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RELEASE DATE 3RD JUNE 2016
People… Hold On EDDIE KENDRICKS Elemental Music, together with Universal Music Group, present the best selection of 70’s R&B, Soul and Funk out of print titles from the vaults of classic labels such as Tamla-Motown, Cadet and Mercury, among others. Collector's Reissues in gatefold mini-LP sleeve with printed inner sleeve, digitally remastered, limited edition. Elemental Music proudly announces the ultimate edition of one of the most acclaimed records in the history of Soul music: People ... Hold On, the second album by former Temptations’ vocalist Eddie Kendricks which was originally released in the Spring of 1972 on the Tamla imprint of Motown Records. This sensational release was a concept album dedicated to black America, addressing the truth of African-American life and aspiration in this time of social and personal change. The floor-shaking rhythmic builds and wild, repeated emotional flights of “Girl, You Need a Change of Mind” are frequently cited as the single ground-breaking model for the breaks and changes of disco.
Label: Elemental Music File Under: Soul Catalogue No: 88501 Barcode: 8435395500569 Price: MID PRICE Format: 1 CD Packaging: digipack
Track listing: 1. IF YOU LET ME 3:25 2. LET ME RUN INTO YOUR LONELY HEART 3:13 3. DAY BY DAY 3:19 * 4. GIRL YOU NEED A CHANGE OF MIND 7:45 5 . SOMEDAY WE’LL HAVE A BETTER WORLD 3:45 6. MY PEOPLE… HOLD ON 5:40 * 7. DATE WITH THE RAIN 2:44 ** 8. EDDIE’S LOVE 3:32 * 9. I’M ON THE SIDELINE 2:58 10. JUST MEMORIES 5:51 *
RELEASE DATE 3RD JUNE 2016
Still Waters Run Deep FOUR TOPS Elemental Music, together with Universal Music Group, present the best selection of 70’s R&B, Soul and Funk out of print titles from the vaults of classic labels such as Tamla-Motown, Cadet and Mercury, among others. Collector's Reissues in gatefold mini-LP sleeve with printed inner sleeve, digitally remastered, limited edition. 45 years after its original release (March 1970) and almost 15 since its last reissue, Elemental Music proudly announces the ultimate edition of one of the most acclaimed and emblematic albums of the Motown sound: Still Waters Run Deep, by the legendary Detroit vocal quartet The Four Tops. Produced by longtime Norman Whitfield associate Frank Wilson, the album returned the Four Tops to the top forty on the album charts where it peaked at number twenty-one, yielding the popular Top 30 hits, “Still Water (Love)” (#11), which was co-written by Smokey Robinson, and their cover of “It’s All in the Game” (#24), which featured rare co-leads by Four Tops members Abdul “Duke” Fakir, Renaldo “Obie” Benson, Lawrence Payton and Levi Stubbs.
Label: Elemental Music File Under: Soul Catalogue No: 88502 Barcode: 8435395500576 Price: MID PRICE Format: 1 CD Packaging: digipack
Track listing: 1. STILL WATER (LOVE) 3:02 2. REFLECTIONS 3:25 3. IT’S ALL IN THE GAME 2:44 4. EVERYBODY’S TALKING 2:53 5. LOVE IS THE ANSWER 2:26 6. I WISH I WERE YOUR MIRROR 3:09 7. ELUSIVE BUTTERFLY 3:07 8. BRING ME TOGETHER 2:59 9. L.A. (MY TOWN) 3:09 10. STILL WATER (PEACE) 2:42
RELEASE DATE 3RD JUNE 2016
Smokey SMOKEY ROBINSON Elemental Music, together with Universal Music Group, present the best selection of 70’s R&B, Soul and Funk out of print titles from the vaults of classic labels such as Tamla-Motown, Cadet and Mercury, among others. Collector's Reissues in gatefold mini-LP sleeve with printed inner sleeve, digitally remastered, limited edition. This quintessential Elemental Music reissue presents the first solo album by Motown legend Smokey Robinson after his departure from The Miracles: Smokey. It was originally released on Motown Records’ Tamla subsidiary label in 1973, and features the single “Sweet Harmony”, which was his tribute to his former singing partners in The Miracles: Bobby Rogers, Pete Moore and Ronnie White. The album was arranged by Dave Blumberg, Gene Page and Willie Hutch. It also contains the song “Baby Come Close”, his first solo hit single, and the single “Just My Soul Responding”, a protest song dealing with ghetto life in America, and the plight of the American Indian.
