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Jan McClellan and a rotating cast of Motor City kitties shattered hearts and glass ceilings from ’64 to ’69, busting out three sought after 45s and quietly putting to tape nine more recordings! The tapes have been found and those nine unreleased cuts combine with the coveted six to form the first-ever Debutantes LP! A cohesive raucous bundle of raw joy, including a blistering take on the Andre Williams penned “Shake A Tail Feather,” a gender bending spin on “If You Wanna Be Happy,” a Stones...

Jan McClellan and a rotating cast of Motor City kitties shattered hearts and glass ceilings from ’64 to ’69, busting out three sought after 45s and quietly putting to tape nine more recordings! The tapes have been found and those nine unreleased cuts combine with the coveted six to form the first-ever Debutantes LP! A cohesive raucous bundle of raw joy, including a blistering take on the Andre Williams penned “Shake A Tail Feather,” a gender bending spin on “If You Wanna Be Happy,” a Stones...

Before Jimi Hendrix became an international phenomenon, he struggled to earn a living as an itinerant sideman for many rhythm & blues acts. Hendrix can be heard on recordings by Little Richard, the Isley Brothers, Don Covay and many others. This single presents one of his most unusual sessions as an unheralded sideman while the other was only recently discovered and never before released.Hendrix recorded both tracks in 1966 during separate sessions as a session musician for Ed Chalpin & PPX...

The 1976 beat poetry that inspired the music and namesake of Ice-T and Ice Cube! Reflections is the very explicit beat-jazz birth of gangsta rap. A former pimp turned author, Iceberg Slim wrote Pimp: The Story of My Life, believed by some to be the highest selling book by a black author ever! On Reflections, the Red Holloway Quartet makes the bed, then Slim rhythmically speaks his prose like a bass note beat poet in what became the birth of the bad, dark, none-too-taboo tales of the street...

Beats of mammoth stature and unusual orchestration combine in a holy grail of library music! A paragon of crate digger gold for lovers of both library music, and thick grooves, Nick Ingman’s percussion- laden Big Beat stays true to its name, with beats of mammoth stature and unusual orchestration. A soundtrack in search of a film,the tracks herein add funky grooves to post-big band soundscapes, with the spotlight fixed on the big, bold drums throughout the album. Reissued for the first time,...

THIRTY TRACKS TOTALING OVER AN HOUR OF UNHEARD HISTORIC RECORDINGS FROM THE LEGENDARY LOUVINS! We’re always the optimists who want to believe that there are significant caches of previously unknown recordings by artists who’ve passed or long since made their best work. Not just alternate takes or juvenilia, but truly undiscovered great music. In the case of the Louvin Brothers, this is it. Charlie was clear that he and Ira had no thought that their music would be heard decades later; they just...

THIRTY TRACKS TOTALING OVER AN HOUR OF UNHEARD HISTORIC RECORDINGS FROM THE LEGENDARY LOUVINS! We’re always the optimists who want to believe that there are significant caches of previously unknown recordings by artists who’ve passed or long since made their best work. Not just alternate takes or juvenilia, but truly undiscovered great music. In the case of the Louvin Brothers, this is it. Charlie was clear that he and Ira had no thought that their music would be heard decades later; they just...

One Man’s Journey is a compilation based on Alan Munson's real life happenings, a blend of singer-songwriter music and his experiences, accompanied by beautiful guitar and voice. It would be unfair to place Munson's music in a single genre — it’s a fusion of mellow psychedelic folk rock with the amazing atmosphere of the times. Originally released as private pressings, his recorded songs have a very intimate feel. Wonderful harmonies and meaningful lyrics will get deep under your skin, and the...

One Man’s Journey is a compilation based on Alan Munson's real life happenings, a blend of singer-songwriter music and his experiences, accompanied by beautiful guitar and voice. It would be unfair to place Munson's music in a single genre — it’s a fusion of mellow psychedelic folk rock with the amazing atmosphere of the times. Originally released as private pressings, his recorded songs have a very intimate feel. Wonderful harmonies and meaningful lyrics will get deep under your skin, and the...

AVANT JAZZ FROM MARSHALL ALLEN, FRED FRITH, TERRY RILEY & SCHOOLKIDS! The Oakland Elementary School Arkestra presents the odyssey of 4th, 5th & 6th grade students from novice musicians into an avant garde ensemble. An ensemble that engenders an array of sonic textures which never remain static or stagnant, but flow in a way that it's always surprising, often startling and astonishing. These schoolkids have traveled the spaceways of Modernism, Minimalism, Impressionism, Exotica, film...

