De La Soul - De La Soul Is DeadUK first pressing, 1991 VG G++ (sleeve has a wave, and record plays with minor crackle)

with the vocal version lacquered directly from Axelrod’s original master tapes at Capitol Records by Ron McMaster

Celebrating the 40th Anniversary since release on orange vinyl

the album was constructed by Kinks' frontman Ray Davies as the soundtrack to a subsequently cancelled Granada Television play

Gatefold sleeve features gold metallic ink cover art

Remixed & Mastered By Chris Common

the band folds a myriad of reference points into their drone-pop style

beehives from New Zealand

an album recorded especially for them

“NO THANK YOU” is yet another delicious left field turn for 29-year old Simbiatu Ajikawo

The Black Angels

and more recently ‘Love My Way’ was used in the Academy Award winning coming-of-age drama ‘Call Me By Your Name’ and ‘The Ghost In You’ in the Netflix science fiction phenomenon ‘Stranger Things

exclusively for Record Store Day 2023