Just In - Jump To : AC/DC ~ French Psyche ~ Rock City/Big Star ~ Hendrix Berkeley ~ Jeff Buckley ~ Byrds ~ Steve Earle ~ Joe Bussard 78s ~ Them ~ Mojo Presents:Byrds, Cohen, Mott ~ The Webb Brothers ~ Best of The Grateful Dead ~ Bangladesh/Stamping Ground & Deep Purple DVDs ~  Gene Cark ~ Muleskinner ~ Bob Marley DVD ~ 'Rock On' ~ Allmans DVD ~  Jefferson Starship ~
Three new live Jefferson Starship New York City shows from 2003 just in: (1) 06/06/2003 - Bears Den At Seneca Casino, Niagara Falls, NY, 10:00 show (2) 06/07/2003 Jefferson Starship IMAC - 8:00 Show, Huntington, NY and (3) 06/07/2003 Jefferson Starship IMAC -10:30 Show, Huntington, NY. Price £24.99 each, these releases are strictly limited to 500 so move quickly if you want one!!The Allman Brothers Band - 'Live At The Beacon Theatre' (2003) The Allman Brothers Band have a yearly residency at New York City's Beacon Theatre every March. 2003's event has been captured on a 2 Disc, 3 hour DVD set. Go here for the details. £24.99Remember this one? Late in 1971 members of the classic Fairport/Fotheringay family visited the new Manor Studios to revisit their rock'n'roll roots. 'Rock On' captures Sandy Denny, Ashley Hutchings, Richard and Linda Thompson and others performing some of their favourite rock'n'roll songs. First time on CD, now with three bonus tracks. £12.99. Here for moreFeaturing an extra seven songs not in the original VHS tape (running time now over 90 mins) and an unseen documentary 'Prophecies & Messages' (54 minutes), Bob Marley & The Wailers - 'The Legend Live' is available on DVD for the first time. Shot at the Santa Barbara County Bowl on November 25th 1979, only a year before his death, this is one of the final Marley performances to be filmed. All the details here. £14.99'Muleskinner' was perhaps the one and only bluegrass supergroup. Composed of David Grisman (mandolin, vocals), Clarence White (guitar), Peter Rowan (guitar, vocals), Richard Greene (fiddle), and Bill Keith (banjo), "the group formed as a favor to a California public T.V. station looking for someone to perform on a show with Bill Monroe's Bluegrass Boys. Their appearance on the show was so successful that the band was offered a one album deal with Warner Bros". Available on CD for the first time. New liner notes by Peter Rowan. Originally released in 1974 on Warner Bros. £12.99 Much delayed, Gene Cark's 'Under The Silvery Moon' includes 29 previously unreleased recordings restored from the original masters. Also Included is a 16 page booklet featuring photos of the sessions. Go here for the track listing, £8.993 new imported Brazilian DVDs featuring some of the biggest names in 60s and 70s rock in concert. George Harrison - 'The Concert for Bangladesh' - Recorded in 1971, put together by George Harrison to raise funds for UNICEF's relief efforts to aid war victims in Bangladesh. With Ringo Starr, Eric Clapton, Bob Dylan, Billy Preston, Ravi Shankar and many others. The details are here. 'The  Stamping Ground Festival' from the Kralingen Pop Festival in Rotterdam 1970 - Known as the Dutch Woodstock apparently, and its not hard to see why, from the lineup (Santana, Airplane, Canned Heat) to the candid audience shots (nudity, drugs) it has the same feel as the more famous festival film. The line up is great however, and having watched it, while there's no digital remastering going on here, its well made and very watchable with some excellent performances, (a far more interesting Santana than appeared at Woodstock for instance). 89 minutes long. There's also the added bonus's of Pink Floyd (very little in-concert footage exists of the band from this era) and the Byrds. The full line-up and tracklisting appears here. A review of the DVD is here on the brain damage web site. £16.99. Deep Purple - 'Machine Head Live 1972' Recorded in Denmark in 1972 with the classic line-up of: Ian Gillan, Ritchie Blackmore, Roger Glover, Ian Paice and Jon Lord and featuring the following songs 01. Highway Star 02. Strange Kind Of A Woman 03. Child In Time 04. The Mule 05. Lazy 06. Space Trucking 07. Fireball 08. Lucille 09. Black Night 94 minutes long £16.99
