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Alfie (Ltd. Edition) (Pre-Order)
Sonny Rollins
$59.99
Numbered Ltd. Edition 180 Gram Audiophile Virgin Vinyl 45 RPM LP - 2 LPs Sealed
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Sonny Rollins Alfie On Numbered Limited Edition 2 x 180g 45RPM Vinyl Of Only 1000 Copies
New 180g 45RPM Audiophile Vinyl from ORG!
ORG is proud to present the ORG Ultimate Edition, a brand new series of great LP titles from the Impulse, Verve jazz and Chess blues catalogues. Cut at 45RPM by Bernie Grundman on his newly upgraded mastering system and tube powered lathe, these LPs will be plated and pressed by Pallas in Germany and sleeved in deluxe heavy duty gatefold jackets printed in Europe. They represent the very finest examples of the vinyl LP format available today.
Bernie Grundman Mastering recently upgraded his LP mastering and cutting system prior to starting work on the ORG LP reissues. These upgrades, together with the plating and pressing from Pallas Germany, will give the ORG LPs a sound never experienced before.
Bernie Grundman's Updated Mastering System:
New customized dual mono power supplies
New tape pre-amplifier: an upgraded hybrid design with single-ended in-out that is specifically triode on the input for the gain and EQ and feeds into a discreet solid state circuit that drives the output
Brand new tape heads for the Studer playback tape machine including a complete hardwire with Cardas cables
The power supplies on tube cutter amps have been updated and rewired with Cardas cable on the head leads and feedback
The Studer in Bernie's cutting room is essentially transport only i.e. it is used for the superb stability of its mechanical parts. All the electronics (from the tape heads through to the cutting head on the lathe) have now been totally customized and hard-wired point to point
The tube cutting amps used for the ORG LP reissues have just been re-tubed with ex-US military grade tubes from Sylvania
Original music to the score of the film classic Alfie, penned by legendary tenor player and, in this case, composer Sonny Rollins. The album, arranged and conducted by Oliver Nelson features Rollins and an all-star cast, including notable sidemen such as Kenny Burrell, Jimmy Cleveland, J.J. Johnson and Roger Kellaway.
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Track Listing:
1. Alfie's Theme
2. He's Younger Than You Are
3. Street Runner With Child
4. Little Malcolm Loves His Dad
5. On Impulse
6. Alfie's Theme Differently
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My Love Is Higher Than Your Assesment Of What My Love Can Be (Pre-Order)
Harvey Milk
$22.99
Vinyl LP Reissue - Sealed
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This is ground zero for one of the '90s last true cult bands; now legendary for churning ghostly wailings, unearthly bellows, and gentle whispers together into one soaring, crawling, ugly and beautiful blend of brilliance. My Love Is Higher Than Your Assessment Of What My Love Can Be is essential listening for all fans of hard and heavy post-rock, and stands as the official starting point for your Harvey Milk education.
Track Listing:
1. A Small Turn Of Human Kindness
2. Women Dig It
3. The Anvil Will Fall
4. Merlin Is Magic
5. My Father's Life's Work
6. Where The Bee Sucks, There Suck I
7. Jim's Polish
8. F.S.T.P
9. All The Live Long Day
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Saving Grace (Pre-Order)
Scott Kempner
$18.99
Vinyl LP - Sealed
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Scott Kempner, the legendary guitar-slinger and founding member of The Dictators and the Del-Lords returns with his first solo album since 1992's Tenement Angels. Saving Grace is his first solo album in 16 years to be exact and it features his good friend Dion plus members of the Del-Lords and Smithereens, as well as a couple of veteran Motown session players. Kempner was the guitarist in the Del-Lords as well as The Dictators where he was known as 'Top Ten' alongside Handsome Dick Manitoba and Adny [sic] Shernoff.
Track Listing:
1. Beyond The Pale
2. Baby's Room
3. Love Out Of Time
4. Saving Grace
5. Stolen Kisses
6. Heartbeat Of Time
7. Passion Red
8. Here Come My Love
9. Between A Memory And A Dream
10. I'll Give You Needles
11. The Secret Everybody Knows
12. Blame Me
13. Shadows Of Love
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The Voice That Is (Pre-Order)
Johnny Hartman
$49.99
180 Gram Audiophile Virgin Vinyl 45 RPM LP - 2 LPs Sealed
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Ballad singer Johnny Hartman's third and final Impulse session has several near-classic performances including My Ship, Waltz for Debby and It Never Entered My Mind, along with several songs from movies or shows such as Sunrise, Sunset. Hartman is in fine form throughout here whether backed by the Hank Jones quartet or accompanied by an octet arranged by pianist Bob Hammer.
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Track Listing:
1. My Ship
2. More I See You, The
3. These Foolish Things
4. Waltz For Debbie
5. It Never Entered My Mind
6. The Day the World Stopped Turning, The
7. A Slow Hot Wind
8. Funny World
9. Joey, Joey, Joey
10. Let Me Love You
11. Sunrise, Sunset
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Wrapped Tight (Pre-Order)
Coleman Hawkins
$49.99
45 RPM 180 Gram Audiophile Virgin Vinyl LP - 2 LPs Sealed
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Coleman Hawkins' last strong recording finds the veteran, 43 years after his recording debut with Mamie Smith's Jazz Hounds, improvising creatively on a wide variety of material ranging from adventurous versions of Out of Nowhere and Wrapped Tight to Red Roses for a Blue Lady and Indian Summer.
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Track Listing:
1. Wrapped Tight
2. Intermezzo
3. Out Of Nowhere
4. Indian Summer
5. Red Roses For A Blue Lady
6. Marcheta
7. Beautiful Girl
8. She's Fit
9. And I Still Love You
10. Bean's Place
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Mayan Temples (Pre-Order)
Sun Ra
$34.99
180 Gram Audiophile Virgin Vinyl LP - 2 LPs Sealed
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Recorded at Mondial Sound studio in Milan, Italy on 24-25 July 1990, and originally released on the Italian avant-garde jazz label, Black Saint, this is one of Sun Raâs great final recordings. Here an inspired Arkestra featuring Michael Ray, Ahmed Abdullah, Tyrone Hill, Marshall Allen, and John Gilmore, perform 13 tracks including ten original Ra and three standard compositions. Raâs keyboard playing is also showcased more here than on many other recordings�almost as if he knew that this would be one of his last chances to get into a studio. Ra was taken back to his home planet of Saturn two years later, at the age of 79.
Track Listing:
Side A:
1.Sunset On The Night On The River Nile
2. Opus In Springtime
3. El Is The Sound Of Joy
Side B:
1. Stardust From Tomorrow
2. Alone Together
3. Discipline No.1
Side C:
1. Theme On The Stargazers
2. Time After Time
Side D:
1. Dance Of The Language Barrier
2. Mayan Temples
3. Bygone
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Couldn't Stand The Weather (Pre-Order)
Stevie Ray Vaughan
$49.99
180 Gram Audiophile Virgin Vinyl 45 RPM LP - 2 LPs Sealed
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Stevie Ray Vaughan's Couldn't Stand the Weather blows with gale-force intensity, moves everything in its path, and contains beautiful moments of calm at its center. Caught up in the momentum gained from his brilliant debut, the guitar slinger comes on with a startling degree of authority, confidence, and swagger that hadn't been witnessed in the blues realm in decades.
Here, in the form of the jaw-dropping version of Voodoo Chile (Slight Return),is Vaughan's touching acknowledgment of Jimi Hendrix's looming influence. And in the hopping instrumental Scuttle Buttin, there's a lingering taste of the guitarist's playful personality and pyrotechnic skill. Brother Jimmie Vaughan assists on the title track, redolent with the slinky rhythms gleaned from rural Texas blues man and down-home attitudes.
As he did on Texas Flood, Vaughan closes out the record in high style, bringing the concoction of smoldering blues, sultry shuffles, and juke joint boogies to a simmer with the instrumental Stangs Swang dedicated to jazz great Grant Green and punctuated with Stan Harrisons fiery tenor saxophone lines. Gutsy, gritty, and ceaselessly original, Couldn't Stand the Weather served further notice that Vaughan was here to stay and demanded to be heard. The double platinum sales figures and Grammy nominations were additional confirmation of that fact.
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Track Listing:
1. Scuttle Buttin'
2. Couldn't Stand The Weather
3. The Things (That) I Used to do
4. Voodoo Chile (Slight Return)
5. Cold Shot
6. Tin Pan Alley
7. Honey Bee
8. Stang's Swang
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Headgames (Pre-Order)
Foreigner
$29.99
180 Gram Audiophile Virgin Vinyl LP - Sealed
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The moment Head Games begins, a nastier, grittier tone is established, and it becomes apparent that Foreigner is bringing something new to the table. Namely, an edgier, leaner sound built around stronger guitars and harder rhythms. The heaviest record of the bands career, the 1979 effort functions as irrefutable proof that the quintet rocked as hard as anybody in the mainstream and did so without losing sight of the melodies that put it at the top of the charts. And with Head Games, there Foreigner would stay.
Half-speed mastered from the original master tapes, Mobile Fidelitys collectible audiophile edition of this longtime favorite classic-rock staple bursts with tremendous dynamics, soaring vocal timbres, punchy dynamics, and newfound instrumental separation. With more emphasis placed on Mick Jones guitar riffs and meatier grooves, you may just find yourself investing in a new power amp to get every last degree of detail thats been uncovered! Longtime fans will be thrilled to hear the subtle nuances now fully discernible amidst a gargantuan soundstage.
Joined by new bassist Rick Wills, and guided by Queen producer Roy Thomas Baker, Foreigner goes for broke, ratcheting up the muscularity on hard-hitting fare such as the hit single Dirty White Boy, Seventeen, and the aptly titled Rev on the Red Line. However, the group maintains its trademark equilibrium, pushing the limits on toughness yet retaining a diamond-in-the-rough smoothness that allows the bands hummable choruses and winding hooks to take hold.
Moreover, the band expands its use of synthesizers to wonderful effect. The smash title track, through which mesmerizing keyboard passages coarse, is a prime example of Foreigners slight albeit thrilling sonic evolution, the net result upping the drama, fanfare, and color. At the time, the combination was a breakthrough idea. Is it any wonder Head Games sold more than 5 million copies?
None, however, sound anywhere near as lifelike, involving, and rich as Mobile Fidelitys remaster. Part of the reason why late 70s arena rock remains beloved, and why its so fun, owes to the go-for-broke nature of the arrangements, decibel-clearing volume levels, and free license to just let loose. By digging in and revealing all the musical information the master tapes provide, Mobile Fidelitys analog 180g LP amplifies the pleasure principle by tenfold!
Track Listing:
1. Dirty White Boy
2. Love on the Telephone
3. Women
4. I'll Get Even with You
5. Seventeen
6. Head Games
7. The Modern Day
8. Blinded by Science
9. Do What You Like
10. Rev on the Red Line
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This Is Our Science (Pre-Order)
Astronautalis
$14.99
Vinyl LP - Sealed
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The sounds and styles on Astronautalis' albums are an animal not so easily caged, and his latest release, This Is Our Science is no exception to that tradition of wild genre bending. Features Tegan Quinn (Tegan & Sara), Radical Face, (Electric President), members of Midlake & The Riverboat Gamblers all waltzing in time to the work of P.O.S. (Rhymesayers), Alias (Anticon/Sage Francis), Cecil Otter (Wugazi), Lazerbeak (Doomtree), and more of indie hip-hop's finest.
