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  • Beautiful Losers – Nobody Knows the Heaven
    Beautiful Losers – Nobody Knows the Heaven
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    “To set the scene: it’s 1974, it’s Paris, two young guys in their bed-sit (one of whom is French music maven/famous producer JAY ALANSKI) are dreaming of counter-culture, and their […]

    GENRE: Art Rock / Krautrock / Prog / Psych
  • Swans – My Father Will Guide Me Up A Rope To The Sky
    Swans – My Father Will Guide Me Up A Rope To The Sky
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    “After years of pursuing Angels of Light and recording and producing a diverse roster of artists for his Young God label, Michael Gira has decided to reconvene his legendary group […]

    GENRE: Indie / Alternative
  • Bikini Kill – Yeah Yeah Yeah Yeah
    Bikini Kill – Yeah Yeah Yeah Yeah
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    “Vinyl LP reissue of this 1992 release, the second EP from the feminist Punk band fronted by Kathleen Hanna. YEAH YEAH YEAH was recorded in 1992 with Tim Green (Nation […]

    GENRE: Indie / Alternative
  • Pussy Galore – Right Now!
    Pussy Galore – Right Now!
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    “Making their intentions clear with the indescribably manic garage stomper “Pig Sweat,” which kicks off this 1987 album, Pussy Galore proceeds to mash it up dumpster style with [...]

    GENRE: Punk / Hardcore
  • Kinski / Acid Mothers Temple* – Kinski / Acid Mothers Temple
    Kinski / Acid Mothers Temple* – Kinski / Acid Mothers Temple
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    “A four-song split release from Kinski and their friends Acid Mothers Temple, limited to 5000 copies on CD and 1000 on double-LP. After a December 2001 Japanese tour together, the […]

    GENRE: Art Rock / Krautrock / Prog / Psych
  • Woods – With Light And With Love
    Woods – With Light And With Love
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    “Woods’ brand of pop shamanism has undergone several gradual transformations over their past few albums, but on With Light And With Love, the tinkering reveals an expanded sonic palette [...]

    GENRE: Indie / Alternative
  • V/A  ‎– Son Of Oi !
    V/A ‎– Son Of Oi !
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    5th in the series of classic Oi compilation albums Label: Syndicate Records – synLP3 Format: Vinyl, LP, Compilation Country: UK Released: 1983 VG+/VG+. Large corner crease on upper left corner [...]

    GENRE: Punk / Hardcore
  • Johann Johannsson – Drone Mass
    Johann Johannsson – Drone Mass
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    “The previously unrecorded Drone Mass was described by its composer, the late Jóhann Jóhannsson, as “a contemporary oratorio”. Written for voices, string quartet and electronics, it was [...]

    GENRE: Modern Composition / Musique Concrete / Electronic
  • The Rats – In A Desperate Red
    The Rats – In A Desperate Red
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    “At last! Fred and Toody Cole (Dead Moon, Pierced Arrows) and drummer Louis Samora’s ultimate pop masterpiece – In A Desperate Red. This is the last record by the Portland […]

    GENRE: Post-Punk / Goth / Darkwave / Minimal Synth
  • Luc Ferrari – Tinguely 1967
    Luc Ferrari – Tinguely 1967
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    “Musique concrète for a television program by C. Caspari. From recordings made by the composer in 1966 at an exhibition of Jean Tinguely’s work. Once the 110V Liliput engine is […]

    GENRE: Modern Composition / Musique Concrete / Electronic
  • Belle And Sebastian ‎– Storytelling
    Belle And Sebastian ‎– Storytelling
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    “‘Storytelling’ is collection of music written for, and inspired by, the Todd Solondz film of the same name.” Label: Matador – OLE 512-1 Format: Vinyl, LP, Album Country: [...]

