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  • Moholy-Nagy: Experiment In Totality
    Moholy-Nagy: Experiment In Totality
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    “This biography of the Constructivist leader Laszlo Moholy-Nagy illustrates his difficult yet victorious struggle for a total approach to seeing-teaching-creating. The account encompasses [...]

    GENRE: Non-Fiction
  • Mind Control, World Control: The Encyclopedia of Mind Control
    Mind Control, World Control: The Encyclopedia of Mind Control
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    “Mind Control is a little known and a highly controversial topic today. Veteran author and investigator Jim Keith uncovers a surprising amount of information on the technology, [...]

    GENRE: Non-Fiction
  • Karl Ove Knausgaard – In The Land Of The Cyclops
    Karl Ove Knausgaard – In The Land Of The Cyclops
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    “In his first essay collection to be published in English, the New York Times bestselling author of the My Struggle series Karl Ove Knausgaard explores art, philosophy, and literature with [...]

    GENRE: Non-Fiction
  • Roland Barthes – Incidents
    Roland Barthes – Incidents
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    “In 1979, just after having written skeptically on the question of whether a journal was worth keeping “with a view to publication,” Roland Barthes began to keep an intimate [...]

    GENRE: Non-Fiction
  • The Essential Mae Brussell: Investigations Of Fascism In America
    The Essential Mae Brussell: Investigations Of Fascism In America
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    “”Mae’s work may be more relevant now than in her heyday. Like those of many other freedom fighters throughout history, the ghost of Mae Brussell will never rest till justice [...]

    GENRE: Non-Fiction
  • Jim Keith – Mass Control: Engineering Human Consciousness
    Jim Keith – Mass Control: Engineering Human Consciousness
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    “Here stands the New Man. His conception of reality is a dance of electronic images fired into his forebrain, a gossamer construction of his masters, designed so that he will […]

    GENRE: Non-Fiction
  • Owsley And Me: My LSD Family
    Owsley And Me: My LSD Family
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    “Owsley and Me is a love story set against the background of the Psychedelic Revolution of the ’60s. Owsley “Bear” Stanley met her in Berkeley in 1965, when LSD was […]

    GENRE: Memoir
  • Out Of Darkness: Exploring Satanism & Ritual Abuse
    Out Of Darkness: Exploring Satanism & Ritual Abuse
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    “Brings together the testimony of psychiatrists, theologians, an FBI agent, and two survivors of ritual abuse to provide a balanced look at the network of satanic cults in existence [...]

    GENRE: Non-Fiction
  • Gary Webb – Dark Alliance
    Gary Webb – Dark Alliance
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    “In August 1996, Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Gary Webb stunned the world with a series of articles in the San Jose Mercury News reporting the results of his year-long investigation [...]

    GENRE: Non-Fiction
  • Nicholas Schou – Orange Sunshine (1st edition)
    Nicholas Schou – Orange Sunshine (1st edition)
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    “Dubbed the “Hippie Mafia,” the Brotherhood began in the mid-1960s as a small band of peace-loving, adventure-seeking surfers in Southern California. After discovering LSD, they [...]

    GENRE: Non-Fiction
  • Albert Hofmann – LSD: My Problem Child
    Albert Hofmann – LSD: My Problem Child
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    “Credited with synthesizing and discovering the psychedelic effects of LSD, Hofmann traces the path of the drug from a promising psychiatric research medicine to a recreational drug [...]

    GENRE: Non-Fiction
  • The Snuggly Satanicon
    The Snuggly Satanicon
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    “The current volume, edited and translated from the French by Brian Stableford, brings together fourteen stories composed in the thriving tradition of “literary Satanism” that was pioneered [...]

