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Geoffrey Gurrumul Yunupingu - Gurrumul 2008 album from the former member of Yothu Yindi (and currently with Saltwater Band). Blind from birth, Geoffrey Gurrumul Yunupingu is a powerhouse of musical creativity. His solo excursions highlight his amazing talent as a singer/songwriter/musician and his beautiful voice singing the songs of his Gumatj country. His solo performances are a rare treat and should not be missed. With the release of this his first solo album, Geoffrey highlights the tremendous talent and influence he has to offer Indigenous music in Australia, that can reverberate around the world. 2 LP Set on Skinnyfish. $48 |
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Charlotte Gainsbourg - IRM What started as a brief recording session between Charlotte Gainsbourg and Beck ended up to be the body of work that is IRM. Over the course of a year and a half of writing and recording together, Beck's role grew to encompass all aspects of the creative process. He worked seamlessly with Charlotte co writing the lyrics and produced and mixed the recording (This is the first time he has ever been so involved in another artist's work). Sonically, the album is a new direction for Charlotte Gainsbourg and her first in nearly four years. Beck's iconic and spacey production blends flawlessly with Charlotte's unique vocals and delivery. 2 LP Set. $45 (Highly recomended at Quality for it's mix of traditional French chanteuse(osity) and cutting edge wierdness - thanks Beck and Charlotte) |
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Muse - The Resistance Following seven years of near solid touring, Muse escalated from being the biggest band in Teignmouth in 1997 to one of the biggest bands in Europe by 2004. With each successive album, they pushed the musical envelope with a fusion of progressive rock, electronica, and Radiohead-influenced experimentation, creating an emotive, passionate sound. Muse's reputation as one of the best live rock bands in the world is well deserved with their exhilirating live performances drewing critical acclaim, industry buzz, and a loyal and rabid fan base 1 LP Set at $49 |
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Florence and the Machine - Lungs 2009 debut album from the hotly tipped UK outfit fonted by Florence Welch. Lungs, produced by Paul Epworth, James Ford and Steve Mackay, is an intoxicating mix of delicate fragility, dark humor and twisted Tim Burton style fairy-tales. From the live favourite 'You've Got The Love' to the raw Blues-tinged 'Girl With One Eye' to the beautifully painful 'Between Two Lungs', the album is crammed with crowd pleasers. Also boasting fresh tracks like new single 'Rabbit Heart (Raise It Up)', 'Drumming' - with its epic denseness, the terrifyingly brilliant 'Howl' and 'Hurricane Drunk' with it's paradoxical charms of heartbreak, love and loss, Lungs promises to leave us wanting more of the insanely captivating Florence Welch. $32 |
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Grizzly Bear - Veckatimest There is an unbelievable clarity of sound and vision to Veckatimest: vocals (a duty shared by all band members) are sharper and more complex, arrangements are tighter, production is more venturous and lyrics more affecting. Having opened the creative dialogue at such an early stage, Grizzly Bear was able to realize these 12 songs together as a band, making it their most collaboratively compositional album to date. |
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Them Crooked Vultures Yes, thus far this band has been an enigma wrapped in a mystery--save for the music Dave, Joshua and John have been very publicly playing.It sounds like the guy from Queens of the Stone Age singing and playing guitar with the bass player from Led Zeppelin and the drummer from Nirvana. To recap their various histories, Dave played drums with Joshua's Queens of the Stone Age on the 2002 classic Songs For The Deaf and on the first part of the tour supporting that record. John contributed to Dave's Foo Fighters' 2005 two-disc opus In Your Honor, contributing piano, mandolin and mellotron to the double album's quieter second half. John also conducted the orchestra for the Foo Fighters 2008 Grammy performance and, together with his former bandmate Jimmy Page, sat in with the Foos for encores of "Rock and Roll" and "Ramble On" on the second night of the band's historic two-night stand at London's Wembley Stadium later that year. $34 |
