2022 REPRESS
WAS rights : World excl. France, UK, Belgium, The Netherlands, Luxembourg, Switzerland

10" solid neon green vinyl in printed sleeve with 3mm spine. Paper inner-sleeve.


Tracklist : A. Pharmacist (feat. Roméo Elvis) / B. Tsicamrahp (feat. Oémor Sivle)



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From ‘Viandes Légumes Véhicules’ which sounds like Dopplereffekt scored a movie from Jacques Tati, to ‘Dolce Vita’ on which Italian crooner Phra cries his pain out after being dumped, the French U.F.O. builds a bridge between Flying Lotus and DJ Snake.

Tracklist:
A1. Rythme Plat / A2. Viandes Légumes Véhicules
B1. Dolce Vita (feat. Phra) / B2. Nuque

Short info:
Mr. Oizo plugs in his Korg MS 20 once again to deliver new treats. From ‘Viandes Légumes Véhicules’ which sounds like Dopplereffekt scored a movie from Jacques Tati, to ‘Dolce Vita’ on which Italian crooner Phra cries his pain out after being dumped, the French U.F.O. builds a bridge between Flying Lotus and DJ Snake.
With 4 tracks, 4 rooms, 4 atmospheres and an introduction from Beastie Boys’ Mike D on the track ‘Nuque’, “Rythme Plat” (literally “Flat Beat” in French) is the proper celebration fans have been excepting for the 20th anniversary of Mr. Oizo’s world-famous track ‘Flat Beat’, demonstrating once again the timelessness of his unique music touch.



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Territory: World Ex France & UK
2017 10th Anniversary Reiissue of this Oizo Cult Classic EP/2022 REPRESS
Tracks:
A1 HELLO A2 TRANSEXUAL A3 OVOMA B1 PATRICK 122 B2 BLIND CONCERTO
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Territory: WWIDE EXCL FR & UK - Release in Deluxe 2 LP Gatefold Edition. Includes CD for the first time!

QUENTIN DUPIEUXClassic from 2008... featuring UFFIE, ERROR SMITH, and CARMEN CASTRO

Tracklist LP:

A1. Hun
A2. Pourriture 2
A3. Z
A4. Cut Dick
B1. Two Takes It feat. Carmen Castro
B2. Rank
B3. Bruce Willis Is Dead
B4. Jo
C1. Positif
C2. Lambs Anger
C3. Erreur Jean feat. Error Smith
C4. Steroïds feat. Uffie
D1. Gay Dentists
D2. Pourriture 7
D3. W
D4. Lars Von Sen

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CD CAT: BEC161732 - EAN: 5060281617323
Tracklisting CD :
1. COPENING REDITS
2. WC
3. CUT DICK
4. FLIP BAT
5. TRANSEXUAL
6. TEXTES7. Z
8. JO
8. SOLID featuring Marilyn Manson
10. CROWS & GUTS featuring Gaspard Augé
11. BELLYBALL ROAD
12. CAMEL FUCK
13. POSITIF
14. DRUIDE
15. FRANCE 7
16. STUNT featuring Sébastien Tellier
17. POLOCAUST featuring Gaspard Augé
18. PEEHURTS
19. DE LUCA
20. LARS VON SEN (X-mas version)
21. THE END





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barcode:5060281614636 release:05.08.2013 tracklisting:Tracklist: A1. Unicat A2. Solid (feat Marilyn Manson) B1. Waltz-e-more B2. Lovin'
"This new EP 'AMICALEMENT' was recorded two weeks ago and will be released for free next week on my website (www.oizo3000.com). I have no idea what this is exactly, and that's the point. Marilyn Manson is starring in my new feature film 'wrong cops'. we decided to record this retarded track together to celebrate our friendship. I'm working on a new Mr Oizo LP right now." GER RECORDS
Supporting Mr Oizo's career since 2007 we're happy to follow him wherever he wants to take us. Giving his music on internet, we're down with it. He is one of the latest real free artist in his genre. It's like working with Salvador Dali! He is living in his own world, follow his own rules, he is a tourist on planet earth.
He is a genius and a legend for french electronic scene. This new record shows another side of his talent, going from classic banger with "Solid" to modern hip hop with "Waltz-e-more" maybe Kanye should have call Oizo too!

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French electronic musician and film director Quentin Dupieux, best known by his pseudonym Mr. Oizo (pronounced Wah-zoh) is releasing his new album Stade 3 via Ed Banger Records and Because Music.
Tracklisting:
Side A:
1. Stade 3
2. Toodoo (feat. Carmen Castro)
3. Fingers
4. WC
Side B :
1. Textes
2. Calculatrix
3. Pee Hurts
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French electronic musician and film director Quentin Dupieux, best known by his pseudonym Mr. Oizo (pronounced Wah-zoh) is releasing his new album Stade 2 on November 28 via Ed Banger Records and Because Music. Marking his fourth album, Oizo takes his eccentricity to a new level with one of the most intriguing upcoming releases to date. Performed, recorded and mixed at the Edgecliff-Gym Studio while in LA, it combines an eclectic mix of sounds from the digital flute on the track "Ska" to the erratic electro-beats on "Douche Beat" creating a fantastical blend of the unexpected. Previous credits also include the single "Flat Beat" made wildly popular in Europe when used in a series of Levi's commercials, and selling over 3 million copies of the EP. Listen to the song 'France7' off the new album and check out the Levi's video, as well as the album art and track list.
Tracklisting:
1. INTROEIL
2. CAMEL FUCK
3. DOUCHE BEAT
4. DATSUN
5. SKA
6. EDN
7. CHEEREE
8. ORAL SAX
9. FRANCE7
10. CHIFFON
11. POMPE
12. STADE 2
13. DRUIDE
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French electronic musician and film director Quentin Dupieux, best known by his pseudonym Mr. Oizo (pronounced Wah-zoh) is releasing his new album Stade 2 on November 28 via Ed Banger Records and Because Music. Marking his fourth album, Oizo takes his eccentricity to a new level with one of the most intriguing upcoming releases to date. Performed, recorded and mixed at the Edgecliff-Gym Studio while in LA, it combines an eclectic mix of sounds from the digital flute on the track "Ska" to the erratic electro-beats on "Douche Beat" creating a fantastical blend of the unexpected. Previous credits also include the single "Flat Beat" made wildly popular in Europe when used in a series of Levi's commercials, and selling over 3 million copies of the EP. Listen to the song 'France7' off the new album and check out the Levi's video, as well as the album art and track list.
- Packaging : 12" sleeve + spot varnish + 60 x 60 cm poster + CD album
Tracklisting:
1. INTROEIL
2. CAMEL FUCK
3. DOUCHE BEAT
4. DATSUN
5. SKA
6. EDN
7. CHEEREE
Side B
8. ORAL SAX
9. FRANCE7
10. CHIFFON
11. POMPE
12. STADE 2
13. DRUIDE
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MR OIZO is back again with a second EP taken from his «Lamb’s Anger» album. Instead of asking remixers ‘‘à la mode’’, MR OIZO is proposing us some radical self-reworked versions of «Lars Von Sen», «Pourriture» and «Steroids» featuring Uffie. Some Irish dude sent us a remix of «Erreur Jean» and we can easily say that Arveene & Misk will make some more noise soon. Finally, MR OIZO is giving us «Con Tact» extract from his new short movie project you’ll discover soon... More

