New Releases - 10/16/20

Hitting The Racks

Here's your weekly rundown of what's hitting the new release racks at Grimey's

New Releases

Cordovas – Destiny Hotel CD/LP (ATO)

Cordovas' new album Destiny Hotel is a work of wild poetry and wide-eyed abandon, set to a glorious collision of folk and country and groove-heavy rock-and-roll. In a major creative milestone for the Tennessee-based band – vocalist/multi-instrumentalist Joe Firstman, keyboardist Sevans Henderson, guitarist/vocalist Lucca Soria and vocalist/multi-instrumentalist Toby Weaver – the album harnesses the freewheeling energy of their live show more fully than ever, all while lifting their songwriting to a whole new level of sophistication. The result is a batch of songs that ruminate and rhapsodize with equal intensity, inviting endless celebration on the way to transcendence. [Limited colored vinyl pressing. All copies from Grimey’s are signed by the band!]

Jeremy Ivey – Waiting Out The Storm LP+MP3 (ANTI-)

Nashville-based performer Jeremy Ivey has operated in the background for years as a songwriter/guitarist with his wife, celebrated country-rock luminary Margo Price. Ivey is back in the spotlight with his sophomore solo album Waiting Out The Storm. Produced by Price, the ten-song album finds Jeremy Ivey expanding his sound with his band The Extraterrestrials. On Waiting Out The Storm, an album with electricity coursing through its veins, Ivey zooms out to take a widescreen look at the world around us—the landscape, the people that populate it, and the ways in which we help each other survive against all odds. Ivey, who writes prolifically and cites Leonard Cohen and Bob Dylan as influences, evokes “Mutations-era Beck along with classic country” (Rolling Stone). His solo material travels through a wide spectrum of classic folk, gently frayed psychedelia, pop, and a bit of Southern rock. [All copies from Grimey’s are signed by Jeremy!]

Ingrid Andress – Lady Like LP (Warner Nashville)

Recently released on CD – now available on vinyl. Debut album from the country music singer-songwriter.

Autechre – Sign CD/2xLP+MP3 (Warp)

Practically pocket-sized in comparison to their sprawling torrent of live material and radio recordings in recent years, Sign is a return to the sort of concision found circa Exai and their earlier albums. Effectively they’ve gotten better to grips with their live set-up, and the hyper ideas found in their work-in-progress demonstrations on the five volume Elseq and eight hours of NTS Sessions have been refined into moments of crystalline ambient baroque beauty and liquid-limbed swag on Sign. After their music has undergone what could be called a growth spurt in recent years, the acrid plasma of their complex, hyper-inorganic systems feels to congeal, create more intricate snaps across the album.

beabadoobee – Fake It Flowers LP (Dirty Hit)

Earning the 2020 Brit Award for Rising Star, beabadoobee has navigated the world of global touring, viral fame and musical creation to work towards a dazzling debut album. Fake It Flowers is a testament to this. Bea adopts a mature sound, where her familiar warm, fuzzy lo-fi lies between strings and melodies, bringing the raw honesty of her DIY roots into a new era.

Matt Berninger – Serpentine Prison CD/LP (Concord)

Serpentine Prison is the debut solo record from The National frontman Matt Berninger. Berninger, known for his distinctive voice and expansive live performances, has won praise from NPR Music for his "whiskey-soaked baritone" while Uproxx hails Berninger as "a master class in how to front a band." According to The New Yorker, "fans of The National have had plenty of time to acclimate to Berninger's voice, a heady, lumbering baritone, yet it's worth reiterating its singularity.” Produced by famed Memphis multi-instrumentalist Booker T. Jones, Serpentine Prison features contributions from a wide array of notable artists, including Matt Barrick (The Walkmen, Jonathan Fire*Eater), Andrew Bird, Mike Brewer, Hayden Desser, Scott Devendorf (The National), Gail Ann Dorsey (David Bowie, Lenny Kravitz), Booker T. Jones, Teddy Jones, Brent Knopf (EL VY, Menomena), Ben Lanz (The National, Beirut), Walter Martin (The Walkmen, Jonathan Fire*Eater), Sean O'Brien, Mickey Raphael (Willie Nelson, Bob Dylan), Kyle Resnick (The National, Beirut), Matt Sheehy (EL VY, Lost Lander) and Harrison Whitford (Phoebe Bridgers). [Sea blue color vinyl or standard black available.]

