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  • Big Boys – No Matter How Long The Line Is At The Cafeteria, Theres Always A Seat!
    Big Boys – No Matter How Long The Line Is At The Cafeteria, Theres Always A Seat!
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    “This post-mortem (?) LP recorded in August ’84 is a potpourri of the many directions this band was heading. Sometimes, the record seems incohesive, but there’s great talent here. They […]

    GENRE: Punk / Hardcore
  • Essential Logic ‎– Beat Rhythm News – Waddle Ya Play ?
    Essential Logic ‎– Beat Rhythm News – Waddle Ya Play ?
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    “Never released in America, this is a stunning record that remains a benchmark of the punk era. From the bubbling, herky-jerky rhythms of “Quality Crayon Wax OK” to the gleeful [...]

    GENRE: Post-Punk / Goth / Darkwave / Minimal Synth / Neofolk
  • V/A  ‎– No New York
    V/A ‎– No New York
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    “After seeing a series of benefit shows held for the Artist’s Space in Soho, producer Brian Eno convinced Island Records to release an anthology album featuring several bands from New [...]

    GENRE: Post-Punk / Goth / Darkwave / Minimal Synth / Neofolk
  • Iron Maiden – Piece Of Mind
    Iron Maiden – Piece Of Mind
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    “The second of three straight iconic Iron Maiden albums, Piece of Mind marks the debut of what many regard as the definitive Maiden lineup, with the arrival of new drummer […]

    GENRE: Metal
  • Hallows Eve – Monument
    Hallows Eve – Monument
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    Atlanta based classic thrash metal. Label: Metal Blade Records – D1-73290 Format: Vinyl, LP, Album Country: US Released: 1988 VG+/VG. Still in shrink with some noticeable sleevewear  

    GENRE: Metal
  • Lord Sutch And Heavy Friends – Lord Sutch And Heavy Friends
    Lord Sutch And Heavy Friends – Lord Sutch And Heavy Friends
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    “An infamous album by London scene maker Screaming Lord Sutch, who, among other things, claimed to be a genuine Earl and to have started the long hair craze of the […]

    GENRE: Art Rock / Krautrock / Prog / Psych
  • Donald Byrd – Up With Donald Byrd
    Donald Byrd – Up With Donald Byrd
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    Features Herbie Hancock on piano & Kenny Burrell on guitar! Label: Verve Records – V6-8609 Format: Vinyl, LP, Album, Stereo Country: US Released: 1965 G+/VG. Noticeable light marks & [...]

    GENRE: Jazz / Fusion / Free Jazz
  • 7th Wonder – Climbing Higher
    7th Wonder – Climbing Higher
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    Disco/funk from Alabama, featuring the heavily sampled track Daisy Lady Label: Parachute Records – RRLP 9014 Format: Vinyl, LP, Album Country: US Released: 1979 VG+/VG. Light marks, some [...]

    GENRE: Soul / Funk / Disco
  • Brainstorm – Journey To The Light
    Brainstorm – Journey To The Light
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    “Although Brainstorm’s debut album, Stormin’, didn’t make the Motor City outfit a huge name in R&B, it did contain a number 14 R&B hit (“Lovin’ Is [...]

    GENRE: Soul / Funk / Disco
  • V/A  – The Blasting Concept Volume II
    V/A – The Blasting Concept Volume II
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    The second volume of SST’s Blasting Concept compilations. Label: SST Records – SST 043 Format: Vinyl, LP, Compilation Country: US Released: 1986 VG+/VG. Large about of writing on sleeve. [...]

    GENRE: Punk / Hardcore
  • Blushing ‎– Possessions
    Blushing ‎– Possessions
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    “The Austin-based four-piece Blushing return with their second album, Possessions, following their well-received 2019-released eponymous debut. It’s an album that deftly crystallizes the [...]

    GENRE: Indie / Alternative
  • Gerry Mulligan – Night Lights (180g Reissue)
    Gerry Mulligan – Night Lights (180g Reissue)
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    “On his 1963 debut release for the Phillips label, baritone saxophonist Gerry Mulligan is joined by familiar friends, including Art Farmer, Bob Brookmeyer and Jim Hall for a relaxed and [...]

