Fall into the season with some new 45s! With prices starting at fifty cents a piece you can't lose, and with hundreds and hundreds of new 45s being put out, you are bound to find something up your alley!

Joining us on the decks for all 7-inch sets will be:

1pm: Primitive Sound System 
2pm: DJ Tasty Cakes 
3pm: Eddie Blenz
4pm: Jeff Marino (One & Nines)
6pm: Sunshine & The Rain

Fall 45 Bash! - November 12th, 2016

Absolutely no information to be found on this incredibly unique and fascinating 4-track EP by James Graves aka Dr. Graves. Not fast enough for techno, not clubby enough for house, not metallic enough for Industrial. Heavily layered and overdriven drum machines, sparse and distant samples. Minimal, thoughtful and personal. Who is Dr. Graves?

Emergency

Absolutely no information to be found on this incredibly unique and fascinating 4-track EP by James Graves aka Dr. Graves. Not fast enough for techno, not clubby enough for house, not metallic enough for Industrial. Heavily layered and overdriven drum machines, sparse and distant samples. Minimal, thoughtful, destroyed and highly personal. Who is Dr. Graves?

Robot

Gladiators

r.e.f.m. is Patti Smith, and Link Cromwell is Lenny Kaye, guitarist for the Patti Smith Group. "White Christmas" is exactly what it is - a shot but sweet recording of Patti singing this yultide classic, allegedly recorded by "The Runt" aka Todd Rundgren (who released an album titled "Runt" in 1970). "No Jestering" was recorded live in Eugene, Oregon in April of 1978. If you listen very carefully to the crowd banter in the beginning of this track, you can hear someone scream out requests for "Born To Run" (released in '75 by Bruce Springsteen, duh) and "Black Country Woman" (also released in 1975 by Led Zeppelin). Makes us wonder whether the date of this live recording was indeed 1978, three years after these two popular requests were released...

No Jestering

White Christmas

Bobby Konders is a Brooklyn-native who made his name spinning reggae and Carribbean music for Hot 97, as well as starting his own dancehall/reggae label Massive B in 1991. Konder continues to go strong as a riddim DJ, but in his early years he also managed to produce some incredibly fine house records. This particular release was released on the revolutionary NYC electronic dance label Nu Groove in 1990. Our personal favorite track is "The Poem," but what is so great about this EP is the diversity and quality of each song. Deep house, acid, dub, straight jacking house - all represented in top form!

Dub Massai Style - (Mark's Mix)

Massai Women

Let There Be House

Nervous Acid

The Poem

Version

Master Of The Universe (BW's F-W)

Thin Air

Love Inside Of Sound

Capriccio

Not particularly  "rare" but definitely obscure, and any cool group that reps the Garden State is worthy of our showcase. 

This 12" was found within a collection of import UK Garage tracks, which  makes sense considering that this is a UK reissue of an extremely rare Northern Soul release (of which Brits are quite fond of) from 1973 on Magnet Records, recorded right around the corner in Newark:

http://www.discogs.com/New-Jersey-Queens-Party-And-Dont-Worry-About-It/release/2216263

This track was produced by Bird Rollins, a NJ native bluesman and soulman who recorded a number of singles from the early 70's to the 80's. 

http://www.discogs.com/artist/788026-Bird-Rollins

It's nice to hear the extended version of this care-free, funky little tune, complete with the "funky granny" voice which was a bit of a fad in 70's funk at the time, perhaps made popular by the Ohio Players "Funky Worm."



Rare Find #10 - New Jersey Queens & Friends - Party And Don't Worry About It (Extended Version)

Skip Jackson & The Natural Experience - Micro Wave Boogie

You Say You Don't Love Me Still

My Telephone's Off The Hook

Take A Vacation

Old school house, progressive, breakbeat and rave!

Live Session Saturdays - July 5th, 2014 - DJ David Marshall

Extremely sought-after disco track from 1980, written by Blll Simmons of Midnight Star fame. This is only one of two releases known to be made off this label, which was likely based in NY or NJ. 

Full Body  – You Got To Dance (Instrumental)

Full Body - You Got To Dance (Vocal)

Randy used to work at the iconic record store/label Dope Jams in Ft. Greene, Brooklyn, until they were priced out the neighborhood by an insane increase store rental costs. Fortunately, the store - rennamed Preserved Instincts - still operates at their new location in Oak Hill, NY, where they continue to specialize in carrying the latest and best dance music, as well as their own reissues and represses of classic disco, club and house tracks under the label Slow To Speak. Randy currently works at Turntable Lab warehouse in DUMBO. 

