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2018 REMASTERED AUDIOPHILE EDITION OF THE CLASSIC SUN ALBUM ON HEAVYWEIGHT VINYL THE FIRST 1,000 LPs ON LIMITED 'BLUE TRAIN' COLOURED VINYL

On the 15th of November 1962, due to the request of Cash's loyal fanbase, Sun collected all of Johnny's train and related songs, which he had an intuitional love for. To him, the hardship, joy, love, loneliness and adventure of 'the big black

wheel' were part of the USA's romantic heritage and nostalgic sentiments, which helped to prove his stake as one of the greatest singers of Country and Folk music. All Aboard the Blue Train features the hugely successful 'Folsom

Prison Blues' and its excellent partner 'So Doggone Lonesome', which showcased Johnny Cash's talents as a writer as well as a singer. Complete with sleeve notes by noted Sun Records authority Adam Komorowski

and president of Sun Entertainment Corporation John Singleton, this LP has been remastered from the original Sun master tapes by Nick Robbins at Soundmastering Studios and cut to lacquers at half-speed for unrivalled sound

quality by Barry Grint at Alchemy Mastering in London.

More stunning live material to come out of the vaults...Ian Curtis & company recorded this live at the legendary Les Bains Douches in Paris on December 18th, 1979. Containing great versions of "Love Will Tear Us Apart," "Shadowplay," "Atmosphere," "Transmission", and more, this is one of the most classic live sets of the group's storied career.

1986 can be described as the year of the first major step in Metallica's development. A strong creative peak in the band's career marked by a studio masterpiece called "Master of Puppets" and a series of cornerstone live performances around the world, among them the London Hammersmith Odeon concert on September 21st. An extra powerful performance including earlier pieces and new hits such as the ultra classic "Welcome Home (Sanitarium)". This was the rise of a new form of Metal and a full body Live experience.

NYL's 1976 sole release is curiously still very much under the radar despite it being one of the most intriguing French psychedelic/prog albums from the 70's. The music is highly creative and energetic with a definite space-rock feel in the style of Hawkwind, but also a clear krautrock edge reminiscent of Amon Dull II and Agitation free. Michel Peteau's guitar is the driving force around which all other elements create a whirlwind of sonic psychedelic infusion veering between loud psychedelia and irreverent pulsating rock groove a la' Gong. Features Ariel Kalma (flute and sax), as well as Janick Top (From Magma) and Bernard Lavialle (from Ame Son). Originally released on Richard Pinhas "Urus Records", this fully licensed album is released in high quality heavy paste-on gatefold cover, limited to 500 copies in black vinyl

Originally available only in sex shops in the Netherlands, this is one of the rarest psychedelic LP's ever to be recorded in Europe. Consisting of only two long tracks, one covering side A and one covering side B, this album is probably the most mind-bending stuff we've heard from around this time. Side A starts with fast-paced free-jazz-rock with intense drumming and Anita's growing involvement (first giggling, then moaning and finally screaming in all sorts of terrifying ways) Most instruments gradually drop leaving only fierce drumming in the background, leading up to a guy repeating the words num-num-num' inter-twinned with joyful screaming, somewhat reminiscent of Can's Tago Mago. This then move's on to another psychedelic jam that culminates with more screaming and crazy cosmic stuff that sounds like out of Jodorowsky's Holy Mountain'. Side 2 is another deadly blast of Krautrock delight, similar to Brainticket's Cottonwoodhill' again with an absolute crazy vibe, addictive guitar riffs, Pink Floyd-sounding organ atmospheres and several crescendos of insane horror screaming backed by raw organ and drumming. Highly recommended to fans of Can, Agitation free, Brainticket, Magma, J.a.Caesar, Ceremony People', Vampyros lesbos, Staff carpenborg & the electric corona & Hairy Chapter.

Quality pressing by SONY Austria.

