Forced Exposure Store Update

FORCED EXPOSURE STORE UPDATE

NEW RELEASES FOR THE WEEK OF 09/02/2024

first section features releases in stock now and ready to be shipped as of MON 09/02/2024

second section features forthcoming releases; release dates are given for reference, but can be approximate, depending on the label

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SUPERSTAR QUAMALLAH: Invisible Man 2LP (BEWITH 157LP)

Limited 2024 repress. Holy grail hip-hop alert! Superstar Quamallah's Invisible Man was never released on wax so, to celebrate the 15th anniversary of this astounding record, Be With presents the first ever vinyl edition. A stunning record which gained accolades upon its initial release, such as a prominent feature on Gilles Peterson's renowned Best Of 2009 show, it's one of the most essential jazz rap albums of all time. Cut across double vinyl, it's exceedingly limited, with just 500 pressed for the world. Deep jazz rap on that mellow-melodic tip, Invisible Man is an unforgettable album with nothing but dope beats and dope bars. It supremely captures the essence of a golden age classic without being slavish to the past. Perfect to chill to, Invisible Man is profoundly jazz-oriented and captures with simplicity and sincerity the essence of hip-hop circa 1983-1994. Brooklyn-born, California-based emcee, DJ, and producer Superstar Quamallah was active in the West Coast underground scene throughout the '90s and recorded extensively with such revered names as Defari and Tajai. His parents were some serious artistic heavyweights, too; his father was soul organist Big John Patton, a giant in the jazz world known for his releases on Blue Note whilst his mother was an active designer. However, he remains relatively unknown. Invisible Man, named ostensibly after the classic Ralph Ellison novel, could also refer to how he is viewed by the public at large. With a laidback flow and deep, relaxing presence on the mic, Superstar Quamallah is equal parts Big Daddy Kane, Rakim, and Guru. Invisible Man is refined, soulful, feel-good hip-hop of the old school. Its wise, spiritual and literate sound, combined with the summertime vibes projected by the smooth beats and the nostalgia-inducing samples and vocal scratches, created jazzy boom-bap rap reminiscent of prime De La Soul, A Tribe Called Quest, and Gang Starr. This album was mastered for vinyl by Simon Francis, cut by Cicely Balston and pressed at Record Industry. Finally available on the format it should always have been on, it must never be rendered invisible again. Featuring restored artwork.

$31.39 EAN: 4251804141963 HIPHOP

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ALLIEN, ELLEN: Rave Luv 12" (BPX 036EP)

Ellen Allien returns to her beloved BPitch label with a new dance floor focused EP Rave Luv. Rave Luv perfectly showcases the sound of Ellen Allien; playful manipulated vocals, powerful drums and out of this world synths. It's typical of the sound she explores in her sets and her We Are Not Alone events in Berlin. The EP is the result of all the places she played in the last year, as she draws constant inspiration from the global club scene -- the dancefloors and dancers her studio muse. The iconic Ellen Allien's journey is a blueprint for a healthy underground community and grounded career in music. Her playful mind and openness to sharing knowledge, imbues her art with an energy and inspiration that's been highly influential to the subculture across music, art, design and fashion in her native Berlin. A constant source of new ideas, energy and inspiration, Ellen's comprehensive knowledge and intuitive approach to music is part of her genetic makeup, she has cultivated her own identity while also guiding the evolution of electronic music worldwide. Her future-facing sound takes influence from the early pioneers of techno, while painting vivid, prophetic images.

$10.79 EAN: 4260600223247 ELECTRONIC

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01. Rave Luv
B
02. Lust

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YOU: Electric Day LP (BB 073LP)

2024 restock. LP version on 180 gram vinyl. The Bureau B label reissues You's Electric Day, first released in 1979 on the small German label, Cain. As synthesizers grew more popular from the mid-'70s onwards, an increasing number of groups swapped the classic instruments of a rock band for sequencers and synthesizers. Pioneers (and paragons) of this electronically-created music included, of course, Tangerine Dream, Klaus Schulze, Manuel Göttsching et al, who represent the "Berliner Schule" (in contrast to the Düsseldorfer Schule which developed around Kraftwerk and company). A hitherto less celebrated, yet outstanding exponent of the Berliner Schule was the Krefeld combo You. Udo Hanten and Albin Meskes teamed up with another iconic figure of electronic music, Harald Grosskopf, to issue two fantastic albums as the 1980s began. Without disowning their Berlin role models, You nevertheless came up with their own hypnotic mix of sequencer patterns, synthesizer melodies, pulsating drums and sporadic acoustic guitar phrases. Now and again they even ventured into experimental territory. Tracing You's path from the idea of founding a band to the release of their first LP, one encounters a host of illustrious characters from the electronic/Krautrock music scene. Peter Baumann, for example, a member of Tangerine Dream for so many years, was the first to hear the material played to him by Hanten and his guitarist Uli Weber at his Paragon Studios in Berlin. They also met Harald Grosskopf here, a member of Rolf-Ulrich Kaiser's "Kosmische Kuriere" and former drummer with Klaus Schulze. Grosskopf was a member of Manuel Göttsching's Ashra band at the time. Which just leaves the sound engineer, the legendary Conny Plank. It was he who suggested that You and Grosskopf get together to set up the Spiegeltraum Studio in Krefeld, with Grosskopf supplying the recording gear and Hanten the musical equipment. Grosskopf completed Synthesist, his most famous work, before You recorded Electric Day halfway through 1979. It now appears with four CD-only bonus tracks on Bureau B. The musicians: Udo Hanten, Albin Meskes, Uli Weber, supported by Harald Grosskopf (using the pseudonym Lhan Gopal at the time).

$19.39 EAN: 4047179539012 ELECTRONIC

MAILE + JULIAN DEMARRE, HEIKO: Neostalgia CD (BB 467CD)

Heiko Maile and Julian Demarre, both pop musicians and film composers, have been collaborating since the mid-'90s album classic Meanwhile by Camouflage. While Heiko continued pursuing the perfect pop song, they both landed their first feature film score gigs. In recent years while working together on several films, they felt they should create something for themselves -- a love letter to '70s and '80s electronic music. With some esoteric 1970s keyboards from Japan designed for the sound of tomorrow they have now recorded an album for all the days after tomorrow. The result is the genre-bending album Neostalgia, a unique blend of various electronic styles and 1970s Krautrock with pieces featuring intros/outros, flutes, flanger guitars and vocoders, and tracks pushing the six-minute mark.

