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Packaging: 1 x Solid Green Grass Vinyl , 3mm spine Sleeve , printed inner sleeve , marketing sticker.

PRODUCT INFORMATIONS
- Following Record Store 2024 Exclusive numbered yellow LP reissue for the first time since release , the album now back on CD too and as Solid Green Vinyl
- Northside were key players in the 'Madchester' / baggy / indie-rave scene of the early 90s
- Top 20 album produced by The Lightning Seeds' Ian Broudie (Echo & The Bunnymen, Shack, The Coral, Texas)
- Featuring the indie dancefloor fillers 'Take 5', 'Shall We Take A Trip' and 'My Rising Star'
- Vinyl cut from the original Factory Records masters
- Restored artwork by Central Station Design
- Expanded CD edition features 6 bonus tracks : rarities, single edits & 2 remixes by The Reflex & Leo Zero


TRACKLIST
SOLID GREEN GRASS VINYL

Side A
A1. Take 5
A2. Weight Of Air
A3. Funky Munky
A4. A Change Is On Its Way
A5. Yeah Man

Side B
B1. Tour De World
B2. Wishful Thinking
B3. Shall We Take A Trip
B4. Who's To Blame
B5. Practise Makes Perfect



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PRODUCT INFORMATIONS
- Following Record Store 2024 Exclusive numbered yellow LP reissue for the first time since release , the album now back on CD too and as Solid Green Vinyl
- Northside were key players in the 'Madchester' / baggy / indie-rave scene of the early 90s
- Top 20 album produced by The Lightning Seeds' Ian Broudie (Echo & The Bunnymen, Shack, The Coral, Texas)
- Featuring the indie dancefloor fillers 'Take 5', 'Shall We Take A Trip' and 'My Rising Star'
- Vinyl cut from the original Factory Records masters
- Restored artwork by Central Station Design
- Expanded CD edition features 6 bonus tracks : rarities, single edits & 2 remixes by The Reflex & Leo Zero


TRACKLIST
CD
1. Take 5
2. Weight Of Air
3. Funky Munky
4. A Change Is On Its Way
5. Yeah Man
6. Tour De World
7. Wishful Thinking
8. Shall We Take A Trip
9. Who's To Blame
10. Practise Makes Perfect
11. My Rising Star
12. Moody Places
13. Take 5 (7")
14. Tour De World (Edit)
15. Take 5 (The Reflex Revision)
16. Shall We Take A Trip (Leo Zero Remix)


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OVERVIEW
" Rufige Kru return with Alpha Omega Remixes, featuring 4 heavyweight re-imaginings of their recent jungle / drum and bass belters.

" One of the most revered names in breakbeat science, Rufige Kru rewired the dancefloor for the first time back in 1992 with hardcore classics such as 'Darkrider', 'Beachdrifta' and 'Terminator', key moments in the evolution of drum n bass.

" Alpha Omega Remixes takes the project's tracks to a new-level, with fresh reworks from Metalheadz residents Phase, Seba & Paradox, Special Request and Rufige Kru's very own Submotive. Each remix twists the raw intensity and deep atmospherics of the originals into something darker, harder, and sharper.

TRACKLISTING:

A1. Goldikus (feat. Cleveland Watkiss) (Phase Remix)
A2. Still The Same (feat. CASISDEAD) (Submotive Remix)

B1. Virgil (Seba & Paradox Remix)
B2. Still The Same (feat. CASISDEAD) (Special Request Remix)






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PRODUCTS INFOS
"The Factory (Best Of) " : all singles & hits released on Factory as 7''/radio edits.
" Remastered + exclusive new artwork.
" First time ever Happy Mondays 's cult remixes as bonus
" 2CD Collector 25 tracks : 14 singles + 11 Remixes
" 2LP editions 17 tracks : 14 singles + the 3 most sought after remixes. Limited Double Yellow & Magenta LP edition also available on Double Black Vinyl that will remain the permanent vinyl edition (with a slightly different frontcover).

SHORT BIOG
2025-2026 marks the 40th anniversary of the Happy Mondays, a milestone celebration of one of Britain's most iconic and era-defining bands.

To celebrate, London Records will launch a series of special anniversary releases, beginning with a fully remastered brand-new compilation: The Factory Singles. This definitive collection captures the band's ground-breaking output from 1985-1992, celebrating their pivotal role in shaping UK music culture. Classic remixes from Paul Oakenfold, Andrew Weatherall, Terry Farley and Jon Carter make up bonus tracks on the 2CD and 2LP.

The release will be available across multiple formats, appealing to collectors and fans alike.

Complementing the physical editions, a series of brand-new digital remixes will be unveiled from world-renowned artists Daniel Avery, Paul Oakenfold, Mella Dee, and Shadow Child and more, bridging the Mondays' legacy with today's electronic innovators, and a revisit from Paul Oakenfold.

This campaign marks the beginning of an extensive celebration of the Happy Mondays' 40-year legacy, bringing their iconic sound to both devoted fans and new generations

Tracklisting:
CD1 TITLE TIMING EDIT
1 Delightful 3:38:00 THE 45 EP
2 Freaky Dancin' 3:42:00
3 Tart Tart 4:18:00
4 24 Hour Party People 3:20:00 Radio Edit
5 Wrote for Luck 3:41:00 7" Edit
6 Lazyitis - One Armed Boxer 3:53:00
7 Hallelujah 3:46:00 Oakenfold 7" Edit
8 Step On 4:20:00 7" Edit
9 Kinky Afro 3:58:00 Radio Edit
10 Loose Fit 3:46:00 Radio Edit
11 Judge Fudge 3:58:00 7" Edit
12 Stinkin' Thinkin' 4:18:00 Hague 7" Edit
13 Sunshine & Love 3:23:00 7" Edit
14 Angel 4:05:00

CD2
1 Tart Tart (The Reflex Revision) 7:16:00 NEW
2 24 Hour Party People (Jon Carter's Main Vocal) 4:29:00
3 W.F.L. (Think About The Future Mix) 7:05:00
4 Hallelujah (Club Mix) 6:29:00
5 Rave On (Club Mix) 5:35:00 Oakenfold / Farley
6 Step On (Twistin' My Melon Mix) 5:55:00
7 Kinky Groovy Afro Remix AKA "Euromix" 7:33:00
8 Loose Fit (Greg Wilson and Ché Wilson Remix) 8:12:00
9 Bob's Yer Uncle (Perfecto Remix) 6:20:00 ROWETTA INTRO
10 Stinkin' Thinkin' (Junior Style) 7:05:00 12" MIX
11 Sunshine & Love (Far Island Mix) 8:24:00


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PRODUCTS INFOS
"The Factory (Best Of) " : all singles & hits released on Factory as 7''/radio edits.
" Remastered + exclusive new artwork.
" First time ever Happy Mondays 's cult remixes as bonus
" 2CD Collector 25 tracks : 14 singles + 11 Remixes
" 2LP editions 17 tracks : 14 singles + the 3 most sought after remixes. Limited Double Yellow & Magenta LP edition also available on Double Black Vinyl that will remain the permanent vinyl edition (with a slightly different frontcover).

SHORT BIOG
2025-2026 marks the 40th anniversary of the Happy Mondays, a milestone celebration of one of Britain's most iconic and era-defining bands.

To celebrate, London Records will launch a series of special anniversary releases, beginning with a fully remastered brand-new compilation: The Factory Singles. This definitive collection captures the band's ground-breaking output from 1985-1992, celebrating their pivotal role in shaping UK music culture. Classic remixes from Paul Oakenfold, Andrew Weatherall, Terry Farley and Jon Carter make up bonus tracks on the 2CD and 2LP.

The release will be available across multiple formats, appealing to collectors and fans alike.

Complementing the physical editions, a series of brand-new digital remixes will be unveiled from world-renowned artists Daniel Avery, Paul Oakenfold, Mella Dee, and Shadow Child and more, bridging the Mondays' legacy with today's electronic innovators, and a revisit from Paul Oakenfold.

This campaign marks the beginning of an extensive celebration of the Happy Mondays' 40-year legacy, bringing their iconic sound to both devoted fans and new generations

Tracklisting:
SIDE SPLIT TITLE TIMING VERSION
A1 Delightful 3:38:00
A2 Freaky Dancin' 3:42:00 7" Edit
A3 Tart Tart 4:18:00
A4 24 Hour Party People 3:20:00 Radio Edit
A5 Wrote for Luck 3:41:00 7" Edit
18:39:00
B1 Lazyitis - One Armed Boxer (with Karl Denver) 3:53:00
B2 Hallelujah 3:46:00 Oakenfold 7" Edit
B3 Step On 4:20:00 7" Edit
B4 Kinky Afro 3:58:00 Radio Edit
B5 Loose Fit 3:46:00 Radio Edit
19:43:00
C1 Judge Fudge 3:58:00 7" Edit
C2 Stinkin' Thinkin' 4:18:00 Hague 7"
C3 Sunshine & Love 3:23:00 7" Edit
C4 Angel 4:05:00 Edit
15:44:00
D1 Hallelujah (Club Mix) 6:29:00
D2 Step On (Twistin' My Melon Mix) 5:55:00
D3 W.F.L. (Think About The Future Mix) 7:05:00
19:29:00



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Packaging: 1 X Transparent Yellow Vinyl +1 x Transparent Magenta Vinyl, gatefold sleeve, 2 x printed inner sleeve, marketing sticker

PRODUCTS INFOS
"The Factory (Best Of) " : all singles & hits released on Factory as 7''/radio edits.
" Remastered + exclusive new artwork.
" First time ever Happy Mondays 's cult remixes as bonus
" 2CD Collector 25 tracks : 14 singles + 11 Remixes
" 2LP editions 17 tracks : 14 singles + the 3 most sought after remixes. Limited Double Yellow & Magenta LP edition also available on Double Black Vinyl that will remain the permanent vinyl edition (with a slightly different frontcover).

