Boston 1971: Historic early recording of Aerosmith in their rehearsal room – just the band, crew, and friends captured on Joe Perry's tape recorder. This never-before-heard performance showcases the early, raw talent of this future Hall Of Fame band, one year before signing to Columbia Records and two years before their eponymous debut, which featured many of these songs, including their enduring anthem" Dream On."

Boston 1971: A historic early recording of Aerosmith in their rehearsal room - just the band, crew and friends captured on Joe Perry's tape recorder. This never-before-heard performance showcases the early, raw talent of this future Hall Of Fame band, one year before signing to Columbia Records, and two years before their eponymous debut, which featured many of these songs, including their enduring anthem ”Dream On”. 

A1 - Rehearsal Room A2 - Somebody A3 - Reefer Headed Woman + Walkin' The Dog
B1 - Movin' Out B2 - Major Barbra B3 - Dream On B4 - Mama Kin

Compilation record including tracks from Spicks & Specks and other Festival Records masters, pressed on 180gred vinyl for RSD Black Friday in the US. 

SIDE 1
1 The Three Kisses Of Love
2 Claustrophobia
3 Every Day I Have To Cry Some
4 Follow The Wind
5 I Don’t Know Why I Bother Myself
6 Mondays Rain

SIDE 2
1 Spicks & Specks
2 Could It Be
3 How Love Was True
4 I Am The World
5 Turn Around Look At Me
6 Take Hold Of That Star

Big Brother performed at the Monterey Pop festival on both Saturday June 17 and Sunday June 18, 1967. Both sets are included on this RSD Black Friday release pressed on psychedelic color vinyl in a high-gloss tip-on jacket.

Side 1 (set one): Down On Me/Combination Of The Two/Harry/Road block/Ball and Chain
Side 2 (set two): Combination of the Two/Harry/Ball and Chain

12" single featuring the 2 songs "Fck Boys (Featuring Russ) & "Don't Forget (Featuring Drakeo the Ruler) on the A-side and an etched eagle design on the B-Side

1) Fck Boys (Featuring Russ)
2) Don't Forget (Featuring Drakeo The Ruler)

First time ever on vinyl, a star-studded album with Canned Heat "friends" like John Lee Hooker, Taj Mahal, Mike Finnigan, Roy Rogers, Walter Trout, along with original Canned Heat alumni Fito de la Parra, Larry Taylor, Harvey Mandel.

Canned Shaped Die-Cut Album Cover with tobacco brown vinyl.

SIDE A
1-Same Old Games
2-Bad Trouble
3-Never Get Out Of These Blues Alive
4-Black Coffee
5-Home To You

SIDE B
1-It Don't Matter
2-Let's Work Together
3- 1, 2 3 Here We Go Again
4-The Fat Cat
5-Little Wheel 6- Getaway

These are the 1970-1973 studio collaborations between Memphis Slim (one of the great blues pianists) and Canned Heat. This release is considered to be more "blues" than "blues rock" as the Memphis Horns give this album an extra boost of funk. Package includes: OBI strip, Single jacket, Printed inner sleeve with original record labels. 

Back To Mother Earth | Trouble Everywhere I Go | Black Cat Cross My Trail | Mr. Longfingers | Five Long Years | When I Was Young | You Don't Know My Mind | Boogie Duo | Down That Big Road | Whizzle Wham | Paris

An exciting concert recording featuring two of the jazz greats, Corea and Hamp, live from MIDEM Jazz Gala in Cannes, France. Remastered and reissued on 180g transparent crystal vinyl, the first vinyl pressing in four decades. Pressings feature individual hand-numbering.

A1 Sea Breeze
A2 Moments Notice
A3 Come Rain Or Shine

B1 Fiesta Piano Solo
B2 I Ain't Mad At You

Larry Coryell (The Godfather of Fusion) & The Eleventh House is one of the best known 70s fusion groups. At Montreux was recorded live at the Montreux Jazz and Pop Festival, Montreux, Switzerland, July 4, 1974. The album is critically acclaimed as "The cutting Edge of Jazz-Fusion" and "A Coll Fusion Good Time". This deluxe package includes: an OBI strip, Single cardboard album jacket, printed inner sleeve, original record label and specialty "double split" red translucent/yellow translucent vinyl. 

Improvisation On Villa Lobos - Prelude No. 4 In E Minor  | Tamari | Joyride | Rasputin | Song For A New York Rainmaker | The Eleventh House Blues

The 2005 debut solo album from British singer-songwriter and ex-Catherine Wheel frontman Rob Dickinson.

