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VA	Spiritual Jazz 18: Behind The Iron Curtain - Sounds Beyond Barriers Pt 2	2LP	JAZZMAN RECORDS	JMAN 149LP
$32.00 PREORDER RELEASE DATE: 6/13/2025 Double LP version. Part 2. One of the most politically charged terms of the 20th century, the Iron Curtain was a metaphor for political and cultural division. In a post-war telegram Winston Churchill referred to the fault line that ran through Europe between East and West as "an Iron Curtain is drawn down upon their front. We do not know what is going on behind." In this two-part album, as far as jazz is concerned, Jazzman will showcase, describe and celebrate exactly what was "going on behind." Music is the power supreme, with the ability to transcend all barriers, be they physical, political or metaphorical. The liner notes illustrate the complex and contradictory history of Soviet jazz, and the tracks chosen cover the key period of the early 1960s to the 1980s. It was during these dark years of the Cold War that the Soviet Union and its satellite states produced a number of outstanding artists playing in a variety of styles. The impact of modernism, from hard bop and Latin to modal and cool jazz, had found its way through cracks in the curtain. The deeply-felt ancestral strains of traditional European folk music were combined with the exciting new and progressive sounds of the West, and a radical, intoxicating brew was created that no amount of guns, tanks or polonium tea could overcome. Jazzman chronicles the triumph of jazz at a time of extreme geopolitical conflict. What went on behind the Iron Curtain in these countries was once mysterious and unknown to the West, but the perseverance of their artists provided sound and light amid the secretive, dark days of the communist-capitalist standoff. There was no end of life-affirming spiritual jazz behind the Iron Curtain. Featuring Leningrad Jazz Ensemble, Sh Jazz Quintet, Josef Blaha Trio, Csaba Deseo Ensemble, Manfred Ludwig-Sextett, Anatoly Vapirov, Zbigniew Namyslowski, Andrzej Trzaskowski Quintet, Tomsits Quartet, Nicolai Gromin Quartet, Valery Kolesnikov, Vyacheslav Novikov, Vladimir Molotkov, Alexander Christidis, Tone Jansa, and S+HQ.

Artist	Title	Format	Label	Catalog #
VA	Spiritual Jazz 18: Behind The Iron Curtain - Sounds Beyond Barriers Pt 1	2LP	JAZZMAN RECORDS	JMAN 148LP
$32.00 PREORDER RELEASE DATE: 6/13/2025 Double LP version. Part 1. One of the most politically charged terms of the 20th century, the Iron Curtain was a metaphor for political and cultural division. In a post-war telegram Winston Churchill referred to the fault line that ran through Europe between East and West as "an Iron Curtain is drawn down upon their front. We do not know what is going on behind." In this two-part album, as far as jazz is concerned, Jazzman will showcase, describe and celebrate exactly what was "going on behind." Music is the power supreme, with the ability to transcend all barriers, be they physical, political or metaphorical. The liner notes illustrate the complex and contradictory history of Soviet jazz, and the tracks chosen cover the key period of the early 1960s to the 1980s. It was during these dark years of the Cold War that the Soviet Union and its satellite states produced a number of outstanding artists playing in a variety of styles. The impact of modernism, from hard bop and Latin to modal and cool jazz, had found its way through cracks in the curtain. The deeply-felt ancestral strains of traditional European folk music were combined with the exciting new and progressive sounds of the West, and a radical, intoxicating brew was created that no amount of guns, tanks or polonium tea could overcome. Jazzman chronicles the triumph of jazz at a time of extreme geopolitical conflict. What went on behind the Iron Curtain in these countries was once mysterious and unknown to the West, but the perseverance of their artists provided sound and light amid the secretive, dark days of the communist-capitalist standoff. There was no end of life-affirming spiritual jazz behind the Iron Curtain. Featuring Collage, Manfred Ludwig-Sextett, Krzysztof Komeda, Polish Jazz Quartet, Vagif Mustafa-Zade, Quartet Jazz Focus-65, Theo Schumman Combo, Vaclav Zahradnik, Karel Velebny, Sevil, Focus '65, Golstain-Nosov Quintet, YU All Stars 1977, and Dan Mindrila.

