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  • Evidence
    Evidence
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    Killer compilation of Japanese psych. Features Lost Aaraaf, an early Keiji Haino band. Label: Solid Records – Solid-1003 Format: Vinyl, LP, Compilation Country: Japan Released: 1989 VG+/VG with [...]

    GENRE: Art Rock / Krautrock / Prog / Psych
  • Tenko – Slope
    Tenko – Slope
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    All-star backing band, including Fred Frith & Arto Lindsey, accompany Tenko on this thrilling album Label: Kinniku-Bijo – KBR 301 Format: Vinyl, LP, Album Country: Japan Released: 1987 [...]

    GENRE: Art Rock / Krautrock / Prog / Psych
  • Third Ear Band ? Music From Macbeth
    Third Ear Band ? Music From Macbeth
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    Third Ear Band’s psych-folk score to Roman Polanski’s adaptation of Macbeth Label: Harvest – SHSP 4019 Format: Vinyl, LP, Album, Repress Country: UK Released: undated repress VG+/VG+  

    GENRE: Art Rock / Krautrock / Prog / Psych, Folk / Country, Soundtracks / Library Music
  • Third Ear Band ? Alchemy
    Third Ear Band ? Alchemy
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    ““One of the first releases on EMI’s progressive rock label, Harvest in July 1969, Alchemy was the debut album by Third Ear Band. One of the earliest signings to Harvest, […]

    GENRE: Art Rock / Krautrock / Prog / Psych, Folk / Country
  • Robert Wyatt – Shleep
    Robert Wyatt – Shleep
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    “Robert Wyatt continues to follow his singular musical path with the lovely Shleep, delivering another album of considerable quirky charm and understated beauty; a less melancholy affair [...]

    GENRE: Art Rock / Krautrock / Prog / Psych
  • Yellow Magic Orchestra ? Public Pressure
    Yellow Magic Orchestra ? Public Pressure
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    Yellow Magic Orchestra’s live album from their 1979 tour. Label: Alfa – ALR-6033 Format: Vinyl, LP, Album, Red Ball Label Country: Japan Released: 1980 VG+/VG. Sleeve has some [...]

    GENRE: Modern Composition / Musique Concrete / Electronic
  • Coltrane* ? “Live” At The Village Vanguard 11-01-1961
    Coltrane* ? “Live” At The Village Vanguard 11-01-1961
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    Recorded at “Village Vanguard” NYC, November 1, 1961. Label: Impulse! – MVCI-23001 Format: CD, Album, Reissue Country: Japan Released: 1991 VG+/VG+ Image may not be from actual item.

    GENRE: Jazz / Fusion / Free Jazz
  • Jacks ? Vacant World
    Jacks ? Vacant World
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    “The Jacks may have been short lived but their recordings carry reverberations into modern times. Feels like the Japanese contemporary to VU, the newer route in psych paved by the […]

    GENRE: Art Rock / Krautrock / Prog / Psych
  • Cecil Taylor All Stars Featuring Buell Neidlinger ? Cecil Taylor All Stars Featuring Buell Neidlinger
    Cecil Taylor All Stars Featuring Buell Neidlinger ? Cecil Taylor All Stars Featuring Buell Neidlinger
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    1961 live set of Cecil Taylor’s large ensemble Label: Candid – SMJ-6205 Format: Vinyl, LP, Album Country: Japan Released: 1977 VG+/VG+. Includes liner  

    GENRE: Jazz / Fusion / Free Jazz
  • Albert Ayler ? The First Recordings
    Albert Ayler ? The First Recordings
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    Reissue of Ayler’s first record, Something Different! Label: Seven Seas – K23P-6076 Format: Vinyl, LP, Album, Reissue Country: 1981 Released: Japan VG+/VG+ with some creasing and wear to [...]

    GENRE: Jazz / Fusion / Free Jazz
  • Leo Cuypers ? Heavy Days Are Here Again
    Leo Cuypers ? Heavy Days Are Here Again
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    “Leo Cuypers was the original pianist of the Willem Breuker Kollektief, although, at the time of this recording, he had just been replaced by Henk de Jonge. Happily, there appear […]

    GENRE: Jazz / Fusion / Free Jazz
  • Lester Bowie ? Fast Last!
    Lester Bowie ? Fast Last!
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    “As is often true of a Lester Bowie record, this set has surprising moments and a liberal use of absurd humor, along with some fine playing… A fine introduction to […]

    GENRE: Jazz / Fusion / Free Jazz
  • Toshiyuki Miyama – Canto Of Libra
    Toshiyuki Miyama – Canto Of Libra
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    Label: Columbia – SW-7032 Format: Vinyl, LP, Album, Reissue Country: Japan Released: 1976 VG+/VG+ with some scuffing/wear to cover. Includes liner.