Track Listing:
1. The River, The Woods
2. This Is Our Science (feat. Isaiah Toothtaker and P.O.S.)
3. Thomas Jefferson (feat. Sims and Mike Wiebe)
4. Measure the Globe
5. Dimitri Mendeleev
6. Midday Moon
7. Contrails (feat. Tegan Quin)
8. Holy Water
9. Secrets on Our Lips
10. Life the Curse
11. One for the Money
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The Light Of A Golden Day, The Arms Of The Night (Pre-Order)
Douglas Armour
$14.99
Vinyl LP - Sealed
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The Light Of A Golden Day, The Arms Of The Night is the debut LP from Los Angeles located Douglas Armour. The album finds the artist expertly blending our favorite poptones from days past to create a hyper-literate pastiche thats equal parts nostalgia and forward-thinking. Echoing its title, the LP has a structure that plays off binary oppositions to create one of the most varied pop albums weve heard in a long time.
The first movement is defined by crunchy, danceable house beats that provide a sonic bedrock for the lush bubblegum harmonies that Armour never lets us down with. Tight basslines merge with drum machines and are colored with cloudy synthesizer passages and crystal-clear guitar lines to perfectly compliment the vocal melodies. Fall Apart Again is reminiscent of a West Coast version of Hot Chip, even breezier and sunnier with less irony and more hooks. Trembling, On the Verge adds to the formula by going back even further and ending up sounding like Hall & Oats with access to todays equipment.
The second movement finds Armour in a more reflective state-of-mind with gritty electronics swapped for warm Wurlitzer tones, shimmering Southern California guitars and a subtle yet effective alt-country slant that provides a stunning contrast to the records first half. As Bright as the Stars is a little bit folk and the poppy hook is unavoidable. Also included here is the Prince of Wands, a carryover from Armours 7-inch which has been a DJ staple in New York for almost a year now. And, finally,
The Light Of A Golden Day, The Arms Of The Night concludes with The Mystery, It Never Lasts, a finely crafted acoustic closer that finds the singer repeatedly calling out for Los Angeles in beautiful, angelic harmonies remeniscient of the late Elliott Smith.
Great lyrics, tight arrangements and lush instrumentation allow Armour to play with genre expectations on his own terms here, creating a blended concoction that feels like an old friend has come to visit and the bond is new again.
Track Listing:
1. Not An(other) Unlove Song
2. Fall Apart Again
3. Towards The Light
4. Trembling On The Verge
5. Flushed And Flamelike Themselves
6. Something Sweet
7. The Whole World
8. As Bright As The Stars
9. Prince Of Wands
10. The Mystery, It Never Lasts
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Mack The Knife (Pre-Order)
Ella Fitzgerald
$59.99
180 Gram Audiophile Virgin Vinyl 45 RPM LP - 2 LPs Sealed
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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.
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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
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Who's Breathing? (Pre-Order)
Ryan Driver
$21.99
Vinyl LP - Sealed
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With his new album Who's Breathing?, Ryan Driver showcases some of his new songs which, not unlike the drink that's named after him, are both eclectic and sweetly intoxicating. The first half is a top-heavy, bleary-eyed amble through the metaphysical country moves made familiar through his work in The Silt. Central to these songs is Ryan's heady, almost surrealist lyrics, which traipse commonplace folk themes on the slant and uneven ground of a funhouse.
Hear his way with a turn of phrase demonstrates its dexterity amid slinking caterpillar accompaniments (including a rest stop-style pedal steel and even an English horn pilfered from the AM waves). The second half assumes the mentalist lounge approach, that particular sound not unfamiliar to those who attend the monthly Ryan Driver Quartet appearances at the Tranzac bar in Toronto.
Track Listing:
1. Dead End Street
2. Am I Still Too Late?
3. Everything Must Spin
4. Tell Me True
5. Blue Skies Dont Care
6. Its Tulip Season
7. Dont Want To Leave You Without You
8. Whether They Like It Or Not
9. When Now Turns To Never
10. On A Beautiful Night Like Tomorrow
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Scott Matthew (Pre-Order)
Scott Matthew
$25.99
180 Gram Audiophile Vigin Vinyl LP + 7 - Sealed
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Scott Matthew is best known for his work on the John Cameron Mitchell (Hedwig & the Angry Inch) film Shortbus (2006). Matthew wrote the theme song, In the End, (staged during the film in a long version by Tony-nominated performer Justin Bond), in addition to the songs Little Bird, Surgery and Upside Down performed in the film by Scott himself and featured on the soundtrack. For his debut album, in addition to seven original tracks, Scott arranged and recorded new versions of the songs used in Shortbus. Together with his producer Mike Skinner (not of The Streets) he arranges the instruments and stylistic devices with such a lightness and elegance, it seems as though the songs are falling accidentally through space and time. Classical string arrangements in Balladear, Habit and Abandoned are juxtaposed with minimalist ensembles like Little Bird and Upside Down where a ukulele supports his exceptional, soulful voice. This 180g gatefold vinyl version also contains a bonus 7 with the two unreleased tracks Language and For Dick.
Track Listing:
1. Amputee
2. Abandoned
3. Prescription
4. Ballad Dear
5. Little Bird
6. Laziest Lie
7. Upside down
8. Habit
9. In the End
10. Surgery
11. Market me to Children
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Desafinado (Pre-Order)
Coleman Hawkins
$59.99
180 Gram Audiophile Virgin Vinyl 45 RPM - 2 LPs Sealed
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Desafinado was Coleman Hawkins' excellent addition to the Bossa Nova craze of the early 1960s. The tenor-great recorded eight Bossa Nova and Jazz Samba tunes here with bass, two guitars, and three percussionists including a classic version of O Pato and a strong bossa reinterpretation of I'm Looking Over A Four Leaf Clover among others. Mastered by Bernie Grundman from the Original Analog Master Tapes and pressed on double 180g 45RPM vinyl. Only 1000 Numbered Limited Edition Copies!
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Track Listing:
1. Desafinado
2. I'm Looking Over a Four Leaf Closer (Jazz Samba)
3. Samba Para Bean
4. I Remember You
5. One Note Samba (Samba de Uma Nota So)
6. O Pato (The Duck)
7. Un Abraco No Bonfa (An Embrace to Bonfa)
8. Stumpy Bossa Nova
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Afro-Bossa (Pre-Order)
Duke Ellington
$29.99
180 Gram Audiophile Virgin Vinyl LP - Sealed
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In 1962, Duke Ellington's greatest creative achievements lay outside the realm of his orchestra in stunning small-group collaborations with Coleman Hawkins, John Coltrane, Charles Mingus and Max Roach. But 1963 would prove a different story from the first week of the year when he completed work on Afro-Bossa, which according to the late pianist and Ellington scholar Mark Tucker ranks among the best albums he ever made. The title is a bit of a misnomer as there is not a bossa nova or samba rhythm anywhere on the album. Instead it is a head-on fusion of Afro-Caribbean rhythms and pure blue-hued Duke.
Despite the inclusion of three older pieces (Absinthe, Pyramid and Eighth Veil), the album is a cohesive and startling vivid original 12-part suite. Johnny Hodges, Jimmy Hamilton, Paul Gonsalves, Ray Nance, Cootie Williams and Lawrence Brown are the principal soloists and each are in superb form here. The title tune, Caline (Silk Lace) and Pyramid found their way into the band's regular performance book and perhaps the greatest composition in the suite, Purple Gazelle became a favorite among other musicians. This is Ellington at his best when the compositions, the orchestra and the soloists fuse into a single element that brings rich, colorful music to life.
Track Listing:
1. Afro-Bossa
2. Purple Gazelle
3. Absinthe
4. Moonbow
5. Sempre Amore
6. Caline (Silk Lace)
7. Tigress
8. Angu
9. Volupte
10. Bonga
11. Pyramid
12. Eight Veil
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Introducing The 3 Sounds (Pre-Order)
The 3 Sounds
$49.99
180 Gram Audiophile Virgin Vinyl 45RPM LP - 2 LPs Sealed
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What's remarkable about Introducing The 3 Sounds is how the trio's lightly swinging sound arrived fully intact. From the basis of this album, it sounds as if pianist Gene Harris, bassist Andrew Simpkins and drummer William Dowdy have been playing together for years. There's empathetic, nearly intuitive interplay between the three musicians and Harris' deft style already sounds mature and entirely distinctive.
Bill Dowdy, drums
Gene Harris, piano, celeste
Andrew Simpkins, bass
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Track Listing:
1. Tenderly
2. Willow Weep for Me
3. Both Sides
4. It's Nice
5. O Sole Mio
6. Blue Bells
7. Goin' Home
8. Woody 'N You
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Davis Cup (Pre-Order)
Walter Davis Jr.
$49.99
180 Gram Audiophile Virgin Vinyl 45RPM LP - 2 LPs Sealed
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Although a Blue Note regular at the time on sessions by Donald Byrd, Art Blakey and others, Walter Davis made only one album for the label. With Byrd, Jackie McLean, Sam Jones and Art Taylor, he explores six of his finest compositions. Davis possessed the ability to write music that was funky and catchy, but still progressive, which explains why he was one of Art Blakey's favorite pianists and composers. Minor Mind, Make It and Millie's Delight are among the album's highlights.
Walter Davis Jr., piano
Donald Byrd, trumpet
Sam Jones, bass
Jackie McLean, alto saxophone
Art Taylor, drums
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Track Listing:
1. 'Smake It
2. Loodle-Lot
3. Sweetness
4. Rhumba Nhumba
5. Minor Mind
6. Millie's Delight
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Weapons Of Self Destruction (Pre-Order)
Robin Williams
$26.99
Vinyl LP - Sealed
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Robin Williams describes himself as a hairy comedian from California, but he is also an Academy Award-winner (best supporting actor for Good Will Hunting) and was nominated three other times as best actor for Good Morning Vietnam, Dead Poets Society and The Fisher King. In addition to the Academy Award, Robin Williams also won four Golden Globe Awards and four Grammys.
2009 was a year of ups, downs and second chances for Robin Williams. Now recovered from emergency heart surgery, the comedian, writer, Academy Award-winning actor and highly revered free spirit returned to HBO for his first solo TV concert since 2002. Robin first appeared on HBO more than three decades ago and he returned to HBO in December 2009 for a unique stand-up event from Washington, D.C. Taped at DAR Constitution Hall in November 2009, Weapons Of Self Destruction features the Oscar winner at one of the stops on his sold-out national tour.
In his performance, Williams covers such topics as global warming, sex and politics, the state of health care in the country (suggesting a cash for clunkers program for elderly relatives), drugs recreational and otherwise, and more personal topics, including his recentheart sugery. Weapons Of Self Destruction was written by Robin Williams and produced and directed by Marty Callner, whose previous HBO credits include comedy specials starring WIll Ferrell, Chris Rock, Jerry Seinfeld and George Carlin.