This first-ever vinyl release adds a bunch of extras that did not appear on the original CD, including the track "The End of the World" (recently covered by Billie Eilish), and a second disc with the Nude EP from the 2008 deluxe CD reissue, made up of acoustic versions of Catherine Wheel songs.

Packaged in a gatefold jacket and pressed in red and yellow "seahorse" vinyl, limited to 2000 copies worldwide.

My Name Is Love; Oceans; The End of the World; Bathe Away; Intelligent People; The Storm; Handsome; Bad Beauty; Towering and Flowering; The Night; Don't Change; Mutineer; Black Metallic; Crank; Ma Solituda; Show Me Mary; The Nude; I Want to Touch You

The album is a collector’s edition on Audiophile 180g vinyl of Eric Essix’s 27th album, Songs From the Deep.

Because the South is his life and it’s always been home, both physically and spiritually, Eric has carried those artful and passionate Southern breezes through some of his best recordings, including the albums Southbound (2000) and Birmingham (2009). Songs From the Deep captures our collective moment perfectly with a sense of personal nostalgia (Late Night Drive, Back Porch), sociopolitical resolve (Forward March), and several powerful shout-outs to recently departed civil rights icon and fellow Alabamian John Lewis (Walk With the Wind, Stand).

Side 1:
Late Night Drive
Walk With the Wind
3 AM
Stand

Side 2:
The Deep
Forward March
Back Porch
Hold On

Cult legend, avant-roots/rock ‘n’ roll raconteur Tav Falco is back at it again, with some notable partners in crime including bass legend Mike Watt and drummer Larry Mullins (Stooges, Bad Seeds, Swans) among others. Written and recorded during the global pandemic of 2020, Falco’s latest release blends tango, fuzz, and his signature roots sound, including a surprising electric folk treatment of "House Of The Rising Sun”.

Limited to just 1,000 copies worldwide, mastered at 45RPM, and pressed on 12” color vinyl.

Strange Tango
House Of The Rising Sun
La Brigantessa Siciliana
Tony Driver Blues

A never-before-released recording of the 1981 live performance of the original Gun Club lineup, at the Starwood in Hollywood. 

1. Devil In The Woods 2. Bad Indian 3. Black Train 4. Jack On Fire 5. Promise Me 6. Preaching The Blues 7. Sex Beat 8. Ghost On The Highway 9. Goodbye Johnny 10. Sleeping In Blood City

Recorded in the throes of their Philadelphia folk-rock phase during the late ‘60s, this record is a collection of rare early recordings by Daryl Hall & John Oates, before their signing to Atlantic Records. Prior to releasing their debut album, Whole Oats,' these two composer-performers had sketched out a series of songs, several of which went on to become early Hall & Oates classics. A great piece of rock history showcasing that early Philly sound before Hall & Oates went on to become one of America’s greatest pop-rock duos.

Pressed on heavyweight transparent orange vinyl with individual hand-numbering.

1 In Honor Of A Lady
2 Good Night And Good Morning
3 Past Times Behind
4 The Reason Why
5 Sally
6 If That's What Makes You Happy
7 The Provider
8 They Needed Each Other
9 Deep River Blues
10 Angelina
11 Perkiomen
12 I'll Be By
13 Dry In The Sun
14 Lilly
15 Back In Love Again
16 Fall In Philadelphia
17 Georgie
18 Months & Weeks & Days
19 A Lot Of Changes Comin'
20 I'm Tired Of Wearing Buckskin

One of rock ‘n’ roll's pioneers of shock rock, the indescribable Screamin' Jay Hawkins paved the way for music performance art and glam artists to come. His classic "I Put A Spell On You," included on this set, was banned from radio in 1956 for sexual overtones. His legendary performances had him dressed in gold and leopard costumes with props including rubber snakes, a smoking skull on a stick, and his signature coffin. Over his career he didn't record many studio albums. In 1972 he released "A Portrait Of A Man and His Woman." Long out-of-print, it was re-released on CD in 2001 as "My Little Shop Of Horrors," adding a recording of his signature hit, "I Put A Spell On You," which included cover versions of Conway Twitty's "It's Only Make Believe," Fats Domino's "Please Don't Leave Me," and Jesse Belvin's "Guess Who."
This 12 track CD reissue makes its vinyl debut here.