    GENRE: Jazz / Fusion / Free Jazz
  • Eric Dolphy – Out To Lunch! [1975 pressing]
    Eric Dolphy – Out To Lunch! [1975 pressing]
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    “This article originally appeared in The Wire 11 (January 1995). The American poet Robert Frost once likened free verse to playing tennis with the net down. Jazz probably has more […]

    GENRE: Jazz / Fusion / Free Jazz
  • Krystall Klear And The Buells – Ready For The 90’s
    Krystall Klear And The Buells – Ready For The 90’s
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    “Four of the five selections on this LP have some adventurous playing from a quartet consisting of tenor saxophonist Marty Krystall, trumpeter Warren Gale, bassist Buell Neidlinger and [...]

    GENRE: Jazz / Fusion / Free Jazz
  • Black Sabbath – Mob Rules
    Black Sabbath – Mob Rules
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    “After a steady decline in both inspiration, mental stability, and commercial appeal throughout the second half of the ’70s, metal icons Black Sabbath were reborn with 1980’s [...]

    GENRE: Metal
  • The Damned – Damned Damned Damned [2022 repress]
    The Damned – Damned Damned Damned [2022 repress]
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    Easily one of the most energized riff heavy punk records of all time. Unbeatable. Label: BMG – BMGAA01LP Series: The Art Of The Album Format: Vinyl, LP, Album, Reissue, 2022 […]

    GENRE: Punk / Hardcore
  • Sun Ra – The Magic City
    Sun Ra – The Magic City
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    “The boundaries of Sun Ra’s self-proclaimed “space jazz” underwent a transformation in the mid-’60s. The Magic City is an aural snapshot of that metamorphic process. [...]

    GENRE: Jazz / Fusion / Free Jazz
  • Black Sabbath – Born Again
    Black Sabbath – Born Again
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    Regularly heralded as a flop meet up of Sabbath & Deep Purple frontman Ian Gillan, I think Born Again rocks. The weird 80s production doesn’t help my case at all, […]

    GENRE: Metal, Rock / Pop
  • Herbie Hancock ‎– Man-Child
    Herbie Hancock ‎– Man-Child
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    “Perhaps the funkiest album of Herbie Hancock’s early- to mid-’70s jazz/funk/fusion era, Man-Child starts off with the unforgettable “Hang Up Your Hang Ups,” and the [...]

    GENRE: Jazz / Fusion / Free Jazz, Soul / Funk / Disco
  • Chet Baker ‎– Chet Baker Sings (Japanese Pressing)
    Chet Baker ‎– Chet Baker Sings (Japanese Pressing)
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    “As Gerald Heard’s liner notes point out, it’s difficult to decide whether Chet Baker was a trumpet player who sang or a singer who played trumpet. When the 24-year-old [...]

    GENRE: Jazz / Fusion / Free Jazz
  • Scorpions – In Trance
    Scorpions – In Trance
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    “The Scorpions’ third release, In Trance, continues to display their high-energy music, which is impossible to ignore. With the eyebrow-lifting “Dark Lady” as the opening [...]

    GENRE: Art Rock / Krautrock / Prog / Psych
  • Max Roach – Confirmation
    Max Roach – Confirmation
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    Label: Fluid Records (4) – FLUID 103 Format: Vinyl, LP Country: France Released: 1978 Media Condition: VG+ Sleeve Condition: VG   Recorded 10.6.1978 at the studio Sysmo Records

    GENRE: Jazz / Fusion / Free Jazz
  • Discus – To Relate To
    Discus – To Relate To
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    Recorded and Mixed by Michael Macdonald at bim bom studios Mastered by Alan Douches Art & Design by Clare Byrne Rewind as you might, but your ears didn’t deceive you: […]

    GENRE: Indie / Alternative
  • Central Heat Exhange – Central Heat Exchange
    Central Heat Exhange – Central Heat Exchange
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    Central Heat Exchange is the sound of four co-writers and a deep list of special features (Sun June, Lala Lala, Fran, + more) scattered by distance, time, and circumstance. Their […]

    GENRE: Indie / Alternative
  • Support Unit – A New World In Our Hearts
    Support Unit – A New World In Our Hearts
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    Harsh Noise Wall from the anarchist project out of Pittsburgh.

