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  • Richard Brautigan – Dreaming of Babylon
    Richard Brautigan – Dreaming of Babylon
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    “You are in San Francisco, and you need a private eye. Nobody’s left but C. Card. When you hire C. Card, you have scraped the bottom of the private eye […]

    GENRE: Fiction/Poetry/Essays/Criticism/Transgressive
  • Raymond Queneau – The Sunday of Life
    Raymond Queneau – The Sunday of Life
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    “The Sunday of Life, the late Raymond Queneau’s tenth novel, was first published in French by Gallimard in 1951 and is now appearing for the first time in this country. […]

    GENRE: Fiction/Poetry/Essays/Criticism/Transgressive
  • Raymond Queneau – The Flight of Icarus
    Raymond Queneau – The Flight of Icarus
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    “Called by some the French Borges, by others the creator of le nouveau roman a generation ahead of its time, Raymond Queneau’s work in fiction continues to defy strict categorization. […]

    GENRE: Fiction/Poetry/Essays/Criticism/Transgressive
  • Raymond Queneau – The Blue Flowers
    Raymond Queneau – The Blue Flowers
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    “The Blue Flowers follows two unlikely characters: Cidrolin, who alternates between drinking and napping on a barge parked along the Seine in the 1960s, and the Duke d’Auge as he […]

    GENRE: Fiction/Poetry/Essays/Criticism/Transgressive
  • Raymond Queneau – The Bark Tree
    Raymond Queneau – The Bark Tree
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    “Seated in a Paris café, a man glimpses another man, a shadowy figure hurrying for the train: Who is he? he wonders, How does he live? And instantly the shadow […]

    GENRE: Fiction/Poetry/Essays/Criticism/Transgressive
  • Raymond Queneau – Pierrot Mon Ami
    Raymond Queneau – Pierrot Mon Ami
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    “Pierrot Mon Ami, considered by many to be one of Raymond Queneau’s finest achievements, is a quirky coming-of-age novel concerning a young man’s initiation into a world filled with deceit, [...]

    GENRE: Fiction/Poetry/Essays/Criticism/Transgressive
  • Askold Melnyczuk – Ambassador Of The Dead
    Askold Melnyczuk – Ambassador Of The Dead
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    “One Sunday morning, Nick Blud, a successful Boston physician, is home in bed when he receives a phone call from Ada Kruk, the mother of a boyhood friend. Ada summons […]

    GENRE: Fiction/Poetry/Essays/Criticism/Transgressive
  • Rainer Maria Rilke – Duino Elegies
    Rainer Maria Rilke – Duino Elegies
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    “We have a marvelous, almost legendary image of the circumstances in which the composition of this great poem began. Rainer Maria Rilke was staying at Duino Castle, on a rocky […]

    GENRE: Fiction/Poetry/Essays/Criticism/Transgressive
  • Arnost Lustig – Night and Hope
    Arnost Lustig – Night and Hope
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    “Stories about young people in the unique concentration-camp ghetto organized by the Nazis in the Czech city of Terezin are based on the author’s own childhood experiences and [...]

    GENRE: Fiction/Poetry/Essays/Criticism/Transgressive
  • Stiff Little Fingers – Gotta Gettaway
    Stiff Little Fingers – Gotta Gettaway
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    Featuring Gotta Gettaway from Nobody’s Heroes, and Bloody Sunday Label: Rough Trade – RT 015 Format: Vinyl, 7″, 45 RPM, Single Country: UK Released: 1979 VG+/VG+. Name Written on [...]

    GENRE: Punk / Hardcore
  • Sean McCann, Matthew Sullivan, Alex Twomey – Saturday Night
    Sean McCann, Matthew Sullivan, Alex Twomey – Saturday Night
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    “Saturday Night is the debut LP by old friends and collaborators Alex Twomey, Matthew Sullivan, and Sean McCann. Recorded over numerous evenings at the artists’ homes, and completed just [...]

