Retroworld

Sonny Landreth & Bayou Rhythm/Sonny Landreth: Down In Louisiana

1 CD / Retroworld / 2011-11-08

Tracks: Ay Ai Ai; Sugar Cane; I Had A Dream; Without My Baby; Congo Square; Checking Up On My Baby; Parish Line, The; Little Linda; If I Ever Get Lucky; Everybody's Breakin' Everybody's Heart
Artists: Sonny Landreth & Bayou Rhythm/Sonny Landreth

Personnel: Sonny Landreth (vocals, guitar); Dave Ransom (bass).

Personnel: Sonny Landreth (vocals, guitar); Mel Melton (vocals, harmonica); Mike Binet (drums).

Audio Remasterer: John Den...continue...

Marty Balin/Paul Kantner: Live At The Great American Music Hall, 2000

2 CD / Retroworld / 2011-07-12

Tracks: "How Now Brown Cow"; Crown of Creation; St. Charles; Today; Lather; Borderlands; We Can Be Together; Good Shepherd; Farm, The; Hey Fredrick; Caroline; Runaway; Hearts; Baby Tree, The; Shadowlands; Mi...
Artists: Marty Balin/Paul Kantner

Liner Note Author: Alan Robinson .

Recording information: The Great American Music Hall, San Francisco, CA.

This is a beautiful recording, and far better than one might expect from the 2...continue...

Rick Danko: Live at the Iron Horse Northhampton 1995

1 CD / Retroworld / 2011-07-12

Tracks: Shape I'm In, The; CC Rider; It Makes No Difference; Walking Blues; My Baby Left Me; You Don't Know Me; I'm Just Your Fool; Long Black Veil; Chest Fever; Blaze of Glory; [Untitled]; [Untitled]; [Unti...
Artists: Rick Danko

Liner Note Author: Alan Robinson .

Recording information: The Iron Horse, Northampton, MA (01/20/1995)....continue...

Rick Danko: Live at Uncle Willy's 1989

1 CD / Retroworld / 2011-07-12

Tracks: Mystery Train; Twilights's the Loneliest Time of Day; Stage Fright; Bartender Blues; Wish You Were Here With Me; Caledonia Mission; Weight, The; Blaze of Glory; Makes No Difference; Sick and Tired; H...
Artists: Rick Danko

Liner Note Author: Alan Robinson .

Recording information: Uncle Willy's, Kingston, NY (03/25/1989)....continue...

Robert Calvert: Revenge/Centigrade 232

2 CD / Retroworld / 2011-05-31

Tracks: Revenge; Fascism/Futurism; Bugatti; Isadora; Revenge [Alt. Version]; Fascism/Futurism [Alt. Version]; Bugatti [Alt. Version]; Isadora [Alt. Version]; Turn the Tape Over; [Untitled]; Swing; Ode To a C...
Artists: Robert Calvert

Liner Note Author: Peter Pavli....continue...

Spirit: The Original Potato Land

1 CD / Retroworld / 2011-05-03

Tracks: Introduction; 1984; Exit 27 (Dialogue); Turn To the Right; Everything Talks To Me (Donut House); Fish Fry Road; Nature's Theme; Information; My Friend; Walkin' the Dog; Giant Potatoes (Dialogue); Lon...
Artists: Spirit

Recording information: 09/06/1972; 09/13/1972.

Like other "lost" rock albums such as the Beach Boys' SMiLE, Spirit's Potatoland has been "found" periodically, notably in 1981, when a version of...continue...

Quireboys (London Quireboys): Tooting to Barking C/W Lost in Space *

2 CD / Retroworld / 2011-05-03

Tracks: 7 O'Clock; Hey You; Man on the Loose; Mayfair; Where've You Been To; Whipping Boy; Devil of a Man; Hates to Please; I Don't Love You Again; Roses & Rings; Don't Bite the Hand that Feeds Ya; White Tra...
Artists: Quireboys (London Quireboys)

Liner Note Author: Alan Robinson ....continue...

Orleans: '75 Live: Harvard Square Theatre *

CD / Retroworld / 2011-02-01

Artists: Orleans

Ambrosia: Biggest Part of Me/Hits

CD / Retroworld / 2011-02-01

Tracks: Biggest Part of Me; Nice, Nice, Very Nice; Holdin' On To Yesterday; You're the Only Woman (You and I); Time Waits For No One; Drink of Water; Magical Mystery Tour; How Much I Feel; Mama Don't Underst...
Artists: Ambrosia

Nick Gravenites: My Labors & More

1 CD / Retroworld / 2010-12-07

Tracks: Killing My Love; Gypsy Good Time; Holy Moly; Moon Tune; My Labors; Throw Your Dog a Bone; As Good As You've Been To This World; Wintry Countryside; It Takes Time - (live); Blues On a Westside - (live...
Artists: Nick Gravenites

/Mike Bloomfield.

