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  • 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
  • Butthole Surfers – Hairway To Steven LP
    Butthole Surfers – Hairway To Steven LP
    $26.00 | Ships on/around Sep 20, 2024 Add to cart

    This Is A Preorder

    GENRE: Punk / Hardcore
  • Max Jaffe – Reduction of Man LP
    Max Jaffe – Reduction of Man LP
    $25.00 | Ships on/around Sep 13, 2024 Add to cart

    Max Jaffe wasn’t planning on creating an album commemorating the decade-plus he spent living in New York City while recording Reduction of Man. Operating as a preemptive elegy, Reduction of […]

    GENRE: Techno / House / Electronic
  • Amelia Courthouse – Broken Things LP
    Amelia Courthouse – Broken Things LP
    $22.00 | Ships on/around Sep 06, 2024 Add to cart

    On her first album since ruby glass (SPINSTER, 2019), sound artist and composer amelia courthouse (aka Leah Toth) builds on her previous album’s textures, moods, and evocations of memory, adding [...]

    GENRE: Experimental / Noise, Modern Composition / Musique Concrete / Electronic
  • Candido – Dancin and Prancin LP
    Candido – Dancin and Prancin LP
    $25.00 | Ships on/around Sep 06, 2024 Add to cart

    As the man who basically brought the conga into the modern age with his innovative multi-percussion set-ups and tunable congas, and as a former member of Dizzy Gillespie and Stan […]

    GENRE: Soul / Funk / Disco
  • The Doug Carn Trio – The Doug Carn Trio LP
    The Doug Carn Trio – The Doug Carn Trio LP
    $33.00 | Ships on/around Sep 06, 2024 Add to cart

    Keyboardist/composer Doug Carn was the biggest star on the legendary Black Jazz Records label, with four releases to his credit (all reissued by us at Real Gone Music), and remains […]

    GENRE: Jazz / Fusion / Free Jazz
  • Nina Simone – In Concert LP
    Nina Simone – In Concert LP
    $39.00 | Ships on/around Sep 06, 2024 Add to cart

    Nina Simone’s In Concert on 180g LP. Mastered by Ryan K. Smith at Sterling Sound from the Original Analog Tapes, Pressed at QRP and Packaged in a Stoughton Printing Gatefold Old-Style [...]

    GENRE: Jazz / Fusion / Free Jazz
  • Dr. John – The Brightest Smile In Town LP
    Dr. John – The Brightest Smile In Town LP
    $37.00 | Ships on/around Aug 30, 2024 Add to cart

    Trying to define what it is that makes Dr. John special is much like trying to define the word “soul’—you can surround it. But nailing it down is a whole […]

    GENRE: Blues, Jazz / Fusion / Free Jazz
  • Nigeria 70: The Definitive Guide to 1970’s Funky Lagos 3LP
    Nigeria 70: The Definitive Guide to 1970’s Funky Lagos 3LP
    $40.00 | Ships on/around Aug 30, 2024 Add to cart

    Strut repress one of the all-time classic compilations of Afro-funk and Afrobeat for 2016, the first volume of the mighty Nigeria 70 series. Originally released in 2001, the album followed […]

    GENRE: African
  • Asher Gamedze & The Black Lungs – Constitution LP
    Asher Gamedze & The Black Lungs – Constitution LP
    $30.00 | Ships on/around Aug 30, 2024 Add to cart

    “Members of the dispossessed, won’t you lend me your ears!” This is the repeated call and the rallying chorus of the nearly 40-minute centerpiece to composer and percussionist Asher Gamedze’s [...]

    GENRE: Jazz / Fusion / Free Jazz
  • Seefeel – Everything Squared 12″EP
    Seefeel – Everything Squared 12″EP
    $27.00 | Ships on/around Aug 30, 2024 Add to cart

    Seefeel’s Everything Squared on 12″ EP. Their First New Music Since 2011. Mastered by Berlin-Based Engineer Stefan Betke, AKA Pole at Scape Mastering. After critically acclaimed [...]

    GENRE: Techno / House / Electronic
  • Throbbing Gristle – The Third Mind Movements 2LP
    Throbbing Gristle – The Third Mind Movements 2LP
    $36.00 | Add to cart

    Throbbing Gristle unveils a brand new reissue of The Third Mind Movements, released commercially for the first time on CD and vinyl via Mute. Formed in 1975, Throbbing Gristle, aka […]

    GENRE: Industrial / Power Electronics
  • Lee Morgan – The Gigilo LP Tone Poets Series
    Lee Morgan – The Gigilo LP Tone Poets Series
    $28.00 | Ships on/around Aug 16, 2024 Add to cart

    Blue Note Classic Vinyl Reissue Series Edition of Lee Morgan’s The Gigolo on All-Analog 180g LP. Mastered by Kevin Gray Directly from the Original Master Tapes and Manufactured at Optimal [...]

