Wienerworld is proud to announce the release of “Trios”, a one-of-a-kind collection of rare, intimate recordings from jazz drumming icon Buddy Rich. Available September 1st on double translucent orange vinyl, compact disc, and all major streaming platforms, Trios captures the magic of Buddy Rich’s legendary three-man jam sessions—performances that have never been officially released until now.

Recorded live during international concerts in 1976 and 1977, Trios showcases Rich alongside extraordinary talents: bassists Jon Burr and Tom Warrington, and young piano prodigy Barry Kiener. These trio interludes—recorded by Rich’s alto saxophonist Alan Gauvin—feature Rich playing with brushes in an intimate setting, spotlighting his dynamic range and nuance.

“These trio sets were often played to give the brass section a break,” says Gauvin. “But what Buddy did with those moments was extraordinary. It was a masterclass in restraint, creativity, and musical interplay.”

Among the album’s ten tracks are beautifully reimagined standards such as “Just Friends,” “Stella by Starlight,” and “My Romance.” Each performance highlights Rich’s desire to step back and allow the piano and bass to shine—something unheard of for a drummer of his stature.

The release also serves as a tribute to Barry Kiener, the immensely gifted pianist who tragically passed away at 30. “Barry had been like a son to him,” remembers Buddy’s daughter Cathy Rich, who serves as an Executive Producer. “This album is a rare glimpse into Barry’s brilliance and the deep musical bond he shared with my father.”

Trios was recorded and produced by Alan Gauvin, mastered by Tom Swift, with cover art by Michael Patterson, the award-winning visual artist and USC professor known for his work on a-ha’s iconic “Take on Me” video.

TRIOS – TRACKLISTING (Double LP)

Side A

1. Just Friends – Montreal, QC (1976)

2. There Will Never Be Another You – Anaheim, CA (1976)

3. Groovin’ High – Anaheim, CA (1976)

Side B

1. Like Someone in Love – Anaheim, CA (1976)

2. There Is No Greater Love – Boras, Sweden (1977)

Side C

1. Secret Love – Anaheim, CA (1976)

2. Stella by Starlight – Oslo, Norway (1977)

Side D

1. My Romance – Boston, MA (1976)

2. I Hear a Rhapsody – Montreal, QC (1976)

3. Here’s That Rainy Day (Piano Solo) – SS Rotterdam Jazz Cruise (1977)

The Beautiful Stuff highlights 15 artists who recorded definitive tracks of blues recorded in Chicago from 1941 through to 1961 and who were almost all prevalent in the Chicago blues scene during its golden age.

It includes a seminal recording from Jimmy Rogers plus early down home blues classic recordings from Muddy Waters, Elmore James, J.B. Lenoir and Little Johnny Jones as well as later tracks of established pre-war artist Robert Lockwood Jr. Also included are rare blues sides by Blue Smitty and female pianist Mata Roy.

The concept idea for this vinyl album release follows on from the critical acclaim of Wienerworld’s three box sets of Chicago blues released over the past seven years, given even more credence by the award of the Best Historical Post-War Blues Compilation release of 2023 by Living Blues magazine for the third Chicago box series, the ‘Special Stuff’ and with high critical praise from RNR, MOJO, Blues & Rhythm, DownBeat, Record Collector and Shindig.

Aimed at existing blues fans and those music fans and vinyl collectors wanting to find out more about post war Chicago blues. The Beautiful Stuff is pressed on blue vinyl and is housed in a 1960’s style album sleeve with a stunning period photo. It includes an outstanding 4000 word, 4 page detailed insert with period pictures and graphics by renowned blues historian Chris Bentley detailing each performer’s origins and their impact on the wider music scene, as well as full sessionography and discography detailing the where, when and who of the recordings, expertly compiled by blues music authority and author Mike Rowe.

This vinyl album is dedicated to the memory of the much-loved and missed Peter Moody, who created the Down Home Blues series together with Wienerworld.

A wonderful opportunity to discover the very cream of Chicago Blues – The Beautiful Stuff.

