Hi all!  Ray is away again this week on a well deserved break so its the two of us again. Lots to announce so Ill keep this part short. Have a good read below! 

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First up is an instore thats very close. This Friday in fact. Its the one and only Caoilian Sherlock with the amazing Tessa Rose Jackson! 

People. They released a (sad) duet a little while ago and its as earwormy as it get. One of the songs you wake up with in your head and go to bed still humming it. 

Kicks off at 6pm this Friday the 8th and its free entry

Heres the track “Sad Duet”: https://youtu.be/-iqJKZ5Zvyw?si=-SDB5XtRXYQsmTQh

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Releases for the 8th of August include…

• America – Hearts CD
• As December Falls – Everything’s On Fire But I’m Fine new album 15th Aug
• Avenged Sevenfold ‘City of Evil (20th Anniversary Edition)’ ( 15th Aug )
• BABYMETAL – METAL FORTH new album
• Buddy Guy & Junior Wells – Philadelphia 1983 2CD set
• Calvin Harris – Motion LP reissue
• Candlemass – Candlemass reissues
• Cass McCombs ‘Interior Live Oak’ 15th Aug
• Chicago – Chicago IX: Greatest Hits Expanded 
• Craig David – Commitment new album
• Edge Of Sanity – Crimson II (Re-issue)
• Ethel Cain – Willoughby Tucker, I’ll Always Love You new album
• Fairport Convention –  Glady’s Leap reissues
• Fleetwood Mac – Fleetwood Mac bluray
• For Those I Love – Carving The Stone brand new album
• Good Charlotte – Motel Du Cap new album
• Gracie Abrams – minor (5 year anniversary release) 

• Groove Armada – Goodbye Country (Hello Country) vinyl reissue 3 LP set
• Harry Nilsson – Duit On Mon Dei / Sandman CD
• Hayes Carll – We’re Only Human new album
• Jerry Lee Lewis ‘Killer In Stereo: Cold, Cold Heart (Remastered 2024)’ 15th Aug
• John Cale ‘MIXology (Volume 1)’
• John McLaughlin & The 4th Dimension – Live at Montreux Jazz Festival 2022 2LP Black vinyl gatefold sleeve or 2 CD/Blu Ray
• Jonas Brothers – Greetings From Your Hometown new album
• MF Doom – Born Like This vinyl reissue of final studio album
• mgk – lost americana new album
• Nightingale – The Closing Chronicles (Re-issue)
• Rhoda Dakar – Version Girl In Dub 
• RZA as Bobby Digital – Digi Snacks vinyl reissue
• Sleeping With Sirens reissues
• Songs:Ohia – Impala vinyl reissue
• The Black Keys – No Rain, No Flowers new album
• The Fall – Singles Live Vol.1: ’78 – ’81 
• The Heavy Heavy ‘Live’ 15th aug 
• Thievery Corporation ‘The Cosmic Game (20th Anniversary Reissue)’ 15th Aug
• Thin LIzzy – Acoustic Sessions black vinyl
• Various Artists – KPOP Demon Hunters (Sountrack From Netflix Film) 
• Various Artists – Stax Revue: Live In ’65! 

Next bit to announce is is a nice one. For fans of For Those I Love, he’ll be here on Saturday the 9th at 2PM. To get entry to this one ye’ll have to pick one of the options here on our website. He’ll be signing records and having a chat so will be a nice afternoon in the shop!

Releases for the 15th of August are

• Alison Goldfrapp – Flux new album
• Aphex Twin ‘Selected Ambient Works Volume II (Expanded Edition)’ 3 CD ( 22nd Aug)
• Avenged Sevenfold ‘City of Evil (20th Anniversary Edition)’ 
• Bdrmm – Bedroom (HU5 Edition) vinyl
• Between The Buried And Me – The Blue Nowhere new album
• Billie Eilish – HIT ME HARD AND SOFT  1ST anniversary reissue on Blue and Orange Splatter LP
• Billy Idol – Don’t Stop LP reissue
• Billy Idol – Whiplash Smile LP reissue
• Billy Idol – Charmed Life LP reissue
• Cannibal Corpse – Eaten Back To Life / Lilac Red Splatter Vinyl
• Cass McCombs ‘Interior Live Oak’ 
• Coldplay – A Head Full of Dreams LP Clear Vinyl Eco Record
• Coldplay – A Rush of Blood to the Head LP Clear Vinyl Eco Record
• Coldplay – Everyday Life  2 LP Clear Vinyl Eco Record
• Coldplay – Ghost Stories LP Clear Vinyl Eco Record
• Coldplay – Music Of The Spheres LP Clear Vinyl Eco Record
• Coldplay – Mylo Xyloto LP Clear Vinyl Eco Record
• Coldplay – Parachutes LP Clear Vinyl Eco Record
• Coldplay – Viva La Vida or Death and All His Friends  LP Clear Vinyl Eco Record
• Coldplay – X&Y  2 LP Clear Vinyl Eco Record
• Conan Gray – wishbone new album
• Deep Purple – ‘Made in Japan 50 (DLX 2025 Mix) 

• Doc Pomus – You Can’t Hip A Square: The Doc Pomus Songwriting Demos 6CD Set 
• FRANK TURNER – Show 3000 2CD
• James Yorkston ‘Songs for Nina and Johanna’ new album ( 22nd Aug)
• Lee Morgan – The Procrastinator (Classic Vinyl Series) 
• Mac DeMarco ‘Guitar’ brand new album ( 22nd Aug)
• Maroon 5 – love is like new album
• Marissa Nadler – New Radiations new album
• Mazzy Star – So Tonight That I Might See LP reissue ….this is the note next to it on the sales sheet:
• Molly Tuttle – So Long Little Miss Sunshine new album
• Niall Horan – Heartbreak weather 5th anniversary editions
• OneRepublic – ONEREPUBLIC: The Collection 
• Orbital ‘Orbital (The Brown Album)’ Vinyl Repress ( 22nd Aug)
• Pretenders – The Singles 
• Rise Against – Ricochet new album
• Robert Jon & The Wreck ‘Heartbreaks & Last Goodbyes’ new album
• Steps – Step One vinyl reissue
• Steps – Steptacular vinyl reissue
• Steps – Buzz vinyl reissue
• The Cranberries – No Need To Argue 30th anniversary versions of this classic
• The Rocky Horror Picture Show – The Rocky Horror Picture Show: 50th Anniversary / Red & Gold Vinyl
• Thievery Corporation ‘The Cosmic Game (20th Anniversary Reissue)’ 
• Tom Grennan – Everywhere I Went, Led Me to Where I Didn’t Want to Be new album
• UFO – no place to run reissues
• Van Halen – Balance deluxe reissues 
• Various Artists – The Best Soft Rock Album ITW…Ever! 
• Wayne Shorter – The Soothsayer (Classic Vinyl) 

Ray left a note before he left for Kerry. Heres what he said: 

Hi folks

Im writing this little piece on Sunday afternoon for the lads to put in the newsletter weds coming before i head off for a few days in Kerry. This is not a political piece, its simply a humanitarian piece. I have never mentioned this on these pages before but its to the forefront of my mind most days…Gaza.

Im sure a lot of you like me are just completely horrified and numbed by what is going on

there. It really is hard to fathom in a modern society. A man made famine. Not too dissimilar

to what happened in our own country 170 years ago. How is this allowed to happen? Im sure you feel rather helpless about it as I do.

My dear friend Mick (Monk) who is with us most Fridays of the year (some of you know him as

sandals!) and his daughter Jess have over the last few months been supporting families directly in Gaza. Jess got in contact via the internet months back now and has built relationships with numerous families over in Gaza. Some of these families have tragic rips in their family units now. 

We here have supported Mick and Jess’s project a few times over the last few

months, ah sure its getting really critical there now. We are putting it up on the newsletter if

folks want to donate 10 or 20 euro or whatever they can. Don’t buy a record next week or

whatever it takes. A donation would be brilliant… 

I can vouch for Mick and Jess 100 million percent, your donation will make a difference to some families over in Gaza. 

Here is Jess with a few words and the link to donate…xx

“Hi all, my name is Jess, and many of you know my Dad Mick Monk, a regular in Music Zone. I just want to take a moment to tell you about the work I am doing to get food and clean water directly to displaced families in Gaza.

Many of you will be aware that Gaza is facing a man-made famine. Scarcity means the price of basics is astronomical. Flour costs up to $50 per kilo, and a family needs $100+ a day to survive. There is also a severe cash scarcity. Every cash withdrawal is charged up to 52% in commission. People simply can’t afford basics, and are drinking salt water to appease hunger.

The aid that gets in is minimal and immediately looted by armed gangs working with the occupation and sold back to people at unaffordable prices. Those who can’t afford food are forced to go to distribution sites where massacres take place every day.

Standard organizations can’t distribute supplies, so grassroots aid is critical. I am in touch with friends and contacts there daily and I work with my contacts and others supporting families to supply basic needs and send messages of support. Any donations make a huge difference and bring hope”

Donate: https://www.paypal.com/donate/?business=ZRD8SDJGP59W8&no_recurring=0&item_name=Donate+to+help+Displaced+Families+in+Gaza+&currency_code=USD

Email: jmonkjem@gmail.com

Back to Ray here now. Can I ask ye as well as donating could ye share around on yer social

media stuffs as well please. (Cheeky monkey i know) whats 20 quid?Please please xx

Adam here again. Great cause folks so please give what you can and a little of what you cant. The fact its gone on so long is our greatest failure as a planet… 

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Onto the week of the 22nd of August 

Oasis – Complete Studio Album Collection / Box Set 8CD

• Billy Strings, Bryan Sutton – Live At The Legion (Double Black Vinyl)
• Deftones – private music (Indies Vinyl/Indies CD/CD)
• Duran Duran – Greatest (Black Vinyl)
• Kingfishr – Halcyon (Indies Cream Vinyl/Black Vinyl/CD)

• Wolf Alice – The Clearing (Indies Cream/Black Vinyl/CD)

• Rudimental – Rudim3ntal (Vinyl/CD)
• Signs of the Swarm – To Rid Myself Of Truth (Silver Vinyl)
• Tyler the Creator – Cherry Bomb: 10th Anniversary (CD/Trans Blue Vinyl/Alt Cover Blue Vinyl)

Electronic – Raise The Pressure & Twisted Tenderness Reissues (2LP Black Vinyl)

• Billy Joel – Greatest Hits Volume I & II (Double Black Vinyl)
• Annie Lennox – The Annie Lennox Collection (Double Black Vinyl)
• Annie Lennox – Songs of Mass Destruction (Black Vinyl)

• Laufey – A Matter of Time (CD/ Blue LP+7”/Indies “Autumn LP+7”/CASS)
• King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard – King Gizzard – Live in Miami ’24 (Triple Gatefold Splatter Vinyl)
• Eric Clapton – Clapton Chronicles: The Best Of (Black & White Splatter Vinyl)
• Greg Freeman – Burnover (Indie Opaque White LP/CD/CASS)
• Greg Freeman – I Looked Out (Green Vinyl)

The Who – Live at the Oval 1971 (CD/2 LP)

With 35,000 in attendance, on September 18, 1971 The Who headlined Goodbye Summer: A Rock Concert in aid of Famine Relief for the People of Bangladesh at The Oval cricket ground in Kennington, south London. Newly mixed from the original 8-track analog multi-track tapes, this concert shows The Who continuing their dominance as the top live rock band of the era. The outstanding performance culminates in Pete Townshend and Keith Moon destroying their equipment in a grand finale.