1) I Put A Spell On You
2) Portrait Of A Man
3) What’s Gonna Happen On The 8th Day
4) We Love
5) Please Don’t Leave Me
6) I Don’t Know
7) What Good Is it?
8) Don’t Deceive Me
9) Ashes
10) It’s Only Make Believe
11) Guess Who
12) Same Damn Thing

The score for this Russo Brothers (The Avengers) Apple Original Film, pressed on 2 x LP transparent red vinyl with a gatefold jacket and printed inner sleeves. 

Side A – 18:09
01. When Life Was Beginning, I Saw You
02. Madison
03. Carnival of Losers, Pt. I
04. The Elusive Sensation of Bliss
05. It Was Perfect
06. A Thing for Weak Guys
07. Honeymoon
08. Star-Mangled Banner

Side B – 17:29
09. Iraq
10. Triangle of Death
11. Cheerleaders
12. Huffers of 1st Platoon
13. Another Day, Another Mission
14. Night Tremors
15. Unholy Retribution
16. OxyContin

Side C – 16:54
17. Date Night
18. Carnival of Losers, Pt. 2
19. Acquiescence
20. I'm Your Worst Nightmare
21. Crossing the Line
22. Rob Another Bank
23. Overdose

Side D 23:51
24. Your Fate is Darkly Determined
25. One Last Job
26. The Comedown (Album Version)
27. What I'm Trying to Say Is... (Bonus Track)
Side A – 18:09
01. When Life Was Beginning, I Saw You
02. Madison
03. Carnival of Losers, Pt. I
04. The Elusive Sensation of Bliss
05. It Was Perfect
06. A Thing for Weak Guys
07. Honeymoon
08. Star-Mangled Banner

Side B – 17:29
09. Iraq
10. Triangle of Death
11. Cheerleaders
12. Huffers of 1st Platoon
13. Another Day, Another Mission
14. Night Tremors
15. Unholy Retribution
16. OxyContin

Side C – 16:54
17. Date Night
18. Carnival of Losers, Pt. 2
19. Acquiescence
20. I'm Your Worst Nightmare
21. Crossing the Line
22. Rob Another Bank
23. Overdose

Side D 23:51
24. Your Fate is Darkly Determined
25. One Last Job
26. The Comedown (Album Version)
27. What I'm Trying to Say Is... (Bonus Track)
Side A – 18:09
01. When Life Was Beginning, I Saw You
02. Madison
03. Carnival of Losers, Pt. I
04. The Elusive Sensation of Bliss
05. It Was Perfect
06. A Thing for Weak Guys
07. Honeymoon
08. Star-Mangled Banner

Side B – 17:29
09. Iraq
10. Triangle of Death
11. Cheerleaders
12. Huffers of 1st Platoon
13. Another Day, Another Mission
14. Night Tremors
15. Unholy Retribution
16. OxyContin

Side C – 16:54
17. Date Night
18. Carnival of Losers, Pt. 2
19. Acquiescence
20. I'm Your Worst Nightmare
21. Crossing the Line
22. Rob Another Bank
23. Overdose

Side D 23:51
24. Your Fate is Darkly Determined
25. One Last Job
26. The Comedown (Album Version)
27. What I'm Trying to Say Is... (Bonus Track)

A jazzy happy plea for the most wonderful time of the year to HURRY UP ALREADY! Made famous by Alvin and the Chipmunks, this version is also a star on Norah Jones' new Christmas record, I Dream of Christmas (in record stores October 15). 

Christmas Don't Be Late

A first-ever vinyl pressing for the 1996 Christmas record from Jorma Kaukonen, originally released on Relix Records. It includes customized traditional Christmas standards and some original Christmas-themed compositions. One of two versions for RSD Black Friday 2021 the Christmas Tree version of this first-ever vinyl release is pressed on red and green vinyl. The deluxe packaging includes an OBI strip, a gatefold jacket, printed inner sleeve and specialty color vinyl. 

Downhill Sleigh Ride | Christmas Rule | What Child Is This | Christmas Blues | Journey of the Three Wise Men | Baby Boy | You're Still Standing | Silent Night | Holiday Marmalade | Holiday Segue

A first-ever vinyl pressing for the 1996 Christmas record from Jorma Kaukonen, originally released on Relix Records. It includes customized traditional Christmas standards and some original Christmas-themed compositions. One of two versions for RSD Black Friday 2021 the Candy Cane version of this first-ever vinyl release is pressed on red and white vinyl. The deluxe packaging includes an OBI strip, a gatefold jacket, printed inner sleeve and specialty color vinyl. 

