NOW AVAILABLE
New album of JB Meijers, Rock Und Roll.
Will be released on March 6th
A package deal of Weather The Storm and Underneath The Surface CDs of Sabrina Starke
Lois Lane zingt favoriete Motown liedjes.
Met o.a hits als Baby Love en Stop In The Name Of Love
A package deal of Root Up & Taste Of Culture CDs of Montis, Goudsmit & Directie.
Snowapples's album A Moonless Night
Tiempo de Bronce is the third full length album from one of Lima. Peru's top rock acts - Los Outsaiders.The tracks are all in Spanish but will appeal to a wide rock and pop audience in North American and Europe. Spanish language music press and blogs in Spain and the US will be targeted and the band will be engaging in worldwide concert streams to further promote the album abroad. Los Outsaiders will continue their run of success with music videos which will be promoted as well in Spain and the US territories.
Central Station
Call My Name
I Like It
Stranger
A Second To Believe
High On Love
Forever
Willin’
Thank You
Stronger
Two Of Us
Alright
Soms dienen zich liedjes aan die een eigen ‘vehikel’ behoeven. In het voorjaar van 2016, na de tour rond het 10de Sjako! album ‘the10th’, ‘lazerden de liedjes voor Bullhorn uit het plafond van mijn werkkamer’, aldus zanger/gitarist Wouter Planteijdt.
Hij vond drummer Mischa Porte en contrabassist Gerco Aerts bereid om dit repertoire met hem te gaan spelen. In tegenstelling tot het complexe Sjako!-repertoire gingen de heren nu op zoek naar een open en akoestisch geluid. Geen dubs, alles live. Dit resulteerde in het album Planteydt - Bullhorn, dat dit najaar op cd en vinyl uitkomt bij Zip Records.
Onder regie van Eva Bauknecht zal het theaterconcert Bullhorn worden samengesteld, met als leidraad de ongemakkelijke keuze tussen de barricades (Bullhorn) en het isolement van de werkkamer (Monastery).
Verder zal de vrouw in alle toonaarden bezongen en muzikaal uitgepakt worden.
Fiesta de la vida is een eerbetoon aan de muzikale rockhelden van Barry Hay, JB Meijers en Danny Vera. De mannen geven iconische hits van o.a. Elvis Presley en Bob Dylan met Mexicaanse twist.
SUNDAY AFTERNOON
DOORS AND WINDOWS
SMILE
REMEMBER WHO YOU ARE
SLOW DOWN
SONG DON’T DIE
TALKING WITHOUT WORDS
I GOT YOUR BACK
WON’T LET YOU DOWN
CHASING SHADOWS
I’LL STAY
I GOT ALL THE TIME
Last year, when the planet got paralysed by the pandemic, renown Dutch 'Guitarist Jac Bico decided to spend his time on rearranging jazz and pop pieces for solo guitar. In those solitary lockdown months he managed to capture the rich textures of the original orchestrations with one guitar only. ‘Alone Together’ exudes nostalgia and sweet melancholy and takes you back to some of the highlights of 20th century musical tradition'
Montis, Goudsmit & Directie - Taste of Culture
Almost a jazz supergroup from Holland. In the order of their names, Hammond, guitar and drums and this
recording captures the same energy found at their live gigs. Cool, rough around the edges and there are hardly
any other jazz trios to compare them with. Available now on CD and coming soon.....the vinyl addition!
Wouter Planteijdt - Bullhorn II
Wouter Planteijdt geniet bij meerdere generaties bekendheid als gitarist/zanger, componist en producer. Met zijn band Sjako! behoorde hij in de jaren ’80 en ’90 tot de harde kern van de Neder-landse alternatieve rockscene en bracht hij de gitaarliefhebbers in vervoering met zijn dwarse en opwindende stijl. Als sessiemuzikant speelde hij met een illustere rij sterren, waaronder Hans Dul-fer, Maarten van Rozendaal, Bob Fosko en recenter met Sanne Wallis de Vries en Paul de Munnik.