YESSSSS. Mr OIZO new album is coming..... Killer tracks after tracks.... QUENTIN DUPIEUX at his best for sure... Also featuring UFFIE, ERROR SMITH, and CARMEN CASTRO
Tracklisting:
1 - HUN
2 - POURRITURE 2
3 - Z
4 - CUT DICK
5 - TWO TAKES IT. FEAT CARMEN CASTRO
6 - RANK
7 - BRUCE WILLIS IS DEAD
8 - JO
9 - POSITIF
10 - LAMBS ANGER
11 - ERREUR JEAN. FEAT. ERROR SMITH
12 - STEROIDS. FEAT. UFFIE
13 - GAY DENTISTS
14 - POURRITURE 7
15 - W
16 - LARS VON SEN
17 - BLIND CONCERTO
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Limited edition Color Vinyl with Special Effect

Tracklist:
1/ LATE METAL
2/ DEIFIED
3/ LEVEL

Short info:
I met Thomas Roussel in 2017 at a Pigalle fashion show in Paris. As always with Stéphane Ashpool, the designer of Pigalle,
casting is perfect and the clothes are modern and groundbreaking. But my eyes and ears were intrigued by this retro-futuristic instrument
next to me, the Cristal Baschet. French composer and conductor Thomas Roussel wrote the soundtrack of the show.
He add this magnificent instrument in his "not very classical" orchestra, this is what I immediately loved with him!
He invited us into his world of classical music with a fresh twist, simplicity and audacity.
At the same time I was scratching my head to find something different to celebrate the 15th anniversary of Ed Banger records.
For a long time I had this idea of mixing both electronic and classical music together. Exactly like my heroes Metallica did in 1999 with
the Symphonic orchestra of San Francisco! Thomas Roussel seems the perfect man for this crazy idea. We did Ed Banger 15 together
and we became friends.
Thomas Roussel grew up in Dijon, spent his days at the conservatory and his nights at L’An-Fer, one of the most respected
Techno club in France. Probably the reason why he ended up working with Jeff Mills, on two projects mixing Jeff’s 909 and a classical
orchestra.
By experimenting new ways of using an orchestra, by creating state-of-the-art scenography and producing more ambitious music
he quickly became the man in charge of everything "classica". The list of his collaborations is too long and will ruin this little introduction.
It could sounds like this : Chanel, Apple, Cartier, Kenzo, Nike, Dior…
Performing from Paris to Macau, from Monte Carlo to Dubai and from New York to Beijing!
In 2017 Thomas Roussel released his first album as Prequell with Universal Music.
A successful collaboration that really allows Thomas Roussel to become an artist.
In 2022 Ed Banger records is proud to release Thomas Roussel "LATE METAL" a 3 tracks EP.
Where uplifting orchestration and electronic music composing collide. The perfect soundtrack of a block buster movie mixing
George Lucas & Christopher Nolan generations. It’s also a marker of our time, music boundaries are explosing. It’s time to hear
the London Symphony Orchestra’s strings battling with a Drum’n’Bass beat, a way to DEIFIED classical music.
It’s also a record for your eyes. Art director Andy Picci created an algorthym and gave life to a mercury abstract form. This collaboration
marks the need for Thomas Roussel to always push the boundaries and take his project to another LEVEL. More

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The first ever release of Ed Banger records, this is ED001
To celebrate its 18th anniversary, we're happy to announce a limited edition re-press of this 12'' May 28th 2021.

Very limited 12" - 1 run only - White 140 G 12'' vinyl. 4/4 printed sleeve.

Informations :
"Mr Flash "Radar Rider" / A Bass Day "F.I.S.T"
The first ever release of Ed Banger records, this is ED001
To celebrate its 18th anniversary, we're happy to announce a limited edition re-press of this 12'' May 28th 2021.
I'm not going to repeat the story of how I ended up launching a record label while Napster was scaring the whole music industry…
Now I realize Radar Rider sounds like the perfect soundtrack of a disaster movie, in which record stores are closing, distributors are disappearing, a world without music, without life!
We didn't want this! Of course we'll release music from French producers, newcomers and put all our hearts into this new adventure. By accident Ed Banger records was born, 18 years ago. Mr Flash stopped by the office to play me some his beats. He was the French El-P to me, an MPC 3000 genius! I was blow away immediately, his music was talking to me.
I wanted this sound to be the beginning of something I will create with my friends.
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Territory: WW minus FRANCE

2020 Re Edition with Black Vinyl

Tracklist:
A1 The Sun
A2 All Inclusive
A3 Bingo
B1 Moodoid remix
B2 Cassius remix
B3 Canblaster remix
B4 Mooph's 8-bit cover

Short info:
Imagine Mac DeMarco on a boat with French touch legends Cassius,
Canblaster and new pop rising star Moodoid!
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World ex France and UK
Tracklist :

A1/ SUPERDISCOTECA
B1/ THE BOUNCER
B2/ TALK TO ME


After exploring holidays with " ALL INCLUSIVE ", office life with " MUCHAS " Myd (Club Cheval) is back on Ed Banger Records with his favorite thing, nightclubbing!