Downhill Sleigh Ride | Christmas Rule | What Child Is This | Christmas Blues | Journey of the Three Wise Men | Baby Boy | You're Still Standing | Silent Night | Holiday Marmalade | Holiday Segue

"All You Can Eat is both the most brazen and conventional album she's ever made, and one of her best" - Entertainment Weekly.

Originally released in 1995, All You Can Eat is now on colored yellow-orange mixed vinyl, available first for RSD Black Friday.

If I Were You
Maybe
You’re OK
Sexuality
Get Some
Acquiesce
This
World of Love
Infinite and Unforeseen
I Want It All

Originally released in 2000 by Warp Records.

"Jamie Lidell has taken the Trash Collective's aural-invasion aesthetic and tweaked it for far subtler ends. Though this album doesn't present a baseline criterion, Muddlin Gear will prep you for when the body-snatching pods land to give you the most visceral baseline experience of your life."--Pitchfork

Side A
1. The Entroscooper
2. Said Dram Scam
3. The Eèp.
4. Ill Shambata
5. La Scappin Rööd
6. In Inphidelik
7. Silent Why
8. Da Doo Doo

Side B
1. Daddy's Car
2. 00...0
3. The Cop It Suite
4. Dröön_99
5. Daddy No Lie

Side A
1. More Than This [Roxy Music cover]
2. I'm Not In Love [10CC cover]

Side B
1. Right Down The Line [Gerry Raferty Cover]
2. I Keep Forgettin' (Every Time You're Near) [Michael McDonald cover]

Magma is one of the most influential of all French bands. They have left a legacy of music that defies any of the standard and convenient classifications of rock, operating instead in a realm of their own creation.

Early on the morning of March 14th 1974, right in the middle of their second UK tour, Magma recorded one session for the John Peel sessions, playing only two pieces, but clocking in at 57 minutes, making it one of the longest, if not the longest, studio session ever recorded for this program; ''Theusz Hamtaahk'' (LP 1) & ''Kohntarkosz'' (LP 2), now available on vinyl for the first time.

BBC 1974 Londres is pressed on silver vinyl. Only 2500 individually numbered copies are available worldwide, exclusively at record stores for RSD Black Friday.

Side A
1. Theusz Hamtaahk (Part 1)

Side B
1. Theusz Hamtaahk (Part 2)

Side C
1. Kohntarkosz (Part 1)

Side D
1. Kohntarkosz (Part 2)

1. Breeze
2. In The Temple
3. Dance Of The Furies
4. Slide (Hidden Track)
5. Starblood (Remix) (Hidden Track)

JD McPherson presents SOCKS, A Christmas Album. Featuring eleven original tracks written by JD McPherson and his friends. SOCKS is an album of holidays songs sure to be standards while you are decorating the tree. Come get warm by the fire with songs such as “All The Gifts I Need” and “Every Single Christmas”.

SIDE A:
1. All The Gifts I Need
2. Bad Kid
3. Hey Skinny Santa!
4. Socks
5. Every Single Christmas
6. Ugly Sweater Blues

SIDE B:
1. Holly, Carol, Candy & Joy
2. Santa’s Got A Mean Machine
3. What’s That Sound?
4. Claus Vs. Claus (feat. Lucie Silvas)
5. Twinkle (Little Christmas Lights)

Mobb Deep redefined East Coast hip-hop in the early ‘90s with their release Juvenile Hell and the break-out follow up The Infamous. As the group moved into the 2000s and parted ways with their long-time label, Loud, they released Free Agents as a celebration of their moving on to … well, free agent status. With Havoc handling production on all but three cuts and only two guest appearances (one being from long-time Queensbridge associate Big Noyd) Free Agents is uncut, undiluted Mobb Deep all the way through. The reaction from fans was solid, catapulting the record to its peak at # 21 on the Top 200 with a Top 5 position on the R&B/Hip Hop charts. Out of print for well over a decade, this chapter in Mobb Deep’s legacy is back in effect for RSD Black Friday in a never seen, never-to-be-repeated smokey-clear vinyl pressing.

