Format > 180 Gram Vinyl

Double 180g vinyl reissue of Warren Haynes' solo debut album Tales Of Ordinary Madness. Trademark fiery blues and searing guitar work from Mr. Haynes and great support from the likes of Chuck Leavell, Marc Quinones, Johnny Neel, Bernie Worrell, Randall Bramblett among others. Highlights include the mid-tempo "Tattoos and Cigarettes" and the smokey "Blue Radio." Produced by Chuck Leavell.

Track Listing:

1. Fire in the Kitchen
2. Kiss Tomorrow Goodbye
3. Movers and Shakers
4. I'll Be the One
5. Blue Radio
6. Invisible
7. Sister Justice
8. Angel City
9. Tattoos and Cigarettes
10. Power and the Glory
11. Broken Promised Land

Originally released on the Ozric Tentacles own Dovetail label in 1993, it marked perhaps the height of their mainstream popularity, reaching #11 on the U.K. album charts. The Ozrics, of course, continued to march to their own beat, creating dazzlingly complex soundscapes that continued to defy classification. Swooping guitars, incisive percussion, carpets of synth, they have been called space rock, progressive, likened to early Gong, but truly, one would be hard pressed to find another band that fully occupies their universe.

Track Listing:

1. Sun Hair
2. Stretchy
3. Feng Shui
4. Half Light in Thillai
5. Jurassic Shift
6. Pterandodon
7. Train Oasis
8. Vita Voom

Otis Spann was the leading postwar blues piano player in Chicago. An indispensable member of the Muddy Waters Blues Band, Spann's magnificent rich, frosty voice and his expressive singing style were confined to a handful of gigs and occasional recording projects.

The Blues Is Where It's At was recorded in 1966 at the end of a gig by the Muddy Waters Band in New York City. The band, which backs Spann here, includes Muddy Waters, Sammy Lawhorn and Luther Johnson on guitars and the amazing George "Harmonica" Smith. Word had spread about the record date and an impromptu audience of friends and fans showed up, providing an unintended studio audience. Their presence keeps the band raw and relaxed. Musically, the results sound like a great third set at a club instead of a studio recording. Spann's singing was at its peak and his piano playing is pure blues.

Track Listing:

1. Popcorn Man
2. Brand New House
3. Nobody Knows Chicago Like I Do (Party Blues)
4. Steel Mill Blues
5. Down on Sarah Street
6. T'Ain't Nobody's Business If I Do
7. Chicago Blues
8. My Home Is on the Delta
9. Spann Blues

Before there was King Crimson, there was Giles, Giles & Fripp. Robert Fripp, before he went on to become “one of the greatest guitar players of all-time,” was just a guy with a guitar who responded to an advertisement by brothers Michael and Peter Giles looking for a singing keyboard player. Fripp was neither, but the three formed a band anyway and soon moved to Brondesbury Road, London. During this time, they recorded many demos in their flat, with a two-track Revox reel-to-reel recorder, which was modified to allow overdubs. During the 15 months in which they were together, they released one album, The Cheerful Insanity of Giles, Giles & Fripp on Decca, a mix of psychedelia and jazz with amusing lyrics. It sold fewer than 1,000 copies, and by 1968 the band was defunct. However, Michael Giles and Peter Fripp were about to more than make up for the lost record sales with their next band, King Crimson. This album, originally compiled in 2001, is taken from the miles of Brondesbury Road tape the three recorded in 1968, with some friends brought in here and there, friends like ex-Fairport Convention singer Julie Dyble and Ian McDonald. In other words, this is the chance for Crimson fans to hear where it all began. The sound is also surprisingly good, near studio quality in most cases.

Track Listing:

1. Hypocrite
2. Digging My Lawn
3. Tremelo Study in a Major (Spanish Suite)
4. Newly Weds
5. Suite No. 1
6. Scrivens
7. Make It Today
8. Digging My Lawn
9. Why Don't You Just Drop In
10. I Talk to the Wind
11. Under the Sky
12. Plastic Pennies
13. Passages of Time
14. Under the Sky
15. Murder
16. I Talk to the Wind
17. Erudite Eyes
18. Make It Today
19. Wonderland
20. Why Don't You Just Drop In
21. She Is Loaded

The final album by the Clash's original Strummer/Jones incarnation is also their most inconsistent. There were musical and ideological rifts developing within the band, and it shows: the experimentation is almost as wild as Sandanista!'s (and the biggest experiment is heading away from their punk shiftiness and into a commercial rock sound), but they seem to be enjoying it less. The band's stabs at funk and poetry aren't terribly successful, but it all came together for two massive hits: "Should I Stay or Should I Go?" has the biggest, stupidest, most perfect riff this side of "Louie Louie," and "Rock the Casbah" pulls the band's politics, fine-honed sarcasm, and saw-toothed guitar sound into the service of a dance-floor beat.

Import

Track Listing:

1. Know Your Rights
2. Car Jamming
3. Should I Stay Or Should I Go?
4. Rock The Casbah
5. Red Angel Dragnet
6. Straight To Hell
7. Overpowered By Funk
8. Atom Tan
9. Sean Flynn
10. Ghetto Defendant
11. Inoculated City
12. Death Is A Star

The Iceburn Collective was a musical group formed in 1991 in Salt Lake City, Utah, by guitarist/vocalist/composer Gentry Densley, the sole constant member through multiple personnel changes. They were known for a unique style that combined elements of jazz, metal, punk and classical music. From 91-97 the band continually evolved and experimented with the limits of sound, releasing five full length albums and a split EP w/ Engine Kid (featuring Greg Anderson of Sunn 0))) and Ascend) for Revelation Records.

The Power Of The Lion features The Iceburn Collective using two electric guitars, two stand-up basses and drums. The seven pieces that make up the album were originally released on CD on Iceburns' own label in 1998. These seven pieces are intended not as finished goods but as components to be superimposed at will. according to a principle derived from quantum mechanics. The group experimented with the music as collage at their subsequent live dates. The Power Of The Lion is Iceburn at their most electrifying. They simultaneously fuse influences as diverse as Eric Dolphy, Drive Like Jehu, Ornette Coleman The Mahavishnu Orchestra.

Track Listing:

1. Power Of The Lion Pt. I
2. Power Of The Lion Pt. II
3. Power Of The Lion Pt. III
4. Power Of The Lion Pt. IV
5. Power Of The Lion Pt. V
6. Power Of The Lion Pt. VI
7. Power Of The Lion Pt. VII

After re-releasing vaunted folk-singer Karen Dalton's sophomore LP In My Own Time in 2006, Light In The Attic Records is proud to announce a much needed official vinyl reissue of her 1969 Capitol debut. Its So Hard To Tell Who's Going To Love You The Best is a heart wrenching and bluesy introduction to the intoxicating world of Dalton and her deep well of musical secrets.

It's So Hard To Tell Who's Going To Love You The Best spans generations of classic American songwriting (Ledbelly, Jelly Roll Morton, and Tim Hardin) and with Dalton’s unsurpassed interpretive depth and emotional range, it’s no surprise that artists from Fred Neil to Nick Cave have sung Dalton’s praises over the years. Even the likes of Bob Dylan have fallen under her spell, recalling the singer’s illuminating presence on the New York music scene during the pair’s formative Greenwich Village days: “My favorite singer in the place was Karen Dalton. She had a voice like Billie Holiday’s and played the guitar like Jimmy Reed.” But championing endorsements aside, all you have to do is drop the needle on the grooves to understand.

World weary and filled with the blues, Dalton’s tragic life story was a rocky road. While no longer with us in the physical, her growing musical presence is stronger than ever and worthy of re-examination by the converted and uninitiated alike. Selling poorly at the time of release, original vinyl copies of It’s So Hard To Tell Who’s Going To Love You The Best have all but vanished while bootleg internet rips take away all the soul. With period artwork, tip-on jacket, extensive liner notes, photos, and clear audio re-mastered from the original Capitol masters, this Light In The Attic reissue is set to become the definitive analogue version of Dalton’s stunning debut. Dim the lights and turn that stereo up, Karen Dalton will turn your living room into private concert, an intimate performance you will never forget.

Track Listing:

1. Little Bit Of Rain
2. Sweet Substitute
3. Ribbon Bow
4. I Love You More Than Words Can Say
5. In The Evening (It’s So Hard To Tell Who’s Going To Love You The Best)
6. Blues On The Ceiling
7. It Hurts Me Too
8. How Did The Feeling Feel To You
9. Right, Wrong Or Ready
10. Down On The Street (Don’t You Follow Me Down)

If there is a West Coast blues harp style, then George Smith is clearly its Father. In addition, Smith was one of the most compelling blues singers of his generation. When he leaned back and started blowin' the blues, Smith created some of the most exciting music in blues history. His hard-drive, metallic-edged diatonic harmonic playing, with its frequent use of tongue-blocked octaves and a pulsing vibrato that seemed to emanate from the pit of his stomach, offered up a new sound that would influence legions of young players. This classic release combines rare sides from two '60s sessions with a great set of recordings with Rod Piazza's band from 1982.

