AMOR - 'SINKING INTO A MIRACLE'

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• LSSN066 - LP

  5060446122815

• LSSN066X - LP (COLOURED)

  5060446122815

• LSSN066CD - CD

  5060446122822

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**LAST REMAINING ORANGE COLOR VINYL LEFT** Sinking Into A Miracle is the debut album by Glasgow’s AMOR, a quartet of musical travellers exploring the sonic open-ended-ness of dance music. Following two critically acclaimed 12-inches, this is a fully developed treatise on ecstasy and transcendence. Here, Richard Youngs, Michael Francis Duch, Paul Thomson and Luke Fowler are more honed, razor sharp in focus and timing, testing their instrumental prowess on condensed song structures and new, enlightened feelings of expansive hope and bliss. From the outset, it’s an ambitious yet ultimately inclusive journey. Recorded to 24-track tape at Chem 19 and mixed by Paul Savage and Richard McMaster (Golden Teacher), this full length retains the elastic grooves of Paradise and Higher Moment, the group’s previous singles, but relinquishes the classic Philadelphia International-tinged sound in favor of looser rhythmic patterns. There are new depths to the compositions: a more free-flowing approach to percussion and deft experiments in hybridity make for a full and rounded, emotionally tinged record. Indeed, there are times when AMOR sound like the lost house band from David Mancuso’s Loft parties: Richard Youngs’ uplifting, gospel-tinged lyrics talk about moving beyond, universal truths, sailing through the horizon. It’s a wideeyed optimism Mancuso would perhaps have approved of and which is embroidered with spectral details that begs to be auditioned on large, tweaked out sound-systems. Fantastic cover art by Robert Beatty.

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1. Phantoms Of The Sun 2. Glimpses Across Thunder 3. Full Fathom Future 4. Heaven Among The Days 5. Truth Of Life

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Debut album by Glaswegian open-ended dance band, featuring long-running experimental musician Richard Youngs on vocals and piano and Paul Thomson (Franz Ferdinand) Follows two critically acclaimed 12-inch singles. For fans of David Mancuso's Loft parties, Arthur Russell

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LUBOMYR MELNYK - 'FALLEN TREES'

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• ERATP116LP - LP

  4050486115718

• ERATP116CD - CD

  4050486115589

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Erased Tapes present ‘Fallen Trees’ – the new album by singular talent and literal force of nature Lubomyr Melnyk – known as ‘the prophet of the piano’ due to his lifelong devotion to his instrument. The album release coincides with Melnyk’s 70th birthday, but despite the autumnal hint in its title, there’s little suggestion of him slowing down. Having received critical acclaim and coheadlining the prestigious Royal Festival Hall as part of the Erased Tapes 10th anniversary celebrations, after many years his audience is now both global and growing. The composer is finally gaining a momentum in his career that matches the vibrant, highly active energy of his playing. Cascades of notes, canyons and rivers of sound: there’s something about his music that channels the natural world at its most awe-inspiring. In ‘Fallen Trees’ the connection with the environment continues, taking its cue from a long rail journey Melnyk made through Europe. Glancing out of the window as the train passed through a dark forest, he was struck by the sight of trees that had recently been felled. “They were glorious,” he says. “Even though they’d been killed, they weren’t dead. There was something sorrowful there, but also hopeful.” That sense of sadness touched by optimism infuses the album, too: rarely has Melnyk made music so shot through with melancholy and regret, but which sounds so rapt, even radiant. Drawing comparisons with Steve Reich and the post-rock group Godspeed You, Black Emperor!, Pitchfork praised his 2015 album ‘Rivers And Streams’ for it’s “sustained concentration and ecstatic energy”. That energy is present in ‘Fallen Trees’ too, but at points the tone is quieter, the mood darker and more wistful. At points elsewhere on the album, despite being rooted in the wonders of the natural world, there’s a kaleidoscopic quality in the fractal flurry of notes and the broad spectrum of colour they summon. Critics have detected the influence of Ravi Shankar and other Indian styles in Melnyk’s music, along with the insistent, repetitive textures of minimalist pioneers such as Steve Reich and Philip Glass. Melnyk himself cites his debt to the American composer Terry Riley, particularly the legendary 1964 work ‘In C’, which he says “opened the world for me”. But he adds that if you listen carefully, you’ll also be able to hear the lilting contours of traditional Ukrainian folk music.