Track Listing:
1. Whats Up DC?!? Chicago/Rio Olympics
2. Fires Weed and the Weather
3. Hybrids and Animals
4. Healthcare and Heart Surgery
5. Bush, Cheney, and the Obamas
6. Sarah Palin, The Clintons, and Jack
7. Arnold, The Economy and Alternative Fuels
8. Technology
9. The Summer Olympics and Athletics
10. Drugs, Alcoholism and More Drugs
11. Religion and Marriage
12. Intelligent Design
13. Porn
14. A Touching Tribute
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Something Else - Deluxe Edition (Pre-Order)
The Kinks
$34.99
Vinyl LP - 2 LPs Sealed
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Track Listing:
Record 1
Side 1
David Watts
Death Of A Clown
Two Sisters
No Return Mono Album Version
Harry Rag Mono Album Version
Tin Soldier Man Mono Album Version
Situation Vacant Mono Album Version
Side 2
Love Me Till The Sun Shines Mono Album Version
Lazy Old Sun Mono Album Version
Afternoon Tea Mono Album Version
Funny Face Mono Album Version
End Of The Season
Waterloo Sunset Mono Album Version
Record 2
Side 1
David Watts Stereo Album Version
Death Of A Clown Stereo Album Version
Two Sisters Stereo Album Version
No Return
Harry Rag
Tin Soldier Man
Situation Vacant
Side 2
Love Me Till The Sun Shines
Lazy Old Sun
Afternoon Tea
Funny Face
End Of The Season Stereo Album Version
Waterloo Sunset
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The Village Green Preservation Society - Deluxe Edition (Pre-Order)
The Kinks
$34.99
Vinyl LP - 2 LPs Sealed
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Track Listing:
1. The Village Green Preservation Society
2. Do You Remember Walter
3. Picture Book
4. Johnny Thunder
5. Last Of The Steam Powered Trains
6. Big Sky
7. Sitting By The Riverside
1. Animal Farm
2. Village Green
3. Starstruck
4. Phenomenal Cat
5. All Of My Friends Were There
6. Wicked Annabella
7. Monica
8. People Take Pictures Of Each Other
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The Psychedelic Sounds of the Sonic Cathedral (Pre-Order)
Various Artists
$34.99
Colored Vinyl LP - Sealed
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Limited Edition Yellow Vinyl Import!
Yellow vinyl pressing of a tribute to Roky Erickson and The 13th Floor Elevators composed by various artists. The Psychedelic Sounds Of The Sonic Cathedral includes 13 tracks recorded especially for the album, featuring Dead Meadow, A Place To Bury Strangers, The Black Angels, Darker My Love, Sarabeth Tucek and Le Volume Courbe among others. Comes with an LP-sized print.
Track Listing:
1. Roller Coaster - Roky Erickson & The Black Angels
2. Reverberation (Doubt) - The Strange Attractors
3. Dont Fall Down - All The Saints
4. Tried To Hide - A Place To Bury Strangers
5. Kingdom Of Heaven - Dead Meadow
6. She Lives (In A Time Of Her Own) - Darker My Love
7. Splash 1 (Now Im Home) - Sarabeth Tucek
8. Fire Engine - Lower Heaven
9. Dr Doom - Hush Arbors
10. You Dont Love Me Yet - Cheval Sombre (featuring Sonic Boom)
11. I Love The Living You - Le Volume Courbe (featuring Kevin Shields)
12. Unforced Peace - Black Acid
13. Goodbye Sweet Dreams - I Break Horses
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The Clash (Pre-Order)
The Clash
$24.99
180 Gram Audiophile Virgin Vinyl LP - Sealed
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A youthful ambition bursts through the Clashs debut, a machine-gun blast of songs about unemployment, race, and the Clash themselves. The eternal punk album, it is a blueprint for all punk bands that followed.
Features:
High quality 180g Audiophile Vinyl
Replication of Original Artwork
Bonus 7" 45rpm disc with 2 Tracks
Track Listing:
1. Clash City Rockers
2. I'm So Bored With The USA
3. Remote Control
4. Complete Control
5. White Riot
6. White Man In Hammersmith
7. Palais
8. London's Burning
9. I Fought The Law
10. Janie Jones
11. Career Opportunities
12. What's My Name
13. Hate & War
14. Police & Thieves
15. Jail Guitar Doors
16. Garageland
Bonus 7":
1. Gates of the West
2. Groovy Times
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The Mahler Project Symphonies 1-9 (Pre-Order)
Michael Tilson Thomas
$749.99
180 Gram Audiophile Virgin Vinyl LP Box Set + 7'' Vinyl LP - 22 LPs Sealed
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The Deluxe 22-LP set is the capstone of the seven time Grammy® winning and five star Diâpason dOr Mahler Cycle recorded live at Davies Symphony Hall from 2001-2009. The series, released in individual installments on Hybrid SACD, was a commercial success and was lauded with critical acclaim. This one-time only offer will be pressed only once and limited to 1000 individually numbered sets.
Bonus 7" 45rpm Disc: An intimate performance of the Rückert Lieder sung by Susan Graham with Michael Tilson Thomas on piano. Exclusively available in the Ultimate Mahler Collection. Not sold individually.
Features:
Limited to 1000 sets
Numbered
22 180g vinyl LPs, each housed in luxuriously designed, separate jackets
Bonus 7" 45rpm disc of Rückert Lieder by Susan Graham & Michael Tilson Thomas exclusive to this box set
Mastered by Kevin Gray at AcousTech Mastering
Hardbound book with extensive liner notes, bios and texts in three languages, plus archival photographs
Special outer shipping box for extra protection
Over 18 hours of music
Musicians:
Isabel Bayrakdarian, soprano
Laura Claycomb, soprano
Michelle DeYoung, mezzo-soprano
Susan Graham, mezzo-soprano
Anthony Dean Griffey, tenor
Thomas Hampson, baritone
Elza van den Heever, soprano
Katarina Karneus, mezzo-soprano
Quinn Kelsey, baritone
Sergei Leiferkus, baritone
Lorraine Hunt Lieberson, mezzo-soprano
James Morris, bass-baritone
Thomas Moser, tenor
Yvonne Naef, mezzo-soprano
Marina Shaguch, soprano
Stuart Skelton, tenor
Erin Wall, soprano
San Francisco Symphony Chorus
Pacific Boychoir
San Franciso Girls Chorus
San Francisco Symphony
Michael Tilson Thomas, director
Selections:
Gustav Mahler (1860-1911)
1. Symphony No. 1
2. Symphony No. 2
3. Symphony No. 3
4. Symphony No. 4
5. Symphony No. 5
6. Symphony No. 6
7. Symphony No. 7
8. Symphony No. 8
9. Symphony No. 9
10. Adagio from Symphony No. 10
11. Kindertotenlieder
12. Das klagende Lied
13. Das Lied von der Erde
14. Songs with Orchestra
15. Lieder eines fahrenden Gesellen
16. Rückert -Lieder
17. Selections from Des Knaben Wunderhorn
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The Color (Pre-Order)
Yellowbirds
$15.99
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Yellowbirds is the moniker for the latest musical exploits of Sam Cohen (guitarist/songwriter/vocalist in the psychedelic collective Apollo Sunshine). Cohen grew up in Houston, Texas and while the Texas of his teens may have been home to Big Oil, Enron, the Bush family, and the drab grey Astros jerseys of the 90's, he prefers to think of it as the Texas of yore, home to Roy Orbison, Buddy Holly, the Space Program and rainbow orange Astros jerseys. It stands to reason, then, that his current home of New York City must be the mythical Empire City, Rocky Mountains of architecture, epicenter of modern art, home to Charles Mingus and The Velvet Underground.
It was with these timeless inspirations in mind that Cohen created The Color by Yellowbirds, his "solo" debut. Double-speed auto-harp glissandos, glowing backwards pedal-steel, bubbling echo and fuzz guitars coalesce into a warm wall of sound. As existential lyrical themes emerge, delivered nonchalantly over psyched-out aural landscapes, the picture emerges of a dust-blown, 4th dimensional Future West. This is Cohen's quixotic world where "only the purist tones can be heard."
Track Listing:
1. The Rest Of My Life
2. Rings In the Trees
3. Beneath the Reach Of Light
4. The Color II
5. The Honest Ocean
6. The Color
7. Pulaski Bridge
8. Our Good Days Are Gone
9. In Our World
10. Wagner, Max
11. The Reason
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Tea Time Favorites (Pre-Order)
Betty And The Werewolves
$17.99
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U.K. foursome Betty And The Werewolves' 2010 debut album which was preceded by the two promising singles "Euston Station" and "David Cassidy" Tea Time Favourites' 14 tracks feature a great mix of indie-pop and shouty punk-pop with great lyrics and boundless energy. Recorded at Onecat studios in Brixton.
Track Listing:
1. Euston Station
2. Paper Thin
3. Good as Gold
4. David Cassidy
5. Purple Eyes
6. The Party
7. Wind-Up
8. Francis
9. Heathcliff
10. Tu Veux Jouer
11. Should I go to Glasgow?
12. Werewolves
13. Plastic
14. Hyacinth Girl
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Portable Shrines: Magic Sound Theatre Volume 1 (Pre-Order)
Various Artists
$24.99
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Limited Edition of 1000 copies.
In early 2009, tired of being virtually the only two people in attendance at some of the most exciting rock shows to come through town, Seattle music fans Aubrey Nehring and Darlene Nordyke founded the Portable Shrines Collective, a DIY organization devoted to the promotion of psychedelic, garage, and experimental music. In addition to assembling local bills for nationally touring bands and providing custom projections and poster art, Portable Shrines currently hosts a bi-weekly DJ night, publishes a blog, and produces Escalator Fest, an annual multimedia happening bringing together bands, psych DJs, video artists, and enthusiastic crowds.
The collectives first compilationthe first ever Seattle-based comp of its kindPortable Shrines Magic Sound Theatre Vol. I is an exquisitely curated treasure trove of rare or exclusive tracks from eighteen of the most lucid acts currently working in the Pacific Northwest and beyond. The compilation features heavy hitters AFCGT and Kinski (Sub Pop), Eternal Tapestry (Thrill Jockey, Not Not Fun), Prince Rama (Paw Tracks), Master Musicians of Bukkake (Important Records) and Diminished Men (Abduction), as well as tracks by a host of up-and-coming Northwest psych acts including Night Beats, Purple Rhinestone Eagle, Midday Veil, This Blinding Light and Brother Raven, all of whom have performed at Escalator Fest or another Shrines-curated event.
Mastered by Mell Dettmer at Seattles Aleph Studios and pressed on virgin audiophile vinyl, Portable Shrines Magic Sound Theatre Vol. I is being issued in a limited vinyl-only run of 1000 pieces in gorgeous gatefold packaging featuring original artwork by collective members Aubrey Nehring, Emily Pothast and Steve Quenell.
