Vintage Vinyl

This Week's New Releases
Music Releases 12-06-24

Quick View
Hitting Number 1 in 19 countries on release, Hackney Diamonds marked the return of The Rolling Stones as their first original studio album since 2005’s A Bigger Bang. The album includes the GRAMMY nominated lead single ‘Angry’ alongside ‘Sweet Sounds of Heaven’ featuring vocals from Lady Gaga and keys & piano from Stevie Wonder. Late drummer Charlie Watts features on two tracks, ‘Mess It Up’ and ‘Live By The Sword’ alongside Bill Wyman. The album also includes collaborations with Paul McCartney & Elton John. This special limited edition 1 year anniversary 2LP version of Hackney Diamonds includes Live at Racket NYC featuring the 7 tracks the band performed at the intimate launch event in New York on 19th October 2023 with debut live performances of ‘Angry’, ‘Bite My Head Off’, ‘Whole Wide World’ and ‘Sweet Sounds of Heaven’ with Lady Gaga. The 24 page booklet includes photos from the performance by Kevin Mazur.
Quick View
Tori Amos has long been renowned for never playing the same show twice. Now, these unique live performances are captured in a new live album entitled ‘Diving Deep’ recorded across Tori's 2022-2023 Ocean to Ocean tour, which spanned 93 dates around the globe. The album features beloved tracks from Amos's iconic back catalog, including hits such as “Cornflake Girl.” Indie Exclusive 2 LP set on bone colored vinyl. Limited Edition.
Quick View

Joe Henry’s 2009 record “Blood From Stars” sees him exploring the realms of orchestral blues and jazz. Not only is Henry a Grammy Award winning producer, but also a well-respected and prolific artist in his own right. With his evocative lyrics and soulful vocal delivery, Henry crafts a poignant narrative that stands as a testament to his terrific skills as a songwriter and lyricist. Supported by the likes of guitarist Marc Ribot and pianist Patrick Warren, the album leans into the darker and more raw sounds of blues – a departure from the expected Joe Henry sound to create something new but captivating all the same. Now available on 180g black double vinyl for the first time ever, the 2024 reissue includes five special “Live-On-Air” bonus tracks, recorded and broadcast live in Los Angeles on KCRW’s “Morning Becomes Eclectic” hosted by Jason Bentley on Oct 8, 2009. They allow the listener to get even closer to Henry’s powerful words and melodies, making the reissue of “Blood From Stars” a great addition to any Joe Henry fan’s collection.

Quick View
Christopher Owens - "I Wanna Run Barefoot Through Your Hair" [Baby Pink LP] / I Wanna Run Barefoot Through Your Hair is the third solo album by Christopher Owens, ex-frontman of seminal indie rock band Girls (Father, Son, Holy Ghost peaked at #37 on Billboard). After losing his bandmate, getting into a motorcycle accident, and bouts of homelessness, he left San Francisco for NYC and returned to Girls' home label True Panther. Inspired by life (and love) to write music again, Owens is finally ready to share IWRBTYH, a record about his journey back to the center of himself. Virgin Music Group; True Panther Records; Alternative Available on baby pink vinyl in gatefold jacket with printed insert. Limited Edition. Indie Exclusive. EXPLICIT
Quick View

Girls

Album [LP]

