Kamasi Washington Thursday Newsletter

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May 1, 2024

By dylan

Hello! Thanks for checking out the Kamasi Washington Thursday Newsletter. We have another large restock week, and quite a few new releases.

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New releases and new restock :

Kamasi Washington – Fearless Movement (2LP, Indie Exclusive, Red Blue Colored Vinyl) and Regular Version

Turning his attention to dance for his latest album, Kamasi Washington resumes his ongoing study of music as a means of connection. His 2015 album The Epic, as well as 2018’s Heaven and Earth were received by critics and audiences as a reimagination of modern jazz showcasing Washington’s larger-than-lift compositions full of celestial grandeur and his distinct blend of jazz, Latin, funk, classical, hip-hop and soul. Fearless Movement, however, offers something different: terrestrial rhythms and collaborations from rappers, musical icons and even Washington’s own daughter. Features include: Thundercat, Taj Austin, Ras Austin, Patrice Quinn, DJ Battlecat, Brandon Coleman, D-Smoke, George Clinton, Bj the Chicago Kid, and Andre 3000.

AC/DC – Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap (Limited Edition, 180g)

Alice in Chains – Dirt (150g, Remastered)

Amy Winehouse – Lioness: Hidden Treasures

Arctic Monkeys – Am (180g, Digital Download Card)

Beastie Boys – Licensed To Ill (30th Anniversary Edition)

Beastie Boys – Licensed To Ill (Limited Edition Indie Exclusive, Burgundy Colored Vinyl)

The Beatles – Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band (2017 Stereo Mix)

Beck – Sea Change

The Black Keys – Brothers (Deluxe Remastered Anniversary Edition, Gatefold LP Jacket)

The Black Keys – Ohio Players (Indie Exclusive, Red Colored Vinyl)

Black Sabbath – Master of Reality (180g)

Black Sabbath – Paranoid (180g, Limited Edition)

Bob Dylan -Greatest Hits (150g, Download Insert)

Bob Marley & the Wailers – Legend (180g, Special Edition)

Bobby Hutcherson – Total Eclipse (Blue Note Tone Poet Vinyl Series)

Limited 180gm vinyl LP pressing housed in gatefold tip-on jacket. Bobby Hutcherson’s 1968 album Total Eclipse was the vibraphonist’s first recording to feature saxophonist Harold Land who would become a key collaborator for years to come. Rounding out the band were pianist Chick Corea, bassist Reggie Johnson, and drummer Joe Chambers on this impassioned post-bop set. This stereo Tone Poet Vinyl Edition was produced by Joe Harley, mastered by Kevin Gray from the original analog master tapes.

Bon Iver – For Emma Forever Ago

Boygenius – Boygenius (Yellow Colored Vinyl, 5th Anniversary Edition)

Bruce Springsteen – Born to Run (180g, Gatefold LP Jacket)

Cage the Elephant – Thank You Happy Birthday (Clear Vinyl, 2LP)

The Cranberries – Everybody Else Is Doing It, So Why Can’t We

The Cure – Disintegration (180g)

Daft Punk – Discovery

Daft Punk – Homework

Daft Punk – Human After All (2LP)

Daft Punk – Random Access Memories (10th Anniversary Edition, Triple 180g, Booklet, Poster)

David Bowie – Diamond Dogs (Remastered)

David Bowie – Earthling (2021 Remaster, 2LP)

David Bowie – Hunky Dory (180g)

David Bowie & Trevor Jones – Labyrinth (From the Original Soundtrack)

David Bowie – The Rise And Fall Of Ziggy Stardust And The Spiders From Mars (180g)

Death Grips – Year Of The Snitch

Deftones – Gore

Deftones – Koi No Yokan

Deftones – Ohms

Deftones – White Pony (2LP)

Depeche Mode – Violator

Devo – Freedom Of Choice (White Colored Vinyl)

Devo – New Traditionalists (Gray Colored Vinyl)

Dire Straits – Brothers In Arms (180g)

