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  • Dave Vettraino – A Bird Shaped Shadow
    Dave Vettraino – A Bird Shaped Shadow
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    Regardless of whether Dave Vettraino’s name rings a bell, there’s a solid chance he’s pulled strings behind a record you love. The Chicago-based audio engineer and multi-instrumentalist has spent [...]

    GENRE: Experimental / Noise
  • Streetdrugs: Drug ID Guide 2013
    Streetdrugs: Drug ID Guide 2013
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    “This book is a guide for parents, police officers, universities, health departments and many others who are looking for accurate information on the negative health effects of drugs as well [...]

    GENRE: Non-Fiction
  • Bravo 20: The Bombing of the American West
    Bravo 20: The Bombing of the American West
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    “In 1952, the U.S. Navy began illegally testing high-explosive bombs on an enormous expanse of public land near Fallon, in northwestern Nevada. The land had long been sacred to the […]

    GENRE: Art/Photography
  • CIA Special Weapons & Equipment
    CIA Special Weapons & Equipment
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    “Describes a variety of espionage devices and includes information on the purpose of each device and instructions for its use” Sterling, 1994 Softcover edition. Light general wear.

    GENRE: Non-Fiction
  • Whole Spy Catalog: A Resource Encyclopedia for Researchers, Pi’S, Spies, and Generally Nosy People
    Whole Spy Catalog: A Resource Encyclopedia for Researchers, Pi’S, Spies, and Generally Nosy People
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    “A resource encyclopedia for Researchers, PI’s, Spies, and Generally Nosy People. The ultimate guide for finding information and intelligence on anything.” Lapin, 1995 Softcover [...]

    GENRE: Non-Fiction
  • The CIA’s Secret Operations: Espionage, Counterespionage, And Covert Action (scarce)
    The CIA’s Secret Operations: Espionage, Counterespionage, And Covert Action (scarce)
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    A guidebook to the inner and outer workings of the CIA throughout history. Westview Press, 1988 Softcover edition. Light general wear, some scuffing along bottom edge of pages.

    GENRE: Non-Fiction
  • Trance: Formation Of America
    Trance: Formation Of America
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    “This is the documented autobiography of a victim of government mind control. Cathy O’Brien is the only vocal and recovered survivor of the Central Intelligence Agency’s [...]

    GENRE: Non-Fiction
  • Phoebe Hoban – Basquiat: A Quick Killing In Art
    Phoebe Hoban – Basquiat: A Quick Killing In Art
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    “Phoebe Hoban’s Basquiat, the first biography of this charismatic figure, chronicles the meteoric success and overnight burnout that made Basquiat an instant artworld myth. As much the [...]

    GENRE: Non-Fiction
  • The Official K.G.B Handbook
    The Official K.G.B Handbook
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    “An English translation (complete with photographs) of the Official KGB Handbook. Includes ‘Duties Of Political Investigators’, ‘Instruction For External [...]

    GENRE: Non-Fiction
  • The CIA Catalog Of Clandestine Weapons, Tools And Gadgets
    The CIA Catalog Of Clandestine Weapons, Tools And Gadgets
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    “This book provides an exclusive look at special CIA devices ranging from clandestine guns, saws, and knives to biological weapons stockpiled in warehouses on every continent.” [...]

    GENRE: Non-Fiction
  • Ryu Murakami – Almost Transparent Blue (1st Edition)
    Ryu Murakami – Almost Transparent Blue (1st Edition)
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    “Almost Transparent Blue is a brutal tale of lost youth in a Japanese port town close to an American military base. Murakami’s image-intensive narrative paints a portrait of a group [...]

    GENRE: Fiction/Poetry/Essays/Criticism/Transgressive
  • Uppers And Downers
    Uppers And Downers
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    A sociological and pharmacological study on both stimulants and depressants. Spectrum Books, 1973 Softcover edition. Some wear and rubbing to wraps. Foxing/discoloration to edges of pages.

