Format > 180 Gram Vinyl

Import

Originally released in 1957 on the Bethlehem label, this obscure album shows Charles Mingus exploring new territory with his sextet while incorporating vocals into his work. On the opening track, "Scenes In The City," Mel Stewart performs a spoken word piece written by actor and playwright Lonne Elder III and the legendary Langston Hughes. The track is a snapshot of Harlem and NYC in the 1950s and for that alone this album stands out in the Mingus repertoire. Although the rest of the album features no spoken word or poetry, the performances here are top notch.

Charles Mingus A Modern Jazz Symposium of Music and Poetry Track Listing

1. Scenes in the City
2. Nouroog
3. New York Sketchbook
4. Duke's Choice
5. Slippers

Composer and bass player Charles Mingus recorded East Coasting for Bethlehem in 1957, in between such classics as Tijuana Moods and Mingus Ah Um. In addition to featuring an early version of "Celia" along with some numbers he never recorded again, East Coasting is notable for the presence of pianist Bill Evans, who briefly worked for Mingus before joining Miles Davis for the landmark Kind Of Blue.

Charles Mingus East Coasting Track Listing

1. Memories Of You
2. East Coasting
3. West Coast Ghost
4. Celia
5. Conversation
6. Fifty-First Street Blues

Import

The three EPs the legendary rocker Eddie Cochran left us are all rare and equally valuable. Part Three here includes "One Kiss," "Cradle Baby," "I'm Alone Because I Love You" and "Lovin' Time."

Eddie Cochran Singin' To My Baby Track Listing

1. Sittin' In The Balcony
2. Completely Sweet
3. Undying Love
4. I'm Alone Because I Love You
5. Lovin' Time
6. Proud Of You
7. Am I Blue
8. Twenty Flight Rock
9. Drive In Show
10. Mean When I'm Mad
11. Stockin's 'N' Shoes
12. Tell Me Why
13. Have I Told You Lately That I Love You
14. Cradle Baby
15. One Kiss

Import

Rock & roll pioneer and rockabilly king, Gene Vincent, formed his Blue Caps in Norfolk, Virginia with "Wee" Willie Williams on rhythm guitar, Jack Neal on bass, Dickie Harrell on drums, Paul Peek on vocals and guitar and the amazing Cliff Gallup on lead guitar. The Blue Caps name was a nod to Vincent's past in the U.S. Navy, who traded in his own Navy blue cap to become one of rock & roll's original bad boys. His first hit came in 1956 with "Be-Bop-A-Lula" and he soon had a deal with Capitol. This album, released in 1957, was actually Vincent's second LP for the label, but his first featuring almost all original material with the exception of "Unchained Melody" and "Blues Stay Away from Me."

Gene Vincent Gene Vincent And The Blue Caps Track Listing

Red Bluejeans And A Pony Tail
Hold Me, Hug Me, Rock Me
Unchained Melody
You Told A Fib
Cat Man
You Better Believe
Cruisin'
Double Talkin' Baby
Blues Stay Away From Me
Pink Thunderbird
I Sure Miss You
Pretty, Pretty Baby

Import

Although Milt Jackson, John Lewis and Kenny Clarke had been playing together since the mid-'40s as the rhythm section for the legendary Dizzy Gillespie Orchestra, it was not until 1951, with the addition of Percy Heath, that they became the Modern Jazz Quartet. Experimenting with many styles, including bebop and Cool Jazz, they became perhaps best known for their formal presentation (in tuxedo) and choice of venues (concert halls), in a self-professed attempt to make jazz "serious," like classical music. Although their debut LP released in 1952 as a 10" is now a classic in jazz, the music still feels very immediate and features the earliest versions of their best known compositions. This version also features extra tracks from 1952-1954.

Recorded in 2008 between tour dates with his live band Ben Keith (pedal steel guitar, keyboards), Chad Cromwell (drums), Rick Rosas (bass), Pegi Young (vocals) and Anthony Crawford (vocals, guitar), Neil Young's newest offering Fork In The Road explores the dirty blues and the singer/songwriter's direct ruminations on his growing social and ecological concerns. The album's main themes center around Young's involvement with the Lincvolt Project, a joint effort between the singer and biodiesel pioneer Johnathan Goodwin to develop a commercially viable electric power system for automobiles. The prototype Lincvolt vehicle, Young's own 1959 Lincoln Continental, is now completely finished, and a documentary is planned about the car's first cross-country gasoline-free road trip to Washington, DC. Young even named one of the album's songs, "Johnny Magic,' after his Lincvolt partner. Songs such as "Cough Up the Bucks," "Fuel Line," "Hit the Road" and "Get Around" also support Young's green leaning concepts here.

Neil Young Fork In The Road Track Listing

1. When Worlds Collide
2. Fuel Line
3. Just Singing A Song
4. Johnny Magic
5. Cough UP The Bucks
6. Get Behind The Wheel
7. Off The Road
8. Hit The Road
9. Light A Candle
10. Fork In The Road

Jane's Addiction may not have been a strict metal band, but their music was certainly full of traits inherent to the genre: hard, gleaming and powerful. Their 1988 release Nothing's Shocking captured the much too short-lived quartet at its absolute peak. Combining radically diverse musical elements from art and classic rock, to hard-core punk and funk, Jane's Addiction was the last great precursor to the alternative revolution of 1991-92. From songs about Ted Bundy ("Ted, Just Admit It") to punk ideology as Eastern philosophy ("Pigs In Zen") to mystic romances ("Summertime Rolls") and early-morning thoughts ("Standing In The Shower...Thinking"), Perry Farrell consistently dissects his subjects through a psychologically-stimulating viewpoint while the extremely talented band made up of guitarist Dave Navarro, bassist Eric Avery and drummer Stephen Perkin provide the songs with an expansive set of musical colour. A must-have for lovers of cutting-edge, influential, and timeless hard rock.

Jane's Addiction Nothing's Shocking Track Listing

1. Up The Beach
2. Ocean Size
3. Had A Dad
4. Ted, Just Admit It
5. Standing In The Shower...Thinking
6. Summertime Rolls
7. Mountain Song
8. Idiots Rule
9. Jane Says
10. Thank You Boys
11. Pig's In Zen

Jane's Addiction's third release Ritual De Lo Habitual is one of the cornerstones of 1990s alternative rock. The album features the group's breakthrough hit "Been Caught Stealing," as well as the genre classics "Stop!," "Ain't No Right" and "Classic Girl," alongside the back-to-back epics "Three Days" and "Then She Did." Unfortunately, Ritual De Lo Habitual would also serve as the band's final album with the original lineup. The members parted ways in 1991 after their last live appearances headlining Lollapalooza, the tour series started by lead singer Perry Farrell.

Jane's Addiction Ritual De Lo Habitual Track Listing

1. Stop!
2. No One's Leaving
3. Ain't No Right
4. Obvious
5. Been Caught Stealing
6. Three Days
7. Then She Did
8. Of Course
9. Classic Girl

+ CD

Green Day's third release and major label debut, Dookie turned the San Francisco Bay area trio into overnight stars in 1994 and they've never looked back. Their infectious brand of modern punk revitalized the genre with its flippant humor and ironic self-loathing. The album produced the five hit singles "Longview," "Welcome to Paradise," "Basket Case," "She" and "When I Come Around" and remains the band's biggest selling record. Dookie won the 1995 Grammy Award for Best Alternative Music Performance. Green Day was also nominated for Best New Artist, "Basket Case" was nominated for Best Rock Performance By a Duo or Group With Vocal and "Longview" was nominated for Best Hard Rock Performance. Reissued here on 180g Vinyl with bonus CD.

Green Day Dookie Track Listing

1. Burnout
2. Having a Blast
3. Chump
4. Longview
5. Welcome to Paradise
6. Pulling Teeth
7. Basket Case
8. She
9. Sassafras Roots
10. When I Come Around
11. Coming Clean
12. Emenius Sleepus
13. In the End
14. F.O.D.

Plus 2 7" Vinyl LPs

This is where the garage punk-pop revival began. Before Nirvana and Nevermind, there was Green Day and the 1991 indie-released 39/Smooth. MTV, multiplatinum albums and massive critical acclaim were still in the distance at this point. 39/Smooth was a three chord explosion of unfettered, even goofy, energy and passion. Previously out of print, this elusive album, now reissued for the first time on a major label, marks the genesis of modern rock. The earliest offering from what has become one of the biggest acts in the world today.

