NEW MUSIC FRIDAY | The Fall, Thea Gilmore, The Residents, Procol Harum and more out today
Happy New Music Friday! Here's everything we've released today...
The Fall: The Unutterable, Expanded 4CD and Double Vinyl Editions
• The Unutterable’ was originally released in 2000 and was the band 21st studio album. This set the Testa Rossa Mixes and two live shows from the era. It is also released on double vinyl.
• This box set, as with the other Fall reissues, has been compiled in conjunction with Fall expert Conway Patton and has notes by Fall guru Daryl Easlea. It has been mastered by long time engineer Andy Pearce with art by Becky Stewart.
The Residents: Leftovers (1970-1988), 2CD
• 2CDs OF OUTTAKES, ALTERNATE MIXES, LOST TRACKS AND CURIOS SPANNING THE RESIDENTS’ FIRST TWO DECADES.
• COMPILING THREE RECORD STORE DAY LPS, NOW WITH EIGHT PREVIOUSLY UNRELEASED EXTRA LEFTOVERS!
• ‘DUCK STAB’! ‘SATISFACTION’! ‘DISKOMO'! ‘FLYING’! ‘SANTA DOG ’78’! ‘COMMERCIAL ALBUM’! ‘MOLE TRILOGY’! ‘THE MAN ALBUM’! 'THE BIG BUBBLE'! 'GOD IN 3 PERSONS’! ALL HEARD AS NEVER BEFORE.
• NEW RDX MIXES PRODUCED DURING LOCKDOWN CONDITIONS, AND TRACKS DISCOVERED IN A ‘LOST’ ANNEX OF THE BAND’S SAN FRANCISCO STORAGE SPACE.
Sheena Easton: Strut - The Complete EMI Recordings Vol II, 5CD/1DVD Box Set
• Lavish 5CD + 1DVD box set encompassing the latter half of 80s pop superstar Sheena Easton’s EMI tenure, all remastered from the original vault tapes - plus B-sides, rare 12” mixes and 46 previously-unreleased recordings from the era.
• Featuring a total of 83 tracks, this follow-up to ‘Modern Girl: The Complete EMI Recordings Vol I’ includes collaborations with the likes of Prince and Nile Rodgers on US smash hits including the Grammy-nominated ‘Strut’, purple funk juggernaut ‘Sugar Walls’ and ‘Do It For Love’.
• Includes the debut release of her ‘lost’ 1986 album ‘Shockwave’ overseen by R&B super- producers Narada Michael Walden, Nick Martinelli and Keith Diamond.
Procol Harum: Procol Harum, Vinyl Edition (LP & 12-inch EP)
• Newly remastered vinyl edition of the classic 1968 self-titled debut album by PROCOL HARUM.
• Originally released in January 1968, the LP followed on from the huge international success of the band’s debut single ‘A Whiter Shade of Pale’ and the follow up single ‘Homburg’.
• Cut at Abbey Road Studios, this new vinyl edition of ‘Procol Harum’ includes a bonus 12-inch EP featuring the classic singles ‘A Whiter Shade of Pale’ and ‘Homburg’, along with their B-sides.
Thea Gilmore: My Own Private Riot - 2008-2015, 7CD Box Set
• Extensive seven-CD box set following the career of English singer-songwriter Thea Gilmore.
• Covering her recordings from 2008 to 2015.
• With sleeve notes by Record Collector’s Daryl Easlea describing the making of this collection of albums, housed in a box this is the perfect staring point for anyone interested in her career.
Gracious!: The Recordings 1970-1971, 3CD/DVD Expanded Edition
• 3CD + multi-region DVD clamshell box set anthology featuring all the recordings by the Progressive Rock Gracious! between 1970-1971.
PLUS: Synth-pop outfit Pensacola Mist transform Kim Wilde's Trail Of Destruction. Taken from the upcoming deluxe edition of Closer:
Reissues from The Fall, Gracious!, and The Residents also hit streaming today...