    GENRE: Fiction/Poetry/Essays/Criticism/Transgressive
  • Mrinalini Sarabhai With Chathunni Panicker And The Southern India Darpana Co. Of Dancers And Musicians* – Wondrous Music Of India (South)
    Mrinalini Sarabhai With Chathunni Panicker And The Southern India Darpana Co. Of Dancers And Musicians* – Wondrous Music Of India (South)
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    Sealed copy! South Indian – various tracks of flute music, vocal & classical, ragas, etc Label: Request Records – SRLP 8076 Format: Vinyl, LP, Album, Stereo Country: US NM/VG+  Sealed

    GENRE: Indian
  • Ustad Amjad Ali Khan* ‎– Raga Priyadarshini – A Tribute
    Ustad Amjad Ali Khan* ‎– Raga Priyadarshini – A Tribute
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    Wonderful sarod & tabla raga. Label: His Master’s Voice – ECSD. 3117, His Master’s Voice – ECSD 3117 Format: Vinyl, LP, Album Country: India Released: 1984 VG+/VG

    GENRE: Hindustani, Indian
  • Debu Chaudhuri – Debu’s Sitar – India’s Debu – Sitar Maestro
    Debu Chaudhuri – Debu’s Sitar – India’s Debu – Sitar Maestro
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    A impressionistic sitar album. Fantastic and immersive. Label: ABK Productions – ABK2001 Format: Vinyl, LP, Stereo Country: US VG+/VG+

    GENRE: Hindustani, Indian
  • Pandit Narayanrao Vyas – Enchanting Music From Pandit Narayanrao Vyas
    Pandit Narayanrao Vyas – Enchanting Music From Pandit Narayanrao Vyas
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    Melodious and serene vocal ragas. Label: All India Radio – PMLP 3023, His Master’s Voice – PMLP. 3023 Format: Vinyl, LP Country: India Released: 1984 VG+/VG+

    GENRE: Hindustani, Indian
  • Ustad Ali Akbar Khan ‎– Soul Of The Sarod
    Ustad Ali Akbar Khan ‎– Soul Of The Sarod
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    Very rare 80s recording – The sarod, tabla & tanpura together in a playful and somber 2 side length pieces. Label: Oriental Records – BGRP 1041 Format: Vinyl, LP, Stereo […]

    GENRE: Hindustani, Indian
  • Parween Sultana ‎– Sings Rare Melodies
    Parween Sultana ‎– Sings Rare Melodies
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    “Parween Sultana’s voice soars, and this album of two ragas is great evidence. If you love Hindustani vocal acrobatics, Sultana will not disappoint!” – Adam_A, discogs [...]

    GENRE: Hindustani, Indian
  • Mrinalini Sarabhai With Chathunni Panicker And The Southern India Darpana Co. Of Dancers And Musicians* ‎– Wondrous Music Of India (South)
    Mrinalini Sarabhai With Chathunni Panicker And The Southern India Darpana Co. Of Dancers And Musicians* ‎– Wondrous Music Of India (South)
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    South Indian – various tracks of flute music, vocal & classical, ragas, etc Label: Request Records – SRLP 8076 Format: Vinyl, LP, Album, Stereo Country: US VG+/VG+

    GENRE: Indian
  • Himangshu Biswas ‎– Santoor
    Himangshu Biswas ‎– Santoor
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    Santoor & tabla LP – wonderful pieces here. The santoor playing is incredible! Label: Music India – 2393 812 Format: Vinyl, LP Country: India Released: 1981 VG+/VG

    GENRE: Hindustani, Indian
  • Ustad Ali Akbar Khan* – Raga: Ahir Bhairav / Raga: Durgeshwari
    Ustad Ali Akbar Khan* – Raga: Ahir Bhairav / Raga: Durgeshwari
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    A beautiful and ethereal album of sarod & tabla. Label: His Master’s Voice – EASD 1391, His Master’s Voice – EASD.1391 Format: Vinyl, LP, Album, Stereo Country: India Released: [...]

    GENRE: Hindustani, Indian
  • Jagannath & Party ‎– Shehnai
    Jagannath & Party ‎– Shehnai
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    Large band album, shehnai led. Label: Music India – 2393 833 Format: Vinyl, LP, Stereo Country: India Released: 1982 VG+/VG

    GENRE: Hindustani, Indian
  • Maestro Ali Akbar Khan*, Swapan Chaudhuri ‎– Artistic Sound Of Sarod
    Maestro Ali Akbar Khan*, Swapan Chaudhuri ‎– Artistic Sound Of Sarod
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    Sarod masterwork from Ali Akbar Khan along with tabla from Swapan Chaudhuri & tambouras from Shefali Nag & Daniel Paul Karp. Label: Chhanda Dhara – SP 10685 Format: Vinyl, LP […]

