Road Records new stock - June 18th

Welcome to this weeks Road Records newsletter.

Here is a brief rundown of our personal highlights this week. We have been very bold and picked two albums of the week again this week with both Tortoise and Dinosaur Jr winning us over. If we could we would have done three albums of the week as the new God Help The Girl [with Stuart Murdoch from Belle And Sebastian] is pretty damn good too.

- As mentioned, albums of the week this week are Tortoise and Dinosaur Jr. The Tortoise album will be €12.99 on cd and €15.99 on vinyl for one week only. Dinosaur Jr is only €12.99 on cd for this week, we will have the vinyl version next week for you.
- Stuart Murdoch, of Belle And Sebastian fame, has a new project on the go at the moment called God Help The Girl with a host of guest vocalists and musicians. The debut album is now in stock and on special this week for only €14.99 on cd with limited hardback book sleeve, €13.99 for the normal cd verions and €19.99 on vinyl.
- The new Bibio album on Warp Records is out this week and its only €16.99 for the double vinyl and €13.99 on cd
- One of our favourite electronic artists, Biosphere, has a new live album out today on the Touch label.
- Doom Jazz outfit Bohren And Der Club Of Gore have a new mini album out this week as part of the “Latitudes” series on Southern Records.
- We are beginning to build up our all new “Classic Irish Folk” section at the moment and new additions this week include albums from Planxty, The Bothy Band and Christy Moore.
- Jarvis Cocker has a new single out today and its taken from his recent album Further Complications
- Deerhunter have a lovely little five track mini album out today on 4AD.
- Eels are back with a pretty rocking new collection “Hombre Lobo”
- Our single of the week goes to a noisy old post punk gem “Sex Bomb” from Flipper. Their first four albums are about to be reissued by Domino records and this is a great taster from them.
- The Darla label have a super new double cd compilation out this week featuring 32 gems from around the world, the album even features our very own Tiny Magnetic Pets.
- White Denim is our last big special of the week this week with the album going for only €12.99 on cd and €17.99 on vinyl.
- You can now preorder the new Talula Does The Hula debut single and we will get the band to sign them for you before we ship em out. The band features ex members of The Chalets and Neosupervital.
- We are also now taking preorders for the upcoming album from The Duckworth Lewis Method. This is an album dedicated to the world of cricket and features the first collaboration between Neil Hannon [Divine Comedy] and Thomas Walsh [Pugwash]

That’s it from me for this week.
Have a good one !


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The Weekly Specials – Every week we will have a selected number of album on special offer, stricly first come first serve as numbers will be limited.
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Bibio-Ambivalence avenue-Stephen wilkinson returns with his bibio project and his first collection for the warp label. Previous albums have been on the mush label. An album of really lovely laid back electronic folky tinged sounds with hints of everything from electronic funk to beat driven krautrock. At times sounding a bit like broadcast or stereolab on a more psyche folk buzz whilst some tracks also remind me of four tet with added acoustic guitar picking. The more mellow acoustic based songs kind of sound a bit like nick drake all messed up by four tet. Realy lovely stuff and a fine addition to the warp label. Double vinyl pressing with printed inner sleeves. June 2009-2lp-Warp-€16.99

Bibio-Ambivalence avenue-Stephen wilkinson returns with his bibio project and his first collection for the warp label. Previous albums have been on the mush label. An album of really lovely laid back electronic folky tinged sounds with hints of everything from electronic funk to beat driven krautrock. At times sounding a bit like broadcast or stereolab on a more psyche folk buzz whilst some tracks also remind me of four tet with added acoustic guitar picking. The more mellow acoustic based songs kind of sound a bit like nick drake all messed up by four tet. Realy lovely stuff and a fine addition to the warp label. June 2009-Cd-Warp-€13.99

Dinosaur jr-Farm-The original three piece lineup featuring j mascis, lou barlow and murph. Features tne new single over it. Its hard to know what to write about a new dinosaur jr album that you probably dont already know. The most reassuring thing is that its sounds exactly as you would want it to sound. The album features back to back classics delivered in their own distinctly laid back way. Full of ear piercing guitar solos, blistering grunge rock and slacker rock sounds. These guys have had many imitators over the years but when you hear the real thing you realise just how awesome they can be. Its pretty much as perfect as dinosaur jr can get. June 2009-Cd-Pil-€12.99

God help the girl-God help the girl [aka stuart murdoch from belle and sebastian]-Brand new project fronted spearheaded by belle and sebastian frontman stuart murdoch. The album features a host of guest musicians including catherine ireton, asya from smoosh, neil hannon from the divine comedy and a 45 piece orchestra conducted by whitnail and i composer rick wentworth. The album features a truly infectious collection of uptempo sixties tinged folky pop sounds almost like a cross between belle and sebastian and camera obscura scored by the great van dyke parks. Its beautifully dramatic at times with bursts of lush strings and brass with just a hint of breezy laid back jazz from time to time. Its one of those perfect sunday morning albums. June 2009-Cd-Rough trade-€13.99

God help the girl-God help the girl [limited edition hardback book sleeve]-Brand new project fronted spearheaded by belle and sebastian frontman stuart murdoch. The album features a host of guest musicians including catherine ireton, asya from smoosh, neil hannon from the divine comedy and a 45 piece orchestra conducted by whitnail and i composer rick wentworth. The album features a truly infectious collection of uptempo sixties tinged folky pop sounds almost like a cross between belle and sebastian and camera obscura scored by the great van dyke parks. Its beautifully dramatic at times with bursts of lush strings and brass with just a hint of breezy laid back jazz from time to time. Its one of those perfect sunday morning albums. This limited edition cd version comes in a special edition hardback book style sleeve with mini photo book and lyrics. June 2009-Cd-Rough trade-€14.99

Tortoise-Beacons of ancestorship-Tortoise return with their sixth full length studio album and their first release of new material in five years. The album kind of fits snuggly between the early post rock sounds of the first two albums and the more electronic based funked up sounds of tnt. Its an album bristling with funky krautrock vibes and even sees tortoise dipping their toes into the wobbly bass world of dubstep on a couple of tracks. Its one of the more uptempo beat driven tortoise albums in quite a while with john mecntire providing the backbone of funky jazz like live drums. A couple of tracks even strike as some modern take on the early seventies funk sound with lots of chunky organ sounds making an appearence. Theres even a morricone like slide guitar led tune. I have to say its been well worth the wait. June 2009-Cd-Thrill jockey-€12.99

Tortoise-Beacons of ancestorship [with bonus mp3 download]-Tortoise return with their sixth full length studio album and their first release of new material in five years. The album kind of fits snuggly between the early post rock sounds of the first two albums and the more electronic based funked up sounds of tnt. Its an album bristling with funky krautrock vibes and even sees tortoise dipping their toes into the wobbly bass world of dubstep on a couple of tracks. Its one of the more uptempo beat driven tortoise albums in quite a while with john mecntire providing the backbone of funky jazz like live drums. A couple of tracks even strike as some modern take on the early seventies funk sound with lots of chunky organ sounds making an appearence. Theres even a morricone like slide guitar led tune. I have to say its been well worth the wait. The album is pressed on heavyweight 180g virgin vinyl and also comes with a free mp3 download coupon. Comes in a lovely old school heavy card gatefold sleeve too. June 2009-Lp-Thrill jockey-€15.99

