Encore Records

Pearl Jam

PJ 20

Cameron Crowe’s affectionate documentary Pearl Jam Twenty details the tumultuous history, and pre-history, of one of the most iconic grunge bands to emerge from the fertile Seattle music scene of the late ‘80s. Culled from hundreds of hours of private footage, as well as from extensive interviews with band members Eddie Vedder, Jeff Ament, Mike McCreedy, and Stone Gossard.

Tom Waits

Bas As Me

Bad as Me, Tom Waits first studio album of all new music in seven years, features a stellar cast of musicians, and co-production and songwriting from Kathleen Brennan.

While the trademarks of Waits’ 21st century music are showcased in tracks such as “Chicago” and Hell Broke Luce, there also nods back, in ballads such as “Last Leaf” and the barroom chorale “New Year’s Eve.”

Raised Right Men is a modern take on Waits’ blues clatter, while Satisfied employs his take on gospel.

Mumford & Sons

Sigh No More Deluxe Edition

Deluxe three disc (two CDs + DVD) edition includes bonus track on Disc One plus a 12 track live CD and a DVD containing a three part documentary (and download access to Part Four), all housed in a 22 page brown skivertex booklet with gold foil print. 2010 release from the West London Indie Rock quartet. Mumford & Sons, have created a gutsy, old-time sound that marries the magic of Crosby, Stills & Nash with the might of Kings Of Leon and the harmonies of Fleet Foxes. Sigh No More was recorded at Eastcoast Studios and produced by Markus Dravs who has worked with such superstar acts as Arcade Fire, Bjork and Peter Gabriel. Formed in 2007, the band’s goal since day one has been to make music that matters.

El Rego

El Rego

El Rego is a true legend of African Soul Music. Here for the first time on album are 12 of his greatest recordings from the late 60’s and early 70’s hand-picked by Daptone Records. Afro-Soul collector/DJ Frank Gossner had spent years combing West Africa tracking down 45’s by Theophile Do Rego (aka El Rego) before finally meeting him face to face in his home in Benin. From that relationship came this album

Black Country Communion

Live Over Europe

The two-DVD live set was filmed with 14 HD cameras and 5.1 Surround Sound during the band’s debut tour in the Summer of 2011. Over three nights, playing to packed venues in the German cities of Hamburg, Munich and Berlin, the 18-song set list (17 originals and one cover) hits on both of Black Country Communion’s albums – 2010’s debut and 2011’s sophomore release “2“.

Peter Gabriel

New Blood Live In London

Filmed at Hammersmith Apollo in March of this year, New Blood Live In London captures Peter Gabriel performing live with the 46 piece New Blood Orchestra. The repertoire mixes cover versions from his Scratch My Back album with classic tracks from across his solo career in brand new orchestral arrangements. Gabriel is a renowned live performer and his onstage charisma and instantly recognizable voice combine brilliantly with the orchestral sound palette to breathe a new sense of wonder into familiar songs. As you would expect the concert is also a visual feast, with graphics, animation and imagery blending to enhance and illustrate the music. This is truly a live experience not to be missed. Bonus Features: Blood Donors the story behind the project including an interview with Peter Gabriel.
DVD and BLU RAY available.

Mutemath

Odd Soul

Odd Soul came together over the course of six months, during which the members of Mutemath locked themselves down at leader Paul Meany’s home studio in New Orleans and didn’t emerge until they were ready to play it for others. “The idea of complete isolation was the only thing that appealed to us. No camera guys, no producers, no engineers, no record label people, no management. No one would hear or comment on what we were doing until we were done,” Meany says. “We didn’t want to make blurry music. We set out to record something that was unapologetically us.”

John Prine

Singing Mailman Delivers

2011 two CD archive collection containing the singer/songwriter’s earliest recordings, taped one year before his debut album, along with a live set and one unreleased song.

Disc One is a August 1970 recording that finds John recording songs that would make up his first album at the WFMT studios in Chicago. These songs were recorded immediately after John’s interview with the legendary Studs Terkel.

Disc Two is a live set from November 1970—featuring versions of many of the same songs—recorded during John’s residency at Chicago’s Fifth Peg.

Dirty Projectors and Bjork

Mount Wittenberg Orca

Mount Wittenberg Orca was inspired by events on Mt. Wittenberg in Nor Cal. It pushes Longstreth’s obsession with vocal harmony that figured huge on Bitte Orca. This seven-song, twenty-one minute collection is the first music the band recorded after Bitte Orca, and it feels more like a small album than an EP. It is also their most staggering collaboration yet — with the Icelandic artist Björk.

Cradle Of Filth

Everymore Darkly

The English extreme metal crew follow up their ninth album Darkly, Darkly, Venus Aversa with this stop-gap EP/DVD set.

The CD features two new songs, alternative versions of tracks from the album, and a teaser for their forthcoming orchestral release Midnight in the Labyrinth.

The DVD includes a music video for the track “Lilith Immaculate”, a documentary about the band and live footage from their 2011 appearance at Belgium’s Graspop festival.