SHORT BIOG
2025-2026 marks the 40th anniversary of the Happy Mondays, a milestone celebration of one of Britain's most iconic and era-defining bands.

To celebrate, London Records will launch a series of special anniversary releases, beginning with a fully remastered brand-new compilation: The Factory Singles. This definitive collection captures the band's ground-breaking output from 1985-1992, celebrating their pivotal role in shaping UK music culture. Classic remixes from Paul Oakenfold, Andrew Weatherall, Terry Farley and Jon Carter make up bonus tracks on the 2CD and 2LP.

The release will be available across multiple formats, appealing to collectors and fans alike.

Complementing the physical editions, a series of brand-new digital remixes will be unveiled from world-renowned artists Daniel Avery, Paul Oakenfold, Mella Dee, and Shadow Child and more, bridging the Mondays' legacy with today's electronic innovators, and a revisit from Paul Oakenfold.

This campaign marks the beginning of an extensive celebration of the Happy Mondays' 40-year legacy, bringing their iconic sound to both devoted fans and new generations

Tracklisting:
SIDE SPLIT TITLE TIMING VERSION
A1 Delightful 3:38:00
A2 Freaky Dancin' 3:42:00 7" Edit
A3 Tart Tart 4:18:00
A4 24 Hour Party People 3:20:00 Radio Edit
A5 Wrote for Luck 3:41:00 7" Edit
18:39:00
B1 Lazyitis - One Armed Boxer (with Karl Denver) 3:53:00
B2 Hallelujah 3:46:00 Oakenfold 7" Edit
B3 Step On 4:20:00 7" Edit
B4 Kinky Afro 3:58:00 Radio Edit
B5 Loose Fit 3:46:00 Radio Edit
19:43:00
C1 Judge Fudge 3:58:00 7" Edit
C2 Stinkin' Thinkin' 4:18:00 Hague 7"
C3 Sunshine & Love 3:23:00 7" Edit
C4 Angel 4:05:00 Edit
15:44:00
D1 Hallelujah (Club Mix) 6:29:00
D2 Step On (Twistin' My Melon Mix) 5:55:00
D3 W.F.L. (Think About The Future Mix) 7:05:00
19:29:00



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Packaging: 2 x CD, 6 page 4/4 digisleeve with 3 wallets, 20 page booklet, marketing sticker.

OVERVIEW
" Originally released in 1995, Jimmy Somerville's Dare To Love stands as a powerful statement of pride, passion, and pop brilliance, carried by one of the most unmistakable voices in modern music.

" Dare To Love embodies Somerville's gift for marrying political conviction with irresistible melodies. Produced by Stephen Hague and other longtime collaborators, the album traverses bass-laden house grooves, slower, dubby reggae numbers and classic pop ballads.

" Featuring the UK Top 30 hits 'Heartbeat' and 'Hurt So Good', along with the poignant 'Safe in These Arms', Dare To Love explores love, loss, and identity, both on and off the dancefloor.

" London Records celebrate 30 years of Dare To Love with a full remaster and expended editions :
1. putting the album on double vinyl for the first time 21 tracks. Features previously unreleased b-sides & rarities. Collector Double LP Crystal Clear Curaçao
2. Collector double CD - 31 tracks. Features previously unreleased b-sides, rarities and remixes from the likes of Todd Terry, The Beatmasters and more.

Tracklisting:
DOUBLE CD EDITION
CD1
1 Heartbeat (2025 Remaster)
2 Hurt So Good (2025 Remaster)
3 Cry (2025 Remaster)
4 Lovething (2025 Remaster)
5 By Your Side (2025 Remaster)
6 Dare To Love (2025 Remaster)
7 Someday We'll Be Together (2025 Remaster)
8 Alright (2025 Remaster)
9 Too Much Of A Good Thing (2025 Remaster)
10 A Dream Gone Wrong (2025 Remaster)
11 Come Lately (2025 Remaster)
12 Safe In These Arms (2025 Remaster)
13 Because Of Him (2025 Remaster)
14 Nature Boy
15 Up And Away
16 Telling Lies
17 Step Inside
18 Nothing Said, Nothing Done
19 Been So Long (Remix)
CD2
1 Do You Wanna Funk? [Original Full Length Mix]
2 Heartbeat (Biff 12" Remix)
3 Safe (DJ Tonka 12 Inch)
4 By Your Side (Miss You Like Crazy Mix)
5 Heartbeat (E-Smoove Downtown Underground)
6 Hurt So Good (12" Beatmasters Lovers Mix)
7 Love You Forever (Remix)
8 Heartbeat II
9 Safe (Todd Terry 7 Inch)
10 Hurt So Good (Sly & Robbie Remix - Version 1)
11 By Your Side (Stripped Mix)
12 Because Of Him (Celtic Version)


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Packaging: 2 x Crystal Clear Blue Curaçao Vinyl, 5mm spine sleeve, 2 x printed inner sleeve,marketing sticker.

OVERVIEW
" Originally released in 1995, Jimmy Somerville's Dare To Love stands as a powerful statement of pride, passion, and pop brilliance, carried by one of the most unmistakable voices in modern music.

" Dare To Love embodies Somerville's gift for marrying political conviction with irresistible melodies. Produced by Stephen Hague and other longtime collaborators, the album traverses bass-laden house grooves, slower, dubby reggae numbers and classic pop ballads.

" Featuring the UK Top 30 hits 'Heartbeat' and 'Hurt So Good', along with the poignant 'Safe in These Arms', Dare To Love explores love, loss, and identity, both on and off the dancefloor.

" London Records celebrate 30 years of Dare To Love with a full remaster and expended editions :
1. putting the album on double vinyl for the first time 21 tracks. Features previously unreleased b-sides & rarities. Collector Double LP Crystal Clear Curaçao
2. Collector double CD - 31 tracks. Features previously unreleased b-sides, rarities and remixes from the likes of Todd Terry, The Beatmasters and more.

Tracklisting:
DOUBLE VINYL
SIDE A
A1 Heartbeat (2025 Remaster)
A2 Hurt So Good (2025 Remaster)
A3 Cry (2025 Remaster)
A4 Lovething (2025 Remaster)
A5 By Your Side (2025 Remaster)
SIDE B
B1 Dare To Love (2025 Remaster)
B2 Someday We'll Be Together (2025 Remaster)
B3 Alright (2025 Remaster)
B4 Too Much Of A Good Thing (2025 Remaster)
B5 A Dream Gone Wrong (2025 Remaster)
SIDE C
C1 Come Lately (2025 Remaster)
C2 Safe In These Arms (2025 Remaster)
C3 Because Of Him (2025 Remaster)
C4 Nature Boy
C5 Up And Away
C6 Sorrow
SIDE D
D1 Step Inside
D2 Cherish
D3 DJ Of Love
D4 No Suffering
D5 Do You Wanna Funk?



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FYC40 celebrates 40 years of Fine Young Cannibals, the British trio who stormed the global music scene in the mid-to-late ’80s. Their journey began with the soulful, new wave energy of their 1985 debut Fine Young Cannibals, before reaching new heights with 1989’s The Raw & The Cooked, a worldwide smash that fused rock, funk, and house, all powered by Roland Gift’s unmistakable voice.
Across their career, the band scored eight UK Top 40 hits, two U.S. Billboard #1 singles, multiple Grammy nominations, and two BRIT Awards — cementing their place in pop history.
The Raw & The Cooked delivered enduring anthems like 'She Drives Me Crazy' and 'Good Thing,' both U.S. chart-toppers whose influence still resonates today, from hit shows like The Bear to this year’s Chanel campaign featuring Dua Lipa and BLACKPINK’s Jennie.
FYC40 is out 21.11.25 and available to pre-order now.

