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The 69 EYES

West End (limited CD + Blu-ray)

Nuclear Blast

Cat: 072736 1449209. Rel: 20 Sep 19

Metal

Two Horns Up (feat Dani Filth)
27 & Done
Black Orchid
Change
Burn Witch Burn
Cheyenna
The Last House On The Left (feat Wednesday 13, Calico Cooper & Dani Filth)
Death & Desire
Outsiders
Be Here Now
Hell Has No Mercy
30 Years Of Rock 'n' Roll Rockumentary (Blu Ray)

in stock $15.14

808 STATE

Transmission Suite (CD)

808 State

Cat: BOBSTATE 002CD. Rel: 08 Oct 19

Techno

Tokyo Tokyo
Skylon
Cannonball Waltz
The Ludwig Question
Huronic
Landau
Westland
Trinity
Ujala
Carbonade
Pulcenta
Angol Argol
Bushy Bushy
13 13
Crab Claw

Review: Mancunian legends Graham Massey and Andy Barker reunite for the first 808 State album in 17 years. They recorded the new opus "Transmission Suite" in the Granada studios (where they once performed live on television 30 years ago) and looked to their hometown's club scene as their main source of influence - along with the timeless aesthetic of Detroit which has always influenced their style. Across this collection of "sonic landscapes" (as described by Massey) you'll hear the booming acid electro of first single "Tokyo Tokyo" and "The Ludwig Question", through to off-kilter jams like "Westland", futurist house grooves of "Ujala" and a modern reboot of classic "Angol Argol".

in stock $10.25

ACE OF BASE

Gold (3xCD)

Crimson Gold

Cat: CRIMCD 648. Rel: 07 Oct 19

Pop

The Sign
All That She Wants
Wheel Of Fortune
Lucky Love
Beautiful Life
Happy Nation (radio edit)
Life Is A Flower
Don't Turn Around
Hallo Hallo
Always Have, Always Will
Cruel Summer (Big bonus mix)
Unspeakable
C'est La Vie (Always 21)
Living In Danger (single edit)
Beautiful Morning
Da Capo
Wheel Of Fortune (2009)
Don't Turn Around (2009)
The Sign (The remix)
Cruel Summer (Soul Poets House Bust)
Never Gonna Say I'm Sorry (Sweetbox Funky mix)
Life Is A Flower (Soul Poets Night club mix)
All That She Wants (Madness version)
Lucky Love (Raggasol version)
Travel To Romantis (Love To Infinity Master mix)
C'est La Vie (Always 21) (remix)
Happy Nation (Moody Gold mix)
Hallo Hallo (dub)
Living In Danger (D-house Muix - short version)
Beautiful Life (Lenny B House Of Joy club mix)
Megamix (long version)
Would You Believe
Go Go Go
Into The Night Of Blue
Don't Stop
Make My Day
Mercy Mercy
No Good Love
Summer Days
Giving It Up (Remake)
Come To Me
Prime Time
Look Around Me
Pole Position
Sunset In Southern California
Moment Of Magic

in stock $5.29

ACID ARAB

Jdid (CD)

Crammed Discs Belgium

Cat: CRAM 292. Rel: 15 Oct 19

Experimental/Electronic

Staifia (feat Radia Menel)
Electrique Yarghol (feat Hasan Minawi)
Nassibi (feat Amel Wahby)
Club DZ
Rimitti Dor (feat Sofiane Saidi)
Rajel (feat Ammar 808)
Soulan (feat Filles De Illighadad)
Was Was
Ejma (feat Cem Yildiz)
Ras El Ain (feat Rizan Said)
Malek Ya Zahri (feat Cheikha Hadjla)

Review: Three years after delivering a stunning debut album that cemented their position as this century's finest fusionists of Middle Eastern music and analogue electronic music, Acid Arab return with a sophomore set that's every bit as impressive. The basic ingredients remain the same - think Arabic vocals, instrumentation and percussion mixed with heavy drum machine rhythms, raw electronics and mind-altering TB-303 motifs - though the resultant tracks arguably draw on a wider range of electronic music influences. So as well as nods towards acid house and techno, the album also contains throbbing, dancefloor-centric workouts informed by EBM, Italo-disco, new wave, synth-pop and industrial. It's a subtle switch-up, but one wholly in keeping with the French quartet's distinctive vision.

in stock $11.06

Umut ADAN

Bahar (CD)

River Boat

Cat: TUGCD 1118. Rel: 10 Oct 19

International

Bembeyaz Cananim
Seytanin Aklini Celdim
Ortasindan Gel
Gunes
Zaman Zaman
Dunyalardan Sen Bahar
Sevdigimi Sectim
Bandirma Baskent Oldu
Arabam Kaldi
Kadikoylu
Ana Baba Baci Gardas

in stock $10.28

The AFGHAN WHIGS

What Jail Is Like (CD)

Music On CD

Cat: MOCCD 13838. Rel: 10 Oct 19

Indie

What Jail Is Like
Mr Superlove
Dark End Of The Street
Little Girl Blue
What Jail Is Like (live)
Now You Know (live)
My World Is Empty Without You/I Hear A Symphony (live)

in stock $9.44

AFRODEUTSCHE

Break Before Make (CD)

