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Inspiral Carpets – Life [Extended Edition] (2013)
Extended edition includes the original album, first two Ep’s, ‘Planecrash EP’ and Trainsurfing EP’, and their first BBC session for John Peel in 1988. More rock-oriented than the other major Mad-...
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Lee Hazlewood – Trouble Is a Lonesome Town [Expanded Edition] (2013)
The catalogue of the Cowboy in Sweden, Lee Hazlewood, continues its upgrade from the folks at Light in the Attic Records with the March 19 reissue of 1963’s Trouble is a Lonesome Town. The Mercury LP...
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Billy Paul – 360 Degrees of Billy Paul [Expanded Edition] (2012)
Philadelphia International Records turns 40 this year, and Big Break Records keeps adding more candles to the birthday cake! The label’s latest release from the PIR catalogue is one of the mightiest...
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Etta James – Etta Is Betta Than Evvah! + Bonus Tracks (2013)
Released in 1976, when Etta James wasn’t ruling the charts by any means but wasn’t adverse to the idea of climbing back into the Top 40, Etta Is Bettah Than Evvah! bears a boastful title and its ten...
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Morrissey – Kill Uncle [Expanded Edition] (2013)
Dear hero imprisoned: iconoclastic crooner Morrissey is continuing his trend of tweaked catalogue projects with a new version of sophomore album Kill Uncle. Released in 1991, two years after the superb...
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One Way – One Way featuring Al Hudson [Expanded Edition] (2013)
Formed in ’79 from the ashes of The Soul Partners, the members of One Way proved themselves adept at both funky danceable numbers and romantic ballads. One Way scored five Top 10 R&B hits in the...
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VA – Athens, GA: Inside/Out [Expanded Edition] (2012)
In the late 1970s and early 1980s, Athens, GA became an overnight hotbed for some of the quirkiest rock and roll music in the country. The creation of local hangout The 40 Watt Club, a bustling scene...
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George McCrae – Diamond Touch [Expanded Edition] (2013)
Diamond Touch is a fitting title for George McCrae‘s third album, as the artist showcased here isn’t really the singer, it’s producer Gregg Diamond. He was riding high on the success of Andrea True’s...
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The Gods – Genesis [Expanded Edition] (2013)
Expanded reissue has been newly re-mastered from the original EMI master and includes the original stereo and mono mixes of the album (the first time the mono mix has appeared on CD), along with four...
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Brainstorm – Stormin’ [Expanded Edition] (2013)
“Tabu Reborn” Expanded Edition features additional remixes and alternate versions, of singles originally released from the album. A Detroit ’70s funk band, Brainstorm recorded for Tabu in the late...
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Gilbert O’Sullivan – In the Key of G [Expanded Edition] (2013)
Digitally remastered and expanded edition of this 1989 album from the veteran singer/songwriter. In the Key of G was Gilbert O’Sullivan‘s ninth album and his first since winning the groundbreaking...
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Alexander O’Neal – Hearsay [Expanded Edition] (2013)
Tabu Records defined the sound of young America throughout the late 1970s and 1980s, with hugely successful acts like Brainstorm, The S.O.S. Band, Alexander O’Neal and Cherrelle, whilst nurturing the...
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Frightened Rabbit – The Midnight Organ Fight [Expanded Edition] (2013)
Expanded Edition contains bonus LP Quietly Now with live acoustic version of the album recorded in a tiny pub in Glasgow. Midnight Organ Fight, the second studio outing from Scottish indie rockers...
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Hawkwind – Warrior On the Edge of Time [Expanded Edition] (2013)
Hawkwind‘s 1975 album Warrior On the Edge of Time has been remastered for the first time from the original analogue stereo master tapes. Hawkwind‘s fifth studio album found the band enjoying a rare...
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Dave Edmunds – Subtle as a Flying Mallet [Expanded Edition] (2013)
From the first notes of “Baby I Love You,” the opening track on Dave Edmunds’ 1975 album Subtle as a Flying Mallet, the listener is assaulted with a Wall of Sound – thunderous drums, sleigh bells,...
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Delegation – Deuces High [Expanded Edition] (2013)
BBR returns to another artist previously represented on the label with Deuces High from British R&B group Delegation. By the time of the album’s release in 1982, only Ricky Bailey remained from the...
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The Gap Band – Gap Band VII [Expanded Edition] (2013)
Brothers Charlie, Ronnie and Robert Wilson had quite a run. In 1967, the Oklahoma boys formed the Greenwood, Archer and Pine Street Band, which in 1973 morphed into The Gap Band. Under that moniker the...
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The Seeds – The Seeds [Expanded Edition] (2012)
Of the great garage punk bands of the ’60s, some were louder (the Sonics), some were angrier (the Music Machine), and some were trippier (the 13th Floor Elevators), but few seemed like a bad influence...
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Carmen McRae – Can’t Hide Love [Expanded Edition] (2012)
1976’s Can’t Hide Love, reissued by Big Break Records, wasn’t jazz singer Carmen McRae’s first venture into contemporary territory. Like so many other interpretive vocalists who had begun their careers...
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Loleatta Holloway – Loleatta [Expanded Edition] (2013)
The 1976 Gold Mind debut of Chicago’s Loleatta Holloway is one of the crown jewels of the Salsoul catalogue, and in its long-awaited CD upgrade, it becomes one of BBR’s premier releases, as well. Like...
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