Track Listing:
1. Circles - Geist and the Sacred Ensemble
2. Astro Fields - Plankton Wat
3. Shasta - Tiny Light
4. Oblong Trance - Diminished Men
5. Gotta Make Your Hands Work - To Get Her Together
6. Clock - AFCGT
7. Child of God - Midday Veil
8. Beast - Brother Raven
9. Chrome Forest - Eternal Tapestry
10. I am not invincible - Prince Rama
11. BAN A CHU - Master Musicians Of Bukkake
12. Mudra - Janina Angel Bath
13. The Lamb - Blood Red Dancers
14. Soul On Fire - This Blinding Light
15. Thorns - Night Beats
16. Burn It Down - Purple Rhinestone Eagle
17. _/\_ (revised) - A Story Of Rats
18. Whatever Happened to Madeleine Stowe - Kinski
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Classic Soundtracks (Pre-Order)
Spindrift
$20.99
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Spindrift's new full-length is a soon-to-be classic concept album collection of what the band has always done best and in vibrant rich recording sonics. Produced by Ethan Allen (Better than Ezra, Throwing Muses) and mastered by the legendary Howie Weinberg (Nirvana, Smashing Pumpkins), Classic Soundtracks pushes the band's penchant for experimentation even further and with stellar results.
Track Listing:
1. Japexico
2. Space Vixens Theme
3. Hellbound
4. Theme From Confusion Range
5. Shadytown
6. When I Was Free
7. Theme From Ghost Patrol
8. Legend of the Widower Colby Wallace
9. Devil With A Gun
10. Theme From Amboy
11. Roundup
12. Showdown
13. Theme From Drifter's Pass
14. Red Reflection
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Buhloone Mindstate (Pre-Order)
De La Soul
$18.99
180 Gram Audiophile Virgin Vinyl LP - Sealed
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The third and final De La Soul album to be produced by the legendary Prince Paul, Buhloone Mindstate features many guests including Guru from Gangstarr, Biz Markie and Maceo Parker. An all-time hip-hop classic back in print on vinyl for the first time since its original release. Here on 180 gram vinyl in a deluxe tip-on jacket.
Track Listing:
1. Intro
2. Eye Patch
3. En Focus
4. Patti Dooke
5. I Be Blowin'
6. Long Island Wildin'
7. Ego Trippin' (Part Two)
8. Paul's Revenge
9. 3 Days Later
10. Area
11. I Am I Be
12. In The Woods
13. Breakadawn
14. Dave Has A Problem...Seriously
15. Stone Age
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Race Riot Suite (Pre-Order)
Jacob Fred Jazz Odyssey
$17.99
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For its 21st album, Jacob Fred Jazz Odyssey reaches into the dark annals of its hometown's history and emerges with the masterwork: Race Riot Suite. Written, arranged and orchestrated by the band's lap steel guitarist Chris Combs, the album is a long-form conceptual piece that tells the devastating story of the 1921 Tulsa race-riot, a real estate driven enthnocide occurring under the guise of citizen dispenesed justice.
The oil elite, civic government and local press colluded to take advantage of a racially tense climate in Jim Crow-era Oklahama, resulting in the death of hundreds of black Tulsans and the destruction of the entire Greenwood city district. As the recording unfolds, JFJO finds light amid the darkness, offering a musical prayer for its city to never again repeat the tragic mistakes of its past. Race Riot Suite is the latest in a long lineage of jazz albums that have brought awareness to civil rights issues, including those by Charles Mingus, Duke Ellington and Max Roach.
Track Listing:
1. Prelude
2. Black Wall Street
3. The Burning
4. First Prayer
5. Mt. Zion
6. Lost In The Battle For Greenwood
7. Second Prayer
8. Grandfather's Gun
9. Cover Up
10. Third Prayer
11. Eye of the Dove
12. Last Prayer
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Honkey Kong (Pre-Order)
Boots Electric
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After creating three albums of dirty and danceable garage rock anthems, Hollywood's favorite son and Eagle of Death Metal frontman, Jesse 'The Devil' Hughes, is unveiling his solo debut as Boots Electric. Titled, Honkey Kong, the album is being released courtesy of Dangerbird Records (Fitz and The Tantrums, Silversun Pickups, Minus the Bear).
Honkey Kong was produced by Tony Hoffer (Beck, Depeche Mode, The Kooks) and was co-written with legendary keyboardist Money Mark, best known for his many collaborations with the Beasties Boys.
Track Listing:
1. Complexity
2. I Love You All The Thyme
3. Boots Electric Theme
4. Dreams Tonight
5. No Fun
6. Oh Girl
7. Speed Demon
8. Youll Be Sorry
9. Trippy Blob
10. Swallowed by the Night
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DMZ (Pre-Order)
DMZ
$18.99
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Originally released in 1978 on Sire Records, DMZ's first and only LP never really fit into the punk/new-wave mold that was forced upon it. These 5 shaggy haired dudes from Boston were more interested in the Sonics than the Sex Pistols and their goal, as stated by frontman Jeff "Mono Man" Conolly was "fusing the sound of the Chocolate Watchband and The Stooges."
Produced by Flo & Eddie, of The Turtles' fame, this album was much maligned at the time but has come to be accepted as a classic record that helped jump start the ongoing garage-rock revival that began in the '80s. Reissued on 180 gram vinyl and available in the LP format for the first time since its initial release.
Track Listing:
1. Mighty Idy
2. Bad Attitude
3. Watch For Me Girl
4. Cinderella
5. Don't Jump Me Mother
6. Destroyer
7. Baby Boom
8. Out Of Our Tree
9. Border Line
10. Do Not Enter
11. From Home
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The Transcendental Waterfall (Pre-Order)
John Fahey
$124.99
180 Gram Audiophile Virgin Vinyl LP - 6 LPs Sealed
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The Transcendental Waterfall: Guitar Excursions 1959-1967 is a 6-LP box set drawing from John Faheys best, and most influential, period. Included in the set are Blind Joe Death, Death Chants, Breakdowns, And Military Waltzes, The Dance of Death and Other Plantation Favorites, The Great San Bernardino Birthday Party, The Transfiguration of Blind Joe Death, and Days Have Gone By, all reissued on 180 gram vinyl with deluxe tip-on jackets.
Also included are a t-shirt, poster, and a postcard, all of which are housed in a deluxe box with stunning graphic design. An amazing package featuring some of the most important guitar solo recordings of the 20th century.
Track Listing:
Blind Joe Death
1. West Coast Blues (Blind Blake)
2. St. Louise Blues (W.C. Handy)
3. I'm A Poor Boy A Long Way From Home (Barbecue Bob)
4. Uncloudy Day (Josiah Kelley Alwood)
5. John Henry (Traditional)
6. In Christ There Is No East or West (Episcopal Hymn)
7. The Transcendental Waterfall
8. Desperate Man Blues
9. Sun Gonna Shine In My Back Door Someday Blues
10. Sligo River Blues
11. On Doing AN Evil Deed Blues
Death Chants, Breakdowns and Military Waltzes
1. Sunflower River Blues
2. When the Springtime Comes Again
3. Stomping Tonight On the Pennsylvania/Alabama Border
4. Some Summer Day
5. On the Beach at Waikiki
6. Spanish Dance
7. The Downfall of the Adelphi Rolling Grist Mill
8. John Henry Variations
9. Take A Look At That Baby
10. Dance of the Inhabitants of the Palace of King Phillip XIV
11. America
12. Episcopal Hymn
The Dance of Death and Other Plantation Favorites
1. Wine and Roses
2. How Long
3. On the Banks of the Owchita
4. Worried Blues
5. What the Sun Said
6. Revelation on the Banks of the Pawtuxent
7. Poor Boy
8. Variations on the Coocoo
9. The Last Steam Engine Train
10. Give Me Corn Bread When I'm Hungry
11. Dance of Death
The Great San Bernardino Birthday Party
1. The Great San Bernardino Birthday Party
2. Knott's Berry Farm Molly
3. Will the Circle Be Unbroken (traditional)
4. Guitar Excursions Into the Unknown
5. 900 Miles (traditional)
6. Sail Away Ladies (traditional)
7. Oh Come, Oh Come Emanuel (traditional)
The Transfiguration of Blind Joe Death
1. Beautiful Linda Getchell
2. Orinda-Moraga
3. I Am the Resurrection
4. On the Sunny Side of the Ocean
5. Tell Her to Come Back Home
6. My Station Will Be Changed After Awhile
7. 101 Is A Hard Road to Travel
8. How Green Was My Valley
9. Bicycle Built For Two
10. The Death of the Clayton Peacock
11. Brenda's Blues
12. Old Southern Medley
13. Come Back Baby
14. Poor Boy
15. Saint Patrick's Hymn
Days Have Gone By
1. The Revolt of the Dyke Brigade
2. Impressions of Susan
3. Joe Kirby Blues
4. Night Train of Valhalla
5. The Portland Cement Factory
6. A Raga Called Pat, Pt. 1
7. A Raga Called Pat, Pt. 2
8. My Shepherd Will Supply My Needs
9. My Grandfather's Clock
10. Days Have Gone By
11. We Would Be Building (Sibelius)
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Amazing Graces / Hold Back Time (Pre-Order)
Van Dyke Parks
$10.99
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The 3rd single in the series: "Hold Back Time" is a love song while "Amazing Graces" is an orchestral variation on a hymn. Both front and back sleeve art are photos of two life-size Van Dyke Parks statues by sculptor Charles Ray.
Track Listing:
1. Amazing Graces
2. Hold Back Time
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Two Fingers (Pre-Order)
Two Fingers
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Two Fingers are Brazilian beat adventurer pioneer Amon Tobin and Joe Doubleclick Chapman. The pair met when Tobin lived in Brighton and bonded over an interest in music that ran way beyond the boundaries of electronica. Together in Montreal, they applied production techniques associated with U.K. styles such as drum & bass to the template of hip hop. U.K. artist, Sway was so taken with what they were doing, he flew straight out to Montreal and recorded seven tracks with them. The remaining rhythms were voiced by some time Missy protege Ms. Jade and dancehall legend Ce'Cile. The result is a project unlike anything that any of the three main players has ever made before. It is a unique, utterly uncompromising, brutal and beautiful record that could only have grown out of the U.K. and the internationalism of those involved.
Track Listing:
1. Straw Men
2. What You Know
3. Better Get That
4. Two Fingers
5. That Girl
6. Keman Rhythm
7. Jewels and Gems
8. Bad Girl
9. High Life
10. Doing My Job
11. Not Perfect
12. Moth Rhythm
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Dangerously In Love (Pre-Order)
Beyonce
$39.99
180 Gram Audiophile Virgin Vinyl LP - Sealed
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Import
Remastered
Track Listing:
1. Crazy In Love
2. Naughty Girl
3. Baby Boy
4. Hip Hop Star
5. Be With You
6. Me, Myself And I
7. Yes
8. Signs
9. Speechless
10. That's How You Like It
11. The Closer I Get To You
12. Dangerously In Love 2
13. Beyoncé Interlude
14. Gift From Virgo
15. Daddy
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Sonny's Crib (Pre-Order)
Sonny Clark
$49.99
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Another of the famous 1500 series Rudy Van Gelder Blue Note recordings and part of the Classic Blue Note Signature LP reissue series transferred from the original mono master tapes and cut on Classics all-tube mono cutting system by Bernie Grundman. Sonny Clark is joined by Donald Byrd, Curtis Fuller, Paul Chambers, Art Taylor and special guest John Coltrane.