Voor zijn recente solo-werk formeerde Wouter Planteijdt een driemansformatie met Gerco Aerts op contrabas en Mischa Porte op drums en achtergrondzang. Met hen nam hij in 2019 het album ‘Bullhorn’ op vol beheerste Americana en nu is er ‘Bullhorn II’, waarbij de band werd bijgestaan door een stoet aan gastmuzikanten. Dat leidde tot een kleurrijker album dan de ingetogen eerste-ling, al voert de ambachtelijke sound van het trio ook hier de boventoon. Planteijdt schreef de songs van het nieuwe album nadat de lockdown van 2020 een tournee met Sanne Wallis de Vries en een studioproject met Paul de Munnik onmogelijk had gemaakt. Er restte hem weinig anders dan nieuw materiaal te schrijven en voor hij het wist ‘lazerden de lied-jes uit het spreekwoordelijke plafond’.
Ditmaal schreef Planteijdt ook blazers arrangementen die werden uitgevoerd door Jan Kooper en Bert Boeren. Jazzpianist Leo Bouwmeester droeg bij aan een aantal songs, waarna JB Meijers pedal steel-, dobro- en banjo partijen toevoegde, Kim Snelten mondharmonica speelde, Monique Klemann en Jeroen den Hengst de achtergrondzang van Mischa Porte aanvulden en Rudi de Graaff een doos percussie instrumenten leegschudde bij de microfoon. Tijdens het mixen voegde Wouter daar zelf nog sound uit de M-Tron aan toe en speelde hij naar eigen zeggen ‘een verdienstelijke ukelele’.
Toen pas was de plaat klaar en kon Frans Hendriks ‘Bullhorn II’ gaan masteren. Van het album verschenen reeds twee singles. Voor ‘Baby It’s You’ en ‘Nightly Racketeers’ maak-te regisseur Mark Limburg prachtige video’s. De derde single ‘I Lost It’, een cover van Lucinda Williams’ origineel werd op 28 januari van dit jaar uitgebracht. Op deze live gespeelde tracks (‘Love Sick’ van Bob Dylan verscheen diezelfde dag als ‘b-kantje’), werd Wouter bijgestaan door niemand minder dan Pablo van de Poel van Dewolff op gitaar en zang en Govert van der Kolm op Hammond orgel. Ook van deze sessie schoot Mark Limburg mooie beelden. Onderstaande link opent ‘Love Sick’, een hoogstaande performance van het hele gezelschap: https://youtu.be/oYiX0bvMBvk
Het album ‘Bullhorn II’ verschijnt op 4 maart bij Zip Records, later in het jaar ook op vinyl. De tournee van Wouter Planteijdt en band begint in maart. Kijk op https://planteijdt.nl voor tourdata in de buurt.
Nooit uitgebrachte CD van LoisLane met hun favoriete ABBA-liedjes ook met Karaoke versies
All For Free
Live & Learn
Cards
Status Quo
Safe House
All In Your Head
Elevate
Under The Mangotree
I’m Able
Underneath The Surface
What I’m Made Of
We Have It All
Is This Love
biography
The U.S. debut of one of Holland’s most beloved singers is imminent. Perhaps best described as a “singer/soul writer”, Sabrina Starke has the sound, look and feel of a truly international talent and her music is universal and genre bending.
Sabrina Starke's latest album ‘Sabrina Starke’, first released on September 25th of 2015 in the Netherlands, (Zip Records) is her most personal album so far. The themes she writes about are self-awareness and dreams as she looks critically at herself and the world we live in. “Sabrina Stake’ is the fourth full length of her career, but the first album she has produced herself and one which marks a huge development in her musical development. It sounds like her lifetime dreams have come true.
Born in Paramaribo, Suriname, she now resides in Rotterdam, Netherlands. The album "Sabrina Starke" references Nina Simone, Bill Withers and Tracy Chapman as its sources of inspiration. It is funky, soulful, moving, sumptuous, delightful and one of those rare albums that can be enjoyed on a Saturday night or a Sunday morning.
