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  • Wolf Eyes – Dread
    Wolf Eyes – Dread
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    A sought after early Wolf Eyes album back on vinyl and CD for the first time in 17 years. Originally released on Hanson Records, American Tapes and Bulb Records in […]

    GENRE: Industrial / Power Electronics
  • Tommy Jay & Mike Rep ‎– The Grim-O Comix Sequence
    Tommy Jay & Mike Rep ‎– The Grim-O Comix Sequence
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    “It’s not essential, but this collection of early, (mostly) acoustic recordings from Ohio oddballs Tommy Jay and Mike Rep is there for you when you want to wade deep into […]

    GENRE: Indie / Alternative
  • Richard Band ‎– H.P. Lovecradt’s Classic Tale of Horror Re-Animator (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
    Richard Band ‎– H.P. Lovecradt’s Classic Tale of Horror Re-Animator (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
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    OG Copy! “Stuart Gordon’s 1985 movie based on the H.P. Lovecraft story “Herbery West – Re-Animator” was an instantly made its mark on the science fiction horror genre. [...]

    GENRE: Soundtracks / Library Music
  • Henry Wolff, Nancy Hennings With Drew Gladstone – Tibetan Bells
    Henry Wolff, Nancy Hennings With Drew Gladstone – Tibetan Bells
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    “Back in 1972, Henry Wolff and Nancy Hennings made a landmark recording. They released the first album of Tibetan singing bowls and Tibetan bells. They, in effect, introduced the meditative [...]

    GENRE: Experimental / Noise, Modern Composition / Musique Concrete / Electronic
  • Quiet Sun – Mainstream
    Quiet Sun – Mainstream
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    “QUIET SUN is a strange little beast. The jazz-fusion band existing in the Canterbury Scene was one of the few to incorporate highly distorted rock guitar in its sound. The […]

    GENRE: Art Rock / Krautrock / Prog / Psych
  • Robyn Hitchcock And The Egyptians ‎– Fegmania!
    Robyn Hitchcock And The Egyptians ‎– Fegmania!
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    “Robyn manages to combine his Syd Barrett/John Lennon-esque oh-so-British vocals, Byrds-y guitar jangle, and lyrics which run the gamut from Monty Python-like absurdity to late [...]

    GENRE: Indie / Alternative
  • Jon Cale – Caribbean Sunset
    Jon Cale – Caribbean Sunset
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    Label: ZE Records – IT 8401 Format: Vinyl, LP, Album Country: US Released: 1984 VG+/VG+

    GENRE: Art Rock / Krautrock / Prog / Psych
  • Van Der Graaf Generator ‎– Pawn Hearts
    Van Der Graaf Generator ‎– Pawn Hearts
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    Van der Graaf Generator’s fourth album, Pawn Hearts was also their second most popular; at one time this record was a major King Crimson cult item due to the presence […]

    GENRE: Art Rock / Krautrock / Prog / Psych
  • Dexys Midnight Runners ‎– Searching For The Young Soul Rebels
    Dexys Midnight Runners ‎– Searching For The Young Soul Rebels
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    The crackling stations being switched on the radio and the gang shout followed by the spoken injunction to “burn it down” sound like they should be starting off a Sham […]

    GENRE: Indie / Alternative
  • Van Der Graaf Generator ‎– H To He Who Am The Only One
    Van Der Graaf Generator ‎– H To He Who Am The Only One
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    The foreboding crawl of the Hammond organ is what made Van Der Graaf Generator one of the darkest and most engrossing of all the early progressive bands. On H to […]

    GENRE: Art Rock / Krautrock / Prog / Psych
  • Van Der Graaf Generator – Godbluff
    Van Der Graaf Generator – Godbluff
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    Following the release of Pawn Hearts, bandleader Peter Hammill took time out to develop a solo career, choosing to focus his energy on darkly introspective works that seemed to be […]

    GENRE: Art Rock / Krautrock / Prog / Psych
  • John Cale ‎– Sabotage/Live
    John Cale ‎– Sabotage/Live
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    Though Lou Reed is often thought of as the abrasive member of the Velvet Underground, during the punk era Reed was writing confessional singer/songwriter albums while his former bandmate John [...]