• Caravan – The Shows Of Ours… Live (10LP Deluxe Boxset)

• The Beach Boys – Greatest Hits Live Broadcast Collection (2CD)
• Bob Dylan & Tom Petty – Live in Australia 1986 (CD)
• David Bowie & Nine Inch Nails – Live ’95 (2 CD)
• The Police – Gateshead 1982: The Complete Broadcast (2CD set)
• The Police – Gateshead 1982: The Complete Broadcast (3LP set)
• Nine Inch Nails – Alive As You Need Me To Be (7” Single)
• John Fogerty – Legacy: the Creedence Clearwater Revival years (Retail Exclusive/Black LP/CD)

Miles Davis – Miles ’55: The Prestige Recordings (2CD/3LP)

• Chris Stapleton – Traveller (10 Year Anniversary) (Coloured LP/Indies Coloured LP)

• Jon Batiste – BIG MONEY (Indies Blue LP/Black LP/CD)
• Kenny Burrell – Kenny Burrell  (OJC Series LP)
• Frank Wess, John Coltrane, Paul Quinichette – Wheelin’ And Dealin’ (OJC Series LP)

The Smashing Pumpkins – Machina/The Machines Of God 25th Anniversary (CD/2LP)

CD – 25th anniversary edition. Newly remastered CD reissue of this Pumpkins’ classic. Includes “The Everlasting Gaze,” “Stand Inside Your Love” and “Try, Try, Try.”

2LP – 25th anniversary edition. Newly remastered 180g vinyl reissue of this Pumpkins’ classic. Includes “The Everlasting Gaze,” “Stand Inside Your Love” and “Try, Try, Try.”

Then from Integral on the 29th we have:

• Jehnny Beth – You Heartbreaker, You (CD/INDIES LP)
• Jacques Brel – À la radio (Vinyl)
• The Hives – The Hives Forever Forever The Hives (CD/Black LP/Gold LP)
• Eiko Ishibashi & Jim O’Rourke – Pareidolia (Black Vinyl)
• Armin van Buuren – Breathe (CD/Black Vinyl)

Thats all from me folks so Ill hand ye over to Shane. Hope to see ye at Caoilian & Tessa! 

Thanks, Adam!
Hi all, hope ye’re all ok as can be.

It’s coming out on October 17th on CD or Vinyl! In my opinion, in the top 3 Irish albums of the last decade. We played the hell out of it in-store around release time. Brilliant hooks and lyrics. And their voices really compliment each other on it. To hear it live here with crowd reactions/interactions will be very cool.
Here’s a bit more info on it:
“July 28In late February 2020, Mick Flannery and Susan O’Neill took to the stage of The Late Late Show in Ireland fora striking performance of their standout song, “Baby Talk” released the following week. What began as a one-off collaboration quickly sparked a creative connection between the two artists, one that would evolve into something much greater.

Soon after, Mick and Susan began writing and recording together, ultimately crafting a full album of original material. The result was In the Game, released in September 2021 to widespread acclaim. The record debuted atNo. 1 on the Irish Independent Albums Chart, remained in or near the Top 20 for several weeks, and went on to become the biggest-selling album in Ireland by a non-major label that year.

They tookIn the Game on the road throughout 2022, touring extensively across Europe and North America.Their live shows captivated audiences, with the album’s songs forming the backbone of a moving, timelessnarrative—about musicianship, love, struggle, and life onand off the stage. Over time, In the Game has becomea cherished album, continuing to resonate with listeners both in Ireland and abroad.

Now, five years on from that first performance, a live record captured across a series of shows from 2021 to2025—will be released this October, accompanied by a nationwide Irish tour and select UK dates.”

Here’s that Late Late Show performance: https://youtu.be/i5htWVUruxM?si=9nVm572b6dQW1wLz

Will be a great one to get. And it’s very reasonable too.

Here’s everything else (sorry if we missed bits this week, Ray usually sends us more stuff when he’s here):

• THE CLASH – Hits Back – 3 LP Compilation reissue – 29/8/25
• BLOOD ORANGE – Essex Honey – new album – CD or 2 LP – 29/8/25
• STONE ROSES – Turns Into Stone – reissue – 2 LP – 29/8/25
• OPETH – Blackwater Park – reissue – 2 LP – 29/8/25
• WILLIE NELSON – Red Headed Stranger: 50th Anniversary – Gold Vinyl – 29/8/25
• JEAN-MICHEL JARRE – Live in Bratislava – 2 CD, Blue Ray or Ultimate Collector’s Box Set
• RYAN ADAMS – Ashes and Fire – reissue – Vinyl LP – 5/9/25
• PARADISE LOST – One Second – Anniversary Reissue – 2 LP – 5/9/25
• LAURA MVULA – Sing to the Moon – 2 LP reissue – 5/9/25
• MIMI WEBB – Confessions – new album – CD, LP or indies Clear & Blue Vinyl – 12/9/25
• SLEEP TOKEN – Even in Arcadia – coloured repress – Indies ‘hint of’ Blue Vinyl – 19/9/25
• VARIOUS – The Hits Album: Later 70s – 3 CD – 19/9/25
• ZARA LARSSON – Midnight Sun – new album – CD or LP – 26/9/25
• BEAT (Steve Vai, Danny Carey, Adrian Bellew, Tony Levin) – Live – 2 CD+Blu Ray, 3 CD+ Blu Ray/Artbook or 3 LP Coloured Vinyl – 26/9/25
• SPINAL TAP – The End Continues – CD or Limited Black Vinyl – 12/9/25

Last but not least, there’s a brand new album from JEFF TWEEDY of Wilco, and it’s massive! It’s called ‘Twilight Override‘. out September 26th on 3 CD or 3 LP.
Here’s a bit more infor about it:
“Arriving five years after 2020’s “surreal and acutely felt” (New York Times) pandemic-era reflection, Love Is The King, Twilight Override is an intentional, sprawling three disc album, a testament to creativity in the face of overwhelming darkness. Recorded and self-produced by Tweedy at his Chicago studio, The Loft, with engineering and mixing from Tom Schick, Twilight Override features Chicago-based friends and family: James Elkington, Sima Cunningham, Macie Stewart, Liam Kazar, and Tweedy’s children Spencer and Sammy.

The three chapters of Twilight Override stand alone, but together, they tell a story of the past, present, and future. Each of today’s singles is picked from one of the discs comprising Twilight Override, offering a peek at the musical and thematic range to come.”
Here’s one of the singles:
https://youtu.be/uqnWfHkCPT8?si=AK7ij715OwucpU2p

Think that’s all from us this week.

Thanks a mill for listening as always.
Shane, Adam Og, Mia and Ray from hols

Hi folks

Hope all is well with ye.

Thanks to those of ye in for SODA BLONDE, it was a lovely instore and they were lovely to deal with … .thanks to Ger for his ( free)  photography as usual!!

Releases in the siopa for this Friday the 1st August include

• A Certain Ratio ‘Live in America’ ( 8th Aug )
• Buena Vista Social Club – Original Broadway Cast of Buena Vista Social Club CD
• Cian Ducrot – Little Dreaming CD
• CRY BEFORE DAWN – OPEN WATER EP
• David Bowie – Glastonbury 2000  3LP 3 x 140g Black Vinyl

• Elvis Presley – Sunset Boulevard boxset or 2LP
• Gordi ‘Like Plasticine’ white vinyl ( 8th Aug)
• Groove Armada – Black Light vinyl reissue
• Horace Silver – The Tokyo Blues (Tone Poet) 
• In Flames – Whoracle LP Transparent Yellow Vinyl
• Jackie McLean – Jacknife (Tone Poet) 
• John Cale ‘MIXology (Volume 1)’ ( 8th Aug) 
• Magdalena Bay –  mini mix vol. 1-3 / Iridescent Blue Vinyl (Indies)
• Marianne Faithfull –  Cast Your Fate To The Wind 6 CD Boxset or 2LP set
• Marianne Faithfull – Marianne Faithfull LP reissue
• Marianne Faithfull –  Come My Way LP reissue
• Marianne Faithfull – North Country Maid LP reissue
• Marianne Faithfull –  Loveinamist LP reissue
• Mark Ronson – Uptown Special vinyl reissue
• Mark Ronson –  Version vinyl reissue
• Morgan Wade – The Party Is Over new album
• Pet Shop Boys – CD catologue reissues 6 of them
• Reneé Rapp – BITE ME new album
• Richard Hawley – Coles Corner: 20th Anniversary  
• Roger Waters – This is Not a Drill live album

• Snarky Puppy –  We Like It Here: Remixed + Remastered + Reimagined 
• The Pretty Things – The Pretty Things Transparent Yellow & Red Vinyl
• Various Artists – Ambient & Chill Lounge 2CD
• Various Artists – Scott Pilgrim Vs. The World (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) Red Vinyl
• Various Artists –  Mamma Mia – Original Cast Recording vinyl
• Various Artists ‘Sun Records Sings Elvis Presley’

The Cry before Dawn EP is out this Friday as flagged above….there is a beautiful splattered vinyl version, blk vinyl or cd available.

They are playing on Tuesday night the 5th of August in the Crane lane, we are running it with the lads in the band  and the Crane … .doors are 7pm for the show on the 5th Aug….its to launch the EP here in Cork.

To gain access to the show, all you need to do is buy the splatter or black vinyl or the cd and this will get you into the Cork launch …links here or  on the site or just drop into us Friday or Saturday and we will sort it

Its a really good EP if you were a fan of this band back in the day…a real return to top form

Heres the newest tune from the EP

Peace and Freedom

Spread the word people please!!

