Below is a list of all Pop & Rock titles released in the last 120 days.
Ed Sheeran
Azizam (CD Single) [ Ewuk / CD Single - released 2/May/2025 ] Ed Sheeran returns with his infectious new single Azizam, and first new music since 2023's Autumn Variations! "Azizam" began as a meeting of minds in the studio with Swedish/Iranian producer Ilya Salmanzadeh (Ariana Grande, Charli XCX, Ellie... |
Mad Season
Above [ Columbia / CD - released 18/Apr/2025 ] Consisting of Pearl Jam guitarist Mike McCready, Alice in Chains vocalist Layne Staley, bass player John Baker Saunders and Screaming Trees' Barrett Martin on drums, Mad Season recorded Above as their only studio album. It was released in March 1995,... |
Think
We'll Give You a Buzz [ Frenzy / CD - released 11/Apr/2025 ] One of the best and rarest New Zealand 70's prog rock albums is back...and more importantly looking and sounding better than ever. The CD version includes three non album tracks, two demo recordings of unreleased songs and three early album demo... |
Fleetwood Mac
Rumours [ Warner Records / CD - released 25/Apr/2025 ] |
The 3Ds
The Peel Sessions & Triple J Live-to-air 1994 [ Flying Nun / CD - released 28/Feb/2025 ] Celebrating over 30 years since it was recorded, Flying Nun Records and The 3Ds have announced the upcoming release of The Peel Sessions & Triple J Live-to-air 1994, due out on vinyl and CD on February 28th, via Flying Nun Records. The live tracks on... |
Albert Washington
I'm The Man / Case Of The Blues (7") [ Fraternity / Ace Records / 7in - released 25/Apr/2025 ] Cincinnatian blues stalwart Albert Washington was a prolific recording artist from the 60s to the 90s. His 'I'm The Man' has become a New Breed R&B classic, which despite several US and UK releases, including our Kent one in 2003, is still eagerly... |
The Cheques / The Merits
In The Groove / Arabian Jerk (7") [ Kent Dance / Ace Records / 7in - released 25/Apr/2025 ] CITY 101 is a double dancer's delight. The Cheques infectious 'In The Groove' comes with instructions over a pulsating organ-lead track. That singing Louisianian organist, Tony Nardi, would go on to form Salt & Pepper in Thailand where he recorded... |
Circuit Des Yeux
Halo On The Inside [ Matador / CD - released 14/Mar/2025 ] Halo on the Inside is the product of metamorphosis. It is the butterfly and the beast - a rhapsodic, hedonistic, dance floor-adjacent, pagan-friendly, horns-adorning wall of sound and emotion. Halo on the Inside finds Circuit des Yeux renewed,... |
Dave Hamilton
The Deacons / Pisces Pace (7") [ BGP / Ace Records / 7in - released 28/Feb/2025 ] The latest selection of BGP 45s is the most diverse yet taking in the worlds of funk, soul, jazz and old school hip hop, as we continue in our mission to provide DJ weapons to the world… Detroit producer Dave Hamilton is now renowned for his... |
Eddie Parker
I'm Gone / Crying Clown (7") [ Awake Records / Ace Records / 7in - released 28/Mar/2025 ] Regarded as the epitome of Northern Soul by many aficionados, 'I'm Gone', by Detroit's Eddie Parker, captures the adrenalin and anger of a busted relationship and he tells of his determination to start again - elsewhere. The pulsating rhythm matches... |
Hank Jacobs
Elijah Rockin' With Soul / East Side (7") [ Call Me Records / Ace Records / 7in - released 28/Mar/2025 ] Hank Jacobs was an accomplished West coast keyboard player who had an instrumental hit with 'So Far Away' in 1964. He became a Los Angeles session man who worked on many recording sessions with arranger Arthur Wright with whom he had four releases on... |
Freddie Love
Crazy Girl (Part 1) / Crazy Girl (Part 2) (7") [ BGP / Ace Records / 7in - released 28/Feb/2025 ] The latest selection of BGP 45s is the most diverse yet taking in the worlds of funk, soul, jazz and old school hip hop, as we continue in our mission to provide DJ weapons to the world… Blind singer Freddie Love was from Baton Rouge and made two... |
The Hesitations
That's What Love Is / Soul Superman #2 (7") [ Pied Piper / Ace Records / 7in - released 25/Apr/2025 ] Last month's Eddie Parker 'I'm Gone' 45 release reused the Pied Piper backing track from the Hesitations album-only recording 'That's What Love Is'. Both versions of this great 60s Detroit soul stomper are adored on the northern soul scene; to see it... |
Hodges, James, Smith & Crawford
Nobody / It Cracks Me Up (7") [ BGP / Ace Records / 7in - released 28/Feb/2025 ] The latest selection of BGP 45s is the most diverse yet taking in the worlds of funk, soul, jazz and old school hip hop, as we continue in our mission to provide DJ weapons to the world… West Coast based vocal group Hodges James & Smith's 'Nobody'... |
Jimmy Spicer
Dollar Bill Y'All / Dollar Bill Y'All (Instrumental) (7") [ BGP / Ace Records / 7in - released 28/Feb/2025 ] The latest selection of BGP 45s is the most diverse yet taking in the worlds of funk, soul, jazz and old school hip hop, as we continue in our mission to provide DJ weapons to the world… New York rapper Jimmy Spicer was one of the first clients of... |
Jon Lucien
Search For The Inner Self / We've Got Love (7") [ Kent Dance / Ace Records / 7in - released 28/Mar/2025 ] 'Search For The Inner Self', Jon Lucien's 1971 ethereal, soul masterpiece has gained admirers costantly since its 1971 release. The Beau Ray Fleming production, ingeniously arranged by Horace Ott in New York, kick-started a successful career of... |
The Devonnes
(You'd Better) Straighten Up And Fly Right / Doin' The Gittin' Up (7") [ Kent Dance / Ace Records / 7in - released 28/Mar/2025 ] Songwriter / producer Larry Banks worked a lot with girl groups in the late 60s, particularly for GWP productions. The Geminis and Exciters tracks he produced were issued on the RCA imprint… but the equally good Devonnes recordings failed to make it... |
Julien Baker & Torres
Send A Prayer My Way [ Matador / CD - released 18/Apr/2025 ] Julien Baker & TORRES' Send A Prayer My Way was written and sung in the best of the outlaw tradition- defiant, subversive, working class, and determined to wrestle not only with addiction, regret and bad decisions, but also with oppressive systems of... |
Larry Atkins
Ain't That Love Enough / Lighten Up (7") [ Romark Records / Ace Records / 7in - released 28/Mar/2025 ] The stomping intro to Larry Atkins' 'Ain't That Love Enough' leads into an excellent soul song by R&B stalwart Kent Harris. Hs mid-60s soul productions were as good as they come. The pairing repeated the formula on 'Lighten Up' a backing track... |
Leon Thomas
Just In Time To See The Sun / China Doll (7") [ BGP / Ace Records / 7in - released 28/Feb/2025 ] The latest selection of BGP 45s is the most diverse yet taking in the worlds of funk, soul, jazz and old school hip hop, as we continue in our mission to provide DJ weapons to the world…•Leon Thomas is of course famed as one of the most important... |