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  • 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
  • Cocteau Twins and Harold Budd – The Moon and the Melodies CD
    Cocteau Twins and Harold Budd – The Moon and the Melodies CD
    $14.00 | Ships on/around Aug 23, 2024 Add to cart

    The eight songs comprising The Moon and the Melodies, alternately instrumental or with vocal accompaniment, were originally intended as a score to a documentary film. As Guthrie explained to Todd [...]

    GENRE: Post-Punk / Goth / Darkwave / Minimal Synth
  • Throbbing Gristle – The Third Mind Movements CD
    Throbbing Gristle – The Third Mind Movements CD
    $16.00 | Ships on/around Aug 23, 2024 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
  • 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)
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    “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
  • Laibach – Deutschland 1985
    Laibach – Deutschland 1985
    $7.00 | Add to cart

    CDr packaged with fold over cover in polybag. A bootleg live recording from Oberhausen, Germany, performed on 4 December 1985. Bringing to mind the best of underground industrial tapes in […]

    GENRE: Industrial / Power Electronics
  • 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
  • Shop Tote
    Shop Tote
    $20.00 | , Add to cart

    Reprint! New tote bags featuring our Robert Beatty designed logo.  

    GENRE:
  • Bashi Rose – Ritual of Rebellion
    Bashi Rose – Ritual of Rebellion
    $10.00 | Ships on/around Aug 23, 2024 Add to cart

    Hank Shocklee said the most unique thing about hip hop’s genesis is that it was the first time non-musicians were responsible for making records. Before that, everybody involved knew what […]

    GENRE: Jazz / Fusion / Free Jazz
  • Marwa Helal – LIVE from the light unobserved
    Marwa Helal – LIVE from the light unobserved
    $10.00 | Ships on/around Aug 23, 2024 Add to cart

    Poetry is as much voice as it is writing. The writing captures the voice so that we can remember. The idea that many of our great contemporary poets remain unrecorded […]

    GENRE: Spoken Word
  • Camille Dietrich – Grates of Love
    Camille Dietrich – Grates of Love
    $10.00 | Ships on/around Aug 23, 2024 Add to cart

    Camille is the rawest cellist working today, straight up, no qualifiers. It’s hard to separate her from her dad and co-conspirator Don Dietrich in the same way it’s incredibly difficult […]

    GENRE: Experimental / Noise
  • Guilherme Granado – Christi Annu Ali Vyianna
    Guilherme Granado – Christi Annu Ali Vyianna
    $10.00 | Ships on/around Aug 23, 2024 Add to cart

    When Ab from Cartas de Cartalunya (OCFC-002) sent me Christi Annu Ali Vyianna I thought it was another of his alter egos because it shared the same dreamscape Brazilian cyclical […]

    GENRE: Experimental / Noise
  • 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
  • Rolex – Promo 2022
    Rolex – Promo 2022
    $8.00 | , Add to cart

    THEY’RE BACK! Rolex is back with a promo that returns with a vengeance. From an upcoming split LP with my other favorite LA band, Grimly Forming. These are four of […]

    GENRE: Punk / Hardcore
  • Grand Scheme – Numbers Game
    Grand Scheme – Numbers Game
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    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
  • Gerrit Hatcher ? Burnt Pan Rolling Boil
    Gerrit Hatcher ? Burnt Pan Rolling Boil
    $10.00 | Add to cart

    GERRIT HATCHER – TENOR SAXOPHONE RECORDED AT BEL_AIR SOUND STUDIO ON MARCH 29TH, 2019 RECORDED, MIXED AND MASTERED BY TODD CARTER ALL MUSIC BY GERRIT HATCHER (BMI) ART & DESIGN […]

    GENRE: Jazz / Fusion / Free Jazz
  • Gerrit Hatcher Group – The Good Instinct of the Morning
    Gerrit Hatcher Group – The Good Instinct of the Morning
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    GERRIT HATCHER – TENOR SAXOPHONE KATIE ERNST – BASS BEN LAMAR GAY – CORNET KEEFE JACKSON – TENOR SAXOPHONE JULIAN KIRSHNER – DRUMS RECORDED BY EDWARD HAMEL ON MAY [...]

    GENRE: Jazz / Fusion / Free Jazz
  • Gerrit Hatcher / Peter Maunu / Julian Kirshner – Live at Splice Series
    Gerrit Hatcher / Peter Maunu / Julian Kirshner – Live at Splice Series
    $12.00 | Add to cart

    GERRIT HATCHER – TENOR SAXOPHONE PETER MAUNU – GUITAR, VIOLIN AND MANDOLIN JULIAN KIRSHNER – DRUMS RECORDED LIVE AT THE BEAT KITCHEN 9/25/19 RECORDED, MIXED AND MASTERED BY BILL [...]