Track Listing:

1. Blowin’ The Blues
2. Yes, Baby
3. Tight Dress
4. Times Won’t Be Hard Always
5. Goin’ Down Slow
6. Last Chance
7. Boogie’n With George
8. Mannish Boy
9. Bad Start
10. Sunbird
11. Good Things
12. Chicago City

The long-awaited vinyl version of Weedeater's masterpiece of whiskey and weed-soaked doom is finally here. Fronted by famed madman and bass virtuoso "Dixie" Dave Collins, this three-piece juggernaut has been eating audiences alive for more than 10 years now. God Luck And Good Speed was Weedeater's debut full-length for Southern Lord Recordings. All but one of the songs on the album was recorded and produced by the legendary Steve Albini (Neurosis, High On Fire, Nirvana) at Electrical Audio Studios in Chicago. The remaining track, "Alone," was recorded by Mike Dean (Corrosion of Conformity) and simply consists of an acoustic bass track, a band track and vocally some of Dixie's best somber and sub-baritone rasping. The mastering was executed by John Golden (Neurosis, Melvins, Pelican) and the finished product is nothing short of amazing. The sound is gigantic and both the production and recording skillfully capture the intense experience of a Weedeater show while achieving tones that will swallow you whole. This vinyl version is limited to 1,500 copies and comes pressed on 180g heavy vinyl with deluxe gatefold packaging.

1. God Luck And Good Speed
2. Wizard Fight
3. For Evan's Sake
4. Alone
5. 20 Dollar Peanut
6. Dirt Merchant
7. Gimme Back By Bull..
8. Weedmonkey
9. Willow

Steve Earle's new album, Townes is his highly anticipated follow up to the Grammy Award winning album Washington Square Serenade. The 15 song set is comprised of songs written by Earle's friend and mentor, the late singer-songwriter, Townes Van Zandt.

The songs selected for Townes were the ones that meant the most to Earle and the ones he personally connected to. Some of the selections chosen were songs that Earle has played his entire career ("Pancho and Lefty," "Lungs," "White Freightliner Blues"). He learned the song "(Quicksilver Daydreams of) Maria" directly from Van Zandt and taught himself "Marie and Rake" specifically to include here. Earle recorded the New York sessions solo and then added the other instruments later on in order to preserve the spirit of Van Zandt's original solo performances to the best of his recollection. The track "Lungs," was produced and mixed by the Dust Brothers' John King and features Tom Morello (Rage Against The Machine, The Nightwatchman) on electric guitar.

"Townes Van Zandt is the best songwriter in the whole world and I'll stand on Bob Dylan's coffee table in my cowboy boots and say that." - Steve Earle

Track Listing:

1. Pancho and Lefty
2. White Freightliner Blues
3. Colorado Girl
4. Where I Lead Me
5. Lungs
6. No Place To Fall
7. Loretta
8. Brand New Companion
9. Rake
10. Delta Momma Blues
11. Marie
12. Don't Take It Too Bad
13. Mr. Mudd and Mr. Gold
14. (Quicksilver Daydreams of) Maria
15. To Live Is To Fly

The mid-sixties were the era of the girl group: the Supremes, the Ronettes, the Marvelettes, the Shirelles, the Shangri-Las…the girls ruled the charts like never before, but while the Supremes, dressed in shimmering evening gowns, breathlessly wooed listeners to the tune of “Baby Love”, the Shangri-Las stormed stages across the USA in tight pants and leather biker boots, singing about motorcycles and runaways. They were the voice of teens living on the margins of society…the original bad girls, and according to legend, they lived up to their status off stage as well as on. Rumours of the Shangs potty mouths, extreme pranks, drinking, drug use and gun toting, not surprisingly, soon ruffled the feathers of finger-wagging moralists on both sides of the Atlantic (who, as usual, tried to end all the fun by calling them “depraved” and getting them banned), but most teens, present and future, could not get enough! In fact, punk rockers for decades to come would cite them as a major source of inspiration.

But it was not only their bad girl image that turned these four teenagers from the wrong side of town (Cambria Heights, Queens) into major pop icons overnight, their lyrics and lyrical delivery were a work of pure genius. Their songs, produced by the legendary Shadow Morton (who, a decade later, was producing the New York Dolls), were melodramatic teen epics of love lost, social alienation, and death, a bit heavy for the pop charts, perhaps, but for two short years, from 1964 to 1966, they were the “Sophisticated Boom Boom” on your dial. Lines like, “When I say I’m in Love, you best believe I’m in love L-U-V!” and “He’s good bad, but he’s not evil” are now remembered as classic moments in pop history, and the Shangri-Las as one of the greatest girl groups of all time. This extensive retrospective brings back the essential work of these proto-riot grrrls, including all their superb hits: tunes like, “Leader Of The Pack,” “Give Him A Great Big Kiss,” “Right Now And Not Later,” “Out In The Streets” and more!

Track Listing:

Side One
1. Leader Of The Pack
2. What Is Love?
3. Remember (Walking In The Sand)
4. Wishing Well
5. Hate To Say I Told You So
6. It's Easier To Cry
7. Simon Says
8. Simon Speaks
9. So Much In Love
10. Goodnight My Love, Pleasant Dreams

Side Two
1. Right Now And Not Later
2. Never Again
3. Give Us Your Blessings
4. Sophisticated Boom Boom
5. I'm Blue
6. Heaven Only Knows
7. I Can Never Go Home Anymore
8. Give Me A Great Big Kiss

Side Three
1. The Train From Kansas City
2. Out In The Streets
3. What's A Girl Supposed To Do
4. The Dum Dum Ditty
5. You Cheated, You Lied
6. The Boy
7. Twist And Shout
8. Shout

Side Four
1. Love You More Than Yesterday
2. Maybe
3. Bulldog
4. Past, Present and Future
5. Long Live Our Love
6. He Cried
7. Dressed In Black
8. Paradise
9. Give Hime A Great Big Kiss

Formed in Toronto by siblings Micheal, Peter and Margo Timmins, The Cowboy Junkies purvey a surreal brand of moody, slow motion country music. Their seminal album, The Trinity Sessions was recorded with a single microphone in Toronto's Church of the Holy Trinity, an engineering circumstance that has everything to do with the record's stark, spacious atmosphere. Bass and lightly brushed drums provide a soft, pulsating background, while gentle guitar embellishment weave around singer Margo's haunting vocal performances.

This live re-interpretation of that original session from 1988 featues guests such as Ryan Adams, Natalie Merchant, Vic Chestnutt and multi-instrumentalist Jeff Bird.

A full twenty years on from the original date of recording, the band's sibling mainstays revisited the same church in which the original was captured and decided to experiment with its familiar formats. The result is Trinity Revisited which, although maintaining the same track listing, has a slightly different feel. The spontaneous jam-like aspects remain, but they are given a different personality by the contributions from Adams and Chestnutt, among others.

Mastered by Ray Staff at Air Studios, London from the original 24bit/96khz sound files and pressed on Double 180g Gatefold vinyl by Pallas, Germany.

Track Listing:

1. Mining For Gold
2. Misguided Angel
3. Blue Moon Revisited
4. I Don't Get It
5. I'm So Lonesome
6. To Love Is To Bury
7. 200 More Miles
8. Dreaming My Dreams
9. Working On A Building
10. Sweet Jane
11. Postcard Blues
12. Walking After Midnight

The Heartless Bastards' story starts in Dayton, Ohio, where Erika Wennerstrom found the name on a multiple choice video trivia game at a bar. As a songwriting teenager during a time when GBV and Brainiac were packing local bars and three of the Breeders were still in town, Wennerstrom used to sneak into clubs to check out the scene. "I would just see those people, my music heroes, hanging out at the bar like everyone else," she remembers. "I could see myself in them. It gave me inspiration to do my own thing." After doing the usual business of playing local shows, the trio set out the following year on a regional tour. One of the first gigs of the trip took them to a bar in Akron, where Black Keys' drummer Patrick Carney just happened to be one of only a handful of people in the audience. This chance encounter led Wennerstrom and the Heartless Bastards to Fat Possum Records, with whom they released their debut, Stairs and Elevators, in early 2005.