Recorded on
10th March 1980 (Tracks 1, 3, 8, 9, 10)
16th March 1980 (Tracks 1, 2)
1st April 1980 (Tracks 2, 4, 5, 7, 9)

Produced: B.C. Gilbert : G. Lewis

Engineer: Eric Radcliffe.
Asst. Engineer: John Fryer
Recorded at Blackwing Studio

B.C. Gilbert: Voices, Guitars, Bass, Percussion, Tapes, Drums
G. Lewis: Voices, Guitars, Bass, Percussion, Tapes, Synthesiser
A.M.C.: Voice: Cruel When Complete

Floating-point re-master by Russell Haswell, August 2011
Cut at Dubplates & Mastering by Rashad Becker, August 2011

New artwork and layout: Dave Coppenhall

With the demise of the group Wire in 1980, founder members Bruce Gilbert and Graham Lewis joined forces to create Dome. With the assistance of engineer Eric Radcliffe and his Blackwing Studio Dome took the ethic of "using the studio as a compositional tool" and recorded and released three Dome albums on their own label in the space of 12 months: DOME (July 1980), DOME 2 (October 1980) and DOME 3 (October 1981). A final fourth album, WILL YOU SPEAK THIS WORD: DOME IV was released on the Norwegian Uniton label in May 1983.

These albums represent some of the most beautifuly stark and above all timeless exercises in studio experimentation from early 1980s alternative music scene.

Previously issued in the out of print DOME 1-4+5 box set in 2011. Now available as standalone LP with download card.

Albert Puig, Andreu Ferreres, Joan Pujol, Miquel Griño and Xavier Amela, five friends from Barcelona, shared their talent to create Los Jemax in the mid-sixties. They played their own songs and covers of the bands they listened to the international radio stations. They became a very popular band in their city, especially when they were the winners of a contest hosted by Radio Barcelona. The prize was a contract with Columbia to release two singles. They recorded four songs under the direction of José María Solá, the musical boss of the label. There were published three postcards to promote the upcoming 7's. But they were never released because of intern changes in Columbia.

Los Jemax played alongside Los Canarios, Lone Star, Los Sirex, Tete Montoliu, Palito Ortega, Micky y los Tonis... and in several TV commercials. With a repertoire of almost 100 songs that they recorded in the rehearsals at the attic of Joan's family house, the tapes have been kept in a drawer for 50 years. Now, Madmua Records a releases a new single by Los Jemax with two amazing covers: 'She's got everything' by The Kinks and 'July in the sky with diamonds', by The Beatles and sung in Catalan.

Fifth album on Columbia Records from Kentucky (now UK based) indie/alt/rock six piece. A 13 track album available on vinyl and CD. Radio support for lead single "Ready To Let Go" across R1, Beats 1, 6Music, Radio X, Virgin, Absolute, ILR. Streaming support across all platforms. Ads, features, interviews and reviews across all press. Online/social media activity. UK tour dates in June. Poster campaign and database mailout.

Zu ihrer letzten Tour pilgerten insgesamt mehr als 130.000 Fans, die Tour für 2019 ist bereits
angekündigt und die Jubiläums-Show in der Berliner Wuhlheide im August 2019 mit 17.000
Besuchern, war nach nur 20 Tagen restlos ausverkauft. Ihre Musikvideos zählen über 350 Mio. Views
auf YouTube, Sie spielen unzählige Headliner-Slots auf allen großen Festivals und halten den Status,
als eine der erfolgreichsten deutschen Bands im Streaming-Bereich. Die letzten beiden Alben sind
bereits vergoldet und mehrere Singles haben Gold- und Platinstatus erreicht. In den
Mainstream-Medien bleiben Vincent und Dag dabei, zum Teil ganz bewusst, weitestgehend unter dem
Radar. In der großen Vielfalt, des am 1. März erscheinenden Albums - Die Unendlichste Geschichte'
ist das Lied - Unikat' tatsächlich ein Einzelstück. Der beinah klassische Pop-Song trägt eine Botschaft,
die für SDP eine besondere Bedeutung hat und zeigt erneut die emotionale Seite des Musikduos.
Gerade in heutigen Zeiten, in denen der Erfolgs- und Anpassungsdruck, besonders auf junge
Menschen, enorm hoch ist, sind solche Songs wichtig. Unikat rundet den famosen Genre-Wahnsinn
des Albums perfekt ab.

Der letzte Track, "For Real", ist ein bisher unveröffentlichter Song, nicht anders als die Art von intimen
Brief, den Petty oft an Freunde oder Kollegen schickt. In einer E-Mail-Welt gefiel ihm der Look von Stift
auf Papier. Es ist eine angemessene Anmerkung zum Abschluss dieser Sammlung von Songs, die
von Petty's nächster Band und Familie ausgewählt wurden: Adria Petty, Dana Petty, Mike Campbell
und Benmont Tench sowie die langjährige Studio-Mitarbeiterin Ryan Ulyate. Für die neueren Fans
sollte es eine Einladung sein, sich in der Fülle der Alben zu verlieren, die alle mit Songs für jedes
Gefühl und jeden Anlass ausgestattet sind, ruhig und laut, ehrfürchtig und dumm, immer tief und
wahr.
Jetzt erhältlich als 2CD sowie 4LP auf 180g schwarzem Vinyl mit Buch!

