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  • Dream Factory on the Nile: Pierre Sioufi Collection of Egyptian Cinema Lobby Cards.
    Dream Factory on the Nile: Pierre Sioufi Collection of Egyptian Cinema Lobby Cards.
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    Egyptian lobby cards combined a film’s poster art, still photographs from the set, and a credit list that usually included the production company, cast and crew, director, screenwriter, and music [...]

    GENRE: Art/Photography
  • Harry Matthews – Tlooth
    Harry Matthews – Tlooth
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    This novel begins in a Russian prison camp at a baseball game featuring the defective Baptists versus the Fideists. There is a plot (of sorts), one of revenge surrounding a […]

    GENRE: Fiction/Poetry/Essays/Criticism/Transgressive
  • Arno Schmidt – Nobodaddy’s Children (Collected Early Fiction 1949-1964, Volume 2)
    Arno Schmidt – Nobodaddy’s Children (Collected Early Fiction 1949-1964, Volume 2)
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    This trilogy of novels traces life in Germany from the Nazi era through the postwar years and into an apocalyptic future. Scenes from the Life of a Faun recounts the […]

    GENRE: Fiction/Poetry/Essays/Criticism/Transgressive
  • Gilbert Sorrentino – Mulligan Stew: A Novel.
    Gilbert Sorrentino – Mulligan Stew: A Novel.
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    Widely regarded as Sorrentino’s finest achievement, ?”Mulligan Stew”?takes as its subject the comic possibilities of the modern literary imagination. As avant-garde novelist [...]

    GENRE: Fiction/Poetry/Essays/Criticism/Transgressive
  • Julia Kristeva – Enchanted Clock: A Novel
    Julia Kristeva – Enchanted Clock: A Novel
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    In the Palace of Versailles there is a fabulous golden clock, made for Louis XV by the king’s engineer, Claude-Siméon Passemant. The astronomical clock shows the phases of the moon […]

    GENRE: Fiction/Poetry/Essays/Criticism/Transgressive
  • Rikki Ducornet – Complete Butcher’s Tales
    Rikki Ducornet – Complete Butcher’s Tales
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    In the fantastic tradition of Borges, Bruno Schulz, Angela Carter, and H. P. Lovecraft, here are nearly sixty unforgettable stories that ignore the confines of space and time to offer, […]

    GENRE: Fiction/Poetry/Essays/Criticism/Transgressive
  • John Ashbery – Collected French Translations: Prose.
    John Ashbery – Collected French Translations: Prose.
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    Collected French Translations: Prose, the second volume in a landmark two-volume selection of John Ashbery’s translations, focuses on prose writing. Ashbery’s own prose writings and [...]

    GENRE: Fiction/Poetry/Essays/Criticism/Transgressive
  • Be Brave to Things: The Uncollected Poetry & Plays of Jack Spicer.
    Be Brave to Things: The Uncollected Poetry & Plays of Jack Spicer.
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    Be Brave to Things shows legendary San Francisco Renaissance poet Jack Spicer at the top of his form, with his blistering intelligence, painful double-edged wit, and devastating will to truth [...]

    GENRE: Fiction/Poetry/Essays/Criticism/Transgressive
  • Gesualdo Hex: Music, Myth, & Memory.
    Gesualdo Hex: Music, Myth, & Memory.
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    In this vivid tale of adultery and intrigue, witchcraft and murder, Glenn Watkins explores the fascinating life of the Renaissance composer Carlo Gesualdo―a life suffused with scandal and [...]

    GENRE: Non-Fiction
  • Trip: Andy Warhol’s Plastic Fantastic Cross-Country Adventure.
    Trip: Andy Warhol’s Plastic Fantastic Cross-Country Adventure.
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    From the author of Strapless and Guest of Honor, a book about a little-known road trip Andy Warhol took from New York to LA in 1963, and how that journey—and […]

    GENRE: Art/Photography, Non-Fiction
  • Donald Judd (October Files)
    Donald Judd (October Files)
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    Donald Judd (1928-1994) is one of the most influential American artists of the postwar era. Beginning in the 1960s, he developed new ideas about art–in both his works and [...]

