days of the late 1960s in Chile—the first of three the band recorded between 1970 and 1973. Remastered from the original pressing and authorized by the founding musicians. Features the original artwork and unreleased material updated by designer Antonio Larrea.

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LP | 1971 | JP | Reissue (Nippon Columbia)

LP | 1975 | EU | Reissue (Parlophone)

Release: 1971 / JP – Reissue

Genre: Rock & Indie

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Folk singer-turned-rock singer Carmen Maki collaborated with Blues Creation on this album ('71).

Immediately after the release of her masterpiece 'The Devil and the Eleven Children', Carmen Maki's youthful voice, which was influenced by Janis Joplin, fused with a sturdy sound reminiscent of Bruce Creation's LED Zeppelin, and it was a miracle of the early days of Japanese rock music.

Later on, Kazuo Takeda's Blues Creation was active as Creation, and Carmen Maki formed OZ. This is a monumental album that can be said to be a milestone for both artists to dominate the Japanese rock scene.

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David Bowie

Young Americans

Release: 1975 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Pop

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LP | 1983 | US | Reissue (VP)

Gregory Isaacs

Out Deh

Release: 1983 / US – Reissue

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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LP | 1980 | EU | Reissue (Mercury)

Rush

Permanent Waves

Release: 1980 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Pop

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Whatevershebringswesing Remastered Edition

Kevin Ayers

LP | 1972 | EU | Reissue (Esoteric)

Release: 1972 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Rock & Indie

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Archie Shepp/Lars Gullin Quintet

The House I Live In

LP | 1980 | WW | Reissue (SteepleChase)

Release: 1980 / WW – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Second Sighting Blue Vinyl Edition

Frehley's Comet

LP | 1988 | US | Reissue (Friday Music Two)

Release: 1988 / US – Reissue

Genre: Rock & Indie

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Frehley's Comet Colored Vinyl Edition

Ace Frehley

LP | 1987 | US | Reissue (Friday Music Two)

Release: 1987 / US – Reissue

Genre: Rock & Indie

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LP | 1970 | EU | Reissue (Anagram / Elemental / Motown)

Four Tops

Still Waters Run Deep

Release: 1970 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Alla Fiera Dell'est Record Store Day 2024 Edition

Angelo Branduardi

2LP | 1976 | EU | Reissue (Universal)

Release: 1976 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Rock & Indie

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LP | 1982 | EU | Reissue (The Saifam Group)

Tantra

Tantra 2

Release: 1982 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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LP | 1974 | EU | Reissue (Seriewoc)

Khan Jamal

Give The Vibes Some

Genesis Black Vinyl Edition

Release: 1974 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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It's quite simple, if you have a good connection with music, to find things that should be reissued due to their exceptional quality, but, like a diviner, being able to unravel the problems related to the licensing of a record, well, that's much more difficult. Finding someone is Sherlock's job! After 4 years, Khan Jamal II (son of Khan Jamal) delighted us with a "Let's go my guy". Khan Jamal doesn't need much introduction: Born Warren Robert Cheeseboro, he was a jazz vibraphone and marimba player from Philly. He founded the band Sounds of Liberation in 1970 with Byard Lancaster. In 1974, during one of his many trips to the old continent, he recorded this album in France at Jeff Gilson's Palm studio. It is a delicate game of lucid and intense contrasts between Christian Vander's drums provides a rock oriented touch, the marimba and the vibes with influences from the lands of the rising sun of Jamal and the composed trumpet of Clint Jackson III which anchor "Give the vibes Some" in a sort of Space Age Jazz era. In the end, you know what? This album is a transcendent journey into yourself, like an intense session of meditation...even if "35.007 Feet Up" could easily be played by Jeff MiIls in his DJ Set

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Elvin Jones

LP | 1971 | US | Reissue (Blue Note / Third Man)

Release: 1971 / US – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Multidirection Black Vinyl Edition

Kenny Cox

LP | 1970 | US | Reissue (Blue Note / Third Man)

Release: 1970 / US – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Disco Bambina Light Blue Vinyl Edition

Heather Parisi

LP | 1979 | EU | Reissue (Warner)

Release: 1979 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Demon's Dance Tone Poet Vinyl Edition

Jackie McLean

LP | 1970 | EU | Reissue (Blue Note)

2LP | 1978 | US | Reissue (Modulus)

Release: 1970 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Jackie McLean’s music weaved in and out of the avant-garde throughout the late-60s but the saxophonist maintained a decidedly post-bop edge on Demon’s Dance featuring trumpeter Woody Shaw, pianist LaMont Johnson, bassist Scott Holt, drummer Jack DeJohnette, and striking cover art by Mati Klarwein.

Blue Note Tone Poet Edition: Stereo, produced by Joe Harley, mastered by Kevin Gray from the original analogue master tapes, pressed on 180g vinyl at RTI, packaged in a deluxe gatefold tip-on jacket.

