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Artist:
STARFUCKERS
Title:
(Infinitive Sessions)
Label:
DBK WORKS
Format:
CD
Price:
$18.00
Catalog #:
DBK 102CD
"On this 5th full length album from Italian experimental concrete-rock collective,
(Infinitive Sessions)
combines the diminutive rock a la No Wave champions the Contortions with a deconstructed take on the staggered soul rhythms of Fred Wesley and the J.B.'s, the gusto of the Stooges, the grinding prickly punk of Big Flame and the enigmatic cycles of industrial repetition of '80s art rockers This Heat... a fundamentally enigmatic album, prepare yourself for a peculiar ride through the exoskeleton of musical form into a disorienting miasma of sound dislocation..."
Artist:
THOMPSON, LINDA
Title:
Fashionably Late
Label:
DBK WORKS
Format:
LP
Price:
$14.00
Catalog #:
DBK 103LP
"When Linda Thompson retired from music, she left listeners assuming they'd never hear from her again. But proving 'you can't keep a good woman down,' Linda returns in grand style on
Fashionably Late
, her first new album in 17 years. This remarkable comeback includes guest appearances by Rufus Wainwright, Teddy Thompson, Kate Rusby, Eliza Carthy, Van Dyke Parks, and Danny Thompson.
Fashionably Late
also features, for the first time in 20 years, a musical reunion between Linda and Richard Thompson."
Artist:
WYNN, STEVE
Title:
Static Transmission
Label:
DBK WORKS
Format:
CD
Price:
$18.00
Catalog #:
DBK 105CD
"Steve's last album,
Here Come The Miracles
, was a massive, shifting behemoth of fuzzed-up grooves and scorching riffs and was quite rightly regarded as his best ever.
Static Transmission
is even better -- a
Sticky Fingers
to
Miracles'
Exile on Main Street
(except Steve's done it the right way round). Utilising the same sandblasted desert surroundings of Tucson, Arizona and recording with producer Craig Schumacher (Giant Sand / Calexico), Steve's managed the almost impossible. Creating a truly different and startling piece of work from the same raw materials. the first 1,000 copies of the
Static Transmission
CD will include a free bonus CD of 8 more previously unreleased songs from the
Static T.
sessions."
Artist:
ABSOLUTE GREY
Title:
Greenhouse/20th Anniversary Expanded Edition
Label:
DBK WORKS
Format:
2CD
Price:
$19.00
Catalog #:
DBK 108CD
"In the 1980's, Absolute Grey was part of an indie rock sound that included R.E.M., Rain Parade, Let's Active and Dream Syndicate -- all of whom were fans of Absolute Grey's electric folk rock. Led by vocalist Beth Brown, the band recalled early Jefferson Airplane and Fairport Convention mixed with the modern psychedelic guitar sounds of Echo & The Bunnymen. Never before on CD, their 1984 debut LP
Greenhouse
has now been remastered and expanded to a 2-CD set with a bonus disc of unreleased 1984 live material. Includes liner notes by Byron Coley and Lester Bangs biographer Jim DeRogatis."
Artist:
AVENGERS, THE
Title:
The American in Me
Label:
DBK WORKS
Format:
CD
Price:
$18.00
Catalog #:
DBK 109CD
"In the two short years of their existence, The Avengers appeared with the Sex Pistols at Winterland (that group's legendary last show), recorded with Pistols guitarist Steve Jones and headlined dates with the Go-Go's, X and the Dead Kennedys. Now we present a previously unreleased concert from those legendary times, along with some previously unreleased Steve Jones produced out-takes and alternative versions from the band's debut (and only) studio album. Fat booklet of rare and provocative photos including new detailed liner notes by music critic Greil Marcus."
Artist:
HOUSTON, PENELOPE
Title:
The Pale Green Girl
Label:
DBK WORKS
Format:
CD
Price:
$18.00
Catalog #:
DBK 110CD
"Working with her longtime co-writer/guitarist Pat Johnson (who has also worked with Royal Trux, Charlie Pickett, Family Jewels), she has a new studio album. Along with drummer Eljohn Nelson of Poi Dog Pondering, the group leans towards garagey organ and guitar sounds. Incorporating John Cale-esque folk-rock, and 60s Brit-pop, with razor sharp lyrics, Penelope sounds at times like a female Lou Reed, sometimes Sandy Denny-ish."