A Side
1. This Is Not Supposed To Be Positive (Intro)
2. Solidified
3. Survival Of The Fittest 2003
4. Paid In Full

B Side
1. Double Shots (feat. Big Noyd)
2. What Can I Do?
3. Favorite Rapper

C Side
1. Let's Pop (feat. ACD)
2. It's Over
3. The Illest
4. Just Got Out The Box... (Skit)

D Side
1. Narcotic
2. Clap First
3. Watch That Nigga
4. Came Up
5. Don't Call Tasha

A new album, After The Snow, recorded live in London, September 2020. A full livestream production was taped, and the band plans to tour the album in the US 2022. 

Someone's Calling, Life In the Gladhouse, Face Of Wood, Dawn Chorus, I Melt With You, After The Snow, Carry Me Down, Tables Turning

Limited edition 10" of special versions of songs originally taken from his landmark eponymous album, Magic Oneohtrix Point Never, released near its one year anniversary. One song is by Oneohtrix Point Never & ROSALÍA while the other is by Oneohtrix Point Never & Elizabeth Fraser (Cocteau Twins).

A. Nothing’s Special (Oneohtrix Point Never & ROSALÍA)
AA. Tales From The Trash Stratum (Oneohtrix Point Never & Elizabeth Fraser)

In celebration of the 50th anniversary of the the- controversial album of Buck Owens, Don Rich and the rest of the Buckaroos doing countrified covers of Simon & Garfunkel, Donovon, and Dylan along with some originals. We shipped the original reels to Kevin Gray to do an all analog thing of sonic beauty. This is known as Buck's big thumbs-up to the folk-rock sound and it's time we celebrate it. All analog and on clear vinyl.

1. Bridge Over Troubled Water (Paul Simon)
2. Within My Loving Arms
3. (I’m Goin’) Home
4. Devil Made Me Do That
5. Catch The Wind (Donovan)
6. San Francisco Town
7. Everything Reminds Me You’re Gone
8. Homeward Bound (Paul Simon)
9. Love Minus Zero (Dylan)
10. I Am A Rock (Paul Simon)

No Other Love was the sixth album in a solo career that began when California native Chuck Prophet split from Green on Red in 1990. Green on Red helped lead the way for the insurgent country of the 1990s, but on his own Prophet has grown far beyond the category. No Other Love is maverick genre-bending in the manner of Beck and Jim White, and the stylistic variety suits Prophet's compositions, peopled by crazed desperados and beautiful losers. The songs run the gamut from the raunchy horn-driven swagger of "That's How Much I Need Your Love" to the stinging, pleading "Elouise," where his ever-inventive guitar vies with Farfisa organ. Prophet enjoys spicing songs with pop culture references, but his wry humor is counterbalanced by a strong moral undertow in "I Bow Down and Pray to Every Woman I See" and the beautiful "Summertime Thing." This is a Prophet with plenty of honor. This limited edition release will be pressed on red splatter vinyl at MPO in France. Mastered for vinyl by Jason NeSmith - Chase Park.

No Other Love is now on vinyl for the first time outside of a limited German release in 2002. This release is limited to 4,000 copies worldwide

SIDE A 1.) What Can You Tell Me 2.) After The Rain 3.) I Bow Down And Pray To Every Woman I See 4.) Run Primo Run 5.) Storm Across The Sea 6.) No Other Love

SIDE B 1.) Elouise 2.) That’s How Much I Need Your Love 3.) Summertime Thing 4.) What Makes The Monkey Dance 5.) Old Friends

Following the meteoric success of the viral mega hit "Dat Stick" Rich Brian comes with his debut studio album, Amen. Primarily produced by Rich Brian himself, with help from a few friends, the album proves the rapper from Indonesia is more than just an internet sensation. Fourteen tracks, the album includes hit singles "Glow Like Dat," "Attention," and "Introvert,” and featured artists include fellow labelmate Joji, Offset, NIKI, and AUGUST 08

The vinyl pressing available first at record stores on RSD Black Friday is on blue and tan “color-in-color” vinyl.

1. Amen | 2. Cold | 3. Occupied | 4. Introvert (feat. Joji) | 5. Attention | 6. Glow Like Dat | 7. Trespass | 8. Flight | 9. See Me | 10. Enemies | 11. Kitty | 12. Little Prince (feat. NIKI) | 13. Chaos | 14. Arizona (feat. AUGUST 08)

Healing is Todd Rundgren's ninth studio album, released in 1981. The album's themes are spirituality and the human condition, something Rundgren had touched on many times in earlier works but never with the consistency exhibited here as every track explores a different aspect.