MY LABORS & MORE features all of the original LP MY LABORS and live tracks from the LP LIVE AT BILL GRAHAM'S FILLMORE WEST, both originally released in 1969.

Personnel:...continue...

Randy Meisner: One More Song/Randy Meisner *

2 CD / Retroworld / 2010-12-07

Tracks: Hearts on Fire; Gotta Get Away; Come on Back to Me; Deep Inside My Heart; I Need You Bad; One More Song; Trouble Ahead; White Shoes; Anyway Bye Bye; Never Been in Love; Darkness of the Heart; Jealous...
Artists: Randy Meisner

Personnel: Brian Smith, Craig Hall, Jon Corey (guitar); Howard Leese (electric guitar, background vocals); Phil Kenzie (saxophone); Sterling Smith (piano, organ, keyboards, synthesizer); Dixon House (...continue...

Graham Parker: Carp Fishing on Valium: The Songs

CD / Retroworld / 2010-11-30

Tracks: Coins in My Pocket; Soultime; Chloroform; Custom Fanny; Brain Surgery; Well Well Well; Blue Horizon; Anything for a Laugh; Last Stop Is Nowhere; Hot Ringlets; Carp Fishing on Valium
Artists: Graham Parker

Graham Parker is best known as a singer and songwriter, but he's also a published novelist, and in 2000 he released a collection of short stories called Carp Fishing on Valium. Someone persuaded Parke...continue...

The Pretty Things: Rockin' The Garage

1 CD / Retroworld / 2010-11-09

Tracks: He's Waitin'; Strychnine; Pushing Too Hard; Kicks; Candy; Louie, Louie; 96 Tears; Let's Talk About Girls; Sometimes Good Guys Don't Wear White; I'm a Man - (featuring Don Craine/Eddie Phillips/Keith ...
Artists: The Pretty Things

Audio Mixer: Mike Ober.

Liner Note Author: Alan Robinson .

Recording information: E7 Studio; RMS Studio....continue...

Renaissance: Live in Chicago

1 CD / Retroworld / 2010-11-09

Tracks: Northern Lights; Flight; Running Hard; Opening Out; Day of the Dreamer; Fanfare (Song of Scheherazade); Ocean Gypsy; At the Harbour; Festival Preparations (Song of Scheherazade); Can You Understand; ...
Artists: Renaissance

Liner Note Author: Alan Robinson ....continue...

Annie Haslam: Woman Transcending: Rare Recordings From Annie Haslam's Musical Journey *

1 CD / Retroworld / 2010-11-09

Tracks: Circular Motion; Parachute to You; Echo; You Don't Know a Good Thing; Communication; Beyond the Blue; One Last Time; Somewhere Out There [Rough Mix]; So Sad [Rough Mix]; Hunter Trials; Lily's In The ...
Artists: Annie Haslam

Recording information: Aldermoor, UK (1974); Apres Midi Studio, Paramus, NJ (1974); Basement Studios, London, UK (1974); Buckinghamshire, UK (1974); Chappell Studio, London, UK (1974); De Lane Lea Stu...continue...

Anthony Phillips: A Celtic Tale

CD / Retroworld / 2010-10-26

Artists: Anthony Phillips

Spirit: Sea Dream

2 CD / Retroworld / 2010-10-12

Artists: Spirit

Spirit and Randy California include: Randy California (vocals, guitar, keyboards, bass, percussion); Scott Monahan (vocals, keyboards, bass); Ed Cassidy (drums, percussion).

Spirit spent four y...continue...

Heather Myles: Live in London & Texas

2 CD / Retroworld / 2010-10-12

Tracks: Introduction/Read You All Wrong; Gonna Have Love; Other Side of Town; Sweet Little Dangerous; If The Truth Hurts; True Love Won't Let You Down; Lovin' The Bottle; When The Tingle Becomes a Chill; Lov...
Artists: Heather Myles

Personnel: Heather Myles (vocals, acoustic guitar); Wes McGhee (guitar); Gary Brandin (pedal steel guitar); Ann Day (drums).

Liner Note Author: Alan Robinson .

Recording information: The...continue...