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1. Requiem For A Fallen Tree
2. Son of Parasol
3. Barcarolle
4. Fallen Trees ? Part I: Preamble
5. Fallen Trees ? Part II: Existence
6. Fallen Trees ? Part III: Apparition
7. Fallen Trees ? Part IV: The Are down
8. Fallen Trees ? Part V: Not Forgotten

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JAMES BLUNT - 'ALL THE LOST SOULS'

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• BL65 - 2LP / BOOK / BOXSET

  5060446122976

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Bong Load Records announces a deluxe release of All The Lost Souls, the first vinyl pressing of James Blunt’s sophomore album in over a decade. This coffee table art book and double 180 gram clear vinyl LP hybrid is no ordinary pressing, it’s the 3rd edition in the Bong Load Book series, following The Killers - Sam’s Town & Richard Thompson’s - Mock Tudor. In this edition we have uncovered unseen candid photos and contact sheets taken by Patrick Fraser from the original recording sessions with producer Tom Rothrock. We have also remastered this record at 45RPM with the original mastering engineer Don Tyler to get the highest level of detail for your listening experience. Some extras include a production note from Producer & Mixer Tom Rothrock about the sessions, reimagined cover art and album layout, 12”x12” wall art picture print, sequentially numbered aluminum stamp and a custom, one-off Bong Load Records sticker printed only for this pressing. 2018 of these made available, Bongload is letting Forte sell 300 into the UK. Super deluxe hard cover double 180 gram clear vinyl LP, High quality 12”X12” wall art picture print. Production notes from producer and mixer Tom Rothrock, Custom Bong Load Records sticker exclusive to this release. These will be one way only. No returns.

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RICHARD THOMPSON - 'MOCK TUDOR'

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• BL64 - 2LP / BOOK / BOXSET

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Bong Load Records announces a re-visit to one of its classic pressings, Richard Thompson - Mock Tudor. A decked out hard cover coffee table art book and double LP hybrid, second in the Bong Load Book series. This Bong Load Book edition features beautiful spreads of newly uncovered and unseen photos from the original Mock Tudor era photo sessions. Some other upgrades in this enhanced time capsule include a high quality 12”X12” wall art picture print, production notes from producer and mixer Tom Rothrock, an era-correct backstage satin sticky pass from the 1999-2000 world tour and a new old-stock Bong Load Records sticker from 1999. Until now, the only other version of Mock Tudor is a standard double vinyl LP, originally released by Bong Load Records nearly 20 years ago. Bongload is letting us sell in a limited quantity to retail, we have 200 of the 2018 pressing for the UK Super deluxe hard cover double 180 gram clear vinyl LP, High quality 12”X12” wall art picture print, Production notes from producer and mixer Tom Rothrock, Era-correct backstage satin sticky pass from the 1999-2000 world tour, A new old-stock Bong Load Records sticker from 1999

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SCOTT HIRSCH - 'LOST TIME BEHIND THE MOON'

