Alchemical Task (2020) is the third studio album from art rock duo Lore City, whose sound combines elements of psychedelia, post-rock, and dream pop. It has been six years since their last release, "Kill Your Dreams." and subsequent move to Portland, Oregon. Lore City’s music is born from the transformational power of sound. They create from the belief that we are all one, and that we’ve been here before. Song fragments are shimmering all around us, ready to transport. They tune in and transcribe. Sonic soundscapes give way to archetypal figures and voices materialize. LP jackets are printed on reverse board stock — featuring two artworks by Nancy L Greco. The lyric sheet is printed on uncoated paper stock. The all-black vinyl LPs come in white poly-lined sleeves — and a download code is included.

1-LP (10inch) plus CD, 12-page booklet, LP 12 tracks, CD 27 tracks, limited edition. King Size Taylor - one of the great British rockers and member of the legendary Hamburg Star-Club family! Taylor was always a rocker and less of a beat musician. LP/CD combo; only 4 tracks are also featured on King Size Taylor's CD in Bear Family's 'The Brits Are Rocking' series 'Taylor Made' focuses on his best rockers recorded for Ariola and the rare Philips single Somebody's Always Trying. Twenty-five of the twenty-seven songs on the CD were recorded in 1957/58 in the living room of Sam Hardie, the Dominoes pianist, Taylor's band - legally available for the first time on this particular release. In the large-format booklet with liner notes by Marc Mittelacher, there are plenty of photos from Taylor's private archive showing him and stars of rock 'n' roll in the 50s. Carefully mastered and with a photo postcard originally signed by King Size Taylor as a bonus! We guarantee pure listening pleasure! Especially in Germany, King Size Taylor was known in the early sixties as a regular guest in Hamburg's Star-Club. In the Hanseatic city he performed more than 250 gigs between 1962 and 1964 and recorded exclusively in Germany during this time. Due to the creation of legends around the young Beatles, King Size Taylor also ran under the popular label 'Beat'. But on closer inspection Taylor was and always remained the real rocker from the British Isles. After his first musical attempts in a skiffle band (1957), the guitarist and singer, who was born in Liverpool on November 12, 1939, soon founded a rock 'n' roll outfit, which performed under King Size Taylor And The Dominoes from 1960 onwards and moved to Hamburg in 1962. Ariola released live recordings from the Star-Club. An album recorded a little later, 'Let's Do The Slop, Twist, Madison, Hully Gully ...' was released by the German Polydor label - under the pseudonym The Shakers. Single releases were also released in the UK, including Money, Whole Lotta Lovin' and Hippy Hippy Shake. Like the other numbers on the original LPs, these songs were cover versions of the hottest rock and R&B stars of their time. Track list 10"LP: Side A) 01 Bad Boy 02 All Around The World 03 Slippin' And Slidin' 04 Hello Josephine 05 Looking For My Baby 06 Saw My Baby With Another Guy Side B) 07 Somebody's Always Trying 08 Stupidity 09 Heeby Jeebies 10 Short On Love 11 Lipstick, Powder And Paint 12 Good Golly Miss Molly Track list bonus CD: 01 Whole Lotta Shakin' Goin' On (vocals by Arthur Baker) 02 Baby (vocals by Charlie Flynn) 03 Great Balls Of Fire (vocals by Arthur Baker) 04 Guitar Boogie 05 Roll Over Beethoven (vocals by Arthur Baker) 06 So Long (vocals by Arthur Baker) r 07 I Want You To Know (vocals by Arthur Baker) 08 Mean Woman Blues (vocals by Arthur Baker) 09 Autumn Leaves 10 Lend Me Your Comb (vocals by King Size Taylor) 11 Matchbox (vocals by King Size Taylor) 12 Good Golly Miss Molly (vocals by King Size Taylor) 13 Whole Lotta Shakin' Going On (vocals by King Size Taylor) 14 Guitar Boogie 15 Shortnin' Bread Rock (vocals by Charlie Flynn) 16 Roll Over Beethoven (vocals by King Size Taylor)