Artist:
BEATTY & DOUG HILSINGER, CAROLEEN
Title:
Brian Eno's Taking Tiger Mountain By Strategy
Label:
DBK WORKS
Format:
CD
Price:
$18.00
Catalog #:
DBK 111CD
"Folk rock vocalist/chanteuse Caroleen Beatty (Bedlam Rovers/Waycross/Jon Langford) meets up with multi-instrumentalist Doug Hilsinger (Bomb/Bill Laswell/L.D. Beghtol of Magnetic Fields) for a complete re-interpretation of Brian Eno's 1974 classic album
Taking Tiger Mountain By Strategy
. Hilsinger plays all the instruments (using NO keyboards, synths or samplers), combined with Caroleen's expressive voice -- leads to a very organic and original take on this Eno album. Eno's already heard it and remarked
'I was very moved by your versions of my songs...It's strange and enlightening...I enjoyed your version of my LP.
"
Artist:
SOUNDTRACKS, EPIC
Title:
Good Things
Label:
DBK WORKS
Format:
CD
Price:
$18.00
Catalog #:
DBK 113CD
"Co-founder of British post-punkers the Swell Maps, Epic Soundtracks reinvented himself as an eccentric, critically- acclaimed piano balladeer during the '90s with his first-ever solo album,
Rise Above
. Featuring guest appearances from admirers like Lee Ranaldo, Kim Gordon, and J Mascis, the album was a warm, gentle exercise in traditional-style pop that placed Soundtracks and his piano firmly at center stage. Two more acclaimed albums followed. On November 22, 1997, Soundtracks was found dead in his London flat.
Good Things
is Epic's final album, recorded just before he passed away and issued now for the first time."
Artist:
JOHNSON, PAT
Title:
October Moon
Label:
DBK WORKS
Format:
CD
Price:
$18.00
Catalog #:
DBK 114CD
"Collaborator with singer/songwriter Penelope Houston on her best recordings, Pat Johnson is the very definition of a cult artist. A songwriter and performer of exceptional depth, he has also contributed to the oeuvres of such diverse artists as Royal Trux and the Long Ryder's Sid Griffin.
October Moon
shows Johnson to be a first class artist in the vein of Leonard Cohen, Van Morrison, and Townes Van Zandt."
Artist:
BIG STAR
Title:
In Space
Label:
DBK WORKS
Format:
LP
Price:
$13.00
Catalog #:
DBK 115LP
"Now that Alex Chilton has been safely plucked from his waterlogged New Orleans rooftop, we can all celebrate the upcoming first studio album from Big Star in 30 years! Alex, original drummer Jody Stephens and the Posies guys return to the scene of the crime, Memphis' Ardent Studio, to craft a fine new album. Twelve tracks."
Artist:
MARLEY, BOB
Title:
Stop That Train
Label:
DBK WORKS
Format:
CD
Price:
$15.00
Catalog #:
DBK 117CD
"Sixteen vintage late '60s Marley and The Wailers tracks produced by Lee 'Scratch' Perry. Includes the Peter Tosh penned title track, plus such Marley favorites as 'Natural Mystic,' 'Mellow Mood,' and 'Rebel Hop'."
Artist:
DR. JOHN
Title:
What Goes Around (Comes Around)
Label:
DBK WORKS
Format:
CD
Price:
$18.00
Catalog #:
DBK 119CD
Compilation of early material. "Get your Crescent City hoodoo on with vintage funky late '60s vibes from the nighttrippin' King of the Gris-Gris. 15 classic tracks. Detailed liner notes."
Artist:
MARLEY, BOB
Title:
No Sympathy
Label:
DBK WORKS
Format:
CD
Price:
$15.00
Catalog #:
DBK 120CD
"Late '60s and early '70s Marley and the Wailers tracks produced by Lee "Scratch" Perry. Tougher and more organic versions of songs that would later appear on their Island albums. Contains "Soul Rebel," "African Herbsman," and 14 more. Detailed liner notes."
Artist:
DR. JOHN
Title:
I Pulled the Cover Off You Two Lovers
Label:
DBK WORKS
Format:
CD
Price:
$18.00
Catalog #:
DBK 121CD
"Late '60s sessions from the New Orleans king of the gris-gris. New detailed liner notes."
Artist:
MARLEY, BOB
Title:
400 Years
Label:
DBK WORKS
Format:
CD
Price:
$15.00
Catalog #:
DBK 122CD
"Vintage late '60s and early '70s tracks produced by Lee "Scratch" Perry. Contains tougher, grittier versions of songs that would appear on Marley's later hit Island albums. New detailed liner notes."
Artist:
HOLLAND, JOLIE
Title:
Springtime Can Kill You
Label:
DBK WORKS
Format:
LP
Price:
$13.00
Catalog #:
DBK 123LP
"Following in the steps of her lauded 2003 basement-tapes Catalpa and 2004's studio-debut
Escondida
, the new album takes Holland's sepia-toned, song noir to a transcendent level.
