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V/A “Our Lives Are Shaped By What We Love: Motown’s Mowest Story 1971-1973″ OUT NOW!

Tuesday, June 14th, 2011

Oh yeah, just in time for Summer, we give you the much-anticipated Our Lives Are Shaped By What We Love: Motown’s Mowest Story 1971-1973! Available NOW! This release, the first ever Mowest anthology, features 16 tracks–with lovingly re-mastered audio (from the original tapes!)–and extensive liner notes by Kevin “Sipreano” Howes with rare photos. The deluxe 2xLP set is housed in an old-school gatefold Stoughton “tip-on” jacket (with a 4-page insert), as it should be.  And the CD edition gets the same treatment with a heavy card-stock Digipak and a 32-page booklet! Featuring Odyssey, Syreeta, The Sisters Love, Frankie Valli & The Four Seasons, The Commodores, and more, this is a slice of Motown like you’ve never heard before.

For more info, audio samples, and to order v/a Our Lives Are Shaped By What We Love: Motown’s Mowest Story 1971-1973 (LITA 064 CD | 2xLP) click HERE!

****Pssst! – there’s more…****

To celebrate the release, we’re offering one free copy of either the 2xLP set or the CD to a lucky winner. To enter the contest, follow us on Twitter and tweet some love, along with your name, our way. This Thursday, June 16th at 12PM PST, we’ll announce the winner via Twitter. So keep them eyes peeled!

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LIGHT IN THE ATTIC CANADA, REJOICE, SIPREANO SPINS THIS WEEKEND

Wednesday, March 4th, 2009

Kevin Howes a.k.a. Sipreano is master of many trades: writing (have you seen the Jamaica to Toronto liner notes), musical knowledge (the man is a steel trap of information), and of course, of course, knocking down the house with a monster DJ set of some of the rarest, most untapped cuts.

Well, Sipreano is gearing up to bring down the house again this weekend and he wanted us to pass along the information.  So, looksie down below, ’cause that’s where the information is.  Feel lucky Canada, you’ve got a real treasure in your midst:

Host:
Sipreano and DJ Body Beautiful

Start Time:
Sunday, March 8, 2009 at 8:30pm

End Time:
Monday, March 9, 2009 at 2:30am

Location:
The Ossington

Street:
61 Ossington Avenue

City/Town:
Toronto, ON
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SAD NEWS FROM SIPREANO

Tuesday, March 4th, 2008

Our good friend Sipreano just sent over this tragic news:

THE SCOTTY HARD TRUST

Hey folks,

Yer good pal Sipreano here. Just got back from NYC and heard some very tragic news that needs to be shared. Musician, engineer, and all round good force Scott Harding (aka Scotty Hard) was seriously injured in a hit-and-run coming home from the studio on February 15, fracturing his clavicle, rib, shoulder blade, and back, including a catastrophic fracture of his T5 vertebrae, which crushed his spinal chord. Unfortunately, this Canadian ex-pat has no health insurance and will be faced with a monstrous hospital bill by the end of his stay. Scott has been a big supporter of my work with Light In The Attic and has touched many over the years with his open heart and deft musical touch. Here’s a link to a website set up by his pals where you can give this brother a much needed hand (including details of a March 19 benefit concert in New York).

http://www.scottyhard.com/

All the best,
Sip

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SUMMER SOUND IN CANADA ENTERED IN TO REGGAE FILM FESTIVAL 2008

Monday, January 28th, 2008

Summer Records Anthology is a great album of music.  An amazing chronicle of one of the great producers in music history and the fantastic stable of musicians he inspired to create amazing music.  For those of you who purchased the dual-disc, you’ll know that Sipreano, our all-knowing music brain in Canada, worked his little ass off to put together a documentary about the great Jerry Brown (founder of Summer Records) and the creation of his musical legacy.  It’s a wonderful film filled with great archival footage and some bad-ass interviews with Mr. Brown himself (you can view it HERE, HERE, and HERE).Thus, it’s our pleasure to spread the good word that Sipreano (and all the others who worked like dogs to get this put together) have entered the film, and had it accepted, in the 2008 Reggae Film Festival to be held in one Kingston, Jamaica.  The festival’s sole goal is to celebrate, well, films about reggae (many of which have never even been shown in Jamaica) and give folks a chance to learn about the artists and culture behind this impressive collection of old and new films.

It’s still pretty raw, but the Jamaica Film Academy website at least gives a little info on what’s playing and when.

Again, congrats Sipreano, you’ve done us proud!

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Sad News From London

Tuesday, December 18th, 2007

Our good friend Sipreano sent over this saddening news story this morning:

“Alton Ellis, the man acclaimed as ‘The Godfather of Rocksteady’, has, for several weeks now, been in hospital in London undergoing treatment for cancer of the lymph glands and is scheduled to start chemotherapy soon. ”

Alton Ellis is one of the great figures in reggae and has played alongside some of the all-time legends. He is Noel Ellis’ father and appears on our very first Jamaica to Toronto release Wayne McGhie and The Sounds of Joy. In the words of The Observer’s Basil Walters:

“Alton Neamiah Ellis was born 63 years ago and is regarded as one of Jamaica’s finest musical treasures for almost 50 years.”

Read the whole story HERE.

So, during all the joy and happiness of the holiday season, make sure you keep Mr. Alton Ellis in your thoughts and prayers.

Everyone here at Light In The Attic surely is.

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AROUND THE OFFICE: Sipreano

Monday, September 24th, 2007

We received such a positive response from last week’s “celebrity” edition of Around the Office (featuring Bob Husak, drummer for The Blakes) we decided to extend our little arms to see if we could wrangle other known entities to tell us what they’re watching, listening to, smoking, high-fiving, etcetera, etcetera. We baited our hooks with false hopes of fame and fortune, and threw out our lines

And it worked. This weeks Around the Office was submitted by Canadian renaissance man, Sipreano. He’s the mastermind behind our absolutely awesome Jamaica to Toronto series (the whole thing), a former writer for Vancouver’s Georgia Straight weekly, an avid (see: obsessive) music collector and historian, and a local DJ. On top of all that our resident office compliment-giver Kate Peterson claims, he’s “very nice.”

Enjoy.

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What Sipreano’s Feeling?

Black Mountain and Jamaica to Toronto live at Pop Montreal, October 3rd – 7th, biking, haircuts, AKG K 324 headphones, making burritos (not grilled), Paragon country, drawings by Robert Dayton, photos by Kelly Claude Nairn, Chris Frey, and Chris Gergley, Dexys Midnight Runners – Searching For The Young Soul Rebels look, scanning archival images, future jamming, 1777rex…

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The Shit that Sipreano’s Been Digging

Monday, June 26th, 2006

The DJ/producer/journalist/historian dude who put together the “Jamaica to Toronto” anthology and seven album series

1) Hon’s Robson Exclusive Vegetarian Menu
2) The Book Of Lists (Vancouver band, forthcoming 7″ on 1965 Records)
3) Grant Street Awesome Party backyard eats/jams
4) Voluntary In Nature mix
5) Mashmakhan on Festival Express DVD
6) Clash – Combat Rock CD (non-single album tracks: “Red Angel Dragnet”, “Overpowered By Funk”, “Atom Tan”)
7) Black Mountain “Voices” 7″ into Depeche Mode “Leave In Silence” 12″ at the Ladyhawk CD/LP release party!!!
8) Force Of Nature – III
9) Winston Holmes – “Cocaine Doctor” 7″ (I NEED THIS!!! HOLLER!!!)
10) Jamaica To Toronto live in Toronto, July 15 at Harbourfront Centre

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