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Het Pandorra Ensemble

III

2LP | 1972 | US | Reissue (Light In The Attic)

Release: 1978 / US – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves, Rock & Indie

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Originally released privately in 1978 and long sought after by collectors, III is the one and only album by dual guitar-driven Dutch progressive rock quartet Het Pandorra Ensemble, on which they injected a touch of anarchy into their mix of improv and King Crimson influenced prog. In 1973, the flower power era was long gone, progressive music had turned into bombastic symphonic rock, and even Pink Floyd had transmogrified into a middle-of-the-road band. In that year Gert-Jan Blom and Dolf Planteijdt decided it was the right time to form an instrumental guitar band which would build the bridge between the sixties creativity and the punk outburst of the late seventies: Het Pandorra Ensemble. This new band called itself an ensemble because they wanted to fit in with every small venue—art galleries, bars, coffeeshops, etc. Inspired by the music of George Crumb, the impressionist compositions of Ravel, the European folklore pieces of Bartok and the universe of King Crimson and Mahavishnu Orchestra, Het Pandora Ensemble built up a repertoire of written pieces and free improvisation. This 2xLP vinyl reissue expands upon the original release with a full album of extensive unreleased bonus material—all sourced from the original analogue master tapes. Detailed liner notes and unpublished photos complete the package.

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Lee Hazlewood

13 Deluxe Edition

43,69 €* 45,99 € -5%

2LP | 1988 | US | Reissue (Palto Flats)

Release: 1972 / US – Reissue

Genre: Rock & Indie

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Newly Expanded Deluxe Double LP Edition! Includes the original 1972 album, plus all of Larry Mark's acoustic demos and tracks from his unreleased 1970 LHI LP for the first time on vinyl Previously unreleased session outtake of “Cold Hard Times” plus demos of obscure Hazlewood compositions “Drums,” “The Start,” “Susie,” “Miracle on 19th Street,” and “Peppermint Morning” 30 total tracks Remastered by GRAMMY®nominated mastering engineer John Baldwin Liner notes by GRAMMY®nominated reissue producer Hunter Lea including interviews with Larry Marks, Joe Cannon, Torbjörn Axelman & Suzi Jane Hokom Lee Hazlewood comic strip, the story of 13 told through original artwork by Jess Rotter Double LP housed in a gatefold jacket “Pimps… whores… pushers… dopers… gangsters… and bottom of the human chain shitheels. Now you’re probably thinking I’m writing about major record companies and their unscrupulous executives… and lawyers. You could be right… but this time… You’re Wrong! I’m describing the characters in my album ‘13’ …Some I knew… some I invented … some are true… some are false… some I liked… some I didn’t. But they all had a story to tell and I told it…none of ‘em seem to care… and I don’t either… have fun…" Lee Hazlewood

“He (Lee) took my voice off the album and put his voice on the album. Now don’t forget these were in my keys, it was my charts, it was my everything. Lee Hazlewood was not even remotely going to be considered as an artist for this album and that’s the way he wanted it.” Larry Marks

The album 13 was never supposed to be a Lee Hazlewood album. It is perhaps the strangest record in one of the most varied discographies in music. The Bombastic brass heavy funk, deep blues and soul paired with Hazlewood’s subterranean baritone would be best enjoyed with a tall Chivas in an offstrip seedy Vegas lounge. By 1972 Lee Hazlewood had settled in his new homeland of Sweden. His days were spent carousing, making movies with Torbjӧrn Axelman and releasing albums. To keep up his prolific recorded output, Lee began to mine the recently defunct LHI Records archives for material. One such gem, was an unreleased album by Larry Marks (lhi producer, artist and the voice of the first ScoobyDoo theme). Larry’s concept was to take Hazlewood’s strongest compositions and arrange them in a soul vibe. An album was completed, but with no distribution in America and no funding, Lee had no vehicle to release Larry’s record. The tapes were taken to Sweden, Larry’s voice was wiped and Hazlewood’s was dubbed… 13 was born.

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Woo

In The Heart Of Love

43,19 €* 47,99 € -10%

Script Of The Bridge Abbey Road Restoration Edition

Release: 1988 / US – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves, Rock & Indie

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Absolutely essential. Deluxe 2LP edition of this impeccable album from 1988. The spot glossed Gatefold jacket features artwork including archival photos & drawings from Woo’s archives as well as liner notes by Clive Ives.

Issued for the first time in its entirety on vinyl, spread over two LPs, and remastered from newly discovered hi-quality DAT sources, we’re thrilled to present the definitive version of Woo’s most fully-formed album. A cosmic testament to the healing power of love, utilizing vocoded clarinets, pastoral guitars, homespun folk lullabies, and lilting electronics, coalescing into a an hour plus long journey through their otherworldly soundscapes. A prime entry point to Woo’s sound, containing some of their most beloved songs, such as ‘Make Me Tea,’ ‘It’s Love,’ ‘Hopi’ and many others, and also including a never-before heard bonus track – the vocal version of ‘It’s Love.’

Into The Heart Of Love was originally self-released on cassette in 1988, with a wider cassette release in 1990. Compiled from home recordings from the preceding years, and released during a transitional point for the band, the Ives brothers see this album as their most complete work, offering space to the listener to stretch out and immerse themselves into the warmth of their sound.

Woo is the uncategorizable project of Clive and Mark Ives from Brighton, UK. Since the 1970s, the duo have been recording a plethora of eclectic sounds, most falling under the blanket genre of new age, but spiraling out toward notions of ambient sounds, jazz, and other spiritual takes on modern music. They received some acclaim for their early releases, including 1982's Whichever Way You Are Going, You Are Going Wrong and 1989's It's Cosy Inside, but their work began to receive renewed appreciation during the 2010s, when labels such as Drag City and Palto Flats reissued the band's albums. The brothers remained active all the while, digitally self-issuing material.

