NEW MUSIC FRIDAY | New titles from Doctor Bird, Righteous, Ruperts People and Con Funk Shun…
Happy New Music Friday! Here's everything we've released today...
Various Artists: Heat Wave, The Intoxicating World of Nexotica As Dug By Lux and Ivy
• 23 tracks of lush ambient exotica, straight from the space age bachelor pad.
• Featuring veterans of the exotica genre, Les Baxter, Martin Denny, Arthur Lyman, along with the original laidback dude Eden Ahbez.
• Including legendary composer Henry Mancini, jazz crossover legends Cal Tjader, Esquival and Stan Kenton plus lauded musicologist Elisabeth Waldo.
Ruperts People: Dream In My Mind - Anthology 1967-1999, CD
• Includes the complete 1960s recordings by cult psychedelic group Ruperts People and their earlier incarnation Sweet Feeling.
• Features three songs recorded live in London in 1969 plus another four from their triumphant reunion gig at Hastings Mod Rally in 1999.
Con Funk Shun: Organized Con Funk Shun, CD Edition
• Originally released by Pickwick Records in 1978, the first recorded Con Funk Shun album ‘Organized Con Funk Shun’.
• The band’s official debut album ‘Con Funk Shun’ was released in 1976 and features the track ‘Sure Feels Good To Me’, which is also featured in an alternative mix on ‘Organized’ album.
• It is the first time ‘Organized Con Funk Shun’ has been available on CD, digital download and streaming.
Various Artists: Lee Scratch Perry Presents Confusion - The Jamaican Upsetter Singles 1971, 2CD
• Most tracks unavailable for decades.
• Includes some of the most influential reggae recordings of the early 70s.
• Complements previous Perry-themed Doctor Bird collections.
