April 5th Newsletter
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  • Aonorinjin – 小圈子 (white vinyl)
    Aonorinjin – 小圈子 (white vinyl)
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    Cold, distant, degraded and droned-out Vaporwave. Label: VILL4IN – MANA 003 Format: Vinyl, LP, Album, Limited Edition, White Vinyl Country: Released: 2020 VG+/VG+

    GENRE: Experimental / Noise
  • Gabor Szabo – Rambler
    Gabor Szabo – Rambler
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    “Although this LP is a CTI production, guitarist Gabor Szabo is well featured in a conventional quartet (without strings, horns or “sweetening”) that also includes the electric [...]

    GENRE: Jazz / Fusion / Free Jazz
  • Light Of The World ‎– Check Us Out
    Light Of The World ‎– Check Us Out
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    UK based Jazz-Funk filled with ripe grooves Label: Capitol Records – ST-12221 Format: Vinyl, LP, Album Country: US Released: 1983 VG/VG+. Noticeable light marks and scuffing. Tag on label. [...]

    GENRE: Soul / Funk / Disco
  • Theodore Cale Schafer ‎– Patience
    Theodore Cale Schafer ‎– Patience
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    “Patience is the debut full-length album by Sante Fe-based artist Theodore Cale Schafer. Alternately murky and narcoleptic and bristling with grit and light, this collection of eight pieces [...]

    GENRE: Experimental / Noise
  • Human Hands ‎– Human Hands
    Human Hands ‎– Human Hands
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    Pre-LAFMS art-damaged new-wave weirdness Label: Independent Project Records – IP005 Format: 2xVinyl, LP, Compilation Country: US Released: 1982 VG+/VG+. Corner crease and sleevewear. No 7″

    GENRE: Indie / Alternative
  • Dead Meadow – The Nothing They Need
    Dead Meadow – The Nothing They Need
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    “The Nothing They Need is our seventh studio album. It was released on March 2, 2018 under Xemu Records. Marking 20 years as a band this release notably features all […]

    GENRE: Art Rock / Krautrock / Prog / Psych
  • Dead Meadow – Old Growth
    Dead Meadow – Old Growth
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    Dead Meadow embrace lighter elements on their fifth studio album Label: Matador – OLE 750-1 Format: Vinyl, LP, Album, White Vinyl Country: US Released: 2008 VG+/VG. Some sleevewear/edgewear

    GENRE: Art Rock / Krautrock / Prog / Psych
  • Pagan Altar – Mythical & Magical
    Pagan Altar – Mythical & Magical
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    “Featuring songs written mostly between 1976 and 1983, Mythical & Magical is Pagan Altar’s third album and is, without a doubt, the pinnacle of their career. This grandiose, [...]

    GENRE: Metal
  • The Birthday Party / Lydia Lunch – Drunk On The Pope’s Blood / The Agony Is The Ecstacy
    The Birthday Party / Lydia Lunch – Drunk On The Pope’s Blood / The Agony Is The Ecstacy
    $35.00 | , , Add to cart

    Contains The Birthday Party’s “Drunk On The Pope’s Blood – 16 Minutes Of Sheer Hell!” and Lydia Lunch’s The Agony Is The Ecstasy Label: 4AD – JAD 202 Format: [...]

    GENRE: Post-Punk / Goth / Darkwave / Minimal Synth / Neofolk
  • The Bad Plus – Activate Infinity
    The Bad Plus – Activate Infinity
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    “Activate Infinity is the second album from The Bad Plus since the remarkable pianist Orrin Evans joined the trio back in 2018. With their sights set on a new trajectory, […]

    GENRE: Jazz / Fusion / Free Jazz
  • V/A – Covers
    V/A – Covers
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    Mystic Records compilation of covers, featuring bands such SWA, Government Issue and VOA covering bands such as Black Sabbath, The Seeds and more. Label: Mystic Records – MLP 33132 Format: […]

    GENRE: Punk / Hardcore
  • Patty Waters – College Tour
    Patty Waters – College Tour
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    “In the Spring of 1966, ESP was given a grant by the New York State Council on the Arts, to tour the five colleges in the state with music departments. […]

    GENRE: Jazz / Fusion / Free Jazz
  • Raw Power – After Your Brain
    Raw Power – After Your Brain
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    “Italy’s answer to Black Flag. Many would classify Raw Power as “crossover” Hardcore because they employ heavy riffing and wanky solos in many of the songs, but their [...]

