Earlier this year, we announced that we’d be releasing our anthology of Iranian rock godfather Kourosh Yaghmaei’s Pre-Revolution recordings in three formats… and we promised details in “a few weeks.” Well, it’s been a few months – sorry! – but we’re finally ready: Kourosh Yaghmaei – Back From The Brink is now available as a hardbound 2CD/book, a 6panel/3LP (with book) and 4×7″ box set (again, with book).
The details are:
Buy 2/CD: 2 discs in a hardbound 52-page book full of liner notes, full annotation, rare photos and ephemera. Note: CD version contains songs not available on vinyl; text is in English only.
Buy 3/LP: 3 records housed in a 2-panel jacket and comes with a download card for all audio and also a 28-page book full of liner notes, full annotation, rare photos and ephemera. Note: CD version contains some songs not available on vinyl; text is in English only.
Buy 4×7” Box Set: Exact reproductions of the 4 picture-sleeve 7” singles Kourosh released before the Revolution, housed in a magnet-clasped box and comes with a 44-page book full of liner notes, full annotation, rare photos and ephemera. Note: text is in English only.
So – if you’re at all interested in psychedelic rock recorded on the fringe, dropped at the brink of the abyss, and brought back in its stereophonic glory, click above and buy. You’re supporting the only officially licensed compilation of Yaghmaei’s work on the market. But, if you need more reasons, check out some photos of the various packages below. And download a sample track – “Hajme Khali” – which first appeared on our Forge Your Own Chains anthology.
Download: Kourosh Yaghmaei “Hajme Khali.”
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We have to admit that our Friday is off to a good start – two of the UK’s biggest dailies gave our True Soul: Deep Sounds From The Left Of Stax anthologies four stars. An excerpt from The Times’ review by Will Hodgkinson:
“… what amazing tunes they are: party instrumentals, hard luck tales and tender love songs all held together by a raw but tight funk sound.”
Both CD/DVD volumes – and our deluxe 4 LP box set – are in stock and shipping at Stones Throw’s webstore; Vol. 2 and the 4 LP box set are out everywhere good music is sold next Tuesday.
Read: The Guardian on True Soul: Deep Sounds From The Left Of Stax.
Read: The Times on True Soul: Deep Sounds From The Left Of Stax.
Buy: True Soul, Deep Sounds From The Left Of Stax Vol. 1
Download: Thomas East “Slipping Around” (45 Version).
More Info/Pictures: True Soul, Deep Sounds From The Left Of Stax Vol. 1.
In their latest issue, the UK’s Record Collector review a series of great 70s Stax recordings, and then make their way left, towards Little Rock – where they give our True Soul: Deep Sounds From THe Left Of Stax anthologies five stars… Thanks guys!
More: Record Collector on True Soul: Deep Sounds From The Left Of Stax
Lee Anthony and Egon sat in on WNYC’s Soundcheck today. From the WNYC website:
“If you were a soul and funk musician living in Little Rock, Arkansas, during the 1960s and ‘70s, there was one guy you needed to know: Lee Anthony. He opened Little Rock’s first black-owned record store, and later, launched a record label called True Soul Records. That label is the subject of a new two-volume compilation of rare funk and soul songs called “True Soul: Deep Sounds From the Left of Stax.” Joining us to talk about the new release is Lee Anthony himself, along with Eothen Alapatt of Now Again records, which released the new set.”
Listen (Link): Lee Anthony and Egon talk True Soul on WNYC’s Soundcheck.
We told you it was going to be a good one…. On Sunday, June 26th, the funk converged at palate food + wine in Los Angeles. Palate’s chefs smoked up some Arkansas-style BBQ; their sommelier explained the subtle differences between the different 40 ounces on their tasting menu; Cut Chemist, J.Rocc, Breakestra’s Miles and Egon’s played the True Soul hits; Lee Anthony – straight off the plane from Little Rock – held court with those fans enthralled by his forty year stint with one of America’s best-kept-secrets of a soul label.
If you were there, you had ‘cue stained hands and bunch of Wonderbread in your gut to prove it. If you weren’t – well, don’t miss our next throw down.
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