Chuck Payne - La-De-Da / Baby - CD5 MAXI-SINGLE

Rare late 1950’s single from Pittsburgh R&B singer Chuck Payne pairs “Everything A Lover Should Be” b/w “There Is Something.” Newly remastered.

First Word Records is very proud to present the new album from Werkha, 'Unsung Irregular'.This is his third full-length studio LP, and is comprised of 11 tracks showcasing Werkha's unique blend of jazzy breakbeat-tinged electronics and analogue aesthetics. It includes the singles 'S-Bend', 'Toast Rack', and two collaborations; 'Everyday (feat. Rioghnach Connolly)' and 'Narrow In' (feat. Daudi Matsiko) - a pair of revered artists with roots in folk music, complimenting the close connection to nature found throughout Werkha's productions.-Werkha (aka Tom Leah) is a multi-instrumentalist born in Rusholme, Manchester. His previous releases on Worldwide Award-winning independent London-based tag First Word Records include 'The Rigour' EP (2020), and the 'All Werk Is Play' LP (2022), carrying on from his initial output on the Brighton-based Tru Thoughts tag.He's had previous support from a wide range of tastemakers such as Gilles Peterson, Nemone, Don Letts, Jamz Supernova and Zakia (BBC 6 Music), Mo Ayoub (BBC Radio 1), Julie Adenuga, Scratcha DVA, BBC Manchester, Worldwide FM and Rinse FM.Alongside his own releases, he's collaborated and remixed with Quantic, A Certain Ratio, Marcos Valle, Eska, Chunky, Andrew Ashong and extensively with Keisha Thompson and Bryony Jarman-Pinto, to cite a few.Werkha has done full band and solo performances across the UK and Europe, touring with the likes of Bonobo, Chet Faker, Rebecca Vasmant and Mr Scruff, and sharing billing with Crazy P, GoGo Penguin, Todd Terje, Lefto and MCDE, gracing stages at legendary venues like The Roundhouse, The Jazz Cafe and Manchester Cathedral, and various festivals including Glastonbury, SXSW, We Out Here, A Love Supreme and Latitude.Additionally to playing live, Werkha is a formidable DJ, recently doing a mix for Selector Radio (British Council) and previously for the likes of Tom Ravenscroft & Afrodeutsch

Vinyl LP pressing. The 1982 album by Andy Summers and Robert Fripp, newly mixed by David Singleton in 2024. Includes 2 previously unreleased tracks 'Skyline' and 'Entropy Pulse'. 200-gram audiophile vinyl, New 2024 stereo mix by David Singleton. Cut by Jason Mitchell at Loud Mastering. Having crossed paths briefly in the '60s in Bournemouth where Fripp took over Andy's guitar chair in the band at Bournemouth's Majestic Hotel, it wasn't until 1981 - when Summers wrote to Fripp - that the two guitarists would work together. With a very different sounding 1980s King Crimson lineup on tour and The Police's status as one of the biggest acts in the world, it's unsurprising that an album of guitar duets from Sumeers/Fripp - despite being as far apart from the concept of 'guitar hero' playing as possible to imagine, proved intriguing enough to spend several weeks in the US Billboard 200 charts.