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You could call them an all-female British heavy metal band but that doesn't really do them justice. Because while this is certainly true, they transcend gender and nationality, being one of the most significant, uncompromising and celebrated hard rock/metal bands of the past four decades. It all started in Wandsworth, South London during 1977.

Featuring Jody Turner (guitar/vocals) and her younger sister Julie (drums). At the time, they were 13 and nine years old, respectively. But guided by their father/manager John, a respected name on the London music scene, they immediately proved there was real talent, ambition and intent in their vision for a cogent band.

With a line-up completed by bassist Tracey Lamb (a school friend), the trio began to get noticed. They briefly flirted with the idea of adding a second guitarist to the line-up - both Donnica Colman and Jackie Apperley - but it was as a three-piece that Rock Goddess worked best. And after a landmark appearance at the Reading Festival in 1982 (on a bill headlined by Iron Maiden and also featuring Gary Moore and Blackfoot), they got a record deal with A&M.

A year later, the band's self-titled, debut was released, charting at number 65, and showing that they had the quality and power to compete with any of the NWOBHM bands making an impact at the time.

Produced by Vic Maile (who had previously recorded a demo with the band, and had also worked with Motörhead and Girlschool), the album had influences from The Runaways, AC/DC and the aforementioned Motörhead, but it was obvious that here was a band who had their own style. Songs like the anthemic 'Heavy Metal Rock 'N' Roill' and the more compact 'My Angel' (which got to number 64 in the UK singles chart) proved there was class and grit about this lot.

Later that year, Dee O'Malley replaced Lamb. She also brought a keyboard sensibility to the band, which gave them an extra dimension (again, they had thought about adding another guitarist, with Kat Burbella taking the role for a short time). This came through on second album 'Hell Hath No Fury'.

Produced by Chris Tsangarides, it was released in October '83, hitting the Top 100 in the UK, as the single 'I Didn't Love You (Till I Saw You Rock And Roll)', which made it to number 57 in the British chart. The band definitely retained their crucial edge, but showed they were maturing as musicians and songwriters.

This also came through at the end of the year, when Rock Goddess co-headlined a hugely successful British tour with label mates Y&T. And this was followed by tours across Europe supporting both Iron Maiden and Def Leppard.

There was little doubt by now that the band were not merely consistent, quality performers, but were moving forward and had the respect of peers and fans alike. In 1986, as they prepared for an American tour, O'Malley - now pregnant - left. In her stead, bassist Julia Longman and keyboard player Becky Axten were brought in to the line-up. However, O'Malley was featured on the band's third album, 'Young And Free'.

This was released in France during 1987 by JID, following Rock Goddess' departure from A&M. It was co-produced by Paul Samson and Jo Julian and recorded in '85. But later in '87, the band split up, due to various problems. But there was never any doubt about the band's legacy. In anything, in their absence the reputation grew. And in March 2013, the classic trio of the Turner sisters and Lamb officially reunited; there had been talk about this happening four years earlier, but this didn't materialise in the end.

If anybody had doubts of the sense in the band getting back together, then some barnstorming live performances totally dispelled these. The band not only appealed to those diehard fans from the '80s, but also proved they could attract a new, younger audience, In May 2017, the first new recording from this threesome in 34 years was released. This was the EP 'It's More Than Rock And Roll', which came out through Cargo.

The three songs here underlined what the Goddess had to offer the modern era, being brash, thunderous and full of attitude - the band had not only lost none of their old drive, but added a 21st century sparkle. In July 2018, Lamb left the band due to 'unforeseen personal circumstances', and after a rigorous search and audition process, Jenny Lane was confirmed as the band's new bassist in October the same year. Now it's all gearing up to the eagerly anticipated new album from Rock Goddess.

'This Time' will be put out through their own label Bite You To Death Records in conjunction with Cargo on March 1st, 2019. Mixed and mastered by Wes Maebe (Robert Plant, New Model Army, Praying Mantis), it will feature Lamb's bass parts, despite her recent departure.

Rock Goddess have already contributed so much to the history of hard rock and metal. Their place among the elite has long been assured. Now, they are ready to take it.

Tracklisting:
1. Are You Ready?
2. Obsession
3. Two Wrongs Don't Make A Right
4. Calling To Space
5. Flying To See You
6. Why Do We Never Learn?
7. This Time
8. It's My Turn
9. Drive Me Away

Release Date: 01/03/2019

'Jim Jones & The Righteous Mind dish out fistfuls of dirty rock'n'roll with a side order of voodoo and psych' - Uncut

'Jim Jones & The Righteous Mind ramps up the raunch with whisky-soured hellaciousness to spare" - Classic Rock

'With his latest incarnation a hefty dose of voodoo has been stirred into the pot of Jones'own particular sonic gumbo, and it's a heady brew.'
- The Arts Desk

Hot on the heels of 2018's successful reunion with garage-psych testifiers Thee Hypnotics, singer/guitarist Jim Jones returns to give 2019 the kick-start that it so urgently needs with his current band, Jim Jones & The Righteous Mind, and the release of their incendiary second album, CollectiV.

Rising from the ashes of The Jim Jones Revue, Jim Jones & The Righteous Mind paint from a broader sonic palette. Incorporating elements of chain gang chants, mutant soul and gospel, and psychedelia, Jim Jones & The Righteous Mind are fervent torchbearers for rock'n'roll at its most primal, feral and elemental.

Jim Jones & The Righteous Mind's debut album, Super Natural, was rightly showered by the kind of hosannas most bands merely dare dream of, while their legendarily highly-charged live shows have left audiences breathless across the UK and Europe.

