MAGIC ROUNDABOUT - 'UP'

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• TMR710 - LP

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Third Man Records is very proud to announce Up, the first-ever LP from criminally-unheard Manchester noisemakers Magic Roundabout. Up is due September 24, 2021 and is heralded by dreamy lead single "She's A Waterfall" and its accompanying video. “I walk in to the studio, Warren [Defever] is working away,” Third Man Records’ Dave Buick says about the label's introduction to the group. “Feedback, hypnotizing bass line, perfect female vocal harmonies and a drummer so minimal you just know they are standing coming out of the speakers. All I could see was stripes and paisleys. I became instantly obsessed with tracking down this mystery band's complete discography. ‘They don’t have a discography you say?’ Just like that my obsession had become dangerous and unhealthy.” Like so many other disenfranchised kids in the heady days of mid-eighties United Kingdom, Magic Roundabout came armed with leather jackets, charity shop instruments, singles by The Fall and Buzzcocks, good haircuts, a healthy VU obsession and a little psychedelic inspiration. Influenced into existence at early gigs by The Jesus and Mary Chain and Shop Assistants, The Roundies wanted to change the world or at the very least make some noise, shake things up and be a part of the happening. The gang established a clubhouse in early 1986 and began rehearsing, recording and gigging. Playing a ton of legendary shows with the likes of The Pastels, The Blue Aeroplanes, Spacemen 3, Loop, My Bloody Valentine, Inspiral Carpets and picking up a bunch of fans along the way. Rumor has it that Noel Gallagher roadied their final show. There was one song released - "She’s a Waterfall" Parts 1 and 2 on Mark Webber’s (Pulp) Oozing Through The Ozone Layer cassette compilation - and that’s it. There were also talks of a flexi-disc that, for whatever reason, never saw the light of day. But by the end of the 80s, the gang had all gone their separate ways and the recordings along with so many other things were thought to be lost forever... Now, these 1987 recordings recently unearthed by Ian Masters (Pale Saints) and Third Man Records and given the “treatment” by Warren Defever are presented to you lucky ones as the debut album by Magic Roundabout. 34 years too late or perfectly steeped and presented at just the right moment in history? Tune in, turn on and make up your own mind. Enjoy the trip. "Magic Roundabout: The mysterious missing link between The Velvet Underground and pragVEC. How did the music industry miss these talented teenagers? They were fucking idiots, that's how. From super-catchy pop songs to ambitious 20-minute improvisations, the band had everything but a recording deal. Ambitious live performances where friends were satisfied with spitting out fluff often forgotten in 2 and a half minutes. Finally, the tape that was thought to have been lost was discovered during a search for a lost newborn in Manchester's slums, is now being remastered and presented for everyone to hear. You lucky lucky mofo's..." -Ian Masters (Pale Saints)

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Side A
1. Carol In Your Eyes
2. Cast Your Sadness Away
3. She?s A Waterfall
4. Sneaky Feelin?
5. Up
Side B
1. Alice?s Paperplane

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GINA BIRCH - 'FEMINIST SONG'

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• TMR719 - 7"

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**BLACK VINYL 300 UK / 1100 WORLDWIDE** Debut solo release from Gina Birch, founding member of Dorothy, The Hangovers and The (hugely influential) Raincoats. "Feminist Song" made it’s way into recent Raincoats gigs and Gina’s longtime collaborator and fellow Raincoat Ana da Silva contributes monotron on this recording. Mixed by Youth.

Tracks

1. Feminist Song
2. Feminist Song (Ambient Mix)

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PAUL WELLER - 'GOING TO A GO-GO'

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• TMR718 - 7"

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**SOLD OUT** *BLACK VINYL 600 COPIES FOR THE UK / 1400 WORLDWIDE* This very special 7” comes to us from the one-and-only Paul Weller (The Jam, The Style Council). The Modfather chose three phenomenal Tamla/Motown tracks by Smokey Robinson and Jr. Walker & The All Stars to cover as a nod to Third Man’s Detroit roots, complete with a Tamla-esque sleeve design. The single was cut and pressed at Third Man in Detroit, just 2 miles away from the original Motown studio.

Tracks

Side A
1. Going To a Go-Go

Side B
2. Road Runner
3. What Does It Take (To Win Your Love)

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CORNERSHOP - 'JUDY SUCKS A LEMON (FOR BREAKFAST VERSION)'

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• TMR720 - 7"

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**BLACK VINYL 300 UK / 1200 WORLDWIDE** Presenting a brand new 7” single from revered cult British group, Cornershop. These are unheard versions of previously released songs that the band has always wanted to put out in the world: the fuller, fleshed out version of “Judy Sucks A Lemon (For Breakfast Version)” b/w an early version of “Constant Springs,” originally known as “Cork It.” With the opening of the Third Man London store, right now is perfect timing.

Tracks

Side A
Judy Sucks A Lemon (For Breakfast Ver.)

Side B
Cork It (Instrumental)

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THE JESUS AND MARY CHAIN - 'LIVE AT THE FOX THEATRE IN DETROIT'

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• TMR731 - 7"

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**SOLD OUT** **BLACK VINYL 400 UK / 2000 WORLDWIDE**When we asked The Jesus and Mary Chain if they wanted to do a single to help us celebrate our London shop opening they sent along a recording of their last stop in Detroit in 2018 at the historic Fox Theatre just down Woodward from our Detroit HQ and told us to pick a few. While that was next to impossible, we think The Lining End, Teenage Lust and Cracking Up were the perfect choices. 100% pure feedback, distortion and fuzzed out bliss.

Tracks

Side A

The Living End
Teenage Lust

Side B

Cracking Up

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DAVID RUFFIN - 'DAVID'

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• TMR701 - 2xLPs

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**BLACK VINYL 200 Copies UK** Remastered and expanded edition of the late Soul great's unreleased 1971album (which finally did see limited release in 2004). David Unreleased LP & More includes the 12 tracks originally scheduled for release in 1971 as LP Motown 733, plus seven amazing bonus tracks from the album sessions and four mono single mixes. It's the great David Ruffin and Motown's Funk Bothers band, directed by several of the company's best producers including Smokey Robinson, Johnny Bristol, Henry Cosby, Clay McMurray and Ivy Jo Hunter. Ruffin, former lead singer of the Temptations, had started his solo career with a bang, as his 1969 album and single, My Whole World Ended, were smash hits. At age 28, entering his prime, he cut his third album while also recording duet tracks with his brother, Jimmy. David watched as the duet album, Jimmy's solo album and the solo debut from Eddie Kendricks, another former Temptations lead singer, were all released. (Licensed from MOTOWN to THIRD MAN RECORDS for this limited edition release)

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