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VA	Spiritual Jazz 18: Behind The Iron Curtain - Sounds Beyond Barriers Pts 1 & 2	2CD	JAZZMAN RECORDS	JMAN 148CD
$16.00 PREORDER RELEASE DATE: 6/13/2025 One of the most politically charged terms of the 20th century, the Iron Curtain was a metaphor for political and cultural division. In a post-war telegram Winston Churchill referred to the fault line that ran through Europe between East and West as "an Iron Curtain is drawn down upon their front. We do not know what is going on behind." In this two-part album, as far as jazz is concerned, Jazzman will showcase, describe and celebrate exactly what was "going on behind." Music is the power supreme, with the ability to transcend all barriers, be they physical, political or metaphorical. The liner notes illustrate the complex and contradictory history of Soviet jazz, and the tracks chosen cover the key period of the early 1960s to the 1980s. It was during these dark years of the Cold War that the Soviet Union and its satellite states produced a number of outstanding artists playing in a variety of styles. The impact of modernism, from hard bop and Latin to modal and cool jazz, had found its way through cracks in the curtain. The deeply-felt ancestral strains of traditional European folk music were combined with the exciting new and progressive sounds of the West, and a radical, intoxicating brew was created that no amount of guns, tanks or polonium tea could overcome. Jazzman chronicles the triumph of jazz at a time of extreme geopolitical conflict. What went on behind the Iron Curtain in these countries was once mysterious and unknown to the West, but the perseverance of their artists provided sound and light amid the secretive, dark days of the communist-capitalist standoff. There was no end of life-affirming spiritual jazz behind the Iron Curtain. Featuring Collage, Manfred Ludwig-Sextett, Krzysztof Komeda, Polish Jazz Quartet, Vagif Mustafa-Zade, Quartet Jazz Focus-65, Theo Schumman Combo, Vaclav Zahradnik, Karel Velebny, Sevil, Focus '65, Golstain-Nosov Quintet, YU All Stars 1977, Dan Mindrila, Leningrad Jazz Ensemble, Sh Jazz Quintet, Josef Blaha Trio, Csaba Deseo Ensemble, Manfred Ludwig-Sextett, Anatoly Vapirov, Zbigniew Namyslowski, Andrzej Trzaskowski Quintet, Tomsits Quartet, Nicolai Gromin Quartet, Valery Kolesnikov, Vyacheslav Novikov, Vladimir Molotkov, Alexander Christidis, Tone Jansa, and S+HQ.

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VA	Born in the City of Tanta - Lower Egyptian Urban Folklore and Bedouin Shaabi from Libya's Bourini Records 1968-75	LP	SUBLIME FREQUENCIES	SF 127LP
$25.50 PREORDER RELEASE DATE: 5/9/2025 Egypt's "official" popular music throughout much of the 20th Century was a complex form of art song steeped in tradition, well-loved by the middle and upper classes, and even accommodating to certain non-Arabic influences. It was highly structured by professional musicians working an established industry centered in the capitol, Cairo. However, far from the bustling cosmopolitan center of Cairo, north and northwest, in towns like Tanta and Alexandria and extending across the Saharan Desert to the Libyan border, dozens of fully marginalized artists were developing a raw, hybrid shaabi/al-musiqa al-shabiya style of music, supported by smaller upstart, independent labels, including the short-lived but deeply resonant Bourini Records. Launched in the late 1960s in Benghazi, Libya, Astuanat al-Bourini اسطوانات البوريني (Bourini Records) published some 40 to 50 titles from 1968 to 1975. Bourini released 7-inch 45 RPM singles by 15 artists, all but one of them Egyptian, igniting brief careers for Alexandrian singer Sheikh Amin Abdel Qader and the blind Bedouin legend Abu Bakr Abdel Aziz (aka Abu Abab). The tracks compiled here comprise a full range of styles covered by the label, while highlighting some of its most gobsmacking moments, from Basis Rahouma's beastly transformation into a growling and barking man-lion by the end of "Yana Alla Nafsa Masouda," to Reem Kamal's hopeful-if-bitter handclapping party pivot "Baed Al Yas Yjini," which descends into an almost Velvet Underground outro-groove of nihilistic dissonance. All the tracks on this compilation were laid down in stark divergence from the mainstream Egyptian popular music topography of heightened emotions buoyed by lush arrangements. The contrast is most evident in Mahmoud al-Sandidi's "Ana Mish Hafwatak," wherein his voice weaves heavily but deftly through a constant accordion drone, and Abu Abab's "Al Bint al Libya," a sparse, slow-burning lament with minimal percussion, violin, and Abab's nephew Hamed Abdel Muna'im Mursi on lyre. Whereas the Egyptian mainstream was aspirational, attempting to reflect Egyptian culture at its most refined, the performances captured by Bourini were manifestations of everyday life lived by the mostly otherwise ignored masses. More than half century old, this music has lost none of its urgency, presence, or relevance. We hear these artists as if they'd just joined us in our living room, and not on a stage decades ago surrounded by tens of thousands of long-forgotten acolytes.

