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As the momentum continues to build for old-school blues rock trio Ga-20, the band takes their expanding fanbase by storm with the release its first full-length live LP, Live In Loveland! Featuring 11 rowdy, blistering performances (including five songs from 2022's Crackdown, three from their 2019 debut Lonely Soul and three... -
When Janis Joplin died in October 1970 at the early age of 27, thus involuntarily confirming the beatnik adage »live fast, love hard, die young«, it was only a matter of time before she was crowned the “Queen of Rock” Of greater importance than this posthumous entry into rock ’n’ roll’s hall of fame is the recognition...
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Celebrating the 60th anniversary of John Lee Hooker’s electrifying blues classic, Burnin’, this 180-gram reissue offers newly remastered audio from the original analog tapes Featuring a stereo mix of the album, as it was first released in 1962, the set includes the King of the Boogie’s signature hit, “Boom Boom,” and...
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180-gram three LP set! Includes track-by-track liner notes by Michael Fremer Celebrate vinyl record pressing excellence with Quality Record Pressings! Music chosen by Acoustic Sounds CEO Chad Kassem and classical music label Reference Recordings! Perfect demo record captures genres that include blues, jazz, classical,...
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Reissue, originally released in 1974 English blues outfit Tramp had a fleeting existence in the late '60s and early '70s -- here today, gone tomorrow Based around former John Dummer Blues Band vocalist/guitarist Dave Kelly and sister Jo Ann on harmonies and occasional lead, the group got a boost from Fleetwood Mac mainstays Mick...
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Reissue, originally released in 1969 Definitive reissue of this wild and heavy psychedelic hard-rock album from California, released in tiny quantities at the time Ultra-loud guitars (think Blue Cheer or late '60s Who), melodic vocals and thundering rhythm section Includes bonus track taken from a previously unreleased acetate...
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Reissue, originally released in 1969 Singer and guitarist Ram John Holder was born in 1939 in Georgetown, British Guiana, then moved to Cincinnati in 1954, and to the East Coast to work as folk blues singer in the early 1960s In 1963, he took residency in England where he recorded several albums Released in 1969, Black London...
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40th Anniversary celebration of the album responsible for naming a genre! Originally released in 1982, Black Metal was the second full-length album from Venom and remains a major influence on Thrash Metal, Death Metal, and Black Metal Includes the classic trio of Cronos, Mantas &...
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An essential rock artefact tracing The Groundhogs from their pre - ‘Thank Christ For The Bomb’ blues roots to the final live show for the classic line up of Tony McPhee (guitar and vocals), Pete Cruikshank (bass) and Ken Pustelnik (drums) Never before heard recordings from the Warner Brothers’ vaults including a vintage...
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Originally released as private pressing in 1971, the Farm album is highly sought-after and revered by collectors Recorded by this Southern Illinois band in 1971 at the legendary Golden Voice studios, it's chock full of jammy, bluesy guitar psych with heavy dual guitars, organ, congas, harp Recommended if you like Quicksilver,...
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The classic third LP by British underground cult-band The Groundhogs was originally released in 1970 It saw the group leave its psychedelic blues rock trail in favour of a heavier, progressive rock sound Here's a 50th Anniversary reissue of 'Thank Christ For The Bomb' on vinyl, presented with a gatefold sleeve and a download for...
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The Hammond Organ is lead singer on this soulful and orchestral journey about industrial decay and the death of the steel town Deep from the rusted steel mills of Youngstown, Ohio, we bring you the melting debut of the Scone Cash Players It's the same organist that brought you the screaming organ on all those Daptone favorites...
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Encore is a new album produced from previously unheard archival recordings by the legendary Bahamian guitarist Joseph Spence, made in 1965 at the height of his career Spence’s radically innovative guitar style transformed elements of Bahamian traditional music into adventurous, joyful improvisations and influenced players...
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Part of the ultimate audiophile Prestige stereo reissues from Analogue Productions — 25 of the most collectible, rarest, most audiophile-sounding Rudy Van Gelder recordings ever made All cut at 33 1/3 and also released on Hybrid SACD All mastered from the original analog master tapes by mastering maestro Kevin Gray 200-gram LPs...
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PEG LEG HOWELL was a forgotten, impoverished blues artist when musicologist George Mitchell recorded him at age 75 in 1963 It is these recordings that make up The Legendary Peg Leg Howell record originally on Testament But Peg Leg was actually part of the original wave of blues recording artists, recording for Columbia in 1926 His...
