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Just In - Jump To :
Kevin Ayers
~ Byrd
Parts II ~ Steve
Hackett ~ Tony Rivers
~
Macca 'Family Way'
~ Live
Phish ~ Janis DVD ~ Darker
Blues ~ Commander Cody, Nantucket,
Randy Meisner, Crazy Horse, Southern Pacific ~ Nina Nastasia
~ Todd
Live '90 ~ Aerovons
~ Grand Funk Railroad
~
Groundhogs
~ SCI
~ Japanese
Imports ~ DP28
& View from the Vault ~ San
Agustin ~ Shirley and Dolly Collins
~ Mike
d'Abo ~ The Devil's
Music ~ Eric Stewart
~ You Can Never Go Fast
Enough ~ Josh
White ~ The Who - Live at the
Royal Albert Hall ~ Raven Records
Check here for our jumbo
Grateful Dead (and related artists) Sale of CDs, Videos and Books. Please ring or e-mail to check availability as we only have limited numbers of each item.
The Best of the Raven Records Catalogue is now available from
Spin. Check here for offerings from
Badfinger, The Byrds, Gene Clark, Jackie Deshannon, Bobbie
Gentry, Tim Hardin, Emmylou, Groucho Marx(!), Mink
Deville, The Saints, Nina Simone, Sir Douglas Quintet and many, many more. Single
CDs £12.99, 2 CD sets £17.99 Whoops!! I made a mistake with this one The Who - 'Live at the Royal Albert
Hall' (from 2000) is actually the 29 track, 3 CD with the
bonus disc set. Tracks: 1 I can't explain 2 Anyway anyhow anywhere 3 Pinball wizard 4 Relay 5 My wife 6 Kids are alright 7 Mary Anne with the shaky hand 8 Bargain 9 Magic bus 10 Who are you 11 Baba O'Riley 12 Drowned 13 Heart to hang onto 14 So sad about us 15 I'm one 16 Getting in tune 17 Behind blue eyes 18 You better you bet 19 Real me 20 5.15 21 Won't get fooled again 22 Substitute 23 Let's see action 24 My generation 25 See me feel me/Listening to you 26 I'm free 27 I don't even know myself 28 Summertime blues 29 Young man blues
Still £15.99 Josh White
'Empty Bed Blues'. "Empty Bed Blues was his final record for Elektra, and this reissue should help reestablish a place in music history for this remarkable musician who has received relatively scant attention in blues circles over the past decades.
With Elektra White rode the wave of the '60s folk revival, subsequently becoming one of the most popular performers on college campuses. With hundreds of amateurs jumping on the folk music bandwagon, White stood out with his brilliant guitar work, radiant stage presence, and seasoned professionalism"
Go here for
all the info plus some 30 seconds sound bites. £12.99 'You Can Never Go Fast
Enough'
- the tribute album to Monte Hellman's movie Two-Lane Blacktop
on Plain Records featuring new, exclusive or rare tracks by Wilco, Sonic Youth, Will
Oldham, Calexico and a host of others. Here's the full
running order: Sandy Bull "Little Maggie" Alan Licht & Will Oldham "Don't Cry, Driver" Alvarius B. "Sleep Gunner" Calexico "No Doze"
Wilco "Old Maid" Steffen Basho-Junghans "Lazy Waters" Mark Eitzel & Marc Capelle "What The Girl Didn't Say" Roscoe Holcomb "Boat's Up The River" Suntanama "Parallels" Giant Sand "Vanishing Point" Charalambides "Flying Machine" Leadbelly "Stewball" Sonic Youth "Loop Cat" Cat Power "(I Can't Get No) Satisfaction" Roy Montgomery "2LB" .
£12.99
Fairport Convention - 'Cropredy
2002' 2 CDs: CD One, 'The Early Years' and CD Two -
'Leaving Liege' -Check out the
tracks here. £14.99
Eric Stewart
- 'Do Not Bend' has 14 new songs written and composed
solely by Eric Stewart. Eric performs all the music and lead
vocals and is supported by backing vocalists Sam Brown,
Helen 'Aitch' McRobbie and Louise Marshall. The album comes
in a digipack with a bonus disc of demo tracks, including a
Latino version of 10cc's classic "I'm Not In Love".
Listen
to some MP3s. £13.99
Mike
d’Abo - 'A Little Miss Understood
– Mike d’Abo Collection Vol. 2'
"a worthy sequel to 'The Mike d'Abo Collection Volume
1', which traced his early recording career from 1964
– 1970. Featured here is the absolute cream of no less
than three of his albums from the 70’s, D'Abo Down at
Rachel's Place (1972), Broken Rainbows (1974) and, finally,
Smith & d'Abo (1976) – an album which brought together
the twin talents of d’Abo and the former Dave Clark Five
pianist and singer, Mike Smith. A bonus track is also
included, ‘Stardust Serenade’, previously only available
in Japan, and released there as a single in 1974"
Tracks: Rachel's Place / Belinda / Poor Man's Son / You Are The Singer / Fuel To Burn / Broken rainbows / The Last Match / Sittin' On A Wood Floor / Papa Didn't Tell Me / My Load / Salvation Song / My Life Is Starting From Today / Little Miss Understood / Battefield / Stardust Seranade / Happy (Hollywood Symphony) / Runnin' Away From Love / Two Worlds / Ray Of Sunshine / Rockin' Chair / Tomorrow On My Mind (Tracks 17-20 released as Smith &
d'Abo) £8.99
The
Devil's Music
The Soundtrack from the 1976 BBC series of the same name.
