Encore Records

The Smiths

Complete

This newly remastered collection includes all four of the band’s studio albums: ‘The Smiths’ (1984), ‘Meat Is Murder’ 1985), ‘The Queen Is Dead’ (1986), ‘Strangeways, Here We Come’ (1987), their sole live album ‘Rank’ (1988) as well as firm fan favourite compilations ‘Hatful Of Hollow’ (1984), ‘The World Won’t Listen’ (1987) ‘Louder Than Bombs’ (1987).

Glen Campbell

Ghost On the Canvas

Ghost On The Canvas is his “farewell album, ” a deep, meaningful look back at his career/life with contributions by the artists he continues to inspire.

Features collaborations with Jakob Dylan, Paul Westerberg, Chris Isaak, Bob Pollard (Guided by Voices), Dick Dale, and Billy Corgan, among others.

Stephin Merritt

Obscurities

Before he made his breakthrough with 69 Love Songs, Stephin Merritt was a little-known songwriter signed to Merge Records.

The label reaches into its own archives for this rarities compilation, which features 14 songs recorded between 1994 and 1999.

Some of the tracks were originally released as 7” vinyl singles by the Magnetic Fields; others are unreleased rarities, including three cuts from Merritt’s unfinished science fiction musical and one outtake from the 69 Love Songs sessions.

Rockpile

Live at Montreux 1980

Live archive release from the Rock/New Wave supergroup featuring Nick Lowe and Dave Edmunds along with Billy Bremner and Terry Williams.

Recorded live in 1980, this 16 track set finds the bad playing songs from their Seconds Of Pleasure album along with choice tracks from Edmunds’ and Lowe’s solo catalog and more.

Mister Heavenly

Out Of Love

Mister Heavenly is the indie supergroup featuring Man Man’s Honus Honus, Islands’ Nick Thorburn, Modest Mouse’s Joe Plummer.

Magnetic Fields

Strange Powers

Strange Powers: Stephin Merritt and the Magnetic Fields, the documentary film about Stephen Merritt and his Magnetic Fields project is now on dvd !

Special features include a commentary track by Stephin and his longtime manager and collaborator Claudia Gonson, as well as two Gonson–directed music videos for the Magnetic Fields songs “Strange Powers” and “Born on a Train”, and five deleted scenes.

Kaiser Cheifs

The Future Is Medieval

The Future Is Medieval is the follow up to 2008’s Off With Their Heads, their third album in a frantic three years which saw them sell over six million albums, win countless awards including three Brits and tour the world non-stop.

After its’ release the band took time out to take stock and work out their next move and following a well-deserved break (and inspiration gained from a holiday frontman Ricky Wilson took with friends), they regrouped and started writing.

Various

Live Fron Nowhere Near You

Budget priced 3 CD set featuring live/ unreleased tracks from:
Bright Eyes with Britt Daniel of Spoon, James Mercer of the Shins, Brent DeBoer of The Dandy Warhols, Eddie Vedder withThe Strokes and Josh Homme, Daniel Johnston, Dandy Warhols, Black Rebel Motorcycle Club, Third Eye Blind, Stone Gossard and Mike McCready, Elliott Smith with John Moen of The Decemberists, Modest Mouse, Steven Wilson of Porcupine Tree, Ryan Adams, Wilco and tons more !

Suede

Dog Man Star Deluxe

UK Digitally remastered and expanded three disc (two CDs + NTSC/Region 0 DVD) edition of this 1994 album.

This deluxe remastered edition features the non-album A and B-sides, as well as demos from the collections of Brett Anderson and Bernard Butler.

Also making their first ever appearances are the much sought-after, unedited versions of ‘The Wild Ones’ and ‘The Asphalt World’. The DVD features newly-discovered and previously-unseen footage of the band at the Casino de Paris, playing the Dog Man Star songs before the album recording sessions, and the band playing in FNAC in Paris, along with the song-films specially created for the Dog Man Star tour.

The bonus feature is a candid February 2011 interview with Bernard and Brett about the making of the album, along with a short film put together by Simon Gilbert from his own contemporary camcorder footage.

Lloyd Cole

Cleaning The Ashtrays

UK 2011 four CD set containing a treasure trove of unreleased and rare tracks from the Scottish-born and New York-based singer/songwriter.

For singer/songwriter Lloyd Cole, now is the time for sorting through dusty boxes of cassettes, DAT tapes and CDs in his Easthampton hideaway, to take stock and find all those lost songs; half remembered sessions, much-missed fellow-musicians and gifted co-producers.

A goldmine of music from 21 years as a solo artist.