    GENRE: Experimental / Noise, Modern Composition / Musique Concrete / Electronic
  • CRASS – Who Dunnit? (1983 Brown Vinyl)
    CRASS – Who Dunnit? (1983 Brown Vinyl)
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    “This is more of a novelty record than a punk record per se. The song gets to the core of British life, both thematically and structurally, since it’s in the […]

    GENRE: Punk / Hardcore
  • Ramones – Rock N’ Roll Radio (UK PRESS)
    Ramones – Rock N’ Roll Radio (UK PRESS)
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    Do You Remember Rock N’ Roll Radio from End Of The Century and I Want You Around from the Rock N’ Roll High School Soundtrack, respectively. Label: Sire – SIR […]

    GENRE: Punk / Hardcore
  • Zounds – More Trouble Coming Every Day
    Zounds – More Trouble Coming Every Day
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    “I (Steve Lake) wrote ‘More Trouble…’ during the riots that were taking place in London and other English towns at the time. I nicked the title from Frank Zappa (who […]

    GENRE: Punk / Hardcore
  • Zounds – Dancing
    Zounds – Dancing
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    “Joseph walked out of the studio half way through when Lawrence had the bright idea of recording all the drums on ‘Dancing’ one at a time. He also hated ‘True […]

    GENRE: Punk / Hardcore
  • Gism* – Anarchy Violence (white vinyl)
    Gism* – Anarchy Violence (white vinyl)
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    “Originally released as a bootleg in 1991 which was hand-numbered to 100 copies. This reissue is on white vinyl & hand-numbered to 200 copies.” Label: no label/no cat number [...]

    GENRE: Punk / Hardcore
  • Nikki Sudden – Back To The Start
    Nikki Sudden – Back To The Start
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    Back To The Start/Ringing On My Train from the Swell Maps founder’s solo album, Waiting On Egypt. Label: Numero Group – NUM 1229.5 Format: Vinyl, 7″, Single, Reissue Country: US […]

    GENRE: Garage / Proto Punk
  • The Feelies ‎– The Boy With The Perpetual Nervousness / My Little Red Book
    The Feelies ‎– The Boy With The Perpetual Nervousness / My Little Red Book
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    “Exclusive Ork Records: New York, New York bonus 45, featuring two previously unreleased tracks by the Feelies. “The Boy With The Perpetual Nervousness” is an unreleased studio cut from [...]

    GENRE: Indie / Alternative
  • Cabaret Voltaire ‎– Seconds Too Late
    Cabaret Voltaire ‎– Seconds Too Late
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    Cabaret Voltaire’s 5th single for Rough Trade Label: Rough Trade – RT US 003 Format: Vinyl, 7″, 45 RPM Country: US Released: 1981 VG+/VG.

    GENRE: Industrial / Power Electronics
  • Con-Dom / Militia / Laura Maes – Familiedrama / Pain
    Con-Dom / Militia / Laura Maes – Familiedrama / Pain
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    Two track 7″ by Belgian industrial band Militia featuring Con-Dom on side 1 and Laura Maes on side 2. Label: Praxis Dr. Bearmann – TH-17 Format: Vinyl, 7″, 33 ⅓ […]

    GENRE: Industrial / Power Electronics
  • The Velvet Underground & Nico – S/T (1968 Stereo West Coast Press)
    The Velvet Underground & Nico – S/T (1968 Stereo West Coast Press)
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    What else can be said about The Velvet Underground’s debut album? Changed the course of music history as we know it and still sounds fresh nearly 60 years later. Label: […]

    GENRE: Art Rock / Krautrock / Prog / Psych
  • Sandy Bull With Billy Higgins – Fantasias For Guitar And Banjo
    Sandy Bull With Billy Higgins – Fantasias For Guitar And Banjo
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    “Sandy Bull should be a household name, as he was a true musical visionary who was clearly ahead of his time. This, his first album, is a truly auspicious debut. […]

    GENRE: Folk / Country
  • Karen Dalton – Recording Is The Trip Karen Dalton Archives
    Karen Dalton – Recording Is The Trip Karen Dalton Archives
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    “Recording is the Trip – The Karen Dalton Archives is a three-LP, three-CD box set, including a download card and a shirt. Three LPs: Includes for the first-time ever on […]

    GENRE: Folk / Country
  • Z’EV / Zerfall_Gebiete – Untitled
    Z’EV / Zerfall_Gebiete – Untitled
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    “Four exclusive tracks. Released in conjunction with a live performance at the Lagerhaus Bremen on 17. April 2004. Record One features two very dynamic untitled tracks by legendary [...]