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The Chameleons

2LP | 1983 | EU | Reissue (Blue Apple Music)

LP | 1980 | JP | Reissue (Lawson)

Release: 1983 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Rock & Indie

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The Chameleons seminal debut album 'Script of the Bridge' restored and re-mastered for vinyl at Abbey Road Studios, London. The package contains two heavyweight (180g) vinyl discs together with a free digital download code. The restoration project was undertaken by production team Guy Massey and Steve Rooke, who received a Grammy Award for their work on the Beatles Box Set. Guy Massey quotes Script of the Bridge as an influential album on his career.This is the first time that 'Script of the Bridge' has been made available as a 'double album'. By dividing the tracks onto two 12" discs, the sound quality greatly increases with none of the compression that hampered the original Chameleons vinyl. Working from original studio tapes, the production pair painstakingly restored the album song by song, to create what the band believe is the truest reflection of how the recordings were meant to be. The two 12" discs are in white poly bags inserted into spined LP sleeve, featuring exclusive new artwork by The Chameleons guitarist Reg Smithies. Shrink-wrapped and stickered.

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Debbie's Ally

Yoake No Dreaming

No Secrets Pink Vinyl Edition

Release: 1980 / JP – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Flatt THE LAIDBACK's latest reissue project Exhume Exhume!

Debbie's Ally was formed in the 1980s by Okinawan singer, 'Debbie', who was formerly a member of funk-soul band, Jap's Gap's. 'Yoake no Dreaming' is the only album ever released by Debbie's Ally. Since its release, the album has been considered a rare gem, due to its small number of original pressings and its exceptional content. Now, the long-awaited repressing of this stellar album has arrived and features remastering by Eitu Takamiya (Flower Records).

From fantastic original songs to superb covers of soul masterpieces, fans of Japanese funk and soul should not miss out on this unforgettable album!

Debbie's emotional and mysterious voice reverberates over the performance in a style that weaves through various genres such as rock, AOR, soul, and disco, and is full of a certain charm that captivates the listener's heart.

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Carly Simon

LP | 1972 | US | Reissue (Friday Music)

Release: 1972 / US – Reissue

Genre: Pop

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LP | 1970 | US | Reissue (Friday Music)

Dave Mason

Alone Together

Release: 1970 / US – Reissue

Genre: Rock & Indie

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Blood Sweat & Tears 4 Blue Vinyl Edition

Blood Sweat & Tears

Release: 1971 / US – Reissue

Genre: Rock & Indie

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2LP | 1971 | UK | Reissue (Acid Jazz)

Ferry DJimmy

Rhythm Revolution

One Year 50th Anniversary Edition

Release: 1971 / UK – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Acid Jazz presents one of Afrobeat’s most mysterious and rare records by a former schoolteacher, boxer, Jacques Chirac's bodyguard, and Beninese musical visionary: Ferry Djimmy - Rhythm Revolution.

The album was originally recorded in the mid-1970s in support of Benin’s revolutionary leader Mathieu Kérékou. Rumour has it that less than two hundred copies survived a late-‘70s fire.

Ferry Djimmy’s life story is one of the most extraordinary you’re ever likely to hear. Born in 1939, Jean Maurille Ogoudjobi (the nickname Ferry comes from ‘ferry djimmy’ being short for ‘please forgive me’ in Yoruba as he was a very smart but unruly kid), Ferry had 43 siblings. By the late 1950s, he started a career as a schoolteacher. As a tall and imposing young man, Ferry also started a parallel career as a boxer. When he wasn’t teaching or fighting, he also caught up with the emerging night scene in the city of Cotonou, where local folklore, Congolese rumba, highlife and Cuban adaptations were favoured by local audiences as well as some blues, jazz and rhythm’n’blues.

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Colin Blunstone

2LP | 1971 | US | Reissue (Sundaze)

Plastic Ono Band Deluxe Edition

Release: 1971 / US – Reissue

Genre: Rock & Indie

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Colin Blunstone and Sundazed Music celebrate the 50th anniversary of Colin's post Oracle opus One Year with a double LP expanded edition! The second LP, itself titled, That Same Year, gives you a deeper introspective look into that time in his life. The album largely features Colin singing accompanied solely by his acoustic guitar. That Same Year includes beautifully sparse demo versions of three songs from One Year including 'Caroline Goodbye' and 'Let Me Come Closer To You' where Colin is joined by fellow Zombie Rod Agent on piano. Three songs have Colin joined by Zombie bassist Chris White on classical guitar. Beyond the three familiar songs you will find Colin's familiar voice and wit come through on eleven completely unheard compositions all penned for the One Year album; including 'Sing Your Own Song' where sings of reading about his own death in Rolling Stone. One Year is an album that somehow manages to be both lush and sparse at the same time and always deeply intimate. That Same Year finds a way to bring your listening experience to a deeper level of intimacy. In addition to penning most of the album, Colin also penned the liner notes that fill the gatefold jacket along with unseen photos from that year. The notes go track by track through One Year along with some background on That Same Year.

