Reissues

On October 2 1958, after over 60 years of colonial rule, Guineans voted overwhelmingly for their independence, and Guinea was declared a Republic with Sékou Touré as President. Guinea was the first of West Africa’s Francophone colonies to gain independence. To free Guinea from its colonial legacy, president Touré sought to restore dignity to his nation and give cause for Guineans to take pride in their culture, history and newfound freedom. To achieve this, he instructed his government to implem…

A deluxe 4-CD box set bringing together the seminal Columbia recordings of Terry Riley. A landmark reissue from one of the most pivotal figures in 20th-century music. The Columbia Recordings brings together the four seminal albums that Terry Riley created for Columbia Masterworks between 1968 and 1980—a body of work that redefined the possibilities of minimalism, electronic music, and compositional freedom. The deluxe 4CD box set includes In C (1968), A Rainbow in Curved Air (1969), Church of An…

Quartet Records, in collaboration with GDM and Universal Music Publishing Italia, presents the definitive, remastered reissue of Ennio Morricone’s complete score for Elio Petri’s 1973 film La proprietà non è più un furto (“Property Is No Longer a Theft”). This darkly satirical drama—starring Ugo Tognazzi, Flavio Bucci, and Daria Nicolodi—marks the final chapter in Petri’s celebrated “trilogy of neurosis,” following Indagine su un cittadino al di sopra di ogni sospetto and La classe operaia va in…

Quartet Records, in collaboration with GDM and EMI General Music Publishing, presents a fully remastered edition of Berto Pisano’s iconic and long out-of-print score for the 1971 action-adventure film Kill!, directed by novelist Romain Gary and starring Stephen Boyd, Jean Seberg, James Mason, Curt Jürgens, and Aldo Sambrell. Kill! is a wild, pulp-infused thriller set against a backdrop of Interpol investigations and international intrigue, now regarded as a cult favorite for its over-the-top plo…

Quartet Records, in collaboration with GDM and EMI General Music Publishing, proudly presents the first complete, expanded, and remastered edition of Armando Trovajoli’s infectious score for Ettore Scola’s 1969 film noir Il Commissario Pepe, starring Ugo Tognazzi and Silvia Dionisio. A highlight of the legendary partnership between Trovajoli and director Ettore Scola, this score captures the film’s bittersweet, urban atmosphere and moral ambiguity with a memorable blend of jazz, lounge, and pop.…

After the groundbreaking Comme à la Radio, energized by the free jazz tumult of the Art Ensemble of Chicago, Brigitte Fontaine and Areski Belkacem produced six albums together or separately between 1972 and 1977. While French pop of the time was marked by lush orchestrations, Fontaine and Belkacem’s songs were often recorded live, typically accompanied only by guitar and percussion, or performed a cappella. This minimalist approach focused attention on the subversive poetry of the lyrics and the…

A collection of obscure and unheard metaphysical sounds, 1980-1992

By the end of the 1970s Linval Thompson had cut out a successful dual career for himself as both singer and producer. Naturally he moved in the dub field as well, getting further use out of rhythms he used in his other works. Dub had begun strictly as an album format with limited pressing runs for scene insiders, but it had swiftly gained the interest of the rank and file reggae buffs. 'Negrea Love Dub', originally released in 1978, is a cornerstone in the reggae dub scene. Linval Thompson produ…

First released in 1969 on the Advanced Recordings label, this album represents Richard Maxfield’s music manifesto. A wild collage of highly manipulated sonic events from an extreme variety of analog sources.

The Lost Genesis of Ambient Minimalism: Harold Budd's Seminal The Oak Of The Golden Dreams Returns to Vinyl

Launching the brand-new imprint Auryfa, produced in collaboration with the always amazing Metaphon, comes “Poly-Art Recordings 1976-1982”, a lavish 6CD box set collecting the Romanian / French composer Costin Miereanu’s legendary series of self-published cassettes and LPs, originally issued between 1982 and 1984. This first-ever reissue in any format of an astounding and singular body of work—skirting the borders of ambient music and minimalism while incorporating visionary approaches to electro…

2025 stock 2013 repress, black vinyl. "1968 debut album from the king of the psychedelic bayou -- the hypnotic, mystical and powerful sound of the swamp coming to life. As he became Dr. John (real name Mac Rebennack), it was his LA session work with musicians like Sonny & Cher, Canned Heat, and Zappa that allowed him to start conjuring up his visions of guitar psych-pop to walk alongside his authentic New Orleans upbringing. While Gris Gris contains moments that make it a type stamped symbol of …

‘Get Ready’ by the Richard Last Group is one of the rarest LPs from the golden age of Italian progressive rock, originally released in a genre-changing 1972, both in Italy and internationally. Born in Milan in 1969 as Duu Duu, they became Richard Last Group two years later, when singer Maurizio Calò joined the line-up, later calling himself Richard Coley. ‘Get Ready’ is the only album released by the group, which, due to numerous line-up changes that also occurred during the recording of the alb…