Tyler Bryant & The Shakedown – Pressure CD/LP (Spinefarm)

Pressure, Midwest rockers Tyler Bryant & The Shakedown's fourth studio album, features 13 new numbers including a re-recorded version of "Crazy Days", plus guest appearances from Rebecca Lovell (on three tracks) and Blackberry Smoke's Charlie Starr ("Holdin' My Breath"). Pressure is a record with a clear theme and a never-say-die spirit. [Limited red colored vinyl.]

Oliver Coates – Skins N Slime LP (RVNG Int’l)

Oliver Coates' Skins N Slime is a caliginous anatomy concealed by a drone-metal membrane, feeding upon mechanized strand distortions and thriving amidst its harmonic waste.

The Damned – The Rockfield Files CDEP (Spinefarm)

New EP from the British punk rock legends largely credited as one of the first punk rock bands from the UK and also influencers of gothic rock. [Standard vinyl edition due October 23. Deluxe colored vinyl pressing due December 11.]

Deep Sea Diver – Impossible Weight CD (ATO)

Impossible Weight, the third full-length from Deep Sea Diver, is a work of sublime highs and mesmerizing lows, its restless intensity both unsettling and transcendent. Co-produced by bandleader Jessica Dobson and Andy D. Park, the album's lush textures and mercurial arrangements reveal the limitless imagination of Dobson's guitar work (which she's previously shown in playing lead guitar for Beck and The Shins) and fully illuminates the power of her vocals. "I'd never produced a record before and I started out with low expectations for myself, but at some point I realized, ‘I can do this,'" Dobson recalls. "I decided to completely trust my voice and make really bold decisions in all my production calls – just push everything to the absolute outer edges."

John Gurtler - Eigenlicht LP (Counterchange)

Gently teetering between krautrock-influenced synth mantras and saxophone improvisations, down-tempo electronica, sound design experiments, and moments of rich ambience, Eigenlicht is a diverse album of electro-acoustic music. In part an ode to the Macbeth Systems M5 modular synthesizer, with its three oscillators, much of the album features the towering instrument, whose uniquely rich tone and rumbling, pure bass end characterizes tracks like "Eigenlicht", "M5", "Synthetics", and "Five Voice". John's primary background is in acoustic music, coming from woodwind and keyboard instruments, improvisation and composition. The leap into working with computers and electronic instruments found him exploring ways to make synths and samplers sound as organic as possible.

Jerry Joseph – The Beautiful Madness 2xLP (Jerry Joseph)

Recently released on CD – now available on vinyl. Jerry Joseph’s The Beautiful Madness was produced by Patterson Hood and features Drive-By Truckers as his backing band. The album contains 10 tracks which explore the territory Joseph understands best, the darker side of the human condition, calling attention to the toll politics take on humanity, the under-explored dynamics in relationships, and the truths about ourselves we'd rather not see. These songs include some of his most masterful yet and are all written with his trademark intelligence and courage, delivered with his powerful, raw passion.

Tommy Lee – Andro LP (Better Noise)

New solo album from longtime drummer of Mötley Crüe featuring collaborations with Killvein, Push Push, Brooke Candy, Lukas Rossi, Josh Todd of Buckcherry, and more. Stepping out from behind the kit, Lee took the role of producer, creating tracks that range sonically from hip-hop, to funk, industrial, electro, and even dream pop.