Springtime
's 12 track song-cycle is a crossroads where haunting meets joyful -- a voice from the heavens singing stories of the underworld. Holland's songs rise and fall like heavy eyelids and convey the peace of that place between asleep and awake, creating a special place for you to be. There, sounds from past and present-tense waltz together to a never-ending melody that flickers between folk, jazz, blues and pop. Holland's lyrics conjure characters and situations one might find in the surrealistic celluloid of Jim Jarmusch. As with all good dreams, there is an anything-goes spirit leading the way. Its this level of bravado that prompted All Music Guide to describe Holland's sound as '
a listening experience that is singular, startling, and soulful
.'"
Artist:
NELSON, WILLIE
Title:
54 Songs: The Songwriter Sessions
Label:
DBK WORKS
Format:
3CD
Price:
$35.00
Catalog #:
DBK 124CD
3CD collection of 54 of Willie's best songs. Sparse, intimate and direct. Deluxe digipak.
Artist:
OWENS, BUCK
Title:
Down On the Corner Of Love
Label:
DBK WORKS
Format:
CD
Price:
$13.00
Catalog #:
DBK 125CD
Buck Owen's 1950s pre-Capitol recordings show the origin of the Bakersfield Sound. Digipak.
Artist:
JENNINGS, WAYLON
Title:
Last Train To Lubbock: The Early Years
Label:
DBK WORKS
Format:
CD
Price:
$18.00
Catalog #:
DBK 126CD
"The earliest recordings from Waylon dating to the late '50s and very early '60s. Includes his first single 'Jole Blon' produced by Buddy Holly and featuring Buddy on guitar. Some tracks feature saxman King Curtis. Other highlights of this 14 song set include Dylan's 'Don't Think Twice,' 'Abilene,' and Buck Owens' 'Love's Gonna Live Here Again.' Deluxe digipak."
Artist:
CLINE, PATSY
Title:
Sweet Dreams: The Four Star Recordings 1955-1960
Label:
DBK WORKS
Format:
CD
Price:
$18.00
Catalog #:
DBK 127CD
"Including the hit 'Walkin' After Midnight,' this 23-track collection of the best of Cline's 1950s recordings ranges from flat-out rockabilly, to churchy weepers, to the delicious broken-hearted jilted lover ballads on which Patsy made her legend as one of the greatest singers in the history of country music. Produced by Nashville legend Owen Bradley, these tracks showcase the first five years of Cline's brief eight year recording career cut short by an airplane crash in 1963. Deluxe digipak."
Artist:
CALLIER, TERRY
Title:
Fire On Ice
Label:
DBK WORKS
Format:
CD
Price:
$18.00
Catalog #:
DBK 501CD
"First time on U.S. CD release Terry Callier's 1978 Elektra debut is clean bedrock, deep Chicago soul. Featuring tenor saxophonists Eddie Harris, Fred Jackson, guitarists Phil Upchurch and Larry Wade, and backing vocalist Minnie Riperton, this set contains two of Callier's most moving tracks: the stunningly poetic 'African Violet,' with a melody as spare and haunting as anything he ever composed, plus the phenomenally written 'Martin St. Martin'."
Artist:
CALLIER, TERRY
Title:
Turn You To Love
Label:
DBK WORKS
Format:
CD
Price:
$18.00
Catalog #:
DBK 502CD
"This 1979 Elektra set is easily Terry Callier's most underrated album. He handled a lot of the guitar work himself, but he did have help from his songwriting partner Larry Wade and Tommy Tedesco. Also in the house was Motown's Randy Dundlap, courtesy of Smokey Robinson, and horn heroes Ernie Watts and Fred Wesley. The song selection here is impeccable, from the hard, growling gospel funk of 'Sign of the Times' to the serpentine love song 'Pyramids of Love' and a pair of awesome covers: Smokey Robinson's 'Still Water (Love)' and Becker & Fagen's 'Do It Again.' First time U.S. CD release."
Artist:
NELSON, TRACY
Title:
Tracy Nelson
Label:
DBK WORKS
Format:
CD
Price:
$18.00
Catalog #:
DBK 507CD
"First U.S. CD release for this 1974 Atlantic album. Features the hit duet with Willie Nelson '(Nothin' Cold As Ashes) After The Fire Is Gone.' Guest appearances by Linda Ronstadt and Allen Toussaint."
Artist:
WELLS, MARY
Title:
The Two Sides Of
Label:
DBK WORKS
Format:
CD
Price:
$18.00
Catalog #:
DBK 508CD
"This 1966 ATCO/Atlantic release from Motown's Mary Wells is available for the first time on CD. Contains the Top Ten R&B hit 'Dear Lover'."