    GENRE: Art/Photography, Non-Fiction
  • Absence of Clutter: Minimal Writing as Art & Literature.
    Absence of Clutter: Minimal Writing as Art & Literature.
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    In the 1960s and 70s, minimal and conceptual artists stripped language down to its most basic components: the word and the letter. Barbara Kruger, Jenny Holzer, Carl Andre, Lawrence Weiner, […]

    GENRE: Art/Photography, Non-Fiction
  • Gerhard Richter – This Great Allegory: On World-Decay And World-Opening In The Work Of Art
    Gerhard Richter – This Great Allegory: On World-Decay And World-Opening In The Work Of Art
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    An engagement with the relation between the world in which an artwork is created—a world that perishes or decays over time—and the new world that the artwork opens up. Gerhard […]

    GENRE: Art/Photography, Non-Fiction
  • We Are The Mutants: The Battle For Hollywood From Rosemary’s Baby To Lethal Weapon
    We Are The Mutants: The Battle For Hollywood From Rosemary’s Baby To Lethal Weapon
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    We Are the Mutants is a critical reassessment of what is arguably the most discussed and beloved stretch of movies in Hollywood history. Documenting the period between the arrival of […]

    GENRE: Non-Fiction
  • Radical Virtuosity: Ana Mendieta & The Black Atlantic
    Radical Virtuosity: Ana Mendieta & The Black Atlantic
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    Reclaiming the artist Ana Mendieta as a formally innovative maker of performative art who forged connections to the marginalized around the world.The artist Ana Mendieta (1948–1985) is remembered [...]

    GENRE: Art/Photography, Non-Fiction
  • The Only Ones – Live In London
    The Only Ones – Live In London
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    This live set from The Only Ones features rawer & more ragged arrangements of some of their best tracks, including Another Girl, Another Planet. Label: Skyclad Records – GOD 67 […]

    GENRE: Indie / Alternative, Rock / Pop
  • Merry Airbrakes ‎– Merry Airbrakes
    Merry Airbrakes ‎– Merry Airbrakes
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    “Its 1973… in three years it will be 1976. This album of music, conceived and recorded during the months between the 1972 Presidential election and the full-flowering of the Watergate [...]

    GENRE: Art Rock / Krautrock / Prog / Psych
  • Circuit Des Yeux ‎– Symphone
    Circuit Des Yeux ‎– Symphone
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    Debut release from Circuit Des Yeux that shows Haley Fohr at her darkest and most lo-fi. Label: De Stijl – IND-066 Format: Vinyl, LP, Limited Edition, White Label, Gray Marbled […]

    GENRE: Experimental / Noise
  • Bee Mask ‎– When We Were Eating Unripe Pears
    Bee Mask ‎– When We Were Eating Unripe Pears
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    “That old saw about dancing and architecture notwithstanding, I am like most people who make records in that I do not especially relish the task of writing about them. (Better […]

    GENRE: Experimental / Noise
  • Greymouth ‎– Parked Up
    Greymouth ‎– Parked Up
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    The duo of Mark Anderson (Bancho Taste / Mysteries of Love) and Mark Sadgrove (Mazda Hatchback / Mysteries of Love) take the wheel and don the louvres to serve up […]

    GENRE: Experimental / Noise
  • Human Arts Ensemble* Featuring C. Bobo Shaw* – Whisper Of Dharma
    Human Arts Ensemble* Featuring C. Bobo Shaw* – Whisper Of Dharma
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    The debut album of the Human Arts Ensemble, an AACM affiliated ensemble, featuring Oliver Lake, Charles Shaw & Joseph Bowie. Label: Arista – AF 1039 Format: Vinyl, LP, Album, Promo, […]

    GENRE: Jazz / Fusion / Free Jazz
  • The New Lee Dorsey – Working In The Coal Mine – Holy Cow
    The New Lee Dorsey – Working In The Coal Mine – Holy Cow
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    “Lee Dorsey epitomized the loose, easy-going charm of New Orleans R&B perhaps more than any other artist of the ’60s. Working with legendary Crescent City producer/writer Allen [...]

    GENRE: Soul / Funk / Disco
  • John Cage Assisted By David Tudor – Variations IV Volume II
    John Cage Assisted By David Tudor – Variations IV Volume II
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    “This work was originally used as music for the choreographed piece by Merce Cunningham, “Field Dances,” with stage and costume design in the original version by Robert [...]

    GENRE: Modern Composition / Musique Concrete / Electronic
  • Alan Vega – Insurrection
    Alan Vega – Insurrection
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    “In The Red are proud to announce the release of Insurrection – a previously unreleased album by the Brooklyn born master of minimalism Alan Vega. The 11 songs on [...]

    GENRE: Post-Punk / Goth / Darkwave / Minimal Synth / Neofolk
  • Tom Waits – Heartattack And Vine
    Tom Waits – Heartattack And Vine
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    “Heartattack and Vine is Tom Waits’ seventh and final album for Asylum. As such, it’s transitional. As demonstrated by its immediate predecessors, 1978’s excellent Blue [...]