Releases then for the 8th of August include…

• America – Hearts CD
• As December Falls – Everything’s On Fire But I’m Fine new album 15th Aug
• Avenged Sevenfold ‘City of Evil (20th Anniversary Edition)’ ( 15th Aug )
• BABYMETAL – METAL FORTH new album
• Buddy Guy & Junior Wells – Philadelphia 1983 2CD set
• Calvin Harris – Motion LP reissue
• Candlemass – Candlemass reissues
• Cass McCombs ‘Interior Live Oak’ 15th Aug
• Chicago – Chicago IX: Greatest Hits Expanded 
• Craig David – Commitment new album
• Edge Of Sanity – Crimson II (Re-issue)
• Ethel Cain – Willoughby Tucker, I’ll Always Love You new album
• Fairport Convention –  Glady’s Leap reissues
• Fleetwood Mac – Fleetwood Mac bluray
• For Those I Love – Carving The Stone brand new album

• Good Charlotte – Motel Du Cap new album
• Gracie Abrams – minor (5 year anniversary release) 
• Groove Armada – Goodbye Country (Hello Country) vinyl reissue 3 LP set
• Harry Nilsson – Duit On Mon Dei / Sandman CD
• Hayes Carll – We’re Only Human new album
• Jerry Lee Lewis ‘Killer In Stereo: Cold, Cold Heart (Remastered 2024)’ 15th Aug
• John Cale ‘MIXology (Volume 1)’
• John McLaughlin & The 4th Dimension – Live at Montreux Jazz Festival 2022 2LP Black vinyl gatefold sleeve or 2 CD/Blu Ray
• Jonas Brothers – Greetings From Your Hometown new album
• MF Doom – Born Like This vinyl reissue of final studio album
• mgk – lost americana new album
• Nightingale – The Closing Chronicles (Re-issue)
• Rhoda Dakar – Version Girl In Dub 
• RZA as Bobby Digital – Digi Snacks vinyl reissue
• Sleeping With Sirens reissues
• Songs:Ohia – Impala vinyl reissue
• The Black Keys – No Rain, No Flowers new album
• The Fall – Singles Live Vol.1: ’78 – ’81 
• The Heavy Heavy ‘Live’ 15th aug 
• Thievery Corporation ‘The Cosmic Game (20th Anniversary Reissue)’ 15th Aug
• Thin LIzzy – Acoustic Sessions black vinyl

• Various Artists – KPOP Demon Hunters (Sountrack From Netflix Film) 
• Various Artists – Stax Revue: Live In ’65! 

FOR THOSE I LOVE return with a new album “ carving the stone” on Friday 8th August.

The debut album from “ for those i love” ( the musical project of Dave Balfe) won the Choice Irish album of the year in 2021 or maybe 2022.

So Dave ( FOR THOSE I LOVE) returns with his second record, there is an Irish only pressing on Orange vinyl, and a CD.

FOR THOSE I LOVE will be in the shop on Saturday 9th of August @ 2 pm for a meet and greet and to sign copies of the new album ( no performance this time) for anyone who wants one signed…..if you cant make it and want a signed copy then buy it from the site or let us know and we will get it sorted for you.

Here is the newest tune from the new record….the lad is a modern day Irish poet in fairness to him…. Big Bohs fan i think  but we wont hold that against him…will get a very warm welcome here in the siopa….delighted to have him down … .sorry the new tune is here now…

For Those I Love – Mirror (Visualiser)

Its a bank holiday weekend folks … .(winters nearly here as well)….so we are closed Monday the bank holiday.

I hope to be on a week’s hols next week so I may not be here at all or may be in and out a little bit.

Adams’ very dear grandfather is very unwell at the moment.

Main week for this week is releases for the 15th of August so if you like the look of anything then please shout!

• Alison Goldfrapp – Flux new album
• Aphex Twin ‘Selected Ambient Works Volume II (Expanded Edition)’ 3 CD ( 22nd Aug)
• Avenged Sevenfold ‘City of Evil (20th Anniversary Edition)’ 
• Bdrmm – Bedroom (HU5 Edition) vinyl
• Between The Buried And Me – The Blue Nowhere new album
• Billie Eilish – HIT ME HARD AND SOFT  1ST anniversary reissue on Blue and Orange Splatter LP

• Billy Idol – Don’t Stop LP reissue
• Billy Idol – Whiplash Smile LP reissue
• Billy Idol – Charmed Life LP reissue
• Cannibal Corpse – Eaten Back To Life / Lilac Red Splatter Vinyl
• Cass McCombs ‘Interior Live Oak’ 
• Coldplay – A Head Full of Dreams LP Clear Vinyl Eco Record
• Coldplay – A Rush of Blood to the Head LP Clear Vinyl Eco Record
• Coldplay – Everyday Life  2 LP Clear Vinyl Eco Record
• Coldplay – Ghost Stories LP Clear Vinyl Eco Record
• Coldplay – Music Of The Spheres LP Clear Vinyl Eco Record
• Coldplay – Mylo Xyloto LP Clear Vinyl Eco Record
• Coldplay – Parachutes LP Clear Vinyl Eco Record
• Coldplay – Viva La Vida or Death and All His Friends  LP Clear Vinyl Eco Record
• Coldplay – X&Y  2 LP Clear Vinyl Eco Record

( note re the Coldplay LP reissues above….in fairness, a lot of these are very well priced for todays market)

• Conan Gray – wishbone new album
• Deep Purple – ‘Made in Japan 50 (DLX 2025 Mix) 
• Doc Pomus – You Can’t Hip A Square: The Doc Pomus Songwriting Demos 6CD Set 
• FRANK TURNER – Show 3000 2CD
• James Yorkston ‘Songs for Nina and Johanna’ new album ( 22nd Aug)
• Lee Morgan – The Procrastinator (Classic Vinyl Series) 
• Mac DeMarco ‘Guitar’ brand new album ( 22nd Aug)

Here is a tune from it….the wonderful Mac is back

Mac DeMarco – Home

• Maroon 5 – love is like new album
• Marissa Nadler – New Radiations new album
• Mazzy Star – So Tonight That I Might See LP reissue ….this is the note next to it on the sales sheet:

MAZZY STAR IS ONLY OPEN TO ACCOUNTS REGISTERED FOR RSD – STOCK IS LIMITED ( cant promise this to anyone)

• Molly Tuttle – So Long Little Miss Sunshine new album

• Niall Horan – Heartbreak weather 5th anniversary editions
• OneRepublic – ONEREPUBLIC: The Collection 
• Orbital ‘Orbital (The Brown Album)’ Vinyl Repress ( 22nd Aug)
• Pretenders – The Singles 
• Rise Against – Ricochet new album
• Robert Jon & The Wreck ‘Heartbreaks & Last Goodbyes’ new album
• Steps – Step One vinyl reissue
• Steps – Steptacular vinyl reissue
• Steps – Buzz vinyl reissue
• The Cranberries – No Need To Argue 30th anniversary versions of this classic
• The Rocky Horror Picture Show – The Rocky Horror Picture Show: 50th Anniversary / Red & Gold Vinyl
• Thievery Corporation ‘The Cosmic Game (20th Anniversary Reissue)’ 
• Tom Grennan – Everywhere I Went, Led Me to Where I Didn’t Want to Be new album
• UFO – no place to run reissues
• Van Halen – Balance deluxe reissues 
• Various Artists – The Best Soft Rock Album ITW…Ever! 
• Wayne Shorter – The Soothsayer (Classic Vinyl) 

Got a tip from one of the reps earlier today…Greg Freeman….mean anything people?

It didnt to me either….but rep sent a link to the album which i must say really did grab my attention….MJ Lend vibes definitely going on, Mount Eerie also ( but not as dark)….really really enjoyed it….i dont think Greg is well known ( yet) just 500 subscribers on youtube but this is definitely worth a little bit of attention i think….here is a tune….rep says he has a couple of signed lyric books available to us…only a couple i think….its available on CD, LP and indies LP

Shout if it grabs your attention

Greg Freeman – Curtain (Official Video)

Going to hand ye over to Shane now as he takes ye down the road as usual ( it was a messy one for us all today)

Sound, Ray!
Hello y’all! Hope yere having a good week.
Yeah, Ray, a messy one alright. We’re getting way more jobs to do this year. Pre-orders, listening party links, promo things, chart approval and things like that.
It’s good that there’s a buzz about the shop but it can be a tad more stressful than it used to be.

Here’s the list of everything else for ye:

• LED ZEPPELIN – Live EP – CD or Vinyl – 12/9/25
• LED ZEPPELIN – Physical Graffiti: 50th Anniversary Deluxe Edition – 3 LP + Poster – 12/9/25
• DAVID GILMOUR – The Luck and Strange Concerts – 2 CD, 4 LP, 3 DVD or 2 Blu Ray versions – 17/10/25
• BJORK – Cornucopia Live – 3 LP Vinyl – 17/10/25 ( there are DVD and Blu Ray versions of this available too but we didn’t get a chance to put them up as well. So if anyone interested in those just let us know, we can order.)
• JOHNNY MARR – Look Out Live! – 2 CD or 2 LP – 19/9/25
• WE ARE SCIENTISTS – With Love and Squalor – expanded reissue – 2 LP pink and red vinyl – 10/10/25
• STRAY KIDS (KPOP) – Karma – new album – 4 different CD versions or Clear ‘Sapphire’ Vinyl – mystery packaging – 22/8/25
• PETER HAMILL – The Charisma & Virgin Recordings 1971-1986 – 18 CD/Blu Ray Set – 26/9/25
• OMD – Crush: 40th Anniversary Deluxe – 2 CD or 2 LP – 10/10/25
• FOUR TET – Into Dust (Still Falling) – new single – 12 inch Vinyl – 5/9/25
• THE ANTLERS – Blight – new album – CD, Clear Vinyl or indies Blue and Green 2 LP – 10/10/25

Before I go, here’s a short vid of the CRY BEFORE DAWN EP getting pressed in Anthem Vinyl:
https://www.instagram.com/reel/DMkzUhaMh9O/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link&igsh=MzRlODBiNWFlZA==

Slán

Thanks Shane

Sin e for this week folks

Thanks for listening as usual

Ray, Shane, Adam Og and Mia

Hi folks

Hope all is well enough folks, 

Ozzy has left us….a great character, Sabbath and Oz had a huge influence on so many.

Edmundo ( a regular with us) was in Villa Park just a couple of weeks back to see him….Ozzy managed four songs….im fairly sure he knew the end was very near …recent boxset named “ see you on the other side”…it was like a religious experience i was told ( the gig in Birmingham)

Rest in Peace Ozzy , one of a kind

Black Sabbath ~ War Pigs

Releases for the 25th of July  include…

• Alice Cooper – The Revenge Of Alice Cooper brand new studio album
• Alison Krauss – Now That I’ve Found You: A Collection LP reissue
• Behemoth – Demigod reissues
• Benny Golson – Gone With Golson 180g LP–  Original Jazz Classics series
• Black Sabbath – The Eternal Idol (2025 Remaster)
• Bruce Dickinson – More Balls To Picasso remastered/upgraded reissues
• Cal Tjader – Amazonas (Jazz Dispensary Top Shelf Series) 1LP, 180G BLACK, tip on jacket  
• Cory Hanson ‘I Love People’ new album
• David Gray – White Ladder (Remastered) vinyl
• Devon Allman with Jimmy Hall, Larry McCray, Sierra Green – The Blues Summit NEW album
• D:Ream – Do It Anyway 
• Dr. Feelgood – vinyl and cd reissues
• EELS ‘Electro-Shock Blues’ (Release Date 25th July 2025) 
• Elton John – Live from the Rainbow Theatre with Ray Cooper
• Gary Numan – A Perfect Circle (Live at OVO Arena Wembley) 2 CD or 3 LP
• Horslips – At The BBC 
• Hot Chocolate – Every 1’s a Winner 
• Jimmie Vaughan – Do You Get The Blues? CD
• John Lee Hooker – Boom Boom reissues
• Ken McIntyre, Eric Dolphy – Looking Ahead 180g LP– Original Jazz Classics Series
• King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard – King Gizzard – Live in Las Vegas ’24 / Triple Gatefold Red / Blue / & Yellow Splatter Vinyl

• Knocked Loose – A Tear In The Fabric of Life EP / Clear Vinyl w Blood Red & Black Splatter
• Luciano Pavarotti – Puccini: Madama Butterfly 
• Madonna – Veronica Electronica LP 140g Silver Vinyl
• MARINA – Froot 2LP 2 x 140g Red ECO Vinyl 
• Mazzy Star – She Hangs Brightly LP reissues
• Mazzy Star – Among My Swan LP reissues
• Patty Griffin – Crown of Roses new album
• Paul McCartney – Amoeba Gig 1CD (SHM-CD)
• Paul McCartney – Chaos And Creation In The Backyard 1CD (SHM-CD)
• Paul McCartney – Flaming Pie 1CD (SHM-CD)
• Paul McCartney – New 1CD (SHM-CD)
• Paul McCartney – Paul Is Live 1CD (SHM-CD)
• Paul Weller – Find El Dorado  
• Songs: Ohia – Impala vinyl reissue
• Sufjan Stevens – Exploding Whale 7”
• SZA – SOS Deluxe: Lana 2 CD or 4xGreen Vinyl
• Talking Heads – More Songs About Buildings And Food deluxe reissues
• Tyler Childers – Snipe Hunter new album
• Various Artists – Clueless OST LP reissue
• Various Artists – Lilo & Stitch OST LP
• Various – Millenium #1’s 3 CD set

Well well well, i work from home on Mondays and was back in the shop yesterday morning about 20 minutes id say and who is in,  only “Tipp lad”….we see him about twice a year and he only has money once every couple of years, but i see him 36 hours after the final whistle….uncanny!!