White denim-Fits-Album number two from this psychedelic garage rockers on the full time hobby label. The album features a collecton of blistering fuzzed up sixties like garage rock sounds with hints of bass heavy angular post punk, new wave and some kind of skewed noisy prog. Its also got lots of meandering avant rock passages with great big explosions of pure fuzzed up noise melting into the most infectious sixties psyche rock. These guys kind of remind me of the spirit of bands like the mc5 with the way they totally funked up garage punk and injected a real sense of fun into the whole sound. It really is a wonderfully exciting collection and an album that will take you on a journey through several eras of rock in the space of just one song. Comes in a lovely oversized card sleeve. June 2009-Cd-Full time hobby-€12.99

White denim-Fits-Album number two from this psychedelic garage rockers on the full time hobby label. The album features a collecton of blistering fuzzed up sixties like garage rock sounds with hints of bass heavy angular post punk, new wave and some kind of skewed noisy prog. Its also got lots of meandering avant rock passages with great big explosions of pure fuzzed up noise melting into the most infectious sixties psyche rock. These guys kind of remind me of the spirit of bands like the mc5 with the way they totally funked up garage punk and injected a real sense of fun into the whole sound. It really is a wonderfully exciting collection and an album that will take you on a journey through several eras of rock in the space of just one song. The album comes packaged in what is quite possibly the heaviest card sleeve i have ever seen in my entire life. Just like the old smithsonian vinyl releases used to be if you can remember them. June 2009-Lp-Full time hobby-€17.99

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Album Of The Week
Our favourite album this week
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Dinosaur jr-Farm-The original three piece lineup featuring j mascis, lou barlow and murph. Features tne new single over it. Its hard to know what to write about a new dinosaur jr album that you probably dont already know. The most reassuring thing is that its sounds exactly as you would want it to sound. The album features back to back classics delivered in their own distinctly laid back way. Full of ear piercing guitar solos, blistering grunge rock and slacker rock sounds. These guys have had many imitators over the years but when you hear the real thing you realise just how awesome they can be. Its pretty much as perfect as dinosaur jr can get. June 2009-Cd-Pil-€12.99

Tortoise-Beacons of ancestorship-Tortoise return with their sixth full length studio album and their first release of new material in five years. The album kind of fits snuggly between the early post rock sounds of the first two albums and the more electronic based funked up sounds of tnt. Its an album bristling with funky krautrock vibes and even sees tortoise dipping their toes into the wobbly bass world of dubstep on a couple of tracks. Its one of the more uptempo beat driven tortoise albums in quite a while with john mecntire providing the backbone of funky jazz like live drums. A couple of tracks even strike as some modern take on the early seventies funk sound with lots of chunky organ sounds making an appearence. Theres even a morricone like slide guitar led tune. I have to say its been well worth the wait. June 2009-Cd-Thrill jockey-€12.99

Tortoise-Beacons of ancestorship [with bonus mp3 download]-Tortoise return with their sixth full length studio album and their first release of new material in five years. The album kind of fits snuggly between the early post rock sounds of the first two albums and the more electronic based funked up sounds of tnt. Its an album bristling with funky krautrock vibes and even sees tortoise dipping their toes into the wobbly bass world of dubstep on a couple of tracks. Its one of the more uptempo beat driven tortoise albums in quite a while with john mecntire providing the backbone of funky jazz like live drums. A couple of tracks even strike as some modern take on the early seventies funk sound with lots of chunky organ sounds making an appearence. Theres even a morricone like slide guitar led tune. I have to say its been well worth the wait. The album is pressed on heavyweight 180g virgin vinyl and also comes with a free mp3 download coupon. Comes in a lovely old school heavy card gatefold sleeve too. June 2009-Lp-Thrill jockey-€15.99

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Album Of The Month
Every month we are going to pick an album that we think everyone should have in their collection, then go to our suppliers and get a big discount for you all, hope you like our choice –
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Grizzly bear-Veckatimest [limited edition with 10 inch booklet and mp3 download]-Grizzly bear return with a truly stunning new album on the warp label. These guys have been hinting at greatness for quite a while now but this new album reaches a whole new level altogether. The album really benefits for a truly lush production and the addition of big orchestral sounds. They are still a band that vocally remind me of the summer pop sounds of the beach boys but there the comparisons end. Featuring lots of quirky and infectiously catchy laid back pop songs with lots of electric piano and sixties like guitar sounds. Its one of those albums with some many layers that each listen delivers a totally different experience. If a bit of sixties tinged indie pop and four part vocal harmonies are your thing then this could be an early contender for album of the year. Features a bonus mp3 download of the entire album. This version comes pressed on double vinyl and features a limited edition 10 sized photo booklet. Comes with a full mp3 download of the album too. May 2009-Lp-Warp-€14.99

Grizzly bear-Veckatimest [special offer, normally retails at €15.99]-Grizzly bear return with a truly stunning new album on the warp label. These guys have been hinting at greatness for quite a while now but this new album reaches a whole new level altogether. The album really benefits for a truly lush production and the addition of big orchestral sounds. They are still a band that vocally remind me of the summer pop sounds of the beach boys but there the comparisons end. Featuring lots of quirky and infectiously catchy laid back pop songs with lots of electric piano and sixties like guitar sounds. Its one of those albums with some many layers that each listen delivers a totally different experience. If a bit of sixties tinged indie pop and four part vocal harmonies are your thing then this could be an early contender for album of the year. Comes in a digipack sleeve. May 2009-Cd-Warp-€12.99

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New In This Week
New in stock items on sale at - http://www.roadrecs.com/stock/shopping.php3?start=1&action=1
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Auerbach, dan-Keep it hid [with free cd version]-Debut solo album from the black keys frontman and guitarist. The album features 14 perfectly formed blues tinged mellow rock sounds with hints of everything from sixties psyche pop to melodic southern rock and plenty more inbetween. The album also has a lovely byrds like kind of country roots feel about it with lots of delicate slide guitar action and lush organ sounds. As ever though its all about auerbachs beautifully languid guitar style and husky vocals. Imagine the black keys in a slightly more funky mood with a bigger more full sound. The album comes packaged in a lovely retro like heavy card gatefold sleeve and also comes with a the full album on cd inside. June 2009-Lp-Nonesuch-€20.99

Bachelorette-My electric family-The second full length album from this new zealand based female artist on the drag city label. The album features a delicious collection of laid back electronic pop sounds falling somewehre between kraftwerk and stereolab. The album features a blend of fuzzy analog keyboard sounds and gentle laid back synth pop. Fans of quirky electronic pop will love this one for its weird and very catchy ways. June 2009-Lp-Drag city-€15.99

