May 10th Newsletter
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Torn Light Records
1855 N Milwaukee
Chicago, IL 60647
312.955.0614
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NEW ARRIVALS

  • Carlos Mejía Godoy / Luis Enrique Mejía Godoy / Los De Palacagüina – Guitarra Armada (Costa Rican Pressing)
    Carlos Mejía Godoy / Luis Enrique Mejía Godoy / Los De Palacagüina – Guitarra Armada (Costa Rican Pressing)
    $18.00 | , , Add to cart

    “Guitarra Armada is a 1979 album composed by Luis Enrique Mejía Godoy and Carlos Mejía Godoy , in the midst of the Sandinista Revolution . It is characterized by being […]

    GENRE: Latin
  • Paranoid Time – RATLife
    Paranoid Time – RATLife
    $25.00 | , , Add to cart

    “A relentless scorched earth blast of speaker-shredding intensity from the machete-wielding Michigan madman.” – from the WCN CD reissue notes Label: Troniks – TRO-272 Format: [...]

    GENRE: Experimental / Noise
  • V/A  – Like A Frog In Winter
    V/A – Like A Frog In Winter
    $18.00 | , , Add to cart

    “In 2004 while residing in Providence, Dominic Fernow of Prurient and Hospital began compiling Like A Frog in Winter, in response to his perceptions that noise had become rather hi-fi, […]

    GENRE: Experimental / Noise
  • V/A – Basement Tapes: A KSPC Compilation Of Live Recordings
    V/A – Basement Tapes: A KSPC Compilation Of Live Recordings
    $65.00 | , , Add to cart

    Genre-spanning compilation from shows from the LA radio station. Features Mountain Goats, Solmania, Unwound and more. Label: KSPC Radio – KSPC-1 Format: Vinyl, LP, Compilation Country: US [...]

    GENRE: Indie / Alternative
  • Bobo ‎– Bobo
    Bobo ‎– Bobo
    $20.00 | , , Add to cart

    Latin-tinged disco funk from the percussionist and his large ensemble. Label: Columbia – JC 36108 Format: Vinyl, LP, Album Country: US Released: 1979 VG+/VG+. Light marks/wear

    GENRE: Jazz / Fusion / Free Jazz, Soul / Funk / Disco
  • Eddie Palmieri Vocals: Ismael Quintana – Eddie’s Concerto
    Eddie Palmieri Vocals: Ismael Quintana – Eddie’s Concerto
    $18.00 | , , Add to cart

    “Sun of Latin Music may have been Palmieri’s finest album, but his great period extended beyond it. Rarely did he top some of the cuts on this fairly obscure release […]

    GENRE: Jazz / Fusion / Free Jazz, Latin
  • Positive Force – Positive Force
    Positive Force – Positive Force
    $45.00 | , , Add to cart

    Sole album by the Pennsylvania soul/funk group. Eventually shifted into Positive Express Label: Sugar Hill Records – SH 248 Format: Vinyl, LP, Album Country: US Released: 1980 VG+/VG. Disc low [...]

    GENRE: Soul / Funk / Disco
  • Watsonian Institute – E.D.P. – Extra Disco Perception
    Watsonian Institute – E.D.P. – Extra Disco Perception
    $18.00 | , , Add to cart

    Tight grooves from Johnny Guitar Watson’s backing group. Label: DJM Records – DJM-27 Format: Vinyl, LP, Album, Yellow Labels Country: US Released: 1979 VG+/VG. Sleeve has some rubbing/wear

    GENRE: Jazz / Fusion / Free Jazz, Soul / Funk / Disco
  • Zulema – Ms. Z.
    Zulema – Ms. Z.
    $18.00 | , , Add to cart

    Zulema’s second album. Absolute smoking combo of funk and darker edged ballad tracks. Label: Sussex – SRA 8029 Format: Vinyl, LP, Album Country: US Released: 1973 VG+/VG. Sleeve high end [...]

    GENRE: Soul / Funk / Disco
  • The Replacements – Tim
    The Replacements – Tim
    $60.00 | , , Add to cart

    “Moving to a major label was inevitable for the Replacements: they garnered too much acclaim and attention after Let It Be to stay on Twin/Tone, especially as the label faced […]

    GENRE: Indie / Alternative
  • Julio Jaramillo – Mis Mejores Pasillos (Ecuadorian Pressing)
    Julio Jaramillo – Mis Mejores Pasillos (Ecuadorian Pressing)
    $20.00 | , , Add to cart

    Compilation of some of the Peruvian folk singer’s key tracks. Label: Onix – LP-50022 Format: Vinyl, LP, Compilation Country: Ecuador Released: 1971 VG+/VG. Some light marks and sleeve [...]