Green Day 39/Smooth Track Listing

1. At The Library
2. Don’t Leave Me
3. I Was There
4. Disappearing Boy
5. Green Day
6. Gong To Pasalacqua
7. 16
8. Road To Acceptance
9. Rest
10. The Judge’s Daughter
11. Paper Lanterns
12. Why Do You Want Him?
13. 409 In Your Coffeemaker
14. Knowledge
15. 1,000 Hours
16. Dry Ice
17. Only Of You
18. The One I Want
19. I Want To Be Alone

Bonus 7"

A dozen years before Green Day’s Grammy-winning, five-times-platinum, #1 charting American Idiot punk rock epic, and before Dookie launched the band to multiplatinum heights, there was Kerplunk!. Previously out of print and nearly impossible to find, Green Day’s second full-length album, now being reissued for the first time on a major label, introduced drummer Tre Cool and defined the band’s sound with memorable riffs, metal-strength momentum and a decade’s worth of attitude. Highlighted by the opening track "2000 Light Years Away."

Green Day Kerplunk Track Listing

1. 2000 Light Years Away
2. One For The Razorbacks
3. Welcome To Paradise
4. Christie Road
5. Private Ale
6. Dominated Love Slave
7. One Of My Lies
8. 80
9. Android
10. No One Knows
11. Who Wrote Holden Caulfield?
12. Words I Might Have Ate
13. Sweet Children
14. Best Thing In Town
15. Strangeland
16. My Generati

The Limited Edition 50-track 6-LP Genesis 1970-1975 Box Set contains all the studio records from that era including Trespass, Nursery Cryme, Foxtrot, Selling England by the Pound and The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway, all on premium 180g vinyl in their original gatefold sleeves, housed in an open ended 316mm x 34mm slip/case box. The records were newly mixed by Nick Davis and Genesis, and produced in a high quality half-speed-mastering. One of the top-selling recording artists of all time, Genesis has sold over 150 million albums and this set collects some of the band's most adventurous and ground-breaking albums, covering Peter Gabriel, Steve Hackett and Anthony Phillip's tenure with the group.

1970’s Trespass marked the beginning of a five-year journey that saw the band create ever more daring works of progressive rock. It features guitarist Anthony Phillips and drummer John Mayhew, who were replaced on the following album by Steve Hackett and Phil Collins respectively.

Nursery Cryme came in 1971, spotlighting the instrumental power and theatricality of the new line up on stand-outs including “The Musical Box,” “The Return of the Giant Hogweed,” and “The Foundation Of Salmacis.”

1972’s Foxtrot was a critically and popularly acclaimed breakthrough album that hit #12 in the U.K. and introduced two tracks that would be live staples for years: “Watcher Of The Skies” and “Supper’s Ready.”

Selling England By The Pound (1973) grew the band’s popularity and found their inventive storytelling and arrangements coming into sharper focus on tracks including “The Cinema Show,” “Firth Of Fifth,” and their first U U.K. hit single, “I Know What I Like (In Your Wardrobe).”

The 1974 double album The Lamb Lies Down On Broadway was Gabriel’s final with the band before Phil Collins took over as lead singer. The title track, “Carpet Crawlers” and “In The Cage” remain popular parts of live Genesis shows.

Genesis Genesis 1970-1975 Vinyl Box Set Track Listing

Trespass LP:

Side 1

1. Looking For Someone
2. White Mountain
3. Visions Of Angels

Side 2

4. Stagnation
5. Dusk
6. The Knife

Nursery Cryme LP:

Side 1

1. The Musical Box
2. For Absent Friends
3. The Return Of The Giant Hogweed

Side 2

4. Seven Stones
5. Harold The Barrel
6. Harlequin
7. The Fountain Of Salmacis

Foxtrot LP:

Side 1

1. Watcher Of The Skies
2. Time Table
3. Get 'Em Out By Friday
4. Can-utility And The Coastliners

Side 2

5. Horizons
6. Supper's Ready

Selling England By The Pound:

Side 1

1. Dancing With The Moonlit Knight
2. I Know What I Like (In Your Wardrobe)
3. Firth Of Fifth
4. More Fool Me

Side 2

5. The Battle Of Epping Forest
6. After The Ordeal
7. The Cinema Show
8. Aisle Of Plenty

The Lamb Lies Down On Broadway LP1:

Side 1

1. The Lamb Lies Down On Broadway
2. Fly On A Windshield
3. Broadway Melody Of 1974
4. Cuckoo Cocoon
5. In The Cage
6. The Grand Parade Of Lifeless Packaging

Side 2

7. Back In NYC
8. Hairless Heart
9. Counting Out Time
10. Carpet Crawlers
11. The Chamber Of 32 Doors

The Lamb Lies Down On Broadway LP2:

Side 1

1. Lilywhite Lilith
2. The Waiting Room
3. Anyway
4. Here Comes The Supernatural Anaesthetist
5. The Lamia
6. Silent Sorrow In Empty Boats

Side 2

7. The Colony Of Slippermen (The Arrival/A Visit To The Doktor/Raven)
8. Ravine
9. The Light Dies Down On Broadway
10. Riding The Scree
11. In The Rapids
12. It

Track Listing

Side One

1. Them Changes
2. Drown In My Own Tears
3. Oh Happy Day

Side Two

1. Do Whatever Sets You Free
2. Something
3. See The End From The Beginning, Look Afar
4. The Unsilent Minority

+ Full Length CD - LP Cut from Original Masters and Pressed at Pallas in Germany!

With their 1999 release Summerteeth, Wilco transcended the alt-country confines of their acclaimed earlier albums and created what Jeff Tweedy called "a kind of a twisted pop record, a dark pop record." While staying true to its back-porch groove and plain-spoken poetry, one of the most admired alternative bands anywhere took yet another step forward here by taking on the art of classic pop music. The lush string arrangements and gorgeous harmonies of tracks like "She's a Jar" and "Pieholden Suite" suggest nothing less than a landlocked Brian Wilson, while more straightforward rockers like the opener "I Can't Stand It" bear the influence of everything from R&B to psychedelia. Still, for all of the warmth and beauty of the record's arrangements, Tweedy's songs here are perhaps his darkest and most haunting to date, where even the sunniest melodies mask moments of devastating power.

Wilco Summerteeth Track Listing

1. Can't Stand It
2. She's a Jar
3. A Shot in the Arm
4. We're Just Friends
5. I'm Always in Love
6. Nothing'severgonnastandinmyway (Again)
7. Pieholden Suite
8. How to Fight Loneliness
9. Via Chicago
10. ELT
11. My Darling
12. When You Wake up Feeling Old
13. Summer Teeth
14. In a Future Age

Kiss is one of the most successful rock groups/brand names in music history. To this day, the hardcore Kiss Army is still jonesing for anything Kiss-related. For the rabid cognoscenti still obsessed with the classic Paul, Gene, Peter and Ace line-up, this is the record they’ve been waiting for! The songs on Spin The Bottle: An All-Star Tribute To Kiss are comprised of the band’s most beloved 70’s songs as covered by some of their biggest fans, which just happen to be comprised of some of the biggest names in 70's/80's rock along with some surprising guests like WWE Superstar and Fozzy member Chris Jericho, Page Hamilton of Helmet and Buzz Osborne from the Melvins. There have been several Kiss tribute albums over the years, but what sets this one apart is the stellar song selection. Executive produced by Bob Kulick (from the Paul Stanley Band and “ghost” Ace Frehley player on many Kiss albums), this is a great compilation of material featuring the band’s most beloved songs.

Track Listing:

1. Detroit Rock City - Dee Snider
2. Love Gun - Tommy Shaw
3. Cold Gin - Mark Slaughter
4. King Of The Night Time World - Chris Jericho
5. I Want You - Kip Winger
6. God of Thunder - Buzz Osborne
7. Calling Dr. Love - Page Hamilton
8. Shout It Out Loud - Lemmy Kilmister
9. Parasite - Doug Pinnick
10. Strutter - Phil Lewis
11. I Stole Your Love - Robin Mcauley

Bob Dylan's 46th career release and follow-up to 2006's Modern Times, Together Through Life features 10 new songs from the music legend including the tracks "Beyond Here Lies Nothin," "Life Is Hard" and "It's All Good." The album was recorded late last year after Dylan was asked to compose music for the Olivier Dahan film, My Own Love Song and it was produced under his usual pseudonym, Jack Frost.