Only messing Tipp lad….as i said to him, it must be the sweetest and one of the greatest All Irelands Tipp has ever won….it is in my living memory anyway….and do you know what, fair feckin play to them , fully deserved, fully fully deserved, its there to be won and they reached out and grabbed it.

This Cork team has given us great days again this year and have to pick themselves up now again … .really tough few days and weeks ahead for these young lads … .but going again is the only answer. That’s sport.

Anyhoo, congrats my Tipp friends, fully deserved and no complaints here, better team by far won the match. I don’t think it gets any sweeter than that one. Well done.

Releases in the shop then for Friday August 1 include….

• A Certain Ratio ‘Live in America’ ( 8th Aug )
• Buena Vista Social Club – Original Broadway Cast of Buena Vista Social Club CD
• Cian Ducrot – Little Dreaming CD
• CRY BEFORE DAWN – OPEN WATER EP
• David Bowie – Glastonbury 2000  3LP 3 x 140g Black Vinyl
• Elvis Presley – Sunset Boulevard boxset or 2LP
• Gordi ‘Like Plasticine’ white vinyl ( 8th Aug)
• Groove Armada – Black Light vinyl reissue
• Horace Silver – The Tokyo Blues (Tone Poet) 
• In Flames – Whoracle LP Transparent Yellow Vinyl
• Jackie McLean – Jacknife (Tone Poet) 

• John Cale ‘MIXology (Volume 1)’ ( 8th Aug) 
• Magdalena Bay –  mini mix vol. 1-3 / Iridescent Blue Vinyl (Indies)
• Marianne Faithfull –  Cast Your Fate To The Wind 6 CD Boxset or 2LP set
• Marianne Faithfull – Marianne Faithfull LP reissue
• Marianne Faithfull –  Come My Way LP reissue
• Marianne Faithfull – North Country Maid LP reissue
• Marianne Faithfull –  Loveinamist LP reissue
• Mark Ronson – Uptown Special vinyl reissue
• Mark Ronson –  Version vinyl reissue
• Morgan Wade – The Party Is Over new album
• Pet Shop Boys – CD catologue reissues 6 of them
• Reneé Rapp – BITE ME new album
• Richard Hawley – Coles Corner: 20th Anniversary  

• Roger Waters – This is Not a Drill live album
• Snarky Puppy –  We Like It Here: Remixed + Remastered + Reimagined 
• The Pretty Things – The Pretty Things Transparent Yellow & Red Vinyl
• Various Artists – Ambient & Chill Lounge 2CD
• Various Artists – Scott Pilgrim Vs. The World (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) Red Vinyl
• Various Artists –  Mamma Mia – Original Cast Recording vinyl
• Various Artists ‘Sun Records Sings Elvis Presley’

Really really cracking instore this Saturday coming at 4 pm when we have SODA BLONDE instore with us.

They have a new EP out “ people pleaser” and they will perform tracks from the EP and sign copies afterwards.

If cant make it in and want a signed copy, just let us know!

Here is another belter from the EP

Soda Blonde – The Saddest Thing (Official Lyric Video)

The main week we are plugging in the newsletter is for releases on the 8th of August … .if interested , shout please…

• America – Hearts CD
• As December Falls – Everything’s On Fire But I’m Fine new album 15th Aug
• Avenged Sevenfold ‘City of Evil (20th Anniversary Edition)’ ( 15th Aug )
• BABYMETAL – METAL FORTH new album
• Buddy Guy & Junior Wells – Philadelphia 1983 2CD set
• Calvin Harris – Motion LP reissue
• Candlemass – Candlemass reissues
• Cass McCombs ‘Interior Live Oak’ 15th Aug
• Chicago – Chicago IX: Greatest Hits Expanded 
• Craig David – Commitment new album
• Edge Of Sanity – Crimson II (Re-issue)
• Ethel Cain – Willoughby Tucker, I’ll Always Love You new album
• Fairport Convention –  Glady’s Leap reissues
• Fleetwood Mac – Fleetwood Mac bluray

• For Those I Love – Carving The Stone brand new album
• Good Charlotte – Motel Du Cap new album
• Gracie Abrams – minor (5 year anniversary release) 
• Groove Armada – Goodbye Country (Hello Country) vinyl reissue 3 LP set
• Harry Nilsson – Duit On Mon Dei / Sandman CD
• Hayes Carll – We’re Only Human new album
• Jerry Lee Lewis ‘Killer In Stereo: Cold, Cold Heart (Remastered 2024)’ 15th Aug
• John Cale ‘MIXology (Volume 1)’
• John McLaughlin & The 4th Dimension – Live at Montreux Jazz Festival 2022 2LP Black vinyl gatefold sleeve or 2 CD/Blu Ray
• Jonas Brothers – Greetings From Your Hometown new album
• MF Doom – Born Like This vinyl reissue of final studio album
• mgk – lost americana new album
• Nightingale – The Closing Chronicles (Re-issue)
• Rhoda Dakar – Version Girl In Dub 
• RZA as Bobby Digital – Digi Snacks vinyl reissue
• Sleeping With Sirens reissues
• Songs:Ohia – Impala vinyl reissue
• The Black Keys – No Rain, No Flowers new album

• The Fall – Singles Live Vol.1: ’78 – ’81 
• The Heavy Heavy ‘Live’ 15th aug 
• Thievery Corporation ‘The Cosmic Game (20th Anniversary Reissue)’ 15th Aug
• Thin LIzzy – Acoustic Sessions black vinyl
• Various Artists – KPOP Demon Hunters (Sountrack From Netflix Film) 
• Various Artists – Stax Revue: Live In ’65! 

Going to hand ye over to Shane now as usual as he takes ye down the road ….

Hi all, hope ye’re doing ok. Thanks, Ray!

Yes, RIP to the legend Ozzy. Sabbath created metal, for me. Tony Iommi’s doomy riffs, distortion and note choices hit different, and coupled with Ozzy’s dark lyrics, it was totally new. Iommi loved horror films of the 60s and he felt the draw would be there if mixed with music too. Ozzy was a brilliant frontman for that. A mad bastard at times. I read Nicki Sixx from Motley Crues book, and they said that Ozzy was the maddest of them all.
Great song choice above, Ray, very much rings true with the state the world is in these days.
I was in a band as a teen and we used to play that and ‘Paranoid’.
Here’s one that reminds me of listening to Kerrang TV growing up, and again poignant. RIP Ozzy, Legend: https://youtu.be/LCCiwPEdEpg?si=lpF3hI-tlNO7xa3g

First one to mention for down the road is the brand new album from The LAST DINNER PARTY – From the Pyre. There will be CD, standard LP or indies Coloured Vinyl of it. And also, we’re getting some tote bags free to anyone who pre-orders the album.

This is their second album I think. There was a buzz around the first one in the siopa. Here’s a new track from it: https://youtu.be/4T5nNmaTPEY?si=fonAoi-fUJinPESm
Bit of a peaky blinders vibe going on there. The album is out on October 17th.

Here’s the lisht of the rest coming soon:

• WHITE LIES – Night Light – new album – CD, LP or indies clear LP – 7/11/25
• BIOHAZARD – Divided We Fall – new album – CD, LP, indies orange vinyl – 17/10/25
• ROBBIE WILLIAMS – Britpop – new album – CD, Deluxe CD, LP or indies white LP – 10/10/25
• THE DELINES – Scenic Sessions: 10th Anniversary reissue – Limited ‘Coke Bottle’ Green LP – 19/9/25
• FREDDIE GIBBS & The ALCHEMIST – Alfredo 2 – new album – CD, 2 LP, Limited Coloured 2 LP w/ alt cover
• THE FALL – Seminal Live (2025 Remaster) – Yellow vinyl – 5/9/25
• KIRSTY MACCOLL – Free World: The Best Of – 2 CD – 3/10/25
• MARIAH CAREY – Here For it All – new album – CD or Coloured Vinyl – 26/9/25
• MARK KNOPFLER – Sailing to Philadelphia – 2 LP Coloured Vinyl reissue – 26/9/25
• DANIEL AVERY – Tremors – new album – CD, LP or indies red coloured LP w/ download card – 31/10/25
• ALISON GOLDFRAPP – Flux – new album – CD or Yellow Vinyl – 15/8/25
• TOM PETTY – Somewhere You Feel Free: The Making of Wildflowers – Blu Ray – 12/9/25
• LINDSEY BUCKINGHAM & STEVIE NICKS – Buckingham Nicks – reissue – CD or Baby Blue Vinyl – 19/9/25

Think that’s everything. Had a few stressful days earlier in the week. Our dog, Taylor, was sick. (We have two, Hayley and Taylor.) Swollen stomach and shivering etc. We thought the worst. Had to step out on Monday to bring her to the vet. She was given light food and some injections and it wasn’t as bad as we thought. Phew. Part of the family as I know ye understand.
Thanks to Adam for covering the few hours for me.

Anyway, slán. Might see ye at the SODA BLONDE in-store.

Thanks Shane

Glad the dog is feeling better, it might have been the match that upset her.

Sin e for this week folks

Thanks for listening as always

Ray, Shane, Adam Og and Mia

Guess who’s back, back again…Tipp are back, back again!

Now if any of you Tipp lads want to offload a couple of tickets to your Cork friends, sher ill gladly take two please, sher ye dont go to matches anyway do ye.

I love the Tipp lads who come in here to us ( most of them more Cork than Tipp really) so our love may be tested for a few days…but its all good

I’m serious about the ticket thing … .any of ye up in Leitrim or somewhere have access to a couple of tickets, id be delighted…tis frantic here for them…in the home of hurling also id say…what, what, im trying to be nice.

Hi folks

The horse looked scary and daunting the last few days but within an hour or two…was I even off the galloping horse.