Its a fantastic value set running to 49 tracks spread over 3 CDs,
and all for a mere £11.99. Tracks: 1 Stop and listen Chatmon, Sam 2 Highway 49 Williams, 'Big' Joe 3 Cool drink of water Stackhouse 4 Sam's rag Chatmon, Sam 5 Watergate blues Williams, 'Big' Joe 6 Who gonna love you tonight Chatmon, Sam 7 Aberdeen Mississippi blues White, Bukka 8 When you got rid of my mule Vinson, Mose 9 One room country shack Blake, Sonny 10 Bring it on home to me Blake, Sonny 11 Mr Downchild Wilkins, Joe Willie 12 Mean red spider Stackhouse, Houston 13 Bugle call blues Vinson, Mose 14 Crawdad Dukes, Laura 15 Take a little walk with me Aces 16 Somebody help me Arnold, Billy Boy 17 Somebody loan me a dime Robinson, Fenton 18 Don't start me talkin' Good Rockin' Charles 19 You don't know what love is Robinson, Fenton 20 It hurts me too Carter, Joe 21 She fooled me Arnold, Billy Boy 22 Blue shadows Aces 23 Shake your boogie Good Rockin' Charles 24 Vicksburg Blues Montgomery, Little Brother 25 Yankee doodle blues Wilson, Edith 26 I ain't got no special rider now Montgomery, Little Brother 27 Crossroads DeShay, James 28 Pony blues DeShay, James 29 Mistake in life DeShay, James 30 Evil is going on DeShay, James 31 Hold that train conductor DeShay, James 32 Forty four DeShay, James 33 Providence help the poor people Williams, 'Big' Joe 34 Tears came rolling down Townsend, Henry 35 Sloppy drunk Williams, 'Big' Joe 36 Wave my hands bye bye Townsend, Henry 37 Meet me at the bottom Williams, 'Big' Joe 38 TB blues Spivey, Victoria 39 Wish me well Memphis Slim 40 I wrote this song Memphis Slim 41 All by myself Memphis Slim 42 99 Williamson, Sonny Boy 43 Bye bye bird Williamson, Sonny Boy 44 In the evening Memphis Slim 45 Grooving on bounce Murphy, Matt 'Guitar' 46 Taking off Murphy, Matt 'Guitar' 47 All my love in vain Williamson, Sonny Boy 48 Your funeral and my trial Williamson, Sonny Boy 49 Don't start me talkin' Williamson, Sonny Boy
£8.99
New Releases 23rd June 2003 - Albums -
Adam Green
- Friends Of Mine £11.99 //
Alan Price - Between Today And Yesterday (5 Bonus Tracks) £8.99 //
Chatam County Line - There's A Light £11.99 //
David Axlerod - The Big Country £7.99 //
Dj Shadow - Right Thing (Single +Dvd) £5.99 //
Eric Stewart - Do Not Bend (2CD) £13.99 //
Essra Mohawk - Essra Mohawk // Essra (2 Japanese Imports) Each £14.99 //
Exias J - Electric Conception Live £17.99 //
Fairport Convention - Cropredy Festival 2002 (2CD) £14.99 // Grateful Dead - Dicks Picks 28 (4CD Feb 73) £26.99 //
Grateful Dead - View From The Vault 4 (4CD July 87) £26.99 //
Heijo Kaino - 1978 £17.99 //
Jason Faulkner - Everyone Says It's On (2CD Japanese Import) £24.99 //
Jesse Harris + The Ferdinandos £9.99 //
Jimi Hendrix - Paris 1967 / San Francisco £16.99 //
Jo Ann Kelly - With John Fahey, Woody Mann, John Miller And Adam Seidler (Japanese Import) £14.99 //
Kousokuya - 1st £17.99 //
Liam Lynch - Fake Songs (2CD) £11.99 //
Lilium - Short Stories £11.99 //
Marlowe - A Day In July £11.99 //
Mike D'abo - A Little Misunderstood £8.99 //
Motion City Soundtrack - I Am The Movie £8.99 //
Mu - The Last Album £12.99 //
Nazz - Todd Sings £14.99 //
R. Crumb And The Cheap Suit Serenaders Vol 1, Vol 2, Vol 3 (3 Japanese Imports) Each £14.99 //
Ry Cooder And U.M Bhatt - By The River £12.99 //
Sandy Hurvitz - Sandy's Album Is Here At Last (Japanese Import) £14.99 //
Shirley And Dolly Collins - Love, Death And The Lady £12.99 //
Steve Winwood - About Time (New Studio) £11.99 //
String Cheese Incident - Los Angeles 31 / 10 / 02 // Denver 22 / 3 / 02 // 21 / 3 / 02 // 20 / 3 / 03 £21.99 each //
The American Analog Set - Promise Of Love £9.99 //
The Mars Volta - De Loused In The Comatorium £10.99 //
The Rubinoos - The Basement Tapes // Paleophonics // Garage Sale // Crimes Against Music £14.99 each //
The Third Rail - Id Music £8.99 //
The Wildweeds - The Best And Rare £14.99 //
Tower Of Power - Oakland Zone £12.99 //
Tsurubami - Tsukuyomi Ni (Kawabata) £11.99 //
Kim Wilson - Lookin' For Trouble £12.99 //
Various - The Devils Music (3 CD Soundtrack Of 1976 BBC Documentary)
£11.99. Steve Winwood - 'About Time' "Released
on his own Wincraft label, 'About Time' sees Steve Winwood
continuing his interest in world music. The album features
drummer Walfredo Reyes who toured with Winwood's Traffic
comeback tour in 1994 and Jose Neto, guitarist in Brazilian
supergroup Fourth World. 'About Time' includes a cover of
the Timmy Thomas' 1972 classic 'Why Can't We Live
Together'" Tracks: 1 Different light 2 Cigano (for the Gypsies) 3 Final hour 4 Why can't we live together 5 Domingo morning 6 Now that you're alive 7 Phoenix rising 8 Bully 9 Horizon 10 Walking on 11 Silvia
£11.99
Shirley and Dolly Collins - 'Love, Death and the Lady'
Considered by many to be the sisters best recording, this was originally Released on the Harvest Label in 1970,
this new edition is remastered with four bonus tracks and
extensive sleevenotes. Tracks: 01 Death and the Lady 02 Glenlogie 03 The Oxford Girl 04 Are You Going To Leave Me 05 The Outlandish Knight 06 Go From My Window 07 Young Girl Cut own in Her Prime 08 Geordie 09 Salisbury Plain 10 Fair Maid of Islington 11 Six Dukes Went A Fishing 12 Polly On the Shore 13 Plains of Waterloo 14 Sailor From Dover 15 Young John 16 Short Jacket and White Trousers 17 The Bold Fisherman.
