Mono 2023

Two CD set. First-ever complete anthology of highly regarded early 70s American proto-power pop band Crabby Appleton. After the demise of Curt Boettcher's late 60s project The Millennium, gifted singer and songwriter Michael Fennelly joined forces with LA club band Stonehenge to form Crabby Appleton. Signed to Elektra, they made their debut with the glorious 'Go Back', a hit single that married a mid-60s pop sensibility with early 70s studio advances to stand as a proto-power pop classic. A slightly different mix of the track featured on their self-titled debut album, which attracted rave reviews from the underground press and sold reasonably well. But the band were unable to follow 'Go Back' with another hit single, and after second album 'Rotten To The Core!' made little impact, they disintegrated. The first-ever complete compilation of the band's work, 'Go Back: The Crabby Appleton Anthology' includes both albums and a raft of singles (including rare mono mixes and non- LP tracks) as well as two miniature tracks that were only included on the first album's 8- track release and are therefore making their first digital appearance. Featuring a new 5000 word essay on the band, and housed in a stylish digipak, 'Go Back' is the definite document of a fine group that deserve to be remembered as far more than one-hit wonders.

Mono are back with the second volume of their annual Christmas EP series 'Heaven' - Heaven Vol. 2. The latter is available now exclusively from Bandcamp. It was recorded by Takaakira 'Taka' Goto at Studio Forty-4 (drums recorded by James Brown at The Union, New York). Mixed and mastered by Rafael Anton Irisarri and Jeremy deVine at Black Knoll Studio in October, 2023.

The first four albums by the American instrumental rock band the Ventures. While the Ventures are considered by many to be the greatest 'surf band', and it is true that they helped define the musical genre as much as anyone, they are much more than that. Their instrumental virtuosity, experimentation with guitar effects, and unique sound laid the groundwork for innumerable groups, earning them the moniker the 'Band that Launched a Thousand Bands.'

Erin is a state-of-the-art plugin suite dedicated solely to mastering. It includes 5 studio processors sampled from world-class mastering equipment, which was manufactured by one of the most prestigious pro audio designers in the world. He has been known since the early 70s for his innovative approach in the field of tube-based systems for the high-end, hi-fi market.

Mono Inc. Influenced by alternative icons of the 1980s such as Depeche Mode, the Cure, and Sisters of Mercy as well as crossover dance/metal acts such as Prodigy and Metallica, Mono Inc. are a goth rock band from Hamburg that found both critical and commercial success within Germany's alternative music scene. Founded in 1998 as Mono69, the band was originally a trio comprised of Miky Mono (vocals, bass), Martin Engler (vocals, drums), and Carl Fornia (guitar). In 2000 the band changed its name to Mono Inc. and later added Manuel Antoni (bass) to the lineup in 2003.

Peggy Lee Que reste t'il de Peggy Lee ? Une des plus grandes chanteuses de jazz de l'histoire est surtout connue à travers les innombrables reprises de sa version de « Fever », titre dont elle adapta seulement les paroles. Peggy Lee est bien plus que ça, chanteuse, auteur et actrice, elle connaît une carrière qui s'étale sur soixante ans, avec une activité musicale intense durant trente d'entre elles. Jazz, mais aussi pop, d'une blondeur toute glamour, Peggy Lee éblouit depuis « Somebody Else Is Taking My Place », son premier numéro un en 1942. Peggy Lee continue à se produire dans les années quatre-vingt-dix, avant de décéder le 21 janvier 2002 de complications liées au diabète.

The beautiful LP box “Platinum", which contains 44 hits, classics and sought-after rarities by Frank Sinatra on four LPs, celebrates the 70th anniversary of the signing of the contract between Sinatra and Capitol Records. Between 1953 and 1962, Sinatra recorded 16 albums for the label, which made him one of the greatest song performers of all time. The titles selected for this compilation offer a cross-section of his versatile work. "Platinum" is also available as a 2CD set.

In 2016, Cherry Red’s psychedelic imprint Grapefruit Records released the 3CD set ‘Let’s Go Down And Blow Our Minds’, a hugely successful, widely-acclaimed anthology of lysergically- inclined music made in Britain during the epochal year of 1967. In response to the many requests we’ve received, here’s the long-awaited second volume, housed like its predecessor in a clamshell box with a lavishly annotated and illustrated 48- page booklet. Featuring 79 mind-melting tracks from British psychedelia’s key year, ‘Too Much Sun Will Burn’ covers all bases, incorporating the era’s big hitters (The Move, The Who, Small Faces, ISB, Pretty Things, The Zombies), huge singles (Traffic, Procol Harum, The Hollies, Eric Burdon & The Animals, The Troggs), cult 45s (Paper Blitz Tissue, Made In Sheffield, Caleb and many others) and such future legends as Bowie, Genesis, Alex Harvey and Elton John, with a track from his legendary aborted debut LP ‘Regimental Sgt. Zippo’.