Thomas Walsh is the founder and frontperson in critically endorsed Irish cult-pop band Pugwash. His
classic pop songwriting has garnered him an impressive collection of celebrity recognition from artists
like Brian Wilson, Jeff Lynne and Joe Elliot. Guest contributions on the album comes from Dave
Gregory (XTC, Dukes Of Stratosphere), Joe Elliott (Def Leppard), Michael Penn, Neil Hannon (The
Divine Comedy), Matt Berry (What We Do In The Shadows). ANDY PARTRIDGE - "Pugwash
(Thomas Walsh), at their best, are almost Beatle-like in their greatness. They are THAT good”
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- A1: The Bo Street Runners – Bo Street Runner (Single Version)
- A2: The Others – Oh Yeah
- A3: David John And The Mood – Bring It To Jerome
- A4: Mickey Finn And The Blue Men – I Still Want You
- A5: Ronnie Jones And The Night-Timers – I Need Your Loving
- A6: The Second Thoughts – Seventh Son
- A7: James Royal – Work Song
- A8: Alexis Korner’s Blues Incorporated – Taboo Man
- A9: The Trendbender Band – Unchain My Heart
- B1: The Syndicats – Crawdaddy Simone
- B2: The In Crowd – Things She Says
- B3: The Boys Blue – You Got What I Want
- B4: The Rocking Vicars – It’s Alright
- B5: The Artwoods – I Take What I Want
- B6: The Favourite Sons – That Driving Beat
- B7: The Moody Blues – And My Baby’s Gone
- B8: The Stormsville Shakers – Number One
- B9: The Union – See Saw
- C1: Rod Stewart – Shake
- C2: Laurel Aitken And The Soul Men – Last Night
- C3: Barry St John – Gotta Brand New Man
- C4: The Soul Brothers – Good Lovin’ Never Hurt
- C5: Lucas & The Mike Cotton Sound – Ain’t Love Good, Ain’t Love Proud
- C6: J.j. Jackson – But It’s Alright
- C7: Carl Douglas & The Big Stampede – Something For Nothing
- C8: Wynder K Frog – Turn On Your Lovelight
- D1: The Spencer Davis Group – Looking Back
- D2: Double Feature – Baby Get Your Head Screwed On
- D3: Scots Of St. James – Tic Toc
- D4: The Attraction – She’s A Girl
- D5: John’s Children – But She’s Mine
- D6: The Drag Set – Day And Night
- D7: Rupert’s People – Hold On
- D8: The Action – Look At The View
Modernists loved the latest R&B, blues and soul sounds coming from US cities such as Chicago, Memphis and Detroit and when British groups started playing their own interpretations in clubs and dancehalls they gained their own mod followings, their music remaining popular on the mod scene today.
Side 1 of this bespoke collection spotlights the British R&B scene and features a founding father of British blues Alexis Korner with the rare ‘Taboo Man’ alongside ace mod tracks from The Bo Street Runners, The Others, Mickey Finn and The Blue Men (featuring a youthful Jimmy Page on harmonica) and more.
Side 2 starts with British R&B groups developing their own sound by turning up their guitars, employing distortion, feedback and fuzz pedals to take the music in a new direction. Highlights include the Joe Meek produced ‘Crawdaddy Simone’ by The Syndicats (described as proto punk because of its ferocity), The In Crowd’s snarling ‘Things She Says’ and The Artwoods’ fuzz drenched mod favourite ‘I Take What I Want’ featuring future Deep Purple organist Jon Lord on organ.
Denny Laine (later of Wings) sings with The Moody Blues calming things down with some soulful beat.
Side 3 focuses on UK soul music - Rod ‘the mod’ Stewart backed by The Brian Auger Trinity takes on Sam Cooke’s ‘Shake’, the godfather of ska Laurel Aitken proves he’s also a natural soul man with his floor filling version of The Mar-Keys’ ‘Last Night’ and the amazing Barry St. John sings the funky ‘Gotta Brand New Man’. Popular club acts Lucas & The Mike Cotton Sound and Carl Douglas & The Big Stampede would regularly bring the house down at mod clubs and also feature.
Side 4 includes mod club dancefloor smashes from The Spencer Davis Group and Rupert’s People (AKA mod group Fleur De Lys) while mod heroes The Action go psychedelic with ‘Look At The View’. A moonlighting Jeff Beck of The Yardbirds plays on John’s Children’s ‘But She’s Mine’ and there are brilliant singles revered by freakbeat and psych collectors such as Double Feature’s ‘Baby Get Your Head Screwed On’ and The Drag Set’s ‘Day And Night’.