£12.99
Just
In: San Agustin - 'The
Expanding Sea' on Table of the Elements -(taken from San Agustin
web Site) "Georgia natives San Agustin (David Daniell, guitar; Andrew Burnes, guitar; Bryan Fielden, drums) have performed with a multitude of notables from the improvised community, including Ken Vandermark, Thurston Moore, Loren MazzaCane and others, but this 3xCD boxed set is the first truly representative document of their live presence. Haunting moments of introspection are enveloped in clouds of bluesy guitar notes, then swept away by great electric gales; drones rumble and shimmer in the aftermath. The Expanding Sea is a tremendous work by an ensemble that is creating a genre-defying yet archetypically American
music" 3 CDs £36.99 It
was a Mafeking-like moment for the lads in SPIN when 'Dicks
Picks 28' and the 'View From The Vault IV'
sets finally turned up today. Following a change of
distribution from one US coast to the other we have had to
make monumental efforts to re-establish our connection, but
we have been promised that all will be OK in the future.
Anyway, 'Dicks Picks 28' is
a
4 CD set, taken from February 1973 costing £26.99. Check
out the entire Dicks Picks series from SPIN here. 'View From The Vault IV'
is from Oakland Stadium, Oakland, CA July 24
and 26, 1987 and is also a 4 CD audio set - again for £26.99.The details are on
Dead.net
Some interesting and very limited
Japanese mini-LP covers CDs have
just arrived:
Sandy Hurvitz, (Essra Mohawk ) 'Sandy's Album Is Here At
Last!' originally on Zappa's Bizarre label. Two
further Essra Mohawk
Albums - 'Essra' and 'Essra Mohawk'. Three
Robert Crumb Albums: (from 1974)
'R. Crumb and His Cheap Suit Serenaders', (from 1976)
'R. Crumb and His Cheap Suit Serenaders - 'Number Two'
'and (from 1978) 'R. Crumb and His Cheap Suit Serenaders -
'Number Three'. Finally, Jo Ann Kelly 'With John Fahey, Woody Mann, John Mille and Alan
Seidler'. CDs £14.99 each. Click on the titles for
more info.
The information we received on the latest 'On The Road'
collections from the String
Cheese Incident seems to have been incorrect.
Instead of a 10 CD Box Set we have received three, 3CD sets:
taken from March 20,
21
and 22
respectively. Each 3 CD set costs £21.99 and they're in
stock now, as is 'Shrine 2002' another 3 CD set
taken from SCI's show on
31st Oct 2002 at the LA
Shrine. The package includes the Halloween 'On The Road'
show and the event poster, also £21.99. Click on any date
to go the SCI web site and check the concert set list. 
Did you read that article in last month's Mojo about
the Aerovons? The St. Louis
band's solitary album was recorded at Abbey Road when the
Beatles were recording there in 1969. It is duly heavily
Beatles influenced but a lost, previously unreleased classic
nonetheless. Described by Mojo as "beautifully produced. string-laden pop
with soaring melodies and sweet harmonies" Track Listing:
1. World Of You 2. Resurrection 3. Say Georgia 4. With Her
5. Quotes and Photos 6. Words From A Song 7. Bessy Goodheart
8. Something of Yours 9. She's Not Dead 10. The Years 11.
Everything's Alright 12. The Children 13. The Train (Single
A-Side) 14. Song For Jane (Single B-Side) 15. Here
(Unreleased Song) 16. World Of You (Demo). Price: £8.99
Click here to read
about the Aerovons meeting the Beatles.
Championed
by many (John Peel, Steve Albini), New York City Singer-Songwriter Nina Nastasia's
third album
'Run To Ruin', "promises to satisfy the eager critics, her constantly growing bastion of fans and anyone else who chances to hear these songs"
Tracks: 1. We Never Talked, 2. I Say That I Will Go, 3. Regrets, 4. You Her And Me, 5. Superstar, 6. The Body, 7. On Teasing, 8. While We Talk.
Produced by Steve Albini, go
here to download an MP3, £12.99
Next In the Todd Rundgren
Bootleg Series, from a tour based on Todd's 'Nearly Human'
album, comes 'Nearly Human Tour - Japan '90'
recorded at the Sun Plaza in Tokyo, its a 2 CD set at a
great price, £9.99. Tracks here.

4 Grand Funk Railroad
remasters on the way, all with bonus tracks: From 1971,
'Survival' (Bonus Tracks: I Can't Get Along With Society,
Jam (Footstompin' Music), Country Road (Unedited Original
Version), All You've Got Is Money (Unedited Original
Version) and Feelin' Alright (Unedited Original Version).
