March 22nd Newsletter
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  • Will Veeder – The Lost And Found
    Will Veeder – The Lost And Found
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    A combination of finger-picking acoustic and electric guitar with percussion. American-primitive psych. Will Veeder is a master at conjuring up vivid images and emotions, using a combination of [...]

    GENRE: Folk / Country
  • Ethan WL – Blood Farm (American Primitive playing – amazing)
    Ethan WL – Blood Farm (American Primitive playing – amazing)
    $22.00 | Add to cart

    “This is my latest album, about 40 straight minutes of acoustic guitar. All originals, live takes, and no overdubs. Filmmaker and Journalist Bill Lichtenstein told me that it ‘sounds like […]

    GENRE: Folk / Country
  • Grant / McGuire / Flaherty – 10″
    Grant / McGuire / Flaherty – 10″
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    “It’s like a fever dream at a fiddlers convention when you wake up sweating in your tent at 4 in the morning. And the music outside, you can’t tell if […]

    GENRE: Folk / Country
  • TASTE – I dipped my comb… (Loud experimental rock)
    TASTE – I dipped my comb… (Loud experimental rock)
    $24.00 | Add to cart

    I dipped my comb in shochu and ran it through the hair of the night is the brand new release from the intriguing trio 番長 Taste, consisting of Mark Anderson […]

    GENRE: Experimental / Noise
  • Guru Guru / Uli Trepte – Live 1972/1974
    Guru Guru / Uli Trepte – Live 1972/1974
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    In from Nagrania Cukiernicze, Polish label. Bassist Uli Trepte was one of the founders of the seminal space rock Krautrock group Guru Guru, and this CD, a reissue of a […]

    GENRE:
  • The Pink Fairies – Live 1971 / 1973
    The Pink Fairies – Live 1971 / 1973
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    In from Nagrania Cukiernicze, Polish label. Pink Fairies at their absolute best. Remarkable psych freaks make loud noise.

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  • Bunny Lee & King Tubby Present The Aggravators – Brass Rockers
    Bunny Lee & King Tubby Present The Aggravators – Brass Rockers
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    In from Nagrania Cukiernicze, Polish label. King Tubby and producer Bunny ‘striker’ Lee are intertwined in the birth of dub music. After discovering a mistake that made a [...]

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  • Conduit Gold – s/t
    Conduit Gold – s/t
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    Electric guitar duo musings from Kelly MacDonald & Alex York. Released in tape edition of 30 copies & given away for free at our first gig opening for Ned Collette […]

    GENRE: Folk / Country
  • Fania All Stars – Live at the Cheetah: Vol. 2
    Fania All Stars – Live at the Cheetah: Vol. 2
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    On August 26, 1971, the Fania All Stars electrified the Cheetah Club stage in New York, causing a salsa-induced delirium that not only defined their career, but the salsa genre. […]

    GENRE: International
  • Ralfi Pagan – With Love
    Ralfi Pagan – With Love
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    Craft Recordings present a remastered vinyl reissue of With Love, one of the most transcendental Latin Soul LPs in the history of the genre. Released in 1971, just as Latin […]

    GENRE: International
  • Fania All Stars – Live at the Cheetah: Vol. 1 (Colored Vinyl)
    Fania All Stars – Live at the Cheetah: Vol. 1 (Colored Vinyl)
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    On August 26, 1971, the Fania All Stars electrified the Cheetah Club stage in New York, causing a salsa-induced delirium that not only defined their career, but also the salsa […]

    GENRE: International
  • David Axelrod – Heavy Axe
    David Axelrod – Heavy Axe
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    For the dusty-fingered deep diggers who have a sixth sense for sample-worthy sounds and unique headnodders, the name David Axelrod is gospel. An arranger with A-list credits a mile long, […]

    GENRE: Jazz / Fusion / Free Jazz
  • Violent Femmes – Add It Up (1981-1993) 2LP
    Violent Femmes – Add It Up (1981-1993) 2LP
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    As Violent Femmes celebrate their 40th year together, Craft Recordings honors the band’s enduring catalog of cult classics with the long out-of-print vinyl reissue of the popular 1993 [...]

    GENRE: Indie / Alternative
  • The Wire Primers: A Guide to Modern Music
    The Wire Primers: A Guide to Modern Music
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    Since it was founded in 1982, The Wire magazine has covered a vast range of alternative, experimental, underground and non-mainstream music. Now some of that knowledge has been distilled into [...]

