Category: Newsletter/Releases

Our weekly blog/newsletter which features a round up of all the latest releases, pre-orders and shop news, plus a bit of craic.

Small delay with the SULTANS, ADAM has gone viral, BOWIE 7inch box set, new BUSTA RHYMES, TRAVIS SCOTT Red vinyl and the grumpy years.

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Hi Everyone

Hope all is well with ye.

I hope ye think the new format of the newsletter is ok…less spiel from me, more links.

Anyways releases in the shop for this friday include…

 

Just on the Sultans release…its been done by Music On Vinyl , who are a Dutch company, it is to ship tomorrow from Holland but normally takes 3 to 5 working days so the likelihood is it won’t be with us till mid to late next week…15th or 16th Nov id say…we will email when they are in!!

Sorry!….another few days 

 

So releases for the 17th of November include…



Right re all the Beatles releases …the singles and box sets particularly …they are a bit of a mess….stuff is coming in dribs and drabs to us…we are still awaiting 12” ( sold out anyway) and i was told i was getting more 7”s last thursday but that looks up in the air for now…i told a good few of over last weekend that i would get a single for ye…im not so sure of that now, they were confirmed at the time but now up in the air….the rep is trying to sort it or some of it at least…ill update as soon as i know more….sorry now, its been messy as…

The Beatles – Red Album: 1962-66

The Beatles – Blue Album: 1967-70 (including ‘Now and Then’)


Main week for this week is Friday the 24th of Nov which is Black Friday as well as normal releases on the day…

Shane might pop up a link for the Black Friday releases….thanks!

https://www.recordstoreday.co.uk/black-friday (scroll down a bit to see the list)

Also before we run through the alphabet , Adams masterpieces are taking off on Instagram…here is the latest

https://www.instagram.com/reel/CzOjoddNzED/?igshid=aHJxdzBoaTNzZW80

…i said to him last week that he is going to be famous and his quick reply was… as famous as Conor Mcgregor and ill have to start going into bars and kicking the shite out of old fellas…you have been warned. Giving up the demon drink is the safest option for a lot of ye I’d say.

 

Right releases for the 24th of Nov aside from Black Friday include

 

It’s been a sad week in our house, ah very sad week really. Our dog of 16 and a half years is in her last day or 2…probably going to the great gig in the sky tomorrow really, she’s home from the vets since last evening to say her goodbyes really for a day or two….kidney failure in the end…some dog though, some innings, will be a terrible loss to the house…a house dog , a little yorkie Trixie was,  she has always been in the house…came on nearly all our holidays down through the years ( i did moan at times as it made things very limiting) and was my late night companion every night when the house was quiet…we got her when she was just 6 weeks old in May 2007 and she is part of the fabric of the house, sher she had a great life,  Gina adored her and was always so kind to her…she is at my feet this morning in front of the heater like every other weds morning as i write this newsletter…she will be sorely missed. Sher loads of ye have been here, I’d say. As Sufjan says every road has to come to an end. Top dog who had a great life, it’s time.

 

Going to hand ye over to Shane now and he has the job of lightening the mood, no bother to him!!

Ah, really sorry to hear that Ray. You said she was poorly to me earlier in the week.
Keep the heads up as best ye can.

Hi everyone, hope all is ok out there with ye.
Things seem to be calming a bit at we get closer to Christmas. As Ray says, now it’s sell, sell, sell (what we have) time!
Looking forward to the Beatles best of sets. Wasn’t a fan though of how the record company was portioning everything out to suit their needs and claiming things were ‘extremely limited’.
Look, the music is the most important.
Turned 34 last month, the grumpy years must be starting!

Anyway! One of this year’s best rap albums is getting it’s vinyl release on December 1st.
Travis Scott – Utopia will be out on black and red vinyl. Some huge guests on it.
Here’s ‘Modern Jam’, class track: https://youtu.be/g8IvO7OwdaM?si=e4BXLAcKjqws15v6

MOTHER MOTHER have a new album coming in February next year called ‘Grief Chapter’ on CD, black vinyl and coke bottle clear vinyl.
Here’s a single from it: https://musiczone.ie/?s=MOTHER+MOTHER

And 10CC, a band my Dad got me into, are releasing a massive box set at the end of January. Spans their albums from 1972 to 1992 across 14 CDs. Looks sweet!

Also coming out soonish and worth a mention:

That’s my lot of hawking so done for the team!

Slán go fóill!

Thanks a mil Shane.

 

Right so last one for this week then is Integral for the 1st Dec 

 

Sin e for this week folks

Thanks for listening as always

Stay in by the wall.

Ray, Shane and young Adam.

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July 13th, ’23: OH BOY, a brand new MICK album, WATERBOYS and RIDE reissues, class recent JONI gig, THE DARKNESS 20 years on, LIVE DOORS and Holiday Season

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Hi folks

Hope all is well out there.