" SUPERDISCOTECA " a three tracks EP to make you dance!
SUPERDISCOTECA with his contagious groove will become DJs' favorite weapon
THE BOUNCER more raw and tribal will fits after hours DJ sets
TALK TO ME hypnotic and melancholic but will definitely make you move


Street Marketing planned : Posters will be stick in front of and around records shop and main clubs in London, Paris, Berlin prior the release date


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Limited edition Blue Vinyl

Tracklist:
A1 The Sun
A2 All Inclusive
A3 Bingo
B1 Moodoid remix
B2 Cassius remix
B3 Canblaster remix
B4 Mooph's 8-bit cover

Short info:
Imagine Mac DeMarco on a boat with French touch legends Cassius,
Canblaster and new pop rising star Moodoid!
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SABRINA & SAMANTHA is the newest Ed Banger records signature a brand new project born from the meeting of confirmed producers Julien Briffaz (Bot’ox) and Laurent Bardainne (Poni Hoax)
where mental and dancing techno collide, obviously influenced by tribal tones and the most radical grooves (be reassured! didgeridoo is prohibited)

Tracklist: 1/ Kheops
2/ Oakisland

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Territory: World Ex France & UK - "Busy P has recruited one of our favorite new producers for a remix of his new single, 'Genie', and the results are absolutely genius." FACT Magazine

Tracklist:
A1. Genie (feat. Mayer Hawthorne) , A2. Genie (feat. Mayer Hawthorne) [KDA remix] , A3. Genie (feat. Mayer Hawthorne) [FLOW MACHINES remix]
B1. Genie (feat. Mayer Hawthorne) [JOE GODDARD remix], B2. Genie (feat. Mayer Hawthorne) [RECKONWRONG remix]

Short info:
For its 6th release on Ed Banger records BUSY P asked his longtime friend from Los Angeles MAYER HAWTHORNE to write a love song. While the world is going crazy, the only answer is love. The song was recorded between Threesome Studio in Paris and Mayer's own in L.A.

To complete this EP, we've asked UK's finest producers. The mysterious KDA who's topping UK's charts, delivers an infectious remix with mental drums and funky twist. Hot Chip's main man JOE GODDARD has been one of my favorite producer ever. It was about time to have him on board! RECKONWRONG dropped the hottest EP of 2015 on Young Turks sublabel Whities. His remix is pure magic. Exotic beats with techno flavours. Last but not least, we went experimental on this one!

This is the first FLOW MACHINES remix. The goal of Flow Machines is to research and develop Artificial Intelligence systems able to generate music autonomously or in collaboration with human artists.


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Territory: World ex France & UK
2017 Reedition of yet another Cult Classic being out of print since 2008 - Tracklist: A1 ROSS ROSS ROSS A2 HEAD/OFF B WALKMAN
Original 2008 Info:
Erol Alkan lights the fire when he first played « ROSS ROSS ROSS » in his Essential mix. This track became a must have. It’s been almost 6 months… Since then, SEBASTIAN droped a dozen of remixes. Uffie, Kelis, Daft Punk, Mylo, Editors, Kavinsky and more got the SEBASTIAN treatment. Then he concentrated on his own productions to deliver 2 monsters. The dramatico-cut up beat « HEAD/OFF » & the club banger « WALKMAN ». Those tracks have already been tested by the whole Ed Rec crew. « WALKMAN » was the pick time of Ed Banger x Vice party at Sonar this year. SEBASTIAN will release his first album in 2007. More

WORLD EXCL. FR & UK Limited Anniversary Release- double vinyl, second vinyl collecting the best mixes from various 12'' of 2006 & 2007. CD inside is the original album (bonus are exclusive to vinyl)

DJ MEHDI (R.i.p.!!) ´s Classic from 2006, now in a neat 2017 Anniversary re editoon for Because Music /ed banger´s 10th anniversary + Original CD + Bonus LP (Vinyl Only!).
the 10th anniversary re issue : double vinyl, second vinyl collecting the best mixes from various 12'' of 2006 & 2007. CD inside is the original album (bonus are exclusive to vinyl)

Original LP/CD:

A1 – Busy Being Born , A2 – I Am Somebody , A3 – Signatune , A4 – Boggin’, A5 – Always Be An Angel, A6 – Pony Rocking
B1 – Saharian Break, B2 – Lucky Boy, B3 – Wee Bounce, B4 – Leave It Lone , B5 – Hot-O-Momo , B6 – Constellation , B7 – Love Bombing

Bonus LP:
C1 SIGNATUNE - THOMAS BANGALTER EDIT C2 POCKET PIANO- BRODINSKI REMIX D1 I AM SOMEBODY - KENNY DOPE REMIX D2 LUCKY BOY- OUTLINES REMIXES
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Territory: WORLD EXCL. FR +UK

New Packaging 2017 Unique Re-edition : Gatefold, Double Vinyl, Poster 60x30, CD

Tracklist :
A-Side: 1/ Genesis 2/ Helix 3/ Phantom 4/ Civilization
B-Side: 1/ Canon 2/ D.A.N.C.E. 3/ Horsepower 4/ Newlands
C-Side: 1/ Stress 2/ Waters of Nazareth 3/ Audio Video Disco
D-Side: 1/ Encore 2/ On'n On 3/ Phantom II