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Vampire Weekend - Contra Like the first album, Contra was produced by keyboardist Rostam Batmanglij and is the realization of a whole and unique musical vision that sees the band stretching out and adding new textures, instrumentation, and rhythms into their sound.Primarily recorded in New York with a springtime sojourn to Mexico, Contra feels altogether fresh, joyous, and like nothing else but is immediately recognizable as the sound of Vampire Weekend. $32 |
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Nirvana - Live at Reading NIRVANA'S LEGENDARY NEVER-BEFORE-RELEASED 1992 READING CONCERT Ranked #1 in Kerrang Magazine's "100 Gigs That Shook The World" and voted as "Nirvana's #1 Greatest Moment" by fans in an NME poll, Nirvana's historic August 30, 1992 headlining appearance at the UK's Reading Festival is one of the most bootlegged concerts in the annals of rock n roll. $44 |
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John Mayer - Battle Studies 2009 studio album from the Grammy-winning singer/songwriter. Since the release of his hit album, Room For Squares, in 2001, Mayer has progressed from a sensitive acoustic-based performer into a full-fledged paparazzi-baiting superstar with acclaimed musical detours into Jazz, Blues and Folk. Battle Studies is yet another milestone for Mayer, containing some of his best work to date. Features the single 'Who Says'. $49 |
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XX The XX unique make-up is an inadvertent second nature marriage of 2009's urban/guitar tribes, in one corner fluttering new wave indebted reverberation, in the other, plumes of post-dubstep sub-bass and figuratively, their defining core of rich R&B vocal textures. The enveloping vocal partnership of Romy and Oliver is one that would've dropped-jaws in any decade this century, and set amidst a shivering soundscape of beats and plucks, their bedroom-reared concrete-soul is being justly heralded as the UK's most original and treasured alt. pop artifact of late. $36 |
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Tom Waits - Glitter and Doom - Live
The inimitable Tom Waits has charmed Quality Records with that voice, that can only have been cultivated over a lifetime of cigarettes, bourbon and coffee, and that soul of a raconteur, a poet, a bluesman, and a barkeep. Recorded across a number of American cities, Glitter and Doom brings all of the doom and gloom, humour and poetry of each performance to life with a viscerally atmospheric recording; you’ll almost smell the stale smoke and booze hanging in the air. Tom’s intense live presence is accompanied by an equally intense band, and the audience clearly lapped up every howl, grumble and moan that Waits uttered, as will you when you hear it. Pressed on high quality 180 gram vinyl in a gatefold sleave, Glitter and Doom on vinyl also comes with an MP3 download of the entire album. $32.
Woody Guthrie - My Dusty Road Collection
"These recordings are treasures. To sit and listen, is to sit with Woody and his crew. And you become a part of that crew, and you hear how they listen to each other's voices, how they lean in to connect their rhythms and harmonies. It's achingly human, simple and direct yet full of spirited words and ideas. You can hear so much; the man, his friends, his words, his times, his passions, his angers, his family, his government, his home, his road."
"It's very, very strange. The more time goes by, the clearer Woody's voice gets."
-Nora Guthrie
Norah Jones - The Fall
The new album, "The Fall" by jazz crooner phenomenon, Norah Jones. A U.S. pressing on 180 gram in a deluxe gatefold sleeve. $32.00
Eskimo Joe - Inshalla
Inshalla is a wonderfully unguarded and inspiring set that harnesses the band's fresh outlook and channels it through new methods of songwriting and arranging. Infectious drum grooves pulse beneath Temperley's emotive vocals and form an infectious dynamic that sees melodies to soar. Light keyboard flourishes, a single violin, inventive guitar tones tempered with a pleasing amount of space all paint this vivid portrait of a year in the life of Eskimo Joe. Demoing a dozen tracks and recording 11 at Byron Bay's Studio 301, the trio were pushed beyond their comfort zone and to a new level by acclaimed British rock producer Gil Norton (Foo Fighters, the Pixies, Echo and the Bunnymen and The Counting Crows). The esteemed rock producer challenged the band to craft songs that said the most with less. Pressing Limited to 500 copies only. $38.