Releases for this Friday the 11th July here….

• Amy Macdonald – Is This What You’ve Been Waiting For? New album
• Backstreet Boys – Millenium 2.0 – 25th Anniversary reissues
• Barry Can’t Swim ‘Loner’ new album
• Billy Joel – An Innocent Man LP reissue
• Billy Joel –  The Bridge LP reissue
• Billy Joel – Storm Front LP reissue
• Billy Joel – Glass Houses LP reissue
• Billy Joel – River Of Dreams LP reissue
• Billy Joel – The Nylon Curtain LP reissue
• Billy Joel – Fantasies & Delusions LP reissue
• Billie Marten ‘Dog Eared’ new album 18th July
• Black Sabbath – Greatest Hits Live Broadcast Collection CD
• Bronski Beat ‘Forbidden Fruit – The Age of Consent Remixed’ 
• Buck Owens And His Buckaroos – Adios, Farewell, Goodbye, Good Luck, So Long: On Stage 1964-1974 3CD set
• Burna Boy – No Sign of Weakness new album
• Chris Rea – New Light Through Old Windows reissues
• Christine McVie’s Fleetwood Mac – At the BBC 1970-71 LP
• Del Amitri – Some Other Sucker’s Parade LP
• Del Amitri – Can You Do Me Good? LP
• Eagles – Live London 1973 CD
• Fu Manchu – King Of The Road LP reissue
• George Harrison – Let It Roll – The Songs Of George Harrison 2 LP
• Gigi Perez – At The Beach, In Every Life debut album
• Hothouse Flowers ‘Home’ LP reissue 18th July
• Hothouse Flowers ‘People’ LP reissue 18th July
• Jethro Tull – Still Living In The Past Ltd 5CD + Blu Ray Box Set or 2LP – 140g Black vinyl

• John Foxx And The Maths – Evidence 
• Joni Mitchell – Greatest Hits Live Broadcast Collection CD
• Madlib – WLIB AM: King of the Wigflip 2LP
• Moya Brennan & Cormac de Barra – Voice and Harps IV CD
• Nick Drake –  The Making of Five Leaves Left box sets (July 25th)
• Ólafur Arnalds, Talos –  A Dawning 
• Ozzy Osbourne – See You On The Other Side v2.0 (Box Set – unsigned/unnumbered)
• Poor Creature – All Smiles Tonight via River Lea records
• Rush – The Complete 1974 Canadian Bandstand Broadcast CD
• Steve Hackett – The Lamb Stands Up Live At The Royal Albert Hall (2CD+Bluray or 4 LP Boxset)
• The Beatles – Saturday Club 7th January 1964 EP 25th july
• The Beatles – The Last Radio Show 1965 EP 25th july
• The Beatles – Saturday Club 24th August 1963 EP 25th july
• The Beta Band  – ‘The Three EPs –   2025 Repress  
• The Kinks – The Journey – Pt. 3 compilation
• The Teskey Brothers – Live At The Hammersmith Apollo 
• The Weeknd – Hurry Up Tomorrow (Original Motion Picture Score
• The Who – Washington DC 1973 CD
• Toots And The Maytals – Ska Father RED VINYL
• Trisha Yearwood ‘The Mirror’ new album 18th July
• Various – The Phoenician Scheme (Original Soundtrack) 
• We Are Scientists ‘Qualifying Miles’ new album 18th July
• Wet Leg ‘moisturizer’ new album

Don’t forget we have the Talos/Olafur listening party tomorrow night at 6 pm….we will have a signed Art card by Olafur for everyone in attendance and we have 3 CDs and 2 LPs to raffle off also….i think its going to be a sensational album, im really looking forward to it…. Few spaces left for it so let us know.

Ólafur Arnalds, Talos – Signs

Releases then for the 18th of July include…

• Fontaines D.C with Romance (Bonus Edition)
• Hans Zimmer – Live in Prague blu ray
• Africa Express –  Africa Express Presents… Bahidorá
• Dylan Gossett – Westward
• Lord Huron – The Cosmic Selector Vol. 1
• Grinderman – Grinderman
• Grinderman – Grinderman 2
• Grinderman – Grinderman 2 RMX
• Scissor Sisters – Scissor Sisters (Deluxe Edition)
• Kaiser Chiefs – Employment 20 (China Anniversary Edition)
• Donald Byrd – Stepping Into Tomorrow (1974) Classic Vinyl Reissue
• Eddie Henderson – Heritage (1976) Classic Vinyl Reissue

• FLETCHER – Would You Still Love Me If You Really Knew Me?
• Alex Warren – You’ll Be Alright, Kid
• BUSH – I Beat Loneliness
• Metal Church – Reforged: The Remastered Collection (1999 – 2013) 
• Nell Benjamin, Laurence O’Keefe, Annaleigh Ashford – Legally Blonde The Musical OBCR
• Pet Shop Boys – Discography
• Watain – The Agony & Ecstasy of Watain 
• Myles Smith – A Minute, A Moment …EP
• John Williams  – The Anthology, Volume 1 (Box Set)
• Alex G – Headlights (Bricks & Mortar Exclusive)
• Jessie Murph – Sex Hysteria
• Dope Feat. Fuck Authority (Julian Cope) – 666 / 1381 – 10″ vinyl
• Mac Miller – I Love Life, Thank You
• Pere Ubu – The Modern Dance
• Roy Ayers – Stoned Soul Picnic
• John Foxx – No-One Driving
• Caroline Polachek – Desire, I Want To Turn Into You: Everasking Edition (deluxe set)
• Clutch – Clutch: Clutch Collector’s Series Edition
• Five Finger Death Punch – Best Of – Volume 1
• Sly & The Family Stone – The First Family: Live At Winchester Cathedral 1967 / Deluxe CD Foil Digipak / w Bonus Track &  52-Page Book
• Sly & The Family Stone – The First Family: Live At Winchester Cathedral 1967 / Black Vinyl / & 24 Page Book
• Joe Bonamassa – Breakthrough LP BLUE MARBLE VINYL
• Joe Bonamassa – Breakthrough CD
• Joe Bonamassa – Live At The Hollywood Bowl With Orchestra CD + DVD
• Joe Bonamassa – Live At The Hollywood Bowl With Orchestra CD + BLU RAY
• Joe Bonamassa – Live At The Hollywood Bowl With Orchestra LP PURPLE VINYL
• Joe Bonamassa – Had To Cry Today LP BLUE VINYL
• Joanne Shaw Taylor – White Sugar
• Paradise Lost – Lost Paradise (35th Anniversary)
• Home Reared Meat – Truckstop Terror
• L.A. Guns – The Hollywood Years: Live & Loaded

We had a lovely break last week … .albeit a bit too hot to be honest, it was mid 30s most days….5 or 10 degrees above my comfort zone…but lovely family time and tune out…thanks to the lads here for looking after ye and the place…i think i wrote one four word email and forwarded 2 others and that was the sum total of my efforts…bliss that is!!

The lads did a great job here so it looks like ill take a month next year … .thanks lads!!

A friend of mine has a saying “ not too many people on their death beds say christ i wished i worked harder”….dont worry lads i wont take a month…3 weeks is all.

The main week for this week is releases for the 25th of July…shall be ordering these in the next few days if interested in anything.

• Alice Cooper – The Revenge Of Alice Cooper brand new studio album
• Alison Krauss – Now That I’ve Found You: A Collection LP reissue
• Behemoth – Demigod reissues
• Benny Golson – Gone With Golson 180g LP–  Original Jazz Classics series
• Black Sabbath – The Eternal Idol (2025 Remaster)
• Bruce Dickinson – More Balls To Picasso remastered/upgraded reissues
• Cal Tjader – Amazonas (Jazz Dispensary Top Shelf Series) 1LP, 180G BLACK, tip on jacket  
• Cory Hanson ‘I Love People’ new album
• David Gray – White Ladder (Remastered) vinyl
• Devon Allman with Jimmy Hall, Larry McCray, Sierra Green – The Blues Summit NEW album
• D:Ream – Do It Anyway 
• Dr. Feelgood – vinyl and cd reissues
• EELS ‘Electro-Shock Blues’ (Release Date 25th July 2025) 
• Elton John – Live from the Rainbow Theatre with Ray Cooper
• Gary Numan – A Perfect Circle (Live at OVO Arena Wembley) 2 CD or 3 LP

• Horslips – At The BBC 
• Hot Chocolate – Every 1’s a Winner 
• Jimmie Vaughan – Do You Get The Blues? CD
• John Lee Hooker – Boom Boom reissues
• Ken McIntyre, Eric Dolphy – Looking Ahead 180g LP– Original Jazz Classics Series
• King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard – King Gizzard – Live in Las Vegas ’24 / Triple Gatefold Red / Blue / & Yellow Splatter Vinyl
• Knocked Loose – A Tear In The Fabric of Life EP / Clear Vinyl w Blood Red & Black Splatter
• Luciano Pavarotti – Puccini: Madama Butterfly 
• Madonna – Veronica Electronica LP 140g Silver Vinyl
• MARINA – Froot 2LP 2 x 140g Red ECO Vinyl 
• Mazzy Star – She Hangs Brightly LP reissues
• Mazzy Star – Among My Swan LP reissues
• Patty Griffin – Crown of Roses new album
• Paul McCartney – Amoeba Gig 1CD (SHM-CD)
• Paul McCartney – Chaos And Creation In The Backyard 1CD (SHM-CD)
• Paul McCartney – Flaming Pie 1CD (SHM-CD)
• Paul McCartney – New 1CD (SHM-CD)
• Paul McCartney – Paul Is Live 1CD (SHM-CD)
• Paul Weller – Find El Dorado  
• Songs: Ohia – Impala vinyl reissue
• Sufjan Stevens – Exploding Whale 7”
• SZA – SOS Deluxe: Lana 2 CD or 4xGreen Vinyl
• Talking Heads – More Songs About Buildings And Food deluxe reissues
• Tyler Childers – Snipe Hunter new album
• Various Artists – Clueless OST LP reissue

• Various Artists – Lilo & Stitch OST LP
• Various – Millenium #1’s 3 CD set

A really lovely instore coming up folks on Saturday the 26th of July at 4 PM with SODA BLONDE launching their new EP “ people pleaser” with us. Lovely red pressing, really limited once only press . … .the band will play songs from the EP with us and sign copies after as well as having the chats…really super talented band…delighted they are coming in to us…we are already at 60 per cent cap so let us know know if you want in…and you want one of those gorgeous vinyl also, im not messing, they are not many of them at all…but we will have 60 copies.

The lads flagged this instore last week ( so if your name is down already dont fret your in)

Here is a tune from the ep…def one of the best bands in the country imo…instore not to be missed i thinks and a lovely signed copy as well if you want!!

