To commemorate the 30th anniversary of Therapy?’s Mercury Prize-nominated Troublegum the album is being re-issued in two highly collectable formats. The original album is being pressed onto 180g caramel vinyl, while a 2LP edition is being made available which has the original album on 180g silver vinyl with a second LP on 180g lavender vinyl …
Released in March 1987, Saint Julian was seen as a storming return to form for Julian Cope. Signed to Island Records, his Iggy Pop/Jim Morrison side was cultivated, the weirdness dialled down, leathers were worn and a rock’n’roll microphone stand was utilised. The lead track “World Shut Your Mouth” gave Cope his first solo UK …
T2 were formed from Bulldog Breed alumni Bernard Jinks on bass and guitarist and vocalist Keith Cross with drummer Peter Dunton from The Gun. Dunton and Jinks had both played in the group Neon Pearl. Securing a sizeable advance for their talents, what they created in It’ll All Work Out In Boomland is a progressive …
A collaboration between David Vorhaus, Brian Hodgson and Delia Derbyshire, White Noise: An Electric Storm is the very epitome of a cult album. Its capitalized rear sleeve message told prospective listeners all they needed to know: MANY SOUNDS HAVE NEVER BEEN HEARD BY HUMANS: SOME SOUND WAVES YOU DON’T HEAR – BUT THEY REACH YOU. …
Cocteau Twins – vocalist Elizabeth Fraser, guitarist Robin Guthrie, and bassist Simon Raymonde – formed in Grangemouth, Scotland in the late 70s. The brainchild of Guthrie and original bassist Will Heggie, by 1981 they had added Fraser and the following year signed to 4AD, one of the most illustrious of the indie labels. With Raymonde …
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 …
