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PIXIES, PJ HARVEY
& FREEEZ

new reissues announced!

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PIXIES
“Bossanova”
30th Anniversary Reissue
Out Friday 7 August

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2020 marks the 30th Anniversary of Bossanova, the third studio album by Pixies.

Their third album in as many years, 1990 was a particularly fertile time for the band with Kim Deal also having success with The Breeders, who released their debut album Pod just a few months prior.

Featuring the singles ‘Allison’ (a tribute to jazz and blues pianist Mose Allison), ‘Dig For Fire’ and ‘Velouria’, plus the first cover to feature on one of their albums ‘Cecilia Ann’ (originally by The Surftones), Bossanova showed a less primal side to the band, with surf and space rock rising to the fore. Lyrically, Black Francis is even more cryptic with a recurring sci-fi  theme running throughout, which in turn influenced Vaughan Oliver’s classic planet design for the sleeve.

To celebrate Bossanova hitting its third decade, 4AD are releasing a limited red vinyl edition with the original 16-page booklet being reinserted, having previously only been available with the initial UK LP pressing.

Pixies – Bossanova (30th Anniversary Reissue)
is out Friday 7 August via 4AD / Remote Control Records.

Pre-order HERE

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The Pixies
Bossanova
(30th Anniversary Reissue)

SIDE A
1. Cecilia Ann
2. Rock Music
3. Velouria
4. Allison
5. Is She Weird
6. Ana
7. All Over The World

SIDE B
1. Dig For Fire
2. Down To The Well
3. The Happening
4. Blown Away
5. Hang Wire
6. Stormy Weather
7. Havalina

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PJ HARVEY
“Dry”
Reissue
Out Friday 24 July

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“On her debut, Polly Jean Harvey matched Patti Smith’s incandescence with Bessie Smith’s lasciviousness, outplayed everyone on the British indie circuit, and became an instant star” – Pitchfork, 9.2

UMC/Island and Beggars today announce a comprehensive reissue campaign which will see PJ Harvey’s entire back catalogue – plus her two albums in collaboration with John Parish – released on vinyl over the next 12 months. For the first time, each of PJ Harvey’s album demos will be available as a stand-alone album on digital and vinyl.

This catalogue project will celebrate every aspect of Harvey’s recording career and afford a comprehensive and exciting look at the evolution of one of the most singular and extraordinary artists of modern times.

The first release is Dry, Harvey’s seminal debut album back in print on vinyl for the first time in 20 years with the Beggars Arkive/Too Pure Records reissue (ex-us) on 24 July. Released to worldwide critical acclaim on 30 March 1992 it was recorded at The Ice House in Yeovil and features the singles ‘Dress’ and ‘Sheela-Na-Gig.’ Dry saw PJ Harvey burst onto the global stage to begin her unique path.

PJ Harvey – Dry (Reissue) is out
Friday 24 July via Beggars Arkive / Remote Control Records.

Pre-order Dry HERE

Pre-order Dry demos HERE

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PJ Harvey
Dry
(Reissue)

1. Oh My Lover
2. O Stella
3. Dress
4. Victory
5. Happy And Bleeding
6. Sheela-Na-Gig
7. Hair
8. Joe
9. Plants And Rags
10. Fountain
11. Wate

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FREEEZ
Southern Freez
reissue
+ John Rocca Variation on a Theem
Out Friday 21 August

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Beggars Arkive is excited to reissue the classic Freeez debut album Southern Freeez. Originally released 40 years ago, it will be available digitally on June 19th, and as a double LP on August 21st. The second LP contains brand new tracks from the band’s leader John Rocca.

Freeez were a legendary group from London, known as one of the UK’s main jazz-funk bands of the early 1980s…aka Brit funk. Led by John Rocca, Freeez consisted of various musicians, originally with Rocca and others including Andy Stennett (keyboards), Peter Maas (bass guitar) and Paul Morgan (drums). While they may not be a household name, if you know, you know. Freeez went on to be sampled many times, by artists including Jamie xx, Coolio, Brandy, Madlib and more. Their debut album Southern Freeez was initially released in late 1980 on John Rocca’s own label Pink Rhythm, but within weeks, they were signed by Beggars Banquet, who re-released it in 1981. The album contains the hit song ‘Southern Freeez’ which included guest vocals by Ingrid Mansfield Allman. A few years later, they had even more hits. Their biggest, ‘IOU’, was a global #1 club single and was produced and written by renowned producer Arthur Baker with lyric contributions and lead vocals by John Rocca and remixed by Jellybean Benitez and Baker. In 1983, ‘IOU’ was a #1 Billboard Club Play hit in addition to spending 3 weeks at #2 on the UK pop charts and was also used in the legendary breakdancing movie Beat Street. ‘Pop Goes My Love’ was another hit. Rocca next had another #1 US Billboard Club Play hit as a solo artist in 1984 with ‘I Want It To Be Real’, and his solo work under the pseudonym Midi Rain reached cult status and led to yet another #1 US Billboard Club Play dance floor hit with ‘Shine’ in 1993.

After his departure from the music business in the early 90s, he became an IT professional and director at a highly successful technology startup as part of what would become the mobile phone revolution. 40 years after the original release of Southern Freeez, after being contacted by Beggars Arkive about a reissue, John was inspired to go back to his roots. He pulled together some of the work that he had been experimenting with over the years and enlisted some musicians (including his two nephews) to play on the tracks, saying that doing so “was a nice reflection of the past meeting the present”. John has also re-recorded a new version of ‘Southern Freeez’ on the second LP which he does the vocals on. The album cover features award-winning Arctic photography by Florian Ledoux. Southern Freeez has been remastered and is pressed on blue/black marbled vinyl.

Freeez – Southern Freeez
will be available digitally on June 19th, and as a double LP
on August 21st via Beggars Arkive / Remote Control Records.

Pre-order HERE

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LP1 – Freeez
Southern Freeez

A1 Mariposa
A2 Caribbean Winter
A3 Easy on the Onions
A4 Sunset
B1 Flying High
B2 Southern Freeez
B3 Roller Chase
B4 First Love
B5 Finale

LP2 John Rocca
Variation on a Theem

A1 Southern Freeez 20+20
A2 Feeel the Music
A3 Simple Breeez
B1 My Name Is Love Part 1 + Part 2
B2 Slow Down (ordinary dawn)
B3 Rain

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AMNPLIFY – DB