November 30th Newsletter

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NEW ARRIVALS

  • Gypsy ‎– Hooked On A Memory / The Market
    Gypsy ‎– Hooked On A Memory / The Market
    $340.00 | , Add to cart

    Label: Oak (11) – ES 9848 Format: Vinyl, 7″, 45 RPM Country: Canada Released: 1975 Genre: Pop, Folk, World, & Country VG+/generic Psyched out folk country on the A Side. […]

    GENRE: Folk / Country
  • The Chronicle Church* ‎– Mystery / Bionic Movement
    The Chronicle Church* ‎– Mystery / Bionic Movement
    $72.00 | , , Add to cart

    Label: Pashlo Records – PH-1006, Pashlo Records – PH-1007 Format: Vinyl, 7″, 45 RPM, Stereo, Rainbo Pressing Country: US Released: 1976 Genre: Funk / Soul Style: Funk VG+ / GEN

    GENRE: Soul / Funk / Disco
  • SoulseekTL – Tote
    SoulseekTL – Tote
    $20.00 | , Add to cart

    SoulseekTL totes up for pre-order until Dec 20th – will ship the following week. BIG tote fits about 25-35 LPs in the bag full up. Good for the grocery. Locals […]

    GENRE:
  • SoulseekTL – Shirt
    SoulseekTL – Shirt
    $22.00$27.00 | , Select options This product has multiple variants. The options may be chosen on the product page

    SoulseekTL tee’s up for pre-order until Dec 20th – will ship the following week. Locals – we will have them in the shop that same week – no need to […]

    GENRE:
  • Stephen Lee Clark – Modesty
    Stephen Lee Clark – Modesty
    $6.00 | , Add to cart

    “JUNGLE GYM RECORDS presents “Modesty”, official return of long-time JG friend and collaborator Stephen Lee Clark! Conceived during a time of major change and personal growth, [...]

    GENRE: Modern Composition / Musique Concrete / Electronic
  • Marir Tayeb – Oued Mila Demat Aini
    Marir Tayeb – Oued Mila Demat Aini
    $8.00 | , , Add to cart

    Algerian Gasba music. Label: SAR – SAR 1127 Format: Vinyl, 7″, 45RPM Country: France Released: G+/Gen. Noticeable popping and surface noise on some rotations, particularly A-side.

    GENRE: International
  • Mohamed Tounsi – Alah Maana / Rihat Leblad
    Mohamed Tounsi – Alah Maana / Rihat Leblad
    $15.00 | , , Add to cart

    Tunisian Folk music Label: El Kadra – EKA 250 Format: Vinyl, 7″ Country: Tunisia Released: VG/Gen. Low end VG with some noticeable surface noise and label wear. No pic sleeve.

    GENRE: International
  • Khouya – Maktaubi
    Khouya – Maktaubi
    $9.00 | , , Add to cart

    Moroccan folk music Label: Atlassiphone Format: Vinyl, 7″ Country: Morocco VG/Gen. Plays low VG, but plays well.

    GENRE: International
  • Music Of Algeria 50’s – 70’s : Radio Topo #021
    Music Of Algeria 50’s – 70’s : Radio Topo #021
    $8.00 | , Add to cart

    Radio Topo #021   Born from the rich musical heritage of the Berber people, the music of Algeria is as diverse as Algerian culture itself. While primarily associated with Rai, […]

    GENRE: International
  • Naama – Ya Elouachma / Jad Alik
    Naama – Ya Elouachma / Jad Alik
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    Tunisian Pop music. Label: Les Artistes Arabes Associes – 72301 Format: Vinyl, 7″, 45 RPM Country: Tunisia Released: 1970s VG/Gen. Noticeable light marks, no pic sleeve

    GENRE: International
  • Saadoun Al-Bayati – The Songs Of Iraq
    Saadoun Al-Bayati – The Songs Of Iraq
    $12.00 | , , Add to cart

    “When Baghdad native Saadoun Al-Bayati moved from Iraq to Chicago — a city that has attracted its share of Middle Eastern immigrants — he continued to perform traditional Iraqi [...]