Rarities from The Trendbender Band and The Union (featuring Elmer Gantry) appear on vinyl for the first time.
Aesthetically, Hometown Vampire provides a guided tour through 50 years of guitar music, calling out to greats like a prayer, asking for the songs we love to act as guidance through the trouble around us. The characters labeled here as vampires refer to any of the lowlifes we see around us or in ourselves; the punisher at the bar, the chronic failure who's always got a new scheme, the kinds of people who live in the past and stew in bitterness. Hometown Vampire is a farewell to all the good and bad of music scene chicanery, late night shit-talking, and all the failed romances before.
For fans of:
The Beatles, Girls, The Lemonheads, Pavement, Real Estate, Death Cab for Cutie, Hovvdy, Mac Demarco, Vampire Weekend, Billy Joel
- A1: The Sugarhill Gang - Rapper's Delight
- A2: Joe Bataan - Rap-O Clap-O
- A3: Funky 4 + 1 - That's The Joint (Remix)
- A4: Afrika Bambaataa X Zulu Nation & Cosmic Force - Zulu Na
- B1: Grandmaster Flash & The Furious Five - The Message
- B2: Super-Wolf - Super-Wolf Can Do It
- B3: Spoonie Gee - Spoonin' Rap
- B4: Cold Crush Brothers - Basketball Throwdown
- B5: Fab 5 Freddy - Down By Law
- C1: Boogie Down Productions - 9Mm Goes Bang
- C2: Jungle Brothers - Straight Out The Jungle
- C3: Digital Underground Feat 2Pac - Same Song
- C4: Monie Love Feat True Image - It's A Shame (My Sister)
- C5: Grand Puba - I Like It (I Wanna Be Where You Are)
- D1: The Pharcyde - Runnin
- D2: Capone-N-Noreaga - Invincible
- D3: D I.t.c. Feat. Ag., Big L & O.c. - Thick
- D4: Dj Honda Feat Mos Def - Travellin' Man
- D5: Rza - Grits
- E1: Percee P - Raw Heat (45 Version)
- E2: Guilty Simpson Feat Spacek - Smoking
- E3: Brooklyn Academy - Black Out
- E4: Dizzee Rascal - Fix Up, Look Sharp
- E5: Chinese Man Feat Kendra Morris & Dillon Cooper - Liar
- F3: Brand Nubian - Slow Down
- F4: Bozoo Bajou Feat Oh No - Back Up
- F5: Greyboy Feat Main Flow & Elgin Park - Uknowmylife
- F1: Beat Assailant - Hard Twelve (The Ante)
- F2: Lanu Feat Kero One - It's Time
- Hoofd Heet Hart Koud
- New Life
- Ruimteschip
- Denk Er Niet Meer Over Na
- Het Is Wat Het Is
- Vogelvrij Ft. Josylvio & Sticks
- M'n Hele Hart
- Fenomenaal Ft. Joel Domingos
- Dansen Met Mij (Big2 & Antoon)
- Kleine Man
- Do Or Die Ft. Winne & Raw Roets
- Life Goes On
- Ziel Van Het Kwaad (Big2 & Spasmatic)
- Duizelig
- Nooit Alleen
- Mooi Aan Mij
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Zeer gelimiteerde gesigneerde versie (100 stuks). Big2 (Twan van Steenhoven) is rapper en producer en is tevens de helft van de populairste hiphopact van Nederland; The Opposites. Op zijn nieuwste plaat is de transformatie naar zijn leven als pas geworden vader te horen. Voor het eerst rapt Big2 over zijn zoontje, die voor het album als grote inspiratiebron heeft gediend. ‘New Life’ bevat hits met Big2’s keiharde onmiskenbare sound en persoonlijke tracks met een nieuw geluid evenals klassieke hip-hop tracks op échte kenmerkende Big2 beats. Met gastbijdrages van o.a. Josylvio, Winne, Sticks & Antoon mag deze klassieker niet ontbreken in je platenkast.. Eerder verschenen al de tracks 'Denk Er Niet Meer Over Na', 'Vogelvrij' feat. Josylvio en Sticks en het meest recente 'Life Goes On'.