Lydia Loveless - Daughter colored vinyl LP/CD (You're Gonna Be Late Records)

Lydia Loveless returns with Daughter, an 11-track record that came together over the course of three long, challenging but rewarding years. In 2014 Lydia released Somewhere Else and boldly threw off the shackles of just being another artist in the Americana community. The record ended up on multiple year end lists and 2016’s Real continued the trend upwards in the way of awareness, sales and all the metrics the industry deems necessary for success and survival. However just as things were taking root professionally it became clear it was time to take inventory of things personally. She’d been on tour for the better part of seven years, living out of a suitcase, calling Columbus home in between and trying to save her marriage. Outcomes are sometimes inevitable and along with this change she also dealt with parting ways with her long-time record label. Lydia set up shop in the triangle area of North Carolina and has slowly been finding that which she was looking for: stability, strength and inspiration. All of which are on display on Daughter. The album captures Lydia and her band at their fiery best and her songwriting has never been stronger. The portrait of the artist as a WOMAN. Daughter was recorded over the course of a few weeks in Chicago with Tom Shick at The Loft and finds them in control of their signature heartland, barroom sound, while also stretching to new places. It’s another take no prisoners type record with a few scores settled along the way.

Donna Maya - Lost Spaces -> Detroit LP (Sound Sister Records)

Disturbed and fascinated by the dystopian state of Detroit upon a 2018 visit, Maya recorded many places that made (industrial) history, including the Ford factory, the world's tallest, now abandoned central station and the once magnificent Michigan Theater, that was brutally converted into a parking garage. Donna Maya transformed the sound recordings into artificial sound sculptures combined with electronic beats. Every track is dedicated to one of those places and makes it musically alive. With her theremin Donna Maya guides the listener deeply inside. Lost Spaces -> Detroit is about how to handle crises, how individuals get along with it and the relationship of society to its culture. Donna Maya understands Detroit as a perfect example for what capitalism does when people give up cultural values. 

Leyla McCalla – Vari-Colored Songs LP (Smithsonian Folkways)

Leyla McCalla's Vari-Colored Songs is a celebration of the complexity of Black culture and identity, and a tribute to the legacy of poet and thinker Langston Hughes. A songwriter and multi-instrumentalist, McCalla sets Hughes' poems to her own spare yet profound compositions. She juxtaposes these with arrangements of folk songs from Haiti, the first independent Black nation and the homeland of her parents, tapping into the nuances of Black experience. McCalla's music elegantly weaves Haitian influences together with American folk music, just as Hughes incorporated Black vernacular into his remarkable poetry, and the way the Haitian Kreyòl is a beacon for the survival of African identity through the brutal legacy of colonialism.

Kevin Morby – Sundowner CD/LP (Dead Oceans)

“Ever a songwriter with a sense of journey, Morby’s lyrics mix the autobiographical with abstractions of the everyday, iconography is given entirely new meaning as you witness an artist’s wonderfully unique perspective. Within the sound of Sundowner you are taken outside to look upon a wonderful vista, feel the gravel crunch under your feet, the wind running through your hair as a chime sings in the distance. The instrumentation and guitar playing in particular can sometimes feel like a serenade, to encapsulate such place and time easily lends credit to the talent of this songwriter and all of a sudden, you are a sundowner too.” – Clash Music [Limited opaque yellow colored vinyl pressing also available.]

Kip Moore - Wild World LP/CD (MCA Nashville)

Our pal Kip Moore dropped by the shop the other day and signed some records for us! Wild World is the highly-anticipated fourth studio album from multi-platinum singer/songwriter Kip Moore. Co-writing 12 of the album's 13 insightful tracks, he navigates the search to find a place and purpose. Throughout the album, that search is revealed in deeply personal terms, with Kip even co-producing. The weathered heartland-rock sound Moore has embraced gets its emotional volume pumped up. This album was recorded live with a full band. Released in June of 2020 by MCA Nashville, signed copies of Wild World are now available in our web store.

Napalm Death – Throes Of Joy In The Jaws Of Defeatism LP (Century Media)

Recently released on CD – now available on vinyl. From the pinnacle of confrontational instrumental extremity and steadfast lyrical humanity, Napalm Death’s new album Throes Of Joy In The Jaws Of Defeatism warps musical landscapes all over again. The 16th studio album by UK’s Gods of Grind and much-anticipated follow-up to 2015’s acclaimed Apex Predator – Easy Meat includes 12 songs seething with caustic evolution and unrelenting scope. “"The artwork specifically uses a white dove as a centerpiece, which of course is a commonly recognized symbol of peace and cooperation. The dove has been mauled very violently by a sterilizing hand and in death appears particularly broken and bloodied. However, through the violence you can see an equality symbol in blood on the chest of the dove, which perhaps demonstrates – visually at least – that equality cuts through in the end. A positive amidst many negatives then, much like the album title itself being a bit of an oxymoron – the celebration of humanity even in the mangling jaws of negativity." – Napalm Death Vocalist Barney Greenway

