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RELEASE DATE: 12/4/2020
The V.I.P.'s were formed in 1978 while at Warwick University. Within weeks they were gigging at clubs in the Midlands, often on the same bill as The Specials in Coventry. Soon they found a manager, Clive Solomon, who with Timmy Mallet (now a TV and radio presenter) and both students at the university, financed the group's first single the EP Music For Funsters. In the summer of 1978, they built up a loyal following in London. The single was picked up by John Peel, who played it constantly on his BBC radio show through the year. The three-track EP was released on Clive Solomon's own Bust label. In 1979 the V.I.P.'s could be found playing all over the country, frequently on the same bill as Squire, stablemates on Clive Solomon's label. In early 1980 they went into Olympic Studios in Chiswick to record some tracks with ex-The Animals bass player and Slade/Jimi Hendrix manager, Chas Chandler. A major record deal was agreed with Gem Records/RCA and Causing Complications came out in March of 1980. To coincide with the release the V.I.P.'s went on tour supporting Secret Affair. The constant touring, recording and radio play had earned them a spot on Top of The Pops but they were suddenly told -- on the afternoon that they were due to appear -- that an industrial dispute at the BBC had resulted in the show being cancelled. They continued to record and tour, this time with Madness, The Beat, and Dexys Midnight Runners amongst others. Illness -- Jed had been touring with a collapsed lung -- and tensions saw the band play their last concert at Leicester University. A fourth and final GEM single, proved to be their last. With several songs still to be recorded, it was a frustrating time for all. Paul Shurey and Guy Morley has already made alternative plans for The New V.I.P.'s and recruited Simon Smith from The Merton Parkas to play drums while Paul returned to his native keyboards. With Tony Conway on guitar and Andy Godfrey on bass they became Mood Six. 17-track compilation of all of their studio recordings, remastered, and pressed on electric blue vinyl. Presented in gatefold sleeve with never seen before photographs, a printed lyric inner sleeve, and poster.
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RELEASE DATE: 11/6/2020
LP version. Gatefold sleeve. The Acid Lands, created by the Prague-based Opening Performance Orchestra, was first heard in public in 2014 at the Movement-Sound-Space festival in Ostrava, to mark the centenary of William S. Burroughs's birth. The piece was performed live by Opening Performance Orchestra and their guests, the theremin player Martina Potucková, and the poet, musician, and performer Pavel Z as the narrator. The studio version of The Acid Lands was made in late 2019/early 2020 in collaboration with Bill Laswell and Iggy Pop, who undertook the role of the narrator. The piece, which pays tribute to William S. Burroughs, features fragments from the novels The Western Lands (1987) and Junkie (1953). In addition to the title composition, The Acid Lands, the record contains Bill Laswell's instrumental remix, as well as the collective piece "Naming Seven Souls", featuring samples of William S. Burroughs reading his own work.
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RELEASE DATE: 11/6/2020
The Acid Lands, created by the Prague-based Opening Performance Orchestra, was first heard in public in 2014 at the Movement-Sound-Space festival in Ostrava, to mark the centenary of William S. Burroughs's birth. The piece was performed live by Opening Performance Orchestra and their guests, the theremin player Martina Potucková, and the poet, musician, and performer Pavel Z as the narrator. The studio version of The Acid Lands was made in late 2019/early 2020 in collaboration with Bill Laswell and Iggy Pop, who undertook the role of the narrator. The piece, which pays tribute to William S. Burroughs, features fragments from the novels The Western Lands (1987) and Junkie (1953). In addition to the title composition, The Acid Lands, the record contains Bill Laswell's instrumental remix, as well as the collective piece "Naming Seven Souls", featuring samples of William S. Burroughs reading his own work.