J.B. Lenoir: The Mojo (1951-1954)

1 CD / Retroworld / 2010-10-12

Tracks: I Want My Baby; Mountain, The; My Baby Told Me; Eisenhower Blues; Sitting Down Thinking; I'll Die Tryin'; Deep in Debt Blues; Slow Down Woman; I Have Married; I'm Gonna Die Someday (I Must Die); I'm ...
Artists: J.B. Lenoir

At first listen, J.B. Lenoir might not impress. He was a rudimentary guitar player, generally using slow to midtempo Jimmy Reed-like blues progressions, and his voice was high-pitched and could waver ...continue...

The Seeds: Back to the Garden *

CD / Retroworld / 2010-09-28

Tracks: Many Years Ago; Miner; Mystery Man; Tell Me the Time; Summer of Love; Wishing Well; Just a Dance; I Believe; Power Tripper; We the People; Halt; Paradise; Wild Roses
Artists: The Seeds

Personnel: Michael Oak (vocals, guitar, keyboards); Patrick McCarthy (vocals, drums); Sky "Sunlight" Saxon (vocals); Daryl Hooper, Pete Sears (keyboards); Anthony Prickett (drums).

Audio Remast...continue...

Otis Spann/Junior Wells/Buddy Guy: Viper: Snakebite V

1 CD / Retroworld / 2010-08-10

Tracks: I Got a Strange Feeling; Calling All Blues; Galloping Horses a Lazy Mule; You Don't Care; Two Headed woman; Broken Hearted Blues; First Time I Met the Blues; Cha Cha Cha in Blues; Ten Years Ago; Come...
Artists: Otis Spann/Junior Wells/Buddy Guy

Gov't Mule: Live...With a Little Help from Our Friends

CD / Retroworld / 2010-06-01

Tracks: Thorazine Shuffle; Dolphineus; War Pigs; 30 Days In The Hole; Mr Big; Look On Yonder Wall; Soulshine; Mule/I've Been Working; Sad And Deep As You; Devil Likes It Slow; Cortez The Killer; Afro-Blue
Artists: Gov't Mule

Gov't Mule: Warren Haynes (vocals, guitar); Allen Woody (bass); Matt Abts (drums).

Additional personnel includes: Derek Trucks, Chuck Leavell, Bernie Worrell, Marc Ford, Randall Bramblett, Jimm...continue...

Dickey Betts/Dickey Betts & Great Southern: Dickey Betts & Great Southern/Atlanta's Burning Down

1 CD / Retroworld / 2010-06-01

Tracks: Out to Get Me; Run Gypsy Run; Sweet Virginia; Way Love Goes, The; Nothing You Can Do; California Blues; Bougainvillea; Good Time Feeling; Atlanta's Burning Down; Leavin' Me Again; Back on the Road Ag...
Artists: Dickey Betts/Dickey Betts & Great Southern

Digitally remastered two-fer containing a pair of albums from the Southern Rock legend on one disc: Dickey Betts & Great Southern (1977) and Atlanta's Burning...continue...
Personnel: Dickey Betts (vocals, guitar, electric guitar, slide guitar); Dan Toler (guitar, acoustic guitar, electric guitar, background vocals); Michael Workman, Tom Broome (keyboards, background voc...continue...

Spirit: The Last Euro Tour

2 CD / Retroworld / 2010-05-04

Tracks: Love From Here; Uncle Jack; Fresh Garbage; Tent of Miracles; Nature's Way; Like a Rolling Stone; Ship of Fools; Animal Zoo; Darlin' If; Miss This Train; Hey Joe; Zandu; Deep In This Land; Kokomo; Dow...
Artists: Spirit

Recording information: Bistuithalle, Bonn, Germany (11/11/1991); Capitol, Mannheim, Germany (11/11/1991); Conzetburo-Franken, Nuremberg, Germany (11/11/1991); Groáe Freihit 36, Hamburg, Germany...continue...

Kaleidoscope (US): Pulsating Dream: The Epic Recordings [Box] *

3 CD / Retroworld / 2010-05-04

Tracks: Egyptian Gardens; If the Night; Hesitation Blues; Please; Keep Your Mind Open; Pulsating Dream; Oh Death; Come on In; Why Try; Minnie the Moocher; Elevator Man; Little Orphan Nannie; I Found Out; Gre...
Artists: Kaleidoscope (US)

Liner Note Author: David Biasotti.

It's a little surprising that a cult band like Kaleidoscope would get honored with an all-out three-CD set, considering the limited market. But here it is, an...continue...

