Just In - Jump To : Jeff Beck ~  Status Quo ~ Wizards From Kansas ~ Wreckless Eric ~ ~ Cecil Taylor ~ Psych Out/The Trip DVD ~ Songs: Ohia ~ Live Beefheart ~ Michelle Shocked ~ Brooooce ~ Freda and the Firedogs ~ Warren Zevon ~ Sidekicks / Kaleidoscope ~ Revola Titles ~ Ronnie Lane ~ Pete Townshend ~ Graham Parker ~ Mick Taylor ~ Rhys Chatham
'An Angel Moves Too Fast to See' Selected Works 1971-1989 a 3 CD box set from avant-garde Composer -guitarist -trumpeter Rhys Chatham. "Rhys Chatham's music is too loud and too exciting to be academic. The excitement's partly physical — from high volume and a rock and roll beat — and partly intellectual: Chatham's fusion of rock and new music is so uncompromising, so elegant, so simple, and still so new that it takes my breath away." — Gregory Sandow, Village Voice "Then it came, the first chord. For a moment you forgot you ever had a name and came from somewhere; this was louder than anything you had ever heard, louder than you had prepared yourself for, and there was no reality other than this. You dangled in a tidal wave of sound." — Daily Telegraph.  From www.rhyschatham.com: "A comprehensive 3-disc retrospective, An Angel Moves Too Fast to See includes all of Chatham's major "minimal" pieces, ranging from the thunderous "Two Gongs" (1971) and the No-Wave tumult of "Guitar Trio" (1977) to the brass-based "Massacre on MacDougal Street" (1982) and the epic, previously unreleased "An Angel Moves Too Fast to See" (1989), scored for an orchestra of 100 electric guitars. The accompanying 140-page book features dozens of never -before- published photos plus essays by Chatham, Tony Conrad and Lee Ranaldo and artwork by famed visual artist Robert Longo. Together they present a portrait of a city and a milieu where, for a moment, the raw, the sophisticated, the meditative and the danceable merged". £42.99New Releases 19th May 2003 - DVDs, Box Sets - Alices Restaurant (Seminal 60's Film, With Arlo Guthrie) £18.99 // Angel Unchained / Cycle Savages (2 Cult 60's Films On 1 Disc) £14.99 // Guided By Voices - Suitcase (4CD Box, 100 Unreleased Songs, Back In Stock!) £54.99 // T.V. Eye, Video Magazine (Queens Of The Stone Age, Nebula Etc) £19.99 // The Party (Classic Film Feat. Peter Sellers) £18.99 // Wild Angels (60's Biker Film, With Henry Fonda And Nancy Sinatra) £14.99 // Albums - Capitol Years - Jewelry Store £7.99 // Cerys Mathews - Cockahoop £12.99 // Dandy Warhols - Welcome To The Monkey House £12.99 // David Poe - The Late Album £12.99 // Dressy Bessy - Little Music (Singles 1997 - 2002) £11.99 // Eastern Lane - Shades Of Black £10.99 // Gary Lucas + Jozef Van Wissem - Diplopia £11.99 // Graham Parker - Blue Highway £9.99 // Hayden - Live At Convocation Hall (2CDs) £12.99 // Ilya - The Revelation EP £1.99 // Inspiral Carpets - Cool As (2CD + DVD Set) £14.99 // John Hiatt & The Goners - Beneath This Gruff Exterior £11.99 // Lifeguards - Must King Urth £11.99 // Lynyrd Skynyrd - Vicious Cycle £11.99 // Mac Macleod - Hurdy Gurdy Man £8.99 // Maggie Bell - Live Boston 1975 £11.99 // Marc Carroll - All Wrongs Reversed £7.99 // Mick Taylor - Shadowman £11.99 // Noah John - Waterhymns £9.99 // Party Of Helicopters - Please Believe It £12.99 // Pete Townshend - Lifehouse Elements (The Best Of The Lifehouse Box, 11 Tracks) £12.99 // Pete Townshend - Scooped (2 CDs, Best Of The 3 Scoop Albums) £14.99 // Pretenders - Loose Screw (New) £11.99 // Raymond Froggatt - Cold As A Landlords Heart (The Jet Years) £9.99 // Roger Waters - The Wall, Live In Berlin 1990 (SaCD) £16.99 // Ronnie Lane - Anymore For Anymore (2CD) £11.99 // Sammy And The Wabos - Hallelujah Live £11.99 // Savoy Brown - Hellbound Train (Live 1969 - 1972) £9.99 // The Crusaders - Rural Renewal £12.99 // The Playwrights - Good Beneath The Radar £9.99 // The Sights - Are You Green £8.99 // Tobin Spout - Lot Planets & Phantom Voices £12.99 // Tricky - Vunerable (CD + DVD Version) £12.99 // Yasunao Tone - Yasunao Tone £11.99 // Various - Inside DeEP Note (Music Of 1970's Adult Cinema) £12.99
www.johnhiatt.com has news and pictures from John Hiatt and the Goners new album 'Beneath this Gruff Exterior', in now, £12.99.