    GENRE: Experimental / Noise
  • The Rita ‎– Sharks And The Female Form
    The Rita ‎– Sharks And The Female Form
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    The aesthetics and patterns of a woman’s physical form violently and tragically manipulated in the arts. A revisit of classic sharks/women fetish themes and crackling walls synonymous with THE [...]

    GENRE: Experimental / Noise
  • Dahulagiri ‎– Spectral Pilgrimage
    Dahulagiri ‎– Spectral Pilgrimage
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    Haunted and decayed dungeon synth from Indonesia

    GENRE: Metal, Modern Composition / Musique Concrete / Electronic
  • The Ghost Gardener ‎– Chaos Natura
    The Ghost Gardener ‎– Chaos Natura
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    Deeply atmospheric black metal from Turin, Italy.

    GENRE: Metal
  • Upir, Forbidden Tomb – Upir​/​Forbidden Tomb
    Upir, Forbidden Tomb – Upir​/​Forbidden Tomb
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    Pulverizing Indonesian black metal.

    GENRE: Metal
  • Castlerock – Honmaru
    Castlerock – Honmaru
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    inspired by the castles still standing in japan today. all music written and performed by P.T.S. in the winter of mmxx the first entry in the Kuruwa trilogy

    GENRE: Modern Composition / Musique Concrete / Electronic
  • Katabasilisk / Kneipegeist – What Flowers Bloom In Velvet Night
    Katabasilisk / Kneipegeist – What Flowers Bloom In Velvet Night
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    Dark ambient/black metal split. Absolutely crushing.

    GENRE: Metal, Modern Composition / Musique Concrete / Electronic
  • Russell Walker – Back To The Womb
    Russell Walker – Back To The Womb
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    “Stockport’s Regional Bears unleashes their label MVP Russell Walker for what seems to be their debut solo album proper on ‘Back To The Womb’ – a rambling masterclass of British […]

    GENRE: Experimental / Noise
  • Hugo Randulv – Drunkna I Ljus
    Hugo Randulv – Drunkna I Ljus
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    The much anticipated sophomore solo album from Hugo Randulv (Enhet För Fri Musik, Amateur Hour, Makthaverskan etc). Drunkna I Ljus was composed and recorded mainly during 2024 and consists of [...]

    GENRE: Experimental / Noise
  • V/A – Five Years Of Failure
    V/A – Five Years Of Failure
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    Five year anniversary compilation from Discreet Music featuring new or unreleased music from Facit, Eftergift, Demeters Döttrar, Sewer Election, Juho Toivonen, Leda, Shadow Pattern, Livskraft, [...]

    GENRE: Experimental / Noise
  • Lovely Midget – Lovely Midget
    Lovely Midget – Lovely Midget
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    A long time in the works vinyl edition of one of our favorite New Zealand albums. Rachel Shearers astonishing debut as Lovely Midget was originally released as a CD on […]

    GENRE: Experimental / Noise
  • Blod – Helvetet Pa Jorden Skona Ingen Fast…..
    Blod – Helvetet Pa Jorden Skona Ingen Fast…..
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    With the intention of doing a proper and full out choir record, Helvetet På Jorden was initiated by Blod two years ago. While the finished album became something slightly different, […]

    GENRE: Folk / Country
  • Franciska Og Emilie – Franciska Og Emilie
    Franciska Og Emilie – Franciska Og Emilie
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    Jonas Torstensen returns to Discreet Music with the second Franciska album, following up the much praised Tryghed (Discreet Music 12) that was released in early 2023. Since Tryghed came out, […]

    GENRE: Modern Composition / Musique Concrete / Electronic
  • Arv & Miljo – Arv & Miljo
    Arv & Miljo – Arv & Miljo
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    The final album from Arv & Miljö consists of two sidelong pieces based almost entirely on field recordings. The recordings roughly span from 2014 to 2024 and were primarily recorded […]

