The Lyman Woodard Organization - Saturday Night SpecialIn association with DJ Amirs 180 Proof Records, BBE is honoured to present another gem from the small yet significant Strata catalogue. A precursor to New Yorks Strata East, Detroits Strata Records was founded in the late 1960s by former Blue Note artist Kenny Cox. Starting life as a music led community organisation, coffee shop studio and venue, Strata released only a few titles as a record label, gaining the imprint a cult following among record

funk and soul and British psychedelia and rock

which took place at Valencia's Elefante Studios

when he mounted the stage at the Theatre St-Denis during theFestival International De Jazz De Montrealin July 1983 and this release is the first time this revelatory performance will be released

Chapterhouse was a British shoegaze band of the early 1990s

passed uncut with an X for release just in London

Remixed & Mastered By Chris Common

The Cairo Gang's music is a refreshing dip in the pools of classic youth-pop

Laundromat has built a reputation over the previous twelve months as an innovative and profoundly skilled songwriter

saxophones and guitars sound out melodies whose combination of twisting irregularity and soulful immediacy calls up prime Keith Jarrett

Pitched between fertile coastal metaphors and winged melodies

many are related

The lyric of “In Another Life” suggests as much