Winning a prestigious talent award in Amsterdam in 2006, Sabrina was invited to perform at the Apollo Theater in New York that same year. This became the springboard for her debut album and hit single “Do For Love” (2008). The album was released by Blue Note/EMI and remained in the album charts for 52 consecutive weeks and achieved Platinum status. Two years after the release of ‘Yellow Brick Road”, Starke’s successful second album “Bags & Suitcases” came out. Recorded in Miami and produced by Pete Wallace (Pink, Herbie Hancock), this was followed by the album “Outside the Box” and “The Songs of Bill Withers” (awarded “Best Album of 2013” by Radio 6 in Holland).
“Sabrina Starke” (Zip Records 2016) continues her musical and thematic path with some of the same soulful elements as always, but also a refreshing update of her love for funky beats and inspirational lyrics. When released in the Netherlands in late 2015, the album immeditely went high up in the carts (#11). In March 2016, it re-entered the charts and continues to be one of the top sellers in its category in the Benelux countries of Europe.
A regular at the prestigious North Sea Jazz Festival, Sabrina was the first Dutch artist to be selected for the summer 2016 event.
Sabrina and her band will be engaged in a tour of the U.S. east coast in the days immediately following the release date. These will occur between June 8 and June 13 and radio ads are planned for April and May throughout the US.
Publicity by the Planetary Group (Los Angeles) will round out the initial promotion for Sabrina Starke’s introduction to U.S. audiences. This will include radio, print and internet mediums as well as tour publicity in the various east coast markets.
Past releases
Colin Blunstone "On the Air Tonight" - The lead singer of the famous UK band "The Zombies", this is the latest release by Blunstone and contains the sweet voice and pop sensibilities we come to expect. Released by Zip Records for the US, this edition is now available by mail anywhere you live.
Condition: used
Monokino - Fake Virtue
Condition: sealed
Fake Virtue was the first collaboration by Amsterdam's George van Wettering (Monokino) and Zip Records. Probably best described as electro pop, the album achieved great success in not only the Netherlands, but also China and the United States. There are not many of these CD's in circulation - get one now, or forever hold your peace!
Tracks:
Living for the Chase
Follow
Melissa
For the Summer
Hard Syncer
Their End
Rebuilding the Wall
Outrun
So Street Caught in a Dream
Eurosonic
One of the finest Swedish psychedelic surf pop bands of all time! Safari Season are still alive and well but it can be debated that their initial release was their best. These copies are so hard to find that even we searched under rocks and rivers to find the last ones. If you want a cheaper alternative to sample the Safari Season sound, we also have the six song sampler (paper sleeve) called " Growing Young".
Condition: sleeve, open, used conditcion
Mary Lee's Corvette - A super set of songs by the New York singer/songwriter best known for her tribute album "Blood on the Tracks". The songs on the Zip Records album were not only originals, but some of the tracks were co-written and produced by another Zip Records regular - Steve Butler of Smash Palace and Rogers & Butler. This is not just for collectors - the songs make a purchase more than worth it.
Little Red Snapper - Morning Light
Condition: opened/used condition
Lovely songs by lead singer Torben Freytag of Swedish band "Dorian Gray"(also on Zip). Introspective and charming these tracks harken back to the golden days of Swedish guitar music. This CD was a popular one for Zip and highly recommended.
Tracks:
1 In Every Page
2 Free Birds
3 Danced One Summer
4 Still a Stranger
5 Faded Memory
6 Call Me on Tuesday
7 Lucky Man
8 The Worst of the Best
9 Life as It Is
10 Misery
11 Cold Shines the Neon Lights
Mark DeCerbo & Four Eyes - Baby's Not in the Mood
Condition: sealed
This is an album by one of San Diego's unsung guitar pop heroes. Classic melodic songs with a 70's vibe - you will note a west coast vibe to the album - goes down nicely with a gin & tonic on the veranda. If Crowded House lived in Pacific Beach - this is their sound.