Skam

Cat: SKALD 035. Rel: 19 Sep 19

Electro

Day Tuner
And!
Guess What
Work It
Now What
Start Again (part 4)
Blanket Ban
Filandank
Wtfwtfwtf
You Heard Me The First Time
The Middle Middle
Hiaea
OD
The Beginning

Review: Barely six weeks after dropping her debut single on River Rapid, Henrietta Smith-Rolla pops up on Skam with a surprise debut album. As first full length excursions go, "Break Before Make" is undeniably impressive. Beginning with the spooky, minor key electronics and angular IDM rhythms of "Day Turner", the 14 track set sees Smith-Rolla successfully turn her hand to bittersweet synth-wave ("And!"), dystopian pitched-down electronica ("Guess What"), spacey electro ("Work It", "Wtfwtfwtf"), clandestine electronic soundscapes (the panicked shuffle of "Blanket Ban") and grandiose sci-fi soundtrack fare ("The Middle Middle"). Throughout, the Manchester-based producer consistently delivers otherworldly musical melancholia with a panache not associated with a producer of her relative inexperience.

Gespielt von: MUSAR Recordings

in stock $11.86

AINA

Lead Me To The Garden (CD)

Aloha Got Soul US

Cat: AGS 018CD. Rel: 20 Sep 19

Psych/Garage Rock

Insouled In You
Nuclear Power
Winds Of God
Morning Star
Your Light
Many Roads
Path Of Heart
The Harmony Song
Light Of Me
Silent In The Night
Arms Of SouL
Shine On, Humble Home
Family Of Abraham
Lead Me To The Garden
The Road To Go
America Be One Man
Ka 'Aina

in stock $14.30

ALLAH LAS

Lahs (CD)

Mexican Summer US

Cat: MEX 2602. Rel: 18 Oct 19

Indie

Holding Pattern
Keeping Dry
In The Air
Prazer Em Te Conhecer
Roco Ono
Star
Royal Blues
Electricity
Light Yearly
Polar Onion
On Our Way
Houston
Pleasure

in stock $11.60

AMERICO BRITO/ARP FRIQUE/VARIOUS

Radio Verde (unmixed CD)

Colorful World Holland

Cat: CW 003CD. Rel: 11 Oct 19

International

Cabo Verde Band - "Bo Terra Cabo Verde"
Americo Brito & Djarama - "Rapaz Novo E Malandro"
Cabo Verde Show - "Terra Longe"
Elisio Vieira - "Tchon Di Somada"
Vlu - "Rua D'Lisboa"
Galaxia 2000 - "Coracao Dum Criola"
Mendes & Mendes - "Mitamiyo"
Danny Carvalho - "Roncanbai"
Mendes & Mendes - "Walkman"
Jose Casimiro - "La Mamai Ta Bem"
Elisio Vieira - "Bem Di Fora"
Zeca & Zeze Di Nha Reinalda - "Mocinhos"

Review: Rotterdam is one of the many big port cities around the world that welcomed a high number of Cape Verdean immigrants. In the 1970s, Americo Brito was one of them and he soon got involved with the local music scene and found an ever larger community of likeminded talents. He took to the stage with his band and made for a buzzy little scene that found them tour with their own sound system. Here he works with Rotterdam local Arp Frique to serve up Cape Verdean music old and new with plenty of traditional Funana and Coladeira sounds next to jams influenced by wave, disco and funk, jazz, reggae and Latin pop.

in stock $15.65

APOPTYGMA BERZERK

APBL2000 Live (Deluxe Edition) (remastered) (CD)

Mrs Green

Cat: CD 22294. Rel: 16 Oct 19

Coldwave/Synth

Intro
Starsign
Stitch
Paranoia
Eclipse
Deep Red
Soultaker
Kathy's Song (Come Lie Next To Me)
Non Stop Violence
Fade To Black
Mourn
Beatbox
Bitch
Starsign & Eclipse & Backstage With Apop From DVD (bonus track)

in stock $12.81

APOPTYGMA BERZERK

Unicorn & The Harmonizer DVD (Deluxe Edition) (remastered) (CD + DVD)

Mrs Green

Cat: CD 22299. Rel: 16 Oct 19

Coldwave/Synth

Unicorn (video version)
Unicorn (Fairlight Children remix)
Unicorn (TOY remix)
Unicorn (Killin' remix By Freezepop)
Unicorn (Hocico remix)
Unicorn (Alon Cohen remix)
Unicorn (Drugwar remix)
Pikachu (No Comment remix)
114 BPM
A Strange Day
Non Stop Violence (live In Tel Aviv)
Suffer In Silence (Icon Of Coil remix - bonus track)
Suffer In Silence (Electro version - bonus track)
Until The End Of The World (Dark club mix - bonus track)
Kathy's Song (Green Court remix - bonus track)
The Harmonizer DVD

in stock $13.76

APOPTYGMA BERZERK

Welcome To Earth (Deluxe Edition) (remastered) (CD)

Mrs Green

Cat: CD 22292. Rel: 16 Oct 19

Coldwave/Synth

Everything We Know Is Wrong
Starsign
Eclipse
Help Me!
Kathy's Song (Come & Lie Next To Me)
Untitled 3
Moment Of Tranquility
Fade To Black
64K
Paranoia
Soultaker
LNDP3
Time To Move On
Untitled 4 (bonus track)
Eclipse (Black Sun version - bonus track)
64K (Sweep remix - bonus track)

in stock $11.73

APOPTYGMA BERZERK

Harmonizer (Deluxe Edition) (remastered) (CD)