‘Il Grande Esploratore’ represents one of the highest artistic peaks ever for Tony Esposito, a percussionist who grew up alongside musicians of the calibre of Pino Daniele, Alan Sorrenti and James Senese, and who in the early 1980s talentfully combined Mediterranean and Neapolitan sound sensations with electronic, ethnic, afrobeat and world music. The result has been before everyone's eyes - and, especially, ears - for over 40 years. 'Kalimba De Luna' is clearly the gem that stands out among the…

Electronic music visionary Pye Corner Audio, a master of blending nostalgia with forward-thinking production, has carved out a unique niche in the electronic music landscape. Drawing inspiration from 1970s and 80s synthesizer music, and cinematic soundtracks, his work often evokes a sense of eerie futurism. Lapsus Records is proud to present Where Things Are Hollow: No Tomorrow, a comprehensive box set revisiting and expanding his acclaimed Where Things Are Hollow series. This release includes t…

Symbole is very proud introducing “Women” by Kat-Tet, a unique musical gem straight from Guadeloupe, 1985. This rare album indeed re-issued is a masterpiece made by the brilliant pianist Patrick Jean-Marie where every note is an epic journey through his genius way of composing and playing. It was a true opportunity for Patrick Jean-Marie and his band to showcase their talents, recorded under professional conditions, resulting in a sound of exceptional quality. The meticulous attention to orchest…

"We’re listening to Blue Train, which to me is one of the most beautiful pieces on one of the most beautiful records that Coltrane recorded in the fifties. It’s his first real mature statement and he wrote all but one of the tunes on this album which was very rare in the fifties and each one is a gem, particularly the title tune Blue Train. And while it’s kind of easy to play the blues, this has a suspended and haunting kind of quality to it." - Michael Cuscuna

Dolphy’s complete April 4, 1964 Town Hall concert, a wonderful set in splendid Stereo sound quality. This concert was the last they played before traveling to Europe, where Dolphy would die shortly after. This is the first time the whole performance appears on a single set. Two extended songs from the group’s concert in Amsterdam six days later have been added as a bonus.

Pianist and arranger João Donato was a major figure in the bossa nova movement. During his long career he recorded with many of the great names from both Brazilian and American Latin-jazz scene (Tom Jobim, Ron Carter, Airto Moreira, E. Deodato, Randy Brecker, Mongo Santamaria, Tito Puente, Cal Tjader, and several others). First released in 1963, this is a marvelous example of bossa jazz album featuring the highly syncopated drums grooves of Milton Banana and Amaury Rodriguez's Afro-Cuban flavore…

When driving a band with his upright bass, Charles Mingus looked -and was- gigantic, in more ways than one. He had huge creative appetites (as well as being hot tempered), creating his own combination of hard bop, blues, and avant-garde jazz. There was no one more multi-faceted than Mingus between the 1950s and 1970s and of his many albums, Mingus Ah Um (1959) is considered to be a jazz classic.

Shadow garden, a moonlit anthology of contemporary DIY guitar music.

Beat Records is pleased to re-release on CD the OSTs by Ennio Morricone for the romantic comedy films Idoli controluce and …E la donna creo’ l’uomo (aka Volles Herz und leere Taschen). In this score, Morricone alternates pleasant, lounge-flavored tunes (“Sophisticated boy," “Relax in solitudine," “Rendez –vous”) with romantic themes (“Le meno importanti," “Le cose più importanti”). This CD reissue, lasting 51:04, includes for the first time the Baroque-flavored piece “Villa Madama,” which was fe…

Beat Records is pleased to reissue on CD the OST by Luciano Michelini for the dramatic film Anna, quel particolare piacere (aka Anna: The Pleasure, the Torment and Secrets of a Call Girl), directed in 1973 by Giuliano Carmineo with screenplay by Sauro Scavolini, Francesco Miliazia, and Ernesto Gastaldi, photography by Marcello Masciocchi, editing by Eugenio Alabiso, music by Luciano Michelini, production by Dania CC Champion, distribution by Interfilm, and starring Edwige Fenech, Corrado Pani, R…

'Formed in Bristol back in 2014 Tezeta were an experimental 8 piece instrumental group effortlessly combining Ethiopian jazz, Afrobeat, prog and improvisation. The band spawned out of the much loved Bloom Collective - a collective of musicians and friends from an experimental corner of the city’s buzzing music scene. Led by composer, pianist and bandleader Daniel Inzani (Spindle Ensemble, Cosmo Sheldrake) the band also featured tenor saxophonists Andrew Neil Hayes (Run Logan Run) and Lorenzo Pra…

Tracks1-3 recorded live in Helsinki, Finland, June 1973Tracks 4,5 recorded live at ‚"Rock & Jazz Now!‚", Munich, Germany, August 17, 1972.

Tracks 1, 2 (Side A) recorded live at the “Jazz Jamboree Festival”, Warsaw, Poland, October 30, 1970.Tracks 3 (Side A ) and Tracks 1,2 (Side B) recorded live in Opole, Poland, June 23-24, 1972.

Recorded live in Opole, Poland for Jazzorama on June 26, 1971 and previously unreleased.