    GENRE: Jazz / Fusion / Free Jazz
  • Wayne Shorter – Juju LP Tone Poets Series
    Wayne Shorter – Juju LP Tone Poets Series
    $28.00 | Ships on/around Aug 16, 2024 Add to cart

    Blue Note Classic Vinyl Reissue Series Edition of Wayne Shorter’s Juju on All-Analog 180g LP. Mastered by Kevin Gray Directly from the Original Master Tapes and Manufactured at Optimal in [...]

    GENRE: Jazz / Fusion / Free Jazz
  • 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!)
    $250.00 | , , Add to cart

    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)
    $32.00 | , , Add to cart

    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
    $50.00 | , , Add to cart

    “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)
    $30.00 | , , Add to cart

    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
  • Nightshift _? Homosapien
    Nightshift _? Homosapien
    $20.00 | Add to cart

    It’s been three years since Glasgow musical collective NIGHTSHIFT’s last album (“Zöe”, 2021) & aside form an odds & sods tape compilation “Made Of The Earth”, the group has remained […]

    GENRE: Indie / Alternative
  • Mountain Movers ? Walking After Dark 2LP
    Mountain Movers ? Walking After Dark 2LP
    $26.00 | Add to cart

    The current lineup of New Haven’s long running Mountain Movers (guitarist/vocalist Dan Greene, bassist Rick Omonte, guitarist Kryssi Battalene, & drummer Ross Menze) have been playing [...]

    GENRE: Art Rock / Krautrock / Prog / Psych
  • Marcel Wave – Something Looming
    Marcel Wave – Something Looming
    $19.00 | Add to cart

    Marcel Wave write eulogies for tragic actresses, ancient riverbeds and concrete obscenity. Their inaugural sonic instalment ‘Something Looming’ is part trades club symphony, part itchy serenade, [...]

    GENRE: Indie / Alternative
  • The Drin – Elude The Torch
    The Drin – Elude The Torch
    $19.00 | Add to cart

    The Drin forge further into their own captivating world of sound on their fourth album, ‘Elude the Torch’. Since 2021, the Cincinnati group has released one strikingly original album [...]

    GENRE: Post-Punk / Goth / Darkwave / Minimal Synth
  • Nick Maurer – Come On In!
    Nick Maurer – Come On In!
    $25.00 | Ships on/around Aug 16, 2024 Add to cart

    Nick Maurer’s Come On In! is the stuff of a modern American fable. The 20 year-old Cincinnatian’s first release on Happy Families feels wise beyond years but is equally moving […]

    GENRE: Folk / Country, Indie / Alternative
  • 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
  • Grand Scheme – Numbers Game
    Grand Scheme – Numbers Game
    $10.00 | , Add to cart

    Generations in hardcore move quickly. The scene changes constantly, and yet there is always a group of bands uninterested in the current trends. Some people just want to write aggressive […]

    GENRE: Punk / Hardcore
  • Shitty Life – Limits To Growth
    Shitty Life – Limits To Growth
    $10.00 | , Add to cart

    Blazing fast, Chitarrino-Punk from Parma, Italy. If you enjoy Shitty Limits, Youth Avoiders, or Social Cirkle, you will love this new record. You might have seen them on tour recently […]

    GENRE: Punk / Hardcore
  • Subliminal Excess – Witness
    Subliminal Excess – Witness
    $10.00 | , Add to cart

    From the depths of lower wacker…its the return of Subliminal Excess. With a demo that ushered in the cold reality of 2020, they are keeping that same energy with witness. […]

    GENRE: Punk / Hardcore
  • 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
  • Bugs And Rats ? Adidas
    Bugs And Rats ? Adidas
    $13.00 | , Add to cart

      “Vinylization of a 2010 CD-R by this Quincy, MA trio who have been around since 2003. Their longevity makes it damn odd that this is their first LP. But […]

    GENRE: Experimental / Noise, Indie / Alternative
  • V/A ? A Consonant Vowel
    V/A ? A Consonant Vowel
    $31.00 | , , Add to cart

    Cincinnati / Ohio Gallery Released Sound Art / Experimental from ’88 Label: C.A.G.E Records Format: Vinyl, LP, Compilation Country: US Released: 1988 VG+/VG+  

    GENRE: Modern Composition / Musique Concrete / Electronic
  • Laboratorio Della Quercia ? Laboratorio Della Quercia
    Laboratorio Della Quercia ? Laboratorio Della Quercia
    $22.00 | , , Add to cart

    “In the summer of 1978, an ambitious twelve-day experimental jazz project was undertaken at the ancient amphitheater, Tasso della Quercia, on the slopes of Rome’s Gianicolo Hill. The [...]