    GENRE: Jazz / Fusion / Free Jazz
  • Yasutaka Tsutsui – House
    Yasutaka Tsutsui – House
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    Strange cross between a free-jazz and psych record. Label: Frasco – FS-7007 Format: Vinyl, LP, Album Country: Japan Released: 1976 VG+/VG, with Scratch/damage on Cover, Mark on Media. Includes [...]

    GENRE: Jazz / Fusion / Free Jazz
  • Cecil Taylor ? Great Paris Concert “2”
    Cecil Taylor ? Great Paris Concert “2”
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    Recorded on 30 November 1966 in in Paris, France. Label: Freedom – PA-9740 Format: Vinyl, LP, Album, Reissue Country: Japan Released: 1977 VG+/VG+. Includes liner.  

    GENRE: Jazz / Fusion / Free Jazz
  • Meltable Snaps It ? Points Blank
    Meltable Snaps It ? Points Blank
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    Free improv/avant-garde music from a superstar group. Label: No Man’s Land – NML 8604 Format: Vinyl, LP, Stereo Country: Germany Released: 1986 VG+/VG, with a seam split  

    GENRE: Jazz / Fusion / Free Jazz
  • Archie Shepp ? Life At The Donaueschingen Music Festival
    Archie Shepp ? Life At The Donaueschingen Music Festival
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    “This is an exciting album. The important tenor Archie Shepp and his 1967 group — with both Roswell Rudd and Grachan Moncur on trombones, bassist Jimmy Garrison, and drummer Beaver [...]

    GENRE: Jazz / Fusion / Free Jazz
  • Ornette Coleman ? An Evening With Ornette Coleman ?1?
    Ornette Coleman ? An Evening With Ornette Coleman ?1?
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    “this live concert captures Coleman in a transitional period that found him experimenting with contemporary classical forms as well as making more frequent use of the violin and trumpet. In [...]

    GENRE: Jazz / Fusion / Free Jazz
  • Rasberry Bulbs – Nature Tries Again
    Rasberry Bulbs – Nature Tries Again
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    Label: Hospital Productions ‎– HOS-305 Format: Vinyl, LP, Album, Limited Edition Country: US Released: Mar 2011 VG+/VG+

    GENRE:
  • Raspberry Bulbs – Finally Burst / Lone Gunman
    Raspberry Bulbs – Finally Burst / Lone Gunman
    $35.00 | , , Add to cart

    Label: Personnel Records ‎– PER-002 Format: Vinyl, LP, Compilation Country: US Released: 2012 VG+/VG+

    GENRE:
  • The Dwarves – I Wanna Kill Your Boyfriend
    The Dwarves – I Wanna Kill Your Boyfriend
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    Label: Sympathy For The Record Industry – SFTRI 132 Format: Vinyl, 7″, Single, Pink Marbled Country: US Released: 1992 VG+/VG+

    GENRE:
  • Ornette Coleman Quartet* ? The Best Of Ornette Coleman
    Ornette Coleman Quartet* ? The Best Of Ornette Coleman
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    Japanese exclusive comp of some key Coleman tracks Label: Atlantic – SMAT 2004 Format: Vinyl, LP, Compilation Country: Japan Released: 1968 VG+/VG+  

    GENRE: Jazz / Fusion / Free Jazz
  • The Cecil Taylor Quartet And The Gigi Gryce-Donald Byrd Jazz Laboratory* ? At Newport ’57
    The Cecil Taylor Quartet And The Gigi Gryce-Donald Byrd Jazz Laboratory* ? At Newport ’57
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    Split live album from the 1957 Newport Jazz Festival. Label: Verve Records – MI-1071 Format: Vinyl, LP, Album, Reissue, Mono Country: Japan Released: VG+/VG+  

    GENRE: Jazz / Fusion / Free Jazz
  • Rova* ? This, This, This, This.
    Rova* ? This, This, This, This.
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    Solid album by the more experimental pseudonym of the World Saxophone Quartet. Label: Moers Music– Moers Music 01080 Format: Vinyl, LP, Album Country: Germany Released: 1980 VG+/VG. Cover has [...]