Infos:
DOUBLE CD - 30 tracks
- CD1 takes in the band's biggest global hits across a decade as well as visiting deeper cuts and other singles : 5 UK Top 10 Hits / 9 UK Top 40 hits / 2 US Billboard # 1 singles
- All versions are single versions where relevant.
- CD2 brings together newly commissioned remixes, plus classic and previously unreleased remixes from the vaults : 4 new 2025 remixes (Flight Facilities / DJ Q / Initial Talk / The Reflex), 4 unreleased remixes from the vault (Mark Kamins / Julian Mendelsohn / Thompson/Barbiero / Frankie Knuckles)
- From their first single 'Jonny Come Home' (1985) up to 'The Flame' (1996) and much more
- New artwork, new liner notes, fully remastered

2CD

Disc 1
1. Johnny Come Home 3:35
2. Blue 3:31
3. Suspicious Minds 3:56
4. Funny How Love Is 3:29 [rerecorded version]
5. Ever Fallen in Love 3:54
6. She Drives Me Crazy 3:35
7. Good Thing 3:24
8. Don't Look Back 3:47 [7" remix]
9. I'm Not the Man I Used to Be 4:21
10. I'm Not Satisfied 3:50
11. It's OK (It's Alright) 3:32
12. The Flame 3:52
13. Love for Sale 2:49 [1990 mix]
14. Wade in the Water 2:56
15. Motherless Child 2:35
16. Couldn't Care More 3:30
17. Tell Me What 2:50
18. Social Security 3:29


Disc 2
1. She Drives Me Crazy [Flight Facilities Remix] 4:37 new remix 2025
2. Ever Fallen in Love [DJ Q Remix] 3:16 new remix 2025
3. Johnny Come Home [Initial Talk Remix] 4:59 new remix 2025
4. She Drives Me Crazy [The Reflex Revision] 7:14 new remix 2025
5. Blue [Mark Kamins Remix] 5:20 unreleased 1985
6. Suspicious Minds [John Luongo Suspicious Mix] 7:54 1986
7. She Drives Me Crazy [Louil Silas Jr. Extended Version / feat. Monie Love] 8:25 1989
8. Good Thing [Julian Mendelsohn Extended Version] 7:30 unreleased 1987
9. Don't Look Back [Thompson/Barbiero Extended Version] 7:08 unreleased 1989
10. I'm Not the Man I Used to Be [Cook II Soul Mix] 6:40 1989
11. I'm Not Satisfied [Prince Paul 12" Mix] 6:26 1989
12. Johnny Come Home [Frankie Knuckles Classic Club Feeling] 7:33 unreleased 1990


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FYC40 celebrates 40 years of Fine Young Cannibals, the British trio who stormed the global music scene in the mid-to-late ’80s. Their journey began with the soulful, new wave energy of their 1985 debut Fine Young Cannibals, before reaching new heights with 1989’s The Raw & The Cooked, a worldwide smash that fused rock, funk, and house, all powered by Roland Gift’s unmistakable voice.
Across their career, the band scored eight UK Top 40 hits, two U.S. Billboard #1 singles, multiple Grammy nominations, and two BRIT Awards — cementing their place in pop history.
The Raw & The Cooked delivered enduring anthems like 'She Drives Me Crazy' and 'Good Thing,' both U.S. chart-toppers whose influence still resonates today, from hit shows like The Bear to this year’s Chanel campaign featuring Dua Lipa and BLACKPINK’s Jennie.
FYC40 is out 21.11.25 and available to pre-order now.

Infos:

DELUXE 4CD+1DVD BOXSET : Comprehensive visit of Fine Young Cannibals
- Deluxe harcover boxset with heavyweight slipxase, 24 page book, 4 CD + 1 DVD .
- 4CD / 69 tracks + DVD / 11 videos + 15 song 1989 concert + 9 BBC Live performances
- New artwork, 3 essays (by Andrew Harrison, John Earls & Simon Price), new liner notes
- Fully remastered
- CD1 (21 tracks) : Fine Young Cannibals' s/t album plus bonus tracks (including previously unreleased Anne Dudley sessions)
- CD2 (21 tracks) : 'The Raw & The Cooked' plus bonus tracks
- CD3 (14 tracks) : Select remixes 1989-1996 including 2 previously unreleased mixes by Prince Paul (De La Soul) and Juan Atkins
- CD4 (13 tracks) : More remixes 1996-2025 include 4 new 2025 remixes (Flight Facilities / DJ Q / Initial Talk / The Reflex) and 3 remixes on CD for the first time (Cerrone, Dimitri from Paris, Derrick Carter)
- DVD :
1. 11 Restored videos in HD
2. Live at the Paramount (1989) - full concert restored and remastered : 15 songs
3. 9 select BBC performances from The Old Grey Whistle Test, Wogan and Top of The Pops


4CD+1DVD BOXSET

CD1 Fine Young Cannibals + bonus tracks

1. Johnny Come Home 3:35 1985
2. Couldn't Care More 3:30 1985
3. Don't Ask Me to Choose 3:11 1985
4. Funny How Love Is 3:28 1985
5. Suspicious Minds 3:56 1985
6. Blue 3:31 1985
7. Move to Work 3:26 1985
8. On a Promise 3:06 1985
9. Time Isn't Kind 3: 1985
10. Like a Stranger 3:24 1985
11. Love for Sale 2:51 1985 Bonus track
12. Wade in the Water 2:56 Bonus track 1985
13. Motherless Child 2:35 Bonus track 1986
14. Johnny Come Home [Anne Dudley Version] 3:28 unreleased 1985
15. Couldn't Care More [Anne Dudley Version] 3:16 1985
16. Move to Work [Anne Dudley Version] 3:19 unreleased 1985
17. Blue [Version] 3:34 Bonus Track 1985
18 Suspicious Minds [John Luongo U.S. 7" Mix] 3:24 Bonus Track 1986
19. Funny How Love Is [Rerecorded Version] 3:29 Bonus Track 1986
20. Johnny Come Home [Extended Mix] 5:40 Bonus Track 1985
21. Suspicious Minds [Extended Version] 4:34 Bonus Track 1986

CD2 The Raw & the Cooked + bonus tracks

1. She Drives Me Crazy 3:35 1989
2. Good Thing 3:24 1989
3. I'm Not the Man I Used to Be 4:21 1989
4. I'm Not Satisfied 3:50 1989
5. Tell Me What 2:50 1989
6. Don't Look Back 3:39 1989
7. It's OK (It's Alright) 3:32 1989
8. Don't Let It Get You Down 3:23 1989
9. As Hard as It Is 3:14 1989
10. Ever Fallen in Love 3:54 1989
11. Social Security 3:29 Bonus Track 1989
12. You Never Know 4:28 Bonus Track 1989
13. Hold Me [Demo] 3:31 Bonus Track 1989
14. I'm Not the Man I Used to Be [Demo Version] 4:42 Bonus Track 1989
15. I'm Not Satisfied [Demo Version] 3:21 Bonus Track 1989
16. Tell Me What [Demo Version] 4:14 Bonus Track 1989
17. As Hard as It Is [Demo Version] 3:22 Bonus Track 1989
18. Race Track [Demo] 1:33 Bonus Track 1989
19. She Drives Me Crazy [Louil Silas Jr. U.S. 7" Mix] 4:53 Bonus Track 1989
20. Good Thing [10" Alternative Mix] 3:24 Bonus Track 1989
21. Ever Fallen in Love [Extended Version] 6:20 Bonus Track 1986

CD3 REMIXES (1989-1996)

1. The Flame [Dave Way Mix]
2. I'm Not the Man I Used to Be [Matt Dike Remix]
3. She Drives Me Crazy [The Monie Love Remix]
4. Good Thing [Prince Paul Remix]
5. I'm Not Satisfied [Prince Paul Groovie Organ Mix]
6. It's OK (It's Alright) [Ploeg Club Mix]
7. Ever Fallen in Love [Arthur Baker Club Senseless]
8. Johnny Come Home [Mark Moore 12" Remix]
9. I'm Not the Man I Used to Be [Dancin' Danny D Remix]
10. She Drives Me Crazy [The Justin Strauss Mix]
11. I'm Not Satisfied [Matt Dike 12"]
12. I'm Not the Man I Used to Be [Juan Atkins Remix]
13. Johnny Come Home [Mousse T Cocktail Mix]
14. Don't Look Back [Luke Mornay Extended Remix]



CD4 REMIXES (1996 - 2025)

1. She Drives Me Crazy [Flight Facilities Remix]
2. Ever Fallen in Love [DJ Q Remix]
3. Johnny Come Home [Initial Talk Remix]
4. She Drives Me Crazy [The Reflex Edit]
5. The Flame [Mario Più & Ricky Le Roy Experience Mix]
6. She Drives Me Crazy [Cerrone Remix]
7. Johnny Come Home [Mousse T Extended Mix]
8. She Drives Me Crazy [Dimitri from Paris Remix]
9. The Flame [Mario Scalambrin Heartbeat Mix]
10. Johnny Come Home [Derrick Carter Remix]
11. She Drives Me Crazy [Roger Sanchez Time & Space Mix]
12. The Flame [Gigi D'Agostino Mix]
13. I'm Not the Man I Used to Be [Rollo & Sister Bliss Monster Mix

DVD Promo videos / Interview / Live At The Paramount (1989) / Live at the BBC

1. Johnny Come Home
2. Blue
3. Suspicious Minds
4. Funny How Love Is
5. Ever Fallen in Love
6. She Drives Me Crazy
7. Good Thing
8. Don't Look Back
9. I'm Not The Man I Used To Be
10. I'm Not Satisfied
11. The Flame