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VA	Tsapiky! Modern Music From Southwest Madagascar	LP	SUBLIME FREQUENCIES	SF 126LP
$25.50 PREORDER RELEASE DATE: 5/9/2025 Tsapiky music from Southwest Madagascar features wild ecstatic vocals, distorted electric guitars, rocket bass, and the amphetamine beat! Unlike anything else, this is THE high life music you've always wanted -- ceremonial music played with abandon and extreme intent, honoring the living and dead alike. In Toliara and its surrounding region, funerals, weddings, circumcisions and other rites of passage have been celebrated for decades in ceremonies called mandriampototse. During these celebrations -- which last between three and seven days -- cigarettes, beer and toaky gasy (artisanal rum) are passed around while electric orchestras play on the same dirt floor as the dancing crowds and zebus. The music, tsapiky, defies any classification. This compilation showcases the diversity of contemporary tsapiky music. Locally and even nationally renowned bands played their own songs on makeshift instruments, blaring through patched-up amps and horn speakers hung in tamarind trees, projecting the music kilometers away. Lead guitarists and female lead singers are the central figures of tsapiky. Driven as much by their creative impulses as by the need to stand out in a competitive market, the artists distinguish themselves stylistically through their lyrics, rhythms or guitar riffs. They must also master a wide repertoire of current tsapiky hits, which the families that attend inevitably request before parading in front of the orchestra with their offerings. This work, a constant push and pull between distinction and imitation, is nourished by fertile exchanges between various groups: acoustic and electric, rural and urban, coastal or inland. What results during these ceremonies is a music of astonishing intensity and creativity, played by artists carving out their own path, indifferent to the standards of any other music industry: Malagasy, African or global. Recorded live on location by Maxime Bobo, this vinyl LP includes a four-page full-color insert with detailed liner notes plus photos of the musicians and surroundings. Featuring Mamehy, Drick, Befila, Behaja, Mahafaly Mihisa, Meny & Ando, Rebona, and Mirasoa & Mahapoteke.

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VA	Sampladelia 2024	LP	VINILOS ENLACE FUNK	VEF 089LP
$27.00 PREORDER RELEASE DATE: 5/2/2025 Spanish new grooves for a new era! Available on vinyl for the first time! Enlace Funk magazine presents a selection of the finest Funk, Soul, and R&B sounds produced in Spain during 2024. The fifth installment of Sampladelia kicks off with an infectious, autobiographical hit by Lin Cortes. Stereo Madness delivers a Boogie-Disco bomb, Burbu makes listeners groove while they float, Fitasha emerges as the breakout star of Spanish R&B, and Aaron Pozón stands out as one of the leading figures in contemporary jazz in Spain. Side B opens with the long-awaited return of Eat Meat, followed by ZAS, showcasing the best of Spanish boogie funk. The Quinquis brings together an all-star lineup of musicians to pay tribute to Las Grecas in electro-funk style. Sami Deluxe transports listeners straight to the dance floor of the hottest nightclub, and Ay Trick wraps things up with an irresistible funk-jazz banger. This release is a testament to Spain's thriving and innovative new music scene, bringing fresh funk, soul, and R&B proposals to life -- now available in physical format for the first time.

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VA	Fly Flying Ska	LP	KIDS OF YESTERDAY	KOY 003LP
$23.50 PREORDER RELEASE DATE: 4/11/2025 Long-awaited reissue of this rare Jamaican compilation, originally licensed in 1964 on local imprint Soulsville Center. Prince Buster is the obvious matador here with five exclusive tracks. Also featuring ska stalwarts The Maytals, Don Drummond, Roland Alphonso, The Skatalites, Gaynor & Errol, Millie Small & Roy Panton, and Owen Gray.