Beatles-Revolver-Reissue of the classic 1966 album from the beatles. Comes in a perfect replica sleeve featuring all the original artwork. Features taxman, eleanor rigby, im only sleeping, love you to, here there and everywhere, yellow submarine, she said she said, good day sunshine, and your bird can sing, for no one, dr robert, i want to tell you, got to get you into my life and tomorrow never knows. This is a direct metal master from a digitally remastered original tape.-Lp-Emi-€21.99

Bibio-Ambivalence avenue-Stephen wilkinson returns with his bibio project and his first collection for the warp label. Previous albums have been on the mush label. An album of really lovely laid back electronic folky tinged sounds with hints of everything from electronic funk to beat driven krautrock. At times sounding a bit like broadcast or stereolab on a more psyche folk buzz whilst some tracks also remind me of four tet with added acoustic guitar picking. The more mellow acoustic based songs kind of sound a bit like nick drake all messed up by four tet. Realy lovely stuff and a fine addition to the warp label. Double vinyl pressing with printed inner sleeves. June 2009-2lp-Warp-€16.99

Bibio-Ambivalence avenue-Stephen wilkinson returns with his bibio project and his first collection for the warp label. Previous albums have been on the mush label. An album of really lovely laid back electronic folky tinged sounds with hints of everything from electronic funk to beat driven krautrock. At times sounding a bit like broadcast or stereolab on a more psyche folk buzz whilst some tracks also remind me of four tet with added acoustic guitar picking. The more mellow acoustic based songs kind of sound a bit like nick drake all messed up by four tet. Realy lovely stuff and a fine addition to the warp label. June 2009-Cd-Warp-€13.99

Biosphere-Wireless [live in bristol]-Geir jenssen delivers his first ever official live album on the touch label. Recorded back in 2007 in bristol as part of the touch 25 live event. The album features a continuous hour long piece with brand new material mixed in with some familiar tracks from earlier studio albums. The album features live versions of tracks from shenzou, dropsonde and substrata. This is a collection of the much more dubby electronica side of jenssens sound with lots of gentle beats reminiscent of the likes of pole. Fans of his dropsonde album will love this one as jenssen uses jazz like percussive elements to generate some truly hypnotic moods. Its almost like a live best of and a rather excellent way to introduce yourself to the world of biosphere. Probably one of our favourite electronic artists around at the moment. June 2009-Cd-Touch-€17.99

Biram, scott h-Somethings wrong lost forever [with bonus mp3 download]-The return of this one man rustic blues show with his third album for the bloodshot label. The album features a perfectly raw collection of both old time blues sounds and country tinged folk. Comparable at times to the raw sounds of artists like william elliott whitmore this is a man who also spent much of his youth in noisy punk bands before heading off on a solo career. There is still a bit of the old punk rock spirit about his delivery which sees biram almost spitting out the words on the more uptempo tracks. I can kind of hear the spirit of early johnny cash in here. One for fans of rustic alt country, seasick steve, william elliott whitmore and the likes. Limited edition vinyl pressing with bonus mp3 download of all tracks. June 2009-Lp-Bloodshot records-€16.99

Blue roses-I am leaving-The second single to be taken from the wonderful self titled album on xl. Blue roses is the work of one very talented 21 year old by the name of laura groves. The single comes backed with a brand new exclusive track moments before sleep. This is a really lovely piece of laid back folky pop sounding like kate bush fronting belle and sebastian. June 2009-7"-Xl-€4.50

Bohren and der club of gore-Mitleid lady-Limited to only 1000 copies in a beautiful foldout sleeve. We finally managed to get our hands on this special release from the true kings of doom jazz. Released as part of the ongoing latitudes series on the southern label. This mini album features just one lenghty 10 minute track recorded specially for this release. Recorded at southern studios over the course of just one day back in 2006. Try to imagine earth and miles davis jamming very very slowly in a room together. 2008-Cd-Southern records-€13.99

Bothy band, the-1975-The selt titled debut album. Originally released on the mulligan label. 14 tracks of truly moving traditional irish music. Features donal lunny, matt molloy, tommy peoples, triona ni dhomhnaill, micheal o domhnaill and paddy keenan. Its fast and furious at times and beautifully meditative at others. Its like a perfect blend of traditional irish music and early irish folk music. Now reissued on compass records.-Cd-Compass records-€16.99

Bothy band, the-Out of the wind into the sun-Originally released in 1977 on the irish based mulligan label. The band at the time featured triona ni domhnaill, micheal o domhnaill, paddy keenan, matt mollow, donal lunny and kevin burke. Features ten traditional irish tunes arranged by the bothy band. The album has now been made available again by the american based label compass records. Comes with all the original artwork. 2008-Cd-Compass records-€16.99

Broken records-Until the earth begins to part-The debut album on the 4ad label from this new scottish based seven piece outfit. These guys kind of remind of a bizzare blend of the quirky alt rock of arcade fire and the emotionally driven folk rock of jeff buckley. Its full of lush strings, piano driven ballads and plenty of fuzzed up alt rock guitar sounds. Featuring lots of slow building ballads turning into big washes of heavy folk rock and post rock sounds. There are times when the album reminds me a bit of the early sounds of mercury rev with lots of euphoric explosions of noise and slow building crescendos. Comes in a gatefold sleeve with printed inner sleeve and two full colour printed cards. June 2009-Lp-4ad-€19.99

Byrds-Sweetheart of the rodeo-The classic 1968 album from the byrds, the album is widely considered to be the original and first record to be called country rock, the album features roger mcguinn, chris hillman and of course brand new member at the time gram parsons, this new reissue on the sundazed label comes in the original sleeve artwork, features the original tracklisting of you aint going nowhere, i am a pilgrim, the christian life, you dont miss your water, youre still on my mind, pretty boy floyd, hickory wind, one hundred years from now, blue canadian rockies, life in prison and nothing was delivered, may 2007-Lp-Sundazed-€18.99

Campbell, cornell-The gorgon dubwise-A stunning collection of mid seventies dubs cut by cornell campbell with bunny lee at the controls. Backed by the aggrovators on the majority of tracks. The album features fourteen heavy dubs taken straight from the original master tapes. Features my whole dub down, never let you dub, got this dub feeling, pity the dub, dub release, give me dub, just a moment, judah dub, my only dub, dub trap, be there in dub, educate them in dub and grooving dub. June 2009-Lp-Jamaican dub-€16.99

Can-Future days-Originally released in 1973 and the last can album to features damo suzuki. 4 track album featuring future days, spray, moonshake and the 19 minute classic bel air. A truly atmospheric almost jazz like album at times. Now reissued featuring all the original artwork. Pressed on 140 gram vinyl.-Lp-United artists-€14.99

Can-Monster movie-Reissue of cans debut release from way back in 1969. Features irmin schmidt, jacki liebezeit, holger czukay, michael karoli and malcolm mooney. The album features father cannot tell, mary mary quite contrary, outside my door and the twenty minute epic you doo right taking up the entire second side of the album. Reissue on the spoon label featuring all the original artwork.-Lp-Spoon-€18.99

