New Music This Week: Tom Waits Remasters, Guardians of the Galaxy on Cassette, Dave Edmunds Vinyl, More!
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Swordfishtrombones was the start of a new artistic era for the acclaimed singer-songwriter Tom Waits, who both wrote and produced the now timeless album, his first for Island Records. To commemorate the 40th anniversary of its release, the album is remastered for the first time ever from the original EQ’ed ½ production master tape.
Noted as Tom Waits’ most critically acclaimed album, Rain Dogs followed the new musical path Waits had taken with Swordfishtrombones. Originally released in 1985 on Island Records, the album is remastered for the first time ever from the original ½” flat master tape.
Originally released in 1987 on Island Records, Franks Wild Years is Tom Waits’ 10th studio album. Titled for a play of the same name, Franks Wild Years is an iteration of the track “Frank’s Wild Years” from Waits’ album Swordfishtrombones. Also referenced as the album that closes out the “trilogy” – preceded by Swordfishtrombonesand Rain Dogs. Remastered for the first time ever from the original ½” flat master tape.
Set to an all-new sonic backdrop of Awesome Mixtape #3, Marvel's Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 continues the team's adventures as they traverse the outer reaches of the cosmos. Smoky Tint Cassette.
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Wayne Shorter's 1967 album Schizophrenia found the legendary saxophonist at the pinnacle of post-bop with a sextet of like-minded musical explorers including James Spaulding, Curtis Fuller, Herbie Hancock, Ron Carter and Joe Chambers performing Shorter originals like "Tom Thumb," "Go," and "Miyako." This stereo Blue Note Tone Poet Series was produced by Joe Harley, mastered by Kevin Gray from the original analog tapes, pressed on 180g vinyl and packaged in a deluxe gatefold tip-on jacket.
A live album recorded in 1976 during a tour with Crazy Horse. Side A is Neil Young solo acoustic from Hammersmith Odeon, London; on Side B, Neil is joined by Crazy Horse at The Budokan in Tokyo. 10 amazing performances of classic Neil Young songs, including the rare "Stringman". This album is included on CD in Neil's Archives Volume II, but this is the debut release on vinyl. 1 LP - 140g black vinyl.
Kansas City-born Hammond B3 organ dynamo Big John Patton made a stellar run of soul jazz albums for Blue Note through the 1960s but Let `Em Roll stands among his finest with Patton adding vibraphonist Bobby Hutcherson to a standard organ trio line-up with guitarist Grant Green and drummer Otis Finch. This stereo Blue Note Tone Poet Series was produced by Joe Harley, mastered by Kevin Gray from the original analog tapes, pressed on 180g vinyl and packaged in a deluxe gatefold tip-on jacket.
Pre- through post-Millennium Curt & Sandy! These newly discovered unheard compositions of solar euphony are highlighted by Boettcher’s angelic vocals and Salisbury’s catchy, confectionary melodies.
A showcase of premium West Coast sunshine pop! During the summer of 1966, Sandy Salisbury arrived on the Sunset Strip in his VW Bug.
Knowing little of the mainland from his childhood home of Kailua-Kona, Hawai’i, he became friends with his next door neighbor, who invited him to a party.
At that very same time, Curt Boettcher was an up and coming producer, who the Association chose to produce their first album.
Introduced by a mutual friend, and Sandy’s neighbor, Boettcher and Salisbury went on to form the Ballroom, and later on, the Millennium. Salisbury and Boettcher saved all of their publishing demos – demos that were to become future material for the Millennium and/or Ballroom.
Untouched for over 50 years, step back in time to 1967 with this rare collection of southern California sunshine pop!
Contemporary Records Acoustic Sounds Series presents this 180-gram LP edition of Ornette Coleman's second album Tomorrow Is The Question!. First released in 1959 and recorded by legendary engineer Roy DuNann, the album also features Don Cherry, Percy Heath, Shelly Manne and Red Mitchell. This new edition features ALL-ANALOG mastering from the original analog tapes by Bernie Grundman and is pressed at QRP and presented in a tip-on jacket.
Limited 180gm yellow colored vinyl LP pressing in gatefold jacket.
7A Records are proud to announce the reissue of Dave Edmunds' critically acclaimed 1978 Rock album, Tracks On Wax 4, released on vinyl.
Tracks On Wax 4, as it's title suggests, was the fourth album released under Welsh rocker Dave Edmunds' name, but it features the full Rockpile line-up. Rockpile - a quartet comprising Nick Lowe (bass, vocals), Billy Bremner (guitar, vocals), and Terry Williams (drums) as well as Edmunds on guitar and vocals.
Rockpile were unusual in that they navigated a path between British Pub Rock, with elements of Classic Pop, Country, Rockabilly but also a strand of contemporary New Wave; Furthermore, Rockpile possessed considerable musical firepower without empty virtuosity, their songs were two / three minute slices of high-octane rock and roll performed with style and panache.
The Rockpile sound was one that travelled well, too, with the band enjoying considerable fan bases in the US, Scandinavia, Europe and Japan, based in part on the power of their live show. 7A Records were granted full access to the original master tapes and the album has been remastered for vinyl by Roger Béchirian, who was also the studio engineer for the original release.
Limited 180gm red colored vinyl LP pressing in gatefold jacket.
7A Records are proud to announce the reissue of Dave Edmunds' 1979 Rock Album, Repeat When Necessary.
Originally released on Led Zeppelin's Swan Song label in 1979, Repeat When Necessary went on to become Dave Edmunds' biggest album.
The album was not only his first to chart in the U. K. but his first to make the U. S. Billboard 200. It's lead single, the Elvis Costello-penned Girls Talk, became Dave's biggest hit single since his revival of "I Hear You Knocking," an international smash in 1970.
Dave Edmunds and his Rockpile colleagues (including Nick Lowe, who is also featured on this album) epitomized the back-to-basics approach of Great Britain's pub rock scene. The band also incorporated strong power pop and rockabilly influences and paved the way for new wave.
This fusion was arguably never more potent than on this album. 7A Records were granted full access to the original master tapes and the album has been remastered for vinyl by Roger Béchirian, who was also the studio engineer for the original release.
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