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.
(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).
“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.
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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.
(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 – 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.
(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 — 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.
The Standard and Numbered Editions both feature AAA 180g Vinyl, cut by Bernie Grundman and pressed at Gotta Groove. The numbered version is limited to 500 foil stamped copies.
Over the last few years, Jerome Sabbagh has been playing trio with bassist Joe Martin, and legendary drummer Al Foster. The trio’s performances have drawn an enthusiastic crowd, bridging generations and captivating audiences with their exceptional musicianship and collective spirit.
They recently recorded the upcoming album, Heart, an all analog album recorded by James Farber at Power Station that will the first Analog Tone Factory release. The album will be available on August 30, 2024.
Back again for 2023, please find a list of some of our employee’s favorite frecords that we worked on this year. There is never enough time to really dig into every project, but this is a snapshot of some great vinyl records you should seek out via your favorite local record store or online store!
Employee Name: Mike Burrows
Fela Kuti – “Gentleman” (Knitting Factory) Cymande – “Second Time ‘Round” (Knitting Factory) Black Market Brass – “Hox” (Colemine) Ghost Funk Orchestra – “Brownout / Boneyard Baille” (Colemine) V/A _ “If There’s Hell Below” (Numero Group) Abdul Wadud – “By Myself” (Gotta Groove) Toots & the Maytals – “Sweet and Dandy” (Real Gone) The Donnas – “Early Singles 1995-1999” (Real Gone) The Donnas – “The Donnas” (Real Gone) The Donnas – “American Teenage Rock ‘n Roll Machine” (Real Gone) The Donnas – “Turn 21” (Real Gone) The Donnas – “Get Skintight” (Real Gone) Wet Specimens – “Over Pale Bodies” (Brain Slash) Hamza El Din – “Al Oud: Instrumental & Vocal Music of Nubia” (Real Gone) Carl Stone – “Electronic Music From the Eighties and Nineties” (Unseen Worlds) Carl Stone – “Electronic Music From 1972-2022” (Unseen Worlds) Ira Newborn – “The Naked Gun” Soundtrack (1984 Publishing) Fabio Frizzi – “Zombie: Composer’s Cut” (Cadabra) Pool-Pah – “The Flasher” (Real Gone) Rocky Gray _ “The Barn Pt. 2” Soundtrack (Lunaris Records Carlo Maria Cordio – “Troll 2” Soundtrack (Lunaris Records) Frankie Stein & His Ghouls – “Shock! Terror! Fear!” (Real Gone) Frankie Stein & His Ghouls – “Ghoul Music” (Real Gone)
Employee Name: Matt Earley
Abdul Wadud – By Myself Angel Corpus Christi – Bewitched: A Tribute to Luna Avett Brothers – The Seventh Avett Guild Beach Fossils – Clash The Truth Bela Fleck – Drive Black Moth Super Rainbow – Start A People Bonnie Raitt – Dig In Deep Brennen Leigh – Ain’t Through Honky Tonkin’ Yet Brothers Vanguard, Electriq – Dominoes Catfish Keith – Still I Long To Roam Chayla Hope – Damn, Feelings Clam City Cowboy Junkies – Lay It Down Circus Devils – Squeeze The Needle Cymande – Second Time Round Doctor Bionic – Spiritual Conquest The Du-Rites – Go Funk Me b/w Bucket Esme Patterson – Notes From Nowhere Fela Kuti – Gentleman Fela Kuti – Zombie GBV – Nowhere To Go But Up Girth Control – Life’s Too Short For Girth Control Grateful Dead – Dick’s Picks 2 (Columbus, Ohio 10-31-71) Gypsy Wizard Queen – S/T Hawk – African Day H.P. Lovecraft – Halloween In A Suburb Jalen Ngonda – Come Around And Love Me b/w What is Left To Do Jason Isbell – Southeastern 