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Reissue Originally released in 1971 The intriguing story of Universe is that the little-known British band were driving through Norway and after breaking down were offered assistance by a gent living nearby who happened to have a recording studio in his house True or not the resulting collection of songs is a great slice of often...
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Whiskey for the Holy Ghost is the second solo album from Lanegan, and builds upon the roots music foundation that he had established with his debut The Winding Sheet Released during the grunge explosion of the early 1990s, Whiskey for the Holy Ghost showcases Lanegan’s growing maturity as a songwriter and vocalist Lyrically,...
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Recorded in London but with a New Orleans spirit, “The Sun, Moon & Herbs” arrived towards the end of Dr John’s voodoo-inspired period, its heavy, foggy atmosphere and nods to Cajun folklore capturing the magic and spirit of the city even from afar Hypnotic percussion, invigorating choruses, and creepy-cum-beautiful...
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LP including bonus 7" and insert Born in Louisiana, this Los Angeles-based musician worked with the great Johnny Otis and possibly jammed with top West Coast bluesmen like Jessie Allen, Pete "Guitar" Lewis, Jimmy Nolen and Lafayette Thomas Cleo Page has been crossing blues, rhythm & blues and proto-rock'n'roll in a personal...
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A soundtrack of Sudan's revolution and the first ever international release of the Beja sound, performed by Noori and his Dorpa Band, an outfit from Port Sudan, the heart of Beja culture Electric soul, blues, jazz, rock, surf, even hints of country, speak fluently to styles and chords that could be Tuareg, Ethiopian, Peruvian or...
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The 1971 solo-album by the guitarist of the Keef Hartley Band, originally on Deram Records This reissue on 180 gram vinyl, with sound from the original master tapes and reproduced artwork, is limited to 500...
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With its title an Americanization of the Northern British phrase "ecky thump" and its cover featuring Jack and Meg bedecked as a Pearly King and Queen, "Icky Thump" is a centered, powerful statement as the final studio album from the duoRecorded in the lush environs of Nashville's Blackbird Studios, the trumpet, bagpipes and...
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This is the first official re-release on vinyl under licensed courtesy of Cherry Red Records Ltd, UK, remastered from a master copy In 1967 Australian John Thomas moved to Düsseldorf, where his girlfriend lived, got a record deal with EMI and recorded one of the era's great lost albums: Rust's 'Come With Me,' (Long Hair LHC281)...
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180 gram reissue, originally released in 1970 "Entire genres of music would look and sound vastly different if not for the contributions of Vicksburg, Mississippi's Willie Dixon A writer of songs such as 'Hoochie Coochie Man', 'Spoonful', and 'My Babe', among so many others, Dixon's songs have gone on to become standards of blues...
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180 gram exact repro reissue of Yazoo's 1968 compilation of rare 78 rpm recordings from Blind Willie McTell A record that put Yazoo on the map as an essential archival label of roots music The very best of the magnificent Willie Samuel McTell -- aka Blind Willie aka Hot Shot Willie aka Georgia Bill -- exploring spiritual, ragtime,...
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After the break-up of John Mayall’s Bluesbreakers in the summer of 1967, the time seemed ripe for Peter Green, John McVie and Mick Fleetwood to take their leave from raw British rock ’n’ roll The newly established band Fleetwood Mac first turned to black blues, and their art of playing was so similar to that of other groups...
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Unissued recordings by this very loud power trio from San Francisco, modeled after Cream, Blue Cheer, or The Jimi Hendrix Experience Including their fantastic studio demo from 1968 plus raw and wild live tracks from 1969 Boogie (or The Boogie) was probably the first hard-blues/proto-metal group that emerged from the San Francisco...
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Muddy Waters - Electric Mud - Electric Mud is the fifth studio album by Muddy Waters, with members of Rotary Connection playing as his backing band Released in 1968, it imagines Muddy Waters as a psychedelic musician Producer Marshall Chess suggested that Muddy Waters recorded it in an attempt to appeal to a rock...
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As The Black Keys have done their entire career, Dan Auerbach and Patrick Carney wrote all of the material for their 2022 album, Dropout Boogie, in the studio The new album captures a number of first takes that hark back to the stripped-down blues rock of their early days making music together in Akron, Ohio, basements Highlights...
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The second studio album from Albert King, Born Under A Bad Sign was released in 1967 King's first album for Stax Records would change the face of American music with the modernization of the...
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Muddy Waters' Folk Singer remains rightly revered as the greatest-sounding blues album ever released—and, to date, one of the only bonafide audiophile records in the genre Originally issued in 1964 by Chess Records, the all-acoustic work has made the rounds as a demonstration disc and benefitted from myriad reissues, all of...
