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1971: a year that witnessed the release of some of the greatest albums of all time, including The Rolling Stones’ Sticky Fingers, Carole King’s Tapestry, Marvin Gaye’s What’s Going On, Led Zeppelin IV, and John Lennon’s Imagine, to name but a few. But there was one more classic to come in November of that year – Cat Stevens’ Teaser and the Firecat. Stevens’ third LP on Island Records, and his third in 18 months, the album built on the extreme success of Tea for the Tillerman, and yielded some of his greatest songs including “The Wind”, “Moonshadow”, “Peace Train”, and “Morning Has Broken”.

Although INXS needed to experiment badly, their attempt at self-reinvention, Welcome to Wherever You Are, didn't even come close to gaining commercial or critical acceptance. From the start of the album, it's clear that INXS are out to confuse the standard perceptions of the band; the first instrument on the album is an Eastern-flavored horn. Special recording effects and exotic rhythms and sounds are abundant on the album. Evidently, the pop audience didn't care about INXS anymore, since nobody bought the album. And that is a shame, since it is one of their strongest.

Smash - The Singles 1985-2020 includes all Pet Shop Boys’ hits starting with their debut single "West End Girls" and continuing through such iconic tracks as "Love Comes Quickly", "It’s A Sin", "Always On My Mind", "Being Boring", "Suburbia", "Opportunities", "What Have I Done To Deserve This?", "Rent" and "Heart". The Blu-Ray includes the complete video collection of the singles.

Lynyrd Skynyrd is best known for popularizing the southern hard-rock genre during the 1970s. The band rose to worldwide recognition on the basis of its driving live performances and signature tunes "Sweet Home Alabama" and "Free Bird". Following on from the vinyl box set released in January; the six albums are now available individually with exact reproductions of original artwork to retain authenticity 180g heavyweight and pressed on 180 gram heavyweight audiophile vinyl with download card included.

Light in the Attic release Earl’s Closet: the Lost Archive of Earl Mcgrath, 1970-1980, a special collection of rare and unheard music from the private collection of a legendary figure of 20th century art and music. All tracks previously unreleased including unheard recordings from Daryl Hall and John Oates, David Johansen (New York Dolls), Terry Allen, Delbert McClinton, Andy Warhol’s Superstar Ultra Violet, Norma Jean Bell, and The Jim Carroll Band. It's an eclectic cast of undiscovered artists who once vied for fame and glory—folk, rock, country, funk and R&B gems that virtually no one has heard in decades. Whether it’s the almost-famous power pop of Shadow from Detroit, or the Delfonics-style soul of the Blood Brothers Six, Earl’s Closet retraces the dreams of artists who once sent demos to Earl McGrath. Longtime Light in the Attic-affiliated reissue producer Pat Thomas assisted Hagan in tracking down the artists and finalizing the paperwork. At once an archival mixtape, a secret history and a journey into the heart of an era, Earl’s Closet features a deep booklet of documents, images and ephemera from Earl’s archive, expansive liner notes by Joe Hagan, who tracked down and interviewed the artists, and astonishing photographs by Earl’s late wife, the Italian countess Camilla Pecci-Blunt McGrath.

To celebrate 50 years of this mighty band – A brand new studio album by the legendary Johnny Moped! Available on CD or on green or pink vinyl (425 copies each), First up, that title - Quonk! What's that all about? Johnny - I have no idea where the name Quonk! come from! it seemed rather weird for a possible album title. Slimy - Incidental noise that’s picked up …. We are a bit like that … Johnny Moped’s Quonk! is very Quonk le Donk (saucepan lid landing on head) and it’s available soon from all Damaged record outlets.

This is a new Steven Wilson Stereo Mix of Ultravox's Rage In Eden album from 1981. Taken from the deluxe CD box set release of Rage In Eden, this LP or CD version of the mix is exclusive to RSD. Like 2020's RSD SW mix of their Vienna album, the second disc contains an instrumental version of the album which is exclusive to this release. Originally released in October 1981, Ultravox's 'Rage In Eden' album was the second to feature Midge Ure on vocals Like their previous album, Vienna, this album was produced by Conny Plank (Neu!, Kraftwerk) and featured the hits The Voice and The Thin Wall. This exclusive RSD release contains the 2022 Stereo Mix of the album by award- winning musician/ producer Steven Wilson. Taken from the recently released deluxe edition of the album and making its vinyl debut here, it also includes a Previously Unreleased Instrumental version of Steven Wilson's mix of the album.

