Songs for a Freaky Hollywood Hotel! Influenced by ‘50s ’60s cocktail culture, the exotica of Martin Denny and a passel of other mid-century thrift-store denizens, Combustible Edison’s music already seemed like the lost soundtrack to some early-’60s Hollywood farce. With its woozy beatnik jazz and seductive bongo beat, this hip-swiveling score gets a first ever…
When it was time for Four Year Strong to prep what would become their sixth album, analysis paralysis, they were truly, finally, stumped. Vocalist guitarists Dan O Connor and Alan Day showed up to producer Will Putney s studio on day one of recording without a single finished song, in stark contrast to the 40-some…
Four Year Strong is releasing a live album of their annual hometown holiday show performance at The Palladium that always sells out. It s their entire set list recorded live!
Four Year Strong is the sixth studio album by American pop punk band Four Year Strong. It was their first full-length release since 2011 s In Some Way, Shape, or Form. The album was produced by the band and Kurt Ballou at God City Studios. Ballou also engineered and mixed the sessions with additional help…
Following the fantastic The Reckoning Dawn, atmospheric Black Metal masters and leading UK force Winterfylleth return with their brand new album, The Imperious Horizon. After a period of writing and recording during most of 2023, Winterfylleth emerged in early 2024 with a run of high profile shows supporting legendary band, Emperor in the UK and…
Cameroonian musician Francis Bebey is truly one of a kind. He entered the music scene with his African compositions for classical guitar. He gave recitals while pursuing a career in journalism and then as an international civil servant. The same creative impulse also led him to write pop songs, and some of which (based on…
Frank Ballard brings the party to Sun Records’ 70th Anniversary celebration with the newly remastered Rhythm Blues Party. Nicknamed “The Golden Voice,” he brings each track to life with his powerful vocals, backed by the Memphis-based Phillip Reynolds Band. Originally released in 1962 and last pressed on vinyl in 1981, Rhythm Blues Party features tracks…
To celebrate Frank Black’s landmark solo album, Teenager Of The Year, turning 30 comes a special vinyl pressing to accompany a tour of North America plus Paris and London where Frank and original band willbe performing the album in its entirety. Recorded amid a rich songwriting vein, just as the Pixies had been placed on…
Frank Zappa s 200 Motels turns 50! In celebration of FZ’s famous 1971 “Surrealistic Documentary,” Zappa Records, UMe and MGM are pleased to present the original soundtrack, a double-album set featuring all original packaging including the booklet & poster and a brand new remaster by legend Bernie Grundman at Bernie Grundman Mastering. Pressed on limited…
Vinyl LP repressing. Frank Zappa s highest-charting album, APOSTROPHE(!), gets renewed treatment for it s vinyl reissue. The eleven song package, which includes Zappa classics such as Don t Eat the Yellow Snow (his first charted single) and Cosmic Debris, featured an all-star recording band interpreting the maestro s exotic compositions and their topical yet…
50th Anniversary Edition on 180g Metallic Gold Vinyl LP! Apostrophe ( ) turns 50! Newly Remastered by Bernie Grundman! Arguably the most popular album in the Frank Zappa catalog, Apostrophe ( ) has consistently been a best seller. It was Zappa s first Gold Record Award in the U.S., peaking at #10 on the Billboard…
Vinyl LP pressing. Chunga s Revenge is the third solo album by Frank Zappa, originally released in 1970. Zappa s first effort of the 1970s marks the first appearance of former Turtles members Flo & Eddie on a Zappa record, and signals the dawn of a controversial epoch in Zappa s history. Chunga s Revenge…
Limited 180gm vinyl LP pressing. Assembled by Frank Zappa 50 years ago in response to the multitude of bogus compilations being created by his previous record company, Mothermania contains exclusive mixes and is treated with All Analog production from the original 1969 master tape by Bernie Grundman at Bernie Grundman Mastering
2013 vinyl LP reissue. Musically wrought with Zappa s identifiable touch, this gatefold reissue of the 1973 classic LP gathers up 7 FZ classics that managed to bring a first gold album into his stash. Accompanied by the Mothers, Frank jackhammered his way through boundary-pushing lyrics, funky rhythms, heavy rock guitar, implied messages of male…
On July 23, 1968, Frank Zappa & The Mothers Of Invention took over the Whisky a Go Go for an all-night affair. FZ recorded the entire evening with the possibility of an album project. Although bits and pieces were released by Zappa over the years, a full live album never happened, and the tapes sat…