    GENRE: Punk / Hardcore
  • Final Conflict – Ashes To Ashes
    Final Conflict – Ashes To Ashes
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    “Southern California’s Final Conflict was highly influenced by British punk bands like Discharge and were one of the first bands to blend hardcore’s simplistic and manic sound [...]

    GENRE: Punk / Hardcore
  • Oi Polloi ‎– Unite And Win!
    Oi Polloi ‎– Unite And Win!
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    “Some serious Oi! produced by this dedicated Scottish band. Twelve great hard-edged melodic anthems backed by strong sing-a-longs and power production. The lyrics stick to an [...]

    GENRE: Punk / Hardcore
  • Luggage – Hand Is Bad
    Luggage – Hand Is Bad
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    There’s a moment in a 1980’s BBC documentary on The Velvet Underground when John Cale invokes Dylan as “having all questions and no answers,” illustrating his point with a dismissive […]

    GENRE: Experimental / Noise
  • P.G. Six – Parlor Tricks And Porch Favorites (Expanded)
    P.G. Six – Parlor Tricks And Porch Favorites (Expanded)
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    Amish Records is pleased to finally announce an expanded and remastered edition of P.G. Six’s 2001 debut album, ‘Parlor Tricks and Porch Favorites’, to be released as a gatefold [...]

    GENRE: Folk / Country
  • Primitive Art Group – 1981-1986
    Primitive Art Group – 1981-1986
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    Primitive Art Group 1981-1986 will be released on October 25, 2024. This gatefold, 2XLP combines the group’s only two albums, consisting of one LP of ‘Five Tread Drop Down’ cuts […]

    GENRE: Jazz / Fusion / Free Jazz
  • Lee Ranaldo & Michael Vallera – Early New York Silver
    Lee Ranaldo & Michael Vallera – Early New York Silver
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    Amish Records is excited to announce a new recording from guitarists Lee Ranaldo and Michael Vallera, ‘Early New York Silver’, coming out on March 21, 2025. Ranaldo has long been […]

    GENRE: Experimental / Noise
  • Verity Den – Interrupted Journey
    Verity Den – Interrupted Journey
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    Verity Den was born of chance meetings and life-long dedications. The band is comprised of Casey Proctor, Trevor Reece and Mike Wallace, all of whom spent considerable time in their […]

    GENRE: Indie / Alternative
  • Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds ‎– Wild God (Clear Vinyl)
    Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds ‎– Wild God (Clear Vinyl)
    $28.00 | , , Add to cart

    “Nick Cave: “I hope the album has the effect on listeners that it’s had on me. It bursts out of the speaker, and I get swept up with it. It’s […]

    GENRE: Indie / Alternative
  • João Gilberto ‎– The Warm World Of João Gilberto
    João Gilberto ‎– The Warm World Of João Gilberto
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    “Brazilian singer, poet, guitarist Joao Gilberto made his 1959 debut with the now legendary LP, Chega de Saudade, a new sound and acknowledge as the first bossa nova album, a […]

    GENRE: Latin
  • Terje Rypdal / Miroslav Vitous / Jack DeJohnette ‎– To Be Continued
    Terje Rypdal / Miroslav Vitous / Jack DeJohnette ‎– To Be Continued
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    “Essentially a continuation of Rypdal Vitous DeJohnette, this album somewhat lacks the atmospheric keyboards of its predecessor. It is nonetheless quite compelling, particularly in [...]

    GENRE: Jazz / Fusion / Free Jazz
  • John Zorn ‎– Pool
    John Zorn ‎– Pool
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    John Zorn’s first “Gamepiece” album, in which his free improv ensemble plays to a tight constraint of rules. Label: Parachute – POO 11/12 Format: 2xVinyl, LP, Album Country: US [...]

    GENRE: Experimental / Noise, Jazz / Fusion / Free Jazz
  • Herbie Hancock – Crossings
    Herbie Hancock – Crossings
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    “Crossings was the second release by the Herbie Hancock Sextet lineup known as the Mwandishi Band, following 1971’s Mwandishi which stretched Hancock’s already-adventurous [...]

