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January 27 2013

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DVD: Last Shop Standing

Written By 1 - January 27 2013

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Last Shop Standing is collaboration between award winning feature film company Blue Hippo Media and Proper Music Publishing Ltd.

Based on the successful book of the same name, Last Shop Standing is a 50-minute documentary that was released on 10 September 2012. It is a celebration of the unique spirit of comradeship and entrepreneurial ingenuity that has enabled so many shops to keep operating successfully against the backdrop of massive changes in the music industry, the biggest recession in years, the growth of online file sharing and the explosion of choice in music consumption.

Not long ago there was a record shop on every high street, but over 500 independent record stores have closed during the last few years. Record shops were always more than retail outlets, they are part of our culture; they support new bands and local talent. A place for musicians and music fans to congregate, to browse away a few hours, to walk away with music they didn’t know existed.

The film features appearances by musicians and industry insiders including Johnny Marr, Norman Cook, Billy Bragg, Paul Weller, Nerina Pallot and Richard Hawley , but the real stars are the record shop owners, their stories are the stuff of folklore! The film tells the full story, holds back no punches, but also celebrates and promotes our great independent record stores.

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November 24 2012

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UPCOMING: Keep On Burning – The Story of Northern Soul DVD

Written By 1 - November 24 2012

Due out soon, to pre-order please contact us at info@conch.co.nz

Keep on Burning tells the fascinating story of the world’s most enduring underground music movement : Northern Soul! Featuring interviews with key DJ’s, journalists and promoters, including soul radio pioneer Tony Blackburn, this new documentary was filmed on location at Manchester’s iconic Twisted Wheel and London’s 100 Club.

Wigan Casino founder Russ Winstanley and Blue & Soul music journalist Tony Cummings recount the artists, records and stories which have made Northern Soul a way of life for its aficionados. With contributions from record label executives’ Tim Brown (Goldmine), Ady Croasdell (Kent), Dave McAleer (Pye/RCA) and Neil Rushton (Inferno), Keep on Burning reveals a unique insight into the music phenomenon that came of age in the clubs of Northern England in the mid-seventies. Featuring archive Northern Soul performances and Granada’s 1977 TV documentary This England with an exclusive interview and commentary by its BAFTA award winning director Tony Palmer, Keep On Burning is the ultimate story of those who decided to Keep The Faith.

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August 02 2012

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DVD: The Upsetter: The Life and Music of Lee Scratch Perry

Written By 1 - August 02 2012

 

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The Upsetter: The Life and Music of Lee Scratch Perry

The Upsetter tells the fascinating story of Lee “Scratch” Perry, a visionary musician and artist from poor rural Jamaica who journeyed to the big city in the late 1950s with dreams of making it in the burgeoning record industry. Lee Perry burst on the scene with a brand new sound, inventing a genre of music that would come to be called reggae, while mentoring a young Bob Marley and gaining international recognition as a record producer and solo artist. The Upsetter charts 70 years in the life of Lee “Scratch” Perry in his own words through an exclusive interview given to American filmmakers Ethan Higbee and Adam Bhala Lough in Switzerland in 2006. It is equally a documentation of 30 years of Jamaican music and culture as it is a study of one of the most creative and inspiring human beings of all time. The film is narrated by Academy Award winner Benico Del Toro

 

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July 03 2012

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DVD: The Upsetter: The Life and Music of Lee Scratch Perry

Written By 1 - July 03 2012

Available from Conch very soon..

The Upsetter: The Life and Music of Lee Scratch Perry

The Upsetter tells the fascinating story of Lee “Scratch” Perry, a visionary musician and artist from poor rural Jamaica who journeyed to the big city in the late 1950s with dreams of making it in the burgeoning record industry. Lee Perry burst on the scene with a brand new sound, inventing a genre of music that would come to be called reggae, while mentoring a young Bob Marley and gaining international recognition as a record producer and solo artist. The Upsetter charts 70 years in the life of Lee “Scratch” Perry in his own words through an exclusive interview given to American filmmakers Ethan Higbee and Adam Bhala Lough in Switzerland in 2006. It is equally a documentation of 30 years of Jamaican music and culture as it is a study of one of the most creative and inspiring human beings of all time. The film is narrated by Academy Award winner Benico Del Toro

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July 23 2011

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Various True Soul Vol.1 & 2 CD+DVD (NOW AGAIN)

Written By 1 - July 23 2011

Available on CD+DVD Vol. 1 & Vol. 2

Now-Again Records, in association with label-owner Lee Anthony, is proud to present the release of True Soul: Deep Sounds from the Left of Stax, a collection of rare and unreleased funk and soul music from the fabled Arkansas indie. Over twelve years in the making, this anthology – presented over the course of two volumes of CD/DVDs and one four-LP box set – seeks to establish True Soul’s rightful place within America’s funk and soul pantheon.

