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Bad Brains is the self-titled debut studio album recorded by American hardcore punk/reggae band Bad Brains. Recorded in 1981 and released on (then) cassette-only label ROIR on February 5, 1982, many fans refer to it as "The Yellow Tape" because of it's yellow packaging. Though Bad Brains had recorded the 16 song Black Dots album in 1979 and the 5-song Omega Sessions EP in 1980, the ROIR cassette was the band's first release of anything longer than a single. The release includes the original liner notes by Ira Kaplan of Yo La Tengo.This reissue marks the second release in the remaster campaign on the band's own Bad Brains Records imprint with Org Music. In coordination with the band, Org Music has overseen the restoration and remastering of the iconic Bad Brains' recordings. The audio was mastered by Dave Gardner at Infrasonic Mastering and pressed at Furnace Record Pressing.
Bad Brains - Bad Brains [LP]
$25.98
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Bon Iver’s three-song collection SABLE, was a prologue mired in darkness, a controlled burn clearing the way for new possibilities. fABLE is the book that follows. Where SABLE, was a work of solitude, fABLE is an outstretched hand. Radiant, ornate pop music gleams around Vernon’s voice as he focuses on a new and beautiful era.

 
On every song, his eyes are locked with one specific person. It’s love, which means there’s an intense clarity, focus, and honesty within fABLE. It’s a portrait of a man flooded and over whelmed by that first meeting (“Everything Is Peaceful Love”). There’s a tableau defined by sex and irrepressible desire (“Walk Home”). This is someone filled with light and purpose seeing an entire future right in front of him: a partner, new memories, maybe a family. 
There’s something undeniably healing about infatuation. Cleaving to someone else can feel like light pouring in from a door that’s suddenly swung wide. But there’s a reason SABLE, is of a piece with fABLE; the shadow still rears its head in lighter times. Even when you’ve reached a new chapter, you’ll still find yourself back in your own foundational muck. A fable isn’t a fairy tale. There’s good stuff: unbridled joy and trips to Spain. But fables aren’t hinged on happy endings; they’re here to instill a lesson. 
As the album winds to a close, he acknowledges the need for patience and a commitment to put in the work. There’s a selfless rhythm required when you’re enmeshing yourself with another person. The song—and by extension the entire album—is a pledge. He’s ready to find that pace.
Bon Iver - SABLE, fABLE [2LP]
$30.98
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Phoebe Bridgers wrote her first song at age 11, spent her adolescence at open mic nights, and busked through her teenage years at farmers markets in her native Los Angeles. By age 20, she'd caught the ear of Ryan Adams, who listened to her perform her song "Killer" in his L.A. studio, inviting her to come back and record it there the next day. The session blossomed into the three-song ‘Killer’ EP, released to much acclaim on Adams’s Pax-Am label in 2015. In the two short years since, Bridgers has toured or played with Conor Oberst, Julien Baker, City and Colour, Violent Femmes, Mitski, Television and Blake Babies among others. On September 22nd, Phoebe Bridgers will release her debut full-length, Stranger In The Alps. From the weeping strings and Twin Peaks twangs of opening track Smoke Signals, to the simple heartbreak of Funeral and melancholic crescendo of Scott Street, Stranger in the Alps is a swooningly beautiful record with a gothic heart.

