Record Store Day is Saturday 23 April 2022

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News From Topic Records April 2017 Pentangle - Finale (Record Store Day Exclusive)

Pentangle - Finale (Record Store Day Exclusive) For this year’s Record Store Day (22nd April) Vinyl 180, under license from Topic, will release a beautiful, deluxe 180g triple vinyl version of Pentangle’s ‘Finale.’ Recorded live during their 2008 tour, ‘Finale’ sees the original Pentangle line-up revisit their classic repertoire, a career retrospective for the halcyon years 1967-73. This limited edition 3 disc pressing of just 500 copies comes in two deluxe gatefold sleeves - the second sleeve holding the third disc and an original copy of the programme from the historic 2008 tour. The sleeves are packaged in a hardback casebound slipcase, making a truly magnificent collectors piece. Respected music journalist and long-time fan Peter Paphides provides a fascinating insight into the significance of these recordings by contributing sleeve notes specially commissioned for this 3LP set. The original 2016 2CD version of Finale is also available now from: TOPIC SHOP, AMAZON, ITUNES and on SPOTIFY New Topic Records Online Shop We’ve partnered with Propermusic.com for our new Topic Shop where you can buy all of our releases. All orders are despatched on a first class Royal Mail service or via our UPS / DPD / DHL courier service (All free of charge in the UK and only £2 Delivery worldwide). The BBC Radio 2 Folk Awards take place tonight at the Royal Albert Hall, if you're not lucky enough to be heading along, you can watch the show live on the BBC Red Button or the BBC website. Good luck to Shirley Collins and Nancy Kerr who are both nominated for awards. In celebration of their nominations, we've reduced the prices for the titles below in our new Topic Shop. Shirley Collins - The Classic Collection Shop now... Shirley Collins - The Sweet Primroses Shop now... Also available from Shirley Collins at a discount Heroes in Love (7") Simpson Cutting Kerr - Murmurs (deluxe version) Shop now... The Full English Shop now... Copyright © 2017 Topic Records Ltd., All rights reserved.  mailing address  Topic Records Ltd. 7 Fernie Court, Station Road UPPINGHAM, Rutland LE15 9TX United Kingdom Add us to your address book Want to change how you receive these emails? You can update your preferences or unsubscribe from this list

Topic Records "Set dances, hornpipes, jigs and reels…"