$12.39 EAN: 4015698116144 ELECTRONIC

MAILE + JULIAN DEMARRE, HEIKO: Neostalgia LP (BB 467LP)

LP version. Heiko Maile and Julian Demarre, both pop musicians and film composers, have been collaborating since the mid-'90s album classic Meanwhile by Camouflage. While Heiko continued pursuing the perfect pop song, they both landed their first feature film score gigs. In recent years while working together on several films, they felt they should create something for themselves -- a love letter to '70s and '80s electronic music. With some esoteric 1970s keyboards from Japan designed for the sound of tomorrow they have now recorded an album for all the days after tomorrow. The result is the genre-bending album Neostalgia, a unique blend of various electronic styles and 1970s Krautrock with pieces featuring intros/outros, flutes, flanger guitars and vocoders, and tracks pushing the six-minute mark.

$19.39 EAN: 4015698104578 ELECTRONIC

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REINBOTH, MICHAEL: Let The Spirit/RS6 Avant 12" (CPT 631EP)

Michael Reinboth's first ever release under his real name. After early Beanfield productions, circa 20 remixes (some old ones labelled simply Compost Remixes), more than 30 compilations and 30+ years of running Compost, a few 12"s under alter egos, the Compost boss decides to liberate the alias and mystic. "Let The Spirit" is a kinetic cover version of a house classic, released way back in time on Ron Trent's legendary Prescription imprint. It has no samples, everything is self-programmed and produced in team play with Jan Krause (Beanfield). The flipside brings the trippy "RS6 Avant" which comes in two versions. The "Cosmic Version" is an invite to float over the "Landstraße" (or the dancefloor with eyes closed in the late night hours). And as Michael loves to drive fast too, he decided to add the Club Version -- a much more energetic take with which works a treat on peak time dancefloors (and the Autobahn of course).

$12.79 UPC: 673794263113 ELECTRONIC

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DJ LINUS: Underground/U-Bahn 12" (CPT 634EP)

Limited four-track EP in transparent-orange vinyl. An ultrarare in demand DJ Linus EP from 2001 with four crunchy cool jacking tech traxx. The old vinyl release was strictly limited and was released under the mysterious artist name The Underground, but it was DJ Linus himself who produced it. Worth the wait for this rarity re-release, which fits perfectly to the currently happening house sound.

$13.39 UPC: 673794263410 ELECTRONIC

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01. U-Bahn
02. Der Hocker
B
03. Love Denied
04. Mosaik

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STOOGES: Keep Me Safe, Keep Me Sane: Rare Tracks 1972 (Orange Vinyl) LP (JACK 044CV-LP)

Orange color vinyl version. The Stooges were a no brakes act who careered inexorably towards annihilation. They finally hit the wall in 1974, after the most horrible blow out imaginable at the Michigan Palace, where Iggy practically begged to be crucified by an angry mob. But remember this kids, Iggy hated himself so much he wanted to live.

$19.39 UPC: 637913830044 ROCK

A1. Head On
A2. Death Trip
A3. I Got A Right
A4. Hard To Beat
A5. Raw Power
A6. Cock In My Pocket
B1. Rubber Legs
B2. Pin Point Eyes
B3. Johanna
B4. Open Up & Bleed

ECHO & THE BUNNYMEN: With Our Best Suits On: Live In Gothenburg, Sweden, April 24th, 1985 - FM Broadcast (Green Vinyl) LP (JACK 057CV-LP)

Green color vinyl version. Echo & the Bunnymen are an English rock band formed in Liverpool in 1978. The original line-up consisted of vocalist Ian McCulloch, guitarist Will Sergeant, and bassist Les Pattinson. By 1980, Pete de Freitas joined as the band's drummer. Their 1980 debut album Crocodiles went into the top 20 of the UK Albums Chart. After releasing their second album Heaven Up Here in 1981, the band's cult status was followed by mainstream success in the UK in 1983 when they scored a UK Top 10 hit with "The Cutter," and the album which the song came from, Porcupine, hit number 2 in the UK. Ocean Rain (1984), continued the band's UK chart success with its lead single "The Killing Moon" entering into the Top 10.

$19.39 UPC: 637913183805 ROCK

A1. In The Midnight Hour
A2. The Killing Moon
A3. The Cutter
A4. Rescue
A5. A Promise
A6. Gods Will Be Gods
B1. Back Of Love
B2. All That Jazz
B3. My Kingdom
B4. Heads Will Roll
B5. Heaven Up There
B6. Interview

ECHO & THE BUNNYMEN: With Our Best Suits On: Live In Gothenburg, Sweden, April 24th, 1985 - FM Broadcast LP (JACK 057LP)

Echo & the Bunnymen are an English rock band formed in Liverpool in 1978. The original line-up consisted of vocalist Ian McCulloch, guitarist Will Sergeant, and bassist Les Pattinson. By 1980, Pete de Freitas joined as the band's drummer. Their 1980 debut album Crocodiles went into the top 20 of the UK Albums Chart. After releasing their second album Heaven Up Here in 1981, the band's cult status was followed by mainstream success in the UK in 1983 when they scored a UK Top 10 hit with "The Cutter," and the album which the song came from, Porcupine, hit number 2 in the UK. Ocean Rain (1984), continued the band's UK chart success with its lead single "The Killing Moon" entering into the Top 10.

$16.79 UPC: 637913595479 ROCK

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EVANS, BILL: New Jazz Conceptions LP (DMOO 066LP)

Bill Evans' debut album New Jazz Conceptions is easily one of the influential pianist's greatest releases. The recording features Evans as leader of a tight trio with bassist Teddy Kotick and drummer Paul Motian, the rhythm section following Evans' intricates shifts of key, scale, and timecode, and allowing Evans enough space for the unaccompanied piano solos that really show what he was capable of, especially on the version of "Waltz For Debby" included here -- a top-notch rendition of the most famous of all his compositions. The best way of understanding all that Evans would later accomplish is to start with a close listen to this sublime source.

$15.39 EAN: 8055515235531 JAZZ

A1. I Love You
A2. Five
A3. I Got It Bad And That Ain't Good
A4. Conception
A5. Easy Living
A6. Displacement
B1. Speak Low
B2. Waltz For Debby
B3. Our Delight
B4. My Romance
B5. No Cover, No Minimum

BAKER, CHET: In New York (Clear Vinyl) LP (DMOO 068LP)

His first for Riverside, In New York saw Chet Baker bring the West Coast cool jazz style to new Manhattan surroundings. With the rhythm section of Paul Chambers and Philly Joe Jones keeping things up-tempo and propulsive, pianist Al Haig alternating between fill-in chords and intriguing melodies and saxophonist Johnny Giffin trading lead flourishes with Baker himself, the LP is another winner right through. The swinging bop is full of zest and verve on "Hotel 49" and a one-off rendition of Miles' "Solar," while some contrasting introspective breaks are provided by "Blue Thoughts" and "Polka Dots And Moonbeams." Great stuff!