    GENRE: Jazz / Fusion / Free Jazz
  • Autosalvage ? S/T
    Autosalvage ? S/T
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    Sole record by NYC folk influenced psych band Label: RCA Victor – LSP-3940 Format: Vinyl, LP, Album, Stereo Country: US Released: 1968 VG+/VG+. Low end VG+/VG+. Record has a couple […]

    GENRE: Art Rock / Krautrock / Prog / Psych
  • And Suddenly It’s Evening
    And Suddenly It’s Evening
    $20.00 | , , Add to cart

    Varied compilation from mostly Cherry Red artists, featuring artists as diverse as Laibach and Felt. Label: Vap – 35506-15 Format: Vinyl, LP, Compilation Country: Japan Released: 1986 VG+/VG+  

    GENRE: Post-Punk / Goth / Darkwave / Minimal Synth
  • Clear Cut 5
    Clear Cut 5
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    The fifth and final volume in Rough Trade’s Clear Cut series Label: Rough Trade – RTL 35 Format: Vinyl, LP, Compilation Country: Japan Released: 1983 VG+/VG+  

    GENRE: Indie / Alternative, Post-Punk / Goth / Darkwave / Minimal Synth
  • Clear Cut 3 – Summer Place
    Clear Cut 3 – Summer Place
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    The sole reggae compilation from Rough Trade’s Clear Cut series Label: Rough Trade – RTL-24 Format: Vinyl, LP, Compilation Country: Japan Released: 1982 VG+/VG+  

    GENRE: Reggae / Dub
  • John Di Stefano ? For the Moment
    John Di Stefano ? For the Moment
    $11.00 | , Add to cart

    Label: Concentric Circles Format: Vinyl, LP, Album Country: US Released: 2019 VG+/VG+ Akin to the electronic kraut forefathers Moebius & Roedelius – “For the Moment” [...]

    GENRE: Modern Composition / Musique Concrete / Electronic
  • Frank W. Becker / Michiko Akao ? Incantation
    Frank W. Becker / Michiko Akao ? Incantation
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    Haunting soundscapes from the synthesizer pioneer and flutist duo. Label: Toshiba Records – TP-72321 Format: Vinyl, LP Country: Japan Released: 1979 VG+/VG  

    GENRE: Modern Composition / Musique Concrete / Electronic
  • Wim Mertens Performed By Soft Verdict ? Maximizing The Audience
    Wim Mertens Performed By Soft Verdict ? Maximizing The Audience
    $17.00 | , , Add to cart

    “Wim Mertens’ first album after dropping the group name Soft Verdict, the double-disc Maximizing the Audience consists of the music for Jan Fabre’s play The Power of Theatrical [...]

    GENRE: Modern Composition / Musique Concrete / Electronic
  • Cecil Taylor ? Nuits De La Fondation Maeght Vol. 1
    Cecil Taylor ? Nuits De La Fondation Maeght Vol. 1
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    An intense live set from Taylor backed by an all-star lineup including Jimmy Lyons & Sam Rivers. Label: RCA – RCA-6085 M Format: Vinyl, LP, Album, Mono Country: Japan Released: […]

    GENRE: Jazz / Fusion / Free Jazz
  • The Cecil Taylor Quartet ? Looking Ahead!
    The Cecil Taylor Quartet ? Looking Ahead!
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    “Looking Ahead! does just that while still keeping several toes in the tradition. It’s an amazing document of a talent fairly straining at the reins, a meteor about to burst […]

    GENRE: Jazz / Fusion / Free Jazz
  • Archie Shepp ? Attica Blues
    Archie Shepp ? Attica Blues
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    “Attica Blues is one of Shepp’s most successful large-group projects, because his skillful handling of so many different styles of black music produces such tremendously groovy [...]

    GENRE: Jazz / Fusion / Free Jazz
  • Hawkwind ? Live Seventy Nine
    Hawkwind ? Live Seventy Nine
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    First live album from the third era of Hawkwind, featuring a more aggressive & metal influenced sound than eras prior. Label: Bronze – VIP-6745 Format: Vinyl, LP, Album Country: Japan […]

    GENRE: Art Rock / Krautrock / Prog / Psych
  • Creation ? The Super Best
    Creation ? The Super Best
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    Compilation from the Japanese psych pioneers. Label: Express – ETP-80011 Format: Vinyl, LP, Compilation Country: Japan Released: 1978 VG+/VG+  

    GENRE: Art Rock / Krautrock / Prog / Psych
  • Pearls Before Swine ? One Nation Underground
    Pearls Before Swine ? One Nation Underground
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    “Psychedelic-folk debut from one of the most erudite, literate minds in rock, Thomas D. Rapp (and the first of his ever-changing Swine). Although the songs here lack some cohesion, this [...]

