ghostly grey vinyl

limited reissue on clear 10 inch vinyl.

ausgewählte highlights der 2 cd compilation “swing with the best big bands” jetzt auch als vinyl erhältlich.

low-down and dirty jazz goes right back to the early 1900s in storyville, after the bands had played their hot tunes in the evening for dancing couples, the musicians would head off to the after-hours joints and play a less energetic but more bluesy kind of music, enabling them and their late-night audiences to get through to the early hours of the morning without suffering total exhaustion. and nobody in new orleans laid into the blues so low down and dirty as buddy bolden, whose funky butt became a staple in the repertoire of the citys early jazz bands.
jacksonville, florida, 1960. charles hungry williams mentors young clayton fillyau after he had just joined the james brown band: *i dont care where you put it on those drums, remember where 1 is and you ll never lose the time. listen to hungry on huey smiths *talk to me baby* and then listen to how clayton turns it into a relentless breakbeat on james browns *i ve got money*. earl kings *trick bag*, prefiguring the meters, is as good an example of early new orleans funk as can be found.

afro/funk

third album from texan band lord buffalo. pressing on ice & aqua blue galaxy marbled vinyl, housed in a gatefold sleeve.

lp with japanese obi-strip

rock

rediscover the most sampled original blues tracks in music history on this double vinyl compilation.

coloured cinyl edition

deluxe 12page booklet, 150 gram audiophile vinyl ! live at the hollywood bowl august 18, 1967

»astral weeks« ist das zweite soloalbum des nordirischen musikers van morrison, mit dem der ehemalige them-sänger nach der auflösung der band seine solokarriere weiter ausprägte.
aufgenommen wurde die acht songs umfassende platte innerhalb von nur zwei tagen im september und oktober 1968 in den century sound studios in new york. unterstützung erhielt van morrison dabei von dem gitarristen jay berliner, dem bassisten richard davis, dem perkussionisten warren smith und dem schlagzeuger connie kay. es ist das erste album, das der sänger beim label warner brothers produzierte.
»astral weeks« ist eine mischung aus folk, blues und jazz. es gehört nicht zu den erfolgreichsten van-morrison-alben, hat jedoch bis heute bei seinen fans kultstatus erlangt.

to celebrate the 60 years of the release of the first 7 inch of the greatest rock band of all time, rediscover all the tracks that influenced the sound of the beatles in a double vinyl.

limited edition 2lp on silver vinyl, in gatefold sleeve with liner notes

standard version 2lp on black vinyl in gatefold sleeve with liner notes.

deluxe 4 lp set, remastered by joe gastwirt.

the first part of vanguards definitive three-part blues series. 180 gram vinyl in tip-on sleeve.

the good old times

the soundtrack to the grammy nominated documentary “that little ol’ band from texas”. indie exclusive limited pressing on tangerine coloured vinyl.

the comeback album from norwegian rock band madrugada. special edition coloured double vinyl (1x red / 1x blue), housed in a gatefold sleeve.

a previously unreleased live recording of art blakey & the jazz messengers captured at hibiya public hall in tokyo on january 14, 1961 during the band’s first-ever tour of japan. mastered by bernie grundman, pressed on 180 gram double vinyl at optimal, housed in a gatefold slveeve with 16-page insert and 6 collector postcards included.

a rough guide to jug band blues on limited vinyl lp. includes code for free download of the full album plus bonus tracks.

on their second album, jazz master charles lloyd and his new band the marvels team up with singer / songwriter lucinda williams. the double vinyl lp is housed in a gatefold sleeve.

marie davidson is back with the new band l’Œil nu (asaël robitaille & pierre guerineau), a new album and a new sound! the double vinyl is housed in a gatefold sleeve

rare live perfomances and demo sessions that pinpoint the beginning of fleetwood mac, authorised by the band. remastered audio on 180 gram triple vinyl, housed in a tri-fold sleeve

another rare treasur, unearthed by dj amir - bbe presents the first ever vinyl reisue of the 1978 jazz-fusion album “the jupiter effect” from larry rose band.

the companion album to the band’s 1979 film of the same name on 180 gram double vinyl.

a selection of tracks from the vault deluxe box on exclusive clear vinyl.