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RELEASE DATE: 10/30/2020
Christian Kjellvander's new solo album, About Love And Loving Again, undeniably feels like a big record. The seven songs on this gently unhurried long-player are allowed to build and meander, make unexpected turns, or even pause to look over their own shoulder before moving on, four of them ending way beyond and one just shy of the seven-minute-mark. It comes as a bit of a shock then to learn that this sound that ranges from almost-silence to unbridledly expressive, widescreen hugeness was created mostly as live by a minimal three-piece line-up in a Stockholm studio basement: Per Nordmark on drums; Pelle Anderson on a Fender Rhodes, a Prophet 5, and a Korg Prologue; Christian Kjellvander on vocals, guitars and whatever came to hand, adding just a touch of bass at the end of two songs. It was May 2020 when this trio congregated, a time, of course, when all of Europe was under strict lockdown, with the famous exception of Sweden. About Love And Loving Again is the sound of Christian Kjellvander waving goodbye to the converted old chapel out in the Swedish wilderness where so much of his music of previous years was written and recorded, "Baptist Lodge" that lends its name to the opening song. The song's evocative lyrics contrast the image of an iconic American car with another stand-out line that finds the singer at the outer edges of Sweden. "Cultural Spain", probably the most tightly written and arranged song on the album, was finished following a mad dash across the old continent back to Sweden, just as borders were being closed in all the countries he passed through. Like a lot of this record, its semi-abstract lyrics are full of complex sexual politics. You don't need to be a celebrity sleuth to realize that much of About Love And Loving Again is deeply autobiographical. In fact, the goddess in the opening song is none other than his current partner, Swedish singer Frida Hyvönen, who also sings backing vocals on "Cultural Spain" and took the cover photo of Christian. Meanwhile, from "Actually Country Gentle" unmistakably alludes to the recent ending of his 13-year marriage. Crucially, Christian Kjellvander describes a world that is much bigger than his private self, and yet there is a vulnerability. As an artist who is "constantly trying to look under different stones," Christian Kjellvander has learnt to rely on instinct rather than intention.
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RELEASE DATE: 10/30/2020
LP version. Christian Kjellvander's new solo album, About Love And Loving Again, undeniably feels like a big record. The seven songs on this gently unhurried long-player are allowed to build and meander, make unexpected turns, or even pause to look over their own shoulder before moving on, four of them ending way beyond and one just shy of the seven-minute-mark. It comes as a bit of a shock then to learn that this sound that ranges from almost-silence to unbridledly expressive, widescreen hugeness was created mostly as live by a minimal three-piece line-up in a Stockholm studio basement: Per Nordmark on drums; Pelle Anderson on a Fender Rhodes, a Prophet 5, and a Korg Prologue; Christian Kjellvander on vocals, guitars and whatever came to hand, adding just a touch of bass at the end of two songs. It was May 2020 when this trio congregated, a time, of course, when all of Europe was under strict lockdown, with the famous exception of Sweden. About Love And Loving Again is the sound of Christian Kjellvander waving goodbye to the converted old chapel out in the Swedish wilderness where so much of his music of previous years was written and recorded, "Baptist Lodge" that lends its name to the opening song. The song's evocative lyrics contrast the image of an iconic American car with another stand-out line that finds the singer at the outer edges of Sweden. "Cultural Spain", probably the most tightly written and arranged song on the album, was finished following a mad dash across the old continent back to Sweden, just as borders were being closed in all the countries he passed through. Like a lot of this record, its semi-abstract lyrics are full of complex sexual politics. You don't need to be a celebrity sleuth to realize that much of About Love And Loving Again is deeply autobiographical. In fact, the goddess in the opening song is none other than his current partner, Swedish singer Frida Hyvönen, who also sings backing vocals on "Cultural Spain" and took the cover photo of Christian. Meanwhile, from "Actually Country Gentle" unmistakably alludes to the recent ending of his 13-year marriage. Crucially, Christian Kjellvander describes a world that is much bigger than his private self, and yet there is a vulnerability. As an artist who is "constantly trying to look under different stones," Christian Kjellvander has learnt to rely on instinct rather than intention.
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$46.50
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RELEASE DATE: 10/23/2020
2020 repress. By 1970 Fleetwood Mac were immensely popular, touring constantly both at home and abroad. In February 1970 the band rocked Boston's legendary Boston Tea Party playing three amazing concerts there for three consecutive nights in a row. The performances were recorded in hopes of releasing a live album but front man Peter Green soon announced his decision to quit the band and the masters were promptly shelved. These recordings -- eventually trickled out onto a few albums during the 1980s but with consistently poor sound quality -- were finally remixed at SRT studios in 1998. Four-LP "book style" collector edition.
