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  • Reincarnation: Key To Immortality
    Reincarnation: Key To Immortality
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    Early work about past-life recall. “One of several titles ostensibly co-authored with Moore’s third husband Mark Douglas, and self- published on the Arcane Publishing imprint he founded to [...]

    GENRE: Non-Fiction
  • Rajesh Roshan, Anand Bakshi – Mr. Natwarlal
    Rajesh Roshan, Anand Bakshi – Mr. Natwarlal
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    Fantastic bollywood 3 song EP from the film “Mr. Natwarlal” Label: His Master’s Voice – 7EPE 7565 Country: India Released: 1979 VG+/VG+

    GENRE: Bollywood
  • About French Poetry
    About French Poetry
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    An overview of the history and interpretations of French Poetry, from modernism to the avant-garde. Wayne State University Press, 1974 Hardcover edition. Noticeable tearing and fraying to [...]

    GENRE: Non-Fiction
  • Anne Waldman – The Iovis Trilogy: Colors in the Mechanism of Concealment
    Anne Waldman – The Iovis Trilogy: Colors in the Mechanism of Concealment
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    “The Iovis Trilogy, Anne Waldman’s monumental feminist epic, traverses epochs, cultures, and genres to create a visionary call to poetic arms. Iovis details the misdeeds of the [...]

    GENRE: Fiction/Poetry/Essays/Criticism/Transgressive
  • Flann O’Brien – At Swim Two Birds
    Flann O’Brien – At Swim Two Birds
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    “Along with one or two books by James Joyce, Flann O’Brien’s At Swim-Two-Birds is the most famous (and infamous) of Irish novels published in the twentieth century. A wildly [...]

    GENRE: Fiction/Poetry/Essays/Criticism/Transgressive
  • Sputtering And Distorted: A Reluctant History Of The BUFMS
    Sputtering And Distorted: A Reluctant History Of The BUFMS
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    Hidden but not forgotten, hinted at through piecemeal reference after the fact, the creative efforts of the members of this West-Coast-centric cadre of art mutants first took shape in the […]

    GENRE: Art/Photography, Experimental / Noise, Non-Fiction
  • William S. Burroughs – Exterminator!
    William S. Burroughs – Exterminator!
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    “Conspirators plot to explode a train carrying nerve gas. A perfect servant suddenly reveals himself to be the insidious Dr. Fu Manchu. Science-fantasy wars, racism, corporate capitalism, [...]

    GENRE: Fiction/Poetry/Essays/Criticism/Transgressive
  • Jim Thompson – The Killer Inside Me
    Jim Thompson – The Killer Inside Me
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    “Lou Ford is the deputy sheriff of a small town in Texas.  The worst thing most people can say against him is that he’s a little slow and a little boring.  But, […]

    GENRE: Fiction/Poetry/Essays/Criticism/Transgressive
  • The Poetics Of Gender
    The Poetics Of Gender
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    “Does gender have a poetics: What difference does gender make? How does it affect writing, reading, and the functions of text in society? The Poetics of Gender is a brilliant […]

    GENRE: Non-Fiction
  • Sean Harrington – The Disney Fetish
    Sean Harrington – The Disney Fetish
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    “Long considered a figurehead of family values and wholesome adolescence, the Disney franchise has faced increasing criticism over its gendered representations of children in film, its [...]

    GENRE: Non-Fiction
  • Jacques Derrida – Acts Of Literature
    Jacques Derrida – Acts Of Literature
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    “First published in 1992. “Acts of Literature”, compiled in close association with Derrida, brings together for the first time a number of Derrida’s writings on literary [...]

    GENRE: Non-Fiction
  • Republic Of Images: A History Of French Filmmaking
    Republic Of Images: A History Of French Filmmaking
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    “Chronicling one of the greatest and most popular national cinemas, Republic of Images traces the evolution of French filmmaking from 1895—the year of the debut of the Cinematographe in [...]

    GENRE: Non-Fiction
  • Steve Lacy Five – The Way
    Steve Lacy Five – The Way
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    Recorded live on 23 January 1979 at Stadttheater, Basel, Switzerland. Label: hat ART – hat ART 2029 Format: 2xVinyl, LP, Album, Reissue, Box Set. Country: Switzerland Released: 1986 VG+/VG+. [...]

