Poly Styrene Interview Live On FNM Player
We had the pleasure of catching up with the Queen of Punk, Poly Styrene in her hometown of Hastings to shoot this insightful video as she took us back to her days of X-ray Spex, the reason for the live show and some more current stuff on what she’s up to!
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Bustin’ Out out February 2010!
The first in our series of New Wave to New Beat compilations 'Bustin' Out, The Post Punk Era 1979-1981', will be released on 15th of February. The music termed post punk is well represented in many of its diverse strains by some of its prime movers; encompassing anything from Tubeway Army's austere electronic pop on 'Replicas', through to 23 Skidoo’s atmospheric tribal boogie on ‘Gospel Comes to New Guinea’, every track charts a different musical seam, which invariably proved to be highly influential, from Killing Joke’s ‘Almost Red’, to Belgian new beat pioneers Front 242’s ‘Body to Body’ to Bill Laswell’s Bustin’ Out and Tuxedomoon’s gripping ‘Desire’ ………….
For a tracklisting, further info and to buy the album click here
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HIGH PRAISE FOR MILT MATTHEWS – ALBUM REISSUE OUT NOW
Milt Matthews Inc were an early ‘70s Soul / Rock outfit who signed to British indie label Ember in 1971 for one album.
‘For The People’ is a definitive vintage piece of the time, spanning many musical genres and appealing to soul and rock fans alike, it features 5 Milt penned tracks along with 3 covers.
"Highly recommended: not just as a curio but something which bears repeated hammering. A stone classic" - STAR PICK SHINDIG
"Ultra-collectable 70s psych-soul gem" - 4 STARS RECORD COLLECTOR
The album has received high praise from the music press. You can buy your copy of the album and find out more by clicking here.
LET ME TELL YOU ABOUT THE BLUES TRAVELS TO TEXAS
‘The blues come to Texas, loping like a mule,’ Blind Lemon Jefferson sang through a shower of surface noise as he made his recording debut in March 1926. Yes, our highly popular blues series ‘Let Me Tell You About The Blues’ has arrived in the down trodden streets of Texas, when the blues decisively went south.
Featuring the artists Henry ‘Ragtime’ Thomas, Texas Alexander, Robert Johnson, Smokey Hogg, Lightnin’ Hopkins, Clarence ‘Gatemouth’ Brown, Clarence Garlow, Lil’ Son Jackson and two of the most influential blues musicians to come out of Texas in the postwar years Lightnin’ Hopkins and T-Bone Walker, both of whom encountered Lemon Jefferson in their youth.
For more information and to buy a copy of the album click here.
BRAND NEW SERIES CHRONICLING SIXTIES POP – FIRST EDITION ‘SAY WHEN’ OUT NOW
Brand new series, ‘Ember Sixties Pop’ will collect the best of the labels output throughout the decade. This first album, ‘Say When’ covers up to 1961 and features many highly collectable tracks. Included in these are two singles by Michael Cox, mint versions of which are worth £45, and two by Grant Tracy & The Sunsets, which are valued at £20. Other artists featured include Roy Young, Cuddly Duddly and Ray Ellington.
For more information and to buy a copy of the album click here.
R&B SPOTLIGHT CHARTS 1959
Following the success of last year’s R&B Spotlight 58 we now move the series onto 1959 on this 2 disc 60 track compilation.
1959 was a year which saw the increasing popularity of Rhythm & Blues, with many of the entries also crossing over to the pop charts. The R&B chart mixed successes from both one-hit wonders and fifties stars all of which feature on this album and include:- Chuck Berry, Bo Diddley, Little Willie John, Fats Domino, the Coasters, Ruth Brown, Lavern Baker, Nat “King” Cole, Jimmy Reed, Little Walter, Lavern Baker and Sarah Vaughan.
For more information and to buy a copy of the album click here.
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