Mrs Green

Cat: CD 22295. Rel: 16 Oct 19

Coldwave/Synth

More Serotonin Please
Suffer In Silence
Unicorn (duet version)
Until The End Of The World
Rollergirl
OK Amp-Let Me Out
Pikachu
Spindizzy
Detroit Tickets
Photoshop Sucks
Something I Should Know
Pikachu (Soni Code Daydream mix - bonus track)
Until The End Of The World (Martin Eyerer remix - bonus track)
Until The End Of The World (Schiller remix - bonus track)
Untitled 5 (bonus track)

in stock $12.81

ARCTIC MONKEYS

Favourite Worst Nightmare (CD)

Domino

Cat: WIGCD 188S. Rel: 18 Oct 19

Indie

Brianstorm
Teddy Picker
D Is For Dangerous
Balaclava
Fluorescent Adolescent
Only Ones Who Know
Do Me A Favour
This House Is A Circus
If You Were There, Beware
The Bad Thing
Old Yellow Bricks
SOS

in stock $6.62

ARCTIC MONKEYS

Humbug (CD)

Domino

Cat: WIGCD 220S. Rel: 18 Oct 19

Indie

My Propeller
Crying Lightning
Dangerous Animals
Secret Door
Potion Approaching
Fire & The Thud
Cornerstone
Dance Little Liar
Pretty Visitors
The Jeweller's Hands

in stock $6.62

Joe ARMON JONES

Turn To Clear View (CD)

Brownswood UK

Cat: BWOOD 207CD. Rel: 20 Sep 19

Broken Beat/Nu Jazz/Nu Soul

Try Walk With Me (feat Asheber)
Yellow Dandelion (feat Georgia Anne Muldrow)
Gnawa Sweet
Icy Roads (Stacked)
(To) Know Where You're Coming From
The Leo & Aquarius (feat Jehst)
You Didn't Care (feat Nubya Garcia)
Self:love (feat Obongjayar)

Review: Joe Armon-Jones has been a driving force in the resurgence of contemporary jazz and now makes something of a victory lap with this new album on the always essential Brownswood. It's a very modern mix of bass and dub, du jour club culture and his own jazz styles featuring peers like Moses Boyd and Nubya Garcia. Frankly, the whole record is silky, starry-eyed and sublime and the excellent artwork also hist at the cosmic subtleties of this album, but our picks of the bunch are the neo-soul, summery stroll through the park vibes of "Yellow Dandelion", "Gnawa Sweet" which glows with mellifluous Rhodes chords and the uncompromising yet accessible sax and big brass action of album highlight "You Didn't Care".

Gespielt von: Dave Lee / Joey Negro

in stock $11.38

ASA

Lucid (CD)

Wagram France

Cat: 336892 2. Rel: 11 Oct 19

Funk

Murder In The USA
The Beginning
Good Thing
Stay Tonight
Torn
Happy People
You & Me
Femi Mo
Makes No Sense
365
Until We Try (This Lo')
9 Lives
Don't Let Me Go
My Dear

in stock $10.36

AUTOMATIC

Signal (CD)

Stones Throw US

Cat: STH 2410CD. Rel: 27 Sep 19

Indie

Too Much Money
Calling It
Suicide In Texas
I Love You, Fine
Highway
Signal
Humanoid
Damage
Electrocution
Champagne
Strange Conversations

Review: No matter how hard they try, some bands struggle to make people dislike them. Take Los Angeles trio, Automatic. Sure, militant guitar fans might find a little to complain about, what with the distinct focus on synthdom here, but realistically that's like saying you hate pies because sandwiches also exist. There's more than a touch of Neu! and Suicide in this indie-post punk mix up, but we wouldn't want anyone to think they'd heard this before. Unless, of course, you actually have heard this lot before. Working within sounds that often feel explored to the nth degree, we're dealing with a band disinterested in convention but obsessed with making you feel immediately at home with them. From the rolling bass, distorted electro refrains and send-return vocals of "Too Much Money" through "Highway'"'s darkroom neo-dance bounce, to the slo-mo, anthemic closer "Strange Conversations", this debut album stands out for miles.

in stock $11.33

BABA ZULA

Derin Derin (CD)

Glitterbeat Germany

Cat: GBCD 082. Rel: 26 Sep 19

International

Haller Yollar
Sahin Iksiri
Kizil Gozlum
Ruzgarin Akisi
Salincaksin
Kervan Yolda
Port Pass
Kosmogoni
Kurt Kapma
Transendance

Review: Since first emerging 23 years ago, Turkish outfit Baba Zula has developed a distinctive take on their homeland's psych-funk and psych-rock traditions, offering up albums that combine elements of occidental musical culture with low slung psychedelic rock grooves, spacey electronics and the delay-laden hum of dub. It's this unique fusion of past, present and future sounds from Middle Eastern and Western culture that makes their latest album - their first for five years - such a rewarding and enjoyable listen. While unique and hard to pigeonhole, each of the ten tracks is undeniably impressive, wonderfully evocative, genuinely atmospheric and - as you'd expect given their roots - more psychedelic than tea with Timothy Leary on the moon.

in stock $10.52

Melvo BAPTISTE/VARIOUS

Glitterbox: Hotter Than Fire (mixed 3xCD)