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Track Listing:
1. Sonny's Crib
2. Speak Low
3. With A Song In My Heart
4. Come Rain Or Come Shine
5. News For Lulu
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The House (Pre-Order)
Katie Melua
$34.99
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The House is British singer/songwriter Katie Melua's fourth studio LP, and her first without long time producer Mike Batt. The album features production instead from William Orbit, most famous for his work with Blur and Madonna, as well as his numerous dance remixes. The album is highlighted by the single "The Flood," which was written with Robbie Williams collaborator Guy Chambers.
Track Listing:
1. I'd Love To Kill You
2. The Flood
3. A Happy Place
4. A Moment Of Madness
5. Red Balloons
6. Tiny Alien
7. No Fear Of Heights
8. The One I Love Is Gone
9. Plague Of Love
10. God On The Drums, Devil On The Bass
11. Twisted
12. The House
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Alien Soundtracks (Pre-Order)
Chrome
$29.99
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180 Gram LP + printed inner with lyrics and bonus CD of the album.
1978's Alien Soundtracks was the second album by the sci-fi obsessed San Francisco experimental rock band, Chrome, formed in 1977 by Damon Edge. A brilliant combination of punk rock aesthetic, with Iggy-esque vocals, jangly guitar, primitive electronics, tape manipulation and sampling, this was also the first album to feature the mad guitar stylings of Helios Creed. Often credited as being the precursors to the industrial metal sound, the band are also akin to experimental punk/noise bands like Pere Ubu and Suicide. Featuring The Manifestation (Of The Idea) originally released simultaneously on the 1982 Chrome Box and on an Italian Chrome compilation, No Humans Allowed.
Track Listing:
Side 1:
1. Chromosome Damage
2. The Monitors
3. All Data Lost
4. SS Cygni
5. Nova Feedback
Side 2:
1. Pygmies in Zee Park
2. Slip It to the Android
3. Pharoah Chromium
4. ST 37
5. Magnetic Dwarf Reptile
6. The Manifestation (Of The Idea)(bonus)
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Half Machine Lip Moves (Pre-Order)
Chrome
$29.99
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180 Gram LP + printed inner with lyrics and bonus CD of the album.
When Chrome first came on the SF punk scene in the late seventies, they were
called acid punk, due to their penchant for both, but also because their music
came from a far-out placea place most people could only get to while in a
drug-altered state. The sci-fi obsessed Creed and Edge, however, claimed to
channel their music directly from the beyond, and when 1979‟s groundbreaking
Half Machine Lip Moves was releasedan angular and metallic sounding album
interspersed with electric violin, apocalyptic tape loops, moog, atonal droning distorted guitar and a wall of
metallic sounding percussionit certainly sounded that way. For the next five years Creed and Edge were a
force to be reckoned with, laying the groundwork for the industrial music scene and directly influencing
almost every guitar-toting punk ever since. Featuring three bonus tracks--Anti-Fade, I Left My Heart In
San Francisco and Meet You In The Subwaywhich originally appeared on the Subterranean Modern
compilation, released in 1979 on Ralph Records. The compilation featured these three tracks by Chrome,
along with 3 tracks by MX-80 Sound, Tuxedomoon and 4 by The Residents.
Track Listing:
Side A:
1. T.V. As Eyes
2. Zombie Warfare
3. March Of The Chrome Police (A Cold Clamey Bombing)
4. You‟ve Been Duplicated
5. Mondo Anthem
6. Half Machine Lip Moves
SIDE B:
1. Abstract Nympho
2. Turned Around
3. Zero Time
4. Creature Eternal
5. Critical Mass
6. Anti-Fade (Bonus)
7. (I Left My Heart In) San Francisco (Bonus)
8. Meet You In The Subway (Bonus)
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Red Exposure (Pre-Order)
Chrome
$29.99
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180 Gram LP + printed inner with lyrics and bonus CD of the album.
Humans are the cancer of the planetall people have untapped psychic powers...acid is goodaliens existthese are just some of the ideas that the pioneering San Francisco band Chrome was grappling with in its music, labeled acid punk by the press in a desperate attempt to categorize them. Comparing them to everyone from Pere Ubu, to the Residents, to Devo, to Can, to Eno, the reality was that no one knew really knew where they fit inperhaps because they really were channeling their music from some distant alien planet. In fact, Chrome‟s founder, Damon Edge, described himself as having something he called clairaudient syndrome, a condition that allows you to hear something before it happensmeaning that he would first hear the music in his head, and then channel it onto tape. and perhaps that explains the music in this LP. For Chrome aficionados this album is more ambient and droning than previous albums, except for the Devo-esque Electric Chair- and one wonders if they didn‟t write this
song to poke fun at the band. Featuring three bonus tracks: In A Dream and Danger Zone both taken from their 1981 12 Inworlds single and Informations, taken from the b-side of their rare New Age 7 released in 1980.
Track Listing:
Side A:
1. New Age
2. RM.101
3. Eyes on Mars
4. Jonestown
5. Animal
6. Static Gravity
7. Eyes in the Center
Side B:
1. Electric Chair
2. Nights of the Earth
3. Isolation
4. In A Dream (Bonus)
5. Danger Zone (Bonus)
6. Informations (Bonus)
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Texas Flood (Pre-Order)
Stevie Ray Vaughan
$49.99
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The Best Stevie Ray Vaughan Has Ever Sounded in Analog
A debut seemingly sent from the musical heavens, Stevie Ray Vaughan and Double Trouble's Texas Flood announces the arrival of a truly special talent namely, the last major blues guitarist to emerge with a voice all his own, an immediately distinctive style, and a soulfulness that you feel inside the depths of your existence. Not for nothing was Vaughan frequently mentioned in the same breath as his closest musical cousin, Jimi Hendrix.
The proof is scattered throughout Texas Flood, which single-handedly resuscitated a genre that had long been dormant. Having spent more than half a year on the Billboard charts, the set pays homage to influences (Hendrix, Albert King, Larry Davis) and ripples with a freshness that joins contemporary Texas blues and muscular rock at the hip. Vaughan's playing is all about emotion and pace, whether he's lighting it up on the jumpy "Love Struck Baby" or bursting with enthusiasm on the sparks-shooting "Pride and Joy."
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Track Listing:
1. Love Struck Baby
2. Pride And Joy
3. Texas Flood
4. Tell Me
5. Testify
6. Rude Mood
7. Mary Had A Little Lamb
8. Dirty Pool
9. Im Cryin
10. Lenny
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4 (Pre-Order)
Foreigner
$29.99
180 Gram Audiophile Virgin Vinyl LP - Sealed
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Want to be a juke box hero? Heres your chance. Featuring Mutt Langes spotless production, contributions from Motown legend Junior Walker and new-wave icon Thomas Dolby, no less than three huge singles, and Foreigners most economical performances, 4 is classic-rock nirvana, a model of crystalline pop-rock melodies and lighter-flicking balladry. More than six million copies later, the 1981 record is still rightly discussed as a front-to-back masterpiece of precision, power, and economy. Its an album that demands to be experienced in the highest-possible fidelity.
Half-speed mastered from the original master tapes, Mobile Fidelitys 180g LP presents 4 in a room-filling, stadium-big sound that simply crushes whats heard on all prior versions. Replete with energetic rockers such as Urgent, Night Life, and Woman In Black, the record benefits from a sonic facelift that opens up the previously compressed dynamics, expands the dimensions of the soundstage, dials in a clear path to the instrumental images, and erases the ceiling that pressed down on Lou Gramms superhuman vocals. For the first time, Langes obsessive, detail-oriented production can be enjoyed in all its splendid glory.
Fresh off blockbuster success with AC/DCs Back In Black, Lange uses his magic touch on 4, pairing with guitarist Mick Jones who, armed with the best batch of riffs of his career, shared a the producers sentiment for discipline, efficiency, and cleanliness. And so, on crisp tunes like Break It Up, pianos and hard-hitting guitars share the same space without ever impinging on one another or overstepping boundaries. The winning formula also propels Top 5 hits like the wildly funky Urgent, sent to new heights by Walkers dazzling saxophone solo, and the touching Waiting for a Girl Like You, a crossover smash that introduced Foreigner to soft-rock and adult-pop audiences.
Simply stated, 4 has everything: Rowdy frustration-releasing cuts, fiery rock n roll tunes, heartfelt torch songs, and synth-drenched pop numbers. The playing throughout positively smokes, as the one-two punch of Gramm and Jones lands with both emotional and musical impact every time. There's not a single wasted note. And, reduced to a quartet, Foreigner seems bent on making more with less, just as Lange does with the polished production. This is 42 minutes of hard-rocking bliss.
Accept no substitute. Mobile Fidelitys collectible audiophile edition will rattle your walls and shake your windows. Be prepared to tap every reserve available from your amplifiers. And play it LOUD!
Track Listing:
1. Night Life
2. Juke Box Hero
3. Break It Up
4. Waiting for a Girl Like You
5. Luanne
6. Urgent
7. I'm Gonna Win
8. Woman in Black
9. Girl on the Moon
10. Don't Let Go
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A Virtual Landslide (Pre-Order)
Pete Molinari
$17.99
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Pete Molinari is a young country blues artist from the Medway Delta. He has just released his second album which was recorded with producer Liam Watson at Toe Rag Studios, and it really showcases Petes remarkable falsetto: you'll hear shades of Woody Guthrie, Jimmy Scott, Bob Dylan and Patsy Cline in a voice and a poetry that is entirely Molinari's own.
A Virtual Landslide features: the majestic "Sweet Louise" and the heartbreaking "Oh So Lonesome For You," both guided by the spirit of Roy Orbison; "There She Still Remains," a melancholy country-soul beauty complete with slide guitar from by BJ Cole that's reminiscent of '60's Nashville at its finest; the rockin country of "I Came Out Of The Wilderness" and "Goddamn Lonesome Blues"; the rollin freight train rhythms of "Adelaine"; the beautiful and wistful "One Stolen Moment"; the plaintive "Look What I Made Out Of My Head Ma"; the straight-up honesty of "I Dont Like The Man That I Am"; the Spanish-tinged "Dear Angelina"; and "Lest We Forget," a traditional lament to those lost in World War I.
Track Listing:
1. I Came Out Of The Wilderness
2. Oh So Lonesome For You
3. Adelaine
4. One Stolen Moment
5. There She Still Remains
6. Hallelujah Blues
7. Look What I Made Out Of My Head Ma
8. God Damn Lonesome Blues
9. I Don't Like The Man I Am
10. Sweet Louise
11. Dear Angelina
12. Lest We Forget
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Rick Braun Sings With Strings (Pre-Order)
Rick Braun
$22.99
180 Gram Audiophile Virgin Vinyl LP - Sealed
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Rick Braun can sing, his fans will attest to that, though he has not done to date a full vocal release or even hinted at a recording of this depth and magnitude until now. Boasting a glorious repertoire, superb orchestration and an underlying ambiance that may evince a smile from the spirits of Frank Sinatra, Chet Baker and Nelson Riddle, all along with his warm-hearted flugelhorn throughout Rick's newest Artistry Music release.