    GENRE: Indie / Alternative
  • The Replacements – Tim
    The Replacements – Tim
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    “These songs are Westerberg at his confessional peak, but instead of undercutting this ragged emotion or hiding it away, as he did on the Twin/Tone albums, he pairs it with […]

    GENRE: Indie / Alternative
  • Sun Araw – The Phynx
    Sun Araw – The Phynx
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    Darkly psychedelic energy from a contemporary master Label: Not Not Fun – NNF112 Format: Vinyl, LP, Repress Country: US Released: 2009 VG+/VG+

    GENRE: Experimental / Noise
  • The Pyramids – Lalibela (2013 press)
    The Pyramids – Lalibela (2013 press)
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    “The debut album by the Pyramids was inspired by the group’s visit to the Lalibela monastery in Egypt, and was recorded in Yellow Springs Ohio in early 1973. Drawing on […]

    GENRE: Jazz / Fusion / Free Jazz
  • Killdozer – Intellectuals Are The Shoeshine Boys Of The Ruling Elite
    Killdozer – Intellectuals Are The Shoeshine Boys Of The Ruling Elite
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    “So very perfectly American: a title that could have come from one of Frank Zappa’s albums, a cover photo with references to Elvis and Brainerd, MN, and a concluding remake […]

    GENRE: Punk / Hardcore
  • Plasmatics – Meet The Plasmatics
    Plasmatics – Meet The Plasmatics
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    An early EP from the chaotic punk band. Label: Vice Squad – VS-106ESP Format: Vinyl, 12″ Country: US Released: 1979 VG/VG

    GENRE: Punk / Hardcore
  • Sic Alps – Napa Asylum
    Sic Alps – Napa Asylum
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    “Sic again! The new album showcases musical modes featuring lyrical ruminances on reincarnation, magic and schizophrenia. Tubes are hissing, cheap gear is burning brightly twenty-two songs [...]

    GENRE: Indie / Alternative
  • Saint Abdullah, Jason Nazary – Evicted In The Morning
    Saint Abdullah, Jason Nazary – Evicted In The Morning
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    “A unique dialogue between the electronic textures of Saint Abdullah with the live drums of Jason Nazary (Anteloper). Saint Abdullah consists of Tehran-born brothers Mohammad and Mehdi [...]

    GENRE: Experimental / Noise
  • Oneness Of Juju – African Rhythms 1970-1982
    Oneness Of Juju – African Rhythms 1970-1982
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    “Tracing their career from the band’s earliest work in 1970 with South African exiled jazzman Ndikho Xaba in San Francisco, the compilation covers the band’s journey to New York’s loft […]

    GENRE: Jazz / Fusion / Free Jazz
  • The Hatch Expansion – Texas Edition
    The Hatch Expansion – Texas Edition
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    This release is an orchestral expansion of the vocabulary of The Hatch. The duo work of Desprez and Rasmussen extrapolating into two local scenes in Texas. Label: Sonic Transmissions Records […]

    GENRE: Jazz / Fusion / Free Jazz
  • Offenders – Endless Struggle
    Offenders – Endless Struggle
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    The second & final album from the Texas hardcore band. Absolutely rips. Label: Rabid Cat Records – RAB-OFF-005 Format: Vinyl, LP, Album Country: US Released: 1985 VG+/VG+

    GENRE: Punk / Hardcore
  • Bhopal Stiffs – E.P.A.
    Bhopal Stiffs – E.P.A.
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    Hardcore from Chicago, circa 1980’s. Label: Roadkill Records – RDK-002 Format: Vinyl, 12″, EP, Green Center Labels Country: US Released: 1988 VG+/VG. Some fraying along the spine [...]

    GENRE: Punk / Hardcore
  • Gil Scott-Heron – Small Talk At 125th And Lenox
    Gil Scott-Heron – Small Talk At 125th And Lenox
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    “Twenty-one-year-old Gil Scott-Heron had yet to make the full transition from poet to musician when he recorded his provocative 1970 debut, Small Talk at 125th and Lenox. His words, [...]

    GENRE: Jazz / Fusion / Free Jazz
  • Madelaine ‎– Who Is She..
    Madelaine ‎– Who Is She..
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    Amazing rewrite/cover of the Bill Withers track “Who Is He?”. Absolute smoker. Label: Chi Sound Records – CH-LA863H Format: Vinyl, LP, Album Country: US Released: 1978 VG+/VG+. [...]