Tracks: 1 Uncommon connection 2 How bad's the coffee 3 Naggin' dark 4 My baby blue 5 My dog and me 6 Almost fed up with the blues 7 Circle back 8 Window on the world 9 Missing place 10 Flying back home 11 Last time 12 Unoriginal sin At long last, Ronnie Lane & Slim Chance 'Anymore for Anymore' - a remastered 2 CD set of Ronnie's first solo album beefed up to an amazing 33 tracks, including much unreleased and rare stuff: Tracks: 1 Careless love 2 Don't you cry for me 3 Bye and bye gonna see the king 4 Silk stockings 5 Poacher 6 Roll on babe 7 Tell everyone 8 Amelia Earhardt 9 Anymore for anymore 10 Bird in a gilded cage 11 Chicken wired 12 How come acoustic version 13 Poacher different vocal mix 14 Roll on babe remix 15 Anymore for anymore alternate version 16 Bye and bye gonna see the king remix 17 Amelia Earhardt alternate version 18 Anymore for anymore Ibiza 1972 demo 19 Give me a penny 20 Tin and tambourine 21 You never can tell 22 Little piece of nothing 23 Winning with women 24 Rat's tail 25 Only you 26 Three cool cats 27 Richmond 28 You're so rude 29 From the late to the early 30 Joyride 31 Nobody's listening 32 One for the road 33 Innocence lost  £14.99
Previously only available as a bootleg - Graham Parker - 'Blue Highway' (Live 1988). Tracks: 1 Don't let it break you down 2 Thunder and rain 3 Local girls 4 Passion is no ordinary word 5 Durban poison 6 Howlin' wind 7 Sinkin' low (unreleased track) 8 Blue highway 9 White honey 10 Under the mask of happiness 11 OK Hieronymus 12 Get started (start a fire) £11.99
Mick Taylor's new album 'Shadow Man' comes with a bonus live disc recorded in 1995. Tracks: 1. Turn Off The Light 2. Why Can't I Go On Without You 3. Just Another Headache 4. Shadow Woman 5. Don't Cry 6. Honky Tonk Women 7. Don't You Love Me 8. Whose Happiness 9. Baby Hold On Again 10. There Is No Way Out 11. Someday 12. Turn Off The Light (Video) 13. Don't Cry (Video) 14. Sweet Home Chicago (Live) 15. Coastin Home (Live) 16. You Gotta Move (Live) 17. You Shook Me (Live) 18. Can't You Hear Me Knockin (Live) £12.99
2 Pete Townshend collections just in: 'Lighthouse Elements' an 11 track CD of demos and different versions of songs some of which became 'Who's Next' tracks -  £12.99. Then, 'Scooped' a 2 CD, 36 track collection of Pete's bits and bobs - £14.99. Check the tracks out here.25 eclectic reissue titles on Revola, some of which we've already told you about, some of which have been out for a while and some of which have just arrived, but they're all now priced at £8.99. Click on the album title for Revola's text: Ivor Cutler - 'Life In A Scotch Sitting Room', Ivor Cutler - 'Ludo', Thomas & Richard Frost - 'Visualize', Sandy Salisbury - 'Falling To Pieces', Lee Mallory - 'That's The Way It's Gonna Be', Chris Lucey - 'Songs Of Protest And Anti-Protest', The Blades Of Grass - 'Are Not For Smoking', The Moon - 'Without Earth and the Moon', Hearts and Flowers - 'Now is the time', The Scruffs - 'Wanna Meet The Scruffs?', 'Meisner, Swan & Rich - 'Meisner, Swan & Rich', Sunshine Company - 'Sunshine Company', The Forum - 'The River is Wide', The Love Generation - 'Let the Good Times In', The Millenium - 'Voices of the Millennium', Lisa Mychols - 'Lost Winter's Dream', Mark Eric - 'A Midsummer's Day', The Scruffs - 'Teenage Gurls', Randy Meisner - 'Dallas', Martin Denny - 'The Exotic Sounds of Martin Denny', Maya Angelou - 'Miss Calypso', Nashville West - 'Nashville West', The Hillmen - 'The Hillmen', Douglas Dillard - 'The Banjo Album', Robert Mitchum - 'Calypso - 'is like So...' £8.99 each.