Often found in the thick of the action, Jim Jones has worked his mojo through memorable performances on Later with Jools Holland and Late Night with David Letterman, as well recording radio sessions for the likes of the BBC's late, great John Peel, and Marc Riley. A seasoned veteran of the road, he's shared bills with The Stooges, Jack White, The Cult, The Cramps and Grinderman and many more. And he's also spread the gospel of rock'n'roll with his own shows on 6 Music and Boogaloo Radio.

A rock'n'roll singer and guitarist of rare distinction, Jim Jones is a raconteur with one hell of a story to tell. You should hear it.

Tracklisting:
1. Sex Robot
2. Satan's Got His Heart Set On You
3. O Genie
4. Attack Of The Killer Brainz
5. Meth Church
6. Dark Secrets
7. I Found A Love
8. Out Align
9. Going There Anyway
10. Shazam

Release Date: 08/03/2019

Limited Blue Vinyl.

The 11-track album follows the huge critical success of 2012's 'This is PiL', the band's first album in 17 years.

In winter 2014 PiL returned to Steve Winwood's Wincraft studio in the Cotswolds' to record the new album 'What The World Needs Now - ¦'.

The artwork for the album, partly inspired by Native American Hopi characters, was designed and painted by John Lydon.

Tracklisting:
1. Double Trouble 
2. Know Now 
3. Bettie Page 
4. C'est La Vie 
5. Spice of Choice 
6. The One 
7. Big Blue Sky 
8. Whole Life Time 
9. I'm Not Satisfied 
10. Corporate 
11. Shoom

Release Date: 01/02/2019

Bagpuss, dear Bagpuss, Old fat furry cat-puss, Wake up and look at this thing that I bring, Wake up, be bright, Be golden and light, Bagpuss, Oh hear what I sing. 12th of February, 1974, and for an audience of small children at 1:45pm, a life irrevocably coloured by the wayward wonderings of one saggy cloth cat. Some 44 years later and Earth Recordings opens the door to Bagpuss & Co. once again, revealing for the first time the original music in all its newly-mastered splendour.  

The 32 tracks that make up the main body of the compositions are - like all good folk music - a patchwork of traditional pieces, half-remembered tunes and pure improvisation. It's testament to Sandra Kerr and John Faulkner's musicianship that the recordings work so well, not only within the context of the television episodes, but as an album in its own right. Of the recording, Oliver Postgate (in his exquisite autobiography 'Seeing Things') says: "Between them Sandra and John could play every sort of instrument from a mountain dulcimer to an Irish fiddle.

They knew and could sing every tune in the world and didn't bother with written music, except as a last resort. They were exactly suited to Gabriel the Toad and Madeleine the Rag Doll and in those roles were happy to play whatever music and sing whatever songs would be needed."  Those songs manifested themselves as reworkings of familiar tunes ('I Saw A Ship'; 'Row Your Boat'; 'Bucket's Burning'), takes on traditional ballads ('Brian O'Lynn'; 'The Frog Princess'; 'Weaving Song'; 'The Old Woman Tossed Up in a Basket') and delicious flights of fancy ('The Bony King of Nowhere'; 'Turtle Calypso'; 'Uncle Feedle').

The counterpart to Madeleine and Gabriel's more polished ditties are the interludes from the mice; a raggle-taggle chorus that accompanies the creatures' efforts of help (with the mice once famously going on strike when they were not permitted sang as they worked). Again, Postgate muses: "Once I had worked out a few episodes I would make a very rough list of the bits where I though music would be appropriate. I would send it to [Sandra and John] to think about.

Then we would borrow a fairly silent room in a remote house and, taking the various articles that we intended to celebrate with us, would spend a happy day with a tape recorder, thinking up and recording whatever songs and tunes came to mind."  The outtakes provide an intimate - and often very humourous - insight into the trio's work ethic, if it can be called such a thing. (By all accounts they sound as though they're having a very jolly time indeed.) Highlights include alternative opening words and end music, as well as Postgate sound-checking in character as Bagpuss.

This never-before heard audio provides a real treat for fans (and indeed those new to the Smallfilms stable) - affirmation again to the enduring quality of these special recordings, and the beloved programme that inspired them.  "An accidental classic of the folk-roots underground that we never dared hope we'd hear with such clarity."Stewart Lee.. And so their work was done.

Tracklisting:
1. Opening
2. We Will Wash It
3. I Saw A Ship
4. We Will Rub It
5. The Bony King of Nowhere
6. Cat and Bird Tone Phone
7. Princess Suite 
8. The Old Woman Who Lived in A Shoe
9. Row The Boat 
10. We Will Lace It 
11. Ballerina Music Box 
12. Porcupine Song
13. Here's A Pin 
14. We Will Fix It 
15. Turtle Calypso 
16. The Elephant's Fable 
17. The Miller's Song 
18. We Will Find It
19. The Town Band 
20. Song of The Flea 
21. We Will Do It (Undo It)
22. The Weaving Song 
23. Charliemouse Weaving
24. Bucket's Burning
25. Brian O'Lynn 
26.  Lullaby  for  Cabbages 
27. We Will Do It (Go Through it) 
28. The Old Woman Tossed Up in A Basket
29. Mouse Ragtime 
30. We Will Fold It
31. Uncle Feedle
32. Closing
33. Opening Words (Outtake) 
34. Introducing  the  Characters (Outtake)
35. Characters Waking Up (Outtake)
36. Bagpuss Soundcheck 
37. I Saw A Ship A-Sailing (Alternate Version) 
38. Mermaid Song 
39. Captain Bagpuss Poem
40. Owls of Athens Story
41. Birdsong 
42. Princess Suite (Outtake) 
43. The Old Woman Who Lived in A Shoe (Outtake)
44. Porcupine Song (Outtake) 
45. Bagpipes
46. Brian O'Lynn (Outtake )
47. Agricultural Jig 
48. Percy Pratt Poem 
49. End Music (Outtake)