As always, delivered in a manner and style unlike any other in Jazz, Abbey Lincoln elegantly performs 9 tunes that present an eye-opening look into the human soul. Supported by her working band and featuring special guest "altoists" Frank Morgan, Oliver Lake, Steve Coleman, Justin Robinson and Riley T. Bandy III, the album is a virtual exposition of the alto saxophone. Mostly containing original compositions, Who Used to Dance is also highlighted by a great performance of Bob Dylan's "Tambourine Man."

German heavy metal/power metal unit HAMMER KING are back with a brand-new bombastic full-length full of true headbanger hits! The new offering, entitled König und Kaiser, continues the storyline of the band paying homage to the mighty Hammer King, and is set for release on March 22, 2024 via Napalm Records. Hammering, fast running double kick drums meet speed riffing on the 10 new metal hymns, crowned by memorable sing-along choruses that are meant to be sung with a fist raised in the air. On König und Kaiser, HAMMER KING continue their collaboration with Charles Greywolf (of genre giants POWERWOLF), who recorded the new album at Studio Greywolf, and produced it together with singer Titan Fox. König und Kaiser was mixed and mastered by Jacob Hansen at Hansen Studios, infamous for his work with bands such as Amaranthe, Arch Enemy and Volbeat, to name a few. The album artwork is once again by Péter Sallai.

The Charlatans - Tim Burgess, Mark Collins, Martin Blunt and Tony Rogers - release their twelfth album, Modern Nature on BMG Chrysalis. Modern Nature features eleven new tracks, including the limited edition 7" singles and 6 Music A List records "Talking In Tones" and "So Oh", as well as "Come Home Baby", also A listed at 6 and recently added to the Radio 2 playlist. The album was produced by The Charlatans and Jim Spencer and mixed by Craig Silvey (Arcade Fire, Portishead). The album features a cacophony of contributors from their three temporary drummers - Pete Salisbury of The Verve, Stephen Morris of New Order and Gabriel Gurnsey of DFA's avant-disco group Factory Floor, to Kate Bush's backing singers Melanie Marshall and Sandra Marvin, strings by Sean O' Hagan and brass courtesy of Dexys' Big Jim Paterson. Q have already described the album as "one of the finest of their career", whilst the Guardian have called it "a triumph". The album comes after a difficult year for the band following the death from brain cancer of their old friend and drummer Jon Brookes last year. Rogers says that they were determined to carry on to honour Brookes' memory.

Vinyl and CD reissue of Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers' 1978 studio album, You're Gonna Get It! This album features the band’s classic signature songs "I Need to Know" and "Listen to Her Heart".

When Marc Bolan delivered the seminal album 'Electric Warrior' to his record company he knew he was now free to set up his own Record label and run things his way. Over the next six months free of contracts Marc recorded the basis of what would become his next (and biggest selling) album 'The Slider' for his own label 'The T.Rex Hot Wax Co.' Alongside these tracks this box set features tracks that never ever made it onto record and have been included here for the very first time. This material has been gathered together over many years from collectors, fans and auction rooms and is controlled by the family and produced in association with The Official Marc Bolan Merch.Co. 6 Disc set containing totally unheard material from Marc's home recorded tapes including huge hits like 'Jeepster', 'Telegram Sam' and 'Get it' on being worked on from the bare bones. Newly found live tapes from the summer tour of 1971 - DVD contains unseen footage  - Full Colour booklet with in depth notes and unpublished photographs from this explosive period in Bolan's career.

