Depeche Mode, Lana Del Rey, Pink Floyd, Lankum, Space Age Dub Special, Elton John, Fall Out Boy,Sharon Van Etten, Chris & Cosey

New Releases...

Depeche Mode release new double  album Memento Mori this week. This is the band's 15th album and follows the death of bandmate Andy Fletcher last year.

'Andy Fletcher’s two surviving bandmates reflect on mortality on an album of warm, weird electro-pop' The Guardian

CD and vinyl versions in stock

Pink Floyd release The Dark Side of the Moon Live at Wembley 1974

180 Gram Vinyl housed in Gatefold Sleeve with Two Posters featuring designs by Ian Emes and Gerald Scarfe. Cover Design by Aubrey Powell / Hipgnosis and Peter Curzon / StormStudios. Original 1973 Line Drawn Cover Artwork by George Hardie

Lana Del Rey's latest album Did You Know That There's A Tunnel Under Ocean Blvd is out this week.

'Did You Know That There’s A Tunnel Under Ocean Blvd offers another chance to discover what lies beneath, a state-of-the-artist address that doubles down on previous preoccupations – bad men, bad drugs, bad choices – but also tries hard to grasp a world that exists beyond a fly-smeared Mustang windscreen or a dirty motel door. It’s beautiful, unveiled, audacious – at times to the point of recklessness – a record that moves outside her habitual emotional twilight to seek a new dawn.' Mojo

Limited double green vinyl available while stocks last plus standard double vinyl and CD too.

From the start, Dublin’s folk band Lankum planned for new album False Lankum, their fourth record and third for Rough Trade,' to feel like a complete piece – a progression and a journey for the listener. “We wanted to create more contrast on the record so the light parts would be almost spiritual and the dark parts would be incredibly dark, even horror inducing,” they explain. The album’s 12 tracks, composed of 10 traditional songs and two originals, show the four-piece using a new palate to colour their sound in an increasingly experimental way, alongside longtime producer John ‘Spud’ Murphy.'

'Two more classic tunes from the Deptford Northern Soul Club Records dancefloor. Remastered for maximum effect.  Shawn Robinson’s ‘My Dear Heart’ was originally released on Minit in 1966. Original copies go for around £250 plus. Filled with positively glowing soul sounds underpinned by gorgeous vibes and a heady beat. Big at Wigan back in the day, a favourite of Richard Searling.

The flipside, from 1967, is from the inimitable Bessie Banks, the hit maker of ‘Go Now’ fame. Originally released on the Verve imprint. Fired up by choppy guitar and a heavy cross mix of vibes and horns, it’s a chugger with some essential breaks for added impact. A triumphant anthem.'

'Grammy Award-nominated and multi-platinum selling rock band Fall Out Boy release their eighth studio album So Much (For) Stardust.'

Coke bottle clear vinyl

Studio One Space-Age Dub Special is a brand new Studio One release on Soul Jazz Records which draws on more rare and classic dubs taken from the mighty vaults of Studio One Records.

Vinyl and CD versions in stock

'Elton John’s 1972 album Honky Château is reissued for its (belated) 50th anniversary. The album features songs such as the transatlantic top 10 single ‘Rocket Man’, ‘Honky Cat’ and ‘Mona Lisas and Mad Hatters’ and was very much Elton’s step into global superstardom. Recorded at the now legendary Château d’HérouvilleIt (25 miles north-west of Paris) it was originally released in May 1972, and kicked off a stream of classic albums including 1973’s Don’t Shoot Me I’m Only The Piano Player and Goodbye Yellow Brick Road.'

Double vinyl and double CD available

Sharon Van Etten reissues an Anniversary Edition of her album Tramp - crimson splash vinyl.

Sharon Van Etten: 'About a year or two ago, Naomi Yang (of Galaxie 500) reached out to me after she rediscovered a video that we had made together in 2011, during the making of Tramp, just before the album’s release. It was for the song Serpents. The timing was uncanny, approaching the anniversary of Tramp. Thinking about my time in New York while in the bubble of Los Angeles and my home. Thinking about how restless I was, and now settled down and stable. Thinking about how Aaron Dessner took a chance on me after I messaged him with a fury of demos. He could see through the hiss and crappy vocals on my GarageBand demos, and that I had something to say. He gave me the confidence to be loud and to scream my rage and feel founded and justified in my own pain. He gave me more tools to find catharsis in my work. I have carried that with me ever since.

The Police - Greatest Hits

Standard vinyl edition of the classic hits collection from 1992. A multi-platinum selling global smash on CD, it had a limited vinyl release in 1992 (long out of print), and original vinyl copies became highly sought after by fans. A perfect introduction to the Police for new admirers, original fans and vinyl collectors alike. Remastered at Abbey Road and pressed on heavyweight black vinyl. 

One half of Throbbing Gristle, Chris & Cosey have released a remastered limited edition vinyl series, which will see many of their influential albums available for the first time, or for the first time in decades. The series launches with Elemental 7 (1984) on green vinyl, Muzik Fantastique! (1993) on pink vinyl, and Feral Vapours of The Silver Ether (2007) on yellow vinyl - all out on 24 March 2023.

The colour vinyl pressings are limited, and will include a printed inner sleeve of archival photos.

BROWSE ALL THESE RELEASES HERE

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Record Store Day stock orders are in and we're busy planning for the big day on Sat 22nd April.

As we count down towards the day we'll be flagging up some of the RSD23 releases that we're excited about this year...

Weather permitting we'll be joined by HiFi experts Expressive Audio who will be demonstrating Rega Research and Fyne Audio as well as the Okki Nokki One vacuum record cleaning machine, so bring along a treasured vinyl (or a bargain bought from Off The Beaten Tracks!) and have it cleaned for 50p, plus receive a free Tonar anti-static record sleeve.

There will also be plenty of great live music on the day - more details coming soon.

https://offthebeatentracks.co.uk/pages/record-store-day

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This event at Louth Riverhead (originally scheduled for Fri 24th March) has been postponed until the 15th September...

https://www.mattmcguinness.co.uk/

We are proud sponsors of The Sunday Underbelly radio show which is on every Sunday afternoon on LCR FM.

Next on March 26th from 4pm http://lcrlincoln.com/play host Katy B's guest is Roz Edwards known internationally as the ‘Mannequin Lady’ and director of Mannequin Hire & Film Location company Mannakin.

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This Sunday 26th March it's the Jam Session at Cobbles Bar, Louth.

https://www.facebook.com/events/2544144592390027?locale=en_GB