Track Listing:

Side 1

1. Muddy Waters ROLLIN’ STONE

2. Jimmy Rogers THAT’S ALL RIGHT

3. JB Lenoir THE MOJO

4. Jimmy Reed YOU DON”T HAVE TO GO

5. Blue Smitty DATE BAIT

6. Johnny Shines EVENING SHUFFLE

7. Howlin’ Wolf HOWLIN’ WOLF BOOGIE

8. Billy Boy I WAS FOOLED

Side 2

1. Robert Lockwood JR AW AW BABY

2. Mata Roy PETE’S SHUFFLE BOOGIE (PT1)

3. Little Walter AH’W BABY

4. Little Johnny Jones CHICAGO BLUES

5. Memphis Minnie ME AND MY CHAUFFEUR

6. JB Hutto THINGS ARE SO SLOW

7. Elmore James COMING HOME

M.C. Records is proud to announce the release of Guy Davis’ The Legend of Sugarbelly on August 23. The 13-song release by the Grammy-nominated legendary roots musician contains mostly original songs and several blues classics from Leadbelly, Rev. Gary Davis, and Blind Lemon Jefferson.

On The Legend of Sugarbelly, Guy’s gift for storytelling is on full display as he weaves tales of lost love, moonshiners, and redemption. The sparse backing on the recording lets Guy’s voice shine throughout as well as his banjo and guitar playing. On some songs, you’ll find him playing solo, others with a more full accompaniment.

This is Guy’s most complete recording with its engaging storytelling and gritty blues.

Track Listing:

• Sugarbelly
• Kokomo Alley
• Who’s Gonna Love You Tonight (That’s Alright)
• Early In The Morning
• In The Evening Time
• Little David Play On Your Harp
• Firefly

• Long Gone Riley Brown
• Come Gitchu Some
• Black Snake Moan
• Laura
• 12 Gates To The City
• Don’t Know Where I’m Bound

On 28 July 2023 the Gipsy Kings featuring Tonino Baliardo were invited to perform a one off live in concert at the Europa Sports Complex in Gibraltar in front of a capacity sellout crowd. The concert, featuring all their hits including Volare, Bamboleo and their latest smash hit single Chica Del Sol can be found here on this 19 track DVD, which also features an 8-minute interview with Tonino and the Gipsy Kings which was shot live on the viewing platform on the summit of the Gibraltar Rock.

“Performing in Gibraltar with the Gipsy Kings is always a special occasion for us all. We had an exciting day being allowed to play on the Famous Gibraltar Rock. The first time any band has been allowed to do this. The Concert features various tracks and some recent songs we have recorded. Many thanks to GBTV. We sincerely hope you enjoy the DVD. Welcome to our Fiesta. Much Love Gipsy Kings featuring Tonino Baliardo”

Released to coincide with their much awaited sell out concert in London in mid-October this year, this DVD does not disappoint and Gipsy Kings featuring Tonino Baliardo bring their unmistakable sound and showmanship to fans far and wide.

Expect great Gipsy Guitar rhythms, unforgettable melodies and a Gipsy Vocal sound that only GIPSY KINGS featuring TONINO BALIARDO can create!

Track Listing:

1. Rumba Tech

2. La Dona

3. Tornado

4. Djobi Djoba

5. Hotel California

6. Inspiration

7. Chica del Sol

8. Bem Bem Maria

9. Chiribi

10. Baila Me

11. Amor Mio

12. El Escenario

13. A Tu Vera

14. Vamos A Bailar

15. Peregrino

16. Hubla Me

17. Un Amor

18. Bambaleo

19. Volare

Featuring artists Roy Brown, Thelma Brewer, Woodrow Adams, The ‘5’ Royales, Sammy Lawhorn, Willie Cobs, Joseph Cooke, Charlie James and Dave Dixon

Recorded in Memphis, 1960-62 by Home of the Blues Record Company – sixteen tracks of vintage rocking Memphis blues that went unissued at the label’s demise and were lost in a warehouse, ultimately rediscovered and released by Acoustic Archives.

All now remastered to perfection by Oz Fritz and a team of A&R experts working with the original masters, including ones made by Sam Phillips Recording Studios in Memphis.

Featuring the superb arrangements of trumpeter Willie Mitchell, accompanying some of the best singers of the day, with guitar by Sammy Lawhorn, bass by Lewi Steinberg and drums by AI Jackson Jr. Recorded in glorious mono by Scotty Moore at Sam Phillips Recording Service.

Each artist bio had been thoroughly researched under the guidance of Acoustic Archives producer Marc Ryan with the assistance of Dr. Dave Evans, head musicologist at Memphis State U. The story provided in the 12-page booklet includes how these cuts eventually surfaced from the early 1960s and features the photos and commentary on the recording artists, with how the original owners of the Home of The Blues Record Shop, once at 107 Beale Street, worked at the recordings.

