Music Releases 11-29-24
Following Wilco’s acclaimed 2023 album Cousin, Wilco revisited unfinished material from these sessions to craft ‘Hot Sun Cool Shroud’. Collaborating again with engineering mixer Tom Schick, the band crafted six tracks that expand on the sound of Cousin. According to Jeff Tweedy, they have “a summertime-after-dark kind of feeling. It starts off pretty hot, like heat during the day, has some instrumentals on it that are a little agitated and uncomfortable, and ends with a cooling breeze.”
Out of print on vinyl since the '70s, this prime slab of '65 Buck is Buck at his best. Topping the country charts and being named the Billboard Country Album Of The Year, the interest in this album never waned. This is THE Buck Owens album to own, as it is the apex of his career with the Buckaroos. Don Rich never sounded tighter (and even throws a guest vocal with "Wham Bam"). There has never been a more distinctive nor instantly recognizable sound in country music than Buck Owens, and this album is reflective of that.
There are a handful of hits on this one, including the title track, "Cryin' Time," and "Memphis." If you only have room for one Buck Owens album, well, this is it! Cut all analog and pressed on orange vinyl for RSD Black Friday 2024.
Tracklist
A1. I’ve Got A Tiger By The Tail A2. Trouble And Me A3. Let The Sad Times Roll On A4. Wham Bam A5. If You Fall Out Of Love With Me A6. Fallin’ For You
B1. We’re Gonna Let The Good Times Roll B2. The Band Keeps Playin’ On B3. Streets Of Laredo B4. Cryin’ Time B5. A Maiden’s Prayer B6. Memphis
“Mata leao” means “lion killer” in Portuguese, an appropriate title for this beast of an album, Biohazard’s first as a trio. In this case less is more; with a sound blending so many ingredients (hardcore, rap, metal), the increased focus brought on by the streamlined line-up just hardens the tip of the jackhammer.
Produced by Dave Jerden of Jane’s Addiction and Alice in Chains fame, this 1996 release sees its first US issue on vinyl, complete with printed inner sleeve.
Tan vinyl pressing limited to 2000 copies worldwide.
Tracklist
A1. Authority A2. These Eyes (Have Seen) A3. Stigmatized A4. Control A5. Cleansing A6. Competition A7. Modern Democracy A8. Better Days
B1. Gravity B2. A Lot to Learn B3. Waiting to Die B4. A Way B5. True Strengths B6. Thorn B7. In Vain
Live at Park Ave is a live album by the Gaslight Anthem. It was recorded on October 22, 2008 and originally released exclusively on vinyl on April 19, 2009 as part of the second Record Store Day. This live EP consists of six songs recorded live at Park Ave CDs in Orlando, Florida, during the band's tour with Rise Against, Thrice and Alkaline Trio.
The last song played, "Once Upon a Time", is a cover of Robert Bradley's Blackwater Surprise, previously released as an iTunes bonus track on the band's successful album The '59 Sound. This RSD Black Friday 10” release on Purple Nebula Vinyl celebrates the anniversary of this EP, capturing the band at a time when they were catapulting toward the first major peak of their career.
Now, 15 years later, after the band has reunited and toured the world following a massively successful return to form, this EP serves as the perfect glimpse back at where the band came from, as we watch them continue to soar well into their third decade as a band.
Tracklist
A1. Film Noir A2. Miles Davis & The Cool A3. Blue Jeans & White T-Shirts
B1. The Navesink Bank B2. Here's Looking At You, Kid B3. Once Upon A Time
For more than five decades Carlos Santana has been the visionary force behind artistry that transcends musical genres and generational, cultural, and geographical boundaries. To date, Santana has won ten GRAMMY Awards and three Latin GRAMMY Awards, received the Billboard Century Award, is a member of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, received the Billboard Latin Music Awards’ Lifetime Achievement honor, is the recipient of the Kennedy Center Honors Award, and has been cited by Rolling Stone as #11 on their list of the “100 Greatest Guitarists of All Time.”
For RSD Black Friday 2024, Santana teams up with producers Lino Nicolosi, Nicolosi Team, and Narada Michael Walden (Whitney Houston, Mariah Carey), to present three distinct versions of his composition “Let The Guitar Play”: The Radio Version, The Soul Radio Version, and The 70's Version. The first two feature Run DMC's Darryl McDaniels, who delivers a poetic rap over an EDM-style drum beat, serving as a dynamic catalyst for Santana to intricately weave his signature guitar magic.
This limited edition three song 12” is pressed on tie-dye vinyl.