    GENRE: Experimental / Noise
  • Don Dietrich – Chinese Root Letter / Tabulae Sex
    Don Dietrich – Chinese Root Letter / Tabulae Sex
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    Free Sax Madness from the Borbetomagus member. Label: Ecstatic Peace! – E#25 Format: Vinyl, 7″ Country: US Released: 1995 VG+/VG+

    GENRE: Jazz / Fusion / Free Jazz
  • Burning Witch – Crippled Lucifer (4LP+DVD)
    Burning Witch – Crippled Lucifer (4LP+DVD)
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    Includes: Towers, Rift Canyon Dreams, The Bleeder/Rift Canyon Dreams 12″, Live At The China Club 1996 and a DVD of two live sets from 1997. . Label: Southern Lord – […]

    GENRE: Metal
  • Various ‎– Hipsville 29 B.C.
    Various ‎– Hipsville 29 B.C.
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    Compilation of rare Garage 45s, featuring The Vagrants & The Fantastic Dee-Jays. Label: Kramden Records – KR 101 Format: Vinyl, LP, Compilation, Repress Country: US Released: 1996 VG/VG. [...]

    GENRE: Garage / Proto Punk
  • Joy Division ‎– Substance [1988 pressing]
    Joy Division ‎– Substance [1988 pressing]
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    “After New Order released their own Substance compilation in 1987, it was perhaps inevitable that a similar and long-overdue collection would apply to Joy Division, especially given the [...]

    GENRE: Post-Punk / Goth / Darkwave / Minimal Synth / Neofolk
  • Gillian Welch ‎– Boots No. 2: The Lost Songs (Vol. 1 | 2 | 3)
    Gillian Welch ‎– Boots No. 2: The Lost Songs (Vol. 1 | 2 | 3)
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    “Unearthed from a cache of home demos and reel-to-reel recordings, Boots No. 2: The Lost Songs is the second release of archival music from the vault of Gillian Welch and David [...]

    GENRE: Folk / Country
  • John Prine ‎– The Asylum Albums [3LP box]
    John Prine ‎– The Asylum Albums [3LP box]
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    Includes Bruised Orange, Pink Cadillac and Storm Windows Label: Rhino Records – R1 565271 Format: 3xVinyl, LP, Album, Reissue, Box Set, 180g Vinyl Country: US Released: 2020 NM/NM

    GENRE: Folk / Country
  • Hair Police – Strict
    Hair Police – Strict
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      Label: Troubleman Unlimited – TMU 181 Format: Vinyl, 7″ Country: US Released:2007 VG+/VG+

    GENRE: Experimental / Noise
  • Crass – How Does It Feel-
    Crass – How Does It Feel-
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    “George Barber wrote in the crass story, Having had a bit more time to consider their response, Crass released another single: ‘How Does It Feel To Be The Mother Of […]

    GENRE: Punk / Hardcore
  • Trees – Trees
    Trees – Trees
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    “It’s now over fifty years since Trees’ formation, a band who helped define ‘Acid Folk’, creating a sub-category in the lexicon of record dealers and music critics alike. Earth’s new […]

    GENRE: Folk / Country
  • Love ‎– Da Capo
    Love ‎– Da Capo
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    “1967’s Da Capo captured Love in a transitional phase, evolving from the frenetic garage folk of their debut album to the lush, psychedelic textures of their third release, Forever [...]

    GENRE: Art Rock / Krautrock / Prog / Psych
  • Lee Hazlewood ‎– Forty
    Lee Hazlewood ‎– Forty
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    “Originally titled Will The Real Lee Hazlewood Please Stand Up?, Forty was a different kind of Hazlewood album, one in which Lee just focused on being a performer. In 1969 […]

    GENRE: Rock / Pop
  • Hapshash And The Coloured Coat – Featuring The Human Host And The Heavy Metal Kids
    Hapshash And The Coloured Coat – Featuring The Human Host And The Heavy Metal Kids
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    “One of the most sought-after of all ’60s cult LPs, 1967’s Hapshash and the Coloured Coat Featuring the Human Host and the Heavy Metal Kids is the sort of record […]

    GENRE: Art Rock / Krautrock / Prog / Psych
  • The Fabulous Wailers Featuring Rockin’ Robin And Gail Harris – At The Castle
    The Fabulous Wailers Featuring Rockin’ Robin And Gail Harris – At The Castle
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    “Bobby Blue” Bland, James Brown, Freddy King: the Wailers all had that roots music imbedded in us, we played black music but white people thought it was ours. It was […]

    GENRE: Garage / Proto Punk
  • Bonnie ‘Prince’ Billy* – Will Oldham On Bonnie ‘Prince’ Billy (2×10″ & book)
    Bonnie ‘Prince’ Billy* – Will Oldham On Bonnie ‘Prince’ Billy (2×10″ & book)
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    Limited edition of 300 copies encased in a chocolate and silver Solander box. Included is the signed and numbered hardback edition of the book ‘Will Oldham On Bonnie ‘Prince’ [...]