Cash, johnny-Blood sweat and tears-Originally released back in 1963. The album was kind of a companion piece to his train themed album from 1960 called ride this train. This album is dedicated to the life of the hard working railroad man. The album was recorded with the legendary carter family in tow. Features the legend of john henrys hammer, tell him im gone, another man done gone, busted, casey jones, nine pound hammer, chaing gang, waiting for a train and roughneck. Now reissued on the sundazed label on 180 gram vinyl and features all the original artwork. 2003-Lp-Sundazed-€18.99

Cave-Psychic summer-Brand new album on important records from this chicago based krautrock obsessed outfit. The album features a collection of lenghty and trippy krautrock meets pure psyche rock sounds with a bit of everything from can to neu to hawkwind to stereolab and plenty more inbetween. Its very much an album driven by classic motorik drum patterns as big fuzzed up guitars and heavy analog synth sounds are layered over the top. Any fan of trippy krautrock will just adore this one. June 2009-Lp-Important records-€18.99

Cocker, jarvis-Angela-Taken from his most recent steve albini produced album further complications. Its a really catchy piece of glam rock like indie rock. Also features i found myself looking for god on the flip side. June 2009-7"-Rough trade-€4.50

Deaf animal orchestra with shane barry and the distractions-Split release-Limited edition split release 7 inch single on the primate music label. Features no wit can save me now by deaf animal orchesta and also a man called gerald by shane barry and the distractions. June 2009-7"-Primate music-€2.99

Deerhunter-Rainwater cassette exchange ep-Limited edition ep featuring brand new and exclusive tracks. None of these tracks appeared on their recent microcastles albums. Recorded with nicolas vernhes in rare book room studios in brooklyn. Features rainwater cassette exchange, disappearing ink, famous last words, game of diamonds and circulation. A collection of perfectly quirky almost psyche like indie rock sounds. For some reason these guys always remind me of a more gritty indie rock flaming lips which believe me is a good thing. They just get better with every release. June 2009-12"-4ad-€10.99

Deerhunter-Rainwater cassette exchange ep-Limited edition ep featuring brand new and exclusive tracks. None of these tracks appeared on their recent microcastles albums. Recorded with nicolas vernhes in rare book room studios in brooklyn. Features rainwater cassette exchange, disappearing ink, famous last words, game of diamonds and circulation. A collection of perfectly quirky almost psyche like indie rock sounds. For some reason these guys always remind me of a more gritty indie rock flaming lips which believe me is a good thing. They just get better with every release. June 2009-Cd-4ad-€7.99

Dinosaur jr-Farm-The original three piece lineup featuring j mascis, lou barlow and murph. Features tne new single over it. Its hard to know what to write about a new dinosaur jr album that you probably dont already know. The most reassuring thing is that its sounds exactly as you would want it to sound. The album features back to back classics delivered in their own distinctly laid back way. Full of ear piercing guitar solos, blistering grunge rock and slacker rock sounds. These guys have had many imitators over the years but when you hear the real thing you realise just how awesome they can be. Its pretty much as perfect as dinosaur jr can get. June 2009-Cd-Pil-€12.99

Dirty projectors-Stillness is the move-The first single to be lifted from the brand new album bitte orca on domino. Limited to only 500 copies. Five track ep featuring the album version, a cappella version, lucky dragons remix, wave the bloody shirt and bitte bitte orca. June 2009-12"-Domino-€7.99

Duchess says-Begging the 3 ts-Montreal based outfit previously on the alien 8 label featuring annie c deschenes, ishmael tremblay, phillippe clement and simon besre. The ep features four slices of bouncy post punk influenced electro pop sounds full of scuzzed up analog synth sounds and shouty riot girl like vocals. Imagine ladytron with a more punk rock heart. Pressed on very very limited marble effect vinyl. June 2009-10"-Back yard-€8.99

Dylan, bob-Another side of bob dylan-Originally from 1964 this is a classic early dylan folk album. Features all i really want to do, black crow blues, spanish harlem incident, chimes of freedom, i shall be free, to ramona, motorpsycho nitemare, my black pages, i dont believe you, ballad in plain d and it aint me babe. Comes in the original sleeve with lyrics printed on the back.-Lp-Sundazed-€18.99

Eels-Hombre lobo [12 songs of desire]-Eels return with a brand new 12 track collection on the vagrant label. This is a an album of two very different and distinct sounds. First up comes with truly superb fuzzed up kind of grunge pop sounds. Kind of reminds me a wee bit of the more funked up indie rock sounds of beck blended with the classic early sounds of the seattle grunge rock scene. Its definitely one of his most raw and outright rocking albums in quite some time. Then on the other hand there are a couple of much more laid back electric folk like ballads thrown in with a lovely rootsy americana fell about them. June 2009-Cd-Vagrant-€17.99

Fahey, john-After the ball-Originally released in 1973 this was one of only two albums that fahey made for the reprise label. The album is quite unusual for the fact that it featured a full band and orchestra throughout. On some tracks fahey is backed by an almost dixieland like jazz band featuring mandolin, banjo and ukelele. The remainder of the album sees fahey playing along with a full orchestra. Reissued by the warners label in 2001-Cd-Collectors choice-€11.99

Fahey, john-Yes jesus loves me-Originally released on the takoma label back in 1980 this album features a collection of 20 christian hymns performed by john fahey in his own distinctive style. A beautifully calming collection of acoustic guitar instrumentals. The album has now been remastered and features new liner notes by kris needs.-Cd-Takoma-€14.99

Flipper-Sex bomb-Limited edition reissue of the debut flipper single to coincide with the upcoming reissue of their four classic albums on the domino label. Limited to only 300 copies on 10 inch vinyl. Originally released way back in 1980 the ep features the original full length version, the original mix of the track taken from their debut album generic and also the brainwash track. This is a truly classic piece of early avant garde punk rock. A lengthy dirge like piece of visceral noise sounding like the birthday party jamming with the stooges. Its full of fuzzed up guitars, space rock like keyboards and a howling sax solo. Truly seminal stuff and great to have it back in print again. June 2009-10"-Domino-€6.50

Frolic diner-Volume two [various artists]-Definitely one for fans of the las vegas grind series and lovers of retro sixties stripjoint sleaze. Features tons of brass led fuzzy striptease music and garage rock exotica. Features tracks from danny bell and the bell hops, the scamps featuring ronnie starr, felix and his guitar with the hot peppers, jimmie maddin and the party makers, doc starkes and his night riders, roy milton and his orch, michael and the jesters, the zircons, johnny moore and his new blazers, the chargers, george young and the rockin bocs, the lancers, the tempomen, the majestics, ivan ward and the swingsters, the nite caps and finally the criterions.-Lp-Romulan records-€12.99