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• ST51 - LP

  719104892656

• ST51CD - CD

  752785969828

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Songwriter and multi-instrumentalist / producer Scott Hirsch has recorded a follow up to his critically acclaimed 2016 record, Blue Rider Songs. On Lost Time Behind The Moon, Hirsch chronicles confronting ghosts of the past, acknowledging that darkness rides alongside the light, and avoiding the pitfalls of regret. The record was recorded and produced by Hirsch with the help of Mike Coykendall (M Ward), and features musical guests William Tyler, Mikael Jorgensen (Wilco), Orpheo McCord (Edward Sharpe), Jimmy Calire (America) and Jesse Siebenberg (Lukas Nelson, Supertramp). Scott Hirsch’s name is one you’ll find lurking in the liner notes of many admired recordings from the late 1990s to the present. As a founding member of Hiss Golden Messenger, he was integral to the band’s first five records, lending his sonic imprint on their productions, as well as shaping the sound of the live outfit, having toured heavily through the formative years of the band. Much of this work is reflected on the forthcoming Merge Records box set entitled Devotion: Songs About Rivers And Spirits And Children. Along the way he produced and played on records by Kim Krans’ Family Band, as well as recording a Grammy-nominated record by the legendary folksinger Alice Gerrard. Having stepped off the demanding tour schedule of Hiss in 2016, new pathways opened up for Hirsch to fully engage in the craft of songwriting. On this second record, his production tones and songwriting talents are in full bloom. “I think of Lost Time Behind the Moon as Scott’s masterpiece, because everything I know about him is in these songs, the groove and the wonder.”—MC Taylor (Hiss Golden Messenger)

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1. When You Were Old (El Dorado) 2. Long Lost Time 3. Nothing But Time 4. Rose?s Song 5. A Pair Of Nines 6. Spirits 7. No No 8. Valley Of The Moon 9. Pink Moment 10. Evening?s Wooden Drum

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Aboslutely fantastic album to end the year with, fans of JJ Cale / Wilco / Hiss Golden Messenger / will adore this album

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STRAIGHT ARROWS - '21ST CENTURY / CYBERBULLY'

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• IMSO021 - 7"

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In a world LOUSY with B-grade garage bands and wannabe punk rockers, Straight Arrows are back to show us all how it’s done! Side A features '21st Century' - a Straight Arrows-esque psychedelic punk/ near breakbeat report on the 21st Century from their forthcoming LP 'On Top!', (OUT IN NOVEMBER!) while side B features 'Cyberbully', a version of the A side reworked by Owen and legendary Sydney DJ and crate digger DJ Soup. Slowed down and ripe for the UK festival scene, guv'na! We have 100 for general sale in the UK/EU with a hand numbered (to 200) red wraparound sleeve. Labels are hand stamped by children paid with sweets… it’s a proper 21st century NUGGET!!!

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THE SAND PEBBLES - 'GHOST TRANSMISSIONS'

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• CFUL097 - LP

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*LTD COPIES AVAILABLE*Cardinal Fuzz are proud to introduce Melbourne's The Sand Pebbles and a long awaited vinyl pressing of their psychedelic flower punk classic - “Ghost Transmissions”. Formed on Bastille Day on the set of Neighbours by three of the show's screenwriters Christopher Hollow (bass), Ben Michael (guitar)and Piet Collins (drums) their debut LP Eastern Terrace was a minor classic and the this follow up release - Ghost Transmission was lauded by The New York Times, The Sunday Times, The Wire and Ptolemaic Terracope. Like a classic pop album of old where every track feels like ear candy for the brain, The Sand Pebbles take you on a trip from Summer Blissed out Pop to head nodding wig-outs. Not once does the quality ever dip as Ghost Transmissions explodes from the eye of the universe with sun-kissed explosions of melody. Ghost Transmissions is presented in a beautiful 320gsm gloss laminated sleeve with 2 inserts and is pressed on Heavy weight Black Vinyl (poly lined inners) and includes a 20 track download which features the original 11 album tracks plus 9 additional tracks (outtakes and live material from the time). A ltd 350 Pressing with 140 copies for Europe

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VELVET ELEVATOR - 'PRINCIPIUM'