Artist:
FLAMIN' GROOVIES, THE
Title:
Now
Label:
DBK WORKS
Format:
CD
Price:
$18.00
Catalog #:
DBK 509CD
"This 1978 Dave Edmunds produced janglefest put the Flamin' Groovies back on the map. First time ever on CD."
Artist:
DR. JOHN
Title:
Desitively Bonnaroo
Label:
DBK WORKS
Format:
CD
Price:
$18.00
Catalog #:
DBK 510CD
"One of the Night Tripper's great Seventies albums. Features legendary New Orleans funksters The Meters as his backing band. Produced by Allen Toussaint."
Artist:
FLAMIN' GROOVIES, THE
Title:
Jumpin' In the Night
Label:
DBK WORKS
Format:
CD
Price:
$18.00
Catalog #:
DBK 512CD
"The third of the Groovies' Sire Records releases, first released in 1979, is now available on CD for the first time. Contains their great cover of Warren Zevon's 'Werewolves of London' plus 12 more. Extensive liner notes by singer/songwriter Steve Wynn."
Artist:
GRANDMASTER FLASH & THE FURIOUS FIVE
Title:
The Message
Label:
DBK WORKS
Format:
CD
Price:
$18.00
Catalog #:
DBK 513CD
"Hip-hop's greatest innovators transcend their party roots merging Afrocentric consciousness with B-boy production to create the all-time rap anthem 'The Message.' Also contains 'It's Nasty' and 'Scorpio,' which helped propel the album to #8 on the Billboard Black and #53 on the Billboard Pop charts. First time domestic release on CD."
Artist:
GRANDMASTER FLASH
Title:
They Said It Couldn't Be Done
Label:
DBK WORKS
Format:
CD
Price:
$18.00
Catalog #:
DBK 514CD
"First time on CD for this 1985 release from one of hip-hop's greatest pioneers. Reached #35 on the Billboard Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums chart."
Artist:
WHITE, TONY JOE
Title:
Homemade Ice Cream
Label:
DBK WORKS
Format:
CD
Price:
$18.00
Catalog #:
DBK 515CD
"First time on CD for this 1973 Warner Bros. classic album from the swamp rock originator. Features 'Backwoods Preacher Man.' Produced by Tom Dowd."
Artist:
MEMPHIS HORNS
Title:
Memphis Horns
Label:
DBK WORKS
Format:
CD
Price:
$18.00
Catalog #:
DBK 516CD
"Arguably the greatest soul horn section ever, the Memphis Horns were a critical part of the Stax/Atlantic Records formula during the '60s and '70s. Featuring the duo of trumpeter Wayne Jackson and tenor saxophonist Andrew Love, they appeared on songs by virtually every Stax artist, as well as backing King Curtis and Aretha Franklin in the '70s. Their self-titled debut for Atlantic Records was originally released in 1970 and features hot instrumental versions of songs they originally recorded for Stax: Otis Redding's 'I Can't Turn You Loose,' Sam & Dave's 'Soul Man,' Dan Penn and Spooner Oldham's 'Cry Like Baby,' as well as some cooking original southern soul of their own! First time on CD."
Artist:
DANE & THE CHAMBERS BROTHERS, BARBARA
Title:
Barbara Dane & The Chambers Brothers
Label:
DBK WORKS
Format:
CD
Price:
$18.00
Catalog #:
DBK 517CD
"
'Bessie Smith in Stereo'
said jazz critic Leonard Feather in
Playboy
when Barbara Dane burst onto the scene in the late '50s.
Time
magazine said of her:
'The voice is pure, rich...rare as a 20 karat diamond.'
During the 1960s Dane performed and recorded blues, folk, and jazz music in her own style on several labels -- one result is this 1966 collaboration with the Chambers Brothers that found this wonderful woman joining forces with the young group that would later hit big with their psychedelic soul song 'Time Has Come Today.' On CD for the first time."
Artist:
FLAMIN' GROOVIES, THE
Title:
Shake Some Action
Label:
DBK WORKS
Format:
CD
Price:
$18.00
Catalog #:
DBK 518CD
"First U.S. CD release for this long out-of-print classic. When
Shake Some Action
blasted onto the tired 1976 music scene, the Groovies' Dave Edmunds produced an update on British Invasion style, along with the Ramones debut that same year, were the early tremors of the punk shockwave that has resonated for decades. Detailed liner notes by music historian and current Groovies bassist Alec Palao."
Artist:
MINK DE VILLE
Title:
Coup De Grace
Label:
DBK WORKS
Format:
CD
Price:
$18.00
Catalog #:
DBK 519CD
"Willy De Ville arrived on the mid-seventies CBGB scene all pompadour and Spanish Harlem swagger. Produced by rock legend Jack Nitzsche,
Coup De Grace
combines the heart-filled soul balladry of Ben E. King and Sam Cooke with the energy of punk and the sound of the Jersey Shore."