1-LP vinyl (10inch), booklet, 12 tracks Finally - legendary Curtis Gordon's rockabilly recordings on 10inch vinyl, original masters from 1955 to 1959! In addition to ten Mercury titles, two 1959 recordings for Dollie Records. For the first time both versions of the rockabilly classic Draggin' on one album! Plus rock 'n' roll classics like Rock, Roll, Jump And Jive or Mobile Alabama. For the first time on a Curtis Gordon compilation: the honky-tonk ballad Blue Lifetime. In addition, a richly illustrated booklet tells Gordon's story, including the mysterious story behind the two Draggin' versions! An absolute must for Rockabilly fans, collectors and vinyl freaks alike! Curtis Gordon Although Curtis Gordon never scored a hit during his career, his legendary rockabilly recordings, made for Mercury Records in the 1950s, established him as a rockabilly legend. The fact that he began recording country music and Western swing in the early 1950s only became known worldwide with the Bear Family releases of the 1980s and 1990s. The legend status got manifested when Gordon performed live again after years of musical abstinence headlining the Viva Las Vegas Festival in 2001. Draggin' This 10inch vinyl disc compresses all of Curtis Gordon's rockabilly classics, enriched with a country ballad stylistically inspired by Hank Williams and written by Luke McDaniel. In addition, two of a total of five rare songs that Gordon recorded for the Dollie label in 1959, which are considered the last recordings before his long absence. Enclosed with the record is an accompanying booklet, which contains rare photos and illustrations as well as a lot of information and a short biography and which tells the mysterious story about the two versions of the Curtis Gordon classic Draggin'. Both versions were released in 1956, but only one of them was reissued in later decades. So the ominous story of Draggin' has remained unsolved until today. We bring light into the darkness, but more will not be revealed here! Track list: Side A) 01 Draggin' (without echo - U.S. version) 02 Rock, Roll, Jump And Jive 03 Sixteen 04 Mobile, Alabama 05 Cry, Cry 06 Oh Lonely Heart Side B) 07 From Memphis To New Orleans 08 Sittin' On Top 09 So Tired Of Crying 10 Baby Please Come Home 11 Blue Lifetime 12 Draggin' (with echo - European version)

Tokyo-based Garage-Soul band WINSTONES finally release their debut album and while the CD-version is released by Radio Underground Records, the LP-version is released by Soundflat Records sister-company Topsy-Turvy Records! Over the past decade these four boys have played in numerous garage/punk/rock-bands (including legendary punk-rock band Teengenerate) before they formed this new musical project moving towards a funky, soulful New Orleans-R&B-influence, yet keeping their punk'n'roll-wildness to their sound. These four Japanese boys sure have a lot of soul in their veins; their album Sunshine City consists of 14 cover versions of soul/R&B-classics. Ain't It A Sin (Charles Bradley) gets you into the cool groove of the record right away and you'll find yourself moving along to the rhythm and chanting along to the classic mod hymn Somebody Stole My Thunder (originally by Georgie Fame) or uptempo soul stomper I Was Born To Lose Out (James & Bobby Purify) or their version of Down Home Girl (Alvin Robinson). Unique screaming vocals by singer Motor Ken and the band's refined sound take you through their versatile selection of tunes, that one cannot get enough of! TRACK LISTING A: 1. Get Carter Theme 2. Ain't It A Sin 3. Somebody Stole My Thunder 4. Bring It On Home To Me 5. Sweeter Than The Day Before 6. 8 Days On The Road 7. I Was Born To Lose Out B: 8. Lady Day And John Coltrane 9. Down Home Girl 10. Me And You Doin' The Boogaloo 11. You Didn't Know It But You Had Me 12. The Dark End Of The Street 13. Funky Street 14. A.J. The Housefly

SAMEHADA SHIRIKO & DYNAMITE are from Fukuoka, Japan and have played together since 2013 now, ever since released three albums and played countless explosive live-shows. The group around dynamic and beautiful singer and guitarist Shiriko, mad lead guitarist Abbey, stylish bassist Wetton and classy drummer Massiveeffect have an intense stage presence combining retro- and modern style in a fun and crazy way. Their third album Newretrock is just that - powerful retro-rock which is refreshingly new at the same time. The LP was previously released as CD (Sazanami Records) and contains 12 songs, including a coverversion of a band-favourite, Dangerous Saturday (originally by Japanese girl-group The Candies from the 70s) among 11 originals. It is covered in a pretty artwork, somewhat influenced by classy 60s and psychedelia. Be enchanted by the Enchanting Newretro World , rock and boogie along to Old House Boogie , shout along with That Girl's Shout and finally get overwhelmed by Samehada Typhoon . Samehada Shiriko & Dynamite have a highly unique, very Japanese, slightly crazy sound one can hardly compare with others, yet it is somewhere in between nostalgic Japanese Group-sounds, 80's- Mentai-Rock and Girl-Garage-Punk with a few 70's- and hardrock-influences here and there certainly one of a kind! TRACK LISTING A: 1. Introduction 2. Enchanting Newretro World 3. Dangerous Saturday 4. Old House Boogie 5. Kick The Girls Rock!! 6. Busy Busy B: 7. Shiriko's Zubizuba Rock 8. A Dream I Had In The Summer 9. Fire Rock'n'Roll Tour 10. That Girl's Shout 11. Goodbye Heisei Era 12. Samehada Typhoon