    GENRE: Non-Fiction
  • Heinrich Kluver – Mescal And Mechanisms Of Hallucinations (scarce)
    Heinrich Kluver – Mescal And Mechanisms Of Hallucinations (scarce)
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    “This book brings back into print the complete text of Mescal, originally published in 1928, and includes a later paper, “Mechanisms of Hallucinations,” and a new Preface by the [...]

    GENRE: Non-Fiction
  • Voodoo: Search For The Spirit
    Voodoo: Search For The Spirit
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    “Dispelling numerous myths associated with the cultural phenomenon, a history of voodoo emphasizes recent political events in Haiti and the United States and their effects on practitioners [...]

    GENRE: Non-Fiction
  • Marlene Dobkin De Rios – Hallucinogens: Cross Cultural Perspectives
    Marlene Dobkin De Rios – Hallucinogens: Cross Cultural Perspectives
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    “This book surveys the use of mind-altering plants in eleven societies in the Americas, Asia, Australia and New Guinea, ranging from the hunter-gatherers to complex ancient civilizations [...]

    GENRE: Non-Fiction
  • Dianne Lake – Member Of The Family
    Dianne Lake – Member Of The Family
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    “At fourteen Dianne Lake—with little more than a note in her pocket from her hippie parents granting her permission to leave them—became one of “Charlie’s girls,” a devoted [...]

    GENRE: Non-Fiction
  • The Penguin Book Of Exorcisms
    The Penguin Book Of Exorcisms
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    “Levitation. Feats of superhuman strength. Speaking in tongues. A hateful, glowing stare. The signs of spirit possession have been documented for thousands of years and across religions and [...]

    GENRE: Non-Fiction
  • Yoko Tawada – Where Europe Begins
    Yoko Tawada – Where Europe Begins
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    “Chosen as a 2005 Times Literary Supplement Book of the Year, Where Europe Begins has been described by the Russian literary phenomenon Victor Pelevin as “a spectacular journey [...]

    GENRE: Fiction/Poetry/Essays/Criticism/Transgressive
  • Andrey Platonov – The Foundation Pit
    Andrey Platonov – The Foundation Pit
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    “In Andrey Platonov’s The Foundation Pit, a team of workers has been given the job of digging the foundation of an immense edifice, a palatial home for the perfect future […]

    GENRE: Fiction/Poetry/Essays/Criticism/Transgressive
  • Italo Calvino – Invisible Cities
    Italo Calvino – Invisible Cities
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    ““Cities, like dreams, are made of desires and fears, even if the thread of their discourse is secret, their rules are absurd, their perspectives deceitful, and everything conceals [...]

    GENRE: Fiction/Poetry/Essays/Criticism/Transgressive
  • Italo Calvino – Collection Of Sand
    Italo Calvino – Collection Of Sand
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    “Collection of Sand is the last of Italo Calvino’s works to appear during the author’s lifetime―now available for an English-reading audience. This eye-opening collection [...]

    GENRE: Non-Fiction
  • Jay Dyer – Esoteric Hollywood 2
    Jay Dyer – Esoteric Hollywood 2
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    “Like no other book before it, this work delves into the deep, dark, and mysterious undertones hidden in Tinsel town’s biggest films. Esoteric Hollywood is a game-changer in an arena […]

    GENRE: Non-Fiction
  • Jay Dyer – Esoteric Hollywood
    Jay Dyer – Esoteric Hollywood
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    “Like no other book before it, this work delves into the deep, dark and mysterious undertones hidden in Tinsel town’s biggest films. Esoteric Hollywood is a game-changer in an arena […]

    GENRE: Non-Fiction
  • Victor Serge – Unforgiving Years
    Victor Serge – Unforgiving Years
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    “Unforgiving Years is a thrilling and terrifying journey into the disastrous, blazing core of the twentieth century. Victor Serge’s final novel, here translated into English for the first [...]

    GENRE: Fiction/Poetry/Essays/Criticism/Transgressive
  • William T. Vollmann – The Dying Grass
    William T. Vollmann – The Dying Grass
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    “In this fifth installment in his acclaimed Seven Dreams series of novels examining the collisions between Native Americans and European colonizers, William T. Vollmann tells the story of [...]

