Slow Boat Records

*We, at Le Boat, have just taken delivery of a big old swag of deliciously fresh brand new vinyl LP records, some really peachy stuff including a gaggle of tasty reissues from surf guitar king Dick Dale, classic albums from soul diva Aretha Franklin, hefty box sets from Bob Dylan, Daniel Johnston, Cocteau Twins and The Rolling Stones, some fine metal vinyl from the likes of Slayer, Judas Priest and those delightful Cannibal Corpse boys, plus great stuff from classy reissue labels like Light In The Attic, Music On Vinyl, Simply Vinyl and Soul Jazz.

I implore you to come and browse our wares, something for everybody, fo’ sho’… have also just got in the brand new Sun Kil Moon album from Red House Painters guy Mark Kozelek - bleakly beautiful!

ps have also updated Rugby Watch vis a vis the All Blacks outstanding Tri-Nations form: http://slowboatrecords.co.nz/?page_id=76

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…from the recent Wanda Jackson show at the San Francisco Bathhouse, how great is this clip of Ms Lisa Tomlins fronting the Boomshack Band performing the Big Mama Thornton version of “Hound Dog” – pretty freakin’ great we reckon…

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m_jzmyKUMJE

Enjoy!!!

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A terrific show, just Lanegan himself and Twilight Singers/ Gutter Twins guitarist David Rosser. Onstage at 9.30 for just over an hour, and songs from all periods of his career, from Screaming Trees, through his solo albums, to material recorded with Soulsavers, Queens Of The Stone Age and Isobel Campbell.

Thoroughly enjoyable, the man in great voice. A unique talent, and one ‘grunge survivor’ who has maintained his dignity throughout, made compelling music, and never made a pillock of himself – and you can’t ask for better than that, can you?

(btw, we have CD’s of most of his solo albums instore now if you feel like investigating further…)

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Well, 2010 more than half way through, in the depths of winter, roof has sprung a leak, o lordie…!!!

What have we got for you, then?! How’s about a fresh batch of unique and very collectible tour programs dug out from the darkest recesses of the Slow Boat vaults, along with a whole swag of music bios, which should help while away these colder days. On the new release front, we have Ry Cooder‘s new collaboration with The Chieftains, “San Patricio”; Crowded House‘s “Intriguer”; Band Of Horses “Infinite Arms” (also on vinyl!); Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers‘ “Mojo”; as well as the new release from fine Auckland country band the Broken Heartbreakers, “Wintersun”; Pieta Brown‘s excellent “One And All” (Greg Brown‘s daughter!); split 7″ vinyl of Die! Die! Die!‘s “We Build Our Own Oppressors” on the UK Too Pure label; vinyl of The Ruby Suns‘ “Fight Softly”; a mid-priced double CD featuring two fine early 70′s albums from Southern country-soul hero Joe South, “A Look Inside/ So The Seeds Are Growing”; or how about a fine Ace label compilation of “Phil Spector -The Early Productions”. That should be more than enough to be getting on with, but it is probably also pertinent to remind y’all that we do a US import order every fortnight, which gives us access to a vast range of CD’s, LP’s and DVD’s – all you have to do is ask and we will see if we can get it in for you…

Great stuff! Be seein’ ya…

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WOW! The Wanda Jackson show was totally all that, and then some! A terrific set, backed by Wellington’s own Ricky Boyd & The Boomshack Band, (to whom Ms Jackson afforded the accolade “one of the best bands I have ever played with, truly international standard”), a  veritable cornucopia of hits – “Let’s Have A Party”, “Mean Mean Man”, “Fujiyama Mama”, “Funnel Of Love”, along with a couple of tracks from her forthcoming Jack White produced album. Thoroughly, thoroughly enjoyable – well done if you saw it, commiserations if you missed it…

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The store has just played host to hip hop royalty in the form of former Gang Starr man and producer DJ Premier as well as seminal New York duo The Beatnuts, who play tonight at the San Francisco Bathhouse. Great to see music lovers really dig it in in a record store (they were here for hours!), and they were all terrifically complimentary about our selection, and were delightful people to boot. Top hole!



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Couldn’t let another day pass without making mention of the fact that Slow Boat fave, the magnificent Mark Lanegan is playing two solo shows here in July – at Wellington’s Bar Bodega on Friday the 2nd of July, and the following night at Auckland’s King’s Arms. I gather the show is to encompass his whole repertoire, from his days as frontman of psych-grungers the Screaming Trees, through his days as an auxiliary member of Queens Of The Stone Age, his fantastic solo albums (notably, covers set ‘I’ll Take Care Of You’), and the duet albums with Isobel Campbell – quite a CV, I’m sure you’ll agree.

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Yup, I’m afraid it is unavoidable – winter is here and it is time to hunker down and dig in with some quality new music!

Take, for instance, the fine new album “High Violet” from chartbusting Brooklyn indie quintet and Slow Boat faves The National – the vinyl we have instore now is particularly tasty. We also have the ‘intelligent disco’ of the new LCD Soundsystem album “This Is Happening”; a terrific 2CD “Ultimate Collection” from soon-come visitor and godmother of country-fried rock’n'roll Wanda Jackson (we also have tickets for her San Fran Bathhouse show on the 21st June, $49, cash only); the newly remastered, 4 disc  ”Complete Fourmyula” set (as well as very limited vinyl of the ‘unreleased’ 4th album, “Turn Your Back On The Wind”); and let’s not forget, the latest (and greatest?) from or homeboys The Phoenix Foundation, “Buffalo” – available on vinyl exclusively from your favourite caring, sharing local record emporium.

Oh, and we also have a fresh batch of dead swish black or brown Slow Boat tee shirts at the new special bargain price of just $25 – whoo hoo!!!

Also recently unearthed from the Slow Boat archives is a copy of “Hostage To The Beat”, Roger Watkins’ fine, out of print paean to the Auckland music scene of 1955-1970 – please drop us a line if you are interested.

Congrats due, also, to Sam and Jessica Scott on their new arrival, Ralph. Well done, fellas!!!

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*In a spectacular coup for us here at Slow Boat, your local independent record store, we are thrilled to announce that we are now able to provide a service that seems much in demand – transferring vinyl to CD, courtesy of our newly acquired TEAC LP to CD Recorder!!!

Our “man on the inside” at RIANZ reliably informs us that we are able to provide this service on the following conditions:

1- That you own the recording you want copied, and…
2- That the copy you make is for your own personal use. The law entitles you to make a copy of any recording you possess for your own personal use, and this effectively qualifies as ‘format shifting’.

This is a great opportunity to get vinyl that is not available on CD transferred so you can continue to enjoy it in the digital age! The charge for a single LP transferred to CD is $20

Furthermore, we have obtained extra copies of the very limited edition “Singles Box Set” by The Smiths. This sumptuous set collects the group’s first ten 7” vinyl singles in a very stylish box together with a set of badges and a poster, and the added incentive of 2 extra singles released only in Germany – namely, “Still Ill” and “The Headmaster Ritual”. Quite, quite glorious, and sure to become a sought after collector’s item.

And I haven’t even mentioned that the Super 14 starts this weekend, have I?
Cheers,
Slow Boat Crew

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