$15.39 EAN: 8055515235449 JAZZ

A1. Fair Weather
A2. Polka Dots And Moonbeams
A3. Hotel 49
B1. Solar
B2. Blue Thoughts
B3. When Lights Are Low

DALE AND HIS DEL-TONES, DICK: Surfers' Choice (Clear Vinyl) LP (DMOO 070LP)

Surfers' Choice is a true landmark of surf rock, being the album that established the genre more than any other release. First issued in 1962 and mostly recorded at the Rendezvous Ballroom in Balboa Beach, midway between Los Angeles and San Diego, it has rollicking surf anthems like "Surf Beat," 'Shake 'N Stomp," "Surfing Drums," and "Take It Off," as well as Dale's adaptations of "Night Owl," "Fanny Mae," and a strangely orchestrated take of "Sloop John B." With a soaring guitar that's drenched in reverb at center stage and Dale's gritty vocals varying the action, this is the enduring start of surf rock and a blistering start at that!

$15.39 EAN: 8055515235463 ROCK

A1. Surf Beat
A2. Sloop John B.
A3. Take It Off
A4. Night Owl
A5. Fanny Mae
A6. Misirlou Twist
B1. Peppermint Man
B2. Surfing Drums
B3. Shake 'N'Stomp
B4. Lovey Dovey
B5. Death Of A Gremmie
B6. Lets Go Trippin'

DAVIS, MILES: 'Round About Midnight LP (DMOO 071LP)

The first of Miles Davis' LPs for Columbia, 'Round About Midnight is the landmark that broke a new talent-heavy backing band, with Paul Chambers and Philly Joe Jones as the rhythm section supporting the understated pianist Red Garland, and a then-unknown John Coltrane. An album of uncommon beauty that veers between cool jazz and hard bop, the version of the title track with Miles' muted trumpet is arguably more distinctive than Monk's original, the adaptation of Bird's "Au Leu-Cha" is equally great and there are non-standard renditions of "Basin Street Blues," "All Of You," and "Bye-Bye Blackbird." Absolutely essential Miles!

$15.39 EAN: 8055515235470 JAZZ

A1. 'Round About Midnight (6:55)
A2. Ah-Leu-Cha (6:50)
A3. All Of You (7:29)
A4. Sweet Sue, Just You (3:39)
B1. Bye, Bye, Blackbird (7:54)
B2. Tadd's Delight (4:26)
B3. Dear Old Stockholm (7:48)

JAMES, ETTA: At Last! LP (DMOO 073LP)

Etta James' first for Chess, 1961's At Last! was a stunning comeback album, with hits "All I Could Do Was Cry," "Trust In Me," and the title track bringing her to both the pop and R&B charts in the USA. The varied approach brought out the best in James, tackling Willie Dixon's "I Just Want To Make Love To You" as competently as her takes of "Stormy Weather" and "A Sunday Kind Of Love," and there are stirring originals co-written by Harvey Fuqua in "It's A Crying Shame," "If I Can't Have You," and "My Heart Cries." She's clearly at the top of the peak throughout this beautiful record, which is easily one of her very best.

$15.39 EAN: 8055515235487 JAZZ

A1. Anything To Say You're Mine
A2. My Dearest Darling
A3. Trust In Me
A4. Sunday Kind Of Love
A5. Tough Mary
A6. My Heart Cries
A7. Spoonful
B1. I Just Want To Make Love To You
B2. At Last
B3. All I Could Do Was Cry
B4. Stormy Weather
B5. Girl Of My Dreams (Rendered as Boy Of My Dreams)
B6. It's A Crying Shame
B7. If I Can't Have You

PIAF, EDITH: Piaf! LP (DMOO 074LP)

One of the most celebrated vocalists of the 20th Century and the best-known French singer of all time, the iconic cabaret and chanson performer Edith Piaf had an incredible life and an equally amazing career. Abandoned by her mother at birth and raised partly in a brothel by her granny, Piaf began performing in her father's acrobatic street troupe as a teen and made her name in occupied Paris. For 1958's Piaf! her torch-song deliveries are aided by the subtle strings of the Orchestra of Robert Chauvigny; if you're an Edith Piaf fan there is plenty to savor here, especially "En Pourtant," "Les Orgues De Barbarie," and "Le Gitan Et La Fille."

$15.39 EAN: 8055515235494 JAZZ

A1. Et Pourtant
A2. Marie La Française
A3. Les Grognards
A4. Comme Moi
A5. Salle D'Attente
A6. La Foule
B1. Fais Comme Si
B2. Les Orgues De Barbarie
B3. Le Gitan Et La Fille
B4. Les Amants De Demain
B5. Les Neiges De Finlande
B6. Tant Qu'Il Y Aura Des Jours

LEE AND RAN BLAKE, JEANNE: The Newest Sound Around LP (DMOO 075LP)

While studying at Bard College, a liberal arts facility in upstate New York, pianist Ran Blake and singer Jeanne Lee began working together as a duo, their astounding debut The Newest Sound Around edging into Third Stream territory. Unjustly overlooked at its time of issue in 1962, the album has loping hazy jazz odes like "Laura," solo ventures for Blake such as "Church On Russell Street," and one-off takes of "Summertime," "Evil Blues," and "Blue Monk." Variety is the spice of life on this intriguer, yet everything is delivered in the duo's own tenor, yielding an intriguing slice of early '60s mood jazz, ripe for rediscovery.

$15.39 EAN: 8055515235500 JAZZ

A1. Laura
A2. Blue Monk
A3. Church On Russell Street
A4. Where Flamingos Fly
A5. Season In The Sun
A6. Vanguard
A7. Straight Ahead
B1. Summertime
B2. Lover Man
B3. Evil Blues
B4. Sometimes I Feel Like A Motherless Child
B5. When Sunny Gets Blue
B6. Love Isn't Everything
B7. Left Alone
B8. He's Got The Whole World In His Hands

MONK & JOHN COLTRANE, THELONIOUS: At Carnegie Hall LP (DMOO 076LP)

Unearthed in 2005 by staff at the Library of Congress, At Carnegie Hall is an incredible performance delivered on 29 November 1957 by jazz giants Monk and Coltrane, together with bassist Ahmed Abdul-Malik and drummer Shadow Wilson. Far superior to that captured at the Five Spot five months earlier, At Carnegie Hall shows Coltrane finding his own sax sphere as Monk explores the limits of experimental excursions on the keyboard; Monk is in his element on "Crepuscule With Nellie" and Trane shows his adaptability of the complex "Epistrophy." This riveting set certainly qualifies as must-have material.