    GENRE: International
  • Sonic Youth – Master=Dik / Beat On The Brat
    Sonic Youth – Master=Dik / Beat On The Brat
    $20.00 | , , Add to cart

    “A slight hiccup in our production? This is the infamous EP that Blast First label head Paul Smith begged us not to release. It has long been reviled or misunderstood […]

    GENRE: Rock / Pop

VINYL

  • Gypsy ‎– Hooked On A Memory / The Market
    Gypsy ‎– Hooked On A Memory / The Market
    $340.00 | , Add to cart

    Label: Oak (11) – ES 9848 Format: Vinyl, 7″, 45 RPM Country: Canada Released: 1975 Genre: Pop, Folk, World, & Country VG+/generic Psyched out folk country on the A Side. […]

    GENRE: Folk / Country
  • The Chronicle Church* ‎– Mystery / Bionic Movement
    The Chronicle Church* ‎– Mystery / Bionic Movement
    $72.00 | , , Add to cart

    Label: Pashlo Records – PH-1006, Pashlo Records – PH-1007 Format: Vinyl, 7″, 45 RPM, Stereo, Rainbo Pressing Country: US Released: 1976 Genre: Funk / Soul Style: Funk VG+ / GEN

    GENRE: Soul / Funk / Disco
  • Marir Tayeb – Oued Mila Demat Aini
    Marir Tayeb – Oued Mila Demat Aini
    $8.00 | , , Add to cart

    Algerian Gasba music. Label: SAR – SAR 1127 Format: Vinyl, 7″, 45RPM Country: France Released: G+/Gen. Noticeable popping and surface noise on some rotations, particularly A-side.

    GENRE: International
  • Mohamed Tounsi – Alah Maana / Rihat Leblad
    Mohamed Tounsi – Alah Maana / Rihat Leblad
    $15.00 | , , Add to cart

    Tunisian Folk music Label: El Kadra – EKA 250 Format: Vinyl, 7″ Country: Tunisia Released: VG/Gen. Low end VG with some noticeable surface noise and label wear. No pic sleeve.

    GENRE: International
  • Khouya – Maktaubi
    Khouya – Maktaubi
    $9.00 | , , Add to cart

    Moroccan folk music Label: Atlassiphone Format: Vinyl, 7″ Country: Morocco VG/Gen. Plays low VG, but plays well.

    GENRE: International
  • Naama – Ya Elouachma / Jad Alik
    Naama – Ya Elouachma / Jad Alik
    $10.00 | , , Add to cart

    Tunisian Pop music. Label: Les Artistes Arabes Associes – 72301 Format: Vinyl, 7″, 45 RPM Country: Tunisia Released: 1970s VG/Gen. Noticeable light marks, no pic sleeve

    GENRE: International
  • Saadoun Al-Bayati – The Songs Of Iraq
    Saadoun Al-Bayati – The Songs Of Iraq
    $12.00 | , , Add to cart

    “When Baghdad native Saadoun Al-Bayati moved from Iraq to Chicago — a city that has attracted its share of Middle Eastern immigrants — he continued to perform traditional Iraqi [...]

    GENRE: International
  • Sonic Youth – Master=Dik / Beat On The Brat
    Sonic Youth – Master=Dik / Beat On The Brat
    $20.00 | , , Add to cart

    “A slight hiccup in our production? This is the infamous EP that Blast First label head Paul Smith begged us not to release. It has long been reviled or misunderstood […]

    GENRE: Rock / Pop
  • Software – Digital-Dance
    Software – Digital-Dance
    $35.00 | , Add to cart

    “Since 1983 do Peter Mergener and Michael Weisser experiment with electronic sounds, visuals and environments. Their special interest is the area of how computers can be used to help [...]

    GENRE: Modern Composition / Musique Concrete / Electronic
  • Sly & The Family Stone – A Whole New Thing
    Sly & The Family Stone – A Whole New Thing
    $20.00 | , , Add to cart

    Sly & The Family Stone’s debut album Label: Epic – E 30335 Format: Vinyl, LP, Album, Reissue, Stereo Country: US Released: undated 70’s reissue. VG+/VG. Sleeve has some noticeable [...]

    GENRE: Soul / Funk / Disco
  • The Good Samaritans – No Food Without Taste If By Hunger
    The Good Samaritans – No Food Without Taste If By Hunger
    $26.00 | , , Add to cart

    “Put your dancing shoes and be ready to kill the dancefloor, the intoxicating highlife music known as Edo Funk from Benin City, Nigeria is back. Following the planetary success of […]

    GENRE: International, Soul / Funk / Disco
  • Boudjemaa El Ankis* – Messouak A Lala / Ila Talete La Ghamar
    Boudjemaa El Ankis* – Messouak A Lala / Ila Talete La Ghamar
    $10.00 | , , Add to cart

    Algerian Chaabi music Label: La Voix Du Globe – VG 6224 Format: Vinyl, 7″, 45 RPM Country: France Released: VG/Gen. Noticeable light marks & some label wear. No pic sleeve.