In an interview on his website Dylan reveals that the record was inspired by the sound of classic 1950s Chess and Sun recordings.

"I like the mood of those records, the intensity. The sound is uncluttered. There’s power and suspense. The whole vibration feels like it could be coming from inside your mind. It’s alive. It’s right there. Kind of sticks in your head like a toothache. The Together Through Life songs have more of a romantic edge than the music on Modern Times. The songs on Modern Times brought my repertoire up to date, and the light was directed in a certain way. You have to have somebody in mind as an audience otherwise there’s no point."

"There didn’t seem to be any general consensus among my listeners. Some people preferred my first period songs. Some, the second. Some, the Christian period. Some, the post Colombian. Some, the Pre-Raphaelite. Some people prefer my songs from the nineties. I see that my audience now doesn’t particular care what period the songs are from. They feel style and substance in a more visceral way and let it go at that. Images don’t hang anybody up. Like if there’s an astrologer with a criminal record in one of my songs it’s not going to make anybody wonder if the human race is doomed. Images are taken at face value and it kind of freed me up."

This Double 180g Vinyl version also includes a full-length bonus CD.

Track Listing

1. I Feel A Change Comin' On
2. It's All Good
3. Shake Shake Mama
4. If You Ever Go To Houston
5. Forgetful Heart
6. Jolene
7. This Dream Of You
8. Shake Shake Mama
9. I Feel A Change Comin' On
10. It's All Good

Before there was a 'Man In Black,' there were the Sun Records years, where Johnny Cash recorded his first LP and began developing a brand of country music that would change the genre forever. This 35 track double Import LP set documents all of Cash's hits from 1955 through 1958 for Sun Records, before he signed with Columbia.

Track Listing:

1. Hey Porter
2. Cry, Cry, Cry
3. Wide Open Road
4. Port Of Lonely Hearts
5. I Couldn’t Keep From Crying
6. New Mexico
7. Luther Played The Boogie
8. So Doggone Lonesome
9. Mean Eyed Cat Side
10. Folsom Prison Blues
11. I Walk The Line
12. Get Rhythm
13. Train Of Love
14. There You Go
15. Don’t Make Me Go
16. Next In Line
17. Give My Love To Rose Side
18. Rock Island Line
19. Wreck Of The Old ‘97
20. Belshazzar
21. Doin’ My Time
22. I Was There When It Happened
23. Country Boy
24. I Heard That Lonesome Whistle Blow
25. Remember Me
26. If The Good Lord’s Willing
27. Big River
28. Come In Stranger
29. Always Alone
30. Life Goes On
31. The Story Of A Broken Heart
32. You Tell Me
33. Blue Train
34. Katy Too
35. Fools Hall Of Fame

On 1987's The Uplift Mofo Party Plan, producer Michael Beinhorn (Soundgarden, Hole) helped the Chili Peppers incorporate more of a hard-rock approach to their already rich blend of funk and punk. This would be the best and unfortunately final album to feature the Kiedis/Flea/Slovak/Irons lineup as Slovak died from a drug overdose in 1988, and Irons exited soon after, turning up several years later as the drummer for Pearl Jam. Highlights include "Fight Like a Brave," "Funky Crime," "Me and My Friends," "Backwoods," "Behind the Sun," "No Chump Love Sucker" and "Special Secret Song Inside."

Track Listing:

1. Fight Like a Brave
2. Funky Crime
3. Me and My Friends
4. Backwoods
6. Behind the Sun
7. Skinny Sweaty Man
8. Subterranean Homesick Blues
9. Special Secret Song Inside
10. No Chump Love Sucker
11. Walkin' on Down the Road
12. Love Trilogy
13. Organic Anti-Beat Box Band

Country Life is Roxy Music's second release after the departure of Brian Eno and it's arguably the highpoint of the band's ouput from that era. The haunting, melancholic "The Thrill of It All," the art-rockin' "Out of the Blue," the almost-pure '50s rock of "If It Takes All Night," the decadent affectations of "A Really Good Time" and the concluding "Prairie Rose," all offer glimpses of alternative rock before the genre even existed. The combination of textures is exhilarating, and the songwriting which draws on elements of R&B, cabaret music and glam rock is among the band's most accomplished. Here on Limited Edition 180g Vinyl.

Track Listing:

1. The Thrill of It All
2. Three and Nine
3. All I Want Is You
4. Out of the Blue
5. If It Takes All Night
6. Bitter Sweet
7. Triptych
8. Casanova
9. A Really Good Time
10. Prairie Rose

Following the release of 1986's heavy metal classic Peace Sells But Who's Buying?, half of Megadeth's original line-up abruptly split. Guitarist Chris Poland and drummer Gar Samuelson parted, leaving the band in the hands of guitarist/singer Dave Mustaine and bassist Dave Ellefson. They were up to the challenge as their subsequent release of So Far, So Good...So What? helped solidify the band as one of speed metal's leading acts. Highlights include the band's reworking of the Sex Pistols' "Anarchy in the U.K." and a tribute to Metallica's late bassist Cliff Burton on "In My Darkest Hour" among others. Here on Limited Edition 180g Vinyl.

Track Listing:

1. Into the Lungs of Hell
2. Set the World Afire
3. Anarchy in the U.K.
4. Mary Jane
5. 502
6. In My Darkest Hour
7. Liar
8. Hook in Mouth

The Specials' self-titled 1979 debut was produced by Elvis Costello and features the jumpy rhythms of ska and the speed and disenfranchisement of punk. Jerry Dammers' inspired writing and arranging is perfectly complemented by laconic frontman Terry Hall on 14 strong songs, mostly originals with a few covers of classics thrown in for good measure. One of the ultimate ska albums from one of the best Ska bands! Here on Limited Edition 180g Vinyl.

Track Listing:

1. A Message To You Rudy
2. Do The Dog
3. It's Up To You
4. Nite Klub
5. Doesn't Make It Alright
6. Concrete Jungle
7. Too Hot
8. Monkey Man
9. New Era
10. Blank Expression
11. Stupid Marriage
12. Too Much Too Young
13. Little Bitch
14. You're Wondering Now

Following the release of 1986's heavy metal classic Peace Sells But Who's Buying?, half of Megadeth's original line-up abruptly split. Guitarist Chris Poland and drummer Gar Samuelson parted, leaving the band in the hands of guitarist/singer Dave Mustaine and bassist Dave Ellefson. They were up to the challenge as their subsequent release of So Far, So Good...So What? helped solidify the band as one of speed metal's leading acts. Highlights include the band's reworking of the Sex Pistols' "Anarchy in the U.K." and a tribute to Metallica's late bassist Cliff Burton on "In My Darkest Hour" among others. Here on Limited Edition 180g Vinyl.

Track Listing:

1. Into the Lungs of Hell
2. Set the World Afire
3. Anarchy in the U.K.
4. Mary Jane
5. 502
6. In My Darkest Hour
7. Liar
8. Hook in Mouth

One of Merle Haggard's finest recordings, 1968's Mama Tried is comprised of a number of strong originals and several excellent covers. While "Mama Tried," "I'll Always Know" and "You'll Never Love Me Now" all happen to be some of Haggard's most solid original offerings, it's his gritty and honest interpretations of songs like "Little Ole Wine Drinker Me," "In the Good Old Days (When Times Were Bad)," "Teach Me to Forget," "Run 'Em Off" and "Too Many Bridges to Cross Over" that help distinguish Mama Tried as perhaps the most quintessential "Bakersfield-Sound" album ever recorded.

Track Listing:

1. Mama Tried
2. Green, Green Grass of Home
3. Little Ole Wine Drinker Me
4. In the Good Olde Days (When Times Were Bad)
5. I Could Have Gone Right
6. I'll Always Know
7. The Sunny Side of My Life
8. Teach Me to Forget
9. Folsom Prison Blues
10. Run 'Em Off
11. You'll Never Love Me Now
12. Too Many Bridges to Cross Over

As the original drummer for Soft Machine, Robert Wyatt played a fundamental role in bringing the sixties British psychedelic scene in a more interesting and experimental direction. A man with a strong character Wyatt soon left Soft Machine to form his own band, Matching Mole (a pun on machine molle, French for “soft machine”), but a fall from a third story window in the early seventies leaving him paralyzed from the waist down, effectively ending his drumming career. This did not stop Wyatt, however, who continued recording as a solo artist. A Short Break, an EP originally released in 1996 features Wyatt on piano, percussion, organ and vocals. The songs are intimate and melancholy. A glimpse into Wyatt’s private and complex world of ideas and music. Clear green vinyl.

