05-02-2021

This Week's Joyful Noise

Slowdive, Toots & The Maytals, Smokie, Willie Nelson & Sister Bobbie, The Derek Trucks Band, Brainbox, Yo-Yo Ma and Paranoia

This Friday we're adding some more joyful noise to your record collection. These gems are now available in stores and online!

Slowdive had their ‎5 EP lead-off track “In Mind” remixed by Bandulu and Reload. The result is called 5 EP (In Mind Remixes) and is now available as a limited edition of 4000 individually numbered copies on blue & red swirled vinyl.

Toots & The Maytals' legendary Live show at the Hammersmith Palais in London in 1980 can be relived in your living room. This record is part of our reggae series. It features the SELECTED REGGAE CLASSICS sticker on its seal and contains an insert.

Smokie's Bright Lights and Back Alleys is out now as a new extended version. Featuring 4 bonus tracks, this record has a beautifully etched d-side and it comes with liner notes and printed innersleeves. Pressed on translucent red vinyl, the album is available as a limited edition of 1000 copies.

Brother-sister duo Willie Nelson & Sister Bobbie first released December Day: Willie's Stash Vol.1 in 2014 and now we've released it on beautiful snow-white coloured vinyl. It's a limited edition of 1000 numbered copies, containing an insert with liner notes by Mickey Raphael.

Joyful Noise by The Derek Trucks Band is released on translucent green vinyl. The record, which features guest appearances by Solomon Burke, Rubén Blades, Susan Tedeschi and more, comes as a limited edition of 1000 individually numbered copies.

Progressive blues rock infused with jazz elements: that about sums up Brainbox's self-titled debut album that was originally released in 1969. This very limited edition of just 500 individually numbered copies is pressed on purple vinyl.

Then we have two incredible new releases from our At The Movies catalogue.

World-famous cellist Yo-Yo Ma collaborated with the unparalleled Ennio Morricone for Plays Morricone, on which Yo-Yo Ma plays Morricone's various film scores along with the Roma Sinfonietta Orchestra and pianist Gilda Buttà. Morricone acts as orchestrator, conductor and producer. This limited edition of 2000 individually numbered copies is available on solid red vinyl. The package includes a download coupon.

Junkie XL created the soundtrack for the 2013 American thriller film Paranoia. This special edition of the Paranoia soundtrack includes 4 extra songs. It is available on vinyl for the first time; translucent blue vinyl even. It's a limited edition of 500 individually numbered copies.

SMOKIE - BRIGHT LIGHTS AND BACK ALLEYS =EXPANDED EDITION=

Bright Lights & Back Alleys is the fourth studio album by the English rock band Smokie, released in 1977. Recorded primarily at Whitney Recording Studios in Glendale, California, from March to April 1977, it was produced by Mike Chapman and Nicky Chinn, as were the band's all previous albums.

  • 180 gram audiophile vinyl
  • Gatefold sleeve with liner notes
  • Printed innersleeves
  • Etched d-side
  • Featuring the singles “Needles and Pins”, “It's Your Life”, & “Baby it's you”
  • Expanded edition feat. 4 bonus tracks: “Here Lies a Man”, “Now You Think You Know”, “Alone in a Cell” & “Lay Back in the Arms of Someone”
  • Limited Edition of 1000 numbered copies on translucent red vinyl
TOOTS & THE MAYTALS - LIVE

The legendary reggae artist Frederick “Toots” Hibbert, together with his band The Maytals, toured Europe in 1980. During those days they had one of reggae and ska's finest live shows and Toots stepped out as the showman.

  • 180 gram audiophile vinyl
  • Legendary Live recording at The Hammersmith Palais, London, 1980
  • Includes insert with photos
  • Featuring “Funky Kingston”, “Pressure Drop”, “54-46, That's My Number” a.o.
  • Reggae series with SELECTED REGGAE CLASSICS sticker on seal
DEREK TRUCKS BAND - JOYFUL NOISE

Joyful Noise is the third studio album by American jam band The Derek Trucks Band. The record is known for covering a wide range of genres, including gospel, blues, jazz, Latin and East Indian music. It features many well known guests artists like Susan Tedeschi (wife of frontman Derek Trucks) and Solomon Burke.

