records from 1969
The Rolling Stones groundbreaking multi-platinum selling album Let It Bleed was released in late 1969, charting at #1 in the UK and #3 in the US. The Rolling Stones, at this point already a critically and commercially dominant force, composed and recorded their eighth long player (tenth for the U.S.) amidst both geopolitical and personal turmoil. The second of four Rolling Stones albums made with producer Jimmy Miller (Traffic, Blind Faith), Let It Bleed perfectly captures the ominous spirit of the times with Gimme Shelter, the opening track.
The Let It Bleed (50th Anniversary Edition) single 180g LP includes the stereo version of the album, with restored original artwork and printed inner sleeve. The 2019 stereo remaster has been engineered by eleven-time Grammy-winning mastering engineer Bob Ludwig.
California Mudslide (And Earthquake) was Lightnin' Hopkins' last LP in his original run of long play releases...a strong slab of electric delta blues replete with sparse, signature acoustic guitar backing, augmented with organ and other surprises! The legend at his lonesomest-on mudslide colored vinyl pressed at Third Man Pressing in Detroit. "Take me outta this bottom, take me outta this bottom, little girl, fore this water rise. You know I must-a been born by the devil, po' Lightnin` don't wanna be baptized." - Lightning Hopkins (from the title track)
FEATURES:
- SEISMIC SPECIMENS OF 1969 COUNTRY BLUES
- HOPKINS IN PRIME `69 CALL ON MY BABY FORM ON MUDSLIDE VINYL!
- BLAZING ELECTRIC DELTA BLUES AUGMENTED WITH ORGAN.
- CUT BY KEVIN GRAY, AND PRESSED AT THIRD MAN IN DETROIT ON A CUSTOM MUDSLIDE VINYL!
Brand new mix of the Space Oddity (aka David Bowie) album by longtime Bowie producer/collaborator Tony Visconti.
Of the 2019 Space Oddity album mix Visconti says It was so much fun to find hidden gems of musicianship with more time to mix the second time around, a guitar twiddle here, a trombone blast there, Marc Bolans voice in a group choir and more detail in general that we overlooked all those years ago when the label gave us a week at the most to mix this album. And in the details you will find 22 year old David Bowie, who would soon take the world by storm."
The new Abbey Roadrelease features thenew stereo album mix, sourced directly from the original eight-track session tapes. To produce the mix, Giles Martin working with Sam Okell, was guided by the albums original stereo mix supervised by his father, George Martin.