    GENRE: Latin
  • Raoul Guillaume Et Son Groupe ‎– Gerbe De Chansons Haitiennes
    Raoul Guillaume Et Son Groupe ‎– Gerbe De Chansons Haitiennes
    $22.00 | , , Add to cart

    Amazing & soulful compas album from one of the genre’s masters. Label: IBO Records – ILP-133 Format: Vinyl, LP, Mono Country: Haiti Released: 1967 VG+/VG+. Upper seam starting to split

    GENRE: Haitian / Compas / Merenge

VINYL

  • Carlos Mejía Godoy / Luis Enrique Mejía Godoy / Los De Palacagüina – Guitarra Armada (Costa Rican Pressing)
    Carlos Mejía Godoy / Luis Enrique Mejía Godoy / Los De Palacagüina – Guitarra Armada (Costa Rican Pressing)
    $18.00 | , , Add to cart

    “Guitarra Armada is a 1979 album composed by Luis Enrique Mejía Godoy and Carlos Mejía Godoy , in the midst of the Sandinista Revolution . It is characterized by being […]

    GENRE: Latin
  • Paranoid Time – RATLife
    Paranoid Time – RATLife
    $25.00 | , , Add to cart

    “A relentless scorched earth blast of speaker-shredding intensity from the machete-wielding Michigan madman.” – from the WCN CD reissue notes Label: Troniks – TRO-272 Format: [...]

    GENRE: Experimental / Noise
  • V/A  – Like A Frog In Winter
    V/A – Like A Frog In Winter
    $18.00 | , , Add to cart

    “In 2004 while residing in Providence, Dominic Fernow of Prurient and Hospital began compiling Like A Frog in Winter, in response to his perceptions that noise had become rather hi-fi, […]

    GENRE: Experimental / Noise
  • V/A – Basement Tapes: A KSPC Compilation Of Live Recordings
    V/A – Basement Tapes: A KSPC Compilation Of Live Recordings
    $65.00 | , , Add to cart

    Genre-spanning compilation from shows from the LA radio station. Features Mountain Goats, Solmania, Unwound and more. Label: KSPC Radio – KSPC-1 Format: Vinyl, LP, Compilation Country: US [...]

    GENRE: Indie / Alternative
  • Bobo ‎– Bobo
    Bobo ‎– Bobo
    $20.00 | , , Add to cart

    Latin-tinged disco funk from the percussionist and his large ensemble. Label: Columbia – JC 36108 Format: Vinyl, LP, Album Country: US Released: 1979 VG+/VG+. Light marks/wear

    GENRE: Jazz / Fusion / Free Jazz, Soul / Funk / Disco
  • Eddie Palmieri Vocals: Ismael Quintana – Eddie’s Concerto
    Eddie Palmieri Vocals: Ismael Quintana – Eddie’s Concerto
    $18.00 | , , Add to cart

    “Sun of Latin Music may have been Palmieri’s finest album, but his great period extended beyond it. Rarely did he top some of the cuts on this fairly obscure release […]

    GENRE: Jazz / Fusion / Free Jazz, Latin
  • Positive Force – Positive Force
    Positive Force – Positive Force
    $45.00 | , , Add to cart

    Sole album by the Pennsylvania soul/funk group. Eventually shifted into Positive Express Label: Sugar Hill Records – SH 248 Format: Vinyl, LP, Album Country: US Released: 1980 VG+/VG. Disc low [...]

    GENRE: Soul / Funk / Disco
  • Watsonian Institute – E.D.P. – Extra Disco Perception
    Watsonian Institute – E.D.P. – Extra Disco Perception
    $18.00 | , , Add to cart

    Tight grooves from Johnny Guitar Watson’s backing group. Label: DJM Records – DJM-27 Format: Vinyl, LP, Album, Yellow Labels Country: US Released: 1979 VG+/VG. Sleeve has some rubbing/wear

    GENRE: Jazz / Fusion / Free Jazz, Soul / Funk / Disco
  • Zulema – Ms. Z.
    Zulema – Ms. Z.
    $18.00 | , , Add to cart

    Zulema’s second album. Absolute smoking combo of funk and darker edged ballad tracks. Label: Sussex – SRA 8029 Format: Vinyl, LP, Album Country: US Released: 1973 VG+/VG. Sleeve high end [...]

    GENRE: Soul / Funk / Disco
  • The Replacements – Tim
    The Replacements – Tim
    $60.00 | , , Add to cart

    “Moving to a major label was inevitable for the Replacements: they garnered too much acclaim and attention after Let It Be to stay on Twin/Tone, especially as the label faced […]

    GENRE: Indie / Alternative
  • Julio Jaramillo – Mis Mejores Pasillos (Ecuadorian Pressing)
    Julio Jaramillo – Mis Mejores Pasillos (Ecuadorian Pressing)
    $20.00 | , , Add to cart

    Compilation of some of the Peruvian folk singer’s key tracks. Label: Onix – LP-50022 Format: Vinyl, LP, Compilation Country: Ecuador Released: 1971 VG+/VG. Some light marks and sleeve [...]

