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  • Jack Ruby 'Hit And Run' - Cargo Records UK

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    From the same  label that released the much lauded Mickey Newbury 'American Trilogy 4CD set , Saint Cecilia Knows now brings us the collected recordings of legendary lost 1970s New York City Band, JACK RUBY. Seen and heard by just a precious few, Jack Ruby made only five studio recordings and played an equal number of gigs between 1973 and 1977. None of their music was ever released and, until now, they have existed solely as a word-of-mouth legend among peers.

    They have been variously described as the Velvet Underground in a car crash and the art-punk Steely Dan. Formed in 1973 by vocalist Robin Hall, guitarist Chris Gray, multi-instrumentalist Randy Cohen, classically-trained viola player Boris (also known as Boris Policeband), and later joined by bassist George Scott (James Chance and the Contortions/8-Eyed Spy/John Cale) and new vocalist Stephen Barth, the first incarnation of Jack Ruby demoed two tracks in a Times Square recording studio in 1974; including their signature tune, the nihilistic proto-punk Hit and Run'?sounding like some unholy blend of Raw Power-era Stooges, Velvet Underground and J.G. Ballard's Crash. 

    They recorded three more tracks as a demo for Epic Records through Sly Stone's A&R, Stephen Paley, but a record deal evaded them. In 1976, Hall and Gray reactivated Jack Ruby as a short-lived live-performing unit with George Scott on bass, that disbanded for good after a riotous show in October 1977 at Max's Kansas City. Hit and Run is a two-disc set of everything Jack Ruby recorded between 1973 and 1977 (across four incarnations of the band) that should see them acknowledged as one of the most radical and brilliantly original groups to emerge from the 1970s New York City music scene.

    Remastered from recently-discovered master tapes, the first disc collects all five of the band's studio recordings, which although forty years old still sound thrillingly-urgent and modern, alongside a 1977 cassette of a band rehearsal, and a 2013 remix by producer Don Fleming. Disc two contains another side to Jack Ruby; a series of largely-electronic, avant-garde pieces from 1972 and 1974, some of the earliest extant recordings made on a Serge synthesizer.  What Jack Ruby left is a remarkable legacy of recorded music'?hidden for decades, now-revealed'?constituting a previously-unheard secret history of the New York City music scene of the early 1970s. 

    Jack Ruby may be the most influential punk band from New York City that no one ever knew about.  Thurston Moore.

    Jack Ruby occupy a place right between early seventies street rock, post Roxy/Hawkwind synthesis and the future sound of Punk and No Wave.  Jon Savage. Deluxe 2-CD package, original cover art by Japanese artist Ken Hamaguchi. 

    Liner notes by Thurston Moore and Jon Savage, plus extensive band history. 

    Remastered from recently-discovered master tapes. 

    Exclusive remix by producer Don Fleming (Sonic Youth/Hole/Dinosaur Jr).

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  • Mickey Newbury 'Better Days' - Cargo Records UK

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    Vinyl Editions Of The American Trilogy Box Set 

    Mickey Newbury's commitment to the power of song is imperative to me Will Oldham

    One of the best singers I have ever heard in any kind of music¦ his voice blows my mind Steve Earle

    "I learned more about songwriting from him than any other writer Kris Kristofferson.

    Newbury songs have been recorded by performers like Johnny Cash, Scott Walker, Ray Charles, Joan Baez, Dolly Parton, Tammy Wynette, the Box Tops, Bonnie 'Prince' Billy and Nick Cave.

    'An American Trilogy' (Elvis Presley), 'Just Dropped In (To See What Condition My Condition Was In)' (Kenny Rogers and the First Edition), 'She Even Woke Me Up To Say Goodbye' (Jerry Lee Lewis), 'Funny, Familiar, Forgotten Feelings' (Tom Jones)'?just some of the timeless compositions in the Newbury catalogue.