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RELEASE DATE: 10/23/2020
After six years, The Notwist return with three new tracks on Morr Music. It's both an exposition of the band's musical variety and a prospect on a forthcoming album. Six years have passed since The Notwist released their last regular studio album, but that doesn't mean that the members of this outstanding band have been idle in the meantime. There have been side projects, movie scoring, and other activities, like programming four editions of Alien Disko, a festival taking place in Munich, Germany. One of that event's regular guests was the Japanese duo Tenniscoats -- and a lovely side effect from that was an evolving friendship between the two bands. It lead to various collaborations: most recently in a new album by international band -- Spirit Fest (featuring Tenniscoats singer Saya and The Notwist's Markus and Cico) and a deep digging compilation of Japanese indie music called Minna Miteru (MORR 168CD/LP). The title track of this new EP is another step in this collaboration -- and a first step to an upcoming album by The Notwist -- as it features Saya, who lends her voice to the percussive song. It is built around a slightly detuned synth line, which is contrasted by more pragmatic guitar work. "It neither sounds like The Notwist, Tenniscoats, nor Spirit Fest", tells Markus Acher. "Just like Saya is saying in the lyrics: 'I want to go outside, I want to meet people', 'Ship' is another chapter in what The Notwist always tries to do: redefining itself, exploring something new, integrating different styles of music and collaborating with musicians they admire." The second song "Loose Ends" is, in contrast, more classic Notwist material. A gently expanding ballad, this time featuring the distinctive voice of Markus Acher. The song came out of recording sessions for the soundtrack for One Of These Days, a movie by Bastian Günther. The EP then closes with "Avalanche" a carefully optimistic instrumental. With its variety of styles, "Ship" also serves as an outlook on an upcoming album, which will be influenced by the band's experiences from their detailed work of creating sounds and moods for film soundtracks, and it will include more collaborations with international guest musicians. Three exclusive tracks; 10"; includes download code; edition of 1000.
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RELEASE DATE: 10/23/2020
You Can Stop That For A Start is an exclusive album of previously unheard material written and recorded by BOB over a five-day period in 1992. The album is accompanied by a selection of some of the band's favorite demo recordings made between 1988 and 1994. All the recordings in the set have been newly mixed by songwriters Simon Armstrong and Richard Blackborow. BOB's initial line-up was Richard Blackborow (vocals, keyboards, guitar), Simon Armstrong (guitar, vocals). Jem Morris (bass guitar), joined the duo in 1986 and, augmented with a drum machine, they recorded the band's first release, a flexi-disc, released in 1986 on their own House Of Teeth label. The drum machine was replaced by drummer Gary Connors in 1987, and this line-up recorded 1987's "What A Performance" single and the first of three John Peel sessions. Early in 1988, Gary Connors was replaced by former Jamie Wednesday drummer Dean Leggett, and the band recorded their second single, "Kirsty", and their second John Peel session. The two singles were brought together with the earlier flexi disc as the compilation LP Swag Sack, which was their final release on the Sombrero label (1988). All later records were on their own House Of Teeth label. In 1989, the band released a single "Convenience" which was followed by a limited edition/fan club release. After their third and final John Peel session, Morris was replaced by ex-Caretaker Race bassist Stephen "Henry" Hersom, and this final line-up recorded the Stride Up EP in 1990, an LP Leave The Straight Life Behind, the single "Tired" in 1991, and one last 12", the Nothing For Something EP in 1992. BOB on the new album: "The tracks that make up You Can Stop That For A Start were recorded over a five-day period in our final years, as the hectic touring schedule that had kept us financially viable began to tail off. What funds the band could glean from occasional publishing deals were spent on studio time, with the hope of creating work that would eventually attract more substantial financial investment. As this never materialized, the songs have largely remained unheard since the early '90s."