    GENRE: Folk / Country, Indie / Alternative
  • The Damned – The History Of The World Part I
    The Damned – The History Of The World Part I
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    The first single from The Damned’s 1980 album, The Black Album. Label: Chiswick Records – CHIS 135 Format: Vinyl, 7″, 45 RPM, Single Country: UK Released: 1980 VG+/VG.

    GENRE: Punk / Hardcore
  • Art & Power: The Avant-garde & the Soviet State, 1917-1928
    Art & Power: The Avant-garde & the Soviet State, 1917-1928
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    In Art and Power, Andrei Sarabyanov and Natalia Strizhkova explore the historical period between 1917 to the early 1930s, when avant-garde artists and Bolshevik leaders worked hand in hand to [...]

    GENRE: Art/Photography, Non-Fiction
  • Total Expansion of the Letter: Avant-Garde Art and Language After Mallarmé
    Total Expansion of the Letter: Avant-Garde Art and Language After Mallarmé
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    At the outset of the twentieth century, language became a visual medium and a philosophical problem for European avant-garde artists. In Total Expansion of the Letter, art historian Trevor Stark [...]

    GENRE: Non-Fiction
  • Real Hallucinations: Psychiatric Illness, Intentionality, & the Interpersonal World
    Real Hallucinations: Psychiatric Illness, Intentionality, & the Interpersonal World
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    In Real Hallucinations, Matthew Ratcliffe offers a philosophical examination of the structure of human experience, its vulnerability to disruption, and how it is shaped by relations with other [...]

    GENRE: Non-Fiction
  • Nervous Systems: Brain Science in the Early Cold War
    Nervous Systems: Brain Science in the Early Cold War
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    The 1950s were a transformative, even revolutionary decade in the history of brain science. Using new techniques for probing brain activity and function, researchers in neurosurgery, psychiatry, [...]

    GENRE: Non-Fiction
  • Neon Screams: How Drill, Trap, & Basement Made Music New Again
    Neon Screams: How Drill, Trap, & Basement Made Music New Again
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    Neon Screams is a manifesto, a rallying cry for the new musical futurism. Taking street music’s embrace of Auto-Tune in the late 2000s as his starting point, Kit Mackintosh launches […]

    GENRE: Non-Fiction
  • Endless Endless: A Lo-Fi History of the Elephant 6 Mystery
    Endless Endless: A Lo-Fi History of the Elephant 6 Mystery
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    Years after its release, Neutral Milk Hotel’s In the Aeroplane Over the Sea remains one of the most beloved and best-selling albums in all of indie music, hailed as a […]

    GENRE: Indie / Alternative, Non-Fiction
  • Material Noise: Reading Theory as Artist’s Book
    Material Noise: Reading Theory as Artist’s Book
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    In Material Noise, Anne Royston argues that theoretical works signify through their materiality—such nonsemantic elements as typography or color—as well as their semantic content. Examining works [...]

    GENRE: Non-Fiction
  • Soma: The Divine Hallucinogen
    Soma: The Divine Hallucinogen
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    Soma has been shrouded in mystery for centuries. It is simultaneously a sacred hallucinogenic plant used in secret rituals, a personified God, and an important cosmological principle. Summarizing [...]

    GENRE: Non-Fiction
  • Repeater Book of the Occult: Tales from the Darkside
    Repeater Book of the Occult: Tales from the Darkside
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    A selection of Repeater authors choose their favourite horror stories for this new anthology, with each writing a critical introduction for the story of their choice. Edited by novelist and […]

    GENRE: Fiction/Poetry/Essays/Criticism/Transgressive
  • Jerusalem!: The Real Life of William Blake
    Jerusalem!: The Real Life of William Blake
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    ‘And did those feet in ancient time …’ The hymn ‘Jerusalem’, with its famous words by William Blake, stirs our hearts with its evocation of a new holy city built [...]

    GENRE: Non-Fiction
  • From the Bodies of the Gods: Psychoactive Plants & the Cults of the Dead as Revealed in Pagan, Hebrew, Minoan, & Christian Traditions
    From the Bodies of the Gods: Psychoactive Plants & the Cults of the Dead as Revealed in Pagan, Hebrew, Minoan, & Christian Traditions
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    Long before the beginnings of civilization, humans have been sacrificed and their flesh used to produce sacred foods and oils for use in religious rites. Originating with the sacred harvest […]

    GENRE: Non-Fiction