    GENRE: Art Rock / Krautrock / Prog / Psych
  • John Cale – Honi Soit
    John Cale – Honi Soit
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    The rise of the punk/new wave scene finally provided John Cale with a context in which he didn’t seem that much more eccentric than the other musicians surrounding him, and […]

    GENRE: Art Rock / Krautrock / Prog / Psych
  • John Cale – Artificial Intelligence
    John Cale – Artificial Intelligence
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    Though this is still nowhere near prime John Cale, 1985’s Artificial Intelligence is a big step up from its predecessor, 1984’s weak and sloppy Caribbean Sunset. For the first time [...]

    GENRE: Art Rock / Krautrock / Prog / Psych
  • Gism / The Comes ‎– Detestation / No Side [w/ insert & printed inner]
    Gism / The Comes ‎– Detestation / No Side [w/ insert & printed inner]
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    Infamous bootleg split. Green Vinyl. Includes insert. Buy this and have Sakevi’s ghost haunt you.   Label: Not On Label (G.I.S.M.) – none, Not On Label (The Comes) – none […]

    GENRE: Punk / Hardcore
  • John Cale – Vintage Violence
    John Cale – Vintage Violence
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    John Cale had the strongest avant-garde credentials of anyone in the Velvet Underground, but he was also the Velvet whose solo career was the least strongly defined by his work […]

    GENRE: Art Rock / Krautrock / Prog / Psych
  • The Wild Tchoupitoulas – The Wild Tchoupitoulas
    The Wild Tchoupitoulas – The Wild Tchoupitoulas
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    1976 New Orleans funk masterpiece of Mardi Gras Indians backed up by The Meters and The Neville Brothers. Inducted into the Library National Recording Registry for it’s cultural, artistic [...]

    GENRE: Soul / Funk / Disco
  • Oneohtrix Point Never – Russian Mind
    Oneohtrix Point Never – Russian Mind
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    “Oneohtrix Point Never’s ‘Russian Mind’ is centred around the theme of a Russian cosmonaut past his prime, composing the score to a film from his hospital bed in a room on [...]

    GENRE: Techno / House / Electronic
  • Tangerine Dream – Alpha Centauri (Clear Vinyl, Bonus 12″) (RSD)
    Tangerine Dream – Alpha Centauri (Clear Vinyl, Bonus 12″) (RSD)
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    Limited edtion clear vinyl pressing. Esoteric Recordings are pleased to announce the release of an exclusive Record Store Day 2022 limited gatefold clear vinyl edition of Tangerine Dream’s [...]

    GENRE: Art Rock / Krautrock / Prog / Psych
  • Lightnin’ Hopkins – 1946-1960 [Mono]
    Lightnin’ Hopkins – 1946-1960 [Mono]
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    “21 songs from, as the title indicates, 1946 to 1960, mostly Lightnin’ solo on guitar, although there are occasional additional instruments.” – allmusic.com Label: RST [...]

    GENRE: Blues
  • Neil Young ‎– Songs For Judy
    Neil Young ‎– Songs For Judy
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    “Songs For Judy is a thoroughly engaging collection of live acoustic performances culled from Neil’s November 1976 solo tour and features twenty-two songs recorded at various cities [...]

    GENRE: Rock / Pop
  • Conrad Schnitzler ‎– Rot
    Conrad Schnitzler ‎– Rot
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    “There was a particular type of artist who could only have emerged in the legendary early 1970s. Few musicians fit the bill better than Conrad Schnitzler. Revolution, pop art and […]

    GENRE: Modern Composition / Musique Concrete / Electronic
  • The Varukers ‎– Bloodsuckers
    The Varukers ‎– Bloodsuckers
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    “A true building block of UK hardcore/punk. This record is a steamroller of slightly metallic d-beat punk. As mandatory a piece of history as any Discharge record. The Varukers were […]

    GENRE: Punk / Hardcore
  • Tangerine Dream ‎– Encore 2LP
    Tangerine Dream ‎– Encore 2LP
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    “Encore — Tangerine Dream Live, 1977 is one of the better concert albums from Tangerine Dream. As with most of their live releases, this disc features all new material. Each […]

    GENRE: Art Rock / Krautrock / Prog / Psych
  • Howlin Rain – The Alligator Bride [colored vinyl]
    Howlin Rain – The Alligator Bride [colored vinyl]
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    “On June 8, Oakland, California’s Howlin Rain return with The Alligator Bride, their fifth LP of swampy, ragged, unapologetic rock ’n roll. Led by Ethan Miller (co-founder of psych rockers [...]

