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Various Artists - I Smell A Rat: Early Black Rock'n Roll Vol.2 1949-1959 - 2LP |
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Artist: Various Artists
Title: I Smell A Rat: Early Black Rock'n Roll Vol.2 1949-1959
Music: Rock & Roll
Format: LP
Label: Trikont
Description: Released On: 02 March 2010 - Info: Very Limited double vinyl pressing. - Details: After the overwhelming success of 'Roll Your Moneymaker' (US0392, 5* Uncut, 5* Independent), here is Volume 2 of 'Early Black Rock'n Roll # 2 1949-1959', compiled by: Jonathan Fischer. Long before Elvis rolled his pelvis, the Rolling Stones co-opted the Mississippi Blues and legions of white bands made their electrified guitars roar, black Blues, Gospel and Jazz artists had laid the cornerstone for the musical r... more >>> |
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Jackson, Wanda - Love Me Forever / Blues In My Heart - CD |
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Artist: Wanda Jackson
Title: Love Me Forever / Blues In My Heart
Music: Country / Country Rock
Format: CD
Label: T-bird
Description: Released on: 26 April 2010 - Although best known in Europe as the Queen Of Rockabilly, Wanda Jackson was a straight Country hit maker during the 60s and 70s. Her recording career bounced back and forth between country and rockabilly which she did by often putting one song in each style on each side of a single. These two Capitol albums released in 1963 and 1964 are both themed collections. The 1963 album, Love Me Forever being built naturally enough around love songs and the second Blues In M... more >>> |
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Lewis, Smiley - Mama Don't Like It! 1950-56 - CD |
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Artist: Smiley Lewis
Title: Mama Don't Like It! 1950-56
Music: Rhythm & Blues
Format: CD
Label: Revola Bandstand
Description: Released on: 05 April 2010 - Smiley Lewis hit New Orleans in his teens as a member of Tuts Washington's popular club combo. After a false start with a local label, Bartholemew got the booming-voiced guitar slinger in at Imperial Records, where Dave's other client Fats Domino was already gearing up for decades of hits. Lewis started his own run of hits almost from day one, building up to the timeless I Hear You Knocking, which no cover version from that day to this has ever really touched. Mas... more >>> |
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Various Artists - Message Soul: Politics - 2LP |
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Artist: Various Artists
Title: Message Soul: Politics
Music: Soul
Format: LP
Label: Trikont
Description: Released On: 02 March 2010 - Info: Nicely packaged with good notes - Details: A contemporary take on the sort of set you'd most likely expect to feature music from the Civil Rights era -- but which here comes from the Neo Soul underground of the past decade or so! The package does a really great job of getting past the hits, and focusing on the more righteous politics of the Neo Soul scene -- pulling out key album tracks from familiar artists, and reminding us that together, they've really ex... more >>> |
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Joe Tex - Singles A's & B's Vol 1 1960-1966 - CD |
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Artist: Joe Tex
Title: Singles A's & B's Vol 1 1960-1966
Music: Soul
Format: CD
Label: Shout
Description: Released on: 26 April 2010 - Shout! Records is delighted to present the first CD series to collate the singles recordings by Joe Tex from his hit years on the Dial label and their Atlantic licensee, chronologically sequenced, and featuring the A-side and B-side of each 45. On this, Volume One, covering the years 1964 to 1966. Joe was already a veteran of a decade of recordings on King, Ace and earlier Dial releases when producer Buddy Killen took him to Muscle Shoals, Alabama, in October 1964... more >>> |
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S'express - Original Soundtrack - CD |
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Artist: S'express
Title: Original Soundtrack
Music: RnB
Format: CD
Label: Cherry Pop
Description: Released on: 19 April 2010 - The eagerly awaited reissue of the classic S'Express 1989 album Original Soundtrack. S'Express were formed by DJ/Remixer Mark Moore and were one of the most successful exponents of the emergent Acid House scene. Assisted by Pascal Gabriel (Bomb The Bass) S'Express utilised the increasing use of samples and beats to create a sound that was both popular and fresh. Original Soundtrack is the high point of the band's commercial and creative output. The album peaked at... more >>> |
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Rota, Nino - Music For Federico Fellini - LP |
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Artist: Nino Rota
Title: Music For Federico Fellini
Music: Original Soundtracks
Format: LP Box Set
Label: Get Back
