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Ed Wynne

Tumbling Through The Floativerse (CD/Vinyl pre-order)


Ed Wynne's 2022 solo album Tumbling Through The Floativerse sees Ed teaming up with Gre Vanderloo (Gracerooms).
 
Featuring guest appearances from Gracerooms bassist, Paul Klaessen and long-term Ozric Tentacles synth player Silas Neptune, the album was recorded at Ozrics head quarters; Blue Bubble Studios, engineered and produced by Ed Wynne and mastered by Adam Goodlet. 
 
Pre-order for July 15 release. Available on CD and black vinyl.




Roxy Music

Flesh + Blood / Avalon (Half Speed Masters) (Vinyl pre-order)


Issued at the beginning of the 1980s, Roxy Music's seventh and eighth studio albums showed an incomparable level of sophistication and cohesion, deservedly resulting in commercial success and critical respect.
 
2022 reissues with half-speed masters by Miles Showell at Abbey Road Studios.
 
The artwork for both features a gloss-laminated finish. Not records, but pieces of art.
 
Pre-order for July 1 release. Available as a bundle.




Anathema

A Vision of a Dying Embrace / The Silent Enigma (CD/DVD / Vinyl pre-order)


A Vision of A Dying Embrace captures a night of spellbinding Doom Metal magic from an Anathema live show in Krakow, Poland, in 1996. 
 
Presented on vinyl for the first time (with a printed inner sleeve), the performance is also available as a CD/DVD edition, with the DVD featuring four Anathema promo videos in addition to the live show itself.
 
Pre-order for June 10 release. A vinyl reissue of The Silent Enigma is also on pre-sale.




Stomu Yamashta

Seasons – The Island Albums 1972-1976 (Boxset pre-order)


The first ever box set celebrating the remarkable work Stomu Yamashta recorded for Island Records between 1972 and 1976. 
 
Music crossing from Fusion to Ambient and beyond, featuring Steve Winwood, Klaus Schulze, Al Di Meola, Hugh Hopper, Gary Boyle, Morris Pert, Paul Buckmaster and more.
 
7 x CDs in a clamshell box including Floating Music (1972), The Man From The East (1973), Freedom Is Frightening (1973), One By One (1974), Raindog (1975) and the beloved Go (1976) and Go…Live From Paris (1976).
 
Pre-order forJuly 29 release.
 




Sex Pistols

The Original Recordings (Yellow) (Vinyl pre-order)


20 of the Sex Pistol’s recordings from 1976 to 1978 covering the entire initial period of the band’s recording career, from Anarchy in The UK, through Never Mind The Bollocks to the post John Lydon Great Rock ‘n’ Roll Swindle soundtrack featuring early demos, cover versions, b-sides and more.
 
Available on CD, double vinyl and and as a very limited 2LP transparent yellow coloured vinyl edition in gatefold.
 
Pre-order for May 27 release.




ABBA

The Albums (Boxset pre-order)


ABBA’s complete album collection - updated to include Voyage - also featuring bonus tracks, non-album singles and a 40 page booklet.
 
Available as 10CD and 10 x 180g LP sets.
 
Pre-order for May 27 release.
 




Montrose

Got The Fire – Complete Recordings 1973-1976 (Boxset pre-order)


A comprehensive collection of the early 1970s work of Classic Rock outfit Montrose, featuring the band's four Warner Brothers’ albums plus bonus tracks, demos and two live radio sessions.
 
Formed in California in 1973 around lead guitarist Ronnie Montrose and singer Sammy Hagar, in a short but highly productive period Montrose released a handful of groundbreaking and highly influential albums.
 
Pre-order for July 29 release. 6CD boxset.
 
 




Phil Lynott + Thin Lizzy

Songs For While I’m Away + The Boys Are Back In Town Live (Blu-Ray/CD/DVD pre-order)


Limited edition Blu-Ray/DVD/CD and 2DVD/CD sets containing the acclaimed Phil Lynott documentary A Song For While I'm Away, a remixed version of a classic Thin Lizzy (with Gary Moore) performance at the Sydney Opera House in October 1978, and an audio collection of Lynott/Lizzy's greatest songs.
 
Pre-order for June 24 release.
 




Earth And Fire

Song Of The Marching Children (CD pre-order)


Fusing elements of Psychedelic Pop and Symphonic Rock, the second album from Earth And Fire - legends of the Dutch rock scene - is an organ and Mellotron-drenched masterpiece that was a major seller throughout Europe.
 
Pre-order for July 1 release. 2022 repress of 2009 release.
 




Bill Bruford’s Earthworks

A Part And Yet Apart (CD pre-order)


Following his mid-1990s sojourn with King Crimson, Bill Bruford launched his fully-acoustic Earthworks Mark II, which hit the ground running in 1999 with A Part And Yet Apart
 
Jettisoning electronic percussion, this version of Earthworks inventively explored the creative possibilities of an acoustic sax-piano-bass-drums line-up. 
 
This album has been out of print for some time and this re-release was overseen personally by BB.
 
Pre-order for July 1 release.




Anthony Phillips

Wise After The Event (Boxset pre-order)


2022 repress of the deluxe and definitive 2016 Esoteric label re-issue of Anthony Phillips charming 1978 album (3 CD/1 DVD in a clamshell box). 
 
Produced by Rupert Hine, the album was a more lavish, textured and song-orientated affair than its pastoral predecessor The Geese And The Ghost.
 
Blending Progressive ambition with accessible songwriting and delicate acoustic interludes,the album's guest players included Michael Giles, Mel Collins and John G Perry.
 
This edition features a 2016 stereo mix of the album, a re-mastered version of the 1978 stereo mix, a CD of demos, out-takes and extras, and a DVD (NTSC Region Free) of a 2016 5.1 Surround Sound Mix of the album. 
 
Pre-order for July 1 release.
 




Greg Lake & Geoff Downes

Ride The Tiger (CD pre-order)


Ride the Tiger contains six songs from Greg Lake and Geoff Downes recorded between 1989-1990.
 
One song was eventually featured on an Asia album, and two others became ELP pieces. 
 
Track 7 features Lake's former King Crimson band mate Michael Giles on drums.
 
Pre-order for July 1 release. 2022 repress.




The Gathering

Always (White) (Vinyl pre-order)


To mark its 30th anniversary, limited white vinyl editon of the 1992 debut release by The Gathering.
 
An Atmosperic Doom masterclass of slow, funereal riffing, dark ambience and brutal vocals.
 
Pre-order for June 10 release.
 




Toyah

The Blue Meaning (Vinyl pre-order)


140g black vinyl LP of the remastered version of Toyah’s 1980 album The Blue Meaning.
 
Produced by Steve James and ‘Toyah’ the band - Joel Bogen, Pete Bush, Toyah Willcox, Steve Bray and Charlie Francis - the album includes fan favourite Ieya.
 
With inner bag featuring rare imagery of Toyah and lyrics.
 
Pre-order for July 15 release.




Lisa Torem

Billy Joel On Track (Book pre-order)


Billy Joel On Track contains behind-the-scenes stories and an analysis of Joel’s extensive and massively varied studio recordings.
 
An essential guide to an underrated and misunderstood artist.
 
Pre-order for May 27 release.
 




Shindig!

Shindig! Issue 127 (Magazine)


Shindig! 127 features Dave Davies of The Kinks on the front cover and an article reflecting on his fascinating career. 
 
Other features/reviews include Gong, John Mayall, Psychedelic Porn Crumpets and Ride.
 
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