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  • 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
  • Nico – The Marble Index
    Nico – The Marble Index
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    Released in 1968 on America’s coolest label Elektra Records, Nico’s sophomore solo release The Marble Index was an instant avant-garde masterpiece. Nico’s haunting voice and droning harmonium [...]

    GENRE: Art Rock / Krautrock / Prog / Psych
  • Nico – Desertshore
    Nico – Desertshore
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    1970’s Desertshore, like much of Nico’s early work, has grown in stature with the passing of time. Hardly a pop album, the material stands alongside Chelsea Girl as some of […]

    GENRE: Art Rock / Krautrock / Prog / Psych
  • 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
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    Label: Personnel Records ‎– PER-002 Format: Vinyl, LP, Compilation Country: US Released: 2012 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
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    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
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    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
  • 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
  • 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
  • The Cure – Pornography Demos
    The Cure – Pornography Demos
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    An collection of demos from The Cure’s dark fourth album, Pornography. fan club edition

    GENRE: Post-Punk / Goth / Darkwave / Minimal Synth
  • The Cure – Faith Demos
    The Cure – Faith Demos
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    Collection of demos from The Cure’s third album, Faith. fan club edition.

    GENRE: Post-Punk / Goth / Darkwave / Minimal Synth
  • Joy Division – The European Radio Broadcasts
    Joy Division – The European Radio Broadcasts
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    A selection of broadcast sessions from throughout Joy Division’s career. Previously released in the Heart & Soul boxset and under the title Autosuggestion.

    GENRE: Post-Punk / Goth / Darkwave / Minimal Synth
  • G.B.H. – City Baby Attacked By Rats
    G.B.H. – City Baby Attacked By Rats
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    Street punk pioneers Charged G.B.H. formed in Birmingham in 1978, the name referencing original bassist Sean McCarthy’s trial for grievous bodily harm. The in-your-face hardcore of EP “Leather, [...]

    GENRE: Punk / Hardcore
  • Pale Saints – In Ribbons (30th anniversary)
    Pale Saints – In Ribbons (30th anniversary)
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    Pale Saints second album In Ribbons is finally getting the 30th Anniversary celebration it deserves after covid and production delays, with a special double LP / CD release – the […]

    GENRE: Indie / Alternative
  • Buck Meek – Haunted Mountain (clear green vinyl)
    Buck Meek – Haunted Mountain (clear green vinyl)
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    For his latest solo album, Buck Meek, lead guitarist of Big Thief, went back to Texas with his band – Adam Brisbin (guitar), Austin Vaughn (drums), Ken Woodward (bass), Mat […]

    GENRE: Indie / Alternative
  • Buck Meek – Haunted Mountain (black vinyl)
    Buck Meek – Haunted Mountain (black vinyl)
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    For his latest solo album, Buck Meek, lead guitarist of Big Thief, went back to Texas with his band – Adam Brisbin (guitar), Austin Vaughn (drums), Ken Woodward (bass), Mat […]

    GENRE: Indie / Alternative
  • Oneohtrix Point Never ? Age Of
    Oneohtrix Point Never ? Age Of
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    Oneohtrix Point Never’s Age Of is an album of new music from the renowned musician, out June 1st on Warp Records. It’s Daniel Lopatin’s most cohesive and richly composed work […]

    GENRE: Modern Composition / Musique Concrete / Electronic, Techno / House / Electronic
  • Karen Constance / Dylan Nyoukis ? Day Music / Night Music
    Karen Constance / Dylan Nyoukis ? Day Music / Night Music
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    Constance the insomniac presents us with Day Music. Heavy processed electronics, field recordings, mangled voices and tape wrangle constructed late at night in bed. Fend off the darkness fears [...]

    GENRE: Experimental / Noise
  • tik///tik / Salt Swan ? KCPC / Musk Lust
    tik///tik / Salt Swan ? KCPC / Musk Lust
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    Amerige Records takes pride in reviving an overlooked classic, now reissued on vinyl and widely accessible for the first time. Originally distributed on cassette among friends in 2011, this [...]

    GENRE: Experimental / Noise
  • Leslie Keffer ? Represents: Live 2005
    Leslie Keffer ? Represents: Live 2005
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    “Vocals, Radios.” As line items on record sleeves go, that’s fairly cryptic – it could mean anything. But that’s what Ohioan noise artist Leslie Keffer was working with on the […]

    GENRE: Experimental / Noise
  • K2 ? Hybrid Dub Metal Musik
    K2 ? Hybrid Dub Metal Musik
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    K2 / “Hybrid Dub Metal Musik” A-1: Tokyo Would Be Carthago (12’32”)* A-2: Trade Friction in Medieval (7’57”)* B-1: Love To The Extent to Biting My Hands (20’42”)** *Recorded at […]

    GENRE: Experimental / Noise
  • Will Veeder – The Lost And Found
    Will Veeder – The Lost And Found
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    A combination of finger-picking acoustic and electric guitar with percussion. American-primitive psych. Will Veeder is a master at conjuring up vivid images and emotions, using a combination of [...]