Tracks:
CD Ana Vana Condition: sealed
Ana Vana - An obscure gem! Fronted by an accomplished present day Broadway piano accompanist but led by the musical skills of Ian Bouras, New York's now forgotten Ana Vana will be remembered by these twelve dazzling songs. A mixture of world music, rock, pop, and reggae, there is no other way to hear this exciting music than through these CD's. Available in two " editions" - the 2004 twelve track (jewel box) or the even rarer six track one (paper sleeve). Get ' em while they last!
The lead singer with two other Zip bands (Dorian Gray and Little Red Snapper), this is the only solo recording and represents the last of the line with Zip Records. "Danced one Summer " continues to be a Swedish pop favorite and although a swan song for Freytag, represents some of his finest songwriting he did over a 15 year career.
Spiegel im Spiegel - Marcus Hagemann and Christian Schmidt.
The first of three classical releases by Zip Records, this cello and piano recording is for all tastes and sensibilities. Compositions by Arvo Part and Beethoven appear to be the most popular pieces and this original compact disc offering won't last long. Demand has almost outstripped supply and this album bears repeating.....and repeating.
This five song EP (2018) is the latest in a series of Smash Palace releases on Zip Records. Classic guitar pop and includes the likes of Fran Smith (The Hooters) and Cliff Hillis. With every successful title Smash Palace ramps up the quality and if you are looking for an introduction to this Philadelphia area band, there is no better place to look.
The one and only album by Australian singer-songwriter Gary Pearson. Featured on Tori Spelling’s Reality Show on MTV
CD condition - opened
Complicated
Afterglow
So Off Screen
1000 Mile Stare
Panaphobia
The Cypress Pine
Brett’s Song
Butterflies
Don’t Leave Me Alone
Closer to Fine
Smile
2001
From the middle period of The Virtues, another outstanding release. With Per Berqvist on vocals, the quartet shows us how to make "hard pop" like the Swede's do so well. Outside of Sweden, this title is a rarity. There is "classic rock" and there is "classic pop" - Ruminate is the best of both.
Debutalbum Kensington - Borders / 2010
Tracks:
Let Go
Youth
I Was Too Scared
All That I Know
When It All Falls Down
The Heart Of It
So Am I
Waiting For A Sign
Franklin Exits
Not As Bright
What's Gotten Into Us?
Friendly Fire
Thieves And Murderers
Angela Moyra - Fickle Island (CD) 2014
Condition: opened
Angela Moyra " Fickle Island" - One of the most successful albums on Zip Records, the compact disc is becoming harder and harder to locate. These precious copies were luckily returned to Zip from our US distributor and represent the only full length album by Moyra to date. In addition to " Nothing Lasts", this title was discovered by Starbucks in 2015 and became the accompaniment to millions of Frappuccinos around the world! The album on Spotify has more then 5 million streams.
Tracks:
Nothing Lasts
Emma’s Island 02:29 ISRC: NL-R27-13-01002
Fickle
I Won’t Stop
Draw A Picture
Hati Sakit
Little Town By The Sea
Bubbalu
Sand In My Mouth
Poppin’
Who Knows Tomorrow
Your Name / My Name
TAMY - "Caieira" - The one and only release by Zip Records of an artist from Brazil. Introduced to us by a music manager in Rio de Janeiro, it was love at first hearing. Tamy sings in the typically romantic bossa nova rhythm and we challenge anyone not to fall in love with the style and sounds of "Caieira". This is a CD which we are expecting to fly out the door so be quick about ordering - this is a title to own and cherish. The same title is also available in Brazil.
CD A Balladeer - Where Are You Bambi Woods / 2008
Condition: New
A Balladeer - Copies of this title are rarer than a cloudless summer in Amsterdam. Spearheaded by Marinus de Goederen, most of the copies of this album ended up in circulation in the United States. Lauded by critics and containing several successful singles, this title is getting more hard to find every day.
