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VA – The World’s End [Original Motion Picture Soundtrack] (2013)
As with Edgar Wright’s other movies, the apocalyptic pub crawl World’s End has a witty, fitting soundtrack. The film follows a group of friends as they try to top an epic night out they had 20 years...
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VA – Let Me Play This for You: Rare Cajun Recordings (2013)
Tompkins Square Records’ Long Gone Sounds series has been a provocative entry in the field of archival recordings. Though they take painstaking measures in assembling their compilations of rare music...
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VA – Afrobeat Airways 2: Return Flight To Ghana 1974-1983 (2013)
The rhythms on this Ghanaian afrobeat compilation are infectious, with a selection of some of the biggest names who shaped an entire movement of 70s funk, and rocked the West African nation. The album...
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VA – The Art of the Songwriter: The Best of Burt Bacharach – Anyone Who Had a...
Rumer’s 2010 single “Some Lovers,” from Burt Bacharach and Steven Sater’s musical of the same name, is the most recent track on Universal U.K.’s new box set Anyone Who Had a Heart: The Art of the...
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VA – Eccentric Soul: The Forte Label (2013)
One part tireless scavenging for hard-to-find records and one part extensive research and documentation, Numero Group’s Eccentric Soul series turns over every stone to offer in-depth looks at...
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VA – Peter Gabriel Tribute Album: And I’ll Scratch Yours (2013)
“Quid pro quo, Clarice.” In 2010, Peter Gabriel proved he’s quite up to date on modern music with his Top Star-earning covers compilation, Scratch My Back, which found him tackling songs by Arcade...
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VA – Mojo Presents: Songs in the Key of Paul (2013)
1. Robyn Hitchcock – Let Me Roll It 2. Redd Kross – Hazel Eyes 3. Flamin’ Groovies – Shake Some Action 4. The Nerves – When You Find Out 5. Nick Piunti – It All Comes Down 6. Squeeze – Pulling Mussels...
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VA – Sing Me the Songs: Celebrating the Work of Kate McGarrigle (2013)
Released the day before Liam Lunson’s film of the same name, this 2-disc set offers music from three concerts that took place over 3 years in London, New York, and Toronto, curated by Joe Boyd. The...
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VA – The Rough Guide to African Music for Children: Second Edition (2013)
Finally an album for children that doesn’t talk down to them. That could just be because the music here was selected by kids, who obviously have better taste than most adults — and certainly more...
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VA – Mojo Presents: 20 from 20 (2013)
Bauer Media’s MOJO, the world’s finest music magazine, celebrates 20 years of publishing excellence with a landmark, collector’s issue. The issue, which goes on sale on 29th October, is based on the...
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VA – Studio One Ska Fever! More Ska Sounds from Sir Coxsone’s Downbeat (2013)
A blistering collection of ska tunes from Clement ‘Sir Coxsone’ Dodd’s legendary Studio One Records, Jamaica’s foundation label of reggae music. Featuring classic cuts from the originators of Ska – The...
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VA – BBC Radio 1′s Live Lounge 2013 [Deluxe Edition] (2013)
BBC Radio 1’s Live Lounge 2013 is annual round-up of the cream of the past year’s Live Lounge sessions. It acts as a barometer of who’s who, and who’s coming though, and showcases the biggest hits of...
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VA – 12 Years a Slave [Music from and Inspired By the Motion Picture] (2013)
12 Years a Slave is the soundtrack album to the 2013 film of the same name. It contains the film score composed by Hans Zimmer as well as performances by Alabama Shakes, Cody Chesnutt, Gary Clark Jr.,...
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VA – Inside Llewyn Davis [Original Soundtrack Recording] (2013)
T-Bone Burnett struck folk music gold with the score for the Coen brothers’ film O Brother, Where Art Thou? in 2000, and now he’s teamed with the Coens once again for their latest flick, Inside Llewyn...
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VA – Dallas Buyers Club [Music from and Inspired By the Motion Picture] (2013)
Relativity Music Group release the official soundtrack album for the drama Dallas Buyers Club. The album features music from and inspired by the film, including songs by Jared Leto’s band Thirty...
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VA – Sound ‘N’ Pressure Story (2013)
Mark Anthony Cummins was inspired by the first wave of Digi Roots and Dub he heard in London venues and as a reggae promoter and lover of the music got together with friends Adam Holden (Fish), Mark...
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VA – Divided & United: The Songs of the Civil War (2013)
Nearly 150 years after the Civil War ended, America is still both fascinated and haunted by the events that tore the country apart while defining a vision of this nation that in many respects stands to...
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VA – Uncut: All That Is Now (2013)
1. Okkervil River – Walking Without Frankie 2. Jonathan Wilson – Moses Pain 3. Linda Thompson – Never Put to Sea Boys 4. Mark Kozelek & Desertshore – Hey You Bastards.. 5. Deer Tick – The Dream’s...
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VA – The Hunger Games: Catching Fire [Original Motion Picture Soundtrack] (2013)
President Snow himself would envy the control wielded by the soundtrack bosses here, on The Hunger Games: Catching Fire Soundtrack. The artists on this Catching Fire companion, from Coldplay on down to...
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VA – Crucible: The Songs of Hunters & Collectors (2013)
The Avalanches, Eddie Vedder, Neil Finn, Matt Corby, Paul Kelly and Missy Higgins lead an impressive cast of contributors for a new album which pays tribute to the works of veteran Australian pub rock...
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