The band moved on with critical praise in their back pocket, including a four-and-a-half star review from Rolling Stone, which took note that, when Wennerstrom “opens her throat on Stairs and Elevators … she sounds like she’s wailing on the shoulders of giants; her sad and angry vocals channeling all the swagger and spit of a young Robert Plant.” All This Time, was released during the summer of 2006, it received even more widespread critical acclaim than Stairs and Elevators. The Bastards played hundreds of shows to support the record. They played huge festivals and toured with Wilco and Lucinda Williams. Wennerstrom’s songs appeared often on TV shows and in films, this would be measured by most as a huge success. Though in Wennerstrom’s mind her sound and band were still evolving, and she knew it was time for a change.

In true ascetic discipline, she moved to Austin, Texas in 2007 for a change of inspirational scenery and a new recording project. With the help of producer Mike McCarthy (Spoon, Trail of Dead), she assembled a group of musicians with whom she gave the songs life and uncovered yet another layer of herself and the Heartless Bastards. The two new Bastards aren’t Texas ringers, but fellow Dayton brethren Dave Colvin on drums, and Jesse Ebaugh on bass, who actually played on the original demo that hooked Fat Possum. The album, entitled The Mountain, delivers the powerful howl that fans expect from the Heartless Bastards, but also weaves in adventure with mandolins, banjos, strings and Erika’s transcendent voice.

Track Listing:

1. The Mountain
2. Be So Happy
3. Early in the Morning
4. Hold Your Head High
5. Out At Sea
6. Nothing Seems the Same
7. Wide Awake
8. So Quiet
9. Had To Go
10. Witchy Poo
11. Sway

Track Listing:

1. Sparrow Tune
2. Think Twice
3. Yesterday's Streets
4. The Breath O' Love
5. Knowing Young Touch
6. Ragtimely Love
7. Travelin' In The Dark
8. Brooklyn
9. The Moon Will Rise
10. If I Came To You

Track Listing:

Side 1

1. I Heard It Through The Grapevine
2. So Ruff, So Tuff
3. A Chunk Of Sugar

Side 2

1. Do It Roger
2. Maxx Axe
3. Blue (A Tribute To The Blues)

Track Listing:

1. Introduction 0:31
2. The Revolution Will Not Be Televised 2:46
3. Omen 1:45
3. Brother 2:35
4. Comment #1 4:26
5. Small Talk at 125th & Lenox 1:20
6. The Subject Was Faggots 3:10
7. Evolution (And Flashback) 3:20
8. Plastic Pattern People 2:50
9. Whitey On The Moon 1:57

Track Listing:

With Brian Jackson

1. OFFERING
2. THE LIBERATION SONG (Red, Black and Green)
3. MUST BE SOMETHING
4. AIN'T NO SUCH THING AS SUPERMAN
5. PARDON OUR ANALYSIS (We Beg Your Pardon)
6. GUERILLA
7. WINTER IN AMERICA
8. WESTERN SUN

In the interest of documenting exceptional and vibrant live performances by their artists, Southern Lord Records is proud to present an exclusive, vinyl-only live album from Earth. Comprised of two tracks from a live radio broadcast on KFJC (New Years Eve 2007) and two tracks from a live performance in Vienna on their 2008 European tour. Of particular note is that Trey Spruance (Secret Chiefs 3, Faxed Head, Mr. Bungle) plays Baritone Guitar and sitar on the KFJC recordings. The sound quality is incredible and crystal clear! Randall Dunn (sunn O))), Boris, Kinski) was the live sound engineer and the recordings were ultimately mastered by Mell Dettmer.

This 180g vinyl version comes housed in a beautiful cloth-like textured heavy-weight cardboard sleeve with metallic silver foil printing. Limited to only 3,000 copies!

Track Listing:

1. Engine of Ruin (Live in Vienna)
2. Omens and Portents II: Carrion Crow (featuring Trey Spruance) Live At KFJC
3. The Bees Made Honey in the Lion's Skull (featuring Trey Spruance) Live At KFJC
4. Junkyard Priest Live in Vienna

1. Don't Play That Song
2. THE Thrill IS Gone (From Yesterday's Kiss)
3. Pullin'
4. You And Me
5. Honest I Do
6. Spirit in the Dark
7. When The Battle Is Over
8. One Way Ticket
9. Try Matty's
10. That's All I Want From You
11. Oh No Not My Baby
12. Why I Sing The Blues

Aretha Franklin's 1971 album Live at Fillmore West was a seminal soul breakthrough. It finally cemented her status beyond soul audiences and it matched her with a phenomenal rhythm section in King Curtis and the Kingpins. Franklin adroitly mixed pop, rock, and soul material throughout the three nights, including Stephen Stills' ''Love The One You're With,'' and Bread's ''Make It With You,'' and the Beatles' ''Eleanor Rigby,'' as well as true favorites ''Respect,'' ''Don't Play That Song,'' and ''Spirit in the Dark,'' which brought Ray Charles out of the audience for a spirited duet. Deluxe gatefold sleeve featuring photos from the concert and new liner notes by Down Beat contributor Mitch Myers (including fresh interviews with original album producers Jerry Wexler and Arif Mardin). Original cover art. 180 gram HQ vinyl

1. Respect
2. Love The One You're With
3. Bridge Over Troubled Water
4. Eleanor Rigby
5. Make It With You
6. Don't Play That Song
7. Dr. Feelgood
8. Spirit In The Dark
9. Reach Out And Touch (Somebody's Hand)

The original soundtrack from the film 'Blow-up' features the work of both Herbie Hancock (with Freddie Hubbard, Joe Henderson, Ron Carter and Jack DeJohnette) and the Yardbirds (with Jeff Beck and Jimmy Page) to produce a soundtrack full of proto-funk and features the classic 'Bring Down the Birds'.

Track Listing:

1. Main Title
2. Verushka Pt.1
3. Verushka Pt.2
4. The naked camera
5. Bring down the birds
6. Jane's theme
7. Stroll on (The Yardbirds)
8. The thief
9. The kiss
10. Curiosity
11. Thomas studies photos
12. The bed
13. End title 'Blow Up'

Aretha Franklin at the peak of her early form. 'Think,' 'I Say a Little Prayer,' 'See Saw,' and 'I Can't See Myself Leaving You' were all big hits. Her choice of cover material included some of her most R&B-drenched early Atlantic cuts, like 'Night Time Is the Right Time,' 'You Send Me,' and 'I Take What I Want.' Original artwork.

Track Listing:

1. Think
2. I Say a Little Prayer
3. See Saw
4. Night Time Is the Right Time
5. You Send Me
6. You're a Sweet Sweet Man
7. I Take What I Want
8. Hello Sunshine
9. Change
10. I Can't See Myself Leaving You

On the outer edge of German space rock, Cluster '71 stands as a testament to minimalist cosmische music. The three untitled tracks composed and performed by Moebius and Roedelius are exploratory, ever-changing pieces with focuses on guitar distortion and synthesizer wails, though each goes far beyond. This album deserves the many accolades it's been given, and holds up as an early landmark in the history of beatless ambience.

Dieter Moebius and Hans-Joachim Roedelius aka Cluster released this, their first album after Conrad Schnitzler (Kraftwerk, Tangerine Dream) left the group originally known as Kluster, in 1971. On the outer edge of German space rock, Cluster '71 stands as a testament to minimalist cosmische music. The three untitled tracks are exploratory, ever-changing pieces which focus on guitar distortion and synthesizer wails. This album deserves the many accolades it's been given, and holds up as an early landmark in the history of beatless ambience.

Track Listing:

1. 15:33
2. 7:38
3. 21:17

Also known as Sister Lovers, Big Star's legendary third album has been released and re-released countless times around the world with different track listings, different mixes, and different cover art. Now for the first time since it's debut release in 1978 is a re-release of the vinyl LP with the original cover art, including the inner sleeve with the complete detailed liner notes and the original mixes and track listing. The master tape coming directly from Ardent Studios provides the highest sound quality of this vinyl classic -- available as it was first released for the first time in 28 years.

Track Listing:

1. Kizza Me
2. Thank You Friends
3. Big Black Car
4. Jesus Christ
5. Femme Fatale
6. O, Dana
7. Holocaust
8. Kangaroo
9. Stroke It Noel
10. For You
11. You Can't Have Me
12. Nightime
13. Blue Moon
14. Take Care
15. Nature Boy
16. Till The End Of The Day
17. Dream Lover
18. Downs
19. Whole Lotta Shakin' Goin' On

Big Star co-founder Chris Bell was recording this solo album at the time of his death in 1978. Previously unreleased on any format, this 'Great Lost Album' clarifies Bell's role in the band's sound and secures his own place in pop history.