    GENRE: Latin
  • Raoul Guillaume Et Son Groupe ‎– Gerbe De Chansons Haitiennes
    Raoul Guillaume Et Son Groupe ‎– Gerbe De Chansons Haitiennes
    $22.00 | , , Add to cart

    Amazing & soulful compas album from one of the genre’s masters. Label: IBO Records – ILP-133 Format: Vinyl, LP, Mono Country: Haiti Released: 1967 VG+/VG+. Upper seam starting to split

    GENRE: Haitian / Compas / Merenge

CDs

BOOKS

  • Avant-Garde In The Eighties
    Avant-Garde In The Eighties
    $10.00 | , , Add to cart

    Exhibition catalog exploring avant-garde and multimedia art of the 1980s. Los Angeles County Museum Of Art, 1987 Softcover edition. Cracking and general wear to spine. Chipping to bottom edge of [...]

    GENRE: Art/Photography
  • The Graham Nash Collection (as-is, signed!)
    The Graham Nash Collection (as-is, signed!)
    $15.00 | , , Add to cart

    An exhibition catalogue of photos from the collection of Graham Nash The Nash Press, 1978 Softcover edition. Book is signed by Graham Nash. Noticeable amount of moisture damage and staining […]

    GENRE: Art/Photography
  • The Official Preppy Handbook (Scarce)
    The Official Preppy Handbook (Scarce)
    $45.00 | , , Add to cart

    “A facetious guide to emulating the look, speech patterns, thinking, and lifestyle of those who attend prep schools and are a part of high society” Workman Publishing, 1980 Softcover [...]

    GENRE: Non-Fiction
  • The Olympia Reader: Selections From The Traveller’s Companion Series
    The Olympia Reader: Selections From The Traveller’s Companion Series
    $5.00 | , , Add to cart

    “An anthology of erotic literature contains selections from leading writers of the genre including Henry Miller, Jean Genet, the Marquis de Sade, and Pauline Reage” Ballantine Books, [...]

    GENRE: Fiction/Poetry/Essays/Criticism/Transgressive
  • Vocabula Amatoria: French-English Dictionary Of Erotica
    Vocabula Amatoria: French-English Dictionary Of Erotica
    $10.00 | , , Add to cart

    A usable and convenient French-English dictionary of terms commonly used in erotica. University Books Inc, 1966 Hardcover edition. Some discoloration/wear to dustjacket apparent under mylar  

    GENRE: Non-Fiction
  • William T. Vollmann – Rising Up And Rising Down
    William T. Vollmann – Rising Up And Rising Down
    $10.00 | , , Add to cart

    “Twenty-three years in the making, Rising Up and Rising Down (the original, published by McSweeney’s in October 2003, spans seven volumes) is a rich amalgam of historical analysis, [...]

    GENRE: Non-Fiction
  • Women See Men
    Women See Men
    $8.00 | , , Add to cart

    A collection of photographs of men, as taken by leading women photographers McGraw Hill, 1977 Softcover edition. Some discoloration and wear to wraps, edges of pages.

    GENRE: Art/Photography
  • Wood Works: Sustainability, Versatility, Stability
    Wood Works: Sustainability, Versatility, Stability
    $10.00 | , , Add to cart

    “Wood is nature’s greatest resource, embedded in the history, culture and life of humans worldwide. And it is ingenious as building material: remarkably malleable and at the same time [...]

    GENRE: Art/Photography, Non-Fiction
  • Yukio Mishima – Sea Of Fertility Tetralogy (1st American Edition, Complete Set)
    Yukio Mishima – Sea Of Fertility Tetralogy (1st American Edition, Complete Set)
    $225.00 | , , Add to cart

    “The Sea of Fertility (豊饒の海 Hōjō no Umi) is a tetralogy written by the Japanese author Yukio Mishima. The series, which Mishima began writing in 1964 and which was his […]

    GENRE: Fiction/Poetry/Essays/Criticism/Transgressive
  • Princeton Field Guides: Caterpillars Of Eastern North America
    Princeton Field Guides: Caterpillars Of Eastern North America
    $12.00 | , , Add to cart

    “This lavishly illustrated guide will enable you to identify the caterpillars of nearly 700 butterflies and moths found east of the Mississippi. The more than 1,200 color photographs and [...]

    GENRE: Non-Fiction
  • Racial Hygiene: Medicine Under The Nazis
    Racial Hygiene: Medicine Under The Nazis
    $10.00 | , , Add to cart

    “Scholars exploring the history of science under the Nazis have generally concentrated on the Nazi destruction of science or the corruption of intellectual and liberal values. Racial [...]

    GENRE: Non-Fiction
  • Raymond Thorp – Viper: Confessions Of A Drug Addict
    Raymond Thorp – Viper: Confessions Of A Drug Addict
    $20.00 | , , Add to cart

    An early memoir of the London underground and drug market, circa 1940s-1950s. Robert Hale Limited, 1956 Hardcover edition. Crack in spine at page 83, causing a light sag to textblock. […]

    GENRE: Memoir