Quality Records New Vinyl Releases

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Also for an Update on the Doors and Led Zeppelin Box Sets and the new Blue Note 45 RPM Series from Anlaogue productions and Music Matters -

The second biggest selling band in the world (after the Beatles), selling over 200 million albums since 1973, AC/DC return with their first studio album in 8 years. Please Note : Due to sheer stupidity on the part of the record company, NO stock of this title is as yet available in Australia, the land of AC/DCs birth - please explain!!! Stock is available from the U.S., but due to the falling Oz dollar and increasing shipping costs, the price is excessive. Please be patient as European stock should arrive soon.

Another in the Bob Dylan Bootleg Series (Volume 8) featuring unreleased recordings, studio demos, alternate takes, live tracks and rare film songs spanning 1989-2006 - available as a 4 Record box set at at $165. We have already sold out on our intitial shipment, but more stock available soon. (see Audiophile Page for more information).

For those who have not already 5 copies, Sony's sumptuous 50th Anniversay Edition of Miles Davis' "Kind of Blue" on blue vinyl with two CDs of live sessions recorded by the group, a DVD with exapnded "Making of..." and a television performance plus booklet and bits and bobs (see Audiophile Page for more information) This is really something. Our Price $85.

Its a Metallica renaissance with Death Magnetic . The masters of metal return with an epic new album, collaborating with master producer Rick Rubin. Available now in a gatefold LP set. $48.

"Long considered one of the finest singers in the jazz world, Cassandra Wilson's new album is a tour de force of emotion, technique, interpretation and style as she brings her considerable powers to this collection of classic songs." $39.

We refuse to use the cliche and say that the "Mothership" has landed, but it IS in stock. 4 LPs of the best of Zep . A half-speed Master with remastering supervised by Jimmy Page. On sumptuous heavy duty vinyl in a box set and comes with a 20 page booklet. A really beautiful edition. Our Price $99.

Gee. this took a long time, but in stock at last! A sumptuous box set with 4 heavy duty records, booklet and six bonus tracks not on the original release. High quality vinyl does not come much better than this. $99.00.

After a long break (Richard Ashcroft had time to record 3 solo albums), Verve are back in a big way. A deluxe two record set on heavy vinyl $54.

With the highest vinyl sales for decades just announced, Universal Records is releasing the 60th Anniversary "Back to Black" Series with remastered titles on 180 gram and including a free download (for the car - if you can stand the horrible sound).

The first installment inlcudes Cream, Blind Faith, Clapton, Amy Winehouse , Cat Stevens and others. More releases soon. In stock and our price (except Supertramp for some reason) is $31.00. 00

A further installment in Universal's re-issues of classic vinyl with 3 U2 titles, remastered and on 180 gram vinyl. $32.00.

See our in-stock list for more U2 titles including the 30th Anniversary edition of "Joshua Tree".

"Beck's new album, his eighth overall, was produced with Brian "Danger Mouse" Burton and contains 10 new songs. Modern Guilt is the first new material Beck has written since the prolific stretch that produced 2005's platinum Guero and 2006's universally acclaimed The Information . Modern Guilt is a tightly assembled group of songs that range in lyrical tone from introspection and social commentary to off-the-cuff wordplay and lighthearted humor". On 180 gram vinyl with bonus download. In Stock $35.00

In Stock. On 180 gram vinyl from the U.K. Coldplays 4th album, "Vida La Vida or Death and all His Friends" $39

From Sundazed Records : In 1977, Dennis Wilson launched Pacific Ocean Blue, the first solo LP by a member of the world-famous Beach Boys. Amazingly, Dennis – the band's drummer, surfer and all-around free spirit – emerged from the shadow of his older brothers, pop genius Brian Wilson, and shocked the world by creating a heartfelt body of work unlike anything the Beach Boys had ever produced. More than 30 years later, Pacific Ocean Blue remains one of the most intoxicating solo showcases by a Wilson brother. Available as a three record set with numerous unreleased tracks included previously unreleased material from the "Bambu" Sessions - Dennis' second album. On Blue Vinyl. Our Price $65.00.

"The legendary pianist and innovator explores the words and music of another musical pioneer Joni Mitchell on his first new studio recording since 1998's Grammy Award winner Gershwin's World . Inspired in equal parts by Mitchell's poetic lyrics and unique melodies/harmonies, the musicians play with a restraint and elegance (on both the instrumental and vocal tracks) that achieves a perfect balance between the adventurous aesthetics of jazz improvisation and the emotional directness of the finest Adult Pop music". A two record set from Universal on heavy Vinyl. $49

A Whole New Thing, Fresh, Life, Stand!, There's a Riot Goin' On, Dance to the Music

The whole funk-tastic Sly and the Family Stone catalogue has been fabulously remastered and released on the Sundazed label. All available now at Quality Records. A$36 each.