Phoebe Bridgers - Stranger In The Alps [LP]
$24.98
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Minecraft - Volume Alpha is the work of German composer and musician Daniel Rosenfeld. Using C418 as his moniker, Rosenfeld crafted the sweeping soundtrack and vibrant sound design which helped breathe life into Minecraft's voxel-based universe. Fans and critics were universally enamored with his beatless, nuanced electronic pieces upon release. Popular gaming site Kotaku named it among The Best Game Music of 2011, calling the music "remarkably soothing," and The Guardian has compared Rosenfeld's delicate piano and sparse ambient motifs to legendary artists Erik Satie and Brian Eno. In an interview feature with C418, Polygon distilled Volume Alpha to it's essence: "It's not bound by the retro aesthetic of Minecraft's graphics. It transcends them. The album is an attempt to uplift the combined game/music experience into the sublime."
C418 - Minecraft Volume Alpha (Transparent Green Vinyl)
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Bold pop hooks, sex positivity, honest songwriting and a heavy dose of glitter make up the world of Chappell Roan, the next multi-faceted force in pop music. A technicolor celebration of self-discovery and transformation, The Rise and Fall of a Midwest Princess tracks Chappell’s cinematic journey of falling in queer love for the first time, while embracing all the messy and imperfect moments in-between. Penned by Amstutz alongside Dan Nigro (Olivia Rodrigo). Available on standard black 2 LP.
Chappell Roan - The Rise And Fall Of A Midwest Princess [2 LP]
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Djo

The Crux [LP]

Vinyl: $32.39 Buy

Djo, the musical project of Joe Keery, returns with his third studio album, 'The Crux' —a deeply reflective and sonically adventurous body of work. Following the massive success of his single “End of Beginning” which topped the Global Spotify chart and amassed over 1.5 billion streams worldwide, 'The Crux' was crafted at the legendary Electric Lady Studios in New York. Drawing inspiration from the turbulence and growth of navigating one’s 20s, the album explores themes of self-discovery and connection, all wrapped in a narrative that serves as a love letter to those who matter most to Djo. Aptly titled 'The Crux', this album captures a moment suspended between the past and an undefined future.
Djo - The Crux [LP]
$32.39
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If you purchased a snake plant, asparagus fern, peace lily, or what have you from Mother Earth on Melrose Avenue in Los Angeles (or bought a Simmons mattress from Sears) in 1976, you also took home Plantasia, an album recorded especially for plants. Subtitled "warm earth music for plants... and the people that love them," it was full of bucolic, charming, stoner-friendly, decidedly unscientific tunes enacted on the new-fangled device called the Moog. Before Brian Eno did it, Mort Garson was making discreet music. Julliard-educated and active as a session player in the post-war era, Garson wrote lounge hits, scored the 1969 moon-landing and plush arrangements for Doris Day, and garlanded weeping countrypolitan strings around Glen Campbell's "By the Time I Get to Phoenix." But as his daughter Day Darmet recalls: "When my dad found the synthesizer, he realized he didn't want to do pop music anymore." Garson encountered Robert Moog and his new device at the Audio Engineering Society's West Coast convention in 1967 and immediately began tinkering with the device. "My mom had a lot of plants," Darmet says. "She didn't believe in organized religion, she believed the earth was the best thing in the whole world. Whatever created us was incredible." And she also knew when her husband had a good song. Novel as it might seem, Plantasia is simply full of good tunes. This release marks the first official re-issue of the long sought-a er cult classic. Hearing Plantasia in the 21st century, it seems less an ode to our photosynthesizing friends by Garson and more an homage to his wife, the one with the green thumb that made everything flower around him."My dad would be totally pleased to know that people are really interested in this music that had no popularity at the time," Darmet says of Plantasia's new renaissance. "He would be fascinated by the fact that people are finally understanding and appreciating this part of his musical career that he got no admiration for back then." Garson seems to be everywhere again, even if he's not really noticed, just like a houseplant.
Mort Garson - Mother Earth's Plantasia
$22.98
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Originally released in January 1977, Playing The Fool captured Gentle Giant at the peak of their live performance prowess. Now, over 45 years later, the beloved live album has been re-imagined, mixed and mastered, bringing a fresh level of clarity and depth to the Gentle Giant live experience. Produced by Dan Bornemark, who has worked extensively with the band on archival projects, The Complete Live Experience captures the full scope of the band's artistry as they were meant to be heard, including restored in-between-song commentary, band introductions and authentic venue ambience. It features the complete full original setlist, plus three unreleased tracks Interview, Timing and Ray Shulman's solo violin feature. Available as a triple LP, double CD and triple CD/Blu-ray in Dolby Atmos, 5.1 surround sound and 96/24 Stereo, this release gives fans the ultimate Gentle Giant experience as never before, with stunning clarity and spatial audio that places the listener right in the middle of the show. It's the definitive version of a legendary live performance from one of progressive rock's most unique and influential bands.
Gentle Giant - Playing The Fool - The Complete Live Experience
$43.98
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The Highwaymen - Live At Nassau Coliseum - Vinyl