    GENRE: Jazz / Fusion / Free Jazz
  • Judith Schalansky – An Inventory Of Losses
    Judith Schalansky – An Inventory Of Losses
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    “Each disparate object described in this book―a Caspar David Friedrich painting, a species of tiger, a villa in Rome, a Greek love poem, an island in the Pacific―shares a common […]

    GENRE: Fiction/Poetry/Essays/Criticism/Transgressive, Non-Fiction
  • Alfred Doblin – Berlin Alexanderplatz
    Alfred Doblin – Berlin Alexanderplatz
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    “Berlin Alexanderplatz is one of the masterpieces of modern European literature and the first German novel to adopt the technique of James Joyce. It tells the story of Franz Biberkopf, […]

    GENRE: Fiction/Poetry/Essays/Criticism/Transgressive
  • Serge Gainsbourg: A View From The Exterior
    Serge Gainsbourg: A View From The Exterior
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    “French cult figure, Serge Gainsbourg is forever synonymous with ‘Je T’Aime – Moi Non Plus’ on which he and Jane Birkin simulated the sounds of erotic congress. But [...]

    GENRE: International, Non-Fiction
  • Jim Thompson – Pop. 1280
    Jim Thompson – Pop. 1280
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    “Nick Corey is a terrible sheriff on purpose. He doesn’t solve problems, enforce rules or arrest criminals. He knows that nobody in tiny Potts County actually wants to follow the […]

    GENRE: Fiction/Poetry/Essays/Criticism/Transgressive
  • Ron Carter – Blues Farm
    Ron Carter – Blues Farm
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    Recorded January 1973. Label: CTI Records – CTI 6027 Format: Vinyl, LP, Album, Stereo Country: US Released: 1973 VG+/VG+

    GENRE: Jazz / Fusion / Free Jazz
  • Love Of Life Orchestra ‎– Extended Niceties
    Love Of Life Orchestra ‎– Extended Niceties
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    First EP by Peter Gordon’s Love Of Life Orchestra Label: Infidelity – JMB-227 Format: Vinyl, 12″, 45RPM Country: US Released:1980 VG+/VG. Sleevewear, old store sticker, light marks

    GENRE: Art Rock / Krautrock / Prog / Psych
  • Darkroom 2
    Darkroom 2
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    “Contributions by Judy Dater, Frank Gohlke, Emmet Gowin, Charles Harbutt, Lisette Model, Hans Namuth, Doug Prince, Aaron Siskind, Neal Slavin and Cole Weston,10 prominent photographers who [...]

    GENRE: Art/Photography
  • Stairways To Heaven: Drugs In American Religious History
    Stairways To Heaven: Drugs In American Religious History
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    “From Native Americans’ use of tobacco for solemnizing oaths to the spread of New Age religious beliefs in Haight-Ashbury coffeehouses, drugs have been intimately associated with [...]

    GENRE: Non-Fiction
  • Ameena Meer – Bombay Talkie
    Ameena Meer – Bombay Talkie
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    “This paperback original takes a wry look at two families, two generations, and two cultures. At the center of the story is Sabah, a second-generation American seeking to understand her [...]

    GENRE: Fiction/Poetry/Essays/Criticism/Transgressive
  • Action/Precision: The New Direction In New York
    Action/Precision: The New Direction In New York
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    Overview of lesser known Abstract Expressionists, from 1955-1960. Newport Harbor Art Museum, 1984 Softcover edition. Noticeable wear to edges of dustjacket.

    GENRE: Art/Photography
  • Live Skull ‎– Dangerous Visions
    Live Skull ‎– Dangerous Visions
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    “Emerging in the early 80s at the end of New York’s legendary No Wave scene alongside Manhattan comrades Sonic Youth and Swans, Live Skull reshaped the aggression of burned-out post-punk [...]