    GENRE: Art Rock / Krautrock / Prog / Psych
  • MC5 ? Back In The USA
    MC5 ? Back In The USA
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    The second MC5 record, cementing their status as proto-punk stalwarts Label: Atlantic – SD 8247 Format: Vinyl, LP, Album Country: US Released: 1970 VG+/VG. Drillhole, some moisture damage and [...]

    GENRE: Art Rock / Krautrock / Prog / Psych
  • Hawkwind _? Hawkwind
    Hawkwind _? Hawkwind
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    The debut Hawkwind album still sounds pioneering and new years later. Label: United Artists Records – UAS 5519 Format: Vinyl, LP, Album Country: US Released: 1971 VG+/VG, with some tearing […]

    GENRE: Art Rock / Krautrock / Prog / Psych
  • The Octopus: Secret Government and the Death Of Danny Casolaro
    The Octopus: Secret Government and the Death Of Danny Casolaro
    $150.00 | , , Add to cart

    Probably the single greatest work of conspiracy literature. Needs to be read to be believed. Feral House, 2004 paperback edition. Some light corner & edgewear to the wraps. Writing on […]

    GENRE: Non-Fiction
  • Terence McKenna – True Hallucinations
    Terence McKenna – True Hallucinations
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    “This mesmerizing, surreal account of the bizarre adventures of Terence McKenna, his brother Dennis, and a small band of their friends, is a wild ride of exotic experience and scientific [...]

    GENRE: Memoir, Non-Fiction
  • Clarence Cooper Jr – Black: Three Short Novels
    Clarence Cooper Jr – Black: Three Short Novels
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    “Black! brings together three short novels by Clarence Cooper, Jr., a rediscovered genius of African-American writing. “The Dark Messenger” is a short, sizzling novel in which a [...]

    GENRE: Fiction/Poetry/Essays/Criticism/Transgressive
  • Get Even: The Complete Book Of Dirty Tricks
    Get Even: The Complete Book Of Dirty Tricks
    $8.00 | , , Add to cart

    “A hilarious overview of the methods people use to get even with big business, government and enemies. These dirty tricks range from the simple to the elaborate, including more [...]

    GENRE: Non-Fiction
  • John Cage – Notations
    John Cage – Notations
    $200.00 | , , Add to cart

    “Notations is a book that was edited and compiled by American avant-garde composer John Cage (1912–1992) with Alison Knowles and first published in 1969 by Something Else Press. The book [...]

    GENRE: Art/Photography, Modern Composition / Musique Concrete / Electronic
  • Charles Willeford – Cockfighter
    Charles Willeford – Cockfighter
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    Charles Willeford’s violently masculine southern noir, loosely modeled on The Odyssey. Vintage Crime/Black Lizard, 1991 paperback edition. Creasing to front cover, along with some [...]

    GENRE: Fiction/Poetry/Essays/Criticism/Transgressive
  • Anna Kavan – Julia And The Bazooka
    Anna Kavan – Julia And The Bazooka
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    Anna Kavan’s darkest and most desperate collection of stories, published posthumously. W.W Norton, 1970 paperback edition. Large crease to front cover. Corner & edgewear to wraps. Pages [...]

    GENRE: Fiction/Poetry/Essays/Criticism/Transgressive
  • William H. Gass – The Tunnel
    William H. Gass – The Tunnel
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    “Thirty years in the making, William Gass’s second novel first appeared on the literary scene in 1995, at which time it was promptly hailed as an indisputable masterpiece. The story [...]

    GENRE: Fiction/Poetry/Essays/Criticism/Transgressive
  • Carver Area High School* Presents The Carver Area High School Seniors ? Get Live ’83 (The Senior Rap)
    Carver Area High School* Presents The Carver Area High School Seniors ? Get Live ’83 (The Senior Rap)
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    “Unbelievably rare private press disco/rap bomb tune! Absolutely stunning very rare old school party disco rap 12” performed by members of the Chicago public high-school Carver High. [...]