Soda Blonde – People Pleaser (Official Lyric Video)

The Pulp signed test pressing landed while i was away so we are  going to pull the winner’s name now…

And the winner is

Ray O Brien

….ill swap it for two all ireland hurling final tickets ( ill pay for the tickets off course)

Only half messing the real winner is…Paudie O’ Neill

Going to hand ye over to Shane now as he takes ye down the road…big news for the Bowie heads today

Thanks, Ray, welcome back!  Glad you had a nice break.
I think the MZ regulars would stage a sit-down protest in the car park if you took 3 weeks off in a row!
Still wouldn’t be as bad as the wrath of the Bowie heads, but at least they should be satisfied this week…
Hi all, hope ye’re well.
Yes, a big one to mention today, the last in the series of DAVID BOWIE Box Sets ‘I Can’t Give Everything Away (2002-2016) has been announced and will be released on September 12th. It’s been a good few years since the last one was out, and by all accounts they are collector’s items now.
There will be a 13 CD set and an 18 LP Vinyl Set. Was just listening to the Next Day earlier today, great album.
Here’s more info about the vinyl set:
“David Bowie 6. I Can’t Give Everything Away (2002 – 2016) is the sixth in a series of box sets spanning
Bowie’s career from 1969. The eighteen-piece vinyl box set is named after the closing track on ★
(BLACKSTAR), Bowie’s final studio album. The box sets include newly remastered versions (except ★
and No Plan), with input from David’s co-producer Tony Visconti.
Exclusive to each of the box sets are Montreux Jazz Festival and Re:Call 6. The former was recorded on the 18 th of July 2002 at the prestigious Montreux Jazz Festival and among the 31 tracks features a full performance bar one song of one of Bowie’s most revered albums, Low.
Re:Call 6 features 41 non-album / alternative versions / b-sides and soundtrack songs, including tracks
never previously available on vinyl.
An accompanying 84 page book features previously unseen notes, drawings and handwritten lyrics from Bowie and photos by Sukita (who took the set’s cover shot), Jimmy King, Frank W. Ockenfels 3, Markus Klinko, Mark ‘Blammo’ Adams and more as well as memorabilia, technical notes about the albums from co-producer Tony Visconti and design notes from Jonathan Barnbrook.”

Sounds good. We love Blackstar as well in the shop. Remember playing it loads after he died.
Anyway, an exciting one.

I better just list the rest of the down the road releases as there would be uproar:

• RICHARD ASHCROFT – Lovin’ You – new album – CD, vinyl and blue vinyl – 3/10/25
• THE CRANBERRIES – No Need to Argue: 30th Anniversary – CD, 2 CD, LP or 2 LP versions – 15/8/25
• APHEX TWIN – Selected Ambient Works, Vol. 2 (Expanded) – 3 CD – 22/8/25
• THE DELINES – The Imperial – reissue – Limited Apricot Coloured Vinyl – 8/8/25
• THE DELINES – SeaDrift – reissue – Limited Pearl White Vinyl – 8/8/25
• MAROON 5 – Love is Like – new album – CD, marble yellow LP or indies electric blue LP – 15/8/25
• ONE REPUBLIC – One Republic: The Collection – CD or LP – 15/8/25
• CONAN GRAY – Wishbone – new album – indies bedroom edition vinyl – 15/8/25
• SMASHING PUMPKINS – Machina/The Machine God: 25th Anniversary Edition – 2 LP Vinyl – 22/8/25
• KENNY BURRELL – Kenny Burrell – Jazz Classics Vinyl – 22/8/25
• FRANK WESS, JOHN COLTRANE, PAUL QUINICHETTE – Wheelin’ and Dealin’ – Jazz Classics Vinyl – 22/8/25
• FUJI KAZE – Prema – new album – 2 CD or 1 LP – 5/9/25
• KENNY DREW – The Kenny Drew Trio – Jazz Classics Vinyl – 26/9/25
• THE SONNY CRISS ORCHESTRA – Sonny’s Dream (Birth of the New Cool) – Jazz Classics Vinyl – 26/9/25
• SIMPLE MINDS – Once Upon a Time (Deluxe) – 5 CD Set or Red Vinyl LP – 17/10/25
• RYAN ADAMS – Heartbreaker: 25th Anniversary – CD, LP – 5/9/25
• TEXAS – Southside – reissue – 2 CD or Vinyl – 12/9/25
• NEWDAD – Altar – new album – CD, LP or indies Cream LP – 19/9/25
• BRÓGEAL – Tuesday Paper Club – debut album – CD, LP or Indies Sky Blue Vinyl – 17/10/25
• JUNIOR BROTHER – The End – new album – CD, Yellow LP w/ Signed Postcard – 5/9/25
• OASIS – Complete Studio Album Collection – Limited 8 CD Box Set – 22/8/25
• NEKO CASE – Neon Grey Midnight Green – new album – CD, LP or indies translucent green LP – 26/9/25
• MARK RONSON – Uptown Special – reissue – LP – 1/8/25
• MARK RONSON – Version – reissue – 2 LP – 1/8/25
• EDGE OF SANITY – Crimson II – reissue – Limited 2 CD or LP – 8/8/25
• NIGHTINGALE -The Closing Chronicles – reissue – Limited 2 CD or LP – 8/8/25
• GROOVE ARMADA – Goodbye Country (Hello Country) – 3 LP reissue – 8/8/25
• CALVIN HARRIS – Motion – 2 LP reissue – 8/8/25
• TOM GRENNAN – Everywhere I Went… – new album – CD, indies red vinyl – 8/8/25

A bleddy rake of stuff today.
Enjoy the Sun guys.
Thanks, Ray, back to you.

Thanks a mil Shane

Sin e for this week really folks

Thanks for listening as always

Ray, Shane, Adam Og and Mia

Hi all! So as ye know Ray is on his holibops so its me, Mia and Shane today. The boss is tanning it up as we speak. Mightnt come back if he gets too used to it! Anyways we’re grand! (Please come back!) 

Moving on…

Releases for Friday the 4th of July include

• 50 Cent – Get Rich Or Die Tryin’ LTD Coloured 2LP- Indies/D2C
• 2Pac – The Best Of 2Pac – Part 1: Thug LTD Coloured 2LP- Indies/D2C
• Anita Baker – Rapture vinyl reissue
• Barry Can’t Swim ‘Loner’ new album 11th july
• Behemoth – Thelema 6 (25th Anniversary) LP
• Booker T. & The MG’s – Soul Dressing (Mono)
• Bread – The Best of Bread Indies LP 140g Cloudy Clear vinyl 
• Bronski Beat ‘Forbidden Fruit – The Age of Consent Remixed’ 11th july
• Dexter Gordon – Landslide (Tone Poet) 
• DJ Maestro – Deep Trip  CD
• Foxy Brown – Ill Na Na new album
• Genesis – Six Sides Live, Vol.2 – the Complete Knebworth, 1992 Broadcast
• George Jones & Tammy Wynette – We Go Together / We Love To Sing About Jesus / Let’s Build A World Together / Together Again CD
• Gwenno ‘Utopia’ new album 11th july
• Hard-FI – Stars Of CCTV reissues including Ltd 140g Zoetrope LP
• Hedvig Mollestad Trio – All Of Them Witches LP reissue
• Hedvig Mollestad Trio –  Ding Dong. You´re Dead LP reissue
• Horslips – At The BBC CD set and now also Vinyl 2 LP
• Kae Tempest – self titled new album
• Kesha – new album
• Kendrick Lamar, SZA – Black Panther LTD indies Coloured 2LP

• Kid Cudi – Man On The Moon: The End Of Day   LTD indies Coloured 2LP
• Little Feat – Strike Up The Band reissues
• Mark Stewart – The Fateful Symmetry new album 11th July
• Nanci Griffith –  Other Voices, Other Rooms LP Reissue
• Paul Carrack – The Country Side Of Paul Carrack – Volume 1 new album
• Pusha T – DAYTONA LTD Coloured  1LP Indies/D2C
• Sam Rivers – A New Conception (Tone Poet) 
• The Afghan Whigs – Gentlemen Indies LP 140g Yellow vinyl
• The Sisters Of Mercy – First and Last and Always Ltd 140g 4LP Red & Black Marble vinyl box or Marble LP version
• Tucker Zimmerman – Music By River Words By Ear lost album LP
• Various Artists – Eurovision Song Contest Basel 2025 
• Wet Leg ‘moisturizer’ new album 11th july
• Willie Nelson – San Antonio Rose (with Ray Price) / Old Friends (with Roger Miller) / Funny How Time Slips Away (with Faron Young) / Brand On My Heart (with Hank Snow) 2 CD

Just a reminder, we have the OLAFUR ARNALDS/TALOS release listening party on THURSDAY the 10th of July at 6 pm. Book your spot in the link there.

Releases for the 11th of July include…

• Amy Macdonald – Is This What You’ve Been Waiting For? New album
• Backstreet Boys – Millenium 2.0 – 25th Anniversary reissues
• Barry Can’t Swim ‘Loner’ new album
• Billy Joel – An Innocent Man LP reissue
• Billy Joel –  The Bridge LP reissue
• Billy Joel – Storm Front LP reissue
• Billy Joel – Glass Houses LP reissue
• Billy Joel – River Of Dreams LP reissue
• Billy Joel – The Nylon Curtain LP reissue
• Billy Joel – Fantasies & Delusions LP reissue
• Billie Marten ‘Dog Eared’ new album 18th July
• Black Sabbath – Greatest Hits Live Broadcast Collection CD
• Bronski Beat ‘Forbidden Fruit – The Age of Consent Remixed’ 
• Buck Owens And His Buckaroos – Adios, Farewell, Goodbye, Good Luck, So Long: On Stage 1964-1974 3CD set
• Burna Boy – No Sign of Weakness new album
• Chris Rea – New Light Through Old Windows reissues
• Christine McVie’s Fleetwood Mac – At the BBC 1970-71 LP
• Del Amitri – Some Other Sucker’s Parade LP
• Del Amitri – Can You Do Me Good? LP
• Eagles – Live London 1973 CD
• Fu Manchu – King Of The Road LP reissue
• George Harrison – Let It Roll – The Songs Of George Harrison 2 LP
• Gigi Perez – At The Beach, In Every Life debut album
• Hothouse Flowers ‘Home’ LP reissue 18th July
• Hothouse Flowers ‘People’ LP reissue 18th July

• Jethro Tull – Still Living In The Past Ltd 5CD + Blu Ray Box Set or 2LP – 140g Black vinyl
• John Foxx And The Maths – Evidence 
• Joni Mitchell – Greatest Hits Live Broadcast Collection CD
• Madlib – WLIB AM: King of the Wigflip 2LP
• Moya Brennan & Cormac de Barra – Voice and Harps IV CD
• Nick Drake –  The Making of Five Leaves Left box sets 
• Ólafur Arnalds, Talos –  A Dawning 
• Ozzy Osbourne – See You On The Other Side v2.0 (Box Set – unsigned/unnumbered)
• Poor Creature – All Smiles Tonight via River Lea records
• Rush – The Complete 1974 Canadian Bandstand Broadcast CD
• Steve Hackett – The Lamb Stands Up Live At The Royal Albert Hall (2CD+Bluray or 4 LP Boxset)
• The Beatles – Saturday Club 7th January 1964 EP 25th july
• The Beatles – The Last Radio Show 1965 EP 25th july
• The Beatles – Saturday Club 24th August 1963 EP 25th july
• The Beta Band  – ‘The Three EPs –   2025 Repress  
• The Kinks – The Journey – Pt. 3 compilation
• The Teskey Brothers – Live At The Hammersmith Apollo 
• The Weeknd – Hurry Up Tomorrow (Original Motion Picture Score
• The Who – Washington DC 1973 CD
• Toots And The Maytals – Ska Father RED VINYL
• Trisha Yearwood ‘The Mirror’ new album 18th July
• Various – The Phoenician Scheme (Original Soundtrack) 
• We Are Scientists ‘Qualifying Miles’ new album 18th July
• Wet Leg ‘moisturizer’ new album

For July 18th first and foremost we have Fontaines D.C with Romance (Bonus Edition). This on Turquoise Vinyl & comes with a 7” with the non-album tracks “It’s Amazing To Be Young” & “Before You I Just Forget” 

Uni for the 18th:

• Hans Zimmer – Live in Prague blu ray
• Africa Express –  Africa Express Presents… Bahidorá
• Dylan Gossett – Westward
• Lord Huron – The Cosmic Selector Vol. 1
• Grinderman – Grinderman
• Grinderman – Grinderman 2
• Grinderman – Grinderman 2 RMX
• Scissor Sisters – Scissor Sisters (Deluxe Edition)
• Kaiser Chiefs – Employment 20 (China Anniversary Edition)
• Donald Byrd – Stepping Into Tomorrow (1974) Classic Vinyl Reissue
• Eddie Henderson – Heritage (1976) Classic Vinyl Reissue
• FLETCHER – Would You Still Love Me If You Really Knew Me?