    GENRE: Folk / Country
  • Ethan WL – Blood Farm (American Primitive playing – amazing)
    Ethan WL – Blood Farm (American Primitive playing – amazing)
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    “This is my latest album, about 40 straight minutes of acoustic guitar. All originals, live takes, and no overdubs. Filmmaker and Journalist Bill Lichtenstein told me that it ‘sounds like […]

    GENRE: Folk / Country
  • Bitter Wish – Candle Finger
    Bitter Wish – Candle Finger
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    Formed in Philadelphia during the COVID days of fall 2021, Bitter Wish is a psychedelic power trio comprising guitarist John Comune, bassist Clint Takeda (Bardo Pond/Double Wig) and percussionist [...]

    GENRE: Art Rock / Krautrock / Prog / Psych
  • TASTE – I dipped my comb… (Loud experimental rock)
    TASTE – I dipped my comb… (Loud experimental rock)
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    I dipped my comb in shochu and ran it through the hair of the night is the brand new release from the intriguing trio 番長 Taste, consisting of Mark Anderson […]

    GENRE: Experimental / Noise
  • Fania All Stars – Live at the Cheetah: Vol. 2
    Fania All Stars – Live at the Cheetah: Vol. 2
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    On August 26, 1971, the Fania All Stars electrified the Cheetah Club stage in New York, causing a salsa-induced delirium that not only defined their career, but the salsa genre. […]

    GENRE: International
  • Willie Colon – The Hustler
    Willie Colon – The Hustler
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    In 1964, a young musician from the Dominican Republic by the name of Johnny Pacheco teamed up with ambitious Italian-American lawyer Jerry Masucci for the creation of a record label […]

    GENRE: International
  • Ralfi Pagan – With Love
    Ralfi Pagan – With Love
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    Craft Recordings present a remastered vinyl reissue of With Love, one of the most transcendental Latin Soul LPs in the history of the genre. Released in 1971, just as Latin […]

    GENRE: International
  • Fania All Stars – Live at the Cheetah: Vol. 1 (Colored Vinyl)
    Fania All Stars – Live at the Cheetah: Vol. 1 (Colored Vinyl)
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    On August 26, 1971, the Fania All Stars electrified the Cheetah Club stage in New York, causing a salsa-induced delirium that not only defined their career, but also the salsa […]

    GENRE: International
  • David Axelrod – Heavy Axe
    David Axelrod – Heavy Axe
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    For the dusty-fingered deep diggers who have a sixth sense for sample-worthy sounds and unique headnodders, the name David Axelrod is gospel. An arranger with A-list credits a mile long, […]

    GENRE: Jazz / Fusion / Free Jazz
  • Bernard Purdie – Purdie Good!
    Bernard Purdie – Purdie Good!
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    In between being one of the most recorded studio drummers of all time (the “Purdie Shuffle” graced everything from Aretha to Steely Dan), Bernard Purdie squeezed in a few sessions [...]

    GENRE: Jazz / Fusion / Free Jazz
  • Ray Barretto – Que Viva La Musica
    Ray Barretto – Que Viva La Musica
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    Que Viva La Música just turned 50 and features Ray Barretto at his peak of the “Hard Salsa” era. The album contains the track “Cocinando” from the famed documentary Our [...]

    GENRE: International
  • Birdie – Some Dusty
    Birdie – Some Dusty
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    Birdie’s debut album, 1999’s “Some Dusty,” is the culmination of a series of fortuitous events, set in motion in 1992 when members Debsey Wykes (Dolly Mixture) and Paul [...]