The Grateful Dead - 'The Very Best Of' On Rhino, The first-ever collection to gather the best of their Warner, Grateful Dead Records, and Arista years on a single disc. Includes “Truckin’”, “Uncle John’s Band”, “Touch Of Grey”, “The Music Never Stopped” and many more. Go here for the track listing. £11.99New Releases 22nd September 2003 - DVDs, Box Sets - Bjork - Later (Live DVD) £9.99 // Bob Marley - The Legend Live (DVD, November 1979) £14.99 // Prince - Live At The Aladdin, Las Vegas (DVD) £12.99 // Robben Ford - In Concert (Live 1993) £15.99 // The Beatles - Love Me Do (DVD, Documentary) £9.99 // The Chemical Brothers - Singles 93 - 03 (DVD) £16.99 // Various - The Psychedelic Sixties Music French Ep Collection (14 Disc Set) £61.99 // Albums - 27 - Animal Life £11.99 // Aesop Rock - Bazooka Tooth £12.99 // Alice Cooper - The Eyes Of £12.99 // Beat Happening - Music To Climb The Apple Tree By £11.99 // Big Star - Story (Best Of) £11.99 // Black Keys - Six Parts Seven £7.99 // Canned Heat - Livin' The Blues (2CD) £11.99 // Cara Dillon - Sweet Liberty £9.99 // Carla Bozulich - Red Headed Stranger £12.99 // Colosseum - Live Cologne 1994 £11.99 // Crooked Fingers - Red Devil Dawn £11.99 // Cyod - Better S**T On The Way (Mark Nevers) £12.99 // Dexys Midnight Runners - Lets Make This Precious (Best Of) £11.99 // Elvis Costello - North (Special Edition + DVD) £13.99 // Elvis Costello - North £11.99 // Expodition - Stylus (Re - Mixed By Experimental Audio Research) £11.99 // Grateful Dead - The Very Best Of £11.99 // J.D. Robb - Rhythmania £12.99 // Jade - Fly On Strange Wings £12.99 // Jeff Buckley - Live At Sin - E (2 CD + DVD Deluxe Edition) £15.99 // Joe Henry - The Voices £12.99 // Joe Jackson - Night And Day (2CD Deluxe Edition) £14.99 // Kate Campbell - Twang On A Wire £11.99 // King Creosote - Kenny And Beths Musakal Boatrides £11.99 // Larry Coryell - Live In Chicago £12.99 // Leonard Cohen - An Introduction To (2CD Mojo Best Of) £9.99 // Los Straightjackets - Supersonic Guitars In 3d £11.99 // Marvin Gaye - I Want You (2 CD Deluxe Edition) £14.99 // Mott The Hoople - An Introduction To (Mojo Best Of) £6.99 // Muse - Absolution (2 Disc Version With DVD) £13.99 // Nitty Gritty Dirt Band - Dirt, Silver And Gold (2CD) £11.99 // Northern Alliance - Hope In Little Things £6.99 // Okkervil River - Down The River Of Golden Dreams` £11.99 // P.P Dylan - Of All The Things I Can Eat I'm Always Pleased With A Piece Of Cheese £10.99 // Patty Hurst Shifter - Beestinger Lullabies £11.99 // Placebo - Sleeping With Ghosts (2CD Version) £12.99 // Radio Birdman - Living Eyes // Radios Appear (2 Album Set) £29.99 // Sinead O'connor - She Who Dwells £12.99 // Slobberbone - Barrell Chested // Crow Pot Pie £11.99 each// Soft Canyon - Broken Spirit, I Will Mend Your Wings £11.99 // Spacemen 3 - Sound Of Confusion, The Perfect Prescription - £8.99 each // Steve Earle - Early Tracks £12.99 // Steve Earle - Just An American Boy (2CD Live) £12.99 // Sting - Sacred Love £11.99 // The Byrds - An Introduction To (Mojo Best Of) £6.99 // The Byrds - Sweetheart Of The Rodeo (2 Disc Deluxe Edition) £12.99 // The Chemical Brothers - Singles 93 - 03 £12.99 // The Chieftains - Further Down The Old Plank Road £11.99 // The Dead Milkmen - Now We Are 20 £11.99 // The Dependables - Klatu Berrada Niktu £8.99 // The Grip Weeds - The Sound Is In You £11.99 // The High Dials - A New Devotion £11.99 // The Kinetic - Live Your Life £11.99 // The Mavericks - The Mavericks £11.99 // The Pretty Things - The Bbc Sessions (2CD) £15.99 // The Walkabouts - Schimmers £12.99 // The Way We Live - A Candle For Judith (Tractor) £12.99 // The Webb Brothers - The Webb Brothers £11.99 // Them - Belfast Gypsies £8.99 // Tod Dockstader - 8 Electronic Pieces £12.99 // Tom Petty And The Heartbreakers - Live At The Olympic (2CD) £21.99 // Toto - Live In Amsterdam £11.99 // Trailer Bride - Hope Is A Thing With Feathers £11.99 // Unkle - Never Never Land (Limited 2 Disc Version (CD + DVD) £19.99 // Unkle - Never Never Land £11.99 // Wellwater Conspiracy - Wellwater Conspiracy £12.99 // Yardbirds - Our Own Sound £11.99 // Various - Down In The Basement £14.99Now on the same label as Polyphonic Spree, The Webb Brothers new album 'The Webb Brothers' is their third and is, to my ears anyway, easily the equal of the first two. Now numbering three Webb brothers following the recruitment of youngest sibling James, they are currently touring the UK. Tracks and info here, and hear a track here. £11.99
