NEW MUSIC FRIDAY | Hawkwind’s new album! Plus PFM, Shirley Bassey, Julee Cruise and much more out today...
Happy New Music Friday! Here's everything we've released today...
GET READY FOR THE COUNTDOWN - MOD, BRIT SOUL, R&B & FREAKBEAT NUGGETS, VARIOUS ARTISTS 3CD BOX SET
• 86-track box containing a bespoke mod-friendly mix of 1960s musical styles commencing with tough British R&B from The Pretty Things and The Graham Bond Organization, taking in key tracks by mod heroes Small Faces, The Creation and The Action, freakbeat from The Syn, soul from Mike Wade and Jon And Jeannie and ending with a jazzy Hammond workout by The Spencer Davis Group.
• A long awaited follow up to previous mod inspired Strawberry label compilations ‘Halcyon Days’ (2020) and ‘I Love To See You Strut’ (2022) plus the RPM collections ‘Looking Back’ (2011), ‘Keep Looking’ (2014) and 'Night Comes Down’ (2017).
PFM: THE MANTICORE STUDIO ALBUMS, 4CD CLAMSHELL BOX
• NEW 4CD CLAMSHELL BOX SET GATHERING TOGETHER THE FOUR STUDIO ALBUMS RELEASED ON THE MANTICORE LABEL BY ITALIAN PROG LEGENDS PFM BETWEEN 1973 & 1977.
• FEATURING THE ALBUMS ‘PHOTOS OF GHOSTS’, ‘THE WORLD BECAME THE WORLD’, ‘CHOCOLATE KINGS’ & ‘JET LAG’.
• ALBUMS PACKAGED IN REPLICA ALBUM SLEEVE WALLETS. ALSO INCLUDES A POSTER.
SHIRLEY BASSEY: THE SINGER (CLASSIC AND UNDISCOVERED GEMS FROM THE EMI/UA YEARS 1962-79), 3CD
• 45 CLASSIC AND RARE STUDIO RECORDINGS TAKEN FROM THE ORIGINAL MASTER TAPES AND SESSION REELS.
• FEATURING EIGHT PREVIOUSLY UNISSUED MASTERS.
• PLUS THE LEGENDARY AND PREVIOUSLY UNRELEASED 1973 ROYAL ALBERT HALL CONCERT.
• RARITIES ISSUED ON CD FOR THE FIRST TIME INCLUDING SINGLES AND B SIDES, TOGETHER WITH RARE SOUNDTRACK CUTS AND MORE.
HAWKWIND: THERE IS NO SPACE FOR US, CD & DOUBLE BLACK VINYL EDITIONS
• Legendary space-rock pioneers Hawkwind return with their latest studio album, There Is No Space For Us. Following 2024’s critically acclaimed Stories From Time And Space and recent triple disc live album Live At The Royal Albert Hall, this new release develops the dystopian themes of recent albums and the cosmic, almost metaphysical perspective on humanity’s place in the universe through expansive soundscapes and electrifying psychedelic rock.
JULEE CRUISE: FALL_FLOAT_LOVE (WORKS 1989-1993), 2CD GATEFOLD DIGISLEEVE
• A NEW EXPANDED 2CD EDITION OF THE CLASSIC FINAL ALBUM BY THE LEGENDARY FAMILY.
• NEWLY REMASTERED FROM THE MASTER TAPES.
• FEATURING AN ADDITIONAL 19 BONUS TRACKS DRAWN FROM SINGLES, STUDIO OUT- TAKES & BBC RADIO SESSIONS.
ELECTRIC JUNK - DEUTSCHE ROCK, PSYCH AND KOSMISCHE 1970-1978, VARIOUS ARTISTS 4CD BOX SET
• A NEW REMASTERED 4CD CLAMSHELL BOX SET FEATURING THE STUDIO ALBUMS ‘LIVING ON THE OUTSIDE’ & ‘POOR BOY BLUE’ ALONG WITH A FURTHER 35 BONUS TRACKS, MOSTLY UNRELEASED, DRAWN FROM LIVE CONCERT PERFORMANCES, PREVIOUS UNRELEASED OUT- TAKES & DEMOS.
• FEATURING GUEST MUSICIANS GEORGE HARRISON, STEVE WINWOOD, PAUL WELLER, IAN PAICE & GARY MOORE.
• INCLUDES AN ILLUSTRATED BOOKLET WITH ESSAY.
JAH THOMAS & THE ROOTS RADICS: THE TROJAN DUB ALBUMS COLLECTION, 3CD
• All tracks unavailable on CD for over 30 years.
• Features Jamaica’s premier session crew, The Roots Radics.
• Release coincides with 420 Day!