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RELEASE DATE: 3/27/2026
Limited edition, 300 copies only. All on multicolored vinyl. Includes one bonus track. The Too Bad Jims got their name from the seminal Fat Possum album Too Bad Jim by the hugely influential blues musician RL Burnside. The band plays a gritty high-octane mix of North Mississippi Hill Country blues and boogie. It all initially started as a casual collaboration between two veteran and multiple award-winning musicians, Little Victor and Son Jack Jr. (both on guitar, no bass) and they shortly after rounded out the trio with the one and only Nick Simonon (brother of Paul Simonon of The Clash) on drums and things really started cookin'! Their unique and unusual combination of dual rough and ready vocals, bare-bones electric guitars, slashing bottleneck, and a heavily rhythm-oriented groove, delivers a hypnotic, raw, and earthy sound typical of a North Mississippi juke joint. They released a killer debut album titled Over The Hill: A Tribute To RL Burnside a selection of well-known to fairly obscure songs from Burnside's repertoire totally in the spirit of RL's album Too Bad Jim. Opting for the same type of funky, low-down approach that gives the music an immediacy that more polished blues albums lack. A kick in the ass actually.
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Limited to 500 copies. A swamp-noir reworking of roots, blues, and outsider gems. Brighton's swamp-noir stalwarts Mudlow return with Run Thru the Cover Crop, a full-length LP of cover versions released via acclaimed German label JukeJoint500. Long known for their slow-burning, smoke-hung blend of blues, jazz, and Southern Gothic storytelling, Mudlow take a sharp left turn here -- offering up ten carefully chosen reinterpretations that reflect the dark undercurrents and idiosyncratic soul of their influences. But this is no paint-by-numbers tribute. With Run Thru the Cover Crop, the band doesn't so much cover songs as inhabit them -- dragging each track down into the lowlands and dressing it in Mudlow's signature grit and shadow. The album's selections span decades and genres, but they're unified by tone and texture: lonesome, bruised, and cinematic. The album cover -- a stark, twilight-drenched image of silhouetted poles and crows perched on power lines -- captures the desolate, timeless feel of the music inside. Run Thru the Cover Crop plays like a haunted mixtape discovered in the glovebox of a car that's been abandoned since the '70s. The album follows 2022's Bad Turn and marks a bold addition to their growing discography -- leaning into tradition while twisting it into new, stranger shapes. For fans of Tom Waits, Morphine, Solomon Burke, Kelly Joe Phelps, and anyone drawn to the murky end of the river.
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LP version. Limited to 500 copies. A swamp-noir reworking of roots, blues, and outsider gems. Brighton's swamp-noir stalwarts Mudlow return with Run Thru the Cover Crop, a full-length LP of cover versions released via acclaimed German label JukeJoint500. Long known for their slow-burning, smoke-hung blend of blues, jazz, and Southern Gothic storytelling, Mudlow take a sharp left turn here -- offering up ten carefully chosen reinterpretations that reflect the dark undercurrents and idiosyncratic soul of their influences. But this is no paint-by-numbers tribute. With Run Thru the Cover Crop, the band doesn't so much cover songs as inhabit them -- dragging each track down into the lowlands and dressing it in Mudlow's signature grit and shadow. The album's selections span decades and genres, but they're unified by tone and texture: lonesome, bruised, and cinematic. The album cover -- a stark, twilight-drenched image of silhouetted poles and crows perched on power lines -- captures the desolate, timeless feel of the music inside. Run Thru the Cover Crop plays like a haunted mixtape discovered in the glovebox of a car that's been abandoned since the '70s. The album follows 2022's Bad Turn and marks a bold addition to their growing discography -- leaning into tradition while twisting it into new, stranger shapes. For fans of Tom Waits, Morphine, Solomon Burke, Kelly Joe Phelps, and anyone drawn to the murky end of the river.