$15.39 EAN: 8055515235517 JAZZ

A1. Monk's Mood
A2. Evidence
A3. Nutty
A4. Blue Monk
B1. Epistrophy
B2. Bye-Ya
B3. Crepuscule With Nellie
B4. Sweet And Lovely

HOLIDAY, BILLIE: Lady Love Cassette (DMOOK 010CS)

Though she had been performing professionally since the late 1920s, as a teenager in Harlem, during its Renaissance, the immortal Billie Holiday didn't play a single night on the European continent until 1954. It was in that year that the great journalist and musician Leonard Feather, and a Swedish promoter organized the Jazz Club U.S.A. tour, named after Feather's wildly popular radio program. Featuring Red Norvo, Sonny Clark, and more, the centerpiece of Jazz Club U.S.A. was, undoubtedly, Lady Day. Recorded at various dates across the tour, Lady Love shows Holiday still had it, despite the turmoil, and drug and alcohol abuse, her voice remained strong, a stunning document of one of America's greatest treasures on her first ever tour of Europe.

$9.39 UPC: 637913341533 ROCK

A1. Announcement
A2. Blue Moon
A3. All Of Me
A4. My Man
A5. Them Their Eyes
A6. I Cried For You
A7. What A Little Moonlight Can Do
A8. I Cover The Waterfront
A9. Detour Ahead
A10. Trav'lin' Light
B1. Billie's Blues
B2. Lover Come Back To Me
B3. Blue Turning Grey Over You
B4. Be Fair With Me Baby
B5. Rocky Mountain Blues

MONK, THELONIOUS: The Prophet Cassette (DMOOK 011CS)

In 1954, during his first trip to Paris, the adventurous pianist and be-bop pioneer Thelonious Monk recorded a handful of songs for French radio, later issued as The Prophet. Unencumbered by bass, drums or other accompaniments, Monk gives listeners all they need in left-hand rhythms and right-hand melodies; "Round About Midnight" and "Reflections" play masterful command and there's a one-off take of "Smoke Gets In Your Eyes." Highlighting his capabilities in full, this is required listening for Monk fans and lovers of solo jazz piano.

$9.39 UPC: 637913609329 JAZZ

A1. Round About Midnight
A2. Reflections
A3. Smoke Gets In Your Eyes
A4. Well You Needn't
B1. Portrait Of An Ermite
B2. Manganese
B3. Eronel
B4. Off Minor

SIMONE, NINA: Nina's Choice Cassette (DMOOK 025CS)

The versatile singer, songwriter, pianist, musical arranger and civil rights activist Nina Simone was one of the most iconic of all jazz performers. Operating in a range of genres, from folk, blues and rhythm 'n' blues to pop, gospel and classical, Simone issued over 40 albums during a long and successful career, though bipolar disorder dramatically affected her later years. Born Eunice Kathleen Waymon in 1933, she was one of eight children in a poor black family. Coolpix's 1963 release, Nina's Choice, was titled in reference to the fact that Simone chose the entire contents, drawing from a range of pop, folk, blues and show tunes, all interpreted and delivered in her uniquely expressive style.

$9.39 UPC: 637913014925 JAZZ

A1. Trouble In Mind
A2. Memphis In June
A3. Cotton Eyed Joe
A4. Work Song
A5. Forbidden Fruit
B1. Little Liza Jane
B2. Rags And Old Iron
B3. You Can Have Him
B4. Just Say I Love Him

ROACH, MAX: Deeds, Not Words Cassette (DMOOK 034CS)

A pioneer of bebop, Max Roach went on to work on many other styles of music and is generally considered alongside the most important drummers in history having worked with such musicians as Coleman Hawkins, Dizzy Gillespie, Miles Davis, Duke Ellington, Charlie Parker, Stan Getz, and more! A seminal set, stretching out towards the directions Max would explore fully on the Candid, Impulse, and Fantasy labels in the '60s. Group members include Booker Little on trumpet, George Coleman on tenor, Ray Draper on tuba, and Art Davis on bass -- and the lack of a piano makes for a very exciting sound!

$9.39 UPC: 637913040177 JAZZ

A1. You Stepped Out Of A Dream
A2. Filide
A3. It's You Or No One
B1. Jodie's Cha-Cha
B2. Deeds, Not Words
B3. Larry-Larue
B4. Conversation

DAVIS, MILES: Sketches Of Spain Cassette (DMOOK 060CS)

Complex, emotive, and straddling several genres, Sketches Of Spain is one of Miles Davis' masterpieces, a landmark of orchestrated jazz. The third of his collaborations with Gil Evans, Sketches was inspired by the classical "Concierto de Aranjuez," which sparked the suite that makes up the LP. Drummers Jimmy Cobb and Elvin Jones and bassist Paul Chambers reconfigured their approaches to blend with the orchestra under Evans' command and Davis uses a muted flugelhorn for the epic opener; his solo on "Saeta" is blinding and the adapted Andalusian folk song "Solea" draws on flamenco. This absolute stunner is a must-have!

$9.39 UPC: 637913308550 JAZZ

A1. Concierto De Aranjuez
A2. Will O' The Wisp
B1. The Pan Piper
B2. Saeta
B3. Solea

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DRUM & LACE: ONDA LP (FAB 130LP)

Sofia Degli Alessandri-Hultquist, AKA Drum & Lace, is a Florence-raised, London-based musician and artist. Drum & Lace takes inspiration from the natural world and her music is scattered with field recordings, so while the work is largely electronic there is a grounding and organic nature to every track. 2022's debut album Natura found inspiration in the soil and in rolling hills, while 2023's Frost EP captured the quiet beauty of winter. Her LP ONDA -- her most dance floor-leaning record to date -- is inspired by the ocean, with motifs of shells, sand and sisterhood present throughout. Sofia has shared the stage with artists as disparate, and luminary, as William Basinski, Suzanne Ciani, Shirley Manson of Garbage, Kaitlyn Aurelia Smith, black midi, Sqürl, and Hans-Joachim Roedelius, while the stages she's performed on include revered London venues like Café OTO and EartH, Moogfest, Slingshot Festival and National Sawdust's Digital Discovery event in the US and Festa Dell'Opera in Italy. She is also a composer for film with degrees from the prestigious Berklee College of Music and New York University, and her accolades include work with 20th Century Studios, Lionsgate, NBC, AppleTV+ and Amazon Studios. At the same time, she's been releasing music outside her scoring work, using her extensive synth collection to find her voice as an electronic producer whose music recalls the likes of Kelly Lee Owens. Such variety is proof that Drum & Lace is confidently dipping her toes in electronic music's different pools. From an intimate and immersive ambient performance to a summer festival stage, Drum & Lace taps into both with ease. Limited LP on transparent vinyl.

