NEW MUSIC FRIDAY | New releases from Tim Hollier and Chateaux, plus new sets from Doctor Bird, Grapefruit
Happy New Music Friday! Here's everything we've released today...
NINEY AND THE OBSERVERS: TUBBY’S WANT THE CHANNEL - DUBBING WITH THE OBSERVER 1976 - 1978, 2CD
• Includes dub mixes of numerous roots classics.
• 28 tracks new to CD.
• Featuring essential mixes by the legendary King Tubby.
VARIOUS ARTISTS: THE VOLCANO DANCEHALL ALBUMS COLLECTION, 2CD
• “They act like a melting pot of classic heavy rock with their own distinctive style bubbling away on top.” Kerrang! 1982
• Four albums plus a host of rare singles and bonus live tracks.
• For Fans Of: Horslips, Thin Lizzy.
VARIOUS ARTISTS: ANTIQUE SONGS FOR CHILDREN'S CAROUSEL, 3CD BOX SET
• Antique Songs For Children's Carousel - from Kerouac to Mozart to Bartok to Brel - The Eclectic Soundworld of Scott Walker.
• A panoramic view of some of the major influences that informed the Scott Walker aesthetic; going some way perhaps to explaining this most enigmatic and influential of artists.
• 3CD Box Set with a 36-page booklet.
VARIOUS ARTISTS: AS I ROVED OUT - A STORY OF CELTIC ROCK 1968-1978, 3CD BOX SET
• 3CD compilation that takes a deep dive into a much overlooked but key sub-genre of 1960s-1970s Rock.
• The first comprehensive overview of this important stylistic off-shoot.
TIM HOLLIER: TIME HAS A WAY OF LOSING YOU - THE TIM HOLLIER ANTHOLOGY, 3CD BOX SET
• Complete anthology of 1968-1971 recordings by highly regarded British singer/songwriter Tim Hollier.
• Comprises all three albums from the period, non-LP single cuts, BBC recordings and previously unreleased tracks salvaged from a one-known-copy Apple acetate.
VARIOUS ARTISTS: HAVING A RAVE-UP! THE BRITISH R&B SOUNDS OF 1964, 3CD BOX SET
• Four-hour, 3CD anthology of hard-edged British R&B from the genre's pivotal year.
• Featuring hit singles, key album tracks, cult classics and some fabulous previously unreleased recordings.
CHATEAUX: SPIRIT OF THE CHATEAUX, 3CD
• 7 track, 3 disc set from cult NWOBHM act Chateaux featuring their first three full length studio albums, originally released on Ebony Records.
• CD 1 features their debut cult classic full-length recording, ‘Chained And Desperate’, originally released in 1983, with two bonus tracks from the band’s rare 1982 debut 7” CD 2 features the follow up ‘FirePower’, originally released in 1984, while CD 3 features the band’s 1985 full length ‘Highly Strung’.