*I am writing this bit after I wrote everything else on these pages because news broke to us today ( yesterday  to ye but today as ye read it) ….we are delaying sending the weekly newsletter until now( did ye notice!!)  … 10AM Thursday morning … it’s very very  seldom we change the time the newsletter goes out but this week we felt we had to make an exception….cos folks there is a brand new MICK FLANNERY album just announced in the last few minutes…hot off the presses is the news….yep brand new studio album, Micks 8th studio album now….i remember saying to Mick at the launch of album 4 “ by the rule” in the siopa  in  Douglas Court in April 2014 ( if memory serves me right on the date) that he had a nice body of work ( if memory serves me again Ian Richards dropped Mick into town after the instore as he had no car with him, where does the time go) …4 fine albums to that point…agreed folks that he has 7 fine albums to this point…so that exemplary  body of work is growing all the time…class act.  So new album coming “ Goodtime Charlie” on the 15th Sept and it will be on vinyl and CD. Here’s the title track with one of Micks biggest hooks…

(26) Mick Flannery – Goodtime Charlie (Official Music Video) – YouTube

.here is more info on the album …i have had the pleasure of hearing this album in full…one and a half full listens and i think this could be in the masterpiece class…i really mean that, it sounds brilliant to me…anyway heres more about it…the news of signing to John Prines label in the states is magic…two of my own favourite songwriters. Anyways…

 

“Mick Flannery is one of Ireland’s most acclaimed songwriters and singers. The award-winning, double-platinum selling artist has released seven studio albums, three of which have reached No. 1 status.  

On September 15th he will release his eighth studio album ‘Goodtime Charlie’.  Featuring collaborations with Valerie June, Anaïs Mitchell and Tianna Esperanza.  Mick has partnered with John Prine’s Oh Boy Records, which for them will be their first International signing.

Speaking of the signing, Fiona Prine President of Oh Boy said:

“Oh Boy Records continues to be the home label for singer songwriters who are dedicated to their craft. The body of work created by my husband, John Prine, remains our North Star when making decisions about the artists we bring onto our label. Mick Flannery is arguably one of the best songwriters to emerge from Ireland’s long and storied history of writers, poets and musicians.  I couldn’t  be more delighted to welcome Mick, as the first international signing, to our Oh Boy Records family. John was proud to be part of the music community on Ireland’s western coast and I know he would be proud of this new partnership with Mick and his team.”

“Mick Flannery has a voice for the ages, a complete Master of his craft” cited by Clash Magazine, whilst The Sunday Times said he “conjures up exquisite story-telling.”  His last album in 2021 consisted of a collection of duets with up and coming Irish artist Susan O’Neill.  American Songwriter called ‘In The Game’ a “Sorrowful Masterpiece.” The record was nominated for the Choice Music Prize, and won the RTE Radio 1 song of the year two years in a row for tracks ‘Baby Talk’ and ‘Chain Reaction.’ The album was the biggest selling independent record in Ireland in 2021.

Mick Flannery’s songs are fluent in expressing layered aspects of the human condition, its flaws, triumphs, and general uncertainty.   His live shows are renowned for his self-deprecating humor, audience engagement and the ability to bring people on a journey of both heartbreak and joy, often in the same instance. “

Sin e for now on Mick folks…ta an leabhar ar oscailt!

We are coming into holiday season here at Music Zone tape, cd and vinyl emporium and i’m the first to go missing …so i’m finished up this friday lunchtime the 14th July and not back to the coal face until Monday 24th july …a week away from ye really…Adams missing then for a bit and Shane is a bit later on. Shane and Adam will have the reigns next week so catch them on the shop floor,  email shop@musiczone.ie or raymusiczone@gmail.com or give them a bell on 021 4967119 .Open as usual 10 to 6 mon to sat and 11 to 4 on Sunday. The lads will hobble out a newsletter next week as usual ( bit tricker when only 2 folks at it ) …thats it really folks….BYE …no not just yet.

 

So releases for this friday the 14th of July include…

And then for the 21st of July we have…
 

 

Main week for this week is Friday the 28th of July and we are going to start with THE ORCHARD.

Cooking vinyl has The Waterboys: reissues of their 2003 album ‘Universal Hall‘ including Orange Vinyl and 2007 album ‘Book Of Lightning‘ on Sunrise Yellow Vinyl, both of the releases the first time these albums have been available on LP format.

“the Waterboys’ eighth studio album is made available on vinyl for the first time, in ‘Seville’ orange. Originally released in 2003, ‘Universal Hall’ was recorded in the basement studio of the titular hall, a theatre and concert venue in Findhorn, Scotland. It is the most nakedly spiritual of the band’s records, all the more so for having been mostly written and entirely made in the spiritual community at Findhorn. At the time of release, band leader Mike Scott described ‘Universal Hall’ as “a record containing eleven spiritual songs that articulate – to the best of my ability – the vision that drives, challenges, sustains and transforms me.” This vision is explored in now-classic Waterboys numbers such as Peace Of Iona, The Christ In You and Universal Hall itself, One track, the celtic-flavoured I’ve Lived Here Before, was written with Liam O’Maonlai of Hothouse Flowers. The album also saw the return of the band’s fiddler Steve Wickham, his first appearance on a Waterboys’ record since ‘Room To Roam’ in 1990. The vinyl format is 180g Orange vinyl. The CD format is packaged in a jewelcase with 16 page booklet.”