Gang gang dance-First communion-Limited to only 500 copies on the warp label. The ep features the original versin of first communion along with two brand new remixes. Features a new tv on the radio remix of first communion and a hot chip remix of house jam. Its a really catchy piece of quirky electronic pop sounding like some very strange blend of electronic afro beat and no wave funk. June 2009-12"-Warp-€5.99

God help the girl-God help the girl [aka stuart murdoch from belle and sebastian]-Brand new project fronted spearheaded by belle and sebastian frontman stuart murdoch. The album features a host of guest musicians including catherine ireton, asya from smoosh, neil hannon from the divine comedy and a 45 piece orchestra conducted by whitnail and i composer rick wentworth. The album features a truly infectious collection of uptempo sixties tinged folky pop sounds almost like a cross between belle and sebastian and camera obscura scored by the great van dyke parks. Its beautifully dramatic at times with bursts of lush strings and brass with just a hint of breezy laid back jazz from time to time. Its one of those perfect sunday morning albums. June 2009-Cd-Rough trade-€13.99

God help the girl-God help the girl [aka stuart murdoch from belle and sebastian]-Brand new project fronted spearheaded by belle and sebastian frontman stuart murdoch. The album features a host of guest musicians including catherine ireton, asya from smoosh, neil hannon from the divine comedy and a 45 piece orchestra conducted by whitnail and i composer rick wentworth. The album features a truly infectious collection of uptempo sixties tinged folky pop sounds almost like a cross between belle and sebastian and camera obscura scored by the great van dyke parks. Its beautifully dramatic at times with bursts of lush strings and brass with just a hint of breezy laid back jazz from time to time. Its one of those perfect sunday morning albums. Limited edition 180 gram vinyl pressing in a gatefold sleeve with printed inner sleeve featuring lyrics. June 2009-Lp-Rough trade-€19.99

God help the girl-God help the girl [limited edition hardback book sleeve]-Brand new project fronted spearheaded by belle and sebastian frontman stuart murdoch. The album features a host of guest musicians including catherine ireton, asya from smoosh, neil hannon from the divine comedy and a 45 piece orchestra conducted by whitnail and i composer rick wentworth. The album features a truly infectious collection of uptempo sixties tinged folky pop sounds almost like a cross between belle and sebastian and camera obscura scored by the great van dyke parks. Its beautifully dramatic at times with bursts of lush strings and brass with just a hint of breezy laid back jazz from time to time. Its one of those perfect sunday morning albums. This limited edition cd version comes in a special edition hardback book style sleeve with mini photo book and lyrics. June 2009-Cd-Rough trade-€14.99

Hinds, justin-Sinners-The treasure isle collection featuring the dominoes. Justin hinds was one of the true legends of the early rocksteady sound in jamaica from the early to late sixties. These tracks have all been culled from the vaults of the highly influential treasure isle label. The album opens up with his massive hit carry go bring come which was also the first track he cut for the label in 1963 with duke reid at the controls. The album features 19 truly essential singles he cut for reid and is a must for lovers of classic rocksteady and early ska. June 2009-Cd-Attack records-€13.99

Hired hands-Marie antoinette-The debut single from this new dublin based indie pop 0utfit. Its a lovely piece of folky indie pop with the added bonus of lots of lush strings and clarinet. It kind of reminds me of belle and sebastian with the added instrumentation of the divine comedy. Also features o child on the flip side. The single also comes with a bonus mp3 coupon featuring a free download of both tracks along with a bonus track mole in the ground thrown in for good measure. June 2009-7"-Any other city-€4.99

Lewis, jeffrey and the junkyard-Em are i-The fifth solo album on the rough trade label from anti folk star jeffrey lewis. Features drummer dave beauchamp, his brother jack lewis, herman dune, banjo player emily lacy and even a cameo appearence by j mascis from dinosaur jr. The album featues a very catchy blend of old school slacker indie rock and acoustic anti folk sounds. Its got a really cool kind of sixties garage pop feel about it with lots of loose and raw sounds. Try to imagine pavement or sebadoh unplugged with a bit of a sixties garage pop twist. June 2009-Cd-Rough trade-€13.99

Little darla has a treat for you-Volume 27 [eternal spring edition]-Double cd collection from the american based darla label and distribution agency. The album was released to celebrate sixteen years of independent music from a damn fine label. Features a total of 32 exclusive tracks spread over two cds. Comes in a recycled card sleeve. The album features tracks from almost charlie, arborea, arial abshire with japancakes, bernard szajner, bitcrush, black feather, desario, detritus, dj hidden, elias and the whizzkids, elle belga, harold budd with clive wright, keith canisius, lets go naked, low low low la la la la love love love, lowlights, manual, momus, montt mardie, mothboy, new radiant storm king, photon band, project pale, raoul sinier, robin guthrie, rumskib, spherical objects, sweet trip, tiny magnetic pets, tujiko noriko lawrence, english john chantler, vlor and yagya. June 2009-2cd-Darla-€14.99

Moore, christy-Prosperous-The classic album from 1972 and features what eventually turned into planxty. We really cant have a real folk section without this genius in there somewhere. Joing christy on this legendary session were donal lunny, liam og o flynn, andy irvine, clive collins, dave bland and kevin conneff. The album was recorded in prosperous in county kildare. Features the raggle taggle gipsies, the dark eyed sailor, i wish i was in england, lock hospital, james connolly, the hackler from grouse hill, tribute to woody, the ludlow massacre, a letter to syracuse, spancilhill, the cliffs of dooneen and rambling robin.-Cd-Tara-€18.99

Nadja-When i see the sun always shines on tv-This two piece of leah buckareff and aidan baker have practically invented their own genre of doom shoegazing over the last few years and now they take on a collection of covers of their favourite songs. Their sound is a stunning meeting of darkly evil doom rock and beautifully dreamlike shoegazing sounds. Imagine my bloody valentine and sunn 0 meeting somewhere in the middle. The album features walls and walls of white noise with lots of beautifully shimmering guitars and sweet vocals layered over the top. Its both spine tingling and dreamlike at the same time. Features their very distinctive covers of tracks by the cure, my bloody valentine, aha, the swans, codeine, slayer, elliott smith and kids in the hall. June 2009-Cd-The end-€18.99

Otis, shuggie-Here comes shuggie otis and freedom flight [two albums on one cd]-The first two shuggie otis albums compiled on one cd. Features a total of 18 tracks spread over 75 minutes of music. Here comes shuggie otis was his debut from way back in 1970 whilst freedom flight came out two years later. Both albums were originally released on the epic label. The debut album from shuggie otis which was recorded in 1970 at the young age of 18. Produced and arranged by his father johnny otis. Its a classic collection of soulful blues rock sounds with lots of that early seventies psychedelic soul feel. Features oxford gray, jennie lee, bootie cooler, knowing that you want him, funky thithee, shuggies boogie, hurricane, gospel groove, baby i needed you and the hawk. His second album freedom flight features ice cold daydream, strawberry letter 23, sweet thang, me and my woman, someones always singing, purple and freedom flight. Compiled and remastered by the raven label in 2003-Cd-Raven-€18.99