$19.39 EAN: 9120008863610 ELECTRONIC

A1. Solstice
A2. Plus
A3. A Piedi Nudi
A4. Nymph
A5. Conchiglie
B1. Plucked
B2. Whalesong
B3. Sisters
B4. Huntington
B5. Richiamo Del Mare

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TOMOYUKI TRIO: Shitsuren LP (FTR 770LP)

Cardinal Fuzz and Feeding Tube Records present the second LP from Tomoyuki Trio (Tomoyuki Aoki, Mike Vest, and Dave Sneddon) following their debut LP Mars on the esteemed Riot Season Record Label. Tomoyuki Aoki is the founding member and lead guitarist of the legendary Tokyo Psych Monsters Up-Tight. Of all the Japanese psych-rock groups that emerged in the late nineties and early noughties, Up-Tight are the most reverent, the most directly plugged into the source, from their name (Velvet Underground) with knowing referential song titles like "Sweet Sister" to their extended heavy, dark black clad acid fried one chord psych melters -- bands like Fushitsusha, White Heaven, Kousokuya, Shizuka, and the grandaddies of 'em all, the deservedly-legendary, Les Rallizes Denudes. Shitsuren if anything has got an even heavier, dronier edge than the last one. Super fuzzed guitars, sad ballads, grinding distorto epics and numbed, narcotic rhythms. This is one to play at maximum volume so that you can soak up its molten magik, as over two sides of Shitsuren's grueling guitar hypnotics you uncover the darker side of the ensembles personality to find them digging deep to drag the audience with them into the shadows of stoner psyche. If you can picture Okhami No Jikan, Asahito Nanjo, Musica Transonic, and Toho Sara then you're close to the outrageous levels of psychedelic excess captured here, a riotous concoction of ferociously brooding, locked down heavy bearing intensity of fierce/brutal speaker battering in the red levels.

$20.39 UPC: 769791986558 ROCK

A1. Anxiety & Ecstasy
B1. Depths Of Distant Reminiscent

BHAJAN BHOY: Peace Frequencies/Healing Frequencies (The WFMU + WGXC Sessions 2023) LP (FTR 775LP)

Ever wondered what music would sound like if it was ripped from the space directly preceding sleep? The tracks within this album are your gateway to discovery. These recordings, which were laid down especially for the USA radio stations WFMU and WGXC, will melt your speakers and your mind. Released on the ever-excellent Feeding Tube Records (USA) and Cardinal Fuzz (UK). Bhajan Bhoy (aka Ajay Saggar) symbolizes boundless creative freedom in all the music he has produced to date. This LP is no exception to that rule -- in fact, this album showcases an even wider spectrum of sounds and ideas than could ever be imagined. From heavy lysergic guitar excursions, to dub inflected guitar pedal pop, to nu-age minimalism, to electronic experimentalism -- all the terms and descriptions in the world don't do justice to the originality that lies within. When USA radio station WFMU asked Ajay to contribute tracks to a session for the show 'Feelings' (co-hosted by Michele and Creamo Coyl), he turned in five tracks that received tremendous feedback from around the world on the station's live chatline when broadcast. In addition, a session for WGXC further showcased the songwriting talent of Ajay. The ensuing three-week tour of the USA cemented Bhajan Bhoy's status as one of the most innovative musicians around. This LP marks another giant leap forward in Bhajan Bhoy's musical development. He's brimming with ideas and the imagination runs wild. This music is for the listeners who want to follow a path of discovery and be mesmerized and blown away by what they hear. Be sure to be one of the listening party. Written, recorded, mixed by Ajay Saggar at Soundation Studio in the summer of 2023. Mastered by Helmut Erler. Sleeve design by Jake Blanchard.

$20.39 UPC: 769791986534 ROCK

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ANDERSON, BETH: I Can't Stand It LP (FKR 119LP)

Carving an unlikely and elaborate niche in the stoney academic landscape which she once shared with the likes of Phill Niblock, John Cage, and Sorel Hayes, the excitable proto-punk poèmes sonores of the linguistic loose cannon known as Beth Anderson first rolled through New York in the mid-1970s (from Kentucky via San Francisco) like a jumbled tumbleweed of lost Letterism, face paint and threadbare drummy funk to astonish gallery floors, lecture theatres and loft apartment stages. One thousand leagues under the radar of the commercial music industry, with a sense of humor that elevated way above her highbrow peer group, the music of Beth Anderson has successfully evaded the pressing plant for most of her creative career, and not unlike fellow New York gallery actionist Suzanne Ciani, it has taken decades to successfully collect and contextualize these early recordings -- expanding her elusive discography beyond the rare and mysterious solo single entry in the process. In 1980, the 45rpm single "I Can't Stand It" combusted into the consciousness of adventurous participants with its deep rhythmic backbeat (courtesy of future Sonic Youth/Dinosaur Jr producer Wharton Tiers, member of the new wave band Theoretical Girls), climaxing with two colorful and commanding linguistic tantrums before disappearing in a puff of smoke leaving would-be fans dumbstruck without so much as a label name or distribution contact to explain what they had just heard. For those who have spent the subsequent years on the edge of that same seat, it might come as some comfort knowing that somewhere out there is also a contrasting world of gallery patrons and experimental sound poetry enthusiasts that similarly didn't know that their regular performance poet Beth Anderson even made the ambitious pop record. For the uninitiated, the enigmatic Beth Anderson has straddled both sides of the art/rock fence placed between two equally niche pastures. Hopefully this first-ever vinyl compendium will succeed in joining the dots, loops, yelps, squeaks, beats and repeats!