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RELEASE DATE: 10/23/2020
LP version. White vinyl; includes poster and download of all tracks included on double-CD version; accompanied by period images and new sleeve notes; edition of 200.You Can Stop That For A Start is an exclusive album of previously unheard material written and recorded by BOB over a five-day period in 1992. The album is accompanied by a selection of some of the band's favorite demo recordings made between 1988 and 1994. All the recordings in the set have been newly mixed by songwriters Simon Armstrong and Richard Blackborow. BOB's initial line-up was Richard Blackborow (vocals, keyboards, guitar), Simon Armstrong (guitar, vocals). Jem Morris (bass guitar), joined the duo in 1986 and, augmented with a drum machine, they recorded the band's first release, a flexi-disc, released in 1986 on their own House Of Teeth label. The drum machine was replaced by drummer Gary Connors in 1987, and this line-up recorded 1987's "What A Performance" single and the first of three John Peel sessions. Early in 1988, Gary Connors was replaced by former Jamie Wednesday drummer Dean Leggett, and the band recorded their second single, "Kirsty", and their second John Peel session. The two singles were brought together with the earlier flexi disc as the compilation LP Swag Sack, which was their final release on the Sombrero label (1988). All later records were on their own House Of Teeth label. In 1989, the band released a single "Convenience" which was followed by a limited edition/fan club release. After their third and final John Peel session, Morris was replaced by ex-Caretaker Race bassist Stephen "Henry" Hersom, and this final line-up recorded the Stride Up EP in 1990, an LP Leave The Straight Life Behind, the single "Tired" in 1991, and one last 12", the Nothing For Something EP in 1992. BOB on the new album: "The tracks that make up You Can Stop That For A Start were recorded over a five-day period in our final years, as the hectic touring schedule that had kept us financially viable began to tail off. What funds the band could glean from occasional publishing deals were spent on studio time, with the hope of creating work that would eventually attract more substantial financial investment. As this never materialized, the songs have largely remained unheard since the early '90s."
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RELEASE DATE: 10/23/2020
Magic Box present a reissue of Fear Itself's self-titled album, originally released in 1969. This superb blend of acid rock, blues, and psychedelic balladry was originally released in June 1969, and makes its long-awaited return to vinyl here. Produced by Tom Wilson (best-known for his work with Bob Dylan, Frank Zappa, Simon & Garfunkel, and the Velvet Underground), it boasts the incredible vocal talents of Ellen McIlwaine, while the band's epic cover of "In My Time Of Dying" has been cited as an influence on Led Zeppelin. Gatefold sleeve with insert.
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RELEASE DATE: 10/16/2020
LP version. On Optical Delusions, Warlung found a middle ground between the classic horror theme of the first album (HPS 138CD/LP/LTD-LP/S-LP) and the rock n' roll aspect of the second (HPS 139CD/LP/LTD-LP/S-LP). Warlung continued to experiment with song structures and changing tempos to keep the music dynamic and interesting. This album explores everything the band have done before, and also guides them into something new.
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RELEASE DATE: 10/16/2020
Try to travel with your mind: back in time, desert lands, cactus, dusty roads and a long journey. Think of stopping somewhere beautiful at the end of the trip refreshing your soul with a cold beer and a breathtaking landscape view. ...From The Earth To The Sky And Back is the perfect soundtrack for a mind travel or a real journey on a hot summertime day. Acoustic and electric guitars, percussion, banjo, and pedal steel mixed with mellow vocals that let you dream away. This is the band's sophomore album and is composed of 14 songs. The first part of the album is inspired by a classic country attitude mixed with a spaghetti western sound. The rest of the album presents different moments, while conjuring up atmospheres reminiscent of Santana, The Eagles, Crosby Stills Nash and Young, Spirit, Captain Beyond, and recent Motorpsycho, you could simply file the genre under: acoustic, melodic, psychedelic folk. The first album Walking Into The Forest (HPS 092B-LP/LTD-LP/S-LP) has been a surprise success while selling out in one year and receiving the attention of many devoted followers who are waiting impatiently for the second chapter. Compared to the first album, ...From The Earth To The Sky And Back has improved the production, there are more songs arranged with drums and the album has been mixed and engineered by Shane Trimble. The fantastic artwork who really match with the album sound is made by Maarten Donders.
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RELEASE DATE: 10/16/2020
LP version. Solid blue vinyl. Repress of the debut album with cover restyling and two brand new bonus tracks. The Pilgrim is an acoustic, psychedelic, melodic, folk project created by Gabriele Fiori already front man of the heavy rock band Black Rainbows and garage fuzz band Killer Boogie. The Pilgrim started to nebulously take shape as an idea for a solo-project few years back, something different than the hard-driving psychedelia and garage heavy rock for which he'd already been so revered. The first album Walking Into The Forest has been a surprise success while selling out in one year and receiving the attention of many devoted followers who are waiting impatiently for the second chapter. ...From The Earth To The Sky And Back (HPS 141CD/LP/LTD-LP/S-LP) will see the light, a sophomore album which has big expectations.