Glitterbox

Cat: DGLIB 22CD. Rel: 20 Sep 19

Disco/Nu-Disco

The Shapeshifters - "Life Is A Dancefloor" (feat Kimberly Davis - club mix)
The Face Vs Mark Brown & Adam Shaw - "Needin' U" (Dimitri From Paris remix)
Tenderness - "Gotta Keep On Trying"
Goldie Alexander - "Show You My Love"
Lemelle - "You Got Something Special"
Hot Streak/Luke Solomon feat Queen Rose & Amy Douglas - "Body Work (vocal Mix)/Light You Up (accapella)"
Jungle Brothers - "What U Waiting 4?" (Jungle Fever mix)
JKriv - "Yo Love" (feat Adeline - club mix)
Reel People - "You Used To Hold Me So Tight" (feat Angela Johnson - club mix)
Lovebirds - "Holdin On" (feat Lisa Shaw - Lovebirds 808ies Matrix)
The Lab Rats present The Experiment - "Music Is My Way Of Life" (feat Lisa Millett - Dr Packer remix])
Copyright presents One Track Minds - "Good For You" (feat Angie Brown - main mix)
Ashford & Simpson - "Found A Cure" (Joey Negro Found A dub mix)
Yuksek - "I Don't Have A Drum Machine"
Steve "Silk" Hurley - "The Word Is Love" (feat Sharon Pass - Silk's original mix Of Life)
The Vision - "Heaven" (feat Andreya Triana - Danny Krivit edit)
Debbie Jacobs/DJ SKT feat Rae - "Don't You Want My Love (JMJ Breakdown Edit)/Take Me Away (accapella)"
Whitney Houston/MD X-Spress - "I'm Every Woman (Clivilles & Cole House Mix 1)/God Made Me Phunky (Accapella)"
Joey Negro - "Can't Get High Without U" (Joey Negro club mix)
Maydie Myles - "You Got Me Forever" (KLP Jam)
Donnell Rush - "If Only You Knew" (E-Smoove's Workout mix)
Chic - "Chic Mystique" (club dub)
Soul Reductions - "Got 2 Be Loved" (extended mix)
Yuksek - "Showbiz" (feat Villa - Purple Disco Machine edit)
Mighty Mouse - "The Spirit" (Yuksek extended remix)
Purple Disco Machine - "Encore" (feat Baxter - Mousse T remix)
Shay Jones - "When Love Calls" (E-Smoove's Late Night)
Slam Dunk'd - "No Price" (feat Chromeo & Al-P - Dr Packer extended remix)
The Reese Project - "Direct Me" (Joey Negro Disco Blend remix)
Jamiroquai - "Space Cowboy" (David Morales Classic club remix)
Hardsoul - "Back Together" (feat Ron Carroll - Moplen extended remix)
Harold Melvin & The Blue Notes - "Don't Leave Me This Way" (A Tom Moulton mix)
Qwestlife - "Fever" (feat Sugarhill Gang, Siedah Garrett & GrandMaster Melle Mel & Scorpio - KON reprise)
Qwestlife - "Fever" (feat Sugarhill Gang, Siedah Garrett & GrandMaster Melle Mel & Scorpio - KON remix)
Hifi Sean - "Lost Without U" (feat Paris Grey)
Horse Meat Disco & Kathy Sledge - "Falling Deep In Love" (Joey Negro 12" Disco Blend)
Micky More & Andy Tee - "The Only One" (feat Angela Johnson - extended mix)
Loods - "Love"
Low Steppa - "You're My Life" (Kormak remix)
Seamus Haji - "Boogie 2nite" (Dr Packer extended remix)
The Muthafunkaz - "I Don't Want You Anymore" (feat Marc Evans - Dr Packer extended remix)
Oliver Dollar - "John's Church" (feat Nils Ohrmann)
DJ John 'Julius' Knight - "Find A Friend" (Dr Packer extended remix)
Eli & Nomi - "Dance 4 Love 99" (club mix)
Detroit's Filthiest feat Amina Ya Heard/Risk Assessment feat Jemeni G - "Handprint/Remember Me (accapella)"
Soulsearcher - "Feelin' Love" (Dr Packer remix)
The Klub Family - "When I Fall In Love" (feat Sybil - Knee Deep Disco club mix)
ATFC/Ant LaRock & Roland Clark - "I Called U (The Conversation - AFTC's Conversation Killer)/Do You Remember (Accapella)"
Pete Heller's Big Love - "Big Love" (David Penn extended remix)
Gershon Jackson presents Reset Preset - "Hands Together" (House Of Omni Hands Together extended club mix)

Review: Fittingly, the latest compilation from Defected's phenomenally successful disco offshoot, Glitterbox, has been mixed by the man who has been making their Ibiza parties move for the last few years, Melvo Baptiste. Over the course of three hugely entertaining discs, Baptiste effortlessly joins the dots between original '70s and '80s disco and boogie, modern nu-disco hits, disco house and the kind of soulful and groovy 21st century cuts that fit somewhere in between. As you'd expect from an experienced and inventive DJ, Baptiste also showcases his love of overlaying familiar vocal acappellas, while the highlight-heavy tracklist contains a superb blend of classics, lesser-known hits and up-front future hits.