Follow his mixes/exploits/gigs through these following resources:

www.nativeracket.com
www.soundcloud.com/ntvrktmix 
www.youtube.com/motivatedbyhate

Bookings: info@nativeracket.com 

Live Session Saturdays - September 27th, 2014 - Randy Delgado (Native Racket)

These three gentlemen take turns spinning a wide variety of sounds...soul, R&B, jazz, free jazz, electronic, hip-hop, downtempo, house, techno and more...

Ali Berger:

http://www.facebook.com/alibergermakesmusic
http://soundcloud.com/the_woof
http://aliberger.bandcamp.com

Randy Delgado (Native Racket):

www.nativeracket.com
www.soundcloud.com/ntvrktmix 
www.youtube.com/motivatedbyhate
Bookings: info@nativeracket.com

ReallyNathan:

https://www.facebook.com/reallynathan
http://reallynathan.tumblr.com/



Live Session Saturdays - January 17th, 2015 - Ali Berger, Randy Delgado & ReallyNathan

We LOVE 45s. I mean, we really love them. They're just so small and cute and colorful. But you know what they say - "if you love something, let it go." So for this Valentine's Day occasion, we're letting a lot of things go - including tons of newly-priced 45s from all genres, and scads of dollar 45 selections! Existing stock have been greatly reduced in price. Light refreshments will be served. 

And to provide a soundtrack to your digging, we've got the best local 7" specialists around, spinning all genres and flavors!

Grundle - 

https://www.mixcloud.com/IrisRecords/for-the-love-of-the-45-valentines-day-bash-february-14th-2015-grundle/

Todd-O-Phonic Todd - 

https://soundcloud.com/iris-records-jc/todd-o-phonic-todd?in=iris-records-jc/sets/for-the-love-of-the-45-valentines-day-bash-february-14th-2015

DJ Time Traveler - 

https://soundcloud.com/iris-records-jc/dj-time-traveler?in=iris-records-jc/sets/for-the-love-of-the-45-valentines-day-bash-february-14th-2015

Phast Phreddie the Boogaloo Omnibus - 

https://www.mixcloud.com/IrisRecords/for-the-love-of-the-45-valentines-day-bash-phast-phreddie-the-boogaloo-omnibus/

Andre' Mayes & Lateef Dameer - 

https://www.mixcloud.com/IrisRecords/for-the-love-of-the-45-valentines-day-bash-february-14th-2015-andre-mayes-lateef-dameer/ 

Porno (Maliq Griffin) & Mr. Len

https://www.mixcloud.com/IrisRecords/for-the-love-of-the-45-valentines-day-bash-february-14th-2015-porno-mr-len/

DJ Time Traveler

We are very pleased to host legendary Boston disco DJ/Producer/industry honcho Joseph Carvello at Iris to spin some records for us. Joey is a resident of Mobile Mondays, one of the best weekly parties in NYC. He also has another regular party starting on the 29th of May called "Body Boogie," located at The Black Rose in Alphabet City, Manhattan. 

To learn more about Joey, check out this great interview conducted by Red Bull Music Academy: 

http://www.redbullmusicacademy.com/magazine/joey-carvello-interview

"A 1st Generation Disco Deejay / Billboard Reporter 1974 . In 1978 Joey was awarded a BILLBOARD MAGAZINE DISCO DEEJAY OF THE YEAR / Boston. Also in 1978 he joined WARNER / RFC Records as East Coast Director Disco Promotion. While at RFC Joey was instrumental in launching Gino Soccio, Change, The Doobie Bros, Prince, and more onto and in most cases to the top of BILLBOARD MAGAZINES DANCE CHART .

In 1980 Joey became Music Director at the legendary KISS 108 in Boston. In 1989 Joey moved to NYC to become Atlantic Records Sr Director of Dance Music . During Joey’s 4 year stay at Atlantic and under his guidence he promoted numerous Artists to the top of the Dance and 12″ Sales Charts including Doug Lazy, En Vogue, Robin S, Steve Hurley and Jomanda. Joey signed several chart toppers to Atlantic including Little Louie, Marc Anthony and The Bingo Boys. 

