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Nearly seven years since their debut seven inch release, Tone Scientists are back with the five song Kiiroi Tori EP. The project joins Mike Watt and Bucky Pope, the latter of whom assumes the producer role this time around, with drummer John Herndon of Tortoise and two longtime Watt collaborators, flute/sax player Vince Meghrouni and keyboard player Pete Mazich. Like their first release, the EP includes an ambitious Sun Ra cover, with their distinctive take on "The Sun One”, along with four tunes penned by Pope and Watt.

The release will be available on two limited 12" vinyl pressings, one black and another on banana peel color vinyl, as well as digital formats. Vinyl pressed at Furnace Record Pressing.

TRACKLIST:
A1 Excuse Yourself (Pope)
A2 Struggle Bus (Pope)
A3 The Sun One (Ra)
B1 Those Isthmus Blues (Pope/Watt)
B2 Kiiroi Tori (Watt)

Glad Tidings From Sun Records is the first holiday collaboration from Sun Records and Org Music. The record features a healthy helping of both standards and original compositions, all performed in the label's signature blend of country, soul, and rock and roll. Artists include Sun favorites such as Patti Page, Carl Mann, and The Ad Libs. The record comes pressed on Rudolph-Red vinyl, and is also available on CD.

Tracklist:
A1 The Poets - Merry Christmas Baby
A2 The Rockin' Stockins - Yuleville, U.S.A.
A3 Leroy Van Dyke - Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer
A4 Patti Page - Holidays
A5 Little Joseph - Christmas Jingle
A6 Carl Mann - Christmas Memories
B1 Billy Jo Styles - The Christmas Song
B2 The Ad Libs - Santa's On His Way
B3 Little Joseph - The Story of Christmas
B4 Larry Shell - Glad Tidings
B5 Orion - Please Come Home For Christmas
B6 The Rockin' Stockins - Rockin'-Lang-Syne

Linda Martell was the first African-American woman to make the country charts and to appear at the Grand Ole Opry, and helped lay the groundwork for future artists of color in the genre. Despite multiple TV appearances, a dozen appearances at the Opry, and some big hits - including "Color Him Father", "Before the Next Teardrop Falls" and "Bad Case of the Blues" - her 1970 debut album, Color Me Country, would also be her last. Now the album was remastered for its first vinyl pressing in over half a century for Record Store Day 2022. The reissue was mastered by Dave Gardner and pressed on transparent orange vinyl at Furnace Record Pressing.

Tracklisting:
A1 Bad Case of the Blues
A2 San Francisco is a Lonely Town
A3 The Wedding Cake
A4 Tender Leaves of Love
A5 I Almost Called Your Name
B1 Color Him Father
B2 There Never Was a Time
B3 You're Crying Boy, Crying
B4 Old Letter Song
B5 Then I'll Be Over You
B6 Before the Next Teardrop Falls

1.     Dinah (Take 2)
2.     I Surrender, Dear
3.     Sweet And Lovely (Take 2)
4.     North Of The Sunset
5.     Ruby, My Dear
6.     I'm Confessin' (That I Love You)
7.     I Hadn't Anyone Till You
8.     Everything Happens To Me (Take 3)
9.     Monk's Point
10.     I Should Care
11.     Ask Me Now
12.     These Foolish Things (Remind Me Of You)

Debut album from Los Angeles' The Vitals. Available on color vinyl.

1. Eel River
2. Phantom Limb
3. Car Outside
4. Perennial
5. Eld
6. Bones
7. Swinger
8. Hands
9. Starstuff