...still the best plunderers of the Beeb's vaults...
    (Michael Heatley, Record Buyer and Music Collector magazine)

THE SILKIE You've Got To Hide Your Love Away
Release date: 7 December 2009 (HUX111)

The Silkie are best remembered for their hit cover of the Beatles song 'You've Got To Hide Your Love Away', which made the U.S. top ten in 1965. The Silkie gave the song a somewhat more pop-folk treatment, complete with male-female harmonies, its prospects were boosted by a Lennon-McCartney production credit. The Beatle connection didn't end there, as they were also managed by Brian Epstein.

The Silkie was a quartet of Hull University students: Mike Ramsden (guitar & vocals), Sylvia Tatler (vocals), Ivor Aylesbury (guitar & vocals) and Kevin Cunningham (bass),

Three of the Beatles were involved in the Silkie's cover version of 'You've Got to Hide Your Love Away'. Paul McCartney contributed vocals and guitar, George Harrison added percussion via guitar taps and tambourine, and John Lennon did most of the producing, although McCartney is sometimes credited as co-producer with Lennon.

As Mike Ramsden later reminisced: 'It was really Paul's arrangement of John's song. The bit at the beginning on guitar is Paul. George Harrison turned up, tapping on the back of the guitar and going "sssh". John was with an engineer in the control room, producing the record. We had six hours with three Beatles and Jane Asher, who was opening the beer. John was so chuffed that he rang Brian Epstein and said, "Listen, Brian, we've just made a No.1". He played the song over the phone and Brian said "Well done"'.

This CD reissue of The Silkie's album also includes their singles as bonus tracks. The accompanying booklet features extensive liner notes, photographs and full recording details.
 

CAL SMITH The Best Of
Release date: 7 December 2009 (HUX110)

Singer Cal Smith is the possessor of a warm, comforting baritone who had a significant presence in the US country music market, especially during the 1970s. This sixteen track compilation covers his MCA years from 1973 to 1978, his best and most successful period.

As a member of Ernest Tubb's band during the 1960s, Smith's big break came when Tubbs helped to get him a solo record deal of his own in 1966, with Kapp Records. From 1967-1970, Smith had eight chart singles on the Kapp label.

In 1970, Smith signed with MCA Records, and embarked on his most successful period, which included his first number 1 hit: 'The Lord Knows I'm Drinking'.

Smith's next number 1 single, 'Country Bumpkin', became his career record and signature song, and was a perennial favourite for years to come. It was also voted the Country Music Association's 'Song Of The Year' in 1974.

His third number 1, 'It's Time To Pay The Fiddler', established Smith as a firm favourite amongst fans of pure country music.

All three of these number 1 hits are included here on this 'Best Of' compilation. Many of these songs are now released on CD for the first time.

This CD compilation has been digitally remastered by Ron Geesin. The booklet includes extensive liner notes, photographs and full lyrics to every track.
 

QUINTESSENCE Infinite Love - Live At The Queen Elizabeth Hall 1971
Release date: 12 October 2009 (HUX109) 2-CD

Quintessence recorded five albums (for Island and RCA) between 1969-73 - all five are currently available on CD.

This is the first ever 'new' Quintessence material unearthed - and doubles at one stroke the quantity of vintage Quintessence music available.

Sound quality - recorded and preserved on 16-track multitracks - is extraordinary.

Mastered by Cormac O'Kane, responsible for the sound on Sanctuary/ Universal's widely acclaimed Pentangle box set and for numerous BBC soundtracks.

36 page full colour booklets designed by Mark Case, award-winning graphic designer.

Includes 18,000 word group history and chronology from music biographer Colin Harper.

Released with the blessing and co-operation of former group members Phil 'Shiva' Jones and Dave 'Maha Dev' Codling.

A hugely acclaimed live act at the time, this is the first time a full Quintessence live album (let alone two) has ever been released.
 

QUINTESSENCE Cosmic Energy Live At Pancras 1970
Release date: 12 October 2009 (HUX108)

Quintessence recorded five albums (for Island and RCA) between 1969-73 - all five are currently available on CD.

his is the first ever 'new' Quintessence material unearthed - and doubles at one stroke the quantity of vintage Quintessence music available.

Sound quality - recorded and preserved on 16-track multitracks - is extraordinary.

Mastered by Cormac O'Kane, responsible for the sound on Sanctuary/ Universal's widely acclaimed Pentangle box set and for numerous BBC soundtracks.

36 page full colour booklets designed by Mark Case, award-winning graphic designer.

Includes 18,000 word group history and chronology from music biographer Colin Harper.

Released with the blessing and co-operation of former group members Phil 'Shiva' Jones and Dave 'Maha Dev' Codling.

