Memphis Heat:  The True Story of Memphis Wrasslin’ tells the wild and woolly history of professional wrestling in Memphis and the southern U.S. from the carnival days of cult hero Sputnik Monroe to the rise of Jerry “the King” Lawler.  Features exclusive interviews and rare footage of Lawler, Monroe, Jackie Fargo, Jerry Jarrett, Bill Dundee, Rocky Johnson, Jimmy Valiant,... read more

First ever anthology of legendary Memphis R & B/Soul tenor saxophonist and founding member of the Mar-Keys Charles “Packy” Axton.  Packy was the son of Stax co-owner Estelle Axton and played with the likes of Steve Cropper, Booker T., Teenie Hodges, and Duck Dunn, all included here.  17 sides of rare and raw ’60s Soul.  Featuring liner notes by former Shangri-La... read more

Very rare compilation released by London Records (catalog # SES 97015) of regional blues artists appearing at the festival.  This copy is a promo/demo and is in good shape. Tracklist: SIDE ONE 1. Judge Boyshoy Blues – Furry Lewis 2. John Henry – Furry Lewis 3. Hoist Your Window And Let Your Curtain Down – Joe Callicott 4. On My Last Go Round – Joe Callicott 5. Right... read more

Very nice copy of this 1969 blues gem.  Released by Capitol – catalog # ST-409.  Gritty and raw, this is McDowell’s first “electric” album. Tracklist: SIDE ONE 1. Baby Please Don’t Go 2. Good Morning Little School Girl 3. Kokomo Me Baby 4. That’s All Right Baby 5. Red Cross Store SIDE TWO 1. Everybody’s Down On Me 2. 61 Highway 3. Glory... read more

Ultra-rare Dylan bootleg on vinyl.  Issued in 1970 by Black Cloud Productions.  The double album features a combination of live tracks, outtakes, B-sides, rare studio sessions, etc. Tracklist: SIDE ONE 1. Wade In The Water 2. Cocaine 3. John Birch Society Blues 4. Who Killed Davey Moore 5. The Eternal Circle 6. He’s Only A Hobo 7. Door 103 8. I’m Ready SIDE TWO 1. I’ll... read more

The one-and-only LP by Cincinnati’s 24 Carat Black.  Produced by by legendary Stax and Motown producer/arranger Dale Warren.  Released in 1973 by Enterprise/Stax Records, catalog # ENS-1030.  This record has been sampled by just about everyone in hip-hop from Jay-Z to Ice Cube to Digable Planets. Tracklist: SIDE ONE 1. Synopsis One:  In The Ghetto 2. God Save The World 3.... read more

A best of DVD compilation from years 2 and 3 of the Makeshift Music co-produced concert/festival benefiting the Church Health Center.  The film features exclusive live performances from Snowglobe, The Magic Kids, John Paul Keith and the One Four Fives, River City Tanlines, Antenna Shoes, Al Kapone, Lord T and Eloise, The Coach and Four, J.D. Reager, Two Way Radio, Jason Freeman, Jeffrey... read more

SEALED copy of the extremely hard-to-find Jim Dickinson-produced compilation of Memphis music and artists.  Featuring rare cuts from Alex Chilton (Big Star, Box Tops), Mud Boy & the Neutrons, Furry Lewis and more! Tracklist: SIDE ONE 1. Walkin’ Down Beale Street – Sid Selvidge 2. Hernando Horn – Fred Ford 3. Beale Street Blues – Grandma Dixie Davis 4. Big Fat... read more

A dynamite new gospel album from the legendary Memphis soul side-man Charles Hodges, who played organ and/or produced several classic cuts by Al Green, Ann Peebles and Little Milton, just to name a few.  On God He’s Able, Rev. Hodges is joined by his brothers LeRoy and Teenie as well as Stax arranger/keyboardist Lester Snell. Tracklist: 1. God He’s Able 2. Down By The... read more

The brand new album from Memphis’ favorite roots-pop chanteuse.  Features contributions from a host of well-known local musicians, including Dave Cousar, Paul Taylor, Rick Steff (Lucero), Nahshon Benford (Lucero, Snowglobe), and Jonathan Kirkscey (Mouserocket).  FOR A LIMITED TIME, ALL COPIES ARE SIGNED BY THE ARTIST. Tracklist: 1. Damn Love Song 2. You Can’t Keep Me 3. Red... read more