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VA	The Rubens Room - El Records: In Camera	CD	TAPETE RECORDS	TR 591CD
$16.50 PREORDER RELEASE DATE: 4/11/2025 Of all the independent record labels of the 1980s, él was the most singular and exciting. él only existed for a few short years and yet paradoxically -- given its modest commercial success -- was hugely influential. For writer Jonathan Coe, one of the label's many devotees, él was "Britain's great musical secret." This "best of" compilation LP, curated by label supremo Mike Alway himself, reminds the world of the greatness of él. él was created in 1984 by Alway, a mercurial A&R man for Cherry Red signing outstanding artists like Everything But the Girl, The Monochrome Set, and Felt. Alway briefly co-ran Blanco Y Negro (an offshoot of WEA) but was soon constrained by the conservativism of the commercial music sector and left to set up his own label. Alway's "hands on" approach was to take complete control of the philosophy of the label's releases and even the titles of songs in the manner of pop impresarios of the past. Alway became a curator, selecting, shaping and overseeing the records issued on él. He employed songwriters proficient in classical pop techniques such as Nicholas Currie (AKA Momus) and Philippe Auclair (AKA Louis Philippe) who issued their own records while writing, arranging and performing for other él artistes. Great musicians such as Simon Turner (AKA The King of Luxembourg), Dean 'Speedball' Brodrick, and producer Richard Preston completed the picture. él was critically acclaimed in the UK and popular in America and mainland Europe but in Japan had a profound effect, directly influencing the Shibuya-kei phenomenon that included Pizzicato Five, Kahimi Karie, and Cornelius. The Rubens Room accompanies the book Bright Young Things by Mark Goodall (Ventil) the first publication to tell the fascinating story of the music found on The Rubens Room. Mike Alway writes in his sleeve notes that "él was the joy of my life. It was monumental." Featuring Louis Philippe, Anthony Adverse, The King of Luxembourg, Would-Be-Goods, Marden Hill, Bad Dream Fancy Dress, The Monochrome Set, Always, and Momus.

Artist	Title	Format	Label	Catalog #
VA	Ghetto Ska	CD	KINGSTON SOUNDS	KSCD 021CD
$13.50 PREORDER RELEASE DATE: 4/11/2025 The shuffle rhythm that was born from the American rhythm and blues tunes that hit Jamaica in the 1950s would soon fuse under its Jamaican influence and find an emphasis on the second and fourth bars of the beat. This off-beat would create the ska sound and no fine exponent of this in the sounds early days was Theo Beckford. Theophilus "Easy Snapping" Beckford (born 1935, Kingston, Jamaica) began his musical career in the mid '50s and had after only two years mastered his instrument of choice the piano. His first hit for Coxonne Dodd's Worldisc label was the classic "Easy Snapping." He had created his own laid-back style that simply rolled off his piano and his musical arrangements became the backbone of so many early ska tunes. His services were soon in demand with not only Coxonne Dodd but all the other top flight producers of the time, Duke Reed, Beverley's, Prince Buster, and Clancy Eccles. His session work alongside his playing as part of the big group of the time Clue J and His Blues Blasters, that would eventually morph into the legendary Skatalites, meant that his fingers were truly on the musical pulse of the time. Kingston Sounds have compiled some great early ska cuts for this release that have been touched with the T. Beckford magic. Some of his own classic hits "Flip,Flop and Fly" (aka "Walking Down King Street"), "Mr Downpressor" the fantastic "Don't Have a Ticket Don't Worry." His poignant duo of "Grudgeful People" and "Ungrateful People" and two other timeless tracks "What A Woe" and "Boilerman." Alongside some of his productions for some of the other long-forgotten heroes of the early ska sound. Basil Gabiddon's "Streets of Glory," Frank Cosmo's "On Your Knees," Shenley and Annette's "Now Your Gone" and Daniel Johnson's uplifting "Come On My People." A mighty fine set of early ska tunes fighting their way out of Kingston Town and into your hearts.

Artist	Title	Format	Label	Catalog #
VA	Freedom Party Vol. 2	12"	TOPIC DRIFT MUSIC	FREEDOM 002EP
$17.50 PREORDER RELEASE DATE: 4/11/2025 From Chicago To New York via the UK. Three well selected cuts out of the House Music Universe. Including Vick Lavender who is a founding member of the Strictly Jaz Unit. A Donna Summer related house version of her all time classic "Love To Love You." Last but not least the yet only release on disco magic related JFD Records bringing all the vibes a dancefloor needs. Soulful, progy and classy NY school. Comes in Freedom Party Label sleeve.