Artist:
REZILLOS, THE
Title:
Can't Stand The Rezillos
Label:
DBK WORKS
Format:
CD
Price:
$18.00
Catalog #:
DBK 520CD
"First time on CD for this 1978 UK punk rock classic. Hyperactive tempos, raging guitar, abbreviated pop melodies, goofy and slightly off-kilter lyrics that display a fascination with junk culture and '60s pop -- it's all there on
Can't Stand The Rezillos
, the Glasgow band's only studio album. They work the formula every bit as well as The Ramones did on
Rocket to Russia
." Not the first time on CD for this release, and it's also missing the extra 15 bonus tracks found on the previous Sire/London edition.
Artist:
LYNN, TAMI
Title:
Love Is Here and Now You're Gone
Label:
DBK WORKS
Format:
CD
Price:
$18.00
Catalog #:
DBK 521CD
"On CD for the first time is this 1972 Cotillion/Atlantic rare groove classic from soul singer Tami Lynn, who is best known for her work with the Rolling Stones, Dr. John and others. Produced by Jerry Wexler, Tom Dowd and Bert Berns."
Artist:
MAPFUMO, THOMAS
Title:
Spirits To Bite Our Ears: The Singles Collection 1977-1986
Label:
DBK WORKS
Format:
CD
Price:
$18.00
Catalog #:
DBK 522CD
"When Mapfumo started to develop his Chimurenga style, he did something revolutionary by Zimbabwe standards: he wrote his own tunes to his songs. Until then, pop songs were based on traditional melodies. This set brings together Mapfumo's first (and some say best) singles that were released in Zimbabwe before he gained major label international success in the late '80s. Seventeen tracks including 'Tombi Wachena.' Detailed liner notes."
Artist:
WATERS, PATTY
Title:
Happiness Is a Thing Called Joe: Live in San Francisco 2002
Label:
DBK WORKS
Format:
CD
Price:
$15.00
Catalog #:
DBK 523CD
Live San Francisco, 2002. "In the mid 1960s, vocalist/pianist Patty Waters released a pair of groundbreaking recordings,
Patty Waters Sings
and
College Tour
, for the legendary avant garde/jazz label ESP-DISK. This intimate set was captured at San Francisco's Noe Valley Ministry. Backed by piano and bass, Patty givers her own individualistic take on fourteen jazz standards including the title track. New interview and liner notes by jazz writer Bill Meyer." Leonard Thompson (piano), Seward McCain (bass).
Artist:
JOBIM, ANTONIO CARLOS
Title:
The Wonderful World of Antonio Carlos Jobim
Label:
DBK WORKS
Format:
CD
Price:
$18.00
Catalog #:
DBK 524CD
Previously available in the DBK boxset, now each album available separately. Originally released in 1965 by Warner Bros. Records, and arranged by Nelson Riddle. "And with this album he introduces a dozen or more uniquities. He sits at his microphones, his hair undressed, finger-combed. His right leg crossed over his left to support his guitar. The lyrics, written by Academy Award writer Ray Gilbert, are new, unfamiliar sounds for him to interpret. To one side, Brazilian drummer Dom Um Romao, imported by Jobim for this recording. Jobim's voice, audible in the studio only to the microphone. He pronounces carefully, moving his jaw precisely for each vowel. Beside him, the arranger conducts his orchestra. Riddle looking dour, an exacting artist, imperceptibly relaxes the beat. With a patience born of years of elite and taxing assignments, Riddle controls the sprawling rows of musicians before him. The room has quiet about it, the quiet that settles only when a great and respected fellow musician concentrates on his art." --Stan Cornyn, from the original liner notes
Artist:
JOBIM, ANTONIO CARLOS
Title:
Love, Strings and Jobim
Label:
DBK WORKS
Format:
CD
Price:
$18.00
Catalog #:
DBK 525CD
Originally released in 1966 on Warner Bros. "The sensitive musicanship of Jobim, introducing the love songs of his country by the young writers of that land. His album was recorded in Rio over a period of three months. Three months spent searching for the best musicians, spent in assembling an orchestra in one place when over half the musicians have no telephone. They, together with a score of strings, and flutes and brass and still more guitars, assembled slowly and played these songs until they shone...at the center is the mood of Jobim, whether interpreted on guitar or piano. The mood of a slight, tousled, gentle man, speaking softly in a world too fast, eloquently in a world too facile." --Stan Cornyn, from the original liner notes
Artist:
JOBIM, ANTONIO CARLOS
Title:
A Certain Mr. Jobim
Label:
DBK WORKS
Format:
CD
Price:
$18.00
Catalog #:
DBK 526CD
Originally released in 1966 by Warner Bros. "To record this album, Jobim is in New York for the first time in two years, fresh from a consummate session in California with Francis Albert Sinatra. The session is held three nights running at a church turned recording studio, a vaulted, brightly-lit cavern noted for its acoustical brilliance. Dom Um Romao, a study in perpetual motion and one of the top Brazilian drummers working in the States, flies in from Chicago. On hand for the pulsating organ solo in 'Surfboard' is Dick Hyman. Leading the gossamer string section, the first violinist of the New York Philharmonic." --Hal Halverstadt, from the original liner notes
Artist:
AFRIKA BAMBAATAA
Title:
Beware (The Funk Is Everywhere)
Label:
DBK WORKS
Format:
CD
Price:
$18.00
Catalog #:
DBK 527CD
"First time on CD for this 1985 debut album release from Afrika Bambaataa, the hip-hop pioneer who combines urban street beats with Kraftwerk-inspired techno-pop futurism."