Track Listing:

Side A:

1.Roy Brown: Don’t Stop Lovin’ Me

2.Roy Brown: I Need Your Love

3.Thelma Brewer: My Man

4.Thelma Brewer: If You Ever Need Me

5.Woodrow Adams: Don’t You Know I Love You?

6.Woodrow Adams: I Love You O Yes I Do

7.The ‘5’ Royales: She Did Me Wrong

8.Sammy Lawhorn: The Home of the Blues

Side B:

1. Willie Cobbs: You Ain’t Treatin’ Your Daddy Right

2. Joseph Cooke: The Way You Make Me Feel

3. Joseph Cooke: Waiting for My Baby

4. Charles James: It’s Alright

5. Dave Dixon: Don’t Make Me Cry

6. Sammy Lawhorn: 107 Beale

7. Roy Brown: So Long, Baby

8. Roy Brown: A Man With The Blues (Take 2)

Blues legend John Mayall And The Bluesbreakers (Buddy Whittington/Guitar, John Paulus/Bass and Joe Yuele/Drums) perform live in Houston, Texas. Filmed in 1998 and 1999 at Billy Blues and Rockefellers, the set includes “White Line Fever”, “A Hard Road”, “Voodoo Music” and other classics from this legendary Blues frontman!

Includes Bonus Disc CD Soundtrack. Perfect for fans of British blues rock and blues rock artists like Eric Clapton, Derek & The Dominos, Cream, Canned Heat, Harvey Mandel and live American blues.

Track Listing:

1. White Line Fever
2. Nature’s Disappearing
3. My Country Girl
4. Congo Square
5. A Hard Road
6. The Voodoo Music
7. Always A Brand New Road
8. Room To Move

Blues legend John Mayall And The Bluesbreakers (Buddy Whittington/Guitar, John Paulus/Bass and Joe Yuele/Drums) perform live in Houston, Texas. Filmed in 1998 and 1999 at Billy Blues and Rockefellers, the set includes “White Line Fever”, “A Hard Road”, “Voodoo Music” and other classics from this legendary Blues frontman!

Perfect for fans of British blues rock and blues rock artists like Eric Clapton, Derek & The Dominos, Cream, Canned Heat, Harvey Mandel and live American blues. Also available in DVD with Bonus Disc CD Soundtrack.

Track Listing:

1. White Line Fever
2. Nature’s Disappearing
3. My Country Girl
4. Congo Square
5. A Hard Road
6. The Voodoo Music
7. Always A Brand New Road
8. Room to Move

Jazz from The Pacific Northwest combines two previously unissued concert recordings from one of the greatest jazz drummers of all-time, Shelly Manne. The first recording features Monty Budwig on bass, Russ Freeman on piano, Stu Williamson on trumpet, and Herb Geller on flute and alto saxophone recorded at the Monterey Jazz Festival on October 4, 1958. The second recording features Hampton Hawes on piano, Frank Strozier on flute and alto saxophone, Conte Condoli on trumpet and guest vocalist Ruth Price on two tracks recorded at the Penthouse jazz club in Seattle on September 7 and 15, 1966.

The deluxe package includes an extensive booklet with essays by renowned archival producer Zev Feldman and label owner/producer/musician Cory Weeds, plus passages from Tim Jackson of the Monterey Jazz Festival, Charlie Puzzo Jr. from the Penthouse, and engineer/radio host Jim Wilke; interviews from musicians Jim Keltner, Peter Erskine, Ruth Price, Bill Holman and Joe LaBarbera; and rare photos and memorabilia.

New York City-born Manne rose to fame in the 1950s after moving to Los Angeles and is known as a founding father of the “West Coast Jazz” scene. He is highly regarded as one of the most versatile and talented drummers of the day performing with countless legends including Andre Previn, Sonny Rollins, Stan Kenton, Charlie Ventura, Kai Winding and many others. Manne teamed up with Previn and Leroy Vinnegar to produce the first jazz album of a Broadway score for their version of “My Fair Lady,” and he has numerous television/movie credits along with performing and composing scores. His recorded works include numerous albums for Capitol, Atlantic, Impulse!, Mainstream, Contemporary, Flying Dutchman and other international labels.