Artist	Title	Format	Label	Catalog #
VA	Ghetto Ska	LP	KINGSTON SOUNDS	KSLP 021LP
$20.00 PREORDER RELEASE DATE: 4/11/2025 LP version. The shuffle rhythm that was born from the American rhythm and blues tunes that hit Jamaica in the 1950s would soon fuse under its Jamaican influence and find an emphasis on the second and fourth bars of the beat. This off-beat would create the ska sound and no fine exponent of this in the sounds early days was Theo Beckford. Theophilus "Easy Snapping" Beckford (born 1935, Kingston, Jamaica) began his musical career in the mid '50s and had after only two years mastered his instrument of choice the piano. His first hit for Coxonne Dodd's Worldisc label was the classic "Easy Snapping." He had created his own laid-back style that simply rolled off his piano and his musical arrangements became the backbone of so many early ska tunes. His services were soon in demand with not only Coxonne Dodd but all the other top flight producers of the time, Duke Reed, Beverley's, Prince Buster, and Clancy Eccles. His session work alongside his playing as part of the big group of the time Clue J and His Blues Blasters, that would eventually morph into the legendary Skatalites, meant that his fingers were truly on the musical pulse of the time. Kingston Sounds have compiled some great early ska cuts for this release that have been touched with the T. Beckford magic. Some of his own classic hits "Flip,Flop and Fly" (aka "Walking Down King Street"), "Mr Downpressor" the fantastic "Don't Have a Ticket Don't Worry." His poignant duo of "Grudgeful People" and "Ungrateful People" and two other timeless tracks "What A Woe" and "Boilerman." Alongside some of his productions for some of the other long-forgotten heroes of the early ska sound. Basil Gabiddon's "Streets of Glory," Frank Cosmo's "On Your Knees," Shenley and Annette's "Now Your Gone" and Daniel Johnson's uplifting "Come On My People." A mighty fine set of early ska tunes fighting their way out of Kingston Town and into your hearts.

Artist	Title	Format	Label	Catalog #
VA	The Rubens Room - El Records: In Camera	2LP	TAPETE RECORDS	TR 591LP
$26.00 PREORDER RELEASE DATE: 4/11/2025 Double LP version. Of all the independent record labels of the 1980s, él was the most singular and exciting. él only existed for a few short years and yet paradoxically -- given its modest commercial success -- was hugely influential. For writer Jonathan Coe, one of the label's many devotees, él was "Britain's great musical secret." This "best of" compilation LP, curated by label supremo Mike Alway himself, reminds the world of the greatness of él. él was created in 1984 by Alway, a mercurial A&R man for Cherry Red signing outstanding artists like Everything But the Girl, The Monochrome Set, and Felt. Alway briefly co-ran Blanco Y Negro (an offshoot of WEA) but was soon constrained by the conservativism of the commercial music sector and left to set up his own label. Alway's "hands on" approach was to take complete control of the philosophy of the label's releases and even the titles of songs in the manner of pop impresarios of the past. Alway became a curator, selecting, shaping and overseeing the records issued on él. He employed songwriters proficient in classical pop techniques such as Nicholas Currie (AKA Momus) and Philippe Auclair (AKA Louis Philippe) who issued their own records while writing, arranging and performing for other él artistes. Great musicians such as Simon Turner (AKA The King of Luxembourg), Dean 'Speedball' Brodrick, and producer Richard Preston completed the picture. él was critically acclaimed in the UK and popular in America and mainland Europe but in Japan had a profound effect, directly influencing the Shibuya-kei phenomenon that included Pizzicato Five, Kahimi Karie, and Cornelius. The Rubens Room accompanies the book Bright Young Things by Mark Goodall (Ventil) the first publication to tell the fascinating story of the music found on The Rubens Room. Mike Alway writes in his sleeve notes that "él was the joy of my life. It was monumental." Featuring Louis Philippe, Anthony Adverse, The King of Luxembourg, Would-Be-Goods, Marden Hill, Bad Dream Fancy Dress, The Monochrome Set, Always, and Momus.

Artist	Title	Format	Label	Catalog #
VA	Life Is Ugly So Why Not Kill Yourself (Color Vinyl)	LP	RADIATION REISSUES	RRS 149CV-LP
$24.00 PREORDER RELEASE DATE: 4/11/2025 Color vinyl. Originally released in 1982 on New Underground Records. Featuring Descendents, Minutemen, Anti, Saccharine Trust, Redd Cross, Civil Dismay, Ill Will, or Zurich 1916, China White, Mood Of Defiance, 100 Flowers, Urinals, and Plebs.

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VA	Puro Tayta Shanti	LP	LITTLE AXE RECORDS	LA 020LP
$17.00 PREORDER RELEASE DATE: 4/4/2025 "Andean party music from the central sierra of Peru. Tayta Shanti's long history of complex syncretism is expressed through its simple song structure. Minimal and raw, or layered with intricate arrangements, its unrelenting rhythm mesmerizes as much as it moves. 16 songs of pure folklore, spanning the late 1960s until the early 1980s. Compilation includes liner notes and photos. Instant mountain rave."