    GENRE: Fiction/Poetry/Essays/Criticism/Transgressive
  • William T. Vollmann – Fathers And Crows
    William T. Vollmann – Fathers And Crows
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    “The story of the wars of belief between the French Jesuits and the Iroquois in sixteenth- to eighteenth-century Canada – from the author of Europe Central, winner of the National […]

    GENRE: Fiction/Poetry/Essays/Criticism/Transgressive
  • Bernard Roseman – The Peyote Story (scarce)
    Bernard Roseman – The Peyote Story (scarce)
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    “Delves into the rich cultural and spiritual tapestry surrounding the ancient ritualistic use of peyote. Through meticulous research and captivating storytelling, Roseman traces the [...]

    GENRE: Non-Fiction
  • Bernard Roseman – LSD: The Age Of Mind (scarce)
    Bernard Roseman – LSD: The Age Of Mind (scarce)
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    Bernard Roseman, one of the first chemists to manufacture LSD, writes on his experiences & philosophies. Wilshire Book Company, 1973 Softcover edition. Frontspiece has come loose but is [...]

    GENRE: Non-Fiction
  • M.M Kirsch – Designer Drugs
    M.M Kirsch – Designer Drugs
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    “Describes the effects of China White (a synthetic heroin), Crack, Ecstasy, MPTP, Crystal, and PCP, explains why they represent a danger to our society, and shares the experiences of [...]

    GENRE: Non-Fiction
  • A History Of Torture
    A History Of Torture
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    “Torture, an enduring and seemingly not declining aspect of man’s relationship to his fellow man, is an enduring thread through human history. Whether it be practiced by primitive [...]

    GENRE: Non-Fiction
  • The Dream Sellers
    The Dream Sellers
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    An investigation into drug-dealers and the drug trade as a whole. Jossey-Bass, 1972 Hardcover first edition. Discoloration to edges of pages and wear to dustjacket apparent under mylar. [...]

    GENRE: Non-Fiction
  • Nicole Maxwell – Witch Doctor’s Apprentice
    Nicole Maxwell – Witch Doctor’s Apprentice
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    “When Nicole Maxwell first visited the Amazon more than forty years ago, she had no idea that she would make a life’s work of the people, plants and lore to […]

    GENRE: Non-Fiction
  • William S. Burroughs – Queer (1st Printing)
    William S. Burroughs – Queer (1st Printing)
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    “Originally written in 1952 but not published till 1985, Queer is an enigma – both an unflinching autobiographical self-portrait and a coruscatingly political novel, Burroughs’ [...]

    GENRE: Fiction/Poetry/Essays/Criticism/Transgressive
  • R.E.L Masters – Forbidden Sexual Behavior and Morality
    R.E.L Masters – Forbidden Sexual Behavior and Morality
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    “Forbidden Sexual Behavior And Morality: An Objective Re-Examination Of Perverse Sex Practices In Different Cultures by R. E. L. Masters is a book that delves into the topic of taboo […]

    GENRE: Non-Fiction
  • Holy Terror: Armageddon In Tokyo
    Holy Terror: Armageddon In Tokyo
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    “Recounts the rise of Shoko Asahara, his creation of the Aum Supreme Truth cult, and the deadly March 1995 nerve gas attack on the Tokyo subway that led to the […]

    GENRE: Non-Fiction
  • Spycomm: Covert Communication Techniques Of The Underground
    Spycomm: Covert Communication Techniques Of The Underground
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    “Guerrillas, fugitives and other members of the “underground” must exploit existing resources to communicate secretly. This book tells you how they use improvised microfilm, [...]

    GENRE: Non-Fiction
  • MindWar
    MindWar
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    “In 1980 an obscure internal U.S. Army concept paper, “From PSYOP to MindWar”, accidentally became public. Though only a brief, theoretical speculation, it exploded into the focus of [...]

    GENRE: Non-Fiction
  • Loving Man: A Photographic Guide To Gay Male Lovemaking
    Loving Man: A Photographic Guide To Gay Male Lovemaking
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    One of the first sex-ed & health guides for gay men. Hark Publishing, 1976 Hardcover edition. Some sagging from spine and wear to boards. Discoloration to edges of pages.