Description: Released On: 25 March 2010 - Info: 3LP limited edition box set (500 numbered copies) on colored vinyl with movie posters. - Details: La Dolce Vita, 8 ½ and Amarcord are three of Fellini's masterworks, and the films that have made him one of the most brilliant film directors of the 20th century. 1960's "La Dolce Vita", wasva film that broke with the tones of Neorealism to depict a lifestyle of excess and pleasure,winning Fellini international acclaim (while being eventually banned in Italy for... more >>> |
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Boswell Sisters - Thats How Rhythm Was Born - CD |
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Artist: Boswell Sisters
Title: Thats How Rhythm Was Born
Music: Easy Listening / Library
Format: CD
Label: Super-bird
Description: Released on: 26 April 2010 - Most music historians cite Bill Haley and The Comets as the father of rock and roll but In 1934 two full decades before Haley and others launched Rock and Roll onto Americas pop music charts The Boswell Sisters introduced a song titled Rock and Roll into the movie Transatlantic Merry-Go- Round charting in the bestsellers at number 7 far removed, of course, from the blues-derived rock that transformed pop music in the 1950s. The Boswell Sisters were innovative, dyn... more >>> |
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Lynch, Kenny - Nothing But The Real Thing - CD |
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Artist: Kenny Lynch
Title: Nothing But The Real Thing
Music: Easy Listening / Library
Format: CD
Label: RPM
Description: Released on: 05 April 2010 - Kenny Lynch has been at the heart of British showbusiness over 40 years. Whether hes acting, singing, performing comedy or songwriting, Kenny has always been central to the mechanism that makes British entertainment tick. With such an enviable range of talents, its no surprise that some aspects of his career have been overlooked. Nothing But The Real Thing is the first celebration of Kennys 1960s recordings for EMI, taking in his seven hit singles, many of his sel... more >>> |
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Vernons Girls - We Love The Vernons Girls 1962-64 - CD |
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Artist: Vernons Girls
Title: We Love The Vernons Girls 1962-64
Music: Easy Listening / Library
Format: CD
Label: RPM
Description: Released on: 26 April 2010 - In popular music terms, the Vernons Girls story had it all. Girls, first and foremost; a lightning flash of late fifties rock n roll, the dawning of pop culture on TV, more girls, the start of the swinging sixties, Mersey Beat, the rise and rise of the Beatles; and still those girls kept coming. There was even the beautiful game and a few score draws thrown in for good luck too. Assembled from employees of Vernons Football Pools in Liverpool, the original 70 piece... more >>> |
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Various Artists - Lagos Disco Inferno - 2LP |
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Artist: Various Artists
Title: Lagos Disco Inferno
Music: African
Format: LP
Label: Academy
Description: Released On: 15 March 2010 - Info: gatefold 2LP - Details: Some call it Disco, some call it Boogie, we call it the LAGOS DISCO INFERNO: 12 smokin' rarities straight from Nigeria, dating back to '76-82, compiled by Frank Gossner (aka DJ FRANC O, SOULPUSHER) of VOODOO FUNK fame. Surprisingly familiar, yet intriguinly foreign, these tracks sound just as fresh today as they did 30+ years ago. Our record is rife with horns, moog and bells and whistles to keep you up all night. Great liner notes by... more >>> |
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Gainsbourg, Serge - Du Jazz Dans Le Ravin - LP |
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Artist: Serge Gainsbourg
Title: Du Jazz Dans Le Ravin
Music: Jazz
Format: LP
Label: Doxy
Description: Released On: 11 March 2010 - Info: 180 Gram LP - Details: Serge Gainsbourg (1928-1991): the original bad boy of French pop, the man all women wanted and all men wanted to be. He updated the French chanson and made it hip again, infusing it with the youth culture of the late 50s and 60s: one that was ruled by jazz, drugs and free love. The music of Gainsbourg heralded in this new era and his earliest songs became the soundtrack for a generation of Parisian youths. Side A features songs that or... more >>> |
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Rendell, Don / Ian Carr Quintet - Live At The Union 1966 - 2LP |
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Artist: Don Rendell Ian Carr Quintet
Title: Live At The Union 1966
Music: Jazz
Format: LP
Label: Stamford Audio
Description: Released On: 25 March 2010 - Info: Deluxe Gatefold Sleeve. Remastered by Michael King at Reel Recordings in Canada from the Original Analogue tape in Full Glorious MONO - Details: To coincide with the Concert celebrating Ian Carr's life and music, an album containing over an hour's performance by the Don Rendell - Ian Carr Quintet recorded live in December 1966 will be issued on CD by Canadian Company Reel Recordings (who specialise in remastering reel-to-reel tapes) and on a double LP by Bri... more >>> |