Vinyl: $24.98 Buy

Vinyl LP pressing. Album is a redemptive song cycle about the various characters and desires that color the band's life. Self-described as "honest, loose, ethereal, obnoxious, and perfect," it is a sincere tribute to the majesty of great pop music and the healing power of rock and roll.
New Vinyl: $24.98
Quick View
Double vinyl LP pressing. The second and final album from SF band Girls.
Quick View
19-CD Limited Edition Deluxe Box Set From One Of The Most Influential Artists Of The 20th Century. Be ready for the deepest dive yet into the womblike creativity of the idiosyncratic, unmistakable musical force that is Laura Nyro. Acknowledged as a genuine original, expressing a whirlpool nexus of r'n'b, doowop, Broadway, opera, folk and her own individual sort of soul, she thought like a bandleader even when she was solo. "She wrote songs that had no kind of fixed compass point. They remain as unique and absolutely spellbinding to this day as when I first heard them in the '60s." - 10 Original Studio Albums, 6 Live Albums including 2 Previously Unreleased Live Concerts, Laura's original demo tape from 1966 and bonus disc of rarities including mono versions, alternative versions and live tracks. All albums remastered especially for this collection. All housed in a deluxe, lift-off lid box. Coffee-table book with in-depth liner notes by Vivien Goldman, foreword from Sir Elton John and testimonials from Charlie Calello, Will Lee, John Sebastian, Jackson Browne, Clive Davis, Lou Adler, Randy Brecker, Bernard Purdie, Scott Billington, John Sebastian and Gary Burden. Rare, previously unseen photographs including intimate family shots illuminate the book.
Quick View
Broadway star Jessica Vosk dazzles this holiday season with her debut Christmas album SLEIGH. Alongside a slew of GRAMMY, Tony and Academy Award-winning talent, including Ariana DeBose, David Foster, Neil Patrick Harris and Scott Hoying, Jessica blends sincerity and sparkle to create a special spin on holiday classics and brand-new carols.
New Vinyl: $24.98
Quick View
MASSEDUCTION is the culmination of years of writing, with songs crafted from voice memos, text messages, and snippets of melodies that came to Clark while traveling the globe. Special guests on the album include Thomas Bartlett on piano, Kamasi Washington on saxophone, Jenny Lewis on vocals, and beat production from Sounwave. Greg Leisz and Rich Hinman add pedal steel, and Tuck and Patti Andress contribute guitar and vocals respectively on select tracks.
Quick View
Magdalena Bay's first EP for Luminelle, 2020's A Little Rhythm and a Wicked Feeling, is full of electro-pop gems from the Los Angeles duo, who released their fantastic debut, Mercurial World in 2021.
Quick View

Magdalena Bay

Mercurial World - [Orchid LP]

Vinyl: $24.98 UNAVAILABLE
Few artists are at once artful and savvy enough to transcend the endless scroll, but over the past 18 months, LA-based indie-pop duo Magdalena Bay have used social platforms to dispatch their music, and what you might call their philosophy, in hypnotic, ephemeral bursts. A long trip through their feeds produces music videos in miniature, irreverent pontifications on the state of the music industry delivered via home video VHS aesthetics, and existential meditations on everything from International Women’s Day to the clone craze of the early aughts to the indefinite lifespan of plants. To Mica Tenenbaum and Matt Lewin, reality can be unmade, manipulated beyond all recognition; their project is as much musical as it is an experiment in pop persona and visual aesthetics. On October 8th, Magdalena Bay will release their debut full-length LP, Mercurial World, via Luminelle. Entirely written, produced, recorded, mixed and mastered by the duo, Mercurial World proposes an abstract theory of time and explores the staggering “what ifs” that make up the human experience. Approaching reality as a construct allows Magdalena Bay to enact their own, one that is committed to nothing but expanding the possible. Even the album’s sequencing hints at the eternal: the first track is titled “The End,” the last is “The Beginning,” forming a perfect loop when you listen to it straight through. “Matt, Matt, wake up!” Tenenbaum whispers on the introductory track. “I was thinking about how there’s no true end to anything/ Everything comes from and goes to the same place: NOWHERE.” “Mercurial World has a lot of outsized themes on it, like destiny, death, and doing the impossible,” Tenenbaum explains. “It’s not exactly a concept album, but we love prog-rock, so we love a concept.” Tenenbaum and Lewin met over a decade ago at an after-school music program in their hometown of Miami, where they bonded over a shared love of Genesis and King Crimson, eventually starting a prog-rock band together that lasted until they moved away to college. The two reconnected after freshman year and decided to continue their teen rock project, this time in a radically new form that would come to be Magdalena Bay. “We started discovering all of this experimental pop music that pushed the boundaries of what ‘pop’ really means,” Lewin says. Bleeding-edge producers like Charli XCX and Grimes were a gateway, and by 2019, Magdalena Bay self-released their debut collection, mini mix vol. 1, followed soon after by a slew of one-off singles, all of which arrived accompanied by tricked-out videos. “Those early references have gotten more and more dissolved as we’ve come into our own sound,” Tenenbaum says. “Our philosophy was just to throw things at the wall. I like to think that our music lives between genres.” In 2020, Magdalena Bay debuted A Little Rhythm and a Wicked Feeling, an EP that included the song “Killshot,” which went viral when anime communities on YouTube and TikTok created fancams and choreographed dances to it. When the band’s growing fanbase demanded a slowed down version of the track, the duo obliged. The EP landed them opening slots on sold-out tours with Kero Kero Bonito and Yumi Zouma, but when the COVID-19 pandemic arrived stateside, they were forced back into isolation, a state they fortunately thrive in. The pair met the moment; they upped their online presence and began streaming sets on Twitch, organically building a following while much of the world was stuck inside. “We spend all of our time together, and in some ways Mercurial World is about that particular sense of madness in containment,” Lewin says. “We live together and make art together; this immerses you in our creative, insular universe.” On the title track, Tenenbaum sings directly to her bandmate against a glitzy backdrop punctuated by chiptunish blips: “You’ll be around always/ Holding me down/ Living in a mercurial world.” The Madonna interpolation contributes to the sense that Magdalena Bay operate on a space-time continuum that is uncanny, at once familiar and not. “Many of the lyrics express anxiety about losing time,” Tenenbaum says. The high dramatics of “You Lose!” align with the penultimate, throbbing club track “Dreamcatching” as both reflect on the terrorizing realization that everyone eventually runs out of it. More specifically: “‘You Lose!’ is about the industry, and the anxiety that comes with trying to be a musician and maybe not quite making it,” Lewin says. Words like “anxiety” and “paranoia” come up regularly when Magdalena Bay describe their debut, but the production is beyond confident. Tracks flit between genre trappings with the ease of a band who reject the need to present any one way. “Hysterical Us” is propelled by sweeping instrumental flourishes that recall the blown-out aesthetics of a closing number in a way over-budget stadium set, while a snare snaps like a funkified house song on the bass-heavy “Secrets (Your Fire).” Their confidence overwhelms midway through “Chaeri,” when Tenenbaum pleads for forgiveness while a soundscape so vast and thunderous threatens to consume her. But even as they dabble in darkness, Magdalena Bay do so without ever dragging you down into it. You can hear the band’s reverence for Electric Light Orchestra in it, who they describe as “grandiose, but still cheeky.” The same descriptor can be applied to Mercurial World. On this album, Magdalena Bay offer the listener a prismatic experience, one that is built on a desire to simply believe in something beyond the finitude of our lives. It’s not religion, it’s not spirituality; it’s this music, this moment. The album closes with “The Beginning,” a discotheque ready call-back to “The End” that momentarily resolves all of Magdalena Bay’s late-night philosophical questions. “Matt, go back to sleep. I think I’ve finally got it all figured out,” Tenenbaum whispers. “Like a butterfly floating in amber, we've made this moment eternal.”
Quick View