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John Lennon

2LP | 1970 | EU | Reissue (Universal)

Brothers In Arms Half Speed Remastered Edition

Release: 1970 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Rock & Indie

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Plastic Ono Band was the debut solo album by John Lennon. Released on December 11th 1970, John and Yoko had started writing and demoing at Abbey Road (emi Studios) in the summer, with recording sessions during September/October

After the break-up of The Beatles that year, John and Yoko embarked on a period of self-reflection and experimentation, with the results that the songs and sessions for Plastic Ono Band were heavily influenced by his immersion in Arthur Janov’s primal therapy. John was able to find emotional depth and honesty within himself that few artists had ever done before, with John saying to Rolling Stone “now I write all about me and that’s why I like it. It’s me.” . The result is perhaps the most honest and emotionally raw album that anyone has ever released, let alone someone who was one of the four most famous musicians on the planet. With a small core band comprised of just Ringo Starr on drums and old friend Klaus Voorman on bass, co-produced by Phil Spector, the album peaked at 8 in the UK charts and 6 in the USA. It has come to be regarded by many as John’s finest solo work and has continued to grow in stature and reverence and has often featured in various Best Of lists through the years since. Not only does this album feature some of John’s best-loved and most impactful songs – Mother, Working Class Hero, Isolation, God – but this new set also includes the singles Give Peace A Chance, Cold Turkey and the classic Instant Karma! (We All Shine On).

Released on the same day was Yoko Ono’s Plastic Ono Band album, the couple regarding the release as a pair of albums rather than two entirely separate projects, albeit of course it not achieving the same sort of coverage or chart success as John’s.

Coming as this does hot on the heels of last year’s much loved and well-reviewed “Gimme Some Truth” set and “Imagine” before that, the audio has been completely remixed from the original studio tapes as part of the ongoing John Lennon Ultimate Mix series. The aim for this mix process is to achieve three things: to remain faithful and respectful to the original recordings; to ensure that the sound is sonically clearer overall and to increase the clarity of John’s vocals. As Yoko says, “it’s about John” and this new mix shows that it is his voice that brings the biggest emotional impact of the album.

This multi-format release included a Cd/bd Super Deluxe Box with 130 page book featuring many exclusive and new photos, track-by-track notes in the words of John and Yoko, lots of tape boxes and full breakdown and descriptions of the audio content. As well as the new Ultimate Mix, we have 5 further CD discs, each focusing on different and new aspects ,including: original outtakes, demos, Elements Mixes (focusing on individual aspects of the songs to reveal unheard elements), Evolution Mixes (the story of each song from demo to complete recording), Raw Mixes (unadorned studio takes that place you inside the room almost sitting alongside the band) and a further disc of studio Jams. There are two Blu-ray Audio discs that feature hi-res stereo (192/24) versions of all the above as well as surround mixes in 5.1 and Dolby Atmos. Further material only available on BD includes the Yoko Ono Band/Plastic Ono Band Live Sessions from the original recording sessions and featuring Ringo Starr and Klaus Voorman.

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Dire Straits

2LP | 1985 | DE | Reissue (Mercury)

Release: 1985 / DE – Reissue

Genre: Pop

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2LP | 1970 | EU | Reissue (Elektra)

The Stooges

Fun House

2LP | 1988 | EU | Reissue (Mercury)

Release: 1970 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Rock & Indie

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14 tracks

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Metallica

And Justice For All

2LP | 1979 | US | Reissue (Sony)

Release: 1988 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Rock & Indie

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Remastered 180g Vinyl

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The Clash

London Calling

LP | 1974 | Reissue (Warner)

Release: 1979 / US – Reissue

Genre: Rock & Indie

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One of the most influential albums of all time!

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Neil Young

On The Beach

Release: 1974 / Reissue

Genre: Rock & Indie

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Cool Kids White Vinyl Edition

Kix

LP | 1983 | US | Reissue (Friday Music)

Release: 1983 / US – Reissue

Genre: Rock & Indie

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Cool Kids Gold Vinyl Edition

Kix

LP | 1983 | US | Reissue (Friday Music)

Release: 1983 / US – Reissue

Genre: Rock & Indie

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OST Lost Boys Gold Vinyl Edition

V.A.

LP | 1987 | US | Reissue (Friday Music)

Release: 1987 / US – Reissue

Genre: Soundtracks

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OST Lost Boys Blue Vinyl Edition

V.A.

LP | 1987 | US | Reissue (Friday Music)

Release: 1987 / US – Reissue

Genre: Soundtracks

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LP | 1978 | US | Reissue (Friday Music)

Doobie Brothers

Minute By Minute

Release: 1978 / US – Reissue

Genre: Rock & Indie

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OST The Lost Boys Black Vinyl Edition

V.A.

LP | 1987 | US | Reissue (Friday Music)

Release: 1987 / US – Reissue

Genre: Soundtracks

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LP | 1987 | JP | Reissue (Sony Music Japan)

Ryuichi Sakamoto

Neo Geo

Alice Cooper's Greatest Hits

Release: 1987 / JP – Reissue

Genre: Electronic & Dance, Classical Music

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Ryuichi Sakamoto's first world release, released in 1987 and reissued in analog format.

