Over the course of the last five years, the Delvon Lamarr Organ Trio have established themselves as the world’s premier funky organ trio. The organ trio, along with founder and manager Amy Novo, continues to devise the perfect blend of raw, passionate music and engaging industry practices. Through a firm partnership with label Colemine Records, the trio has garnered Billboard charting albums, sold out shows, tens of thousands of albums sold, and millions of streams. Lofty accomplishments for an instrumental organ trio.
Now, with permanent drummer Dan Weiss behind the kit, DLO3 is proud to present Cold As Weiss, their third studio album to date that finds them tighter than ever, and continuing to push funky instrumental music to a new generation of fans.
New vinyl pressing! Acclaimed Hawaiian singer Teresa Bright recorded a jazz-tinted album in 2005 with pianist/engineer Kit Ebersbach. Although the album was ready to be released upon its completion, the two decided to wait for the “right moment” to release it to Hawai`i and the world.
In December 2020, Bright received a Lifetime Achievement Award from the Hawai’i Academy of Recording Arts. The award came following a lifelong career spanning more than a dozen albums, numbers Na Hoku Hanohano awards, countless songwriting, arranging, and producing credits, domestic and international concert performances, plus a long list of Hawaiian language translations for peers near and far.
In anticipation of the awards ceremony, Ebersbach approach Aloha Got Soul with the suggestion to finally release Blue Skies, the 2005 jazz record they’d cut with studio veterans Dean Taba, Noel Okimoto, Rocky Holmes, Casey Olsen, and Sam Ahia, Jr. Together with the help of Bright’s partner, Derrick C.M. Llanos, we released ‘Blue Skies’ digitally in December 2020.
Blue Skies brings to life Teresa’s favorite standard songs alongside tunes that seems expressly written for her sultry voice. Bright’s original composition, “Sp-r-ing”, fits right at home in the collection.
New Vinyl Pressing! Sunset Motel is the second full-length album from Columbus, OH based garage rockers El Camino Acid. The album was recorded in July of 2020 in Chicago, IL and produced by Colin Croom of Twin Peaks. The album is a thoughtful and versatile blend alternative rock and power pop. The songs span a large dynamic range, from mid-tempo love songs to guitar-fueled head bangers. Grab it on transparent orange vinyl now!
New Vinyl Pressing! In 1996, a wet behind the ears Huntingtons recorded a selection of their favorite Ramones songs with the best and most ambitious intentions. Released as Rocket to Ramonia on the newly formed Burnt Toast Vinyl, it became a favorite of fans of the band, but not so much for the band itself. After a few years of dedicating themselves to becoming the best Ramonescore band they could be, it was painfully obvious to them that they’d made Rocket to Ramonia before perfecting the finer intricacies of the Ramones’ sound.
In 1999, the band selected a new batch of classics to cover and released them as File Under Ramones. 8 months later, Huntingtons were on stage with Joey Ramone at CBGBs playing an entire set as his backing band. 9 months after that, they were out touring Europe with Marky Ramone. 2 months later, they were back at CBGBs for another set with Joey. Flash forward to 2015, their guitarist and drummer were touring the country and eventually the world playing as part of CJ Ramone’s band.
Here in 2021, Rocket To Ramonia and Burnt Toast Vinyl are both celebrating their 25th anniversaries, and so began talks of a re-release of Rocket to Ramonia. But while it obviously remains part of the band’s history, it’s not something they were proud of, and there was little doubt that if given the opportunity, they could record those songs again and do them justice.
So that’s exactly what Huntingtons did!
Back To Ramonia represents 25 years of channeling the spirit and energy of Ramones. The attention to detail on every song is sure to be noticed and appreciated, paying the perfect homage to the founding fathers of punk rock.
New Vinyl Pressing! Soul Step Records continues to support and highlight the music scene in Cincinnati, OH. Their latest release takes us back to Ohio to present to you the unbelievably talented Lauren Eylise and her album, This Is Personal.
Lauren Eylise’s genre-defying music can only be accurately categorized as eclectic-soul, as an array of influences make up her sound while each song is born from lessons of the soul. Her commanding vocals and acoustic stylings exude an indie-folk style with R&B overtones that easily appeal to the energy of Pop music. And when armed with her full band, The Part-Time Lovers, the soul singer’s sound fuses funkadelic rock and electric blues. She is unapologetic, autonomously sensual and vulnerably transparent in her music and presence.
Her resume reflects more than six years of work under her belt. As such, she has opened stages for the likes of Patti Labelle, Erykah Badu, Jidenna, Tank, and The Bangas Yasiin Bey, Talib Kweli, Train, John Legend, Matt Kearney, Raheem Devaughn, Tank, and many more.