Hot on the heels of the 'Psych Out'/'The Trip' 2-on-1 come more groovy/biker films on DVD: From 1969 Arlo Guthrie in the never-before-seen 'R' rated version of 'Alice's Restaurant' with audio commentary and theatrical trailer, (£18.99). Peter Sellers plays a bungling Indian actor in 'The Party' from 1968, £18.99. From 1966 Peter Fonda (as Heavenly Blues!), Nancy Sinatra (As his chick), Bruce Dern and the Hell's Angels of Venice, California, (appearing as themselves) star in Roger Coman's 'Wild Angels' (£14.99), Finally, another 2-on-1 special from 1969 and 1970 - 'Angel Unchained'/'Cycle Savages' In Angel Unchained "Don Stroud stars as a wandering biker who joins the commune of an attractive young girl (Tyne Daly). When Stroud learns that the locals are trying to drive the commune dwellers out of the state by terrorizing them on dune buggies, Stroud calls his former club members to help settle the score". In 'Cycle Savages' "Bruce Dern plays the sadistic leader of a motorcycle gang that runs a white slavery operation in Las Vegas. High School girls are kidnapped, given LSD and raped by the bikers before being sold. An artist with incriminating sketches of the gang joins forces with a former gang member and together they try and stop the madness. (1969-1970) (The MGM web site has some trailers to view) £14.99'The Sidekicks Sessions 1964-67, a 24 track compilation of the pre- (UK Psychedelia) Kaleidoscope 'Sidekicks' band. £11.99Three Warren Zevon albums: Warren's debut album from his 1969, 'Wanted Dead or Alive' (/A Leaf in the Wind), and two albums from the late 1980s: 1987’s 'Sentimental Hygiene' and 1989's 'Transverse City'. These three releases all feature 24-bit remastered sound and new liner notes. As a bonus, a previously unreleased album from the same period as 'Wanted' but rejected by his then company Imperial, is also to be released as additional tracks on the 'Wanted Dead or Alive' release. Originally titled 'A Leaf in the Wind', there are 10 tracks: "Jukin’," "Steady Rain," "A Leaf in the Wind," "Going All the Way," "Tule’s Blues", "Doin’ the Missouri Weave," "Perfect Waves," "An Emblem Against the Devil," "Under the Eaves" and "Lapis Lazuli." £12.99 each. “One of the greatest albums in Austin music history”, "it would be difficult to over-praise Freda and the Firedogs.” (Austin American Statesman, July 22, 1972). Freda and the Firedogs - 'Freda and the Firedogs' (no I hadn't heard it either! recorded August 10-12, 1972 at Robin Hood Studios, Tyler, Texas, Produced by Jerry Wexler) Freda and the Firedogs, the lost Texan hippie country classic has now attained mythical status.  Freda and the Firedogs were: Marcia Ball - piano and vocals, John X. Reed - guitar and harmony vocals, Bobby Earl Smith - bass and vocals, Steve McDaniels - drums and David Cook - steel guitar and rhythm guitar. The 12 track CD, featuring takes on 'Today I started loving you again', 'Jambalaya', 'Stand By Your Man' and 'EZ Rider' as well as a number of originals. £11.99Bruce Springsteen: Just in at a very nice price and now with "Improved enhanced packaging, including added photographs and full lyrics": 'Tunnel Of Love', 'Born To Run', 'Greetings From Asbury Park NJ', 'The Wild The Innocent And The E Street Shuffle', 'Born In The USA', 'Darkness On The Edge Of Town' and 'Nebraska' all £7.99, 'The River' (2CD Set) £9.99, 'Chimes of Freedom' £5.99
'Railroadism' Captain Beefheart And His Magic Bands Live In The USA 1972 -1981. Following the release of 'Magnetic Hands' - Captain Beefheart & his Magic Bands 'Live in the UK 72-80' The Viper Label have turned their attention to live USA performances from various Magic Bands over a ten year period....more, including track details here... (18 Tracks, over 72 minutes of music) Out now, £12.99When Michelle Shocked's 'The Texas Campfire Tapes', was originally released it only contained about half the songs she had sung, "presented out of sequence and with most of her introductions and comments removed, the batteries in the Walkman used to