    GENRE: Non-Fiction
  • A Complicated Passion: The Life and Work of Agnès Varda
    A Complicated Passion: The Life and Work of Agnès Varda
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    The first major biography of the French filmmaker hailed by Martin Scorsese as “one of the Gods of cinema.” Over the course of her sixty-five-year career, the longest of any […]

    GENRE: Non-Fiction
  • Kathy Acker & Paul Buck: Spread Wide
    Kathy Acker & Paul Buck: Spread Wide
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    In this collaborative volume, the writer and artist Paul Buck works with the late Kathy Acker. Using as source the raw materials of their correspondence from the early 80s, a […]

    GENRE: Non-Fiction
  • Giallo Fantastique
    Giallo Fantastique
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    An anthology of original strange stories at the intersection of crime, terror, and supernatural fiction. Inspired by and drawing from the highly stylized cinematic thrillers of Argento, Bava, and [...]

    GENRE: Fiction/Poetry/Essays/Criticism/Transgressive
  • Adam Pendleton – Pasts, Futures, and Aftermaths: Revisiting the Black Dada Reader
    Adam Pendleton – Pasts, Futures, and Aftermaths: Revisiting the Black Dada Reader
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    The sequel to Pendleton’s acclaimed Black Dada Reader, compiling an anti-canon of radical experimentation and thought In 2011, artist Adam Pendleton (born 1984) assembled Black Dada Reader, [...]

    GENRE: Art/Photography
  • Emiliana Torrini – Miss Flower
    Emiliana Torrini – Miss Flower
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    Emilíana Torrini emerges from hiatus with a brand new album, MISS FLOWER. Returning to an illustrious career, spanning chart-topping hits like ‘Sunny Road’ and ‘Jungle Drum’ from acclaimed albums [...]

    GENRE: Post-Punk / Goth / Darkwave / Minimal Synth / Neofolk
  • Michael Rother – Sterntaler
    Michael Rother – Sterntaler
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    Digitally remastered reissue of 1978 solo debut by this bassist/ guitarist/ keyboardist for Krautrock duo Neu & early member of electronic pioneers Kraftwerk.

    GENRE: Art Rock / Krautrock / Prog / Psych
  • SUSS – Birds & Beasts
    SUSS – Birds & Beasts
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    SUSS’ fifth release, Birds & Beasts, on Northern Spy Records, finds the New York-based ambient trio digging deeper, populating its stark, ethereal soundscapes with primal currents of sound [...]

    GENRE: Experimental / Noise, Folk / Country
  • Harmonia – Live 1974
    Harmonia – Live 1974
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    a previously unavailable concert recording from the German super-group made up of Hans-Joachim Roedelius and Dieter Moebius (of Cluster) and Michael Rother (of Neu!). They re-defined not only the [...]

    GENRE: Art Rock / Krautrock / Prog / Psych
  • Birdie – Some Dusty
    Birdie – Some Dusty
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    Birdie’s debut album, 1999’s “Some Dusty,” is the culmination of a series of fortuitous events, set in motion in 1992 when members Debsey Wykes (Dolly Mixture) and Paul [...]

    GENRE: Indie / Alternative
  • Various – The Conny Plank Rework Sessions
    Various – The Conny Plank Rework Sessions
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    12″ containing remixes of Eurythmics, NEU! And Moebius & Plank

    GENRE: Art Rock / Krautrock / Prog / Psych
  • Sissy Spacek – Mirror Aggressor State
    Sissy Spacek – Mirror Aggressor State
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    Sissy Spacek Mirror Aggressor State CD Helicopter HEL 99099 On the heels of their F.O.A.D. LP and mid-west/east coast tour, a new full-length album from the Isaac Horne/Charlie Mumma/John Wiese [...]

    GENRE: Experimental / Noise
  • DJ Speedsick – Samples and Loops
    DJ Speedsick – Samples and Loops
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    Undistributed DJ Speedsick business card CDr of samples & loops. Tracks 1, 7-9, 33: samples Tracks 2-6: drum shots Tracks 10-32: loops

    GENRE: Soundtracks / Library Music, Techno / House / Electronic
  • Spacemen 3 – Live in Koln
    Spacemen 3 – Live in Koln
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    Screen printed LP jackets, riso inserts. Recorded live 11th January 1988 at The Rose Club in Koln, Germany. Excerpt from Nov 19, 1988 Melody Marker interview: The red room is […]

    GENRE: Art Rock / Krautrock / Prog / Psych
  • Spacemen 3 – Revolution or Heroin
    Spacemen 3 – Revolution or Heroin
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    Screen printed LP jackets, riso inserts. Recorded live in The Mean Fiddler, London – 22.10.1987. Against all predictions, the fight to release these recordings has finally been won. We [...]