+ Live at the Paramount - 21 October 1989

1. Johnny Come Home
2. Like a Stranger
3. Couldn't Care More
4. Good Thing
5. Tell Me What
6. Time Isn't Kind
7. I'm Not Satisfied
8. Funny How Love Is
9. Ever Fallen in Love
10. Don't Look Back
11. Suspicious Minds
12. I'm Not the Man I Used to Be
13. It's OK (It's Alright)
14. My Girl
15. She Drives Me Crazy

+ FYC at the BBC

1. Couldn't Care More [Live at the Haçienda - on The Old Grey Whistle Test]
2. Don't Ask Me to Choose [Live at the Haçienda - on The Old Grey Whistle Test]
3. Johnny Come Home [on Top of the Pops]
4. Suspicious Minds [on Top of the Pops]
5. Funny How Love Is [on Wogan]
6. Ever Fallen in Love [on Top of the Pops]
7. She Drives Me Crazy [on Top of the Pops]
8. Good Thing [on Top of the Pops]
9. I'm Not the Man I Used to Be [on Top of the Pops]





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FYC40 celebrates 40 years of Fine Young Cannibals, the British trio who stormed the global music scene in the mid-to-late ’80s. Their journey began with the soulful, new wave energy of their 1985 debut Fine Young Cannibals, before reaching new heights with 1989’s The Raw & The Cooked, a worldwide smash that fused rock, funk, and house, all powered by Roland Gift’s unmistakable voice.
Across their career, the band scored eight UK Top 40 hits, two U.S. Billboard #1 singles, multiple Grammy nominations, and two BRIT Awards — cementing their place in pop history.
The Raw & The Cooked delivered enduring anthems like 'She Drives Me Crazy' and 'Good Thing,' both U.S. chart-toppers whose influence still resonates today, from hit shows like The Bear to this year’s Chanel campaign featuring Dua Lipa and BLACKPINK’s Jennie.
FYC40 is out 21.11.25 and available to pre-order now.

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COLLECTOR DOUBLE HEAVYWEIGHT BLACK VINYL - 2LP : 24 songs
- LP 1 takes in the band's biggest global hits across a decade : 5 UK Top 10 Hits / 9 UK Top 40 hits / 2 US Billboard # 1 singles
- LP 2 visiting deeper cuts and other singles
- All versions are single versions where relevant
- 2 new 2025 remixes (The Reflex and Luke Mornay)
- 2 unreleased remixes from the vault (Prince Paul (De La Soul), Frankie Knuckles)
- From their first single 'Jonny Come Home' (1985) up to 'The Flame' (1996) and more
- New artwork, new liner notes, fully remastered


2LP Vinyl

A Side
A1. Johnny Come Home 3:35
A2. Blue 3:31
A3. Suspicious Minds 3:56
A4. Funny How Love Is 3:29 [rerecorded version]
A5. Ever Fallen in Love 3:54
A6. She Drives Me Crazy 3:35
B Side
B1. Good Thing 3:24
B2. Don't Look Back 3:47 [7" remix]
B3. I'm Not the Man I Used to Be 4:21
B4. I'm Not Satisfied 3:50
B5. It's OK (It's Alright) 3:32
B6. The Flame 3:52

C Side
C1. Love for Sale 2:49 [1990 mix]
C2. Wade in the Water 2:56
C3. Motherless Child 2:35
C4. Couldn't Care More 3:30
C5. Tell Me What 2:50
C6. Social Security 3:29

D Side
D1. I'm Not the Man I Used to Be [Cook II Soul 7" Mix]
D2. She Drives Me Crazy [The Reflex Edit]
D3. Blue [Version]
D4. I'm Not Satisfied [Prince Paul 7" Mix]
D5. Don't Look Back [Luke Mornay Remix]
D6. Johnny Come Home [Frankie Knuckles Remix]






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FYC40 celebrates 40 years of Fine Young Cannibals, the British trio who stormed the global music scene in the mid-to-late ’80s. Their journey began with the soulful, new wave energy of their 1985 debut Fine Young Cannibals, before reaching new heights with 1989’s The Raw & The Cooked, a worldwide smash that fused rock, funk, and house, all powered by Roland Gift’s unmistakable voice.
Across their career, the band scored eight UK Top 40 hits, two U.S. Billboard #1 singles, multiple Grammy nominations, and two BRIT Awards — cementing their place in pop history.
The Raw & The Cooked delivered enduring anthems like 'She Drives Me Crazy' and 'Good Thing,' both U.S. chart-toppers whose influence still resonates today, from hit shows like The Bear to this year’s Chanel campaign featuring Dua Lipa and BLACKPINK’s Jennie.
FYC40 is out 21.11.25 and available to pre-order now.

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VINYL - 1LP CRYSTAL CLEAR : 12 songs
" 12 songs. taking in the band's biggest global hits across a decade : 5 UK Top 10 Hits / 9 UK Top 40 hits / 2 US Billboard # 1 singles
" All versions are single versions where relevant
" From their first single 'Jonny Come Home' (1985) up to 'The Flame' (1996)
" New artwork, new liner notes, fully remastered

Tracklisting:
1LP Vinyl
A Side
A1. Johnny Come Home 3:35
A2. Blue 3:31
A3. Suspicious Minds 3:56
A4. Funny How Love Is 3:29 [rerecorded version]
A5. Ever Fallen in Love 3:54
A6. She Drives Me Crazy 3:35
B Side
B1. Good Thing 3:24
B2. Don't Look Back 3:47 [7" remix]
B3. I'm Not the Man I Used to Be 4:21
B4. I'm Not Satisfied 3:50
B5. It's OK (It's Alright) 3:32
B6. The Flame 3:52







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- Following Record Store 2024 Exclusive numbered yellow LP reissue for the first time since release , the album now back on CD too and as Solid Green Vinyl
- Northside were key players in the 'Madchester' / baggy / indie-rave scene of the early 90s
- Top 20 album produced by The Lightning Seeds' Ian Broudie (Echo & The Bunnymen, Shack, The Coral, Texas)
- Featuring the indie dancefloor fillers 'Take 5', 'Shall We Take A Trip' and 'My Rising Star'
- Vinyl cut from the original Factory Records masters
- Restored artwork by Central Station Design
- Expanded CD edition features 6 bonus tracks : rarities, single edits & 2 remixes by The Reflex & Leo Zero


TRACKLIST
CD
1. Take 5
2. Weight Of Air
3. Funky Munky
4. A Change Is On Its Way
5. Yeah Man
6. Tour De World
7. Wishful Thinking
8. Shall We Take A Trip
9. Who's To Blame
10. Practise Makes Perfect
11. My Rising Star
12. Moody Places
13. Take 5 (7")
14. Tour De World (Edit)
15. Take 5 (The Reflex Revision)
16. Shall We Take A Trip (Leo Zero Remix)


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PRODUCT INFORMATIONS
- Following Record Store 2024 Exclusive numbered yellow LP reissue for the first time since release , the album now back on CD too and as Solid Green Vinyl
- Northside were key players in the 'Madchester' / baggy / indie-rave scene of the early 90s
- Top 20 album produced by The Lightning Seeds' Ian Broudie (Echo & The Bunnymen, Shack, The Coral, Texas)
- Featuring the indie dancefloor fillers 'Take 5', 'Shall We Take A Trip' and 'My Rising Star'
- Vinyl cut from the original Factory Records masters
- Restored artwork by Central Station Design
- Expanded CD edition features 6 bonus tracks : rarities, single edits & 2 remixes by The Reflex & Leo Zero


TRACKLIST
SOLID GREEN GRASS VINYL

Side A
A1. Take 5
A2. Weight Of Air
A3. Funky Munky
A4. A Change Is On Its Way
A5. Yeah Man

Side B
B1. Tour De World
B2. Wishful Thinking
B3. Shall We Take A Trip
B4. Who's To Blame
B5. Practise Makes Perfect



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COLLECTOR VINYL 1LP,
- Restored "second edition" artwork with textured sleeve
- The exact textured card for the outer sleeve has been accurately sourced. Gold PMS finish, printed inner sleeve, marketing sticker.
- 45th anniversary edition
- Newly remastered from the original source tapes for the first time since 1980
- ½ speed master
- Liner notes by The Durutti Column / Factory Records expert James Nice

VINYL EDITION

Side One (all 2025 remasters)
1. Sketch For Summer
2. Requiem for a Father
3. Katherine
4. Conduct

Side Two (all 2025 remasters)
1. Untitled
2. Beginning
3. Jazz
4. Sketch for Winter
5. Collette
6. In 'D'
7. Lips That Would Kiss
8. Madeleine


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OVERVIEW
Alongside Joy Division, The Durutti Column were amongst the first artists to be released by Factory Records. Their debut album, produced by Martin Hannett, showcased the filigree guitar work of Vini Reilly, awash with reverb and early experiments with synthesisers. It would be a first album of a five-decade career, in which The Durutti Column would quietly emerge as one of the most influential acts from the Manchester scene and beyond.