Lauren Eylise is for fans of SZA, Jorja Smith, and Solange. This Is Personal is like getting an audiobook of Lauren’s diary. Straightforward and honest songwriting that’s perfectly paired with romantic and lush musical arrangements. Once you drop the needle on this LP, you will get punched with Lauren’s soulful vocals. Sit back and enjoy the ride as you hear songs about love, good whiskey, and finding yourself.
Soul Step Records will be releasing the LP This Is Personal by Lauren Eylise to Soul Step Subscribers on Saturday, December 4th.
The general public sale will begin on Monday, December 6th. The tracks on this LP can be found on streaming on all services right now.
Wow…what a year! As always, it is a blur to think back about all of the amazing records we have pressed in the past year. Thanks to all of our customers, vendors, and colleagues for working with us in 2022!
Here is a list of some of our favorite projects in 2022 (not in any specific order) – please be sure to check out as many of these as you can.
Happy Holidays from all of us at Gotta Groove!
2022 GOTTA GROOVE YEAR IN REVIEW LIST:
Mike Burrows
Fela Kuti – Zombie (Knitting Factory Records) Fela Kuti – Upside Down (Knitting Factory Records) Fela Kuti – ITT (Knitting Factory Records) Fabio Frizzi with Riccardo Rocchi – Dark Chamber (Cadabra Records) Al Festa – Zombie 4: After Death (Empire of Tombs) Jeff Carney – Live Electronic Music (Lion Productions) Truth and Janey – No Rest for the Wicked (Lion Productions) Midnight Xpander – Marcia Bassett (Yew Recordings) Horace Tapscott – Tapscott & Winds (Nimbus West Records) Max Roach – Members, Don’t Git Weary (Real Gone Records) East Coast – East Coast (Real Gone Records) Marty Robbins – The Gunfighter & Other Ballads (Real Gone Records) Chuck Armstrong – Shackin’ Up (Real Gone Records) George Scott – Find Someone to Love (Real Gone Records) Don Julian & the Larks – Super Slick (Real Gone Records) Brian Bennett – Voyage: A Journey Into Discoid Funk (Real Gone Records) Kalapana – Kalapana (Aloha Got Soul) Charlie Megira and the Hefker Girl (Secretly Group)
Matt Earley
Calvin Keys – Blue Keys Catfish Keith – Land of the Sky Chris Lujan & Electric Butter feat. Andre Cruz – The Real Thing Club D’Elf – You Never Know Darren Jessee – Central Bridge Dillard & Clark – The Fantastic Expedition Doctor Bionic – The Invisible Hand Don Julian & The Larks – Super Slick Drayton Farley – A Hard Up Life The Du-Rites – Plug It In Evolfo – The Changer Fela Kuti – International Thief Thief Fela Kuti – Upside Down Florida Street – Anthology Vol. 1 Formula 400 – Heathens Fountains of Wayne – Out of State Plates Fountains of Wayne – Traffic and Weather Ghost Orchard – Rainbow Music Glory Or Death Records – Friends & Family Vol. 2 Grateful Dead – Dick’s Picks Vol. 33 Hanzolo – S/T John Alair – Cleans House Dickie Landry – Solos Dave Liebman – Trust and Honesty Jesus Lizard – Shot Little Feat – Oh! Atlanta The Lost Souls – S/T Lu$id – Just A Taste Marcus Machado – Aquarius Purple Melvin Van Peebles – Watermelon Man Midnight Syndicate – Legendary Truth My Dad Is Dead – Peace, Love & Murder Night Owls – Versions The Rabbits – S/T The Vindys – Bugs Say She She – Prism Snake Toys – Champions of the Dark Stone Witch – Order of the Goat Tropa Magica – Exitos Tony Williams – Play Or Die Wasafiri – Klearlight
Michael Fanos (Well Made Music)
Parquet Courts – Content Nausea Nnamdi – Are You Happy Husker Du – Live at Jay’s Longhorn’s Ghost Funk Orchestra – A New Kind of Love Wendy O. Williams – Fuck’N Roll Live
Ren Harcar
Charlie Megira & The Hefker Girl: S/T Fela Kuti: Zombie The Shaggs: Philosophy of the World Uno Lady: Single Rider
Dave Polster (Well Made Music)
Blasting Rod-Of Wild Hazel Greensky Bluegrass- Stress Dreams B-Sides 7” Team Bryce Foundation-A Season For A Smile Comp. Powerman 5000-Tonight The Stars Revolt Ghost Funk Orchestra-Nightwalker/Death Waltz The Harlem Gospel Travelers-Look Up V/A-Rat Race! (Peppermint Records Comp) Trevor Something-Lost Love/Lost Memories The Jive Turkeys-Bread & Butter Melvin Van Peebles-Watermelon Man OST The Vindys-Bugs Max Roach-Members, Don’t Git Weary Hearts Gone South-Mercy Of Your Tide California Speedbag-Little Guns
Vince Slusarz (Sr)
As usual, limited to both what we shipped out this year to date and available listening time. In no particular order:
Mary Gauthier- Dark Enough to See The Stars (30 Tigers) Chas Cronk-Liberty (Renaissance) Heavy Cat- The Return of Heavy Cat (Wax Mage) GA 20-Crackdown (Colemine) California Speedbag-Little Guns Terrycloth Mother-S/T Sweet Trip-Alura (Darla) Booker T and the MGs- Complete Stax Singles Vol. 2 (Real Gone) The Vindys-Bugs Kalapana-S/T (Aloha Got Soul) Brian Straw-Baby Stars/Dead Languages Guided By Voices- Tremblers and Goggles by Rank (Rockathon) Delvon Lamar Organ Trio-Cold as Weiss (Colemine) Sarah Shook and the Disarmers-Nightroamer (30 Tigers) Dillard and Clark-The Fantastic Expedition of Dillard and Clark (Intervention) Red Dirt Boys-The Real Deal (Farm Team) Gabbard Brothers-S/T (Karma Chief) Bob Wills-Take It Away! – Best Of The Lost Transcriptions For Tiffany Music 1946-1947 (Real Gone) Avett Brothers-6th Avett Guild 45 (Ramseur) Julianne Hatfield/Emma Swift-Lotta Love/Give Me Strength 7” (American Laundromat) The Monkees-All of Your Toys/The Girl I Knew Somewhere 7” (Rhino)
Tim Thornton
Drew Daniel & John Wiese – Through Mazes Running Front Line Assembly – Tactical Neural Implant Jesus Lizard – Shot Dickie Landry & Lawrence Weiner – Having Been Built On Sand Lynyn – Lexicon My Dad Is Dead – Peace Love & Murder / Pow! Carl Stone – Wat Dong Moon Lek Tall Dwarfs – Unravelled Yeule – Glitch Princess
Lionlimb’s return delivers us singer-songwriter Stewart Bronaugh at the height of his artistic powers both visually and sonically. Angel Olsen describes “Spiral Groove” as an album about “what it means to endure your losses and the gift of being able to recognize the most real love in your life.” She speaks warmly of her former bandmate’s new album–a timeless, romantic collection of songs borne out of musician Stewart Bronaugh’s recovery from a neck surgery. Piano, cello, slide guitar and buzzing synth lines wind in and out comfortably over the course of this 31 minute album. Studded with stories of mortality, the challenges of addiction and sobriety, and the romance of a lifetime, “Spiral Groove” encapsulates all of our existential questions into tidy love songs. The name derives from a channel in the arm your nerves run through while simultaneously painting the picture of a needle dropping into a vinyl LP.
Written and conceived before covid-19, these songs were shaped by real-time feedback and the alchemy that happens when a group of well-seasoned musicians gather together. Bronaugh’s compositions found life in the hands of long-time collaborators Joshua Jaeger and Jonathan Sumner. Jaeger’s drumming is intuitive and full of care, creating space for the kind of cello and guitar riffs that flow like water. With Sumner’s rich bass playing following suit, they comprise a rhythm section that sets the stage for Bronaugh’s songwriting.
New Vinyl Pressing: Merging the sounds of nature along with his resounding vibraphone, Arthur Lyman and producer Gordon Broad created Island Vibes, an ambient/jazz/field recording album that exhibits the pure weightlessness of Lyman’s music.
A lost gem from the exotica pioneer’s catalog — and his last recorded album — Island Vibes paints a meditative tropical canvas of the Hawaiian Islands’ natural beauty. A welcomed sonic transport to paradise, much needed in a (post-)pandemic world.
Originally recorded with Broad Records, who’s responsible for Phase 7’s Playtime and other important 1970s and 80s-era local records.
At eight years old, Arthur Lyman’s music was already being played in public spaces via a toy marimba performance on the radio. While Lyman laughed about the experience, he would continue performing and ultimately debuted professionally at 14 with a jazz group. His skills earned him a place as a vibraphonist alongside exotica pioneer Martin Denny, although Lyman would leave the Denny’s group soon after to pursue a solo career.
Island Vibes would become Lyman’s final recorded album, an embodiment of the term of “relaxation”, relying solely on Lyman’s instrumentation and the quaint lull of ocean waves to produce a picturesque atmosphere.
Recorded at the the famous Cleveland venue that once was right down the street from GGR! Live album from classic hard rockers Starz. Features “(She’s Just A) Fallen Angel”, “Cherry Baby”, “Hold On To The Night”. 180 gram deluxe gatefold vinyl. Package features trading cards, poster and lyric sheets. Available from Renaissance Records.