- A1: Shaktar Donetsk
- A2: Bhindee Bhagee
- A3: Rudie Can't Fail
- B1: Tony Adams
- B2: (White Man) In Hammersmith Palais
- B3: Mega Bottle Ride
- B4: Get Down Moses
- C1: Police & Thieves
- C2: Cool ?N' Out
- C3: Police On My Back
- C4: Johnny Appleseed
- D1: Coma Girl
- D2: I Fought The Law
- D3: Bankrobber (Feat. Mick Jones)
- D4: White Riot (Feat. Mick Jones)
- D5: London's Burning (Feat. Mick Jones
Dark Horse Records veröffentlicht das legendäre Live-Konzert von Joe Strummer & the Mescaleros in Acton Town Hall, neu gemastert vom Grammy-Preisträger Paul Hicks (The Beatles, The Rolling Stones, George Harrison) erhältlich auf 2LP-Vinyl und CD.
Das am 15. November 2002 aufgezeichnete Konzert war ein Benefizkonzert für streikende Feuerwehrleute und war einer von Joes letzten Auftritten (er verstarb einen Monat später). Teil des Auftritts eine Reunion mit Mick Jones, Strummers ehemaligem Bandkollegen von The Clash, der zum ersten Mal seit fast zwanzig Jahren für drei Songs wieder mit Strummer auf der Bühne zusammenkam. Es war auch das letzte Mal, dass sie gemeinsam auf der Bühne standen.
Die Vinyl ist in einer Gatefold-Hülle verpackt, inklusive bisher ungesehenen Fotos von der Show sowie neue Linernotes vom ehemaligen Feuerwehrsekretär Andy Gilchrist, der die Band bei der Show vorstellte und die Streiks anführte, die Joe unterstützte. Dies ist das erste Mal, dass das Konzert mit einer umfassenden Verpackung auf Vinyl veröffentlicht wird. Die extrem limitierte vorherige Version, die 2012 exklusiv zum Record Store Day erschien, hatte nur eine DIY-inspirierte Klarsichthülle und war das erste Mal, dass es auf CD
veröffentlicht wurde.
- A1: Freddie Mercury - Living On My Own (No More Brothers Radio Mix)
- A2: U2 - Discotheque
- A3: Robbie Williams - Let Me Entertain You
- A4: Roxette - Joyride
- A5: Spin Doctors - Two Princes
- B1: Spice Girls - Wannabe
- B2: Britney Spears - …Baby One More Time
- B3: Christina Aguilera - Genie In A Bottle
- B4: N Sync - Tearin' Up My Heart
- B5: Backstreet Boys - Everybody (Backstreet's Back)
- B6: Take That & Lulu - Relight My Fire
- C1: Snap! - Rhythm Is A Dancer 7" Edit
- C2: La Bouche - Be My Lover
- C3: Culture Beat - Mr Vain (Radio Edit)
- C4: Haddaway - What Is Love
- C5: Dr Alban - It's My Life
- D1: Prince Ital Joe, Marky Mark - Happy People
- D2: Lou Bega - Mambo No 5 (A Little Bit…)
- D3: Eiffel 65 - Blue (Da Ba Dee)
- D4: Gigi D'agostino - The Riddle (Single Cut)
- D5: U96 - Das Boot
- E1: Tlc - Waterfalls (Single Edit)
- E2: Blackstreet Feat Dr. Dre - No Diggity (Radio Version)
- E3: Fugees, Ms Lauryn Hill, Wyclef Jean, Pras - Fu-Gee-La
- F3: Vanilla Ice - Ice Ice Baby
- F4: Jennifer Lopez - If You Had My Love
- F5: Salt-N-Pepa - Let's Talk About Sex
- G1: Faithless - Insomnia (Radio Edit)
- G2: Everything But The Girl - Missing (Todd Terry Remix / Radio Edit)
- G3: Dna Feat Suzanne Vega - Tom's Diner
- G4: Lisa Stansfield - Change (Radio Edit)
- G5: Cher - Believe
- H1: Bloodhound Gang - The Bad Touch
- H2: Crazy Town - Butterfly
- H3: Run-D M.c., Jason Nevins - It's Like That
- H4: Fingers, Gilette - Short Dick Man (Radio Mix)
- H5: Marky Mark & The Funky Bunch, Loleatta Holloway - Good Vibrations
- E4: Snow - Informer
- E5: Stereo Mc's - Connected - Edit (Aus 25 Years)
- F1: Ini Komoze - Here Comes The Hotstepper
- F2: Heavy D & The Boyz, Aaron Hall - Now That We Found Love
„The 90’s are back!“ – 30 Jahre später ist das beliebte Jahrzehnt musikalisch wieder voll im Trend! Auf der „FETENHITS - The Real 90’s“ sind die Originale der größten Party-Hymnen der Dekade vereint.