    GENRE: Jazz / Fusion / Free Jazz
  • Keefe Jackson, Jim Baker, Julian Kirshner ? Routines
    Keefe Jackson, Jim Baker, Julian Kirshner ? Routines
    $12.00 | Add to cart

    KEEFE JACKSON – TENOR AND SOPRANINO SAXOPHONE JIM BAKER – PIANO AND SYNTHESIZER JULIAN KIRSHNER – DRUMS RECORDED BY BILL HARRIS ON SEPTEMBER 26TH, 2019 AT THE SHAPE SHOPPE, [...]

    GENRE: Jazz / Fusion / Free Jazz
  • Rob Magill – Blues Etudes
    Rob Magill – Blues Etudes
    $12.00 | Add to cart

    RECORDED AND COMPOSED BY ROB MAGILL IN OJAI, CA IN FEBRUARY 2022 MIXED AND MASTERED BY JEHF JONES ARTWORK BY ROB MAGILL LAYOUT BY GERRIT HATCHER PHOTO BY BRETT WILLIAM […]

    GENRE: Jazz / Fusion / Free Jazz
  • Gerrit Hatcher – Solo Five
    Gerrit Hatcher – Solo Five
    $12.00 | Add to cart

    GERRIT HATCHER – TENOR SAXOPHONE RECORDED BY TODD A. CARTER AT BEL_AIR SOUND STUDIO, MAY 31ST, 2021 MIXED AND MASTERED BY TODD A. CARTER ARTWORK AND LAYOUT BY GERRIT HATCHER […]

    GENRE: Jazz / Fusion / Free Jazz
  • Near Miss – The Natural Regimen
    Near Miss – The Natural Regimen
    $12.00 | Add to cart

    ROB MAGILL – TENOR AND SOPRANO SAXOPHONES AND BASS CLARINET GERRIT HATCHER – TENOR SAXOPHONE BILL HARRIS – DRUMS RECORDED BY BILL HARRIS ON SEPTEMBER 27TH, 2022 AT THE MUSIC [...]

    GENRE: Jazz / Fusion / Free Jazz
  • Glaciers – Superposition
    Glaciers – Superposition
    $12.00 | Add to cart

    TODD A. CARTER – PIANO, RHODES, SYNTH, PERCUSSION, TOYS, ORGAN MICHAEL HARTMAN – PIANO, SYNTHS, DRUMS, PERCUSSION RECORDED AT BEL_AIR SOUND STUDIO NOBLE SQUARE 2019 – 2022 [...]

    GENRE: Experimental / Noise
  • Devouring The Guilt – Not to Want to Say
    Devouring The Guilt – Not to Want to Say
    $15.00 | Add to cart

    BILL HARRIS – DRUMS GERRIT HATCHER – TENOR SAXOPHONE ELI NAMAY – BASS RECORDED JULY 10TH, 2021 AT THE MUSIC GARAGE, CHICAGO RECORDED, MIXED AND MASTERED BY BILL HARRIS COVER [...]

    GENRE: Jazz / Fusion / Free Jazz
  • 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
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    “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
  • Spllit – Infinite Hatch
    Spllit – Infinite Hatch
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    Cut from a magnetic, jagged edge of the Louisiana underground, Spllit open up an entirely new can of worms on ‘Infinite Hatch’. A dozen new originals, mined from the minds […]

    GENRE: Post-Punk / Goth / Darkwave / Minimal Synth
  • Timeout Room – Tight Ass Goku Pictures
    Timeout Room – Tight Ass Goku Pictures
    $10.00 | Add to cart

    First solo project from S.T. McCrary who longtime wrote and played for Baton Rouge punk band the Melters. A true lo-fi masterwork, Tight Ass Goku Pictures is a compilation of […]

    GENRE: Indie / Alternative
  • 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
  • Ted Byrnes & Michael Foster – Solfege CD
    Ted Byrnes & Michael Foster – Solfege CD
    $12.00 | Add to cart

    It’s always very special for me as a ‘harsh noise’ artist to be able to discuss the improvisational works of colleagues such as Ted Byrnes and Michael Foster as I […]

    GENRE: Jazz / Fusion / Free Jazz
  • 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