Brief commentary of vinyl releases from Bandcamp Mole’s 2LP debut release, Danger Island (Figs of London; planetmole.com) is a quirky, singer-songwriter outing with fripperies. I keep thinking of Ray Davies…running at…
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Brief commentary of vinyl releases from Speakers Corner & Music on Vinyl SPEAKERS CORNER Two outings from this German audiophile label (www.speakerscornerrecords.com) include jazz guitarist, Charlie Byrd’s More Brazilian Byrd with…
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Brief commentary of vinyl releases from Munster & Third Man MUNSTER From the Spanish audiophile label, Munster (www.munster-records.com) are two LPs from former Vanguard artist, Marc Johnson, Years (1972) and 12…
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Brief commentary of vinyl releases from Cree, Munster, Black Focus & Leaf From Bear Family and on the Cree label (cree-records.com) is the Modern Sound Quintet’s Otinku (1971), originally released in Finland…
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Brief commentary of vinyl releases from Vinyl Passion & Music on Vinyl VINYL PASSION Ideal for Nat ‘King’ Cole fans, over two LPs is Sings for Two in Love (1954, a…
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Brief commentary of vinyl releases from Mobile Fidelity & Silva Screen MOBILE FIDELITY Two releases from MoFi (www.mofi.com) includes the 1962 debut, Bob Dylan. In this case, it’s been expanded to two…
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Brief commentary of vinyl releases from At The Movies A wide range of soundtracks have been released via At The Movies (www.musiconvinyl.com) including a range of single sleeved releases including Death Wish…
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Brief commentary of vinyl releases from Toure Kunda, Midas Fall, Christof Van Der Ven, Carpenter Brut, Teleseen, Jack Carty & Guy Gardiner plus Tigercats Toure Kunda’s Lambi Golo (Soulbeats; www.facebook.com/SoulbeatsRecords) A combination…
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Brief commentary of vinyl releases from Zanov & Rhythm Bomb Records… ZANOV …or Pierre Salkazanov as he’s known to his mother. You can think of our Pierre in classic synth-based terms. Green…
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Brief news of vinyl releases from Cockney Rebel on Chrysalis and John Fogerty COCKNEY REBEL Two from the Chrysalis label, both superb. The Human Menagerie (1973) is an unprincipled melange of lyrical images…
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Unicef has announced that it is pressing just 50 limited edition blue vinyl copies of 16 rather well known albums. Specially released to raise money for Unicef’s work for children affected…
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Brief news of vinyl releases from Black Sabbath and Water Music… BLACK SABBATH ON 7 A new limited-edition 7” vinyl, pizza-style box set of 10 singles from the rock legends and…
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It was 60 years ago that The Beatles made their first ever recording as The Quarrymen and they did it in a terraced house run by the incredible ‘backstreet engineer’, Percy…
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Brief news of vinyl releases from Alva Noto, Jon Allen, Soft as Snow, Barefoot Beware, C.Diab and more… Rosebud (RareNoiseRecords) features Eraldo Bernocchi (Sigillum S, SIMM,), FM Einheit (Einstürzende Neubauten) and…
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Brief news of vinyl releases from Demon, Mobile Fidelity & Speakers Corner… First in the queue is Lulu’s quite brilliant Heaven and Earth And the Stars (1976) (Demon; www.demonmusicgroup.co.uk), on blue…
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Brief news of vinyl releases from Radka Toneff and Steve Dobrogosz, Tito Rodriguez and His Orchestra, Ian Lowery, Paradise Lost and more… JAZZ HIGHLIGHTS Three jazz outings with Radka Toneff and Steve Dobrogosz’s Fairytales (1982,…
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Brief news of vinyl releases from Demon & James Heather FACE YOUR DEMONS IN RSD From Demon, a batch of rocking vinyl from Record Store Day, including Saxon’s Metalhead (1999). This is…
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Brief news of vinyl releases from Kim Wilde, Lowtide, Jono McCleery, The Hanging Stars and more! New from Kim Wilde – yes, she’s back – is Here Come the Aliens (Wildeflower)…
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Brief news of vinyl releases from Third Man, Virgin, AC30, Sub Pop and Spinefarm THIRD MAN RECORDS From Third Man Records (thirdmanrecords.com) and in the Live At… series is metal punk…
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Brief news of vinyl releases from Speakers Corner Three new releases (www.speakerscornerrecords.com). The first is Charles Mingus’ Pithecanthropus Erectus (1956), his major release as a leader and composer, stretching the entire…
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Brief news of vinyl releases from Music on Vinyl A gamut of new releases from Music on Vinyl (www.musiconvinyl.com) includes Hot Shots of Reggae (1970), a first vinyl reissue from the…
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Brief news of vinyl releases from Edition Telmark, Empty Editions & Rostrum A double album gatefold production, Tonaliens (Edition Telemark) features Amelia Cuni (voice), Werner Durand (invented wind instruments), Robin Hayward (microtonal…
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Brief news of vinyl releases from Vinilisssimo & Munster From the Spanish audiophile outfit, Munster on the label’s Vampi Soul imprint is the first reissue of Los Chicos Malos (1980) self-titled album.…
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Brief news of vinyl releases from At The Movies, Peaceville, K-Scope & Music On Vinyl AT THE MOVIES Soundtracks a-plenty from this label (www.musiconvinyl.com) includes limited numbered pressings and coloured vinyl.…
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Brief news of vinyl releases from Music On Vinyl MOV (www.musiconvinyl.com) continues to push out high quality releases including two from blues legend Buddy Guy. Bring ‘Em In (2005) is too glossy…
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More brief news of vinyl releases… THE JUST JOANS Scottish folk-pop outfit, The Just Joans’ You Might Be Smiling Now… (Fika, www.fikarecordings.com) Homespun tales from everyday people. No gloss, no pretensions. …