The Dirty Dozen Brass Band: My Feet Can't Fail Me Now [Digipak]

CD / Retroworld / 2010-03-02

Tracks: Blackbird Special; Do It Fluid; I Ate Up the Apple Tree; Bongo Beep; Blue Monk; Caravan; St. James Infirmary; Li'l Liza Jane; Mary, Mary; My Feet Can't Fail Me Now
Artists: The Dirty Dozen Brass Band

Digitally remastered digipak edition of the Dirty Dozen Brass band's groundbreaking 1984 debut album. The DDBB are the premier New Orleans Jazz band who have...continue...
Dirty Dozen Brass Band: Gregory Davis (trumpet, snare drum), Efrem Towns (trumpet), Kevin Harris (tenor sax), Roger Lewis (baritone and soprano sax), Charles Joseph (trombone), Kirk Joseph (tuba), Jen...continue...

Screamin' Jay Hawkins: Frenzy

1 CD / Retroworld / 2010-02-09

Tracks: Hong Kong; I Put A Spell On You; Darling Please Forgive Me; Temptation; Ol' Man River; Person To Person; Take Me Back To My Boots And Saddle; Orange Coloured Sky; If You Are But A Dream; Swing Low, S...
Artists: Screamin' Jay Hawkins

Digitally remastered and expanded edition of this collection from the demented R&B shouter including five bonus tracks. Frenzy features Screamin' Jay at his hoodoo-voodoo best...continue...
Recorded in the 1950's.

Liner Note Author: Alan Robinson .

FRENZY is one of several excellent sets that offer a compelling entry point into the crazy musical world of Screamin' Jay Hawki...continue...

Rufus Thomas: The Early Years

1 CD / Retroworld / 2010-01-12

Artists: Rufus Thomas

Digitally remastered collection from the R&B legend featuring a complete set of recordings from the '50s, all taped before he signed to the mighty Stax...continue...

Lucinda Williams: Ramblin'

1 CD / Retroworld / 2009-07-14

Artists: Lucinda Williams

Personnel: Lucinda Williams (vocals, 12-string guitar); John Grimaudo (6-string guitar).

Recorded at Malaco Studios, Jackson, Mississippi in September 1978. Includes liner notes by John Morthla...continue...

Sue Foley: Queen Bee: The Antones Collection *

1 CD / Retroworld / 2009-06-30

Tracks: Queen Bee; Cuban Getaway; Gone Blind; Off the Hook; Ruby Duby Du; Give Me Time; Truckin' Little Woman; Put Your Money Where Your Mouth Is; Big City Blues; Howlin' for My Darlin'; As Long as I Have Yo...
Artists: Sue Foley

2009 collection from the Canadian-born artist who moved down to Texas in the late '80s. She recorded a number of albums for the legendary Antones...continue...
Personnel: Sue Foley (vocals, guitar); Angela Strehli (vocals); Reese Wynans (piano); Riley Osbourne (organ, keyboards); Robert Grant (drums); George Rains (percussion); Malford Milligan, Sarah Elizab...continue...

The Flying Burrito Brothers: Relix Collection

1 CD / Retroworld / 2009-06-30

Tracks: Big Bayou; White Line Fever; Dim Lights, Thick Smoke (And Loud, Loud Music); There'll Be No Teardrops Tonight; Rollin' in My Sweet; Hot Burrito #2; Colorado; Rocky Top; Six Days on the Road; Truck Dr...
Artists: The Flying Burrito Brothers

2009 reissue of this set containing two original albums on one CD. While not the classic line up with Gram Parsons and Chris Hillman, this...continue...
Personnel: Skip Battin (vocals); Ed Ponder, Jim Goodall (drums).

Liner Note Authors: Jon Butcher ; Jon Butcher.

Although not the classic original version of the Flying Burrito Brothers w...continue...

Dinosaurs (Rock): Friends of Extinction *

2 CD / Retroworld / 2009-06-30

Tracks: Lay Back Baby; Strange Way; Do I Move You?; Butcher's Boy; Good Old Rock And Roll; Fossil Fuel; Resurrection Rag; Motel Party Baby; Who Makes The Moves?; Mona; Honky Tonk Jekyll & Hyde; Overnight; Da...
Artists: Dinosaurs (Rock)

Personnel: John Cipollina (vocals, guitar); Peter Albin (vocals); Papa John Creach (fiddle); Spencer Dryden (drums).

Audio Remasterer: Mick Skidmore.

Liner Note Author: Mick Skidmore....continue...