Also from 1971, 'E Pluribus Funk' (Bonus Tracks:
Medley: I'm Your Captain/Closer to Home [Live], Hooked on
Love, Get It Together, and Mark Say's Alright. All Live
Tracks ), from 1972 'Phoenix'
(bonus track: Flight of the Phoenix (2002 Remix With
Extended Ending), and, from 1973 ' 'We're an American Band'
(Bonus Tracks: currently no details available ). All CDs
£12.99 each
Groundhogs - 3 remastered titles
all with bonus tracks taken from BBC sessions due out on 9th
June:
'Split', 'Thank Christ for the Bomb' and 'Who will Save the
World'. £8.99 each Some
Wounded Bird remasters
just in:
Commander Cody - 'Tales From The Ozone', and 'And His Lost Planet Airmen'
(£11.99) "Commander Cody & His Lost Planet Airmen were a seminal, warped country rock group who made numerous critically acclaimed albums throughout the 1970's. These deranged space cadets bordered on a country grunge style that set them apart from other country rock acts. These two titles are being released on CD for the very first time". Nantucket -
'Nantucket' (£11.99) Nantucket was a hard rock outfit that had a handful of albums in the late 70's and early 80's. They have maintained a hardcore cult fan base that has been screaming for their albums to be issued on CD ever since. This release is their best and self title first album, making its worldwide CD
debut" Randy Meisner - Randy Meisner
(1982) (£11.99) "one of the original members of The Eagles originally released this fine album on Epic records in 1982. It featured the talents of Nicky Hopkins plus Ann & Nancy Wilson of Heart and is making its worldwide CD
debut" Crazy Horse - At Crooked Lake
(£11.99) "best known as Neil Young's backing group for the last 30 years, released a handful albums during that period, one being "At Crooked Lake", which was arguably their best. It was originally released on Epic Records in 1972 and the vinyl version has been a long sought after collector's item. Finally, it is being made available on
CD" Southern Pacific - 'Killbilly
Hill'/'County Line' and 'Southern Pacific'/'Zuma' (£12.99 each)
"a country group bordering on the fringes of rock music. They made numerous albums for Warner Brothers Records throughout the 80's and 90's. These 2 on 1 CD's comprise their second album Killbilly Hill & County Line, from 1986 and 1990 respectively and their self titled first album Southern Pacific & Zuma from 1985 and 1988
respectively" 'Darker
Blues' (book) 'Darker Blues' is a
100+ page book of photographs of the musicians of Fat Possum
Records
"A stunning 100-plus-page book of photographs of the musicians on the Fat Possum roster-R.L. Burnside, Junior Kimbrough, T_Model
Ford, Solomon Burke etc. much of it beautifully shot by award-winning shutterbug David
Raccuglia. Packaged with Joe Sacco's classic story "The Rude Blues" presented as a stand-alone comic book (first printed in Details Magazine), and a double-CD-the first disc is a seven-track collection of new remixes and unreleased tracks from
R.L. BURNSIDE, the second features an hour of tunes taken from the label's deep catalog. Hard bound and released in a limited edition of 4,500 copies. Beautiful, and worth every penny."
£36.99, check
all the details and tracklisting here. DVD:
'Nine Hundred Nights - The Story of Big Brother and the Holding Company with
Janis Joplin'. This
documentary Includes D.A. Pennebaker's rarely-seen
live Generation Club footage of "Piece of My
Heart," and "Comin' Home". From 'Monterey
Pop' comes "Ball and Chain" and the unreleased
"Combination of the Two". From the 'Cheap Thrills'
recording sessions comes a "Summertime" rehearsal
and studio performances of "Down on Me,"
"Blow My Mind," "Hall of the Mountain
King" and "Light is Faster than Sound". The
DVD Special Features are as follows: Full-Motion Interactive
Menus, Complete Performances of the video clips, Complete
Discography, Rare Audio Recordings, Interview Outtakes, Band
Commentary, Psychedelic Treats, Photo Gallery and Time Line.
On import for £29.99 The
next batch of Live Phish CDs. Volumes 17-20, have
just arrived.
They are as follows: Vol. 17 Portland, OR 7/15/98 (3 disc set)
£24.99
Vol. 18 Dallas, TX 5/7/94 (3 disc set) £24.99,
Vol. 19 Keene, NH 7/12/91 (2 disc set) £17.99
and
Vol. 20 Providence, RI 12/29/94 (2 disc set) £17.99,
or you can have all 4 for £80. Volumes 1 -16 are
still available at a variety of prices depending on the
number of CDs, phone or e-mail for a price. Also, we still
have the carrying case for these shows - £20. Check
out tracks from the new Grandaddy
album 'Sumday' on www.grandaddy
landscape.com. then buy it from us for a mere £9.99
5 years After
'Byrd Parts' (which took three years to compile) comes 'Byrd Parts Vol 2' "More Oddities, Curios, Rarities & Essentials by members of the
BYRDS, alone and together - 1962-1986"
on the raven label from Australia. Included in the 28 tracks
is music from: The Jet Set, Les Baxter's Balladeers, Peter
Fonda ( November Nights), Flying Burrito Brothers and more,
much previously unreleased. £12.99, tracks here.. How
appropriate that Paul McCartney's 'The Family
Way' soundtrack is out on CD for the first time soon -
Paul's first solo venture, performed in part by the George
Martin Orchestra, is a Canadian import for £14.99 and has
additional material added. Read
all about the original album here. Tony Rivers -
Britain's Beach Boy? The press release for this reckons that
Pete Townshend, Elton John, Phil Collins and Long John
Baldry have all been queuing to see this bloke in concert
recently. To see what the fuss is all about you'll have to
check out
Tony Rivers 'Castaways' featuring Tony’s complete
studio recordings with the Castaways between 1963 - 1967 - 7
singles A’s & B’s plus 14 previously unreleased
recordings..
More here
Early copies of the Steve Hackett
album come as a very limited edition set reported thus "'To Watch The Storms' will appear in two formats. There will be the standard jewel case edition with 8 page booklet and a deluxe Special Edition package, initially available in the form of a deluxe hard back book with slipcase. The Special Edition features: 4 bonus tracks, 40 page booklet with Hackett's own extended sleeve note on each track and Kim Poor original artwork for each track.
£13.99 4
Kevin Ayers classics in
remastered, upgraded form: From 1969 'Joy of a Toy' (Bonus
tracks: 'Religious experience' Syd Barrett session, 'Lady
Rachael' USA remix, 'Soon soon soon', 'Religious experience'
take 103, 'Lady Rachael' single edit, 'Singing a song in the
morning'), 1970's 'Shooting at the Moon'
(Bonus tracks: 'Gemini child', 'Puis je', 'Butterfly dance', 'Joile
Madame' and 'Hat' (take 4),
'Whatevershebringswesing' from 1971
(Bonus tracks: Stars, Don't sing no more sad songs, Fake
Mexican tourist blues, Stranger in blue suede shoes early
mix) and 1973's 'Bananamour' (Bonus tracks: 'Connie
on a rubber band', 'Decadence' (early mix), 'Take me to
Tahiti' and 'Caribbean moon').