Donald Byrd – Byrd’s Eye View (Blue Note Tone Poet Vinyl Series)

Recorded in 1955 for producer Tom Wilson’s short-lived Boston-based label Transition Records, Byrd’s Eye View was trumpeter Donald Byrd’s first issued recording as a leader. The date presented Byrd at the helm of what was then the current line-up of The Jazz Messengers with tenor saxophonist Hank Mobley, pianist Horace Silver, bassist Doug Watkins, and drummer Art Blakey. Local Boston area trumpeter Joe Gordon joins the band for some friendly brass sparring with Byrd on several numbers, further adding to the album’s jovial air of a blowing session. Everyone is in fine form on this 5-song set with Side A consisting of an extended stroll through Watkins’ laid-back original “Doug’s Blues” followed by some inspired trading between Byrd and Gordon on “El Sino.” A beautiful rendition of the ballad “Everything Happens To Me” and two swinging Mobley pieces comprise Side B, bringing this highly-enjoyable date to a close.

The Doors – The Doors (180g, Reissue)

Dua Lipa – Future Nostalgia

Dua Lipa – Radical Optimism (Indie Exclusive, Red Colored Vinyl) and (Clear Vinyl)

Radical Optimism is an album that taps into the pure joy and happiness of having clarity in situations that once seemed impossible to face. The hard goodbyes and vulnerable beginnings that previously threatened to crush your soul, become milestones as you choose optimism and start to move with grace through the chaos. Infused with the energy of Dua’s hometown, London, the attitude of the album embodies the rawness, honesty, confidence and freedom of ’90s Britpop. Radical Optimism transports it’s listener to a dreamy pop world rich in musicality, lyrically unapologetic and sonically liberating. The 3x GRAMMY and 7x Brit Award-winning global pop powerhouse worked with a team of core collaborators throughout the project including Caroline Ailin, Danny L. Harle, Tobias Jesso Jr. And Kevin Parker.

Earl Sweatshirt – Doris (Download Insert)

The Eagles – Hotel California (180g)

Elvis Presley – The Essential Elvis Presley

Etta James – At Last (180 Gram Vinyl, Import, Bonus Tracks)

The Flaming Lips – American Head (2LP)

Fleetwood Mac – Fleetwood Mac

Fleetwood Mac – Greatest Hits

Fleetwood Mac – Rumours Live (Rhino, 2LP)

Fleetwood Mac – Tusk (2LP)

Funkadelic – Funkadelic: 50th Anniversary Edition (180g, Orange Vinyl, UK Import)

Guardians Of The Galaxy 3: Awesome Mix Vol 3

Iron Maiden – The Number Of The Beast

Jane’s Addiction – Nothing’s Shocking (180g)

Janet Jackson – Janet Jackson’s Rhythm Nation 1814

Jeff Buckley – Grace (180g)

Jimi Hendrix Experience – Are You Experienced

The Jimi Hendrix Experience – Axis: Bold As Love (Mono, 200g)

John Coltrane – Blue Train (Mono Sound)

Journey – Frontiers 40th Anniversary (With Bonus 7″, 180g, Remastered, Anniversary Edition)

Joy Division – Unknown Pleasures (180g)

Juice Wrld Format – Death Race For Love (2LPs)

Kali Uchis – Red Moon In Venus

Kendrick Lamar – Damn.

Kendrick Lamar – Good Kid, M.A.A.D City

The Killers – Sam’s Town (180g)

Killer Mike – Michael (Indie Exclusive, Gold Colored Vinyl, Limited Edition, 2LP)

King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard – Flying Microtonal Banana (Eco-wax Edition)

King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard – PetroDragonic Apocalypse; or, Dawn of Eternal Night: An Annihilation of Planet Earth and the Beginning of Merciless Damnation (180 Gram Vinyl) and (Indie Exclusive, 180g, Colored Vinyl)

Korn – Follow The Leader (2LP, 140gl)

Korn – Issues (140g)

Lana Del Rey – Born to Die

Lana Del Rey – Chemtrails Over The Country Club

Lana Del Rey – Did You Know That There’s A Tunnel Under Ocean Blvd – (2LP, 180 Gram Vinyl, Gatefold LP Jacket)

Lana Del Rey – NFR!