    GENRE: Non-Fiction
  • Rob Mazurek, Exploding Star Orchestra – Live At The Adler Planetarium
    Rob Mazurek, Exploding Star Orchestra – Live At The Adler Planetarium
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    CD The Exploding Star Orchestra is Rob Mazurek’s vehicle for blowing minds and reshaping worlds. For more than a decade and a half, the multi-instrumentalist has guided the variably configured [...]

    GENRE: Jazz / Fusion / Free Jazz
  • Anna Butterss – Mighty Vertebrate
    Anna Butterss – Mighty Vertebrate
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    CD ‘Mighty Vertebrate’ is the International Anthem leader debut from Adelaide, Australia-born bassist and composer Anna Butterss. Butterss has steadily become a first-call for tour [...]

    GENRE: Jazz / Fusion / Free Jazz
  • Tomin – A Willed And Conscious Balance
    Tomin – A Willed And Conscious Balance
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    CD Tomin’s debut full-length work, A Willed and Conscious Balance, answers a set of questions left unasked in recent years, as a new generation of artists re-energizes the tradition often […]

    GENRE: Jazz / Fusion / Free Jazz
  • Rob Mazurek, Exploding Star Orchestra – Live At The Adler Planetarium
    Rob Mazurek, Exploding Star Orchestra – Live At The Adler Planetarium
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    Black Vinyl The Exploding Star Orchestra is Rob Mazurek’s vehicle for blowing minds and reshaping worlds. For more than a decade and a half, the multi-instrumentalist has guided the variably […]

    GENRE: Jazz / Fusion / Free Jazz
  • Tomin – Flores Para Verene / Cantos Para Caramina
    Tomin – Flores Para Verene / Cantos Para Caramina
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    Black Vinyl 27-year-old Tomin Perea-Chamblee is a brass- and reed-centered multi-instrumentalist, the composer and arranger of pieces with excellently thorny harmonies, an at-times reluctant [...]

    GENRE: Jazz / Fusion / Free Jazz
  • Anna Butters – Mighty Vertebrate
    Anna Butters – Mighty Vertebrate
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    Black Vinyl ‘Mighty Vertebrate’ is the International Anthem leader debut from Adelaide, Australia-born bassist and composer Anna Butterss. Butterss has steadily become a first-call [...]

    GENRE: Jazz / Fusion / Free Jazz
  • Jeff Parker ETA IVtet – The Way Out Of Easy
    Jeff Parker ETA IVtet – The Way Out Of Easy
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    BLACK VINYL January 2nd, 2023. Aside from being the second of a new year, it was a pretty ordinary night at ETA in Los Angeles, where guitarist Jeff Parker – […]

    GENRE: Jazz / Fusion / Free Jazz
  • John Coltrane – Om
    John Coltrane – Om
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    “Condemned by many critics as John Coltrane’s worst album, Om suffers only in comparison to the great works that preceded it. Also issued in 1965, Ascension had stunned the jazz […]

    GENRE: Jazz / Fusion / Free Jazz
  • Anthony Braxton – Saxophone Improvisations / Series F.
    Anthony Braxton – Saxophone Improvisations / Series F.
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    “The Inner City label reissued this album not out of some great commitment to avant-garde solo saxophone, but because there was a licensing deal with the shady French label called […]

    GENRE: Jazz / Fusion / Free Jazz
  • Anthony Braxton – In The Tradition
    Anthony Braxton – In The Tradition
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    Braxton interprets a handful of jazz standards in his idiosyncratic way. Label: SteepleChase – SCS-1015 Format: Vinyl, LP, Album, Stereo Country: Denmark Released: 1974 VG+/VG. Sleeve has some [...]

    GENRE: Jazz / Fusion / Free Jazz
  • Dinosaur Jr. – Beyond
    Dinosaur Jr. – Beyond
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    Since bassist Lou Barlow left Dinosaur Jr. in 1989, the band–whose last record was 1997’s expansive Hand It Over–has largely become an alter-ego moniker for guitarist/vocalist J [...]