make the recording were running low making Shocked's voice sound higher than it really was. When Michelle listened to the recordings again, she decided to sonically improve the recording and release them as part of a lavish two-CD package, now called the 'Texas Campfire Takes' The gorgeous set, housed in a custom box with a 52-page book by Shocked, is the first release in a series of expanded reissues of Shocked's complete body of work to be released on her own label. The first disc of the new package features the album as originally released, though now with the improved sound and clarity. The second disc is the restored, revelatory tape with the full 21 songs from around the fire, complete with Shocked's incisive, witty remarks, plus a bonus of material made in performance with other musicians at the festival. £13.99.Whoops, I just gave the impression this was due soon, of course its been out for a while - no reason not to talk about it again tho - A few of hundreds of quotes on music web sites about: Songs: Ohia - 'Magnolia Electric Co' (Jason Molina). "lies at the crossroads of working class rock, white soul, swamp rock and outlaw country", "For lovers of Zuma, On The Beach and Tonights the Night", On The Work of Jason Molina: "the work of a profoundly talented writer. Appreciate his prolific output and treasure his accomplishments" £11.99
3 new reissues from Collectors Choice Music: Jay Ferguson 'All Alone In The End Zone' "Jay’s first solo release after Jo Jo Gunne was this excellent 1975 album for Asylum. Includes 'Snakes on the Run; Turn It Up; Medicated Goo; Madam Doktor; All Alone in the Endzone; Cinnamon City; To the Island; Hit and Run; Everybody Goes from Here,' and 'Time and Time Again'. £11.99. Rose Garden - 'Rose Garden ' "Most folks remember this band solely for the song 'Next Plane to London' that leads off this album, but for fans of California folk-rock, this record has some real gems, not the least of which are the two Gene Clark songs, 'Till Today' and 'Long Time', that Clark wrote for them and were never recorded by anybody else! Also includes 'I’m Only Second; February Sunshine; Coins of Fun; Rider; She Belongs to Me; Flower Tone', and 'Look What You’ve Done'. £11.99 Then, Stoneground - 'Stoneground' "Beau Brummels vocalist Sal Valentino turned aside from the roots-rock of the band’s last two albums in favor of the bluesy, psychedelic soul (e.g. Cold Blood, Janis) that predominated in the Bay Area at the end of the ’60s with this group, which boasted no less than four female vocalists!" Includes 'Looking for You; Great Changes Since I’ve Been Born; the Kinks’ Rainy Day in June; Added Attraction (Come See Me); Dreaming Man; Stroke Stand; Bad News; Don’t Waste My Time; Colonel Chicken Fry', and 'Brand New Start'. £11.99. More Collectors Choice stuff soon
Two low-budget psychedelic cult classics on one double-sided DVD. Both 'PSYCH-OUT' (Jack Nicholson plus The Seeds and Strawberry Alarm Clock) and 'THE TRIP' (Jack Nicholson plus The Seeds and Strawberry Alarm Clock) and 'THE TRIP' (Jack Nicholson plus The Seeds and Strawberry Alarm Clock) and 'THE TRIP' (Co-stars Dennis Hopper, Bruce Dern and Susan Strasberg with music by Mike Bloomfield and the Electric Flag) epitomise Hollywood at its grooviest with much to snigger at and enjoy. "both offer trippy visuals, acid-tinged soundtracks, and the flower child Susan Strasberg.." 168 minutes total time. The special features include: Psych Out: "Love and Haight" Featurette and Original Theatrical Trailer The Trip: Audio Commentary With Director/Producer Roger Corman, "Tune In, Trip Out" Featurette, Psychedelic Film Effects and Original Theatrical Trailer. Watch a trailer here and listen to some Soundbites. Region One Only. £16.99 The next batch of DVDs from the 'DVD EP' series, of which we stocked The Small Faces and The Byrds editions, has just arrived. Again the footage is taken from German Television, usually from the early seventies and the artists are: The Who, Rod Stewart, Humble Pie ("Sad Bag of Shaky Jake," Alabama 69," and "For Your Love"), The Beach Boys (Tracks: Do It Again," "California Girls," "Breakaway," and "Surfin' USA."), Joe Cocker, Yes ( Tracks: "No Opportunity Necessary, No Experience Necessary", "All Good People", and "Yours Is No Disgrace") Roxy Music ("Do The Strand," "All I Want Is You," and "Virginia Plain."), Santana ("Medley" and "Soul Sacrifice"), The Kinks ("Mr. Pleasant" , "Plastic Man", "Waterloo Sunset" , and "Muswell Hillbilly") and Canned Heat (includes "Let's Work Together" and "On The Road Again.") As before, they're £8.99 each