    GENRE: Soul / Funk / Disco
  • Carry On Oi!!
    Carry On Oi!!
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    Oi comp featuring tracks from Blitz and The Business Label: Secret Records – SEC 2 Format: Vinyl, LP, Compilation Country: UK Released: 1981 VG/VG. Some light marks. Sleeve shows some […]

    GENRE: Punk / Hardcore
  • The 4 Skins* ‎– The Good, The Bad & The 4 Skins
    The 4 Skins* ‎– The Good, The Bad & The 4 Skins
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    ” Recorded with the first stable line-up after numerous changes, fronted by legendary vocalist Panther (who stepped in after the original singer Gary Hodges’ defection), this is violent, [...]

    GENRE: Punk / Hardcore
  • The Damned – The Light At The End Of The Tunnel
    The Damned – The Light At The End Of The Tunnel
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    A career spanning compilation of some of The Damned’s best tracks. Label: MCA Records – MCA2-8024 Format: 2xVinyl, LP, Compilation Country: US Released: 1987 VG+/VG+

    GENRE: Punk / Hardcore
  • V/A – Propaganda – Russia Bombs Finland
    V/A – Propaganda – Russia Bombs Finland
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    Finnish hardcore comp featuring Bastards and Nato Label: Propaganda – PRO-005 Format: Vinyl, LP, Album, Sampler. Country: Finland Released: 1982 VG/VG+. Some noticeable light marks. General light [...]

    GENRE: Punk / Hardcore
  • The Freeze – Rabid Reaction
    The Freeze – Rabid Reaction
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    “Thought by many to be the quintessential full-length by The Freeze, 1986’s “Rabid Reaction” is ten tracks that clock in at around 25 minutes. The Freeze were an integral [...]

    GENRE: Punk / Hardcore
  • Nihilistics ‎– Nihilistics
    Nihilistics ‎– Nihilistics
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    The NYC hardcore band’s hard-hitting debut album Label: Brain Eater – EATER 1 Format: Vinyl, LP, Album Country: US Released:1983 VG+/VG. Sleeve shows some noticeable edgwear and corner [...]

    GENRE: Punk / Hardcore
  • Streetdrugs: Drug ID Guide 2013
    Streetdrugs: Drug ID Guide 2013
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    “This book is a guide for parents, police officers, universities, health departments and many others who are looking for accurate information on the negative health effects of drugs as well [...]

    GENRE: Non-Fiction
  • Bravo 20: The Bombing of the American West
    Bravo 20: The Bombing of the American West
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    “In 1952, the U.S. Navy began illegally testing high-explosive bombs on an enormous expanse of public land near Fallon, in northwestern Nevada. The land had long been sacred to the […]

    GENRE: Art/Photography
  • Whole Spy Catalog: A Resource Encyclopedia for Researchers, Pi’S, Spies, and Generally Nosy People
    Whole Spy Catalog: A Resource Encyclopedia for Researchers, Pi’S, Spies, and Generally Nosy People
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    “A resource encyclopedia for Researchers, PI’s, Spies, and Generally Nosy People. The ultimate guide for finding information and intelligence on anything.” Lapin, 1995 Softcover [...]

    GENRE: Non-Fiction
  • The CIA’s Secret Operations: Espionage, Counterespionage, And Covert Action (scarce)
    The CIA’s Secret Operations: Espionage, Counterespionage, And Covert Action (scarce)
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    A guidebook to the inner and outer workings of the CIA throughout history. Westview Press, 1988 Softcover edition. Light general wear, some scuffing along bottom edge of pages.

    GENRE: Non-Fiction
  • Trance: Formation Of America
    Trance: Formation Of America
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    “This is the documented autobiography of a victim of government mind control. Cathy O’Brien is the only vocal and recovered survivor of the Central Intelligence Agency’s [...]

    GENRE: Non-Fiction
  • The Official K.G.B Handbook
    The Official K.G.B Handbook
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    “An English translation (complete with photographs) of the Official KGB Handbook. Includes ‘Duties Of Political Investigators’, ‘Instruction For External [...]