Tracks :
- Foreign Land
- Inshalla
- Losing Friends Over Love
- The Sound Of Your Heart
- Childhood Behaviour
- Don't Let Me Down
- Falling For You (Intro)
- Falling For You
- Losing My Mind
- Your Eyes
- Please Elise
- Morning Light
Sting - If on a Winter's Night
For this exploration of the themes and emotions of winter Sting is joined by friend and long time colleague, guitarist Dominic Miller - and an ensemble of three remarkable musicians from Northern England and Scotland: Kathryn Tickell (fiddle and Northumbrian pipes) Julian Sutton (melodian) and Mary MacMaster (metal string Scottish harp). "If on a Winter's Night" presents an arc of songs that conjure the season of spirits, the eerie silences of the snow; days of solitude and reflection for some, a time of re-birth and celebration for many. With traditional music of the British Isles as their starting point, Sting and his guest musicians draw the listener in through a collection of songs, carols, and lullabies spanning the centuries. A U.S> pressing on 180 gram come sin a gateflod sleeve. Our price $32.00
Melody Gardot - My One and Only Thrill
An exceptional talent (our opinion). "My One
And Only Thrill is the spellbinding follow up to Gardot's compelling debut,
Worrisome Heart, and eloquently confirms her as a supreme songwriting talent
possessed of a truly sublime voice. Gardot's effortless blend of soft-edged,
late-night jazz and quiet, introspective blues is on exquisite display throughout,
together with the swooning sashay of the melting, Stan Getz-like 'Les Etoiles.'" - BBC. 
Fat Freddy's Drop - Based On A True Story
Based On A True Story is the biggest selling New Zealand artist album of all time. The debut studio album from Fat Freddy's Drop, has sold 8-times platinum in New Zealand alone, after debuting at #1 on the NZ Album Charts & holding that position for 11 weeks, and that as an independent release with virtually no promotion. Based On A True Story won a raft of awards, including Best Album at the NZ music award and Album of the Year from Gilles Peterson Worldwide at BBC. Re-released after being out of print for a number of years, this is a limited edition, 2 L.P. set. $35.00
Tracks :
1. Ernie
2. Cay's Crays
3. This Room
4. Ray Ray
5. Dark Days
6. Flashback
7. Roady
8. Wandering Eye
9. Del Fuego
10. Hope
Wolfmother "Cosmic Egg"
The seeds for Cosmic Egg were sown when the touring cycle for the debut record came to a close, and frontman and guitarist Andrew Stockdale sat down to start from scratch at his home studio in Brisbane. Following an extensive gestation period and the enlistment of new band members, Stockdale and his band of merry men, with acclaimed UK producer Alan Moulder began pre-production in Byron Bay before transplanting to Los Angeles for the proper recording to commence. Cosmic Egg is, in short, the sound of the Wolfmother world being rethunk and cracked wide open, with a sprawling, jubilant galaxy of musical and metaphysical harmony spilling forth. 2 LP Set $38.00.
Willie Nelson - American Classic
Willie Nelson is nothing if not prolific with a recent Best of album, "Lost Highways", a collaboration with Alseep at the Wheel (both on instock on vinyl), and now, "American Classic", another revisiting of the great American Songbook with a jazz flavou.r The album features duets with special guests Norah Jones and Diana Krall, Mickey Raphael on harmonica, pianist Joe Sample, bassist Christian McBride, and drummer Lewis Nash. On 180 gram vinyl with a gatefold cover. On Blue Note Records at $35.
Foo Fighters - Greatest Hits
From the ashes of Nirvana, Dave Grohl emerged to become a God of Rock, flying into the stratosphere of Rock-dom, on the back of the almighty Foo Fighters. And now, after 14 years and 6 albums, the Foo Fighters have released their Greatest Hits, to remind us of the power of Rock. 2 LP heavy vinyl gatefold set $34
Fat Freddys Drop - Dr Boondigga and the Big W
Blending hi-tech soul, jazz & reggae, the 7 strong New Zealand collective FAT FREDDY'S DROP have been winning an ever increasing global fan base since the release of their 200,000-selling (and 8 times platinum in NZ!!) debut 'Based On A TrueStory' (DRP006) in 2005. A 2 LP Set. $34
Bat for Lashes - Two Suns
If anyone thought that the magic and mystery was gone from modern music, they need look no further than Bat for Lashes to be proven delightfully wrong. After a stunning debut, Fur and Gold , Bat for Lashes returns with Two Suns, to send us into Natasha Kahn's sparkling dreamscape and the world of her alter-ego, Pearl. Definitely one of the great albums of 2009. $35
Direct Metal Remastering - One Little Indian Re-issue Series - Limited Edition Numbered Vinyl
Bjork - Skunk Anansie - Sigur Ros
Superb pressings from the One Little Indians Label. From Bjork and Skunk Anansie, 2 LP, Limited Edition (numbered), 200 gram, Direct Metal Mastered in heavy duty pvc sleeves - in the fact the lot - really lovely. Also from Sigur Ros, deluxe pressings of ( ) and others, plus the first ever (apart from a muti record set), vinyl pressing of their first album, Von.