    But Mickey himself was by far the best interpreter of his own songs. Recorded between 1969 and 1973 at a home studio in Madison, Tennessee, called Cinderella Sound'?in reality, a converted 2-car garage owned by guitarist and engineer Wayne Moss'? and backed by the same musicians who played on Dylan's late 60s Nashville recordings, the albums that constitute An American Trilogy are regarded as key works in Mickey's canon as a recording artist.

    A visionary album in the vein of Love's Forever Changes and Van Morrison's Astral Weeks, Looks Like Rain immerses the listener into a vividly-painted emotional landscape of heartbreak, madness and despair. Mickey followed this masterpiece with another, 1970's 'Frisco Mabel Joy'?recently voted number 6 in an Uncut reader's poll of the 50 greatest 'lost' albums and described by Mojo as an hallucinatory suite of sad, soulful songs. The cycle of Cinderella Sound albums ended in 1973 with a third epic, Heaven Help The Child.

    Peter Blackstock, the editor of No Depression magazine, has said of these records: There may be no more fully realized cyclical trinity of albums in American popular music. Once you've heard them you'll understand why.

    Tracklisting:
    Side A:

    1. If You Want Me To I'll Go
    2. Sunshine
    3. Sad Satin Rhyme
    4. Why You Been Gone So Long
    5. I Don't Wanna Rock
    6. Let Me Stay Awhile
    7. Flower Man
    8. Good Morning Dear

    Side B:
    1. On Top Of Old Smokey
    2. Interlude: How Many Times (Must The Piper Be Paid For His Song)
    3. Better Days
    4. How I Love Them Old Songs
    5. I Don't Wanna Rock
    6. I Don't Want Me No Big City Woman
    7. You're Not My Same Sweet Baby

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  • Mickey Newbury 'Heaven Help The Child' - Cargo Records UK

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    Mickey Newbury 'Heaven Help The Child'

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    Vinyl Editions Of The American Trilogy Box Set 

    Mickey Newbury's commitment to the power of song is imperative to me Will Oldham

    One of the best singers I have ever heard in any kind of music¦ his voice blows my mind Steve Earle

    "I learned more about songwriting from him than any other writer Kris Kristofferson.


    ?Newbury songs have been recorded by performers like Johnny Cash, Scott Walker, Ray Charles, Joan Baez, Dolly Parton, Tammy Wynette, the Box Tops, Bonnie 'Prince' Billy and Nick Cave.

    'An American Trilogy' (Elvis Presley), 'Just Dropped In (To See What Condition My Condition Was In)' (Kenny Rogers and the First Edition), 'She Even Woke Me Up To Say Goodbye' (Jerry Lee Lewis), 'Funny, Familiar, Forgotten Feelings' (Tom Jones)'?just some of the timeless compositions in the Newbury catalogue.

    But Mickey himself was by far the best interpreter of his own songs. Recorded between 1969 and 1973 at a home studio in Madison, Tennessee, called Cinderella Sound'?in reality, a converted 2-car garage owned by guitarist and engineer Wayne Moss'? and backed by the same musicians who played on Dylan's late 60s Nashville recordings, the albums that constitute An American Trilogy are regarded as key works in Mickey's canon as a recording artist.

    A visionary album in the vein of Love's Forever Changes and Van Morrison's Astral Weeks, Looks Like Rain immerses the listener into a vividly-painted emotional landscape of heartbreak, madness and despair. Mickey followed this masterpiece with another, 1970's 'Frisco Mabel Joy'?recently voted number 6 in an Uncut reader's poll of the 50 greatest 'lost' albums and described by Mojo as an hallucinatory suite of sad, soulful songs. The cycle of Cinderella Sound albums ended in 1973 with a third epic, Heaven Help The Child.

    Peter Blackstock, the editor of No Depression magazine, has said of these records: There may be no more fully realized cyclical trinity of albums in American popular music. Once you've heard them you'll understand why.