Planxty-The well below the valley-The second of three absolute classic albums released by planxty in the early seventies. Originally released by the shanachie label in 1973. Revolutionary at the time and still sounds as fresh as ever. Features christy moore, donal lunny, liam o flynn and andy irvine. Still rates as one of the most important and influential irish folk albums of all time along with their self titled debut and third album cold blow the rainy night.-Cd-Shanachie-€20.99

Ratatat-Mirando-Three track ep on the xl label. Features the original version of mirando along with a new yacht remix and highly sought after animal collective remix on the flip side. Its worth it alone just for the stunning ten minute animal collective remix. They take the source material of the main track and pretty much turn it into something distinctly animal collective with lots of looping repetitive beasts and hypnotic keyboard sounds. June 2009-12"-Xl-€4.99

Sleepthieves-It was only a satellite-Features winter, osumi, make your move and this is not an exile. Sleepthieves are a brand new irish based three piece featuring derek murphy, sorcha brennan and wayne fahy. The ep features four perfectly formed electronic indie pop songs. Featuring a sound falling between classic fuzzy indie pop and a bit of eighties electro. The ep features lots of fuzzy keyboard sounds, heavy electro beats, live guitars and beautiful melodic vocals. June 2009-Cds-Own label-€4.99
Stanley brothers-Earliest recordings [the complete rich r tone 78s]-A collection of beautiful gospel and bluegrass tunes recorded for the rich r tone label between 1947 and 1952. These tracks were originally compiled in 1997 for john faheys revenant label and are now being made available again by the rounder label. Features a collection of traditional gospel songs along with a few self penned gems like little maggie. These guys were probably one of the greatest bluegrass gospel duos of all time. 2004-Cd-Rounder records-€17.99

Terry, sonny and brownie mcghee-Midnight special-A compilation of two albums originally recorded in august 1960. The first ten tracks were originally released on the prestige label under the title blues and folk. The remaining ten tracks also came out originally on the prestige label as the album blues all around my head. All tracks have now been fully remastered and compiled on the fantasy label. 1989-Cd-Fantasy-€8.99

Terry, sonny and brownie mcghee-The essential sonny terry and brownie mcghee-A damn fine introduction to the joyous blues world of two of the finest performers of country and folk blues of all time. The album features a total of 40 remastered tracks spread over two cds. Featuring tons of their very distinctive uplifting whooping and hollering sounds this is a real joy from start to finish. With sonny terry on harmonica and brownie mcghee on guitars these guys were born entertainers and really knew how to whip up a storm with their live performances. 2009-2cd-Primo-€9.99

Tortoise-Beacons of ancestorship-Tortoise return with their sixth full length studio album and their first release of new material in five years. The album kind of fits snuggly between the early post rock sounds of the first two albums and the more electronic based funked up sounds of tnt. Its an album bristling with funky krautrock vibes and even sees tortoise dipping their toes into the wobbly bass world of dubstep on a couple of tracks. Its one of the more uptempo beat driven tortoise albums in quite a while with john mecntire providing the backbone of funky jazz like live drums. A couple of tracks even strike as some modern take on the early seventies funk sound with lots of chunky organ sounds making an appearence. Theres even a morricone like slide guitar led tune. I have to say its been well worth the wait. June 2009-Cd-Thrill jockey-€12.99

Tortoise-Beacons of ancestorship [with bonus mp3 download]-Tortoise return with their sixth full length studio album and their first release of new material in five years. The album kind of fits snuggly between the early post rock sounds of the first two albums and the more electronic based funked up sounds of tnt. Its an album bristling with funky krautrock vibes and even sees tortoise dipping their toes into the wobbly bass world of dubstep on a couple of tracks. Its one of the more uptempo beat driven tortoise albums in quite a while with john mecntire providing the backbone of funky jazz like live drums. A couple of tracks even strike as some modern take on the early seventies funk sound with lots of chunky organ sounds making an appearence. Theres even a morricone like slide guitar led tune. I have to say its been well worth the wait. The album is pressed on heavyweight 180g virgin vinyl and also comes with a free mp3 download coupon. Comes in a lovely old school heavy card gatefold sleeve too. June 2009-Lp-Thrill jockey-€15.99

Triffids-Raining pleasure-Long out of print mini album from the triffids originally released way back in 1984. The album features jesus calling, embedded, st james infirmary, everybody has to eat, ballad of jack frost, property is condemned and raining pleasure. Now reissued on the original hot label with all the original artwork. Featuring alsy macdonald, martyn casey, david mccomb, robert mccomb adn jill birt.-Lp-A hot record-€8.99

Vampires of dartmoor-Draculas music cabinet-You can always depend on the finders keepers label to unearth long long psychedelic gems and this here collection is not going to disappoint long time fans of the labels sound. This collection of weird psychedelia was originally made by a bunch of crazy german musicians whose day job was making library recordings. They decided to kick back a bit and made this film soundtrack to a film that never existed. Its a good story but the album disappeared into obscurity upon its release. The album was recently discovered by the good folks at finders keepers who gladly decided that the world was ready for it at last. The album features some truly trippy psychedelic exotica and organ based sounds with lots of way out there vocal samples and dialogue. June 2009-Cd-Finders keepers-€13.99

Van zandt, townes-Our mother the mountain-Reissue of van zandts second album from way back in 1969. Produced by keven eggers and jack clement the album features eleven classic early van zandt tunes. Features be here to love me, kathleen, she came and she touched me, like a summer thursday, our mother the mountain, second lovers song, st john the gambler, tecumseh, snake mountain blues, my proud mountains and why shes acting this way. Now reissued on 180 gram vinyl by the fat possum label.-Lp-Fat possum-€16.99

Voodoo jack-The temple bar sessions-Features road to nowhere, when it rains it pours and betrayal. Dublin based three piece with a blend of classic old school dirty blues rock and fuzzed up grunge rock sounds. June 2009-Cds-Own label-€3.99

White denim-Fits-Album number two from this psychedelic garage rockers on the full time hobby label. The album features a collecton of blistering fuzzed up sixties like garage rock sounds with hints of bass heavy angular post punk, new wave and some kind of skewed noisy prog. Its also got lots of meandering avant rock passages with great big explosions of pure fuzzed up noise melting into the most infectious sixties psyche rock. These guys kind of remind me of the spirit of bands like the mc5 with the way they totally funked up garage punk and injected a real sense of fun into the whole sound. It really is a wonderfully exciting collection and an album that will take you on a journey through several eras of rock in the space of just one song. Comes in a lovely oversized card sleeve. June 2009-Cd-Full time hobby-€12.99