  • 180 gram audiophile vinyl
  • Gatefold sleeve
  • Guest appearances by Solomon Burke, Rubén Blades, Susan Tedeschi and others
  • Limited Edition of 1000 individually numbered copies on translucent green vinyl
WILLIE NELSON & SISTER BOBBIE - DECEMBER DAY =WILLIE’S STASH VOL.1=

Talk about a talented family: Willie Nelson and his Sister Bobbie Nelson each achieved massive success in country music. December Day, Willie's Stash Vol. 1 is a collaboration album between the two, and upon release in 2014 it was met with positive reviews from music critics.

  • 180 gram audiophile vinyl
  • Gatefold sleeve
  • Insert with liner notes by Mickey Raphael
  • The first release of Willie's Stash, a set of archival recordings curated by Nelson.
  • Limited edition of 1000 individually numbered copies on snow-white coloured vinyl
SLOWDIVE - 5 EP =IN MIND REMIXES=

The shoegazing giants Slowdive had their track In Mind remixed by Bandulu and Reload. This is a limited edition of 4000 individually numbered copies, pressed on translucent blue & red swirled vinyl.

  • 180 gram audiophile vinyl
  • Jacket with special deluxe alubrush finish
  • 1993 remix EP featuring “In Mind Reload remix (The 147 Take)” by Tom Middleton & Mark Pritchard (aka Global Communication) and “In Mind Bandulu Remix (Out Mind)”
  • Limited edition of 4000 individually numbered copies on translucent blue & red swirled vinyl
BRAINBOX - BRAINBOX

Brainbox is a Dutch rock group that was initially active from 1968 until 1972, and then reformed in 2009. Brainbox is best described as a progressive blues rock band infused with jazz elements. Their eponymous debut album, released in 1969, is also the only Brainbox record that features founding guitarist Jan Akkerman, who left the band in late 1969 to join Focus.

  • 180-gram audiophile vinyl
  • Dutch group featuring members Jan Akkerman, Pierre van der Linden and Kaz Lux
  • Limited edition of 500 individually numbered copies on purple vinyl
ORIGINAL SOUNDTRACK - PARANOIA (TOM HOLKENBORG AKA JUNKIE XL)

Paranoia is a 2013 American thriller film directed by Robert Luketic. Its score was created by Tom Holkenborg, better known as Junkie XL, a Grammy nominated multi-platinum producer, musician, composer and educator.

  • 180 gram audiophile vinyl
  • Including insert
  • PVC protective sleeve
  • First time on vinyl
  • Soundtrack by Junkie XL (White Lines, Mad Max, Batman vs Superman)
  • Featuring 4 extra songs: City And Colour “The Hurry And The Harm”, Empire Of The Sun “Alive (Zedd Remix)”, Lissie “1, 2” & Surfer Blood “Demon Dance”
  • Limited edition of 500 individually numbered copies on translucent blue coloured vinyl
YO-YO MA - PLAYS ENNIO MORRICONE

Yo-Yo Ma Plays Ennio Morricone is a 2004 album of recordings from Morricone's various film scores by brilliant cellist Yo-Yo Ma and Ennio Morricone. The album was recorded with the Roma Sinfonietta Orchestra and Buttà on piano. Morricone functioned as orchestrator, conductor and producer. The album stayed 105 weeks on the Billboard Top Classical Albums.

  • 180 gram audiophile vinyl
  • Gatefold
  • Featuring music from “Once Upon A Time In America”, “The Legend of 1900”, “The Untouchables”, “The Good, The Bad and The Ugly”
  • The album stayed 105 weeks on the Billboard Top Classical Albums

05-02-2021