Considered by many to literally be the Heaviest Band in the World, Electric Wizard is more like a cult than a band. The Wizard conjure up visions of Alistair Crowley having a black trip with HP Lovecraft, whilst gazing at the most far out biker flicks ever created. This, combined with the crustiest gravity defying…
Limited 180gm vinyl LP pressing in deluxe gatefold jacket. A swinging Christmas and a jazzy new year-that s what this joyous 1960 Ella LP will bring you. She sings (and swings) Jingle Bells , Sleigh Ride , Winter Wonderland and more! Verve s Acoustic Sounds Series features transfers from analog tapes and remastered.
Limited 180gm vinyl LP pressing. In contrast to her classic Songbook albums for Verve, this 1961 date captures the essence of Ella Fitzgerald as most people got to see her live – with a swinging quartet. The program is made up mostly of repertoire from the Swing and early Bebop periods with Ella mixing soulful…
Ella Fitzgerald – Let No Man Write My Epitaph (Verve Acoustic Sounds Series) – Verve Label Group; Jazz; Considered one of Ella s greatest recordings, she s backed on this 1960 release by pianist Paul Smith. Let No Man Write My Epitaph was a 1960 Hollywood movie featuring Fitzgerald. The album hits at a rare…
Limited 180gm vinyl LP pressing in gatefold jacket. After appearing together at an all-star concert the night before, Ella Fitzgerald and Louis Armstrong went into an L.A. studio to record this gem of an album. Despite having little to no time for rehearsals, the sublime artistic mastery of Ella and Louis and the instant chemistry…
Ella Washington was born and raised in Miami, FL where she still makes her home as a pastor. Her family background wasn’t a particularly musical one, although one of her sisters was Audrey Royal who recorded briefly for Spector International in the 70s. Like so many singers of her generation Ella started her career singing…
Song In The Air is Elliott s third full-length album, originally released in 2003. Elliott s songs glow, spiral around, get messed up, come back home, get really sad, get worked up, fight against melancholy, are pissed off… they are alive. Song In The Air is the first record that Elliott made with the addition…
This album features fourteen tracks compiled from all seven of Elliott Smith s albums (including his albums on Geffen): Roman Candle, Elliott Smith, Either Or, XO, Figure 8, From A Basement on the Hill, and New Moon. An Introduction to… is, as the title suggests, intended as an introduction to one of the greatest songwriters…
When you hear it Elliott s way you know it to be true. Everything is exactly right when I walk around here drunk every night with an open container from 7-11, in St. Ides Heaven. 25th Anniversary Remastered audio.
Roman Candle was recorded and released while Smith was still in Heatmiser. According to Benjamin Nugent s biography Elliott Smith and the Big Nothing, Smith recorded the album in the basement of the home of then-girlfriend and Heatmiser manager JJ Gonson. The album was never intended for release, as Smith only expected to get a deal for a…
I kept recording more songs with no regard whether or not they were gonna be on anything. That s what I m used to doing, recording all the time and not going, What should I record for this record? Usually I put out whatever happened in the last six months. With this, I had way…
New Moon is a posthumous compilation album by American singer-songwriter Elliott Smith, released on May 8, 2007 by Kill Rock Stars. It contains twenty-four previously unreleased songs, most recorded between 1994 and 1997 during the sessions for Smith s albums Elliott Smith and Either Or.Â
Kill Rock Stars is proud to re-issue Roman Candle, Elliott Smiths first solo album, originally released on Portlands Cavity Search Records in 1994. Roman Candle is now remastered for the re-release by Roger Seibel (SAE) and Larry Crane, editor of Tape Op Magazine and archivist for Elliott s family. Roman Candle had quite an impact…
XO is the fourth studio album by singer songwriter Elliott Smith. It was recorded from 1997 to 1998 and released on August 25, 1998 by record label DreamWorks; Smith s first solo album on a major record label. Two singles, Waltz #2 (XO) and Baby Britain , were released. An early working title for the…