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RELEASE DATE: 10/16/2020
The three-track Forever EP features two new compositions, the title track "Forever" and "My Slum Soul", plus an incendiary new version of an old live favorite "Ink Runs Dry". Folk Devils, the London group that took their name from a well-known academic text on social scapegoating, and who blazed a trail across the UK's independent music scene of the mid-80s with their unique brand of post-punk energy, have returned with their first new music in 35 years. Recorded at London's famous Konk Studios in North London and mixed and co-produced by Grammy Award-winning engineer Rik Simpson, the re-born Folk Devils drew inspiration from the release of their 2016 career retrospective Beautiful Monsters (2016) and the reactions at subsequent live shows around the UK with kindred spirits Membranes, Inca Babies, and The Cravats. Founder members, guitarist Kris Jozajtis and bassist Mark Whiteley, reformed the group by recruiting members of a short-lived 1987 version of Folk Devils; guitarist Nick Clift and drummer John Hamilton. Together, with singer Dave Hodgson, they soon discovered they had created a well-oiled twin-guitar juggernaut that brimmed with the same restless, twisted blues that characterized the first and second iterations of the band from 1983-87 when they were fronted by the highly underrated and now sadly-departed singer/songwriter, Ian Lowery. Hodgson, a fellow transplant from the North-East, had known Lowery in the early '80s prior to Folk Devils, when the two were in their respective post-punk bands Ski Patrol and Parting Shots. Translucent red 10" vinyl; edition of 250.
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$70.00
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RELEASE DATE: 10/16/2020
The Harry Smith B-Sides box set contains the flip side of every 78-rpm record that Harry Smith included on the Anthology of American Folk Music. In 1952, Folkways Records published the legendary six-LP series entitled the Anthology of American Folk Music, compiled by eccentric record collector, filmmaker, artist, and anthropologist Harry Smith. Many historians cite Smith's reissue, with its recordings of country, blues, and gospel music from the 1920s and '30s, and its booklet containing idiosyncratic liner notes, esoteric artwork, and handmade design as a major impetus for the folk music revival of the 1950s and '60s. 68 years later, The Harry Smith B-Sides offers both a resonant listening experience and the closing of a collector's circle. Sequenced in the identical order that Smith created, this new box set offers the flip-side of each record selected by Smith for the original Anthology of American Folk Music. Newly-remastered audio under license from Gennett Records, Paramount Records, Sony Music Entertainment, and Universal Music Group. This box set represents a mirror image of the Anthology of American Folk Music's tracklist. However, the producers have omitted the following tracks due to lyrics containing racist language: track 5 on disc 1, track 4 on disc 2, and track 16 on disc 4. Cigar box, full-color 144-page book featuring original artwork by Harry Smith and four CDs; 84 newly-remastered tracks on four CDs with a full-color 144-page book featuring archival images, original artwork by Harry Smith, and essays by John Cohen, Lance Ledbetter, and Eli Smith. Transcriptions and annotations for each track by more than 80 artists, writers, and musicians that have been inspired by Harry Smith's work including Daniel Bachman, Devendra Banhart, Sarah Bryan, Rosanne Cash, Dom Flemons, Steve Gunn, Will Oldham, Amanda Petrusich, Steve Roden, Art Rosenbaum, Nathan Salsburg, and Peter Stampfel.
Features Dick Justice, Nelstone's Hawaiians, Clarence Ashley, Coley Jones, Buell Kazee, Chubby Parker & His Old-Time Banjo, Uncle Eck Dunford, Burnett and Rutherford, Buster Carter and Preston Young, Carolina Tar Heels, G.B. Grayson, Kelly Harrell, Edward L. Crain, Carter Family, Williamson Brothers & Curry, Frank Hutchison, Charlie Poole with the North Carolina Ramblers, Mississippi John Hurt, William & Versey Smith, Furry Lewis, The Masked Marvel, Uncle Bunt Stephens, J.W. Day, Prince Albert Hunt's Texas Ramblers, Delma Lachney and Blind Uncle Gaspard, Andrew & Jim Baxter, A.C Eck Robertson and Family, Hoyt Ming and His Pep-Steppers, Henry Thomas, Jim Jackson, Columbus Fruge, Joseph Falcon, Breaux Freres, Cincinnati Jug Band, Frank Cloutier and the Victoria Cafe Orchestra, Rev. J. M. Gates, Alabama Sacred Harp Singers, Middle Georgia Singing Convention No. 1, Sister Mary Nelson, Memphis Sanctified Singers, Elders McIntorsh and Edwards, Rev. Moses Mason, Bascom Lamar Lunsford, Blind Willie Johnson, Ernest Phipps & His Holiness Singers, Rev. F.W. McGee, Rev. D.C. Rice and His Sanctified Congregation, Cannon's Jug Stompers, E. Segura & D. Herbert, Richard "Rabbit" Brown, Dock Boggs, Mr. & Mrs. Ernest V. Stoneman, Stoneman Family, Memphis Jug Band, Joseph Falcon & Cleoma Breaux, Blind Lemon Jefferson, Sleepy John Estes and Yank Rachell, Ramblin' Thomas, Julius Daniels, Uncle Dave Macon, J.P. Nestor, and Ken Manyard.