Presenting Unreal Unearth Unending, Hozier’s collection of songs from the sessions behind his chart-topping 2023 album Unreal Unearth. The Deluxe Version contains all tracks released around the album from 2022-2024 including the 16 original album tracks plus 10 songs never-before pressed on vinyl including the global smash hit “Too Sweet” and a previously unreleased new track “Hymn To Virgil.”  Available December 6 on 3 “Tooth White” colored LPs in an expanded trifold package plus 2 printed 12”x12” inserts featuring drawings by Andrew Hozier-Byrne.

Quick View
TWICE -"STRATEGY" : [Highlight ver.] Continuing to break records globally, TWICE Is back with their newest and latest 14th Mini Album titled 'STRATEGY' - available in the Highlight ver., packaged in a diary-style format. Contents of the album include: CD, CD Envelope, Love Diary (150 pages), Photo Card (random 1 of 9), Polaroid Photo Card (random 1 of 9), Sticker (6each), Lyrics Letter and Envelope. [Highlight version] Virgin Music; JYP Entertainment/IMPERIAL/Republic; K-Pop Artist Hometown: Seoul, South Korea.
Quick View
Hitech - "Hitech" / Hitech's self-titled debut album is now available for the first time on Glass of Port colored vinyl. Originally released in 2022, this 11-track album is a blast of raw and unfiltered energy that's as fun-forward as it is crass. Limited Edition. Indie Exclusive. Concord Music Group; Loma Vista Recordings; Hip Hop; Catalog. Artist Hometown: Detroit, MI. EXPLICIT
Quick View
Hitech - "DÉTWAT" [Forest Green LP] Dive into the vibrant soundscape of Hitech's sophomore album, DÉTWAT! This forest green color vinyl fuses classic ghettotech elements (sped-up electro beats, distorted vocals, and undeniable raw sexuality) with a modern touch. Experience the energy of Detroit's underground scene. Concord Music Group; Loma Vista Recordings; Hip Hop; Catalog. Artist Hometown: Detroit, M Limited Edition. Indie Exclusive. (Forest Green LP)
Quick View

Old Crow Medicine Show

O.C.M.S. [LP]

