Latest additions & updates to our catalogue:

Erik Satie - Socrate / Mass For The Poor / Piano Pieces. CD. (Label: El, Cat.No: ACMEM130CD) Out of print for five decades, these recordings of Erik Satie's beautiful symphonic dramas are restored andreleased digitally for the first time. The twenty two tracks here represent some of the best classical avant garde recordings of the twentieth century. Fans of John Cage, Gary Numan, Genesis guitarist Steve Hackett and Frank Zappa should recognise some of his works as they have covered the great mans work, someone who has deservedly achieved an international fan base.	5000 Fingers Of DR. T - OST. CD. (Label: , Cat.No: ) The original soundtrack of this Dr. Seuss has been out of print for decades, this is it's CD debut. Seuss was responsible for the story,screenplay, and lyrics to a truly astonishing surrealistic children's fantasy film. A genuinely psychedelic pre-sixties film, the soundtrack (the originals are impossibly rare) is perfectly matched to the trippy images on screen.
Edgard Varese - Complete Works: Volume 1. CD. (Label: El, Cat.No: ACMEM125D) One of the founding fathers of modern music, Edgard Varese was experimenting with sound collage and sampling fifty years ago. Never previously released on compact disc, this is the album that inspired a teenage Frank Zappa; his presence is clear from The Mothers Of Invention onwards. Other disciples to his sound include Harrison Birtwistle, Pierre Boulez,John Cage, Morton Feldman, Luigi Nono, Karlheinz Stockhausen. Trackisting: IONISATION, OCTANDRE, INTEGRALES and DENSITY 21.5.	Ferrante And Teicher - Soundproof - The Sound Of Tomorrow Today!. CD. (Label: El, Cat.No: ACMEM124CD) Space age pop, exotica, bachelor pad, lounge, cocktail music, hi-fi sounds, "Sundproof" is the definitive mid-century album and (having never been re-released in any format) one of the rarest and most sought after. Mid fifties standards meet the arrangements and production of Joe Meek and the technical approach of John Cage. Twenty four tracks in total.
T-Bone Walker - Good Feelin'. CD. (Label: Shout!, Cat.No: SHOUT 37) T-Bone Walker was one of the first musicians to play electric guitar on record, and was a major player at the dawn of the R&B era, charting with the classic "Call It Stormy Monday" in 1948 and building an enviable reputation as a master blues musician and singer over four decades until his death in 1974. Released in 1970, this album was recorded with a wealth of local session players and features Manu Dibango a a guest sax player. Highly regarded at the time of it's release, it won a Grammy under the category of Best Ethnic or Traditional Recording.	Henri Rene And His Orchestra - Music For Bachelors. CD. (Label: Rev Ola, Cat.No: CRREV223) Rene was born in New York City, but his parents moved back to Germany, and Rene grew up in Berlin, studying at the Royal Academy of Music in Berlin. Returning to the U.S. in 1936 he became musical director for the international department of RCA Victor. In 1941, he formed the first continental-styled small pop orchestra in the US. In the 1950s, he returned to RCA as musical director in International, backing a variety of singing stars, such as Harry Belafonte and Eartha Kitt. This first collection of some of Rene's finest 1950s work uses one of his most famous covers.
Blind Willie Johnson - Nobody's Fault But Mine. CD. (Label: Rev Ola, Cat.No: CRREV224) Willie Johnson's life in itself reads like an early blues, blinded at age seven by his own mother in a fight with his errantfather, living as an itinerant preacher and singer, having to live in the burnt out ruin of his ramshackle house after a fire,on a wet mattress, which eventually helped kill him, pneumonia, malarial fever and syphilis being a powerful combo.This upbringing clearly fueled his career and supplied him with one of the best eerie blues howls in the business and led to him writing some of the best religious based blues of the era. This twenty three track compilation brings together magical sounds Blind Willie recorded between 1927 and 1930, including: "Jesus Make Up My Dying Bed", "Can't Nobody Hide Form God", "I'm Gonna Run To The City For Refuge." and "Trouble Will Soon Be Over."	Four Freshmen - Graduation Day. CD. (Label: El, Cat.No: ACMEM122CD) The greatest vocal group of all time. one whose influence on both contemporary jazz and rock is impossible to overestimate. It is easy to hear the Beach Boys (and any of the sixties vocal groups) in any one of these recordings. Twenty two tracks compilation featuring: "For All We Know", "I Remember You", "Someone Like You" and "Jo Ann."