    GENRE: Art Rock / Krautrock / Prog / Psych
  • John Cage & Lejaren Hiller / Ben Johnston – HPSCHD / String Quartet No. 2
    John Cage & Lejaren Hiller / Ben Johnston – HPSCHD / String Quartet No. 2
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    “This work comprises 20-minute solos for 1 – 7 amplified harpsichords and tapes for 1-51 monaural machines to be used in whole or in part in any combination with or […]

    GENRE: Modern Composition / Musique Concrete / Electronic
  • Lightnin’ Hopkins – Flash Lightnin’ – Volume One
    Lightnin’ Hopkins – Flash Lightnin’ – Volume One
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    A compilation of Lightnin’ Hopkins tracks from 1954. Label: Diving Duck Records – DD 4307 Format: Vinyl, LP, Compilation Country: Netherlands Released: 1985 VG+/VG+

    GENRE: Blues
  • Lightnin’ Hopkins – Bad Boogie Vol. 2
    Lightnin’ Hopkins – Bad Boogie Vol. 2
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    A compilation of Lightnin’ Hopkins rare tracks from 1954 Label: Diving Duck Records – DD 4308 Format: Vinyl, LP, Compilation, Reissue Country: Netherlands Released: 1985 VG+/VG+

    GENRE: Blues
  • Lightning Hopkins – Houston’s King Of The Blues (Historic Recordings 1952-1953)
    Lightning Hopkins – Houston’s King Of The Blues (Historic Recordings 1952-1953)
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    Collects some of Hopkins’ best tracks from 1952-1953 Label: Blues Classics – BC 30 Format: Vinyl, LP, Compilation Country: US Released: 1984 VG+/VG. spine cracked open 3″ with some [...]

    GENRE: Blues
  • Aaron Dilloway – The Gag File [Clear Blue Vinyl]
    Aaron Dilloway – The Gag File [Clear Blue Vinyl]
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    “Within The Gag File, the most recent album from Wolf Eyes co-founder Aaron Dilloway, themes of obsession and neurosis splinter Dilloway’s persona as an artist balancing control and [...]

    GENRE: Experimental / Noise
  • Link Wray – Missing Links Vol. 2 – Big City After Dark
    Link Wray – Missing Links Vol. 2 – Big City After Dark
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    “A mix of super-rare cuts, a couple of unissued outtakes, and live material, all from the 1960s. It’s rawer than Link Wray’s norm (which is durned raw indeed), but not […]

    GENRE: Rock / Pop
  • Link Wray – Missing Links Vol.3 – Some Kinda Nut
    Link Wray – Missing Links Vol.3 – Some Kinda Nut
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    “Another great grab bag of hideously rare Link, all from the ’60s on this volume, including tracks that Wray issued under his own name, and side projects that he lent […]

    GENRE: Rock / Pop
  • Lightnin’ Hopkins – 1948-1961
    Lightnin’ Hopkins – 1948-1961
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    “Original recordings from the collections of Joe Bussard, Dani Gugolz, Hans Maitner, Johnny Path and Victor Pearlin A1 to A4 recorded in Houston, Texas in 1948 A5 to A8 recorded […]

    GENRE: Blues
  • Blind Lemon Jefferson – How Long, How Long Lasting Loving
    Blind Lemon Jefferson – How Long, How Long Lasting Loving
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    Side A and “Long Lastin’ Lovin'” recorded in Chicago between February and March 1928 other songs recorded in Chicago between June and August 1928  Label: Monk – mk340 Format: [...]

    GENRE: Blues
  • Richard Brautigan – In Watermelon Sugar
    Richard Brautigan – In Watermelon Sugar
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    “iDEATH is a place where the sun shines a different colour every day and where people travel to the length of their dreams. Rejecting the violence and hate of the […]

    GENRE: Fiction/Poetry/Essays/Criticism/Transgressive
  • Natsume Soseki – The Three Cornered World
    Natsume Soseki – The Three Cornered World
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    “An artist abandons city life to wander into the mountains to meditate, but when he decides to stay at a near-deserted inn he soon finds himself drawn to the daughter […]

    GENRE: Fiction/Poetry/Essays/Criticism/Transgressive
  • Title TK
    Title TK
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    “Comprised of the artists and musicians Cory Arcangel, Howie Chen and Alan Licht, Title TK is a “band” that performs in music or art contexts. While they appear on stage […]

    GENRE: Non-Fiction
  • Heinz Helle – Superabundance
    Heinz Helle – Superabundance
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    “Alone in New York, separated from his girlfriend by the Atlantic Ocean, the nameless narrator of Heinz Helle’s electric debut novel is sinking slowly into an invisible crisis. He [...]

