Reissues

Amon Düül II's 1972 album, a tighter set of songs after the sprawling early records, with Renate Knaup's vocals, Indian sitar and tabla guests and the instrumental Deutsch Nepal, plus three bonus tracks.

The second and last album by the English band Catapilla, released by Vertigo in 1972 in a die-cut sleeve: four long tracks of jazz-rock with Anna Meek's vocals and Robert Calvert's saxophones over organ and guitar.

Soft Machine's 1975 album, the first with guitarist Allan Holdsworth and the last full studio album with Mike Ratledge, in a 2CD Japanese edition that adds a radio recording from Nottingham University in October 1975.

The second album by Pork Pie, the European jazz-rock group of Jasper van't Hof, Charlie Mariano and Philip Catherine, recorded in Brussels in 1975 and released by MPS in 1976, with John Marshall on drums and Bo Stief on bass.

A 1972 solo album by Belgian violinist Raymond Vincent of the Wallace Collection, made as a promotional record for the Izarra liqueur: orchestral rock and chamber pieces that point toward his next band Esperanto.

Music by Peter Vermeersch's X-Legged Sally with The Smith Quartet, written for a 1996 dance production by Wim Vandekeybus and released in 1997: chamber jazz and string writing, including the 24-minute Brungle.

The live farewell of Belgian ensemble X-Legged Sally, recorded at the Cactus Club in Bruges in April 1996 for Radio 1: Peter Vermeersch's knotty pieces for horns, guitar and keyboards played with full concert energy.

The 1993 album by Belgian avant-jazz-rock ensemble X-Legged Sally, led by composer Peter Vermeersch and produced in Brooklyn by Bill Laswell: short, sharp pieces for horns, clarinet, guitar and keyboards, plus a 1996 live bonus.

The 1978 debut album by the Belgian band Isopoda from Aalst: melodic symphonic progressive rock with twelve-string guitar, flute, piano and organ, recorded at Just Born Studio in Hekelgem and first issued on Twinkle.

The 1974 second solo album by Finnish bassist Pekka Pohjola of Wigwam: an instrumental suite of jazz-rock and progressive writing for bass, keyboards and a horn section, issued in the UK by Virgin as B The Magpie.

The only album by the Swiss group Island, released in 1977 with a cover painting by H.R. Giger: dark, theatrical progressive rock without guitar, built on keyboards, saxophones and flute, with the long bonus piece Empty Bottles.

The only album by the French band Dün, self-released in 1981: an instrumental suite inspired by Frank Herbert's Dune, with flute, vibraphone and fast unison lines in the orbit of Magma and Zeuhl, plus five bonus tracks.

The only album by the Swedish group Kultivator, recorded in 1980 and issued in 1981: Swedish-language progressive rock that blends Canterbury lightness with Zeuhl drive, here expanded with a second disc of bonus material.

The 1998 reunion album by Slapp Happy, the trio of Peter Blegvad, Anthony Moore and Dagmar Krause, their first in 23 years: concise art-pop songs layered in the studio by the three of them, with two live bonus tracks.

Elizabeth Vogler sings in Occitan and other South-West dialects to harmonium alone in the church of Lescun, in the Pyrénées: six songs between ancient folk and experimental music, first time on vinyl, 100 copies.

The 2005 album of the Montreal ensemble, back for its 21st anniversary: six songs of protest and love for strings, guitars, piano and group voices, recorded at Hotel2Tango with Howard Bilerman.

Thirty-year reissue of Kreidler's 1996 album, the record on which the Düsseldorf group became a band, with Reflections, their minor MTV hit.

The definitive vinyl edition of Henning Christiansen's 1985 sound installation at the Rome Zoo, made with Lorenzo Mammi from recordings of the animals, remastered by Rashad Becker, with a 20-page booklet.

Akira Ishikawa & Count Buffalos' 1976 direct-to-disc jazz-funk session for Toshiba, rebuilt from the best moments of the original takes.

Akira Ishikawa's 1972 Latin set with Count Buffalo Latin Beats, arranged by Naoya Matsuoka: Cuban, Mexican, Brazilian and Puerto Rican standards pushed through fuzz guitar, Hammond organ and heavy drums.

2CD version. A new edition of Joshua Abrams’ 2015 2xLP magnum opus Magnetoception is at last here. Out-of-print on vinyl for a decade+, Magnetoception is the 3rd album, & 1st double album, in the saga of Natural Information Society. In a Berwyn, Illinois attic, February 2013, Abrams, guitarists Emmett Kelly & Jeff Parker, & grand master drummer Hamid Drake gathered around vintage Neumanns & a woodstove to record the nucleus of Magnetoception live to 2-track. Beamed-in over the next year at Abram…

The first four volumes of Éliane Radigue's Occam Ocean on five CDs: solos, chamber pieces and orchestra, all shaped through oral transmission around images of water. Bundle of four Shiiin releases.