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VA	Q1#1EP	12"	Q1E2	Q1E2 012EP
$17.50 PREORDER RELEASE DATE: 4/4/2025 Q1E2's Q1#1EP takes listeners on a thrilling speed-run through cosmic club sounds, showcasing emerging global talents. From Jack Bags' astral deep-dance to datSIM's sci-fi spacescapes, Mike Riviera and Marco Ohboy's ecstatic rhythms, Dr Sud's mesmeric beats, A Soft Mist Production's soulful atmospherics, and The Rabbit Hole's jazz-infused bass, the album maps thrilling new evolutions of electronic music. A bold snapshot of a constantly evolving scene.

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VA	Radar Keroxen Vol. 5	LP	KEROXEN	KRXN 042LP
$27.00 PREORDER RELEASE DATE: 4/4/2025 Yearly compilation series Radar Keroxen return with its fifth volume of themed based albums showcasing the talents and misfortunes of carefully selected musical projects based or connected with the Canary Islands. With its first volume released in 2020 aiming to introduce and divulge adventurous Island based music, the Keroxen imprint now presents Vol. 5 with a collection of tracks born out of an in-situ collective performance at the Keroxen Festival iconic venue -- a massive disused gasoline tank near the harbor of Santa Cruz de Tenerife. The Radar Drone Ensemble, as it was named for that night only, took advantage of the tank's natural reverb to perform an improvised piece exploring the cavernous resonance corners inherent to the locale. The four artists then took a few months to compose a nine-track LP inspired by the site's peculiar sound. Gonçalo F. Cardoso opens up the proceedings with two broody new tracks, in a style not heard since his 2015 album A Study of 21st Century Drone Acoustics. Doomed and menacing atmospherics brush shoulders with creepy and ethereal chants creating the perfect opening for this drone themed edition of Radar Keroxen. Eduardo Briganty (also from MINIATURa) follows with two equally deranged feedback-based compositions letting his guitar riffs and distortions roam free. Afgan aka Mladen Kurajica (from GAF, Lagoss and Tupperwear) takes things further to an Angus MacLise-inspired drone collage of mystic percussions, field recordings and electronic modular storms. Resonance aka Javier Perez wraps up the journey with his now trademark soothing synth compositions full of warm tones and blissful melodies. The album comes, as always, wrapped into a dizzying post-tropical collage artwork by Pura Marquez.

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VA	The Suzanne Langille Songbook	2CD	FEEDING TUBE RECORDS	FTR 788CD
$14.00 PREORDER RELEASE DATE: 4/4/2025 Thirty-two artists honor the extraordinary legacy of Suzanne Langille through interpretations of her vast songbook. Langille is best known as an acclaimed avant-garde singer-songwriter and collaborator of guitarist Loren Connors. They ventured into electrified blues and abstracted artsongs across more than a dozen albums since the mid-1980s. Langille's songs, with Connors, solo, or other collaborators, are marked by distinct and captivating depth. Her evocative lyrics, layered with themes of loss, longing, and the natural world, defy conventional boundaries, blending poetry with potent melodies. Her work embraces the uncertainty of life and the delicate spaces between joy and sorrow. The double CD includes a 20-page booklet with artist bios, rare photos, and liner notes tracing Langille's roots from a cappella harmonies to 1980s protests through today. This Connors-produced collection is a joint release by Family Vineyard and Feeding Tube Records. The Suzanne Langille Songbook features a diverse array of artists who reinterpret her music, showcasing its timeless and transformative power. Contributors include Kim Gordon & Bill Nace, Jim O'Rourke, Heather Leigh, Lee Ranaldo, Zoh Amba, Sarah Davachi & Sean McCann, William Hooker, Daniel Carter, Alan Licht & Angela Jaeger, David Grubbs, Alison Farrell, Byron Coley, Ras Moshe Burnett, Loren Connors, Tom Carter, Ronnie Yates & Gabriel Martinez, Neel Murgai, Novaga, John Kolodij & Jane Hesser, Kim Gordon & Bill Nace, Andrew Burnes, Dean Roberts, Boris Hauf & Andrea Belfi, Laura Ortman, and Adam Casey & the Liminal Choir with Katherine Walsh.