Various Artists: Daughters of the Alamo

2 CD / Retroworld / 2009-06-30

Tracks: Soul Deep - Lavelle White; Livin' For the City - Lavelle White; Oh Happy Day - Lavelle White; Movin' - Lavelle White; Daylight - Toni Price; Richest One - Toni Price; Moonlight Blues - Toni Price; Su...
Artists: Various Artists

NRPS/New Riders of the Purple Sage: Very Best of the Relix Years

1 CD / Retroworld / 2009-06-23

Tracks: Panama Red; Little Old Lady; Instant Armadillo Blues; Henry; Glendale Train; Nadine; Singing Cowboy; Take a Letter Maria; I Will Never Make You Blue; Bamba, La; Keep on Keepin' On; Now I Call It Love...
Artists: NRPS/New Riders of the Purple Sage

2009 two CD collection of tracks from this Grateful Dead spin-off group. The NRPS recorded a number of albums for CBS/Columbia, but their material released...continue...
Liner Note Author: Pete Macklin.

Recording information: Japan; PHR Studios, San Francisco; The Beacon Theatre, NY; The Keystone, Berkley, CA.

Although initially a lot of the attention ga...continue...

James Cotton (Harmonica): Mighty Long Time

1 CD / Retroworld / 2009-06-09

Artists: James Cotton (Harmonica)

Digitally remastered edition of this album from the Blues great, originally released in 1997. James Cotton's long career began way back in the '50s where...continue...
Personnel: James Cotton (vocals, harmonica); Jimmie Vaughan, Derek O'Brien, Matt Murphy, Luther Tucker, Hubert Sumlin, Wayne Bennett (guitar); Red Rails, Mark Kazanoff (tenor saxophone); Choo Bari (ba...continue...

Kim Wilson: Tigerman/That's Life *

2 CD / Retroworld / 2009-06-02

Tracks: Tiger Man; Don't Touch Me; Hustle Is On, The; She Moves Me; Hush Oh Hush; If I Should Lose You; Hunch Rhythm; When the Lights Go Out; You Got Me; Come Back Baby; Boogie All Night; Trust My Baby; Reel...
Artists: Kim Wilson

2009 two CD set containing a pair of solo albums by The Fabulous Thunderbirds' frontman. Tigerman was originally released in 1993 and highlights material that...continue...
Personnel: Kim Wilson (vocals, harp); Clarence Holliman, Derek O'Brien, Duke Robillard, Rusty Zinn (guitar); Mark "Kaz" Kazanoff (tenor saxophone); Junior Watson (piano); Fran Christina, George Rains,...continue...

Katy Moffatt: Trilogy *

2 CD / Retroworld / 2009-06-02

Tracks: Step Up Buy a Ticket; Little Love Is a Dangerous Thing, A; This Heart Stops for Railway Crosses; Better Let Her Run; Evangeline Hotel, The; Blue Angel; Born with a Broken Wing; Dance Me Outside; Amel...
Artists: Katy Moffatt

2009 two CD set from the critically lauded Country singer/songwriter containing three digitally remastered original albums: Evangeline Hotel (1993), Hearts Gone Wild (1994) and Midnight...continue...
Personnel: Katy Moffatt (vocals, acoustic guitar); Hank Bones (vocals, guitar, acoustic guitar, electric bass, bass guitar, percussion); Andrew Hardin (vocals, acoustic guitar, electric guitar, tiple,...continue...

Magic Sam/Otis Rush/Buddy Guy: Snakebite

2 CD / Retroworld / 2009-05-12

Tracks: I Can't Quit You Baby; Sit Down Baby; Violent Love; My Love Will Never Die; Groaning the Blues; If You Were Mine; Love That Women; Jump Sister Bessie; Three Times a Fool; She's a Good 'Un; It Takes T...
Artists: Magic Sam/Otis Rush/Buddy Guy

2009 two CD release. Cobra Records was founded in 1956 by Eli Toscano, a record shop owner in Chicago. He sensibly left all the creative...continue...
Audio Remasterer: Nick Robbins....continue...

Alejandro Escovedo: Gravity [Bonus Disc]

2 CD / Retroworld / 2009-05-12

Artists: Alejandro Escovedo

Personnel includes: Alejandro Escovedo (vocals, guitar); Lou Ann Barton (background vocals).

While Alejandro Escovedo had shown plenty of versatility over the first 15 years of his career in mu...continue...

Alejandro Escovedo: An Introduction

CD / Retroworld / 2009-03-31

Tracks: Paradise; Broken Bottle; Pyramid of Tears; She Doesn't Live Here Anymore; Bury Me/Hard Road; Five Hearts Breaking; Thirteen Years; Losing Your Touch; Baby's Got New Plans; Mountain of Mud; Pale Blue ...
Artists: Alejandro Escovedo

2009 compilation , a musical introduction to the work of the great Alejandro Escovedo. This collection contains material taken from his albums Gravity, 13 Years...continue...
Alejandro Escovedo's 1992 album Gravity was one of the most strikingly accomplished debuts of the decade, though it helped that Escovedo had been playing music since the mid-'70s and making records wi...continue...