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oooooooooooooooooooooooooo up soon: yair yona, woodcraft folk, c joynes, jerusalem and the starbaskets... FOR AVAILABILITY ON IN STOCK TITLES PLEASE EMAIL: thegreatpopsupplement@hotmail.com *news:* watch this space... *new releases:* watch this space... *past releases, still available:* gps17 tom carter (charalambides) / christian kiefer 'a rather solemn promise' - cd only stunning collaborative cd from tom carter of charalambides and christian kiefer, available as a 500 copy, silk screened sleeve (designed and screened by rob fisk), numbered cd - going v.quickly this has attained rave reviews including a couple of 'albums of the week' gps43 david a jaycock 'a new love song' 7" 2 beautifully haunting, acoustic pieces from mancunian singer songwriter david a jaycock, following cdr outings on red deer club and early winter recordings and as a member of big eyes family players. "a new love song" on side a, with its almost droning vocal line and fahey-esque picking, features a formidable, spine-tingling banjo line - it's a jaw dropper of a piece. the same can be said of the flip, "that warm feeling in my belly", where this time it's a violin line that gets those pimples down yr spine going. awesome single fabulously packaged in sealed, hand stamped envelope packs that are leaf cut by hand! limited to 300. utterly beautiful on the ear and the eye... 4.99 uk pounds... gps47 spoono 'what's around the corner? more corners' 7" (last few...) single of the week at norman records, here's a snip form their review: What's Around the Corner? More Corners' is a more trippy, freeform piece that begins ambling along like an incredibly happy dog, the chirpy, twangy acoustic guitar being massively soulful & chatty, whilst an old wibbly keyboard gives the impression of some eccentric travelling band strolling down a kaleidoscopic country lane, hazy in the sunshine, then the locals come out clapping and then they realise they have an entire village caught up in their spell, following them, arms raised ecstatically, pied piper-like, spellbound by the delirious sonic fallout! *past releases, sold out:* gps01 vibracathedral orchestra 7", edition of 111 in handstamped A3 multi fold sleeves with sticker gps02 doleful lions 7", edition of 111 in handmade sleeves, each unique with "where the wild things are" theme. with stickers, inserts gps03 makita 7" in hand done tracing paper sleeves gps04 the workhouse 7" in grey card sleeves with photo mounted sealed envelopes gps05 the brothers with different mothers 7" on yellow vinyl in multi-fold sleeves; each with a packet of seeds! gps06 fuxa 7" the usual edition of 111 copies in handmade sleeves gps07 kinski 7" straight from sub pop, covering the velvet's 'i guess i'm falling in love' gps08 dreams of tall buildings 7", edition of 111 in handburnt balsa wood sleeves, between which the vinyl lies, with the whole package held together by a nut and bolt gps09 house of mexico 7", edition of 111 in handcoloured tracing paper sleeves gps10 pete greenwood "heavy eva" 270 pressing in handstamped, numbered sleeves with sticker. gps11 eidas mai "where to begin" tracing paper sleeved, stickered, hand stamped / numbered inners pressing of 270 gps12 washington phillips "denomination blues" incredible, hypnotic 1920s gospel. pressing of 220 only. acetate inserts, sticker, great sleevenotes by sonic boom, the whole 9 yards. great package! gps13 voice of the seven woods & hush arbors "split single" voice of the seven woods you should know from the pair of killer 45s previously on twisted nerve, while hush arbors is the solo project for keith wood from six organs of admittance, sunburned hand of the man and part time wooden wand contributor. gps14 phosphorescent the first uk 45 by athens, ga psychedelic band phosphorescent, featuring the amazing songwriting of matthew houck. 