The Highwaymen were American country music's first bonafide "supergroup." With each of the quartet's members--Johnny Cash, Willie Nelson, Waylon Jennings, and Kris Kristofferson-- The Highwaymen have been called "the Mt. Rushmore of Country music." Live at Nassau Coliseum features live classics such as "Mammas Don't Let Your Babies Grow Up to Be Cowboys," "Ring of Fire", "Me and Bobby McGee", and more.

Highwaymen - Live At Nassau Coliseum
$24.09
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Wasteland, Baby! Is the sophomore album by Irish Singer-Songwriter Hozier. Originally released in 2019, featuring the singles 'Nina Cried Power', 'Movement' and 'Almost (Sweet Music)', the album has gone on to be certified Platinum in Canada and Gold in multiple territories. This expanded edition includes the original album, b-sides, acoustic version of 'Be' + brand new song 'Why Would You Be Loved'.
Hozier - Wasteland, Baby! (Bonus Tracks) [180 Gram] (Aniv)
$38.98
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Vinyl LP pressing. The only studio album by Madvillain (MF DOOM & Madlib) - widely regarded as one of the best hip-hop albums of all time. "Inexhaustibly brilliant, with layer-upon-layer of carefully considered yet immediate hip-hop, forward-thinking but always close to it's roots." - Pitchfork. This new version includes upgraded packaging combined with audiophile sound quality for the ultimate listening experience.
Madvillain - Madvillainy - Audiophile Edition
$44.98
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140g single jacket 1LP black vinyl of Cory Wong's latest album 'Starship Syncopation' with the Metropole Orkest.Collaboration in it's purest form is something that features the two artists involved while drawing something out of each other that they never would have been able to pull off on their own. This is why I love doing it. It keeps my creative mind spinning and inspired. I did a short run of concerts a few years back that featured the Metropole Orkest, and we've discussed working on a project together ever since. I've never seen an orchestra who is so versatile in being able to play classical and also groove based music. I knew that we'd be able to capture something really special if I utilized them alongside my band.When writing this album I knew that the hard hitting groove and funk elements needed to be represented, but in a new and unique way that I've not been able to explore on past projects. As someone who's eternally curious, I wrote and demoed about 25 songs to see what kind of space I could explore with 50 extra musicians in the band.The possibilities seemed endless until I realized that the arrangements could just weave in rather than being alongside. Once I started to write and arrange the music in a way that made it feel like ONE ensemble, it made itself very clear how to move forward and make the album.The recording process was great because after putting demos together I recorded my band and rhythm section in Minneapolis where I typically make my albums, then took it to the arranging phase. The demos had key lines and moments that I wanted the orchestra to cover, but I worked with other orchestral arrangers to help bring it to life (and to help me with the daunting task of writing out all of the music for 50+ musicians per song). The additional writers/featured artists/arrangers I worked with on this project really helped me hone in the vision further because it helped me further imagine all of the areas that the orchestra could be utilized. There's everything from hard hitting bangers like "Burning" and "Starship Syncopation" to emotional filmic sounding music like "Quotidian Fields (feat. Bruce Hornsby)". My goal with every album I make is to find new ways to discover parts of my artistry and voice; to grow and learn through the experiences. This album was an amazing opportunity to explore new territory for both Metropole Orkest and I.
Cory Wong  & Metropole Orkest - Starship Syncopation (Ofgv)
$31.98
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Limited 180gm vinyl LP pressing in gatefold jacket. Blue Note Tone Poet Series. Recorded in 1967, Oblique is one of two quartet sessions the great vibraphonist Bobby Hutcherson recorded for Blue Note. Released in 1979, features Herbie Hancock (piano), Joe Chambers (drums) and Albert Stinson (bass). An incredible journey from bops to exploratory sonic poems, with standouts like breezy opener "'Til Then," Hancock's tremendous "Theme From Blow Up" and Chambers' adventurous "Oblique".
Bobby Hutcherson - Oblique (Blue Note Tone Poet Series) [180 Gram]
$41.93
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Red Vinyl Reissue of Colter Wall Self Titled includes: Apple Red Vinyl Album and Lyric Sheet.
Colter Wall - Colter Wall [Red Opaque LP]
$25.14
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Limited double vinyl LP pressing. Mama's Gun is the second studio album by American neo soul singer Erykah Badu. It was recorded between 1999 and 2000 at Electric Lady Studios in New York and released on November 21, 2000, by Motown Records. A neo soul album, Mama's Gun incorporates funk, soul, and jazz styles. It has confessional lyrics by Badu, which cover themes of insecurity, social issues and personal relationships. The album has been viewed by critics as a female companion to neo soul artist D'Angelo's second album Voodoo (2000), which features a similar musical style and direction. The album contains the single "Bag Lady", a top 10 Billboard hit, nominated for the Grammy Award for Best Female R&B Vocal Performance and for Best R&B Song. Continuing with it's Respect The Classics initiative, UMe reissues this album on standard weight vinyl for the first time since it's original pressing.
Erykah Badu - Mama's Gun
$37.09
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The Beatles' acclaimed original studio album remasters, released on CD in 2009, make their long-awaited stereo vinyl debut. A Hard Day's Night makes its North American LP debut in stereo
The Beatles - Hard Day's Night [Reissue] [Remastered] [180 Gram]
$32.01
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Universal Music Enterprises (UMe) continues its 'Respect the Classics' tribute to many of hip-hop's finest with the vinyl re-issue of rap icon Talib Kweli's four historic Rawkus Records albums, including the underground classic, Mos Def & Talib Kweli are Black Star, in a limited edition two-tone black on black picture disc.
Black Star - Mos Def & Talib Kweli Are Black Star [Vinyl]
$32.01
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BRKN LOVE