    GENRE: Indie / Alternative
  • Petr Kotik – Many Many Women
    Petr Kotik – Many Many Women
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    “Reader, you and I are about to share a delicious secret. The disc you’re holding (or perhaps listening to by now) contains a classic of 1970s underground music – a […]

    GENRE: Modern Composition / Musique Concrete / Electronic
  • Baited Area Magazine Issue 8
    Baited Area Magazine Issue 8
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    We are pleased to finally be carrying Baited Area magazine. Issue 8 will ship by the first week of December. Featured: Stewart Uoo, COINCELLPRO, Aryan Kaganof, Ariel M, Ephemerisle, Hurricane [...]

    GENRE:
  • Peter Jefferies – The Other Side of Reason
    Peter Jefferies – The Other Side of Reason
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    Hozac Books is proud to present another foundational brick in the pantheon of New Zealand underground music with Peter Jefferies – The Other Side of Reason, a career-spanning biography by […]

    GENRE: Non-Fiction
  • Joy Division – Unknown Martyrs
    Joy Division – Unknown Martyrs
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    Recorded live July 13, 1979. One of the most fierce and spirited live JD bootlegs. Unofficial European import. 12/3/2024 *Currently shipping to us from Hungary. Ships from us by Christmas.*

    GENRE: Post-Punk / Goth / Darkwave / Minimal Synth
  • Nico & Cale – En Concert À L’Enfer
    Nico & Cale – En Concert À L’Enfer
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    “Tracks taken from Nico’s 1965 45 single, an outake from The Academy In Peril & the Reed/Cale/Nico “Le Bataclan 72″ concert. Wonderful cover art worth price of [...]

    GENRE: Art Rock / Krautrock / Prog / Psych
  • Miles Davis – Belgrade 1973
    Miles Davis – Belgrade 1973
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    “At his most adventurous 70s zone. The band was Dave Liebeman, Al Foster, Michael Henderson, Reginald Lucas, Pete Cosey & Mtume.” Unofficial European import. 12/3/2024 *Currently [...]

    GENRE: Jazz / Fusion / Free Jazz
  • Miles Davis – Belgrade 1971
    Miles Davis – Belgrade 1971
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    “At his most adventurous 70s zone. The band was Gary Bartz, Leon Ndugu Chancler, Michael Henderson, Keith Jarrett, Don Alies & Mtume.” Unofficial European import. 12/3/2024 [...]

    GENRE: Jazz / Fusion / Free Jazz
  • Gypsy ‎– Hooked On A Memory / The Market
    Gypsy ‎– Hooked On A Memory / The Market
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    Label: Oak (11) – ES 9848 Format: Vinyl, 7″, 45 RPM Country: Canada Released: 1975 Genre: Pop, Folk, World, & Country VG+/generic Psyched out folk country on the A Side. […]

    GENRE: Folk / Country
  • The Chronicle Church* ‎– Mystery / Bionic Movement
    The Chronicle Church* ‎– Mystery / Bionic Movement
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    Label: Pashlo Records – PH-1006, Pashlo Records – PH-1007 Format: Vinyl, 7″, 45 RPM, Stereo, Rainbo Pressing Country: US Released: 1976 Genre: Funk / Soul Style: Funk VG+ / GEN

    GENRE: Soul / Funk / Disco
  • Stephen Lee Clark – Modesty
    Stephen Lee Clark – Modesty
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    “JUNGLE GYM RECORDS presents “Modesty”, official return of long-time JG friend and collaborator Stephen Lee Clark! Conceived during a time of major change and personal growth, [...]

    GENRE: Modern Composition / Musique Concrete / Electronic
  • Marir Tayeb – Oued Mila Demat Aini
    Marir Tayeb – Oued Mila Demat Aini
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    Algerian Gasba music. Label: SAR – SAR 1127 Format: Vinyl, 7″, 45RPM Country: France Released: G+/Gen. Noticeable popping and surface noise on some rotations, particularly A-side.

    GENRE: International
  • Mohamed Tounsi – Alah Maana / Rihat Leblad
    Mohamed Tounsi – Alah Maana / Rihat Leblad
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    Tunisian Folk music Label: El Kadra – EKA 250 Format: Vinyl, 7″ Country: Tunisia Released: VG/Gen. Low end VG with some noticeable surface noise and label wear. No pic sleeve.

