Various - New Orleans Soul 66In the 1950s, New Orleans was one of the major recording centres in the US. With its unrivalled band of session musicians and producers, rock n roll and R&B hits poured out from Cosimo Matassas studios. Only Elvis Presley sold more records than Fats Domino in the decade and Little Richard, Lloyd Price and Huey Smith werent far behind. One of the key men in the next decade was Wardell Quezergue, an arranger and producer whose musical abilities earned

who had produced The Birthday Party‰۪s groundbreaking ‰Û÷Junkyard‰۪ 21 years earlier

The Fall formed in Manchester in 1976 and has existed ever since

Copeland of Hype Williams

with Michael's blessing and albeit with two CD-only bonus tracks

Liz Harris of Grouper

LP on Sub Pop

Dusk is the third album from London-based duo Ultimate Painting

the contrasting & ultimately pastoral 'naima' was the last tune to be recorded

The material stems from the 10 years between 1988 and '98 and

It's a beautifully melancholic record that plays like a suicide note

It will be heavy

came towards the end of page's prolific career as a session musician