    GENRE: Indian
  • V/A – Guru Ramdas Rakho Sarnaee
    V/A – Guru Ramdas Rakho Sarnaee
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    Sikh LP that commemorates the 400th anniversary of the founding of the holy city of Amritsar. Label: His Master’s Voice – ECSD 3009 Format: Vinyl, LP Country: India Released: 1977 […]

    GENRE: Indian
  • Chitti Babu – The Sound Of Veena
    Chitti Babu – The Sound Of Veena
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    A bit of a sad sounding one from Chitti Babu… “A much more plaintive album for the most part than we usually get from Chitti Babu. And again, there are […]

    GENRE: Hindustani, Indian
  • Ustad Abdul Halim Jaffer Khan* ‎– Sitar Ecstasy (Indian Pressing)
    Ustad Abdul Halim Jaffer Khan* ‎– Sitar Ecstasy (Indian Pressing)
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    “Khan’s second-last LP and one of the last recordings he’d make for almost two decades, it’s a very good of his skills with the sitar. His renditions of two ragas […]

    GENRE: Indian
  • V/A – Folk Music Of India
    V/A – Folk Music Of India
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    Various Indian music styles highlighted by the USA’s greatest gov agency – FOLKWAYS. Label: Folkways Records – FE 4409 Series: Ethnic Folkways Library Format: Vinyl, LP, Compilation, [...]

    GENRE: Hindustani, Indian
  • Ustad Amjad Ali Khan – Raga Shree
    Ustad Amjad Ali Khan – Raga Shree
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    Album length raga, Shree. Label: EMI – ECSD 2542 Format: Vinyl, LP, Stereo Country: India Released: 1976 VG+/VG+

    GENRE: Hindustani, Indian
  • Kumar Gandharva – Kumar Gandharva
    Kumar Gandharva – Kumar Gandharva
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    Vocal album of the prolific Kumar Gandharva. Label: His Master’s Voice – ECSD. 2734 Format: Vinyl, LP Country: India Released: 1974 VG+/VG+

    GENRE: Indian
  • Ustad Munir Khan & Zamir Ahmad Khan ‎– Raga Darbari Kanada – Raga Shahana / Raga Bhimpalashri – Raga Des
    Ustad Munir Khan & Zamir Ahmad Khan ‎– Raga Darbari Kanada – Raga Shahana / Raga Bhimpalashri – Raga Des
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    Sarangi, tabla & tanpura ragas. Label: Ime Records – IME 1002 Format: Vinyl, LP, Album Country: Netherlands Released: 1980 VG+/VG

    GENRE: Hindustani, Indian
  • Gurbachan Singh Sachdev* ‎– Incantations
    Gurbachan Singh Sachdev* ‎– Incantations
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    Bansuri champion, Gurbachan Singh Sachdev with a wonderful flute album. Label: Arion – ARN 33 745 Format: Vinyl, LP Country: France Released: 1983 VG+/VG+

    GENRE: Indian
  • Alan Lomax – The Land Where The Blues Began
    Alan Lomax – The Land Where The Blues Began
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    “A self-described “song-hunter,” the folklorist Alan Lomax traveled the Mississippi Delta in the 1930’s and ‘40s, armed with primitive recording equipment and a keen love of the Delta’s [...]

    GENRE: Folk / Country, Non-Fiction
  • Andy Warhol: The Factory Years
    Andy Warhol: The Factory Years
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    “New York City, the 1960s: Inside a ramshackle studio known as The Factory, the post-war art world encountered the industrial revolution. For more than two years, Nat Finkelstein was on [...]

    GENRE: Art/Photography, Non-Fiction
  • The Body – I Shall Die Here
    The Body – I Shall Die Here
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    “Sharing their heathen vision with The Haxan Cloak, The Body’s tried and true sound is cut to pieces, mutilated by process and re-animated in a spectral state for their fourth […]

    GENRE: Metal
  • Pablo Escobar And Colombian Narcoculture
    Pablo Escobar And Colombian Narcoculture
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    “In the years since his death in 1993, Colombian drug lord Pablo Escobar has become a globally recognized symbol of crime, wealth, power, and masculinity. In this long-overdue exploration [...]