£8.99 each 
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~Jefferson Starship ~
Dylan
Bootleg Series Vol. 6 ~ Live at Pompeii DVD
~ SF Sorrow DVD ~ 2 Psyche gems ~
Garage
Vinyl ~ Fleetwood Mac
~ James Taylor
~ Ryan Adams
~ La Trilogie ~ Serge
Gainsbourg Reggae ~ Forever
Changes In Concert ~ Neil
Young ~ Brazillian
DVDs ~ Surf Guitar Legends ~
Nico
~ Stones
Steel Wheels DVD ~ Miles Davis
~ Fred Neil ~ Iggy & the
Stooges ~ Jack Casady ~
Dylan SACD ~ Isaac
Hayes ~ Byrds ~ Kaleidoscope
~ Magic Band ~ Andy
Partridge ~ Eagles ~ Strawberry
Bubblegum ~ Lonnie Mack
~ Heartworn Highways'
DVD ~
Jefferson Airplane
~ Beatles ~ Jay
Farrar
~ Association ~
Skip Battin
+

A
real mixed-bag of collectables from Collectors Choice: Skip Battin:
'Skip' £9.99, Martin Denny: 'Baked Alaska' £12.99, Rhinoceros:
'Satin Chickens'/'Better Times Are Coming' (2 on 1) £12.99, Tom
Verlaine: 'Flashlight' £9.99 and Les Paul: California Melodies £12.99.
Click here for all the info and track
lists.
More Collectors Choice- 6 Association CDs (previously only
available as expensive Japanese imports) on the way: 'Renaissance',
'Insight Out', 'Birthday', 'Association', 'Live' and 'Stop Your
Motor'. All the details here.£9.99
each. 7th
July for the new Cosmic Rough Riders album 'Too Close To See
Far'. Should be £11.99 - check
it out here. Jay
Farrar, founding member of both Uncle Tupelo and Son Volt, has a new album out next week.
'Terroir Blues' Features Jay along with Mark Spencer, Jon Wurster, Eric Heywood, John Horton, Brian Henneman, Lew Winer, Janice Rieman and Mike Martin performing
"23 tracks of new original songs, instrumental pieces and alternate takes and is the debut release on Jay's new record label Act/Resist Records" Should be £11.99.
Go here for the track listing and here
for some video and MP3 clips.
5
DVD Set - The Beatles -'The Long And Winding
Road' "is the Beatles' story told through the eyes of people who were there, from John Lennon's first band, The Quarry Men, to the final days at Apple with General Manager, Alistair Taylor, to the very personal recollections of the Beatles' first manager Allan Williams. This programme contains never before seen footage of the Beatles at work and at play. Over forty people were interviewed to tell this complete story including relatives, friends, musicians and
managers. This amazing collection is released on 11th August, presented in a box set of all 5
DVDs and separately as individual episodes. The Box Set is available at £34.99.
See
the press release here.
The first four Jefferson Airplane albums have all been digitally remastered from the original master tapes & feature new liner notes.
Each album includes many previously unavailable and rare tracks: 'Jefferson Airplane Takes Off',
'Surrealistic Pillow', 'After Bathing At Baxter's' and 'Crown Of Creation'.
Read all about them here. Due out on
July 28th, £8.99 each. 'Heartworn Highways'
DVD "James Szalpski's 1975 documentary about the rebirth of country music around Austin and Nashville in the mid-70s features Townes Van Zandt, Guy Clark, Steve Young, Rodney Crowell, Steve Earle, David Allan Coe, the Charlie Daniels Band, Barefoot Jerry, Gamble Rogers and others... released on DVD by Catfish Entertainment in
July 2003. More than one hour of additional never-before-seen footage featuring "all the main guys" has been added, and the whole film has been re-edited, colour corrected and mastered for fantastic 5.1 sound."
Should be £17.99
'Who Will Buy These Wonderful Evils' - a 33 track 2 CD set described as
"a smorgosbord of sizzling Swedish rock, pop psych meatballs!"
Check out all the tracks here. £12.99
3
volumes of high-energy, distorted and twangy Lonnie
Mack guitar music on the way from Sundazed - £11.99 each.
More soon.
2
more Revola titles on the way - The Poor
- 'The Poor' (featuring future Eagle Randy Meisner, Ballroom and Sagittarius arranger Jim Bell, future Stone Canyon Band members Pat Shanahan and Allen Kemp, Curt Boettcher co-writer Randy Naylor, and Colorado surf/punk master Veder Van Dorn...)
and 'The Canterbury Music Festival - 'Rain & Shine'
(Only 150 copies were pressed (in order to establish copyright) of The Canterbury Music Festival's 1968 album, Rain & Shine, an almost wilfully secret psych-pop masterpiece of sorts...)
£8.99 each
Another
10CC related release on the way to go with that newly
released Eric Stewart album:
'Strawberry bubblegum' (A Collection Of Pre-10cc Strawberry Studios
Recordings). Being a 22 track collection of tracks produced,
composed, played-on and engineered by the future members of 10CC.
Including material by 'artists' as diverse as Ohio Express, Manchester City FC and Leslie Crowther,
many tracks have never been released on CD before (wonder why?). Check
out the tracks here, and read
all about Strawberry Studios here. £8.99
The Allman Brothers classic 'Live at the Fillmore East'
is getting the "Deluxe Edition" treatment. Out on June
30th, more details soon. Should be £15.99.
The
first new Eagles music for years!! 'Hole In The World'
might only be a single but its a DVD single and includes:
the "Hole In The World" video (in stereo and 5.1
surround), "Making The Video" (outtakes from the
"Hole In The World" video shoot), the Backstage Pass video
(a visual look behind the scenes of the "Farewell I
Tour"), and a bonus audio CD of the single. This release
is a Limited Edition 2 Disc CD/DVD set and
there is no European release planned. Check
out the video here. £9.99 Andy Partridge - 'Fuzzy Warbles 3 and 4'.