Artist:
AFRIKA BAMBAATAA & SOULSONIC FORCE
Title:
Planet Rock
Label:
DBK WORKS
Format:
CD
Price:
$18.00
Catalog #:
DBK 528CD
"Bambaataa's second full-length on CD for the first time. All the important early 12"s from 1982-1984 are here, including 'Planet Rock' and 'Looking for the Perfect Beat.' This record is not only an early hip hop classic, but the launching pad for techno, house, and drum 'n' bass."
Artist:
PICKETT, WILSON
Title:
Hey Jude
Label:
DBK WORKS
Format:
CD
Price:
$15.00
Catalog #:
DBK 529CD
"This 1969 album originally released on Atlantic teams Pickett with the Muscle Shoals session crew and guitarist Duane Allman whose blues licks add an edge to this collection of rock covers ('Hey Jude,' 'Born To Be Wild') and hard southern soul."
Artist:
TURNER, IKE & TINA
Title:
Live! The Ike and Tina Turner Show Volumes 1 & 2
Label:
DBK WORKS
Format:
CD
Price:
$15.00
Catalog #:
DBK 530CD
"In 1965, Warner Bros released two live Ike & Tina albums and to make it more confusing, they both had essentially the same title. Both chart-busting sets are featured here -- all 22 songs! Raw and primitive, this 2-fer catches Ike & Tina and Revue at the height of their booty-shaking powers."
Artist:
KING, BEN E.
Title:
Sings For Soulful Lovers/Seven Letters
Label:
DBK WORKS
Format:
CD
Price:
$15.00
Catalog #:
DBK 531CD
"This 2-fer features The Drifter's lead singer doing a set of standards on 1962's
Sings for Soulful Lovers
and his much underrated 1965 album,
Seven Letters
."
Artist:
SLEDGE, PERCY
Title:
The Percy Sledge Way/Take Time To Know Her
Label:
DBK WORKS
Format:
CD
Price:
$18.00
Catalog #:
DBK 532CD
Features two albums of Sledge's late '60s country-soul originally released on Atlantic in 1967 and 1968.
Artist:
CLARK, GUY
Title:
The South Coast of Texas
Label:
DBK WORKS
Format:
CD
Price:
$18.00
Catalog #:
DBK 533CD
"First time on CD for Guy Clark's fourth album. Produced by Rodney Crowell and originally released on Warner Bros. in 1981, this album features Crowell's compadres from Emmylou Harris' Hot Band and other denizens of the So. Cal new country scene including Vince Gill, Rosanne Cash, and Ricky Skaggs. Includes classics such as 'She's Crazy For Leavin'' (a 1988 hit for Crowell), 'Heartbroke' (a giant 1982 hit for Skaggs), and 'New Cut Road,' plus a sizzling remake of Clark's 'Rita Ballou.'"
Artist:
CLARK, GUY
Title:
Better Days
Label:
DBK WORKS
Format:
CD
Price:
$18.00
Catalog #:
DBK 534CD
"First time on CD for Guy Clark's fifth album, originally released in 1983 on Warner Bros. Produced by Rodney Crowell, fresh from success with hits by Rosanne Cash, it features Clark's first hit single 'Homegrown Tomatoes.' But beyond the hit, Clark establishes himself as a polished songwriter and storyteller as evidenced by the haunting story of his father 'The Randall Knife.' Recorded in Nashville but includes many of the L.A. new country session players that are featured on Clark's previous album. Joining Vince Gill, Emory Gordy, and Hand DeVito are Bob Wills, fiddler Johnny Gimble and Nashville guitar ace Reggie Young."