Gespielt von: JKriv (Razor-N-Tape)

in stock $11.73

Marc BARRECA

From The Gray & The Green (CD + MP3 download code)

Palace Of Lights US

Cat: POL 032019. Rel: 26 Sep 19

Ambient/Drone

Voorish Dome
A Mist Of Forgetfulness
The Point Of Arches
Summerland
The Gray Mounds
Bellows
Across The Dalles
Bone Lake
Gobbler's Knob
The Demise Of Big Tree
Skookum Falls

in stock $14.02

BATTLES

Juice B Crypts (CD)

Warp

Cat: WARPCD 301. Rel: 18 Oct 19

Post Rock/Experimental

Juice B Crypts
A Loop So Nice
They Played It Twice (feat Xenia Rubinos)
Sugar Foot (feat Jon Anderson & Prairie WWWW)
Fort Greene Park
Titanium 2 Step (feat Sal Principato)
Hiro 3
IZM (feat Shabazz Palaces)
Juice B Crypts
The Last Supper On Shasta (feat Tune Yards)

in stock $10.46

The BEASTIE BOYS

Root Down (reissue) (CD)

UMC

Cat: 778091 1. Rel: 04 Oct 19

Hip Hop/R&B

Root Down (Free Zone mix)
Root Down
Root Down (PP Balloon mix)
Time To Get Ill
Heart Attack Man
The Maestro
Sabrosa
Flute Loop
Time For Livin'
Something's Got To Give

Review: "Root Down" is perhaps not one of the better-known releases from the Beastie Boys' catalogue, despite the presence of the title track - a Jimmy Smith-sampling beast that remains popular with fans - on 1994 album "Ill Communication". Yet as this reissue proves, it remains a rock solid set of tracks. As with the original 1995 release, the set begins with a trio of versions of "Root Down" (including a fine rework from their old studio buddy Prince Paul), before moving into a swathe of tracks recorded by the band with a variety of producers and musicians (Rick Rubin, AWOL, Money Mark and so on) while on tour in Europe. It's something of a curio, but an impressive one at that.

in stock $10.65

The BEATLES

Abbey Road: 50th Anniversary Edition (CD)

Universal

Cat: 800743. Rel: 27 Sep 19

Rock

Come Together
Something
Maxwell's Silver Hammer
Oh! Darling
Octopus' Garden
I Want You (She's So Heavy)
Here Comes The Sun
Because
You Never Give Me Your Money
Sun King
Mean Mr Mustard
Polythene Pam
She Came In Through The Bathroom Window
Golden Slumbers
Carry That Weight
The End
Her Majesty

Review: There's a chance this Liverpudlian four piece will be familiar by now. This, their 11th studio outing, first unveiled as the 1960s slipped into the 70s, is a bonafide epic from an outfit that weren't lacking in epics; in many ways a culmination of their time together, marking the end of their active years and beginning of their legacy. By this stage, then, they've emerged from years spent on the inner journey and time on the outer, space cadeting to the hallucinogenic fuelled tones of "Sgt. Peppers" and "Revolver". Of course, there's still plenty of explorations happening, but the gritty blues rock of opening track "Come Together" really sets the tone. Five decades on, it still sounds great and maybe even better than you remember. Even if you own the original, this anniversary edition is worth having.

in stock $7.87

The BEATLES

Abbey Road: 50th Anniversary Deluxe Edition (2xCD)

Universal

Cat: 779150 7. Rel: 27 Sep 19

Rock

Come Together (CD1: 2019 mix)
Something
Maxwell's Silver Hammer
Oh! Darling
Octopus' Garden
I Want You (She's So Heavy)
Here Comes The Sun
Because
You Never Give Me Your Money
Sun King
Mean Mr Mustard
Polythene Pam
She Came In Through The Bathroom Window
Golden Slumbers
Carry That Weight
The End
Her Majesty
Come Together (take 5)
Something (Studio demo)
Maxwell's Silver Hammer (take 12)
Oh! Darling (take 4)
Octopus's Garden (take 9)
I Want You (She's So Heavy) (Trident Recording Session & Reduction mix)
Here Comes The Sun (take 9)
Because (take 1 - instrumental)
You Never Give Me Your Money (take 36)
Sun King (take 20)
Mean Mr Mustard (take 20)
Polythene Pam (take 27)
She Came In Through The Bathroom Window (take 27)
Golden Slumbers/Carry That Weight (Takes 1-3)
The End (take 3)
Her Majesty (Takes 1-3)

Review: There's a chance this Liverpudlian four piece will be familiar by now. This, their 11th studio outing, first unveiled as the 1960s slipped into the 70s, is a bonafide epic from an outfit that weren't lacking in epics; in many ways a culmination of their time together, marking the end of their active years and beginning of their legacy. By this stage, then, they've emerged from years spent on the inner journey and time on the outer, space cadeting to the hallucinogenic fuelled tones of "Sgt. Peppers" and "Revolver". Of course, there's still plenty of explorations happening, but the gritty blues rock of opening track "Come Together" really sets the tone. Five decades on, it still sounds great and maybe even better than you remember. Even if you own the original, this anniversary edition is worth having.

in stock $17.46

The BEATLES

Abbey Road: 50th Anniversary Super Deluxe Edition (3xCD + Blu-ray + hard-back book in slipcase)

