Let's kick off the weekend with an eclectic mix of album releases!
The soundtracks of two of our favourite movies are available on our At The Movies label; the Original Soundtrack of Lost Highway, in a yellow and tip of black vinyl mix, and Shawshank Redemption on green vinyl.
Continuing the coloured vinyl theme with the first album by Carnivore, a band founded by Peter Steele, reissued in blood red vinyl and embossed logo on the cover.
In the alignment of the Dutch Vinyl Masters series we stir up the mix with the complete and 25th anniversary edition of Life 'n Perspectives by the Urban Dance Squad!
The first pressing will be a limited edition on transparent vinyl.
Adding to the mix there are two hip hop albums, first up is Nas' Nastradamus from the East Coast and representing the West Coast is Cypress Hill's Till Death Do Us Part.
Also don't forget to take a look at the Collected album by Robert Palmer, which includes some lesser known tracks and his best hits combined. A great introduction to new fans and a must have for every Palmer fan!
The Collected double vinyl album from Robert Palmer is a selected overview of his music, some lesser known tracks are alternated with hits like "Every Kinda People", "Johnny And Mary", "Pride", "Addicted To Love" and many more.
The Shawshank Redemption score was composed by multiple (Grammy) award winner Thomas Newman. The score was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Original Score in 1994, which was Newman's first Oscar nomination.A central scene in the film features the soprano "Letter Duet" ("Canzonetta sull'aria") from Mozart's The Marriage of Figaro, which is included on the soundtrack.
Released three years after Stoned Raiders, Latino hip hop group Cypress Hill returned in 2004 with their seventh studio album Till Death Do Us Part. Cypress Hill are one of the main progenitors of West Coast hip hop in the early 1990s, releasing several critically acclaimed albums. This recordreached #21 on the Billboard 200 Albums chart and #23 an the Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums chart.
For longtime fans of genre-bending jazz piano trio the Bad Plus, the group's twelfth studio album It's Hard will feel pleasantly familiar. Once again showcasing the talents of pianist Ethan Iverson, bassist Reid Anderson, and drummer David King, It's Hard finds the Bad Plus reworking a set of well-known pop covers.
Lost Highway is the 1997 French-American neo-noir-horror mystery film written and directed by David Lynch.The film's score was composed by Angelo Badalamenti, with additional music by Barry Adamson, however Trent Reznor from Nine Inch Nails was responsible for assembling the soundtrack.
Life 'n Perspectives of a Genuine Crossover is the second album by Dutch band Urban Dance Squad.2016 marks the 25th anniversary of "Life 'n Perspectives". To celebrate this event, the complete album is now available on vinyl for the first time!
04-11-2016