    GENRE: Indie / Alternative
  • Suss – Suss (2022 self titled)
    Suss – Suss (2022 self titled)
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    A lot has happened to SUSS since their last vinyl release, 2020’s Promise on Northern Spy Records. That album ended up on many best-of lists that year, and was cited […]

    GENRE: Experimental / Noise, Folk / Country
  • Various – The Conny Plank Rework Sessions
    Various – The Conny Plank Rework Sessions
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    12″ containing remixes of Eurythmics, NEU! And Moebius & Plank

    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
  • 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
  • Spacemen 3 – Live in Koln
    Spacemen 3 – Live in Koln
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    Screen printed LP jackets, riso inserts. Recorded live 11th January 1988 at The Rose Club in Koln, Germany. Excerpt from Nov 19, 1988 Melody Marker interview: The red room is […]

    GENRE: Art Rock / Krautrock / Prog / Psych
  • Spacemen 3 – Revolution or Heroin
    Spacemen 3 – Revolution or Heroin
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    Screen printed LP jackets, riso inserts. Recorded live in The Mean Fiddler, London – 22.10.1987. Against all predictions, the fight to release these recordings has finally been won. We [...]

    GENRE: Art Rock / Krautrock / Prog / Psych
  • 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
  • Swedish Meatballs Vol 2 – The Psychedelic Hard Rock Underground 1970-1977
    Swedish Meatballs Vol 2 – The Psychedelic Hard Rock Underground 1970-1977
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    Way-out heavy psych mindblowers with blistering guitars and pounding drums! Sweden – heaven and hell. Strictly limited edition of 500 copies only. Comes with a striking day-glow coloured sleeve [...]

    GENRE: Art Rock / Krautrock / Prog / Psych
  • Ritmo Fantasía: Balearic Spanish Synth​-​Pop, Boogie & House (1982​-​1992)
    Ritmo Fantasía: Balearic Spanish Synth​-​Pop, Boogie & House (1982​-​1992)
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    The 21 track selection curated by Trujillo, a Venezuelan producer, DJ and record collector based in Berlin, explores the forgotten corners of the 1980s and early 90s Spanish music scene. […]

    GENRE: International
  • Kvartetten Som Sprängde – Kattvals (DELUXE EDITION, PSYCHEDELIC SPLATTER VINYL)
    Kvartetten Som Sprängde – Kattvals (DELUXE EDITION, PSYCHEDELIC SPLATTER VINYL)
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    Finally available again – in a special new psychedelic splatter vinyl limited edition of 600 copies! Kvartetten Som Sprängde (The Quartet That Exploded) “Kattvals” (“Cat Waltz”). A reissue of one [...]

    GENRE: Art Rock / Krautrock / Prog / Psych
  • John Cale – POPtical Illusion (INDIE EXCLUSIVE, TRANSLUCENT ORANGE VINYL)
    John Cale – POPtical Illusion (INDIE EXCLUSIVE, TRANSLUCENT ORANGE VINYL)
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    Despite the album’s playful title, Cale’s second album in just over a year still contains the same feelings of fierce and inquisitive rage that were present in 2023 album MERCY. […]

    GENRE: Art Rock / Krautrock / Prog / Psych
  • John Cale – MERCY
    John Cale – MERCY
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    What does John Cale have that the rest of us don’t—some gene that engenders infinite restlessness, a rapacious mind that is never satisfied? For nearly 60 years, or at least […]

    GENRE: Art Rock / Krautrock / Prog / Psych
  • Ixtahuele – Pathways to Paradise (CURIOUS YELLOW VINYL)
    Ixtahuele – Pathways to Paradise (CURIOUS YELLOW VINYL)
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    A new album from the masters of exotica! Mix up a mighty rum typhoon and emerge yourself in this excitingly dazzling audio fantasy! Experience the fearsome Jungle Chase. Behold the […]

    GENRE: Jazz / Fusion / Free Jazz
  • Raspberry Bulbs – The World Is Empty, The Heart Is Full
    Raspberry Bulbs – The World Is Empty, The Heart Is Full
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    Label: Hospital Productions – HOS-879 Format: Vinyl, LP Country: Worldwide Released: Oct 6, 2023   VG+/VG+ – Limited Picture Disc Version

    GENRE:
  • Butthole Surfers – Creamed Corn From The Socket Of Davis 12″EP
    Butthole Surfers – Creamed Corn From The Socket Of Davis 12″EP
    $22.00 | Ships on/around Sep 20, 2024 Add to cart

    The second part of Matador’s reissues of the essential early records by Texas’s Butthole Surfers continues with three of their most insane slabs — 1985’s ‘Cream Corn from the Socket […]

    GENRE: Punk / Hardcore
  • Butthole Surfers – Locust Abortion Technician LP
    Butthole Surfers – Locust Abortion Technician LP
    $26.00 | Ships on/around Sep 20, 2024 Add to cart

    The second part of Matador’s reissues of the essential early records by Texas’s Butthole Surfers continues with three of their most insane slabs — 1985’s ‘Cream Corn from the Socket […]

    GENRE: Punk / Hardcore