    GENRE: Jazz / Fusion / Free Jazz
  • Benjamin Lew / Steven Brown ? A Propos D’Un Paysage
    Benjamin Lew / Steven Brown ? A Propos D’Un Paysage
    $28.00 | , , Add to cart

    “A couple of years after the release of the magical “Douzième Journée” album, Benjamin Lew and Steven Brown meet again in the studio. With a little help from Vini Reilly […]

    GENRE: Experimental / Noise
  • Benjamin Lew ? Nebka
    Benjamin Lew ? Nebka
    $32.00 | , , Add to cart

    “Electronics go hand in hand with acoustics to conjure images of deserts and sand. “Nebka” is an arabic word which describes a sand dune formed by the wind around an […]

    GENRE: Experimental / Noise
  • David Bowie ? The Man Who Sold The World
    David Bowie ? The Man Who Sold The World
    $32.00 | , , Add to cart

    Bowie’s “hard rock bummer” album. Title track is one of the best he would ever write. Label: RCA Victor – AYL1-4654 Format: Vinyl, Album Country: US Released: undated, [...]

    GENRE: Rock / Pop
  • Tetsu Arrey _? II (includes OBI/Poster)
    Tetsu Arrey _? II (includes OBI/Poster)
    $50.00 | , , Add to cart

    90’s Japanese Hardcore at its best Label: HG Fact – HG-100 Format: Vinyl Country: Japan Released: 1998 VG+/VG+

    GENRE: Punk / Hardcore
  • The United States Of America _? The United States Of America (1968 UK)
    The United States Of America _? The United States Of America (1968 UK)
    $75.00 | , , Add to cart

    A defining moment for electronic/psychedelic pop. Label: CBS – 63340 Format: Vinyl Country: UK Released: 1968 VG+/VG+ with light wear

    GENRE: Art Rock / Krautrock / Prog / Psych
  • The Complete Blue Note Recordings Of Albert Ammons And Meade Lux Lewis
    The Complete Blue Note Recordings Of Albert Ammons And Meade Lux Lewis
    $40.00 | , , Add to cart

    “This magnificent three-LP box set was issued as part of the first release by the Mosaic label. The out of print collection has all of the music recorded during Blue […]

    GENRE: Jazz / Fusion / Free Jazz
  • Art Pepper _? The Complete Pacific Jazz Small Group Recordings Of Art Pepper
    Art Pepper _? The Complete Pacific Jazz Small Group Recordings Of Art Pepper
    $90.00 | , , , Add to cart

    “The music is very much in the cool/bop tradition, but Pepper is instantly recognizable (he never sounded that much like Charlie Parker) and even at this early stage, he was […]

    GENRE: Jazz / Fusion / Free Jazz
  • Aki Onda – Transmissions From The Radio Midnight
    Aki Onda – Transmissions From The Radio Midnight
    $22.00 | , Add to cart

    This project, entitled Transmissions From The Radio Midnight, started around 2006, when I acquired a Sony TCM F59 — an AM/FM radio and cassette recorder combined in a slim, handheld […]

    GENRE: Modern Composition / Musique Concrete / Electronic
  • Heiki – Valley Beyond
    Heiki – Valley Beyond
    $16.00 | , Add to cart

    “Valley Beyond” is the Suction Records label debut by Heiki, aka Toronto-based, Canadian electronic music veteran, Heiki Sillaste. Heiki first made his mark with Digital Poodle, a cult EBM [...]

    GENRE: Techno / House / Electronic
  • John McCowen ? Models of Duration
    John McCowen ? Models of Duration
    $20.00 | , Add to cart

    The latest from the uncompromising John McCowen is a split release between Dinzu Artefacts and Astral Spirits. Models of Duration follows the same trajectory as McCowen’s other amazing solo [...]

    GENRE: Modern Composition / Musique Concrete / Electronic
  • Gnawed ? Torchsmoke & Rope
    Gnawed ? Torchsmoke & Rope
    $10.00 | , Add to cart

    Following the path forged on 2020’s landmark album Subterranean Rites (Malignant/Cloister), Grant Richardson returns from the depths of his literal and conceptual explorations of civilization’s [...]