AVANT JAZZ FROM MARSHALL ALLEN, FRED FRITH, TERRY RILEY & SCHOOLKIDS! The Oakland Elementary School Arkestra presents the odyssey of 4th, 5th & 6th grade students from novice musicians into an avant garde ensemble. An ensemble that engenders an array of sonic textures which never remain static or stagnant, but flow in a way that it's always surprising, often startling and astonishing. These schoolkids have traveled the spaceways of Modernism, Minimalism, Impressionism, Exotica, film...

EARLY ‘70s PRIVATE PRESS OUTSIDER PSYCH OPUSSeemingly unable to find an immediately-available niche in the outside world, Jerry Solomon spent the '60s & '70s carving his own niche and world into the grooves of records. Gone are the wobbly rock ‘n roll beats of Jerry’s earlier contributions, and in their place are droning minor-key melodies, irregular percussive jabs, toy piano strums, and impenetrable lyrics delivered by his self-overdubbed and echo-laden vocals. Original copies were sold on...

The rarity and bizarre content of Jerry Solomon’s releases have music connoisseurs clamoring for them, though he funded, wrote, recorded, and self-distributed his uniquely fascinating music for no reason other than to simply put it out there. Equal parts strange, entertaining, and foreboding, Jerry’s music is always engaging, and one can’t help but feel these recordings offer a glimpse through a murky portal into the unadulterated creative experience. Approximately fifty years after their...

AndOarAgain provides unparalleled access to what David Fricke calls “the most harrowing and compelling artifacts of rock & roll’s most euphoric era” across three dozen unheard tracks! In addition to the quintessential original album, AndOarAgain features nearly two hours of unheard music on the way to Oar–along with roads not taken–that both clarifies and muddies the enigma of how psychedelic legend Alexander “Skip” Spence determined the final state of his iconic masterpiece. The time:...

Diminutive perpetual heartbeat of the Velvets! The unmistakable beat of the Velvet Underground was malleted out on the unconventional kit of Moe Tucker. Her (at times) childlike, fallen angelic voice also shines on some VU fan favorites. Here Moe reinterprets some Velvet gems, sometimes playing all instruments, other times accompanied by the likes of Jonathan Richman, Jad Fair, Kim Gordon and more. In addition to VU faves, we’re treated to rough and jubilant covers of her favorite early rock &...

On Colored Vinyl!! THIS PLATTER - AND A BARREL OF CRISCO - IS ALL YOU NEED TO THROW YOUR OWN NORTH-WEST-STYLE TEEN-DANCE PARTY! AFTER HITTING BIG WITH THE KINGSMENʼS “LOUIE, LOUIE,” JERDEN RECORDS UNLEASHED A PASSEL OF NORTHWEST POUNDERS (OVER 125 RECORDS FROM ʼ63-ʼ66 INCLUDING THE ORIGINAL BATTLE OF THE BANDS LP), CHRONICLING WHAT MIGHT HAVE BEEN THE HOTTEST U.S. TEEN SCENE OF THE 60ʼS! INCLUDES: SONICS: LIKE NO OTHER MAN • COUNTS: TRICK BAG • MR. LUCKY & THE GAMBLERS: TAKE A LOOK AT ME •...

On Colored Vinyl!! VOLUME 2: KNOCK YOU FLAT! WITH 25 MORE TRACKS FROM THE JERDEN VAULTS, ALL IN THAT INIMITABLE SAVAGE, GUITAR- AND ORGAN-DRIVEN ʼ60ʼS NORTHWEST FUZZ-PUNK STYLE! IN THE GRAND TRADITION OF FLASH AND CRASH, KNOCK YOU FLAT! FEATURES STELLAR FIDELITY FROM THE ORIGINAL MASTER TAPES, ULTRA-RARE PHOTOS, AND LINER NOTES BY NORTHWEST MUSIC EXPERT NEAL SKOK. INCLUDES: LIVE FIVE: MOVE OVER & LET ME FLY • TOM THUMB & THE CASUALS: I SHOULD KNOW • SONICS: HIGH TIME • BUMPS: HEY GIRL •...

On Colored Vinyl!! WE DUG UP ENOUGH BURIED-BUT-STILL-SCREAM-ING, JERDEN-LABEL NW ROCK ʻNʼ ROLL FOR A THIRD STOMPING VOLUME, WITH SIX PREVIOUSLY UNISSUED CRUNCHERS! INCLUDES RETURNING CHAMPIONS THE SONICS, DON & THE GOODTIMES, RAYMARKS, LIVE FIVE, ROCKY & HIS FRIENDS, AND HEIRS, PLUS NEW CHALLENGERS THE CEPTORS, TYMEʼS CHILDREN, GALAXIES, UNUSUALS, AND MORE! ALL MONO...ACCEPT NO SUBSTITUTES! INCLUDES: UNUSUALS: IʼM WALKING, BABE • HEIRS: DONʼT YOU LOVE ME • LIVE FIVE: YES YOUʼRE MINE •...