Mel's album of the year (and we're only half-way thru'). Portishead meets Radiohead, but don't take his word for it -

"Third is utterly riveting and endlessly absorbing....It demands attention, requiring effort on the part of the listener, as this defies any conventions on what constitutes art pop apart from one key tenant, one that is often attempted yet rarely achieved: it offers music that is genuinely, startlingly original......All Music Guide.
Third is shaping up to be the must have album of the year....."

A two LP set on heavy vinyl from Germany. Our price $42.00. Also available as a deluxe box set with etched 12" of "Machine Gun" and a limited edition print.

The Kings of Metal are remastered - as audiophile quality Half-Speed Mastered vinyl from the original analogue master tapes by Mobile Fidelity. Metallica's classic albums Kill 'em All and Ride the Lightning and now Master of Puppets are available at $35 each. Also available as 2 x 45rpm editions at $58.

Jack White's other band return for The Raconteurs second album Consolers of the Lonely. Yes, that's right, we have The Raconteurs! A fantastic follow-up for a great band, presented beautifully as a gatefold heavy vinyl set. $55

Moby returns to the dance floor with Last Night, merging his dance roots with the chilled sounds made popular by Play (available at $42, Hotel also available at $34). Available Soon!

Working Man s Cafe a new studio album by legendary musician and Rock n Roll Hall of Fame member Ray Davies (founder, singer, songwriter of The Kinks), features 12 new songs written by Davies, and co-produced with Grammy® Award winning producer/engineer Ray Kennedy (Lucinda Williams, Steve Earle). Recorded in Nashville, Working Man s Café is Davies second solo album, following his solo debut Other People s Lives, released in 2006.

Working Man s Café, focuses on the plight of the worker, the every day man around the world. It is Davies American record (many of the songs were written and all produced in the US) describing the changes he s seen in this country since he first started visiting in the 60s. In a recent four star Mojo Magazine review Davies is described as having a tourist s blend of enchantment and bafflement when writing about the United States

Following from Cat Power's first album of covers by iconic performers, Jukebox reimagines songs originally recorded by Frank Sinatra, Hank Williams, Bob Dylan, Joni Mitchell, Jessie Mae Hemphill and others. Jukebox also feature guest performances by Spooner Oldham, Larry McDonald, Teenie Hodges and Matt Sweeney. 2 LPs $35. In stock

After the long awated vinyl release, Young Modern is finally hear! Again demonstrating Silverchair's impressive musical abilities, this is the band's latest multi-award winning album, which includes the fantastic singles "Straight Line", "Reflections of a Sound" and "If You Keep Losing Sleep". Strictly Limited Edition at $55.

After starting with retro/electro, then moving on to electro pop and then glam, Goldfrapp have returned to soundscapes reminicent of Felt Mountain and show us once again that they are masters of cool. 2 LPs $35.

To commemorate the 20th anniversary of the release of U2’s highly acclaimed and massively successful album, The Joshua Tree, a remastered, heavyweight vinyl has been released. It comes as a double vinyl gatefold set with a sumptuously presented commemorative booklet. We had copies available of the German pressing at $32.00, however due to pressing problems (record two buckled), this edition has been withdrawn and is no longer available worldwide. We still have copies of the U.S. version at $48.

"The self-referential title of Fogerty's first album in three years is no mere play on words; this is as close as he's gotten in a long while to duplicating the loose swamp blues, country, folk, soul and rock that he so memorably created a template for in Creedence Clearwater Revival." - Amazon.com. Our price A$34.

If you thought the download was great, wait till you have heard the vinyl. Radiohead's "In Rainbows" on heavy vinyl. Our price $30.00. In stock Now.

Anyone has heard any of the recent amazing remasters of the Stones catalogue will know how good this is - and available at a special price. A 4 LP set on heavy vinyl. Our price $48.00

This is absolutely scrumptious - beautifully presented box set bound in cloth.

After more than a decade out of print, the albums Traveling Wilburys Volume 1 and Traveling Wilburys Volume 3 - featuring inarguably some of music's greatest singer-songwriters - George Harrison, Jeff Lynne, Roy Orbison, Tom Petty and Bob Dylan - as the iconic band The Traveling Wilburys. This set features vinyl releases of the original two albums with an additional 12-inch featuring bonus tracks. Also included is a collectible album-sized book, plus additional vintage postcards and posters. Rhino Records continues it's merry way with yet another superb audiophile release. Mastered at AcousTech by Kevin Gray and pressed at RTI. In stock. Our price $125.00

Who would have thought! Just when we had worked out our theory that Dylan "stiffed" every third album, he maintains the standard, and delivers another beauty. The voice is as raspy as ever, and this has a retro, even nostalgic feel about it, but enjoyable none the less. The vinyl has arrived so collect your copy today!. Arriving soon from Classic Records is the box set re-issue of the 1966 British Concerts, and Volume Seven of the Bootleg Series. "No Direction Home", from the superb television series. Expensive, but beautifully packaged and pressed and worth every one of it's 200 grams.