Bell died tragically in a car crash in 1978, and only one single ('I Am The Cosmos'/'You And Your Sister') was released in his lifetime, on Chris Stamey's tiny Car label. Both single sides are included here, along with newly-discovered alternate takes. The fifteen tracks highlight Bell's ethereal vocals, his uncanny sense of song structure and insightful, melancholy lyrics, all of which illuminate his often-overlooked contribution to Big Star. I AM THE COSMOS features rare photographs and liner notes by Chris's brother David Bell. Recorded all over the world (including sessions at the famed Chateau D'Heurville and Air studios), I AM THE COSMOS is a haunting pop masterpiece ripe for discovery.

1. I Am The Cosmos
2. Better Save Yourself
3. Speed Of Sound
4. Get Away
5. You And Your Sister
6. Make A Scene
7. Look Up
8. I Got Kinda Lost
9. There Was A Light
10. Fight At The Table
11. I Don't Know
12. Though I Know She Lies

Judee Sill's debut album (as well as the debut of the Asylum label) heralded a major new talent in the airy, contemporary folk world of the early '70s. The album employed the production skills of Sill's ex-husband Bob Harris, as well as ex-Turtle and ex-Leaves Jimmy Pons, and Graham Nash (on the album's sole single, 'Jesus Was s Crossmaker'). Judee Sill featured all original compositions, many of which relied on Sill's own brand of cosmological Christian imagery to make their point. By turns spare and lavishly orchestrated, there is still a cohesive feel to all of the album; her lyrics are exceptionally poetic and her voice is smooth enough to give every song a shimmery feel. The essence of the music is folk, the execution pop: the songs feel like a comfort blanket, a statement of hope from a troubled soul.

Track Listing:

1. Jesus Was a Crossmaker

One of the best albums of the late 60s and Tim Buckley's most underrated album, Happy Sad was a change-up pitch for the eclectic L.A. singer/songwriter. Sounding like a bit like Fred Neil's Capitol-era albums, Buckley and his small, acoustic-based ensemble create beautiful, jazz tinged folk-rock.

Track Listing:

1. Strange Feelin'
2. Buzzin' Fly
3. Love From Room 109 At The Islander (On Pacific Coast Highway)
4. Dream Letter
5. Gypsy Woman
6. Sing A Song For You

Buckley's 1970 Asylum album once again available on vinyl. Continuing his jazz explorations, Buckley created the most 'out' album of his career. The 5/4 time signature title track is strikingly weird with haunted house pipe organ and two faster-paced numbers, the mellow contemplative love song 'I Had A Talk With My Woman' and the slightly funky blues-based 'Nobody Walkin',' are even fun. The band is Lee Underwood, John Balkin (bass, haunted house pipe organ on 'Lorca'), and Carter Collins (congas).

Track Listing:

1. Lorca
2. Anonymous Proposition
3. I Had A Talk With My Woman
4. Driftin'
5. Nobody Walkin'

A classic of the original NYC freak-folk scene!

The Fugs were the original outsider artists, releasing their first recordings on the legendary avant-garde label ESP-Disk' in the mid 1960s before signing to Reprise. Formed around the core of Ed Sanders and Tuli Kupferberg, The Fugs combined jug band music, smutty rock'n'roll, country ballads, Gregorian chants, canticles, and bohemian poetry into a stoned stew of anti-establishment freakouts! Now their first two albums for Reprise are available on vinyl for the first time since their original 1967-68 release.

Track Listing

1. Turn on, Tune in, Drop Out
2. Knock Knock
3. Garden Is Open
4. Wet Dream
5. Hare Krishna
6. Exorcising the Evil Spirits From the Pentagon Oct. 21, 1967
7. War Song
8. Dover Beach
9. Fingers of the Sun
10. Aphrodite Mass: I. Litany of the Street Grope
11. Aphrodite Mass: II. Genuflection at the Temple of Squack
12. Aphrodite Mass: III. Petals In the Sea
13. Aphrodite Mass: IV. Sappho's Hymn to Aphrodite
14. Aphrodite Mass: V. Homage to Throb Thrills

A classic of the original NYC freak-folk scene!

The Fugs were the original outsider artists, releasing their first recordings on the legendary avant-garde label ESP-Disk' in the mid 1960s before signing to Reprise. Formed around the core of Ed Sanders and Tuli Kupferberg, The Fugs combined jug band music, smutty rock'n'roll, country ballads, Gregorian chants, canticles, and bohemian poetry into a stoned stew of anti-establishment freakouts! Now their first two albums for Reprise are available on vinyl for the first time since their original 1967-68 release.

Track Listing

1. Turn on, Tune in, Drop Out
2. Knock Knock
3. Garden Is Open
4. Wet Dream
5. Hare Krishna
6. Exorcising the Evil Spirits From the Pentagon Oct. 21, 1967
7. War Song
8. Dover Beach
9. Fingers of the Sun
10. Aphrodite Mass: I. Litany of the Street Grope
11. Aphrodite Mass: II. Genuflection at the Temple of Squack
12. Aphrodite Mass: III. Petals In the Sea
13. Aphrodite Mass: IV. Sappho's Hymn to Aphrodite
14. Aphrodite Mass: V. Homage to Throb Thrills

One of the most important figures of the British folk revival of the 1960s, Anne Briggs was a huge influence on such luminaries as Sandy Denny, Maddy Prior and Linda Thompson. The Time Has Come is her second full length, originally released in 1971. Unlike previous releases which contained mostly traditional songs with little or no accompaniment, this album features many self-penned numbers as well as a few contemporary covers with Briggs playing guitar and bouzouki. She only released two albums and a handful of singles/EPs before retiring from the music business making this reissue an important document of the British folk revival movement.

Track Listing

1. Sandman's Song
2. Highlodge Hare
3. Fire and Wine
4. Step Right Up
5. Ride, Ride
6. Time Has Come
7. Clea Caught a Rabbit
8. Tangled Man
9. Wishing Well
10. Standing on the Shore
11. Tidewave
12. Everytime
13. Fine Horseman

Adventure has never gotten the respect of Marque Moon. Perhaps its because it builds on the model of the first album and the songwriting is a bit more refined and polished. Verlaine's singing is more confident and less self-conscious and the playing shows the band in synch. Lloyd and Verlaine's guitar interplay is every bit as inventive as the debut. Don’t count out this 180g pressing from Earmark.

Track Listing:

1. Glory
2. Days
3. Foxhole
4. Careful
5. Carried Away
6. The Fire
7. Ain't That Nothin'
8. The Dream's Dream
9. Adventure

Originally released on Harvest in 1977, Pink Flag is perhaps the most original debut album to come out of the first wave of British punk. Exhibiting severe art school damage, Wire careens at breakneck speed through 21 songs in 36 minutes to create an album that has influenced bands for nearly thirty years. 180 gram audiophile vinyl.

There are myriad details that illustrate why Wire's 1977 debut is bulletproof--or at least wildly compelling. There's the count of tracks--21 to be exact--the snare-cracked pulsing roll of 'Reuters,' which sports one of punk's greatest first lines: 'Our own correspondent is sorry to tell of an uneasy time, that all is not well.' There's the six songs that last under a minute (and at least that many more that last under a minute and a half), all of them urgently poised on Colin Newman's deadpan urgency--a laconic riposte to the shouting that in '77 was already central to punk. There's album closer '12XU,' which Minor Threat would make anthemic in their short hardcore-forging career. Pink Flag was made after Wire had played a mere 15 gigs, honing their sound in the atelier of the Clash, Sex Pistols, Ramones, etc. without sounding a smidge like anyone else. Importantly, it's the band itself that got rights to remaster this flawless gem, in a cool gatefold digipak with a fascinating liner essay. That's something you don't see many punks do.

1. Reuters
2. Field Day for the Sundays
3. Three Girl Rhumba
4. Ex Lion Tamer
5. Lowdown
6. Start to Move
7. Brazil
8. It's So Obvious
9. Surgeon's Girl
10. Pink Flag
11. Commercial
12. Straight Line
13. 106 Beats That
14. Mr. Suit
15. Strange
16. Fragile
17. Mannequin
18. Different to Me
19. Champs
20. Feeling Called Love
21. 12XU

Infini, the final Voivod studio release since the untimely death of founding member Denis 'Piggy' D'Amour and addition of bassist Jason Newsted (Metallica) in 2002, perfectly articulates the many facets of this legendary, trail-blazing band.