2 incredible 5 minute plus songs - heartbreaking yet joyful and uplifting in equal measure. numbered pressing of 250 copies. gps15 movement and the woodcraft folk a 100 copy 6" lathe cut featuring movement and the woodcraft folk. each copy comes in a unique handmade, embroidered bag (see photographs below)! --- gps16 wooden wand & hush arbors split never one to go overboard with wildly overblown statements, the gps thinks it is about to unleash the first uk release by the greatest singer songwriter in the world. james jackson toth aka wooden wand shares a mighty split single with the equally great keith wood aka hush arbors. the single has an overall title "swappin'" and it is pretty much essential if we may say so. cunningly sleeved with each others' other halves in "swappin'" guise and with a picture of a neatly made bed on it's insert! -- gps18 anemones a debut by canadian band anemones. a slight departure perhaps from recent stuff, think 70s new york jonathan richman / television with a hint of velvets done lo-fi style... limited to 300 in ace A3 full colour double sided ferris wheel posters, with stickers, numbered inserts etc etc... gps19 rosewood green featuring more ace pete greenwood slide guitar genius from a recent gps 45. gps20 the box deluxe a 250 copy only 3" cd in embroidered wallets (handmade by the mighty daisy "patchy witch", creator of the recent lathe cut 6" bags). 4 great tracks- one part singer / songwriter folk kinda gear, one part electronica- not unlike the woodcraft folk in places perhaps?! the wallets contain a 3" cd and fold out post insert, numbered to 250 copies. gps21 mv + ee 'old black joe' 7" wonderful smoked out blues with erika elder lead vocal and refrained geetar genius from mv. byron coley sleevenotes. 500 only ready late jan/early feb. 500 only... gps22 pet politics 'spring' ep 7" 300 numbered 7''s in circular, shell like sleeves- killer lo-fi, psych pop from swedish one man outfit pet politics. gps23 'it happened on a day' v/a 10" fabulous, long promised 5 trk 10' single featuring exclusives from the combined might of tunng, the woodcraft folk, the laughing windows, shady bard and adam leonard w/ p.g six. gps24 wooden wand and the omen bones band 'horus of the horizon' 10" wooden wand and the omen bones band (satya sai and hush arbors' keith wood) on a fabulous 6 trk 10" of a previously mailorder only cd (on three lobed recordings). total classic and amongst the very best in the mighty wand canon. gps25 tranko 'neko 77/mujam' 7" killer debut 45 from japanese psych band- whacked out moog / sitar collision like some holy Acid Mothers / Popol Vuh jam with Ananda Shankar at the controls. 300 only in cool circular Indian art sleeves. single of the week on various online sites (some joint with the mv+ee released at the same time) ... gps26 whsyp 'sun without end' (family ep) 7" hazy high end vocal harmonies backed with subtle sitars (courtesy of skygreen leopards, part time wooden wand backing guy glenn donaldson) which aim for the stars yet quickly turn into a darker beast as the piece closes out. a beautiful 45 in fliptop match wallet style sleeves made from linen card and in a run of 300 only... gps27 the see see 'up the hill/citadel shuffle' 7" debut 45 from what has become something of a multi-national supergroup of sorts. ex-eighteenth day of may mainguy, richard olson, soledad brothers drummer ben swank, former gps 45 guy pete greenwood on guitars and lap steel and kevin peyok. 2 fabulous slices of southern u.s folk rock, recalling gene clark, the byrds and burritos with a passing nod to big star perhaps. beautiful, soaring vocals and a gem of a 45 to open up with. early gigs included bill doss from the olivia tremor control - unsurprising given the uplifting nature of the sunny psych tunes within. 300 only 45 given the usual GPS packaging treatment... gps28 jack rose 7" fabulous jack rose 45 in cool booklet sleeves, edition of 500. killer reworkings of 'revolt' and 'soft steel piston' with the black twigs. came and went in 24 hours! gps29 c joynes 'the running board' lp numbered edition of 200 lps gps30 jerusalem and the starbaskets & hush arbors split duo coloured 7" vinyl gps31 melodie du kronk LP debut LP that came and went in 72 hours. whacked out, moog mayhem that recalls the likes of cluster and harmonia in tandem with early stereolab and holy fuck. 1st 50 for mailorder come with screenprinted panels / alternate sleeves. 