Track Listing:

Disc 1:

• Stop, Look & Listen
• The Vamps Blues
• Quartet (Suite in Four Movements)

Disc 2:

• Softly, As In A Morning Sunrise
• Summertime
• Dearly Beloved
• Funny
• My Secret Love
• Surrey With A Fringe On Top

“The Dave Brubeck Quartet – Live from the Northwest, 1959” is the newest release from Brubeck Editions, the Brubeck family-run label that only puts out music of the highest musical and technical quality. These exciting performances were recorded by the trailblazing and iconic audio engineer, Wally Heider, who pioneered the art of remote recording from his “studio on wheels.”

The sound he achieved is stellar, and this is perhaps the best live recording you can hear of one the most popular jazz groups of all time. The tapes were recorded in April, 1959 at the Multnomah Jazz Club and Clark College, both in the Portland, Oregon area.

On this recording you can hear the Quartet’s mastery of spontaneous counterpoint improvisation. Four months later, the Dave Brubeck Quartet’s focus shifted to polytonal and polyrhythmic approaches when the group recorded the legendary “Time Out”, and changed the course of jazz forever.

Track Listing:

• When the Saints Go Marching In
• Basin Street Blues
• The Lonesome Road
• Two Part Contention
• Gone With The Wind

Samuel John Hopkins was born in 1912 to a poor sharecropping family in Centerville, Texas. He immersed himself in the blues at an early age, having met Blind Lemon Jefferson at a church picnic not long after having struck out on his own.

In 1946, Hopkins was “discovered” by Aladdin Records’ talent scout Lola Anne Cullum, who convinced him to travel to Los Angeles from Houston. There, he cut sides both as a solo artist and as part of a duo with pianist Wilson Smith. It was during his stint at Aladdin that he acquired his nickname, while his partner was dubbed “Thunder.”

Shortly thereafter, Hopkins returned to Houston, his home base for the balance of his life. He was a world-class song improviser and performer, but it was as a guitarist that Hopkins had the most impact. Jimmie Vaughan once said that without Hopkins, there would be no Jimi Hendrix, and in fact Hendrix’s record collection boasted more Hopkins LPs than any artist other than Bob Dylan.

The legendary blues guitarist performed at Los Angeles’ famed Ash Grove venue on many occasions over the club’s decade-and-a-half existence. Ten of the songs on this set are compiled from two separate performances at the club, and none of the performances on the album have previously been available commercially.

Tracks 1-14 consists of acoustic tracks with song introductions from a set recorded on November 29, 1970. Tracks 15-16 are acoustic performances from September 22, 1965. The disc is rounded out with four electric tracks with his band from Palo Alto’s In Your Ear club recorded on August 18, 1971. While most of the tunes are originals, the set lists include some distinctive cover versions of the R&B classics “What I’d Say” and “Hi-Heel Sneakers,” along with some folk/gospel nuggets, “Don’t The Moon Look Pretty” and “How Long Has It Been.”

Track Listing:

1. Couldn’t Be Satisfied (Live November 29, 1970)
2. Intro Questionnaire Blues (Live November 29, 1970)
3. Questionnaire Blues (Live November 29, 1970)
4. Intro Ain’t It Crazy (Live November 29, 1970)
5. Ain’t It Crazy (Live November 29, 1970)
6. Intro Don’t The Moon Look Pretty (Live November 29, 1970)
7. Don’t the Moon Look Pretty (Live November 29, 1970)
8. Intro Black and Evil (Live November 29, 1970)
9. Black and Evil (Live November 29, 1970)
10. Lightnin’s Boogie (Live November 29, 1970)
11. Intro What’d I Say (Live November 29, 1970)
12. What’d I Say (Live November 29, 1970)
13. Intro How Long Have It Been Since You Been Home? (Live November 29, 1970)
14. How Long Have It Been Since You Been Home? (Live November 29, 1970)
15. Black Cadillac (Live September 22, 1965)
16. Coffee House Blues (Live September 22, 1965)
17. Hi-Heel Sneakers (Live From In Your Ear August 18, 1971)
18. Lightnin’ Can Do It (Live From In Your Ear August 18, 1971)
19. You’re Gonna Miss Me When I’m Gone (Live From In Your Ear August 18, 1971)
20. Hardly Trying (Live From In Your Ear August 18, 1971)