    GENRE: Rock / Pop
  • Anthony Braxton – For Four Orchestras
    Anthony Braxton – For Four Orchestras
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    “Braxton’s contract with Arista during the ’70s allowed him a unique opportunity to perform and record a number of projects that would normally have been, considering his [...]

    GENRE: Jazz / Fusion / Free Jazz
  • Paul Bley – Copenhagen And Haarlem
    Paul Bley – Copenhagen And Haarlem
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    “This double LP from Arista’s Freedom series features Paul Bley with his trios (either Kent Carter or Mark Levenson on bass along with drummer Barry Altschul) at two different [...]

    GENRE: Jazz / Fusion / Free Jazz
  • The Stooges ‎– The Stooges
    The Stooges ‎– The Stooges
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    “While the Stooges had a few obvious points of influence — the swagger of the early Rolling Stones, the horny pound of the Troggs, the fuzztone sneer of a thousand […]

    GENRE: Garage / Proto Punk
  • Lenny Breau – The Velvet Touch Of Lenny Breau – Live!
    Lenny Breau – The Velvet Touch Of Lenny Breau – Live!
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    “Recorded live at Shelly’s Manne-Hole in Hollywood, California, The Velvet Touch of Lenny Breau: Live! features a trio setting of Breau on electric guitar, Reg Kelln on drums, and Ron [...]

    GENRE: Jazz / Fusion / Free Jazz
  • Devo ‎– Duty Now For The Future
    Devo ‎– Duty Now For The Future
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    Devo begins to embrace poppier leanings on their second album. Particular highlight is their cover of Johnny Rivers’ Secret Agent Man. Label: Warner Bros Records – BSK 3337 Format: Vinyl, [...]

    GENRE: Rock / Pop
  • V/A – Raw Deal!
    V/A – Raw Deal!
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    Part of Raw Records New Wave Series, this compilation features The Users and The G.T’s, along with several other Power-Pop/New Wave influenced UK punk bands. Label: Raw Records – RAWL […]

    GENRE: Punk / Hardcore
  • The Star Club – The Very Best Of The Star Club
    The Star Club – The Very Best Of The Star Club
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    A compilation of the best of the early material from the first era of The Star Club, a long running and heavily influential Japanese punk band. Label: Club The Star […]

    GENRE: Punk / Hardcore
  • Suicidal Tendencies – Join The Army [
    Suicidal Tendencies – Join The Army [
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    Suicidal Tendencies embrace thrash & metal influences on their second album Label: Caroline Records – CAROL 1336 Format: Vinyl, LP, Album Country: US Released: 1987 VG+/VG. Vinyl is clean [...]

    GENRE: Metal
  • Iggy And The Stooges – Raw Power (1973 Japanese Press)
    Iggy And The Stooges – Raw Power (1973 Japanese Press)
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    “In 1972, the Stooges were near the point of collapse when David Bowie’s management team, MainMan, took a chance on the band at Bowie’s behest. By this point, guitarist Ron […]

    GENRE: Garage / Proto Punk
  • Husker Du – Metal Circus
    Husker Du – Metal Circus
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    “A five-song EP bristling with energy and pummeling guitars, Metal Circus is the first indication of Hüsker Dü’s greatness. With these five songs, the band shows more invention, [...]

    GENRE: Punk / Hardcore
  • Clifford Thornton & The Jazz Composer’s Orchestra – The Gardens Of Harlem (Japanese Pressing)
    Clifford Thornton & The Jazz Composer’s Orchestra – The Gardens Of Harlem (Japanese Pressing)
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    “The documentation of avant-garde jazz from any period becomes severely hampered by production insecurities as soon as the subject at hand is large-scale orchestral music. The Jazz [...]

    GENRE: Jazz / Fusion / Free Jazz
  • Alan Sondheim / Ritual-All-770* – Ritual-All-7-70
    Alan Sondheim / Ritual-All-770* – Ritual-All-7-70
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    “Ritual All 7-70 is a curious collection of short improvisations by the multi-instrumentalist Alan Sondheim — who plays, among others, koto, English horn, electric and acoustic [...]

    GENRE: Jazz / Fusion / Free Jazz
  • Wilson Pickett – The Wicked Pickett [white label promo]
    Wilson Pickett – The Wicked Pickett [white label promo]
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    “A fabulous album, done when Pickett was in the midst of his best period at Atlantic. It had everything — great songs, wonderful production and arrangements, and a hungry, galvanizing [...]

    GENRE: Soul / Funk / Disco
  • V/A – A² (An A-Square Compilation)
    V/A – A² (An A-Square Compilation)
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    “A-Square (Of Course) is an essential compilation of the Michigan garage revolution in the late ’60s, all revolving around the catalyst for the revolution, Hugh “Jeep” [...]