Artist:
ANDERSEN, ERIC
Title:
Avalanche
Label:
DBK WORKS
Format:
CD
Price:
$18.00
Catalog #:
DBK 535CD
"Eric Andersen, like so many other American folk singers, has long been in the shadow of the immortal Robert Zimmerman. After spending some time in San Francisco in the early '60s, Andersen joined the Greenwich Village folk scene in 1964 and cut five records for Vanguard before moving over to Warner Bros. for this 1969 release.
Avalanche
features some of the heaviest session men of the '60s and '70s, including Chuck Rainey (Roberta Flack, Quincy Jones, The Rascals), Eric Gale (Jimmy Smith, Tom Rush, Herbie Hancock), and Bruce Langhorne (Bob Dylan, Joan Baez, Richie Havens). Featuring eight Andersen originals and a killer cover of Paul Siebel's 'Louise';
Avalanche
is a folk-rock classic that's finally back in print on CD."
Artist:
ANDERSEN, ERIC
Title:
Eric Andersen
Label:
DBK WORKS
Format:
CD
Price:
$18.00
Catalog #:
DBK 536CD
"Unfairly pegged, again like so many others, as a 'new Dylan,' Eric Andersen struggled to be accepted as a powerful songwriter in his own right. After a five album stint at Vanguard, which included his classic
'Bout Changes & Things
, Andersen moved over to Warner Bros. in 1969 and released this self-titled record. Available on CD for the very first time, this album, though mostly ignored in 1969, has subsequently become a sought-after collector's item beloved for its heartfelt songs and classic arrangements."
Artist:
SUGARHILL GANG, THE
Title:
The Sugarhill Gang
Label:
DBK WORKS
Format:
CD
Price:
$18.00
Catalog #:
DBK 537CD
"Originally released in 1980, The Sugarhill Gang's debut album is one of first full length releases in hip-hop history and features the stone-cold classic 'Rapper's Delight' which was the first-ever international rap hit, introducing the world to the sound of the South Bronx. Released on the legendary Sugarhill Records (run by Sylvia Robinson of Mickey & Sylvia fame, along with her husband Joe),
The Sugarhill Gang
is not only an important piece of music history, it's an ass-shaking good time. Reissued on CD with the original track listing and artwork for the very first time."
Artist:
SUGARHILL GANG, THE
Title:
8th Wonder
Label:
DBK WORKS
Format:
CD
Price:
$15.00
Catalog #:
DBK 538CD
"Originally released in 1982, The Sugarhill Gang's sophomore release is more of the same amazing combination of funk, go-go rhythms and rap that coalesced so famously on 'Rapper's Delight' and the Gang's debut release.
8th Wonder
features the hit 'Apache' along with several other classics like the funky 'Hot Hot Summer Day' and 'Funk Box.' Another hip-hop history lesson on CD for the first time."
Artist:
CLARK, GUY
Title:
Old No. 1
Label:
DBK WORKS
Format:
CD
Price:
$18.00
Catalog #:
DBK 539CD
"Guy Clark's debut from 1975 is one of the all-time classic country singer-songwriter records. By the time of its release, the Texas native had been shopping his tunes in Nashville for a few years and the songs from
Old No.1
were already well-aged and oft covered (most notably, Clark's buddy Jerry Jeff Walker had a minor hit with 'L.A. Freeway' on 1972's
Jerry Jeff Walker
). Regardless, though Clark considers himself more a songwriter than recording artist, nobody holds a candle to these performances. From the rollicking Texas swing of opener 'Rita Ballou' to the fingerpicked heartbreak of closer 'Let Him Roll,' there is not a stinker to be found. Features help from Emmylou Harris, Rodney Crowell and a young Steve Earle."
Artist:
CLARK, GUY
Title:
Texas Cookin'
Label:
DBK WORKS
Format:
CD
Price:
$18.00
Catalog #:
DBK 540CD
"Originally released in 1976, Guy Clark's sophomore effort for RCA is another fine set of country tunes that run the gamut of emotions from goofy and playful to brutally heartbreaking, sometimes within the same song. Featuring a ridiculously talented set of players that includes Emmylou Harris, Waylon Jennings, Johnny Gimble, Chip Young, Jerry Jeff Walker and Rodney Crowell,
Texas Cookin'
is an Outlaw Country classic. While Willie and Waylon were turning the Outlaw into a marketing campaign, Guy Clark really was doing things differently than the Nash Vegas crowd, preferring whiskey and a picking session at his Nashville home to the endless drugs and groupies of the road."