This record dances around the definitions of adult pop and invites jazz fans as well as classical crossover lovers to the party, all the while demonstrating a first rate sensibility of how strings and singers truly work together with vibrant results. Sings With Strings also pays homage to the classics "Chet Baker Sings" and "Clifford Brown with Strings." in its title.
Track Listing:
1. Time After Time
2. I Didn't Know What Time It Was
3. Once Upon A Summertime
4. I Thought About You
5. It's Love
6. Lucky To Be Me
7. Say it
8. The Good Life
9. I've Never Been In Love Before
10. Plus Je T'Embrasse
11. The Things We Did Last Summer
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Returners (Pre-Order)
Ghost Inside
$19.99
Vinyl LP - Sealed
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After years of waiting and anticipation from their debut release, Fury And The Fallen Ones, The Ghost Inside answers the call with their new album Returners. The incredibly powerful and honest 11-song set is sure to cement the band's standing in the hardcore scene.
Track Listing:
1. Walk Away From The World
2. Greater Distance
3. Between The Lines
4. Unspoken
5. Overlooked
6. Chrono
7. The Conflict
8. Downbeat
9. The Returner
10. Through The Cracks
11. Truth and Temper
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Volume 1: Frozen Ropes and Dying Quails (Pre-Order)
The Baseball Project
$19.99
Vinyl LP - Sealed
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Rock n' roll vets Scott McCaughey (The Minus 5, R.E.M., Young Fresh Fellows) and Steve Wynn (The Dream Syndicate, Gutterball, Danny & Dusty, Miracle 3) have an unhealthy love for music undermined only by an even more unhealthy love of baseball. The compatriots blend their two passions with The Baseball Project Volume 1: Frozen Ropes and Dying Quails, an album of buzzing guitars and baseball back stories.
The heroes and villains of America's (in)famous pastime are explored with cutting wit and fanboy detail in songs that satisfy both the summer's need for rock anthems and sweltering afternoon double-headers. Drummer Linda Pitmon (Miracle 3, Golden Smog) and R.E.M.'s Peter Buck round out the squad, as they spin tales of ill-fated drinking binges ("The Yankee Flipper," "The Death of Big Ed Delahanty"), near mythical icons ("Ted Fucking Williams"), folk heroes ("Fernando," "Satchel Paige Said") and on "Gratitude (For Curt Flood)," the overlooked man who changed the game.
A passionately funny and sarcastically reverent commentary on the state of the sport, The Baseball Project provides a hip soundtrack to the backstage party at America's game
Track Listing:
1. Past Time
2. Ted Fucking Williams
3. Gratitude
4. Broken Man
5. Satchel Paige Said
6. Fernando
7. Long Before My Time
8. Jackie's Lament
9. Sometimes I Dream Of Willie Mays
10. The Death Of Big Ed Delahanty
11. Harvey Haddix
12. The Yankee Flipper
13. The Closer
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Mount Wittenberg Orca (Pre-Order)
Dirty Projectors & Bjork
$29.99
Vinyl LP - Sealed
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Mount Wittenberg Orca is the 7 song suite composed by David Longstreth for his band, Dirty Projectors, and Bjork. The suite was originally performed as one off benefit concert in 2009, but the work was so strong they got back together a year later to make this stunning recording.
Track Listing:
1. Ocean
2. On And Ever Onward
3. When The World Comes To An End
4. Beautiful Mother
5. Sharing Orb
6. No Embrace
7. All We Are
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The History Of The Grateful Dead Volume 1 (Bear's Choice) (Pre-Order)
Grateful Dead
$29.99
180 Gram Audiophile Virgin Vinyl LP - Sealed
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Limited & Numbered to 4000
Remastered by Kevin Gray
The Dead's last album for Warner Brothers. A single LP of acoustic and electric material from the shows on February 13 and 14, 1970 at the Fillmore East.
''...the songs are well-executed and the music harkens back to the band's blues-based roots"
''This is what the Grateful Dead sounded like at the close of the 1960's and the dawn of the 1970's''
History Of The Grateful Dead, Volume One (Bear's Choice) consists of selections from two magnificent moments in the band's history, February 13-14, 1970 a the Fillmore East in New York City at a time they were still making the transition from acidic to countrified music and their live performances included tunes from every corner of the American pop songbook. This 1973 release is the ninth album and the fourth live album by Grateful Dead and was compiled as a tribute to Ron ''Pigpen'' McKernan, the band's original keyboard player and blues aficionado, who died while the album was being prepared. The ''Bear'' of the title is Owsley Stanley, underground chemist turned Dead sound man. The album was recorded and produced by Stanley and fans often simply refer to the album as ''Bear's Choice''.
The set consists of seven songs, six of them covers. The first five songs are stripped down acoustic numbers with a nice bluesy feel to them. The album's sole original composition, Jerry Garcia's ''Black Peter,'' is a masterfully executed beautiful tune that ends Side One. The second half of the record belongs to Pigpen and the last two tracks are stunning electric offerings - a 20-minute, crazy old truckin' blues cover of Howlin' Wolf's ''Smokestack Lightnin','' and Otis Redding's ''Hard To Handle'' is a classic Dead hustling shuffle- Garcia is at his best, the vocal cooks and the band is tight and quick weaving their collective R&B-influenced psychedelia.
The record peaked at #60 on Billboard 200 - it is perhaps the Dead's most rustic album. The band sounds genuinely informal, with impromptu stage chatter adding to the low-key ambiance... just like a bunch of guys hanging out and making great music.
Track Listing:
1. Katie Mae
2. Dark Hollow
3. I've Been All Around This World
4. Wake Up Little Susie
5. Black Peter
6. Smokestack Lightnin'
7. Hard To Handle
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Yes I'm Ready / Oh How It Hurts (Pre-Order)
Barbara Mason
$61.99
180 Gram Audiophile Virgin Vinyl LP - 2 LPs Sealed
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Yes, I'm Ready and Oh How It Hurts were Barbara Mason's two original mid-1960s Arctic LPs featuring 5 charting singles between them. They are separate LP's packaged in a plastic sleeve together on 180-gram vinyl and genuine stereo. Philly sweet soul got started here when producer Weldon Arthur McDougal III paid three violinists from the Philadelphia Orchestra $25 each to use their Stradivarius violins to overdub the core Philadelphia studio team of Ronnie Baker, Norman Harris and Earl Young. Captured here in perfect clarity and fidelity is their original magnificent sound.
Track Listing:
LP1 - Yes I'm Ready
1. Yes, Im' Ready
2. Come To Me
3. You Got What It Takes
4. Misty
5. Something You Got
6. Come See About Me
7. Sad Sad Girl
8. Got To Get You Off My Mind
9. Keep Him
10. Girls Have Feelings Too
11. Moon River
12. Trouble Child
LP2 - Oh How It Hurts
1. Oh, How It Hurts
2. Poor Girl In Trouble
3. I Need Love
4. You Can Depend On Me
5. I Do Love You
6. Game Of Love
7. Yes, I'm Ready
8. If You Don't
9. Is It Me
10. Forever
11. I Don't Want To Lose You
12. For Your Love
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The Percussion Record (Pre-Order)
The O-Zone Percussion Group
$49.99
180 Gram Audiophile Virgin Vinyl LP - Sealed
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From the group who brought you the marimba ensemble album, Whiplash. Featuring conductor Dr. Gary J. Olmstead, Carl Adams and James Rupp, Clearadaudio's 180g Import LP release of The Ozone Percussion Group's 8-song collection The Percussion Record features production by Peter Suchy and mastering by Bruce Leek.
Track Listing:
1. Jazz Variants
2. A Time for Jazz
3. Highlife
4. Atticus
5. Suite for Drumset
6. Conflict of Interest
7. Rondo Barock
8. La Bamba
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Street Of Dreams (Pre-Order)
Grant Green
$49.99
180 Gram Audiophile Virgin Vinyl 45 RPM LP - 2 LPs Sealed
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Remastered by Kevin Gray and Steve Hoffman from the Original Rudy Van Gelder Blue Note Master Tapes
The Definitive 45RPM Blue Note Reissue Series!
From 1961-65, Grant Green was everywhere, recording one classic after another. He could play everything: his soulful sound and expertise with single-note lines and melodic style made him a perfect fit for bop jams, stirring bop sessions, free explorations, Latin music and Swing sets. Green added funk and fire to soul jazz combos, trading explosive statements with powerful organists. On Street Of Dreams, he magically updates the classic soul Jazz style in a quartet with Larry Young, Bobby Hutcherson and Elvin Jones. The young all-stars all display highly individualized solo styles, filling the set with memorable surprises and plenty of heat. The four lengthy selections are highlighted by superb treatments of "Lazy Afternoon" and "I Wish You Love." Most of all, it is the interaction between the four unique giants that makes Street Of Dreams one of the great recordings of the early 1960s.
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Track Listing:
1. I Wish You Love
2. Lazy Afternoon
3. Street Of Dreams
4. Somewhere In The Night
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The Soul Of Ben Webster (Pre-Order)
Ben Webster
$49.99
180 Gram Audiophile Virgin Vinyl 45 RPM LP - 2 LPs Sealed
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A memorable 1958 set featuring the tenor stylings of the great Ben Webster and trumpeter Art Farmer.
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Track Listing:
1. Fajista
2. Cool Train
3. When I Fall In Love
4. Ev's Mad
5. Chelsea Bridge
6. Ash
7. Charlotte's Piccolo
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In Step (Pre-Order)
Stevie Ray Vaughan
$49.99
180 Gram Audiophile Virgin Vinyl 45 RPM LP - 2 LPs Sealed
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If for some strange reason someone had not heard of Stevie Ray Vaughan by the late 1980s, In Step changed that in a hurry. Fueled by a desire to make up for lost time and delight in his reawakened commitment to life, the Texas guitarist turned in what many consider his greatest artistic statement, an album ensconced in sweat, soul, determination, and not an ounce of filler.
The years leading up to In Step weren't kind to Vaughan. In terms of deserved critical praise, yes. And in terms of continually hitting giant artistic strides, certainly. But Vaughan became mired in a haze of whiskey and cocaine, getting sucked into a downward spiral that culminated with him collapsing on a London stage in 1986 and coming close to death. After checking himself in for treatment, embracing the 12-step program, and finally kicking his vices, Vaughan returned with a vengeance on In Step, the first record he made sober.
The results teem with intensity, passion and edge. Vaughan courageously delves into his personal scars on the semi-autobiographical Tightrope and Wall of Denial, confessionals that leave nothing to the imagination. A pair of instrumentals and several powerhouse covers round out an effort defined by Herculean consistency, songwriting and poignant honesty. That Vaughan was killed in a helicopter accident one year after its release only adds to the sense of urgency and bittersweet feeling, particularly since everything here serves to uplift.