In 1998 he advanced to VP TOP 40 / CROSSOVER PROMOTION at PRIORITY RECORDS, In 2001 Joey joined TVT Records as SR VP PROMOTION. Under Joey’s leadership he elevated the careers of Little Jon, The Eastside Boyz and Ying Yang Twins. Joey was also responsible for launching Pitbull securing him the foundation to “super stardom ” . While at TVT RECORDS he set the record for combined Airplay for an Independent which resulted in the record Album Sales since the inception of BDS /MEDIABASE/SOUNDSCAN . These records still stand today.

Joey has continued to stay active and relevant as the Co Founder / Consultant of Carvello Music Mngmnt and Upstream Music group both Independent Promotion Company’s and Independent Record Label."

Live Session Saturdays - May 16th, 2015 - Joey Carvello

SHAMANIC ETHNO INDUSTRIAL FUNK

www.futurejam.net
www.discogs.com/label/27279-Zeppelin-Recordings
www.discogs.com/artist/825639-Juju-Christian-Treuter

Tracklist:

Madame O & Ihre Kopffilmbande  (future jam)
LZ 132 - Untitled (zeppelin 06 / 1994)
Peter Christopherson / Coil / Baby Food (1992)
Vox Populi / Freaking at FFM ( half dead ganja music / 1987)
Alvaro / the Tongue (squeaky shoes)
Robert Wyatt / the Age of Self  (rough trade)
Mind Slums  (phantasma disques / 2014)
Modern Art (1982) 
Esplendor Geométrico / ultraphoon (geometrik / 2013)
Vitruvians  (zeppelin 11/ 2015)
Test Department / bang on it !
Twice ov Love (who´s that beat / 1989)
Felix Kubin / atomium vertigo (gagarin/ zick zack / 2014)
Hipnosis / Droid (Memix 1987)
Mater Suspiria Vision / foreign affair (MSV mindfuck remix)
DAF / sato sato (1981)
Ralf Endrass / sportraum (zeppelin 03 / 1995)
Final Program / soft geometry (1981)
Geile Tiere (Gee Bee Dee/ 1982)
Un.chained Rhythums 
Mater Suspiria Vision / Book of Eibon (2015)
Vainqueur / Lyot (Maurizio)
Current 93 / Skitliv / who will deliver us from gold & planets (cold sping / 2010)
Akongo / far away (future jam / 2015)
Elph / red scratch (Eskaton 03)

Live Session Saturdays - June 27th, 2015 - JuJu Christian (Zeppelin Recordings)

DJ Prestige

Dre once again wows and amazes with an eclectic, masterfully mixed all-45 set. 

JC Friday - June 3rd, 2016 - Andre Mayes

Eric Zolan - guitar
Matt Niedbalski - drums
Ben Rubens - bass

Live At Iris - September 25th, 2016

Live @ Iris - September 25th, 2016 - Eric Zolan Trio

Willie Joe And His Unitar - “Unitar Rock”  (Specialty cat. SP - 576 - 45)

Perrey - Kingsley - “Spooks In Space”  (Vanguard cat. VRS - 35051 (PromotionCopy / Not For Sale))

Raymond Scott - “Dorothea”  (Dot cat. 45 - 16567)

Boris Gardiner Happening - “Ghetto Funk”  (Leal cat. LP 004)

Kool & The Gang - “Chocolate Buttermilk”  (De-Lite Records cat. DE 529)

The X-Citers Unlimited - “Soul To Billie Joe”  (ABC Records cat. 45 - 11029)

Just Brothers - “Sliced Tomatoes”  (Music Merchant cat. MMA 103 (MS - 1010))

The Soul Brothers Six - “Let Me Do What We Ain’t Doin’”  (Phil-L.A. of Soul cat. 365)

Billy Guy & The Odds N’ Ends - “Lookin’ Like A Nut Nut”  (Sew City cat. SC 109 (For Promotional Use Only)) 

Clarence Reid - “Till I Get My Share”  (Alston cat. A - 4616)

Micki Lynn - “Sure Is Something”  (Revue cat. R - 11042)

Pat Stallings - “Everybody Knows”  (Paramount cat. PAA - 0166 (Promotional Copy / Not For Sale))