Artist:
BELL & THE DRELLS, ARCHIE
Title:
Tighten Up
Label:
DBK WORKS
Format:
CD
Price:
$15.00
Catalog #:
DBK 541CD
"The debut album by these Houston soul/funk legends was built around the massive success of the hit single title track, which was originally released by the Houston label Ovid, before being picked up by Atlantic and going gold. 'Tighten Up' is not just another entry into the dance craze sub-genre, but an absolute stone-cold classic with some serious funk swagger and a killer break. The rest of the album is no slouch either, pulled together from sessions cut while Bell was on medical leave from the Army, it features one of the tightest funk bands out of Texas, which is nothing to sneeze at. A classic on CD for the first time."
Artist:
RYDER, MITCH
Title:
Sings The Hits!
Label:
DBK WORKS
Format:
CD
Price:
$15.00
Catalog #:
DBK 542CD
"Not a greatest hits record, but instead a collection by the unsung hero of Detroit rock'n'roll and blue-eyed soul blowing through cover after cover, giving his own unique treatment to everyone from The Supremes to The Drifters, Allen Toussaint to Rufus Thomas. This is no Pat Boone clean-up for the refined upper middle class honky set, no sir, this is rough and tough balls-to-the-wall R&B that rocks as hard or harder than the originals with Ryder's signature guttural howl leading the way. A classic on CD for the first time, from Detroit's greatest R&B howler."
Artist:
AIR
Title:
Air
Label:
DBK WORKS
Format:
CD
Price:
$15.00
Catalog #:
DBK 543CD
"Not to be confused with the Henry Threadgill-led unit, the Japanese jazz group, or the massively popular French duo, this is the group led by the husband and wife team of Tom and Googie Copolla, on keys and vocals respectively, who cut one record for Herbie Mann's Embryo label in 1971. Produced by Mann, Air's sole release is a tasty slice of jazz-rock and soul-rock with vocals reminiscent of the great Laura Nyro. Featuring help from Randy Brecker and Jan Hammer, this Queensbred group steams through ten originals and close out with a scorching version of the classic 'I Wish I Knew How It Would Feel To Be Free.' On CD for the first time ever."
Artist:
FABULOUS COUNTS, THE
Title:
Jan Jan
Label:
DBK WORKS
Format:
CD
Price:
$15.00
Catalog #:
DBK 544CD
"Formed in 1968, The Fabulous Counts were a scorching Detroit funk and R&B outfit that recorded singles on local labels Moira and Westbound before releasing this, their debut, on Cotillion in 1969. The title track is a funk classic that spent 5 weeks on the R&B charts in early '69 and the rest of the album is equally strong, matching instrumental covers of contemporary hits from James Brown, Sly & The Family Stone, The Beatles, and others with original material. The band later dropped the 'Fabulous' and recorded several albums for Westbound. A funk classic back in print on CD."
Artist:
JOBIM, ANTONIO CARLOS
Title:
The Prime of Antonio Carlos Jobim
Label:
DBK WORKS
Format:
3CD BOX
Price:
$49.00
Catalog #:
DBK 600CD
Three of Jobim's classic 1960s Warner Bros. albums together in one box set:
The Wonderful World of Antonio Carlos Jobim
,
Love, Strings & Jobim
, and
A Certain Mr. Jobim
. "Once having entered Jobim's wonderful bossa world, a listener may, by means of the composer's ravishing music, proceed forward or backward along the whole continuum of Brazilian music;
his
music is the point of entry. From his roots and influences -- all the way back to the passionate romance of Chopin and the shimmering harmonies of Debussy, to Heitor Villa-Lobos's elegance and Dorival Caymmi's earthiness, to master melodist Ary Barroso and the heat and joy of samba -- Tom Jobim forged a musical language that is profoundly
brasileiro
, yet entirely universal." -- Terri Hinte.
Artist:
FLAMIN' GROOVIES, THE
Title:
Bust Out At Full Speed:The Sire Years
Label:
DBK WORKS
Format:
3CD
Price:
$49.00
Catalog #:
DBK 601CD
"3CD box set contains all three of the Groovies trendsetting and incredibly influential '70s Sire Records albums:
Shake Some Action
,
Now
, and
Jumpin' In The Night
. The Dave Edmunds produced
Shake Some Action
dropped the same year as label mates The Ramones' 1976 debut and together they helped fuel the British punk explosion.
Now
and
Jumpin' In The Night
followed before the end of the decade and round out the trilogy that defined Power Pop."
Artist:
GRANDMASTER FLASH & THE FURIOUS FIVE
Title:
Fresh and Furious: Hip Hop's Beginning
Label:
DBK WORKS
Format:
2CD
Price:
$26.00
Catalog #:
DBK 602CD
GMF's first two albums
The Message
and
They Said It Couldn't Be Done
together in a deluxe collector's slipcase. Detailed liner notes.
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