Track Listing:

1. A Short Break
2. Tubab
3. Kutcha
4. Venti Latir
5. Unmasked

1. I Don't Blame You
2. Free
3. Good Woman
4. Speak For Me
5. Werewolf
6. Fool
7. He War
8. Shaking Paper
9. Babydoll
10. Maybe Not
11. Names
12. Half Of You
13. Keep On Runnin'
14. Evolution

Winter Gloves is Montreal's latest outfit catching the ears of music lovers and critics alike. The band's About A Girl LP was recorded in Toronto during the Winter of 2008 with producer Jon Drew (Tokyo Police Club, F*cked Up) and features ten pop songs driven by dancing keyboards and drums, all wrapped up in a constant buzz of bass and gritty synths.

Track Listing:

1. Factories
2. Let Me Drive
3. Invisible
4. I Can't Tell You
5. Glass Paperweight
6. Hillside
7. About A Girl
8. Party People
9. The Way To Celebrate
10. Piano 4 Hands

In the late '60s and early '70s, Delaney & Bonnie Bramlett played vibrant, country-tinged blues-rock that also owed a heavy debt to gritty Memphis R&B. And while their singing and playing were consistently top-notch, their profile was not weakened by their association with Eric Clapton, who toured with them between his stint in Blind Faith and the formation of Derek and the Dominos. In fact, when considering Clapton's musical evolution, it seems clear that the rootsy, downhome vibe of Delaney & Bonnie was a direct influence on the direction of his solo career. This excellent live set showcases Delaney & Bonnie's superb vocal performances and Clapton's superior guitar playing. Whether on the driving, Stax-style soul ("Things Get Better") or good old rock & roll (Little Richard medley), the band which consists of some of the finest musicians of the day, tears it up.

Track Listing:

1. Things Get Better
2. Poor Elijah - Tribute to Johnson
3. Only You Know and I Know
4. I Don't Want to Discuss It
5. That's What My Man Is For
6. Where There's a Will There's A Way
7. Comin' Home
8. Little Richard Medley: Tutti-Frutti/The Girl Can't Help It/Long Tall Sally/Jenny Jenny

The second release from this legendary hip-hop duo is also their second out and out classic record. Following the same formula as their debut, Follow The Leader features Eric B.’s innovative, minimalist production style and Rakim’s blisteringly brilliant braggadocio. The golden age of hip-hop certainly has a surplus of fantastic LPs but this 1988 release deserves to be right up there near, if not at, the top.

Track Listing:

1. Follow The Leader
2. Microphone Fiend
3. Lyrics Of Fury
4. Eric B. Never Scared
5. Just A Beat
6. Put Your Hands Together
7. To The Listeners
8. No Competition
9. The R
10. Musical Massacre
11. Beats For The Listeners

Everybody's favorite Carly Simon album No Secrets now receives the five star treatment as Friday Music rolls out the exclusive Carly Simon 180g Audiophile Vinyl Series.

This 1972 platinum plus release forever etched superstar status to Carly's name, as numerous hit singles including the controversial "You're So Vain" raced to the top of the charts. Features collaborations with Paul McCartney, Lowell George, James Taylor, Klaus Voorman, Nicky Hopkins and Bonnie Bramlett. Remastered from the original Elektra vault tapes impeccably by Joe Reagoso at Friday Music Studios and at Capitol Mastering with Ron McMaster.

Track Listing:

1. The Right Thing To Do
2. The Carter Family
3. You're So Vain
4. His Friends Are More Than Fond Of Robin
5. (We Have) No Secrets
6. Embrace Me, You Child
7. Waited So Long
8. It Was So Easy
9. Night Owl
10. When You Close Your Eyes

Anticipation for Eminem's new studio album Relapse has been building since the fall, when the hip hop superstar first announced the album title and debuted the freestyle, "I'm Having A Relapse," during an interview on his Shade 45 satellite radio station. The release of "Crack A Bottle" from Eminem, Dr. Dre and 50 Cent brought that anticipation to a head. The track soared to #1 on the Billboard Hot 100 (Eminem's second #1 after 2002's "Lose Yourself") and set a Nielsen SoundScan record for opening week download sales. "Crack A Bottle" will be included as an album track on Relapse.

With the announcement of the release date for Relapse also comes confirmation of something that had been rumored in recent weeks: Eminem is already working on a follow-up album, Relapse 2, that fans can expect in the second half of 2009. "A lot of people were expecting Relapse to drop last year," explains Eminem. "I was one of them. Then Dre and I went back in the studio in September for a few days, and that turned into six months. We were on such a roll; we wound up with a ton of new music produced by Dre. Putting out Relapse 2 will let everyone get all of the best stuff."

1. Dr. West (Skit)
2. 3 A.M.
3. My Mom
4. Insane
5. Bagpipes From Baghdad
6. Hello
7. Tonya (Skit)
8. Same Song & Dance
9. We Made You
10. Medicine Ball
11. Paul (Skit)
12. Stay Wide Awake
13. Old Time's Sake
14. Must Be The Ganja
15. Mr. Mathers (Skit)
16. Deja Vu
17. Beautiful
18. Crack A Bottle
19. Steve Berman (Skit)
20. Underground

Originally released in June of 1982, the debut album by the Cocteau Twins is considered far darker than some of their later offerings, being influenced by Siouxsie and the Banshees, early Cure and The Birthday Party. During this early period, Will Heggie's bass played a significant role in defining their sound, giving it a darker and heavily rhythmic, earthy texture. This combined with Robin Guthrie's minimalistic and heavily effected guitar arrangements; a great deal of distortion and feed-back, smoothed out with chorus, reverb and flanger. Beneath is the Roland 808 drum machine thumping along, as distinctively Cocteau sounding as the guitar. All while Elizabeth Fraser seemed to veer into glossolalia and mouth music. Garlands marks the beginning of their haunting ethereal sound. A masterpiece. Remastered from the original analogue tapes specially for this 180g vinyl edition, the disc features a picture label on the A side, with a vinyl inner bag and the original sleeve art printed on double white heavy board.

Track Listing:

1. Blood Bitch
2. Wax and Wane
3. But I'm Not
4. Blind Dumb Deaf
5. Shallow Then Halo
6. Hollow Men
7. Garlands
8. Grail Overfloweth

Jethro Tull is one of Rock & Roll's most original and inventive acts and the double 180g LP set, Live At Montreux 2003 features their biggest hits live including "Living in the Past," "Aqualung" and "Locomotive Breath" among others! A live experience every Jethro Tull fan, and anyone who loves pure rock & roll, is sure to enjoy. Mastered for this 180g double vinyl version by Steve Hoffman and Kevin Gray.

Track Listing:

1. Some Day The Sun Won't Shine For You
2. Life Is A Long Song
3. Bouree
4. With You There To Help Me
5. Pavane
6. Empty Cafe
7. Hunting Girl
8. Eurology
9. Dot Com
10. God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen
11. Fat Man
12. Living In The Past
13. Nothing Is Easy
14. Beside Myself
15. My God
16. Budapest
17. New Jig
18. Aqualung
19. Locomotive Breath

More than fifty years after the heyday of the postwar Chicago blues scene, people all over the world still thrill to its electrifying sound, and musicians strive to reproduce the raw-edged, yet delicately interwoven ensemble music, and to recapture the power and emotional intensity that ignite it. But better than just reproducing his Chicago-style blues, Jimmy Rogers, one of the very originators and stylists of that distinctive genre as a bandleader and as a member of Muddy Waters' band, continued creating it, and Feelin' Good is intoxicating proof of his success. Featured here are nine tracks from the CD release and two rare, previously unissued tracks from 1992.

Limited Edition, HQ-180g vinyl pressed at Record Technologies, Inc. (RTI)

Track Listing:

1. Rock This House
2. Tricky Woman
3. Slick Chick
4. Angel Child
5. Chicago Bound
6. St. Louis
7. You Don’t Know
8. You’re So Sweet (Real Audio sample)
9. Blue And Lonesome
10. She Loves Another Man
11. Out On The Road

On 1964's Unforgettable: A Tribute To Dinah Washington, the Queen of Soul pays homage to the just recently passed Queen of the Blues, an exemplary artist who was a major influence on Aretha Franklin as well as a great supporter. Franklin delivers her highly personalized takes on songs made famous by Washington, backed by the cream of New York’s finest session musicians.