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Limited to 500 copies. Reinhard Holstein: "I've always had a soft spot for weird misfits! Ramsay Midwood is such a weirdo. I first heard him when Neal Casal and I were on our way to Big Pink (the house where The Band lived and recorded The Basement Tapes with Bob Dylan). He popped a CD into the player of his red Chevelle, and I was immediately hooked. Shortly thereafter, we released this album on CD through Glitterhouse Records. That was in 1999. Now, over 25 years later, after a long struggle, I finally convinced Ramsay to let me produce the first vinyl version of this masterpiece. Because of the approximately 800 records released during my time at Glitterhouse, Shoot Out At The OK Chinese Restaurant is my absolute favorite. Like JJ Cale jamming with Tony Joe White on Valium! Here's what others are saying: Shoot Out at the OK Chinese Restaurant draws deep from two American wells. Traditional music nourishes these performances, but so does that part of American culture that produces idiosyncratic, somewhat twisted individualists. In a laconic drawl that recalls both Woody Guthrie and Levon Helm, Midwood projects an ageless, enigmatic quality; like Leon Redbone, he might be a prematurely rustic twentysomething, a crotchety yet poetic septuagenarian, or anything in between. Vivid images fill his lyrics and drift over shambling tracks marked by banjo plucks, beat-up old pianos, and other garage-sale relics. His songs offer romantic insights based on distant experience, bits of aphoristic wisdom fashioned as koans from a Dust Bowl Buddha, reflections on redneck bravado and stream-of consciousness ramblings that seem more wise than coherent. Perhaps his most compelling lyric, 'Spinnin' on a Rock,' documents the murderous fantasy of a laid-off dockworker in couplets more reminiscent of a playground game. In one song, Midwood advises listeners to hear him out with the wry line, 'Take a tip from a real smart feller.' That's a suggestion worth listening to, given the broken-down brilliance of this debut."
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The Southern Fold was formed in Kilkenny, Ireland in 2014 by singer/guitarist/songwriter Emlyn Holden. Incorporating elements of country, blues and gospel music into a folks/Roots sound, influences from sources as far and wide as Hank Williams and Nirvana can be found. Holden first picked up a guitar at age 10 when he heard Elvis Presley and was totally immersed in those old Sun recordings in his early teens. Moving on towards Roots rockers Creedence Clearwater Revival and into punk rock, he forged an eclectic backdrop of inspirations to draw from. Discovering alt country pioneers Uncle Tupelo and Wilco brought the country back into his songwriting and set him on the road to The Southern Fold. Initially starting out as a duo in the style of Gram Parsons/Emmylou Harris, the band's first EP -- 2016's A True Ascension from the Wayward Path included five originals plus a cover of "Where Did You Sleep Last Night." It was a stripped-down folk-country affair coupled with deeply personal lyrics and extra instrumentation provided by piano, cello and electric guitar. A few years of heavy gigging followed, and by the time full length album Bible Fear's came along in 2019, the band had developed into a full five-piece which brought about a more folk-rock sound. Joining Holden in a new live lineup are ex- Blackbird & Crow guitarist Stephen Doohan, Mauritius native Madeline Leclezio on vocals, Canadian drummer Gregor Beresford, and ex-Midnight Union Band bassist Brian McGrath. This limited-edition vinyl release recorded live at Cleere's, Kilkenny (entitled 5+2 Live), makes an appearance through German record label JukeJoint500.
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JJ 5008CD
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Tim de Graeve (1978-2022). Raised in rural Westouter in Belgium, Tim discovered his love for blues music through his father's record collection, including an acoustic album by Blind Lemon Jefferson. He took classical guitar lessons from the age of eight and soon began writing his own songs. Tim formed his own blues band at the age of 17. Tim went to Ghent to study biology at university and lived there for the rest of his life. He worked as a teacher for a time, making music with his band The Heartfakers as a hobby. At the age of 20, a nine-year ordeal began. Even as a child he had problems with his liver, but this was not correctly diagnosed at the time. This was to take revenge, because as a young man he spent most of his time in the hospital getting liver transplants and fighting for his life. Meanwhile, Tim focused on learning how to play his grandfather's slide guitar and delving into blues classics like delta blues and writing songs. Back then he swore to himself that if he survived, he would dedicate his life to become a professional musician. In 2009, he released his debut EP Please Dr. Please under the name Tiny Legs Tim & The Concrete Blues Band. He then focused on releasing solo work as a singer-songwriter for a number of years. His stage name, Tiny Legs, was a reference to his small and thin appearance, which was a result of his severe liver disease. Inspiration came from some of his blues heroes like Blind Willy Johnson, Big Bill Broonzy, and Sleepy John Estes, who also have three-part names, often describing a physical characteristic. He thought it was a funny name that had a self-relating effect. It was a way of dealing with his "new" body. He recorded more albums, sometimes solo, sometimes with a drummer or harp-player or like on the marvelous 2019 album Elsewhere Bound with an eight-piece band. For Call Us When It's Over Tim founded a new four-piece band that recorded these six tracks during the pandemic (hence the album title). This band blew everyone away at the Goezot Festival in Turnhout in September 2021. Juke Joint 500 instantly struck a deal which hopefully was the beginning of a long and fruitful relationship. This was not to be as Tim de Graeve died during an operation in hospital in May 2022.