    GENRE: Fiction/Poetry/Essays/Criticism/Transgressive
  • Georges Perec – Species Of Spaces And Other Pieces
    Georges Perec – Species Of Spaces And Other Pieces
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    “Georges Perec, author of the highly acclaimed Life: A User’s Manual, was only forty-six when he died in 1982. Despite a tragic childhood, during which his mother was deported to […]

    GENRE: Non-Fiction
  • Dennis Covington – Salvation On Sand Mountain
    Dennis Covington – Salvation On Sand Mountain
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    “For New York Times reporter Dennis Covington, what began as a journalistic assignment-covering the trial of an Alabama pastor convicted of attempting to murder his wife with poisonous [...]

    GENRE: Non-Fiction
  • Elfriede Jelinek – Wonderful, Wonderful Times
    Elfriede Jelinek – Wonderful, Wonderful Times
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    “‘That’s brutal violence on a defenceless person, and quite unnecessary, declares Sophie, and she pulls with an audible tearing sound at the hair of the man lying in an untidy [...]

    GENRE: Fiction/Poetry/Essays/Criticism/Transgressive
  • Claude Simon – The Invitation
    Claude Simon – The Invitation
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    “This 1987 novel by Nobel Prize-winner Claude Simon is a sardonic look at glasnost Russia, where recent reforms and improvements carry all the conviction of rouge on a corpse. The […]

    GENRE: Fiction/Poetry/Essays/Criticism/Transgressive
  • Anais Nin – Collages
    Anais Nin – Collages
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    “Collages explores a world of fantasy and dreams through an eccentric young painter. A radical work in its time (1964), Anais Nin dispensed with normal structural convention and allowed her [...]

    GENRE: Fiction/Poetry/Essays/Criticism/Transgressive
  • Junichiro Tanizaki – The Secret History & Arrowroot
    Junichiro Tanizaki – The Secret History & Arrowroot
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    “From a Japanese master of romantic and sexual obsession come two novels that treat traditional themes with sly wit and startling psychological sophistication. In The Secret History of the [...]

    GENRE: Fiction/Poetry/Essays/Criticism/Transgressive
  • Matthew McNaught – Immanuel
    Matthew McNaught – Immanuel
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    “At what point does faith turn into tyranny? In Immanuel, winner of the inaugural Fitzcarraldo Editions Essay Prize, Matthew McNaught explores his upbringing in an evangelical Christian [...]

    GENRE: Non-Fiction
  • Mike Davis – Late Victorian Holocausts
    Mike Davis – Late Victorian Holocausts
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    “Examining a series of El Niño-induced droughts and the famines that they spawned around the globe in the last third of the 19th century, Mike Davis discloses the intimate, baleful […]

    GENRE: Non-Fiction
  • Samuel Beckett – More Pricks Than Kicks
    Samuel Beckett – More Pricks Than Kicks
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    “Samuel Beckett, the recipient of the 1969 Nobel Prize for Literature and one of the greatest writers of our century, first published these ten short stories in 1934; they originally […]

    GENRE: Fiction/Poetry/Essays/Criticism/Transgressive
  • Samuel Beckett – Endgame: A Play in One Act followed by Act Without Words: A Mime for One Player
    Samuel Beckett – Endgame: A Play in One Act followed by Act Without Words: A Mime for One Player
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    “Samuel Beckett was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1969; his literary output of plays, novels, stories and poetry has earned him an uncontested place as one of the […]

    GENRE: Fiction/Poetry/Essays/Criticism/Transgressive
  • Ricahrd Brautigan – Sombrero Fallout
    Ricahrd Brautigan – Sombrero Fallout
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    “Concerns a writer trying to cope with the break-up of a relationship. Trying to escape his misery, he begins a story about a sombrero that falls out of the sky […]

    GENRE: Fiction/Poetry/Essays/Criticism/Transgressive
  • Richard Brautigan – Revenge Of The Lawn
    Richard Brautigan – Revenge Of The Lawn
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    “A collection of 62 very short stories set in 1960s California, particularly around the author’s home town of San Francisco.” Pocket Books, 1972 Mass-Market Paperback edition. [...]

    GENRE: Fiction/Poetry/Essays/Criticism/Transgressive