    GENRE: Industrial / Power Electronics
  • The Trendees _? Barmaid
    The Trendees _? Barmaid
    $15.00 | , Add to cart

    The Trendees uberoscure 2017 cassette for Albert’s Basement has somehow found its way to a 7″ release some seven years later, replete with an extra third track in tow. If […]

    GENRE: Punk / Hardcore
  • Lord Spikeheart – The Adept
    Lord Spikeheart – The Adept
    $21.00 | , Add to cart

    The Adept is Lord Spikeheart’s first full-length album. A ferocious debut that ups the intensity and physicality of his previous releases and promises to bring a telluric big bang in […]

    GENRE: Experimental / Noise
  • Matsumoto / Shiroishi / Watanabe – Yellow
    Matsumoto / Shiroishi / Watanabe – Yellow
    $22.00 | , Add to cart

    Yellow brings together acclaimed LA-based musicians Kozue Matsumoto, Patrick Shiroishi, and Shoshi Watanabe. With total expressive command of their instruments, the trio unfurls a brilliant and [...]

    GENRE: Jazz / Fusion / Free Jazz
  • Group Material – Intimations
    Group Material – Intimations
    $25.00 | , Add to cart

    Intimations marks the first official release of Group Material, the sound work of Eric Sanchez and Avalon Kalin. Released as a limited edition cassette on Slug Spitter. Dreamlike, “Intimations” [...]

    GENRE: Art Rock / Krautrock / Prog / Psych, Modern Composition / Musique Concrete / Electronic
  • Plight – Plastic Sun
    Plight – Plastic Sun
    $23.00 | , Add to cart

    Brooklyn-based four piece Plight has spent the last five years making a name for themselves in New York City. Releasing their Catharsis demo in 2017, the group has been cultivating their own […]

    GENRE: Indie / Alternative
  • Max Nordile ? Hanging By A Fan Over Wet Cement
    Max Nordile ? Hanging By A Fan Over Wet Cement
    $22.00 | , Add to cart

    Hanging by a Fan Over Wet Cement is the music of listening after listening, when water runs relative to the sound of your own footsteps, and you lean over the […]

    GENRE: Experimental / Noise
  • Cartoon ? Nyuck Nyuck Boing!
    Cartoon ? Nyuck Nyuck Boing!
    $25.00 | , Add to cart

    Human Headstone Presents… “Nyuck Nyuck Boing!”, the debut full-length from Philadelphia’s CARTOON. Listener discretion advised : Weight-defying escapades, technicolor transmutations, a swirling [...]

    GENRE: Art Rock / Krautrock / Prog / Psych
  • Joy Guidry ? Amen
    Joy Guidry ? Amen
    $23.00 | , Add to cart

    AMEN is the 3rd release by bassoonist / composer / producer Joy Guidry. Representing a major step up in her ability to fully realize and embody a sound and concept, […]

    GENRE: Jazz / Fusion / Free Jazz
  • John Cage/Aaron Dilloway – Rozart Mix
    John Cage/Aaron Dilloway – Rozart Mix
    $22.00 | , Add to cart

    “So excited and honored to finally release the vinyl document of my realization of JOHN CAGE’s ROZART MIX.  Back in the extremely strange year of 2020, I was approached by […]

    GENRE: Modern Composition / Musique Concrete / Electronic
  • Indigo Ranch – Hard Gloss
    Indigo Ranch – Hard Gloss
    $22.00 | Add to cart

    Recorded by the band in their studio in 2022, Indigo Ranch’s Hard Gloss scratches an itch for DIY sound & aesthetics. Mixed with Jeff Zeigler and mastered by Mikey Young, […]

    GENRE: Post-Punk / Goth / Darkwave / Minimal Synth
  • Bermuda Squares – Outsider
    Bermuda Squares – Outsider
    $20.00 | , Add to cart

    As corny as it sounds, you can’t help but describe Bermuda Squares as a Minneapolis supergroup. Ringleaded by singer/guitarist Tony Milek, the band comprises members of Sinks, Neo Neos, Citric [...]

    GENRE: Punk / Hardcore
  • Why Bother? ? Serenading Unwanted Ballads
    Why Bother? ? Serenading Unwanted Ballads
    $20.00 | , Add to cart

    Serenading Unwanted Ballads is the fifth album from Iowa’s WHY BOTHER? and a testament to the fact that they will never make the same record twice. Full of twists, their […]

    GENRE: Punk / Hardcore
  • The Ar-Kaics ? See The World On Fire
    The Ar-Kaics ? See The World On Fire
    $20.00 | , Add to cart

    The Ar-Kaics are back with See the World on Fire, their first new album in six years. It’s also the first release from this newly-minted partnership between Feel It Records […]

    GENRE: Punk / Hardcore
  • Choncy ? 20X Multiplier
    Choncy ? 20X Multiplier
    $20.00 | , Add to cart

    From the foxhole of the Rust Belt, Choncy fleshes out a frenzied, multifaceted approach to punk with their sophomore album, 20X MULTIPLIER. The Cincinnati four-piece delivers an intoxicating [...]

    GENRE: Punk / Hardcore