Never Exhale is the sound of a band that hasn’t stopped for a breath. DITZ have toured relentlessly since the release of their first album The Great Regression. The songs that form their newest offering were written across Europe, often on off days and in borrowed rehearsal rooms.  It could be said that the band treat recording and release of music as an afterthought. Often playing songs live years before their release, tweaking them as they go. The songs on the final record may change before they are ever heard as part of the album.  Never Exhale was largely recorded at Holy Mountain studios in London during a freezing cold January. The process was frought with obstacles, the original plan, to go and record in Rhode Island, was abandoned when DITZ were offered a support tour with IDLES, although the album was still mixed by the originally intended engineer, Seth Manchester (Model/Actriz, Lingua Ignota, Big Brave). The result is an album hardened by the pressure of its own making. Laboured but not loved.  The album themes reveal themselves more on further listens. The opening gambit taxi man is an exploration into what it would be like to weigh up your impact of the world. The eponymous taxi man could be seen as a St Peter type figure.    Further on the album explores themes of unnecessary hatred and division, Space/Smile and It smells like something died in here, aging, Senor Siniestro and the separation of the physical from reality, The Body As A Structure. It’s political, but ultimately personal. More Genet or Kafka than Orwell or Huxley.  Sonically the album has its roots in the usual DITZ influences, classic noise rock such as The Jesus Lizard or Shellac, or the obtuse post punk of the Fall, but also brings in fresh influences. The closing track Britney, could be compared to Radiohead or Mogwai. Overall the album is a clear development from their first effort. A sign of things to come.

Easterly Winds—the 2nd of 3 Blue Note albums Jack Wilson recorded for Blue Note in the late-1960s—found the pianist at the helm of a first-rate hard bop sextet with Lee Morgan on trumpet, Garnett Brown on trombone, Jackie McLean on alto saxophone, Bob Cranshaw on bass and Billy Higgins on drums.

Though he kind of shot himself in the foot by deriving his stage name so obviously from that of the legendary U-Roy, Roy Reid nevertheless went on to become one of the most influential reggae DJs of the 1970s, arguably the classic period of his chosen specialty. He was a hugely popular feature of King Tubby's Hi-Fi sound system, and recorded for many of the top producers of the day, most notably Bunny Lee, Gussie Clarke, and Lee "Scratch" Perry. He also cut 11 tracks for a young producer named Winston Holness, aka Niney the Observer. All of those tracks were compiled onto a single CD for inclusion in the VP label's excellent Deep Roots Observer Style box set, and was subsequently released separately on vinyl as well. The rhythms over which he chats are mostly derived from the hit records Holness was making with Dennis Brown at the time; in fact, the "Wolves & Leopards" rhythm shows up twice here, once on the very fine "Step On the Dragon," then again on "Sister Maggie Breast." The "Up Park Camp" rhythm makes an inevitable appearance as well, supporting an excellent toast on "Point Blank Observer Style." But the most enjoyable entry comes right near the end, with "Jah Is My Light/Wicked Eat Dirt," a showcase track on which Leroy Smart sings, and which segues immediately into a dub mix over which I-Roy toasts in psalm-like mode. Brilliant.

Five years since their much-acclaimed album VUUR VAN VERZET, early 2023 will see Dutch folk metal collective HEIDEVOLK return with their seventh studio album via Napalm Records, continuing to keep the pagan flame burning! Ever since their impressive 2005 debut, De strijdlust is geboren, HEIDEVOLK has taken the heavy music scene by storm, conquering stages throughout the world with their very own brand of folk metal. With dual clean vocals, irresistibly catchy songs, traditional instruments and fast metal riffing all fueled by their folkloric fire and pagan pride, HEIDEVOLK delivers for an uncompromising sound and musical adventure. Their new masterpiece, WEDERKEER, makes no exception, and proves why the Arnhem-based six-piece is one of the best, unrivaled and most exciting bands of their genre and beyond! In a world of myths, nature and legends of the Veluwe, Netherlands, the concept album is a powerful odyssey of the Self, deeply rooted in metal and folklore. WEDERKEER (meaning to "return" or "revive") invites the listener to take a step back from the incessant barrage of media and stimuli and look inside, find out who we are, what is driving us, what our values are, and what we've learned from life up until now. While each of the twelve new songs individually deal with an aspect of this in mostly story form, HEIDEVOLK knows how to perfectly unleash proud hymns and direct, in-your-face metal songs! Tracks such as "Klauwen Vooruit" or the epic "De Strijd Duurt Voort" immediately kick off with the raw pagan metal power HEIDEVOLK are loved for - merging folkloric soundscapes, fast-paced riffs and ultralarge choirs. They also underline the progression of their songwriting and never forget their pagan roots on profound, emotionally haunting songs such as "Drink met de Goden (Walhalla)" or the epic neofolk acoustic album title track "Wederkeer". Various folk musicians on vocals, violins, cello, bukkehorns and more traditional medieval instruments make WEDERKEER not only a bombastic folk and pagan metal record at its best, but a glorious return and revival of HEIDEVOLK!