Ten years ago, 'We Are Your Friends' reached our ears and pushed Justice to the front of the scene, a young French duo signed by Pedro Winter on the label he had just created: Ed Banger Records. The record that followed, †, was an album of condensed jerky electro, of disco reminiscences and heavy metal energy, with unstoppable tunes like 'D.A.N.C.E', 'Stress' and 'Phantom', and its videos, allowed Justice to follow the 90's French Touch and its filtered disco loop. Since the release of their debut album in 2007, Justice has been tirelessly touring the world by bus, road festival to festival and concerts all over throughout the planet. Since their first tour, the band developed a powerful stage design that they polished and magnified throughout the years and the gigs. The wall of vintage Marshall amps front of the stage, an imposing cross, impressive light shows, and the sound of Justice totally revisited for the live shows. More

Territoiry: World except France & Uk. 1st time ever re issue of the cult 12'' !
Tracklist: A1 D.A.N.C.E - JACKSON REMIX DO THE J.A.H.C.B A2 : D.A.N.C.E- MSTRKRFT REMIX B1 D.A.N.C.E- LIVE VERSION B2 D.A.N.C.E - ALAN BRAXE & FRED FALKE REMIX


Jackson as a remixer was becoming very discreet, too discreet... Hopefully, "†" inspired him. On his 5 minutes remix, he assimilates at the same time Genesis, Waters of Nazareth, D.A.N.C.E., New Jack to deliver us his own vision of this album: G.L.O.R.I.O.U.S. Coevally devastated and structured, this song is the link between Jackson magnificent and messy environment and Justice Identity. Widely acknowledged as a dancefloor hit, the MSTRKRFT D.A.N.C.E. remix is now available on this 12''. On the B side, Justice, inspired by MSTRKRFT remix, interfered with this track, arranging the song & bringing it to their favourite playground. Alan Braxe & Fred Falke end this 12" with an aerial remix that will please the first hour techno fans... More

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2017 Reedition of this Ultimate Breakbot Classic - A must have for any collection. ( if you have not gotten it back then) .

Tracklist: A1 BABY I'M YOURS A2 BABY I'M YOURS- SIRIUSMO REMIX B1 MAKE YOU MINE B2 BABY I'M YOURS- LA FUNK MOB REMIX
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Territory: World ex France & UK -
2017 10th Anniversary Re issue of this Classic !
Tracklist: A1 LUCKY GIRL A2 LUCKY BOY - OUTLINES REMIX B1 SIGNATUNE- THOMAS BANGALTER EDIT B2 LUCKY BOY - SURKIN REMIX



Dj Mehdi is back with a second single from his album « Lucky Boy ». To make things easy we choose to put out the track « Lucky Boy » as new single. An exclusive track, 2 remixes and one club edit is the perfect package we propose you, lucky you ! « Lucky Girl » is the follow up of « Lucky Boy », Fafi on the mic, could have been Gwen, but she was busy, and Fafi rocked it anyway. Two of the hottest french producers delivered the remixes.OUTLINES, the parisian duo signed on Jazzanova’s label Sonar Kollektiv droped a slice of 50’s boogie. SURKIN from Institubes label proposed us a trip between Baltimore and Chicago in 4 minutes ! THOMAS BANGALTERwas crazy about « Signatune ». We ask the chief to make a club friendly edit, HOW LUCKY YOU ARE! More

Territory: WORLD EXCLUDING FR & UK - First ever re issue of the classic Ed Banger 2007 compilation (all tracks were exclusive to the compilation)s)

14 track compilation ONLY contains Exclusive tracks (except MR FLASH Disco dynamite & JUSTICE Phantom) and once again, and as always, expect the dopest design around from SO:ME.
Traclist:
A1 –Mr. Oizo Intra , A2 –Uffie Dismissed , A3 –Justice Phantom
B1 –DJ Mehdi Stick It , B2 –Mr. Flash Disco Dynamite , B3 –Krazy Baldhead Strings Of Death, B4 –Feadz Edwrecker
C1 –Busy P 49ers, C2 –DJ Mehdi Lucky Girl , C3 –Busy P Rainbow Man, C4 –Mr. Flash Eagle Eyez
D1 –SebastiAn (6) Greel, D2 –Klaxons Golden Skans To Interzone (So Me Remix), D3 –Vicarious Bliss Limousine (Dub Version)
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Territory: World Ex France & UK
2017 10th Anniversary Reiissue of this Oizo Cult Classic EP/2022 REPRESS
Tracks:
A1 HELLO A2 TRANSEXUAL A3 OVOMA B1 PATRICK 122 B2 BLIND CONCERTO
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Territory: World Ex France & UK

2017 10th Anniversary Reedition of PEDRO WINTER Classic, if we remember correct it was his first release ever.

Tracks: A1 RAINBOW MAN A2 CHOP SUEY B FANCY "WHAT'S YOUR NAME GAIN"- BUSY P REMIX More

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Tracklist LP:

A1. Kinda Love
A2. Reel Back
B1. Watch (I Got This
B2. Mabrouk

Short info:
After a very encouraging reception of his first EP "SOUR STROKE" released in 2016 (supported by Laurent Garnier, Skream and Mr Oizo), the young Parisian producer is back on Ed Banger records in January 2017. Clearly set for clubs this second maxi "KINDA LOVE" makes you feel joy and love like the dancefloors we always keep in mind or these we dream of. Expect four generous pieces and a "handmade" clip that will be released a few days before Valentine's Day ?


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Release 25.11.2015 - World excl. FR & UK
LP BEC5156617 UPC: 5060421566177 - Special remarks: 2 Black Vinyl LPs in gatefold sleeve with CD included

Tracklist LP
A1. OK Then / A2. Sea Horses (feat. Tetanos) / A3. Freezeing Out (feat. Peaches) / A4. Oiseaux
B1. Ruhe (feat. Boys Noize) / B2. No Tony (feat. Phra) / B3. TheEnd of the World (feat. Skrillex)
B4. The One You BuyTHE ONE YOU BUY
C1. All Wet (feat. Siriusmo) / C2. Chairs (feat. Mocky) / C3. Your Liver
D1. Hand in the Fire (feat. Charli XCX) / D2. Low Ink / D3. Goulag Drums / D4. Useless