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KAYN, ROLAND: The Ortho-Project 15CD BOX (FR 025-039CD)

Returning to the unreleased oeuvre of the master of cybernetic sound Roland Kayn, Frozen Reeds hereby unveils a new high watermark for longform electroacoustic composition, unfolding across 15 CDs in a luxurious gold-stamped boxed set. With Jim O'Rourke applying his signature restorative touch to the audio, and Robert Beatty taking his cryptic cybernetics-inspired artwork several steps beyond the label's previous Kayn box, The Ortho-Project (2007) finally sees a fitting release. In 1970, Roland Kayn began a decades-long period of research, development and creation at the Instituut voor Sonologie in Utrecht. In the mid to late '90s, Kayn retired, relocated to the Dutch countryside, and began to realize new electronic works at Reiger Recording Studio -- his modest home facility. "I finally came to the conclusion," he would later point out, "that I no longer needed studios to construct my own electronic music." The working methods Kayn arrived at individually -- without the room-filling synthesizers, mixing desks and signal-processing equipment of Sonology at his disposal -- saw him turning his own career into a cybernetic process. From the hours of recorded sound amassed in prior decades, he began processing and assembling a mountainous quantity of new music. His works of this period are focused on reabsorbing and recontextualizing his life's work to produce yet another series of utterly alien landscapes. From his retirement until his death in 2011, Kayn was wildly prolific, leaving an archive of dozens of finished electronic pieces. Earlier source material is often resculpted using the technology Kayn had available to hand, while other techniques such as sampling radio broadcasts or the plunderphonic quotation of others' works occasionally intercede. No notes accompany any of this music -- no word of explanation or expression of intent. Only the works and their titles remain, the latter often simply deepening the mystery. Their durations range from around 20 minutes to almost 18 hours. The Ortho-Project, presented here in its entirety, is among the longest. At this scale, Kayn's music is perhaps at its most immersive; the listener senses they are being invited to envelope themselves in a rich environment of diverse timbral physicality rather than a programmatic work. This is simply electronic music as you have never experienced it before.

"The mystery, the grace, the boundless invention -- Kayn's machine music is a vast catalogue of very human wonder." --The Guardian

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FLYING LUTTENBACHERS, THE: Losing The War Inside Our Heads LP (GODREC 072LP)

Losing The War Inside Our Heads is the 17th official album by The Flying Luttenbachers. It is a desolate, bracing collection of music showcasing five varied new tracks of intense, composed modernism. The previous release Terror Iridescence (GODREC 069LP, 2022) was an abstract horrorscape of alienated dissonance marking founding member Weasel Walter's transition back to the original base of operations, Chicago. Following four albums with New York based personnel since reviving the Flying Luttenbachers in 2017 after a decade long hiatus, Losing The War is a transitional work like 2003's epic Systems Emerge From Complete Disorder, one of the most complex and ambitious chapters in the entire saga. Largely conceived and executed by Walter solo as a stopgap between phases, the dark, rigorous constructions here are tightly sculpted and scripted examples of the "brutal prog" aesthetic the group pioneered in the early 2000s. From the cathartic, asymmetrical riffing of "The Solution is the Problem," the quasi brutal death metal-influenced jigsaw puzzle "Id Vomit," to the endless corridor of minimalistic, epic doom, "Crawling 1000 Meters Across A Cold Stone Floor Towards The Forbidden," the mood is suffocatingly malevolent and oppressive, crammed full of bizarre twists, coruscating guitar abrasion, and relentless structural momentum.

$20.79 UPC: 769791986503 ROCK

01. The Solution Is The Problem
02. Excruciation
03. Id Vomit
04. Et Exspecto Resurrectionem Mortuorum Movement 5
05. Crawling 1000 Meters Across A Cold Stone Floor

HARRIS, MICK: HedNod 5-10 6LP BOX (GODREC 075LP)

Mick Harris has been an epitome of extremes: either as a drummer or as a sound sculptor and explorer of crushing beats, heavy bass or darkest soundscapes. Through the last 30 years, Harris has been an utterly prolific electronic artist (Monrella, The Weakener, Fret, Quoit), but known mostly for his famous project Scorn. At the beginning of the century, Harris started one of his longest-standing projects, HedNod. Alongside Scorn, HedNod turned out to be his most fruitful project, which in the meantime made up of as many as twenty volumes. GODrec is happy to announce the first instalment of HedNod boxes, featuring EPs that were originally available only as a download.

$81.19 UPC: 769791986510 ROCK

1.01. Devonshire Drive
1.02. The Back Roads
1.03. Point 35
1.04. PVA Clip
2.01. Brushing
2.02. Stopped
2.03. Full
2.04. Go It
3.01. Clock
3.02. Steps Down
3.03. Closed Approaching
3.04. Family Permit
4.01. Four Seasons
4.02. Ritec
4.03. Ritec (Recede V)
4.04. Doors V 1 & 2
4.05. Having To Leave
4.06. Having To Leave (Out Early V)
5.01. Tat Man
5.02. Pallet
5.03. Pallet In & Out V
5.04. From Home
5.05. Matron
5.06. Matron Exercise Bike V
6.01. Van Gone
6.02. Van Gone (Tatter V)
6.03. Artificial Pitch
6.04. Emperor Penguin
6.05. Emperor Penguin (Takeaways V)
6.06. Blue Roof

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CLETUS: Grease, Grits And Gravy LP (SUBURBIA 040LP)

Originally released on Johanns Face Records in 1996, this is the first vinyl reissue for Grease, Grits and Gravy, the first album by The Cletus from Charleston, South Carolina. Featuring Johnny Puke on vocals, produced by Mass Giorgini, catchy hooks and infectious melodies. Turn up the volume.

$17.99 EAN: 8055515235265 ROCK

A1. Turn Off The Radio
A2. Stipe
A3. Me And My Girl
A4. Product
A5. Emily
A6. Pedro Goes To Brooklyn
B1. Rage
B2. Jeanine
B3. Cindy Ann
B4. Hope
B5. Creep
B6. Hipster

SPITBOY: Spitboy LP (SUBURBIA 042LP)

Groundbreaking '90s all-female political SF hardcore punk. Retrospective LP featuring the self-titled 7" on Lookout!, their full debut LP on Ebullition and the legendary Mi Cuerpo Es Mio 7". "Their songs raged against macho bullshit and patriarchal society's cliches of male dominance, and at the same time gave out a reevaluation of female strength." --Dick Lucas. Benefit release for Ukrainian women's fund.