  • Lauv: 5th Anniversary Double Vinyl of his 2018 compilation album ‘I Met You When I Was 18’ including the worldwide hit “I Like Me Better”.
  • Darlingside: fourth album ‘Everything Is Alive’ departs somewhat from the Boston-based quartet’s “exquisite literary minded, baroque folk- pop.”

Lastly Orchard has a reissue of Art Pepper “ ARTWORKS” ON Vinyl.

Sony for the 28th of July has a good hip hop compilation Raised By Rap: 50 Years of Hip-Hop on double LP with 25 tracks.

Warner for the 28th have some big name releases with for starters NEIL YOUNG “ Official Release Series Discs Disc 22, 23+, 24, 25” (Volume 5) via REPRISE as a 6CD set or a 9LP SET. Neil Young’s Official Release Series Volume 5 is a stunning collection of four albums that begins with the exciting renaissance that came with the release of Freedom in 1989, and continues on the unequalled exploration of collections Ragged Glory (1990), Weld (1991) and Arc (1991). In many ways, it is a musical travelogue of how Young saw the future and opened up creative worlds for the use of sound and originality which had not been used before. The Official Release Series Volume 5 is available as a vinyl box set of the original four albums on 9 vinyl LPs and the CD version is now issued on 6 CDs. Like all the reissues in this series, the albums are remastered from the best source available – original analog tape in most cases. For the four albums in the series, this is the first time they have been remastered. In addition on Ragged Glory, the 10-song original album is expanded for this re-issue with 4 rare tracks. “Interstate” and “Don’t Spook The Horse” were both B-sides to singles. “Box Car” and the 12 minute “Born To Run” are both previously unreleased versions.

Look the price thing rears its head a bit again…i suspect cd will out sell lp sets here…

Out via Rhino (Pure) also on the 28th is the brilliant Joni Mitchell At Newport on 2LP or cd.

Astonishing lady, astonishing artist…this is such an emotional , amazing musical document when Joni returned to Newport just last year….hard to not feel emotional watching this…beautiful 

(25) Joni Mitchell – Both Sides Now (Live at the Newport Folk Festival 2022) [Official Video] – YouTube

Warner Black Music has three PRINCE VINYL reissues with “ come” “ for you” and “ love sexy”.

 

PLG UK Catalog has the reissue of RICHARD WRIGHTs “ wet dream” on CD….Bluray and LP formats to follow in August.

 

Rhino Atlantic has STEVIE NICKS “ Complete Studio Albums & Rarities” 10 CD boxset.

 

RBDO 2171 label  has Grateful Dead “ RFK Stadium, Washington, DC 6/” on 8 LPs.

 

East West Records UK Ltd has a new album by ANNE – MARIE “ unhealthy”.

 

Cargo has a few for the 28th July with the new The Budos Band – Frontier’s Edge   on Opaque Lime  vinyl via Diamond West Records.

Cargo also has two JOHN FOXX reissues “ the golden section” on GateFold clear vinyl and “ annexe” on GF red vinyl via Metamatic Records.

 

CHRYSALIS RECORDS has PAUL HARDCASTLE “ Nineteen And Beyond: Paul Hardcastle 1984-1988” as a 4CD Clamshell box collating both studio albums, B sides and various international mixes and a 24-page book.

RUF RECORDS has the new Eric Johanson album “ The Deep And The Dirty” vinyl.

Propers own label has John & Beverley Martyn vinyl reissues of “ Stormbringer!” with Levon Helm playing a bit of drums and also “ road to ruin”.

(26) Sweet Honesty – YouTube

 

YEP ROC has NICK LOWE “ Dig My Mood (25th Anniversary)” on Limited blue vinyl

TOMMY BOY RECORDS has Naughty By Nature “ 19 Naughty III (30th Anniversary)” on 2LP or CD.

WIENERWORLD has a brand new Nils Lofgren album “ Mountains” on CD or LP. It’s been a busy couple of years for rocker Nils Lofgren: between recording albums for Neil Young alongside Rick Rubin, and finishing his own new effort ‘Mountains’ Nils recently joined Bruce Springsteen and the E Street on an extensive world tour. While his own tour to promote Mountains has been put on hold, fans won’t have to wait long to hear the new album. On Mountains, Nils moves seamlessly between bluesy and straight-ahead rockers and tender ballads as only he can, all treated with his trademark attention to sonic detail, and unmistakable vocals and guitar. Mountains contains Nils’ adept story telling at its fnest, with 9 brand new originals and a cover of Bruce Springsteen’s ‘Back In Your Arms. The star- studded line- up of guests on the new album include Ringo Starr, Neil Young, David Crosby, Cindy Mizelle, the Howard Gospel Choir, and Ron Carter. 

Heres a tune

(26) Ain’t The Truth Enough – YouTube

 

EPITAPH has BAD RELIGION “ Recipe For Hate” LP 30th Anniversary – Red w/ Black Smoke coloured LP.

 

MIG MUSIC has Gil Scott-Heron & His Amnesia Express “Legend In His Own Mind”.