Lana Del Rey – Paradise

Lana Del Rey – Ultraviolence (2LP)

Lauryn Hill- Miseducation of Lauryn Hill

Led Zeppelin – Led Zeppelin II (180g, Remastered)

Led Zeppelin – Led Zeppelin IV (180 Gram Vinyl, Remastered)

Lucy Dacus – Historian

Madonna – Madonna

Madonna – True Blue (180 Gram Vinyl)

Maroon 5 – Songs About Jane (180g)

Melanie Martinez – K-12

Melanie Martinez’s sophomore album, K-12, is another ambitious triumph for the artist. As with her debut album Cry Baby, K-12’s music is a vibrant and singular melting pot of low-key hip-hop, soulful pop and indie-leaning electro. K-12’s universe is an expansion of the one introduced in Cry Baby. Using lyrics rich with metaphor, songs address the struggle to find a place to belong -including within friendships, the physical world and romantically – even when fitting into society feels like an uphill battle.

Metallica – Kill ‘Em All (180g, Remastered)

Metallica – Garage Days Re-Revisited (Remastered)

Metallica – Metallica

Metallica – Ride the Lightning (180g, Remastered)

Michael Jackson – Bad

Michael Jackson – Thriller

Mötley Crüe – Theatre Of Pain

Mötley Crüe – Too Fast For Love

Mudcrutch – Mudcrutch (140g)

Muddy Waters – Muddy, Brass & The Blues

My Morning Jacket – Z (Purple Colored Vinyl, Limited Edition, 180G, Reissue)

New Order – Substance (2023 Reissue)

Nina Simone – The Hits

Nine Inch Nails – The Downward Spiral

The 1975 – A Brief Inquiry Into Online Relationships (180g, Special Packaging)

Nirvana – In Utero (180 Gram Vinyl)

Nirvana – Nevermind

No Doubt – The Singles 1992-2003 (180g, Booklet, 2LP)

Noah Kahan – Cape Elizabeth (Colored Vinyl, Extended Play)

Within six days and “without overthinking anything,” Noah Kahan completed the five-track Cape Elizabeth EP which has amassed 200M streams. See the newly repackaged Cape Elizabeth on Aqua-colored vinyl as Noah’s “thank you to the fans who stuck around, came to shows, watched my livestreams and listened.” The vinyl features fan-favorite songs “A Troubled Mind,” “Glue Myself Shut” and “Maine.”

Otis Redding – Dock of the Bay (180g, Mono)

OutKast – Atliens

OutKast – Stankonia

Ozzy Osbourne – No More Tears (180g, Gatefold LP Jacket, 2LP)

Pantera – Far Beyond Driven (Colored Vinyl, Yellow)

Pantera – Vulgar Display of Power (180 Gram Vinyl)

Phoebe Bridgers – Punisher

Pink Floyd – The Dark Side Of The Moon – Live At Wembley Empire Pool, London, 1974

Pink Floyd – Division Bell (180g, Gatefold LP Jacket)

Pink Floyd – Wish You Were Here

Pink Floyd – Piper At The Gates Of Dawn (United Kingdom – Import)

Pixies – Surfer Rosa

The Police – Ghost In The Machine (180g)

Portishead- Dummy (Import)

Prince – Lovesexy

Pulp Fiction (Music From the Motion Picture, France Import)

Rage Against the Machine – Evil Empire (180g)

Ramones – Rocket To Russia (Indie Exclusive)

Red Hot Chili Peppers – Blood Sugar Sex Magik (180 Gram Vinyl)

Samara Joy – Linger Awhile

Sia – Reasonable Woman (Blue Colored Vinyl) and (Pink Colored Vinyl)

Reasonable Woman is so filled to the brim with pop perfection, it almost overwhelms with how effortless it is for her to craft such instantly connectable songs. The collection is everything Sia does best, and the sonic equivalent of a myriad of things: an empowering embrace, secrets told late at night, going to the best party in the world, the vulnerability of declaring you love someone, the steadfast determination to keep going, even if your love isn’t returned; the messiness of being human; the exuberance of being human. In essence, it is life – happening to us, happening for us; the songs on Reasonable Woman mirror back to us being alive with every chorus.