Tracks:
Plan B
Jesus Doesn't Love Me
When Dean Was The Man (And Monroe Always Smiled)
Nightmare On Elm Street
Oh, California
Mary Had A Secret
Superman Can't Move His Legs
Poster Child
Welcome To Vegas
Alright, Mr. DeMille
Where Are You, Bambi Woods?
America, America
Daddy Was A Driver
Condition: sealed
What could be better than spaghetti western music by a Bologna, Italy foursome?
Dakota Girls is the inspiration of Mauricio Guidoni and represents a unique Euro take on the Colexico/Giant Sand sound. A bit quirky but quite fun.
From Perth, Australia, the sublime duo "Showbag!" (together with backing band) released this single on Zip Australia around 2006. "Never Get There" was a single off of their EP and these obscure copies also contain 3 ever more rare b-sides.
The Package - Bay Area producer Jeff Henderson's seminal release and the first legitimate hip hop recording ever released by Zip Records. Strong beats and a huge heaping of old school with a smattering of new school (as of 2000's period). A San Francisco aural treat and unfortunately one that went a bit under the radar upon release.
Condition: sealed
The only Danish band on Zip Records, Loopy were the model for cool Scandinavian pop-rock music. We have 3 precious copies remaining of this hard to find title. The best thing of all is the fact that these sealed copies have a price sticker from the defunct Tower Records.
A gem from a Madrid, Spain female fronted pop band! We love all the Zip titles, but this one is still one of the all time favorites. The band broke up soon after the album came out so it suffered quite a bit commercially. It is the essence of "indie-pop" - a wee bit of a Spanish accent thrown in which makes the songs extra endearing. Perhaps the sound can be summed up as "charming". Obviously difficult to find....don't delay with this one!
CD Jelka van Houten - Hard Place For a Dreamer / 2015
Condition: opened
Actress and singer Jelka van Houten's debut full length album is chock full of Americana and C & W flavored songs. Produced by another Zip artist - Wouter Planteijdt, this is a pretty album by a pretty damn great singer-songwriter.
Tracks:
Time Flies
Hard Place for a Dreamer
I Couldn't Care Less
Instantly
There's No Place Like Home
Postcard
Give Me an Isle
A Part of Me
The Nightingale
At the Roundhouse
Good Friends
All in Time
Mother James "Stomping Grounds" - This is by a Swedish singer-songwriter and is probably the most obscure title in the history of Zip Records. It was feared that upon the release of this album, the artist packed it in and moved to Tierra del Fuego. Released in 2008, it says "Zip Records" on the packaging so it must have been ours. Anyone interested in this one? Any Mother James fans out there?
P76 - "Sunliner" EP - A five track CD by Australia's surf pop trio P76. This find contains THREE hits - including " Heading Straight for the Sun". Exquisite artwork and the sound of summer, this release represents a proud moment in the Australian life of Zip Records. It is full of crunchy guitars and chord changes unique to P76 When this one is gone....it is gone.
Another band from Portsmouth UK, Autons was a trio of musical masterminds who would be champions of their genre (electro-pop) in a perfect world. Infectious songs were their forte and twelve years after its release, we still have a few copies of one of their two masterpieces. This sealed CD can be yours for the asking.
The latest and perhaps the greatest by Stockholm's melodic rock band who have a prolific connection with Zip Records. This is their fourth full length album - released in 2017 and containing 11 tracks that will have you on your feet in no time. The Virtues are unfortunately a bit underground in terms of popularity but don't let that sway you. With shades of Tom Petty, Kent and R.E.M., ALL titles by this band are essential for any collection of Swedish pop/rock.