“Live album of the unforgettable American soul/jazz singer, poet and civil rights activist Gil Scott-Heron (* April 1, 1949 in Chicago, + May 27, 2011 in New York), celebrated by the New York Times as “Godfather Of Rap”. 112 minutes of exciting live atmosphere, captured by Radio Bremen in 1983, sonically refined by the mastering of Johannes Scheibenreif also available on 2LP and ltd. 2LP (trans. green) “

MR BONGO has Mr Bongo Record Club Volume Six Red Vinyl,

Last but not least then on Propers own label is the fab soundtrack to Lock Stock And Two Smoking Barrels – OST on 2LP Red Vinyl…great soundtrack…heres a  seriously class tune from it

(26) Zorba The Greek – John Murphy & David Hughes – YouTube

 

Universal for the 28th of July has the new Post Malone 17 track album on Island called “ Austin” on CD , 2LP Green or Indies Exc Light Blue 2LP Set.

CLaddagh records has the second album by Ronan O Snodaigh + Myles O Reilly “ The Beautiful Road” on cd or LP. 

Having written and developed new songs while touring, the duo decamped to a log cabin in Roscommon and a farmhouse in remote West Cork. Recording one song every day, surrounded by countryside and inspired by nature the pair set out to create a soothing listening experience by focusing on higher frequencies, inspired by the calming effects of bird song, wind, rain, and sea. They also sought to counter the increased levels of intrusive ambient “white noise” caused by traffic, machinery, and other unpredictable sounds arising from the worlds post pandemic return to frenzied norms. Noises that so often overwhelm our ears and inner filters. The result is a collection of songs that experiment with a variety of comforting sonic elements, including bells, breaths, brush-stroked rhythms, halftime beats, and ambient melodies, to create a sonic massage that relaxes the ears and settles the soul.

 

 Heres a tune from it

(26) Rónán Ó Snodaigh & Myles O’Reilly :: Níl Aon Easpa Orm – YouTube

 

MERCURY CLASSICS SOUNDTRACK & SCORE has LORNE BALFE “ DUNGEONS & DRAGONS: HONOR AMONG THIEVES OST” on 2LP (PINK SPLATTER). 

UMR/Polydor has the next in the STEELY DAN LP reissues with “ Pretzel Logic”.

 

UMR/ABKO has The Rolling Stones “ Forty Licks” as a limited 4lp set.

“Originally released in 2002 to commemorate their 40th anniversary as a band, Forty Licks was a huge commercial success selling over 7 million copies round the world. Widely regarded as their definitive career spanning best of compilation Forty Licks is released on limited 4 x 180g black vinyl housed in a wide spined gatefold sleeve.”

Verve for the 28th July has CANNONBALL ADDERLEY “ CANNONBALL ADDERLEY QUINTET IN CHICAGO” as 1LP Verve Acoustic Sounds release.

 

Craft Recordings Mal Waldron Sextet “ mal 2” as 1LP, 180g black vinyl in tip-on jacket.

Integral for the 28th of July

 

Going to hand you to Shane now amd ill be dropping in with special news in a while….in my real time a while but in your real time you have read it already…could be a harry potter book.

Anyway Shane off you go kid…

Sound, Ray, sweet news that! Adam played me the single/track off it the other week. High quality as usual.
Hows it going all? Hope yere good.

Some nice ones to mention this week.
Before I do, just want to link a song from a band that I discovered yesterday. One of the lads (Peter L) pre-ordered it so I checked it out. Feckin class! Going to be in my top 10 for the year I’d say. Or maybe I was just in a good mood.
The band are Water From Your Eyes and this is the fitting last track from their new album:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TqCLosZYLiI&list=PLvsYXqtYjMYd7smmLqwE23TL4kGaeJvgX&index=10

If ye want to buy their product we can order in!

First one of the down the lines to mention today is coming at the start of October. A band I love. The Darkness are doing a special 20th Anniversary edition of their debut album ‘Permission to Land…Again’.

One of the best rock albums of this century in my opinion. Every track is a banger. Brilliant Gibson/Marshall sound too. There is a load of rare b-sides and outtakes, plus live stuff included on either a 5 LP set or 4 CD/DVD set. And there’s a limited indies marble blue version of just the album.
I saw them with my family in the Point in around 04, and then myself, Noelle and Bobby saw them in Cyprus avenue about 5 or 6 years ago. Some turnaround.
Bobby and his friend got Justin a birthday cake and it also happened to be Paddy’s Day. But Justin is vegan so he couldn’t eat it! But twas the thought that counted! Oh and Noelle and I had our wedding dance thingy to ‘Love is Only a Feeling’ !
Anyway, I’ll keep going or I’ll run out of time.

Theres a nice looking DOORS release coming in September. ‘Live at the Matrix 1967’ on 3 CD or 5 LP+7 inch set.

UK Rap/Grime legend Dizze Rascal will be reissuing his debut album ‘Boy in da Corner’ as a special 20th anniversary edition through XL Recordings on yellow, black and white 3 LP at the start of November. He was only 19 when it came out and it won a Mercury Prize. Here’s ‘Fix Up Look Sharp’

Also coming soon:

Shoegaze band LUSH have reissues coming soon too. If interested let us know.
Before I go, just want to let ye know that the upcoming BOWIE release of Ziggy Stardust the Motion Picture Soundtrack on gold vinyl is only 38 euro with us. Amazon and a few other places have it for over 50 so a good saving if interested.