'Mojo Presents...' an introduction  to: The Byrds (1 CD, 24 Tracks, £6.99), Leonard Cohen (2CDs, 23 Tracks - £9.99) and Mott the Hoople (1 CD 16 Tracks, £6.99). Check them out here,
The  Byrds - 'Sweetheart of the Rodeo' (Special Edition/2CD Set Released 1 Sep 2003). CD One contains the original 11 track album, followed by outtakes and alternate versions of the same songs including the Gram Parsons vocals that were left off the original album and rerecorded by McGuinn, then a Kevin Kelly vocal version of 'All I Have is Memories' plus a Columbia Records radio Spot for the album. CD Two contains a mass of alternate versions and rarities: including the A and B sides of the International Submarine Band's lone single on Columbia 'Sum Up Broke'. Then 14 previously unheard alternate versions of ' Sweetheart' tracks, more rehearsal cuts and some studio chat then some instrumentals. All in all, the second CD offers up 61minutes of rare and mostly unreleased music along with an excellent photo-packed colour booklet. Go here for the details. £12.99The second part in Revola's Them triolgy, 'Belfast Gypsies' finds the band with maverick producer Kim Fowley "developing the beat sound like psychedelia never happened!..the crude guitars, the swirling farfisa...much like The Monks!....Combined with the semi-rap lyrical sensibilities Fowley had used in "The Trip", it was an awesome sound....but one out of time....this album, put together for the Swedish market where The Gypsies were a legendary live attraction, never saw a proper release outside Sweden....but here it is expanded with their mega-rare single "People Let's Freak Out" featuring Fowley and the infamous Guy Stevens". Go here for more details and the track listing.Various Artists - 'Down The Basement' - "Joe Bussard's Treasure Trove of vintage 78's" (from Old Hat Records)"Joe Bussard has been called the “King of Record Collectors,” and there’s solid evidence to justify such a title. In the basement of his Maryland home is a vast treasure trove of American vernacular music first recorded in the 1920s and ‘30s- old-time songs, hillbilly hoedowns, hot jazz, country blues, jug band music, sanctified singing, and lots more! For over 50 years, Joe has pursued this music with a passion that borders on mania, building a world-class collection of 78rpm records- more than 25,000 in all. With Joe’s cooperation, we’ve carefully remastered 24 tracks of this rare music, representing the major genres of his collection. Not everyone can actually visit Joe’s musical archives, but 'Down The Basement' will deliver the next best thing—a potent dose of this great American music! Comes with a 72-page full-colour booklet. Go here for all the details. £16.99,A new double CD version, running to over 2 hours 30, of Jeff Buckley's 'Live at Sin-e' is just in. Initial copies carry a third disc with DVD material including a previously unreleased interview with Jeff and excerpts of a live performance taped from a different Sin-e' show in 1996. Track listing and info here, £15.99.A new 2 CD set from Steve Earle entitled 'Just An American Boy, The Audio Documentary' has just arrived. It's a live album including some of Steve's best known songs along with some new material. It is also the companion piece to the DVD documentary Just An American Boy, to be released later this year. Album £14.99.Just in: (notes from Jimi hendrix.com:) "On September 16, 2003, Experience Hendrix in conjunction with Universal