KOOKY Records is ten years old and to celebrate they put on a show that featured VINI REILLY, GNAC, THE RETRO SPANKEES and MAPS DJs. If you weren’t there, you really should’ve been.Admission to the show included a complimentary twelve track CD featuring new and exclusive tracks from The Durutti Column, Maps, Misty’s Big Adventure, Pram, Seafood, Gnac, The Retro Spankees, Formula One, Dr Josh, and Winston Echo. KOOKY are a Northampton-based label with a national profile. KOOKY began in 1996 releasing a series of limited 7” singles by the likes of FORMULA ONE, PRAM (BT advert and Volkswagen advert) and SEAFOOD. Their most recent release, ‘The Last Beautiful Day’, an album by NEW BUFFALO, was album of the week in The Sunday Times.Full track listing: 1. The Durutti Column – All Things Considered (new and exclusive track) 2. Gnac – Spectacular Mid-Wicket Incident (new and exclusive track) 3. The Retro Spankees – Smarty Pants (new and exclusive track) . Pram – Kahin (new and exclusive track) 5. Maps – The Tonic Girl (rarity) 6. Formula One – Status Check (old and exclusive track) 7. Seafood – We Felt Maroon (Live Version) (exclusive version) 8. Dr.Josh – Shtumpa Theme (new and exclusive track) 9. The Durutti Column – Live Life Right (new and exclusive track) 10. Misty’s Big Adventure – 1964 (rarity) 11. Winston Echo – Untitled Song For Kooky (new and exclusive track) 12. The Retro Spankees – Smarty Pants (1 Minute Edit) (exclusive track)

5 tracks feat. exclusives from: Tunng, The Woodcraft Folk, The Laughing Windows, Shady Bard and Adam Leonard & P.G. Six. The Great Pop Supplement has created a cool, word of mouth buzz this year with gorgeously packaged, musically fabulous 45s from a who’s who of the current psych / folk fraternity: voice of the seven woods, hush arbors, wooden wand, phosphorescent, and pete greenwood amongst others- even venturing right back to 1929 for a 45 featuring the incredible, hypnotic gospel blues of Washington Phillips. The future looks equally bright, forthcoming releases include Matt Valentine aka MV & EE, James Blackshaw, Elephant Micah and Jack Rose. However, with this release the label’s profile seems set to increase further. 5 completely exclusive new tunes form the collective might of: Tunng, Shady Bard, The Woodcraft Folk, The Laughing Windows and Adam Leonard & P.G. Six. Tunng kick the EP off with a tune recorded during the sessions for the bands’ new full length due soon- a song which lyrically, almost apologises to the label for waiting for the master / tune to arrive! (The record was muted as far back as a year ago so no-one can accuse the GPS of impatience). A typically astute blend of folky, glitchy electronica as always. Next up come The Woodcraft Folk who offer up “Them There Eyes”- a band whose debut album “Trough of Bowland” sold out immediately when released on Earworm a coupla years back, -leading to a main stage slot at last year’s Green Man festival. Side Two features London psych band The Laughing Windows, a fabulous blend of film samples, loops, electronics woven around a folk base. Their track here “Bialowieza” revolves around a simple riff which builds incessantly until Shady Bard appear almost from nowhere! The band have just released their debut album to rapturous reviews on Static Caravan- and it’s arguable if there’s a finer intro to the band’s sound than “What’s Behind the Door?” included here. Ending the EP is a mighty collaboration between Adam Leonard and acclaimed U.S singer / songwriter, and Drag City recording artiste P. G. Six. Starting as a gently strummed blues this then turns the listener full circle into an almost Syd era Floyd psych nugget. A wonderful EP available on vinyl only- none of that cd nonsense here. Pressing of 1000 only, so be prompt…

Bargain priced 18 track compilation of recent and upcoming releases on frontiers records. Includes new songs from delp/goudreau (boston), lande/allen (jorn lande – masterplan and russell allen – symphony x). The sign, pride of lions (new track from 2nd album “the destiny stone”) from the inside (danny vaughan), james christian, jeff scott soto, shadows fade, brazen abbot, glenn hughes, lunatica, tommy funderburk and more. Essential guide to the melodic rock releases upcoming.

A compilation in aid of the following charities. 1 leeds animal rescue a safe haven for stray and abused cats, rabbits and guinea pigs. Linda runs this shelter mostly from her home, but also has the help of 6 fosterers. They’re able to re-home around 300 animals per year. 2 whitehall dog rescue looks after and re-homes stray and unwanted dogs. Brian, the owner, collects dogs from the pound that would otherwise be destroyed. He keeps them in pens at his house before re-homing them. These two charities are both independently run and financed. They exist because of the overwhelming kindness and selflessness of the people who run them. The compilation has exclusive tracks from the following artists. Homeland, aarktica, portal, hood, empress, remote viewer, sufjan stevens, Vibracathedral orchestra, pedro, james green (big eyes), havergal, martin finke Lucky luke, burd early, fairweather friend, alasdair roberts, seaworthy, charlie parr, bill ricchini, the unpleasants, adrian crowley, and a previously released track by al duvall.

Sillyboy, the label owned by italian band jennifer gentle (now on sub pop records), is proud to announce the release of "what's your function?", a tribute to the legendary italian avant-composer franco battiato. Loved by artists like julian cope, jim o’rourke and steven stapleton (nurse with wound), battiato, in the early seventies, alongside with area and pfm, he was one of the prime movers of the burgeoning italian prog-rock scene and became a cult figure in countries like uk and japan. What made battiato completely different from other progressive acts of the era was his strong sense of humour and quirky approch to music, battiato's early works are a milestone in the otherwise slim canon of italian rock - an unholy, fucked-up mix of krautrock, electronics and stockhausen-influenced sonic collages never to be equalled. Lines notes are provided by all music guide writer ned raggett and there will be a short contribution by his druidness himself julian cope. Full tracklisting : volcano the bear: da oriente a occidente; kinski: propiedad prohibida; hrvatski: plancton; zu vs. Okapi: beta; jennifer gentle: meccanica; land of nod: aries; cul de sac: fenomenologia/ energia; los natas: sequenze & frequenze; circle: no u turn; oneida: propiedad prohibida; acid mothers temple + ruins: fenomenologia; volcano the bear: da oriente a occidente (slight return)