Ob die groovigen Sounds von „No Diggity“, der absolute Ohrwurm „Wannabe“ oder die Kult-Nummer „Mambo No. 5“ - Der bunte Mix der besten Party-Songs und Klassiker der 90‘s ist voller „Good Vibrations“!
Mit dabei sind u.a. U2, Britney Spears, Salt-N-Pepa, 20 Fingers & Gillette, Freddie Mercury, La Bouche, DJ Bobo, TLC, Backstreet Boys und viele mehr.
„We Bring It All Back“ mit den größten Party-Hits der 90er! Erhältlich als 4LP, 4CD und eAlbum ab dem 29. September 2023!
Superstar Joe Bonamassa Returns To His Roots With New Studio Album Blues Deluxe, Vol. 2, Celebrating The 20th Anniversary of His Best-Selling Independent Release
In Addition, Joe Will Release A Remastered Version Of Blues Deluxe Which Will Drop With Its Predecessor On October 6th via J&R Adventures/Provogue Records
Blues Deluxe is the third studio album by Joe Bonamassa and originally released on August 26, 2003. Recorded at Unique Recording Studios in New York City, it was produced by Bob Held and features nine cover versions of songs by classic blues artists, such as BB King, Jeff Beck, John Lee Hooker, Robert Johnson, Elmore James and more. The album is completed with three original tracks, including the fan favorite Woke Up Dreaming.
With 26 #1 albums, yearly sold-out tours worldwide and custom annual cruises, he's a hard act to beat. These albums are a testament to his credentials and a toast to his longtime fans who remember them originally and new fans who can experience them for the first time. It's Joe Bonamassa at his finest, ready to rock.
Antônio Carlos Jobim was a primary force behind the evolution of bossa nova and his 6th studio release Stone Flower is an absolute classic. The album is emblematic of 70’s bossa with it’s seductive samba beat fused with elements of modern jazz provided by a star-studded supporting cast of Ron Carter, Hubert Laws, Airto Moreira, and Joe Farrell. Stone Flower was recorded by Blue Note engineering virtuoso Rudy Van Gelder and arranged by fellow pianist and guitarist Eumir Deodato; the fidelity and musicality is so well cared for that it effortlessly carries listeners away.
- A1: African Dub - Joe Gibbs & The Professionals
- A2: Universal Dub - Joe Gibbs And The Professionals
- A3: Midnight Movie - Joe Gibbs And The Professionals
- A4: Getto Skank - Joe Gibbs And The Professionals
- A5: Lime Key Rock - Joe Gibbs And The Professionals
- A6: Lovers Serenade - Joe Gibbs And The Professionals
- B1: Treasure Dub - Joe Gibbs And The Professionals
- B2: Schooling The Beat - Joe Gibbs And The Professionals
- B3: Campus Rock - Joe Gibbs And The Professionals
- B4: Half Ounce - Joe Gibbs And The Professionals
- B5: Worrier - Joe Gibbs And The Professionals
- B6: East Africa - Joe Gibbs And The Professionals
Wenn ihr Dub-Reggae der 70er Jahre liebt, dann ist diese Limitierte Yellow LP eine wichtige Ergänzung eurer Sammlung! Der Produzent Joe Gibbs war für die vier Mitte der 70er Jahre unter dem Titel African Dub All-Mighty veröffentlichten Scheiben verantwortlich, aber die Musiker waren in Wirklichkeit eine wechselnde Ansammlung von Mitgliedern der Bands Soul Syndicate, We the People und The Revolutionaries sowie das ergänzende Genie hinter dem Mischpult Errol Thompson.