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Dirty beats, hypnotizing slide, screaming harmonica riffs and plenty of fuzz: all of these will be served by this four-men band from Belgium. Boogie Beasts translate their passion for (hill country) blues into a most characteristic sound of their own, which has a touch of The Black Keys jamming with John Lee Hooker at a rave in the wee hours of the morning, or Morphine on a psychedelic trip with Little Walter, or even RL Burnside backed up by the young Rolling Stones at a juke joint-gig. So far, the bass-less (two guitars, harmonica, drums) band released three studio albums and played all venues in Beneluxa last three times. Here's the story behind their fourth album, Blues From Jupiter: In early 2021, venues and clubs were closed due to restrictions from the Covid pandemic. Belgian blues rock band Boogie Beasts were looking for alternatives to celebrate their ten-year anniversary. On March 6, they are live on Facebook from Studio Jupiter, where they recorded their second and third album but also owned by their sound engineer Koenraad Foesters. During the entire livestream, Boogie Beasts honored their roots and biggest influence: the blues. It resulted in an intense and energetic set of 11 covers that were received with great enthusiasm. The feedback was so enthusiastic that the idea arose to release this live session as an album.
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LP version. Edition of 666. Dirty beats, hypnotizing slide, screaming harmonica riffs and plenty of fuzz: all of these will be served by this four-men band from Belgium. Boogie Beasts translate their passion for (hill country) blues into a most characteristic sound of their own, which has a touch of The Black Keys jamming with John Lee Hooker at a rave in the wee hours of the morning, or Morphine on a psychedelic trip with Little Walter, or even RL Burnside backed up by the young Rolling Stones at a juke joint-gig. So far, the bass-less (two guitars, harmonica, drums) band released three studio albums and played all venues in Beneluxa last three times. Here's the story behind their fourth album, Blues From Jupiter: In early 2021, venues and clubs were closed due to restrictions from the Covid pandemic. Belgian blues rock band Boogie Beasts were looking for alternatives to celebrate their ten-year anniversary. On March 6, they are live on Facebook from Studio Jupiter, where they recorded their second and third album but also owned by their sound engineer Koenraad Foesters. During the entire livestream, Boogie Beasts honored their roots and biggest influence: the blues. It resulted in an intense and energetic set of 11 covers that were received with great enthusiasm. The feedback was so enthusiastic that the idea arose to release this live session as an album.
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Juke Joint 500 is a brand-new label launched by Stag-O-Lee head honcho Reinhard Holstein dedicated to vinyl issues of classic releases from the CD age. Originally released in 1995 as mailorder-only CD on Glitterhouse Records, And Other Crimes is a fan favorite. Recorded in two days live at Coyote Records and produced by Eric "Roscoe" Ambel, the Philly four-piece Go To Blazes played a few of their own songs as well as tunes by Gordon Lightfoot, Kinky Friedman, Lou Reed, Lee Hazlewood, Gene Clark, Cary Hudson, Hank Williams, and others. All in a semi-acoustic mode. Color vinyl.
"After years of hard rocking, the band finally unplugged in 1995 with And Other Crimes, for the German Glitterhouse label. This live-in-the studio date is filled with smarter-than-bar-band covers, each one given a half-reverent, half-sneering spin. And if rollicking, slide-guitar-tinged treatments of Gene Clark's 'Out on the Side' or Kinky Friedman's 'Sold American' aren't twisted enough, check the downwardly mobile originals 'Got It Made' and 'Waste of Time' to hear just how closely the band's sense of rebellion mirrors that of anti-heroes Hank Williams Jr. and Lee Hazlewood." --Tom Moon (Rolling Stone/New York Times)
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