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Janis Joplin wouldn't be denied on Pearl The powerhouse vocalist had kicked her addictions, teamed with a stupendous band, and partnered with a producer who knew how to best showcase her voice on record She came to the sessions with an armload of astonishing songs, and a burst of creative energy that mirrored her rejuvenated...
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A new Son House album of previously unreleased recordings from the legendary “Father Of The Delta Blues” features the never before recorded track, “Forever On My Mind” The album comes from noted blues manager and historian Dick Waterman’s archives which were the first upon Son House’s 1964 re-discovery Restored to...
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Long awaited follow up to the "True Story of Abner Jay" LP Abner Jay was a man who had a grand sweeping vision of what folk music was In his lifetime his expression of what folk music could be encompassed some serious stylistic variations Sometimes he was a one man band traveling troubadour playing an electric banjo, harmonica,...
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Originally released on Argo Record in 1963 this was Etta James's fourth studio album Produced by Chicago master Leonard Chess, the man who first saw the potential for James to go into a more pop-oriented direction, this essential album release consisted of her ten top record hits in the past three years An incredible array of...
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Follow along as writer/professor Wayne Goins explores the creation of Folk Singer, and leads a visual tour of the former Chess Records studios, here "The Quality Record Pressing is drop-dead quiet-as silent as the best Japanese pressings from the late 1970s-and the amount of inner detail released is simply astonishingthe sound...
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"The Quality Record Pressing is drop-dead quiet-as silent as the best Japanese pressings from the late 1970s-and the amount of inner detail released is simply astonishingthe sound is sweet, liquid and free of harshness and edge The dynamics are mind-boggling When Muddy takes it up ten notches to emphasize a point it's positively...
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Repress! Featuring the talents of singer Steve Bailey, bassist Ron Bending, drummer Terry Sims and guitarist Bob Weston (later of Fleetwood Mac), Ashkan made their recording debut with this 1969 heavy progressive rock masterpiece Similar to Leafhound, Free, Human Beast, T2 and early Spooky Tooth Propelled by Bailey's hoarse growl...
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Although recordings were made through independent mixes, a technique that did not ably translate the band's powerful live atmosphere, the music on this album does offer great example of progressive blues and rock The gatefold sleeve design was by Grimes' then husband, and noted psychedelic artist Larry Smart The LP was released in...
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“Abner Jay is the most unusual talent in the world A true Southerner from South GA He was raised layin on his belly, drinkin water from the ol Swaunee River Jay claims the secret for his good health and being the father of sixteen young’uns, and gonna git some more, layin on his belly drinkin water from that ol Swaunee Abner...
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Blind Owl Wilson was a truly great guitarist and vocalist whose deep well of psychedelic blues songs were buried amongst the catalog of major label rockin’ blues band Canned Heat Blind Owl served as Canned Heat’s guitarist and would chip in a song here and there as a front man A couple of those songs became huge hits in the...
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The final instalment to the trio of masterpieces from the legendary British rock group, The Groundhogs’ gets a special reissue for first time since 1991 Treading more progressive realms Who Will Save The World sees Tony McPhee moving away from the blues territory of their earlier releases and towards a heavier more psychedelic...
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On May 14, The Black Keys release their tenth studio album, Delta Kream, via Nonesuch Records The record celebrates the band’s roots, featuring eleven Mississippi hill country blues standards that they have loved since they were teenagers, before they were a band, including songs by R L Burnside and Junior Kimbrough, among...
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The Black Keys will release a special tenth anniversary edition of their landmark seventh studio album El Camino via Nonesuch Records El Camino (10th Anniversary Deluxe Edition) will be available in several formats including a Super Deluxe edition of five vinyl LPs or four CDs, featuring a remastered version of the original album,...
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BACK IN PRINT! Reissue on 180-gram vinyl A stunning vintage blues...
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Bawdy and vaudeville-inspired light-hearted songs and routines make up the thrust of the fine performances found in this compilation Despite the tongue-in-cheek attitude of these selections, there is no sacrifice of musical quality This is one that will make you laugh, but you might want to keep your children away from...
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You could scarcely find two more contrasting bottleneck stylists among the most popular artists of the '30s than Casey Bill Weldon and Kokomo Arnold Weldon was billed as the 'Hawaiian Guitar Wizard', played upbeat, almost hokum tunes often in the ensemble, and seemed concerned with smooth tone Arnold usually played solo, with...
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180 gram lp crumb-tastic! presenting one of the yazoo blues label vinyl...
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