This solo album, Sakamoto's seventh in total, was co-produced with Bill Laswell for worldwide release and features top musicians from different genres, including Sly Dunbar and Bootsy Collins. Based on an electronic sound, but fusing organic and ethnic musical elements such as Okinawan and Balinese traditional music, the album was recorded in Tokyo and New York, and released in more than 20 countries around the world, making it a milestone in his solo career.

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Alice Cooper

LP | 1974 | US | Reissue (Friday Music Two)

Release: 1974 / US – Reissue

Genre: Rock & Indie

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Dream Weaver Gold Vinyl Edition

Gary Wright

Release: 1975 / US – Reissue

Genre: Rock & Indie

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Enuff Z'nuff Audiophiloe Purple Vinyl Edition

Enuff Z'nuff

Release: 1989 / US – Reissue

Genre: Rock & Indie

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Chicago X Gold Vinyl Edition

Chicago

LP | 1976 | US | Reissue (Friday Music)

Release: 1976 / US – Reissue

Genre: Rock & Indie

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Spitfire Yellow Vinyl Edition

Jefferson Starship

LP | 1976 | US | Reissue (Friday Music Two)

Release: 1976 / US – Reissue

Genre: Rock & Indie

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Excitable Boy Red Vinyl Edition

Warren Zevon

LP | 1978 | US | Reissue (Friday Music)

Release: 1978 / US – Reissue

Genre: Rock & Indie

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Dream Weaver Blue Vinyl Edition

Gary Wright

Release: 1975 / US – Reissue

Genre: Rock & Indie

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Sparks Colored Vinyl Edition

Sparks

Release: 1971 / US – Reissue

Genre: Pop

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No Secrets Pink Vinyl Edition

Carly Simon

Release: 1971 / US – Reissue

Genre: Rock & Indie

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Seals & Crofts' Greatest Hits

Seals & Crofts

Release: 1975 / US – Reissue

Genre: Rock & Indie

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Electric Youth Gold Vinyl Edition

Debbie Gibson

Release: 1989 / US – Reissue

Genre: Pop

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Winger Silver Vinyl Edition

Winger

LP | 1988 | US | Reissue (Friday Music)

Release: 1988 / US – Reissue

Genre: Rock & Indie

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Big Game Gold Vinyl Edition

White Lion

Release: 1989 / US – Reissue

Genre: Rock & Indie

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Sparks Aqua Vinyl Edition

Sparks

Release: 1971 / US – Reissue

Genre: Pop

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LP | 1972 | US | Reissue (Friday Music)

Doobie Brothers

Toulouse Street

Release: 1972 / US – Reissue

Genre: Rock & Indie

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America Turquoise Vinyl Ediiton

America

Release: 1971 / US – Reissue

Genre: Rock & Indie

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Blow My Fuse Gold Vinyl Edition

Kix

LP | 1988 | US | Reissue (Friday Music)

Release: 1988 / US – Reissue

Genre: Rock & Indie

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Do It 'Til You're Satisfied Blue Vinyl Edition

B.T. Express

LP | 1974 | US | Reissue (Friday Rights Mgmt)

Release: 1974 / US – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Winger (Bonus Track) Green Vinyl Edition

Winger

LP | 1988 | US | Reissue (Friday Music)

Release: 1988 / US – Reissue

Genre: Rock & Indie

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Electric Youth Red Vinyl Edition

Debbie Gibson

Release: 1989 / US – Reissue

Genre: Pop

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LP | 1976 | US | Reissue (Friday Music)

Doobie Brothers

Takin' It To The Streets

Release: 1976 / US – Reissue

Genre: Rock & Indie

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Skid Row Colored Vinyl Edition

Skid Row

Release: 1989 / US – Reissue

Genre: Rock & Indie

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Sundown Turquoise Vinyl Edition

Gordonlightfoot

LP | 1974 | US | Reissue (Friday Music)

Release: 1974 / US – Reissue

Genre: Rock & Indie

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If You Could Read My Mind Green Vinyl Edition

Gordon Lightfoot

LP | 1970 | US | Reissue (Friday Music)

Release: 1970 / US – Reissue

Genre: Rock & Indie

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Dan Fogelberg's Greatest Hits Gold Vinyl Edition

Dan Fogelberg

LP | 1982 | US | Reissue (Friday Music)

Release: 1982 / US – Reissue

Genre: Rock & Indie

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LP | 1985 | US | Reissue (Friday Music)

The Cars

The Cars Greatest Hits

Release: 1985 / US – Reissue

Genre: Rock & Indie

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History - America's Greatest Hits Colored Vinyl Edition

America

Release: 1975 / US – Reissue

Genre: Rock & Indie

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History - America's Greatest Hits

America

Release: 1975 / US – Reissue

Genre: Rock & Indie

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2LP | 1974 | EU | Reissue (Week-End)

Fred Frith

Guitar Solos / Fifty

If You Could Read My Mind Gold Vinyl Edition

Release: 1974 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Electronic & Dance

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Guitar Solos is the debut solo album of British guitarist, composer, and improviser Fred Frith. It was recorded while Frith was still a member of the English experimental rock group Henry Cow and was released originally in October 1974. Voted one of the best albums of 1974 by NME critics it also attracted the attention of Brian Eno, resulting in Frith playing guitar on two of Eno‘s albums. Frith‘s never tiring spirit in creating and performing music has made him one of the most notable and creative guitar players and musicians in the scene of improvised and composed music. For the anniversary of this release we have encouraged Frith to arrange a set up similar to what he used 50 years ago to record an album of new compositions which will accompany the original record.