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Track Listing:
1. The House Is Rockin'
2. Crossfire
3. Tightrope
4. Let Me Love You Baby
5. Leave My Girl Alone
6. Travis Walk
7. Wall of Denial
8. Scratch N Sniff
9. Live Me Darlin
10.Riviera Paradise
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Family Style (Pre-Order)
Stevie Ray Vaughan
$49.99
180 Gram Audiophile Virgin Vinyl 45 RPM LP - 2 LPs Sealed
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Stevie Ray Vaughan died in a helicopter crash on August 27, 1990, just short of seeing "Tick Tock," the first single from Family Style climb the charts, making the blues/rock hero an international superstar in the process. For Stevie Ray and his brother Jimmie, the record marks a spiritual reunion as both had reached sobriety prior to the album's New York City sessions.
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Track Listing:
1. Hard To Be
2. White Boots
3. DFW
4. Good Texan
5. Hillbillies From Outerspace
6. Long Way From Home
7. Tick Tock
8. Telephone Song
9. Baboom/Mama Said
10. Brothers
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The Sky Is Crying (Pre-Order)
Stevie Ray Vaughan
$49.99
180 Gram Audiophile Virgin Vinyl 45 RPM LP - 2 LPs Sealed
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Comprised of ten previously unreleased studio performances Stevie Ray Vaughan and Double Trouble cut between late 1984 and early 1989, The Sky Is Crying serves as the legendary guitarists unofficial fifth album as well as an homage to extraordinary musicians exceptional abilities as a musician, songwriter and interpreter. It also contains the tremendously moving Life By the Drop, the first-ever recorded take of Vaughan playing acoustic guitar. Few, if any, posthumous collections are more complete, satisfying, and revealing as this 1990 set.
When Vaughan was killed in a helicopter crash in August 1990, his brother, Jimmie, set to work on finding finished material that his younger sibling left in the vaults. To his surprise, there weren't many completed leftovers, save for the tracks on this set, which lent to the opinion that, in some way, Vaughan intended The Sky Is Crying to be an actual record. Nearly every song here had long found its way into the group's live sets, including the supremely soulful title track, bathed in Reese Wynan's warm organ accompaniment.
On the rarity Boot Hill, Vaughan plays the slide guitar, the very first time he's captured on record in this style. The song was left off of In Step due to its darker content. Vaughan's formative influences also get channeled here on a slow-burn version of Howlin' Wolf's May I Have a Talk With You, during which the Texan incorporates the lyrics of several blues standards into the narrative.
This title is not eligible for discount.
Track Listing:
1. Boot Hill
2. The Sky Is Crying
3. Empty Arms
4. Little Wing
5. Wham
6. May I Have a Talk With You
7. Close to You
8. Chitlins con Carne
9. So Excited
10. Life By the Drop
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Learning To Crawl (Pre-Order)
Pretenders
$29.99
180 Gram Audiophile Virgin Vinyl LP
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What is the sound of a fledgling band dealing with multiple tragedies, coming to terms with drastic changes, digging deep into its consciousness, finding resolution in hurt, and overcoming staggering odds to record a bonafide masterwork? It's the sound of every note that graces the Pretenders' Learning to Crawl. Still recognized as one of the most emotionally gripping and musically gutsy performances ever made, the smash 1984 album hasn't aged a day. And now, it sounds better than could ever be imagined.
Half-speed mastered from the original master tapes, Learning to Crawl finally possesses the combination of whisper-in-your-ear intimacy and nerve-checking toughness that it's always demanded on Mobile Fidelity's super-quiet analog LP. Leader Chrissie Hynde's voice is made viscerally apparent, wavering between vigorous determination and solemn reflection, while drummer Martin Chamber's punchy backbeats register with requisite punch. To say nothing of how fresh the effort's hit singles ("Middle of the Road," "Back on the Chain Gang") and incredible deep cuts sound.
The story behind Learning to Crawl is directly connected to the powerful, moving music within. After releasing two records that swept the world by storm (Pretenders and Pretenders II, the latter available on hybrid SACD from Mobile Fidelity), the group's fortunes reversed after guitarist James Honeyman-Scott was found dead of a drug overdose in 1982. Shortly thereafter, founding member Pete Fardon, fired just two days before his partner's death, also succumbed to an overdose, leaving the band's state in tatters. Would there still be a Pretenders?
Hynde answers this question with a resounding "yes" on Learning to Crawl, which still contains signs of the band's early, street-wise rawness but also adds new wrinkles, with more streamlined melodies, sensitive ballads, and reflective tones. "Back on the Chain Gang," the Pretenders' most commercially successful hit, functioned as a bittersweet tribute to her ex-mates while the Christmas-themed "2000 Miles" holds rank as one of the most effecting, penetrating love songs of Hynde's career. Throughout the record, the Pretenders are again one.
New guitarist Robbie McIntosh supplies simpler, bluesier, basic guitar lines and the foursome know how to all-out rock, with the furious "Middle of the Road" and socially conscious "My City Was Gone" testifying to a stinging, thrilling sensibility that can exist only because of the devastation that the band survived. Call it the rise of the phoenix or triumph of the human will, but any way you see it, Learning to Crawl occupies a rare territory--akin to the space referred to on the superb cover of "Thin Line Between Love and Hate"--that registers in the pits of the human soul.
Whether you've grown up with this album, heard it in college, or are just learning about it now, Mobile Fidelity's expertly mastered 180g LP version is the only analog edition worth owning. Hear Hynde and Co.'s cathartic, transcendent effort in all its full splendor, and, like the Pretenders, refuse to settle for less.
Track Listing:
1. Middle of the Road
2. Back on the Chain Gang
3. Time the Avenger
4. Watching the Clothes
5. Show Me
6. Thumbelina
7. My City Was Gone
8. Thin Line Between Love and Hate
9. I Hurt You
10. 2000 Miles
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Skull & Roses (Pre-Order)
Grateful Dead
$39.99
180 Gram Audiophile Virgin Vinyl LP - 2 LPs Sealed
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Numbered Limited Edition 180g 2LP Set
1971 Double Live Album Presents Legendary Bands Expansion Into Country Rock, Traditional Rock and Roll, and Roots Folk
Half-Speed Mastered from the Original Master Tapes: Ultra-Quiet Pressing Features Spacious, Transparent, Illuminating, and Organic Sound
Prototype Document of the Deads Second-Era Sound and Lineup: More Accessible, Concise, and Stripped-Down Performances
Includes Many Longtime Staples of the Bands Live Repertoire: Playing in the Band, The Other One, Me and My Uncle, Bertha, Wharf Rat, and More
Part of Mobile Fidelitys Amazing Grateful Dead Reissue Series: Live/Dead, From the Mars Hotel, Wake of the Flood, and In the Dark Also Available on 180g LP
The Grateful Dead took to the start of the 1970s as a different albeit equally thrilling and eminently broader-reaching band than the ensemble that revolutionized psychedelia in the late 1960s. Made evident in the back-to-back studio releases Workingmans Dead and American Beauty, the group increased its mastery of harmony-driven roots songs distinguished by catchy signatures, more concise arrangements, and impossibly organic textures. Captured live in spring 1971 and featuring not a single repeated song from Live/Dead, the expressive performances on Skull & Roses document this stylistic expansion in unsurpassed fashion. The double-LP constitutes the no-limits sound of an iconic band coming in to its own.
Half-speed mastered from the original master tapes with the utmost care, and part of the labels unprecedented Grateful Dead reissue series, Mobile Fidelitys numbered limited edition 180g 2LP version of Skull and Roses presents the downsized Dead lineups most memorable songs in previously unimaginable fidelity. From the moment Jerry Garcias guitar pick touches a string at the outset of the scampering Bertha, the improvements are palpable: Life-size images, airy vocals, subterranean bass lines, incredibly spacious separation, tube-amp warmth, faithful tones, and balanced dynamics lead a crystal clear path to the music and the Deads extraordinary collective spark.
Originally captured on a 16-track recorder, the songs brim with rarified levels of you-are-there realism and reach-out-and-touch immediacy. Notorious for its exacting sound demands, the Dead achieves the kind of instrumental and frequency-range transparency that many dedicated audiophiles spend their entire lives dreaming about. Skull and Roses is a kernel of sonic truth. Such is the pressings degree of detail and insight that listeners will be able to debate what gauge guitar strings the members are using as they savor every last breath, riff, and snare hit.
Thankfully, the bands perfectionist attitude toward sound doesnt literally transfer over to its music approach. Loose, lively, playful yet earthy, focused, and committed, the Dead crackles with boogie-based moxie, greasy soulfulness, and swaggering bravado, each note seemingly exploding like tiny pieces of magic that hover in the air and cast hypnotic spells. The groups embrace of leaner, tighter, more melodically incisive songs and the swaying rhythms that accompany the approach directly relate to two key lineup changes: the temporary departure of drummer Mickey Hart and permanent leave of keyboardist Tom Constanten. As a result, the Dead toured as a quintet, with Bill Kreutzmann the sole percussionist and Garcia, bassist Phil Lesh, guitarist/singer Bob Weir, and keyboardist/vocalist Ron Pigpen McKernan rounding out the barer-bone cast.
Not only do Garcia, Lesh, and Weir show tremendous growth as singers, the Dead as a whole further invest in folk, country, R&B, rock, and blues traditionsvia Garcias sweeter tones and Bakersfield picking, Weirs cowboy twang and increasingly confident counterpoints, Kreutzmanns hang-fire beats and scurrying grooves, Leshs weighty sway, McKernans foreshadowing spiritual timbres. Inspired covers of tunes by Merle Haggard (a frisky and defiant Mama Tried), Willie Dixon (the comfortably rumbling, boozy honky tonk Big Boss Man), Kris Kristofferson (the dusty, peaceable tale Me and Bobby McGee), Chuck Berry (a supercharged romping Johnny B. Goode), and Buddy Holly (Not Fade Away, segued into Goin Down the Road Feeling Bad) announce the Deads intent to make practically every style of contemporary American music their own, and in the processto paraphrase the great Bill Grahambe the only ones that did what they did.
A similar attitude informed the records genesis. The group originally lobbied to call the album Skullfuck before the record label, at an allegedly chaotic meeting at the infamous Hyatt Hotel, dissuaded the humorous ploy. While technically named Grateful Dead, the album is commonly known as Skull and Roses due to Alton Kelly and Stanley Mouses now-iconic cover art. Trivia buffs might know the latter is based on an illustration for an antique edition of the Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam.
The 1971 effort also has another huge claim to fame: It included the message DEAD FREAKS UNITE. Who are you? Where are you? How are you? Those simple lines, and the invitation to respond, created of the Deadhead subculture and biggest fan list in history, utterly pioneering the industry overnight.
Get it allthe dazzling graphics, dizzying performances, deft sonicsby ordering your prized collectable edition of Skull and Roses today!