Extremely rare copy of the 1967 compilation released by Stax/Volt.  Limited press, very hard to find.  Stax Records # A-11. Tracklist: 1. Announcement (Otis Redding) 2. Hucklebuck (Otis Redding) 3. & 4. Announcement (Carla Thomas) 5. I Want To Be Your Baby (Carla Thomas) 6. Announcement (Eddie Floyd) 7. Holding On With Both Hands (Eddie Floyd) 8. & 9. Announcement (William... read more

Debut LP from the legendary British Invasion group fronted by Van Morrison. Mono copy.  UK/Decca press # LK 4700.  A.K.A. “The Angry Young THEM!” Tracklist 1. Mystic Eyes 2. If You and I Could Be As Two 3. Little Girl 4. Just a Little Bit 5. I Gave My Love a Diamond 6. Gloria 7. You Just Can’t Win 8. Go On Home Baby 9. Don’t Look Back 10. I Like It Like That 11. I’m Gonna... read more

The last great album from one of the ‘60s most gifted soul singers.  Mono Copy.  Issued in 1968 – Atlantic Records # 8158. Tracklist: 1. It’s Been a Change 2. Take Me (Just As I Am) 3. Time Is a Thief 4. Keep a Light in the Window 5. Baby, Come On Home 6. Detroit City 7. Someone is Watching 8. Party People 9. When She Touches Me (Nothing Else Matters) 10. Woman, How Do You Make... read more

Re-issue of the classic LP by Jay Reatard’s original band, The Reatards.  Also includes 21 bonus songs that were previously only available on long out-of-print cassettes.  Released by our friends at Goner Records. Tracklist: 1. I’m So Gone 2. Stacye 3. I Love Living 4. When I Get Mad 5. C’mon Over 6. Out Of My Head Into My Bed 7. You Fucked Up My Dreams 8. It Ain’t... read more

The latest LP from the indie/experimental Memphis group.  Very weird and fun.  Released by BAA Music Group. Tracklist: 1. The Latest Headlines From The Most Important News 2. Young Smiles No Teeth 3. It’s A Beauty 4. They 5. Movie Night 6. It’s Entertainment 7. Tunica 8. America 9. Lizzy’s Internet Dream 10. Pop It Right Now 11. Just Busted 12. I Don’t Read 13.... read more

The sophomore release by Memphis’ own John Paul Keith.  Released on the Fat Possum subsidiary label Big Legal Mess. Tracklist: 1. Never Could Say No 2. You Devil You 3. Anyone Can Do It 4. Songs For Sale 5. Afraid To Look 6. The Man That Time Forgot 7. I Think I Fell In Love Today 8. Dry County 9. Somebody Ought To Write A Song About You 10. Bad Luck Baby 11. I Work At Night 12. The... read more

Rare full-band cuts from the great Tunica, MS-born blues harpist/one-man-band. This album is alternately known as “I’d Rather Be an Old Woman’s Baby Than a Young Woman’s Slave.”  LP is in the original shrinkwrap.  Released by Fortune Records # FS 3011. Tracklist 1. I’d Rather Be an Old Woman’s Baby Than a Young Woman’s Slave 2. Good Things Come to My Mind 3. Baby Stop... read more

12 Cuts of Memphis soul, funk and blues.  Features guest appearances by William Bell, Otis Clay, Charlie Musselwhite and Percy Wiggins. Tracklist: 1. High Roller 2. Got to Get Back (To My Baby) 3. Just Chillin’ 4. Catch This Teardrop 5. Jack and Ginger 6. Sundown on Beale 7. Weak Spot 8. 90 Days Same as Cash 9. I’m Going Home 10. Cauley Flower 11. Work That Sucker 12. Got to Get... read more

Although not as well known as his peers (Roy Harper, John Marytn, and Bert Jansch), the name Michael Chapman is an important one in the linage of English folk rock guitarists and singer/songwriters of the late 60’s/early 70’s. Chapman’s 1970 Fully Qualified Survivor can be filled between Roy Harper’s Flat Baroque and Berserk, John Martyn’s Inside Out, and Bert Jansch’s Jack Orion... read more

A nearly forgotten classic, Lou Bond’s eponymous 1974 album was originally released on We Produce, a subsidiary of the legendary Stax label. It is an album that evokes a feeling of change, one very much a product of its era. A collection of songs filled with images from a chaotic time, touching on a range of topics from civil rights to social injustice to the Vietnam War. Bond’s... read more