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• CFUL124 - LP

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Cardinal Fuzz are proud to introduce the debut LP from Wollongong’s Heavy Psychedelia outfit Velvet Elevator. With guitars set to Open C and amps, cabs and fuzz pedals set to 11 Velvet Elevator build a wall of sound so dense that at first it may overload your temporal lobes. Covering themes of Anthropomorphism, Religion and Armageddon and focused roughly on the Revelation chapter of the bible the two closing tracks of Principium tell the story of the Blood Moon which is traditionally a series of apocalyptic beliefs appearing in the bible - ITS HEAVY. Velvet Elevator bring the dirge but they show their garage chops with a sound that shares comparisons to The Heads (the melding of Heavy Bottom Ends and Garage), Sabbath and of course The Wiz as tracks delve into Drone,Psychedelia and Doom. Heavy isn’t about volume, it’s about attitude and these Wollongong boys have it. A 300 Pressing on blood red and black swirl vinyl. Presented in a 320gsm gloss laminated wide spine sleeve with download code. “Flies like The Heads and Hawkwind with a huge dollop of Sabbath and Electric Wizard. Heavy psych dirges that will tear your nugget in half” Optical Sounds

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SHOOTING GUNS - 'NOSFERATU'

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• CFUL093 - 2xLPs

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Cardinal Fuzz are proud to introduce Shooting Guns - Nosferatu Live Score. Stepping away from the Wolf Cop universe, Saskatoon psych renegades The Shooting Guns are focusing on some entirely different soundtrack work as they perform a live score to F.W. Murnau's horror classic Nosferatu. The Shooting Guns create the perfect doomy apocalyptic soundtrack for F.W. Murnau’s cinematic classic as over 70 minutes (and longer on the download code) The Shooting Guns ramp up the dread and tension that perfectly matches Nosferatu's gothic aesthetic. Haunting melodies chill the hairs on your neck until Count Orlok appears and they let loose a maelstrom of throbbing Wagnerian bummer riffs. Give yourself 70 minutes a darkened room and a spare pair of pants to absorb this masterpiece. A 500 Pressing with 200 for European Sales. A 2xLP in a gatefold sleeve and with a download code to experience the whole 70 minutes and more with no record flipping (the live score is one continuous piece of music)

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TRIMDON GRANGE EXPLOSION - 'S/T'

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• CFUL116 - LP

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Cardinal Fuzz are proud to introduce Trimdon Grange Explosion and their debut Self Titled Long Player. Trimdon Grange Explosion are an psych folk ensemble from North-East London. Comprising Alison Cotton (viola/vocals), Ben Phillipson (guitar/vocals), Mark Nicholas (bass) and Karl Sabino (drums), the quartet formed in the aftermath of the split of acclaimed folk-rock outfit THE EIGHTEENTH DAY OF MAY of whom all four were members. In 2010 a 7” emerged on The Great Pop Supplement – a cover of Judy Henske & Jerry Yester's 'Raider' b/w 'The Trimdon Grange Explosion' - and then after a further seven year gap, their debut album release saw the light of day, initially as a limited-edition CD-R box package on the Borley Rectory label in Spring of 2017. We are delighted to finally release this acid psych shindig on vinyl, Remastered by Chris Hardman and with hallucinatory artwork by Peckham-based illustrator LUKE DROZD. The self-produced recordings of TRIMDON GRANGE EXPLOSION's eponymous set took place during 2015-2016 in various North London locations. The 9 eclectic tracks (plus one bonus track on the download too) range from original compositions to acid-tinged group instrumentals to songs from the folk tradition, arranged for electric instruments. TRIMDON GRANGE EXPLOSION is a grand continuation of its previous incarnation's psychedelic fusion of the modal rock of The Velvet Underground – among others – with their own English traditional music roots. Evidently, there was unfinished business. a 500 Pressing presented in a 350gsm Card Sleeve with download code.

