NEW MUSIC FRIDAY | New titles from After The Fire, Rock Workshop, The Residents and more…
Happy New Music Friday! Here's everything we've released today...
Monica Zetterlund and her Contemporaries: Once Upon A Time in Stockholm, 3CD Box Set
• A unique document of the halcyon days of modern jazz in the Swedish capital.
• Featuring Monica Zetterlund and her contemporaries including Miles Davis, John Coltrane, Eric Dolphy and Bill Evans.
Rock Workshop: Anthology - 1970-1971, 3CD Box Set
• Rock Workshop’s self-titled 1970 debut album and 1971 follow up ‘The Very Last Time’ re- issued.
• Audio from the album master tapes for the first time ever.
• Includes the first re-issue of the single versions of ‘You To Lose’ and ‘Born In The City’, also taken from the master tapes.
After The Fire: Bright Lights 1974-1983, 6CD Box Set
• The definitive collection of After The Fire, 'Bright Lights' contains all of the bands five albums as well as demos, B-sides and live tracks, with 12 recordings that are issued here on CD for the first time and 14 that are completely unreleased.
• The project has been overseen by founding member Peter Banks who, along with members Andy Piercy and John Russell, has been interviewed exclusively for the sleeve notes and has also opened up his photo archive, providing a wealth of rare images.
The Residents: American Composer’s Series, 3CD pREServed Edition
• THE CLASSIC 1980s ALBUMS REMASTERED FROM THE ORIGINAL TAPES, PLUS PREVIOUSLY UNKNOWN SONGS, DEMOS, REMIXES, LIVE RECORDINGS, NON-ALBUM TRACKS AND LATER EVOLUTIONS.
• 13 PREVIOUSLY UNRELEASED TRACKS!
• PRODUCED BY THE RESIDENTS AND THE CRYPTIC CORPORATION.
• ESSAY BY JIM KNIPFEL AND SLEEVENOTES BY THE RESIDENTS’ MYSTERIOUS ARCHIVIST.
Various Artists: Feelin' Alright? Mod, Rock, Funky Prog & Heavy Jazz 1967-1972, 3CD
• 64-track box set of post mod grooves and heavy British R&B.
• Focussing on music from the late 1960s and early 1970s that avoided Tolkien-esque fantasy and flower power, instead drawing inspiration from the jazz, blues and soul music of black America.
Various Artists: Shining On - Pink Floyd Tribute Collection, 3CD Box Set
• Super star-studded 3CD set featuring three of the Prog Rock titans most popular tribute albums and housing them in a clamshell box for the first time.
• Each of these celebrations of Pink Floyd’s immortal music features a who’s-who, all-star Rock-royalty cast of globally respected recording artists from Todd Rundgren to Rat Scabies and from Rick Wakeman to Bootsy Collins. Here’s a taste of what’s in the box…