Tracklist
1. Let The Guitar Play (Radio Version) feat. Darryl "DMC" McDaniels
2. Let The Guitar Play (Soul Radio Version) feat. Darryl "DMC" McDaniels
3. Let The Guitar Play (70's Version)
Tomorrow May Not Be Your Day--The Unissued Atco Recordings 1970-1971 [RSD Black Friday 2024]
Native American guitarist Jesse Ed Davis was the “go-to” guy for a remarkable group of musicians. Starting in the mid-‘60s, he toured with Conway Twitty, then became a key part of Taj Mahal’s band, playing on several albums and tours including an appearance in The Rolling Stones Rock and Roll Circus, and, perhaps most famously, accompanied George Harrison during the Concert for Bangladesh, followed by work on various solo albums by John Lennon, Ringo Starr, Gene Clark, Leonard Cohen, and Jackson Browne (that’s Jesse taking the solo on his 1972 breakout hit “Doctor My Eyes”).
All this activity caught the eye of ATCO Records, who released his debut LP Jesse Davis in 1971. The album featured Leon Russell, Eric Clapton, Gram Parsons, Merry Clayton, Ben Sidran, John Simon (producer of The Band), Alan White (of Yes), and many others including Delaney Bramlett behind the mixing desk. A year later, Atco released Ululu containing some of the same all-stars, plus Duck Dunn, Jim Keltner, and Dr. John – and a version of George Harrison’s “Sue Me, Sue You Blues” before even George recorded it.
Of late, there’s been something of a Jesse Ed Davis revival. Besides Real Gone Records releases, Davis was a major figure in the documentary Rumble: The Indians Who Rocked the World…and now this fall comes a full-fledged biography, Washita Love Child: The Life and Times of Jesse Ed Davis, by Dr. Douglas Miller.
To honor the man and the occasion of the book’s release (and to slake guitar-heads the world over thirsting for more tasty Jesse Ed licks), Real Gone Music releases Tomorrow May Not Be Your Day: The Unissued Atco Recordings 1970-1971, a double-LP collection consisting of, as the title says, all unreleased recordings taken from Jesse’s sessions for his two Atco solo records. Along the way you’ll find completely unreleased songs (“Slinky Jam”), unexpected covers of “Ain’t No Beatle,” “Kansas City,” and “Tracks of My Tears,” unissued instrumentals (including a version of Dylan’s “Love Minus Zero/No Limit”), and an entire side featuring alternate versions of Jesse’s masterpiece, “Washita Love Child.”
Remastered by Mike Milchner at Sonic Vision, and featuring notes by Dr. Miller festooned by photos contributed by Jesse’s son William “Billy” Noriega, Tomorrow May Not Be Your Day: The Unissued Atco Recordings 1970-1971 represents a major archival find from one of rock’s most intriguing characters, out on Cobalt “Blue Jean” vinyl limited to 1500 copies worldwide.
Tracklist
A1. TOMORROW MAY NOT BE YOUR DAY (Unissued) A2. CRAZY LOVE (Unissued Alternate Take) A3. KANSAS CITY (Unissued Instrumental) A4. ROCK AND ROLL GYPSIES (Unissued Alternate Version) A5. TRACKS OF MY TEARS (Unissued)
B1. EVERY NIGHT IS SATURDAY NIGHT (Unissued Alternate Version) B2. LOVE MINUS ZERO/NO LIMIT (Unissued Instrumental) B3. SLINKY JAM (Unissued Instrumental) B4. QUALIFIED (Unissued Instrumental)
C1. WASHITA LOVE CHILD (Unissued Slow Instrumental #1) C2. WASHITA LOVE CHILD (Unissued Slow Instrumental #2) C3. KIOWA TEEPEE (WASHITA LOVE CHILD) (Unissued Instrumental With Pow Wow Introduction) C4. WASHITA LOVE CHILD (Unissued Alternate Lead Vocal)
D1. AIN’T NO BEATLE (Unissued) D2. CARAVAN (Unissued Instrumental) D3. PAT’S SONG (GOLDEN SUN GODDESS) (Unissued Alternate Instrumental) D4. ULULU (Unissued Alternate Instrumental)
Had a bad day? Well, news of this 1995 smash album (also known as Daniel Powter) finally receiving a vinyl release should turn it around! Yes, it does indeed include the #1 hit “Bad Day,” which is one of those songs that has so fully infiltrated pop culture that most people don’t even know who the original performer was!
But this RSD Black Friday reissue should remind them: it’s a model of finely-crafted adult alternative pop, produced (but not overly polished) by Mitchell Froom. DP went Top Ten not just in the US, but in the UK, Japan…and, of course, was a huge hit in Powter’s native Canada.