Track Listing:
Side 1
1. Bertha
2. Mama Tried
3. Big Railroad Blues
4. Playing in the Band
Side 2
1. The Other One
Side 3
1. Me and My Uncle
2. Big Boss Man
3. Me and Bobby McGee
4. Johnny B. Goode
Side 4
1. Wharf Rat
2. Not Fade Away/Goin' Down The Road Feeling Bad
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From The Mars Hotel (Pre-Order)
Grateful Dead
$29.99
180 Gram Audiophile Virgin Vinyl LP - Sealed
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Numbered Limited Edition 180g LP from Mobile Fidelity
Wave That Flag: 1974 Set Spotlights Elementary Strengths of Each Member and Features U.S. Blues, Unbroken Chain, China Doll, Ship of Fools, and More
Half-Speed Mastered from the Original Master Tapes: New Pressing of Longtime Audiophile Favorite Boasts Dynamic, Clear, and Smooth Sound
Bassist Phil Leshs Finest Hour on a Dead Studio Record, Includes His Last Lead Vocal Performances for Decades
Part of Mobile Fidelitys Amazing Dead Reissue Series: Live/Dead, Skull and Roses, Wake of the Flood, and In the Dark Also Available on 180g LP
Welcome, friend. Youve just checked into the Mars Hotel. The Wall of Sound, the greatest PA system ever constructed, is freshly built and ready to go. Phil Lesh is busy experimenting with a low-frequency concept known as Earthquake Bass. Jerry Garcia is smiling, fresh from blaring a tongue-in-cheek anthem titled U.S. Blues thats both an irresistible rallying cry of pride and ironic commentary. And the Deads interplay continues to wow, peaking on Unbroken Chain, the most obvious example yet of the groups shared chemistry and individual talents. Yes, were certain youll enjoy your stay. In the lobby, youll find decoratively funky Scarlet Begonias. Do we need even mention that the music, performances, and sights now sound and look better than ever?
Half-speed mastered from the original master tapes with the utmost care, and part of the labels unprecedented Grateful Dead reissue series, Mobile Fidelitys numbered limited edition 180g LP of From the Mars Hotel is both an audiophile delight and Deadheads dream. Vastly improving upon the long-out-of-print 1980 MoFi version that currently commands upwards of $300 on the aftermarket, the new version takes advantage of enhancements to our cutting system, pressing process, and mastering gear. MoFis engineers have taken every precaution in perfecting the sound and feel of this classic.
Originally made in a modern facility dubbed Studio Aa large cinderblock room that Columbia Records specially outfitted for Simon and Garfunkel, who, ironically, split up before they could use itFrom the Mars Hotel was primarily recorded live to 16-track machines. After laying down the basic structures, a few overdubs were added, most notably in the form of John McFees rustic pedal-steel guitar accents on one track and Ned Lagins spacey synthesizer passages on another. Always prized for its superb fidelity, the effort possesses an uncanny sense of airiness around the vocals, brilliant microdynamics, excellent transients, reference-caliber balance, accessible tonalities, and most importantly, the distinctive sound of a real band playing in a defined space.
With Keith Godchauxs spry quick-finger piano notes adding a barroom blues feeling and wife Donna Godchauxs soaring background vocals bring up the rear, the Dead puts a vibrant spring into the step of contagious fare such as the rousing U.S. Blues, down-and-dirty funky soul of Loose Lucy, and slippery-grooved Money Money. These songs stand as some of the loosest black-inspired music the Dead composed. And why not? True to the eras burgeoning mix of soul, R&B, psychedelic, and dance, the collective places its own memorable stamp on the days popular fusion.
Yet From the Mars Hotel earns its stripes as a must-own album for Deadheads and normal listeners alike because of the manners in which the six band members communicate, bond, react, and create. Singing lead on the high country of Pride of Cucamonga and interlocking centerpiece Unbroken Chain while threading the records golden tapestries with silvery bass lines that cradle, shift, and anchor the arrangements, Lesh turns in one of the most heroic individual performances in history.
Each of his mates maximize their own techniques: Garcia lending equal doses of sincerity and salaciousness; Bob Weir hunting, pecking, and jabbing guitar phrases into the flux; drummer Billy Kreutzmann demonstrating jazz-like flair, flawless timing, and rhythmic wit. Its no wonder that many Deadheads, if forced to choose, would select Unbroken Chain as the premier example of third-era Dead interaction. Relatively concise, eminently soothing, and named for a crumbling hotel down the street from Studio A, From the Mars Hotel forever dispels the tired notions that the Dead never succeeded in the studio after leaving Warner Bros. and drifted aimlessly (the longest track here clocks in at a scant 6:45). Just try not to become addicted to the sound.
Book your reservation at the Mars Hotel by ordering the lowest-numbered copy available today. Youll check in and never want to leave.
Track Listing:
1. U.S. Blues
2. China Doll
3. Unbroken Chain
4. Loose Lucy
5. Scarlet Begonias
6. Pride of Cucamonga
7. Money Money
8. Ship of Fools
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In The Dark (Pre-Order)
Grateful Dead
$29.99
180 Gram Audiophile Virgin Vinyl LP - Sealed
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Numbered Limited Edition 180g LP from Mobile Fidelity
The Dead Will Survive: 1987 Album Gave Band New Lease on Life, Best Studio Effort in More Than a Decade
Half-Speed Mastered from the Original Master Tapes: Jerry Garcia and Bob Weirs Dynamic Magnified, Bluesy Riffs Properly Textured
In the Dark Contains Touch of Grey: Deads Only Top 40 Hit
Entire Album Boasts Continuity, Flow, and Cheer of a Memorable Live Show: After More Than a Decade, Group Finally Tallied Another Studio Masterwork
Part of Mobile Fidelitys Amazing Grateful Dead Reissue Series: Live/Dead, Skull and Roses, Wake of the Flood, and From the Mars Hotel Also Available on 180g LP
In the Dark will forever be known as the Grateful Dead record that propelled the iconic band into the mainstream conscious more than two decades after its career began. Thanks to undeniable hooks, sing-a-long refrains, and shrug-it-off sentiments on the survivalist anthem Touch of Grey, the Dead was exposed to new generations of listeners and, in the process, became celebrity figures that packed football stadiums with fans. But In the Dark remains significant for many other, more important reasonsJerry Garcias stunning recovery from a coma, Garcia and Bob Weirs compelling dynamic, and an impeccable batch of tunes. It also stands bar-none as the sextets finest output since 1975.
Half-speed mastered from the original master tapes and part of the labels unprecedented Grateful Dead reissue series, Mobile Fidelitys numbered limited edition 180g LP of In the Dark presents the Deads long-overdue breakthrough in attention-grabbing fidelity. Even in an era in which the most revered artists succumbed to the days prevailing sound (namely, slick textures and artificial keyboard-heavy production that evoked the feel of Saran-Wrap) the band remained obstinate in its allegiance to revealing fidelity. As it happened, the Dead recorded most of the record live onstage at Marin Civic Auditorium using the then-newly introduced Dolby SRa technology that permitted astounding instrumental separation, even when playing live. The groups inimitable blend now sounds better, more immediate, and natural than ever.
Everything including the clip-clop of cowbells, Mickey Hart and Billy Kreutzmanns rhythm-devil grooves, Phil Leshs supple bass lines, Garcias sweetened timbre, and Brent Mydlands pastel-shaded keyboard melodies converges into a delightfully balanced, animate entity. The music possesses tube-like warmth and glow, and the bands renewed vigor and, particularly, Garcias mellifluous guitar tones and rippling passages, come across with irresistible immediacy, heft, and vitality. Several effectsthe revving of a motorcycle engine, which moves with precise imaging across an extremely wide soundstage and various synthesizer interjections among themhighlight lyrical turns and add winking humor. In the Dark is a late-80s anomaly: A great and great-sounding rock album that isnt the least bit dated.
While theres no single secret behind the records success and its position as the greatest studio achievement of the Deads last two decades, In the Dark boils down to the essential ingredients of great songwriting and the kind of loose, spirited, frolicking chemistry that the sextet so often demonstrated onstage. Weir and Garcia engage in a friendly competition of gamesmanship. The rhythm guitarists cleverly cynical Hell In a Bucket is one of the toughest, nastiest songs in the Deads catalog; Throwing Stones, his image-laden treaty on greed, politics, responsibility, and the environment, benefits from a complex arrangement sent up with marching bridges and spidery guitar work.
For his part, Garcias haunting slow blues West L.A. Fadeaway makes room for Weirs skillful slide-guitar fills while the poignant, merciful reflection Black Muddy Riverdressed in gospel gowns and Biblical allusionscompletes the circle the Dead began back in the late 1960s when the group ended its marathon shows with the traditional spiritual And We Bid You Good Night. The white-bearded legend clearly has fun throughout, and, obviously energized by a second chance on life, pours his soul into the music.
Mydlands performance and presence aren't to be overlooked. Equipped with the vocal harmony potential of a choir of angels, his poignant backing singing on Black Muddy River aches with beauty. Similarly evocative, his lead on the hobo country-blues Tons of Steel evokes equal parts move-on sympathy and regrettable loss. It can be strongly argued that his piano lines and right-hand fills throughout constitute the most valuable the Dead ever received on a record. Chalk them up to an integral part of an album on which every star aligned, good fortune prevailed, and the Dead finally achieved the widespread recognition it had long been overdue.
The prototypical portrait of final-era Grateful Dead, In the Dark belongs in every record collection. Get your collectable copy today!
Track Listing:
1. Touch of Grey
2. Hell in a Bucket
3. When Push Comes to Shove
4. West L.A. Fadeaway
5. Tons of Steel
6. Throwing Stones
7. Black Muddy River
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Las Kellies
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Vinyl LP - Sealed
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There's only thing you can bank on when you're confronted with Las Kellies: to expect the unexpected. From the raw rock & roll of their 2007 debut Shaking Dog, described by the great Everett True as "entirely ace," to the Devo and ESG influenced sound of 2009's follow-up Kalimera, this Argentinian three-piece have carved out a reputation for ripping up the form-book, delving into their box of magic tricks and serving up something entirely different. And so it is again on their third album Kellies: whether it's embracing what they term as their "new sound" of groove-laden and irresistibly catchy post-punk or recruiting reggae legend Dennis Bovell to help in the studio, it's the sound of a band who always keep things fresh.
"Prince In Blue" kicks things of with its post-punk riffs and tongue-in-cheek barbs. Potential suitors, beware: no nice boys are ever going to capture these girls' hearts. "Keep The Horse," meanwhile, flippantly recounts the tale of a divvying up of marital assets and gossiping acquaintances over a nagging helter-skelter riff that's reminiscent of fellow South American's CSS. On "Bling Bling," they eye up your wallet size before considering romance, while "Erase You" is a series of stinging retorts to a former paramour.
Track Listing:
1. Prince In Blue
2. Keep The Horse
3. Bling Bling
4. Adwenture
5. Erase You
6. Bife Dos
7. Perro Rompebolas
8. Scotch Whisky
9. Hit If Off
10. Dance The Seance
11. Cous Cous
12. Totsunootoshigo
13. Um Dia No Brasil
14. Suffisant
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