White denim-Fits-Album number two from this psychedelic garage rockers on the full time hobby label. The album features a collecton of blistering fuzzed up sixties like garage rock sounds with hints of bass heavy angular post punk, new wave and some kind of skewed noisy prog. Its also got lots of meandering avant rock passages with great big explosions of pure fuzzed up noise melting into the most infectious sixties psyche rock. These guys kind of remind me of the spirit of bands like the mc5 with the way they totally funked up garage punk and injected a real sense of fun into the whole sound. It really is a wonderfully exciting collection and an album that will take you on a journey through several eras of rock in the space of just one song. The album comes packaged in what is quite possibly the heaviest card sleeve i have ever seen in my entire life. Just like the old smithsonian vinyl releases used to be if you can remember them. June 2009-Lp-Full time hobby-€17.99

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New Irish Titles This Week
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Bothy band, the-1975-The selt titled debut album. Originally released on the mulligan label. 14 tracks of truly moving traditional irish music. Features donal lunny, matt molloy, tommy peoples, triona ni dhomhnaill, micheal o domhnaill and paddy keenan. Its fast and furious at times and beautifully meditative at others. Its like a perfect blend of traditional irish music and early irish folk music. Now reissued on compass records.-Cd-Compass records-€16.99

Bothy band, the-Out of the wind into the sun-Originally released in 1977 on the irish based mulligan label. The band at the time featured triona ni domhnaill, micheal o domhnaill, paddy keenan, matt mollow, donal lunny and kevin burke. Features ten traditional irish tunes arranged by the bothy band. The album has now been made available again by the american based label compass records. Comes with all the original artwork. 2008-Cd-Compass records-€16.99

Deaf animal orchestra with shane barry and the distractions-Split release-Limited edition split release 7 inch single on the primate music label. Features no wit can save me now by deaf animal orchesta and also a man called gerald by shane barry and the distractions. June 2009-7"-Primate music-€2.99

Hired hands-Marie antoinette-The debut single from this new dublin based indie pop 0utfit. Its a lovely piece of folky indie pop with the added bonus of lots of lush strings and clarinet. It kind of reminds me of belle and sebastian with the added instrumentation of the divine comedy. Also features o child on the flip side. The single also comes with a bonus mp3 coupon featuring a free download of both tracks along with a bonus track mole in the ground thrown in for good measure. June 2009-7"-Any other city-€4.99

Sleepthieves-It was only a satellite-Features winter, osumi, make your move and this is not an exile. Sleepthieves are a brand new irish based three piece featuring derek murphy, sorcha brennan and wayne fahy. The ep features four perfectly formed electronic indie pop songs. Featuring a sound falling between classic fuzzy indie pop and a bit of eighties electro. The ep features lots of fuzzy keyboard sounds, heavy electro beats, live guitars and beautiful melodic vocals. June 2009-Cds-Own label-€4.99

Voodoo jack-The temple bar sessions-Features road to nowhere, when it rains it pours and betrayal. Dublin based three piece with a blend of classic old school dirty blues rock and fuzzed up grunge rock sounds. June 2009-Cds-Own label-€3.99

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Dinosaur jr-Farm [this album will ship out on friday the 26th of june]-The original three piece lineup featuring j mascis, lou barlow and murph. Features tne new single over it. Its hard to know what to write about a new dinosaur jr album that you probably dont already know. The most reassuring thing is that its sounds exactly as you would want it to sound. The album features back to back classics delivered in their own distinctly laid back way. Full of ear piercing guitar solos, blistering grunge rock and slacker rock sounds. These guys have had many imitators over the years but when you hear the real thing you realise just how awesome they can be. Its pretty much as perfect as dinosaur jr can get. This very limited version of the album comes pressed on double vinyl and will come with a bonus 7 inch single featuring live versions of i dont wanna go there and tarpit. Also comes with a full copy of the album on cd inside the sleeve.-Lp-Pil-€18.50

Duckworth lewis method-The duckworth lewis method [featuring neil hannon from divine comedy and thomas walsh from pugwash]-A brand new collaborative project from two of our finest irish songwriters around at the moment. The tracks were all written by neil hannon from divine comedy and thomas walsh from pugwash. The album features a collection of tracks dedicated to the world of cricket. Hannon and walsh are joined on the recording by cathy cavey, phil jupitus, alesander armstrong and matt berry. So what could divine comedy and pugwash sound like jamming together. The answer to that is exactly as you would imagine. The album has tons of that beatles like sunshine pop that pugwash do so so well blended with the kind of dramatic chamber pop of mr neil hannon. An album of beatiful acoustic pop songs and laid back piano led ballads. - this album will ship out to you on the 3rd of july-Cd-1969 records-€14.50

Talulah does the hula-Bad boyfriend and those girls [signed copies]-Finally the debut single from this new dublin based outfit. Its a double a sided single featuring bad boyfriend and those girls. The band features former members of the chalets and neosupervital. Limited to only 200 individually hand numbered copies. - order the ep now and we will get the band to sign it for you before we ship them out. The single will released and posted out to you on friday the 26th of june-Cds-Own label-€2.99


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Back In Stock
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Back from the grave-Volume one-Rockin 1966 punkers, the first in an excellent series from the ultra cool crypt label, features 18 of the finest underground garage rock and punk classics from the sixties, features the elite, ju jus, alarm clocks, fabs, malibus, bel aires, legends, rats, one way streets, larry and the blue notes, swamp rats and cords, compiled in 1986-Lp-Crypt-€13.99

Cajun social music-Various artists-Reissue of this rather excellent collection of traditional cajun music from the smithsonian folkways label, the album was originally recorded and released in 1975 and features some fine rustic traditional music, highlights include nathan abshire, mark savoy and hector duhon, the album features a total of 13 tracks and comes with the original detailed liner notes inside, reissued in 1990-Lp-Smithsonian folkways-€10.99

Cure, the-Pornography [limited edition red vinyl reissue]-Originally released in 1972 on the fiction label. This was the fifth album from the cure and features one hundred years, a short term effect, the hanging garden, siamese twins, the figurehead, a strange day, cold and pornography. This limited edition reissue comes pressed on lovely red vinyl and features all the original artwork too. August 2008-Lp-Vinyl lovers-€17.99

Diane, alela-To be still-Rustic folk singer alela diane returns with a truly haunting follow up to her stunning debut the pirates gospel from 2007. This is another truly superb collection of modern folk sounds with moments harking back to the very early days of american folk music and touches of seventies english psyche folk. Diane ploughs a similar field to the likes of joanna newsom, cat power, marissa nadler and even the bluegrass tinged sounds of gillian welch. This is one of those rare gems that requires just one listen to be utterly hooked on it forever. A real joy from start to finish featuring one of the most hauntingly beautiful voices you are every likely to hear. April 2009-Cd-Fargo-€18.99

Dubbing at dynamic sounds-Various artists-A fantastic taster of classic dubs from the legendary dynamic sounds studios in jamaica, the album seems to concentrate on the slighly more brass led dub sounds from the studios, all tracks are produced by bunny lee and engineered by sylvan morris and carlton patterson, the album features the many talents of musicians like tommy mccook, vin gordon, bobby ellis, jackie mittoo, ansel collins, lloyd parke, carlton barrett, aston family man barret, robbie shakespeare and many more legends, october 2007-Lp-Jamaican recordings-€14.99