Silk Sonic – An Evening With Silk Sonic

Slayer – Reign in Blood

Smashing Pumpkins – Gish

Sonny Rollins – A Night At The Village Vanguard: The Complete Masters (Blue Note Tone)

Sonny Rollins – “A Night At The Village Vanguard: The Complete Masters” – Capitol Music Group; Blue Note; Jazz; Catalog – Version Title: [Blue Note Tone Poet Series] / A Night At The Village Vanguard: The Complete Masters expands legendary tenor saxophonist Sonny Rollins’ tour- de-force 1957 live trio album to a 3-LP set on 180G vinyl as part of the Blue Note Tone Poet Series. Produced by Joe Harley, the album has been remastered from the never-before-used original analog master tapes by Kevin Gray and includes a booklet featuring never-before-seen Francis Wolff photos, insightful essays and a new interview with Rollins in conversation with Don Was.

St. Vincent – All Born Screaming (Indie Exclusive, Red Colored Vinyl, Limited Edition, Gatefold LP Jacket)

Steely Dan – Gaucho

Stevie Ray Vaughan – Texas Flood (Holland Import)

Sublime – Sublime (Gatefold LP Jacket)

The Sugarcubes – Life’s Too Good

SZA – SOS (140g)

Taylor Swift – Midnights (Jade Green Edition)

Taylor Swift – The Tortured Poets Department(Indie Exclusive, Limited Edition, Beige Colored Vinyl)

Thelonious Monk – It’s Monk’s Time (Limited Edition, 180g, Red Colored Vinyl, Holland Import)

It’s Monk’s Time is available as a limited edition of 1500 individually numbered copies on translucent red coloured 180-gram audiophile vinyl. It’s Monk’s Time is probably the most appropriate title for a Thelonious Monk album. The fact that he was on the cover of Time Magazine in February of that year (1964) shows how important the jazz composer and pianist was. It is also an essential part of his discography with the impressive jazz classic “Stuffy Turkey” and the amazing interpretation of “Nice Work If You Can Get It”, originally composed by George Gershwin. Monk recorded the album together with Butch Warren, Ben Riley, Charlie Rouse, and Teo Macero.

Tenacious D – Pick of Destiny (180g)

Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers – Greatest Hits

Tom Waits – Rain Dogs (180g)

Tool – Lateralus

Tool – Opiate

Tool – Undertow

Trainspotting (Music From the Motion Picture)

The Traveling Wilburys – The Traveling Wilburys Vol. 1

Twenty One Pilots – Blurryface (Silver Vinyl FBR Anniversary)

Twenty One Pilots – Trench (Gatefold LP Jacket, Digital Download Card)

Tyler The Creator – Flower Boy (Gatefold LP Jacket, 150 Gram Vinyl)

Tyler The Creator – Igor (150 Gram Vinyl, Gatefold LP Jacket)

Vampire Weekend – Only God Was Above Us (140g, Gatefold LP Jacket, Poster, 2LP)

The Velvet Underground – Live At Max’s Kansas City: Expanded Version (Purple and Pink Colored Vinyl, Brick & Mortar Exclusive, Remastered)

Velvet Underground & Nico- The Velvet Underground & Nico

Warren G – Regulate: G Funk Era (20th Anniversary Edition)

Weezer – Weezer (Blue Album)

The White Stripes – Elephant (2LP)

The White Stripes White Blood Cells (180 Gram Vinyl)

Whitney Houston – Whitney Houston

Wire – Pink Flag

Zach Bryan – Summertime Blues

Zapp & Roger – Now Playing (Ruby Red Colored Vinyl, Brick & Mortar Exclusive)

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