    GENRE: Art Rock / Krautrock / Prog / Psych
  • Diptych / Ohnive Plamene – split cassette
    Diptych / Ohnive Plamene – split cassette
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    Czech split cassette from Happy Families. “When I heard the Diptych / Ohnive plamene split tape I felt alive for the first time in a long while. What is going […]

    GENRE: Post-Punk / Goth / Darkwave / Minimal Synth / Neofolk, Punk / Hardcore
  • Factultad de Medicina – de vez en cuando
    Factultad de Medicina – de vez en cuando
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    New Argentinean tape in from Happy Families: “Originally released in 2019 by Facultad de Medicina in Buenos Aires, Argentina – Slacker core genius. Sleepy indie pop from underground [...]

    GENRE: Indie / Alternative
  • Kvartetten Som Sprängde – Kattvals (DELUXE EDITION, PSYCHEDELIC SPLATTER VINYL)
    Kvartetten Som Sprängde – Kattvals (DELUXE EDITION, PSYCHEDELIC SPLATTER VINYL)
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    Finally available again – in a special new psychedelic splatter vinyl limited edition of 600 copies! Kvartetten Som Sprängde (The Quartet That Exploded) “Kattvals” (“Cat Waltz”). A reissue of one [...]

    GENRE: Art Rock / Krautrock / Prog / Psych
  • Kleenex/Liliput – First Songs (DEEP PURPLE VINYL)
    Kleenex/Liliput – First Songs (DEEP PURPLE VINYL)
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    Legendary Swiss punk band from the late 70s. “You can’t dispute Liliput’s status as pioneers of feminist art-punk. Along with fellow travelers like the Slits and the Raincoats, this [...]

    GENRE: Post-Punk / Goth / Darkwave / Minimal Synth / Neofolk
  • John Cale – POPtical Illusion (INDIE EXCLUSIVE, TRANSLUCENT ORANGE VINYL)
    John Cale – POPtical Illusion (INDIE EXCLUSIVE, TRANSLUCENT ORANGE VINYL)
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    Despite the album’s playful title, Cale’s second album in just over a year still contains the same feelings of fierce and inquisitive rage that were present in 2023 album MERCY. […]

    GENRE: Art Rock / Krautrock / Prog / Psych
  • John Cale – MERCY
    John Cale – MERCY
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    What does John Cale have that the rest of us don’t—some gene that engenders infinite restlessness, a rapacious mind that is never satisfied? For nearly 60 years, or at least […]

    GENRE: Art Rock / Krautrock / Prog / Psych
  • Boards Of Canada – Tomorrow’s Harvest (LTD ED)
    Boards Of Canada – Tomorrow’s Harvest (LTD ED)
    $16.00 | Add to cart

    The idolized and enigmatic duo are back. After considerable speculation by their rabid fan base (not to mention the media following every step of the way), Boards of Canada have […]

    GENRE: Techno / House / Electronic
  • Butthole Surfers – Creamed Corn From The Socket Of Davis 12″EP
    Butthole Surfers – Creamed Corn From The Socket Of Davis 12″EP
    $22.00 | Add to cart

    The second part of Matador’s reissues of the essential early records by Texas’s Butthole Surfers continues with three of their most insane slabs — 1985’s ‘Cream Corn from the Socket […]

    GENRE: Punk / Hardcore
  • Butthole Surfers – Hairway To Steven LP
    Butthole Surfers – Hairway To Steven LP
    $26.00 | Add to cart

    This Is A Preorder

    GENRE: Punk / Hardcore
  • Max Jaffe – Reduction of Man LP
    Max Jaffe – Reduction of Man LP
    $25.00 | Add to cart

    Max Jaffe wasn’t planning on creating an album commemorating the decade-plus he spent living in New York City while recording Reduction of Man. Operating as a preemptive elegy, Reduction of […]

    GENRE: Techno / House / Electronic
  • Amelia Courthouse – Broken Things LP
    Amelia Courthouse – Broken Things LP
    $22.00 | Add to cart

    On her first album since ruby glass (SPINSTER, 2019), sound artist and composer amelia courthouse (aka Leah Toth) builds on her previous album’s textures, moods, and evocations of memory, adding [...]

