GOING UP (2025 REMASTERED VERSION)

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SKU	140912
Artist	THE RAH BAND
Title	GOING UP (2025 REMASTERED VERSION)
Label	SHOCK MUSIC
Catalog #	SHOCKLP002
Tag	Disco
Release	W 42 - 2025
Format	Vinyl - EULP
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€ 24,99	incl. VAT, excl. shipping

Tracks

messages from the stars (album mix)
THE RAH BAND
https://objectstore.true.nl/rushhourrecords:files/tracks/s/shocklp002_going_up_2025_remastered_version/master_01-the_rah_band-messages_from_the_stars_album_mix_shocklp002.mp3
roll me down to rio
THE RAH BAND
https://objectstore.true.nl/rushhourrecords:files/tracks/s/shocklp002_going_up_2025_remastered_version/master_02-the_rah_band-roll_me_down_to_rio_album_mix_shocklp002.mp3
perfumed garden (with scented strings)
THE RAH BAND
https://objectstore.true.nl/rushhourrecords:files/tracks/s/shocklp002_going_up_2025_remastered_version/master_03-the_rah_band-perfumed_garden_with_scented_strings_album_mix_shocklp002.mp3
hunger for your jungle love '83
THE RAH BAND
https://objectstore.true.nl/rushhourrecords:files/tracks/s/shocklp002_going_up_2025_remastered_version/master_04-the_rah_band-hunger_for_your_jungle_love_83_shocklp002.mp3
sam the samba man
THE RAH BAND
https://objectstore.true.nl/rushhourrecords:files/tracks/s/shocklp002_going_up_2025_remastered_version/master_05-the_rah_band-sam_the_samba_man_album_mix_aka_7_mix_shocklp002.mp3
winter love
THE RAH BAND
https://objectstore.true.nl/rushhourrecords:files/tracks/s/shocklp002_going_up_2025_remastered_version/master_06-the_rah_band-winter_love_album_mix_shocklp002.mp3
tears and rain
THE RAH BAND
https://objectstore.true.nl/rushhourrecords:files/tracks/s/shocklp002_going_up_2025_remastered_version/master_07-the_rah_band-tears_and_rain_album_mix_shocklp002.mp3
two bodies
THE RAH BAND
https://objectstore.true.nl/rushhourrecords:files/tracks/s/shocklp002_going_up_2025_remastered_version/master_08-the_rah_band-two_bodies.wav_shocklp002.mp3
party games
THE RAH BAND
https://objectstore.true.nl/rushhourrecords:files/tracks/s/shocklp002_going_up_2025_remastered_version/master_09-the_rah_band-party_games_album_mix_shocklp002.mp3
riding on a fantasy
THE RAH BAND
https://objectstore.true.nl/rushhourrecords:files/tracks/s/shocklp002_going_up_2025_remastered_version/master_10-the_rah_band-riding_on_a_fantasy_album_vocal_mix_shocklp002.mp3

Description

Going Up, originally released in 1983, is one of the most curious and enduring records from British studio mavericks The RAH Band. Long out of print, it now sees its first ever vinyl reissue courtesy of Shocking Music and Rush Hour.

Led by super-producer, arranger, and multi-instrumentalist Richard Anthony Hewson, The RAH Band has always existed just outside the mainstream. Blending jazz-funk, sci-fi synth pop, and cosmic lounge, their sound never quite fit the mould. That might explain the cult status they’ve held ever since. Beloved by Balearic heads, rare groove collectors, and adventurous synth diggers, Going Up is perhaps their most influential record.

At the centre of it all is the intro track “Messages From The Stars”, the band’s runaway cosmic hit. A spacey, retro-futurist groove that has become a viral favourite in recent years, it now boasts hundreds of millions of streams, with a new generation discovering it through TikTok and YouTube. But it was originally just one track on this understated 1983 album.

The rest of Going Up is just as compelling, filled with dusty drum machines, off-kilter instrumentals, woozy vocals, and that unmistakable early '80s charm. It is a snapshot of a band in transition, blurring the lines between leftfield pop, sci-fi funk, and home-brewed synth experiments.

Out of print for over 40 years, Going Up finally gets the reissue treatment it deserves. Restored and remastered, and still sounding like nothing else.