As much as this CD/DVD set is about the adventurous, always-funky and oh-so-rare recordings that True Soul made possible, it is also about Anthony, the man. A true, American “up-from-the-bootstraps” story, Anthony’s is one in which his frontiersman’s entrepreneurial spirit and vision remains undeterred as he sets up black-owned businesses in a post-Jim Crow South and succeeds in capturing recordings from the high water mark of America’s funk and soul movement.

Anthony’s story intertwines with the renowned Sam Philips – an early mentor and patron – and Memphis’s Al Bell and Willie Mitchell – with whom Anthony collaborated as he tried to cultivate Little Rock’s funk and soul in the shadow of Stax and Hi Records. This anthology will make influence amongst the history of southern funk and soul is transparent, as his story of how he helped turn a stranded road band into the Gap Band. This comprehensive True Soul Records anthology – presented in a 56- page, full color hardbound book chock full of photos, ephemera and extensive liner notes - not only carries the rare distributed funk and soul 45s that led the likes of renowned collectors DJ Shadow and Cut Chemist to Lee Anthony’s door in search of Anthony’s fabled “treasure chest,*” but also includes previously unreleased boogie, disco and party rap recorded in True Soul’s early-80’s twilight. Accompanying legendary cuts such as “Slipping Around” and “Doing my Own Thing” is a DVD containing excerpts from The True Soul Revue television program, that captured live performances from the True Soul All Stars in 1973.

60’s and 70’s Soul, Funk, Disco, Party-Rap and Boogie from Arkansas’s Legendary Independent Label – the first installment presented as a CD/DVD.

KEY SELLING POINTS: • 18 Rare and Unreleased 60s & 70s Soul, Funk, Disco and Party-Rap cuts from the True Soul vaults. • 56 Page Full color booklet contains never-before-seen photos, ephemera, extensive liner notes and a candid interview between producer Eothen “Egon” Alapatt and Lee Anthony himself. • All tracks remastered from the Original Master tapes. • Bonus DVD with Excerpts from the True Soul Revue TV show.

Tracklist & Soundclips:

Vol. 1

01 Thomas East Slipping Around (45 Version) mp3 03.05.2011
02 Albert Smith Come Together mp3 03.05.2011
03 John Craig Doing My Own Thing mp3 03.05.2011
04 York Wilborn's Psychedelic Six Wheezin mp3 03.05.2011
05 Ren Smith Smog (Full Version) mp3 03.05.2011
06 Thomas East Sister Funk (Original, Full Version) mp3 03.05.2011
07 York Wilborn's Psychedelic Six Funky Football mp3 03.05.2011
08 York Wilborn's Psychedelic Six Psychedelic Hot Pants (Full Version) mp3 03.05.2011
09 Classic Funk Hard Times mp3 03.05.2011
10 The Right Track I Gotta Move With The Groove mp3 03.05.2011
11 Thomas East Funky Music mp3 03.05.2011
12 The Conspiracy The Real Thing mp3 03.05.2011
13 The Leaders (It's A) Rat Race (Instrumental) mp3 03.05.2011
14 Thomas East Follow The Rainbow (Alternate Mix) mp3 03.05.2011
Vol. 2 1. Albert Smith - The Thrill Is Gone 2. Thomas East - Just A Trip 3. Larry Davis - Down Home Funk (Full Version) 4. Thomas East - Sister Funk (Instrumental)* 5. Classic Funk - The Funk's Gonna Fly* 6. York Wilborn's Psychedelic Six - Thank You 7. The Conspiracy - Conspiracy 8. The Right Track - Maybe Yes, Maybe No 9. The Leaders - (It's A) Rat Race (Vocal) 10. The Conspiracy - I Believe (Our Love Has Gone Away) 11. John Craig - I Don't Want To Do It 12. John Craig - Doing My Own Thing (Interlude)* 13. The Right Track - You For Me And Me For You* 14. Portrait - Springtime Smile* 15. Portrait - Love You For Now On* 16. Le'Chance - Get Down* 17. Le'Chance - Gigolo* 18. Soul Mind And Body - I Took Your Love (To Be True) (Full Version)

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