after metropolitan jazz affair, the dynamics and mr president, master of musical ubiquity bruno ?patchworks? hovart proudly presents uptown funk empire, a burning tribute to one of his all time greatest loves: funk. bruno ?patchworks? hovart, as a self-taught musician and typical teenager, started playling guitar, bass and keyboards at age 15, covering james brown, jimi hendrix and cream in his bedroom and, later in college bands. his first releases are in the mid 90s, with deep house and disco live bands and various electronic projects. he quickly develops and shows very special skills for vintage disco/funk productions with a contemporary flavor. this gifted boy?s been working with artists such as amp fiddler, archie shepp, mr day, paul randolph... and for many recording labels such as i still music (usa), favorite recordings (france), infracom (germany), further out (uk)... uptown funk empire is an exciting and ambitious project, worthy of its name. while the first album is simply called ?the empire strikes back?, it?s no joke... forget the whole revival thing, this sounds like an actual rebirth of the real funky stuff. it?s like being back to the better days of funk without a travel machine... the vibe is vintage but the sound is fresh...that?s not funky music, that?s funky music !
this album is huge and it covers all the golden age groove styles : boogaloo, soul, disco, boogie, funk... but the music flows in the hands of a gifted modern producer. bruno ? patchworks? hovart plays bass, keyboards, computers... handling with love all composition, programming, arrangements, vocals... with brilliant vocal featurings by silky juan rozoff, brit-soul legend noel mc koy at his best, high-voltage divas ange & janice... and the funkysoul brother bruno ?patchworks? hovart himself on the mic... it?s pure funkiness ! beware, ?the empire strikes back? and is kicking... so get up & dance !

“no security” captures a stand-out stones show, with the band on searing form during the closing leg of their american tour in san jose. treating the crowd to an up-close and personal experience and leaving a frenzy in their wake. the set list spans from the mid-sixties hit singles to the bridges to babylon album, including a bluesy, dramatic version of ‘midnight rambler’, a dark and swaggering ‘out of control’, and the rarely performed live, ‘some girls’ and ‘saint of me’. the show was an electrifying, anthem-packed, cross generational hot ticket, concluding yet another chapter from the band that wrote the book on rock ‘n’ roll.
triple lp set on 180 gram vinyl, housed in a gatefold sleeve.

schauspieler und musikliebhaber martin freeman (the hobbit, sherlock, the office) wurde in seiner teenagerzeit in den 80er jahren durch musik von bands wie brand new heavies und dem james taylor quartet geprägt. “jazz on the corner” bündelt die beinahe obsessive liebe von eddie piller, mitgründer des einflussreichen londoner labels acid jazz, und martin freeman zu jazz. cd1 ist von freeman kompiliert, cd2 von piller. auf vinyl sind die tracks durchmischt und über die 4 seiten verteilt. das doppel-vinyl erscheint im klappcover.

the 1975 album from bob dylan & the band back on 180 gram double vinyl. housed in a gatefold sleeve

sharon jones & the dap-kings’ final studio album, soul of a woman is a lush, orchestral masterpiece. a true testament to the life and career of daptone’s fearless leader and one of the world’s greatest performers.
though we’ll never again see her electric form shimmy across the stage, sharon jones continues to give us her soul and her music. she died nearly a year ago, but only now can we hear her final creation. soul of a woman captures a singer and a band at the peak of their power. cutting one last time to eight-track tape at daptone’s house of soul studio in bushwick, brooklyn, the band endeavored to create a record that stretches the limits of their soulful sound in all directions, giving us both their rawest and most sophisticated recordings to date. a final statement by one of the most influential rhythm and blues voices of the 21st century.

it does not happen that often any more that unreleased music from 40 years ago surfaces. even more unlikely it is that the songs put on tape are such treasures. the voltags were right at the forefront of the local washington dc new wave/punk scene of the late 1970s. influenced by kraftwerk, gary numan, the clash, and the b-52 s, they have released only one 45rpm single during their existence. but during the time span of not even 18 months, they had recorded enough material for an entire album but the songs remained in the can. this is the story of the voltags, a short-lived band which could have become famous and mentioned in the same breath as the aforementioned music legends of that era if their songs had been released back in the day. dive in and enjoy the sound of the voltags, it is truly special. we here at perfect toy are thrilled to be label to finally release their work and we sincerely hope that they are finally getting the appreciation they so richly deserve

electronic pop act penelope is the second release on fellow swede pjotr’s label. backed up by remixes from roger 23 and physical therapy, the band offers three dystopian pop songs spanning from futuristic, villainous r&b to trance filled breakbeat ending with a guitar based ballad - all songs being infected by penelope’s machiavellian lusting vocals.
roger 23 delivers two versions of the title track, the first a forceful chi-town beat adventure with raw outer space chords (including full original vox), the second a reduced effective piercing dub straight from the outer sphere. physical therapy closes with a psychedelic version of “rattlesnake” built around hard-hitting tribal drums.

the critics were unanimous in their praise of the music on this legendary dutch only philips jazz lp from 1971, recorded at vara studios hilversum and produced by joop de roo, preceding the performance of the same compositions at jazz festival loosdrecht. excellent all star band with unreal line up: 17 top musicians from different countries featuring benny bailey, herb geller, ack van rooyen, jiggs whigham, frans elsen, rob madna, cees smal, rob franken, tony coe, rick kiefer and tony inzalaco, conducted by jerry van rooyen, first reissue, remastered 2009, comes with extensive new liner notes.

der in texas geborene rhythmus- und bluesgitarrist melvin sparks war einer der großen des soul-jazz. melvin spielte mit lou donaldson, leon spencer, bernard purdie, jack mcduff, jimmy mcgriff, idris muhammad, dr. lonnie smith, charles earland, grover washington jr., reuben wilson und so vielen mehr. auch in den leisesten jahren des soul-jazz blieb melvin durch hip-hop und r&b aktuell. diese veröffentlichung dokumentiert melvins letzte band, nur wenige monate vor seinem tod. der organist beau sasser und schlagzeuger bill carbone arbeiteten seit einigen jahren mit sparks zusammen. die tracks auf diesem album, liebevoll gemischt von gitarrist, produzent und melvin sparks-fan eddie roberts, zeigen, dass melvin auch in den letzten monaten seines lebens wie zu jeder zeit spielte.