- A1: Indian Pop Bass 2 35
- A2: Prélude À Une Angoisse 2 20
- A3: Patio Bass 2 30
- A4: Tension Nerveuse 2 10
- A5: Amour, Délices Et Contrebasse 2 30
- A6: Percussion Bass 2 50
- A7: Obsession Diabolique 2 02
- B1: Les Copains De La Basse 2 32
- B2: Doucement La Basse 2 22
- B3: Bass Session 2 25
- B4: Bass After Love 2 06
- B5: Ballade Pour Une Basse 2 02
- B6: Cosmic Bass 2 55
Guy Pedersen, French jazz-soul-funk double-bass player extraordinaire, recorded Contrebasses in 1970 for Tele Music. It's one of the most outstanding - yet puzzlingly slept-on - releases in the library's catalogue. Forget library, this is basically a sublime, straight-up moody jazz record with monster breaks. It's brimming with sensational psychedelic/jazzy bass-heavy moments throughout; it's absolute gold.
"Indian Pop Bass" contains a deep, abstract breakbeat that intersects with a bassline that loops as if it sinks into the swaying, heavy, slow drums. The mysterious, deliberate "Prélude À Une Angoisse" is an eerie, magical number with ace effects whilst "Patio Bass" is a breezy deep jazz knockout with fantastic drums and a sashaying melody. "Tension Nerveuse" creates an atmosphere that's exactly as the title suggests, full of genuine suspense, rumbling percussion and deep drama jazz. "Amour, Délices Et Contrebasse" is a touch lightweight so you're advised to head to the much darker, peculiar funk of "Percussion Bass", bursting with imaginative sounds and effects. "Obsession Diabolique" closes out the A Side, with a funky walking bassline and sparkling percussion battling against droning strings to create a uniquely unsettling, beatless track.
Enlivening the B-Side immediately is the fantastic, propulsive funky-jazz of "Les Copains De La Basse". "Doucement La Basse" is largely forgettable but "Bass Session" is a blazing psych-jazz-rock burner. Absolutely thrilling. Equally, "Bass After Love" is devastatingly psychy, funky and unique. "Ballade Pour Une Basse" is a classic funky French jazz piece with an infectious bass melody that seems to anticipate "Before The Night Is Over", the Joe Simon track that Outkast sampled for "So Fresh, So Clean".
The audio for Contrebasses has been remastered by Be With regular Simon Francis, ensuring this release sounds better than ever. Cicely Balston's expert skills have made sure nothing is lost in the cut whilst the original, iconic Tele Music house sleeve has been restored here at Be With HQ as the finishing touch to this long overdue re-issue.
'Higher Than High' ist eine gefühlvolle Disco-Nummer mit unerbittlichem Beat. Der Track wurde zusammen mit drei anderen Nummern um 1976 für den GRC aufgenommen. Die B-Seite ist eine Aufnahme von John Edwards. 'It's Got To Be The Real Thing For Me This Time' ist ein Uptempo-Song von Sam Dees.
Moving to England for its second release, Rant & Rave Records presents a proper EP from South Wales-based producer JoeFarr, known for his dancefloor jams on labels such as: 'SLAM', 'Arts', and his most recent success with 2019's epic 12" 'Death Becomes Us'. On the a-side 'In This Anger', which JoeFarr has written with Louisahhh, an anxiously dark, slowly developing atmosphere menaces behind a slow rolling, broken beat for maximum effect. This is punctuated by dark, slightly distorted female vocals with sporadic lyrics subtly encouraging its dance floors to move.. and think. Signature hard and bouncy grooves with infectious in-yer-face techno riffs dominate the rest of the EP with tracks 'Laced Up', 'You Can See Me' and 'You will See Me (Hardcore)', effortlessly weaving in and out of the pulsating groove with an interesting palette of machine sounding synths and heavily processed vocals.
Welchem 60s-Fan klingen die Songs nicht in den Ohren: 'Painter Man', 'Making Time', 'Cool Jerk', 'Tom Tom', 'Biff Bang Pow', ihre ultra-coolen Versionen von 'Like A Rolling Stone' oder 'Hey Joe' und einige mehr. Speziell in Deutschland hatte die 1966 formierte Beat-Band um Gitarrist Eddie Phillips eine treue Fan-Gemeinde.. Stilistisch nah bei The Who und den Kinks wurde The Creation von deren Produzenten Shel Talmy produziert. Bis sich die Band 1968 erstmalig auflöste, entstand kein reines Studioalbum, aber jede Menge Single-Hits. Später wurde das legendäre Label von Alan McGee nach ihnen benannt. Das luxuriöse 2CD-Set im 7inch Format hält nochmal alle Klassiker bereit, die die Band in den 1960er Jahren aufgenommen hat. Die im Tracklisting reduzierte Halfspeed-Master-LP kommt mit dem dänischen Artwork , OBI-Strip, 4-Seiten-Booklet und natürlich auf 180Gr. Black Vinyl.