Music Enterprises will reissue the long out of print, and never before released on DVD feature 'Jimi Plays Berkeley'. Coinciding with this reissue, Experience Hendrix is set to release Jimi Hendrix: 'Live At Berkeley (The Second Set)', a single disc release comprised of the entire second set of The Experience's May 30, 1970 show at the Berkeley Community Theatre". Go here for all the DVD and CD details, tracks, audio mixes etc. CD £11.99, DVD Price soon.Two new releases to bolster the Big Star legend: Just in, Rock City - 'Rock City', made in 1969-1970, and never seen the light of day publicly until now. Two of the members of Rock City, Christopher Bell and Jody Stephens, were, of course, also members of Big Star. Three of the songs on this CD were on Big Star's first album, #1 Record, in later versions. £12.99. And, 'Big Star Story' - newly remastered 18 track compilation including "Hot Thing," a new previously unreleased Big Star track featuring Alex Chilton, Jody Stephens, Jon Auer and Ken Stringfellow £11.99. more on these two here....Just in On Magic Records: 'The Psychedelic Sixties' A 14 CD-EP set of classic French 60's EP's (24 bit remastered), including Elevators, Electric Prunes, the Seeds, Five Americans, Count Five & more. Check the tracks out here, £61.99. And, on the same label, The Yardbirds - 'Our Own Sound' and The Kinetic - 'Live Your Life' - £11.99 each . Go here for all the details.I can't think why you'd be interested in my opinion, but like me you may not have heard an SACD before and, as I've spent all day listening to these albums, I'll tell you what I think. Firstly, audio equipment - I didn't use a pure SACD payer but a Sony DVD player (Sony DVP-NS705V - £199, so not 'high end' stuff) with the ability to play SACDs,  put through a goodish but ancient (35 year old) analogue amp and some similarly specced speakers. The results? Stunning. The separation of the instruments, the warm sound of the voice and the absolute clarity of the reproduction put the originals to shame. Of course we knew they were poor, never having been digitally remastered, but if you're a Dylan fan pondering a sonic upgrade to your old CDs, don't think you won't be able to tell the difference, you will. (Of course, you may say, we're trying to sell there things so we're bound to say they're good!!)
Bob Dylan SACDs :Described as "The First Major Sonic Upgrade of His CD Catalog" Fifteen Bob Dylan albums have been released in the Hybrid Super Audio CD (SACD) format. These discs also feature restored artwork based on original album packaging. Hybrid Super Audio CD discs feature a high-density layer which can provide high-resolution, multi-channel surround sound in addition to a separate two-channel stereo SACD version of the same music, and a layer with a CD version of the recording.  The result is a hybrid disc whose full audio potential can be realized by the new generation of SACD players, and which is fully compatible with all other existing CD players on the market today. "These fifteen titles mark the start of a long-term program to enhance and upgrade the sonic quality and packaging elements of one of the most important album catalogs in popular music". 'Blonde on Blonde', along with five other titles - 'Another Side of Bob Dylan', 'Bringing It All Back Home', 'Blood On the Tracks', 'Slow Train Coming', and "Love and Theft" - will now be issued as 5.1 multi-channel releases with accompanying stereo mixes, in addition to their hybrid SACD versions. Albums: 'The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan' ~ 'Another Side of Bob Dylan' ~ 'Bringing It All Back Home' ~ 'Highway 61 Revisited' ~ 'Blonde on Blonde' (2 Discs)  ~ 'John Wesley Harding' ~ 'Nashville Skyline' ~ 'Planet Waves' ~ 'Blood On The Tracks' ~ 'Desire' ~ 'Slow Train Coming' ~ 'Infidels' ~ 'Oh Mercy' ~ 'Street Legal' and "Love and Theft". Go here for more. £11.99 each.
AC/DC - 'Bonfire' is a 5 CD, 3 Hour-long Box Set of Unreleased Live And Studio box set featuring Bon Scott. Go Here for the tracks. £39.99