"Essential." The Quietus
"..the most distinctive LP in the Factory canon" Record Collector ?????
"..a perfect meeting of the minds" BBC
".. a quietly stunning debut" All Music ????1/2

To celebrate the album's 45th anniversary, London Records revisits the album with new editions, with audio sourced and remastered from the original tapes, with vinyl cut at ½ speed.


DELUXE DOUBLE CD SET
- 33 tracks
- 45th anniversary edition
- Newly remastered from the original source tapes for the first time since 1980
- 2 Discs including original album, bonus tracks, home and studio demos, and early live tracks. Features two home demos exclusive to this format.
- Housed in a special hardback tall storybook edition (dimensions 147mm (w) x 196mm (h)). 48p page booklet.
- Restored 1985 "cassette edition" artwork with textured "tall book" sleeve
- The exact textured card for the outer sleeve has been accurately sourced.
- 3 essays by The Durutti Column / Factory Records expert James Nice, Primal Scream's Bobby Gillespie and MOJO editor Ian Harrison.

TRACKLISTING:

DOUBLE CD EDITION

CD1
1. Sketch For Summer
2. Requiem for a Father
3. Katherine
4. Conduct
5. Untitled
6. Beginning
7. Jazz
8. Sketch for Winter
9. Collette
10. In 'D'
11. Lips That Would Kiss
12. Madeleine




CD2
1. No Communication
2. Thin Ice
3. Won't Look Out (Gammer and His Familiars ft. Vini Reilly)
4. Intervals (Home Recording -1978)
5. Katharine (Home Recording -1978)
6. Untitled (Home Recording -1978)
7. Conduct (Home Recording -1978)
8. I'm a Face (Studio Demo - 1980)
9. Sketch for Summer (Studio Demo - 1980)
10. Requiem for a Father ((Studio Demo - 1980)
11. Madeleine (Studio Demo - 1980)
12. Katharine (Studio Demo - 1980)
13. Lindsay (Studio Demo - 1980)
14. For Belgian Friends (Studio Demo - 1980)
15. Detail for Annik (Live - Leeds Polytechnic 1980)
16. Sketch for Summer (Live - Leeds Polytechnic 1980)
17. Requiem for a Father (Live - Leeds Polytechnic 1980)
18. Conduct (Live - Brussels 1981)
19. Self Portrait (Live - Brussels 1981)
20. For Belgian Friends (Live - Brussels 1981)
21. Sketch for Summer (Live - Brussels 1981)


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SHORT BIOG & KEY POINTS

- Goldie's 1995 debut Timeless is often described as one of the greatest dance music albums of all time. As one of the founders of Metalheadz, one of the most influential drum and bass labels, Goldie helped shape the sound of a generation, and a genre that has spanned over 3 decades.
- "Listening to Timeless is like taking an adventure. If the limits of music are the limits of society, then Timeless is going to create new worlds. It's a record that travels from darkness to light across electronic oceans, across streetsoul, ambience and jazz."

- London Records celebrate 30 years of Timeless with limited edition vinyl formats, re-imagining the original white sleeve and putting the album on double vinyl for the first time since '96, with new liner notes from Tim Carr. Remastered audio.



TRACKLISTING:

A1. Inner City Life
A2. Pressure
A3. Jah

B1. Saint Angel
B2. State Of Mind

C1. Sea Of Tears
C2. Angel

D1. Sensual
D2. Kemistry
D3. You & Me




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SHORT BIOG & KEY POINTS
" Goldie's 1995 debut Timeless is often described as one of the greatest dance music albums of all time. As one of the founders of Metalheadz, one of the most influential drum and bass labels, Goldie helped shape the sound of a generation, and a genre that has spanned over 3 decades.
" "Listening to Timeless is like taking an adventure. If the limits of music are the limits of society, then Timeless is going to create new worlds. It's a record that travels from darkness to light across electronic oceans, across streetsoul, ambience and jazz."

" London Records celebrate 30 years of Timeless with limited edition vinyl formats, re-imagining the original white sleeve and putting the album on double vinyl for the first time since '96, with new liner notes from Tim Carr. Remastered audio.



TRACKLISTING:

A1. Inner City Life
A2. Pressure
A3. Jah

B1. Saint Angel
B2. State Of Mind

C1. Sea Of Tears
C2. Angel

D1. Sensual
D2. Kemistry
D3. You & Me




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GENRE : Electronics

SHORT PRODUCT INFORMATIONS :

DOUBLE BLACK LP - New reference : Double Black 140 grs Vinyl , 5 mm spine sleeve, 2 x printed inner, marketing sticker. This reissue has been cut at half speed, to ensure maximum audio fidelity for this landmark release.

TRACKLIST

DOUBLE VINYL
Side One
1. Time Becomes
2. Planet of the Shapes

Side Two
1. Lush 3-1
2. Lush 3-2
3. Impact (The Earth Is Burning)

Side Three
1. Remind
2. Walk Now…

Side Four
1. Monday
2. Halcyon + On + On
3. Input Out






SHORT INFOS / KEY POINTS

- Originally released in 1993, 'The Brown Album' marked a significant evolution in Orbital's sound - and was met with widespread critical acclaim. NME awarded it 9/10 in their review, and it was chosen as one of Mixmag's best albums of all time.

- Standout track, "Halcyon + On + On", became an instant classic, known for its ethereal atmosphere and haunting vocal sample from Opus III's It's a Fine Day. The track's dreamy progression and uplifting yet melancholic tone made it a staple in film soundtracks and DJ sets, embodying the emotional depth electronic music could achieve. "Impact (The Earth Is Burning)" is another defining moment, an evolving journey of layered breakbeats and dynamic synth arrangements, reflecting the duo's ability to create both club-ready and introspective music. Meanwhile, "Lush 3-1" and "Lush 3-2" demonstrate Orbital's knack for crafting intricate, evolving grooves, balancing pulsating rhythms with melodic flourishes that keep the listener engaged.

- 'The Brown Album' 2LP reissue has been cut at half speed, to ensure maximum audio fidelity for this landmark release, and is the first time the album has been pressed on vinyl for over ten year




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SHORT INFOS / KEY POINTS
- Following on from the success of the 2024 editions of The Age of Consent and the incredible viral activity for 'Smalltown Boy', London Records follow up with Forbidden Fruit - a remix compendium to The Age of Consent. Similarly to 1995's Hundreds and Thousands album, The Age of Consent has been re-interpolated to create a new remix album - traversing Hi-NRG, House, Italo Disco and more - while working together as a cohesive listening experience.

- The LP : 7 tracks for the first time on Vinyl ! features five re-workings specifically commissioned for this project, alongside mixes by Superchumbo and The Knocks appearing on vinyl for the very first time.
- The CD : 11 tracks, 9 for the first time on CD , additional 4 tracks exclusive to the CD version, and longer extended versions of the newly commissioned mixes.

TRACKLIST

CD
1. WHY? (SUPERCHUMBO SUPER EXTENDED MIX FT. NEIL TENNANT) 8'18" +
2. SMALLTOWN BOY (BRONSKI BEAT & THE KNOCKS FT. PERFUME GENIUS - EXTENDED MIX) 6'44" +
3. JUNK (AN ELECTROGENETIC EXTENDED REMIX BY GARETH JONES) 7'39" * +
4. LOVE AND MONEY (RSF METROPOL ITALO EXTENDED REMIX) 6'02" * +
5. NEED A MAN BLUES (RSF METROPOL NRG EXTENDED REMIX) TBC est 6'50" * +
6. I FEEL LOVE / LOVE TO LOVE YOU BABY (ULTRAMIX) 15'48" * +
7. JOHNNIE REMEMBER ME (A JAZZ AFFAIR) 2'40" * +
8. NO MORE WAR (EXTENDED REMIX) 7'03" * +
9. SMALLTOWN BOY (PLANNINGTOROCK'S 'THE LOVE THAT YOU NEED' REWORK) 4'08
10. I FEEL LOVE (PROMO DUB MIX) 8'57"
11. SCREAMING (STRIPPED MIX) 3'00 * +

+ 9 tracks for the first time on CD
* 7 tracks previously unreleased


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We are so happy to bring you another (the 2nd) Double 7 Inch with 4 smooth, funky Brasilian Edits by our long time TSTD family member Vibes4YourSoul!
Too Slow To Disco regulars will remember his name from several relases so far: his standout remix for L'impératrice on the "TSTD - En France" compilation, his remix for Poolside from "The Sunset Manifesto", his edits on all 5 Yacht Disco Edit compialtions, and the quickly sold out double 7 inch with Edits we released in 2020.
He is one of the crème of new reworkers and edit-producers, that have specialized in those soulful, smooth slow jams and midtempo tracks, that Djs all love for their warm up sets.
Vibes4YourSoul (aka V4YS) is a Parisian DJ and producer whose musical universe blends together elements of disco, rare groove, afro-latin and soulful indie, with the deeper edge of contemporary house and nudisco sounds. The four reworks on this Double 7 Inch take you on a colorful trip to Brasil, held together by Vibes4YourSoul's lush, mellow and funky production:

Fruit of a long and passionate digging experience, his DJ sets are eclectic journeys through times and styles, with groove as a common thread.
A member of Yuksek's Partyfine label crew, he's regularly revisiting old or contemporary tracks through edits and remixes, widely shared and played by numerous DJs.