"Volumes 3 and 4 will contain much of the sublime and the
ridiculous, The second two volumes of Fuzzy Warbles will be released on 7 July 2003 on Ape House Records; only
previously unreleased Andy Partridge demo tracks are featured on these releases" £10.99 each
Initial
copies of those those long-awaited Neil
Young 1970s and 80s albums: 'On the Beach', 'American Stars n'
Bars', 'Hawks and Doves' and 'Re.ac.tor').. will come in
"'vinyl replica' sleeves reproducing the original artwork to
the finest detail", no extra tracks but digitally
remastered and mid-price, £7.99 each. Now due on June 30th. Neil's new
album 'Greendale'
is out in August, £11.99
If you've been following the UK tour of The Magic Band (Mark "Rockette Morton" Boston on bass, Gary "Mantis" Lucas and Denny "Feelers Reebo" Walley on guitars, and John "Drumbo" French on drums, harmonica and
vocals) you may be interested in their new album
'Back to the Front' which features newly recorded versions of
many Beefheart classics. We've been
listening to a promo of the album which ruins to 17 tracks. Read Matt Groening's (who writes the album's sleeve notes) piece
in the Guardian about the current tour. Expect to pay £11.99,
out in early July.
This has caused a stir at SPIN where Joni is held in the highest regard:
Joni Mitchell – 'Woman Of Heart And Mind'. Already aired
on BBC4, and then released on DVD with
30 minutes extra added on June 30th. "The program, which Joni Mitchell participates in, is the first full-scale film exploring her life and work. This poignant documentary features
rare ’60s and ’70s performance footage, historic audio recordings of never-released songs, home movies, and a comprehensive photo
archive. Interviews with musicians: David Crosby; Graham Nash; James Taylor; Wayne Shorter; Herbie Hancock; Former Agent, David Geffen; The New York Times Music Critic, Stephen Holden, and Mitchell’s Daughter, reveal an intimate portrait of a artistic
legend." much more here
and here
on the BBC site, and here
on Joni Mitchell.com where they have posted some video clips
from the programme, Drool, Drool.... The DVD should be £17.99
No relation to the American band of the same name, the British Kaleidoscope were active at about the same time and evolved in to
Fairfield Parlour. We've got a 22 track compilation of previously
unreleased BBC material from both incarnations of the band. 'Please
Listen to the Pictures' comes lavishly packaged with a
picture-filled booklet. £13.99. Check it out here.
The next in the Dylan
Bootleg series, 'Volume 6' will be out in mid-July, early
editions will contain material dropped from later issues - we don't
know what it is yet but as soon as we do, we'll let you know.
"The album, the third live set in the series, will be culled from an October 31, 1964, Dylan performance at Philharmonic Hall in New York City, dubbed the "Halloween Concert" among fans and
collectors"
£TBA
The Beach Boys classic 'Pet Sound' is to be released in 5.1 surround sound
DVD audio. Included on the disc will be the full album in mono, stereo,
Dolby and DTS 5.1 surround sound with 7 unreleased tracks and, a Pet Sounds promo film. We
haven't seen it so we can't tell you what its like, but expect to pay £16.99 More
of those Brazilian DVDs coming our way, firstly its Nirvana - 'Live! Tonight! Sold Out!'.
Our advanced information states: "it's their Official live concert DVD. It ain't available
Anywhere else in the world AND it's region 0" . Next, Queen:
'Final Live in Tokyo' DVD "Originally only released in Japan on VHS and ltd DVD, this is now available from Brazil, official, and Region 0"
Finally, Bon Jovi - 'Slippery When Wet' DVD "Yet another Brazilian goodie that isn't available as a domestic release!"
- Region 0. £19.99 each.
From Japan, in paper
sleeves representing as close to the original sleeve designs as possible, come
the first 6 classic Byrds titles: 'Mr. Tambourine
Man', 'Turn! Turn! Turn!', 'Fifth Dimension', 'Younger Than
Yesterday', 'The Notorious Byrd Brothers' and 'Sweetheart of the Rodeo'
. They are all in the most recent configuration (i.e. with the bonus tracks) and
they're due in August - £17.99 each, very limited. 7
remastered Isaac Hayes albums on
the way: 'The Isaac Hayes Movement' (1970), '...To Be Continued'
(1970), 'Shaft' (1971), 'Joy' (1973), 'Tough Guys' (1974), 'Truck
Turner' (1975) and 'Chocolate Chip' (1975) £11.99 each 15
Dylan albums in SACD: Described as
"The First Major Sonic Upgrade of His CD Catalog" Fifteen Bob Dylan albums are
to be released in the Hybrid Super Audio CD (SACD) format in August..
"These discs will 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."
more.......
The Airplane's Jack Casady will
release his first ever solo CD on Eagle Records later this month. 'Dream Factor'
runs to 11 tracks and has contributions from many special guests
including: Warren Haynes, Jorma Kaukonen, Doyle Bramhall II, Ivan
Neville, Jim Brunberg, Jeff Pehrson, Paul Barrere, Matt Abts, Steve
Gorman and Fee Waybill(!) should be £12.99. Read all about it
here.
Brief Notes: 2 New York Dolls remasters - From 1973 'The
New York Dolls' and 1974's 'Too Much Too Soon' both with
extra tracks - £8.99 each. The Velvet Underground's third
self-titled album and 'Live at Max's Kansas City' are both
being expanded to 2 CD sets with masses of unheard extra's, should
be £14.99 each. 
A very tempting Iggy and the
Stooges DVD containing unseen footage of the Stooges in
action is on the way: 'Jesus? This is Iggy' should cost a
mere £11.99. 
Another
excellent Revola album due this month: Fred Neil - 'Do You Ever Think Of Me?'
"here are some of his best recordings, produced for Capitol by Nik Venet, the almost-pop-structured "Fred Neil" album, and it's experimental follow up "Sessions"...Pure genius...I quite seriously defy anyone not to love Fred Neil! This is
a very expanded Revola classic which contains his best known songs"
Tracks:The Dolphins / I’ve Got A Secret
(Didn’t We Shake) / That’s The Bag I’m In / Ba-De-Da /
Faretheewell / Everybody’s Talkin’ / Everything Happens / Sweet
Cocaine / Green Rocky Road / Cynicrustoetefred John Raga / Felicity
/ Please Send Me someone To Love / Merry Go Round / look Over Yonder
/ Fools Are A Long Time Comin’ / Looks Like Rain / Roll On Rosie /
Sweet Mama / Trouble In Mind / December’s Dream / Ride Stormy
Weather / The Other Side Of This Life.
