Hello folks,
Happy Friday to you all! Just a quick reminder that the latest single from Thee Spivs came out earlier in the week. It's a digital only single available from all the usual outlets as well as our online shop. Also we have Holly Golightly's Truly She Is None Other (Expanded Edition) out soon, along with a reissue of The Gorillas' Message To The World. There's been a slight delay with the Gorillas vinyl but hopefully we'll be able to start sending out any pre-orders soon.
Thee Spivs - Straight Out Of Art School (Digital downoad) release date 8th July
*FIRST SINGLE FROM THEE SPIVS THIRD ALBUM ‘THE
CROWDS AND THE SOUNDS’ WITH EXCLUSIVE B-SIDE*
Thee Spivs are back with their third album in as many years and with ‘The Crowds and The Sounds’ they’ve honed their canny blend of trad punk, garage punk, post punk, new wave, classic English rock’n’roll and pub rock to create a magnificently varied album. Dare we say, these young men have matured, with Ben Edge proving his worth as an accomplished songwriter. Drawing from a more diverse array of influences, Thee Spivs have lapped up and reimagined sounds from bands such as The Television Personalities, The Ramones and early Wire. This is the first single from the album and it’s backed with an exclusive b-side called ‘HERE AND NOW’, Thee Spivs will also be releasing a limited German 7” on SQUOOGE records which is another track from the new album called ‘Mickey Pearce Walked Away’ The new album is a natural progression from their critically acclaimed debut ‘Taped Up’ (which landed the band an early Mojo Rising feature and a Guardian New Band of the Day piece as well as praise in The Sunday Times and Artrocker) and last year’s ‘Black and White Memories’ (with reviews including Q, Uncut and BBC). ‘The Crowds and The Sounds’ is instantly more melodic and you can see additional influences from the very British qualities of The Kinks. The songs are slowed down and slightly longer in length, with a lot more thought and work in to each one than the furiously fast, punchy numbers from their early records
Holly Golightly - Truly She Is None Other (Expanded Edition) Released 29th July
10 year anniversary re-issue of Holly's greatest
album with 2 BONUS UNRELEASED tracks!
Collector's edition on RED vinyl and digipak CD
It's been out of stock for a while so we've decided to make this re-issue a little bit special. Often cited as perhaps her best solo album Truly She Is None Other was recorded in 2002/3 at Toe-Rag Studios by Liam Watson and features the song 'Tell Me Now So I Know' which was picked for the main title theme for Jim Jarmush's 'Broken Flowers' movie.
Among the nine Holly originals the album features two Ray Davies songs ('Time Will Tell' & 'Tell Me Now So I Know'), along with 'There's An End', (penned by her friend Craig Fox from The Greenhornes.) There's also a fine version of Jessie Mae Robinson's 'Black Night', a song most famously covered by Muddy Waters.
Backed by the cream of Toe-Rag's in house musicians, this is Holly Golightly at her finest.
With sleeve notes by none other than Jack White III.
The Gorillas - Message To The World (Release date 29th July)
RE-ISSUE OF THE LEGENDARY DEBUT GORILLAS ALBUM FROM 1978
**FIRST TIME ON VINYL SINCE 1978**
LP on RED VINYL! (Ltd to 1000 copies)
CD first time on digipak!
The Gorillas livened up the mid-70s rock scene like few others. They were the missing link between Hendrix, glam and punk.
Interest in Jesse Hector and The Gorillas (originally The Hammersmith Gorillas) has grown steadily in recent years in no small part due to Caroline Catz' documentary film, A Message To The World, the Gorilla Got Me compilation on Big Beat Records and the recent Crushed Butler albums re-released on Last Years Youth Records. The band also featured heavily in Wired Up!, last years' excellent book of proto-punk and glam record sleeves. Unavailable for some time, we're now re-issuing their debut album. On vinyl for the first time since 1978, our version features 3 BONUS TRACKS not featured on the original Raw Records release ("I'm Seventeen" "My Son's Alive" and the classic single "It's My Life".)
Don't forget these recent releases from DG Records, all still available!