• Top Shelf (16-song Japanese Mini-LP CD)

  Compact Disc (CD) + Digital Album

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  2021 Mini-LP CD initially released only to Japan.
  
  Features:
  
  • Otherwise unreleased track "You'd Be Surprised" unavailable on the "Top Shelf" digital release
  • Warm, vinyl-like mastering courtesy Grammy®-nominated engineer Jessica Thompson (Erroll Garner)
  • Slip sleeve paper jacket that looks and feels like a miniature version of the original LP
  • Reworked and expanded track list
  • 16-page full color booklet featuring bio, song list, and rare photos of Laura
  • Lyric sheet
  • Full color picture CD
  • Collectible Japanese obi strip
  • Resealable transparent outer sleeve
  
  Laura's very first release to Japan, "Top Shelf" received excellent reviews in "CD Journal," "Jazz Critique," "Jazz Japan," and "The Walker's" magazines. "Jazz Critique" reviewed the album twice in the same issue, declaring the album "irresistible for 1920s–1950s retro standard lovers." "CD Journal" (one of the top selling music magazines in Japan) described the album as a "modern day nostalgic story based on the jazz standards of the good old days."
  
  In America, a review of the import CD on the "Geoff Wilbur Music Blog" by Eric Harabadian (Down Beat) exploded in popularity and became the blog's most read review of all time. This review can be read at: geoffwilburmusic.com/2021/11/04/laura-ainsworth-top-shelf/
  
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  ABOUT MINI-LP CD'S: Mini-LP CD's are a long running format in the Japanese market that also have an international following. They are a true "best of both worlds" option for collectors because they offer authentic LP packaging along with high quality digital sound. They are also an excellent space-saving option, taking up less than half the space of a regular jewel case or Digipak CD.
  
  Includes unlimited streaming of Top Shelf (compilation) via the free Bandcamp app, plus high-quality download in MP3, FLAC and more. ... more
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• Top Shelf (10-song 180g LP)

  Record/Vinyl + Digital Album

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  LIMITIED QUANTITY! The original 10-song, 180g heavyweight vinyl LP, released in 2017 one week before the release of Laura's third album, "New Vintage."
  
  "Top Shelf" was originally an LP-only release intended to present Laura's music to the emerging vinyl market. The album made its way to Japan in 2019 and was reviewed positively in "Jazz Life" magazine, which led to Japanese record store chain Disk Union picking up the album for distribution. Ratspack Records took over Japanese distribution of "Top Shelf" in 2020, and released an expanded edition on mini-LP CD in September 2021.
  
  LP track list is below:
  
  Side 1:
  1. Love For Sale
  2. An Occasional Man
  3. Necessary Evil
  4. Just Give Me A Man
  5. Hooray For Love
  
  Side 2:
  1. That's How I Got My Start
  2. Out Of This World
  3. That's The Kind Of Guy I Dream Of
  4. Wasting My Love On You
  5. Skylark
  
  Tracks S1 1, S2 3, 5 from "Keep It To Yourself" (2011)
  Tracks S1 3, 4, 5, S2 2 from "Necessary Evil" (2013)
  Tracks S1 2, S2 1, 4 from "New Vintage" (2017)
  
  Includes unlimited streaming of Top Shelf (compilation) via the free Bandcamp app, plus high-quality download in MP3, FLAC and more. ... more
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  edition of 300 

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  Buy Record/Vinyl   $29.98 USD or more 

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• Digital Track

  Streaming + Download

  Includes unlimited streaming via the free Bandcamp app, plus high-quality download in MP3, FLAC and more.
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  Buy Digital Track   $1.10 USD  or more

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