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Grateful Dead announce Dave's Picks Volume 8

The Grateful Dead have announced the release of the latest in David Lemieux's Dave's Picks series. This series has done a fantastic job of carrying on where the now legendary Dick's Picks series left off. Dave's Picks 7 was an absolutely cracking release so this one will have a lot to live up to but with the wealth of quality material in the GD vaults I'm sure it can be done. Volume 8 will be a complete show from the Fox Theatre, Atlanta, GA, 30/11/80. I have long been a big Dead fan and so I am looking forward to this very much. I love hearing new releases from the Grateful Dead live vaults., some are better than others sure but that is part of the appeal that they are all so different and there are always gems to find on each release. This is available to pre-order from The Grateful Deads website (link below) and should be shipping November 1st. These are bound to sell out so be quick if you want a physical copy or you could end up being charged ridiculous amounts by unscrupulous dealers. 

      Grateful Dead's Website

http://www.dead.net/

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Southern Lord to release 2 CD reissue of Poison Idea's Kings Of Punk

One of my all time favourite bands Poison Idea are getting the reissue treatment yet again from Southern Lord Records. After previously reissuing the albums Darby Crash Rides Again and The Fatal Erection Years Southern Lord will now reissue Kings Of Punk with bonus added live sets on a 2 disc album. I'm looking forward to hearing these live sets, the album of course is dynamite and everyone should own it but that goes without saying... its Poison Idea. This release has been christened "The Bloated Edition" and will be released in North America on the 26th November.

Poison Idea's Facebook page: 

 https://www.facebook.com/pages/Poison-Idea-Official-/366089496806858

Southern Lord Recordings website:  

http://www.southernlord.com/

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Black Flag Live In Detroit '86

Here is the last ever show of the original Black Flag recorded in Detroit Michigan in 1986. This features the line up of Greg Ginn on guitar, Henry Rollins on vocals, C'el Revuelta on bass and Anthony Martinez on drums. This for me is such an underated line up of Black Flag's it's a shame they did not record so more people could have heard them. The bootlegs from this period are great and they really bring the In My Head material to life. There is an absolutely scorching version of In My Head by this line up on Youtube here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bKX3k92tKaA This is a great quality recording and I have re-tagged all the tracks correctly as there were a few errors in the original bootleg. I would have loved to have heard what an album with these guys on would have sounded like but alas it was not to be as a couple of months after this show Black Flag were no more. From a historical perspective this is obviously a very important show being their last but aside from that it's just a great gig so enjoy..

Download Here

http://www.mediafire.com/folder/vkqj4mk7isk5i/Black_Flag%2C_Detroit_86

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Coffins/ Noothgrush Split

One of my favourite bands Noothgrush will be releasing new material on a split album with Tokyo death doomers Coffins which has been earmarked for a November release. I cant wait to hear this, it will be the first new release from Noothgrush since they reformed in 2011 and they have long been a favourite of mine, their recent live shows have been phenomenal. Coffins are a great heavy, crushing band also so this will be a top quality release, which as it is being released by Southern Lord Records is no surprise. Surely this must be the best record company around right now, everything they release seems to be top notch. An SST for the 21st century perhaps?  Keep your eyes peeled for this one as I'm sure its going to be great...and extremely heavy.

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Peter Green's Fleetwood Mac - I've Got A Mind To Give Up Living All Over Again, New Orleans 31/01/70

Now here is something really special. I'm not even going to try and describe this for you as you just need to hear it for yourself. Lets just say this is Peter Green at his absolute best, the first time I heard this the hairs stood up on end all over my body and it still gets me every time even now. Recorded in New Orleans in 1970 this is probably in my opinion the most amazing thing I have ever heard played on a guitar, check it out and let me know what you think...

Download Here 

http://www.mediafire.com/download/7ct4b3jkckbb3gs/I've_Got_A_Mind_To_Give_Up_Living_All_Over_Again.mp3

Some fantastic footage of The Rev. Gary Davis playing one of my favourite songs and the origin of this Blog's name Death Don't Have No Mercy. This comes courtesy of Live Leak, check it out and enjoy as this is really something else...

Windhand announce European tour

Richmond Va. doomsters Windhand have announced details of a European tour. I'm definitely going to check these guys out live, their split with Cough earlier this year was one of my favourite recent releases. You can check out both sides of the split on Bandcamp here: http://windhandva.bandcamp.com/album/cough-windhand-reflection-of-the-negative

Here are the dates -

01/11 - Klinker, Aarschot (Belgium) w/Weedeater
02/11 - Mudfest, Venlo (Netherlands)
05/11 - Star and Garter, Manchester (UK)
06/11 - Our Black Heart, London (UK)
08/11 - Rocksound, Barcelona (Spain)
09/11 - Rock and Pop, Madrid (Spain)
15/11 - Sentinel Rockbar, Bilbao (Spain)
16/11 - Truckstop Alaska, Gothenberg (Sweden)
17/11 - KB18, Copenhagen (Denmark)
18/11 - Rote Flora, Hamburg (Germany)
19/11 - Cassiopeia, Berlin (Germany)
20/11 - Zoro, Leipzig (Germany)
21/11 - Arena, Vienna (Austria)
22/11 - Donaustubel, Gunzburg (Germany)
23 -11 - MTC, Cologne (Germany)
24 -11 - OCCII, Amsterdam (Netherlands)

You can also get a taster of their new album 'Soma' which is due out on Sept. 17 here:

http://windhandva.bandcamp.com/releases