Christopher Parker & Kelley Hurt – No Tears Suite CD (Mahakala Music)

A commissioned jazz suite to commemorate the 60th anniversary of a turning points in the civil rights movement, No Tears Suite brings together local composers Christopher Parker and vocalist Kelley Hurt with an incredible band featuring Grammy award-winning drummer Brian Blade and Ellington band veteran saxophonist Bobby LaVell.

Reckless Kelly – American Jackpot/American Girls 2xLP (No Big Deal)

Recently released on CD – now available on vinyl. For nearly 25 years, Reckless Kelly has graced the musical landscape with a high-powered form of Americana, equally rooted in raw passion, refined musicianship, and gritty authenticity. With the dual release of two new albums - American Jackpot and American Girls - the Idaho-bred band presents a beautifully detailed portrait of their beloved country, turning their nuanced songwriting to its many glories and tragedies. While one batch of songs centers on slice-of-life storytelling and the other explores the complexities of human connection, the collective body of work unfolds with a profound and often eye-opening attention to the subtleties of American life.

Sasha Sloan – Only Child LP (RCA)

On her full-length debut album, Only Child, Sasha Sloan steps into her own as a profoundly affecting artist and one of music's most gifted lyricists. Only Child showcases Sasha's bravery and willingness to put her vulnerabilities on display, with tracks like “Lie” and “House With No Mirrors.” Sasha continues to deliver music that weaves her powerful words and beautifully crafted melodies. “This album is a very mature version of me,” Sasha says. “It's the most honest I've been. And there's even a twinge of hope in there, which is new for me!” The album, which Sasha has been working on since 2019 and finished in quarantine, is bold, confessional, funny and real.

Tobin Sprout – Empty Horses CD/LP (Fire)

Artist, illustrator, writer and lo-fi innovator, Tobin Sprout was the super-productive partner of Robert Pollard in the legendary Guided By Voices. The gifted songwriter returns with a pensive, expansive part autobiographical new album Empty Horses. Here he's part Townes Van Zandt, part John Prine, part Robbie Robertson at his retrospective best. The album is a meticulously observed study of America and Americana (not the music, but the state of mind). An alternative American Songbook, if you will, a collection of laments to simpler times and the struggle for what's right, peppered with an examination of faith and the search for a sense of justice. Close up and personal, Empty Horses is a poignant carefully etched experience, a rolling journey in modern times, nodding back to tradition, a personal snapshot filled with honesty.

Steep Canyon Rangers – Arm In Arm LP (Yep Roc)

Since coming onto the bluegrass scene at the dawn of the millennium, Steep Canyon Rangers have been on a journey and continue to push the boundaries of the genre. Their newest work, Arm In Arm, finds the band in a unique position where their sound is much more Americana than their bluegrass origins. [Limited colored vinyl.]

Adrian Younge & Ali Shaheed Muhammad - Marcos Valle LP (Jazz is Dead)

Recently released on CD, now available on vinyl. Marcos Valle's career started with the end of bossa nova. Back in the mid-to-late sixties he recorded a solo album (Samba '68) and was a featured member of an early, short-lived line-up with Sergio Mendes right before he landed the Brasil '66 deal with A&M records. He also spent several years in L.A., where he befriended members of Chicago and developed a prolific songwriting partnership with R&B journeyman Leon Ware. This historic collaboration with Jazz Is Dead's Ali Shaheed Muhammad and Adrian Younge marks the first time he has recorded music in the U.S. in nearly 50 years.