£8.99
'Cosmic Price Guide 2004 to
Original KRAUTROCK Records' by Ulrich Klatte. An A-Z
guide to rare and collectable Krautrock records covering LP's,
7" and 12" singles with label numbers, release dates and
current Mint values - 180 pages of essential Krautrock-collecting
data - 432 coloured pictures of Krautrock record albums - complete
label discographies - 24 coloured pictures of important Krautrock
labels such as Bacillus, Brain, Kosmische Kuriere, Ohr, Pilz...-
many previously unlisted and rediscovered record albums. Should be
in by the end of the month, Price £19.99. Kind of Blue - Miles Davis. The
best selling Jazz CD of all time is now being expanded to a 2
CD Deluxe Edition with lots of unreleased music added. Should be out
on 30 Jun 2003 and should cost £15.99 Rolling Stones 'Steel Wheels' Tour DVD
(Region 2) "Originally presented on enormous IMAX screens, with outstanding visual and audio clarity. The dimensions may have been scaled down for this DVD release, but the show is still huge in energy and talent. Filmed during a European leg of the Rolling Stones' steel wheels tour, this production boasts 15 songs and an extraordinary stage set. The Stones' set emphasises material from the late 1960s and early 70s ("Tumbling Dice", "Happy", "You Can't Always Get What You Want"). Highlights include "Paint it Black", "Rock and a Hard Place", a psychedelicised "2,000 Light Years from Home", and a cheeky "It's Only Rock 'n' Roll". The DVD also includes a full Stones discography.
Tracklist: 'Continental Drift', 'Start Me Up', 'Sad Sad Sad', 'Tumbling Dice', 'Ruby Tuesday', 'Rock And A Hard Place', 'Honky Tonk Woman', You Can't Always Get What You Want', 'Paint It Black', 'Sympathy For The Devil', 'Brown Sugar' and '(I Can't Get No) Satisfaction'.
Price only £9.99. 
More on this - (thanks again Hans) - The 1972 movie
Pink Floyd 'Live at Pompeii' (Directors
Cut)
"contains the concert in its entirety and a much longer version which includes the concert, footage of the recording of "Dark Side Of The Moon" in the studio, and new material of the band talking in the studio. This longer version is called The Director's Cut and was conceived by the director, Adrian Maben. In addition, there is an interview with Adrian. The artwork and the concept for the DVD is by Storm
Thorgerson.It therefore has the original version (without the studio bits) and this new Director's Cut which has extra Dark Side Of The Moon recording footage. Also included on the disc are various other
extras" Soon, more
here ... 
Nico - 'Live In Tokyo' A CD release for one of Nico’s
last ever concerts, recorded in Tokyo on April 11th 1986.Tracks: My Heart Is Empty, Purple Lips, Tananore,
Janitor Of Lunacy, You Forget To Answer, 60/40, My Funny Valentine, All Tomorrows Parties,
Das Lied Einsanen Madchens, Femme Fatal, The End.
Should be around £8.99
It's
getting near that time of year so the wonderful Sundazed
label have dusted of some surfing rarities for you, The following
are all full of previously unreleased masterpieces from the legends
of the surf sound: Lost Legends of
Surf Guitar I: 'Big Noise From Waimea!', Lost
Legends of Surf Guitar II: 'Point Panic!' (with Scott
Engel: 'Devil Surfer') and Lost Legends of Surf Guitar III:
'Cheater Stomp!'. £12.99 each. Also, MU: 'Return To Mu' "Merrell
Fankhauser
— The eccentric guitar/ songwriting genius behind
psych/folk-rockers Fapardokly and H.M.S. Bounty—is back on the
scene with an all-new album of shimmering delights from MU, his
long-dormant band of lysergic visionaries. Return To MU not only
flashes the utopian spirit of those golden days of the Summer Of
Love, it features many of its original
participants, including: John Cipollina, Jay Ferguson and Ed
Cassidy of Spirit, John McEuen of the Nitty Gritty Dirt Band and
Nicky Hopkins" Also £12.99. Soon, click
here for the full tracklisting, borrowed from Sundazed 
We've
just received some info. regarding a whole batch of very interesting
(and legal!) All region DVDs from
Brazil, the following titles will be £16.99: The Beatles
- 'Beatles Diary', The Beatles - 'Celebration', Black Sabbath/B.O.Cult
- 'Black & Blue', Deep Purple - 'Machine Head Live
1972' (Sensational 1972 Live Concert In Denmark),
Bob Dylan with Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers - 'Live In
Australia', Jimi Hendrix - 'Jimi Hendrix', Jethro Tull -
'Slipstream', Ringo Starr and Allstarr Band - 'Ringo Starr-
Live Los Angeles Sep 3 1989', Sting - 'Acustico', Rolling Stones
- 'Rock And Roll Circus',
Superstars In Concert (Also Know As 'Rock City') "Originally Put Together By Peter Clifton Filming Live Performances 1964-1973 In Different Venues. Fantastic Pink Floyd Footage, Rolling Stones, Jimi Hendrix, Rod Stewart, Etc",
Neil Young, 'Year Of The Horse' (Live/Documentary Jim Jarmusch).
For £19.99 you can have: Allman Brothers Band - 'Live In
Gainesville', George Harrison, 'Concert For Bangladesh', Jimi
Hendrix, 'Rainbow Bridge' (137 Minute Mix Of Mysticism And Music
Shot Mostly At The Rainbow Bridge Occult Meditation Center On Maui
1971). Obviously we haven't seen these films yet but the distributor
assures us that they are: "All DVDs UK playable, all DVDs are Import- only! and All DVDs Official!.
