The 22-track collection, Come and Stay With Me: The UK 45s 1964-1969, by Marianne Faithfull, is compiled in chronological order and includes all of the legendary icon’s singles from this unique era packaged with rare photographs and extensive liner notes featuring interviews with Ms. Faithfull. In addition to the A and B-sides of each 45 recorded for the UK Decca label in the 1960s, this album also incorporates the entirety of Go Away From My World, her EP.
The Limited Edition 180 Gram Vinyl Version Includes Mono 12” Single “Sympathy For the Devil” & Flexi Disc of 1968 Jagger Interview wrapped in RSVP Cover Art. The Rolling Stones Beggars Banquet (50th Anniversary Edition), was recorded between March and July of 1968 at Olympic Sound Studios in London, mixed at Sunset Sound in Los Angeles, Beggars Banquet was the first Stones album produced by Jimmy Miller, and marks the start of what is considered their most prolific album era. Beggars Banquet has a special place in the history of the band, as it is the final album completed with the original lineup of Mick Jagger, Keith Richards, Brian Jones, Bill Wyman, and Charlie Watts.
With the 1969 release of Beggars Banquet in Japan, the album included a 7″ flexi disc capturing a telephone interview between Mick Jagger and a representative of the King Records in Tokyo, the distributor of London Records in Japan. The rare artifact’s title translated to “’Hello, This Is Mick Jagger!’ LONDON to TOKYO April 17, 1968” has been restored and reissued on flexi disc with identical sleeve art. A limited run will be included in the 50th Anniversary Limited Edition Vinyl package, worldwide, making it available for the first time outside Japan. A cunning moment in the exchange captured over the telephone, halfway around the world, while the band was busy recording the yet-unnamed album Beggars Banquet in Olympic Sound Studios, Jagger was asked “What do you think is the future direction of your music?” And with no hesitation, he responded “Sideways.”
The limited edition vinyl package will come in gatefold jacket, with a bonus 12” of their iconic single “Sympathy for the Devil” in Mono cut at 45rpm, backed with an etching of the original ‘toilet’ cover. Also included is a replica of the rare Japanese bonus flexi disc containing a phone interview with Mick Jagger from 1968, and a download code for the album plus interview. The landmark album has been newly mastered by Grammy Award® winning engineer Bob Ludwig, lacquers cut at Abbey Road and pressed at RTI in California on 180g.
CD & Digital Tracklist
1) Sympathy for the Devil
2) No Expectations
3) Dear Doctor
4) Parachute Woman
5) Jigsaw Puzzle
6) Street Fighting Man
7) Prodigal Son
8) Stray Cat Blues
9) Factory Girl
10) Salt of the Earth
Vinyl Tracklist
DISC 1
Side A
1) Sympathy for the Devil
2) No Expectations
3) Dear Doctor
4) Parachute Woman
5) Jigsaw Puzzle
Side B
1) Street Fighting Man
2) Prodigal Son
3) Stray Cat Blues
4) Factory Girl
5) Salt of the Earth
DISC 2
1) Sympathy for the Devil (mono)
FLEXI DISC
1) ‘Hello, This Is Mick Jagger!’ LONDON to TOKYO April 17, 1968
Roscoe Robinson Celebrates 90th Birthday With New Release
Roscoe Robinson is clearly in it for the long haul. The soul and gospel stalwart turned 90 on May 22, and ABKCO Records celebrates that milestone with the release of two new tracks reflective of his spiritual (“Turn Right and Go Straight”) and secular (“We Got A Good Thing Goin’”) leanings.
Robinson recently reflected on his lengthy career in music. “In the early days, I’d try anything, but now I think a whole lot before I attempt to sing a song now. I think about the lyrics, I work to have an understanding about what the song is really about and how to convey that.”
Robinson’s gospel roots go back the furthest and deepest during a brief stint with the Highway QC’s when Sam Cooke was part of the lineup. They immediately became the best of friends. Roscoe went on to work with both the Blind Boys of Alabama and the Blind Boys of Mississippi, replacing the latter’s group leader Archie Brownlee following his death in 1960 at the age of 34.
But it was Roscoe, while he was singing with the Blind Boys, who tipped Sam Cooke to the Womacks with a suggestion that he bring them onto his label: “The Blind Boys were like members of our family,” said Bobby Womack. “They used to stay with us and my mother would cook for them. We were saying ‘Roscoe, we trying to get a record.’ Roscoe called Sam… first thing he says is ‘Sport, this is So. I think I got something for you.’” Sam Cooke signed the Womack Brothers to the SAR label in 1961. As The Womack Brothers, they recorded gospel music, including “Somewhere There’s A God,” a song Robinson had written for them. Sam Cooke changed the name of the act to The Valentinos for R&B songs like “Somewhere There’s A Girl,” a secular re-write of Robinson’s earlier song.