Formed in Los Angeles in 2013, Andy Frasco & the U.N. consists of Frasco (lead vocals, piano), Andee Avila (drums), Shawn Eckels (Guitar), Ernie Chang (Saxophone), and Chris Lorentz (Bass). Their sound has been described as 'rock fueled by reckless abandonment and a disregard for the rules.'

To date, Andy Frasco & the U.N. has released a number of studio albums including Half a Man (2014), and Happy Bastards (2016). Last year, they released their first live album (CD and DVD) entitled "Songs From The Road" which was recorded in August 2016 at the Tucher Blues and Jazz Festival in Bamberg, Germany.

Formed in Los Angeles in 2013, Andy Frasco & the U.N. consists of Frasco (lead vocals, piano), Andee Avila (drums), Shawn Eckels (Guitar), Ernie Chang (Saxophone), and Chris Lorentz (Bass). Their sound has been described as 'rock fueled by reckless abandonment and a disregard for the rules.'

To date, Andy Frasco & the U.N. has released a number of studio albums including Half a Man (2014), and Happy Bastards (2016). Last year, they released their first live album (CD and DVD) entitled "Songs From The Road" which was recorded in August 2016 at the Tucher Blues and Jazz Festival in Bamberg, Germany.

- 180 GRAM AUDIOPHILE VINYL
- GATEFOLD SLEEVE
- 50TH ANNIVERSARY EDITION, APHRODITE'S
CHILD 2ND ALBUM FEATURING VANGELIS,
DEMIS ROUSSOS AND LUCAS SIDERAS
- LIMITED PRESSING OF 1.000 INDIVIDUALLY NUMBERED COPIES ON SILVER VINYL

It's Five O'Clock is the second album by the Greek progressive rock band Aphrodite's Child. After settling down in London the trio consisting of Vangelis Papathanassiou, Demis Roussos and Lucas Sideras starting recording a follow up to their debut album End of the World. The title track reached the charts in The Netherlands, Switzerland and Italy. It's one of those song classics which is pretty straightforward with some psychedelic pop melodies. 'Wake Up' is a cute little singalong track drenched in key changes. Demis Roussos' unique voice blends perfectly with the impressive keyboard and piano movements and Sideras' percussions. It's definitely a record worth discovering sparkling with multiple gems.

The Greek band Aphrodite's Child was an important name in the psychedelic and progressive movement. They recorded three albums and after they disbanded in 1972 the band members Vangelis Papathanassiou and Demis Roussos started an successful solo career.

It's Five O'Clock is available as a limited pressing of 1.000 individually numbered copies on silver vinyl.

Diese Vinyl-EP erscheint als Limited Edition zum 40-jährigen Release
Jubiläum. Es enthält 2 Studio-Tracks und einen Live-Track. Remastered
im Eve Mastering Studio in Manchester, Großbritannien, im Jahr 2018.

- 180 GRAM AUDIOPHILE VINYL
- INCLUDES INSERT
- LEGENDARY 1983 DEBUT-ALBUM
- LIMITED EDITION OF 1.500 NUMBERED COPIES ON RED VINYL

With Sympathy is the debut album by Ministry, released in 1983. Ministry's members at the time being Alain Jourgensen and Stephen George. The album could be considered more synth pop and new wave in comparison to the harder Industrial heavy metal style the band developed later on albums like Twitch and The Land Of Rape And Honey. Jourgensen's fake English accent was an homage to the new wave bands he loved at the time. Three singles were pulled from the album: 'Work For Love', 'I Wanted to Tell Her' and 'Revenge', the latter of which got a video.

With Sympathy is available as a limited edition of 1.500 individually numbered copies on red vinyl.

Miles Copeland's WONDERFULSOUND label will release the first Monks Road Social collection, Down The Willows.

Curated by the Blow Monkeys' Dr Robert, Monks Road Social is an ever-evolving collaborative outfit. Down The Willows is their first album release and a unique and special project of inspiration, friendship and craft.