    GENRE: Non-Fiction
  • Thomas Bernhard – Correction
    Thomas Bernhard – Correction
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    “The scientist Roithamer has dedicated the last six years of his life to “the Cone,” an edifice of mathematically exact construction that he has erected in the center of his […]

    GENRE: Fiction/Poetry/Essays/Criticism/Transgressive
  • Time Bomb: A Nuclear Reader From The Progressive
    Time Bomb: A Nuclear Reader From The Progressive
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    An awareness and preparedness guide from the anti-nuclear Progressive Foundation. Progressive Foundation, 1980. Some rubbing & cornerwear to wraps, along with some foxing to pages.

    GENRE: Non-Fiction
  • DDAA – Ronsard
    DDAA – Ronsard
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    French experimental/art-music that crosses into industrial at certain points. Label: Electrip – ELECTRIP 01 Format: Vinyl, LP, Album Country:Belgium Released: 1988 VG+/VG+

    GENRE: Experimental / Noise
  • Nurse With Wound – The Musty Odour Of Pierced Rectums (A Collection Of Obsolete Primitive Variations)
    Nurse With Wound – The Musty Odour Of Pierced Rectums (A Collection Of Obsolete Primitive Variations)
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    Reissue of a limited edition CDr from 2003 Label: Beta-Lactam Ring Records – mt056b Format: Vinyl, LP, Album, Reissue Country: US Released: 2008 VG+/VG+

    GENRE: Experimental / Noise
  • Derek Bailey – Duo & Trio Improvisation
    Derek Bailey – Duo & Trio Improvisation
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    “This 1978 recording finds the estimable British guitarist in the musical company of several members of the cutting edge of the Japanese jazz avant-garde of the time. These musicians, [...]

    GENRE: Jazz / Fusion / Free Jazz
  • Motörhead ‎– Orgasmatron
    Motörhead ‎– Orgasmatron
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    “I admire metal’s integrity, brutality, and obsessiveness, but I can’t stand its delusions of grandeur–the way it apes and misapprehends reactionary notions of nobility. [...]

    GENRE: Metal
  • Kel. Putra Bali Purantara Jogjakarta* – Gending2 Tarian Bali
    Kel. Putra Bali Purantara Jogjakarta* – Gending2 Tarian Bali
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    Ethnographic field recordings of Balinese cultural ceremonial music. Label: Lokananta Records – BRD-020 Format: Vinyl, LP Country: Indonesia Released: 1969 VG+/VG with Old store sticker. Some [...]

    GENRE: International
  • The Damned – The Black Album
    The Damned – The Black Album
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    The Damned embrace goth & art-rock leanings on their fourth album Label: Chiswick Records – CWK 3015 Format: 2xVinyl, LP, Album Country: UK Released: 1980 VG+/VG+ with light marks & […]

    GENRE: Punk / Hardcore
  • The Flesh Eaters ‎– Forever Came Today
    The Flesh Eaters ‎– Forever Came Today
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    “In the wake of the star-filled A Minute To Pray A Second To Die, The Flesh Eaters’ frontman Chris D. assembled a leaner, meaner band to deliver his next unbound […]

    GENRE: Punk / Hardcore
  • Butthole Surfers – Psychic… Powerless… Another Man’s Sac (clear 1984 pressing)
    Butthole Surfers – Psychic… Powerless… Another Man’s Sac (clear 1984 pressing)
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    “By the time they started touring to preview and then support the revamped version of ‘Psychic… Powerless… Another Man’s Sac,’ the Buttholes’ live show was a berserk, evolving [...]

    GENRE: Indie / Alternative
  • Velvet Underground – White Light / White Heat (80’s Japanese Pressing)
    Velvet Underground – White Light / White Heat (80’s Japanese Pressing)
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    It’s all about Sister Ray. Label: Verve Records – 23MM 0190 Format: Vinyl, LP, Album, Stereo Country: Japan Released: 1982 VG+/VG+  

    GENRE: Art Rock / Krautrock / Prog / Psych
  • Epicycle – Special First Edition
    Epicycle – Special First Edition
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    Psych tinged power-pop from Chicago. Label:Cirkle Records – CST 1111 Format: Vinyl, LP Country: US Released: 1981 VG+/VG with some noticeable sleevewear & staining. Start of split at upper [...]

    GENRE: Art Rock / Krautrock / Prog / Psych
  • Chick Corea – Tones For Joan’s Bones (’76 Japanese Pressing)
    Chick Corea – Tones For Joan’s Bones (’76 Japanese Pressing)
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    “Tones for Joan’s Bones, Chick Corea’s first session as a leader, is a blazing, advanced hard bop set from late 1966, with writing that reveals an affinity with McCoy [...]