The CD included in this vinyl edition features the 15 tracks in the same order

Short info:
Mr Oizo (aka Quentin Dupieux), the French producer and pioneer of modern electro alongside Daft Punk, Air and Cassius simply can't and won't stop working. Having released 5 studio albums, 4 OSTs, a multitude of EPs and directed 6 movies over the past 20 years, the 'Godfather' is back with a new album. And this time, he is not alone as the tracklist features an impressive selection of quality guests: Peaches, Boys Noize, Skrillex and Charli XCX among others. This new release will be a new occasion to further explore the mind of one of the most fantastically uncommon artist today. The double LPs + CD edition is a gatefold with yellow vinyl records

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Territories: Worldwide no restrictions

Format Notes:
2024 first time double vinyl reissue with exclusive bonus track, 140g double vinyl, remastered audio with restored artwork


Track List:

A1 Intro 0:50
A2 WordPlay 3:17
A3 Spontaneity 4:08
A4 Rugged Ruff 3:08
A5 Interlude 0:29

B1 I Confess 4:06
B2 UKNOWHOWWEDU 3:35
B3 Interlude 1:09
B4 Total Wreck 3:26
B5 Innovation 3:23

C1 Da Jawn 5:19
C2 Interlude 1:05
C3 True Honey Buns (Dat Freak Sh*t) 3:41

D1 3 Tha Hard Way 4:12
D2 Biggest Part Of Me 4:51
D3 Path To Rhythm 3:24

Release Notes:

Bahamadia’s 1996 debut album Kollage is rightly regarded as one of the greatest rap albums of the 1990s. For the first time ever, Be With present the definitive double LP version of this eternal hip-hop classic, including the legendary "Path To Rhythm" which never appeared on the original LP or on vinyl, anywhere. An indelible VIBE from start-to-finish, Kollage presents Bahamadia's swirling rhymes delivered with an irresistibly butter flow and razor-sharp assuredness over a steady slew of smoothed-out, jazzed-up, blunted beats. Achingly cool and effortlessly funky throughout, it's an absolute must for true 90s hip-hop fanatics.

The entire Kollage project was recorded at D&D Studios and the ties to Gang Starr are keenly felt, with DJ Premier producing five tracks in addition to the killer songs Guru had already produced with her. Working with the cream of the mid-90s East Coast sound, Kollage is, accordingly, a record that demonstrates a varied musical taste with disparate influences, as Bahamadia has previously stated: “The title Kollage was a reflection of my state of mind. I first got interested in music from playing my parents’ and grandparents’ records, as well what I heard on the radio. I wanted Kollage to reflect that diversity both lyrically and sonically."

With intelligent, poetic lyricism and a laconic verbal style bursting with both warm texture and deceptive energy, Bahamadia’s flow was as inspired by Aretha and Nancy Wilson as it was Q-Tip, Schoolly D and Lady B. Swaggering out the gate, "WordPlay" finds Bahamadia confidently showcasing her considerable old-school battle-rhyme skills over a Guru beat that utilises an infectiously bouncy bassline with splashes of sultry jazz horns and a Jeru vocal snatch for the hook. Up next, the quietly shimmering and ruggedly beautiful "Spontaneity" is one of the most alluring on the record, Da Beatminerz crafting a brilliantly soulful and jazzy soundscape for Bahamadia's effortless vocals to float across. It's followed by "Rugged Ruff", where the rapper carefully constructs a swift off-beat flow over Premier's raw jazzy fire.

With smooth spacey synth vibes overseen by former Geto Boys producer N.O. Joe, "I Confess" is, without question, a fly love song and soothing (p)-funk groove. "UKNOWHOWWEDU" is an airy, chilled tribute to her hometown. Produced by Ski Beatz & DJ Redhanded, it rides a gloriously mellow break. It's a true Philly anthem, shouting out a who’s who of the entire city’s scene. Early banger "Total Wreck" follows, presenting a murky Guru instrumental elevated by jazzy horns. Bahamadia invokes the title's suggestion, firing her brilliant bars more aggressively than we’re accustomed to. More Beatminerz-brilliance comes in the way of "Innovation", an opportunity for the MC to invoke Freestyle Fellowship in her forward-thinking and literary verses. "Da Jawn" features hometown buddies The Roots, with Black Thought gliding into a back-and-forth with Bahamadia over ?uestlove’s warm, snapping percussion. With the strut club banger "True Honey Buns (Dat Freak Sh*t)", DJ Premier provides some laidback vibrant boom bap for Bahamadia to share a wild, cautionary tale about a night out with her girl, Kia.

Fan favourite "3 Tha Hard Way" is a hypnotically sinister cut, with Bahamadia, K-Swift and Mecca Star taking star turns to coast over DJ Premier’s raw beat whilst the tender "Biggest Part Of Me" is a heartfelt stunner dedicated to her son. Incredibly, only the European and Japanese CD versions of Kollage was released with the brilliantly breezy “Path To Rhythm”, featuring Ursula Rucker. Whilst ostensibly a "bonus track", it's anything but, to our ears. Very much in sonic conversation with KRS-One's stretched-out sleeper classic "Higher Level", it's absolutely essential so we had to include it, appearing on wax for the first time here, exclusively. Quite a coup.

Somewhat predictably, whilst Kollage was released to significant critical acclaim, it suffered from disappointing sales. In the intervening years - and for far too long - it was a criminally underrated record, an increasingly hidden gem. We hope this double LP reissue - which looks and sounds amazing - will go some way to correct this. This 2024 Be With double LP re-issue has been mastered for vinyl by Simon Francis, cut by Cicely Balston and pressed at Record Industry. It's too bold and beautiful to remain overlooked and underserved.
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barcode:5060281614636 release:05.08.2013 tracklisting:Tracklist: A1. Unicat A2. Solid (feat Marilyn Manson) B1. Waltz-e-more B2. Lovin'
"This new EP 'AMICALEMENT' was recorded two weeks ago and will be released for free next week on my website (www.oizo3000.com). I have no idea what this is exactly, and that's the point. Marilyn Manson is starring in my new feature film 'wrong cops'. we decided to record this retarded track together to celebrate our friendship. I'm working on a new Mr Oizo LP right now." GER RECORDS
Supporting Mr Oizo's career since 2007 we're happy to follow him wherever he wants to take us. Giving his music on internet, we're down with it. He is one of the latest real free artist in his genre. It's like working with Salvador Dali! He is living in his own world, follow his own rules, he is a tourist on planet earth.
He is a genius and a legend for french electronic scene. This new record shows another side of his talent, going from classic banger with "Solid" to modern hip hop with "Waltz-e-more" maybe Kanye should have call Oizo too!