    GENRE: Experimental / Noise
  • Plain Jane & The Jokes – The Joke’s On You
    Plain Jane & The Jokes – The Joke’s On You
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    WHOA. VU & the Dils covers… Worth the price of admission alone. Obscure 1981 California punk. Members of The Insults. Label: Sick Sound Records – SSR-100 Format: Vinyl, LP, Album […]

    GENRE: Punk / Hardcore
  • Neutral – Live Pa Autodidaktik LP
    Neutral – Live Pa Autodidaktik LP
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    What our staff has to say: “Neutral live tape – now reissued on wax via Happiest Place. Disturbing “true industrial” sound. No flexing – akin to throbbing gristle or buried […]

    GENRE: Post-Punk / Goth / Darkwave / Minimal Synth / Neofolk
  • Hank Mobley ‎– Straight No Filter
    Hank Mobley ‎– Straight No Filter
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    “Straight No Filter finds tenor Hank Mobley in several settings from the mid-’60s, each of them excellent. The overall roster is quite impressive, starting with the first set which [...]

    GENRE: Jazz / Fusion / Free Jazz
  • Esther Phillips – Black-Eyed Blues
    Esther Phillips – Black-Eyed Blues
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    “Galveston gal, Esther Phillips, was a teenage R&B sensation in the 1950s (when she went under the name ‘Little Esther’) but reinvented herself as a raspy-voiced blues/jazz song stylist [...]

    GENRE: Jazz / Fusion / Free Jazz
  • Paulinho Da Costa ‎– Happy People
    Paulinho Da Costa ‎– Happy People
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    “Whomever the real Paulinho DaCosta is, there isn’t any doubt that he was heavily plugged into the American R&B hitmaking mode when this, one of his few albums as a […]

    GENRE: Jazz / Fusion / Free Jazz
  • James Brown – Sings Out Of Sight
    James Brown – Sings Out Of Sight
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    “Brown actually recorded this album in 1964, during his brief alliance with Smash; a court injunction from King Records prevented its release at the time, and it wasn’t issued until [...]

    GENRE: Soul / Funk / Disco
  • Brother Jack McDuff – Tobacco Road
    Brother Jack McDuff – Tobacco Road
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    “Brother Jack McDuff recorded an enormous number of albums during the ’60s, so it can be difficult to figure out where to start digging a little deeper into his output […]

    GENRE: Jazz / Fusion / Free Jazz
  • Ray Brown – Something For Lester
    Ray Brown – Something For Lester
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    “This excellent trio session forms a sort of transition between bassist Ray Brown’s work with the Oscar Peterson Trio and his own small-group sessions of the ’80s and [...]

    GENRE: Jazz / Fusion / Free Jazz
  • Ornette Coleman and Prime Time – Opening The Caravan Of Dreams
    Ornette Coleman and Prime Time – Opening The Caravan Of Dreams
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    “Ornette Coleman’s innovative Prime Time band is heard at the peak of its powers on this LP from the small Caravan of Dream label. The altoist/leader is the main voice […]

    GENRE: Jazz / Fusion / Free Jazz
  • John Coltrane ‎– Blue Train (French DMM Reissue)
    John Coltrane ‎– Blue Train (French DMM Reissue)
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    “Although never formally signed, an oral agreement between John Coltrane and Blue Note Records founder Alfred Lion was indeed honored on Blue Train — Coltrane’s only collection [...]

    GENRE: Jazz / Fusion / Free Jazz
  • Bill Evans With Jeremy Steig ‎– What’s New (Sealed)
    Bill Evans With Jeremy Steig ‎– What’s New (Sealed)
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    “This LP has the debut of drummer Marty Morell with Bill Evans and bassist Eddie Gomez, and this particular trio would retain the same personnel for six productive years. Actually, […]

    GENRE: Jazz / Fusion / Free Jazz
  • Albert Ayler – Vibrations
    Albert Ayler – Vibrations
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    “Vibrations is the second album released by American free jazz saxophonist Albert Ayler’s quartet featuring Don Cherry, Gary Peacock and Sonny Murray. The album was recorded in Copenhagen [...]

    GENRE: Jazz / Fusion / Free Jazz