Reissues & From The Archives

Tom Petty – Wildflowers & All The Rest 4xCD/3xLP/7xLP (WB)

Originally released on November 1, 1994, Wildflowers – a single CD with 15 songs, still more than an hour in length – was Tom's most acutely confessional album to date. This expanded reissue, available in three editions, collects a wealth of material recorded during the same time period but didn’t make it on the finished LP: The four CD deluxe edition contains 54 tracks, 8 unreleased songs, and 24 unreleased alternate versions. In addition to the 15 track original album (remastered in 2020), the deluxe edition contains the album All The Rest (10 songs from the original Wildflowers sessions), a full CD of 15 solo demos recorded by Petty at his home studio, and a disc of 14 live versions of Wildflowers songs recorded from 1995 – 2017. The triple vinyl edition contains the original 1994 Wildflowers album (remastered in 2020) with 15 tracks across two LPs while a third disc features All The Rest, the 10 songs from the Wildflowers sessions that were left off the album, five of which are previously unreleased. It also includes lyrics to all the songs on Wildflowers & All The Rest. The deluxe seven LP set adds a double LP of 15 solo demos recorded by Petty at his home studio, and an additional double LP of 14 live versions of Wildflowers songs recorded from 1995-2017. The deluxe packaging includes a 60-page book, an introduction by Rick Rubin (the original producer), an essay by David Fricke, a complete track-by-track, and rare photos and specially commissioned illustrations.

Chrome – Alien Soundtracks [Reissue/1977] LP (Cleopatra)

Limited edition vinyl reissue of Chrome’s seminal 1978 album – the first Chrome album to feature the aggro-guitar stylings of Helios Creed.

Chick Corea – Plays 3xLP (Concord)

Recently released on CD – now available on vinyl. Plays is a captivating and intimate double album of solo performances. Showcasing his charming rapport with enthusiastic audiences in these spirited renditions, he's in good company throughout, engaging with a list of icons represents a wide swath of musical history, from the classical repertoire of Mozart and Chopin to jazz influences like Bill Evans and modern pop sensibility of Stevie Wonder. Several pieces are reprisals or spontaneously improvised.

Def Leppard – Hits Vegas: Live At Planet Hollywood 2xCD (Eagle Rock Entertainment)

Just after their induction in the Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame in 2019, Def Leppard undertook a residency in Las Vegas at Zappos Theatre in Planet Hollywood. Hits Vegas: Live At Planet Hollywood is a deep dive into not only their greatest hits, but rarities such as "Too Late For Love", "Billy's Got A Gun", "Slang" and "Promises". Highlighting Def Leppard's versatility, Hits Vegas presents a livewire show punctuated with intimate, acoustic renditions of rarely performed songs like "Let Me Be The One", "We Belong", "Have You Ever Needed Someone So Bad" and "Two Steps Behind". This set truly encapsulates the prestige of one of rock's most iconic bands. [Vinyl edition due December 11.]

Def Leppard – Hysteria At The O2 2xCD (Eagle Rock Entertainment)

The legacy of Hysteria is undeniable. A classic album that was four years in the making, it dominated the charts for two years, achieved certified Diamond status and brought worldwide superstardom to Def Leppard back in 1987. Then in December 2018, Sheffield's finest made their long-awaited debut at London's O2 Arena and to honor the event, Def Leppard performed the ground-breaking album in its entirety.

Ian Dury – Hit Me! The Best Of Ian Dury 3xCD/2xLP (BMG)

It is not difficult to call Ian Dury the very epitome of British rock music in the '70s. The rough charm of his bawdy Cockney accent, spiced with snotty rock, which he often belted out in a signature pogo-punk style, was just the thing for the boulevard and lent a voice to the British working class. His penchant for the grotesque, which he often expressed in the most vulgar of words or what Sounds magazine described as "brutal fairground music," gave birth to a "collection of weird characters who were looking for a home on vinyl," as the Village Voice observed. [Vinyl edition contains 20 tracks.]