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CRAIG BROWN BAND - 'BIG CITY SMALL TOWN'

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• TMR577 - 7"

  813547026903

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The Craig Brown Band is back with a dizzying new garage-country 7”, their first songs since the release of debut album The Lucky Ones Forget. Much has happened for the group since the album’s release, from touring with Dwight Yoakam (based solely on Dwight’s observance of the magnetism of their powerful live show) to opening for Jack White at the huge Little Caesars Arena concert in Detroit. And now, this new single will be accompanying Craig and the band on their first trip overseas to Europe, featuring new bassist and longtime Liquor Store co-conspirator Derek “Block” Warren. “Big City Small Town” is a little country rock groover that depicts a very familiar scene for anyone who’s lived in a midsize city; word travels quickly, so own who you are and what you do 100%. “Tell Me” is a charmingly concise and heartfelt appeal for a little fulfillment, from answering life’s big questions to enjoying a good song with someone who cares.

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WHY? - 'LIVE AT THIRD MAN RECORDS'

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• TMR438 - LP

  813547026736

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WHY? — the hip-hop inspired indie-pop band fronted by Yoni Wolf — visited Third Man Records’ Nashville Blue Room two months after their first release in five years Moh Lhean hit record shelves. Despite no geographical connection, the night felt like a homecoming. The Wolf brothers and their prolificacy have long been on Third Man’s radar, and the quartet’s familial sensibilities radiated off the Blue Room stage and into the crowd, who sang along in harmony by the end of the night.

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ANDREW LILES - 'OTHER WORLDS OTHER MONSTERS'

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• BRR669 - LP

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*LIVE AND SHIPPING NOW ON COLOURED VINYL* The National Association of Satanic Advancement and Blackest Rainbow proudly present the new L.P. from Andrew Liles - OTHER WORLDS OTHER MONSTERS. An oscillating disc of polyvinyl chloride rammed with space age messages and toe tapping tunes for all intergalactic warriors, time travellers, damaged droogs and rusty replicants. A further instalment in Liles' massive MONSTER series with themes, incidental music, bridging songs, interludes, zaps, zings, shooting stars and fizzing rockets created as imaginary soundtracks for imaginary Sci-Fi films. Musical interpretations on a ‘intergalactic’ theme influenced by a vast array of space-age TV shows and movies from yesteryear, aliens, androids, interplanetary travel and universes yet to be discovered. The tracks cover a vast amount of ground including austere orchestral pieces, vocoders, cheesy 80’s soundtracks, 70’s synths, bleeps and bloops and much, much more. Narration comes from Alex Jako and Melon Liles. The amazing front cover comes from Graham Humphreys (the revered British designer and illustrator responsible for some of the best film posters of the 1980’s including Evil Dead, Nightmare on Elm Street and album covers for The Cramps and The Lords of the New Church).

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The amazing front cover comes from Graham Humphreys (the revered British designer and illustrator responsible for some of the best film posters of the 1980?s including Evil Dead, Nightmare on Elm Street and album covers for The Cramps and The Lords of the New Church).

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GUIDED BY VOICES - '100 DOUGS'

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• GBVI86 - 7"

  647603402475

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After 2018’s critically acclaimed Space Gun LP and a string of jaw-dropping, sold-out shows, GUIDED BY VOICES has announced a sprawling double-album, Zeppelin Over China. to be released on February 1. But before this one has even made it to the warehouse, Robert Pollard has written and recorded another full-length in record-breaking time. It’s Warp and Woof (April 2019), exuberantly barreling through 24 songs in just 37 minutes with a brevity similar to mid-90s GBV albums Alien Lanes and Vampire On Titus. GBV kicked this one out in a flash, recorded in studios, club soundchecks, hotel rooms and even in the tour van. 