    Tracklisting:
    Side A:

    1. Heaven Help The Child
    2. Good Morning Dear
    3. Sunshine
    4. Sweet Memories

    Side B:
    1. Why You Been Gone So Long
    2. Cortelia Clark
    3. Song For Susan
    4. San Francisco Mabel

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  • Mickey Newbury 'Looks Like Rain' - Cargo Records UK

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    Mickey Newbury 'Looks Like Rain'

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    Vinyl Editions Of The American Trilogy Box Set 

    Mickey Newbury's commitment to the power of song is imperative to me Will Oldham

    One of the best singers I have ever heard in any kind of music¦ his voice blows my mind Steve Earle

    "I learned more about songwriting from him than any other writer Kris Kristofferson.

    Newbury songs have been recorded by performers like Johnny Cash, Scott Walker, Ray Charles, Joan Baez, Dolly Parton, Tammy Wynette, the Box Tops, Bonnie 'Prince' Billy and Nick Cave.

    'An American Trilogy' (Elvis Presley), 'Just Dropped In (To See What Condition My Condition Was In)' (Kenny Rogers and the First Edition), 'She Even Woke Me Up To Say Goodbye' (Jerry Lee Lewis), 'Funny, Familiar, Forgotten Feelings' (Tom Jones)'?just some of the timeless compositions in the Newbury catalogue.

    But Mickey himself was by far the best interpreter of his own songs. Recorded between 1969 and 1973 at a home studio in Madison, Tennessee, called Cinderella Sound'?in reality, a converted 2-car garage owned by guitarist and engineer Wayne Moss'? and backed by the same musicians who played on Dylan's late 60s Nashville recordings, the albums that constitute An American Trilogy are regarded as key works in Mickey's canon as a recording artist.

    A visionary album in the vein of Love's Forever Changes and Van Morrison's Astral Weeks, Looks Like Rain immerses the listener into a vividly-painted emotional landscape of heartbreak, madness and despair. Mickey followed this masterpiece with another, 1970's 'Frisco Mabel Joy'?recently voted number 6 in an Uncut reader's poll of the 50 greatest 'lost' albums and described by Mojo as an hallucinatory suite of sad, soulful songs. The cycle of Cinderella Sound albums ended in 1973 with a third epic, Heaven Help The Child.

    Peter Blackstock, the editor of No Depression magazine, has said of these records: There may be no more fully realized cyclical trinity of albums in American popular music. Once you've heard them you'll understand why.

    Tracklisting:
    Side A:
    1. Write A Song A Song / Angeline
    2. She Even Woke Me Up To Say Goodbye
    3. I Don't Think Much About Her No More
    4. T. Total Tommy

    Side B:
    1. 33rd Of August / When The Baby In My Lady Gets The Blues
    2. San Francisco Mable Joy
    3. Looks Like Baby's Gone

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  • Scott Fagan 'South Atlantic Blues' - Cargo Records UK

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    This vinyl comes in a limited edition of 1000 copies, hand-numbered on 180-gram vinyl, with cover art that reproduces Jasper John's 1970 lithograph, Scott Fagan Record'.

    Includes a Download Card.


    Originally released on Atco in 1968, Scott Fagan's bewitching debut is a genuine lost classic - a mystical, mythical, deeply-soulful folk-rock masterpiece. This reissue has been remastered from the original tapes and released by Saint Cecilia Knows in association with Fagan's label lil'fish records. 

    In 1969, artist Jasper John came across South Atlantic Blues in a cut-out bin, bought the record and used it as the inspiration for three artworks that are in museums and galleries such as the Metropolitan Museum of Art and MOMA, the Walker Art Center and the National Gallery in Washington D.C.

    Tracklisting:
    Side A:
    1. In My Head
    2. Nickels and Dimes
    3. Crying
    4. The Carnival Is Ended
    5. South Atlantic Blues

    Side B:
    1. Nothing But Love
    2. Tenement Hall
    3. In Your Hands
    4. Crystal Ball
    5. Madame-Moiselle

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