More info when they arrive in stock. And this is also
on the way: The Rolling Stones 'Just for the Record' a 5 DVD
unofficial (in that is isn't sanctioned by the Stones) box set
running to 380 minutes, no price yet but it is descibed thus: "40
years of history of the band. Each disc is one hour, sixties,
seventies, eighties, nineties, two thousands. The story is told by
the band members, family, friends, fellow musicians, biographers:
Interviews, rare footages and recordings and a lot more but no
Stones music". more soon 'Forever
Changes In Concert' "From the
mariachi fanfares of Bryan Mclean’s ‘Alone Again Or’ through
to a devastating version ‘You Set The Scene’…perfectly
reproduced"
So said Uncut Magazine of
Arthur Lee’s Festival Hall show in January of this
year, now set for a 2CD and a DVD release. The CD set will contain
the performance of the entire album plus an enhanced bonus disc
featuring concert footage and 4 additional LOVE classics. he CDs
will be released on June 9th and the DVD will be released in July,
more details to follow. The 2 CD set should be £11.99 and the
DVD £17.99, order
yours now. CD Tracks:1 Alone again or 2
House is not a motel 3 Andmoreagain 4 Daily planet 5 Old man 6 Red
telephone 7 Maybe the people would be the times or between Clark and
Hilldale 8 Live and let live 9 Good humour man he sees everything
like this 10 Bummer in the Summer 11 You set the scene 12 Seven and
seven is 13 Your mind and we belong 14 Signed DC 15 Singing cowboy
16 Live footage from the Royal Festival Hall

The
Easybeats - 'The Definitive Collection' is a 2 CD, 56 track
compilation from Australia's premier 60's rock'n'roll outfit. It's
due out at the end of June and should be £16.99. Click
here for more.
2
Double CD Serge Gainsbourg Reggae Compilation
coming your way on import from France. 'Aux Armes et Caetera'
featuring unreleased material and new Jamaican mixes, and 'Mauvaises Nouvelles des Etoiles'
is a track 23 track, 2 CD set. Click on the titles for the details.
Prices soon. 
More 60's DVD treats, for all you Warhol and Velvet Underground fans
out there : 'La Trilogie' Paul
Morrissey limited edition French 4 DVD box set (PAL Region 2)
containing
'Flesh', 'Heat', 'Trash' and much more. Included are
previously unreleased documentaries: 'Paul Mossissey the Warhol
Years', 'Before, While, After' (All the footage from trilogy),
'Music Factory' (The Velvet Underground by Paul Morrissey),
'The Fashion Factory', 'Exploding Plastic Inevitable': 30 Minute Scenic Trip: The Legendary Velvet Underground concert filmed by Ronald Namath which includes the
'whip dance' by Gerald Malanga, Ingrid Superstar and Edie Sedgewick,
plus more unreleased Paul Morrissey films from the same era. Price
soon.
Click here for more.
Two
new albums from Revola on their way:
The Quick - ' Alphabetaism' and Dick Campbell - 'The Dick Campbell
Album'. £8.99 each, read all about them here.
Coming soon, 'Music in High Places' - Ryan Adams (Live in Jamaica).
This DVD follows Ryan Adams on a journey of discovery
through the culture, history and people of Jamaica and includes
performances of: Firecracker, You Will Always Be the Same, The
Rescue Blues, Touch, Feel & Lose, New York, New York, Hard Time
Situation, Answering Bell, To Be Young (Is To Be Sad, Is To Be
High). Should be £19.99 
6 James Taylor
remasters on the way from Warner Brothers: 'Sweet Baby James'
(1970), 'Mud Slide Slim and the Blue Horizon' (1971), 'One Man Dog'
(1972), 'Walking Man' (1974) 'Gorilla' (1975) and 'In the Pocket'
(1976). No further details available at present but the price is
expected to be £11.99 each. Some
'garage' vinyl coming your way. Firstly, The
Stooges: 'The Stooges' and 'Fun House', then 3 MC5
titles: 'Kick Out The Jams', 'Back In The USA' and 'High Times'. All
of these records are limited edition, picture discs and cost £9.99
each. Hot
on the heel of their latest albums for years comes a dusting off and
expanding of the 'Rumours' - era Fleetwood Mac
back-catalogue. Both 'Rumours' and 'Tusk' are
remastered and expanded to two-disc sets with loads of unreleased
for £12.99 (approx), while The 'Fleetwood Mac' album gets
the same treatment over one CD for £8.99. Meanwhile the 'Buckingham Nicks'
album is set for its first release on CD, again remastered and
expanded, this time for £11.99.More news on the bonus tracks when
we get it.
Gene Clark - 'No Other'. Remastered by Rhino with extra tracks
for about £7.99. More details soon.
2 more Collectors Choice psyche gems
on their way:
Bruce Palmer 'The Cycle Is Complete' "This is easily
one of the most ambitious releases of the late ’60s and early ’70s,
consisting of only four tracks, 'Alpha - Omega - Apocalypse',
'Interlude', 'OXO', and 'Calm before the Storm', 'The Cycle Is
Complete' blends psychedelic trance jams with world music and even
free jazz to create a vibe......I bet you can't wait to read more....£12.99.
Ron Elliott 'Candlestick Maker'
"Featuring future Burrito Brother Chris Ethridge, jazzman
Bud Shank and Ry Cooder among other top-notch LA sessionmen, 'The
Candlestickmaker' delved deeper into the rootsy, reflective vein of
the Beau Brummels’ last two LPs, Needless to say, this album sunk
like a stone when it was released, but as the most single ambitious
effort by one of the ‘Sixties’ most underrated songwriters, it’s
essential listening"
£11.99.
The
new date for the remaining Yes expanded remasters ('Close
to the Edge', 'Tales from Topographic Oceans', 'Relayer' and 'Going
for the One') is now June 2nd. No word on the bonus tracks as yet 
Live Jefferson Starship
UK
Concerts sets - Each of six recent UK shows, over 2 hours of
music in each 2 CD set, will be available soon. The shows are as
follows: The Coal Exchange Wales, The Stables Wavedon, Newcastle Opera House, Mean Fiddler London, Bilston and The Brook
Southampton. Each 2 CD set will be £19.99 or
you can have the lot for £99.99.
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