Program

Vinyl: $27.98 Buy

Exuding bravado, mystique, and a whole lot of heart, BRKN Love churn out the kind of rock 'n' roll that makes you feel a little freer. Led by vocalist and guitarist Justin Benlolo, the band emerged with their self-titled debut in 2020 and quietly generated over a quarter-of-a-billion streams. They notched a Top 15 entry on Active Rock radio with "Shot Down," while their cover of "River" by Bishop Briggs inspired over 2 billion views on TikTok and piled up 28 million Spotify streams. 2022's Black Box only maintained this momentum as "Like A Drug" notched north of 8.5 million Spotify streams, made waves at Active Rock, and emerged as their third Top 5 at Canadian radio. Their third full-length LP The Program began in 2023 as an impromptu trip to visit a friend in Charleston, SC. What Justin initially planned as a weekend in town, turned into nine weeks, and he returned to Toronto with the bulk of the album's material. The vision had already crystallized before he left for Los Angeles, where he recorded with longtime producer Anton DeLost (Cleopatrick, The Warning, State Champs, Dead Poet Society). These friends and a variety of other characters he met ultimately inspired the concept at the heart of The Program. The album title itself references the name of the text group for his new friends, embedding the experience and the city in the fabric of the music.
BRKN LOVE - Program
$27.98
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Salad Days, is the follow up to 2012's lauded Mac DeMarco 2 which saw the Edmonton local propelled into the limelight. Written and recorded around a relentless tour schedule (which picked up all over again as soon as the LP was done), Salad Days gives the listener a very personal insight into what it's all about to be Mac amidst the craziness of a rising career in a very public format.
Mac DeMarco - Salad Days [Vinyl]
$25.98
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Double vinyl LP pressing. If You're Reading This It's Too Late is the fourth mixtape by Canadian recording artist Drake. There is a debate upon whether this project is a mixtape or a studio album, as it was also released commercially through his record label, while Drake himself referred to the project as a mixtape. The mixtape debuted at #1 on the US Billboard 200, with three-day sales of 495,000 copies and 40,000 for online streaming credits, making this Drake's fourth time at the top of the chart. If You're Reading This It's Too Late debuted at #1 on the Canadian Albums Chart, selling 37,000 copies in it's first week. Because of the album, Drake also became the first rapper to top Billboard's Artist 100 chart.
Drake - If You're Reading This It's Too Late
$42.74
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Heavyweight 180gm virgin vinyl LP repressing of this 1972 album. Nick Drake's third and final album, many consider to be his finest moment, was a radical departure from his previous work, stripped of the lush orchestral arrangements, Pink Moon featured Drake alone on vocals, acoustic guitar and the occasional piano accompaniment. This starkness was matched in brevity, with Pink Moon consisting of 11 short songs coming to less than half-an-hour of music. Though critically well received at the time, commercial success did not arrive till nearly 30 years later, when 30 seconds of 'Pink Moon' was used in a Volkswagen commercial.
Nick Drake - Pink Moon
$32.01
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(2LP) 2015 HQ vinyl reissue of the 1978 classic sing-a-long with Olivia Newton-John, John Travolta, Franki Valli, Sha-Na-Na, Frankie Avalon & others!