    GENRE: International
  • Music Of Algeria 50’s – 70’s : Radio Topo #021
    Music Of Algeria 50’s – 70’s : Radio Topo #021
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    Radio Topo #021   Born from the rich musical heritage of the Berber people, the music of Algeria is as diverse as Algerian culture itself. While primarily associated with Rai, […]

    GENRE: International
  • Sonic Youth – Master=Dik / Beat On The Brat
    Sonic Youth – Master=Dik / Beat On The Brat
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    “A slight hiccup in our production? This is the infamous EP that Blast First label head Paul Smith begged us not to release. It has long been reviled or misunderstood […]

    GENRE: Rock / Pop
  • The Good Samaritans – No Food Without Taste If By Hunger
    The Good Samaritans – No Food Without Taste If By Hunger
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    “Put your dancing shoes and be ready to kill the dancefloor, the intoxicating highlife music known as Edo Funk from Benin City, Nigeria is back. Following the planetary success of […]

    GENRE: International, Soul / Funk / Disco
  • Tashi Dorji – We Will Be Wherever The Fires Are Lit
    Tashi Dorji – We Will Be Wherever The Fires Are Lit
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    begin form here… begin from here…our world lives when their world ceases to exist begin from here…with hopes, between silent skies, while world breathes again and the fever [...]

    GENRE: Experimental / Noise, Jazz / Fusion / Free Jazz
  • Bill Callahan – The Holy Grail: Bill Callahan’s “Smog” Dec. 10 2001 Peel Session
    Bill Callahan – The Holy Grail: Bill Callahan’s “Smog” Dec. 10 2001 Peel Session
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    “December 2001, Maida Vale: Bill Callahan’s “Smog” perform with demonstrative zeal for their British witness at the BBC, shimmering and hissing with a Lynchian vibe of U.S. darkness in the [...]

    GENRE: Indie / Alternative
  • Papa M – Ballads Of Harry Houdini
    Papa M – Ballads Of Harry Houdini
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    “The “Great Escape Artist” is back! No, not THAT one – dude’s dead! We’re talking about Papa M. And HE’s talking ‘bout Harry Houdini – in the album title, anyway, […]

    GENRE: Indie / Alternative
  • Adrianne Lenker – Once A Bunch / Who Can Say
    Adrianne Lenker – Once A Bunch / Who Can Say
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    Earlier this year, Adrianne Lenker released her beloved new album Bright Future via 4AD. Praised as “characteristically brutal and brave” (Rolling Stone) and “a genuine competitor for the best [...]

    GENRE: Indie / Alternative
  • Rachid Mesbahi – Yama Aazizene
    Rachid Mesbahi – Yama Aazizene
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    Algerian Kabyle music. Label: La Voix Du Globe – VDG 103.185 Format: Vinyl, 7″, 45RPM, Single Country: France Released: undated VG+/Gen. Some light marks & some surface noise, but [...]

    GENRE: International
  • Kim Deal – Nobody Loves You More
    Kim Deal – Nobody Loves You More
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    Nobody Loves You More is Kim Deal’s debut album, although it’s technically not her first release under her own name – she self-released a 5-part, 10-song 7” vinyl series in […]

    GENRE: Indie / Alternative
  • Meredith Monk – Dolmen Music
    Meredith Monk – Dolmen Music
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    “Meredith Monk has such a wonderful and unique vocal style that she is able to sing in complete abstraction (no known words or language for much of the album) yet […]

    GENRE: Modern Composition / Musique Concrete / Electronic
  • Yo La Tengo – Extra Painful
    Yo La Tengo – Extra Painful
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    Deluxe Reissue of 1993’s classic Painful, in time for the band’s 30th anniversary this December. 2xLP includes bonus 7” + download coupon with 15 extra tracks , in p/s with […]

    GENRE: Indie / Alternative
  • Yo La Tengo – There’s A Riot Going On
    Yo La Tengo – There’s A Riot Going On
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    There’s a riot going on. You don’t need me, or Yo La Tengo, to tell you that. These are dark times, in our heads as much as in the streets. […]