200 numbered copies now sold out... gps32 elephant micah 'equine emblem' 7" incredibly beautiful 4 trk EP, featuring 4 joe o'connell penned gems. housed in sweet screened sleeves and numbered in an edition of 370... gps33 mv&ee 'the best it ever was' 7" 500 copy 45 in neat linen card sleeves. matt and erika's 2nd gps 45, this one's a bass led, smoked out nugget and is down to the last few copies... gps34 jerusalem and the starbaskets/bengal traitor split 7" formidable split 45 coupling the JATS mighty 'everybody's dig accounted for' with ferocious velvets meets sonics burnout b/w the stoned out 'sumtimes' from the james and jessica toth (WW) alter-egos the bengal traitors. 350 copies in 2 part, op-art psych sleeves. single of the week in a number of online places... gps35 remos third ear 'ep' 7" wonderful debut EP from Swedish, psychedelic folk mystics. three incredible, almost eerie tracks with a 'late night, middle of the woods' feel, featuring fuzz sitar, zither as well as 6 and 12 string guitars... brought to you by the guys partly responsible for the recent reissue of Swedish folk legend Joakim Skogsberg's awesome 'jola rota' album from 1971, providing you with a pointer to where these guys collective heads' lie. 300 copies on 7" vinyl only, given the usual GPS packaging treatment... gps36 tom baxendale 'her ghost' 7" beautiful debut 45 from London singer songwriter Tom Baxendale. ace blend of alt country, folk and Americana, with an A side rush of acoustic guitar and mandolin recalling atmospheric odes to love and loss. The B side lowers the tempo and is way more gentle, recalling perhaps, 'gosdin brothers' era Gene Clark. regular gigging partner to previous GPS debutant Pete Greenwood. a pressing of 300 copies in gorgeously cool orange and green tracing paper booklets... gps37 dreams of tall buildings 'video rose' lathe cut a 123 copy lathe cut triangular disc, packed into silver carpet underlay "sleeves" with unique silver on black triangular inserts, with burnt in / branded "dotb" logos. because of the size of the finished records (13" x 13" x 13"), copies were not available from the label direct as mailorder packaging was made nightmarish by it's dimensions! gps38 crayon 'a house is not a horse' 7" Leeds based three piece Crayon offer up what some longterm GPS devotees may see as a departure to it's usual output. sombre synth tones and military like drum rolls give way to an infectious, startling pop rush of a chorus. perfect pop in a nutshell. B side 'milk' is a slow building, initially, glitchy electronic piece again with a cool pop sensibility as it's underbelly that soon explodes... a fabulous record and a band to keep yr eye out for. ace 2 piece sleeves with inserts galore - a hand numbered pressing of just 300 only. gps39 beach fuzz 'untitled I & untitled II' 7" 350 copy singles featuring two cacophonous freakout drone jams in cool fliptop matchbox style, yearling lined card sleeves... gps41 the see see 'keep your head' 7" second single from the band following last year's 'sold out in a week' debut which led to support slots with the raconteurs amongst others. killer 45 with a nudge to the byrds, buffalo springfield and big star... please note: sloppy record label HQ error, there are indeed 2 x gps41s. the member of staff has been dealt with accordingly. gps41 the pistil cosmos 'wandering in the dark' cd 200 numbered, screenprinted folders with sticker and inserts. out november 17. please note: sloppy record label HQ error, there are indeed 2 x gps41s. the member of staff has been dealt with accordingly. gps42 the smiles and frowns 'mechanical songs' 7" beautiful debut 45 from u.s. duo who offer up the very lo-fi, cyclical, almost otherworldly sounding "mechanical songs" backed with the fabulous "echoes of time". 