The latest news and special offers from Topic Records. "Set dances, hornpipes, jigs and reels…"    During March, Topic Records celebrates St. Patrick’s Day with two fabulous new releases of Irish music in London, plus special offers from a back-catalogue rich in the music of Ireland. Topic is very proud to have presented over many years a wealth of diverse music from the Emerald Isle, and to still be involved in an important ongoing tradition. Topic’s latest releases in the widely-acclaimed series of traditional music from these islands, The Voice of the People, presents, over two 3CD sets, nearly 200 tracks of the most vital, dynamic music made by Irish immigrants in London over the last six decades:   TSCD679T "It was mighty!"  In the early 1950s, some of the most talented young traditional musicians from rural Ireland found themselves in London, working on building sites and in heavy construction, away from home, but among hundreds of people like them. Music was played in pubs and dance halls and, for a decade or two, almost every night of the week, Camden Town, Fulham and neighbouring boroughs were buzzing. Many of the early pioneers of this music, great artists by any reckoning, are represented here, captured at the peak of their powers. TSCD680T "It was great altogether!" Irish traditional music was well-established in pubs and dance halls and at Comhaltas Ceoltóirí Éireann meetings in Greater London by the mid-1960s, the groundwork having been done by a generation of young musicians from rural Ireland. Often direct descendants, the latest generation of musicians set equally high standards and have determined to keep the original reasons for playing and keep the old styles alive. March special offers This month we have four titles from Topic’s splendid selection of Irish music on CD, edited by Reg Hall, at the very special price of only £6 each:     TSCD 602   IRISH DANCE MUSIC TSCD 604   PAST MASTERS OF IRISH DANCE MUSIC TSCD 605   PAST MASTERS OF IRISH FIDDLE MUSIC TSCD 606   ROUND THE HOUSE AND MIND THE DRESSER The Voice of the People series has included some superb examples of traditional Irish music, and we are offering two of these volumes at a very special price throughout the month of March:   TSCD 674   SARAH MAKEM  The Heart Is True   £  9.00 A fine Irish traditional singer recorded by many song collectors visiting Ireland in the 1950s, Sarah Makem’s voice reflected a strength and generosity of spirit crucial to the understanding of the Irish tradition. TSCD 677T   VARIOUS ARTISTS  The Flax In Bloom   £ 12.00 Peter Kennedy and Sean O’Boyle uncovered a treasure trove of songs, singers and music-making in their recording travels around Ulster in the early 1950s, and this stunning 3CD set gives a wide and varied view of traditional music of that time and place.   This year’s Record Store Day celebrations take place on Saturday 16th April. On the day, Topic will be releasing an exclusive 7” vinyl single by Martin Simpson and some of his musical friends. A double A-side, the single features Martin with Andy Cutting and Tom A. Wright on a brilliant version of Booker T. and the MGs’ ‘Green Onions’, and, on the other side, with Andy Cutting and Nancy Kerr on the classic ballad ‘Willie Taylor’.     Fledg’ling Records will also be taking part, with an exclusive reissue of a rare Shirley Collins 7” EP that originally came out on the Collector label in 1964, ‘English Songs volume 2’, in a replica flipback sleeve plus a new inner sleeve with rare photographs. The Incredible String Band on Fledg’ling Records Fifty years ago, The Incredible String Band released their first album on the Elektra Records label. In 2010, our friends at Fledg’ling Records presented a beautifully remastered and repackaged version of the album with the full support and co-operation of Mike Heron, Clive Palmer and Robin Williamson, as well as original producer Joe Boyd, and engineer John Wood. To celebrate it’s fiftieth anniversary, Fledg’ling is offering this definitive version of the debut album on CD for just £5: FLED 3076   THE INCREDIBLE STRING BAND – Their First Album    Tour News Martin Simpson Martin continues his busy schedule of touring, with solo gigs and those with SimpsonŸCuttingŸKerr booked through to September. Details from his website by clicking here: Martin Simpson tour dates