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Territories: Worldwide no restrictions

Format Notes: Part of Bobby Caldwell Reissue Campaign, 2023 first time reissue, 140g vinyl

Track List:

A1 Coming Down From Love 4:01
A2 Wrong Or Right 4:56
A3 To Know What You've Got 3:08
A4 You Promised Me 4:01

B1 It's Over 2:56
B2 Open Your Eyes 3:43
B3 Mother Of Creation 5:05
B4 I Don't Want To Lose Your Love 4:35


Release Notes:

Bobby Caldwell's second album, Cat In The Hat, from 1980, is one of his greatest moments and another masterwork of soulful sophistication. Featuring the eternal "Open Your Eyes", brilliantly sampled by J Dilla for Common's "The Light", it's about as essential as records get. Like its eponymous predecessor, it's been out of print for far too long. To finally release the hugely-anticipated reissue is one of our sincerely proudest moments.

Whilst Ned Doheny is known in Japan as "Mr California", native New Yorker Bobby Caldwell has always been "Mr AOR" to his Far-Eastern friends. His distinct charm is an irresistible blend of soul, jazz, and pop influences. He possessed phenomenal songwriting prowess, smooth vocal performances, was both a great soul guitarist and dextrous keyboard player and known for genius chord progressions. It all added up to a multi-layered brilliance entering the studio, and the singular sound he landed on was laced with soulful, sweeping strings and funky horns, touching lightly on disco, while allowing his supple voice to carry the stunning tracks he'd crafted.

Right from the off, it's easy to tell that Cat In The Hat is a deeply special record. It's fantastically produced and incredibly well-rounded, carving its own lane with deep soul, warm jazz and a stunning vocal delivery that really helped Bobby reach out to some big new audiences at the time. Goosebumps at the ready for the rolling power-piano funk of "Coming Down From Love", opening up the album with a track as good as anything Steely Dan or The Doobies ever crafted, with a vocal performance from the heavens. Pumping AOR wonder "Wrong Or Right" is up there with the slick, classy rhythms of prime Ned Doheny whilst the cool, skipping soul of guitar-drenched "To Know What You've Got" is a funky ballad par excellence, with elemental traces of "What A Fool Believes". No bad thing. Closing out Side A, the folk-funk of "You Promised Me" is a bright, soulful strut with a wonderful vocal coda that just builds. Sensational.

The delicate bounce and falsetto self-harmonising of "It's Over" offers a truly delightful introduction to Side B, and serves as a great precursor to what follows. Bobby's dynamite "Open Your Eyes" is likely the reason you're all here. As if he needed it, the eternal J Dilla further immortalised Caldwell in the hip-hop canon with his production of Common’s epochal “The Light,” which heavily samples the magical “Open Your Eyes.” On a post paying tribute to Bobby in March 2023, Questlove claimed that he "got word Brother Bobby loved it". Bobby's original has seen new life even more recently from the likes of Dwele and Kendrick Lamar and deservingly so, as its insistent drums and staccato piano created a modern-soul classic. You'd think that would be hard to follow, wouldn't you? Not so, when you're Bobby Caldwell. Indeed, the horn-drenched stepper "Mother Of Creation" is absolutely ace, and, whisper it, possibly the album's finest track, all funky piano and guitars with horn lines to die for. Exquisite ballad "I Don't Want To Lose Your Love" rounds out the album beautifully.

Bobby sadly passed away on 23rd March 2023, after a long struggle with mitochondrial damage and oxidative stress, due to an adverse effect from a fluoroquinolone antibiotic. The reissue of Cat In The Hat will be available on vinyl across the globe, ensuring that fans of his incomparable talent - and soul music enthusiasts worldwide - can radiate in the deep beauty of this seminal album. Meticulously remastered and cut by both Simon Francis and Cicely Balston respectively, it has been pressed to the highest possibly quality at Record Industry in Holland.

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MR OIZO is back again with a second EP taken from his «Lamb’s Anger» album. Instead of asking remixers ‘‘à la mode’’, MR OIZO is proposing us some radical self-reworked versions of «Lars Von Sen», «Pourriture» and «Steroids» featuring Uffie. Some Irish dude sent us a remix of «Erreur Jean» and we can easily say that Arveene & Misk will make some more noise soon. Finally, MR OIZO is giving us «Con Tact» extract from his new short movie project you’ll discover soon... More

Format Notes: 2024 first time vinyl reissue, remastered audio with original artwork, 140g vinyl

Track List:

A1 Honey Pot
A2 Mess Around
A3 Calypsoul
A4 Long Gone
A5 Sweetlips
A6 Girl

B1 Love Ya' Baby
B2 Sunday-Goin' To Meetin' Time
B3 Snap Back
B4 Harlem Hendoo
B5 Ludwig

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Yes, *that* Al Hirt record. Featuring the godlike "Harlem Hendoo", looped unforgettably by De La Soul for the legendary Buhloone Mind State cut, "Ego Trippin' (Part Two)"!

Al Hirt's infamous Soul In The Horn is inextricably tangled up in crate-digger lore. Originally released in 1967, the album has been in heavy, heavy demand for over 30 years, entirely down to the majestic soul-jazz fire of "Harlem Hendoo". And it's a song so good, so vital, so timeless, that it will always tower above everything else in its proximity. This one track alone is worth the price of admission - even if the cost of entry were $100 or even $1000.