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VA	Exotic Blues & Rhythm 13 & 14	CD	STAG-O-LEE	STAGO 204CD
$16.50 PREORDER RELEASE DATE: 3/28/2025 Volumes 13 and 14 of the popular Exotic Blues & Rhythm series on one CD. A total of 27 danceable gems from the late '50s and early '60s. As usual, a wonderful mixture of melancholy popcorn dancers, rhythm & blues with an exotic twist and a few instrumental titty-shakers. Featuring Tal Miller, Little Walter, The Rhythm Addicts, The Vampires, Art Neville, Renato Carosone, The Masonics, Albert King, Tommy Brown, Earl Craig & The Down Beats, Lou Monte, The Eloise Trio, Simple Choice, Pat Patterson, Howlin Wolf, Carl Simmons Orchestra, Silas Hogan, Dennis Roberts, Billy Mure & His Orchestra, High School Hell Cats, The Vigilantes, Dave Bartholomew, Bobby Williams, Chico Chism & The Jetanairs, Shakey Jake, The Volcanos, Johnny Duke, and Pat Patterson.

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VA	Slow Grind Fever 11	LP	STAG-O-LEE	STAGO 198LP
$30.50 PREORDER RELEASE DATE: 3/28/2025 Eleventh volume of this great series (and Stag-O-Lee bestseller) with decelerated R&B/soul/exotica songs, as they are played once a month in a club in Melbourne/Australia. At midnight on the last Saturday of every month, a crowd of dark figures and vintage music lovers gather in a poorly lit, cigarette smoke-filled room in Melbourne to dance to these slow grinding tunes. Compiled by SGF boss Ritchie1250, who is also responsible for the liner notes. Featuring Joe And Ursula With Joe Morris And His Orchestra, Harry Belafonte, Count Basie All-Stars, Jimmy Rushing, Ivory Joe Hunter, Dinah Washington With Quincy Jones And His Orchestra, Jeri Simpson, Pete "Guitar" Lewis, Lenny Johnson, Sugar Pie Desanto, Connie Francis, The Southcoasters, The Rockbusters, Tennessee Ernie Ford, and The Everly Brothers.

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VA	The Blues Roots Of The Rolling Stones	LP	ROCK'N'BLUES	RNBLP 503LP
$20.00 PREORDER RELEASE DATE: 3/28/2025 Way back in 1962, all roads led to Dartford in Kent when a coming together of influences would result in the formation of the world's greatest rock and roll band, The Rolling Stones. Mick Jagger, the singer, and Keith Richards, lead guitarist, were both fans of early rockers Chuck Berry and Bo Diddley, whilst rhythm guitarist and harmonica player Brian Jones and pianist Ian Stewart would be immersed in the blues that were coming from Chicago, the same influences would bring the original bassist Dick Taylor and drummer Tony Chapman to the party. Featuring Muddy Waters, Gene Allison, Walter Brown, Boogaloo And The Gallant Crew, Tampa Red, Big Bill Broonzy, Jimmy Reed, Will Bradley, The King Cole Trio, and Robert Johnson.

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VA	Exotic Blues & Rhythm 14: Rat-A-Ma-Cue	LP	STAG-O-LEE	STAGO 203LP
$26.00 PREORDER RELEASE DATE: 3/28/2025 With Rat-A-Ma-Cue, Stag-O-Lee releases #14, a new volume in the fantastic Exotic Blues & Rhythm series, which already enjoys cult status among fans. As with its predecessors, the album offers 14 songs each between danceable popcorn grooves, a few titty-shakers and '50s rhythm and blues tunes -- all with an exotic flair! Featuring Pat Patterson, Howlin Wolf, Carl Simmons Orchestra, Silas Hogan, Dennis Roberts, Billy Mure & His Orchestra, High School Hell Cats, The Vigilantes, Dave Bartholomew, Bobby Williams, Chico Chism & The Jetanairs, Shakey Jake, The Volcanos, Johnny Duke, and Pat Patterson.

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VA	Stag-O-Lee Presents: Primal Beats From The Basement - For Dancers Only	LP	STAG-O-LEE	STAGO 200LP
$30.50 PREORDER RELEASE DATE: 3/28/2025 For Dancers Only is the legendary club night organized by Bill Kealey, the hard-drinking and bustling collector and hunter from Dublin. Virtually every weekend he is on the road with his 7" vinyl case, delighting the masses. As he has been doing this for a few decades now, he belongs to the absolute champions league of those who deal with rhythm & blues of the '50s and all its varieties. This is his first compilation and we claim that it is one of the best that Stag-O-Lee has ever released. Featuring Mercy Baby, Willie Nix, Schoolboy Cleve, Willie Egans, Lightnin' Hopkins And Ruth (Blues) Ames, Otis Spann, John Lee, Little Hudson, Donnie Williams, Ervin Rucker, Lonesome Lee, Willie J. Charles, Eddie King, Jimmie Raney & Slim Slaughter, Gladys Tyler, and Harmonica 'Blues King' Garris.