Track Listing:

1. God Phones
2. From The Cave
3. Earthache
4. Global Warning
5. A Room With A V.U.
6. Destroy After Reading
7. Treasure Chase
8. Krap Radio
9. In Orbit
10. Deathproof
11. Pyramidome
12. Morpheus
13. Volcano

Released shortly before Jim Morrison's death in Paris, 1971's L.A. Woman was the first Doors album too not feature production from long time collaborater Paul Rothchild. The rawer, more live feel marks a return to the blues roots from which the band originally emerged and it delivered the signature songs “Love Her Madly,” “Riders On The Storm” and the title track.

Track Listing:

1. The Changeling
2. Love Her Madly
3. Been Down So Long
4. Cars Hiss By My Window
5. L.A. Woman
6. L'America
7. Hyacinth House
8. Crawling King Snake
9. The Wasp (Texas Radio And The Big Beat)
10. Riders On The Storm

Track Listing:

1. (I'm) Stranded
2. One Way Street
3. Wild About You
4. Messin' With The Kid
5. Erotic Neurotic
6. No Time
7. Kissin' Cousins
8. Story Of Love
9. Demolition Girl
10. Nights In Venice

This platinum selling album marks Diana Krall's first break from the piano trio and includes several tracks backed with beautiful orchestrations arranged by Johnny Mandel. When I Look In Your Eyes boasts some of Diana's best known recordings including "Let's Face The Music and Dance" and "I've Got You Under my Skin." Features Krall on piano and vocals with long-time trio mate Russell Malone on guitar, Ben Wolfe and John Clayton on bass and Jeff Hamilton and Lewis Nash on drums. Mastered by Bernie Grundman on premium HQ-180g vinyl.

Track Listing:

1. Let's Face The Music And Dance
2. Devil May Care
3. Let's Fall In Love
4. When I Look In Your Eyes
5. Popsicle Toes
6. I've Got You Under My Skin
7. I Can't Give You Anything But Love
8. I'll String Along With You
9. East Of The Sun (West Of The Moon)
10. Pick Yourself Up
11. The Best Thing For You
12. Do It Again
13. Why Should I Care?

The provocative, cutting-edge album The Best Is Yet To Come: The Songs of Cy Coleman features stunning, utterly surprising interpretations of his songs by 12 gifted contemporary female artists: Fiona Apple, Madeleine Peyroux, Missy Higgins, Jill Sobule, Sarabeth Tucek, Nikka Costa, Sara Watkins, Julianna Raye, Sam Phillips, Ambrosia Parsley, Patty Griffin and Perla Batalla. All tracks were fashioned by producer/pianist Dave Palmer.

Cy Coleman was the last major contributor to the Great American Songbook. He's responsible for timeless songs such as "The Best Is Yet To Come" and "The Rules Of The Road" made timeless by Frank Sinatra, Tony Bennett, Barbara Streisand, Dusty Springfield, Ella Fitzgerald and Peggy Lee. Ella Fitzgerald won a Grammy for her performance of "The Best Is Yet To Come."

Track Listing:

1. The Best Is Yet To Come (Patty Griffin)
2. I've Got Your Number (Jill Sobule)
3. Why Try To Change Me Now (Fionna Apple)
4. I Live My Love (Madeleine Peyroux)
5. Then Was Then And Now Is Now (Ambrosia Parsley)
6. I'm Gonna Laugh You Right Out of My Life (Julianna Raye)
7. You Fascinate Me So (Sam Phillips)
8. Hey Look Me Over (Perla Batalla)
9. Too Many Tomorrows (Sara Watkins)
10. I Walk A Little Faster (Fiona Apple)
11. Where Am I Going? (Sarabeth Tucek)
12. The Rules Of The Road (Nikka Costa)
13. (I'm) In Love Again (Missy Higgins)

On his ambitious 1999 release, Burn To Shine, Ben Harper's dynamic versatility is on full display as he aptly incorporates a multitude of styles and moods around his expressive vocals and searing guitar work. From the up-tempo pop-folk track "Steal My Kisses" to the soft ballad "Beloved One" to the all out rocker "Forgiven," Harper continues to defy categorization while remaining in complete control of his art and its message.

Track Listing:

1. Alone
2. The Woman in You
3. Less
4. Two Hands of a Prayer
5. Please Bleed
6. Suzie Blue
7. Steal My Kisses
8. Burn to Shine
9. Show Me a Little Shame
10. Forgiven
11. Beloved One
12. In the Lord's Arms

Joni Mitchell's third release found her moving away from the wistful folk of her debut and Clouds, branching out into the progressive pop and jazz elements that would define her best work. The bright, poppy "Big Yellow Taxi," the album's single, is here, as is her epoch-defining "Woodstock," a soulful, stirring song about the 1969 rock festival that was later covered by Crosby, Stills, Nash, and Young. But the material on Ladies Of The Canyon is uniformly strong, demonstrating the mature style and vision that made her one of the leading voices of the '70s. Ladies Of The Canyon was Mitchell's first classic album, one that helped pave the way for its watershed successor, Blue.

Track Listing:

1. Morning Morgantown
2. For Free
3. Conversation
4. Ladies Of The Canyon
5. Willy
6. The Arrangement
7. Rainy Night House
8. The Priest
9. Blue Boy
10. Big Yellow Taxi
11. Woodstock
12. The Circle Game

The 1971 release, Hooker 'n Heat is a relaxed affair that is split between unaccompanied solo John Lee Hooker tunes, collaborations between Hooker and Alan Wilson and full-blown Hooker and Canned Heat joints. Encompassing a mixture of new material and old favorites, Hooker 'n' Heat is surely one of Canned Heat's crowning moments and a milestone in Hooker's legendary career. A lasting homage to the true blues from some of its finest purveyors.

Track Listing:

1. Messin' With the Hook
2. The Feelin' Is Gone
3. Send Me Your Pillow
4. Sittin' Here Thinkin'
5. Meet Me in the Bottom
6. Alimonia Blues
7. Driftin' Blues
8. You Talk Too Much
9. Burnin' Hell
10. Bottle Up and Go
11. The World Today
12. I Got My Eyes On You
13. Whiskey and Wimmen
14. Just You and Me
15. Let's Make It
16. Peavine
17. Boogie Chillen No. 2

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The importance of Harry Smith's work can not be overstated. Not only did he single-handedly save much of American folk music from extinction, but when he handed his record collection over to Smithsonian folkways in 1952, he opened the floodgates for the American folk revival of the following decade. Not since John and Alan Lomax had anyone paid so much attention to saving the American folk song from extinction, but unlike the Lomaxes, Smith was not a government worker armed with a tape recorder, he was just a guy from Portland, Oregon armed with a love for music and an insatiably curious mind. So, when the U.S. Government began melting down old records to be used as shellac during WWII, Smith kicked into high gear, buying up as many old 78s from the '20s and '30s as he could find. Much of the music found here then, comes from a time before television, arm-in-arm with rock & roll, began beaming its über-culture into every household in America erasing much of what had grown up locally in each area. As can be heard so beautifully on these ballads, prior to WWII America was in many ways no more than a patchwork of territories, with local cultures and musical traditions reaching both far into the immigrant past of each area's inhabitants, but also into the future to create something wonderful and firmly rooted in the newness and adventure of life on this new continent.

Track Listing:

1. Henry Lee - Dick Justice
2. Fatal Flower Garden - Nelstone's Hawaiians
3. The House Carpenter - Clarence Ashley
4. Drunkhard's Special - Coley Jones
5. Old Lady And The Devil - Bill and Belle Reed
6. The Butcher's Boy - Buell Kazee
7. The Wagoner's Lad - Buell Kazee
8. King Kong Kitchie Kitchie Ki-Me-O - Chubby Parker
9. Old Shoes And Leggings - Uncle Eck Dunford
10. Willie Moore - Rich Burnett and Leondard Rutherford
11. A Lazy Farmer Boy - Buster Carter And Preston Young
12. Peg And Awl - The Carolina Tar Heels
13. Ommie Wise - G.B.Grayson
14. My Name Is John Johanna - Kelly Harrell
15. Bandit Cole Younger - Edward L. Crain
16. Charles Giteau - Kelly Harrell
17. John Hardy Was A Desperate Little Man - The Carter Family
18. Gonna Die With My Hammer In My Hand - The Williamson Bros. & Curry
19. Stackalee - Frank Hutchinson
20. White House Blues - Charlie Poole & The North Carolina Ramblers
21. Frankie - Mississippi John Hurt
22. When That Great Ship Went Down - William and Versey Smith
23. Engine 143 - The Carter Family
24. Kassie Jones - Furry Lewis
25. Down On Penny's Farm - The Bently Boys
26. Mississippi Boweavil Blues - The Masked Marvel
27. Got The Farm Land Blues - The Carolina Tar Heels