10th Anniversary John Moreland – In The Throes Johnny Ruiz & The Escapers – Sorry b/w Looking At The Prettiest Girl Joyful Noise Band – Let Jesus Be Seen Judee Sill – Heart Food Mothers Kendra Morris – I Am What I’m Waiting For LuSID – Guindado Lutalo – Again M. Ward – Transfiguration Of Vincent M. Ward – Duet for Guitars #2 Meat Puppets – Forbidden Places Medeski Martin & Wood – Friday Afternoon In The Universe Medeski Martin & Wood – Shack Man Medeski Martin & Wood – It’s A Jungle In Here Mike Clark – Kosen Rufu Mos Generator – Time//Wounds Peter Frampton – Frampton@50 1972-1975 Studio Albums Replacements – Nowhere Is My Home b/w Can’t Hardly Wait Reposado – Tequila Funk Say She She – Silver Scott Clark – Dawn & Dusk Silas Hite – Dawn Dusk Strapping Fieldhands – Gobs On The Midway Roge – Eu Gosta Dela Taylor McCall – Mellow War Tobin Sprout – Demos & Outtakes Two Video Age – Away From The Castle
Employee Name: Tyler Goubeaux
Ancient Filth – No More Hiding WMD – DELIQUESCE reynaldo jenkins and the teardrops – the short way up 7inch Surgeon – Petunia
Employee Name: Ren Harcar
Collate: Generative Systems The Donnas: American Teenage Rock n’ Roll Machine The Donnas: Get Skintight Fabio Frizzi: Zombie Fearing: Shadow Fela Kuti: Gentleman Say She She: Silver True Body: Heavenly Rhythms for the Uninitiated
Employee Name: Forrest James
O.R.P.H.A.N.S. – Occult Rituals, Psychedelic Hangups, And No Survivors BRIAN STRAW – BABY STARS/DEAD LANGUAGES BRIDGE CITY SINNERS – UNHOLY HYMNS Nick Shoulders – Armadillo Tail Presents: Nick Shoulders 2 SPIRAL STAIRCASE – VISIONS SHIFTING FORM
Employee Name: Dave Polster
Nesey Gallons – When I Was An Ice Skater Tobin Sprout – Demos and Outtakes Two Black Market Brass – Hox Toots and the Maytals – Sweet and Dandy Kendra Morris – I Am What I’m Waiting For Black Sun Ensemble – Black Sun Ensemble Vol. 2 Soul Low – Uneasy Minor Prophet Joel – The Tucker Family Groove Photon Band – Pure Photonic Matter Vol. 2 V/A – The Ooze Compilation Vol. 1 David Childers and The Serpents – Melancholy Angel Meat Puppets – Forbidden Places Jonah Tolchin – Dockside Willi Carlisle – Critterland Hopkins-Bradley – Tatooed Tree V/A – Black Jazz Records – The Complete Singles Extortionist- The Black Sheep Tom Mroczka & The Music Box – Paczki Polka 7”
Employee Name: Vince Slusarz (Sr)
Live in Anvers- Alex Chilton (Bar None) As All Get Out- Matthew Logan Vasquez (9 Mile) Ain’t Through Honky-Tonkin’-Brennan Leigh (Signature Sounds) Demos and Outtakes 2- Tobin Sprout Welcome to Struggleville- Bill Mallonee/Vigilantes of Love Sweet and Dandy- Toots and the Maytals (Real Gone) I Am What I’m Waiting For- Kendra Morris (Colemine) A Mercyland Christmas- Phil Madeira and Friends (Mercyland) Southeastern Deluxe set- Jason Isbell (30 Tigers) Nowhere To Go But Up- Guided By Voices (Rockathon) Dig It Up- Bonnie Raitt (WEA/ADA) S/T- Botttlerockets (Real Gone) Dockside- Jonah Tolchin (Clover Music) Blue Diamonds- Marcus Machado (Soul Step) Not Cool- Tim Easton (Black Mesa) Damn Feelings- Chayla Hope (Jestertainment) By Myself- Abdul Wadud (Gotta Groove Records) Where Did My World Come From?-Glass Harp (Peppermint) Melancholy Angel-David Childers and the Serpents (Ramseur) Twenty On High- Drayton Farley (30 Tigers) S/T- Judee Sill (Intervention) Pieces- Dojo Cuts (Colemine) Quiet Flame- Caitlin Canty 1988- Lori McKenna (30 Tigers) Get Behind the Wheel- Eileen Jewell (Signature Sounds) Domino- Ronnie and the Savoys 7” (Wicked Cool) Tears Fall/What Can I Say?- Lee Fields 7” (Daptone) The Seventh Avett Guild 7”- Avett Brothers (Ramseur) Help Me To Understand/Look Up- Aaron Frazier and The Harlem Gospel Travelers 7” (Colemine)
