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  • Karin Krog – Archie Shepp ? Hi-Fly
    Karin Krog – Archie Shepp ? Hi-Fly
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    Shepp accompanies the stellar Norwegian jazz vocalist. Label: Baybridge Records – ULS-1687-B, Format: Vinyl, LP, Album Country: Japan Released: 1977 VG+/VG+  

    GENRE: Jazz / Fusion / Free Jazz
  • Masonna – Shinsen Na Clitoris (Picture Disc)
    Masonna – Shinsen Na Clitoris (Picture Disc)
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    Reissue of a limited CD from 1990 on Vanilla Records Label: Hospital Productions – HOS-639 Format: Vinyl, LP, Album, Limited Edition, Picture Disc, Reissue Country: US Released: 2019 VG+/VG+  

    GENRE: Experimental / Noise
  • Fantastic Tchico* ? Mon Enfant
    Fantastic Tchico* ? Mon Enfant
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    Folk/pop from the Republic Of Congo Label: Pili-Pili – AC-10012 Format: Vinyl, LP Country: Japan Released: 1984 VG+/VG+ with some wear to sleeve. Includes liner.  

    GENRE: International
  • Nyboma* Et L’Orchestre Les Kamal? Dynamiques Du Za?re* ? Doubl? Doubl?
    Nyboma* Et L’Orchestre Les Kamal? Dynamiques Du Za?re* ? Doubl? Doubl?
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    Stellar Soukous music from Zaire Label: Pili-Pili – AC10006 Format: Vinyl, LP Country: Japan Released: 1984 VG+/VG+  

    GENRE: International
  • Dennis Brown ? Just Dennis
    Dennis Brown ? Just Dennis
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    Japanese edition of an early Dennis Brown album Label: Trojan Records – PA-6352 Format: Vinyl, LP, Album Country: Japan Released: 1975 VG+/VG  

    GENRE: Reggae / Dub
  • Sonny Rollins ? Original Music From The Score “Alfie”
    Sonny Rollins ? Original Music From The Score “Alfie”
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    Sonny Rollins’s bop score is better than the film. Label: Impulse! – YP-8508-AI Format: Vinyl, LP, Reissue, Stereo Country: Japan Released: 1976 VG+/VG with some staining to sleeve. [...]

    GENRE: Jazz / Fusion / Free Jazz, Soundtracks / Library Music
  • Art Farmer ? Yesterday’s Thoughts
    Art Farmer ? Yesterday’s Thoughts
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    70’s bop from a trumpet master. Label: East Wind – EW-8025 Format: Vinyl, LP, Album Country: Japan Released: 1976 VG+/VG with some staining to cover. Includes liner  

    GENRE: Jazz / Fusion / Free Jazz
  • Jacks – Greatest Hits
    Jacks – Greatest Hits
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    Compilation of early Japanese group-sounds/psych band’s best tracks. Label: Express – ETP-8179 Format: Vinyl, LP, Album, Compilation, Stereo Country: Japan Released: VG+/VG with some [...]

    GENRE: Art Rock / Krautrock / Prog / Psych
  • Morio Agata ? Zipangu Boy
    Morio Agata ? Zipangu Boy
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    Hosono produced experimental, psychedelic pop album. Label: Phillips – FW-8001~2 Format: 2xVinyl, LP, Album Country: Japan Released: 1976 VG+/VG with a seam split. Includes liner.  

    GENRE: Art Rock / Krautrock / Prog / Psych, International, Modern Composition / Musique Concrete / Electronic
  • Demo Tape 1
    Demo Tape 1
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    “Demo Tape 1 was a compilation of music curated by Ryuichi Sakamoto and Akito Yano for their Midi Inc. label. The premise was simple: ask anyone who tuned in to […]

    GENRE: Modern Composition / Musique Concrete / Electronic
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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 / Neofolk
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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 / Neofolk
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • Kleistwahr ‎– Winter
    Kleistwahr ‎– Winter
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    “kleistwahr is the solo project of gary mundy, the legendary power electronic and noise-rock musician who is a founding member of ramleh and runs the highly influential broken flag label. [...]

    GENRE: Experimental / Noise
  • 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