Helping Robert get there were some members of the stellar Monks Road Social: Mick Talbot (Style Council, The Who) on harmonium, piano and Hammond; Crispin Taylor (Galliano, Candi Staton, Push) on drums; Ernie McKone (Galliano, Marlene Shaw) on bass; Matt Deighton (Mother Earth, Oasis) on lead guitar; Steve Sidelnyk (Richard Ashcroft, Madonna) percussion and, of course, the exquisite strings of Ben Trigg (Dexys, Richard Ashcroft).

These talented musicians were joined by some of Monks Road Records' exceptional new talent

'Sleep my angel, my child, see how the city spreads.' Under Franz Treichler's wings, huge, breathtaking panoramas unfurl like beautiful dreamscapes on the edge of sleep. A weightless dream that is both comforting and blackened with darkness. A return to known land, whose topography has been modified by time and age. Three human beings in the matrix of Data Mirage Tangram, the new Young Gods album.

Eight years without a studio album. The gods may have eternity on their side, it was about time they followed up on Everybody Knows and addressed the period of artistic confusion - in Treichler's own words - that followed Al Comet's departure and his replacement with the original god, Cesare Pizzi. The subsequent tour which focused on the Swiss band's first two albums, could have ended in a deadlock. Instead, it brought a breath of fresh air to the trio, revitalised by this return to their roots. Rock and electro avant-gardists are not known for their backward-looking attitude. Still, thirty years of uninterrupted activity, celebrated with the publication of an 800page book in 2017, could only strengthen the gods' will to write a new chapter to their already impressive history.

Data Mirage Tangram was born in a basement amidst people. Franz Treichler (lyrics, guitar, electronics), Cesare Pizzi (sampling, electronics) and Bernard Trontin (drums, percussion) accepted Cully Jazz's invitation to set up on the stage of the THBBC wine cellar

Following on from our two 'Lonesome & Blue' compilation albums which showcased the music that inspired Mick and Keith, Get The Led Out picks up on the music that inspired Led Zeppelin. Led Zep were heavily influenced by their love of Afro-American jazz and blues culture. They were Inspired by Muddy Waters' Mississippi blues, Robert Johnson's Delta blues and the upcoming Rock 'n Roll from the likes as Little Richard and Eddie Cochran. When the American Jazz and Blues scene gave birth to Rock 'n Roll in America, its influence fuelled a burgeoning scene in Europe. Especially so in England. where the vibrant 'Mod' explosion gave birth to the bands that formed the British Invasion of the American charts. The Stones, The Who, Cream and of course the mighty Led Zeppelin invented and introduced the British take on White Blues back to it's American birthplace.

Das in North Carolina beheimatete Bluegrass-Ensemble Chatham County Line veröffentlicht in
diesem Frühjahr ihr neues Studioalbum. Sharing The Covers ist der 8. Longplayer der Band.
Das Album ist im Kern eine Hommage an Chatham County Lines musikalische Vorbilder aus
den Genres Bluegrass und Jazz, die ihnen sehr am Herzen liegen. Gleichzeitig bietet es eine Chance
für die Gruppe, moderne und traditionelle Klassiker in dem für sie typischen Bluegrass-Stil
aufzuführen, für den sie bekannt und beliebt sind.
Mit den insgesamt 13 Tracks bleibt die Band ihrem musikalischen Konzept treu, verleiht ihren
Werken jedoch durch das Einbeziehen neuer Einflüsse und Anregungen eine ebenso spannende
wie fesselnde Originalität. Diverse Coverversionen von Songs von Tom Petty, Alton Delmore,
John Lennon, den Louvin Brothers, Beck, James Hunter und anderen zeigen diesen Ansatz
eindrucksvoll.
Ihr vorletztes Album Tightrope (2014) belegte Platz 3 der US-Billboard-Grass-Charts; dem
Nachfolger Autumn (2016) gelang die Erstplatzierung.

Creedence Clearwater Revival's 1968 self-titled debut album introduced the world to guitar-playing brothers John and Tom Fogerty, drummer Doug Clifford, and bassist Stu Cook, four young men out of El Cerrito in the San Francisco Bay Area. Though they emerged in a place and time where trippy psychedelic visions were the order of the day, CCR bucked the trends and instead tapped into a rich, traditional seam of American music that connected to blues, country, rockabilly, gospel, folk and R&B.