Label: Elemental Music File Under: Soul Catalogue No: 88503 Barcode: 8435395500583 Price: MID PRICE Format: 1 CD Packaging: digipack
Track listing: 1. HOLLY 4:35 2. Medley: NEVER MY LOVE/NEVER CAN SAY GOODBYE 3:47 3. A SILENT PARTNER IN A THREE-WAY LOVE AFFAIR 4:35 4. JUST MY SOUL RESPONDING 5:00 5. SWEET HARMONY 4:10 6. WILL YOU LOVE ME TOMORROW? 4:38 7. WANNA KNOW MY MIND 3:43 8. THE FAMILY SONG 4:30 9. BABY COME CLOSE 4:57
RELEASE DATE 3RD JUNE 2016
Mother Nature's Son RAMSEY LEWIS Elemental Music, together with Universal Music Group, present the best selection of 70’s R&B, Soul and Funk out of print titles from the vaults of classic labels such as Tamla-Motown, Cadet and Mercury, among others. Collector's Reissues in gatefold mini-LP sleeve with printed inner sleeve, digitally remastered, limited edition. Elemental Music proudly presents the sensational 1968 Ramsey Lewis’ tribute LP to The Beatles’ legendary White Album. Mother Nature’s Son was released by Cadet Records in 1968. The album was produced by Charles Stepney and consists of ten instrumental songs which were originally recorded by The Beatles, on their White Album. The album cover was designed by Jerry Griffith. The album was recorded at Ter Mar Studio, Chicago, in December, 1968, only a short time after the 22 November 1968 release of The Beatles’ album. It was recorded live with members of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra with Lewis on piano. The “electronic texture” effect on the album was made by producer Charles Stepney using the recently introduced Moog synthesizer.
Label: Elemental Music File Under: Jazz Catalogue No: 88504 Barcode: 8435395500590 Price: MID PRICE Format: 1 CD Packaging: digipack
Track listing: 1. Mother Nature’s Son (4:54) 2. Rocky Raccoon (2:38) 3. Julia (4:19) 4. Back in the USSR (3:15) 5. Dear Prudence (4:54) 6. Cry Baby Cry (3:50) 7. Good Night (5:54) 8. Everybody’s Got Something to Hide Except Me and My Monkey (3:13) 9. Sexy Sadie (2:44) 10. Black Bird (4:31)
RELEASE DATE 3RD JUNE 2016
The Third Decade ONE FOR ALL At a time when jazz bandleaders from across the musical and generational spectrums regularly lament the difficulty of keeping a band together, it’s all the more remarkable that a supergroup like One For All has stuck it out for twenty years. But this impeccably swinging sextet, made up of some of the most in-demand players in modern jazz, is not just celebrating past achievements but charging forward into the future. Their new recording, The Third Decade, marks the dawn of the band’s next chapter. Their 16th release, The Third Decade, is their first in five years and the first in history to feature original compositions by all six members. The Third Decade brings together once again tenor saxophonist Eric Alexander, trumpeter Jim Rotondi, trombonist Steve Davis, pianist David Hazeltine, bassist John Webber, and drummer Joe Farnsworth. As always, the fiery and soulful musicianship is only matched by the warmth and spirit that results from a lifetime of musical friendships.