Track Listing:

1. Unforgettable
2. Cold, Cold Heart
3. What a Diff'rence a Day Made
4. Drinking Again
5. Nobody Knows the Way I Feel This Morning
6. Evil Gal Blues
7. Don't Say You're Sorry Again
8. This Bitter Earth
9. If I Should Lose You
10. Soulville

Track Listing:

Side One:
1. Poupée de cire, poupée de son
2. Le coeur qui jazze
3. Christiansen
4. Laisse tomber les filles
5. Le premier chagrin d'amour
6. On t'avait prévenue

Side Two:
1. Dis à ton capitaine
2. Sacré Charlemagne
3. Un prince charmant
4. Au clair de la lune
5. Nounours
6. Bonne nuit

By the time I'm Still In Love With You was released in 1972, the Al Green/Willie Mitchell Hi Records team was a well-oiled hit-making machine. With a #1 hit under his belt with "Let's Stay Together," I'm Still In Love With You put Green right back at the top of the charts with hits like "Look What You Done For Me" and "Love And Happiness." Green also began exploring country music here with his fine interpretations of Kris Kristofferson's "For the Good Times" and Roy Orbison's "Oh Pretty Woman."

Track Listing:

1. I'm Still In Love With You
2. I'm Glad You're Mine
3. Love and Happiness
4. What A Wonderful Thing Love Is
5. Simply Beautiful
6. Oh, Pretty Woman
7. For The Good Times
8. Look What You Done For Me
9. One Of These Good Ole Days

Originally released in 1972, Let's Stay Together features some of Al Green's finest work and it drips with Southern soul and exquisite arrangements from top-notch producer Willie Mitchell. Prior to this release, Green had never had a #1 song. The title track achieved that status and is complemented wonderfully here by the timeless cover of the Bee Gees "How Can You Mend a Broken Heart?" among others.

Track Listing:

1. Let's Stay Together
2. La-La for You
3. So You're Leaving
4. What Is This Feeling?
5. Old Time Lovin'
6. I've Never Found a Girl
7. How Can You Mend a Broken Heart?
8. Judy
9. It Ain't No Fun to Me

Jim Ford's previously unissued third album as it was intended to be heard, restored and re-mastered from one of the few existing 12" acetates in magnificent full stereo hi-fidelity sound. Recorded in 1973 with the cream of Los Angeles' session musicians, Ford's Big Mouth USA is a full length album completed for Paramount Records but never released until now. A twelve inch acetate of the album circulated among a few people at the label, but only a 45RPM single was ever commercially issued. Thirty-six years later, Bear Family Records is proud to present what was meant to be the country soul singer/songwriter's third album.

Track Listing:

1. Big Mouth USA
2. He Turns My Radio On
3. Family Tree
4. Mixed Green
5. Rising Sign
6. I Call Her Baby
7. If There's A Will There's A Way
8. If I Go Country
9. Big Boquet of Roses
10. Whicha Way

Jim Ford's previously unissued second album and follow-up to the country-soul classic Harlan County, as it was intended to be heard, restored and re-mastered from the original master tapes in magnificent full stereo high-fidelity sound. Jim Ford was Sly Stone's best friend and Nick Lowe's biggest musical influence. Aretha Franklin, Bobby Womack and The Temptations have all recorded his songs. But after just one mythical album, Harlan County, in 1969, he disappeared. Many tried to find Jim Ford without any success, until Swedish music journalist and devoted fan L-P Anderson found him living in a northern California trailer park in 2006. Ford's modest residence contained a mountain of old master tapes and demos. Anderson befriended Ford and heard a story that even Hollywood scriptwriters would have said was too impossible to be true. Before leaving California, Anderson promised he'd get some of the tapes out on record. A compilation, The Sounds Of Our Time, appeared on Bear Family Records in 2007 and became a big success. The record spent four weeks on the Swedish charts and received worldwide critical acclaim. Ford was overwhelmed with the positive response but unfortunately he passed away in November of 2007 at the age of 66, just before the launch of Bear Family's second Jim Ford compilation, Point Of No Return.

This self titled album was originally meant to be released by Capitol Records in October of 1970, but Ford fell out with the company's executives before the project was manufactured. Apparently, he got $20,000 and the master tapes. He also got strict orders never to show his face inside the Capitol building again. And now for the first time, here's Jim Ford's second album on 180g Import Vinyl LP.

Track Listing:

1. The Sounds Of Our Time
2. Big Moth USA
3. Chain Gang
4. Thirty Six Inches High
5. Wonder What They'll Do With Today
6. Point Of No Return
7. Harry Hippy
8. Go Through Sunday
9. You Just-A
10. Rising Sign

Returning to his blues and rock roots, Rock & Roll Hall of Famer Jorma Kaukonen mixes some of the funky innovation of his early Jefferson Airplane and Hot Tuna days with the clean acoustic riffs of his Grammy-nominated Blue Country Heart album. Produced by Larry Campbell at Levon Helm's Woodstock studio, River of Time features Levon on drums and a cast of stellar musicians including mandolin virtuoso Barry Mitterhoff.

Six of it's thirteen songs are Jorma originals, a prolific showcase with themes of family, friends and inspired memory throughout. The album also revisits the blues and country music that Jorma first fell in love with in his youth, featuring bright new interpretations of Mississippi John Hurt, Merle Haggard and Rev. Gary Davis along with a tribute to old friend "Pigpen" Ron McKernan on the Grateful Dead's "Operator." Whether reinterpreting classics or crafting new originals and shimmering instrumentals, River of Time finds Jorma at the top of his game with inventive arrangements and his strongest songwriting to date.

"Front-porch folk music doesn't get much better." -Washington Post

"Like a fine, full-bodied wine, legendary blues and rock artist Jorma Kaukonen offers listeners a delicious sampling" -Sing Out!

Track Listing:

1. Been So Long
2. There's A Bright Side Somewhere
3. Cracks In The Finish
4. Another Man Done A Full Go Round
5. Trouble In Mind
6. Izze's Lullaby
7. More Than My Old Guitar
8. Nashville Blues
9. A Walk With Friends
10. Operator
11. Preachin' On The Old Camp Ground
12. River Of Time
13. Simpler Than I Thought

Although the band name itself may not ring any bells for too many people, largely because it never relased any records during its lifetime (1964-1967), The Wilde Flowers were a pillar of the legendary Canterbury scene of the mid-to-late '60s. Band members included: Robert Wyatt, Kevin Ayers, Hugh Hopper (all soon to form the seminal Soft Machine) as well as members from another influential Canterbury band, Caravan (David Sinclair, Richard Sinclair, Pye Hastings, Richard Coughlan, Brian Hopper). In fact, much of the material found here could have easily been found on an early Soft Machine album. This 19-track compilation is now finally available on vinyl for the first time.

Track Listing:

1. Impotence
2. Those Words They Say
3. Don't Try To Change Me
4. Parchman Farm
5. Almost Grown
6. She's Gone
7. Slow Walkin' Talk
8. He's Bad For You
9. It's What I Feel (A Certain Kind)
10. Never Leave Me
11. Just Where I Want
12. Time After Time
13. No Game When You Lose
14. Why Do You Care
15. The Pieman Cometh
16. Summer Spirit
17. She Loves To Hurt
18. The Big Show
19. Memories

Turning Point was recorded live in 1969 during a show at NYC’s famed Fillmore East just after Mick Taylor left to join the Rolling Stones. The album instead featured the guitar playing of Jon Mark and John Almond on sax and flute but no drums which created a sound that was radically different from their previous releases. This Double 180g Vinyl Import is housed in a gatefold jacket and include 3 bonus tracks!

1. The Laws Must Change
2. Saw Milch Gulch Road
3. I'm Gonna Fight For You J.B.
4. So Hard To Share
5. California
6. Thoughts About Roxanne
7. Room To Move
8. Sleeping By Her Side
9. Don't Waste My Time
10. Can't Sleep This Night

Bad Company's self-titled 1974 release stands as one of the most important and accomplished debut hard rock albums of the '70s. With a string of hits that included "Can't Get Enough," "Bad Company," "Ready For Love" and "Movin' On," the album became an international smash and layed the groundwork for popular 70's and 80's FM radio.