It’s one of the lost classics of the ‘60s, a psychedelic masterpiece drenched in colour and inspired by life, love, poverty, rebellion. The album is Cold Fact, and what’s more intriguing is that its maker – a shadowy figure known as Rodriguez – was, for many years, lost too. A decade ago, he was rediscovered working as a menial day laborer in Detroit, Michigan. He was unaware that... read more

Sex has always sold, but presented with a landmark musical backdrop, the combination is rare as finding the elusive “G Spot”. Quite often, attempts fall flaccid, missing the titillating mark by a mile. But French icon and national treasure Serge Gainsbourg is no stranger to sexual proclivities, and with his 1971 Histoire De Melody Nelson he shared an erotic tale as seductive today as the... read more

Tracing the lineage and citing the fore-bearers of the New Weird America, one can’t help but mention the music of bizarre folk singer/guitarist/artist Michael Hurley. If you haven’t been following his career since the 1970’s (when he was collaborating with the likes of the Holy Modal Rounders and Jesse Colin Young) then you probably discovered him in the past couple of years via... read more

For the past five years, Light In The Attic has embarked on a dream project – working with the blessing of the legendary Kris Kristofferson to compile a selection of his demos from the late 1960s and early ‘70s. For our 50th release, we are proud to present this 16-song collection, an amazing snapshot of the formative years of one of the giants of contemporary American music. The... read more

East Coast rockers from Queens, New York, the Vagrants are as OG as they come. Admired from across the Forest Hills High School cafeteria by future members of the Ramones, they ripped across the city and state with ecstatic abandon and an explosive stage show. They pissed off Bill Graham on a mini West Coast tour and were told they’d never play there again. Full of damage and pure... read more

Here it is – Los Dug Dug’s self titled debut (also known as “Lost in My World”): the “must have” first album (1971) from psychedelic guru Armando Nava and his band, recorded after their failed trip to NYC did not produce the stardom they had been promised—pain and disappointment sparking great song-writing on this, the first Mexican psych album in English. Tracklist: 1. Lost in... read more

Long revered by record collectors, this album remains one of the holy grails of gospel soul. Self-released in 1971, Like A Ship was the result of Barrett channeling his passion for music, a determination to keep children off the streets, and his charismatic preaching (which attracted the likes of Earth, Wind & Fire and Donny Hathaway to his sermons at Mount Zion Baptist Church) into the... read more

Amazon.com sez: Will Roy Sanders was the leader of Memphis’ Fieldstones, one of the finest blues bands to ever perform. The Fieldstones ruled the Memphis juke joint scene from the early ’70s until the early ’90s, playing at a legendary Memphis haunt called Green’s Lounge, among other places. In the early ’90s, Sanders took over Green’s Lounge and continued... read more

Amazon.com sez: Johnny Romania’s debut cd, “popchaser,” is a refreshing mix of pop, rock, and electronica. Heavy on the synthesisers, the album creates an ambient mood, yet, at the same time, does not fall into the cliche’ of pop/electronic as many albums lately have. Johnny Romania’s sound is distinctly their own. Musical hightlights include the spacy “my... read more

Ten More Years: Shangri-la Records cd spans the time of 1989 through 1999, documenting the first ten years of naïve Shangri-la Projects madness. The collection features the greatest hits of the 1990s by bands as diverse as 611, the Grifters, the Simple Ones, Strapping Fieldhands, the Memphis Goons, Citizens’ Utilities, Doug Easley, and even the legendary Mr. Will Roy Sanders. A great... read more

Too big for a 7″ but not big enough for a full lp, this slab of beautiful misery arose out of a winter of discontent in Memphis. As of this date, Eureka is the only record cut in the full spector of Shangri-la Projects’ slapback. Unleashed circa spring, 1995. Tracklist: 1. Eureka IV 2. His Jesus Song 3. Slow Day For The Cleaner 4. Whatever Happened To Felix Cole 5. Founder’s... read more

Two Cups for a Tale, the Simple Ones’ second cd, was produced at Rakapolis Studios under the production guise of legendary drummer Roy Berry, now in Lucero.  While studying under their friends the Grifters, the Simple Ones pop crafted their own niche of ’90s guitar rock that will leave your headphones wanting more.  Currently lead guitarist/singer Jared McStay can be found... read more