The importance of Harry Smith's work can not be overstated. Not only did he single-handedly save much of American folk music from extinction, but when he handed his record collection over to Smithsonian folkways in 1952, he opened the floodgates for the American folk revival of the following decade. Not since John and Alan Lomax had anyone paid so much attention to saving the American folk song from extinction, but unlike the Lomaxes, Smith was not a government worker armed with a tape recorder, he was just a guy from Portland, Oregon armed with a love of music and an insatiable curiosity. So, when the U.S. Armed Forces began melting down old records to be used as shellac during WWII, Smith kicked into high gear, buying up as many old 78s from the '20s and '30s as he could find. Much of the music found here then comes from a time before television began beaming its uber-culture into every household in America, erasing much of what had grown up locally. Prior to WWII, America was in many ways no more than a patchwork of territories, with distinct local cultures and musical traditions reaching both far into the immigrant past of each area's inhabitants, but also into a future firmly rooted in the newness and adventure of life on this new continent. And the “social music” that grew up in this time period was both “social” in the sense of “social gathering” (barn dances, religious gatherings, etc.), but also in the sense of “social issues” (labor rights, migration, money troubles, etc.). Their music was, therefore, a reflection of their lives, serving both as respite from their troubles (these were desperate times: the dust bowl, the depression, tenement housing, sweat shops, etc., were all part of the these people's everyday lives), but also as a vehicle for their discontent.

Track Listing:

Side A

1. SAIL AWAY LADY · Uncle Bunt Stephens
2. THE WILD WAGONER · Jilson Setters
3. WAKE UP JACOB · Prince Albert Hunt’s Texas Ramblers
4. LA DANSEUSE · Delma Lachney and Blind Uncle Gaspard
5. GEORGIA STOMP · Andrew & Jim Baxter
6. BRILLIANCY MEDLEY · Eck Robertson
7. INDIAN WAR WHOOP · Hoyt Ming and His Pep-Steppers

Side B

1. OLD COUNTRY STOMP · Henry Thomas
2. OLD DOG BLUE · Jim Jackson
3. SAUT CRAPAUD · Columbus Fruge
4. ACADIAN ONE-STEP · Joseph Falcon
5. HOME SWEET HOME · The Breaux Freres
6. NEWPORT BLUES · The Cincinnati Jug Band
7. MOONSHINER'S DANCE PT.1 · Frank Cloutier and the Victoria Cafe Orchestra

Side C

1. MUST BE BORN AGAIN · Rev. J.M. Gates
2. OH DEATH WHERE IS THY STING · Rev. J.M. Gates
3. ROCKY ROAD · Alabama Sacred Harp Singers
4. PRESENT JOYS · Alabama Sacred Harp Singers
5. THIS SONG OF LOVE · The Middle Georgia Singing Convention No. 1
6. JUDGEMENT · Sister Mary Nelson
7. HE GOT BETTER THINGS FOR YOU · Memphis Sanctified Singers
8. SINCE I LAID MY BURDEN DOWN · The Elders McIntorsh & Edwards’ Sanctified Singers

Side D

1. JOHN THE BAPTIST · Rev. Moses Mason
2. DRY BONES · Bascom Lamar Lunsford
3. JOHN THE REVELATOR · Blind Willie Johnson
4. LITTLE MOSES · The Carter Family
5. SHINE ON ME · Ernest Phipps & His Holiness Singers
6. FIFTY MILES OF ELBOW ROOM · Rev. F.W. McGee
7. I’'M IN THE BATTLEFIELD FOR MY LORD · Rev. D.C. Rice & His Sanctified Congregation

The importance of Harry Smith's work can not be overstated. Not only did he single-handedly save much of American folk music from extinction, but when he handed his record collection over to Smithsonian folkways in 1952, he opened the floodgates for the American folk revival of the following decade. Not since John and Alan Lomax had anyone paid so much attention to saving the American folk song from extinction, but unlike the Lomaxes, Smith was not a government worker armed with a tape recorder, he was just a guy from Portland, Oregon armed with a love of music and an insatiable curiosity. So, when the U.S. Armed Forces began melting down old records to be used as shellac during WWII, Smith kicked into high gear, buying up as many old 78s from the '20s and '30s as he could find. Much of the music found here then comes from a time before television began beaming its uber-culture into every household in America, erasing much of what had grown up locally. Prior to WWII, America was in many ways no more than a patchwork of territories, with distinct local cultures and musical traditions reaching both far into the immigrant past of each area's inhabitants, but also into a future firmly rooted in the newness and adventure of life on this new continent. In this volume we see songs by legends like: The Carter Family, Dock Boggs, Blind Lemon Jefferson, Mississippi John Hurt, and we gasp in horror when we remember that had it not been for Harry Smith, this great music may have very well ended up as shellac!

Track Listing:

Side A

1. THE COO COO BIRD · Clarence Ashley
2. EAST VIRGINIA · Buell Kazee
3. MINGLEWOOD BLUES · Cannon’s Jug Stompers
4. I WOKE UP ONE MORNING IN MAY · Didier Hebert
5. JAMES ALLEY BLUES · Richard “Rabbit” Brown
6. SUGAR BABY · Dock Boggs
7. I WISH I WAS A MOLE IN THE GROUND · Bascom Lamar Lunsford

Side B

1. MOUNTAINEER’S COURTSHIP · Ernest and Hattie Stoneman
2. THE SPANISH MERCHANT’S DAUGHTER · The Stoneman Family
3. BOB LEE JUNIOR BLUES · The Memphis Jug Band
4. SINGLE GIRL, MARRIED GIRL · The Carter Family
5. LE VIEUX SOULARD ET SA FEMME · Cleoma Breaux and Joseph Falcon
6. RABBIT FOOT BLUES · Blind Lemon Jefferson
7. EXPRESSMAN BLUES · Sleepy John Estes and Yank Rachell

Side C

1. POOR BOY BLUES · Ramblin’ Thomas
2. FEATHER BED · Cannon’s Jug Stompers
3. COUNTRY BLUES · Dock Boggs
4. 99 YEAR BLUES · Julius Daniels
5. PRISON CELL BLUES · Blind Lemon Jefferson
6. SEE THAT MY GRAVE IS KEPT CLEAN · Blind Lemon Jefferson
7. C’EST SI TRISTE SANS LUI · Cleoma and Ophy Breaux and Joseph Falcon

Side D

1. WAY DOWN THE OLD PLANK ROAD · Uncle Dave Macon
2. BUDDY WON’T YOU ROLL DOWN THE LINE · Uncle Dave Macon
3. SPIKE DRIVER BLUES · Mississippi John Hurt
4. K.C. MOAN · The Memphis Jug Band
5. TRAIN ON THE ISLAND · J.P. Nestor
6. THE LONE STAR TRAIL · Ken Maynard
7. FISHING BLUES · Henry Thomas

In 1963, visionary producer Phil Spector, then at the peak of his creativity and cultural influence, created one of the first—and still one of the greatest—rock ’n’ roll Christmas albums. Using the artist roster of his Philles label—the Ronettes, the Crystals, Darlene Love and Bob B. Soxx and the Blue Jeans—and the legendary studio musicians of the Wrecking Crew, Spector applied his fabled Wall of Sound to a set of Christmas pop standards and holiday-themed originals.

The resulting album brilliantly merges the holiday spirit with the singular sonic uplift of the Spector sound. Highlights include the Ronettes’ bubbly reworkings of “Sleigh Ride,” “Frosty the Snowman” and “I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus,” the Crystals’ upbeat renditions of “Santa Claus Is Coming to Town” and “Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer” and Darlene Love’s soulful readings of “Winter Wonderland,” “White Christmas” and the Ellie Greenwich/Jeff Barry/Phil Spector composition “Christmas (Baby Please Come Home).” A Christmas Gift for You concludes with a rare on-mike appearance by Spector himself, delivering a spoken holiday message to listeners.

A Christmas Gift for You originally had the misfortune of being released on November 22, 1963, the same day as the assassination of President John F. Kennedy, and was not a major commercial success. In the years since, however, it has been embraced as a beloved pop-culture touchstone, with many of its tracks becoming holiday airplay favorites. In 2003, A Christmas Gift for You was ranked Number 142 on Rolling Stone’s list of the 500 greatest albums of all time. Longtime Spector fan Brian Wilson has named it as his all-time favorite LP. The album’s influence has also been reflected in cover versions by contemporary artists. Bruce Springsteen based his interpretation of “Santa Claus Is Coming to Town” on the Crystals’ Spectorized version, while U2 closely followed Darlene Love’s original when covering “Christmas (Baby Please Come Home).”