    GENRE: Jazz / Fusion / Free Jazz
  • Terje Rypdal – Odyssey
    Terje Rypdal – Odyssey
    $22.00 | , , Add to cart

    “A magnificant effort that combines crushingly powerful rock/jazz (“Over Bierkerot” is a killer) with long, brooding electric ruminations.” – allmusic.com Label: ECM [...]

    GENRE: Jazz / Fusion / Free Jazz
  • Throbbing Gristle – Throbbing Gristle’s Greatest Hits (Entertainment Through Pain) (Orange Vinyl)
    Throbbing Gristle – Throbbing Gristle’s Greatest Hits (Entertainment Through Pain) (Orange Vinyl)
    $30.00 | , Add to cart

    Throbbing Gristle’s working methods and innovation are so deeply ingrained in the collective consciousness of… everything. The group’s subversive dismantling of the apparatus of [...]

    GENRE: Industrial / Power Electronics
  • Throbbing Gristle – D.o.A. The Third And Final Report (Green Vinyl)
    Throbbing Gristle – D.o.A. The Third And Final Report (Green Vinyl)
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    Vinyl LP pressing. Throbbing Gristle’s second full-length, originally released in 1978, captures alienation in it’s purest form. The line-up of Chris Carter, Peter Christopherson, [...]

    GENRE: Industrial / Power Electronics
  • Swans – Filth
    Swans – Filth
    $23.00 | , Add to cart

    “This is all slabs of sound, rhythm and screaming/testifying. What more do you need? In a way, it was a reaction against Punk (and just about any other music you […]

    GENRE: Industrial / Power Electronics
  • Swans – Feel Good Now
    Swans – Feel Good Now
    $33.00 | , Add to cart

    Infamous “bootleg” double live album from the Swans 1987 Children of God tour of primarily former “Iron Curtain” countries. Personnel during this period was Jarboe, Gira, [...]

    GENRE: Indie / Alternative
  • Sun Ra And His Myth Science Arkestra* – When Angels Speak Of Love
    Sun Ra And His Myth Science Arkestra* – When Angels Speak Of Love
    $27.00 | , Add to cart

    One of a number of sessions cut at the Choreographers’ Workshop, this 1963 set established Sun Ra’s Arkestra as a New York band, sonically coupled to developments in the decidedly [...]

    GENRE: Jazz / Fusion / Free Jazz
  • Sonic Youth – Sister
    Sonic Youth – Sister
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    One of Sonic Youth’s most beloved albums, 1987’s Sister incorporated the dissonance of their earlier releases into more traditional song structures. It’s an innovative and [...]

    GENRE: Indie / Alternative
  • Sonic Youth – Bad Moon Rising
    Sonic Youth – Bad Moon Rising
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    Reissue of Sonic Youth’s second full-length album, originally released in 1985. The album is a fascinating examination of “the junction where hippie idealism [meets] the cold hard [...]

    GENRE: Indie / Alternative
  • Ryo Fukui – Mellow Dream
    Ryo Fukui – Mellow Dream
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    We Release Jazz (WRWTFWW Records’ new sister-label) is thrilled to present the official reissue of criminally overlooked Japanese jazz gem Mellow Dream (1977) by Hokkaido pianist wunderkind Ryo [...]

    GENRE: Jazz / Fusion / Free Jazz
  • Rashied Ali Quintet Featuring Frank Lowe – Sidewalks In Motion
    Rashied Ali Quintet Featuring Frank Lowe – Sidewalks In Motion
    $31.00 | , Add to cart

    Rashied Ali stood as a magnetic force for the musical environment around him. In his last decades he sponsored rehearsal opportunities for young musicians, tightened up neighborhood street-corner [...]

    GENRE: Jazz / Fusion / Free Jazz
  • Dorothy Carter – Waillee Waillee
    Dorothy Carter – Waillee Waillee
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    Palto Flats / Putojefe Records present the first ever reissue of the work of American composer Dorothy Carter, master of the hammered dulcimer, zither, and other instruments of the hammer […]

    GENRE: Folk / Country
  • JJulius* – Vol III
    JJulius* – Vol III
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    In the discourse around new albums from singular, world-building artists, the phrase “a big step forward” can often be a blinking red warning sign. You know you’re about to be […]