Perhaps you've chanced upon a Number Station, unwittingly as you scour the shortwave bands, and heard a cold, disconnected voice repeating simple commands endlessly into the ether. Or maybe you've scanned past a series of bleeps and pips, or pockets of noise, thinking nothing of them, as you seek a favoured music station. These are messages, to those who know how to receive them, and are able decode them in their various forms and configurations. Shropshire Number Stations - Recordings of Covert…

The second volume in a two-part collection of pirate radio adverts & idents, taken from recordings of London stations between 1984 & 1993. Many thanks to Wayne Anthony, Simon Reynolds, Stephen Hebditch & The Pirate Radio Archive.

**Transparent lime vinyl, limited edition of 150 copies. Very last copies** Tim Clark’s The Last Question is a foundational work of cosmic electronic music, now reissued in a definitive edition that brings this elusive 1973 private-press masterpiece back into the spotlight. Originally composed and recorded while Clark was Music Director at the Strasenburgh Planetarium in Rochester, NY, these pieces were crafted as the soundtrack to the planetarium’s adaptation of Isaac Asimov’s visionary short s…

Orange Vinyl. Limited to only 150 copies. Anroid Sisters’s Songs of Electronic Despair is a cult classic of experimental synth-pop and cosmic satire, reissued by Wah Wah Records in a lovingly restored edition. Conceived by audio visionary Thomas M. Lopez (aka Meatball Fulton), founder of the ZBS Foundation, the Android Sisters originated as characters in the acclaimed sci-fi audio drama Ruby the Galactic Gumshoe, blending noir, comedy, and science fiction into a unique radio universe. Inspired b…

Purple Vinyl. Limited to only 150 copies. Joe Meek’s I Hear A New World stands as one of the most visionary and groundbreaking albums in the history of recorded sound. Created in 1960 with the help of The Blue Men-Rod Freeman, Ken Harvey, Roger Fiola, Chris White, Doug Collins, and Dave Golding-this electronic symphony was Meek’s attempt to capture the sounds of outer space and the future, decades ahead of its time. Already a legendary figure, Joe Meek was the first truly independent…

Reissue of 1998 CD release originally via Solipsism Recorded at Less Than Zero Studio and Oncosonik Laboratory Dec. 1996 - Feb. 1998.Edited Feb. 11, 1998. Originally released as Solipsism-05, 1998Archival materials courtesy of Kyle Wright

*2025 stock* John Coltrane with the Red Garland Trio is the third studio album by the jazz musician John Coltrane. It was released in early 1958 through Prestige Records. The recording took place at Rudy Van Gelder's studio on August 23, 1957. It was reissued in 1961 as Traneing In with a new catalogue number and cover design.

*2025 stock* Coltrane is a studio album by the jazz saxophonist, bandleader, and composer John Coltrane. It was released in July 1962 through Impulse! Records. The recording was made in April and June 1962 at the Van Gelder Studio. At the time of release it was overlooked by the music press, but has since come to be regarded as a significant recording in Coltrane's discography.

*2025 stock* Rodion-Ladislau Rosca spent his lifetime creating music that was ambitious, groundbreaking and innovative. He was a pioneering composer, a talented multi-instrumentalist and producer. He pushed musical boundaries to their limits. This he did as a solo artist and with his group Rodion G.A. Despite being popular in their native Romania, Rodion G.A. had to work under an oppressive Communist regime only releasing two tracks that appeared on a compilation album in 1981. Rodion, however…

*2025 stock* Lothar And The Hand People emerged as one of the earliest pioneers to mix electronics into rock, incorporating theremin and synthesizers into their sonic onslaught. Led by Lothar (a theremin) and his cast of digit possessing musicians wielding guitar, bass, drums, and one of the first (and largest) modular Moogs! This, their first ever live album, captures them with the passion and energy that can only come from a band’s final show before Lothar was forever unplugged.

*2025 stock* Finally the recorded studio work of Bill Ylitalo as Otto Kentrol and Faceless has been assembled! Prior to this, none of his work had been available digitally. No Mistakes features hard to find post punk & no wave cuts, four track demos, and previously unissued gems. Featuring sax, strange electronic instruments, recitative vocals and sporadic bass, guitar and drums- it’s a wild journey!

**2025 Repress. Clear Vinyl. Limited to only 150 copies in textured art paper. Included inner sheet with liner notes and pictures. Newly mastered sound from the original tapes and will include one bonus track recorded in the same sessions.** First ever vinyl reissue of this 1972 masterpiece by another of the big names in UK Jazz. Neil Ardley was offered the leadership of the seminal New Jazz Orchestra in 1964. Under his direction the Orchestra moved though different styles and changes of personn…

Big tip! *2025 Stock* Ashram Sun is a transcendent journey toward the inner source of Surya Botofasina’s musical being. Returning to the places and spaces of his spiritual and musical upbringing, the keyboardist and vocalist’s second LP for Spiritmuse after 2022’s acclaimed Everyone’s Children delivers an inspiring meditation on the works and message of his mentor, Swamini Turiyasangitananda, better known as Alice Coltrane, and takes us back to his grounding in the Sai Anantam Ashram – a Vedic a…