This RSD Black Friday reissue is pressed on clear vinyl and includes a bonus 7” with two tracks.

Side A: Healer / Pulse / Flesh / Golden Goose / Compassion / Shine
Side B: Healing Part I / Healing Part II / Healing Part III

7” single: “Time Heals”/ “Tiny Demons”

Bobby Rush’s biggest hit, “Chicken Heads”, is celebrating its 50th anniversary in 2021. In recognition of this milestone, Bobby has tasked Gov’t Mule, Christone "Kingfish" Ingram and Buddy Guy to record reimagined versions of the track in their own unique styles. This release will include those three versions of the song, plus a brand new recording of the track from Bobby Rush that’s inspired by over 50 years of performing the song live in front of audiences around the globe.

Chicken Heads
Chicken Heads - Buddy Guy Feat Bobby Rush
Chicken Heads - Gov't Mule and Bobby Rush
Chicken Heads - Cristone "Kingfish" Ingram Feat. Bobby Rush

INSEMINOID tells the story of a crew of interplanetary archaeologists who are threatened when an alien creature impregnates one of their members causing her to develop a psychosis and mutilate her colleagues one by one. INSEMINOID was directed by British filmmaker Norman J. Warren, known primarily for a series of late '70s-'80s horror films, including SATAN'S SLAVE, PREY, BLOODY NEW YEAR and the like and produced by Richard Gordon known for a variety of films but specializing in horror movies such as THE HAUNTED STRANGLER, FIEND WITHOUT A FACE, CORRIDORS OF BLOOD, and DEVIL DOLL. Warren shot the film during May and June 1980, with a £1 million budget, half of which was financed by Hong Kong's Shaw Brothers (their first investment in a British film).

Side A:
1: Main Title
2: The Chrysalis
3: Virus
4: Death In Space
5: The Creature Strikes
6: The Insemination

Side B:
1: Sandy's Metamorphosis
2: Sandy's Warning
3: Sandy Kills
4: Birth Of The Twins
5: Death Of Sandy
6: Inseminoid

An EP of four brand new tracks from Adrian Smith (Iron Maiden) and Richie Kotzen (Winery Dogs). 

Side A
1. Better Days
2. Got a Hold On Me

Side B
1. Hate And Love
2. Ride Again

This RSD Black Friday exclusive single features two never-before-heard B-sides from the same sessions as the globally acclaimed new Sons of Kemet record, Black To The Future. “Rites of Passage” is an 11-minute exploratory, contemplative composition led by Shabaka Hutchings’ colorful melodies. “Myth Science” showcases Kemet at their most realized, a rich arrangement coupled with driving, inter-woven percussions and lyrical horn playing.

1. Rites of Passage (11:08)
2. Myth Science (4:40)

Since 1995, the Squirrel Nut Zippers have sacked and plundered the old, weird America then sailed off to further distant lands. They have used New Orleans as their hideout and base of operations. Jean-Lafitte-like the hide in the lee side of barrier island, receiving goods and masking dark back channel deals; hiding in cellars or in plain view.

In 2020, fans were able to gaze into the tea leaves that make up their brand new album: Lost Songs of Doc Souchon to see if they can discern their own destiny. Now, on the heals of the successful reunion album from SNZ members Jimbo Mathus, "13 Stories," "Lost Songs of Doc Souchon " is finally available on limited edition vinyl for RSD Black Friday 2021.

Lost Songs Of Doc Souchon follows the band’s last studio album, Beasts Of Burgundy, which debuted at #4 on the Billboard Jazz Album Chart. Also, Andrew Bird makes his first appearance on a Squirrel Nut Zippers album since Perennial Favorites (1998, Mammoth)

“This new album was inspired by all of the mysterious characters from the history of New Orleans jazz music,” commented band leader Jimbo Mathus. “It speaks to the hidden roots of where our aesthetic, interests and philosophy comes from. It pulls on the hidden thread.”

Lost Songs Of Doc Souchon contains ten new tracks, a combination of newly written Zippers material, along with a few songs from past times.

The first single from the album “Animule Ball” was originally recorded back in 1938 by Jelly Roll Morton. In keeping with that time period, the band turned to Fleischer Studios (home of Betty Boop) to use some of their historic animations for a brand new video for the track.

“When I first started the Zippers the Max and Dave Fleischer cartoons were a huge part of our inspiration. The look, the music, all of it," commented Jimbo Mathus. "So to have their blessing to use some of these characters and create something new with it is thrilling to me.”