Cecil Taylor Feel Trio - '2 T's for A Lovely T' Coming hugely recommended by 'The Wire' (best Jazz release of 2002) and The Guardian who had this to say: "This is where Cecil Taylor wound up over 30 years after the At Newport recording. He is playing here with a British virtuoso free-improviser and new-music percussionist with a rich jazz history (Tony Oxley), and the stormily formidable American bassist William Parker in an uncompromising spontaneous trio. These ten discs were recorded over a week of shows in London in 1990, The transparency of the sound enhances the differences of intensity and shape across these shows, though the set is intentionally a chronicle of the way a brilliant free-improvising ensemble works over a sustained period, rather than the interpretation of a repertoire. A very specialised item, certainly, but for Taylor disciples, and the more generally musically curious, it is breathtaking" 10 CDs £124.99
Wreckless Eric - Almost A Jubilee 25 Years At The BBC (with gaps) Featuring BBC performances ranging from his first for John Peel in 1977, with Ian Dury on drums, up to his latest for Jonathon Ross last year. Almost A Jubilee 25 Years At The BBC (with gaps) contains 18 Wreckless Eric numbers variously attributed to Eric, The Len Bright Combo, The Hitsville House Band and Southern Domestic, all of which were showcases for Eric's music. Compiled by Eric himself, from the dozen or so available BBC sessions. He also wrote the extensive liner notes and contributed all the photographs for the booklet. Check out the tracks. £12.99
A glorious looking set this one, 'Kettles Of Fish On The Outskirts Of Town' by The Residents. A Live 10" Anthology Box Set containing 3 CDs and one full-screen DVD of live material. Contains a large booklet with 56 pages and comes in a stunning packaging. Check out the entire track listing here. £57.99
The Wizards From Kansas "These guys sorta combined mid-period Airplane and Quicksilver inflections, with a healthy dose and understanding of country music" (From borderlinebooks.com:) "This was an obscure country-influenced band whose sole album contained fine versions of classic period songs High Flying Bird and Buffy St. Marie's Codlne, as well as some excellent original compositions notably Misty Mountainside, Country Dawn and She Rides With Witches. The band exhibited a fine range of harmonies, and were indeed from Kansas! The album is recommended and is a significant minor collectable" £9.99
'Picturesque Matchstickable Messages from the Status Quo' A 44 track, 2 CD mega-compilation from Status Quo featuring mono mixes, BBC tracks, singles, and music from The Spectres and Traffic Jam. £12.99, check the tracks here. And, from 1969, Quo's psychedelic album 'Spare Parts', the original album remastered with 5 bonus tracks: The Price Of Love (A-Side), Josie, Do You Live In Fire, Hey Little Woman (Previously Unreleased Version) and Are You Growing Tired Of My Love (Previously Unreleased Version)
Jeff Beck - 'Shapes of Things' (60's Anthology) The ultimate collection of Beck's 60's session and group work featuring well known and rare tracks by Back and: Screaming Lord Sutch & Savages,  Fitz & Startz,   The Nightshift, The Yardbirds, John's Children, Paul Jones, The Jeff Beck Group, Jimmy Page, Donovan and The GTOs . Also features 'It Ain't Right' a previously unissued Joe Meek production by Tony Holland & Jeff Beck. Go here for the full track listing. £11.99.