Track Listing:

1. Can't Get Enough
2. Rock Steady
3. Ready for Love
4. Don't Let Me Down
5. Bad Company
6. Way I Choose
7. Movin' On
8. Seagull

Family Dogg was formed by British musicians Steve Rowland and Albert Hammond, and this their debut featured a session group that amazingly enough included Led Zeppelin's John Paul Jones, John Bonham and Jimmy Page. Originally released in 1969, Family Dogg is best remembered for their hit “A Way of Life” which reached the Top 10 on the British charts. Now repressed on 180g vinyl with 3 bonus tracks.

Track Listing:

1. Julie's Just Gone
2. All The Best Songs And Marches
3. In The Ghetto
4. Today I Killed A Man I Didn't Know
5. Pattern People
6. Save The Life Of My Child
7. Love Minus Zero
8. Moonshine Mary
9. Reflections (Of Your Face)
10. Run Run Run Fly Fly Fly
11. You Were On My Mind
12. A Place In The Sun
13. A Way Of Life

Bonus Tracks
13. Sympathy
14. So Sad
15. The Storm

The model/actress/singer/socialite Grace Jones' third and most popular solo album, Nightclubbing showcases her unique vocal style over innovative, new wave arrangements from the legendary reggae rhythm team of Sly Dunbar and Robbie Shakespeare. Standout tracks include the proto-rap "Walking in the Rain" and a spooky cover of Bill Withers' "Use Me." Premium 180g heavyweight audiophile vinyl featuring the original packaging.

Track Listing:

1. Walking In The Rain
2. Pull UP To The Bumper
3. Use Me
4. Nightclubbing
5. Art Groupie
6. I've Seen That Face Before (Libertango)
7. Feel Up
8. Demolition Man
9. I've Done It Again

A classic 1982 release from one of Jamaica's most beloved vocalists, Night Nurse epitomizes the feel-good Jamaican sound and finds Gregory Isaacs in top form. Self-produced with bassist "Flabba" Holt, Isaacs brilliantly balances chilled loves songs like "Night Nurse," "Objection Overruled" and "Cool Down the Pace" with Rasta/cultural themed tracks like "Material Man" and "Hot Stepper" among others. Essential listening for reggae fans! Premium 180g heavyweight audiophile vinyl featuring the original packaging.

Track Listing:

1. Night Nurse
2. Stranger In Town
3. Objection Overruled
4. Hot Stepper
5. Cool Down The Pace
6. Material Man
7. Not The Way
8. Sad To Know (You're Leaving)

Ideas of human struggle and perseverance are central to celloist/songwriter Ben Sollee's debut album Learning To Bend. The tracks "A Few Honest Words" and the adaptation of Sam Cooke's "A Change is Gonna Come" both take relevance with the state of the current political landscape while the playful, soul track "How To See the Sun Rise" and the vulnerable yet insistent "It's Not Impossible" balance the album gracefully.

Sollee was named one of NPR's 'Top Ten Unknown Artists of the Year' in 2007. His distinctive cello technique and soulful voice have been marinating for years in his work with avant-garde bluesman Otis Taylor, The Sparrow Quartet (featuring Bela Fleck) and on the internationally known Woodsongs Old Time Radio Hour.

Track Listing:

1. A Few Honest Words
2. How To See The Sun Rise
3. Bury Me With My Car
4. Bend
5. It's Not Impossible
6. I Can't
7. Prettiest Tree on the Mountain
8. Panning for Gold
9. A Change is Gonna Come
10. Built for This
11. Copper & Malachite

The second album Judee Sill made proved to be her last. A notoriously slow songwriter, this enjoyable outing took its toll on Sill during its making, turning her back to her recently-kicked heroin addiction and away from the desire to create more music. Instead of using an outside arranger for the strings (as she did on her previous album), Sill did all of the work herself. Her lack of formal training and the immense amount of orchestral overdubs certainly would have made such an outing a hardship for anyone. It's a stellar example of the kind of singer/songwriter fare the music industry was mining in the early '70s. The supporting cast of top L.A. studio musicians solidifies Sill's unique brand country-flavored pop, which moves from introspective meanderings to loping rock, often within a single song.

Track Listing:

1. There's a Rugged Road
2. The Kiss
3. The Pearl
4. Down Where the Valleys Are Low
5. The Vigilante
6. Soldier of the Heart
7. The Phoenix
8. When the Bridegroom Comes
9. The Donor

Originally released in 1979, the debut from British all-girl post-punk band The Slits is available on 180 gram vinyl for the first time. Mixing a punk attitude and D.I.Y style with reggae rhythms and dub recording techniques, The Slits made some of the most avant pop of the period, which still sounds fresh and innovative today. Mixing unavoidable hooks, minimalist arrangements, and exuberant vocals with a rough, street smart style, Cut is a classic masterwork.

Track Listing:

1. Instant Hit
2. So Tough
3. Spend, Spend, Spend
4. Shoplifting
5. FM
6. Newtown
7. Ping Pong Affair
8. Love Und Romance
9. Typical Girls
10. Adventures Close To Home
11. I Heard It Through The Grapevine
12. Liebe And Romanze (Slow Version)

Autographed by Simeon

Track Listing

Side One

1. You And I
2. Water
3. Ruby
4. Gypsy Love
5. You're Not Foolin' Me

Side Two

6. I Have Known Love
7. A Pox On You
8. Confusion
9. Fantasies

With his reintroduction to the pop world behind him, renowned singer-songwriter Yusuf (the artist known as Cat Stevens) is ready to once again strike up an intimate relationship with his audience. After retreating from the pop stage following classic '70s multi-platinum albums such as Tea For The Tillerman and Teaser And The Firecat and acclaimed hits such as "Wild World," "Peace Train," "Moonshadow," "Morning Has Broken" and "Father And Son," Yusuf returned in late 2006 with his first pop album in 28 years. Now he's back again with a second album, Roadsinger (To Warm You Through The Night).

"I was absent from my audience for so long," Yusuf says, "people thought another album would never come. The 2006 album, An Other Cup, was a surprise. With this new album, the distance is much less. I'm back to doing what I do best, painting pictures with music and storytelling on a very human, personal, intuitive level through lyrics and song, so I can help people feel good again. I guess in some ways the new album picks up where the Cat Stevens the public knows left off."

The album, Roadsinger (To Warm You Through The Night), was produced by the now singularly named Yusuf with help from Martin Terefe (James Morrison, Jason Mraz, Martha Wainwright), and recorded around the world. Guests include Morrison, Michelle Branch and Holly Williams (granddaughter of Hank Williams, Sr.).

"The new album is a response to the way An Other Cup was received," Yusuf explains. "Fans said they wanted to hear more of me with a guitar. So, this album is much more folk-tale oriented. Also, apart from one track, all of it was recorded live. I listened to a lot of' '70s L.A. music, such as Joni Mitchell, James Taylor, Carole King, and it inspired me to go back into that intimate style of recording. The songs are somewhat autobiographical but abstract enough so everyone can relate to them and connect them to their own lives."

The title track, "Roadsinger," unfolds the tale of an outcast who revisits his old hometown; along the empty street a child peeks from behind a store window and gives an innocent smile out of the shadows of prejudice. "The theme of a journey has always been big with me," says Yusuf. A journey that was unexpectedly cut short in 2004 was when Yusuf was flying from his London home to Washington, D.C., en route to a meeting with Dolly Parton, who had recorded "Peace Train" several years earlier and wanted Yusuf to play guitar on her cover of his "Where Do the Children Play." The incident that made headlines was resolved in 2006 and Yusuf's new song "Boots and Sand" resulted.

"There are plenty people who sing, but not enough who have walked far from their block," he says. I embraced an unexpected spiritual path that was confusing for many (converting to Islam in 1977). "Sadly, I'm still often misunderstood. Some people want to put me into their own one-sided view, but I don't fit those limitations. My world is still borderless and wide. The removal of conflict and establishment of peace has always been my global objective. It's a shame that lot of people, including some Muslims, overlook the name Islam, which actually comes from the word 'Peace' in Arabic."

The forthcoming album also showcases some songs from his upcoming musical Moonshadow. The story takes place on a planet of perpetual night where only the moon's shine lights the darkness; it is about a boy's meeting with his Moonshadow and the adventures they share in search for the a world of the sunlight and happiness. As well as having many new songs, the surrealistic musical, Moonshadow also weaves classic songs from his past, including "Morning Has Broken," "Wild World" and "The First Cut Is The Deepest."