Universal

Cat: 779211 2. Rel: 27 Sep 19

Rock

Come Together (CD1: 2019 Stereo mix)
Something
Maxwell's Silver Hammer
Oh! Darling
Octopus' Garden
I Want You (She's So Heavy)
Here Comes The Sun
Because
You Never Give Me Your Money
Sun King
Mean Mr Mustard
Polythene Pam
She Came In Through The Bathroom Window
Golden Slumbers
Carry That Weight
The End
Her Majesty
I Want You (She's So Heavy) (CD2: Abbey Road Sessions - Trident Recording Session & Reduction mix)
Goodbye (Home demo)
Something (Studio demo)
The Ballad Of John & Yoko (take 7)
Old Brown Shoe (take 2)
Oh! Darling (take 4)
Octopus' Garden (take 9)
You Never Give Me Your Money (take 36)
Her Majesty (Takes 1-3)
Golden Slumbers/Carry That Weight (Takes 1-3)
Here Comes The Sun (take 9)
Maxwell's Silver Hammer (take 12)
Come Together (CD3: Abbey Road Sessions - take 5)
The End (take 3)
Come & Get It (Studio demo)
Sun King (take 20)
Mean Mr Mustard (take 20)
Polythene Pam (take 27)
She Came In Through The Bathroom Window (take 27)
Because (take 1 - instrumental)
The Long One (Trial edit & mix - 30 July 1969)
Something (Tale 39 - instrumental - Strings Only)
Golden Slumbers/Carry That Weight (take 17 - instrumental - Strings & Bass Only)
Abbey Road (Blu-Ray Audio)

Review: There's a chance this Liverpudlian four piece will be familiar by now. This, their 11th studio outing, first unveiled as the 1960s slipped into the 70s, is a bonafide epic from an outfit that weren't lacking in epics; in many ways a culmination of their time together, marking the end of their active years and beginning of their legacy. By this stage, then, they've emerged from years spent on the inner journey and time on the outer, space cadeting to the hallucinogenic fuelled tones of "Sgt. Peppers" and "Revolver". Of course, there's still plenty of explorations happening, but the gritty blues rock of opening track "Come Together" really sets the tone. Five decades on, it still sounds great and maybe even better than you remember. Even if you own the original, this anniversary edition is worth having.

in stock $87.42

BEDOUIN SOUNDCLASH

Mass (CD)

Mr Bongo

Cat: MRBCD 211. Rel: 02 Oct 19

Klassiker/Ska

Salt Water
Born Into Bad Times
Clock Work
When We're Gone
Holy
They Gutted This City
Drive
St Jude Of The Floors
All Tomorrows
Inversion Weather
Full Bloom
Better Days
Edges Of The Night (live From Presevation Hall, New Orleans)
Just Like You (feat Cree Summer Francks)

in stock $10.52

BIG THIEF

Two Hands (CD)

4AD

Cat: 4AD 0180CD. Rel: 11 Oct 19

Indie

Rock & Sing
Forgotten Eyes
The Toy
Two Hands
Those Girls
Shoulders
Not
Wolf
Replaced
Cut My Hair

Review: It's not hard to understand why people so often ignore album release blurb. Sales-y, hyperbolic, and on more than the odd occasion rather poorly written, it's hardly required reading in order to get the most out of the record. That is unless it's Big Thief's 'Two Hands', a collection of music that genuinely makes more sense when you know the back story. For one thing this long form offering is arriving just months after its predecessor, which is always either the sign of a band that don't need big ideas to facilitate rapid-fire output, or a band that have so many big ideas they literally can't stop the momentum. This is a case of the latter. Timescale aside, "Two Hands" genuinely feels as though it was born in the Badlands, epic songs that invoke endless vistas across barren settings in a way that makes you feel as small as you actually are in a global context. Like cosying up in a log cabin away from the chilly endless dark of a desert night.

in stock $10.00

BINARY CANARY

Iterative Systems (CD)

Carrier

Cat: CDCARRIER 042. Rel: 08 Oct 19

Experimental/Electronic

I
Hollow
II
Metal
III
Alloy
IV

in stock $12.94

Franco BIXIO/FABIO FRIZZI/VINCE TEMPERA

Tutti Possono Arricchire Tranne I Poveri (Soundtrack) (CD)

Beat Italy

Cat: DDJ 048. Rel: 16 Oct 19

Soundtracks

850 Milioni (Titoli)
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in stock $16.46

Brant BJORK

Jalamanta (CD)

Heavy Psych Sounds Italy

Cat: HPS 107. Rel: 16 Oct 19

Psych/Garage Rock

Lazy Bones
Automatic Fantastic
Cobra Jab
Too Many Chiefs Not Enough Indians
Sun Brother
Let's Get Chinese Eyes
Toot
Defender Of The Oleander
Bones Lazy
Low Desert Punk
Waiting For The Coconut To Drop
Her Brown Blood
Indio
Take Me Away

in stock $11.86

BLANK & JONES/VARIOUS

So80s: So Eighties Vol 13 (unmixed 2xCD)