Eshete, alemayehu-Ethiopiques number 22 [more vintage]-Volume 22 in the ongoing ethiopiques series from the budamusique label. This one features the flambouyant talents of alemayehu eshete who over the years has acquired the nicknames of the ethiopian james brown and also the abyssinian elvis. The album features eighteen cuts of classic laid back african jazzy funk sounds. May 2008-Cd-Buda musique-€14.99

Fahey, john-Days have gone by-Reissue of this hard to find john fahey album originally released way back in 1967 on the takoma label. The album was part of faheys american primitive guitar instrumentals series and this was volume six. Features eleven beautiful examples of this mans pure genius on the acoustic guitar. Features quite a bit of his eastern raga like instrumentals with a beautifully hypnotic feel about them. 2001-Cd-Takoma-€18.99

Fahey, john-The transfiguration of blind joe death-Re-issue from way back in 1965, originally released on riverboat records, 15 track album re-issued in 1997-Cd-Takoma-€18.99

Fahey, john-Yellow princess-This was to be faheys second and final album for the vanguard label, it was recorded in 1968, features the yellow princess, view, lion, march for martin luther king, the singing bridge of memphis tennessee, dance of the inhabitants of the invisible city of bladensburg, charles lee a memoriam, irish setter and commemorative transfiguration, this reissue on the vanguard label comes in the original sleeve and still features faheys rather bizarre liner notes, features jay ferguson on organ, mark andes on electric bass, matt andes on guitars and kevin kelley on drums, reissued in 2004-Cd-Vanguard-€12.99

Flying burrito bros-The gilded palace of sin-The truly legendary debut album from the flying burrito brothers and an album that spawned at least a thousand immitators, this was probably one of the originaly country rock albums at the time of its release in 1969, the band featured chris hillman, gram parsons, sneeky pete and chris ethridge, the album is now reissued on the 4 men with beards label and comes in the original artwork with those now legendary suits, features christines tune, sin city, do right woman, my uncle, wheels, juanita, hot burrito number one and two, do you know how it feels and hippie boy, october 2007-Lp-4 men with beards-€19.99

Fugazi-13 songs-As you would expect this is a 13 track collection from 1989. The album is basically a compilation of two mini albums from 1988 and 1989. Features all the tracks from their self titled relased in 1988 and also the margin walker release from 1989. One of the most influential post hardcore releases at the time and still one of the most essential albums that these guys have ever produced.-Cd-Dischord-€15.99

Godspeed you black emperor-Slow riot for new zero kanada ep-2 track mini album, features the wonderful speech from blaise bailey third, comes packaged in the usual beautiful cardboard sleeve from constelation and kranky, june 1999-Cd-Kranky-€11.99

Jackson, milt and john coltrane-Bags and trane-Originally released way back in 1959 on the atlantic label. Features bags and trane, three little words, the night we called it a day, be bop and the late late blues, features milt jackson on vibraharp, john coltrane on sax, hank jones on piano, paul chambers on bass and connie kay on drums. Features some beautifully soothing smokey late night jazz sounds. This version also comes with three extra bonus tracks not featured on the original. 1988-Cd-Atlantic-€9.99

Konono no 1-Congotronics-Formed in the seventies in kinshasa, featuring thumb piano, megaphones and percussion built from old car parts, traditional trance sounds meets sonic rock and modern electronic sounds, a beautiful record on canadian label ache records, may 2005-Lp-Ache records-€17.99

Monk, thelonious-Criss cross-This was monks second album for columbia records, originally released in 1963, monk is supported by a trio of bass, saxophone and drums and it is the saxophone of charlie rouse that dances along with the monks playing providing an incredible energy between the whole lineup, titles include hackensack, tea for two, criss cross, dont blame me, think of one and more. The album now also comes with three extra bonus tracks including two previously unreleased tracks.-Cd-Columbia-€9.99

O beirne, gerry-Half moon bay-The first album from this irish based singer songwriter. Released back in 1999 on his own label. Features a lovely blend of acoustic folk sounds and mellow instrumental acoustic guitar picking.-Cd-Own label-€14.99

Ramones-Rock n roll high school-Music from the original motion picture. Originally released on the sire label back in 1979. Features four ramones tracks along with nick lowe, eno, jp soles, devo, eddie and the hot rods, brownsville station, chuck berry, todd rundgren and alice cooper. Reissue in the original sleeve.-Lp-Sire-€9.99

Schnauss, ulrich-A strangely isolated place-This album has kind of gained legendary status around here as one of the most outstanding collections of mellow electronica meets classic shoegazing layered guitars. Try to imagine the mellow leftfield electronic beats of the likes of boards of canada blended with the lush guitar sounds of my bloody valentine or the cocteau twins. Its quite simply one of the most beautiful records you will ever hear in our opinion and is just one of those perfectly soothing records. The album was originally released in 2003 on city centre offices and now get a well deserved reissue with bonus tracks remixed by former cocteau twins guitarist robin guthrie.-Cd-Independiente-€17.99

Sill, judee-Judee sill-The debut album from this much underrated singer songwriter from 1971, originally released on the atlantic label, this reissue on the water label features the original 11 track album in its original format and doesnt contain the bonus material from the rhino reissues which are now out of print, december 2005-Cd-Water-€17.99

Silver mt zion-13 blues for thirteen moons-The fifth full length album from this montreal based collective featuring ex members of godspeed and several other outfits on the constellation records roster. The album carries on the theme of their previous album horses in the sky with the addition again of the tra la la band. Efrim from godspeed is back in vocal duties again with album having full vocal tracks on nearly every track. Their blues like dirges are quite reminscent at times to the sleazy swamp rock of the swans with plenty of their own trademark meandering post rock guitar riff action. Its full of cacophonous explosive sounds breaking down into some really beautiful scratchy violin led sounds more akin to some early godspeed. Features four beautifully long expansive pieces of music with a really rustic rough edge to it. Comes in a lovely card gatefold sleeve. April 2008-Cd-Constallation-€17.99

Waits, tom-Rain dogs-Reissue of this classic tom waits album from way back in 1985 on the island label. The album features singapore, clap hands, cemetary polka, jockey full of bourbon, tango til theyre sore, big black mariah, diamonds and gold hang down your head, time, rain dogs, midtown, 9th and hennepin, gun street girl, union square, blind love, walking spanish, downtown train, bride of raindog and anywhere i lay my head.-Lp-Island-€16.99

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Don’t forget we now carry a huge range of early Folk, Roots, Blues and Country titles which will be mixed in with all the other stock
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SECOND HAND VINYL – if you have a collection of old vinyl that you would like to trade in for cash or just swap them for new stock in the store, then please drop me an email (info@roadrecs.com) with a list of what you have and I will get back to you with a price for them. If you have a big collection we can even come and collect it from your house. Please note we only buy second hand vinyl albums, no cd’s anymore.
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