However, it would be an error to dismiss this record as merely a one tracker, loaded as it is with dope samples for adventurous beat makers. Certainly the funkiest Al Hirt record, it definitely lives up to the "soul" in the title. Thanks to composer Paul Griffin and arranger Teacho Wiltshire, Hirt got uncharacteristically free and groovy throughout. It comes on more like an obscure KPM library funk record than the easy listening Al was notorious for.

A Louisiana trumpeter and band leader who made Allen Toussaint’s “Java” famous, Al Hirt was also known for TV themes, Dixieland, Swing and being a minority owner of the New Orleans Saints. Unlike every other Al Hirt record - and despite most "diggers" claiming otherwise - this here gem is genuinely hard to come across "in the wild". Normally, you can't give Al Hirt records away, except this particular one, which raises pulses in the crate digging community to life-threatening levels. For every owner claiming to have found their copy for a dollar, there's scores more claiming to have *never* unearthed one in the field. So, paradoxically, you can consider this the most tricky-to-pull "thrift store record", ever. This is why we're finally making it available for everyone, not just those with endless hours to spend scouring the global goodwills!

Soul In The Horn represented an expressive detour into authentic soul-jazz for Al Hirt. Throughout, we're struck by a fierce, fiery energy that's otherwise absent from his typically easy listening work. Without question, the slinky, magical "Harlem Hendoo" is the standout, here. It's also the reason why the record is so scarce and commands awe among crate diggers, sounding like something from an obscure and deeply revered spiritual jazz record. As is often the case, the true genius of the song is tricky to do justice to; it's like a minor miracle of songwriting and performance that simply swooned down from the heavens on the back of horns, bells and harpsichord. It's one of the sweetest musical compositions ever recorded inside a studio - it's only failing is that it's just too short. Sampled brilliantly by De La Soul, it has also been used by The Roots for "Stay Cool" and Nightmares On Wax for "Damn".

The rest of the record makes for a mighty fine listen. From the opening cover of Booker T. & The MG's "Honey Pot", to the propulsive, ultra-funky "Mess Around", it's nothing but a good time. Given its title, the elegant stepper "Calypsoul" sounds exactly as you'd hope whilst the melancholic, wistful "Long Gone" hurts so good. Truly, this is just dying to be looped up, Al's muted playing capturing a soulful longing only horns can often achieve. The bluesy, slo-mo swing of "Sweetlips" oscillates between cool disaffection and swelling pride whilst the graceful, low-key funky "Girl" closes out the A-Side in the fine style. Ushering in the B-Side, the brief but brilliant strut of "Love Ya' Baby" shines brightly before the skipping funky-jazz of true highlight "Sunday-Goin' To Meetin' Time" demands both your attention and your dancing shoes. The mellifluous piano-funk of bass and horn-drenched "Snap Back" serves as the sumptuous prelude to "Harlem Hendoo"'s main character energy before the irrepressible, upbeat R&B of "Ludwig" closes out this quite remarkable album. An album deserving of a place in every serious record collection.

The audio for Soul In The Horn has been carefully remastered by Be With regular Simon Francis, ensuring it sounds better than ever. Cicely Balston's expert skills have made sure nothing is lost in the cut whilst the records have been pressed to the highest possible standard at Record Industry in Holland. The original sleeve has been restored here at Be With HQ as the finishing touch to this long overdue re-issue. This is after-hours music. Let it speak for itself. Listen. Listen to the soul in Al Hirt's horn.
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LP - The Crystal Hum is the debut vinyl release by Taiwan-based artist Yuching Huang and her first release for Night School.

1. Fly! Little Black Thing
2. Love
3. Confessions From A Soul
4. Thoughts
5. Thunder In Heaven
6. In My Room
7. The Song Of Summer
8. JohnJohn
9. Alright
10. You, An Illusion


The Crystal Hum is the debut vinyl release by Taiwan-based artist Yuching Huang and her first release for Night School.
A beguiling dreamscape of crackles, spluttering, love-struck Casios presided over by the the spectral vocal and guitar
work of Huang, Yuching sings love songs at the end of this world and the beginning of the next. Recorded during a
hiatus from her group Aemong (a duo with artist Henrique Uba) in Berlin, these songs elevate Huang’s unique vocal
style and grasp of atmospherics. The Crystal Hum deconstructs balladry, Garage, guitar music and reforms it into a
unified ghostly otherworld version of these languages.

The Crystal Hum thrums with buried desire, trails of nocturnal reverb seeping out of apartment windows, diaristic vocal
performances and deeply emotive, evocative Western-style strings. Formulated by Yuching Huang after periods of frustration
and experimentation, the album is an exercise in minimalism and paring back, with some tracks like JohnJohn featuring little
else than an elastic bass, spring reverb trails, an interjecting vocal and swelling, dislocated synths. The effect is spellbinding,
the soundtrack to getting lost in the labyrinthine, closed streets of Venice, Taipei, Hong Kong, or mirror versions of them in the
imagination.

On opener Fly! Little Black Thing, a subterranean funk bassline roots Huang’s singing, a rudimentary, unreliable beat
floundering in whimsy underneath. Demure, dream Dance music, Huang references classic lo fi experimenters Suicide and
Arthur Russell as well as Night School label mates The Space Lady and Ela Orleans. In fact, after the release of Aemong’s
third album Crimson, Huang credits the direction of The Crystal Hum to being enchanted by The Space Lady’s Greatest Hits,
the landmark lo-fi recording made by Susan Dietrich Schneider in 1990. The new, minimalist approach to her sound world
reveals and shrouds in equal measure. On the heart-melter Love, a sultry mid-tempo Casio + bass backing drops into the ether
with Huang’s vocal swimming in preternatural void before emerging anew, in awe at the world. Every chord change heralds new
perspectives, every guitar flurry swells and drips emotion, nothing is wasted and space billows out from between the grooves.
Huang never reveals more than necessary, making this an in-between love album: the right amount of mystery and darkened
mirror shines wanely on The Crystal Hum while remaining fragile and vulnerable in the sweet spots. Turning over in pillowing
smoke and night in the dark corners, Huang sings in both Mandarin and English. The songs speak of earthly matters seemingly
at the edge of dissipating into nothing. Distorted, beguiling Sambas warble like sweating dancehalls in an imagined Lynchian
60s, as on Thoughts. Closer You, An Illusion warps a classic 60s Girlgroup bassline beloved of the likes of Les Rallizes