Sound Colours Germany

Cat: SC 0357. Rel: 25 Sep 19

Pop

Sade - "Never As Good As The First Time" (extended mix)
Viktor Lazlo - "Sweet Soft N' Lazy" (Special Maxi version)
Roxette - "Dangerous" (Power mix - long version)
Chicago - "Along Comes A Woman" (dance remix)
Blondie - "War Child" (extended version)
Tina Turner - "Better Be Good To Me" (extended version)
Third World - "Now That We've Found Love" (Paul Hardcastle remix)
Dennis Brown - "Out Of The Funk"
Sherrick - "Just Call" (Hot Line mix)
Loose Ends - "Tell Me What You Want" (extended version)
David Lee Roth - "California Girls" (remix)
DAF - "Voulez Vous Coucher Avec Moi Ce Soir" (Sex mix - part 1)
The Human League - "I Love You Too Much" (Fascination! EP version)
Underworld - "Underneath The Radar" (12" remix)
Man Parrish - "Hip Hop Be Bop (Don't Stop)" (Special Disconet remix)
Jellybean - "Sidewalk Talk" (dance mix)
Peter Jacques Band - "This Night" (long version)
Avenue - "Imagination" (extended version)
Mason - "Pour It On" (Creamy House mix)
Lois Lane - "It's The First Time" (extended version)
Prefab Sprout - "When Love Breaks Down" (extended version)
Heinz Rudolf Kunze - "Dein Ist Mein Ganzes Herz" (12" remix)

in stock $22.97

BLANK & JONES/VARIOUS

So80s: So Eighties Vol 12 (unmixed 2xCD)

Sound Colours Germany

Cat: SC 0356. Rel: 25 Sep 19

Pop

Wham! - "Blue (Armed With Love)"
Sade - "Smooth Operator"
Talk Talk - "Why Is It Hard?" (12" US remix - extended version)
Mike Anthony - "Why Can't We Live Together" (12" version)
Billy Joel - "Tell Her About It" (Special version)
Hey! Elastica - "This Town" (Full Length version)
Womack & Womack - "Express Myself" (extended remix)
George Kranz - "I've Got The Beat (Magic Sticks)" (extended version)
1000 OHM - "AGNES" (12" version)
Visage - "Visage" (dance mix)
New Order - "True Dub"
Al Jarreau - "Boogie Down" (long version)
Philip Bailey & Phil Collins - "Easy Lover" (extended dance remix)
George Benson - "20/20" (Jellybean remix)
Sheena Easton - "Strut" (dance mix)
Georgie Red - "If I Say Stop, Then Stop!" (Sex mix & dub)
Linda Di Franco - "TV Scene" (Sensurround mix)
Blue Night - "Turn Me Loose" (12" version)
Sammy Barbot - "Let The Music Play" (12" version)
Saga - "Wind Him Up" (Special Maxi version)
Captain Sensible - "Wot" (12" version)
Markus - "Ich Will Pass" (Maxi version)

in stock $24.58

BLINK 182

Nine (CD)

Columbia

Cat: 190759 63222. Rel: 20 Sep 19

Rock

The First Time
Happy Days
Heaven
Darkside
Blame It On My Youth
Generational Divide
Run Away
Black Rain
I Really Wish I Hated You
Pin The Grenade
No Heart To Speak For
Ransom
On Some Emo Shit
Hungover You
Remember To Forget Me

Review: When you think of the way we were when Blink 182's angsty punk-pop was tapping the top of the charts one word comes to mind - innocence. Compared to this era of impending existential doom it was easier to work out solutions then, even if solutions weren't put into action. So welcome to the new age, and a new Blink 182 intent on carving a fresh place for themselves in this frighteningly complex point in history. It's as though 2016's "California" was a cathartic and temporary rekindling of old flames, giving closure and helping the band move forward properly. Here they take us into territories barely on their radar before. Not that opener "The First Time" doesn't nod to past glories. "Darkside" brings arty, experimental punk, "Heaven" is a main stage overture, "On Some Emo Shit" is a desperate call for help and admission of the universality of fragility.

in stock $10.94

BLOOD ORANGE

Angel's Pulse (CD)

Domino

Cat: WIGCD 460. Rel: 04 Oct 19

Indie

I Wanna C U
Something To Do
Dark & Handsome (feat Toro Y Moi)
Benzo
Birmingham (feat Kelsey Lu & Ian Isiah)
Good For You (feat Justine Skye)
Baby Florence (Figure)
Gold Teeth (feat Project Pat Gangsta Boo & Tinashe)
Berlin (feat Porches & Ian Isiah)
Tuesday Feeling (Choose To Stay) (feat Tinashe)
Seven Hours (feat Benny Revival - part 1)
Take It Back (feat Arca, Joba & Justine Skye)
Happiness (Will Fade)
Today

in stock $10.52

BODEGA

Shiny New Model (CD)

What's Your Rupture? US

Cat: WYR 0119CD. Rel: 11 Oct 19

Indie

Shiny New Model
Treasures Of The Ancient World
No Vanguard Revival
Knife On The Platter
Domesticated Animal
Realism
Truth Is Not Punishment
Truth

in stock $10.52

BOY & BEAR

Suck On Light (CD)

Nettwerk Europe

Cat: 067003 120623. Rel: 04 Oct 19

Indie

Work Of Art
Suck On Light
Bird Of Paradise
Telescope
Dry Eyes
Long Long Way
Off My Head
Bad People
Hold Your Nerve
Rocking Horse
BCS
Vesuvius

in stock $6.34

BOY HARSHER

Country Girl Uncut (CD)

Nude Club

Cat: NUDE12 CD. Rel: 11 Oct 19

Coldwave/Synth

Motion
Electric
Country Girl
February
Underwater
Send Me A Vision
Westeners
Swing