Recent official releases include an original track for Cookie Records second compilation, an exclusive edit Partyfine's compilation "re-cover", an official remix for French pop band L'Impératrice on Berlin label HDYA?City Slang, and several funky edits for NYC nudisco weblabel Noc Boots.

Find out more on his Soundcloud: https://soundcloud.com/vibes4yoursoul


Vinyl 1
Side A: Brilhante
Side B: Pra Voce

Vinyl 2
Side A: Confusao
Side B: Jo?ia Da Bahia


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2-LP ltd colored vinyl, 140 gram, gatefold, mp3 Download PostCard

Genres: Soul, Funk, Pop, AOR, Yacht

After smooth detours into Soul covers, French Neo-Disco, modern Sunset Disco and Brazilian AOR, in 2022 DJ Supermarkt's Too Slow to Disco series makes a joyous return to its original Westcoast AOR/Yacht roots. Celebrating the 10th TSTD compilation. Who would have thought….
The Berlin curator releases a killer 4th edition of the original compilation art form, "Too Slow to Disco", featuring forgotten and overseen gems from the mid 70s to the early 80s from a global world of smooth, brilliant lost and overproduced tracks from Finland via London and L.A. to Trinidad and beyond.
The great 'un-vanisher' of lost lazy classics, DJ Supermarkt once again unearthed some incredible music that labels, publishers (in many cases also those, who actually own the rights to those tracks…) and streaming services have often long overlooked. You're welcome, world!

These sixteen tracks of newly ‘un-vanished’ hit-making genius find us once more in that delightfully Westcoast state of mind, the musical breeze in our hair as we corner on the headland, the top most definitely down. Too Slow to Disco 4 is also a love letter to the genre-smashing bravery of that era, Yacht Pop rubbing shoulders with Christian Gospel, groovy Folk, Country-Soul and Blue-Eyed Soul. As ever, DJ Supermarkts genius is to uncover the musical through line that joins these missing-in-action names and the tunes that could have been their big moment. The result is a kind of joyous alternative history of the era, where a very different pantheon of pop gods became the names we love.

As usual these tunes feature ludicrous levels of musical competence, boasting tight grooves in tighter polyester, and yet there’s (almost) not a single household name in sight. DJ Supermarkt is once again looking for the special “geniuses” in the background and behind the sound, musicians and a-list composers, whose names are not well known, but who wrote million selling tracks for other acts in the spotlight: Like Kenny Nolan, who a.o. wrote “Lady Marmalade”, The Dukes, who penned Sheena Easton’s “Modern Girl”, Air Supply’s “Every Woman In The World” and Chaka Khan’s “Fate”, famously sampled by Stardust for their French House Club-Hit “Music Sounds Better With You”.

Four of these 16 tracks are taken from super rare private press vinyls, unearthed by Dj Supermarkt over several years by chasing down the original composers, musicians or producers, and now officially rereleased for the very first time.



2-LP:

SideA:
THE DUKES - Mystery Girl
PRIME TIME BAND - Fall In Love In Outer Space
KENNY NOLAN - You're So Beautiful Tonight
PETER SKELLERN - Now That I Need You

Side B:
MARC JORDAN - Generalities
SEVERIN BROWNE - Stay
THE FARAGHER BROTHERS - Stay The Night
ALAN PRICE - Groovy Times

Side C:
JAMES FELIX - Open Up
HIRTH MARTINEZ - Altogether Alone
MAX LEAKE - Tell Me The Reasons Why
STPEHEN ENCINAS - Music In Me

Side D:
ERIC ANDERSEN - Can't Get You Out Of My Life
JIMMIE SPHEERIS - Beautiful News
JEANNINE OTIS & HEIKKI SARMANTO - Magic Song
PLEASURE - Nothin' To It


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2025 Repress

Tracklisting:
A) One Step Ahead
B) I Can't Wait Until I See My Baby's Face

Info:
You may know Aretha Franklin's scintillating "One Step Ahead" from its vital role in the Oscar-winning movie Moonlight. You may also know it as providing the beautifully melancholic backdrop for Mos Def's 1999 hit "Ms Fat Booty". The inaugural Be With 7" is a special one indeed, containing the first ever officially licensed reissue of Aretha's all-time deep soul classic. "One Step Ahead" was not included on any of her Columbia studio albums, and remains one of her rarest releases. On the flip, "I Can't Wait Until I See My Baby's Face" is a thrilling, goosebump-inducing killer and an unfairly slept-on rendition of this eternal track.

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Limited edition double lp of Mo Kolours’s new epic album on We Release JAZZ!

Genre: Jazz, Hip Hop, Reggae, Soul, Fusion, Broken Beat, Leftfield

DLP: Biovinyl, Heavy 350gsm Sleeve, Obi, Original Artwork by Mo Kolours

Tracklisting DLP
A1. Magic Momentum
A2. Rockets To Mars
A3. The News These Days
A4. Life (Skit)
A5. Love Vibration
B1. Original Flow
B2. Hold On
B3. Surviver (Skit)
B4. Tatamaka Pt.1
B5. Tatamaka Pt.2
C1. Time (Skit)
C2. Time
C3. Jinja (Skit)
C4. Kochirakoso
C5. Our Tactus
C6. Nah Personal
D1. No Chains
D2. Push Comes To Shove
D3. We No Let Y'All In
D4. Mexico (Skit)
D5. Future For Our Children

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We Release JAZZ is very happy to announce an exciting new body of work by Joseph Deenmamode aka Mo Kolours. The singular musical spirit’s new 21-track album Original Flow is available as a double LP housed in a heavy 350gsm sleeve with original artwork by Mo Kolours himself and the classic WRJ obi strip, as well as in digipack CD and digital formats.

A catalog of critically acclaimed records, including his self-titled debut (2014), ‘Texture Like Like Sun’ (2015), 2018 album ‘Inner Symbols’ and three companion EPs, established Deenmamode as a prodigious musician and vocalist. Pitchfork extolled his “hypnotic, tribal-infused dance grooves”, DJ Mag appreciated the “colourful celebration of soundsystem culture”, and Resident Advisor advocated that “no one sounds quite like Mo Kolours”. Musical analogies were drawn by The Guardian as “The best album Curtis Mayfield never made with A Tribe Called Quest and Lee Perry” and Mojo as “like Marvin Gaye produced by J Dilla”.

Five years ago, Deenmamode moved to the Japanese countryside. Far away from familiarity, he contemplated his place and further questioned his identity. “I had none of my ‘own’ people around. I had time to really find what makes me tick musically. Japan has helped me go back to those subconscious leanings, really go deep, and reflect the aspects that make up my story”.

The tracks on ‘Original Flow’ have been constructed from sessions, improvisations and soundbites captured around the world during this time; collecting contributions from musicians including Deenamode’s brothers Reginald Omas Mamode and Jeen Bassa plus Andrew Ashong, Charles Bullen, Dwaye Kilvington, Eddie Hick, Stefan Asanovic, Myele Manzanza, Ross Hughes, and Tom Dreissler. Deenamode says “I’m proud of this album’s creative process. Coming from a tradition of scouring through hours of records, I wanted to create my own samples, to find that perfect loop that no other producer could put their hands on. I decided to invite a group of friends and acquaintances, who also happen to be incredible musicians, to a studio in Crystal Palace to improvise based on some loose ideas I had. We spent all day, and recorded everything”.

‘Original Flow’ is an album of UK street-soul nouveau, future indigenous jazz fusion, Rasta Segga, Nyahbinghi jazz, Malagasy Hebrew hip hop. While retaining a spirit of exploration and improvisation, it sees Deenmamode grow and flex beyond beat tape brevity, expanding composition and stretching his musical muscle to play live with other musicians. Themes of empowerment, overcoming adversity, and mental liberation coexist with notes from ancient history, futurism, and science, as well as musings on family and togetherness.

‘Magik Momentum’ springs from a discussion that features at the start of the song, an inspiring mentor answering a question from Deenmamode about improvisation and what role it plays in life when planning and manifesting the future. ‘Rockets to Mars’ questions the lack of care for the billions of people with nothing, while governments plan to explore space. “This sparked a comparison in my mind to a Sonny Okuson song that I would reference when performing. Okuson’s song talked of the lack of resources in many communities in the world, while governments go to the moon”.