Includes a color printed inner sleeve…reissued with the full support of the artist himself! Highlighter Yellow Vinyl limited to 1250 copies worldwide!
Tracklist
A1. Song 6
A2. Free Loop
A3. Bad Day
A4. Suspect
A5. Lie to Me
B1. Jimmy Gets High
B2. Styrofoam
B3. Hollywood
B4. Lost on the Stoop
B5. Give Me Life
For RSD Black Friday 2024, Soul Jazz Records is reissuing Tribe’s ‘Dedication’, a superb rare 1970s funk/soul/jazz album, as a one-off pressing special limited-edition Orange Vinyl edition, fully remastered with exact reproduction artwork.
In a similar vein to groups such as Mandrill, Jimmy Castor Bunch, The Blackbyrds, Pleasure, and Kool and the Gang, Tribe blend together elements of funk, jazz, rock, latin and soul music into a unique sound (their first album was aptly named ‘Ethnic Stew’). Dedication is a fantastic long-lost album of deep funk, soul and jazz from the group, originally released independently in 1977 and out-of-print for over 45 years.
Tribe was the brainchild of multi-instrumentalist Earl J Foster, who put together the band along with producer Big Dee Ervin in 1974. Aside from Earl Foster the band features Clyde Jardine Powell on bass, Billy Soto on guitar, Jimmie A. Clapper on sax, Benjamin Taylor and Harold Clayton on vocals and Harold Davis on drums. The group made three albums, but ‘Dedication’ remains their tour de force, a fantastic slice of spaced-out funk, jazz and soul.
Tracklist
A1. Share It (4.22) A2. Firesign (3.26) A3. Vulcan Voyage (4.01) A4. Love You Like A Brother (4.13)
B1. Ain't Nothing But A Party (4.22) B2. Got To Be Something More (3.17) B3. Baby Feet (3.48) B4. Funky Reggae (3.21) B5. Celebrate Your Love (5.29)
Down with Wilco is the fifth album by The Minus 5. Produced by Scott McCaughey and Jeff Tweedy, it is a collaboration between McCaughey and Wilco, recorded at SOMA Studios Chicago in September and December 2001, in the wake of 9/11.
The LP has been out of print for years, but is being re-released as a single LP on Sky Blue Vinyl with new artwork and a poster! This is a limited edition pressing of 1,200 copies and is only available at participating Record Store Day stores on RSD Black Friday 2024.
Tracklist
A1. The Days Of Wine And Booze A2. Retrieval Of You A3. That's Not The Way That It's Done A4. The Town That Lost It's Groove Supply A5. Daggers Drawn A6. Where Will You Go? A7. Life Left Him There
B1. Formerly Hail Centurion B2. The Family Gardener B3. The Old Plantation B4. What I Don't Believe B5. View From Below B6. I'm Not Bitter B7. Dear Employer
Modern jazz giant Dave Douglas releases his first new album in almost two years with a new project titled GIFTS. GIFTS’ debut album finds Dave playing with Ian Chang and Rafiq Bhatia (members of Son Lux and Oscar-nominated for the score of Everything Everywhere All At Once), as well as the brilliantly versatile saxophonist James Brandon Lewis. The album is an adventurous exploration of the genre through the lens of composer Billy Strayhorn, covering four of his compositions, alongside six originals.
Tracklist
A1. Gifts A2. Kind of Teal
B1. Take The A Train
B2. Rain Check B3. Blood Count
C1. Day Dream C2. Seven Years Ago
D1. Small Bar D2. Third Dream D3. Goodbyes
Albert Collins / Cray,Robert / Copeland,Johnny
Showdown [Clear Vinyl] [Deluxe] (Gate)
Hard to believe that this multi-platinum record—boasting the #1 Modern Rock single “Good”—has only seen a release on vinyl previously via an extremely limited run for Pledge Music (remember them?). Just like that edition, we’re going gatefold with our 2 x LP Real Gone reissue for RSD Black Friday.
Originally self-released by Better Than Ezra in 1993 and re-released by Elektra in 1995, Deluxe provides a ticket back to that beloved jangle-pop, college radio sound. Also features the alternative hit singles “In the Blood” and “Rosealia.” Reissued on Grape Vinyl with the full support of the band...limited to 2000 copies worldwide!
Tracklist
A1. In the Blood A2. Good A3. Southern Gurl A4. The Killer Inside
B1. Rosealia B2. Cry in the Sun B3. Teenager
C1. Untitled C2. Summerhouse C3. Porcelain
D1. Heaven D2. This Time of Year D3. Coyote D4. Streetside Jesus