    GENRE: Indie / Alternative
  • Cecil Taylor Unit* – Dark To Themselves
    Cecil Taylor Unit* – Dark To Themselves
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    “Dark to Themselves is a continuous 61-plus-minute performance by pianist Cecil Taylor and his 1976 quintet (which also includes such fiery players as trumpeter Raphe Malik, his longtime [...]

    GENRE: Jazz / Fusion / Free Jazz
  • Crude – Attitude
    Crude – Attitude
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    Reissue of their 4th album from 2000 Label: Feral Ward – YAN-0012-056-2009 Format: Vinyl, LP, Album Country: US Released: 2009 VG+/VG+  

    GENRE: Punk / Hardcore
  • Morbid Opera – Collection
    Morbid Opera – Collection
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    “Finally, after years of work, the Morbid Opera discography LP!! Painstakingly compiled by Jeff Hodapp (ex-Roach Motel & spouse of Morbid Opera vocalist) and Vinyl Rites, here is all [...]

    GENRE: Punk / Hardcore
  • Steve Lacy – Only Monk
    Steve Lacy – Only Monk
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    “Steve Lacy has long been one of the foremost interpreters of pianist Thelonious Monk’s music. This set is a solo soprano saxophone recital in which Lacy digs into nine of […]

    GENRE: Jazz / Fusion / Free Jazz
  • Archie Shepp ‎– The Magic Of Ju-Ju
    Archie Shepp ‎– The Magic Of Ju-Ju
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    “On this 1967 Impulse release, tenor saxophonist Archie Shepp unleashed his 18-minute tour de force “The Magic of Ju-Ju,” combining free jazz tenor with steady frenetic African [...]

    GENRE: Jazz / Fusion / Free Jazz
  • COUM Transmissions ‎– Home Aged And The 18 Month Hope
    COUM Transmissions ‎– Home Aged And The 18 Month Hope
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    The most recent installment of the rare & unheard archival recordings from the transgressive 70’s performance art group COUM Transmissions. Founded in late 1969 by Genesis P-Orridge [...]

    GENRE: Industrial / Power Electronics
  • Controlled Death ‎– Ritualistic Mutilation In The Bloody Darkness
    Controlled Death ‎– Ritualistic Mutilation In The Bloody Darkness
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    “Controlled Death is the dark side project by the Japanese noise legend Maso Yamazaki a.k.a. Masonna. In April 2018 he decided to make a shudder debut with 1st album Symphony […]

    GENRE: Experimental / Noise, Industrial / Power Electronics
  • Hair Police – Prescribed Burning
    Hair Police – Prescribed Burning
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    “Arising from the smoldering ashes of early morning fallout settles six reverberated blackened altars settled in the embers of industrial noise. Slow motion feedback dissolve and dance macabre [...]

    GENRE: Experimental / Noise
  • Reportage: Spela Själv (2010 Reissue)
    Reportage: Spela Själv (2010 Reissue)
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    “Exact reproduction LP of a Swedish release from 1970. A bit of confusion surrounds this release: The album has been credited to Träd, Gräs och Stenar, but they aren’t featured […]

    GENRE: Experimental / Noise, Folk / Country
  • Syd Barrett ‎– The Madcap Laughs (80’s UK Pressing)
    Syd Barrett ‎– The Madcap Laughs (80’s UK Pressing)
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    “Having left Pink Floyd in 1968 after a daily LSD habit had taken its toll, Syd Barrett’s first solo album finally appeared two years later with ex-Floyd sidekicks David Gilmour […]

    GENRE: Art Rock / Krautrock / Prog / Psych
  • Astrud Gilberto ‎– I Haven’t Got Anything Better To Do
    Astrud Gilberto ‎– I Haven’t Got Anything Better To Do
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    “With her tenure on Verve drawing to a close, Astrud Gilberto steps further away from her bossa nova roots with I Haven’t Got Anything Better to Do, an intimate, nocturnal […]

    GENRE: Jazz / Fusion / Free Jazz