Originally released on A&M Records in July 1989, Waking Hours was Del Amitri’s commercial breakthrough reaching No 6 in the UK charts and spawning four Top 60 singles. This LP re-issue is released on 12 July 2024, pressed on high quality blue vinyl and faithfully replicates the original 1989 “blue background” artwork. After beginning in …
Spooky Tooth were formed from the group Art (vocalist Mike Harrison, guitarist Luther Grosvenor, bassist Greg Ridley and drummer Mike Kellie) who came to the attention of Chris Blackwell. He suggested adding American-in-London keyboard player Gary Wright – and Spooky Tooth were born. Offering a heady brew of heavy blues and soul and being much …
When The Teardrop Explodes finally ground to a halt in late 1982, all eyes were on what leader Julian Cope would do next. After retreating to the village of Drayton Bassett in Staffordshire for an extended period, Cope began writing World Shut Your Mouth, his first solo album. Released in March 1984, it is the …
Waterloo To Anywhere is the debut album from the short-lived, briefly adored Dirty Pretty Things – Originally released on Vertigo Records in May 2006, the album reached No 3 in the UK charts and spawned three Top 40 singles – This re-issue, available from 7 June, is pressed on high-quality 180g black vinyl. What do …
Modus Operandi had been released in 1997 and was both a critical and commercial success, underlining Photek as something of a shadowy leading figure in the world of drum and bass, after his apprenticeship in the preceding years with Metalheadz. Solaris, appearing three years later was eagerly anticipated and found Photek playing with form and …