“Fleischer Studios has a long history of bringing together the best in music and animation, so the opportunity to continue that great tradition with a band like the Squirrel Nut Zippers, nearly 100 years after debuting the first sound cartoon in 1926, is a wonderful honor; and one that would surely put a smile on Max Fleischer's face,” commented Jeni Mahoney.

The Squirrel Nut Zippers began their musical journey in Chapel Hill, North Carolina, in the mid 1990’s, as a musician’s escape from the cookie cutter world of modern rock radio at the time. Jimbo Mathus along with drummer/percussionist Chris Phillips formed the band as a casual musical foray among friends and family in the area. It wasn’t long before the band’s quirky mix of jazz chords, folk music, and punk rock leanings spread out of the region and attracted a national audience.

Between 1995-2000 the Squirrel Nut Zippers sold over three million albums. Their watershed album, Hot (1996) was recorded in the heat of New Orleans, fueled by a smoldering mix of booze and a youthful hunger to unlock the secrets of old world jazz. This passion mixed with klezmer, blues and random bits of contemporary musical leanings became the bands signature style. At the time, there were few other bands inhabiting this space. The album would eventually break free of any “jazz” stereotypes and land on commercial radio, taking the band to remarkable heights for what was essentially an anti-establishment sound.

Animule Ball (Unknown)
Can’t Take My Eyes Off You (Crewe/Gaudio, arr. Dr. Sick)
She's Ballin (Mathus)
Train On Fire (Mathus)
Mr Wonderful (Mathus)
I Talk To My Haircut (Rev Fred Lane)
Purim Nigrum (Unknown)
Cookie (New Orleans Willie Jackson)
Happy Days Are Here Again (Ager/Yellen)
Summer Longings (Stephen Foster)

Originally released in 1962, The Twenty-Fifth Day Of December is The Staples Singers' holiday classic, featuring traditional songs such as "Joy To The World, "Silent Night," "Go Tell It On The Mountain" and more. This reissue features the original album artwork and ALL-ANALOG mastering from the original stereo tapes by Kevin Gray at Cohearent Audio, pressed on 180g vinyl at Memphis Record Pressing and housed in a tip-on jacket.

Side A: 1. The Last Month Of The Year 2. The Virgin Mary Had One Son 3. Go Tell It On The Mountain 4. Joy To The World 5. Holy Unto The Lord 6. The Savior Is Born

Side B: 1. Sweet Little Jesus Boy 2. No Room At The Inn 3. There Was A Star 4. Oh Little Town Of Bethlehem 5. Wasn't That A Mighty Day 6. Silent Night

To celebrate the 20th Anniversary of Joe Strummer’s critically acclaimed Global A Go-Go album Dark Horse Records will release a 12” Color reissue of the original Joe Strummer & The Mescaleros 7” single “Johnny Appleseed.”

Both included tracks are remastered by Paul Hicks (The Beatles/John Lennon/The Rolling Stones/David Bowie) and will be cut at 45rpm on 12” vinyl for maximum audio quality.

Side A: "Johnny Appleseed" // Side B: "At The Border, Guy"

A new Christmas release from Teddy Swims, on vinyl for the first time for RSD Black Friday.

“Christmas truly is and has always been the most wonderful time of the year! A time regardless of differences or distance where we all come together and celebrate love and togetherness! Christmas songs are truly timeless and never get old! Me and all my best buddies came together and recorded some of our very favorite Christmas songs that our biggest influences have done over the years! I can only hope it brings you a bit closer this year! Happy Holidays!” Available on black vinyl.

SIDE 1
1. Silent Night
2. This Christmas
3. Have Yourself A Very Merry Christmas

SIDE 2
1. Please Come Home For Christmas
2. O Christmas Tree
3. The Christmas Song

Debut solo EP from Tierney Tough of the indie rock/electronic band The Pauses. Features guest performances by members of Cursive and How To Dress Well on an alternate take of “Friends of Mine” by The Zombies. First and only pressing. Limited to 250 copies.

SIDE A: 1. Apartment 54 2. Tired Swing  SIDE B: 1. Friends of Mine (The Zombies)

TO THE EXTENT THAT AMERICAN HIP HOP OWES A DEBT TO JAMAICAN MUSIC, THAT DEBT IS ALSO OWED TO U ROY

This Limited-Edition vinyl release for RSD Black Friday 2021 celebrates the long and ground-breaking career of the artist who single-handedly created the model for all succeeding reggae DJs, the legendary U ROY.

