A Complete Unknown: Bob Dylan Window Display
Our latest window display was a labour of love in many ways. Partly inspired by the ‘Complete Unknown’ Dylan film we tried to recreate the Gaslight Cafe from the early 60s Greenwich Village, complete with steel, a guitar, & a mouth organ just in case his royal bobness drops by and fancies a turn!
Record Store Day!
A big thank you to everyone who made it down to the shop yesterday.
We had a great time and I think it was one of our busiest RSD days ever! Nice to see some regular faces and meet some new ones.
Hope everyone came away with something they wanted. Sorry if we’d sold out of the particular title you were looking for, but we never get allocated enough of the ‘hot’ titles, but I suppose that’s what makes it exciting. The thrill of the chase as it were. A big shout out to the young couple who started queueing at 5.30pm on Friday!You’ve got the record!
Also, thanks very much to The Picturehouse,(officially the coolest cinema around in my book) for screening Hi Fidelity to celebrate RSD. It was a perfect end to a perfect day.
#Greenwich picture house.
Cant Believe Its Still Here (RSD Edition!)
Jackie DeShannon – ‘Love Forever, Demo Recordings 66-68’
Stunning demos with a soulful, Laurel Canyon blend!
Barbara Moore – ‘A Little Moore Barbara’
The girl with the high notes from The Saint TV theme, ethereal jazzy bliss!
Lisa Germano – Geek The Girl
Incredibly underrated 90s classic, never before pressed. 30 years after its original release on 4AD, you can finally own this heart wrenching, defining album of troubled, insecure girlhood on vinyl!
Pop Psychédélique, Les Extras
Tres chic! A superb compilation of french pop gems from the 60s up until the present day, including Brigitte Bardot, Jacqueline Taïeb, Serge Gainsbourg and The Limañanas!
Can’t Believe it’s Still Here
Ann Arbor Blues Festival 1969 Special Deluxe Edition Boxset
I can’t believe we’ve still got this super exclusive box set from Third Man Records! In celebration of the historical festival’s 50th anniversary, in which legends such as Howlin’ Wolf, Muddy Waters, BB King and Son House gathered. The first ever release of the live performances, available in two individual 2x LP volumes, exclusively on 180 gram vinyl housed in gatefold packaging featuring fan snapshots, and on CD.
Mouth watering ephemera included such as never before seen photographs, extensive liner notes, and exceptional reproductions of John Fisher’s original festival booking notes, along with the festival program, tickets and poster.
On top of all this only 10 copies were imported into the UK, and we’ve got one of them!
Vintage Vinyl
Here’s a selection of rare and original pressings that have come into the shop,
From top to bottom;
Lighthouse – ‘Thoughts of Movin’ On’
Assagai – Self-Titled
The Who – ‘Tommy’
Some rare Doctor Bird 7″ singles, including Roy Shirley – ‘Music Fields’, The Tennor’s – ‘Shameface’, The Virtues – ‘Sweet Nanny’
Baby Huey – ‘The Baby Huey Story: The Living Legend’
Bobby Bland – ‘A Touch of the Blues’ & ‘Dreamer’
Neil Young – Self-Titled
Mama Cass Elliot – ‘Make Your Own Kind Of Music: Its Getting Better’
and some super rare, 60s picture sleeve singles from Japan & Europe, including The Creation, Small Faces and The Jimi Hendrix Experience
New Releases We Love!
Tim Hecker – ‘Shards’
A chilling compiling of film scoring outtakes from the one of a kind ambient composer Tim Hecker.
Beautifully sentimental, crystal soundscapes, ‘part android, part tear jerker’
Julie Dorian – ‘Loneliest in The Morning‘
Postpartum depression ballads by the original soft grunge, 90s sad girl, newly reissued on Numero!
Gumshoe – ‘Grain’
A classic dose of singer-songwriter americana/electrified folk.
Melancholic and rootsy with driving distorted guitar tones!
Cash Langdon – ‘Dogs’
A heavy americana album, reminiscent of Neil Young & Crazy House,
Southern Gothic in style with DIY roots and twangy distorted guitars (a bit like an americana Blur!)
Live shows : Richard Thompson
When folk rock legend Richard Thompson comes to town, you have to sit up and take notice, When he’s playing just a 2 minute walk away from casbah HQ its a no brainer! The Cutty Sark was the venue for this rare treat, a large cavernous space, set underneath the hull of England’s famous tea clipper.
Thompson has such a wealth of material to choose from in his 60 odd year career, that he has a job on his hands to play every fan’s favourite, but to my mind he played the perfect combination of new tracks and the classics. There were several songs from his last album ship to shore, which given the setting had a pleasing resonance, plus classics from his 90’s period such as ‘Bee’s Wing’ and ‘Vincent Black Lightning’; and then to the audience’s delight he brought on singer Zara Philips to take the role of Linda Thompson, with a selection of crowd pleasers such as ‘Wall of Death’, ‘Withered and Died’, ‘Hokey Pokey’, and then to top it all off ‘I Want To See The Bright Lights’ for an encore. All this along with Thompson’s trademark banter between songs, made this the most satisfying and heartwarming evening!