He says the music behind ‘The News These Days’ is “possibly my favourite on the album”. Looped like he would a late sixty jazz-fusion sample, there was nothing added and the track was complete within a matter of minutes. “It was the first and best moment from the entire Crystal Palace session”, he adds. The album’s contrasting title track with minimal instrumentation played solo by Deenamode. While frustratingly searching for gems in past recordings, he thought in a burst of ego, “I don’t need no-one else to make a dope beat!” picked up his ravanne, (the traditional frame drum of his fathers home-land of Mauritius), pressed record, and started to play. He says, “In my thoughts were the rhythms of the Nubians in Upper-Egypt and Sudan, the swing of the huge drums played by Mauritanian women, of-course the Sega beat of Mauritius, and the ever inspiring beat of James Yancey”.

Driven by UK broken beat, Cuban congas, Nigerian and Mauritian inflections, ‘Love Vibration’ follows the concept that all emotions carry a vibratory frequency and pays homage to the frequency of creation and the power of love. The two part ‘Tatamaka’ tells of the history of Deenmamode’s ancestors, the maroons of Mauritius. “We are people who managed to run from our oppressors and find refuge in a corner of the island called ‘Le Morne’ where they could not reach us. One bloody day they came in numbers to re-capture, to revenge. Many of us chose to jump to our deaths, rather than be taken back into subjugation. The poem by Creole Richard Sedley Assonne says; “there were hundreds of them, but my people, the maroons chose the kiss of death over the chains of slavery”. Tatamaka was the name of a famed maroon leader who was murdered for claiming his, and our people’s freedom. The song is the imagined journey of escape and freedom by an ancestor of the maroons of Le Morne”.

Born in the west midlands and raised on the traditional sega music of his father’s Indian Ocean homeland of Mauritius alongside records by the likes of Jimi Hendrix, Santana and Michael Jackson; his influences expanded with late 90s jungle and drum and bass nights in Bristol, experiments at art college in Camberwell, and the rich culture of Peckham, “at the time we called it the Afro Quarters of London” says Deenmamode, adding hip hop, dub, soul and soundsystem styles to his individual sound.

He explains, “I love drum music, from hand-drums to 808s. I love music from the ancient past, heritage music, indigenous music, traditional music passed down from the beginning of time. Music from the body, hand claps, grunts and foot stomps. Music with audible depth, busy, bustling, highly charged. Music from the soul, the music from beyond. I love music from the islands and the mountains. The music of the streets, hustle music, alleyway beats. Club music”.

He describes the creative process as thinking in images. “The visual world and the world of sound seem to intermingle in my thought process. When I play the drum with my eyes closed, a world of imagery dances and moves with beat. Improvised drumming feels like I am listening to what I want to hear, rather than trying to play what I want to hear. Following the rhythm and finding new pathways to walk within the patterns is what I experience. In this way I often feel I am just a listener, instead of the player”.
Original Flow is pressed on biovinyl, a sustainable alternative to traditional vinyl. Biovinyl replaces petroleum in S-PVC by recycling used cooking oil or industrial waste gases, resulting in 100% CO2 savings in bio-based S-PVC production. Furthermore, it is 100% recyclable and reusable, embracing the circular economy ideology.

Points of interests

- For fans of SOUL, music from the heart, jazz, hip hop, J Dilla, Lee Perry, pure gems that just feel right, live improvisational sessions between friends, worldwide love, reggae, pure bliss, chance meetings, groove, HUMAN MUSIC.



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TRACKLIST
A1: Labor Of Love (Kenny Dickenson Remix)

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Worldwide, DLP: 350gsm Heavyweight Sleeve, Liner Notes, Sticker


Genre: Classical, Minimalism, Ambient, Environmental, Piano, Furniture Music

Tracklisting DLP

Tracklisting DLP
A1. La Balançoire (Sports et Divertissements) 1914
A2. Berceuse (Enfantillages pittoresques) 1913
A3. Caresse 1897
A4. Ce que dit la petite princesse des tulipes (Menus propos enfantins) 1913
A5. 5ème Gnossienne 1889
A6. Colin-Maillard (Sports et Divertissements) 1914
B1. Danses de travers (Pièces froides) 1897
B2. 2ème Gnossienne 1890
B3. 2ème Gymnopédie 1888
B4. Harmonie 1895?
B5. Idylle (Avant-dernières pensées) 1915
B6. Idylle cynique (Préludes flasques) 1912
B7. Lui manger sa tartine (Peccadilles importunes) 1913
C1. La pêche (Sports et Divertissements) 1914
C2. Petite ouverture à danser 1900
C3. Petit prélude à la journée (Enfantillages pittoresques) 1913
C4. Prière 1895
C5. 4ème Gnossienne 1891
C6. 4ème Nocturne 1919
D1. Rêverie du pauvre 1900
D2. Son binocle (Les trois valses distinguées du précieux dégoûté) 1914
D3. Songe creux 1906-08?
D4. Sur un vaisseau (Descriptions automatiques) 1913
D5. Tyrolienne turque (Croquis et agaceries d’un gros bonhomme en bois) 1913
D6. Vexation 1895
D7. Voix d’intérieur (Préludes flasques) 1912



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WRWTFWW Records is delighted to announce the first official worldwide reissue of Satsuki Shibano’s Wave Notation 3: Erik Satie 1984, the final album from the sound-defining Wave Notation environmental music series curated by Satoshi Ashikawa. Originally released in 1984 on the Sound Process label, Wave Notation 3 followed Ashikawa’s own Still Way (1982) and Hiroshi Yoshimura's Music For Nine Postcards (1982).

The highly sought-after album, sourced from the original master tape, is available as a double LP (housed in a luxurious heavyweight sleeve) for the first time ever. Digipack CD and digital formats are also available. This exclusive reissue, including English and Japanese liner notes by the artist, was supervised by Japanese ambient legend Yoshio Ojima.

Wave Notation 3 is a splendid tribute to seminal French composer and pianist Erik Satie, himself one of the main influences behind kankyo ongaku / environmental music (alongside Brian Eno, John Cage to name a few). The alphabetically-sequenced album features 26 pieces showcasing Shibano's unique piano interpretation of Satie’s works.

The artist explains: « For this album, I sequenced the compositions in alphabetical order of each title, irrespective of the period of each composition or style. By doing this, I attempted to effectively create ‘Music as an environment’ and at the same time, allow the listener to genuinely experience Satie’s music. »

Satsuko Shibano’s minimalistic approach to ambient classical is simply perfect and offers a beautiful and tranquil listening experience, furniture music with extra comfort and soothing simplicity, relaxing to the mind and to the soul. This Wave Notation deserves a spot among the pillars of Japanese environmental music, next to Midori Takada’s Through The Looking Glass, Hiroshi Yoshimura’s Green, and Satoshi Ashikawa’s Still Way.


Points of interests

For fans of furniture music, environmental music, music as an environment for furniture, ambient, Midori Takada, Satoshi Ashikawa, Hiroshi Yoshimura, of course Erik Satie, Brian Eno, minimalism, piano, classical, complete record collections classified by genre, soothing sounds, waves and notations.

First official reissue of Satsuki Shibano’s Wave Notation 3: Erik Satie 1984, sourced from the original master tape, remastered and available in the double LP format for the first time.





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Berlin producer Jack Tennis is the mastermind behind a lot of projects. He releases his own music under the name Hotlane (signed to Gomma Records) and spreads his Disco-Edits for UK’s influential Disco Label Midnight Riot (run by Yam Who!), Spa In Disco and Too Slow To Disco. He has an edit on every TSTD YACHT DISCO EDITS compilation so far, he was already part of TSTD EDITS 2 – Brasil with an edit, and last year he remixed SATIN JACKETS for TSTD NEO’s “The Sunset Manifesto” - compilation. The 4 tracks on this compilation are regular floor fillers in DJ Supermarkt’s DJ Sets, so it was time to give the ma proper vinyl release. Lots more to come!

Record Release Party:
18.6., Berlin, Monarch (DJ Supermarkt & Jack Tennis)

Tracklist:

Side A:
Let Me Blow Your Mind
Love No More

Side B:
About ‘Cha
So Lonely



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12"/EP - Limited

GENRE/S: Ambient/ Electronic

Tracklisting
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Medium: 1 // Side: // Track: 1

Artist: Alva Noto; Martin L. Gore; Willian Basinski
Title: Subterraneans
Playtime: 00:08:56
Explicit Lyrics: No
ISRC: UK6821719558
(P): 2022 NOTON
Country: Germany

Composer: David Bowie
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Medium: 1 // Side: // Track: 2

Artist: Alva Noto; Martin L. Gore; Willian Basinski
Title: Subterraneans (Instrumental)
Playtime: 00:08:58
Explicit Lyrics: No
ISRC: UK6821719559
(P): 2022 NOTON
Country: Germany

Composer: David Bowie
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Super smooth and funky, soulful 7 track EP, limited double 10 Inch.
We celebrate our 15th TSTD EDITS volume with a BANG! Australian Dave Mathmos, the master of smooth, soulful Disco Edits returns with a new E.P.. The producer delivers a limited 7!!! track E.P., full of new, unreleased sophisticated club-diamonds. From Slow Jams to Soul-Dancefloor gold! Everything that will warm your heart and soul. It is a return, as Dave Mathmos also was the artist of the first real TSTD EDITS EP, the now legendary and completely sold out "Your Love (Contemporary Soul Mix By Dave Mathmos)". The E.P. sold out in a minute as a vinyl and up until today it is the most successful digital release we ever did, with several million plays on the spotifyyoutubeapples.... Well done, Dave!