Anthology of the German-born dancer and choreographer's electronic music for dance, made in his three North London studios: tape loops, kettle-lid percussion, radio interference and generator pulses, in Sub Rosa's Early Electronic series.

Art Blakey & The Jazz Messengers with Lee Morgan, Wayne Shorter, Bobby Timmons and Jymie Merritt, recorded at Van Gelder Studio on March 6, 1960. Blue Note Classic Vinyl reissue.

Art Blakey & The Jazz Messengers with Lee Morgan, Wayne Shorter, Bobby Timmons and Jymie Merritt, recorded at Van Gelder Studio on March 14, 1961, first issued in 1967. Japanese UHQCD reissue (UCCQ-9727).

Kenny Burrell's third Blue Note session as a leader, with Horace Silver, Hank Mobley, Doug Watkins and Louis Hayes, recorded in Hackensack on 10 February 1957 and first issued in Japan in 1979. Mono Tone Poet reissue, 180g.

Live recording by the Donald Byrd quintet with Pepper Adams, Duke Pearson, Laymon Jackson and Lex Humphries, taped at the Half Note Cafe, New York, on 11 November 1960 and first issued by Blue Note in 1961. Tone Poet 180g LP reissue.

The second of two Blue Note volumes recorded live at the Half Note Cafe, New York, on November 11, 1960, by Donald Byrd's quintet with Pepper Adams, Duke Pearson, Laymon Jackson and Lex Humphries.

Donald Byrd's jazz-funk album produced by Larry and Fonce Mizell, with Harvey Mason, Chuck Rainey and strings arranged by Wade Marcus, recorded at the Sound Factory in Los Angeles in August 1975 and released by Blue Note that year. Classic Vinyl 180g LP.

Dexter Gordon's second Blue Note album, a quartet with Kenny Drew, Paul Chambers and Philly Joe Jones, recorded at Van Gelder Studio on May 9, 1961. Blue Note Tone Poet LP reissue.

Guru Guru's 1975 Atlantic album, recorded by Mani Neumeier with members of Kraan, Karthago and Harmonia at Conny Plank's studio. 2025 remaster with a live bonus track from Bonn, 1974.

Dexter Gordon's 1962 Blue Note quartet album with Sonny Clark, Butch Warren and Billy Higgins, recorded by Rudy Van Gelder on 27 August 1962. Blue Note 85 limited edition on blue vinyl.

Kevin Ayers 1974-1980: The Confessions of Doctor Dream, Sweet Deceiver, Yes We Have No Mañanas, Rainbow Takeaway and That's What You Get Babe, with BBC sessions and 13 unreleased live tracks. Esoteric 6CD, 2026.

The Fall's 1995 album, with Brix Smith back on guitar, plus a December 1994 Peel session, rough mixes, a 1995 Rennes concert and the live double album The Twenty-Seven Points. Cherry Red 5CD, 2026.

The Fall's 2000 album, with the Testa Rossa monitor mixes and two 2001 concerts, at TJ's in Newport and the Liquid Rooms in Edinburgh. Cherry Red 4CD expanded edition, 2025.

Previously unreleased Dexter Gordon tracks from three Blue Note sessions (9 May 1961, 5 May 1962, 25 June 1962), with Kenny Drew, Tommy Turrentine, Sonny Clark, Philly Joe Jones and others, first issued in 1980 as LT-1051. Tone Poet reissue, 180g.

Dexter Gordon quartet with Bud Powell, Pierre Michelot and Kenny Clarke, recorded at CBS Studios in Paris on 23 May 1963 and released by Blue Note in 1963. Classic Vinyl 180g LP reissue.

Grant Green plays five African American spirituals with Herbie Hancock, Butch Warren, Billy Higgins and Garvin Masseaux, recorded on 21 December 1962 and first issued by Blue Note in 1963. Tone Poet 180g LP reissue.

Former hardcore punks from Palembang who swapped amps for mandolin, accordion and Malay drums: pantun-inspired songs from 2009-2013, including unreleased material, sung by muezzin David Hersya.

Belgian violinist Catherine Graindorge and Australian singer Hugo Race (Bad Seeds, Dirtmusic): violins, electronics and a dark voice in retro-baroque songs, first released on Sub Rosa in 2017.