During their short time together as a band (1968 - 1972), Creedence enjoyed an unparalleled period of creativity - releasing seven studio albums (two of which went to Number One), playing over 150 tour dates around the world, including a headlining spot at Woodstock, and scoring 14 Top Ten singles.

CCR's music endures today, 50 years later- in the last two years alone, their music has appeared in some of the most popular films (The Post, War Dogs, Suicide Squad), TV shows (The Voice, The Strain, Good Girls Revolt) and video games (Mafia III, Watch Dogs II, Crackdown 2), allowing a new generation of fans to discover songs like "Fortunate Son," "Bad Moon Rising" and "Have You Ever Seen The Rain" Creedence songs have received over 9.4 million tags on Shazam to-date. Having sold over 30 million albums in the U.S. alone, Creedence received a rare Diamond certification from the RIAA in 2016, marking 10 million units in sales for their 1976 compilation album, Chronicle: The 20 Greatest Hits.
Following on from the full 7LP box set released in 2018, these are the first two LP breakouts from the Half-Speed Mastered box set to coincide with the 50th anniversary of the release of BAYOU COUNTRY

A 50th anniversary edition of Creedence Clearwater Revival's 1968 debut studio album, featuring the band's classic hits "Porterville" and "Suzie Q." plus their iconic cover of "I Put A Spell On You." The album has been mastered at half-speed at Abbey Road Studios, benefiting from an exacting process that allows for an exceptional level of sonic clarity and punch, bringing these classic recordings a new vibrancy. This 180-gram LP comes housed in a handsome tip-on jacket replicating the packaging of the original pressing.

Creedence Clearwater Revival's 1968 self-titled debut album introduced the world to guitar-playing brothers John and Tom Fogerty, drummer Doug Clifford, and bassist Stu Cook, four young men out of El Cerrito in the San Francisco Bay Area. Though they emerged in a place and time where trippy psychedelic visions were the order of the day, CCR bucked the trends and instead tapped into a rich, traditional seam of American music that connected to blues, country, rockabilly, gospel, folk and R&B.

During their short time together as a band (1968 - 1972), Creedence enjoyed an unparalleled period of creativity - releasing seven studio albums (two of which went to Number One), playing over 150 tour dates around the world, including a headlining spot at Woodstock, and scoring 14 Top Ten singles.

CCR's music endures today, 50 years later- in the last two years alone, their music has appeared in some of the most popular films (The Post, War Dogs, Suicide Squad), TV shows (The Voice, The Strain, Good Girls Revolt) and video games (Mafia III, Watch Dogs II, Crackdown 2), allowing a new generation of fans to discover songs like "Fortunate Son," "Bad Moon Rising" and "Have You Ever Seen The Rain" Creedence songs have received over 9.4 million tags on Shazam to-date. Having sold over 30 million albums in the U.S. alone, Creedence received a rare Diamond certification from the RIAA in 2016, marking 10 million units in sales for their 1976 compilation album, Chronicle: The 20 Greatest Hits.
Following on from the full 7LP box set released in 2018, these are the first two LP breakouts from the Half-Speed Mastered box set to coincide with the 50th anniversary of the release of BAYOU COUNTRY

A 50th anniversary edition of Creedence Clearwater Revival's 1969 sophomore studio album, featuring the classic hits "Proud Mary," "Born On The Bayou" and "Bootleg." The album has been mastered at half-speed at Abbey Road Studios, benefiting from an exacting process that allows for an exceptional level of sonic clarity and punch, bringing these classic recordings a new vibrancy. This 180-gram LP comes housed in a handsome tip-on jacket replicating the packaging of the original pressing.

DURAN DURAN recorded live as part of the BIG BANG radio concert series!!
Set list including "Rio", "A View To A Kill", "Hungry Like The Wolf" and more!
Now available on standard black vinyl!!
limited Edition to 1,000 copies.
REMASTERED FOR AUDIOPHILE LISTENERS

- 180 GRAM AUDIOPHILE VINYL
- INCLUDES INSERT WITH SONG LYRICS AND CREDITS
- RE-ISSUE OF HARD TO FIND 1992 SELFTITLED
DEBUT ALBUM
- FEATURING THE 'THE LUMBERJACK', 'DOWN ON ME' AND MORE

Jackyl's self-titled debut album offers a good amount of '90s hair metal and southern rock. The rude and crude lyrics and fine guitar riffs and hooks are a perfect formula for their rocking outlets. Their eponymous first album 'Parental Advisory' logo in the background says it all 'Meaty bones beware of Jackyl'. It's as heavy as it sounds like and with songs like 'She Loves My Cock' they're not taking a step back from what they're traying to say. Comparisons with AC/DC are easy to make, but still it's pure fun in every way. The album has sold more than a million copies in the United States only.