    GENRE: International

CDs

  • Stephen Lee Clark – Modesty
    Stephen Lee Clark – Modesty
    $6.00 | , Add to cart

    “JUNGLE GYM RECORDS presents “Modesty”, official return of long-time JG friend and collaborator Stephen Lee Clark! Conceived during a time of major change and personal growth, [...]

    GENRE: Modern Composition / Musique Concrete / Electronic
  • This Mortal Coil – Blood
    This Mortal Coil – Blood
    $17.00 | Add to cart

    2018 Japanese Remaster “A reflection of a turbulent period in Ivo’s life, 1990’s Blood was always intended to be the collective’s final recording. Once again, John Fryer, [...]

    GENRE: Post-Punk / Goth / Darkwave / Minimal Synth
  • This Mortal Coil – It’ll End In Tears
    This Mortal Coil – It’ll End In Tears
    $17.00 | Add to cart

    2018 Japanese Remaster “The debut release by this superstar-Goth outfit shined (and still does) in all its glorious misery and despair. Just how can it be so beautiful? the listener […]

    GENRE: Post-Punk / Goth / Darkwave / Minimal Synth
  • This Mortal Coil – Filigree & Shadow
    This Mortal Coil – Filigree & Shadow
    $17.00 | Add to cart

    2018 Japanese Remaster “Ivo turned his attention to the follow-up record shortly after It’ll End In Tears was released. Work began at Palladium in Edinburgh, with Martin McCarrick and [...]

    GENRE: Post-Punk / Goth / Darkwave / Minimal Synth
  • Kim Deal – Nobody Loves You More
    Kim Deal – Nobody Loves You More
    $14.00 | Add to cart

    Nobody Loves You More is Kim Deal’s debut album, although it’s technically not her first release under her own name – she self-released a 5-part, 10-song 7” vinyl series in […]

    GENRE: Indie / Alternative
  • Fontaines D.C. – Romance
    Fontaines D.C. – Romance
    $14.00 | Add to cart

    Irish indie rock sensation Fontaines D.C. return with new album ROMANCE, their debut on XL Recordings, out on August 23rd. Recorded shortly after their tour supporting Arctic Monkeys, it seizes [...]

    GENRE: Indie / Alternative
  • Yo La Tengo – And Then Nothing Turned Itself Indie-Out
    Yo La Tengo – And Then Nothing Turned Itself Indie-Out
    $11.00 | Add to cart

    Triumphant tenth album explores wintry landscapes of love, relationships and life. While their colossal sonic achievements are well-documented, Yo La Tengo’s 2000 classic album is more In A [...]

    GENRE: Indie / Alternative
  • Yo La Tengo – Extra Painful
    Yo La Tengo – Extra Painful
    $15.00 | Add to cart

    Deluxe Reissue of 1993’s classic Painful, in time for the band’s 30th anniversary this December. 2xLP includes bonus 7” + download coupon with 15 extra tracks , in p/s with […]

    GENRE: Indie / Alternative
  • Yo La Tengo – I Am Not Afraid Of You And I Will Beat Your Ass
    Yo La Tengo – I Am Not Afraid Of You And I Will Beat Your Ass
    $11.00 | Add to cart

    Ira Kaplan, Georgia Hubley and James McNew sound like no other band. This is not because they’re contrarians, but because they’re artists. I Am Not Afraid Of You And I […]

    GENRE: Indie / Alternative
  • Yo La Tengo – There’s A Riot Going On
    Yo La Tengo – There’s A Riot Going On
    $14.00 | Add to cart

    There’s a riot going on. You don’t need me, or Yo La Tengo, to tell you that. These are dark times, in our heads as much as in the streets. […]

    GENRE: Indie / Alternative
  • Yo La Tengo – I Can Hear The Heart Beating As One
    Yo La Tengo – I Can Hear The Heart Beating As One
    $11.00 | Add to cart

    Today, Yo La Tengo’s undeniable classic 1997 album I Can Hear the Heart Beating as One is a quarter of a century old. To celebrate, a digital deluxe version of […]

    GENRE: Indie / Alternative
  • Lexus / Rhybadi Split EP CDr
    Lexus / Rhybadi Split EP CDr
    $10.00 | , Add to cart

    Windburned tracks from Chicago with tangled Tennessee roots. Lexus brings a dank and inverted-ennui that shatters the 4th wall only to reconstruct it. Rhybadi lowers your blood pressure to [...]

