3 new Torn Light LPs up for pre-order.
Equipment Pointed Ankh - Downtown! LP
Zach Rowden - No Middle Without The Beginning LP
Fruit LoOops - You're Somebody's World LP

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  • Bill Nace/Diagram A Duo Tape
    Bill Nace/Diagram A Duo Tape
    $11.00 | Add to cart

    Bill Nace and Diagram A duo tape, picked up directly from Bill Nace at the Cincinnati stop of the 2023 Sissy Spacek Tour

  • Fruit LoOops – You’re Somebody’s World LP – black vinyl
    Fruit LoOops – You’re Somebody’s World LP – black vinyl
    $22.00 | Add to cart

    “What the heck? You’re Somebody’s World, the new album from Fruit LoOops, is both a jagged sonic question mark and a fruitful return to the avant grit. Their second release […]

  • Fruit LoOops – You’re Somebody’s World LP – green vinyl
    Fruit LoOops – You’re Somebody’s World LP – green vinyl
    $25.00 | Add to cart

    “What the heck? You’re Somebody’s World, the new album from Fruit LoOops, is both a jagged sonic question mark and a fruitful return to the avant grit. Their second release […]

  • Sydney Spann – Sending Up A Spiral Of LP
    Sydney Spann – Sending Up A Spiral Of LP
    $27.00 | Add to cart

    The first vinyl release from American artist Sydney Spann, Sending Up A Spiral Of well encapsulates Spann’s body of work thus far. On their music, which reacts to themes of […]

  • Noel Meek & Mattin – Homage to Annea Lockwood Book + CD
    Noel Meek & Mattin – Homage to Annea Lockwood Book + CD
    $21.00 | , Add to cart

    Recital presents a book and CD homage to the New Zealand-born American composer Annea Lockwood (b. 1939). The unique concept for this album was conceived by artists Noel Meek (New […]

  • Christopher Alan Durham & The Peacetime Consumers – Kicks or Macabre
    Christopher Alan Durham & The Peacetime Consumers – Kicks or Macabre
    $20.00 | Add to cart

    “Hark! DIY sleaze-rock henchpersons, ascend from your cellars and rejoice… Midwestern anti-folk hero Christopher Alan Durham (The Bibs, All Gone Recs) arrives on high horse in [...]

  • Grey Windowpane – Churn Clockburning Ace CS
    Grey Windowpane – Churn Clockburning Ace CS
    $10.00 | Add to cart

    Ships by 7/28/23. Writing about Mazozma aka Ma Turner’s work is like trying to frame a river. Throughout the course of their prolific career and many projects, the Lexington, KY […]

  • Fruit LoOops – Last Chance At The Pharmacy CS (2nd pressing)
    Fruit LoOops – Last Chance At The Pharmacy CS (2nd pressing)
    $10.00 | Add to cart

    Ships by or around 7/21/223 “Do you wanna hear it? Do you want to hear me screeeaaaaammmm!?” Fruit LoOops vocalist Jackie Switzer opened their 2020 LP, Orangina, with these words. […]

  • Zach Rowden – No Middle Without The Beginning LP
    Zach Rowden – No Middle Without The Beginning LP
    $22.00 | Add to cart

    Ships prior to release date of 9/29/2023. Zach Rowden’s new album, titled “No Middle Without The Beginning”, radiates the current musical concrete. Two pieces, each spanning a [...]

  • Equipment Pointed Ankh – Downtown! LP
    Equipment Pointed Ankh – Downtown! LP
    $22.00 | Add to cart

    Ships prior to release date of 9/29/2023. What our staff has to say: “‘Kentucky Kraut Rock’ If you are not yet familiar with EPA, please make it a point to […]

  • Personal Best 9
    Personal Best 9
    $16.00 | Add to cart

    Lasse Marghaug’s magazine Personal Best is back! Issue number 9 will be in hand and shipping mid to late June. Still my favorite magazine around. Issue 9 features interviews with […]

  • Blow Up Your TV Shirt
    Blow Up Your TV Shirt
    $15.00 | , Select options

    Pre-order for online peeps (will start shipping 3/3) & locals – you can pickup starting March 3rd! An ode to John Prine and the evenings at home with your headphones […]

SPECIALTY ITEMS

  • Essra Mohawk – Burnin Shinin
    Essra Mohawk – Burnin Shinin
    $38.00 | , , Add to cart

    San Fransisco Sound 1982 Only Pressing Media Condition:VG+ Sleeve Condition: VG+

  • Skeleton Hands ‎– Gone (Black/Clear Swirl Vinyl)
    Skeleton Hands ‎– Gone (Black/Clear Swirl Vinyl)
    $30.00 | , , Add to cart

    2017 US Pressing Black/Clear Media Condition: VG+ Sleeve Condition: VG+  

  • Magma  ‎– Mekanïk Destruktïw Kommandöh (OG US)
    Magma ‎– Mekanïk Destruktïw Kommandöh (OG US)
    $50.00 | , , Add to cart

    Original US Pressing Media Condition – VG Jacket – VG+, Sleeve has very little signs of wear. VG/ VG Some scuffing on the LP causes lower surface noise. Back of […]

  • Raw Honey – Ragweed (Rare Ohio Private Psych Folk from ’74)
    Raw Honey – Ragweed (Rare Ohio Private Psych Folk from ’74)
    $60.00 | , , Add to cart

    Rare Ohio Psych Folk 1974 Media Condition: G+ Sleeve Condition: VG

  • Westfauster – In A King’s Dream
    Westfauster – In A King’s Dream
    $70.00 | , , Add to cart