    GENRE: Hip Hop / Rap / Neo Soul
  • Lumumba – Lumumba
    Lumumba – Lumumba
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    Heavy & underrated afrobeat dancefloor jammer. Label: A & M Records – SP-3610 Format: Vinyl, LP, Album Country: US Released: 1974 VG+/VG+  

    GENRE: International
  • Raspberry Bulbs – The World Is Empty, The Heart Is Full
    Raspberry Bulbs – The World Is Empty, The Heart Is Full
    $30.00 | , , Add to cart

    Label: Hospital Productions – HOS-879 Format: Vinyl, LP Country: Worldwide Released: Oct 6, 2023   VG+/VG+ – Limited Picture Disc Version

    GENRE:
  • Possessed – The Eyes Of Horror
    Possessed – The Eyes Of Horror
    $55.00 | , , Add to cart

    The third and final release from Possessed Label: Combat – 88561-8168-1 Format: Vinyl, 12″ EP Country: US Released: 1987 VG+/VG. Vinyl is in great shape. Jacket has minor ring/edge/corner [...]

    GENRE: Metal
  • John Coltrane Quartet ? Ballads(1965 Mono)
    John Coltrane Quartet ? Ballads(1965 Mono)
    $60.00 | , , Add to cart

    “They arrived with music-store sheet music of the songs” and just before the recordings, they “would discuss each tune, write out copies of the changes they’d use, [...]

    GENRE: Jazz / Fusion / Free Jazz
  • John Coltrane ? Coltrane (1958 Mono!)
    John Coltrane ? Coltrane (1958 Mono!)
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    John Coltrane’s debut album, heralding one of the most celebrated careers in jazz history. Label: Prestige – LP 7105 Format: Vinyl, LP, Repress Country: US Released: 1958 VG/VG+. Record is [...]

    GENRE: Jazz / Fusion / Free Jazz
  • Discharge – Grave New World (Netherlands Pressing)
    Discharge – Grave New World (Netherlands Pressing)
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    The very controversial and much maligned “metal” album from the punk band. “It’s their best one”-cleo Label: Roadrunner Records – RR 9692 Format: Vinyl, LP Country: [...]

    GENRE: Metal
  • Sun Araw ? Beach Head
    Sun Araw ? Beach Head
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    “The four tracks of Beach Head, like much of Sun Araw’s work, capture Cameron Stallones at a certain place and time; its re-release some years after its first limited run […]

    GENRE: Experimental / Noise, Indie / Alternative
  • Them ? The “Angry” Young Them! (80’s UK Pressing)
    Them ? The “Angry” Young Them! (80’s UK Pressing)
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    The debut album from Van Morrison’s garage rock combo. Introduced the world to Gloria. Label: Decca – LK 4700 Format: Vinyl, LP, Repress Country: UK Released: 1982 VG+/VG+, with some […]

    GENRE: Art Rock / Krautrock / Prog / Psych
  • Aster ? Things That Just Happen
    Aster ? Things That Just Happen
    $10.00 | , Add to cart

    [duo of Ashley Paul & Eli Keszler] Label: R.E.L. Records REL21 Format: LP Country: US Released: 2013  

    GENRE: Experimental / Noise
  • Arundhati Bhaumik, Hemant Kumar ? Devotion and Love
    Arundhati Bhaumik, Hemant Kumar ? Devotion and Love
    $45.00 | , , Add to cart

    Stellar and obscure Indian classical album. Label: Oriental Records – BGRP 1047 Format: Vinyl, LP Country: US Released: 1984 VG+/VG+, sleeve still in shrink with light marks & wear

    GENRE: International
  • Suicidal Tendencies ? S/T
    Suicidal Tendencies ? S/T
    $40.00 | , , Add to cart

    “Fast, furious, and funny, Suicidal Tendencies’ self-titled debut owed much more to hardcore punk than to the later hardcore/heavy metal hybrid they would become known for, but [...]

    GENRE: Punk / Hardcore
  • V/A ? Max’s Kansas City – New York New Wave
    V/A ? Max’s Kansas City – New York New Wave
    $22.00 | , , Add to cart

    Great compilation of punk & proto-punk’s first wave. Label: CBS – S CBS 82670 Format: Vinyl, LP Country: UK Released: 1978 VG+/VG+ with light marks/wear

    GENRE: Punk / Hardcore