    GENRE: Indie / Alternative
  • Kraftwerk – 1981 – Live In Tokyo CS
    Kraftwerk – 1981 – Live In Tokyo CS
    $10.00 | , Ships on/around Apr 25, 2025 Add to cart

    Live in Tokyo – Computer World set. Fan club tape – ships April 25th

    GENRE: Techno / House / Electronic
  • Bjork – Violently Live CS
    Bjork – Violently Live CS
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    Circa 1993 live Bjork… sounds great. Fan club tape – ships April 25th

    GENRE: Techno / House / Electronic
  • Sun Ra and his Intergalatic Friends – Dieswarts CS
    Sun Ra and his Intergalatic Friends – Dieswarts CS
    $10.00 | , Ships on/around Apr 25, 2025 Add to cart

    Early 80s audience recordings from Euro tours. Fan club tape – ships April 25th

    GENRE: Jazz / Fusion / Free Jazz
  • New Order – Berlin 1981
    New Order – Berlin 1981
    $10.00 | , Ships on/around Apr 25, 2025 Add to cart

    Early live set, includes a beautiful and depression rendition of Ceremony. Worth it for the cover art alone! Fan club tape – ships April 25th

    GENRE: Post-Punk / Goth / Darkwave / Minimal Synth / Neofolk
  • Television / Richard Hell – Demos / Live [Neon Boys too!]
    Television / Richard Hell – Demos / Live [Neon Boys too!]
    $10.00 | , Ships on/around Apr 25, 2025 Add to cart

    Another combo of the early Richard Hell/Television/Neon Boys triad of tracks. Mixed & mastered a bit better than I have heard before. Fan club tape – ships April 25th

    GENRE: Garage / Proto Punk
  • Neil Young & Crazy Horse – Cleveland 1970
    Neil Young & Crazy Horse – Cleveland 1970
    $10.00 | , Ships on/around Apr 25, 2025 Add to cart

    Blown out nasty recording. Crazy Horse are white hot. Recommend with a doob. Fan club tape – ships April 25th

    GENRE: Folk / Country
  • Gene Clark – 1975
    Gene Clark – 1975
    $10.00 | , Ships on/around Apr 25, 2025 Add to cart

    Live & unreleased 1975 tracks from Gene Clark with a KILLER band. Must have. Fan club tape – ships April 25th

    GENRE: Folk / Country
  • Townes Van Zandt – Live Europe
    Townes Van Zandt – Live Europe
    $10.00 | , Ships on/around Apr 25, 2025 Add to cart

    Live european recordings of TVZ! Fantastic release. Fan club tape – ships April 25th

    GENRE: Folk / Country
  • The Ramones – Live on WIIR 1982
    The Ramones – Live on WIIR 1982
    $10.00 | , Ships on/around Apr 25, 2025 Add to cart

    Incredible 1982 live WIIR NEW YORK set. Fan club tape – ships April 25th

    GENRE: Punk / Hardcore
  • Greyhound – Wilted Pansies In A Broken Vase
    Greyhound – Wilted Pansies In A Broken Vase
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    “Greyhound is a solo recording project based out of one of Metro Detroit’s most damaged zones Pontiac MI . On this recording he utilizes a wide range of influences to […]

    GENRE: Experimental / Noise
  • Chris Williams, Patrick Shiroishi – Sans Soleil II
    Chris Williams, Patrick Shiroishi – Sans Soleil II
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    CHRIS WILLIAMS – Trumpet / Cornet / Objects / Mutes PATRICK SHIROISHI – Alto, Soprano and Tenor Saxophones / Snare Drum Label: Astral Spirits – AS215 Format: Cassette Country: US […]

    GENRE: Jazz / Fusion / Free Jazz
  • Medication – Constellation
    Medication – Constellation
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    Lo-fi/post-punk from Mikey Hyde Label: The Loki Label – LOKI-036 Format: Cassette Country: US Released: 2019 VG+/VG+

    GENRE: Post-Punk / Goth / Darkwave / Minimal Synth / Neofolk
  • Kuzu – Lift To Drag
    Kuzu – Lift To Drag
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    Tyler Damon – Drums / Percussion Tashi Dorji – Electric Guitar Dave Rempis – Saxophones Recorded live at Hallwalls in Buffalo, NY on October 10, 2018 by Bill Sack Label: […]

    GENRE: Jazz / Fusion / Free Jazz