Yusuf's return to his guitar came about when his teenage artist-musician son, Muhammad (aka Yoriyos), brought one home again. One morning, Yusuf was alone in the lounge when he looked over and felt a draw of curiosity overtake him. He slowly picked it up. "I put my fingers on the fretboard to make a 'C' chord," he remembers, "and surprised myself, It's still there! It felt right. So I started playing again." On the forthcoming album, Yusuf even plays electric guitar on a couple of tracks, along with keyboards. "This part of my career feels similar in one sense to when I began," Yusuf reflects. "I had to get past the songs on Mona Bone Jakon before I could move on to Tea For The Tillerman, etc. This time around it was the same story: I laid the groundwork with my debut album, An Other Cup, which inspired a great new collection of songs and scribblings. I had quite a few in my back pocket and again it was my son who sparked the next step. He said, 'Isn't it time to start recording a new album?' And it was."

Track Listing:

1. Welcome Home
2. Thinking 'Bout You
3. Everytime I Dream
4. The Rain
5. World O'Darkness
6. To Be What You Must
7. This Glass World
8. Roadsinger
9. All Kinds Of Roses
10. Dream On (Until...)
11. Shamsia

Track Listing:

1. Play With Fire
2. Somebody To Love
3. Prelude
4. Listen To Your Heart
5. For You
6. Searching The Circle
7. My Love And I
8. Do You Know
9. Satisfied

Track Listing:

Side 1
1. The Sailor
2. Song of the Sun
3. The Sound of Rain
4. Penelope
5. The Day Begins

Side 2
1. Woman From The Warm Grass
2. I Am Your SuitcaseLover
3. Maraae's Supper
4. Point of Leaving
5. The Purple Cadger

Track Listing:

1. You Must Be A Witch
2. Underground Railroad
3. Baby, Don't Go
4. Who'll Read The Will
5. It's Only A Reflection
6. Don't Look Back
7. Don't Close The Door On Me
8. It Ain't How Long
9. It's Makin It
10. I'm Gonna Be There
11. You Don't Give Me No More
12. Sin

As the author of standards including The Dolphins, Everybody's Talkin' and Other Side To This Life, Fred Neil needs no introduction to music fans. But before becoming a folksinger and profound influence on Bob Dylan, Tim Buckley, John Sebastian and others, he worked as a jobbing singer, songwriter and session musician around New York. His early songs were recorded by artists including Buddy Holly and Roy Orbison, but his own six pop and rockabilly singles, released between 1957 and 1961, sold in tiny quantities and have rarely been heard since. They are gathered here for the first time ever, offering a fascinating and historically important insight into one of the most celebrated singer-songwriters of all time.

Track Listing:

1. You Ain't Treatin' Me Right
2. Don't Put The Blame On Me
3. Listen Kitten
4. Take Me Back Again
5. Trav'lin Man
6. Love's Funny
7. Secret, Secret
8. Slipping Around
9. You Don't Have Yo Be A Baby To Cry
10. Rainbow And A Rose
11. Four Chaplains

I’m Going Away is The Fiery Furnaces’ eighth album and first studio record since 2007’s Widow City. It was recorded by and mixed with Jason Loewenstein at the end of 2008 and the beginning of 2009 in New York City. Jason also played bass and Robert D’Amico played drums. All songs were written together by Eleanor and Matthew Friedberger, except for the title track, which is a traditional song that the duo arranged. Eleanor wrote most of the lyrics while Matt wrote most of the music and also produced the album.

This LP version is limited to 1,500 copies and pressed on high quality 180g virgin vinyl at RTI. It is presented in an old-style tip-on gatefold jacket with MP3 download coupon.

Track Listing:

1. I’m Going Away
2. Drive To Dallas
3. The End Is Near
4. Charmaine Champagne
5. Cut The Cake
6. Even In The Rain
7. Staring At The Steeple
8. Ray Bouvier
9. Keep Me In The Dark
10. Lost At Sea
11. Cups & Punches
12. Take Me Round Again

Remastered collection of rare studio recordings from punk icons Iggy Pop and The Stooges recorded in the same year the band released their seminal album Raw Power. Includes gems such as “Cock In My Pocket,” “Tight Pants,” “Johanna” and lots more, remastered to pristine audio fidelity for a unique look into one of the greatest punk rock bands of all time!

Track Listing:

1. Tight Pants
2. I'm A Man
3. I Got A Right
4. Money (That's What I Want)
5. Scene Of The Crime
6. Gimme Some Skin
7. Open Up And Bleed
8. Cock In My Pocket
9. I'm Sick Of You
10. Louie Louie
11. Cry For Me
12. Born In A Trailer

Track Listing
1. A Rainbow in Curved Air – (18:41)
2. Poppy Nogood and the Phantom Band – (21:44)

Originally released in 1971, America is one of the artistic high points of John Fahey’s career. And yet, for nearly 30 years it was not heard in its entirety, as what was originally intended as a double album was pared down to a single LP. 4 Men With Beards is proud to present the complete America double album, released on vinyl for the first time ever. Fahey himself had this to say about America: “Out of all the songs I ever wrote, I consider only two of them ‘epic’ or ‘classic’ or in the ‘great’ category and they are both on this record.” Deluxe gatefold packaging that includes a reproduction of the original illustrated booklet. Limited edition of 3,000 numbered copies.

Track Listing:

1. Jesus Is a Dying Bedmaker
2. Amazing Grace
3. Song #3
4. Special Rider Blues
5. Dvorak
6. Jesus Is a Dying Bedmaker 2
7. Finale
8. America
9. Dalhart, Texas, 1967
10. Knoxville Blues
11. Mark
12. Voice of the Turtle
13. Waltz That Carried Us Away & Then a Mosquito Came & Ate up My Sweetheart

Since first breaking into the mainstream in 2004 with their hit, “Float On,” platinum-selling artist Modest Mouse have continued to break ground on the indie music scene. Their impressive back catalog has become essential and they often treat fans with b-side and rare track releases. No One’s First, And You’re Next is a collection of b-sides from the We Were Dead Before the Ship Even Sank and Good News for People Who Love Bad News sessions. Three 7” limited edition, hand-numbered singles were released over the course of 3 months, all leading up to the release of this comprehensive collection, including the two additional unreleased and out-of-print tracks, "King Rat" and "I’ve Got it All (Most)."

Track Listing:

1. Satellite Skin
2. Guilty Cocker Spaniels
3. Autumn Beds
4. Whale Song
5. Perpetual Motion Machine
6. History Sticks To Your Feet
7. King Rat
8. I've Got It All (Most)

The Doors mined new territory with their 1969 release The Soft Parade incorporating brass, strings and even a full orchestra into the mix but with the same results as it became their fourth Top 10 album in a row. The album climbed to #6 on the strength of the huge hit “Touch Me.”

Track Listing:

1. Tell All the People
2. Touch Me
3. Shaman's Blues
4. Do It
5. Easy Ride
6. Wild Child
7. Runnin' Blue
8. Wishful Sinful
9. The Soft Parade

With their third album, 1968's Waiting For The Sun, The Doors managed to take a mellower turn, delivering some fine melodic ballad rock songs like "Hello, I Love You," "Love Street" and "Wintertime Love" while still retaining their former power with tracks like "The Unknown Soldier," "Spanish Caravan" and the apocalyptic "Five To One." The Doors' newfound sensibility not only helped the band produce one of their most diverse releases, it resulted in their first and only #1 album.

Track Listing:

1. Hello, I Love You
2. Love Street
3. Not To Touch The Earth
4. Summer's Almost Gone
5. Wintertime Love
6. The Unknown Soldier
7. Spanish Caravan
8. My Wild Love
9. We Could Be So Good Together
10. Yes, The River Knows
11. Five To One

Although most of the songs on the Doors' 1967 sophomore release had been written around the same time as their self-titled debut, Strange Days still manages to possess its own distinct and foreboding character. The album made it all the way to #3 on the charts and introduced the Doors classics "People Are Strange, “Love Me Two Times,” “Strange Days” and "When the Music's Over."

Track Listing:

1. Strange Days
2. You're Lost Little Girl
3. Love Me Two Times
4. Unhappy Girl
5. Horse Latitudes
6. Moonlight Drive
7. People Are Strange
8. My Eyes Have Seen You
9. I Can't See Your Face in My Mind
10. When the Music's Over

The Doors exploded onto the music scene in 1967 with their epic debut album introducing the world to their blending of rock, blues, classical, jazz and poetry. Highlighted by some of the band's most loved singles including: 'Break On Through (To The Other Side)', 'Light My Fire' and 'The End'. This is an album whose melodicism and dynamic tension would never be equalled by the band again.