Like The Womacks and The Valentinos, Robinson was equally adept at secular music as he was at gospel. Following a tenure with Duke’s Peacock label, Roscoe’s “That’s Enough” was released in 1966 on Gerri, the Chicago label with regional reach. But the life of the tune was not over yet. Ernie Leaner whose United Records Distributors was the nation’s first major black owned distributor facilitated the record’s acquisition by Scepter, and the hit reached a wider audience on the imprint Wand. “That’s Enough” broke out at that point, riding up the pop charts and going as far as #7 on the R&B chart. After that, Robinson recorded for the Sound Stage 7, Atlantic, Fame and Paula labels.
Robinson’s involvement in the gospel world saw him play New York’s Apollo Theater in December of 1961 on an all-star bill featuring the Swan Silvertones, Highway QC’s and the Blind Boys of Mississippi. They were held over for two weeks with huge crowds stretching up 125th Street and around the corner; it was one of the biggest shows in Apollo history to that time.
Born in Dermott, AR, in 1928, Robinson has made his home in Birmingham, AL going back almost 50 years. He recorded this new tune “Turn Right and Go Straight” at local Audiostate 55 Recording Studios while “We Got A Good Thing Goin’” was recorded at Young Avenue Sound in Memphis with vocals recorded at Sound of Birmingham Recording. L.C. Cooke, Sam’s younger brother who died last year, first introduced Robinson to ABKCO founder Allen Klein and the relationship between Roscoe and ABKCO continues with the release of these recordings.
Robinson commented, “Jesus still lives, and I believed that through him if I could get a record out, I could prove that he still lives.” And now this has, indeed, come to pass. And today? In a decidedly low-key yet confident tone, he declares, “The voice is still there, there’s no difference…”
“Turn Right and Go Straight” – written by Quinton Claunch
Produced by Roscoe Robinson and recorded at Audiostate 55 Recording Studios, Birmingham, AL.
“We Got A Good Thing Goin’” – written by Bobby Patterson & Jerry Strickland
Produced by Roscoe Robinson. Tracks were recorded at Young Avenue Sound, Memphis, TN. Vocals were recorded at Sound of Birmingham Recording, Birmingham, AL.
Heavy Music: The Complete Cameo Recordings 1966-1967, will be the first time ever that all records by the celebrated Detroit group will be made available since their origination as 45rpm singles. The collection represents how stylistically, the band went beyond simple garage rock stomp and stammer formula and spread their wings lyrically and sonically in a few short years. The album is wrapped in a newly designed package, and liner notes by celebrated music writer Jim Allen, rare original photographs and label art from the Cameo Parkway vaults. The collection is mastered by Robert Vosgien at Capitol Mastering and the vinyl pressed in Detroit at Third Man Pressing.
Academy Award-winning composer Alexandre Desplat’s original score for Isle of Dogs
is the fourth collaboration of Alexandre Desplat and Wes Anderson, following The Grand Budapest Hotel (Original Soundtrack), for which Desplat won both a Grammy and an Academy Award, as well as Moonrise Kingdom (Original Soundtrack), and Fantastic Mr. Fox (Original Soundtrack).
Isle of Dogs tells the story of Atari Kobayashi, 12-year-old ward
to corrupt Mayor Kobayashi. When, by Executive Decree, all the
canine pets of Megasaki City are exiled to a vast garbage-dump,
Atari sets off alone in a miniature Junior-Turbo Prop and flies to
Trash Island in search of his bodyguard-dog, Spots.
Isle of Dogs (Original Soundtrack) includes Academy Award winning
composer Alexandre Desplat’s original score,
compositions from acclaimed Japanese films Seven Samurai
and Drunken Angel, The West Coast Pop Art Experimental
Band’s brand of American psychedelia, and The Sauter-Finegan
Orchestra’s eccentric euphonies.
“I Won’t Hurt You” originally appeared as a B-side on the debut
1966 single by Los Angeles-based psychedelic group
The West Coast Pop Art Experimental Band. The Sauter-Finegan
Orchestra’s 1952 single “Midnight Sleighride” incorporates
piccolo, xylophone, triangle, chanting, and, of course, sleigh bells.
Japanese composer Fumio Hayasaka worked with legendary
filmmaker Akira Kurosawa on many projects, including
Seven Samurai (1954). Isle of Dogs (Original Soundtrack) includes
a composition from Seven Samurai, performed here by the Toho
Symphony Orchestra, as a cinematic nod to Kurosawa’s work.
