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EMV 004LP
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First time ever on vinyl for the 1999 debut album by cult Melbourne outfit, Hungry Ghosts. Originally released on CD on the Reliant label and produced by Rowland S. Howard (Birthday Party/Young Charlatans), it sounded like a band from another place and time. Nominally thrown into the "post-rock" sphere, the Hungry Ghosts brought so much more to the table than such restrictive terms may imply. Featuring an eclectic array of percussive and stringed instruments, with some brass thrown in for good measure, the band created its own world of expressive instrumental music that played like a lost European film soundtrack. Soon after its release, the group made their way to the US to record for Steve Shelley (Sonic Youth)'s Smells Like label, and the story continues from there. This 2LP edition features the debut full-length CD on vinyl for the very first time, as well as their debut self-released (and -titled) EP from two years earlier. Inside is an informative four-page booklet with extensive liner notes telling the Hungry Ghosts story. Highly recommended for fans of: Dirty Three, Low, Triffids.
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EMV 007LP
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The Melbourne trio from the early '80s known as The Invisible College were a bit of a mystery to those who knew of their sole cassette release, The Luxury Of Horns, released on the RASH (Decisions) label in 1982, and that was the point. The group was otherwise known as Laughing Hands, a crucial cog in the influential and highly creative experimental post-punk scene centered around the Clifton Hill Organ Factory in inner city Melbourne. The Laughing Hands released a series of exceptional LPs in the first half of the decade before splitting, with member Paul Schutze then beginning a successful solo career that has seen him based in the UK for the past 35 years. Since then, Schutze has scored soundtracks, collaborated with the likes of Brian Eno and Jah Wobble, and released many recordings on labels from Virgin to Extreme. The Invisible College used the alias for this release to dupe a critic who was always deriding the works of the Laughing Hands, to see if they could elicit a positive review without the baggage (they did!). It is a truly remarkable DIY release from the era, one that mixes electronics with a more organic feel. Over the course of seven tracks, the music slowly evolves and devolves, blending the sounds of Berlin-school electronics (Manuel Gottsching, Conrad Schnitzler) with the Fourth World sonics of Brian Eno and Jon Hassell. It also provides an excellent musical bridge between the more minimalist sounds of Laughing Hands and Schutze's adventurous and prolific solo career. The Luxury Of Horns is experimental yet imminently listenable, at times broaching on a kind of proto-techno, just as Manuel Gottsching's E2E4 did around the same time. This edition is the first time it's ever been released as a stand-alone LP, with all-new artwork and liner notes from Schutze himself.
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EMV 006LP
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Originally released on the Vertigo label in 1974 in Australia and their homeland of New Zealand, Universal Radio was Dragon's debut recording. It was also a country mile -- musically speaking -- from the chart-topping anthemic pop they would later become famous for, but that's another story. They released one more album while stationed in NZ in 1975, Scented Gardens For The Blind (also to be reissued by Eminent), before transplanting themselves permanently in Australia and hitting it big with tracks like "April Sun In Cuba," "Get That Jive," "Rain" et al. Universal Radio features the lineup of Marc and Todd Hunter, Ivan Thompson, Ray Goodwin, and Neil Storey, six glorious tracks of elongated and ever-shifting progressive rock (elements of Pink Floyd, Cressida, and early Genesis in there) and the fantastical artwork of Dick Frizzel. The band had garnered a strong domestic following through festival and university concerts and came to record as a fully-evolved beast, mixing the whimsy of "Weetbix" with the darker tones of "Graves." Universal Radio is simply an excellent example of '70s progressive rock, New Zealand or not, and stands alongside Split Enz's debut, Mental Notes, as one of the best and most unique NZ recordings of its day. First ever vinyl reissue, fully authorized by the band, with royalties going directly to the band. Housed in a hi-gloss sleeve with four-page booklet featuring photos, artwork and liner notes penned by noted music historian and author, Ian McFarlane.
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EMV 005LP
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Died Pretty's run of greatness possibly reached its peak with 1991's Doughboy Hollow. It was an album which finally and belatedly really saw the band rise above the musical underground and gain a wider audience. Spearheaded by incredible singles such as "D.C.," "Godbless," and "Sweetheart," Ron Peno, Brett Myers, Chris Walsh and co. were accompanied by the likes of cellist Sarah Peet and The Go-Betweens' Amanda Brown on violin to create a lush, widescreen sonic aura that still sounds magnificent 35 years later. This is truly one of the great Australian rock albums, remastered and ready for re-release.
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EMV 003LP
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Never heard of Canberra's Samuel D. Rich, who rocked our nation's capital for approximately a mere 18 months circa 1973-74? No? That's OK. Up until about a year ago, nor had Eminent Vinyl. They -- they were a band -- played with a host of luminaries of the day -- everyone from The Aztecs, Stevie Wright, Buffalo, Hush, and Bakery to Mackenzie Theory and beyond, recorded this album then split up. Through a rather bizarre chain of events, these unreleased recordings landed in Eminient Vinyl's lap from band member Geoff Rosenberg, and now there is this incredible LP, Theme of Discontent. The group's sound was caught somewhere between the Oz-Prog of Spectrum, Mackenzie Theory, and Kahvas Jute, mixed with the acid-rock guitar flash of Santana and the psychedelic funk groove of early Chicago (minus the brass, and substitute it with a whole lotta flute, thanks). The band had some serious chops and an abundance of terrific original material, so they went into a studio in early 1974 and laid down an hour of tracks. By later in the year, they were no more, though the music was kept on a Betamax(!) tape and transferred to CD a couple of decades ago. Had they stuck around, they would have slotted into the Mushroom or Infinity stables nicely. Eminent Vinyl has taken the best 45 minutes of songs, had them remastered by Mikey Young and housed the release in an incredible package, complete with an informative four-page booklet designed by Luke Fraser. Fun fact: Canberra resident and law student, Peter Garrett, was such a big fan of the band that he tried out as their singer (he didn't get the job, but subsequently did pretty well in other pursuits). Theme of Discontent is a remarkable discovery for lovers of Australian rock of yore: completely unknown '70s music from the nation's capital ripe for listening in 2026.
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EMV 001LP
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The first ever official release by this legendary Melbourne post-punk band who only ever existed for a number of months in 1978, but who cast an important and influential light in Australian (and global!) music, influencing the likes of the Boys Next Door/Birthday Party and The Models, the group's membership and its diaspora reading like a who's-who of crucial Australian music of the past 50 years. In the band was a young Rowland S. Howard, who would soon go onto join the BND/Birthday Party; Ollie Olsen (Whirlywirld, No, Max Q, Dogs In Space soundtrack and so much more); Janine Hall (Saints; Weddings, Parties, Anything) and Jeffrey Wegener (drummer extraordinaire for the Laughing Clowns and the Saints, among others). The Young Charlatans recorded a demo with Ron Rude, and also surviving is a live recording from the Tiger Lounge in Richmond. With help from band manager Bruce Milne, Eminent Vinyl have sourced these two recordings to make up this LP, mixing the best of the both to document 45 minutes of inspired music as young players were still grappling with the fallout of punk rock, and wishing to push the music further into more experimental and adventurous directions. Contained here are 13 original songs composed by Rowland and/or Ollie -- including an early version of Howard's defining track, "Shivers" -- remastered by Mikey Young and featuring extensive liner notes by author and friend/fan of the band, Clinton Walker. With photos, articles and ephemera provided by Bruce Milne and Phil Morland, it is housed in stunning artwork and design by Luke Fraser, including a four-page booklet.
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