NEW MUSIC FRIDAY | New music from Toyah, Iain Matthews, The Dickies, Nancy Wilson and more!

• Cherry Red Records release a special 10” vinyl EP of Toyah’s 1982 version of the seasonal Greg Lake classic ‘I Believe In Father Christmas’.

• Originally recorded for inclusion on the ITV special Pop Goes Christmas, the track features Toyah Willcox (vocals), Joel Bogen (acoustic guitar) and Keith Hale (keyboards).

• 102-track, 5CD box set retrospective from singer/songwriter Iain Matthews.

• Features 2024 remasters of the three albums made for Vertigo Records at the start of his solo career in the early 1970s, and a live version of his first Vertigo album.

• Including 37 previously unreleased tracks, including a newly-compiled CD of live performances, ‘Vertigo Years 1971-2022’.

• Marc Almond has a documented love of the 7” Single format and this festive offering is the third release in his limited edition vinyl exclusive ‘Marc Almond Singles Club’ comprising of songs specially recorded or curated for the series.

• A unique feature of the series are the record sleeves themselves which all feature a specially commissioned collage created by Marc himself.

• Released in late 1979, this was the second album from The Dickies and it reached No.60 in the UK national chart.

• Includes the hit singles ‘Nights In White Satin’ (No.39), ‘Fan Mail’ (No.57) and ‘Gigantor’ (No.72).

• Available in a card slip case, the booklet features lyrics to all the songs plus repros of relevant record sleeves and memorabilia from the era.

• 39-track 2CD release featuring all of leading Punk / Post Punk outfit Penetration’s recordings for Virgin Records plus some self-released demos.

• Disc 1 is debut LP ‘Moving Targets’ which reached No.22 in the UK National Chart in 1978.

• Featuring the singles ‘Don’t Dictate’, ‘Life’s A Gamble’ and ‘Firing Squad’ and also now with the bonus of some early demos.

• Latest instalment of Grapefruit's acclaimed year-by-year overview of the British rock and pop scenes of the 70s.

• A compendium of hit singles, intriguing misses, cult classics and key album tracks from 1975.

• Five classic Roy Ayers Ubiquity albums in a 3 CD Digipack.

• Including ‘A Tear To A Smile’, ‘Mystic Voyage’, ‘Everybody Loves The Sunshine’, ‘Vibrations’ and ‘Lifeline’.

• Full of Roy Ayers classics plus three bonus tracks.

   • ‘Fame And Glory’ collects together all the tracks FAIRPORT CONVENTION recorded for Alan Simon’s rock operas Excalibur, Gaia and Anne de Bretagne.

• The band previously made this compilation available to fans on CD, but this is the first release of these songs on vinyl.

• This mastered-for-vinyl double 140g coloured splatter vinyl release has been personally overseen by Alan Simon.

• First-ever 7CD deluxe box set by iconic song stylist Nancy Wilson recorded for Capitol Records between 1970-1980.

• Eleven of the 12 original albums included here were previously re-issued by SoulMusic Records between 2011-2013, a number of which have been out of print for some time and are being made available again in this luxury set as a result of demand for the late singer’s enduring recordings.