A hugely acclaimed live act at the time, this is the first time a full Quintessence live album (let alone two) has ever been released.

FAMILY BBC Radio Volume 3 1970
Release date: 15th June 2009 (HUX107)

Previously unreleased BBC tapes from this legendary progressive rock band.

Fronted by the raspy voice of Roger Chapman and the excellent guitar playing of Charlie Whitney, Family was one of Britain's leading progressive rock bands of the late 60s-early 70s.

This is the third of three Hux volumes of previously unreleased BBC Radio 1 sessions by the band, and features new material as well as different versions of original songs never before available on CD.

The accompanying 12 page booklet includes extensive liner notes, complete recording details and several rare band photographs.

ED BRUCE The Tennessean / Cowboys And Dreamers '2 on 1'
[Release date 27th April 2009] HUX106

Two stunning LPs from one of the original Sun Records artists, and the composer of the classic country hit, 'Mammas Don't Let Your Babies Grow Up to Be Cowboys'.

Ed Bruce was one of the original Sun Records artists, and released his first records at the age of just 17. He subsequently enjoyed a long and successful musical career, and his résumé contains no less than eight BMI Award winning songs.

His legendary composition, 'Mammas Don't Let Your Babies Grow Up to Be Cowboys', became an enormous success for Waylon Jennings and Willie Nelson, when they recorded it as a duo in 1977.

The two Ed Bruce albums on this CD were originally released in 1977 & 1978. They have now been digitally re-mastered and are reissued here together on CD for the first time.

These two LPs contain some truly outstanding and memorable country music, performed in Ed's rich and resonant baritone, supported by the cream of Nashville musicians and with first rate production from Buddy Killen.

Included here is Ed's signature tune, 'When I Die, Just Let Me Go To Texas'. This song was later a huge hit for Tanya Tucker, who re-titled it, 'Texas (When I Die)'.

The accompanying 12 page booklet includes photographs, liner notes and full lyrics to all of the featured tracks.

FARON YOUNG Here's Faron Young / Occasional Wife '2 on1'
[Release date 27th April 2009] HUX105

Two original Faron Young LPs, first released in 1968 & 1970, now digitally re-mastered and reissued on CD for the first time.

Faron Young had one of the longest-running and most popular careers in country music history. Emerging in the early 1950s, Young continued making great music through until the early 1990s.

This CD is comprised of two first rate albums; 'Here's Faron Young' from 1968 and 'Occasional Wife' from 1970. Both LPs showcase Faron's recordings from a time when he was at the very height of his career, where his individual trademark tremulous tenor vocals were never better.

The album 'Here's Faron Young' includes two country music hits - 'She Went A Little Bit Farther' & 'I Just Came To Get My Baby'. The 'Occasional Wife' LP also produced two hit singles - 'If I Ever Fall In Love (With A Honky Tonk Girl)' and the title track, 'Occasional Wife'.

Both albums on this disc have now been digitally re-mastered and are reissued here together on CD for the first time. The accompanying 12 page booklet includes photographs, liner notes and full lyrics to all of the featured tracks.

DR STRANGELY STRANGE Kip Of The Serenes
[Release date 24 February 2009] HUX104

Hux Records is proud to announce the re-release of this classic slice of psychedelic folk.

Based in Dublin, the Strangelies were friends and contemporaries of the Incredible String Band, whose producer Joe Boyd signed them to his Witchseason management and production company in 1969. This first album originally came out in mid 1969 on Island Records.

Over the years, Kip has acquired a considerable cult status; in 2007, Record Collector Magazine proclaimed it one of the UK's 'hundred most collectable progressive rock records.'

Previous CD reissues of Kip have been of variable quality, but we have now set matters right with this special Collectors' Edition. Using the tape restoration skills  of the Audio Archiving Company, we have re-mastered the album directly from the original stereo mixes and added four previously unheard bonus tracks, taken from the original studio sessions. Belying the age of the tapes, the sound quality is sparkling.

Music historian Adrian Whittaker, responsible for our well-received archive Strangelies release Halcyon Days, has put together a lavish accompanying booklet including a history of the band, new interviews with the band members, Joe Boyd and writer Iain Sinclair, full lyrics to the songs and many previously unseen photographs.

The Screaming Blue Messiahs was a high-octane British power trio who breathed excitement and danger back into the music scene of the mid 1980s. Drawing on the influences of Chicago blues, punk, rockabilly and British rhythm'n'blues bands like the Pirates and early Dr Feelgood, the Messiahs delivered a pulverising and brutal brand of rock'n'roll wholly of their own making.