Sundazed’s new edition of A Christmas Gift for You is sourced directly from the original Philles label mono masters and is pressed on 180 gram vinyl. Listeners can now perfectly re-experience the original magic of this timeless holiday treasure!

Track Listing:

1. White Christmas - Darlene Love
2. Frosty the Snowman - The Ronettes
3. The Bells of St. Mary - Bob B. Soxx
4. Santa Claus Is Coming to Town - The Crystals
5. Sleigh Ride - The Ronettes
6. Marshmallow World - Darlene Love
7. I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus - The Ronettes
8. Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer - Thr Crystals
9. Winter Wonderland - Darlene Love
10. Parade of the Wooden Soldiers - The Crystals
11. Christmas (Baby Please Come Home) - Darlene Love
12. Here Comes Santa Claus - Bob B. Soxx
13. Silent Night - Phil Spector & Artists

Includes a FREE download of the Legacy Edition - 21 tracks featuring the Previously Unreleased Live At Carnegie Hall, June 3, 1977!

Originally released in 1977, Billy Joel's fifth studio album, The Stranger, was his breakthrough album and it marked the first of a series of highly successful collaborations with producer Phil Ramone, whose mastery of the recording studio provided a sublime sonic context for Joel's timeless songs and classic performances. The Stranger went on to became one of the top-selling albums of that year peaking at #2 on the charts; won two Grammys for Record of the Year and Song of the Year for "Just The Way You Are" and The Stranger was nominated for Album of the Year; and it generated four indelible singles "Just The Way You Are," "Only The Good Die Young," "She's Always A Woman" and "Movin' Out (Anthony's Song)" which have all gone on to become classics.

1. Movin' Out (Anthony's Song)
2. The Stranger
3. Just the Way You Are
4. Scenes from an Italian Restaurant
5. Vienna
6. Only the Good Die Young
7. She's Always a Woman
8. Get It Right the First Time
9. Everybody Has a Dream

It is some jazz musicians fate to be better known after their death then they were during their lifetime, to be considered a legend today when they were actually overshadowed by others during their prime. Sonny Clark, who died in January 1963 at the age of 31 due to self-abuse was well documented during 1957-62 but he never achieved the headlines of Thelonious Monk, Oscar Peterson and Dave Brubeck, to name just three more famous pianists from the time. Blue Note fans have always known about Clark since he led seven superb albums for the label. Fans of Bud Powell knew that Clark was one of his top disciples, and collectors of Buddy DeFranco's records of the early 1950s were aware of his contributions to the clarinetist's recordings. But to a general public that bought Erroll Garner and George Shearing records, Sonny Clark was an unknown name. It was not until after his death that the music world seemed to finally realize what it had lost. On Leapin And Lopin, his last recording as a leader, Clark for the first and only time leads a quintet featuring trumpeter Tommy Turrentine and tenor-saxophonist Charlie Rouse. The pianist introduces a few of his final originals, takes many sparkling solos, and is heard at the peak of his powers, carving out his place in jazz history. This is timeless music and, although Sonny Clark may have been taken for granted during his life, he is now rightfully considered one of jazz's irreplaceable immortals.

Musicians: Sonny Clark - piano
Tommy Turrentine - trumpet
Charlie Rouse - tenor saxophone
Butch Warren - bass
Billy Higgins - drums

Track Listing:

1. Somethin' Special
2. Deep in a Dream
3. Melody for C
4. Eric Walks
5. Voodoo Clark
6. Midnight Mambo
7. Zellmar's Delight

Blues guitar simply would not have developed in the manner that it did if not for the prolific brilliance of Lonnie Johnson. He was there to help define the instrument's future within the genre and the genre's future itself at the very beginning, his melodic conception so far advanced from most of his pre-war peers as to inhabit a plane all his own. For more than 40 years, Johnson played blues, jazz and ballads his way;he was a true blues originator whose influence hung heavy on a host of subsequent blues immortals. Johnson's influence was massive, touching everyone from Robert Johnson, whose seminal approach bore strong resemblance to that of his older namesake, to Elvis Presley and Jerry Lee Lewis, who each paid heartfelt tribute with versions of "Tomorrow Night" while at Sun. Remastered by Sean Magee at Abbey Road Studios.

Lonnie Johnson Portraits In Blues Volume 6 Track Listing

1. Tomorrow Night
2. Clementine Blues
3. See See Rider
4. Raining On The Cold, Cold Ground
5. Jelly Jelly Side
6. Too Late To Cry
7. Call Me Darling
8. Why Did You Go
9. Swingin' With Lonnie
10. Please Help Me

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An internationally acclaimed song ("Catch My Disease") that made the playlist for both a hit television drama and computer advertisement did nothing to alter Australia's Ben Lee. He remains youthful (still, at age 28), eminently fruitful (this marks his seventh album), and capable of surrendering addictive after captivating song (see "Love Me Like the World Is Ending," "Just Say Yes," and a half-dozen others on this 12-song set). Not surprisingly, Ripe rides a similar vibe to 2005's Awake Is the New Sleep: quick-and-dirty pop melodies polished with chiming guitars, piano fills, and Lee's exuberant, boyish vocals. Love and affection provide a common thread, blatantly exposing themselves on the interrogatory "Is This How Love's Supposed to Feel" and "Just Say Yes," where Lee asks, "If this is right, then why resist?" while purely insinuating infatuation on both "Blush" and "Numb." The indie veteran's camaraderie pays off on "Sex Without Love," where Good Charlotte's Benji Madden joins him on a chorus dangerously Def Leppardish and the Greaselike "Birds and Bees," with pop diva Mandy Moore playing Olivia Newton-John to Lee's John Travolta. The latter plays hokey for one or two listens before dissolving into the record's delightful sequence.

Ben Lee Ripe Track Listing

1. Love Me Like The World Was Ending
2. American Television
3. Birds And Bees
4. Is This How Love's Supposed To Feel?
5. Blush
6. Numb
7. What Would Jay-Z Do?
8. Sex Without Love
9. Home
10. Hungry
11. Just Say Yes
12. Ripe

The definitive American country rock album mastered from the original analog master tapes and pressed on 180g vinyl for the first time! Hotel California marked a major leap for the Eagles and a stylistic departure from their earlier work. The album was their first to be made without Bernie Leadon, who had given the band much of its country flavor and first with rock guitarist Joe Walsh. It also sees the emergence of Don Henley as the band's dominant voice, both as a singer and lyricist. In the early part of their career, the Eagles never seemed to get a sound big enough for their ambitions; after changes in producer and personnel, as well as a noticeable growth in creativity, Hotel California unveiled what seemed like a whole new band. It was a band that could be bombastic, one that made music appropriate for the arenas and stadiums the band was playing. The result was the Eagles' biggest selling studio release and one of the most successful rock albums of all time. This is the absolute BEST PRESSING ever made. This is definitely the verion to own!

The Eagles Hotel California Track Listing

1. Hotel California
2. New Kid In Town
3. Life In The Fast Lane
4. Wasted Time
5. Wasted Time (Reprise)
6. Victim Of Love
7. Pretty Maids All In A Row
8. Try And Love Again
9. The Last Resort

Originally released in 1969, Gal Costa's second album is one of the finest releases to come out of Brazil's Tropicalia movement. Featuring song writing and vocal help from two of the original Tropicalismos, Caetano Veloso and Gilberto Gil, Gal Costa flows effortlessly between shredding psychedelia and smooth bossa nova. An essential record for anyone that appreciates the far reaches of Brazilian popular music. Includes the classic tracks "Baby" and "Não Identificado."

Gal Costa Gal Costa Track Listing

1. Não Identificado
2. Sebastiana
3. Lost in the Paradise
4. Namorinho de Port
5. Saudosismo
6. Se Vocensa
7. Vou Recomecar
8. Divino, Maravilhoso
9. Que Pena (Ela Ja NGosta Mais de Mim)
10. Baby
11. Coisa Mais Linda Que Existe
12. Deus O Amor

Another alternative classic originally released in 1991, available on vinyl for the first time since its initial release. The third album from Les Claypool & Co. and first for a major label, is a twisted mix of prog rock, funk and punk, with a taste for Frank Zappa's humor and Captain Beefheart's guttural growl. One of the few bands to have the bass as the prominent instrument, Claypool alternates from funky slaps to throbbing power chords to heavy, heavy solos while the guitar provides almost dissonant texturing beneath the bass' shredding. Features the MTV hit "Jerry Was A Race Car Driver." Here on 180g Vinyl!