Back to you Ray so bud. Cheers.

Right thanks Shane….lots going on today!

 

Right last one for today is Integral for the 4th August…

All Saints Records has a reissue of JOHN CALE “ Words For The Dying” ON CLEAR VINYL.

Wichita Recordings has the RIDE reissues on cd and coloured vinyl of “ Carnival of Light” and “ Tarantula” …we are allocated 10 copies of each coloured vinyl and as i write this we have 7 copies of each left to sell….just giving ye the info folks…

Last one from Domino Records is the reissue of PANDA BEAR 2011 album “ tomboy” .

Right thats it back to front news, great news on the new Mick album.

Ill talk to ye on the flipside off the hols all going well folks!

Sin e for this week really folks

Thanks for listening as usual!

Ray, Shane and young Adam 

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July 5th, ’23: Good PRICE on BLUR, new BLUEGRASS, exciting young rock band, Blues REISSUES, new Irish Supergroup, Limerick lad and full cabin crew on the MZ Yacht

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Hi everyone

Hope all is well!

Releases in the siopa for this Friday the 7th of July include…

One for the Rory fans here….the artist who did the cover of “ all around man” is a Cork artist, Vincent Zara,  and he is going to be in the shop from 10 am saturday morning until 1pm Saturday afternoon the 8th of July…ill let him tell ye himself about it!!

Hi all, Vincent here…Ray and the lads have kindly invited me to the shop on Saturday from 10am-1pm. I’ll have a limited amount of signed, mounted prints with me. It was an unbelievable honour to be asked to do the cover art again. Colm Henry’s Self Aid photo was a gift to be given as a jumping off point. The album itself is incredible and Rory still had a full tank in 1990 so have no doubts on the quality. Plenty of ‘old’ blues along with Rory classics and the acoustic side, as always, is magic. Heavens Gate and Tattoo’d Lady were amazing highlights for me. Mark Feltham and Geraint Watkins bring harmonica and organ/accordion sounds so some familiar songs have a new feel to them. Looking forward to seeing you all, we give thanks and praise to the Independents! Thanks Ray and Co, VZ 

 

So a really nice bespoke opportunity with this to meet the artist, get a signed print, get your album signed, photo with artist …really lovely way to document the release of this album…i know from the last time ( check shirt wizard) that folks from all over the globe were in contact with us ( after the fact) to try and get the companion signed art print with the album…blessed we are really to have the artist on our doorstep…and sher all this is about the great man anyway from our humble part of the world ….humble…hmmm…tangent time…someone told me during the week, ( not a true blood i must add!) that the census proved Cork was the most inbred county in the country…that 72% of people born in Cork , stayed in Cork like ( say it with a Cork accent) …anyway back to Rory, the rest of the globe is green with rebel envy!!…cash ideal for the prints on Saturday…grma.

Right so, releases for the 14th July include…

 

Main part of the hawk for tonight is for releases on the 21st of July so will start with Warner…and what i think is the biggest release of the week, maybe even the month to be fair, with the release of the new BLUR album “ THE BALLAD OF DARREN” via PLG UK Frontline or Parlophone …available on a host of formats including CD, DELUXE CD, Bluray audio version, std lp and indies coloured LP…bualadh bos on the price it has to be said…bualadh bos…i wont start again on the pricing thing, but proper pricing must be applauded …really looking forward to this, has been a while since the magic whip…heres a tune from the new record

(23) Blur – The Narcissist (Official Visualiser) – YouTube

Big release the BLUR album for the middle of the summer.

Atlantic Records has a big soundtrack release also on the 21st of July with BARBIE THE MOVIE and it will be on cd , std pink and indies only neon pink.

BMG has a reissue by Ian Dury & The Blockheads “ Laughter (Transparent Sunny Yellow Vinyl LP)” and they also reissue Jim Croce “ Life & Times ((50th Anniversary) [180g Blue Vinyl])” .

BMG also reissue John Lee Hooker “ …And Seven Nights” on vinyl as well as Can’t Touch Us Now by MADNESS.

Fueled By Ramen/Atlantic has a first timer on vinyl with Travie McCoy debut from 2010 “ Lazarus (RSD Indie Exclusive Orange Vinyl LP)” .

Lastly from Warner via Nonesuch , a nice one to finish with if you like a bit of bluegrass, the new album by Molly Tuttle & Golden Highway “ city of gold” on cd , std lp and indies LP. HERES a tune from it

(23) Molly Tuttle & Golden Highway – San Joaquin (Studio Video) – YouTube

If you dont open these newsletters over the next few weeks or didnt the last few weeks then there is a good chance you will stop receiving them…thats cool isnt it, if not interested and dont open we wont send to you…cool i hope? Your newsletter future lies in your hands!

 

As far as i can see Sony dont have anything really for the 21st July.

 

Right so Proper for the 21st of July has a couple of nice vinyl reissues via ALLIGATOR RECORDS, so there is Johnny Winter “ guitar slinger” and Roy Buchanan “ When A Guitar Plays The Blues”.