Roots Of Bob Dylan - Various. CD. (Label: Snapper, Cat.No: SBLUECD043) A towering figure in American folk & popular music, there aren't really any superlatives left to describe his achievents in music and culture. This collection brings together the original versions of songs drawn from over four decades of Blues & popular recordings that Bob Dylan either recorded, or was greatly influenced by. Featuring Blind Willie McTell, Bukka White, Leadbelly, Rev. J.C. Burnett and Blind Lemon Jefferson.	Bessie Smith - Nobody Knows You When You're Down And Out. CD. (Label: Rev Ola, Cat.No: CRREV 220) Twenty two tracks from The Empress Of The Blues, a huge hit in the 1920's. Real classic blues, her recordings often featured the best backing players around, from Louis Armstrong and Joe Smith toJames P Johnson and Charlie Green. Her elaborate live shows Harlem Frolics and Mississippi Days were smash hits thoughout the decade; The Blues were in and trendy, and Bessie was at the top of her game. Her career was effectively over by 1929 due to the swing in musical fashions and a planned comeback was cut short after her death in a 1935 car crash; she was one of the many acts on the endless chitlin' circuit, in Mississippi. Top drawer emotional blues.
Sugar Chile Robinson - Go Boy Go!. CD. (Label: Rev Ola Bandstand, Cat.No: CDBAND 23) Never before on CD format, this is the complete recordings of the Detroit Dynamite, child prodigy Sugar Chile Robinson. Discovered by bandleader Frankie Carle in 1945, within a year he was asked to play a WhiteHouse party for President Harry Truman, guested with Lionel Hampton's Orchestra and appeared performing the title song in the 1946 MGM movie "No Leave, No Love". In 1949, he cut his first sides in the company of jazz veterans Leonard Bibbs and Zutty Singleton. His subsequent tours broke box-office records. His appearance at Chicago's Regal Theatre remains the biggest one-week attraction of the theatre's history,beating jazz royalty like Count Basie and Duke Ellington. By 1952, like many child stars, he just vanished from the scene. This is everything he ever made.	Smiley Lewis - Mama Don't Like It! 1950 - 56. CD. (Label: Rev Ola Bandstand, Cat.No: CRBAND 24) On the same label at the same time as Fats Domino, Smiley Lewis is perhaps the best / most unappreciated rhythm and blues singer of the era. From day one the man had hit 45s on Imperial Records, occasionally backed by such highly regarded players as Huey Smith, saxists Lee Allen, Clarence Hall, and Herb Hardesty. His best known track must be the blistering "Shame, Shame, Shame" which featured on the soundtrack to the controversial Hollywood film Baby Doll. Thirty three tracks, all remastered and packaged with rare memorabilia and detailed notes. Some of the best 1950's New Orleans rockin' R&B around.
Roy Hamilton - Warm Soul Plus. CD. (Label: Poker, Cat.No: DECKCD104) Well-known for the many pop/ gospel/R&B hits that he recorded for Epic in the 50s/60s, this is his first album for MGM in 1963 "Warm Soul" after the hits had dried up but his fan base feel is his recording peak. Also included as a bonus are the seven MGM singles that were originally released from 1963 - 1965. Warm Soul is re-issued here for the first time and is in part, a showcase of many fine MOR ballads which are complemented in turn by some gorgeous gospel and soul recordings.	Little Richard - Explosive Little Richard, Plus. CD. (Label: Demon / Edsel, Cat.No: EDSS 1016) This rare album was recorded by the rock n roll legend for the Okeh label in 1968. The eleven track original LP is sought after by Nothern Soul ethusiasts and has been expanded with six bonus numbers, including Richard's version of "Hound Dog" and "Get Down With It" (later made famous by Slade) recorded by Norman Smith at Abbey Road.

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