On HELLO PIG, the Levellers had had enough of being told to write three minute pop singles and delivered an album that new label Warner Music neither understood or liked. Their marketing strategy was....to not have one. Subsequently, band and label fell out, parted company, and the album peaked at #28 in September 2000.

Featuring the sublime hit single, Happy Birthday Revolution, the epic tragedy of 61Minutes of Pleading and the beautiful Edge of The World, this reissue will prompt the long overdue reappraisal that this album deserves.

Available on vinyl for the first time ever, the album has been remastered Jon Sevink from the original 1/2' analogue tapes and has never sounded so...experimental!

Hello Pig comes as a pig pink 2LP vinyl set packaged with a previously unreleased live album from the 2000 tour.

To celebrate their 30th Anniversary, the Levellers are releasing a series of limited-edition coloured vinyl albums.

Having recorded every show on the 50 date 'Zeitgeist' tour of 1995, hundreds of hours of live performances were pored over to produce the definitive Levellers Live album of its time.

True to form, the band chose the lyrics of 'The Road' for the album title but the label, China Records, wanted the words 'Best' and 'Live' in the title to imply exactly what was in the tin. A standoff ensued until a compromise was found....to include everything....and the album was released in August 1996, reaching #13 in the album charts.

Previously unavailable on vinyl, Jon Sevink has delighted in mastering the original 1/2' analogue tapes of 'Headlights' for its debut release as a double LP.

To celebrate their 30th Anniversary, the Levellers are releasing a series of limited edition coloured vinyl albums.
In 1997, with more gold, silver and platinum albums than any other British band in the 1990s (True!), Levellers were rubbing shoulders with Britpop's elite. What could go wrong

Featuring the hit singles What A Beautiful Day, Celebrate, Dog Train and Too Real, MOUTH TO MOUTH was a Top 5 album in September 1997. Prevented from reaching Number One by Radiohead, Oasis and The Prodigy....pretty good company!

But with titles like Beautiful Day and Celebrate deemed inappropriate after the untimely death of Princess Diana, they were dropped from radio playlists, never to return!

Unavailable on vinyl for over 20 years, the album has been remastered by Jon Sevink from the original 1/2' analogue tapes and has never sounded so good!

Mouth to Mouth comes as a vibrant 2LP lime green vinyl set packaged with a previously unreleased live album from the 1997 tour.

Lonesome Shack überzeugen mit einem rauen, expressiven und sonderbaren Sound und bewegen sich
genremäßig irgendwo zwischen Hill Country Blues und Urban Folk Rock, was zu gleichen Teilen
beeinflusst wurde durch Alan Wilson's Canned Heat und Junior Kimbrough.
In einer einsamen Ecke von New Mexico begann vor vielen Jahren Songwriter Ben Todd, Musik unter
dem Namen Lonesome Shack zu veröffentlichen. Ben ließ sich in Seattle nieder, wo er sich mit
Schlagzeuger Kristian Garrard zusammentat. Das Duo bereiste das Land und spielte regelmäßig
Gigs; bald stieß Bassist Luke Bergman zu der Band. Mittlerweile sind Lonesome Shack in den USA,
Großbritannien und Europa populär und tourten dort erfolgreich. Gegründet in Seattle und aktuell
in London lebend, wird das Trio von dem - finger-picking' Gitarristen Ben Todd angeführt, der
einige Zeit in einer Hütte in der Wüste von New Mexico gelebt hat. Allein in der Wildnis der Gilawüste,
lernte Ben klassischen Blues sowie Banjo zu spielen - über Vintage- bis hin zu traditionellen Stilen.
Desert Dreams ist ein einzigartiges und poetisches Album moderner amerikanischer Musik, das am
Ende eines langen, herausfordernden Winters in London geschrieben wurde. Das Ergebnis klingt nach
Rock City trifft Backwoods Boogie und Desert Blues trifft Jungle Grooves.