    GENRE: Indie / Alternative
  • Yo La Tengo – I Can Hear The Heart Beating As One
    Yo La Tengo – I Can Hear The Heart Beating As One
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    Today, Yo La Tengo’s undeniable classic 1997 album I Can Hear the Heart Beating as One is a quarter of a century old. To celebrate, a digital deluxe version of […]

    GENRE: Indie / Alternative
  • Slimane Azem – Diminou / Our Irouh Our Yeqime
    Slimane Azem – Diminou / Our Irouh Our Yeqime
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    Algerian Chaabi music. Label: La Voix Du Globe – 101 973 Format: Vinyl, 7″, 45RPM Country: France Released: 1972 G+/Gen. Noticeable light marks & surface noise throughout both sides. No [...]

    GENRE: International
  • The Band – The Best Of The Band
    The Band – The Best Of The Band
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    Career spanning compilation of The Band’s best tracks. Label: Capitol Records – ST 511553 Format: Vinyl, LP, Compilation, Club Edition, Reissue Country: US Released: 1988 VG+/VG+ with some [...]

    GENRE: Rock / Pop
  • Bardo Pond – Melt Away
    Bardo Pond – Melt Away
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    Melt Away, the new double LP compilation, catalogues late-’90s rarities and outtakes from a creative apex in Bardo Pond’s career. Of these, album highlight ‘The Trail’, originally recorded [...]

    GENRE: Art Rock / Krautrock / Prog / Psych, Indie / Alternative
  • Godspeed You Black Emperor! – ‘Allelujah! Don’t Bend Ascend
    Godspeed You Black Emperor! – ‘Allelujah! Don’t Bend Ascend
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    “Featuring two twenty-minute slabs of epic instrumental rock music and two six-and-a-half minute drones, ‘ALLELUJAH! DON’T BEND! ASCEND! provides soaring, shining proof of the band’s [...]

    GENRE: Indie / Alternative
  • Mauricio Kagel – Kölner Ensemble Für Neue Musik – Der Schall (Für Fünf Spieler)
    Mauricio Kagel – Kölner Ensemble Für Neue Musik – Der Schall (Für Fünf Spieler)
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    “A work written for 54 instruments and 5 players — one that comes across vaguely like a free improvisation, and which certainly has plenty of musical elements in common with […]

    GENRE: Modern Composition / Musique Concrete / Electronic
  • Psychic TV – Live At Thee Ritz
    Psychic TV – Live At Thee Ritz
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    “Recorded on 6th November 1983 in Manchester, this is the complete, mostly unheard document of Psychic TV’s first ever show as a full live band, after their appearance at The […]

    GENRE: Industrial / Power Electronics
  • Oingo Boingo – Good For Your Soul
    Oingo Boingo – Good For Your Soul
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    “Not as highly regarded as Only a Lad or Dead Man’s Party, Good for Your Soul may have been underrated in the Boingo canon. While there are moments where Elfman […]

    GENRE: Rock / Pop
  • The Freeze ‎– Land Of The Lost
    The Freeze ‎– Land Of The Lost
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    “Land Of The Lost” bridged the gap between The Freeze’s signature Boston hardcore/punk style and a more rock ‘n’ roll sound they employed later in their careers. [...]

    GENRE: Punk / Hardcore
  • The Spacious Mind – Sleepy Eyes And Butterflies
    The Spacious Mind – Sleepy Eyes And Butterflies
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    90’s Swedish Prog ripper. Label: Gates Of Dawn – GOD 001 Format: 2xVinyl, LP, Album Country: US Released: 1995 VG+/VG+

    GENRE: Art Rock / Krautrock / Prog / Psych
  • Magma – Mekanïk Destruktïw Kommandöh
    Magma – Mekanïk Destruktïw Kommandöh
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    Magma’s third studio album, and arguably their best. Label: A&M Records – SP 4397 Format: Vinyl, LP, Album, Promo, Gatefold Country: US Released: 1973 VG+/VG. Holepunch, some sleeve [...]

    GENRE: Art Rock / Krautrock / Prog / Psych
  • Jeanette – Errayeh Goulou
    Jeanette – Errayeh Goulou
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    Algerian Chaabi Label: Oasis Format: Vinyl, 7″ Country: Algeria G+/Generic

    GENRE: International