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LP version. Limited edition clear blue vinyl. Immortal Portal expands into a more prog-classic rock territory. With more harmonies and changing song structures, Warlung wanted to show that they could be heavy and catchy at the same time. This album proved that the band could expand their sound into other genres, creating their signature style.
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LP version. Limited edition yellow transparent vinyl. On Optical Delusions, Warlung found a middle ground between the classic horror theme of the first album (HPS 138CD/LP/LTD-LP/S-LP) and the rock n' roll aspect of the second (HPS 139CD/LP/LTD-LP/S-LP). Warlung continued to experiment with song structures and changing tempos to keep the music dynamic and interesting. This album explores everything the band have done before, and also guides them into something new.
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LP version. Limited edition yellow and red vinyl. For Sleepwalker, Warlung wanted to come up with an original take on the stoner/doom genre. The use of heavy riffs and melodic harmonies conveys a unique listening experience that feels both new and familiar. Warflung felt like they had a lot to say on this album, and hopefully it speaks for itself.
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RELEASE DATE: 10/16/2020
Be With Records present a reissue of JR Bailey's Just Me 'N' You, originally released in 1974. A dramatic, string-drenched epic, James Ralph Bailey's Just Me 'N' You has been a sought-after soul masterpiece for decades. A lush suite of beautiful songs, it was conceived as a concept album; a sophisticated paean to love. Originally released by MAM Records in 1974, Just Me 'N' You is a breathtaking jazzy soul album. It's similar in style to Marvin Gaye's What's Going On (1971) -- particularly the performances, orchestrations, and chord progressions -- but dealing with a different universal subject matter. If What's Going On was about romance instead of politics, it would sound like this. Fans of Marvin, Leon Ware, Donny Hathaway, Leroy Hutson, and Willie Hutch will love this record. An underrated gem -- it's got to be one of the best soul albums of all time. The original productions were made on a basic home tape machine and enhanced with strings, rhythmic overdubs, and a variety of other instrumentation. These are beautiful arrangements of strings and jazzy horns. Rhythm guitars and bouncy bass serve as the groove foundation, congas provide a Latin feel whilst the vibraphone and harmonica add color. And then of course there's JR's voice. His style recalls Hathaway, with a delivery akin to Marvin at the time. As he scats and sings, accompanying himself in sweet harmonies, there is still a rawness of pain and longing in his voice, the rawness familiar to all deep soul. Just Me 'N' You is no mere collection of songs. The tender, smooth tunes flow perfectly together into a fluid, single artistic statement. This is one where it's hard to pick out any standouts. You may have heard the soaring title track before, maybe on Gilles Peterson's Digs America compilation. The opening track "After Hours" sounds as fresh now as it ever was and segues beautifully into the majestic "Heaven On Earth". Recorded by Hathaway the previous year, Bailey's original of "Love Love Love" is incredible and arguably the definitive version. The powerful, dreamy, sax-and-harmony-laced "All Strung Out Over You" has echoes of the Chi-Lites, it's that good. Mastered by Simon Francis, cut by Pete Norman.