This is the fourth collaboration of Alexandre Desplat and Wes Anderson, following The Grand Budapest Hotel (Original Soundtrack), for which Desplat won both a Grammy and an Academy Award, as well as Moonrise Kingdom (Original Soundtrack), and Fantastic Mr. Fox (Original Soundtrack).
‘On Air’ is an album full of BBC recordings from the 1960’s which offers a unique insight into the formative days of the band. This is the Stones where it all started, playing the music they loved so much – Blues, R&B and even Country. Every track has been revolutionarily restored via ‘Audio Source Separation’ and you will be able to hear the remarkable difference this makes to each song.
The deluxe edition of the album contains an additional 14 tracks.
‘On Air’ is an album full of BBC recordings from the 1960’s which offers a unique insight into the formative days of the band. This is the Stones where it all started, playing the music they loved so much – Blues, R&B and even Country. Every track has been revolutionarily restored via ‘Audio Source Separation’ and you will be able to hear the remarkable difference this makes to each song.
Mr. Roosevelt Original Motion Picture Soundtrack incorporates Ryan Miller’s original score with tunes by Fruit Bats, Jimmy Radcliffe, Heartless Bastards and others.
Revolving around singer/songwriter Eric D. Johnson, indie folk band Fruit Bats had a string of releases on Sub Pop in the ‘00s and early ‘10s. “Flamingo” comes from their 2009 album The Ruminant Band. Philadelphia experimental rock group Man Man contributes “Whalebones,” from their third full-length Rabbit Habits (2008). Lotus’ brand of dancy electronic-based music is represented in Mr. Roosevelt with “Fearless,” from their most recent album Eat The Light (2016). Late soul singer/Brill Building songwriter Jimmy Radcliffe’s graces the soundtrack with “Why Me.” Cincinnati garage rock band Heartless Bastards’ “Into The Light” comes from their 2015 album Restless Ones.
The Leeks are a fictitious band featured in Mr. Roosevelt, fronted by the character Jen (Daniella Pineda). The actress provides her real-life vocals on “Python Pageant.” Mr. Roosevelt Original Motion Picture Soundtrack is rounded out with songs by Mieke Miami and Keith Papworth and The Noveltones.
Mr. Roosevelt Original Motion Picture Soundtrack
1) Fruit Bats – “Flamingo”
2) Ryan Miller – “The First Time”
3) Mieke Miami – “August”
4) Ryan Miller – “How Long Does He Have?”
5) Man Man – “Whalebones”
6) Jimmy Radcliffe – “Why Me”
7) Ryan Miller – “Titty Ghost”
8) Ryan Miller – “Celeste Jones”
9) Lotus – “Fearless”
10) The Leeks – “Python Pageant”
11) Keith Papworth and The Noveltones – “Sheer Murder”
12) Ryan Miller – “Absconding”
13) Heartless Bastards – “Into The Light”
Available to stream, download, and purchase on vinyl.
15 of the 19 tracks on Endless Poetry (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) are composed and performed by Alejandro’s son Adan Jodorowsky (aka Adanowsky), who also stars in the film, portraying his own father as a young man.
Multi-instrumentalist composer/arranger Jon Handelsman contributed four songs to the soundtrack. Born in New York, the saxophonist/flutist/clarinetist currently lives in Paris and leads the 11-piece l’Orchestre de la Lune. He has worked with Manu Dibango and Arthur H. among others and contributed to The Dance of Reality score. “Sueño sin fin” was composed and arranged by both Handelsman and Alejandro Jodorowsky (the filmmaker’s own contribution to Endless Poetry (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack).
Tracklisting
1. Matucana – Adan Jodorowsky
2. Verde – Adan Jodorowsky
3. Gateau et violin – Jon Handelsman
4. Cadeau – Jon Handelsman
5. Maricon – Adan Jodorowsky
6. Hermanas cereceda – Adan Jodorowsky
7. Ricardo y Alejandrito beso – Adan Jodorowsky
8. Diablo al alma – Adan Jodorowsky
9. Robo a la luz de la luna – Adan Jodorowsky
10. Café Iris Street – Adan Jodorowsky
11. Stella and Alejandro – Adan Jodorowsky
12. Los mineros – Adan Jodorowsky
13. Ya no soy virgen – Adan Jodorowsky
14. God Doesn’t Exist – Adan Jodorowsky
15. Casa de enrique – Adan Jodorowsky
16. Los mendigos sagrados – Adan Jodorowsky
17. Me voy – Adan Jodorowsky
18. Si jamais – Jon Handelsman
19. Sueño sin fin* – Jon Handelsman