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Gordon Lightfoot

LP | 1970 | US | Reissue (Friday Music)

Release: 1970 / US – Reissue

Genre: Rock & Indie

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Himawari Black Vinyl Edition

Akira Mitake

LP | 1987 | JP | Reissue (HMV Record Shop)

Emak Bakia Picture Disc Vinyl Edition

Release: 1987 / JP – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Soundtrack of the documentary program for Japanese art history, “Japan: Its Heart and Form” which was aired on NHK educational channel from 1987 to 1988. Akira Mitake worked on it, and after the dissolution of Ippudo, he produced music for the media and provided music to many artists, mainly pop music. It’s an electronic work that expresses the silence, space, romance reminiscent of Japanese spirit. The entire contents has a mysterious atmosphere, “Yasha” and “Keisetsu” are particularly captivating, evoking the beauty of Japan. Truly amazing piece left by the talent behind Masami Tsuchiya, who can be interpreted as ambient music.

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Muslimgauze

LP | 1989 | Reissue (Other Voices)

Release: 1989 / Reissue

Genre: Electronic & Dance

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Hiroshi Tanaka & Yoichi Fuwa

Untitled White Album

2LP | 1974 | US | Reissue (Fire & Last)

2LP | 1979 | EU | Reissue (Warner)

Release: 1974 / US – Reissue

Genre: Electronic & Dance

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Originally self released in only 100 copies in 1974 Includes second LP featuring 16 unreleased songs from the original sessions Stoughton “tip-on” gatefold jacket Vinyl pressed at Third Man Pressing. In 1974, Hiroshi Tanaka and Yoichi Fuwa, the self-proclaimed heirs of the Beatles, crammed into a 75 square foot room and recorded over 50 songs, all without names. 19 of those songs would be self released on a record titled “Untitled White Album”, of which only 100 copies were pressed.

Their music is like a fairy tale. It’s leisurely and relaxed yet bursting at the seams with melodies and youthful ambition. Its whole attitude is gentle but splendid in evoking tears, anger, sentimentality, infatuation, intoxication, and a bit of craziness. Tanaka and Fuwa’s music has the power to bring that emotion to life.

This holy grail of Japanese psychedelic pop has been searched for by collectors the world over. Now, after almost 50 years, First & Last Records is proud to release the official reissue of this masterpiece. In addition to the 19 original songs is a second LP featuring 16 tracks that heretofore were unknown, released for the first time.

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Mina

Attila

42,29 €* 46,99 € -10%

Release: 1979 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Pop

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A Massy Record Store Day 2023 Clear Pink & White Vinyl Edition

Archie Shepp

2LP | 1976 | US | Reissue (Culture Factory)

LP | 1976 | US | Reissue (Friday Music)

Release: 1976 / US – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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1975 Iconic, Very Rare Live Recording from The Massy in France. Archie "Vernon" Shepp American is a tenor saxophonist, composer, dramatist, teacher, and pioneer of the free jazz movement, known not only for his creative improvisation and colorful sound but also for his Afrocentric approach to music. The National Endowment for the Arts named Shepp a Jazz Master in 2016. This double LP set, has deluxe packaging that will include an OBI strip, gatefold album jacket with two pockets, printed inner sleeves, original record labels and specialty color vinyl. 1st Opaque Pink & 2nd Opaque White Color Vinyl

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The Doobie Brothers

Takin It To The Streets

Release: 1976 / US – Reissue

Genre: Rock & Indie

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State Of Confusion Blue Vinyl Edition

The Kinks

LP | 1983 | US | Reissue (Friday Music)

Release: 1983 / US – Reissue

Genre: Rock & Indie

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One Nation Under A Groove Black Vinyl Edition

Funkadelic

2LP | 1978 | EU | Reissue (Charly)

Release: 1978 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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LP | 1983 | JP | Reissue (Tokuma)

Kon Yoko

Lahaina Street

Release: 1983 / JP – Reissue

Genre: Pop

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LP | 1978 | JP | Reissue (Victor)

Masako Miyazaki

Get My Wave

Release: 1978 / JP – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Digital Stimulation Blue Vinyl Edition

Units

LP+CD | 1980 | US | Reissue (Futurismo)

LP | 1971 | EU | Reissue (Rhino)

Release: 1980 / US – Reissue

Genre: Electronic & Dance

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Futurismo have the privilege to be the first label to ever reissue one of the most sort out and revered electronic albums of the early 1980’s: Digital Stimulation by Units.

Inspired by punk in ideology, though not necessarily in sound, San Francisco’s Units were a young breed of dystopic visionaries art space prodigies and trash culture futurists set on reshaping sound for a new age. Leading the charge, along with only a couple of others such as Screamers and Chrome, they lit the touch-paper for a new sound, a new scene. A new approach. Equally as influenced by experimental cinema, performance art and Brechtian street theatre as they were the music of Suicide and Devo, Units offered a glorious glimpse into how and what pop music could be. Their influence has stretching all the way through synth punk and new wave pop into the most contemporary electro musicians.