La Roux
It appears that 80s revivalism has become a genre unto itself. And with groups like La Roux at the vanguard of pop music, we think that this will become the defining sound of the naughties. Check back with us in 10 years to see if we're right. Anyway, La Roux, 'the red-haired one' has delivered one of the best pop albums of the year, with slick beats and high fashion sensibilities. $32
Jay Z - Blueprint 3
'BLUEPRINT 3' features collaborations with Rihanna, Kayne West, Alicia Keys, Pharrell and Australia's very own Luke Steele from Empire Of The Sun. 2 LP. Our Price $34
Alice in Chains - Black Gives way to Blue
One of the most influential bands to arise from Seattle's grunge movement of the 1990's, Alice In Chains are now back with an evolved sound and a new co-vocalist William Du Vall. Among the the many highlights which includes the first single 'CHECK MY BRAIN', Black Gives Way To Blue, includes a special guest performance by Elton John on the album's stunning title track, Black Gives Way To Blue, a heart-stirring tribute to Alice In Chains' late lead singer Layne Staley. 2 LP. Our Price $35
Black Crowe - The Southern Harmony and Musical Companion
Reissue of this classic album on 180 gram vinyl. Our Price $34. Also in stock their new album "Before the Frost", a 2 LP set on 180 gram vinyl. Our Price $44
Sarah Blasko - As Day Follows Night
As Day Follows Night is the long awaited third album from Sarah Blasko. Our Price $32
Jimmy Barnes - The Rhythm and the Blues
Most of you might already know (and some of you lived thru it) that the Jimmy Barnes 1991 'Soul Deep' album is not only the biggest seller in his illustrious career, but was also the most successful in Mushroom Records history. This new collection of songs is not strictly 'soul' but moreso a 50's and 60's rock, rhythm and blues blend. The Rhythm & The Blues is where rock 'n' roll and modern soul started back in the 50's and 60's. It's dedicated to the pioneers and forefathers of modern music, and crosses the gamut from rock to swing to soul, but all songs have that common rhythm and blues thread. The album has again been produced by Don Gehman in L.A (Soul Deep and Soul Deeper) and features some of the best and most qualified musicians and session singers going around). Comes with a bonus CD of the entire album. Our Price $39
Jack Johnson - En Concert
Recorded during a World Tour in 2008. this two LP set brings together some of the finest moments with 19 tracks. A two record set. 2 LP. $34
The Doors
The Doors. All six studio albums ( plus a mono version of the first album). 180 gram HQ vinyl. Individually numbered limited edition. Lizard skin print box. It's back. Need we say more? $260
New Jazz Titles
From the Jazz Wax and Jazz Track Labels, approximately 25 re-issues of classic and rare jazz albums from Miles Davis, Nina Simone, Dave Brubeck, Julie London and others. $32.00 ea.
Limited edition high definition premium 180 gram vinyl LP repressing of this classic Jazz album. A sultry, smoky-voiced master of understatement, Julie London enjoyed considerable popularity during the cool era of the 1950s – she often used restraint, softness, and subtlety to maximum advantage.
The nuts and bolts of a recording session, this record includes the soundtrack to the Louis Malle film, but even more interesting are the outakes, early and often aborted improvisations that became the final versions used for thel soundtrack. CAUTION genius at work!!
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Nina's first album with the original version of "My Baby just Cares for Me"
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