The Eagles – Live From The Forum MMXVII 2xCD/2xCD+DVD/2xCD+Blu-ray/4xLP (Rhino)

The Eagles spent most of 2018 on the road with an extensive North American tour that found Don Henley, Joe Walsh, and Timothy B. Schmit joined by two new bandmates: Deacon Frey and Vince Gill. Earning rave reviews from fans and critics alike, the quintet was firing on all cylinders when they arrived at the Forum in Los Angeles for three sold-out, hometown shows on September 12, 14, and 15. Highlights from all three shows have now been compiled for a new 26-song live album Live From The Forum MMXVIII. This release captures definitive live performances of the band's most iconic hits (“Hotel California”, “Take It Easy”, “Life In The Fast Lane”, “Desperado”) and beloved album tracks (“Ol' 55”, “Those Shoes”), along with some of the individual members' biggest solo smashes (Don Henley's “Boys Of Summer”, Vince Gill's “Don't Let Our Love Start Slippin' Away”, and Joe Walsh's “Rocky Mountain Way”).

Edikanfo - The Pace Setters CD/LP (Glitterbeat)

First-ever reissue of the classic 1981 debut album from the revered Ghanaian band Edikanfo. Vibrantly produced by British sound explorer Brian Eno in Accra, Ghana. Highlife meets Afro-funk. Eno and Edikanfo's work together at Studio One in Accra was an inspired morphing of soundworlds and processes and a significant touchstone for both artists. Just when the sky seemed the limit for Edikanfo, the coup d'état in Ghana on the last day of 1981, tragically put the brakes on the band's quickly developing fortunes. Now, almost four decades later, Edikanfo has returned. And with its surviving members gearing up to reissue and tour their classic 1981 album, The Pace Setters, the band is once again excitedly pointed towards the future.

Steve Hackett – Selling England By The Pound & Spectral Mornings 2xCD+DVD (Century Media)

This live set recorded during a very special tour for Steve Hackett as it brought together his favorite album from his time as guitarist with Genesis – 1973’s Selling England By The Pound - which Steve and his band performed live in its entirety for the first time. The show also featured selected tracks from Steve's personal favorite album from his extensive solo career Spectral Mornings, together with tracks from his acclaimed 2019 release At The Edge Of Light.

Japandroids – Massey F**king Hall LP (ANTI-)

Standard vinyl pressing. Massey F**king Hall is a live album by the Canadian rock band, recorded on October 24, 2017 at Massey Hall in Toronto during their Near To The Wild Heart Of Life Tour.

Lynyrd Skynyrd ‎– Icon [Reissue/2010] 2xLP (Geffen)

Double-vinyl pressing of this definitive collection of iconic recordings from one of music's most memorable (and successful) acts. From hit singles to fan favorites and album tracks, this compilation of great tunes tells a more fulfilling story than any written biography ever could.

Sigur Rós ‎– ( ) [Reissue/2002] 2xLP (Krunk)

Sigur Rós's celebrated third album, and for many people - especially in US where it remains their biggest selling work - the most quintessentially Sigur Rós record of their career to date. It is the only album where Jónsi sings entirely in the wordless lyrics of Hopelandic. A desire to elide meaning and allow the listener to bring their own interpretation to the music, extends to the eight songs, all of which are nameless. The music is broadly divided into two halves, divided by a critical 36 seconds of silence. The first half of the album being lighter and more optimistic, and the second half bleaker and more melancholic, culminating in the thundering climax of “Untitled #8”, the closing song of every Sigur Rós show since the song was written in 2000.

Tanya Tucker – Live From The Troubadour CD (Fantasy)

Recorded October 16, 2019, Live From The Troubadour features a cache of Tucker’s #1 hits, like her smash first single "Delta Dawn" plus "Strong Enough To Bend", "What's Your Mama's Name", and "Would You Lay with Me (In a Field of Stone)". With sublime medley of Springsteen's "I'm On Fire" & Cash's "Ring Of Fire" and tracks from Grammy-winning Country Album Of The Year, While I'm Livin', like "Mustang Ridge", "The Wheels Of Laredo", "Hard Luck", and the poignant title track. [Vinyl edition due October 30.]