Condition: opened / used
Tracklist
1 Ikey Mo–Evil Knievel
2Showbag!*–Bandy
3Superscope–Always Ok
4Spencer Tracy–Ocean
5The Chevelles–Girl God
6Autopilot (11)–I Love The Thought
7Halogen (3)–Walkaway
8Team Jedi (2)–Only If You Wanna
9Jack And The Beanstalk–She Does The Handclaps
10Mink (13)–Shines In Colours
11Cartman–Toone (She Was Right)
CD Anna by Anna Waronker / 2002
Condition: opened/used
One of L.A.'s first ladies of pop. Originally the lead singer of band "that dog" , this is a collectors album for lovers of layered and lush pop music. For sale here is the rare AUSTRALIAN (Zip Records Australia) release with a bonus film clip!
Tracks:
Love Story
I Wish You Well
Beautiful
Nothing Personal
John & Maria
All for You
Long Time Coming
Fortunes of Misfortune
How Do You Sleep?
Perfect Ten
A Hollow Daze
Eat Me Alive
CD Birgit - Het Grote Verlangen
Condition: unsealed
Birgit Schuurman - " Het Grote Verlangen" - Also a non Zip title but since Birgit is a longstanding member of the Zip roster, we are proud to make this title available to the world. Theater audiences will remember these songs in a traveling show of the same name and music fans will recognize the songs from the originators' versions in the pop pantheon of hits. This title comes in a stunning digi-pak and goes well with any meal or get together
Tracks:
Klein Beginnen
Just Hold Me
Unintended
Crazy In Love
Maybe This Time
The Thrill Is Gone
Beautiful Goodbye
First Episode At Hienton
Wild Is The Wind
Liefde Van Later
Dog Days Are Over
Mark DeCerbo "Sweet on the Vine" - This is the one and only album by San Diego's DeCerbo. When we heard the demos for this album, it was love at first hearing and represents well the "West Coast" pop sound. Although Mark may have hung up his guitar strap, he leaves behind a set of songs that stick in the head and linger longer than most examples of guitar pop. A classic that never made it to the big time.
Condition: used
There are several choices available to purchase the FIRST band to appear on Zip Records. This five piece Stockholm band was discovered in Los Angeles in 2000 by Zipper Art Herman. Produced by an infamous Swedish duo (The Merrymakers) at the Vibrafone Studio in Malmo, Dorian Gray are no longer but these songs represent the cream of the crop of Swedish pop during the early 2000's.
They don't make them like this anymore. From a "provincial city" in the Australian state of Victoria came the trio known as P76. They played that unique melodic surf/garage/pop like no other. These Zip Records Australia copies are pristine and are looking for a nice home!
Correspondence Music - " Volume 1" - One time Amsterdam resident Sam Wilson surprised everyone with these tasteful hip hop flavored tracks. Includes the single " Rain" and this 2011 album was all "she" wrote. No Volume 2 ever appeared so this CD is all you can find from Correspondence Music.
The debut by a Los Angeles urbanite who delves into the Living Color and D'Angelo school of "rock". The man behind the songs is Lon Sterling and he became known by Zip through a chance meeting at an LA club in 2007. We loved the songs then.... and we love 'em now. We anticipate that SOMEONE out there is looking for this!
Condition: sealed
"Hold this Girl" A real lost classic! Swedish singer Sanne Karlsson hooked up with some top local producers/songwriters to record an album of pop songs that will blow you away. Ever hear of " white soul"? Sanne had it ....and more. Available in jewel case or paper sleeve.
Smash Palace - Live at the Auction House
We are happy to report that this title is not available on Spotify. Exclusively available on this Zip Records CD, these songs bring the band into your living room as if they were standing in front of your sofa. Catchy as hell and with impeccable sound quality, this title comes with a 99.4% guarantee of aural satisfaction.
Thirst - Beautiful Bruise (single) - The date of release is uncertain (2001 perhaps) but this single contains two rare b-sides - " Tired Man" and "Canteen Supreme". thirst were an early and successful rock band from Portsmouth U.K. and ALL their physical releases are now rarities.
Thirst - " Collapse". Another rare single from UK's "thirst". In addition to "Collapse" , two B-sides are included ("Rain" and Testareone"). This one is from 2001.