Black Lightning - “Trouble”  (MCA Records cat. MCA - 40219 (Promotional Copy / Not For Sale))

Chris Jones - “I’m The Man”  (Goodie Train cat. 008)

James Brown - “Talkin’ Loud And Saying Nothin’” Pt 1  (King cat. 45- P - 6359 (Guitar Mix))

Magnum - “Evolution”  (The Phoenix cat. 315)

Raw Image - “Go For Broke”  (Phil-L.A. of Soul cat. PH 373)

Domenico Modugno - “Questa E’ La Facciata B”  (RCA Italiana cat. PM 3574)

Maquina 2 - “Look Away Your Happiness”  (Diabolo cat. SN - 20 307 (Wht Lbl Promo w/Cover))

Carriage Company - “In Your Room”  (Ariola cat. 14 897)

Donny B. Waugh - “C’mon Everybody”  (United Artists cat. 35 086)

Simon Scott - “Move It Baby”  (Imperial cat. 66066 (Audition Record / Wht Lbl Promo)

Tennessee Ernie Ford - “Sixteen Tons”  (Capitol Records cat. 5425)

Gotham City Teens - “(Holy Holy) Ravioli”  (RMT Records cat. GT 1000 (Promotional Copy / Not For Sale))

Iris 45 Bash

Live Session Saturdays - November 12th, 2016 - Pat James Longo

Live Session Saturdays - November 12th, 2016 - DJ Tasty Cakes

https://www.discogs.com/sell/list?seller=eblenz13

Live Session Saturdays - November 12th, 2016 - Eddie Blenz

Live Session Saturdays - November 12th, 2016 - Jeff Marino

https://www.facebook.com/sunshineandtherain/

Live Session Saturdays - November 12th, 2016 - Sunshine & the Rain

First hour or so - Andy Plants, second hour Creestal...

https://www.facebook.com/wearecmjones/

Iris Records 

Live Session Saturdays - November 12th, 2016 - Creestal + Andy Plants

Come check out Sam Evian, the front man for Brooklyn-based Celestial Shores & accomplished solo artist---his debut LP was released on Saddle Creek this fall! He's playing WFMU's Monty Hall on the same night as our in-store, on the bill with Vagabond and SAD13. 

Stop by the shop at 3 PM for a free acoustic sampling of his stuff with Sam & band, along with some giveaways and a refreshment or two. Evian's music has been described as "his delicate falsetto...wounded and seductive, with dreamy guitars and twinkling keys." Of course this is a acoustic show with his band, so who knows what to expect? Stop by and hang with Iris.

Iris Records

Live At Iris - November 19th, 2016 - Sam Evian

JC Fridays took place all around Jersey City on March 4th, and Iris Records was proud to feature two friends of the shop performing acoustic: Jersey Beat's Jim Testa and Overlake's Tom Barrett. Enjoy their intimate performances in the old pharmacy on Brunswick Street...

JC Fridays-Iris Records 3/4/17 Jim Testa/Tom Barrett

Welcome to the Iris Kitchen Table on the road in Passaic NJ! On the eve of their 2017 US tour, Overlake members Tom, Lysa & Nick spoke with Steve about their  tour, influences & the future. Nearly 40 minutes of rock n roll chat.

At The Iris Kitchen Table...with Overlake!

Recorded at Iris Records, December 2, 2017. Thanks to Ryan Sy for post-production work. (Please note that there was absolutely NO bozo trend activity involved in this recording.)

Cosmic Al Plays Power Pop, Alt Pop, Pure Pop & Holiday Fun! (Yes, all that in one afternoon)

Live from Iris Records, March 3, 2018

HE'S BACK! It's another groovy edition of curated tunes from the infamous Cosmic Al. New wave, power pop, jangly stuff this time around! In his words: "from The Undertones To The Unknown Mortal Orchestra, whether it was released 40 years ago or 40 minutes ago, come kick it the new old-fashioned way with Cosmic Al."

Cosmic Al's New Wave Dance Party

Iris Records is proud to present an acoustic in-store performance from local fave, John Feuerbach (Desir Decir). Brendan Hartnett will also be on the tuneful bill.

Iris Presents John Feuerbach LIVE w/Brendan Hartnett

WFMU's Mike Sin spinning live at Iris Records!

Mike Sin - Live @ Iris Records -  May 12, 2018

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