Label: Smoke Sessions File Under: Jazz Catalogue No: SSR1605 Barcode: 888295365611 Price: FULL PRICE Format: 1 CD Packaging: digipack Jim Rotondi - trumpet & flugelhorn Eric Alexander - tenor saxophone Steve Davis - trombone David Hazeltine - piano John Webber - bass Joe Farnsworth - drums David Wakefield - French horn on “Ghost Ride”
Track listing: 1. Easy (Steve Davis) 5:17 2. Buddy’s (David Hazeltine) 5:59 3. It’s Easy to Remember (Richard Rodgers / Lorenz Hart, arr. Hazeltine) 6:21 4. Daylight (Steve Davis) 7:38 5. Ghost Ride (Eric Alexander) 5:34 6. For Curtis (Jim Rotondi) 7:12 7. Ruth (Jim Rotondi) 4:33 8. Babataytay (John Webber) 4:30 9. K-Ray (David Hazeltine) 6:40 10. Frenzy (Eric Alexander) 6:22 11. Hey, Stevie-D (Joe Farnsworth) 5:50
RELEASE DATE 3RD JUNE 2016
Back to Back / Side by Side + 15 Bonus Tracks
DUKE ELLINGTON & JOHNNY HODGES The complete Duke Ellington/Johnny Hodges small group albums Back to Back (Verve MGV-8317) and Side by Side (Verve 8345). The first is fully dedicated to the blues form and, in addition to Duke’s own playing, showcases his veteran sideman Johnny Hodges. Side by Side was a continuation of Back to Back in that it presented the extant tunes from those sessions, plus another small group date featuring Hodges with Roy Eldridge, Ben Webster, Lawrence Brown and Billy Strayhorn. As a bonus, we have added nine bonus tracks from Ellington’s sessions recorded during the same period, all of which prominently feature both Hodges and the blues (rounding out Back to Back), as well as six tracks from Hodges’ following session following the one with Ben Webster from Side by Side, which presents a very similar personnel and format and rounds out the second CD.
Label: Poll Winners Records File Under: Jazz Catalogue No: PWR27355 Barcode: 8436559461207 Price: MID PRICE Format: 2 CD Packaging: cristal DUKE ELLINGTON - piano JOHNNY HODGES - alto sax HARRY “SWEETS” EDISON - trumpet LES SPANN - guitar SAM JONES or AL HALL - bass JO JONES - drums
Track listing: CD1: 1. WABASH BLUES 6:32 / 2. BASIN STREET BLUES 8:07 / 3. BEALE STREET BLUES 7:41 / 4. WEARY BLUES 7:00 / 5. ST. LOUIS BLUES 5:53 / 6. LOVELESS LOVE 7:15 / 7. ROYAL GARDEN BLUES 5:26 / 8. VILLES VILLE IS THE PLACE, MAN 2:34 / 9. BROWN PENNY 3:03 / 10. SENTIMENTAL LADY [aka I DIDN’T KNOW ABOUT YOU] 4:04 / 11. SMADA 2:39 / 12. THE SWINGER’S JUMP 3:54 / 13. THE SWINGERS GET THE BLUES, TOO 3:10 / 14. BLUES IN BLUEPRINT 3:44 / 15. THREE J’s BLUES 2:55 /16. C JAM BLUES 4:50 CD2: 1. STOMPY JONES 6:43 / 2. SQUEEZE ME 4:40 / 3. BIG SHOE 5:37 / 4. GOING UP 4:56 / 5. JUST A MEMORY 5:56 / 6. LET’S FALL IN LOVE 6:50 / 7. RUINT 2:36 / 8. BEND ONE 3:02 / 9. YOU NEED TO ROCK 5:53 / 10. M.H.R. 6:01 / 11. THREE AND SIX 2:23 / 12. NOT SO DUKISH 7:55 / 13. CENTRAL PARK SWING 3:27 / 14. PREACHER BLUES 8:27 / 15. THE LAST TIME I SAW PARIS 2:55 /
RELEASE DATE 3RD JUNE 2016
Blue Lights + BONUS ALBUM: On View at the Five Spot Café
KENNY BURRELL All of the existing material from the session originally issued on two LP volumes as Blue Lights (Blue Note BST-81596/97), both of which boasted stellar covers designed by Andy Warhol. The date featured guitarist Kenny Burrell leading a septet (on some tracks reduced to a smaller format) showcasing brilliant soloists, among them tenor saxophonist Tina Brooks. The splendid tenor was one of many ill-fated jazzmen. Between 1958 and 1961 he would record a number of superb LPs, either as a leader or participating on other musicians’ dates. However, due to personal problems, Brooks would stop recording in early 1961 and wouldn’t be heard from again prior to his death in 1974, at the age of 42.