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VA	Buzzsaw Joint Cut 09 (Limited)	LP	STAG-O-LEE	STAGO 206LP
$30.50 PREORDER RELEASE DATE: 3/28/2025 Buzzsaw Joint is a monthly London club night fueling fans with a high-octane mix of rhythm and blues and rock and roll trash. Buzzsaw boss Fritz has also launched a Mixcloud page, featuring mixes on the theme from collectors and hunters around the globe. So it was only logical that the whole thing should also take place on vinyl and CD. Stag-O-Lee quickly found someone who thought it was a good idea. Get your ears around the wild and weird sounds of the extraordinary and inimitable Buzzsaw Joint! Cut number 9 reveals the top-secret tactics of Double Agent 7. The London-based DJ duo are regulars at music festivals and have a long-standing monthly residency at one of the capital's hottest bars, where they've made it their mission to spin '50s/'60s R&B floor fillers all night long. Not to mention their cross-border operations hitting hotspots in Berlin, Paris, New York, Los Angeles, Barcelona and Bangkok. Featuring Margaret Lewis, Billy (The Kid) Emerson, Classie Ballou, Gone All Stars, Buddy Lucas, Elroy Peace & Bow Ribbons, The Cadillacs, George Young, Johnny Chef, The Utopians, The Shondells, The Electras, Johnnie & Joe, The Pendletons, The Cleftones, and Roy Lee Johnson.

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VA	Rockinitis 05 (Limited)	LP	STAG-O-LEE	STAGO 209LP
$30.50 PREORDER RELEASE DATE: 3/28/2025 With Rockinitis, Stag-O-Lee champion electric-guitar blues from the fifties and early-sixties. Unfettered pleasure in the form of Black dance music. This fifth installment of the series may be the hottest yet. Five-stars all round for the fifth release in the Rockinitis series! These compilations highlight the raw and wild sounds of upbeat electric blues from the 1950s and early 1960s. On one side, Stag-O-Lee label chief R-Man is back with another eight dirty blues dancers to shake your hips to. Two each from killer labels like Excello, Groove, Herald and Chess/Checker. The selector on the flip is Donna Driscoll, longtime digger of heavyweight Northern Soul and R&B movers from London. Donna regularly DJs blues and soul clubs, and Mod events around the UK and abroad. No matter your mood, her selections will get you moving and grooving. Hear me now! Featuring Big Tiny Kennedy And His Orchestra, Sugar Boy Williams, Lightnin' Slim, Little Walter, Howlin Wolf, Little Sonny, Lightnin Hopkins, Sonny Terry, Billy Gayles, Jimmy Dotson, Otis Rush, The Poor Boys, Margo, Pearl Woods, Judy Clay, and Bethea And The Cap-Tans.

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VA	Trashcan Records 07: Hello Earth People (Limited)	LP	STAG-O-LEE	STAGO 211LP
$20.00 PREORDER RELEASE DATE: 3/28/2025 Stag-O-Lee presents part seven of the extremely successful Trashcan Records series, which is dedicated to obscure and forgotten vinyl treasures from the '50s and early '60s. The original 45s come from the impressive collection of Fedor, a collector and hunter from Amsterdam, who has rummaged through thousands of boxes of used vinyl at flea markets in the Dutch metropolis over the last 25 years. As usual, this release is structured thematically. Side 1 is entitled "Wacky Weirdos" and is a hodgepodge of obscure weirdness that, on the one hand, puts a smile on your face and, on the other hand, raises the question of what was allowed to be pressed onto small vinyl in these days. Side 2 is exactly what "Moody Instros" says. Instrumentals between mod jazz and rhythm and blues, from lo-fi spooky to gentle crawlers. Of course everything is mega and can't be found on any of the numerous other compilations to date. Featuring The Sound Offs, The Commanders, Angeline & Hawaii's Teen Towners, Dave S. Trio, John Bean, Mr Glob, Tony Martell, Neil Darrow, The Escapades, Mike Murray, Pearl Reaves & Paul Farano Trio, and The Desert Rats.

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