New record pressing – Oshkomp is a bold, genre-blending compilation by Tsurumi Records that brings together a diverse lineup of artists from the heart of the underground music scene in Oshkosh. This collection embodies the raw energy, experimentation, and individualism of these artists, each track pushing sonic boundaries and challenging genre conventions. Featuring tracks that range from post-punk art rock to experimental folk punk, Oshkomp captures the unique voices of its contributors, creating an auditory collage that reflects the spirit and ingenuity of Oshkosh’s musical underground. With influences spanning punk, jazz, krautrock, and beyond, each song on Oshkomp is a distinct and immersive experience, packed with memorable moments, evocative lyrics, and dynamic instrumentation.
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On 13 new songs Erik Jekabson’s Breakthrough weaves together amazing arrangements and beautiful compositions all under his mesmerizing trumpet. You would be hard pressed to find better musicianship; many of the players along side Erik are artists themselves or have impressive symphony credentials. All around a wonderful work sure to inspire a Breakthough.
Erik Jekabson is a freelance trumpet player, composer, arranger and educator living in the San Francisco Bay Area.
He has toured with Illinois Jacquet, John Mayer, Galactic, and has performed on the Tonight Show with Jay Leno and Late Night with David Letterman. Erik has several solo albums on Wide Hive Records “One Note at a time” (2020) “Erik Jekabson Sextet” (2018) and “Erik Jekabson Quintet” (2016).
Eric is equally busy playing and composing for different bands, leading his own groups, (the Erik Jekabson Sextet, the String-tet and the Electric Squeezebox Orchestra) teaching a wide variety of students and running the Young Musicians Program at the California Jazz Conservatory.
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“There are four songs we were considering for ‘Love in the Void’ that weren’t fully fleshed out. Listening to them again, we decided they deserved to be brought to life because of how they made us feel. In addition, we decided to create four new pieces inspired by LITV. Adding these pieces and pulling them from the void creates what we think is a bridge between LITV and our next LP, as well as a nice stand-alone document of music.” -Marc Byrd
Available now.
(Gotta Groove Records offers vinyl record pressing and EcoRecord manufacturing for independent labels, musicians, and artists – this post features one of the many records pressed at Gotta Groove in the past month)
(Gotta Groove Records offers vinyl record pressing and EcoRecord manufacturing for independent labels, musicians, and artists – this post features one of the many records pressed at Gotta Groove in the past month).
New record pressing — Third World War vocalist/chopper guitarist Terry Stamp’s criminally obscure and exceptionally brilliant debut solo album is back in print for the first time since 1975. Recorded in October 1974, about 15 months after his previous outfit, Third World War, finally called it a day. Terry is backed by a killer crew of ringers consisting of his old TWW cohort, bassist Jim Avery (ex-The Attack, Thunderclap Newman), in addition to lead guitarist Ollie Halsall (Timebox, Patto, Boxer), pianist Mike Moran (David Bowie) and the latter-day T. Rex rhythm section with Herbie Flowers (he of “Walk On The Wild Side” bass line fame) and drummer Tony Newman (Sounds Incorporated).
This album didn’t have much of a chance upon its original release in July 1975: no promotion, no label support, and Terry had already bailed the UK for the greener pastures of America by the time it was released. This album is another case of Just Add Water Records having the chance to right history’s wrongs by shining a light on a very deserving release that was literally ignored/shunned upon its initial release. We also changed the running order, because the original one is baffling at best and Terry didn’t agree with it. It flows much better now. Opening track, “Itchy Feet”, wasn’t even supposed to end up on the finished album as it was deemed a bit too raw for the label’s taste. It was eventually tucked away as the last track on the original album. What you are hearing is literally a live run-through with what were intended to be scratch vocals, that’s why you hear Terry shouting instructions like “Bridge!” and “Solo!” to indicate where the changes are. Ollie Halsall was indeed that great of a guitarist to make up a solo like that on the fly. As the story goes, first there was Hendrix, but Ollie wasn’t too far behind. Just when you think the song is finished, Ollie calls out, “Again. Yeah, yeah!” and launches into another blazing solo and uses what must be every note on his entire fret board. Just as in his days with THIRD WORLD WAR, Terry isn’t beholden to any one style. This album has it all – from pub rocker “Motor Head”, the boozy plaintive cry of “Town Drunk”, to Terry’s best ballad this side of “Stardom Road Part 1”- the closing title track, “Fatsticks”. Liner notes by Terry himself!
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New record pressing – Little Freddie King – Things I Used To Do:
The legendary Little Freddie King returns to Newvelle Records with a stripped down – and decidedly different – sound. The blues titan appears here just a few years following his acclaimed release Going Upstairs but now in raw, unadorned form. Paul DeFiglia on upright bass and Bobby Lewis on harp give a little structure for Little Freddie to expound from. Like a private conversation with a legend. A front porch record.
Here, Little Freddie plays classic works, many of which he first learned as an eight-yeard-old on a jury-rigged cigar box guitar in Mississippi. These are the songs he loves – from Lightnin’ Hopkins, John Lee Hooker, Muddy Waters, Willie Dixon,and Sister Rosetta Tharpe – and transformed in hands shaped by eight decades of living.
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New Record Pressing – Devon Goldberg’s Original Motion Picture Soundtrack, performed by MORRICONE YOUTH, to the 2024 horror film Eight Eyes — the debut feature-length of director Austin Jennings (director/co-writer of Shudder’s “The Last Drive-In with Joe Bob Briggs”) which world premiered at the 2023 Fantasia Film Festival in Montreal, shot on 16mm and Super 8 on location in Serbia and Macedonia and starring Scream Queen Emily Sweet (V/H/S ‘99). The film is co-produced by Vinegar Syndrome as the Blu-ray reissue label’s first entirely original production and distributed by Shudder in North America and Donau Film in Europe. 11-Track LP (42 minutes) with 21-Track Digital Download Card (56 minutes).
Available October 31, 2024.
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New record pressing — Eilen Jewell – Butcher Holler, A Tribute To Loretta Lynn.
Butcher Holler is named for the little Kentucky town where Loretta Lynn was raised – On the tribute album of the same name, acclaimed singer-songwriter Eilen Jewell pays homage to Lynn’s humble roots and timeless, hard-hitting writing and performance style – For the first time, Butcher Holler is now available on vinyl, remastered and expanded with three brand new tracks. Jewell writes, “And so, a toast: to the woman with more banned songs than anyone can count; to that voice that reaches the very grain of the theater walls around her; to our national treasure. Gratitude is not enough, so I sing these songs for any who will listen.” The Boston Globe praised, “There’s an irresistible snap to these songs- they’re tight, deliciously twangy and rendered without orchestrated frills… [a] deft tribute.”
Available October 11, 2024 courtesy of Signature Sounds.
Amarionette is a NÜ Funk/Rock band from Las Vegas, NV that formed in 2010. Over the last several years they have embarked on numerous tours with national acts such as Kurt Travis, Strawberry Girls, Eidola, Andrés, etc.