HIGHWATER RECORDING CO. has R.L. Burnside “ Sound Machine Groove” on  Memphis Blue Vinyl.

FM RECORDS has a couple of nice broadcast CD releases with THE BEACH BOYS “ American Broadcasts” and ROBERT PLANT “ The 1983 UK Broadcast” both on CD only.

We see a bump in CD sales over the last few months…a fall off on LPs a little bit…a lot of new releases now are selling a bit more on CD and a bit less on LP…wonder why that is folks…it begins with P …i said i wasn’t going to be John Wayne this week so ill leave it in the stable.

 

Cargo for the 21st has Joy Division –  Leigh Rock Festival 1979 on Red vinyl via Ozit Records, this pressing is limited to just 500 copies…nice tracklisting 1 Disorder/ Stage Announcements 2 Leaders Of Men 3 Colony 4 Insight 5 Digital. Side Two : 6 Dead Souls 7 Shadow Play 8 She’s Lost Control 9 Transmission 10 Interzone 11 Sound Of Music- Intro.    

 

Integral for the 21st of July has

Goldie ‘Timeless (The Remixes)’ and

Working Men’s Club ‘Minsky Rock Megamix II’ (Release Date 14th July 2023) *

Universal for the 21st of July has via EMI the third studio album by a rock band we really like in the shop here ( well, it was definitely the Bob mans cup of tea, not sure about the young fella though… i think Shane rates them  and i rate them…it is old school rock n roll and not many new bands do it better imo…Christ Ray get on with it will ya…the new GRETA VAN FLEET “ Starcatcher” ON CD, std lp AND INDIES Clear LP.  The album is written and recorded by the band—lead singer Josh Kizska, guitarist Jake Kizska, bassist/keyboardist Sam Kizska and drummer Danny Wagner—alongside Grammy-winning producer Dave Cobb (Chris Stapleton, Brandi Carlile). Recorded at the legendary RCA Studios in Nashville, the band utilized the large recording room to capture the pure energy of their world-renowned live performances. Heres a tune…a rockier one

(23) Greta Van Fleet – The Falling Sky (Official Audio) – YouTube

And a more mystical one…

(23) Greta Van Fleet – Meeting The Master (Official Music Video) – YouTube

i do think they are a super young rock band …maybe mid 20s is all they are and on their third record…super stuff imo. And the thing about the last song i played there , is the live version of it is even better!

VERVE has NINA SIMONE “ YOU’VE GOT TO LEARN” from the newport Jazz festival on CD, LP or indies cream LP. 

Theres a new Gorgon City album via EMI “ Salvation” on CD or LP.

There are a few AEROSMITH vinyl reissues from Universal , but we arent going to link them, they are very dear @ circa 50 euro…if anyone is interested drop us a mail…” Rock in a Hard Place” @ 35 euro and “Nine Lives” @ 48 euro and “ Live! Bootleg” @ 53 euro.

Bluenote reissue LONNIE SMITH “ TURNING POINT (CLASSIC VINYL) SERIES” .

Spectrum has a nice compilation album on double LP “ The 80s Pure Pop Album”.

 

Going to hand ye over to Shane now as he takes ye down the road with releases/announcements etc as usual…

Cheers, Ray! How’s it going everyone?
Delighted to see Vincent Zara on board the newsletter today. I used to know him a bit through a friend who I was in a band with. He was always sound and talented.
I have the print from the Check Shirt Wizard cover up in the sitting room. His stuff is great.

I better get mentioning.
NEIL YOUNG has yet another release. Called ‘Chrome Dreams’, it features unreleased tracks from his 70s period. The vinyl features an etching on Side D.
Here’s a fairly raw sounding one from it, sounds good: https://youtu.be/a41503VlZC0

Young Adam called over to my place in Ringaskiddy last weekend. We had a great night. We watched Bo Selecta and had a sing-along to John Lennon!

There’s a very cool Irish supergroup release coming this month. It’s a 12 inch by OXN called ‘Love Henry’.
OXN are comprised of Radie Peat from Lankum, John ‘Spud’ Murphy, Eleanor Myler (Percolator) and Katie Kim. Top talent there all round. Their Claddagh records first signing in 18 years I believe.
Here’s the title track from that: https://youtu.be/ZJYJSFy9B4A

A group I like, BUDOS BAND have a new EP coming out at the end of the month called ‘Frontier’s Edge’. There will be a fairly limited green vinyl version of that available.
Here’s a track from that too: https://youtu.be/w8jpoBs95us
If you like Quinten Tarantino soundtracks you’ll like them!

Also coming around the corner are:

That’s all folks I think from me.
Adam is going to mention a surprise U2 one that just got announced in the last few hours.
Everyone’s on board tonight!

Hi all! Adam here, Ray asked me to write a bit about Zooropa as the transparent reissue is coming out. Had a hard act to follow but it held its own I reckon. An album that puts ya in a place. Stay (Faraway, so close) is one of my favourite U2 songs. The album is coming out on a Translucent Yellow pressing and It looks nice and all but the price is a bit iffy me thinks. We have it for 58 best and when me and Ray saw the buy-in price we both kinda gasped, is what is it I guess… Anyhoo! Its on a really tight allocation so get em while ye can folks! Classic album!!!:) Alright see ye!