Vinyl: $34.98 UNAVAILABLE
Acony Records proudly presents the debut album from Old Crow Medicine Show, available for the first time on vinyl. O.C.M.S. was originally recorded on analog tape at Woodland Sound Studios in Nashville, TN, and includes some of Old Crow’s most enduring songs like “Take ‘Em Away”, “CC Rider,” and the platinum selling “WagonWheel.” The album, originally produced by David Rawlings, has been lovingly mastered for vinyl on Rawlings’ custom Ortofon amplifiers to a Neumann VMS-80 cutting system, plated and pressed at the all new Paramount Plating and Pressing in Denver, CO., and is presented in a deluxe gatefold package from Stoughton Printing. Old Crow is featured on NPR’s Tiny Desk Concert airdate December 4, 2024.
Quick View
Paul McCartney - "Thrillington" [SHM-CD] Released in 1977, the mysterious Thrillington was a fully reimagined, instrumental cover version of Paul & Linda McCartney's 1971 album, RAM. Credited to the pseudonym Percy "Thrills" Thrillington (a fictious socialite whose activities were chronicled in UK newspaper ads), the album was shelved following the formation of Wings and finally appeared after a teaser campaign in the press, in 1977. Paul produced the album while Richard Hewson arranged and conducted. 2012 remaster. SHM-CD (Super High Material) format featuring more clarity, depth and definition of sound. Includes booklet with Japanese translations of the lyrics. Limited Edition.
Quick View

Lauren Mayberry

Vicious Creature [LP]

Vinyl: $32.99 UNAVAILABLE
Vicious Creatures is the debut solo album from CHRVCHES singer Lauren Mayberry. Featuring the tracks, “Are You Awake?,” “Shame,” “Change,” “Something In The Air,” and new single, “Crocodile Tears.”
Quick View
fruitcake, the six-track debut holiday EP from Sabrina Carpenter, is a collection of five original songs alongside fan- favorite & previously released “A Nonsense Christmas,” a festive lyrical twist on her first Top 40 Radio #1 hit, “Nonsense.” Just sayin’, we’ve never seen Santa Claus and Sabrina Carpenter in the same room...
Quick View

Counterparts

Live In Toronto

CD: $11.98 UNAVAILABLE

Ontario-based metalcore heavyweights, Counterparts, are back with the release of their new live album, Live In Toronto, out via Pure Noise Records. The band released the colossal A Eulogy For Those Still Here in 2022 (drawing praise from the likes of Stereogum, Revolver Magazine, BrooklynVegan, Exclaim, and more), and have been touring nearly nonstop ever since. Now Live In Toronto captures Counterparts at the peak of their powers in that live element. "We hit record and played a show," laughs vocalist Brendan Murphy. "When we did this, it was our biggest headline show to date and that combined with the fact that it was so close to home, we wanted to document it in a cool way. Kyle killed the mix too. Probably the best we’ve ever sounded.”

New CD: $11.98
Quick View
Estelle soared to international prominence on 2008’s Shine. The lead single, “American Boy” featuring Kanye West, won a 2009 GRAMMY® in the category of “Best Rap Sung Collaboration”. As vinyl was declining, Atlantic chose not to keep this vinyl in print. It goes for over $100 if you can find it at all. Round Hill Records is going to reissue the vinyl and add a new remix of “American Boy”. It is updated here with an Afro-Beat remix by up and coming DJ NASHUP. NASHUP won a contest put on by Timbaland’s Beat Club and is hand picked by Estelle as she looked for a new take on the classic. NASHUP is also a member of acclaimed Hot Chelle Rae. As a recording artist Estelle has released 5 solo albums and countless features and collaborations that have crossed multiple genres and generations of artists. She released the follow-up All Of Me in 2012, and the single “Thank You” received a GRAMMY® nomination for “Best R&B Performance.” 2015’s True Romance yielded the anthem “Conqueror”. Guest starring in a popular episode of Fox’s Empire, it stood out as “one of the show’s highest- charting songs” and fueled the Original Soundtrack to a #1 bow on the Billboard Top 200. Estelle joined the Apple Music Radio family and is bringing the world “The Estelle Show”. The Estelle Show is a daily opportunity to invite listeners into Estelle’s home and heart to celebrate the diverse sounds and cultures that music provides. Within a year of the shows debut Estelle won the esteemed Gracie Award for “Women In Media”. Never one to be limited Estelle’s vocal talents have now ventured into the world of animation. Estelle voiced a lead character by the name Garnet, on Cartoon Network’s Emmy Nominated hit show Steven Universe. Estelle will be putting out a new album later this year and a new book in 2025
        
back to top