    GENRE: Techno / House / Electronic

BOOKS

  • Richard Ross – Waiting For The End Of The World
    Richard Ross – Waiting For The End Of The World
    $10.00 | , , Add to cart

    “Where will you go when the trouble starts? For countless people around the world, the answer is that bomb shelter down in the basement. In fact, people from around the […]

    GENRE: Art/Photography
  • Gil Elliot – Twentieth Century Book Of The Dead
    Gil Elliot – Twentieth Century Book Of The Dead
    $25.00 | , , Add to cart

    “This striking and original book is an attempt to describe the true and false cultures of mass death in this century. On the battlefields of the World Wars, in the […]

    GENRE: Non-Fiction
  • Niels Bohr – Atomic Physics And Human Knowledge
    Niels Bohr – Atomic Physics And Human Knowledge
    $8.00 | , , Add to cart

    “These essays and speeches by the Nobel Prize–winning physicist date from 1934 to 1958. Rather than expositions on quantum physics, the articles are philosophical in nature, exploring the [...]

    GENRE: Non-Fiction
  • John Gribbin – The Omega Point
    John Gribbin – The Omega Point
    $6.00 | , , Add to cart

    “Is the universe infinitely expanding? Or at some point in the future will it finally reach its limit—and contract upon itself in one catastrophic reversal of the Big Bang? The […]

    GENRE: Non-Fiction
  • Howard Rheingold – Virtual Reality
    Howard Rheingold – Virtual Reality
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    “Imagine being able to “walk” into your computer and interact with any program you create. It sounds like science fiction, but it’s science fact. Surgeons now rehearse [...]

    GENRE: Non-Fiction
  • Downwind: A People’s History Of The Nuclear West
    Downwind: A People’s History Of The Nuclear West
    $8.00 | , , Add to cart

    “Downwind is an unflinching tale of the atomic West that reveals the intentional disregard for the inhabitants and the environment in nuclear testing by the federal government and in [...]

    GENRE: Non-Fiction
  • Survive The Bomb: The Radioactive Citizen’s Guide To Nuclear Survival
    Survive The Bomb: The Radioactive Citizen’s Guide To Nuclear Survival
    $10.00 | , , Add to cart

    “Attention, citizens and fellow travelers of the Cold War: Survive the Bomb is your family’s ultimate fallout shelter companion. Keep this book at the ready next to the emergency drinking [...]

    GENRE: Non-Fiction
  • William James – The Varieties Of Religious Experience
    William James – The Varieties Of Religious Experience
    $6.00 | , , Add to cart

    “The Varieties of Religious Experience: A Study in Human Nature is a book by Harvard University psychologist and philosopher William James. It comprises his edited Gifford Lectures on [...]

    GENRE: Non-Fiction
  • The Witness of These Two Days: Hiroshima & Nagasaki, Vol I
    The Witness of These Two Days: Hiroshima & Nagasaki, Vol I
    $30.00 | , , Add to cart

    A selection of eye-witness reports from both Hiroshima & Nagasaki, categorized by proximity to blast radius. English Translation Group, 1989 Softcover edition. Some corner & edgewear to wraps.

    GENRE: Non-Fiction
  • Nuclear Weapons Databook: Volume IV – Soviet Nuclear Weapons
    Nuclear Weapons Databook: Volume IV – Soviet Nuclear Weapons
    $20.00 | , , Add to cart

    “The first book to reveal the locations of nuclear weapons around the world and introduce the concept of the infrastructure behind war.” Harper & Row, 1989 Softcover edition. [...]

    GENRE: Non-Fiction
  • The Medical Effects of Nuclear War: The Report of the British Medical Association’s Board of Science and Education
    The Medical Effects of Nuclear War: The Report of the British Medical Association’s Board of Science and Education
    $8.00 | , , Add to cart

    A non-biased guidebook on what the medical effects of nuclear attack would be on the general populace. British Medical Association, 1983 Softcover edition. Some rubbing and discoloration to both [...]

    GENRE: Non-Fiction
  • Susan Sontag – AIDS and Its Metaphors
    Susan Sontag – AIDS and Its Metaphors
    $12.00 | , , Add to cart

    “Considers the metaphors with which acquired immune deficiency syndrome is cloaked, the presentation of the illness as a plague, and its bearing on the way society views disease, sexuality, [...]

    GENRE: Non-Fiction