Various Artists - A Stranger I May Be: Savoy Gospel 1954-1986 3CD

Various Artists - A Stranger I May Be: Savoy Gospel 1954-1966 2LP

Various Artists - Turn It Loose, Ain't No Good: Savoy Gospel 1970-1979 2LP

Various Artists - You Better Get Ready: Savoy Gospel 1978-1986 2LP (Honest Jon's Records)

Available as a 3 CD set and as 3 separate 2LP sets, each spanning a different era. An extensive, sumptuous survey of surely the mightiest Gospel label of them all. Sixty-one gems of stomping, rollicking, desolate, ravishing gospel music, intermingling with soul, blues, doo-wop, jazz, R&B, disco, and boogie. Covering 1954-1966, the first set is infused and incandescent with the hurting, surging indignation of the Civil Rights movement. Twenty-four heart-stopping scorchers by giants like the Staple Singers and Jimmy Scott, alongside less celebrated names like The Harmonizing Five of Burlington, North Carolina, and teen-group the North Philadelphia Juniors, culminating triumphantly with slamming, sanctified versions of "Hit The Road Jack" and "Wade In The Water". The second set presents sublime crossings of gospel with the soul, funk, and jazz of the Black Power era. Twenty rapturous cuts dot dazzlingly between Muscle Shoals soul, screwed breakbeat, Mizells-style fusion, disco and proto-house. Triumphant re-workings of Sly Stone, Donny Hathaway, and Herbie Hancock's "Head Hunters" will have listeners throwing their pew cushions into the air. The third set selects fierce funk, rapturous soul and transcendent disco and boogie, loaded with roaring choirs, rocking horns and popping bass guitars, super-charged with celebration and affirmativeness, from the years leading up to Savoy's acquisition by Malaco.

Various Artists - Arabian Disco: 12 Disco Slashes from the 70s LP (Naughty Rhythm Records)

Directly from the Cosmic Discotheque galaxy, here is a brand-new satellite called Arabian Disco. This fine disc will get you through a bizarre sub-world of '70s disco. This was mostly a European-disco sub-genre clearly inspired by Arabian atmospheres. Now after the so-called classic disco, Afro disco, and space disco you should be ready for this new strand. A unique blend of exotic nuances and typical belly dance rhythms. Only for disco junkies and belly dancers on acid. Features Ismaïl, Slim, The Bumpers, The Sand Flowers, Leila, The Abdul Hassan Orchestra, Pop Concerto Orchestra, Sands, Nowy, Antares, Babylone, and Voyage.

Various Artists – Blue Note Re:imagined 2xCD/2xLP (Blue Note/Decca)

Legendary labels Decca Records and Blue Note have joined forces for Blue Note Re:imagined; a new collection of 16 classic tracks, reworked and newly recorded by a selection of the UK scene's most exciting young talents. A bridge between the ground-breaking label's past and future, the project features contributions from a rollcall of acclaimed jazz, soul and R&B acts like Shabaka Hutchings, Ezra Collective, and more, as well as Jorja Smith, who reworks St Germain's “Rose Rouge”.

Various Artists - Cosmic Discotheque Vol 3: 12 Junkshop Disco Funk Gems from the 70s LP (Naughty Rhythm Records)

After the second volume's Afro-oriented atmospheres, this new chapter will take you right back to the heart of '70s disco funk. A glorious decade made of lots of "cheap" records, obscure B sides, and forgotten or even unreleased instrumental versions. Tons of often ignored and yet stellar studio productions. As for the previous volumes in the series, here are 12 vinyl gems you will love for sure. Features Pop Stars, Epsilon, Hit Machine, Crystal Grass, Springblossom, The Disco Maniax Band, Hot Butter, Captain Dax, The Softones, The Bumpers, Bribosia, and Steve Bender.

Various Artists - The Harry Smith B-Sides 4CD Box/Book (Dust-to-Digital)

The Harry Smith B-Sides box set contains the flip side of every 78-rpm record that Harry Smith included on the Anthology of American Folk Music. In 1952, Folkways Records published the legendary six-LP series entitled the Anthology of American Folk Music, compiled by eccentric record collector, filmmaker, artist, and anthropologist Harry Smith. Many historians cite Smith's reissue, with its recordings of country, blues, and gospel music from the 1920s and '30s, and its booklet containing idiosyncratic liner notes, esoteric artwork, and handmade design as a major impetus for the folk music revival of the 1950s and '60s. 68 years later, The Harry Smith B-Sides offers both a resonant listening experience and the closing of a collector's circle.