Grease [Movie] - Grease [Soundtrack 2LP]
$42.74
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Formed of Laura Lee on bass, Mark Speer on guitar, and Donald “DJ” Johnson on drums; globetrotting Texan trio Khruangbin present their second album ‘Con Todo El Mundo’, set for release on 26th January 2018. Whereas their 2015 debut album ‘The Universe Smiles Upon You’ was influenced by 60s and 70s Thai cassettes and compilations of southeast Asian pop, rock and funk, ‘Con Todo El Mundo’ hops east over India to take inspiration in similarly under discovered funk and soul sounds of the Middle-East, particularly from Iran. Laura Lee explains the album’s title: “My grandpa would always ask me ‘Como me quieres?’ (‘how much do you love me’?), and he’d only ever accept one response. ‘Con todo el mundo’ (With all the world).” Throughout ‘Con Todo El Mundo’, Laura Lee’s melodic low-end theory, Mark’s lyrical, free-role guitar lines, and DJ’s ever-steady, ever-ready backbeat form something greater than their parts. A vibe-synchronous soul-unit travelling the planet, honing their craft, absorbing the sights, sounds and feels from cultures across the globe, processing them through the Khruangbin filter and gifting the result...with all the world.

Khruangbin - Con Todo El Mundo [LP]
$24.98
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Cloudy blue vinyl. La Dispute is a five-piece from Grand Rapids, Michigan responsible for some of the most uncompromising, experimental post-hardcore music of the last two decades. Vancouver is the bands first EP from 2006, featuring one of the band's most popular songs, "Future Wars". After nearly two full decades crafting inventive post-hardcore, La Dispute remains driven by their passion for art, live performance, and for the community that surrounds it.
La Dispute - Vancouver - Cloudy Blue (Blue) [Colored Vinyl]
$27.06
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Limited 180gm audiophile vinyl LP repressing of this classic album by the Southern rock legends. Though the Southern rock genre existed before and after Lynyrd Skynyrd, no other band personified the lifestyle quite like this motley crew. Released in 1973 Pronounced Leh-Nerd Skin-Nerd was Lynyrd Skynyrd's first album. There are few records that sound this raw and uncompromising, especially records by debut bands. The genius of Skynyrd is that they un-self-consciously blended album-oriented hard rock, blues, country, and garage rock, turning it all into a distinctive sound that sounds familiar but thoroughly unique. Includes 'I Ain't The One', 'Simple Man' and the legendary 'Free Bird'.
Lynyrd Skynyrd - (Pronounced 'leh-'nerd 'skin-'nerd) [Vinyl]
$32.01
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Skynyrd’s Innyrds: Their Greatest Hits is a compilation of the Southern rockers’ biggest hits! Originally released in 1989, the collection of classic tracks features “Sweet Home Alabama”, an outtake version of “Free Bird”, and fan favorites that drove the album 5x Platinum. Vinyl pressings available on solid black.