TRACKLIST:
01 ENCORE UNE HISTOIRE D'AMOUR
02 OH BOY! YOU TURN ME ON
03 LATE AT NIGHT
04 I BETCHA!
05 MY BABY DON'T CARE
06 WONDERFUL FEELING
07 WHISPERS

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Format Notes: 140g vinyl, double LP, gatefold sleeve, printed inners

Territories: Worldwide no exceptions

Track List:

A1 : Rainbow Deux (6:57)
A2 : Let Love In (6:14)
A3 : Sigh (4:08)
B1 : The Darkest Night (7:32)
B2 : Surrender Now (6:08)
B3 : Summer Is Her Name (4:37)

C1 : Are You Ready (3:18)
C2 : Streets (Keep Me Runnin’) (7:00)
C3 : Samba Dreams (3:20)
D1 : Let’s Go Deep (5:27)
D2 : We Should Be Laughin’ (3:45)
D3 : Wishful Thinking (4:00)

Release Notes:

The melodically adventurous soul of Leon Ware continues its expression in his final opus Rainbow Deux, released on double vinyl on September 13th. The album features new songs recorded and performed by Leon before his health turned, leading to his transition on February 23rd 2017. Co-produced by Taylor Graves, it has stellar musical contributions from the likes of Kamasi Washington, Thundercat, Ronald Bruner Jr, Rob Bacon and Wayne Linsey.

Taylor Graves came into Leon’s musical family in 2002 when he, his brother Cameron and the Bruner brothers Ronald Jr and Stephen (Thundercat) were playing along with their schoolmate Kamasi at an L.A. jazz club. Taylor, Cameron, Ronald and Stephen became Leon’s band for his debut shows in Japan in 2002 and Taylor continued to work with Leon as his mentor and collaborator over the next 15 years.

“Leon was ALWAYS writing something or developing his musical palette” his wife Carol Ware tells us, so it’s impossible to pinpoint any single moment of Rainbow Deux’s genesis. Six of the songs go back to 2012/2013 and were released in 2014 as part of Sigh, a Japan-only CD collection heavy with Rob Bacon’s tasteful licks and Wayne Linsey’s piano vibes. The rest of the material comes from Leon’s sessions with Taylor.

Describing Leon’s and his process, here’s Taylor: “We’d start by having some great homemade food! Then a glass of wine ‘to slow down time’. After we’d have our fill and smoked our joints we’d go into his studio room to listen and create.”

The album was finished-up around August of 2016 in a back-and-forth between Leon and his go-to mastering engineer Toni Economides in the UK.

Leon worked on Rainbow Deux with life’s greatest challenge looming over him, yet it is one of his most focused and cohesive solo offerings since the 1980s. The entire record is a vibe: mellow, deep and smooth as silk. The lyrical themes are eternal, and the music is elegant, soulful and sensual.

The album opens with the hypnotic throb of “For The Rainbow”, coming on like a percussive, slow-mo house shuffle. Gilles Peterson is a fan. The exotic “Let Love In” follows, with its gradual-build Island Funk, intricate guitar picks and sassy female vocals. It explodes when it hits its stride. “Sigh” is the stylish slow jam close-out to side A. Serene guitars and polished drums create neck snapping funk, with a swaggering finger-snap strut.

Side B opens with the easy-burning broken-beaty “The Darkest Night”, the centrepiece of the album. Kamasi Washington’s lurking sax, restrained and beautiful, unfurls into the dank, sticky atmosphere of Thundercat’s signature creeping bass laid over his brother’s in-the-pocket drums. Leon’s vocals are perfect, a masterclass in seductive sax-soul.

“Surrender Now” conjures waves of vocals to swell and wash over the glossy piano, subtly bumping hip-hop drums and bubbling synth-bass stabs. It’s got the trademark Leon layers. “Summer Is Her Name” has Kamasi’s effortless, melancholic sunshine sax give way to rising tempos and propulsive rhythms.

“Are You Ready” is a total highlight (and we’ve been playing it out for ages). It’s a nimble groove of piano and synth rolling around Theo Croker’s sensual trumpet playing. Digi-soul at its finest. With lush G-Funk sensibilities “Streets (Keep Me Runnin’)” sounds like a lost Dam-Funk produced gem. All tough kicks and snares and street sounds. Leon’s hood pass will be forever intact.

“Samba Dreams” is the first of two tracks that bring a little Rio magic to Rainbow Deux. Leon created a whole body of work in partnership with Brazilian legend Marcos Valle that includes “Rockin’ You Eternally” - a hit for Leon - and “Estrelar” – a hit for Marcos. Leon channels his obvious love of Brazilian music here through more of Croker’s sumptuous trumpet, played over loose percussion. “Let’s Go Deep” is next up. A dreamy between-the-sheets quiet storm anthem and a real showcase for Leon’s vocals.

The dripping, honeyed harp-funk of “We Should Be Laughin’” marks the star turn of the brilliant Kimbra. Leon first met her on-stage to do an impromptu duet of “Inside My Love” during an open-air celebration of Minnie Riperton in July of 2014. Kimbra was working with Taylor on her music and he brought her to Leon’s house to do some writing. This was the result.

Warm synths radiate shuffling samba soul on “Wishful Thinking” as those Brazilian rhythms return to bring Rainbow Deux to a close.

During an apartment move Leon and Carol rediscovered some watercolours Leon had done years ago. One of these paintings had been dubbed “Deux Hearts” and Leon decided it should be on the cover of Rainbow Deux, getting as far as approving a draft concept for the artwork.

Carol has overseen developing that draft into the final gatefold sleeve. It brings together quotes, photographs and tributes in what is a reflection on the music, relationships and philosophy of the sensual minister.

Gerry “the gov” Brown, Leon’s long-time sound engineer, was by his side throughout the project, recording and mixing. The album was mastered by Toni Economides and Simon Francis’ additional sensitive work makes sure this double LP sounds like it should on vinyl.

Be With’s first ever release was Leon’s eponymous LP. Re-issuing that album planted the seed of a relationship that has grown to grant us the privilege of presenting his crowning achievement. We know that Leon’s fans all over the Earth will love Rainbow Deux. But we also hope that this album, the final entry in a phenomenal body of work, will reach new fans and find fresh conduits for the spirit of this oft-unsung hero of Soul.

Leon always said “they will get it when I'm gone.”

He also said that “the spirit never dies”…



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180g vinyl, remastered from the original analogue tapes

Territories:
Worldwide no restrictions

Track List:

A1 : Cold Sweat (1:50)
A2 : Unease (2:41)
A3 : Aftermath (1:45)
A4 : Isolation (2:34)
A5 : The Unknown (2:42)
A6 : The Manipulator (3:12)
A7 : Space Probe (2:50)

B1 : Psychosis (2:54)
B2 : At Risk (2:53)
B3 : At Risk (Link) (0:26)
B4 : Manhunt (3:00)
B5 : Flying Squad (2:40)
B6 : Dead End (1:11)
B7 : Collision Course (1:47)
B8 : Voodoo (1:13)


Release Notes:


They Say: “A selection of suspense underscores and drama blackcloths which vary in intensity and cover a wide range of suspense and drama situations”.

We say: A breaky, funky library great masquerading as a horror score. Oh, and the cover art is amazing.

Breath Of Danger was originally released in 1974, and rounded up a killer ensemble cast of library legends including Alan Hawkshaw, Brian Bennett, Alan Parker, David Lindup, Kenny Salmon, Barry Morgan and Ray Cooper.

Lindup’s opener “Cold Sweat” sounds like hip-hop-friendly mode Axelrod and, indeed, was brilliantly sampled by Kool Keith for his Dr. Dooom project. Alan Hawkshaw and Brian Bennett’s “The Manipulator” sounds like it arrived straight out of the same sessions as their legendary Synthesizer & Percussion LP from the same year.

Over on the B-side Alan Parker’s “Psychosis” is a moving and beautifully restrained funk-guitar/cello/harp workout. Stunning. Kenny Salmon’s “Flying Squad” is a sleazy, flute-enhanced gem and the album closes with “Voodoo”, a seventy second riot of sound and colour from the dynamic drumming-percussion duo of Barry Morgan and Ray Cooper.

Sonically, there’s a widescreen vitality in all these tracks thanks to the driving rhythms, vibrant horn sections and blazing guitar work. It renders Breath Of Danger - 45 years old - truly ageless. The Themes series is known for having particularly striking sleeves, which was unusual for library records at the time, and Breath Of Danger’s scraps of comic-book crazy make for one of the most eye-catching.

As with all of our other Themes re-issues, the audio for Breath Of Danger comes from the original analogue tapes and has been remastered for vinyl by Be With regular Simon Francis. We’ve taken the same care with the sleeves, handing the reproduction duties over to Richard Robinson, the current custodian of KPM’s brand identity.


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