‘fear eats the soul’ is the third release from sordid sound system on invisible inc. his previous two records ‘in a year of 13 moons’ and ‘lux exterior’ have been getting plays from the likes of andrew weatherall, manfredas, john talabot, idjut boys and thomas von party. describing ‘fear eats the soul’ as a concept ep made by four imaginary bands from detroit, new york, paris and munich, sordid sound system says: “i’m pissed off with passive aggressive shabby chic artisan boutiques besieging my studio and complaining about the noise, i’m pissed off with coked up yuppy hipsters in land rovers taking over my neighbourhood with fancy restaurants with names that sound like fucking law firms, i’m pissed off at the resurgence of the far right and creeping fascism, i’m pissed off with self sabotaging english and american voters and the neo liberal corporate elites that have pissed away opportunities and alienated them, i’m pissed off with modern recording technology creating a sea of homogenous unimaginative beige bullshit, and i’m really pissed off that my favourite drummer jaki leibezeit is dead, but apart from that it’s all good, enjoy the new record.”

(vinyl + download) thomas werbrouck (little trouble kids) has a new project called krankland, a four piece band with christophe claeys (sx, magnus, balthazar) on drums, thomas mortier (yuko) on bass and janko beckers (faces on tv) on guitar.

nach dem weltweiten erfolg des albums *blackbird* aus dem jahr 2013 (platz 65 in deutschland) meldet sich das neuseeländische septett mit *bays* zurück. die neun stücke entstanden im bandeigenen studio in kilbirnie, wellington, dem ehemaligen presswerk des labels hmv. ist letzteres vielleicht ein grund für den genrereichtum des albums? es beginnt mit dem lodernden funk von *wairunga blues*, entwickelt sich dann zu einem hybrid aus reggae, jazz, soul, blues und techno-rhythmen. für fans von bonobo, thievery corporation, quantic, d’angelo, easystar allstars, rudimental, bilal, sbtrkt. das 180-gramm-doppelvinyl enthält eine download-karte.

das limitierte doppel-vinyl enthält 32 kultklassiker aus der rock n roll-Ära, die von der new yorker punk band the cramps gecovert wurden. die zusammenstellung stammt von rock n roll-fachmann lucky parker, der mit hilfe der plattensammlung der the cramps masterminds lux interior und poison ivy die wurzeln der band aufzeigt.

die zweite vinyl-lp in der serie *the r&b singles collection* bringt 16 der 30 tracks der gleichnamigen cd vol.2 - neu remastered - auf schwarzem lp-vinyl. die ursprünge des northern soul, als ende der 1940er jahre in den südstaaten der rhythm & blues als hybrid aus gospel, blues und jazz entstand. weiterhin erhältlich sind selbstverständlich die einzelnen 7 inch singles mit jeweils zwei tracks.

2lp with download code included

dead capo is a quartet that fluctuates between the classic sounds of jazz, the attitude of rock and the trepidation of surf. all of this seasoned with the cinema sounds of rota or morricone.
it has been 10 years since their debut lp, díscolo (pueblo records, 2002), made waves with the national critics. their new album is once again surprising and the band sounds as fresh as when they started their journey at the end of the 90s. sale (lovemonk, 2012) combines an extraordinary energy with passages of meticulous precision and goes from wild to calm in a way that is both unexpected yet natural. thelonius monk, cartoons, cinematic landscapes, rocks past, africa, surf and the ballad come together in an album as great as it is as unpredictable.

this record – never before released on vinyl - contains a 6 panel insert and a secret bonus track. pressing on 180 grams audiophile vinyl, comes in gatefold sleeve.

erste single von quantic und alice russell aus ihrem mit spannung erwarteten ersten gemeinsamen album >look around the corner<! dieser preview erscheint als limitierte 10 inch single mit farbcover. >look around the corner< vereint meisterhaft auf der einen seite alice russels faible für soul, blues, folk und gospel mit dem unnachahmlichen swing von quantics band, der combo bárbaro. die erwartungen sind hoch - zurecht, wie diese erste single beweist!

the sense of palace brothers being a band was dispelled by oldhams second album >days in the wake<. initially released eponymously, >days in the wake< is, apart from the addition of some backing vocals on come a little dog, a solo album.