    GENRE: Experimental / Noise, Modern Composition / Musique Concrete / Electronic
  • The Doug Carn Trio – The Doug Carn Trio LP
    The Doug Carn Trio – The Doug Carn Trio LP
    $33.00 | Add to cart

    Keyboardist/composer Doug Carn was the biggest star on the legendary Black Jazz Records label, with four releases to his credit (all reissued by us at Real Gone Music), and remains […]

    GENRE: Jazz / Fusion / Free Jazz
  • Nina Simone – In Concert LP
    Nina Simone – In Concert LP
    $39.00 | Add to cart

    Nina Simone’s In Concert on 180g LP. Mastered by Ryan K. Smith at Sterling Sound from the Original Analog Tapes, Pressed at QRP and Packaged in a Stoughton Printing Gatefold Old-Style [...]

    GENRE: Jazz / Fusion / Free Jazz
  • Dr. John – The Brightest Smile In Town LP
    Dr. John – The Brightest Smile In Town LP
    $37.00 | Add to cart

    Trying to define what it is that makes Dr. John special is much like trying to define the word “soul’—you can surround it. But nailing it down is a whole […]

    GENRE: Blues, Jazz / Fusion / Free Jazz
  • Asher Gamedze & The Black Lungs – Constitution LP
    Asher Gamedze & The Black Lungs – Constitution LP
    $30.00 | Add to cart

    “Members of the dispossessed, won’t you lend me your ears!” This is the repeated call and the rallying chorus of the nearly 40-minute centerpiece to composer and percussionist Asher Gamedze’s [...]

    GENRE: Jazz / Fusion / Free Jazz
  • Seefeel – Everything Squared 12″EP
    Seefeel – Everything Squared 12″EP
    $27.00 | Add to cart

    Seefeel’s Everything Squared on 12″ EP. Their First New Music Since 2011. Mastered by Berlin-Based Engineer Stefan Betke, AKA Pole at Scape Mastering. After critically acclaimed [...]

    GENRE: Techno / House / Electronic
  • Throbbing Gristle – The Third Mind Movements CD
    Throbbing Gristle – The Third Mind Movements CD
    $16.00 | Add to cart

    Throbbing Gristle unveils a brand new reissue of The Third Mind Movements, released commercially for the first time on CD and vinyl via Mute. Formed in 1975, Throbbing Gristle, aka […]

    GENRE: Industrial / Power Electronics
  • Throbbing Gristle – The Third Mind Movements 2LP
    Throbbing Gristle – The Third Mind Movements 2LP
    $36.00 | Add to cart

    Throbbing Gristle unveils a brand new reissue of The Third Mind Movements, released commercially for the first time on CD and vinyl via Mute. Formed in 1975, Throbbing Gristle, aka […]

    GENRE: Industrial / Power Electronics
  • Lee Morgan – The Gigilo LP Tone Poets Series
    Lee Morgan – The Gigilo LP Tone Poets Series
    $28.00 | Add to cart

    Blue Note Classic Vinyl Reissue Series Edition of Lee Morgan’s The Gigolo on All-Analog 180g LP. Mastered by Kevin Gray Directly from the Original Master Tapes and Manufactured at Optimal [...]

    GENRE: Jazz / Fusion / Free Jazz
  • Wayne Shorter – Juju LP Tone Poets Series
    Wayne Shorter – Juju LP Tone Poets Series
    $28.00 | Add to cart

    Blue Note Classic Vinyl Reissue Series Edition of Wayne Shorter’s Juju on All-Analog 180g LP. Mastered by Kevin Gray Directly from the Original Master Tapes and Manufactured at Optimal in [...]

    GENRE: Jazz / Fusion / Free Jazz
  • Laibach – Deutschland 1985
    Laibach – Deutschland 1985
    $7.00 | Add to cart

    CDr packaged with fold over cover in polybag. A bootleg live recording from Oberhausen, Germany, performed on 4 December 1985. Bringing to mind the best of underground industrial tapes in […]

    GENRE: Industrial / Power Electronics
  • Nightshift _? Homosapien
    Nightshift _? Homosapien
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    It’s been three years since Glasgow musical collective NIGHTSHIFT’s last album (“Zöe”, 2021) & aside form an odds & sods tape compilation “Made Of The Earth”, the group has remained […]

    GENRE: Indie / Alternative