Releases – June 2021

FeaturesRare Bird The dual‐keyboard driven proggers who flew highReigning Sound Kings of the “Memphis Sound”, 20 years onTommy James & The Shondells Beyond the hits: bubblegum stars or serious contenders?Tony Joe White The trails of The Swamp FoxRegularsThoughts & Words Your letters, tweets and emailsIt’s A Happening Thing Delia Derbyshire, Adrian Younge, Babe Rainbow, The Permanent GreenLight, Grave Flowers Bongo Band, Nat Turner Rebellion, Rory More,Rogér Fakhr, Le SuperHomard & Maxwell Farrington, Olivier Rocabois,April March & Olivia Jean, Mystic Seers, ...

Original Rockabilly and Rock ‘n’ Roll from Oak RecordsLP, 10inch & CD, limited edition, 45rpm1‐LP 10” with bonus CD, 8‐page booklet (8″x8″), postcard, 12 tracks (LP), 25 tracks (CD).Total playing time approx. 28 min. (LP), 60 min. (CD).– Strictly limited to 500 copies, this exclusive LP/CD combo on Bear Family is dedicated to Oak Records, a small, only sporadically active label from North Carolina.– Only eight singles were released on Oak Records between 1957 and 1966.– The original Oak records are ...

1950s and 1960s music from Outta Space1‐CD (Jewelcase) with 16‐page booklet, 37 tracks. Total playing time approx. 79 min. – Whether ‘Forbidden Planet’ or ‘Visitors from Space’ ‐ here the fan of 1950s Sci‐Fi movies gets his money’s worth!– This release in Bear Family’s ‘Destination’ series deals with the unexplainable, the other dimension, and last but not least with interplanetary horror ‐ but it also really rocks out.– 37 tracks from 1951‐1965 answer the most urgent questions: does the forbidden ...

From Gospel Music to Rhythm ‘n’ Blues and Soul1‐CD (Digipak) with 36‐page booklet, 31 tracks. Total playing time approx. 79 min.– With the fantastic Five Royales, we introduce another significant element in the transformation of African‐American music from gospel to R&B to soul in our ‘Rocks’ CD‐series.– Bear Family outlines the vocal quintet’s journey from a pure gospel group to one of rhythm ‘n’ blues’ most successful formations.– From their beginnings on Apollo Records to their outstanding recordings for King, ...

Original Texas Rockabilly & Rock ‘n’ Roll From The Vaults Of TNT Records1‐CD (Digipak) with 36‐page booklet, 34 tracks. Total playing time approx. 79 min.– Bear Family’s revisit to the history of the Texas TNT label in our unique CD series ‘That’ll Flat Git It!’ focuses on the rockers Robert Tanner produced in the 1950s.– The most important label from Southwest Texas at the time released outstanding recordings by country legends, rockabilly greats and accomplished rock ‘n’ rollers.– Bill Anderson, ...

At the dawn of the internet, Ian Gomm self‐released an album of previously unreleased and hard tofind recordings by his old group Brinsley Schwarz called, appropriately enough, ‘Rarities’. Taking ourinspiration from this long out of print album, we asked Ian Gomm to dig deep into his archive to see what other gems he might have. ‘Last Orders!’ is the result of his search. The album contains some of the earliest recordings the band made for radio and television, outtakes, rehearsals, home recordings ...

“Mesmerised” is the newest LP by The Routes, the group helmed by Scots-born, Japanese-dwelling guitarist, vocalist and songwriter Chris Jack. This also happens to be the eighth long-playing record to bear the group’s name; one that has been steadily growing in stature and stamina since their earliest outpourings more than ten years ago. “Mesmerised” is also one of the most powerful statements of sixties-influenced, modernistically executed garage beat rock’n’roll. On this brand new collection Chris is joined by two names familiar to Routes aficionados, ...

“Mesmerised” is the newest LP by The Routes, the group helmed by Scots-born, Japanese-dwelling guitarist, vocalist and songwriter Chris Jack. This also happens to be the eighth long-playing record to bear the group’s name; one that has been steadily growing in stature and stamina since their earliest outpourings more than ten years ago. “Mesmerised” is also one of the most powerful statements of sixties-influenced, modernistically executed garage beat rock’n’roll. On this brand new collection Chris is joined by two names familiar to Routes aficionados, ...

Attrition are an English electronic music band, formed in Coventry, England in 1980. The band emerged from the experimental post-punk scene of the early 1980s and, along with other groups such as Throbbing Gristle, Coil, Einstürzende Neubauten, and In the Nursery, greatly contributed to the development of industrial music in the UK.Cult Attrition album from 1982 influenced by classic zombie films such as The Night of the Living Dead, available on vinyl LP again. Fully remastered and with new artwork.TRACK ...

Muslimgauze was the main musical project of Bryn Jones (17 June 1961 – 14 January 1999), a British ethnic electronica and experimental musician who was influenced by conflicts and history in the Muslim world.Muslimgauze’s gem from the late 80s. Cinematic, minimal, noisy, hypnotic, and gloomy. Probably not so overtly Middle Eastern as his later works, though definitely bearing an influence. Backed by electric drones percussion forms a living, breathing atmosphere of impending menace.TRACK LISTING1. Souq El Gharb Pt 2 03:072 ...

Autopsia is a cult art project dealing with music and visual production. Its art practice began in London in the late 1970s and continued during the 1980s in the art centers of the former Yugoslavia. Since 1990, Autopsia has acted from Prague, Czech Republic.For the very first time the power and beauty of Autopsia available on full-length vinyl LP. Weltuntergang gives us an overview of the band’s career from 1982 to 1995 moving from ritualistic industrial music to solid neoclassical ...

God Body Disconnect presents us the album The Wanderer’s Dream, a personal journey on a sea of droning atmospheres.Recommended for fans of atmospheric walls of sound and blissful textures.Written, Produced, Performed – Bruce MoallemTrack Listing:1. The Heart Unfolds 08:022. Dreaming of my Former Self 08:103. The Road that Repeats 06:084. Beckoning Me to Cross Over 06:265. An Emptiness that Persists 07:106. The Ghost that Dwells Within 05:477. Who I was, is not who I’ll Become 05:42GENRE: Dark Ambient/Ambient/DroneBARCODE: 5902693143857 ...

Alphaxone & ProtoU team up once again with a sequel to the album Startdust, with Back to Beyond.1. Future Underground 09:152. Dreams of Solace 05:173. Quantum Zero 09:204. The Edge of Perception 06:305. Through the Golden Dust 06:236. Regenesis 03:357. Delusions of Omniscience 09:288. Myriad Disguises 06:52GENRE: Dark Ambient/Ambient/DroneBARCODE: 5902693143949 ...

SiJ & Textere Oris teams up once again with a sequel to the album Reflections under the Sky. Field recording and drone combine for a deep and beautiful journey that is spiritual and cleansing.Reflection at the Sea is a manifest of one ordinary person living alone in a big city. A person who really wants to see the sea, but, due to circumstances, is forced to only dream of the sea. Everything changes when the fog rolls into to the ...

The Debut LP from Bristol based Alt-Rock Trio, Our Nameless Boy. Colour From The Doves is a sincere and difficult reflection on a year that songwriter Iain Gorrie spent recovering from a life threatening disease. Much like its subject matter, the album is orderless and unpredictable in its delivery, with a purposefully scattered narrative and sonics that will at times haunt and at others overwhelm.– Limited to 300 copies on Eco-Vinyl w/ Reverse Board SleeveTRACK LISTING1. I’ll Drink To That2. Heel3. Less On ...