2 irritatingly catchy tunes that stay with ya long after each has ended. think elements of galaxie 500, low, young marble giants, merged with the quieter side of the left banke or perhaps the west coast pop art experimental band. "60s psi-fi pop music" as they have been recently described?! the packaging is something else, amazing die cut op art sleeve with matching label art... gps44 spacemen 3 'dj tones' lp a one off pressing of 1000 copies on clear vinyl in spot varnished sleeves of last year's quick sell out, space age CD. 5 incredible demos kicking off with the awesome unreleased "these blues"- radically reworked by jason later for the spiritualized "pure phase" album, this version is a stripped way down, 3 chord blues akin to something from third album period velvets. just beautiful and a first time on vinyl. followed by the stunning violin mix of the red krayola classic "transparent radiation", and arguably the best version yet of "ecstasy symphony", the set also includes the rare 50 copy only, white label mix of sonic's "i love you" remix and an unreleased drone, effect laden "modulated tones." gps45 cam deas 'untitled blues' pts I & II 7" stunning debut 45 following lps/cdrs on blackest rainbow and dead pilot etc. single of the week on issue 19/6/09 at norman records. last few now... gps46 woodcraft folk 'trough of bowland' lp at last the mighty debut album is out on vinyl - 250 copies in screened sleeves with numbered, handmade inserts. again, last few..... gps48 melodie du kronk 'moxie carmichael's secret' 7" this from norman records sums all up perfectly: "Melodie Du Kronk have a new single out on Great Pop Supplement.. As ever it's amazingly packaged in a psychedelic swirly thing called a sleeve which is hand numbered of 300. It's well nice. Moxie Carmichael's Secret is an odd sounding tune though... When it started I thought it sounded a bit kitsch... as it delves into cheesey exotica. Stick with it though and you'll be treated to a weird kitsch sounding Krautrock epic which takes in elements of Holy Fuck and Cluster and if you're after a comparison it's somewhere in between the afore mentioned folks, Terry & June and Finders Keepers. It's a proper odd little single but it's top fun and it's gonna be one you're gonna pull out over and over again. Well mental cheesepop from the GPS machine!" gps49 jack rose and the black twigs 'shooting creek' 7" very limited uk tour single from jack rose backed with the twigs, for sale exclusively on november's uk jaunt, but available mailorder from the label in advance. 2 exclusive tunes recorded in nice lo-fi style in jack's kitchen. Jack's last GPS 45 sold out in 48 hours and because there are just 400 commercial copies of this one - as things stand this looks set to go the same way. gps50 spacemen 3 'big city' (demo) / wooden shjips 'i believe it' 7" for it's 50th release the great pop supplement offers up this incredible pairing of like minded spirits, for a total one off split 45. 2 unreleased nuggets from legendary psych rockers from both sides of the pond. the Spacemen tune is a beautiful demo to their last ever single, the mighty "big city." stripped of its lyrical nod to the electric prunes, but still very much displaying the kraftwerk influence of the original, the softer spoken lyrical passages offer up an almost confessional electro blues variant, unique to this early take. after 2 studio LPs, Wooden Shjips are often bracketed with the Spacemen, with their blissed out Velvets / Doors / Kraut sound - so it's perhaps of no surprise that they should take on a Spacemen gem for their own reworking. "I Believe It" from the classic "Playing with Fire" album gets the nod for a radical overhaul - where the original's predominantly keyboard lead is given the Shjips' guitar fuzz and 2 note organ treatment. a killer take on an old favourite, debuted recently on the road and offered up here as their first outright UK release. packaging as ever with the GPS is from the top drawer, cover art is provided by natty brooker (the original spacemen percussionist) and is from original work put together during his time within the band's first line-up. a pretty much essential and incredible 45, destined not to hang around long... oooooooooooooooooooooooooo *specials, one-offs, etc:* click HERE to see past specials, one-offs, etc! oooooooooooooooooooooooooo *email:* thegreatpopsupplement@hotmail.com oooooooooooooooooooooooooo *myspace:* www.myspace.com/thegreatpopsupplement oooooooooooooooooooooooooo a vinyl only label specialising primarily in 7" wax and occasional laithe cuts, more often than not in lovingly crafted hand made sleeves / packaging... oooooooooooooooooooooooooo
		last update: january 13, 2010