Review: Self-styled "minimal synth duo" Boy Harsher has released some fine music over the last few years, though little quite as on-point and majestic as 2018's "Country Girl" EP. Here they offer up a new-look "uncut" edition of the stylish set, which expands the original four-track set via a quartet of previously unreleased recordings from the same period. You'll find the original EP - complete with the throbbing but picturesque "Motion" and dreamy "Country Girl" - on side A, with the bonus material on the flip. Of these, we're particularly enjoying the gentle pulse of "Underwater", and the "Please" era Pet Shop Boys flex of "Send Me A Vision" and "Westerners".

in stock $10.65

Billy BRAGG

Best Of Billy Bragg At The BBC: 1983-2019 (remastered) (2xCD)

Cooking Vinyl

Cat: COOKCD 734. Rel: 19 Sep 19

Rock

A New England
Fear Is A Man's Best Friend
Love Gets Dangerous
Like Soldiers Do
The Man In The Iron Mask (feat Dave Woodhead)
The Saturday Boy
A Lover Sings
Between The Wars
A13, Trunk Road To The Sea (feat Wiggy)
There Is Power In A Union
Days Like These
Scholarship Is The Enemy Of Romance
Greetings To The New Brunette
Ideology
The Warmest Room
She's Got A New Spell
Valentine's Day Is Over
The Short Answer
Rotting On Remand
The Few
Accident Waiting To Happen (feat Wiggy)
Tank Park Salute (feat Cara Tivey)
Brickbat
This Gulf Between Us
Goal Hanger
The Boy Done Good
From Red To Blue
The Busy Girl Buys Beauty
It Says Here
Lonesome Traveller
Goodbye, Goodbye
Way Over Yonder In The Minor Key
No-One Knows Nothing Anymore
Levi Stubbs' Tears (feat Frank Turner)
Why We Build The Wall
I Ain't Got No Home (feat CJ Hillman)
The Space Race Is Over
St. Swithin's Day

in stock $14.97

Jaimie BRANCH

Fly Or Die II: Bird Dogs Of Paradise (CD)

International Anthem US

Cat: IARC 0027CD. Rel: 18 Oct 19

Jazz

Birds Of Paradise
Prayer For Amerikkka (part 1 & 2)
Lesterlude
Twenty-Three N Me, Jupiter Redux
Whales
Simple Silver Surfer
Bird Dogs Of Paradise
Nuevo Roquero Estereo
Love Song

Review: In 2017, Jaimie Branch emerged from Chicago's spiritual and experimental jazz underground with a debut album of rare inventiveness. Two years on, the avant-garde, improvisational trumpeter is finally ready to offer up a sequel, "Fly Or Die II: Bird Dogs Of Paradise". It sees Branch wrap distinctive trumpet refrains - some played in a traditional manner, others mutilated by effects units - around a myriad of off-kilter and improvised backing tracks. While much of the instrumentation is from the jazz playbook, a number of tracks make great use of xylophone, mbira and other exotic but melodic percussion instruments. The album's standout moment, "Prayer For Amerikkka (Part 1 & 2)" sees her go even further, with vocalists and beat poets narrating a politically charged, future spiritual jazz anthem.

in stock $10.65

BREMER/McCOY

Utopia (CD)

Luaka Bop

Cat: LB 0095CD. Rel: 18 Oct 19

Jazz

Aben Bog
Hojder
Bjerget
Tusmorke
Salme
Vega
Solopgang
Vagner
Op
Salig
Draber
Determination

in stock $14.02

BROEN

Do You See The Falling Leaves? (CD)

Bella Union

Cat: BELLA 949CD. Rel: 18 Oct 19

Indie

Where Is Passion?
Do You See The Falling Leaves?
Dorian Grays
Never Was
Lines
Bring It Closer
Free World
Shut Down
Bubbles
Strings

in stock $10.66

BROOKLYN FUNK ESSENTIALS

Stay Good (CD)

Dorado

Cat: DOR 115CD. Rel: 20 Sep 19

Funk

Stay Good
Ain't Nothing
No Strings
Watcha Want From Me
Miss Mess
Keep The Love
Funk Ain't Ova
Breeze On Me
Bakabana
Y Todavia La Quiero
Steps
Where Love Lives

Gespielt von: Craig Charles Funk And Soul

in stock $10.52

Sidiku BUARI

Feelings/Jam Busters (CD)

BBE

Cat: BBE 583ACD. Rel: 17 Sep 19

International

Music
Feelings
Anokwar (Truth)
Yayo Papa (Good Friend)
Let's Go Funky Town
Minsumobo
Sophisticated Jammer
Karambani
Power To My People
Rhythm Of Africa

Review: Recorded in 1983 and '84 respectively, "Feelings" and "Sidiku Buari & His Jam Busters" were the last albums recorded by Sidiku Buari, a New York based musician who turned to music after a promising career as an athlete in his native Ghana. He initially rose to prominence making highlife and afro-disco, but by the early '80s Sidiku was in full-on Afro-boogie and electrofunk mode, offering up tracks rich in colourful synthesizer lines, punchy electronic drums and righteous vocals in his native tongue. There's much to set the pulse racing across both slabs of wax, from the squelchy, club-ready brilliance of "Music" and "Anokwar (Truth)", to the slap bass propelled flex of "Minsumobo", dub disco grooves of "Karambani" and flute-laden breeziness of "Rhythm Of Africa".

in stock $11.27