Originally released in 1980, Digital Stimulation was Units true calling card and masterpiece. Containing the now famous opener ‘High Pressure Days’, this is a time capsule brought up from the dawn of the digi-age; all metronomical rhythms, wry lines and ice-cold delivery…part of a lineage that includes Neu!, Tubeway Army, ‘Being Boiled’-era Human League and Cabaret Voltaire, making this a vital recording for anyone interested in electronic music at all – past or present, with original copies selling at extortionate prices this is a release long overdue.

The remastered version of this out of print 1980 LP is presented here in a choice of ltd edition Colored Vinyl, alongside a CD of the album completely remixed in 2020 by Scott Ryser. This deluxe release also contains a 12pg art booklet containing rare imagery and new liner notes.

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The Doors

L.A.Woman

Release: 1971 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Rock & Indie

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Thick As A Brick (50th Anniversary Edition)

Jethro Tull

LP | 1972 | EU | Reissue (Parlophone Label Group)

Release: 1972 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Rock & Indie

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2LP | 1975 | UK | Reissue (Pressure Sounds)

Yabby You & The Prophets

Conquering Lion

Release: 1975 / UK – Reissue

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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Clap Clap! The Joyful Noise

Kenny Cox

2LP | 1975 | UK | Reissue (BBE)

Release: 1975 / UK – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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LP | 1989 | EU | Reissue (East West)

Litfiba

Pirata

Release: 1989 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Rock & Indie

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2LP | 1970 | UK | Reissue (BBE)

Kohsuke Mine

First

Bach: Unaccompanied Cello Suites (Complete)

Release: 1970 / UK – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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BBE Music present the latest in the acclaimed J Jazz Masterclass Series: Kohsuke Mine ‘First’, the debut album by one of the leading artists in the new wave of modern jazz that swept Japan in the late 60s and early 70s. ‘First’ epitomises the shifting sound of the Japanese modern jazz scene of the time, characterised by rich textures and tones, kinetic rhythms, punctuated by urgent, angular melody lines.

Reissued for the first time since original 1970 release, Mine is joined by master keyboard player Masabumi Kikuchi on electric piano, and two American players – bassist Larry Ridley and drummer Lenny McBrowne – to deliver one of the strongest debuts in the J Jazz canon. ‘First’ announced the arrival of a serious talent, one who was to be a hugely influential figure in the Japanese jazz scene across the decade that followed and beyond. ‘First’ established an artist who built a reputation for standout albums spanning spiritual jazz, post-bop, modal and funk-fusion. All of that started here, on this exemplary album.

‘First’ is issued on CD, digital and vinyl. The vinyl edition is presented as a double album, cut at 45rpm by the Grammy-nominated Carvery, with full original reproduction artwork, including obi strip. Both CD and vinyl comes with a 4500 word sleeve note and interview with Kohsuke Mine by Tony Higgins, plus artist portraits by Shigeru Uchiyama.

J Jazz Masterclass Series is curated by Tony Higgins and Mike Peden for BBE Music.

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Yo-Yo Ma

3LP | 1983 | EU | Reissue (Music On Vinyl)

LP | 1970 | EU | Reissue (Amercia)

Release: 1983 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Classical Music

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The six Cello Suites, BWV 1007-1012, are suites for unaccompanied cello by Johann Sebastian Bach. They are some of the most frequently performed and recognizable solo compositions ever written for cello. Bach most likely composed them during the period 1717–23, when he served as Kapellmeister in Köthen. The title given on the cover of the Anna Magdalena Bach manuscript was Suites à Violoncello Solo senza Basso (Suites for cello solo without bass).

Due to the works’ technical demands, étude-like nature, and difficulty in interpretation because of the non-annotated nature of the surviving copies, the cello suites were little known and rarely publicly performed until they were revived and recorded by Pablo Casals in the early 20th century. They have since been performed and recorded by many renowned cellists and have been transcribed for numerous other instruments; they are considered some of Bach’s greatest musical achievements.

Yo-Yo Ma performed the Bach Unaccompanied Cello Suites in its entirety – nearly three hours! – in London at The Proms concert to more than 5,000 people. And the reviews were fantastic: “Without doubt, we were in the presence of a great musician, and a great man. One to file in the concerts of a lifetime.”– BBC Music Magazine“
The cellist’s grand interpretation at Prom 68 would have left the composer astonished and incredulous.”– The Guardian

Yo-Yo Ma won a Grammy Award for Best Instrumental Soloist Performance for his performance of The six Cello Suites in 1985.