Lynyrd Skynyrd - Skynyrd's Innyrds: Their Greatest Hits [LP]
$29.43
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The new album featuring the Melvins 1983 lineup of Buzz Osborne and Mike Dillard.
The Melvins - Thunderball [LP]
$28.07
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Ask Mitski Miyawaki about happiness and she'll warn you: "Happiness fucks you." It's a lesson that's been writ large into the New Yorker's gritty, outsider-indie for years, but never so powerfully as on her newest album, 'Puberty 2'. "Happiness is up, sadness is down, but one's almost more destructive than the other," she says. "When you realise you can't have one without the other, it's possible to spend periods of happiness just waiting for that other wave." On 'Puberty 2', that tension is palpable: a both beautiful and brutal romantic hinterland, in which one of America's new voices hits a brave new stride.
Mitski - Puberty 2 [Vinyl]
$24.98
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Now Playing: Notorious BIG - LP - Expected to be released the end of August 2023. Featuring songs "Juicy", "Big Poppa" and "Sky's the Limit (Feat. 112)". ELEKTRA RECORDS
Notorious B.I.G. - Now Playing
$20.95
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Pink Floyd - Pink Floyd At Pompeii - MCMLXXII - Vinyl 2 LP

Pink Floyd at Pompeii - MCMLXXII, the groundbreaking 1972 film directed by Adrian Maben, has been digitally remastered and remixed by Steven Wilson. Set in the hauntingly beautiful ruins of the ancient Roman Amphitheatre in Pompeii, Italy, this unique film captures Pink Floyd performing an intimate concert. This audio companion contains the live performances from the film as well as two additional tracks, including a previously unreleased extended version of "A Saucerful Of Secrets".

Pink Floyd - Pink Floyd At Pompeii - MCMLXXII [2 LP]
$45.06
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Raging Speedhorn - the pioneers of UK down-tuned epic sludge rock - return with their incendiary new album Night Wolf. Featuring ten tracks of the sextet's ferocious, riff-centred metal packed with strength, power, and, ultimately, song-driven groove, the album perfectly captures the magic Raging Speedhorn have been concocting over their 25-plus year career. Flitting between sludge, crushing doom, and high-energy dirt-fuelled rock 'n' roll riffs, the sextet have matured like a fine wine and honed their craft to a new level. Night Wolf is the first album to feature new guitarist Daf Williams who joins founding members Frank Regan (vocals), Gordon Morison (drums) and mainstays Jim Palmer (guitar), and Andy Gilmour (bass - who also plays with UK post-hardcore legends Hundred Reasons) and second vocalist Dan Cook. This reinvigorated line-up sees Raging Speedhorn not only capture the spirit of the band's DNA but pushing their own musical boundaries and swagger into new uncharted territories. Recorded with Russ Russell (Napalm Death, At The Gates, Dimmu Borgir) at Parlour Studios in Kettering, UK, the relationship between the band and Russell has been honed over many years - he produced Lost Ritual and Hard To Kill. The result is an album demonstrating a finely tuned songwriting finesse that once again makes the sextet stand out like diamonds.
Raging Speedhorn - Night Wolf
$36.98
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The defining voice of the 20th century, Frank Sinatra enjoyed a legendary recording career that spanned six decades, beginning with his earliest session in 1939 and culminating with his last in 1993, for his world-renowned, multi-platinum Duets and Duets II albums. Ultimate Sinatra presents key recordings spanning the Chairman of the Board s recordings for Columbia, Capitol and Reprise, together for the first time. Ultimate Sinatra's 180-gram 2LP version brims with 24 stellar recordings representing a cross-section of Sinatra's unparalleled recording career.
Frank Sinatra - Ultimate Sinatra [Vinyl]
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