Sound Adam! Back to Ray so.

Thanks Shane!

 

Right last one for this week is Integral for the 28th of July has

Aphex Twin ‘Blackbox Life Recorder 21f / in a room7 F760’ out via Warp on CD OR 12” EP…first new music in a while from the Limerick native. Heres a tune

(23) Aphex Twin – Blackbox Life Recorder 21f (Official Audio) – YouTube

Brian Wilson ‘Brian Wilson: Long Promised Road’ vinyl on Lakeshore Records. This is the soundtrack to the 2021 film about places in Brians life etc , the  album consisting of previously unreleased recordings by Wilson, several of which dated from his unfinished 1990s collaborations with producer Andy Paley, and one new song, ‘Right Where I Belong’, that Wilson co-wrote with My Morning Jacket frontman Jim James for the film.

Black vinyl with printed inner sleeve.

 

There is a Daniel Rossen ‘Live in Pioneertown & Santa Fe’ vinyl release on Warp….not sure how many of these there are but they are hand numbered.

William The Conqueror ‘Excuse Me While I Vanish’ on cd or indies red vinyl or std vinyl via Chrysalis Records / SD.

 

Sin e for this week really folks…

Thanks for listening as always 

Ray, Shane and young Adam.

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June 28th, ’23: Secret ELTON Glasto vinyl, Nice new Irish releases in the mix, a rake of Jazz reissues and a blackout in August

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Hi Everyone

Hope yer all doing ok.

First up is releases in the shop for this friday the 30th of June:

.. .half the year in the bag already…flying.

Then on the 7th of July we have releases by …

Meant to flag it earlier and its no biggie really ,  but  sher ill tell ye anyway….a lot of our suppliers Universal, Sony. Integral and Cargo use the same distribution  company and warehouse in Aylesbury Buckinghamshire  but Utopia distribution services are  closing the current Aylesbury warehouse and moving their entire physical distribution to a brand new purpose built warehouse in Bicester. 

Boo hoo says you…main point is here…from Thursday the 10th of August through to Monday the 28th of August, there is a blackout while they get the new gaff up and running ( i presume with plenty teething problems after the 28th also!!) so we cant get Uni, Sony, Integral and Cargo stock during those 2 and a half weeks …new releases will be top heavy on either side of those dates as well as nothing will move between the 10th and 28th of August…not life changing for anyone but just letting ye know…our impeccable ( hah) service will be more interrupted than usual!! Ill remind ye closer to the time!

Right main week for this week is Friday the 14th of July and we will start with Warner…BMG has a 5 Seconds of Summer live album “ The Feeling of Falling Upwards” on 2LP, CD or Deluxe CD from the Royal albert hall in London..#
East West Records UK Ltd has Charli XCX “ Pop 2 5 Year Anniversary (Violet Coloured Vinyl LP), Warner themselves has a deluxe version of CHERs “ It’s a Man’s World” which is being reimagined as a special deluxe limited-edition vinyl box set ( first time ever on vinyl) that features a remastered version of the original 14-track UK album on 2 LPs, as well as a newly compiled double LP containing eleven rare remixes including “Walking In Memphis (Shut Up and Dance Vocal mix”…so its available as the aforementioned 4LP set or as a 2CD SET.

Maverick has DEFTONES “ Deftones (Limited Red Vinyl LP)” 20TH anniversary edition, BMG has the reissue of 1974 album by RAVI SHANKAR “ Shankar Family & Friends (Purple Orchid Vinyl LP) or CD.

BMG has the brand new RITA ORA album “ you and i” on cd or indies orange vinyl, lastly from warner , BMG has four more THE KINKS vinyl reissues with “ Preservation Act 1”, “ Preservation Act 2” , “ Schoolboys in Disgrace” and “ Soap Opera”.

Sony for the 14th of July has the game soundtrack Horizon Forbidden West OST as a 6 CD set or double LP…Sony also has the new COLTER WALL album “ little songs” on cd or blue vinyl.

 

There was a secret release ( out this week) of ELTON JOHNs “ diamonds” greatest hits album on coloured vinyl with exclusive print to celebrate his glasto performance…in stock in a day or two.

Sexy records via Cargo have a red vinyl version of RIGHT SAID FRED smash album “ up” on the 14th of July.

 

Strange Brew records ( fine irish label) has Limerick native ( i think)  Anna’s Anchor “The Merries” – LP release for towards the end of July i think…as far as we know for now, its LP only…ill check though….will def have LP copies anyway!

Here is a fine tune from the new record

(12) Anna’s Anchor – Hotel Dom Pancho (Music Video) – YouTube

 

Republic of Music has a big one and ideally we need orders asap if interested …not out till july 28th but need numbers in! Dexys are back! 11 years since the release of their last album of original music, the acclaimed One Day I’m Going to Soar, the band return with a stunning new record, The Feminine Divine, out July 28th on 100% records.