    GENRE: Non-Fiction
  • Ryu Murakami – Almost Transparent Blue (1st Edition)
    Ryu Murakami – Almost Transparent Blue (1st Edition)
    $275.00 | , , Add to cart

    “Almost Transparent Blue is a brutal tale of lost youth in a Japanese port town close to an American military base. Murakami’s image-intensive narrative paints a portrait of a group [...]

    GENRE: Fiction/Poetry/Essays/Criticism/Transgressive
  • Dianne Lake – Member Of The Family
    Dianne Lake – Member Of The Family
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    “At fourteen Dianne Lake—with little more than a note in her pocket from her hippie parents granting her permission to leave them—became one of “Charlie’s girls,” a devoted [...]

    GENRE: Non-Fiction
  • Yoko Tawada – Where Europe Begins
    Yoko Tawada – Where Europe Begins
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    “Chosen as a 2005 Times Literary Supplement Book of the Year, Where Europe Begins has been described by the Russian literary phenomenon Victor Pelevin as “a spectacular journey [...]

    GENRE: Fiction/Poetry/Essays/Criticism/Transgressive
  • Italo Calvino – Invisible Cities
    Italo Calvino – Invisible Cities
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    ““Cities, like dreams, are made of desires and fears, even if the thread of their discourse is secret, their rules are absurd, their perspectives deceitful, and everything conceals [...]

    GENRE: Fiction/Poetry/Essays/Criticism/Transgressive
  • Bernard Roseman – The Peyote Story (scarce)
    Bernard Roseman – The Peyote Story (scarce)
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    “Delves into the rich cultural and spiritual tapestry surrounding the ancient ritualistic use of peyote. Through meticulous research and captivating storytelling, Roseman traces the [...]

    GENRE: Non-Fiction
  • Bernard Roseman – LSD: The Age Of Mind (scarce)
    Bernard Roseman – LSD: The Age Of Mind (scarce)
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    Bernard Roseman, one of the first chemists to manufacture LSD, writes on his experiences & philosophies. Wilshire Book Company, 1973 Softcover edition. Frontspiece has come loose but is [...]

    GENRE: Non-Fiction
  • M.M Kirsch – Designer Drugs
    M.M Kirsch – Designer Drugs
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    “Describes the effects of China White (a synthetic heroin), Crack, Ecstasy, MPTP, Crystal, and PCP, explains why they represent a danger to our society, and shares the experiences of [...]

    GENRE: Non-Fiction
  • The Dream Sellers
    The Dream Sellers
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    An investigation into drug-dealers and the drug trade as a whole. Jossey-Bass, 1972 Hardcover first edition. Discoloration to edges of pages and wear to dustjacket apparent under mylar. [...]

    GENRE: Non-Fiction
  • William S. Burroughs – Queer (1st Printing)
    William S. Burroughs – Queer (1st Printing)
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    “Originally written in 1952 but not published till 1985, Queer is an enigma – both an unflinching autobiographical self-portrait and a coruscatingly political novel, Burroughs’ [...]

    GENRE: Fiction/Poetry/Essays/Criticism/Transgressive
  • R.E.L Masters – Forbidden Sexual Behavior and Morality
    R.E.L Masters – Forbidden Sexual Behavior and Morality
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    “Forbidden Sexual Behavior And Morality: An Objective Re-Examination Of Perverse Sex Practices In Different Cultures by R. E. L. Masters is a book that delves into the topic of taboo […]

    GENRE: Non-Fiction
  • Holy Terror: Armageddon In Tokyo
    Holy Terror: Armageddon In Tokyo
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    “Recounts the rise of Shoko Asahara, his creation of the Aum Supreme Truth cult, and the deadly March 1995 nerve gas attack on the Tokyo subway that led to the […]

    GENRE: Non-Fiction
  • Spycomm: Covert Communication Techniques Of The Underground
    Spycomm: Covert Communication Techniques Of The Underground
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    “Guerrillas, fugitives and other members of the “underground” must exploit existing resources to communicate secretly. This book tells you how they use improvised microfilm, [...]