1. Break On Through (To The Other Side)
2. Soul Kitchen
3. The Crystal Ship
4. Twentieth Century Fox
5. Alabama Song (Whisky Bar)
6. Light My Fire
7. Back Door Man
8. I Looked At You
9. End Of The Night
10. Take It As It Comes
11. The End

Ella Fitzgerald was in prime form during her 1960 tour of Europe and her Berlin concert, which opened the tour, won her critical acclaim and two Grammys (Best Female Vocal Performance (Single) and Best Vocal Performance (Album). It's most remembered for her hilariously inventive performance of "Mack the Knife," during which she forgot the lyrics and substituted her own without losing stride. Mastered by Bernie Grundman from the original analog master tapes.

Track Listing

1. Gone with the Wind
2. Misty
3. Lady Is a Tramp
4. Man I Love
5. Summertime
6. Too Darn Hot
7. Lorelei
8. Mack the Knife
9. How High the Moon

The three outstanding arrangers Don Sebesky, Joao Donato, and Claus Ogerman produce a variety of orchestral settings here to perfectly enhance Astrud Gilberto's performances. And, as on her other Verve LP programs, Astrud's voice is beautifully complemented by top of the line jazz soloists.

Track Listing:

1. The Shadow of Your Smile (Love Theme from The Sandpiper)
2. (Take Me to) Aruanda
3. Manhã de Carnival
4. Fly Me to the Moon
5. The Gentle Rain
6. Non-Stop to Brazil
7. O Ganso
8. Who Can I Turn To (When Nobody Needs Me)
9. Day by Day
10. Tristeza (Goodbye Sadness)
11. Funny World (Theme from Malamondo)

Motown's first successful female vocal group, the Marvelettes are most notable for recording the companies first U.S. #1 pop hit, "Please Mr. Postman" and for setting the precedent for later Motown girl groups such as Martha and the Vandellas and The Supremes. Their self-titled 1967 release features some of the best material the group ever recorded including the classic "The Hunter Gets Captured By the Game" and their version of the Van McCoy warhorse "When You're Young and In Love."

Track Listing:

1. Barefootin'
2. Message to Michael
3. The Hunter Gets Captured by the Game
4. When You're Young and In Love
5. I Know Better
6. I Can't Turn Around
7. He Was Really Sayin' Somethin'
8. Day You Take One (You Have to Take the Other)
9. When I Need You
10. Keep Off, No Trespassing
11. Tonight Was Made For Love
12. I Need Someone

There’s only one guy who can make an alto saxophone sound like this and superlative after superlative come to mind when you listen to these nine numbers, which were recorded at the close of the '50s. The idea of scaling down Duke Ellington’s band for jam-session-like numbers is absolutely genial because it offers soloists great opportunities to display their artistry. And these wind musicians are the best of the best, masters of their instruments. We have Roy Eldridge, who influenced the transition from swing to be-bop and a modern style of trumpet playing; Harry Edison, whose light and airy Basie-swing style cannot be denied; and Ben Webster, who amalgamates both the Count’s and the Duke’s style of swing. And then there is Johnny 'The Rabbit' Hodges, whose natural feeling for rhythm and gentle tone is brought to optimal expression within this concept.

"Squeeze Me" and "Stompy Jones" both stem from the '40s and are often performed, but in this session they have been rejuvenated in a masterly fashion. The standard "Let’s Fall In Love" demonstrates Lawrence Brown’s highly personal sound on the trombone and then goes on to spotlight Roy Eldridge and Johnny Hodges, both of whom prove that they are at the very zenith of their artistic prowess. "Ruint" and "Going Up" provide a showcase for Johnny Hodges, while "Just A Memory" focuses on the gentle, sometimes rather sentimental sound of Ben Webster.

Just as exceptional is the recording quality of this LP. Timed to coincide with the 50th anniversary of the two sessions, the reissue offers a excellent opportunity to pay homage to the Verve recording engineers.

Track Listing:

1. Stompy Jones
2. Squeeze Me
3. Big Shoe
4. Going Up
5. Just A Memory
6. Let's Fall In Love
7. Ruint
8. Bend One
9. You Need To Rock

Track Listing:

1. Speculation
2. Over The Rainbow
3. Nica's Tempo
4. Little Niles
5. Sans Sound
6. I Remember Clifford

Marking the 20th Anniversary of Nirvana's debut album, Bleach, Sub Pop is reissuing the groundbreaking set in expanded and remastered form. This deluxe double-LP includes a never-before-released live performance, special packaging, and the first run will be on 180g white vinyl (the first run of the original LP was also on white vinyl).

Originally recorded over three sessions with producer Jack Endino at Seattle's Reciprocal Recording Studios in December 1988 and January 1989, Bleach was released in June of 1989 and remains unequivocally and unsurprisingly Sub Pop's very favorite Nirvana full-length. The album initially sold 40,000 copies, but was brought into the international spotlight following the release and worldwide success of the group's 1991 sophomore effort, Nevermind. Subsequently, Bleach has gone on to sell 1.7 million copies in the US alone.

This 20th Anniversary Edition has been remastered from the original tapes at Sterling Sound in a session overseen by Endino. The bonus tracks comprise an unreleased live recording of a complete February 9th, 1990 show at Portland's Pine Street Theatre and features performances of "Love Buzz," "About a Girl," and a cover of The Vaselines song "Molly's Lips." Like the studio album, the concert has also been remixed from the original tapes by Endino.

A 16-page LP booklet includes candid photos of the band not previously released to the public rounds out this premier package.

Track Listing:

1. Blew
2. Floyd the Barber
3. About a Girl
4. School
5. Love Buzz
6. Paper Cuts
7. Negative Creep
8. Scoff
9. Swap Meet
10. Mr. Moustache
11. Sifting
12. Big Cheese
13. Downer
14. Intro (Live)
15. School (Live)
16. Floyd the Barber (Live)
17. Dive (Live)
18. Love Buzz (Live)
19. Spank Thru (Live)
20. Molly s Lips (Live)
21. Sappy (Live)
22. Scoff (Live)
23. About a Girl (Live)
24. Been A Son (Live)
25. Blew (Live)

Bravery, Repetition and Noise is a dark and dreamy album, rich in atmosphere, layered in waves of sound. The album's antecedents are clear, inspired by both psychedelia and punk's nihilism, pulling both strands into a doom-laden, experimental sound quite distinct from anything that had come before or since. BJM uses this as their touchstone, lovingly re-creating the moods and atmospheres of the past.

The Brian Jonestown Massacre is a psychedelic rock band originally from San Francisco, California, led by guitarist/singer Anton Newcombe. Since 1995 The Brian Jonestown Massacre has released numerous albums, first for Bomp! Records, the label which gave them their start, and later for TVT and Tee Pee. BJM has been essential in the development of the modern U.S. garage scene, and many LA and SF musicians got their start playing with Newcombe, including Peter Hayes of The Black Rebel Motorcycle Club.

Originally Newcombe was heavily influenced by The Rolling Stones' psychedelic phase and the band's name comes from Stones guitarist Brian Jones combined with a reference to cult leader Jim Jones, but his work in the 2000s has expanded into aesthetic dimensions approximating the UK Shoegazing genre of the 1990s and incorporating influences from world music, especially Middle Eastern and Brazilian music.

Along with The Dandy Warhols, BJM is one of the subjects of the documentary DIG!, winner of the 2004 Grand Jury Prize Documentary at Sundance. DIG! is also a part of the Permanent Collection of the NY Museum of Modern Art.

1. Just for Today
2. Telegram
3. Stolen Newcombe
4. Open Heart Surgery
5. Nevertheless Newcombe
6. Sailor
7. You Have Been Disconnected
8. Leave Nothing for Sancho
9. Let Me Stand Next to Your Flower
10. If I Love You?
11. (I Love You) Always
12. If I Love You? (New European Gold Standard Secret Babylonian Brotherhood Cinema Mix)

The songs on The Jam’s 1978 release, All Mod Cons are short and pointed and the album saw the emergance of social commentary in the band's music with Weller displaying an assured touch which would hint at what was to come on subsequent releases. Features the highlights “To Be Someone (Didn’t We Have A Nice Time,” “David Watts,” “Mr. Clean,” “Down In The Tube Station At Midnight,” “English Rose” and “‘A’ Bomb In Wardour Street.” Reissued here on 180g