$17.99 EAN: 8055515234985 ROCK

A1. The Threat
A2. Sexism Impressed
A3. Ultimate Violations
A4. In Your Face
A5. Isolation Burns
A6. Right
A7. Moral Casualty
B1. In Tradition
B2. Violent Tongue
B3. Motivated By Fear
B4. True Self
B5. Removal
B6. World Problem
B7. Touch

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BOYS' SHORTS: Something To Forget 12" (IDI 019EP)

Limited numbered and stamped color vinyl (white) in black outersleeve with sticker. Prepare to be transported into a realm of sonic enchantment with the forthcoming release from Berlin's renowned Iptamenos Discos. Boys' Shorts, the dynamic queer duo hailing from Greece, comprised of Vangelis (formerly of LAGASTA) and London based Tareq, unveil their EP Something To Forget accompanied by captivating remixes from Gabe Gurnsey and Whitesquare. Following their successful New Era EP which was on high rotation on Berlin's RBB Radioeins, and lending their remix skills to Local Suicide on their Eros Anikate album, Boys' Shorts are yet again back on Iptamenos Discos. "Something To Forget," the first single and title track starts with a strong kick and a prominent snare which punches through the mix and becomes a driving force which anchors the track. The bouncy and energetic bassline is contrasted with lyrics which are somewhat melancholic, however they are performed in a way that gives them an underlying sense of optimism. The extremely talented producer Gabe Gurnsey, a regular on Phantasy Sound and member of Factory Floor, puts forward a dancefloor focused remix of "Something To Forget," which ups the tempo and shifts the focus to the bassline, teasing snippets of the vocals initially and only letting them play out in full for a moment after the break. "Flying Away" features washed out synths packed with reverb and dreamy emotion filled vocals that float around your head, and toe the line between happy and sad, never quite landing on either and leaving it up to the listener for interpretation. Roman DJ and producer, Whitesquare is on remix duties for "Flying Away" and throws away all questions of what tone the track will follow with the introduction of a euphoric and nostalgic piano melody in the breakdown, that will bring a smile to everyone's face and a wave of positive energy over any dancefloor. Something To Forget is sure to be a revered release by Boys' Shorts and another exciting addition to the Iptamenos Discos catalogue.

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LEE & KING TUBBY, BUNNY: Brass Rockers CD (JRCD 037CD)

2024 CD reprint. King Tubby and producer Bunny "Striker" Lee are intertwined in the birth of dub music. After discovering a mistake that became a "serious joke," they went on to release the first pressings of this new musical genre named "Dub Music." Tubby's vast knowledge of electronics and Bunny's vast catalog of rhythms would lay the foundations of what today is taken as a standard -- the remix/version cuts to an existing vocal tune. Osbourne "King Tubby" Ruddock was born in Kingston, Jamaica on January 28th 1941 and grew up in the High Holborn Street area of downtown Kingston. He studied electronics at Kingston's National Technical College and also did two correspondence courses from the U.S.A. When he had qualified, Tubby began repairing radios and other electrical appliances in a shack in the backyard of his mother's home. His work in the early days included winding transformers and building amplifiers for Kingston's Sound Systems. Tubby built his first Sound System in 1957 playing jazz and rhythm & blues at local weddings and birthday parties. His reputation as a man who knew and understood both electronics and music grew steadily, and as the '60s drew to a close, Tubby purchased his own basic two-track equipment. He installed this alongside his dub-cutting machine, a homemade mixing console, and his impressive collection of jazz albums in the back bedroom of his home at 18 Dromilly Avenue, which he christened his music room.

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PREVOST, GREG 'STACKHOUSE': After The Wars CD (MD 008CD)

Greg is in a state of grace. Following the great reception of his third work (the acoustic yet soulful Songs For These Times (MD 006CD)), the man returns, right on time, with a new album under his arm. And it comes full of surprises and collaborations -- more than ever. In Greg 'Stackhouse' Prevost's fourth album, After The Wars, you will find true folk rock wonders, classy Baroque pop and psychedelia, country, blues, gospel, and -- of course -- straight rock and roll. This is a festival of good taste in the form of songs infused with shiny 12-string guitars, plush acoustics, crafted vocal harmonies, wailing harps and hypnotic arrangements of cello, piano and organ, steel guitar, and much more! All of this, rounded off with a simply perfect production, makes After The Wars Greg 'Stackhouse' Prevost's most varied, complete, and best album to date.

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ALFRED, SAM: Roadblocks 12" (MFM 012X-EP)

With Australia's dance music scene being more prolific than ever, it's only fitting that one of the continent's hottest tickets appears in the Running Back universe. Sam Alfred's debut on its subsidiary Misfit Melodies melts the old with the new, swings the hips with the hits and unites the past with the future. The man with the adorable underground white label MP3 Shine II Dawn under his belt, is not only a DJ to die for, but also a witty, interesting and most of all enchanting studio talent. Aptly titled Roadblocks, this five-track-EP once more underlines his appeal: his-speed house and sprinkles of retro rave meet the melodies of tomorrow. "While My Heart" and "Back To" sound like Strictly Rhythm tracks played by UK Garage DJs. "Drift" and "Fortune" are prime examples of Sam's production powers. last, but not least the title track is the result of a trip to Dekmantel and a nod to the proggy bounce of the '90s. Built with love and made to last.

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ISHII, KEN: Reference To Difference (30th Anniversary) LP (MMDS 24003LP)

The musician and DJ Ken Ishii sits right at the pinnacle of techno's most noteworthy, but although a game changer for the artist personally -- and for Japanese electronic music in general -- his 1994 album Reference to Difference is something of an unsung gem today. Now reissued and remastered, released to mark the 30th anniversary of Musicmine/Sublime Records, and available on vinyl with its original track-list for the first time, this stunning, lesser-known classic is ripe for rediscovery. A futuristic confluence of unplaceable ambient atmospheres, space age techno, IDM and minimalist composition, Reference To Difference unfolds as an effortless series of exercises in pristine synth textures, robust man/machine rhythm and understated melodies. It teleports the listener back to a golden moment in the mid-1990s, when a dedicated generation rose out of Tokyo's storied clubs and took the innovation, energy, and creativity of Japan's unique techno culture to the world. Opened in 1993, Maniac Love was a new nightclub where Manabu Yamazaki aka DJ Yama promoted the Sublime parties, which soon became a crucial hub within the burgeoning Tokyo underground. It was here where Yamazaki rubbed shoulders with peers including Ishii and Susumu Yokota, and the trio's future became intertwined. Through talking with Ishii and Yokota, Yamazaki became emboldened to transform Sublime into a record label. Soon after, Yamazaki partnered with Hideoki Amano, who was on the verge of founding Musicmine, a now respected and longstanding independent Japanese music company. As Yamazaki tells it, Amano helped him turn his dream into a reality: Sublime Records. For Musicmine and Sublime Records' inaugural album releases, Yamazaki and Amano approached both Ishii and Yokota, resulting in the simultaneous drop of Reference To Difference and Acid Mt. Fuji respectively, on June 29th 1994. With the pair of LPs further stamping Japan on the contemporary musical globe, the scene was beginning to boom at home too. Specialist record stores, and club music magazines like Ele-King and Loud spread the word, and in the wake of Maniac Love's impact, new nightclubs like the legendary Liquid Room were opening up, bringing a steady stream of world-famous DJs to the Japanese capital. The new liner notes for this release were written Martyn Pepperell, a well-regarded music journalist who has covered Susumu Yokota for Wax Poetics and Midori Takada for Dazed, amongst numerous other articles.