Label: Poll Winners Records File Under: Jazz Catalogue No: PWR27356 Barcode: 8436559461214 Price: MID PRICE Format: 2 CD Packaging: cristal KENNY BURRELL - guitar TINA BROOKS & JUNIOR COOK - tenor sax LOUIS SMITH - trumpet DUKE JORDAN or BOBBY TIMMONS - piano SAM JONES - bass ART BLAKEY - drums Bonus Album (CD2, 2-9): KENNY BURRELL - guitar TINA BROOKS - tenor sax SIR ROLAND HANNA or BOBBY TIMMONS piano BEN TUCKER - bass ART BLAKEY - drums
Another classic Kenny Burrell album, On View at the Five Spot Café (Blue Note BLP-4021), this time featuring Tina Brooks as the only horn soloist, has been added in its entirety as a bonus. Track listing: CD 1 TT: 76:25 1. PHINUPI 9:50 / 2. YES BABY 11:10 / 3. SCOTCH BLUES 8:01 / 4. THE MAN I LOVE 6:48 / 5. I NEVER KNEW 12:37 / 6. CARAVAN 10:00 / 7. CHUCKIN’ 12:14 / 8. AUTUMN IN NEW YORK 5:45 CD 2 TT: 75:05 1. ROCK SALT 11:24 / 2. BIRKS’ WORKS 9:48 / 3. HACKENSACK [issued as LADY BE GOOD] 10:00 / 4. LOVER MAN 8:23 / 5. SWINGIN’ 9:52 / 6. HALLELUJAH 11:44 / 7. BEEF STEW BLUES 4:35 / 8. IF YOU COULD SEE ME NOW 5:30 / 9. 36-23-36 3:49
RELEASE DATE 3RD JUNE 2016
Swing Easy LP + 2 Bonus Tracks
FRANK SINATRA LIMITED EDITION CLASSIC LPs 180 gram VINYL – AUDIOPHILE PRESSING INCLUDES FREE MP3 DOWNLOAD
Label: Jazz Wax File Under: Jazz Catalogue No: JWR4574 Barcode: 8436559460750 Price: FULL PRICE Format: 1 LP
The music on this album, recorded in April 1953, marks the definitive moment in Frank Sinatra’s comeback after his career appeared to have come to a close in 1952. This was an extremely difficult period for the singer, both personally and professionally. Musical tastes had changed, rock & roll was emerging and many felt that Sinatra had become passé, a product of an earlier period with nothing more to contribute to popular music. However, ending a longtime musical relationship with Axel Stordahl – who was responsible for most of his previous orchestrations – Frank chose to try his luck with another celebrated composer and arranger: Nelson Riddle. This proved a wise decision as Riddle’s arrangements, heard on the present release and on multiple others, gave the singer’s music a more modern approach. Track listing: Side A: 1 JUST ONE OF THOSE THINGS 3:17 2 I’M GONNA SIT RIGHT DOWN AND WRITE MYSELF A LETTER 2:27 3 SUNDAY 2:30 4 WRAP YOUR TROUBLES IN DREAMS 2:14 5 LEAN BABY 2:33 6 I LOVE YOU 2:28 7 MY ONE AND ONLY LOVE 3:12* Side B: 1 TAKING A CHANCE ON LOVE 2:13 2 JEEPERS CREEPERS 2:22 3 GET HAPPY 2:25 4 ALL OF ME 2:07 5 HOW COULD YOU DO A THING LIKE THAT TO ME? 2:45 6 WHY SHOULD I CRY OVER YOU? 2:42 7 I CAN READ BETWEEN THE LINES 2:49*
RELEASE DATE 3RD JUNE 2016
Bye Bye Blackbird JOHN COLTRANE LIMITED EDITION CLASSIC LPs 180 gram VINYL – AUDIOPHILE PRESSING INCLUDES FREE MP3 DOWNLOAD By 1962, the John Coltrane Quartet with McCoy Tyner, Jimmy Garrison and Elvin Jones was a solid musical unit. In mid-November of that year the quartet began a new European tour. Fortunately, many concerts from that tour were recorded by local radio stations and devoted fans. The music on this release comes from the performance given by the group at the Konserthuset, in Stockholm, Sweden, on November 19, 1962, a venue familiar to Trane, who had already performed there on March 22, 1960 during his last gig as a member of the Miles Davis Quintet.
Label: Jazz Wax File Under: Jazz Catalogue No: JWR4575 Barcode: 8436559460767 Price: FULL PRICE Format: 1 LP JOHN COLTRANE - tenor sax McCOY TYNER - piano JIMMY GARRISON - bass ELVIN JONES - drums
Track listing: SIDE A: 1 BYE, BYE BLACKBIRD 17:56 2 THE INCHWORM 5:42* SIDE B: 1 TRANEING IN 18:47 2 EVERY TIME WE SAY GOODBYE 4:34* *Bonus tracks: From the same concert, but not included on the original LP.