Primus Sailing The Seas of Cheese Track Listing

1. Seas of Cheese
2. Here Come the Bastards
3. Sargeant Baker
4. American Life
5. Jerry Was a Race Car Driver
6. Eleven
7. Is It Luck?
8. Grandad's Little Ditty
9. Tommy the Cat
10. Sathington Waltz
11. Those Damned Blue Collar Tweekers
12. Fish on (Fisherman Chronicles, Chapter II)
13. Los Bastardos

M.C. Records presents R.L. Burnside’s Acoustic Stories released for the first time on 180 gram vinyl. This stripped down 1988 recording captures R.L. at the height of his powers. Burnside travels back to his acoustic roots for this 1988 country blues session creating a stark and intimate setting with his incisive fingerpicking and deep, resonate singing. Nominated for a W.C. Handy Award.

R.L. Burnside Acoustic Stories Track Listing

1. When My First Wife Left Me
2. Death Bell Blues
3. Skinny Woman
4. Monkey in the Pool Room
5. Hobo Blues
6. Walking Blues
7. Long Haired Doney
8. Poor Black Mattie
9. Meet Me in the Bottom
10. Miss Glory B
11. Kindhearted Woman Blues

One of the all-time great urban blues records and the best-seller in the famed Delmark catalog. Hoodoo Man Blues is so full of bravado and snap it'll make you feel tough just listening to it. Not all of the Delmark titles were recorded very well, but this one certainly was. And at 45 RPM, this now stands as the undisputed definitive version. Hoodoo Man Blues, which features Buddy Guy on guitar, is not only Junior Wells' first LP appearance, it's damn near the first LP by a Chicago blues band. Chess and a few other labels had reissued 45s by Muddy Waters, Sonny Boy Williamson, Howlin' Wolf, Jimmy Reed, Elmore James, etc., but virtually no one had tried to capture the Chicago blues sound free of the limitations of juke box/airplay promotion. Hoodoo Man Blues went a long way in the popularization of real Chicago blues and of Junior Wells.

Track Listings

1. Snatch It Back and Hold It
2. Ships On the Ocean
3. Good Morning Little School Girl
4. Hound Dog
5. In The Wee Hours of the Morning
6. Hay Lawdy Mama
7. Hooddoo Man Blues
8. Early in the Morning
9. We're Ready
10. Do You Love Me, Baby
11. Chiltin Con Carne
12. Yonders Wall

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Along with A Date With Elvis, For LP Fans Only is one of the most important special productions of the young King of Rock 'n' Roll. Because Elvis had been conscripted into the US Army, no new recordings could take place, and so record producers delved deep into the sound archives and dug out a few singles from his Sun Records days, mixed them with a couple of early RCA songs and a number from the Love Me Tender soundtrack, and, presto! a new Elvis LP was born. The overwhelming success of this album is not solely confined to the stylistic homogeneity of this collection of fresh, youthful songs. Far more, it's because for many fans the record offered the only substitution for the highly coveted but rare original singles That's All Right, Mystery Train and My Baby Left Me.

Elvis presley For LP Fans Only Track Listing

1. That's All Right
2. Lawdy, Miss Clawdy
3. Mystery Train
4. Playing For Keeps
5. Poor Boy
6. My Baby Left Me
7. I Was The One
8. Shake, Rattle And Roll
9. I'm Left, You're Right, She's Gone
10. You're A Heartbreaker

Jackie McLean: Alto Saxophone
Blue Mitchell: Trumpet
Walter Bishop, Jr.: Piano
Art Taylor: Drums

Francisco
Just For Now
Don't Blame Me
Condition Blue

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On The Lion

Along with Black Flag and The Circle Jerks, Fear ushered in a new face of gritty, fast, angry punk rock which would later be called hardcore by some dedicated fans. While Black Flag and The Circle Jerks represented west coast inner suburb, art damaged nerds, Fear offered a sometimes sophisticated, sometimes offensive, always musically innovative antagonism that owed as much to stand up comedy and college boy saracasm as it did to the glam punk bands who came before them. Keep in mind that Fear was reportedly one of John Belushi’s favorite punk bands and he even managed to get them booked on an episode of SNL. Featuring: “Let’s Have A War” and “I Love Living In The City.”

Fear The Record Track Listing

1. Let’s Have A War
2. Beef Bologna
3. Camarillo
4. I Don’t Care About You
5. New York’s Alright If You Like Saxophones
6. Gimme Some Action
7. Foreign Policy
8. We Destroy The Family
9. I Love Livin’ In The City
10. Disconnected
11. We Gotta Get Out Of This Place
12. Fresh Flesh
13. Getting The Brush
14. No More Nothing
15. Fuck Christmas

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In celebration of its 20th Anniversary, the Beastie Boys are reissuing their epic second release, Paul’s Boutique on 180g vinyl. The classic LP has been digitally remastered for the first time, with all three Beasties overseeing the 24-bit process. The album’s original vinyl artwork will be restored in an eco-friendly, eight-panel digipak displaying a panoramic view of the intersection at Rivington and Ludlow in New York City’s Lower East Side. A foldout poster will also be included in the package, plus the reissue gives fans access to a free download of a “track-by-track” album commentary, with Mike D, Ad-Rock and MCA talking about the songs while the track plays in the background, much like Director’s Commentaries on DVDs.

Beastie Boys Paul's Boutique: 20th Anniversary Track Listing

1. To All The Girls
2. Shake Your Rump
3. Johnny Ryall
4. Egg Man
5. High Plains Drifter
6. The Sounds of Science
7. 3-Minute Rule
8. Hey Ladies
9. 5-Piece Chicken Dinner
10. Looking Down The Barrel of A Gun
11. Car Thief
12. What Comes Around
13. Shadrach
14. Ask For Janice
15. 59 Chrystie Street
16. Get On The Mic
17. Stop That Train
18. A Year And A Day
19. Hello Brooklyn
20. Dropping Names
21. Lay It On Me
22. Mike On The Mic
23. A.W.O.L.

Original Boardwalk Style, a live album from Trey Anastasio and the Undectet released on Trey's own Rubber Jungle Records. Proceeds from the sale of the album will benefit the Seven Below Arts Initiative, established by Trey in 2006 to foster artistic development and support arts education in the state of Vermont.

The album was recorded at the House of Blues in Atlantic City, NJ on December 30th and 31st of 2006, coming at the end of the band's holiday tour. The two shows marked the culmination of a long year of touring and growth of what began as a six-piece sextet in the beginning of the year and progressed into a full-force eleven member Undectet.

The raw energy of a well-oiled band at the top of its game permeated the set as the composer/vocalist/guitarist led The Undectet -- comprised of Tony Hall (bass, vocals), Ray Paczkowski (keyboards), Jeff Sipe (drums), Christina Durfee (vocals, synthesizer), Jennifer Hartswick (vocals, trumpet), Peter Apfelbaum (saxophone, flute), Russell Remington (saxophone, flute), Jeff Cressman (trombone), Dave Grippo (saxophone) and Cyro Baptista (percussion) -- through electrifying big band arrangements of his classic songs, replete with big horns and dazzling Brazilian percussive stylings.

Original Boardwalk Style features over 75 minutes of music, remixed from the multitrack masters by Trey and Ben Collette at Rubber Jungle Studios and mastered by Fred Kevorkian at Kevorkian Mastering. In addition to CD and digital download formats, the album will be available as a double-gatefold, audiophile grade 180-gram LP vinyl pressing.

Tracklisting:

SideA

1. Drifting
2. Plasma

SideB

1. Shine
2. Alive Again
3. Mud City

Side C

1. Simple Twist Up Dave
2. Tuesday

Side D

1. Money Love and Change
2. Mr. Completely

This multi-platinum smash LP yielded the Doobie Brothers four major hit singles and has since become one of the most popular albums of all time in classic rock. Featuring "Long Train Runnin’," "China Grove" and other favorites, The Captain and Me has truly stood the test of time. Impeccably half-speed mastered using the original Warner vault tapes at Friday Music Studios by the award winning Joe Reagoso (Doobie Brothers, Yes, Boz Scaggs), and Capitol Records in Hollywood with Ron McMaster, this will be one of the most desired audiophile releases this new year! Packaged with the original gatefold cover, original art elements, protective poly record sleeve, and poly bag for the album cover.

The Doobie Brothers The Captain and Me Track Listing

1. Natural Thing
2. Long Train Runnin'
3. China Grove
4. Dark Eyed Cajun Woman
5. Clear As The Driven Snow
6. Without You
7. South City Midnight Lady
8. Evil Woman
9. Busted Down Around O' Connelly Corners
10. Ukiah
11. The Captain And Me