This collection brings together some of their best work for BBC radio. There are red-hot, vintage studio sessions for DJs Andy Kershaw and Janice Long from 1985 and 1987 respectively, whilst a BBC concert from early '85 reveals just what a powerful live band they were from the start. Just feel that raw energy and electricity! British rock was tragically robbed of one of its most resilient flame keepers when the group had to call it a day in 1990.

This CD has been released with the full approval and co-operation of the Screaming Blue Messiahs. The CD cover was designed SBM mainman Bill Carter, and the booklet features photographs from the band's own archive, plus extensive liner notes.
 

SHAWN PHILLIPS At The BBC
[Release date: 24 February 2009] HUX102

Shawn Phillips is one of the most fascinating and enigmatic musicians to come out of the 1960s singer/songwriter boom. He remains on the periphery of mainstream rock, despite selling hundreds of thousands of albums and singles since he first came on to the scene.

These previously overlooked BBC radio sessions, recorded for John Peel and Bob Harris, reveal Shawn Phillips' breathtaking versatility, from stunning solo acoustic balladry to full on jazz funk workouts on which he collaborates with the English band, Quatermass.

This CD, released with the full approval of Shawn Phillips, has been digitally re-mastered by Ron Geesin. The accompanying 16 page full colour booklet features extensive liner notes, including an interview with Shawn, plus several rare photographs.

GENE WATSON Reflections / Should I Come Home
[Release date: 26th January 2009] HUX101 2 for 1

Gene Watson was once cited by George Jones - almost certainly the greatest country artist that the world has known - as his favourite country ballad singer. Whilst Grand Old Opry veteran and country superstar, the late Porter Wagoner, once described Watson as "a singer's singer".

Gene Watson's 'Reflections' album, from 1978 and 'Should I Come Home', from 1979, both included several country chart hits, including 'One Sided Conversation', 'Farewell Party', 'Pick The Wildwood Flower', 'Nothing Sure Looked Good On You' and 'Should I Come Home (Or Should I Go Crazy)'.

These two albums maintain the superlative standard set by Gene's earlier LPs, arguably even surpassing them in terms of material and performances.

Both albums have now been digitally re-mastered and are released here on CD for the first time. The accompanying 12 page booklet includes extensive liner notes, photographs and full lyrics to all of the featured tracks.

INCREDIBLE STRING BAND Tricks Of The Senses
Rare And Unreleased Recordings 1966-1972
[Release date: 26 January 2009] HUX100 Double CD

One of the most engaging groups to emerge from the esoteric 1960s was the Incredible String Band. Basically the duo of Mike Heron and Robin Williamson, its sound was comprised of haunting Celtic folk melodies augmented by a variety of Middle Eastern and Asian instruments.

Tricks Of The Senses is a double CD compilation of unreleased or rare Incredible String Band material from the Witchseason and Island Records archives, and represents a fascinating alternative history of the band. ISB's Robin Williamson and Mike Heron were fully involved in this project from the start, and were both impressed by the quality of the material that was unearthed.

The accompanying 28 page booklet features exhaustive liner notes, including a detailed story about the background to this project. Also featured are several rare photographs and full lyrics to many of the songs.

CHARLIE LOUVIN Less And Less & I Don't Love You Anymore / Lonesome Is Me [Release date: 26th January 2009] HUX099 2 for 1

From the mid 1950s until the early 1960s, the Louvin Brothers, comprising Charlie and his brother Ira, became one of the most prestigious and influential bluegrass acts of all time. They developed a sound that was to later influence and inspire many others including (especially) the Everly Brothers and such seminal country rock performers as the Byrds and Gram Parsons. The duo separated in 1963, and both went on to pursue solo careers.

In 1964, Charlie Louvin released his first solo album. As was the fashion of the day the album was named after two chart successes, 'Less And Less' & 'I Don't Love You Anymore'. Charlie's second album, 'Lonesome Is Me', followed in 1966.

Louvin's music had now become smoother and more 'mainstream Nashville' than his erstwhile raw mountainy style, although a plaintive bluegrass undertone is never too far from the surface in his vocal delivery.

Both albums have now been digitally re-mastered and are released here on CD for the first time. The accompanying 12 page booklet includes extensive liner notes, photographs and full lyrics to all of the featured tracks.

Today, Louvin continues to be involved in recording projects, often in esteemed company which has included George Jones, Tanya Tucker, Willie Nelson, Waylon Jennings and Charlie Daniels. 2007 saw the release of his latest new album, which reprised his classic material and was recorded with rock and country stars such as Tom T Hall, Elvis Costello, Marty Stuart as well as members from alt-country ensembles such as Wilco and Lambchop.

 

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