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This long awaited release presents over a dozen previously unissued masters of surprisingly high quality from the premier artist on the American Music label, Bunk Johnson. Digital technology made it possible to remove the reasons - often not musical - that they were not issued at the time, seventy years ago. The venues for the recording sessions varied between the legendary 1944 sound of the San Jacinto Hall to the homes of Bertha Gonsoulin in San Francisco and George Lewis in New Orleans. The album received its first ever vinyl pressing, spread across two LPs, for Record Store Day 2018, and is now widely available. The recordings were remastered for vinyl at Infrasonic Mastering and pressed at Pallas in Germany on color vinyl.

A1 Ballin' The Jack  
A2 Carless Love  
A3 Panama  
A4 Good Morning Blues  
B1 Royal Garden Blues  
B2 (I Wish I Could Shimmy Like My) Sister Kate  
B3 Ole Miss  
B4 Oh! Didn't He Ramble  
C1 Just A Closer Walk With Thee
C2 St. Louis Blues  
C3 Basin Street Blues
C4 Maple Leaf Rag
D1 Bunk's Blues In F
D2 Slow Drag's Boogie Woogie
D3 Don't Fence Me In  
D4 Milenberg Joys 

Sahib's Jazz Party is an album by saxophonist/flautist Sahib Shihab, recorded live at the Jazzhus Montmartre in Copenhagen, around the same time that he relocated there in 1963. Shihab is joined by flugelhornist Allan Botchinsky, guitarist Ole Molin, drummer Alex Riel, and 17-year old bass prodigy Niels Henning Orsted Pederson. The recordings showcase Sahib’s diversity and dexterity as a player, including his openness to the avant-garde style, expanding on the bop era playing he is known for. The audio has been remastered by Dave Gardner and pressed on audiophile-grade vinyl at Pallas Group in Germany.

Tracklist:

A1 4070 Blues
A2 Charade
B1 Conversations, Part I
B2 Conversations, Part II
B3 Conversations, Part III

Charley Patton is undisputably one of the most influential figures in the history of the blues, and among the most important American musicians of the 20th century. His recordings in the 1920s helped lay the foundation for the Delta blues style, and continue to inspire musicians an entire century later. This compilation of recordings from the historic Paramount catalog showcase Patton's skills as a powerful and expressive vocalist, skilled guitarist, and dynamic performer. The collection has been remastered by Dave Gardner and pressed at Furnace Record Pressing.

Tracklist:

A1 Pony Blues
A2 Banty Rooster Blues
A3 Shake It & Break It
A4 I Shall Not Be Moved
A5 Down The Dirt Road Blues
A6 Jesus Is A Dying-Bed Maker
B1 Lord I'm Discouraged
B2 I'm Goin' Home
B3 Some Summer Day
B4 A Spoonful Blues
B5 Elder Green Blues (Take 2)
B6 Some These Days I'll Be Gone

Cecil Taylor 'Live At The Cafe Montmartre' has been lauded by critics as a landmark performance, "among the greatest live recordings in jazz” (Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings). The recordings capture Taylor in peak form, supported by the great Sunny Murray on drums and Jimmy Lyons on alto sax, at the famed Cafe Montmartre in Copenhagen on November 23, 1962. The set is among very few recordings documenting Taylor’s playing between 1962 to 1966. The set has been remastered by Dave Gardner for a double LP pressing at Pallas Group in Germany on audiophile-grade vinyl, including updated package artwork.

Tracklist:

A1 Trance
A2 Call
A3 Lena
B1 D Trad, That's What
C1 What's New
C2 Nefertiti, The Beautiful One Has Come
D1 Lena (Second Version)
D2 Nefertiti, The Beautiful One Has Come (Second Version)

Revered singer Johnny Bragg wrote and recorded classic 1950s R&B hits, such as “Just Walkin’ in the Rain” (as lead vocalist of the Prisonaires) and “Rollin’ Stone” (fronting the Marigolds), while serving time at the Tennessee State Penitentiary. For years, the recordings collected here lay dormant and unheard in a garden shed in Nashville. Unearthed and assembled to coincide with the twentieth anniversary of the Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum’s acclaimed exhibit Night Train to Nashville: Music City Rhythm & Blues, these cuts are a rich trove encompassing previously unreleased songwriting demos, band rehearsals, and live recordings that, fortunately, Bragg preserved on tape in the 1960s and 1970s. It’s a time capsule of classic Nashville R&B, now available for the first time in any format.

Tracklist:

A1 Take Away the Heartache (Let Me Love Again)
A2 She’s Mine
A3 Is It True, Darlin’?
A4 I’ll Never Forget You
A5 I Saw It Coming
A6 If This Is a Dream (Let Me Dream On)
A7 It Isn’t Right
A8 Rock It, Shake It
B1 Hurt and Lonely
B2 I’ve Got to Stop Trying
B3 It’s Been a Beautiful World (Since I Found You)
B4 Let’s Rock, Let’s Roll
B5 If It’s Over
B6 You Know It Ain’t Right
B7 How Great Thou Art

Dawg ’90 is the debut release on David’s Grisman’s acclaimed Acoustic Disc label, originally released in 1990 on cassette and CD formats. The album is a collection of original tunes featuring the David Grisman Quintet and special guests Mark O'Connor and Matt Glaser on fiddle. It was nominated for a Grammy in the country instrumental category, Grisman's first ever nomination for his own music. Thirty four years later, the album is finally receiving its first ever vinyl pressing with a deluxe 2xLP release, exclusively for RSD Black Friday 2024.

Tracklist:

1 Pupville
2 Chili Dawg
3 Mad Max
4 O'Banion's Wake
5 Dawg Daze
6 Lil' Samba
7 Learned Pigs
8 Gypsy Nights
9 Hot Club Swing
10 Sativa
11 Telluride
12 Blue Midnight
13 Opus 38
14 EMD