Die Meat Puppets sind eine Rockband aus Phoenix, Arizona, USA. Die Geschichte der Meat
Puppets beginnt mit drei Jungs, die sich für die Musik begeistern und in die psychedelische
Drogenkultur von Arizona in den 70er Jahren eintauchen. Sie finden ihren Weg in den
Punkrock und werden zu einer der wichtigsten Bands des amerikanischen Undergrounds.
Bei ihrer Einführung in die Arizona Music & Entertainment Hall of Fame im Jahr 2017 kam die
ursprüngliche Besetzung der Meat Puppets - inkl. die Brüder Cris und Curt Kirkwood und
Bostrom - zum ersten Mal seit über zwei Jahrzehnten auf der Bühne zusammen. Diese
Wiederbelebung hat zu Dusty Notes geführt, dem ersten Studioalbum von Meat Puppets, das das
Original-Trio seit 1995 veröffentlicht.
Seit dem Debüt der Band Anfang der 80er Jahre hat sich Curt Kirkwood immer wieder als einer
der brillantesten Songwriter seiner Generation erwiesen. An Dusty Notes arbeitete zudem
Keyboarder Ron Stabinsky, ein von Jazz begeisterter Virtuose, der sich mit jedem Stil auskennt,
und Curt's Sohn Elmo, dessen altmodischer Rock-Gitarren-Sound ideal zum Sound der Band passt.

Nur wenige Bands beherrschen die laut-leise-laut Dynamik so
herausragend, wie es Shady Bug gelingt. Das Quartett aus St. Louis nutzt
nicht nur den musikalischen Kontrast, sondern schwelgt darin. Jeder Song
auf Lemon Lime ist eine kantige und eingängige Nummer mit
wunderschöner Melodie. Hier nimmt lauter, dynamischer Gitarren-Pop
und ungeahnte Wendungen und geht in neue Richtungen. Das Album
beginnt mit explosiven Flakons, die sich brillant zu einem schimmernden
Vers aus verwobenen Gitarren und Hannah Raineys fantastischer
Stimme zusammenfügen.

THE B-52'S captured live at Rock N' Rockets in 1998

Swedish rockers The Wannadies reached internationally stardom in 1994, when they released their third album Be A Girl.

The single "You and Me Song" became the group's biggest hit, peaking at number eighteen in the United Kingdom, after being featured on the soundtrack of Baz Luhrmann's film Romeo + Juliet (starring Claire Danes and Leonardo DiCaprio).

But the magic of the album goes further, “Might Be Stars" became another UK hit, and sounds exactly like the Britpop from that time. The sound of summer is what makes this record so wonderful, from the start to the end.

Be A Girl is available as a limited edition of 1000 individually numbered copies on white vinyl and includes an insert.

Bereits seit 2013 spielen die 4 Jungs aus L.A. zusammen, große Aufmerksamkeit erlangten sie jedoch
erst vergangenes Jahr mit ihrer Single - Ghost', das zum Fan-Favourite avancierte. Trotz des
überraschenden Erfolgs sah die Band selbst den Song - Ghost' eher als Albumtrack, nicht so sehr als
Single. Was einleuchtet, wenn man bedenkt, wie bildhaft Sänger Katz darin seine Abgründe, seine
Selbstmordfantasien darlegt. Doch genau solche Themen, die dem Zeitgeist auf den Zahn fühlen,
sprechen die Jungs auf - OK, I'M SICK' an und nehmen dabei kein Blatt vor den Mund. Produziert von
Noah Shain (Atreyu, Dead Sara), begegnet man auf ihrem Debüt einer Band, die genau weiß, was sie
tut und sozialkritische Diskurse und Gefühlslagen zu einem ultrazeitgenössischen Rocksound
verschnürt.
"OK, I'M SICK" erscheint auf CD, Vinyl und digital mit 13 Tracks.

Die Eagles Of Death Metal, das sind Jesse Hughes und Queens Of The Stoneage Frontmann Joshua
Homme. Das zweite Studioalbum der Garagen-Rocker aus Kalifornien "Death By Sexy" wird nun zum
ersten Mal seit 2006 wieder auf Vinyl veröffentlicht. Hits wie 'I Want You So Hard', 'Cherry Cola' und
'The Ballad of Queen Bee and Baby Duck' sind darauf zu hören. Das Cover vereint Elemente des
Albums "Sticky Fingers" der Rolling Stones und "Too Fast For Love" von Mötley Crüe.
Auf 180g Vinyl inklusive Downloadcode.