Hi-Speed Soul to reissue landmark 1990s album Gentlemen on vinyl

The Afghan Whigs’ landmark album 'Gentlemen' will be reissued on 180 gram vinyl by San Diego’s Hi-Speed Soul Records on January 25, 2011. The release will feature the complete studio album as well as a full color lyric sheet.

'Gentlemen' has been considered by music critics and Afghan Whigs’ fans the world over as the band’s masterpiece featuring quintessential songs like “Debonair,” “Gentlemen” and “What Jail Is Like.” As The Afghan Whigs’ major label debut (originally released by Elektra Records) 'Gentlemen' was cinematic in its scope and more ambitious than anything The Afghan Whigs had released to date. Almost the antithesis to the 90s Grunge movement, 'Gentlemen' retained The Afghan Whigs’ trademark R&B and soul influences. Despite receiving support from MTV and modern rock radio, the band remained largely a cult favorite. 'Gentlemen' appeared on numerous “best of” lists for 1993 as well the 1990s as a whole.

Hi-Speed Soul’s vinyl-only reissue of Gentlemen can be pre-ordered now on the Hi-Speed Soul website. The physical release date of the album is set for January 25, 2011.

. Click here to pre-order Gentlemen from Hi-Speed Soul

For further information regarding this album or any of Hi-Speed Soul’s other releases, please contact Owen Salerno at 619-322-5441 or owen@hispeedsoul.com.

About Hi-Speed Soul:

Hi-Speed Soul Records (San Diego, CA) was founded in 2007 by Eric Howarth, former owner of the esteemed M-Theory Music record store. Since then, the independent label has proudly released albums by Nada Surf, Swervedriver (UK), Film School, Lady Dottie and the Diamonds, The Nervous Wreckords (Louis XIV/Cornershop), Adam Franklin of Swervedriver, and Jim Noir (UK). Besides a focus on collector worthy reissues and new releases by emerging bands, Hi-Speed Soul also manages The Black Heart Procession and Pall Jenkins of Three Mile Pilot/Myth. Most recently Eric brought on Owen Salerno, former promotions director at FM 94/9 (KBZT San Diego), and has created a division to focus on TV/Film/Gaming Licensing for both bands on the record label and an extended roster of quality artists.