    GENRE: Non-Fiction
  • MindWar
    MindWar
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    “In 1980 an obscure internal U.S. Army concept paper, “From PSYOP to MindWar”, accidentally became public. Though only a brief, theoretical speculation, it exploded into the focus of [...]

    GENRE: Non-Fiction
  • Loving Man: A Photographic Guide To Gay Male Lovemaking
    Loving Man: A Photographic Guide To Gay Male Lovemaking
    $75.00 | , , Add to cart

    One of the first sex-ed & health guides for gay men. Hark Publishing, 1976 Hardcover edition. Some sagging from spine and wear to boards. Discoloration to edges of pages.

    GENRE: Non-Fiction
  • John Coltrane – Om
    John Coltrane – Om
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    “Condemned by many critics as John Coltrane’s worst album, Om suffers only in comparison to the great works that preceded it. Also issued in 1965, Ascension had stunned the jazz […]

    GENRE: Jazz / Fusion / Free Jazz
  • Anthony Braxton – Saxophone Improvisations / Series F.
    Anthony Braxton – Saxophone Improvisations / Series F.
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    “The Inner City label reissued this album not out of some great commitment to avant-garde solo saxophone, but because there was a licensing deal with the shady French label called […]

    GENRE: Jazz / Fusion / Free Jazz
  • Crude – Attitude
    Crude – Attitude
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    Reissue of their 4th album from 2000 Label: Feral Ward – YAN-0012-056-2009 Format: Vinyl, LP, Album Country: US Released: 2009 VG+/VG+  

    GENRE: Punk / Hardcore
  • Morbid Opera – Collection
    Morbid Opera – Collection
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    “Finally, after years of work, the Morbid Opera discography LP!! Painstakingly compiled by Jeff Hodapp (ex-Roach Motel & spouse of Morbid Opera vocalist) and Vinyl Rites, here is all [...]

    GENRE: Punk / Hardcore
  • Steve Lacy – Only Monk
    Steve Lacy – Only Monk
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    “Steve Lacy has long been one of the foremost interpreters of pianist Thelonious Monk’s music. This set is a solo soprano saxophone recital in which Lacy digs into nine of […]

    GENRE: Jazz / Fusion / Free Jazz
  • COUM Transmissions ‎– Home Aged And The 18 Month Hope
    COUM Transmissions ‎– Home Aged And The 18 Month Hope
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    The most recent installment of the rare & unheard archival recordings from the transgressive 70’s performance art group COUM Transmissions. Founded in late 1969 by Genesis P-Orridge [...]

    GENRE: Industrial / Power Electronics
  • Controlled Death ‎– Ritualistic Mutilation In The Bloody Darkness
    Controlled Death ‎– Ritualistic Mutilation In The Bloody Darkness
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    “Controlled Death is the dark side project by the Japanese noise legend Maso Yamazaki a.k.a. Masonna. In April 2018 he decided to make a shudder debut with 1st album Symphony […]

    GENRE: Experimental / Noise, Industrial / Power Electronics
  • Various – The Chicago Boogie Volume 3: Set It Out
    Various – The Chicago Boogie Volume 3: Set It Out
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    “Chicago’s Boogie Munster Crew teams up with Star Creature for it’s third reissue compilation and it’s another major piece of work. Compiled by Tim Zawada and Kool Hersh, [...]

    GENRE: Soul / Funk / Disco
  • Syd Barrett ‎– The Madcap Laughs (80’s UK Pressing)
    Syd Barrett ‎– The Madcap Laughs (80’s UK Pressing)
    $50.00 | , , Add to cart

    “Having left Pink Floyd in 1968 after a daily LSD habit had taken its toll, Syd Barrett’s first solo album finally appeared two years later with ex-Floyd sidekicks David Gilmour […]

    GENRE: Art Rock / Krautrock / Prog / Psych
  • Astrud Gilberto ‎– I Haven’t Got Anything Better To Do
    Astrud Gilberto ‎– I Haven’t Got Anything Better To Do
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    “With her tenure on Verve drawing to a close, Astrud Gilberto steps further away from her bossa nova roots with I Haven’t Got Anything Better to Do, an intimate, nocturnal […]

    GENRE: Jazz / Fusion / Free Jazz