If you dig deep enough into the underground you will find the most precious jewels and it ain't that much of an effort these days to turn on the computer and trip through the colorful World Wide Web. But beware for not all the glitter is gold. I stepped by some dark and dusty back street club in Atlanta / Georgia, USA and some enchanting music tempted me to enter. A powerful raspy voice screaming out the pain of the world no matter if it were big or small affairs. "California dreaming on such a winter's day", wow, when the MAMAS AND PAPAS sang this in a sweet folk manner it was a light and joyful anthem for all hippies and hipsters back in 1966, like a call to love. Lee Moses' version is more of a desperate cry for sunshine and freedom. And it goes on this way. His voice has this special phrase showing determination, pain but also sheer joy of life. His 1971 album is a steady groover with a steaming hot band performing , which includes a brass section of divine greatness. These devoted players build up a massive wall of groove and melody on which Lee Moses can unleash his voice like a volcanic eruption. The groove itself stays quite relaxed but definitely hypnotizing throughout the whole album and clears up your mind for the message of love Lee Moses raves about. The high skills of Lee's backing band gets showcased in a steaming instrumental version of THE FOUR TOPS' "Reach out (I'll be there)", which appeared on an early 7" first and got added here as a bonus track. They don't stop for THE BEATLES' "Day tripper" either and next to "California dreamin'" you can find another heart warming version of "Hey Joe" on the regular album. Not as extraordinary outraging as Hendrix' turn on this classic Lee and his mates make it a slightly more epic effort. All in all this is a soul album with very few covers and even more classic anthems of this genre that should actually be worshipped by lovers of the late 1960s Motown sound. Especially the bonus tracks will drive you wild. Go for it, brothers and sisters.
The recent find of four Joe Graham recordings in the GRC/Aware tapes has shown there was much more to Joe’s talents than the southern soul of his 60s Chant recordings and the synthesiser, electro pop he recorded for various Atlanta labels in the 80s. ‘Higher Than High’ is a soulful disco number featuring a relentless beat. The track already has a strong following, thanks to advance plays in Europe and the UK from DJ Dave Thorley. This track, along with three other numbers, were recorded around 1976 for the GRC stable – just as the company was floundering so badly that the songs were left as unmixed multi-track tapes. Now mixed the demand for this one will be high.
We’ve taken the opportunity of including another excellent, unreleased at the time, recording from the revered John Edwards. ‘It’s Got To Be The Real Thing For Me This Time’ is an uptempo Sam Dees song, unheard until the 1990s release of the first batch of GRC/Aware tapes
- 1: Southern Rock
- 2: Inside The Majestic
- 3: Badhat Town
- 4: Intermission
- 5: Standing Water
- 6: Standing Sunday Morning
- 7: The Old Versailles
- 8: Dial Painters (Radium Girls)
- 9: The Tipping Point
- 10: High Seas (Won & Lost)
- 11: On The Move
- 12: Esplanade By Moonlight
- 13: They Come Free With Cornflakes
- 14: Zoom (Glittering In The Sun)
- 15: Drag Time
blue LP[27,10 €]
As Wreckless Eric he needs little introduction - he wrote and recorded the classic Whole Wide World and had a hit with it back in 1977. Since then it"s been a hit for countless other artists including The Monkees, Cage The Elephant and Billie Joe Armstrong of Green Day. Eric"s version featured in the 2022 Expedia / Superbowl / Ewan MacGregor travel ad, and the Cage The Elephant version is the new theme tune for the podcast Smartless. This new album, Leisureland, marks a return to his more ramshackle world of recording - guitars and temperamentally unpredictable analogue keyboards, beat-boxes and loops in conjunction with a real drummer, Sam Shepherd, who he met in a local coffee shop in Catskill, New York. He was delighted to find that Sam lived around the corner and could easily drop by to put drums on newly recorded tracks. The recording methodology may have been Contemporary American but the subject matter is almost entirely British. It also contains more instrumentals than any of his previous albums.