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LP version. Try to travel with your mind: back in time, desert lands, cactus, dusty roads and a long journey. Think of stopping somewhere beautiful at the end of the trip refreshing your soul with a cold beer and a breathtaking landscape view. ...From The Earth To The Sky And Back is the perfect soundtrack for a mind travel or a real journey on a hot summertime day. Acoustic and electric guitars, percussion, banjo, and pedal steel mixed with mellow vocals that let you dream away. This is the band's sophomore album and is composed of 14 songs. The first part of the album is inspired by a classic country attitude mixed with a spaghetti western sound. The rest of the album presents different moments, while conjuring up atmospheres reminiscent of Santana, The Eagles, Crosby Stills Nash and Young, Spirit, Captain Beyond, and recent Motorpsycho, you could simply file the genre under: acoustic, melodic, psychedelic folk. The first album Walking Into The Forest (HPS 092B-LP/LTD-LP/S-LP) has been a surprise success while selling out in one year and receiving the attention of many devoted followers who are waiting impatiently for the second chapter. Compared to the first album, ...From The Earth To The Sky And Back has improved the production, there are more songs arranged with drums and the album has been mixed and engineered by Shane Trimble. The fantastic artwork who really match with the album sound is made by Maarten Donders.
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Be With Records present a reissue of Junie's Suzie Super Groupie, originally released in 1976. Walter "Junie" Morrison released his third solo LP, Suzie Super Groupie, in 1976. A slick, smooth and soulful record, it's a genre-melting tour de force with rich elements of proto-boogie, funk, and jazz. The sublime "Suzie Thundertussy" was brilliantly sampled by Madlib for Kanye West's "No More Parties In LA". The track opens with a sinuous synth and combines Junie's storytelling abilities with an emphatic vocal style and funky arrangements. The powerful bass and sinister chords create an undeniable groove, and the explosive chorus is full of ambition and joy. "If You Love Him" is a great, mid-tempo soul song. With a swinging jazz-infused middle-eight, it demonstrates Junie was much more than a mercurial funkateer. The laconic groove of "What Am I Gonna Do" recalls Fresh-era Sly Stone, whilst the frantic "Super Groupie" showcases his sharp imagination and sense of fun. The lyrics range from humorous to dirty, all fueled by an infectious groove and tight horn arrangements. The P-Funk of B-side opener "Surrender" bounces and sparkles, with a strutting Junie backed by great harmony vocals and joyous horns. "Suzie" is a sleek, softer affair albeit with a disco pulse; a beautiful combination of bright, funky horns, fluid basslines and vigorous rhythms. "Stone Face Joe" is another character song, this time one that chugs along on a sweet boogie rhythm. The closing piece, "Spirit", is an extended funk-rock jam. A nod to Jimi Hendrix, it creates a live concert sound, complete with screaming crowd and fuzzy vocals. Junie made his name as the lead singer and keyboardist of the Ohio Players. As the mastermind behind "Pain", "Pleasure", "Ecstasy", and the oft-sampled "Funky Worm", he was beloved by countless musicians, not least Prince. As co-writer of some of Funkadelic's seminal works -- "One Nation Under A Groove", "(Not Just) Knee Deep" -- his standing as one of the structural fathers of funk is undisputed. In late 2016, Solange's A Seat At The Table featured a track called "Junie", a tribute to the freedom he created in music. In February 2017, Junie died, aged just 62. With records as mighty as Suzie Super Groupie, his legacy will live forever.
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LP version. Immortal Portal expands into a more prog-classic rock territory. With more harmonies and changing song structures, Warlung wanted to show that they could be heavy and catchy at the same time. This album proved that the band could expand their sound into other genres, creating their signature style.
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LP version. Limited edition transparent blue splatter vinyl. Immortal Portal expands into a more prog-classic rock territory. With more harmonies and changing song structures, Warlung wanted to show that they could be heavy and catchy at the same time. This album proved that the band could expand their sound into other genres, creating their signature style.
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On Optical Delusions, Warlung found a middle ground between the classic horror theme of the first album (HPS 138CD/LP/LTD-LP/S-LP) and the rock n' roll aspect of the second (HPS 139CD/LP/LTD-LP/S-LP). Warlung continued to experiment with song structures and changing tempos to keep the music dynamic and interesting. This album explores everything the band have done before, and also guides them into something new.
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LP version. For Sleepwalker, Warlung wanted to come up with an original take on the stoner/doom genre. The use of heavy riffs and melodic harmonies conveys a unique listening experience that feels both new and familiar. Warflung felt like they had a lot to say on this album, and hopefully it speaks for itself.
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