Warner 18th 

• Alex Warren – You’ll Be Alright, Kid
• BUSH – I Beat Loneliness
• Metal Church – Reforged: The Remastered Collection (1999 – 2013) 
• Nell Benjamin, Laurence O’Keefe, Annaleigh Ashford – Legally Blonde The Musical OBCR
• Pet Shop Boys – Discography
• Watain – The Agony & Ecstasy of Watain 

Sony 18th

• Myles Smith – A Minute, A Moment …EP
• John Williams  – The Anthology, Volume 1 (Box Set)
• Alex G – Headlights (Bricks & Mortar Exclusive)
• Jessie Murph – Sex Hysteria

Cargo 18th

• Dope Feat. Fuck Authority (Julian Cope) – 666 / 1381 – 10″ vinyl
• Mac Miller – I Love Life, Thank You
• Pere Ubu – The Modern Dance
• Roy Ayers – Stoned Soul Picnic
• John Foxx – No-One Driving

Orchard 18th

• Caroline Polachek – Desire, I Want To Turn Into You: Everasking Edition (deluxe set)
• Clutch – Clutch: Clutch Collector’s Series Edition
• Five Finger Death Punch – Best Of – Volume 1
• Sly & The Family Stone – The First Family: Live At Winchester Cathedral 1967 / Deluxe CD Foil Digipak / w Bonus Track &  52-Page Book
• Sly & The Family Stone – The First Family: Live At Winchester Cathedral 1967 / Black Vinyl / & 24 Page Book

Proper 18th 

• Joe Bonamassa – Breakthrough LP BLUE MARBLE VINYL
• Joe Bonamassa – Breakthrough CD
• Joe Bonamassa – Live At The Hollywood Bowl With Orchestra CD + DVD
• Joe Bonamassa – Live At The Hollywood Bowl With Orchestra CD + BLU RAY
• Joe Bonamassa – Live At The Hollywood Bowl With Orchestra LP PURPLE VINYL
• Joe Bonamassa – Had To Cry Today LP BLUE VINYL
• Joanne Shaw Taylor – White Sugar
• Paradise Lost – Lost Paradise (35th Anniversary)
• Home Reared Meat – Truckstop Terror
• L.A. Guns – The Hollywood Years: Live & Loaded

Thats it from me. Go have a listen to The Mary Janes – Bored Of Their Laughing. Watched the Mic Christopher Doc recently on youtube and it reminded me how underappreciated that band was! Anyways, over to Shane…

Cheers, Adam.
Hi all, the Troublesome Three here today alright as Ray is away on a well deserved break on the yacht.
Newsletter today instead of the usual Wednesday as I’m off to see Weezer in Baile Aithe Cliath tomorrow.
Hope ye’re all doing well!

First up, we have an exciting in-store to mention coming up on Saturday July 26th at 4pm, SODA BLONDE will be with us launching their new EP, People Pleaser, on 12 inch red vinyl.
The new Irish pressing plant, Anthem Vinyl, did the vinyl.
Looking forward to seeing the band. Bit of a Kate Bush sound in parts.
Here’s a new track from the EP: https://youtu.be/f-EsavsvghE?si=fRJGF5ylmP46wKlJ

You can book a spot at the instore here:  https://musiczone.ie/product/soda-blonde-people-pleaser-ep-launch-instore/

Onto the further down the road releases, no messing around today, with some big hitters.
There’s a very cool sounding JONI MITCHELL release, ‘Joni’s Jazz’ coming on September 5th.
Here’s some info about it:

“Joni Mitchell introduces Joni’s Jazz, a passion project years in the making. This career-spanning collection features recordings chosen by Mitchell that reflect jazz’s profound influence on her music.

Spanning 61 tracks, Joni’s Jazz includes studio recordings, live performances, rare alternate takes, and material drawn from multiple decades and record labels, among them are two previously unreleased 1980 demos.

The set features contributions from some of Mitchell’s most important collaborators in jazz, among them Wayne Shorter, Jaco Pastorius, Herbie Hancock and Charles Mingus. Mitchell, who calls Shorter her favourite collaborator, dedicates the collection to him following his passing in 2023.

Covering nearly every era of her recording career, the collection includes selections from Songs to a Seagull, The Hissing of Summer Lawns, Hejira, Mingus, Turbulent Indigo, Both Sides Now (a 2001 Grammy Award winner) and more. It also features her guest appearances on projects like Hancock’s Grammy Award-winning album, River: The Joni Letters.

Across the collection, the music follows Mitchell’s artistic growth — from the rhythmic layering of “Harry’s House / Centerpiece” to the bold experimentation of “The Jungle Line,” the narrative scale of “Paprika Plains,” and the airy, improvised feel of “A Chair In The Sky.”

It draws from more than five decades of Mitchell’s recordings, going back to 1968 for “Marcie,” from Song to a Seagull. The most recent is her performance of “Summertime,” recorded live at the 2023 Newport Folk Festival. It marked Mitchell’s first full-length concert in over two decades — a powerful return that resonated around the world.

As a self-portrait in sound, Joni’s Jazz captures an artist in conversation with jazz over a lifetime — never imitating, always inventing. Last year, in the liner notes for Joni Mitchell Archives – Vol. 4, she joked, “People ask me my favourite of my albums, it’s going to be Joni’s Jazz.” Now it is.”

Here’s some more interesting down the road releases:

• EELS – Electro-Shock Blues – reissue – Blue Vinyl 2 LP – 25/8/25
• COLDPLAY – all albums reissued on clear Eco vinyl – 15/8/25
• THIEVERY CORPORATION – The Cosmic Game: 20th Anniversary – 2 LP -15/8/25
• FUNKADELIC – Funkadelic – reissue – CD, Black Vinyl, transparent purple vinyl or 2 LP 45rpm – 29/8/25
• Various – SUN RECORDS SINGS ELVIS PRESLEY – CD compilation – 18/7/25
• GOOD CHARLOTTE – Motel Du CAP – new album – Indies galaxy blue vinyl – 8/8/25
• Various – A MINECRAFT MOVIE: Songs from the Soundtrack – Teal coloured vinyl – 17/10/25

That’s all from us today folks, we didn’t burn mailchimp down at least.
Might see some of ye Rory heads down the Marquee later.

As Ray says, Sin e from us.
Thanks for listening.
Shane, Adam Og and Mia.

Hi folks

Hope all is well with ye.

Releases in the shop for this Friday the 27th of June include ….

• BC Camplight – A Sober Conversation new album
• Botch – 061524 (Live Album) 
• Brian – Understood (Understand: Expanded Reissue)
• Bruce Springsteen – Tracks II: The Lost Albums (Box Sets)
• Bruce Springsteen – Lost And Found: Selections From The Lost Albums
• Buddy Guy, Junior Mance & Junior Wells – Buddy And The Juniors (Acoustic Sounds Vinyl)
• Chappell Roan – The Giver (Aqua Disc) 7” on five different variants
• Crystal Castles ‘III’ vinyl
• Derek & The Dominos – Layla And Other Assorted Love Songs 2SHMCD
• Durand Jones & The Indications – Flowers 
• Eric Clapton – a host of clapton SHMCDs
• Frank Zappa – Cheaper Than Cheep deluxe reissues
• Grateful Dead – Arizona State University, October 6, 1977 2CD set
• Heaven Shall Burn – Heimat new album
• Hot Milk – Corporation P.O.P. Salford Skyline Orange Vinyl
• Ian Dury & The Blockheads – Live At Rockpalast 1987 CD & DVD Set
• Jim O’Rourke –  Shutting Down Here 
• Lee Morgan – Here’s Lee Morgan LP, 180g black vinyl, tip-on jacket, original jazz classics series
• Lorde – Virgin new studio album
• Lynyrd Skynyrd – Celebrating 50 Years – Live At The Ryman 
• M83 – A Necessary Escape – Dakar Chronicles – Original Soundtrack 
• Mike Oldfield – Hergest Ridge (50th Anniversary)
• Motley Crue – Dr Feelgood 35th Anniversary Indies EXC- Ghostly Green LP
• Motorhead – The Manticore Tapes 

• Nadine Shah – Live In London CD or Triple Colour vinyl
• Pink Floyd – The Division Bell reissue
• Pink Floyd – A Momentary Lapse of Reason reissues
• Pink Floyd – A Foot in the Door: The Best of Pink Floyd vinyl
• Pink Floyd – Atom Heart Mother reissue
• Pink Floyd – meddle reissue
• Richard Ashcroft – Alone With Everybody Gatefold 2 LP
• Richard Ashcroft – Human Conditions Gatefold 2 LP
• Richard Ashcroft – Keys To The World  Gatefold LP
• Robin Trower – For Earth Below (50th Anniversary Edition) 
• Rod Stewart – Ultimate Hits 2 x 140g 12″ Green vinyl Indie Exclusive or 2CD softpak
• Talk Talk – Spirit of Eden CD Digi-sleeves with booklets reissue
• Talk Talk –  The Colour of Spring  CD Digi-sleeves with booklets reissue
• Tangerine Dream – From Virgin To Quantum Years 3LP Set or 2CD set
• The Bathers – Pandemonia reissue and first time on vinyl!
• Various – Decades of Dance: 70s 80s 90s
• Various Artists – Ibiza Techno 
• Various Artists – F1 The Album 
• Various Artists / Soul Jazz Records…‘300% DYNAMITE! Ska, Soul, Rocksteady, Funk and Dub in Jamaica’

I’m off on a week’s holiday folks … .finishing work tomorrow thursday the 26th and not back to it until monday the 7th July.

I shall be dropping the reins….the lads will have it…anything they dont i will pick up when i’m back….i won’t be answering or engaging on email etc with anyone if its work related.

It’s been nearly a year since I had a week off … .so I’m looking forward to the break ( taking another week in August!)