Denudes into a slight ballad on the edge of the void, held back by the teary-eyed, wistful and enveloping vocal cooed by
Huang. Each song feels like a love song dedicated to the bits between worlds, between beats, the negative space between
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Territories: Worldwide no restrictions

Format Notes: Part of Tele Music Reissue Campaign, 2023 first time reissue, 140g vinyl


Track List:

A1 Captain Parade 3:25
A2 Mountain Echoes 4:09
A3 Discowboy 2:42
A4 Tombola Time 1 2:10
A5 Tombola Time 2 2:08
A6 Space Fiction 1:21
A7 Mountain Trumpet 0:58
A8 Tambours Parade 1:42

B1 Deer Forest 4:32
B2 Charly Guitare 3:01
B3 Magic Lake 1 2:45
B4 Magic Lake 2 2:45
B5 Pop Fiction 1:43
B6 Damnation Space 2:38

Release Notes:

Pierre Dutour's infamous Top Fiction is the epitome of a 5-tracker. Coming to light in 1979 on Tele Music, its collection of environmental themes are *all astounding*. We're talking all-time heavy hitters, here. They come recommended as tracks you'd choose to elegantly elevate deep selector sets or mixes.

Skip the irritating whistle-laced marching-band funk of "Captain Parade" and head straight to the glistening synths and proud horns of beatless ambient wonder "Mountain Echoes". Arguably worth the price of admission alone. It's that good. The sci-fi atmospherics of "Space Fiction" are definitely sampleable whilst the proud horns of "Mountain Trumpet" definitely contain blasts that could be of creative use. "Tambours Parade" is more marching-band funk, only this time the drums go hard and there's a lot to like about this one.

Truly, it's all about the B-Side. A real B-Side for the ages, in fairness. It opens with the gorgeous "Deer Forest". It's one of the most beautiful songs you'll ever hear. Like something off Brian Bennett's Voyage, it rides dreamily melodic synths, and comes on, as one fan claimed "like something Angelo Badalamenti would have co-written with Final Fantasy composer, ???? [Nobuo Uematsu]". It's jaw-dropping. Be instantly beguiled by the deep eerie nostalgia and pretty delicate piano of "Magic Lake I" and the whistling-synth-augmented "Magic Lake II". The almost-title-track "Pop Fiction" is another hidden gem, containing dreamy, glistening arpeggios that are just begging to be sampled with a heavy knocking beat behind it. The set closes with "Damnation Space", 2 minutes of spooky Musique concrète.

So, 5 absolutely incredible tracks and 2-3 good ones. An excellent ratio for a library album, I think we can all agree. Trust us when we say that the heavy hitters are just absolute gold, rendering this one an essential, buy-on-sight purchase. Go listen and discover for yourselves...

The audio for Top Fiction has been remastered by Be With regular Simon Francis, ensuring this divisive release sounds better than ever. Cicely Balston's expert skills have made sure nothing is lost in the cut whilst the original space-age sleeve has been restored here at Be With HQ as the finishing touch to this long overdue re-issue.


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Format Notes:

2023 First time reissue, 140g vinyl, remastered for this edition by Simon Francis


Vinyl Track List:

A1 Future Vision (3:47)
A2 Cosmic News (2:25)
A3 Baby Bass (2:43)
A4 Star Odyssey (3:33)
A5 Meteor One (2:11)
A6 Bass For Love (2:46)

B1 Space Alert (3:24)
B2 Galaxy Wars (2:45)
B3 All The Bass (2:53)
B4 O.V.N.I. Telex (3:36)
B5 Galactics (2:50)
B6 Animals Bass (2:14)

Release Notes:

Spatial & Co is a synth-drizzled, spaced-out bass-heavy discoid-funk masterpiece from French disco lord and Arpadys maestro Sauveur Mallia. Recorded for French library label Tele Music, in 1979, it's by turns cosmic funk and creeping crime funk, bursting with low slung, k-i-l-l-e-r basslines, loping drum breaks and sparkling percussion. It's so funky it hurts.

Confidently swaggering out the gate is "Future Vision", with its loping yet dextrous bassline across strutting beats setting the scene. "Cosmic News", with its live crowd noises over killer bass work is reminiscent of Bernard & Nile's "Chic Cheer". The bass vs synth workout "Baby Bass" increases the propulsion whilst the dark and mysterious vibes of "Star Odyssey" serve as cosmic respite from being overpowered by funk. The temperature and tempo are raised with the bouncing sophisticated funk of "Meteor One", a slinky interstellar instrumental of the highest order before the sultry, melodic "Bass For Love" offers some attractive slow-mo sleaze to close out the first side.

Opening up Side B, the menacing, beatless "Space Alert" sounds like all those sci-fi theme tunes from your childhood, synthesised into one glorious (black) whole. "Galaxy Wars" is next, another majestic cosmic gem, sans drums. The ultra-percussive flex of "All The Bass" sees the return of the frenetic funky bass and neck-snapping drums. The stretched out funk of "O.V.N.I. Telex" is irresistible and cavernous in scope whilst the swirling, dramatic "Galactics" is an ominous yet melodic wonder. The throwaway funk-lite "Animals Bass" is a bit of a daft way to close out this otherwise flawless set but, hey, flirting with perfection is probably always more fun than actually achieving it.

Sauveur Mallia is a crucial figure in the history of electronic and dance music and a hugely underrated French library bass player and composer from the Arpadys / Voyage crew. This is just the beginning of Be With's Mallia - Tele Music reissue campaign!

The audio for Spatial & Co Vol. 1 has been remastered by Be With regular Simon Francis, ensuring the punch of Sauveur's bass and those sick drums come through to the fullest. Pete Norman’s expert skills has made sure nothing is lost in the cut whilst the original and iconic sleeve has been restored here at Be With HQ as the finishing touch to this long overdue re-issue.
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