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GUIDED BY VOICES - 'WINECORK STONEHENGE'

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• GBVI85 - 7"

  647603402376

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After 2018’s critically acclaimed Space Gun LP and a string of jaw-dropping, sold-out shows, GUIDED BY VOICES has announced a sprawling double-album, Zeppelin Over China. to be released on February 1. But before this one has even made it to the warehouse, Robert Pollard has written and recorded another full-length in record-breaking time. It’s Warp and Woof (April 2019), exuberantly barreling through 24 songs in just 37 minutes with a brevity similar to mid-90s GBV albums Alien Lanes and Vampire On Titus. GBV kicked this one out in a flash, recorded in studios, club soundchecks, hotel rooms and even in the tour van

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LAUGHING HYENAS - 'LIFE OF CRIME'

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• TMR472 - LP

  813547025517

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While their style didn’t change much over the course of their first three albums, they kept improving on the formula and on Life Of Crime, they reached their peak! Brannon is a punk rock whirlwind with the conviction of an old bluesman, his relentless howl make this one of his finest vocal performances to date and make this a truly disturbing and terrifying listen. This is the last record of the “Butch Vig Trilogy” — a beautiful, creative partnership that resulted in three untouchable records and helped point bands like Nirvana and Sonic Youth in Vig’s direction.

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A1. Everything I Want
A2. Hitman
A3. Let It Burn
A4. Kick
B1. Here We Go Again
B2. Wild Heart
B3. Outlaw
B4. Life of Crime
B5. Save Me Tomorrow

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LAUGHING HYENAS - 'HARD TIMES + CRAWL / COVERS'

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• TMR473/474 - 2xLPs

  813547025531

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LP1 - Hard Times Hyenas went down to Memphis to the legendary Easley Studios to record their final LP with the one and only Doug Easley. On Hard Times, we see the Hyenas influences are more Howlin’ Wolf/Muddy Waters than they are Nick Cave/Iggy Pop. Every bit as emotionally ruthless as their previous releases, the Laughing Hyenas went out on a high note with Hard Times. LP2 - Crawl EP b/w Covers EP 2 years after releasing Life of Crime, Kevin Strickland and Jim Kimball had left to form Mule. Many people thought this marked the end of the band; not the case. Todd Swalla (of Necros) stepped in on drums and Kevin Ries on bass. Over the new slightly toned down direction, the sound of the band somehow seemed even more extreme. - Liner notes by Bob Bert (Sonic Youth, Pussy Galore, Chrome Cranks) and Allyson Baker (Dirty Ghosts, Teen Crud Combo)

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A1. Just Can?t Win
A2. Hard Time Blues
A3. You?re So Cruel
A4. Stay
B1. Slump
B2. Home Of The Blues
B3. Each Dawn I Die
B4. Shine
C1. Crawl
C2. Living In Darkness
C3. Walk
C4. Girl
D1. Solid Gold Hell (Scientists)
D2. I Want You Right Now (MC5)
D3. Under My Thumb (Rolling Stones)
D4. Serves Me Right To Suffer (John Lee Hooker)

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SCIENTIST - 'IN THE KINGDOM OF DUB'

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• SV163 - LP

  855985006635

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Hopeton Brown, better known as Scientist, has been a pioneering figure in the world of dub for 40 years. His early love of electronics proved fruitful when (still a teenager) he was hired at King Tubby’s studio in Kingston. Brown quickly ascended the ranks and became heir to Tubby’s throne, producing imaginative and technically impressive mixes that solidified his forward-looking nickname. Originally released in 1981, In The Kingdom Of Dub remains one of the best early LPs in Scientist’s long career. Produced by Roy Cousins at Channel One and featuring Sly & Robbie along with members of The Revolutionaries, The Aggrovators and The Soul Syndicate, the album offers a wide range of arresting rhythms, bold effect drops and exquisitely melodic bass. From “18 Drumalie Avenue Dub” (a reference to King Tubby’s address) to “Burning Sun Dub,” Scientist lays down a veritable roadmap of dub— filled with disintegrating echoes of satiny organ and textural guitar—firmly cementing his place as one of the true innovators in Jamaican popular music.

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