$19.99 EAN: 4582116562895 ELECTRONIC

A1. Into The Inside (2024 Remaster)
A2. Fading Sky (2024 Remaster)
A3. Non Essential (2024 Remaster)
B1. Finite Time (2024 Remaster)
B2. Interjection (2024 Remaster)
B3. Scene One (2024 Remaster)

YOKOTA, SUSUMU: Acid Mt. Fuji (30th Anniversary) 3LP (MMDS 24004LP)

Triple gatefold heavyweight 180g vinyl. Remastered original LP, including five unreleased tracks, presented for the first time on vinyl. Susumu Yokota's venerated 1994 classic Acid Mt. Fuji is reissued in expanded, deluxe fashion, as part of the 30th anniversary celebrations of the label that originally presented it. Japan's Musicmine -- specifically it's electronic subsidiary Sublime Records -- released the album on June 29th 1994, simultaneously with Ken Ishii's Reference To Difference, as their inaugural joint offering. Acid Mt. Fuji is an enchanting mix of mystical ambient acid and futurist minimal techno, taking the listeners on a psychedelic pilgrimage, where 303, synths and electronic percussion are scented with reverb, echo and forest recordings. Merging Japanese new age and sparse electronica, the recording is free, organic, and energized -- proffering a unique blend of early '90s western styles and the essence of his home country. Yokota originally planned an ambient record, but Acid Mt. Fuji evolved into a concept work featuring the Roland TB-303, which he recorded live at home alongside a sampler, yielding experimental and innovative results. With references to Japanese folklore, nature and shrines, tracks like "Kinoko" and "Meijijingu" invite the listener to immerse themselves in the album's spiritual depths. Acid Mt. Fuji is a powerful testament to the establishment of rave culture in Japan, which rapidly developed within just two years, from 1992 to 1994. Largely due to praise for the breathtaking originality of the LP, within this burgeoning national techno scene, Yokota rose to prominence as one of its key figures. He then became one of the most renowned artists to emerge from his homeland and enter the global electronic pantheon. He inspired a new wave of Japanese producers and DJs, contributing significantly to the growth of the techno movement in Japan. This triple vinyl deluxe edition includes the original album's eleven tracks alongside five raw and jacking rare gems, available on wax for the first time, which were previously included only in the Japanese 2016 deluxe edition CD. The liner notes are written by DJ/producer Alex From Tokyo, who was a good friend of Yokota, and experienced the '90s Tokyo club scene firsthand as an insider. His compilation Japan Vibrations Vol. 1 captures this golden era, and features music by Prism (Susumu Yokota), Ryuichi Sakamoto, Haruomi Hosono, Yasuaki Shimizu, Quadra (Hiroshi Watanabe), and more.

$33.39 EAN: 4251804181709 ELECTRONIC

A1. Zenmai (2024 Remaster)
A2. Kinoko (2024 Remaster)
A3. Meijijingu (2024 Remaster)
B1. Saboten (2024 Remaster)
B2. Oh My God (2024 Remaster)
B3. Tambarin (2024 Remaster)
C1. Oponchi (2024 Remaster)
C2. Ao-oni (2024 Remaster)
C3. Akafuji (2024 Remaster)
D1. Alphaville (2024 Remaster)
D2. Tanuki (2024 Remaster)
E1. Floating G (2024 Remaster)
E2. H (2024 Remaster)
E3. B (2024 Remaster)
F1. F (2024 Remaster)
F2. 2 H (2024 Remaster)

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BATORS, STIV: Disconnected Cassette (RADK 7037CS)

Originally released in 1980, Stiv Bators first solo effort. Mr. Bators was the man who destroyed Rocket From The Tombs, from which he hijacked half the members to found one of the most influential American punk bands to have existed, The Dead Boys. Stiv has turned in his broken teeth for a more power pop oriented solo career. This is not an album recorded by a has-been former punk idealist; instead, it's a true step forward into another unknown arena packing all the glare and attitude that remained from the last. 50th anniversary reissue.

$9.39 EAN: 8055515235982 ROCK

A1. Evil Boy
A2. Bad Luck Charm
A3. A Million Miles Away
A4. Make Up Your Mind
A5. Swingin A-Go-Go
B1. Too Much To Dream
B2. Ready Any Time
B3. The Last Year
B4. I Wanna Forget You (Just The Way You Are)

HANOI ROCKS: Oriental Beat Cassette (RADK 7041CS)

Hanoi Rocks' Oriental Beat pulsates with a unique blend of glam rock and punk energy, capturing the band's rebellious spirit against the backdrop of 1980s Helsinki. With catchy hooks and raw intensity, it solidifies their status as pioneers of the Finnish rock scene.

$9.39 EAN: 8055515236149 ROCK

A1. Motorvatin'
A2. Don't Follow Me
A3. Visitor
A4. Teenangels Outsiders
A5. Sweet Home Suburbia
B1. M.C. Baby
B2. No Law Or Order
B3. Oriental Beat
B4. Devil Woman
B5. Lightnin' Bar Blues
B6. Fallen Star

HANOI ROCKS: Back To Mystery City Cassette (RADK 7042CS)

Back to Mystery City by Hanoi Rocks channels the grit and glamour of the urban underground, intertwining sleazy rock riffs with poetic lyricism. It's a sonic journey through the shadows of city streets, showcasing the band's distinct fusion of punk attitude and rock 'n' roll swagger.

$9.39 EAN: 8055515236156 ROCK

A1. Strange Boys Play Weird Openings
A2. Malibu Beach Nightmare
A3. Mental Beat
A4. Tooting Bec Wreck
A5. Until I Get You
B1. Sailing Down The Tears
B2. Lick Summer Love
B3. Beating Gets Faster
B4. Ice Cream Summer
B5. Back To Mystery City