    GENRE: Jazz / Fusion / Free Jazz
  • Ornette Coleman & Charlie Haden – Soap Suds
    Ornette Coleman & Charlie Haden – Soap Suds
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    “The most significant dividing line in Ornette’s chronology might be Charlie Haden’s leaving the group in the mid-’70s. This set of duos from a few years later highlights the [...]

    GENRE: Jazz / Fusion / Free Jazz
  • Iggy And The Stooges* ‎– Metallic ‘KO
    Iggy And The Stooges* ‎– Metallic ‘KO
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    Documentation of The Stooges final live performance. Heavy & hostile. Label: Import Records – IMP 1015 Format: Vinyl, LP, Album Country:US Released: 1977 VG+/VG+ with light marks & some [...]

    GENRE: Art Rock / Krautrock / Prog / Psych
  • Masterpieces Of American Modernism
    Masterpieces Of American Modernism
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    “Modernism, referring to the period dating roughly from the late 19th century through 1970, is regarded as a crucial moment in the history of American art. Although Modernist artists [...]

    GENRE: Art/Photography
  • Emmet Gowin – Photographs
    Emmet Gowin – Photographs
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    “A magnificently produced retrospective of the work of distinguished photographer Emmet Gowin. Although Gowin’s work, spiritually charged and technically exquisite, is well known and [...]

    GENRE: Art/Photography
  • Expressions: New Art From Germany
    Expressions: New Art From Germany
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    Exhibition catalog focusing on the German Expressionist movement 1960s-1980s. Saint Louis Museum Press & Prestel-Verlag, 1983 softcover edition. Light scuffing/wear to wraps  

    GENRE: Art/Photography
  • Hacking The Earthship: In Search Of An Earth-Shelter That Works For Everyone
    Hacking The Earthship: In Search Of An Earth-Shelter That Works For Everyone
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    “Hacking the Earthship: In Search of an Earth-Shelter that Works for EveryBody is a collection of academic and in-the-field research on Earthships combined with practical advice for [...]

    GENRE: Non-Fiction
  • Dali – Les Diners De Gala
    Dali – Les Diners De Gala
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    “Les diners de Gala is uniquely devoted to the pleasures of taste … If you are a disciple of one of those calorie-counters who turn the joys of eating into […]

    GENRE: Art/Photography
  • Robert Monroe – Journeys Out Of The Body
    Robert Monroe – Journeys Out Of The Body
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    “In 1958, Robert Monroe, a Virginia businessman, began to have experiences that drastically altered his life. Unpredictably, and without his willing it, Monroe found himself leaving his [...]

    GENRE: Non-Fiction
  • Brian Doherty – Dirty Pictures
    Brian Doherty – Dirty Pictures
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    “In the 1950s, comics meant POW!BAM! superheroes, family-friendly gags, and Sunday funnies, but in the 1960s, inspired by these strips and the satire of MAD magazine, a new generation of [...]

    GENRE: Non-Fiction
  • King Crimson ? Larks’ Tongues In Aspic (1977 UK)
    King Crimson ? Larks’ Tongues In Aspic (1977 UK)
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    The best prog record of all time. Label: Polydor – 2302 061 Format: Vinyl, LP, Album, Reissue Country:UK Released:1977 VG+/VG+. Label has some tearing. Edgewear & general light sleevewear

    GENRE: Art Rock / Krautrock / Prog / Psych
  • High Rise ? Speed Free Sonic
    High Rise ? Speed Free Sonic
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    High flying and hard hitting noisy psych rock from Japan. Blue Cheer x100. Label: Paratactile – PLE 1104-2 Format: CD, Album Country: UK Released: 1999 VG+/VG+ with light marks & […]

    GENRE: Art Rock / Krautrock / Prog / Psych
  • Streets (Select Highlights From Independent British Labels)
    Streets (Select Highlights From Independent British Labels)
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    Killer compilation documenting the British punk scene of 1977, featuring tracks from John Cooper Clarke, The Lurkers & more. Label: Beggars Banquet – BEGA 1 Format: Vinyl, LP, Compilation, [...]

    GENRE: Punk / Hardcore