Rising British/Ghanian star Nectar Woode has been releasing music for just three years but in that time has attracted major critical acclaim, including support from Elton John who compared her to the legendary Nina Simone. Lead track on this 6 track EP is 'Only Happen'. Co-written with and produced by Australian-New Zealand artist Jordan Rakei, it is a smooth, soul-pop track with an at times brooding feel as Woode sings of feeling constricted by society as she pursues her dreams: “All I wanted / To carry some self belief / But I’m haunted / In a world that won't set me free.”

Robert Plant’s Saving Grace is the first album featuring a new band of distinguished players, which he calls “a song book of the lost and found”.  The genesis of Saving Grace began during the lockdown in “The Shire”, when Plant’s customary wandering was all but forbidden.  While his recent adventures have centred around Nashville, having reunited with Alison Krauss for 2021’s chart-topping, multi Grammy-nominated Raise The Roof, it was in the English countryside that Robert Plant connected closely to this diverse group of musicians, who through their own experiences had a shared lean towards his much-loved corners of evocative song.  Together, Plant and Saving Grace – vocalist Suzi Dian, drummer Oli Jefferson, guitarist Tony Kelsey, banjo and string player Matt Worley, cellist Barney Morse-Brown – have spent the past six years growing into a wide-ranging workshop of styles and personalities, weaving through time and circumstance with joy and abandon.

After the release of Word Gets Around, the Stereophonics' blistering debut album, word did, indeed, get around, and rightly so. Firm adherents to the philosophy of "write what you know", Kelly Jones escaped the rural Welsh village of his upbringing and unleashed his remarkable songwriting talent on a world outside the valleys. The album title encapsulates its content perfectly - canny small-town observations rooted in real-life experience and drama. The setting is so insular that the rumors, gossip, and stories have nothing to do but buzz round from lip to lip, reverberating off the surrounding mountains. Whereas contemporaries such as Super Furry Animals or Oasis may have exuded a more escapist vibe in their early songs, Jones immerses himself in the everyday events of small-town life and admirably demonstrates an unconditional love for the place he grew up. Possessing an ability to say so much with so few words, his songs are as emotive as they are mosh-inducing, nowhere more aptly demonstrated than in "Local Boy in the Photograph", delivered with the kind of rusty-hacksaw vocal that belongs to Satan himself. Balancing this seriousness is a fine line in subtle humor, as displayed on the customer-service frustrations of "More Life in a Tramp's Vest".

Tomin is a self-taught multi-instrumentalist, bioinformatician, and poet from Brooklyn, New York. His primary instruments are the flute, trumpet and alto clarinet, and he participates in the creative music scene as a performer, improvisor, composer and fan. Outside of music, he works in computational genetics, with a focus on oncology. Flores para Caramina y Verene compiles recordings that he self-released across 2020 and 2021.

Described as one of the most exciting names in UK indie pop by Wonderland Magazine on her last release Supermarket, Soft continues to justify that with every next track, falling on eagerly awaiting ears. The Chaos and Commotion mixtape is a nod to her previous two EP’s Bored In Colour (Pt.1) and Bored In Colour (Pt.2), but stands as a 9-track opus demonstrating the incredible artistic evolution of Sofy and the creative confidence instilled by the rewards she has reaped from earlier releases. Incredibly, the mixtape is Sofy’s first ever masterpiece pressed to vinyl. Single "Ashley Cole Type Beat" delivers the attitude of Kate Nash with the zest of a Beck track. Symbolic of Sofy’s innate ability to synergize the old with the new, the track is a single-handed serving of forward-thinking nostalgia, that sets a promising precedence for the mixtape.