If you email the lads and don’t get a response, then chase it up as no response means maybe not seen … .we get about 1000 emails a week from record companies/ customers etc… .so if no response get back on to the lads.

I think they are putting out a bit of a newsletter next tuesday rather than weds.

Releases then for Friday the 4th of July include

• 50 Cent – Get Rich Or Die Tryin’ LTD Coloured 2LP- Indies/D2C
• 2Pac – The Best Of 2Pac – Part 1: Thug LTD Coloured 2LP- Indies/D2C
• Anita Baker – Rapture vinyl reissue
• Barry Can’t Swim ‘Loner’ new album 11th july
• Behemoth – Thelema 6 (25th Anniversary) LP
• Booker T. & The MG’s – Soul Dressing (Mono)
• Bread – The Best of Bread Indies LP 140g Cloudy Clear vinyl 
• Bronski Beat ‘Forbidden Fruit – The Age of Consent Remixed’ 11th july
• Dexter Gordon – Landslide (Tone Poet) 
• DJ Maestro – Deep Trip  CD
• Foxy Brown – Ill Na Na new album
• Genesis – Six Sides Live, Vol.2 – the Complete Knebworth, 1992 Broadcast
• George Jones & Tammy Wynette – We Go Together / We Love To Sing About Jesus / Let’s Build A World Together / Together Again CD
• Gwenno ‘Utopia’ new album 11th july
• Hard-FI – Stars Of CCTV reissues including Ltd 140g Zoetrope LP
• Hedvig Mollestad Trio – All Of Them Witches LP reissue
• Hedvig Mollestad Trio –  Ding Dong. You´re Dead LP reissue
• Horslips – At The BBC CD set and now also Vinyl 2 LP
• Kae Tempest – self titled new album

• Kesha – new album
• Kendrick Lamar, SZA – Black Panther LTD indies Coloured 2LP
• Kid Cudi – Man On The Moon: The End Of Day   LTD indies Coloured 2LP
• Little Feat – Strike Up The Band reissues
• Mark Stewart – The Fateful Symmetry new album 11th July
• Nanci Griffith –  Other Voices, Other Rooms LP Reissue
• Paul Carrack – The Country Side Of Paul Carrack – Volume 1 new album
• Pusha T – DAYTONA LTD Coloured  1LP Indies/D2C
• Sam Rivers – A New Conception (Tone Poet) 
• The Afghan Whigs – Gentlemen Indies LP 140g Yellow vinyl
• The Sisters Of Mercy – First and Last and Always Ltd 140g 4LP Red & Black Marble vinyl box or Marble LP version
• Tucker Zimmerman – Music By River Words By Ear lost album LP
• Various Artists – Eurovision Song Contest Basel 2025 
• Wet Leg ‘moisturizer’ new album 11th july
• Willie Nelson – San Antonio Rose (with Ray Price) / Old Friends (with Roger Miller) / Funny How Time Slips Away (with Faron Young) / Brand On My Heart (with Hank Snow) 2 CD

Main week for this week is releases for the 11th July and we have the OLAFUR ARNALDS/TALOS listening party on THURSDAY the 10th of July at 6 pm.

Spots are really filling up for this so book your spot if you want to attend.

We will have a signed art card by Olafur for everyone in attendance  and will also be raffling a few spot prizes on the night as well as savouring the album in full.

https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=olafur+arnalds+%26+talos

Still waiting on the signed PULP test pressing…the record company are trying to find a tracking number for it…ill chase up and hopefully by the end of the newsletter will have more news

Other releases for the 11th of July include…

• Amy Macdonald – Is This What You’ve Been Waiting For? New album
• Backstreet Boys – Millenium 2.0 – 25th Anniversary reissues
• Barry Can’t Swim ‘Loner’ new album
• Billy Joel – An Innocent Man LP reissue
• Billy Joel –  The Bridge LP reissue
• Billy Joel – Storm Front LP reissue
• Billy Joel – Glass Houses LP reissue
• Billy Joel – River Of Dreams LP reissue
• Billy Joel – The Nylon Curtain LP reissue
• Billy Joel – Fantasies & Delusions LP reissue
• Billie Marten ‘Dog Eared’ new album 18th July
• Black Sabbath – Greatest Hits Live Broadcast Collection CD
• Bronski Beat ‘Forbidden Fruit – The Age of Consent Remixed’ 
• Buck Owens And His Buckaroos – Adios, Farewell, Goodbye, Good Luck, So Long: On Stage 1964-1974 3CD set
• Burna Boy – No Sign of Weakness new album
• Chris Rea – New Light Through Old Windows reissues
• Christine McVie’s Fleetwood Mac – At the BBC 1970-71 LP
• Del Amitri – Some Other Sucker’s Parade LP
• Del Amitri – Can You Do Me Good? LP
• Eagles – Live London 1973 CD
• Fu Manchu – King Of The Road LP reissue
• George Harrison – Let It Roll – The Songs Of George Harrison 2 LP

• Gigi Perez – At The Beach, In Every Life debut album
• Hothouse Flowers ‘Home’ LP reissue 18th July

Hothouse Flowers – Movies (Youtube)

• Hothouse Flowers ‘People’ LP reissue 18th July

Cupla focal anseo re na blathannas….nil ach deich cinn ar fail duinn so go tapa mo charas go tapa

• Jethro Tull – Still Living In The Past Ltd 5CD + Blu Ray Box Set or 2LP – 140g Black vinyl
• John Foxx And The Maths – Evidence 
• Joni Mitchell – Greatest Hits Live Broadcast Collection CD
• Madlib – WLIB AM: King of the Wigflip 2LP
• Moya Brennan & Cormac de Barra – Voice and Harps IV CD
• Nick Drake –  The Making of Five Leaves Left box sets 

An NB on this release….its out on July 25th…its a one time production job…we have been allocated quantities on these….we have 7 LP sets left to  sell and 6 CD sets….if you want one try get back to us asap…here’s a little info….i couldn’t leave ye without a right good hawk, it just wouldn’t feel right

“ The Making Of Five Leaves Left tells the story of how Nick Drake’s debut album ‘Five Leaves Left’ came to be released in 1969. This Nick Drake Estate authorised 4LP edition and 4 CD edition  comprises over 30 previously unheard outtakes from the sessions, compiled across three discs. The final disc to complete the package is the original Joe Boyd produced album. The whole sets has been mastered by John Wood.  Accompanied by a 60 page book printed on special textured paper stock, written by Neil Storey in collaboration with Richard Morton-Jack, complete with full track recording details, charts and recording history. “

• Ólafur Arnalds, Talos –  A Dawning 
• Ozzy Osbourne – See You On The Other Side v2.0 (Box Set – unsigned/unnumbered)
• Poor Creature – All Smiles Tonight via River Lea records

Ceann eile aird a thabhairt ar is an “ release” seo…POOR CREATURE is Ruth Clinton as Landless, Cormac MacDiarmada as Lankum agus John Dermody as The Jimmy Cake, seo amhran from them….go hiontach!!

Poor Creature – The Whole Town Knows (Official Video)

• Rush – The Complete 1974 Canadian Bandstand Broadcast CD
• Steve Hackett – The Lamb Stands Up Live At The Royal Albert Hall (2CD+Bluray or 4 LP Boxset)
• The Beatles – Saturday Club 7th January 1964 EP 25th july
• The Beatles – The Last Radio Show 1965 EP 25th july
• The Beatles – Saturday Club 24th August 1963 EP 25th july
• The Beta Band  – ‘The Three EPs –   2025 Repress  
• The Kinks – The Journey – Pt. 3 compilation
• The Teskey Brothers – Live At The Hammersmith Apollo 
• The Weeknd – Hurry Up Tomorrow (Original Motion Picture Score
• The Who – Washington DC 1973 CD
• Toots And The Maytals – Ska Father RED VINYL
• Trisha Yearwood ‘The Mirror’ new album 18th July
• Various – The Phoenician Scheme (Original Soundtrack) 
• We Are Scientists ‘Qualifying Miles’ new album 18th July
• Wet Leg ‘moisturizer’ new album

Mo charas, mo charas, mo charas…coinnigh suil ar “ our social media” an Deardaoin agus aoine seo chugainn…sin 3rd agus 4th Luil

Anonn go dti Shane anois as he takes ye sios an bothar as usual…

Maith an fear, Ray!!

There’s a self-tiled debut album coming from RÚN on CD and LP on August 22nd.
Here’s a bit about it:
“The Irish word Rún can mean secret, mystery, or love, or perhaps some elusive combination of the three, reflecting the many aspects of life that defy easy explanation. In wrestling with these, it can become necessary to commit oneself entirely, to jump in at the deep end in search of the vibrations and feelings at hand. This is where the band Rún comes in.

The debut album of Rún is the result of three powerful artists – Tara Baoth Mooney, Diarmiud MacDiarmada and Rian Trench – locking horns and forming a spiritually intrepid outfit who alchemies experimental methods and improvisatory states to reach intimidating heights of sonic and psychic intensity. An extremely diverse range of musical influences also make their presence felt here, from William Basinski and Pauline Oliveros to Om, Coil and The Necks.”

SPRINTS are back with a new album, ‘All That is Over’ on September 26th.
Here’s a tune, nice and rocking: https://youtu.be/GgEwtp17RPM?si=T7Z6_qFhwTjMnr2B
We’ll have CD, black vinyl and indies ‘lemon’ vinyl.

  And there’s also new albums from NIALL MCNAMEE – Glass and Mirrors (October) and M’ADAM – Before We Die (End of July).

And here’s gach rud eile:

• SABRINA CARPENTER – Man’s Best Friend – new album – CD or coloured vinyl – 29/8/25
• BIFFY CLYRO – Futique – new album – CD, LP or indies black & white marbled vinyl – 26/9/25
• RON SEXSMITH – Hangover Terrace – new album – CD or Limited Transparent Turquoise LP – 29/8/25
• WEDNESDAY – Bleeds – new album – CD, LP or indies coloured vinyl – 19/9/25
• THE LEMONHEADS – Love Chant – new album – CD, LP or White LP – 24/10/25
• MAC DEMARCO – Guitar – new album – black vinyl or indies coloured vinyl – 22/8/25
• ELECTRONIC – Twisted Tenderness – 2 LP reissue – 22/8/25
• ELECTRONIC – Raise the Pressure – 2 LP reissue – 22/8/25
• HORACE SILVER – Tokyo Blues – Tone Poet vinyl reissue – 1/8/25
• JACKIE MCLEAN – Jacknife – Tone Poet vinyl reissue – 1/8/25
• VARIOUS – MAMMA MIA: Original Cast Recording – Coloured 2 LP vinyl – 1/8/25
• DEEP PURPLE – Made in Japan 50 – Deluxe 5 CD+Blu Ray Set or 2 LP – 15/8/25

Some big new studio albums above to look forward to.

Think thats everything for down the road today.
Bain taitneamh as na laethanta saoire, Ray!

Thanks Shane

Sin e for this week folks

Ill talk to ye again in two weeks…the lads will look after ye and Mia is back next week also 

Thanks for listening as always

Ray, Shane, Adam og agus Mia