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Noah Howard

Space Dimension

2LP | 1983 | EU | Reissue (BBE)

Release: 1970 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Noah Howard was born in 1943 in New Orleans and, like many of his contemporaries, first played music in church as a child. In his 2010 book, 'Music in My Soul', Howard reflected upon his childhood in New Orleans and the influence the city had on him: “Growing up in New Orleans was like receiving a steady diet of music, and my taste in music became increasingly more sophisticated. In the neighborhood where I grew up kids around me were listening to Rhythm and Blues and Jazz; Rock came only much later. One of the great moments of my life was when I was around 13 years old and heard Duke Ellington with Paul Gonsalves playing a twenty-some minutes chorus solo on tenor sax at Newport. We had never heard anything like this before; a saxophone player doing so many choruses, this was years before Coltrane opened up. That experience meant there was no turning back; my ears were open and my desire was burning for music.”
He first learned to play the trumpet before moving on to alto, tenor and soprano saxophone. And his musical journey initially took him to Los Angeles where he worked with Dewey Johnson and then later moved to New York to join the Sun Ra Arkestra. Like most forward thinking saxophonists of the time, Howard was influenced by the evolving expressionism of John Coltrane and Albert Ayler and it wasn't long before he became a key member of the mid-60s free jazz movement, a stepping stone to his elevation into one of the world’s most notable saxophonists.
Howard's debut LP as leader, 'Noah Howard Quartet' was recorded in 1965, and the follow up, 'Noah Howard at Judson Hall', in 1966 but not issued until 1968, both for the groundbreaking ESP Records label (incidentally, both albums featured British trumpeter Ric Colbeck). However, Howard's view of ESP was not positive, calling it “ a monster of deception... I am aware of ESP's adventures...they continue to make money off the artists and they refuse to pay any royalties.”

Like many of the black jazz musicians of the 60s, Howard left the USA and settled in Europe (making the permanent move to Paris in 1972). In an interview in 2005, Howard explained his move: “When I first came to Europe it was 1969 and I came to play in a big festival and after that we had a lot of concerts, recalls Howard. "Then we left and we came back to the States, I was based in New York at that time. About six months later, we had some more concerts, we came back and this went on for years, going back and forth and back and forth and back and forth... I decided that instead of going back and forth all the time, it was more advantageous for me to stay over here and live and work.”
It was in Paris that Howard took part in sessions for the Frank Wright albums 'One For John', cut for the leading French free jazz label BYG Actuel and another Wight session, 'Uhuru Na Umoja', for the America label. Another album on America that featured Howard was Archie Shepp's 'Black Gipsy'. This session also featured , among others, Sunny Murray on drums and Clifford Thornton on trumpet.
America Records was to be home to Howard's third album, 'Space Dimension'. On this album, Frank Wright was reunited with Howard once more, and Wright also composed one track, 'Church Number Nine' (Wright would also do his own version as the title track on his 1970 album, initially only released in Japan. That album would also feature Howard.) 'Space Dimension' also features bop drummer Art Taylor on three tracks, with Muhammed Ali (brother of Rashid), on one. They're joined by alongside pianist Bobby Few, longtime member of Frank Wright's group and an alumnus of Archie Shepp's band.
'Space Dimension' has never seen an official reissue since its original release in 1970 and remains, among a few aficionados, one of the most in demand - and little known - albums in Howard's discography. The blend of free improvisation with a tough rhythmic foundation make for an edifying listening experience. The spectral disjointed afro-blues of the title track, with Howard's soaring, searing horn, introduces an exceptional album of weight and significance, a real statement piece. 'Viva Black' starts as a lush groove, rich with texture and tone. Bobby Few's piano is sparse and disciplined, allowing space for the interweaving angles of the horns and drums to cross and jostle and build in intensity, with Muhammad Ali's drum solo acting as a cathartic release.
'Song for Poets' is blistering in its attack, an intense assault from the whole group – urgent and imperative, a call to action that seemed to resonate with the tumult of the late 60s and early 70s and, perhaps, still resonates now. The album closes with the extended piece 'Blues for Thelma'. It starts like a sort of angular, shattered New Orleans first line march band; Howard visceral horn and Few's piano joust and punch like fighters in a ring; Ali's drums hammer a solid undertow of power and energy, relentless in its fire.
All in all, 'Space Dimension' announced Howard's arrival into a new decade, a decade that was to see not just jazz but music and wider society undergo profound change.
Howard's third record was the widely acclaimed 'Black Ark', which featured Arthur Doyle on his first recording. 'Black Ark' soon became a landmark free jazz recording and elevated Howard into the first division of globally renowned free jazz players.

He spent much of the next decade or so exploring new ideas and places to work, including Europe and Africa, moving to Nairobi in 1982 and finally Brussels, where he had a studio and ran a jazz club.
In his autobiography, Howard described going to Africa: “It was a Sunday morning with bright blue skies and I reached down and grabbed a handful of earth, holding it in my hands. It was red earth. As the first of my family to make this voyage back to my community, I was filled with emotion and started to cry – thinking about all those before me who didn’t survive the middle passage and slave trade. I thanked the few strong survivors of which I’m a descendant and was grateful to be a live and to make it back to Africa in my lifetime. The feeling of coming back home, after generations had gone through abuse and suffering, was upon me. I would put some of this into music later on when recording with James Emmanuel, the poet on 'Middle Passage'”
He recorded steadily through the 1970s and 1980s, mostly with his own label AltSax and continued to expand his repertoire, exploring a range of sounds from ethno-funk to world music in his latter decade. He returned to his free jazz roots in the 90s, mixing the myriad of influences and styles he had encountered throughout his journey.
Noah Howard recorded 35 albums, and their styles reflect the ceaseless musical searcher he was: blues, free jazz, world music. He covered it all.
Noah Howard died on September 3rd, 2010 while on holiday in the South of France. He died a day before finishing the first draft of his autobiography.

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Takeo Moriyama

East Plants