Employee Name: Giovanna Taylor
Corinne Bailey Rae – Black Rainbows Chris Acker – Good Kid Thee Scared Souls – Can I Call You Rose b/w Weak For Your Love Pale Jay – Bewilderment Toots and the Maytals – Sweet and Dandy Lutalo – Again Marty Robbins – Gunfighter Charlie Megira And Hefker Girl- S/T Brennen Leigh – Ain’t Through Honky Tonkin’ Yet Royal Headache – S/T The Glass Harp – Where Did My World Come From? BLOODbath64 – AESTHETICADELICA Isabelle Antena – En Cavale Witch – Zango Fela Kuti – Gentleman The South Side Movement- S/T Tomorrow’s Wish – On My Mind Replacements – Nowhere Is My Home/ Can’t Hardly Wait Chayla Hope – Damn, Feelings Doctor Bionic – Sacrifice Say She She – Silver
Employee Name: Tim Thornton
Black Jazz Records – The Complete Singles The Donnas – Reissues Hiroshi Yoshimura – Surround Larry Wish – The Mind Is The Builder Loris S. Sarid – Music For Tomato Plants Meat Puppets – Forbidden Places Tolerance – Anonym / Divin Toots And The Maytals – Sweet And Dandy
Employee Name: Jon Vesey
Blind Girls – “The Weight of Everything”
Black Market Brass – “Hox”
Various – “If There’s Hell Below…”
Say Hi – “Elocution Prattle”
LCD Soundsystem – “This Is Happening”
Voivod – “Nothingface” and “Angel Rat”
Cloud Catcher – “Return from the Cauldron”
Hekseblad – “The Fall of Cintra”
Ancient Days – “Sign of the Times”
Black Moth Super Rainbow – “Start a People”
Woodrot – “Ethics: A Relic”
Witch – “Zango”
Sarushibai – “Proud to Be Social Outcasts”
The Love & Terror Cult – “We Are You on Fire”
Peter Frampton – “Frampton @50”
Therion – “Siren of the Woods”
Voidtripper – “Dopefiend”
Fela Kuti – “Gentleman”
Satan’s Satyrs – “Quick Quiet Raid”
Mos Generator – “Heavy Sevens & Spaced Oddities”
Trampled by Turtles – “Life Is Good on the Open Road”
“ELO songs were always coming on the radio when I was growing up. They were a reliable source of pleasure and fascination (except for “Fire On High” which scared the heck out of me). With this album of covers I wanted to get my hands deep into some of the massive ‘70’s hits but I am also shining a light on some of the later work (“Ordinary Dream” from 2001’s “Zoom” album, “Secret Messages” and “’From The End Of The World”, both from the ‘80’s).
Thematically, I identify with the loneliness and alienation and the outerspace-iness in the songs I chose. (I have always felt like I am part alien, not fully belonging to or in this Earth world.) Sonically, ELO recordings are like an amusement park packed with fun musical games with layers and layers of varied, meticulous parts for your ears to explore; production curiosities; huge, gorgeous stacks of awe-inspiring vocal harmony puzzles. My task was to try and break all the things down and reconstruct them subtly until they felt like mine.
Overall, I stuck pretty close to the originals’ structures while figuring out new ways to express or reference the unique and beloved ELO string arrangements. An orchestra would have been difficult or impossible for me to manage to record, nor did I think there was any point in trying to copy those parts as they originally were. Why not try to reimagine them within my zone of limitations? In some cases, I transposed string parts onto guitars, or keyboards, and I even sung some of them (as in “Showdown” and “Bluebird Is Dead”).
Recording the album was a kind of complicated and drawn-out process since I was doing all of my tracks at home in my bedroom (drums and bass were done by Chris Anzalone and Ed Valauskas, respectively [in their own recording spaces]), and I kept running into technology problems that would frustrate me and slow me up. But eventually I got it all done. A labor of love.” -Juliana