    GENRE: Art Rock / Krautrock / Prog / Psych
  • Leo Cuypers ‎– Leo Cuypers
    Leo Cuypers ‎– Leo Cuypers
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    The Dutch free-jazz legend’s intense debut Label: BASF – 14 25182-9 Format: Vinyl, LP, Album Country: Netherlands Released:1972 VG+/VG. Sleeve shows noticeable edgewear/corner creasing

    GENRE: Jazz / Fusion / Free Jazz
  • Charles Tolliver’s Music Inc* – Live At The Loosdrecht Jazz Festival
    Charles Tolliver’s Music Inc* – Live At The Loosdrecht Jazz Festival
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    Recorded at the Loosdrecht Jazz Festival, Holland (The Netherlands), 9th August 1972 by courtesy of Joop de Roo, N.O.S. Radio, Hilversum. Label: Black Lion Records – PA-3001/2 Format: 2xVinyl, [...]

    GENRE: Jazz / Fusion / Free Jazz
  • Il Gruppo* ‎– The Private Sea Of Dreams
    Il Gruppo* ‎– The Private Sea Of Dreams
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    Italian free-jazz featuring Roland Kayn & Ennio Morricone Label: RCA Victor – LSP-3846 Format: Vinyl, LP, Album, Stereo Country: US Released: 1967 VG+/VG+. Light marks/edgewear

    GENRE: Jazz / Fusion / Free Jazz
  • The Descendants Of Mike And Phoebe ‎– A Spirit Speaks
    The Descendants Of Mike And Phoebe ‎– A Spirit Speaks
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    “Active during the prime years of New York jazz label Strata-East, The Descendants of Mike and Phoebe was one of the various projects on the label spearheaded by bassist Bill […]

    GENRE: Jazz / Fusion / Free Jazz
  • Dino Valente* – Dino Valente
    Dino Valente* – Dino Valente
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    “Dino Valente’s sole album recalls the one issued by another San Francisco artist signed to CBS in the late ’60s, Skip Spence: quirky, lyrically vague, folky yet psychedelic, [...]

    GENRE: Folk / Country
  • Eugene Chadbourne With Camper Van Beethoven (aka) Camper Van Chadbourne ‎– Camper Van Chadbourne
    Eugene Chadbourne With Camper Van Beethoven (aka) Camper Van Chadbourne ‎– Camper Van Chadbourne
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    “Camper Van Chadbourne is one of Eugene Chadbourne’s best albums, and perhaps the best introduction to his weird world. He offers up his usual assortment of cover songs, medleys, and [...]

    GENRE: Indie / Alternative
  • Ryley Walker & Chris Brokaw – Strangled Pairs #13
    Ryley Walker & Chris Brokaw – Strangled Pairs #13
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    Guitar duo improvisation from Walker & Brokaw Label: American Tapes – AM 982 Format: Vinyl, 12″ Country: US Released: 2014 VG+/VG+

    GENRE: Experimental / Noise
  • Albert Ayler – Goin’ Home
    Albert Ayler – Goin’ Home
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    “Albert Ayler was confronted with a spiritual anxiety that both plagued and comforted him throughout his life. This is frighteningly clear listening to the highly intense musical yin and [...]

    GENRE: Jazz / Fusion / Free Jazz
  • Cecil Taylor Unit* ‎– Spring Of Two Blue-J’s
    Cecil Taylor Unit* ‎– Spring Of Two Blue-J’s
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    “Recorded live at New York’s Town Hall in 1974, Spring of Two Blue Jays is split between Taylor’s solo piano version of the title song and a quartet rendition featuring […]

    GENRE: Jazz / Fusion / Free Jazz
  • The Ted Curson Quintet – Live At La’Tete De L’Art: The Canadian Concert Of Ted Curson
    The Ted Curson Quintet – Live At La’Tete De L’Art: The Canadian Concert Of Ted Curson
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    A smoking modal set from the trumpeter’s legendary quintet. Label: Can-Am Records – CA 1700 Format: Vinyl, LP, Album, Reissue Country: Canada Released: 1985 VG+/VG+. Jacket in shrink.

    GENRE: Jazz / Fusion / Free Jazz
  • Edgar Froese ‎– Kamikaze 1989 (Original Soundtrack Music)
    Edgar Froese ‎– Kamikaze 1989 (Original Soundtrack Music)
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    The soundtrack to the 1982 German Cyberpunk thriller, featuring Rainer Werner Fassbinder in his last acting role before his death a month later. Label: Virgin – V 2255 Format: Vinyl, […]

    GENRE: Soundtracks / Library Music