Complete Clapton is the Hall of Famer and 16-time Grammy winner's first career-spanning collection. From "Crossroads" and "Badge" to "Layla" and "I Shot The Sheriff," from "Cocaine" and "Lay Down Sally" to "Tears In Heaven" and "Change The World," the 36-selection Complete Clapton - featuring all 13 of his solo or group Top 20 Pop hits - is the musical companion to a remarkable life. In stock Soon.

One of those rare combinations that occur only in the recording studio happened between John Coltrane and Kenny Burrell in 1958. The rhythm team of Paul Chambers and Jimmy Cobb, who were with the Miles Davis quintet, was enhanced by the suave, swinging piano of Tommy Flanagan. The chemistry of Burrell and Coltrane, the blend of guitar and tenor saxophone in a mix of originals and standards; is evident throughout.

When Riverside Records recorded this John Lee Hooker session in 1959, producer Bill Grauer asked the Mississippi moaner to play acoustic guitar, much in the manner he had years earlier, before coming North, plugging in, and creating "boogie lightnin'." The result, on which Hooker put his distinct stamp on tunes associated with Muddy Waters, Howlin' Wolf, Lightnin' Hopkins and Big Bill Broonzy, as well as a number of his own highly personal compositions, is a country blues classic.

"…Cluster 71 informs the following three decades... techno, experimental music and composition, leftfield hip-hop production, Krautrock, New Age, even latter-day dub, doing so not only from an adventurous and refreshingly non-academic vantage point, but also from a sonically clean, open space, a far cry from the noise recordings of today, where more often than not the medium and studio textures become an accomplice to the sounds themselves. Other musicians, not the least of which Cluster themselves, would carry these ideas on to their future work and refine them into what we know to exist today."

Classic Records and Speakers Corner continue their re-issue of classical records including Decca titles Albéniz: “Iberia” / Turina: Danzas fantásticas, and Bruch: Scottish Fantasy / Hindemith: Violin Concerto reissued by Speakers Corner, which are both instore now.

Mobile Fidelity reputation for excellence is sustained with these new realeases that are available in store now.

Madeleine Peyroux with her latest release after 8 years, 'Careless Love' transverses country folk and pop through the warm and luscious sounds of her jazz roots. Sounds like Billie Holiday doing contemporary songs. A limited edition heavy vinyl release is now available to buy, or just come in and stare into her lonely eyes on the 12-inch cover.

Also available in store from Mobile Fidelity are John Lennon's 'Imagine' and 'Plastic Ono Band' and "Mind Games", plus Allsion Krauss, Aimee Mann, and others. The magnificent Bapricia Barber 45 X RPM boxed sets will be back in stock soon.

For those with fond memories of the audiophile label, Mobile Fidelity, they have been quietly releasing the occasional vinyl record - sadly at extreme prices, but we have been able to obtain a few releases from Alison Krauss, John Lennon (including the sublime "Plastic Ono Album"), and Richard Thompson - at slightly less extreme prices. In stock now. Good news is that more titles are on the way including Patricia Barber and Madelaine Peroux.

Aside from Classic Records superlative 200 gram re-isssues, U.S. re-issues of the Blue Note catalogue continue. Latest installment includes Freddie Roach "Good Move", Lee Morgan "Charisma", Grant Green "The Final Come-down", Jackie McLean "Action, Action, Action", Dizzy Reece "Blues in trinity", Bobby Hutcherson "Dialogue" and Hank Mobley's "Caddy for Daddy" and "Hank". On 180 gram vinyl at $28.00. These titles, and others, in stock now!

It may be hard to believe, but 2004's Greatest Hits is not only the first retrospective Neil Young has released since 1977's Decade , it's the first ever single-disc (well, 2 LPs so that just blew that comment out of the water) collection of his best-known songs... it works as an all-business introduction for the uninitiated and as a concise summary for those not willing to travel down all the long, winding roads Young has traveled over the years. In other words, it's as good a compilation as it could have been. Another superb release from Classic Records on 200 gram vinyl plus a 200 gram coloured vinyl 7 inch single (600 grams all up ? - it certainly is heavy!!!)

Neil's official label for vinyl releases is now Classic Records, and "Prarie Wind" is now available.

Neil Young has seriously ruffled the American Right with his anti-war stance on his latest album. They have accused him of being an environmentalist, a tree hugger etc, etc. Gee Neil. You actually care about others and the world around you, you old Republican you. On ya mate! Neil is taking this album so seriously that he has organized to have the vinyl realease available in record time, and you can presently pick it up from us now. From Classic Records on 200 gram Vinyl. $48.00