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Loft - Magpie Eyes 1982-85 - CD |
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Artist: Loft, The
Title: Magpie Eyes 1982-85
Music: Rock and Pop
Format: CD
Label: Revola
Description: Released on: 05 April 2010 - Yes, the seminally seminal guitar slingers from the dawn of Creation Records whose measly two singles have since become something of the holy grail for those who like their 80s pop equal parts bubbling melancholia, Byrdsian jangle and anthemic flag-waving. Magpie Eyes 1982-85 gathers together practically everything they released, and didnt release for that matter, in their short but perfectly-formed lifetime. As well as Why Does The Rain and Up The Hill And Down T... more >>> |
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Various Artists - Owski-urities - LP |
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Artist: Various Artists
Title: Owski-urities
Music: Psychedelic Rock
Format: LP
Label: Private
Description: Released On: 21 March 2010 - Info: Remastered sound, features an insert with liner notes and pics. Housed in a beautiful psychedelic cover! - Details: The ultimate psych-freakbeat comp!! Full of unknown and 100% killer rarities destined to burn the dancefloor and surprise even the most rabid collectors and DJs with some of the tracks taken from small private labels and test pressings. Featuring bands from the UK, Wales, Sweden, Argentina, Cyprus, Malta, Mauritius..Yes, you'll be surprised whe... more >>> |
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Potter, Nic - Mountain Music And Sketches In Sound - CD |
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Artist: Nic Potter
Title: Mountain Music And Sketches In Sound
Music: Rock and Pop
Format: CD
Label: Voiceprint
Description: Released on: 19 April 2010 - Nic Potter is probably best known for his work with the British rock band Van Der Graaf Generator. Initially however Nic played in a band called The Misunderstood along with Guy Evans who would also join Van Der Graaf Generator. Nic joined Van Der Graaf Generator in 1969 and recorded the album The Least We Can Do Is Wave To Each Other and recorded part of the next album H To He, Who Am The Only One before leaving. He was however to return to the band later in the ... more >>> |
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Betjeman, John - Reads Selected Poetry - CD |
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Artist: John Betjeman
Title: Reads Selected Poetry
Music: Rock and Pop
Format: CD
Label: El
Description: Released on: 19 April 2010 - John Betjeman (1906-1984), is the most widely-read English poet of the twentieth century. His gift for comic writing, his dazzling technical abilities and his combination of eccentricity and Englishness were all key ingredients in his enduring popularity; his frequent appearances on radio and television, his enthusiasm for churches and railways, and a fervent devotion to the preservation of Victorian buildings, establishing him as a household name. The vintage Bet... more >>> |
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Incredible String Band - The Hangman’s Beautiful Daughter - CD |
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Artist: Incredible String Band
Title: The Hangman’s Beautiful Daughter
Music: Folk
Format: CD
Label: Fledg'ling
Description: Released On: 29 March 2010 - Details: Deluxe, definitive re-mastered edition of the Incredible String Band’s third album – a psychedelic masterpiece and the beginning of “world” music. For many fans, 1968 was the year of Incredible String Band's finest achievements with the release of their two most highly regarded albums: 'The Hangman's Beautiful Daughter' and the double LP - 'Wee Tam and the Big Huge'. Hangman's reached the top 5 in the UK album charts soon after its release in March 1968 a... more >>> |
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Various Artists - Uptown Soul & Funk From The Nashville Indies - CD |
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Artist: Various Artists
Title: Uptown Soul & Funk From The Nashville Indies
Music: Soul
Format: CD
Label: Super-bird
Description: Released on: 26 April 2010 - Ref-O-Ree Records was formed in 1968 by legendary song-writer/producer Ted Jarratt. Ted discovered a gifted young arranger named Bob Holmes and they decided that Ref-O-Ree Records would be the outlet for their new and very creative productions. Their first release was by The Avons, a local girl group that were featured regularly on the television show The Night Train. Their next release was by a young R&B singer named Freddie Waters, who had recorded as a member o... more >>> |
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