    Rare 1971 Cincinnati Psych Rock Media Condition – G+ Sleeve Condition – VG

  • Pulsar ‎– Pollen
    Pulsar ‎– Pollen
    $40.00 | , , Add to cart

    UK Decca Pressing 1976 Media Condition: NM Sleeve Condition: VG

  • Stop And Think – Both Demos
    Stop And Think – Both Demos
    $150.00 | , , Add to cart

    Painkiller Records 2003 Straight Ahead Sleeve Media Condition: VG+ Sleeve Condition: VG+

  • Ken Hensley – Free Spirit (OG UK Pressing)
    Ken Hensley – Free Spirit (OG UK Pressing)
    $30.00 | , , Add to cart

    UK 1981 Bronze Media Condition: Very Good Plus (VG+) Will show some signs that it was played and otherwise handled by a previous owner who took good care of it. […]

  • Silverhead ‎– 16 And Savaged  (OG UK Pressing)
    Silverhead ‎– 16 And Savaged (OG UK Pressing)
    $30.00 | , , Add to cart

    1973 Purple Records Media Condition: Very Good Plus (VG+) Will show some signs that it was played and otherwise handled by a previous owner who took good care of it. […]

  • David Bowie – Low
    David Bowie – Low
    $40.00 | , , Add to cart

    RCA Victor 1977 Sleeve Condition: VG+ Media Condition: VG+ Some discoloration to back, light marks & edgewear

  • Suicide – Suicide ( 1980 Reissue W/ Flexi)
    Suicide – Suicide ( 1980 Reissue W/ Flexi)
    $70.00 | , , Add to cart

    Red Star Records 1980 Reissue W/ Flexi Media Condition: VG+ Sleeve Condition: VG+  

  • MEV / AMM – Live Electronic Music Improvised
    MEV / AMM – Live Electronic Music Improvised
    $60.00 | , Add to cart

    Mainstream Records – MS/5002 Media Condition – VG, has some marks but plays well Sleeve – VG, light stains

STAFF PICKS

  • Suburban Lawns – S/T
    Suburban Lawns – S/T
    $25.00 | , Add to cart

    What our staff has to say: “Everything else is irrelative.” – Cleo If your brain has a shortlist of bands that instantly evoke New Wave, Suburban Lawns deserve a slot […]

  • Henry Grimes Trio – The Call
    Henry Grimes Trio – The Call
    $24.00 | , Add to cart

    What our staff has to say: “The near hidden Black General holding down the low end (bass) on countless essential Jazz recordings gets his ESP debut as a leader. Cult, […]

  • C.O.B. – Spirit Of Love
    C.O.B. – Spirit Of Love
    $22.00 | , Add to cart

    What our staff has to say: “Weird little hippie folk relic” – Cleo Limited 2023 restock; LP version. “Prior to co-founding the Incredible String Band, Clive Palmer had [...]

  • Mark Fry ‎– Dreaming With Alice
    Mark Fry ‎– Dreaming With Alice
    $28.00 | , Add to cart

    What our staff has to say: “Total classic of the acid folk underground, finally reissued direct from the original master tapes.  Recorded in 1972, when he was only 19, this […]

  • Nurse With Wound – Homotopy To Marie
    Nurse With Wound – Homotopy To Marie
    $40.00 | , Add to cart

    What our staff has to say: “Definitely my favorite Nurse With Wound release and probably one of my favorite pieces of experimental music. Frightening, funny, surreal and everything in [...]

  • Cluster & Eno ‎– Cluster & Eno
    Cluster & Eno ‎– Cluster & Eno
    $26.00 | , Add to cart

    What our staff has to say: “Best Cluster. Best Eno. Beautifully frail and contemplative yet extremely intentional music. Piano, guitar, synth, ambient textures and micro rhythms all combine [...]

  • Sand – Golem
    Sand – Golem
    $29.00 | , Add to cart

    What our staff has to say: “The spookiest acid-folk you can imagine.” – Cleo 2017 remastered edition, with new standard glossy jackets. Texture and feeling of 1974 with boosted [...]

  • Robert Ashley – Automatic Writing
    Robert Ashley – Automatic Writing
    $23.00 | , Add to cart

    What our staff has to say: “Falling asleep to Automatic Writing, having a nightmare during Purposeful Lady Slow Afternoon, waking back up to She Was A Visitor and going about […]

  • Natural Information Society – Since Time Is Gravity
    Natural Information Society – Since Time Is Gravity
    $43.00 | , Add to cart

    What our staff has to say: “The album that grew on us all. Seems to be playing at least once a day in the shop. Moody jazz album that sits […]

  • Jeff Parker – Slight Freedom
    Jeff Parker – Slight Freedom
    $36.00 | Add to cart

    What our staff has to say: “I know I’ve picked guitar records almost five weeks in a row, but here I go again. Parker brings chilled out, looping guitar compositions […]

  • La Monte Young / Marian Zazeela – 31 VII 69 10:26 – 10:49 PM / 23 VIII 64 2:50:45 – 3:11 AM The Volga Delta
    La Monte Young / Marian Zazeela – 31 VII 69 10:26 – 10:49 PM / 23 VIII 64 2:50:45 – 3:11 AM The Volga Delta
    $29.00 | , Add to cart

    What our staff has to say: “‘Composer La Monte Young Does Not Understand His Work’ – Tony Conrad, 1990” – Cleo “La Monte Young was born in Bern, Idaho in [...]

  • Black Artists Group – In Paris, Aries 1973
    Black Artists Group – In Paris, Aries 1973
    $27.00 | , Add to cart

    What our staff has to say: “Black Artists Group sole LP was part of my introduction to free jazz alongside the Art Ensemble of Chicago. Lester Bowie’s younger brother setting […]

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