Two new titles in The Voice of the People series from Topic Records

It was mighty! It was great altogether!   On 18th March 2016 Topic will proudly release the latest volumes in the widely-acclaimed ongoing series of traditional music from these islands, The Voice of the People;  nearly 200 tracks of the most vital, dynamic music made by Irish immigrants in London over the last six decades make up two 3CD sets: TSCD679T "It was mighty!"  There wasn't a corner of what was to become Greater London in the 1950s where there wasn't some Irish music to be heard, if you knew where to find it. This special collection of recordings presents and explores the fine examples of the music-making of those immigrants from rural Ireland who settled in London in the first couple of decades after the War. TSCD680T "It was great altogether!"  This compilation explores the traditional Irish music which has continued to secure a place for itself in London throughout the last fifty years; demonstrating both the "old" music, completely untouched by the goings-on in Irish popular music, and the traditional music from the current scene led by second and third generation musicians.    This year’s Record Store Day celebrations take place on Saturday 16th April. On the day, Topic will be releasing an exclusive 7” vinyl single by Martin Simpson and some of his musical friends. A double A-side, the single features Martin with Andy Cutting and Tom A. Wright on a brilliant version of Booker T. and the MGs’ ‘Green Onions’, and, on the other side, with Andy Cutting and Nancy Kerr on the classic ballad ‘Willie Taylor’.   Fledg’ling Records will also be taking part, with an exclusive reissue of a rare Shirley Collins 7” EP that originally came out on the Collector label in 1964, ‘English Songs volume 2’, in a replica flipback sleeve plus a new inner sleeve with rare photographs. February special offers This month we have four titles from Topic’s highly regarded World Series on offer at the very special price of only £6 each:     TSCD 918  PAPUA NEW GUINEA ~ Healing, Feasting & Magical Ritual TSCD 922  THE TEMPLE MUSIC OF KERALA IN SOUTH INDIA TSCD 923  GUMBOOT GUITAR ~ Zulu Street Guitar Music from South Africa TSCD 925  THE KING’S MUSICIANS ~ Royalist Music of Buganda-Uganda Fay Hield & The Hurricane Party have a fabulous new album Old Adam due in February. Fay’s two albums for Topic are available this month for only £6 each: TSCD 573  FAY HIELD ~ Looking Glass TSCD586  FAY HIELD & THE HURRICANE PARTY ~ Orfeo Shirley Collins on Fledg’ling Records  After splendid 80th birthday celebrations during 2015 and an upcoming book from the Secret Queen of England, our good friends at Fledg’ling Records are offering six of Shirley Collins’ beautiful albums for just £5 each. The perfect chance to fill gaps in your record library or introduce a friend to the delights of Shirley's singing:           FLED 3019  SHIRLEY & DOLLY COLLINS ~ For As Many As Will FLED 3023  SHIRLEY COLLINS ~ Adieu To Old England FLED 3028  SHIRLEY COLLINS ~ The Power of the True Love Knot FLED 3029  SHIRLEY COLLINS ~ False True Lovers FLED 3057  SHIRLEY & DOLLY COLLINS ~ Snapshots FLED 3080  SHIRLEY COLLINS ~ Sweet England    Tour News Martin Carthy & John Kirkpatrick Two of folk music’s greatest practitioners head out on tour together in February. Starting at the Marlowe Theatre on 12th February, the tour runs through until 28th February, finishing at Peterborough’s Key Theatre. Details of all tour dates can be found by clicking the following link: John KIrkpatrick & Martin Carthy February 2016 tour Martin Simpson Martin continues his busy schedule of touring, with solo gigs and those with SimpsonŸCuttingŸKerr booked through to September. Details from his website by clicking here: Martin Simpson tour dates   Best wishes from Topic

Topic Records Ready For Record Store Day 2014

To celebrate Record Store Day on Saturday 19th Topic have two limited edition vinyl releases. A 50th anniversary facsimile edition of ANNE BRIGGS's seminal debut EP - The Hazards of Love and a brand new 7" single from MARTIN & ELIZA CARTHY.

The Hazards of Love is a jewel in Topic’s extensive catalogue, the influence of this record on myriad singers, songwriters and performers is incalculable; on a visit to London, June Tabor was bought a copy by her older sister: “She took me to Dobell’s and said she’d buy me a record. I got that Anne Briggs EP, Hazards of Love… I was captivated by this woman’s voice and what she did with it…”

Anne's EP became the calling card for one of the most influential figures in the English folk revival, with Bert Jansch, Jimmy Page, The Watersons and Sandy Denny all acknowledging that influence, and it continues years after its original release, with The Decemberists 2009 album title directly taken from the EP which inspired it.

Dad and daughter - Martin and Eliza Carthy - release The Moral of the Elephant their first duo album together on 2nd June. We have a limited edition picture sleeve single coupling two songs from the album.

Happiness is a graceful, timeless song written and originally recorded by Molly Drake, Nick Drake’s mother, and this is the very first time the song has been officially released by a major recording artist; Eliza Carthy has breathed new life into a beautiful song which deserves classic status.

Martin Carthy first recorded The Queen of Hearts for his very first album nearly 50 years ago, in 1965, the benchmark for folk singer-guitar players everywhere, and he revisits that song here with his daughter for a stately rendition that more than equals the quality of that first recording.

A full list of participating record shops can be found here: www.recordstoreday.co.uk

Throughout 2014 Topic will be making monthly special offers from their website.
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