- 1: Southern Rock
- 2: Inside The Majestic
- 3: Badhat Town
- 4: Intermission
- 5: Standing Water
- 6: Standing Sunday Morning
- 7: The Old Versailles
- 8: Dial Painters (Radium Girls)
- 9: The Tipping Point
- 10: High Seas (Won & Lost)
- 11: On The Move
- 12: Esplanade By Moonlight
- 13: They Come Free With Cornflakes
- 14: Zoom (Glittering In The Sun)
- 15: Drag Time
black LP[26,01 €]
As Wreckless Eric he needs little introduction - he wrote and recorded the classic Whole Wide World and had a hit with it back in 1977. Since then it"s been a hit for countless other artists including The Monkees, Cage The Elephant and Billie Joe Armstrong of Green Day. Eric"s version featured in the 2022 Expedia / Superbowl / Ewan MacGregor travel ad, and the Cage The Elephant version is the new theme tune for the podcast Smartless. This new album, Leisureland, marks a return to his more ramshackle world of recording - guitars and temperamentally unpredictable analogue keyboards, beat-boxes and loops in conjunction with a real drummer, Sam Shepherd, who he met in a local coffee shop in Catskill, New York. He was delighted to find that Sam lived around the corner and could easily drop by to put drums on newly recorded tracks. The recording methodology may have been Contemporary American but the subject matter is almost entirely British. It also contains more instrumentals than any of his previous albums.
Vargmal Records continues to explore immersive, thought-provoking techno with an abstract spirit by presenting Corners EP from the emergent collaborative UK project Terrain. The Kosovo-based label was launched in 2022 with a considered balance of classic and contemporary techno, featuring Italian techno pioneer Leo Anibaldi and commissioning attendant remixes by contemporary Italian maestro Donato Dozzy.
Continuing the label's embrace of subliminal sounds for adventurous dance floors, Terrain deliver four tracks of snaking, subtle rhythms pivoting away from rigid structures towards a more fluid kind of techno. It's a sound the duo of Joe Baker and Voytek Stanley channeled on their debut release and they expand on the principles from that record in superlative style on Corners.
The EP opens up with the weighted pressure of 'Blind Spot', a dense workout pivoting on a fractured kick punching out underneath interwoven sheets of texture and atmosphere. 'Vintage' develops this theme with dubby chord washes which bloom out over the fine detail of the deceptively complex beat configuration. 'Corners' meanwhile adjusts the temperature from cooly meditative to subtly fierce accents Terrain edge into their sound.
It's an elegant fusion that remains at ease with the overall mood of the EP, but a noticeable shift in energy for the B side. 'Singularity' completes the picture with additional input from Localhost, welcoming layers of noisy melodics which sit comfortably on top of Terrain's dubby pulses. More open and searching than the introspection which holds sway elsewhere, it's a tonal shift that opens the sound of Terrain out and brings a sense of balance to their assured second record.
- A1: The Royal Mile
- A2: I Was A Boy Scout
- A3: Welcome To Hollywood
- A4: Wastin’ Away
- A5: Look At The Moon
- A6: Bring It All Home
- B1: The Garden Of England
- B2: Johnny’s Song
- B3: Didn’t I
- B4: Syncopatin’ Sandy
- B5: Café Le Cabotin
- B6: Don’t Close The Doo
Snakes and Ladders, newly remastered at half-speed by Miles Showell at Abbey Road Studios, out on 25th August 2023. Originally released in 1980, the fourth album from Gerry Rafferty includes "The Garden Of England" which was recorded at Beatles producer George Martin's AIR studio in Montserrat and "Johnny's Song", a remake of a song previously released by his former band Stealer's Wheels.
With hits such as ‘Baker Street’, ‘Right Down The Line’ and ‘Night Owl’, Gerry Rafferty is one of Scotland’s and the UK’s finest songwriters and musicians in history. He first found success as part of the band The Humblebums, which included beloved comedian, actor and musician Billy Connolly. Rafferty went on to form Stealers Wheel with old school friend Joe Egan, who produced a number of successful albums alongside the rock classic Stuck In The Middle With You, a track which has transcended generations with notable syncs in films such as Tarantino’s Resevoir Dogs, and is still widely popular to this day. Following his departure from Stealers Wheel, Rafferty relaunched his solo career in 1978 with the album City To City, including hits such as ‘Right Down The Line’ and ‘Baker Street’, which features the iconic saxophone solo by Raphael Ravenscroft. Rafferty went on to release ten studio albums, solidifying his status one of the finest musicians and songwriters to come out of the UK.




