It is impossible to overstate his importance to the history of reggae, representing a status as Louis Armstrong’s lasting influence on Jazz; U Roy’s feat of having the Top 3 best-selling singles at one time in 1970 on the airwaves & in record shops announced the beginning of a long recording and live performance career, known internationally as the ‘Rasta Ambassador’, a status he held until his death in February 2021. Quite simply, U Roy created the template for all those countless Mic MCs who followed his example, from the 1970s to now. Bob Marley was known to not be a fan of the DJ music sweeping the dance in Jamaica, but when asked what he thought of the trend replied “Well…me like U Roy.”

Pressed on clear vinyl (with liner notes by the noted reggae producer/historian Leroy Pierson), this compilation includes Roy’s collaborations with the leading vocalists of the day (including Johnnie Clarke, Lee Perry, The Heptones, Slim Smith and others), on his own, now-extremely rare JA-only 45 releases, from the collection on Sound System Records, Foundation Skank . There are also sides from an earlier release on Sound System (out of print on vinyl for 20 years) The Lost Album: Right Time Rockers, cited by the Rough Guide To Reggae as one of its 100 Essential LPs. Chatting as a master jazz scat-vocalist over the rhythms originally cut at the Channel One studio in Kingston for the all-time greatest LP of the vocal group Mighty Diamonds, they give an intimate look at the island’s #1 DJ at the top of his form.

By the time of his demise at the age of 78, every accolade, honor, and recognition given in the reggae world were abundantly his, including the Jamaican government’s highest commendation, The National Order Of Distinction. From the early days until his end, U Roy was the epitome of the Rastafarian message of black pride and love. His primacy in the forefront of reggae is known world-wide, and Sound System Records gives thanks for our two decades + association with the man known as Daddy Roy.

SIDE ONE
1. FOUNDATION SKANK
2. ITAL VITAL
3. TRUTHFUL DUB
4. LOVE I BRING
5. DOWN DEH

SIDE TWO
1. MR. WARNER
2. RIGHTFUL REGGAE
3. CRASHIE SWEEP
4. FULL TIME
5. COOL DOWN
6. CREATION REBEL

Dave Van Ronk was one of the most important figures to emerge from the 1960s American music folk revival in the NYC Greenwich Village music scene. He befriended Bob Dylan, Phil Ochs, Joni Mitchell and countless others. His legendary life was the basis for the main character in the Coen brothers' film Inside Llewyn Davis.

This show was recorded at Indiana University in Bloomington on October 20, 1964, during a concert sponsored by the I.U. Folksong Club. The performance is quite intimate and eclectic in song choices. This single LP features the best eleven tracks from the 2015 double CD.

1) That'll Never Happen No More
2) God Bless The Child
3) Baby Let Me Lay It On You
4) The Song Of Wandering Aengus
5) Frankies Blues
6) Two Trains Running
7) Tell Old Bill
8) Mr. Noah
9) One Meatball
10) Cocaine Blues
11) St. James Infirmary

Sought after 1981 Wailing Souls album, produced by Linval Thompson sees first vinyl reissue in expanded gatefold sleeve for 40th anniversary, with previously unpublished photos and remastered bonus 12-inch single, liner notes. Pressed on translucent vinyl to match cover aesthetic. Features Roots Radics and Scientist mix.

Side 1:
Fire House Rock
Run Dem Down
Oh What A Feeling
Kingdom Rise, Kingdom Fall
Act Of Affection

Side 2:
Busnah
A Fool Will Fall
Bandits Taking Over
Who Lives It
See Baba Joe

The first wide vinyl release of The Wrens’ sophomore album on Grass Records, celebrating the 25th anniversary of its release. A double LP set on colored vinyl for RSD Black Friday. 

Side A: 1. Yellow Number Three 2. Built In Girls 3. Surprise, Honeycomb 4. Rest Your Head 5. Won't Get Too Far

Side B: 1. Joneses Rule Of Sport 2. Dance The Midwest 3. Still Complaining 4. Hats Off To Marriage, Baby 5. Jane Fakes A Hug

Side C: 1. Counted On Sweetness 2. I've Made Enough Friends 3. Luxury 4. Indie 500 5. Safe And Comfortable

Side D: 1. Destruction/Drawn 2. I Married Sonja 3. I'll Mind You 4. It's Not Getting Any Good