Heres a tune from it… 6 year old Bonnie here at home likes it very much…having a little boogie in the kitchen to it

(12) Dexys – Coming Home Official Music Video – YouTube

It should be available to us on these formats…CDj, STD LP, INDIES PURPLE LP and Cassette…email back if interested…ROM can sometimes be flaky to deal with so im trying to get numbers in early to avoid trouble ( it dont always work!)

 

Universal for the 14th of July has via EMI Brian May + Friends: Star Fleet Project is the third release in the ‘Brian May Gold Series’, originally released in 1983. Accompanied by top rock luminaries Edward Van Halen (guitar), Alan Gratzer (drums), Phil Chen (bass) and Fred Mandel (keyboards), the output of their legendary recording sessions was captured on a 3-track mini album.

Celebrating its 40th anniversary, Star Fleet Project has been given the full reissue treatment. Brian and his studio team (Queen sound engineers Justin Shirley-Smith and Kris Fredriksson) have created a completely new 2023 mix of the sessions from the original multitrack master tapes, and the artwork has been completely digitally recreated from the original 1983 source material, to give fans the very best experience at the highest possible quality. Available on CD, blk vinyl or Boxset 2CD + LP + 7” LIMITED EDITION.

IMPULSE! Has JOHN COLTRANE “ EVENINGS AT THE VILLAGE GATE: JOHN COLTRANE WITH ERIC DOLPHY” on CD or 2LP.

UMR has BASTILLE “ Bad Blood X” on Gatefold 1LP + 7″.

Craft Recordings has a couple of later  REM reissues on vinyl with “ Around The Sun” and “ Collapse Into Now” as LP, 180g, black vinyl….we were allocated 10 of each on these….only a couple of each gone so a good few left but just giving you the heads up , these should be around forever.

Verve has a couple…PSYCHICEMOTUS (VERVE BY REQUEST) by YUSEF LATEEF on vinyl and PHAROAH SANDERS “ unity” reissue.

UMR has a couple of ROLLING STONES represses with “ flowers” and “ Metamorphasis (Repress)”.

Craft Recordings has four other Jazz reissues for the 14th July with Idris Muhammad “ Black Rhythm Revolution!” , Jack DeJohnette “ sorcery” , Leon Spencer “ Where I’m Coming From” and Ornette Coleman “ Something Else!!!!: The Music Of Ornette Coleman” …all of these on Black LP, 180g, tip-on jacket.

UMG has acquired AEROSMITHs physical catologue and all their studio albums are been reissued on cd mainly with some on LP…more lps to follow….holler if your interested….cds are 14 quid a pop.

EMI thankfully have a reissue of Jessie Ware “ That! Feels Good!” on vinyl…out of stock since about a week after release a few months back.

Mercury Studios has GEORGE BENSON “ Live At Montreux 1986” ON DVD/2CD also on 14th july.

The Orchard has a few for the 14th of July with 

Proper records for the 14th of July have a few vinyl reissues on their own label which they have licensed from island/universal…so there is Fairport Convention “ Liege & Lief” and “ Unhalfbricking” as well as John Martyn “ London Conversation” and class “ The Tumbler” .

CHRYSALIS RECORDS has a couple of world music vinyl remaster and reissues with Taj Mahal & Toumani Diabate “ Kulanjan (2023 Remaster)” and Toumani Diabate with Ballake Sissoko “ New Ancient Strings (2023 Remaster)”.

LINUS ENTERTAINMENT has the late great GORDON LIGHTFOOT “ At Royal Albert Hall” on CD OR 2LP and lastly there is a brand new MICHAEL BOLTON album “ spark of light” on ANDROVER MUSIC.

This blackout in August is a first for me so will be a bit strange …programmed to work a certain way…that will slightly change for a bit…i see the new Hozier album is due on the 18th august , in the midst of the blackout…i presume it will get delivered before the 10th of august …time shall tell i suppose.

Integral for the 14th july has Various Artists / Soul Jazz Records Presents ‘Studio One 007…’ Expanded Edition 

And the James Yorkston Vinyl Reissues also.

Going to hand ye over to Shane now as he takes ye down the road with announcements etc…

How’s it going everyone? Cheers Ray! Adam, thanks as well for covering me last week, much appreciated, and good stuff!
I liked your random music link at the start so I’m going to rob that idea.
Here’s a class cover of ‘Paranoid Android’ by one of my favourites Brad Mehldau:
https://youtu.be/NZGQp6sWM4s

The album it’s from ‘Largo’ was released on vinyl recently. A brilliant album but the price of it is mental, nearly 50.

There’s quite a bit of down the line releases today to mention so I’m going to do a list for ye if ye don’t mind:

Phew!…oh we got another few last minute sell-ins as well…deep breath again…these will be coming soonish too:

Tis like the Irish weather!
Hopefully we get a few more weeks of sun in July, we’ll take that.

Anyway, back to you Ray so bud!
 

Thanks Shane!

Right last one for this week is INTEGRAL for the 21st July and LONDON records has GOLDIE Timeless (The Remixes) as a 3LP set or 2 cd set as well as Working Men’s Club *Rel date 14th July* “ Minsky Rock Megamix II” as a 12” via Heavenly Recordings.

Sin e really for this week folks

Thanks for listening as always

Ray, Shane and Young Adam.

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