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  • Gerry Mulligan Quartet – Four Classic Albums
    Gerry Mulligan Quartet – Four Classic Albums
    $13.00 | ,

    Contains: Gerry Mulligan Meets Johnny Hodges, What Is There To Say?, Gerry Mulligan Meets Ben Webster and At Storyville

    GENRE: Jazz / Fusion / Free Jazz
  • Wes Montgomery – Three Classic Albums
    Wes Montgomery – Three Classic Albums
    $13.00 | ,

    Contains: The Wes Montgomery Trio, Montgomeryland and The Incredible Jazz Guitar

    GENRE: Jazz / Fusion / Free Jazz
  • Wes Montgomery – Four Classic Albums
    Wes Montgomery – Four Classic Albums
    $13.00 | ,

    Contains the albums: In Canada, So Much Guitar, Bags Meets West, Full House

    GENRE: Jazz / Fusion / Free Jazz
  • Donald Byrd – Four Classic Albums
    Donald Byrd – Four Classic Albums
    $13.00 | ,

    Contains: Off To Races, Byrd In Hand, Cat Walk, Royal Flush

    GENRE: Jazz / Fusion / Free Jazz
  • Donald Hünerberg, Peter Gillespie – Phase Murmur 7-11-73
    Donald Hünerberg, Peter Gillespie – Phase Murmur 7-11-73
    $17.00 | ,

    Self-released avant garde jazz – reissued for the first time! Recalling Kraftwerk precursor the Organisation, or contemporaries like Faust, Hünerberg employs flute, organ, bass and balloon to his [...]

    GENRE: Art Rock / Krautrock / Prog / Psych, Jazz / Fusion / Free Jazz
  • King Curtis – Four Classic Albums
    King Curtis – Four Classic Albums
    $13.00 | ,

    Contains: Have Tenor Sax Will Blow, The New Scene Of King Curtis, Soul Battle and Soul Meeting

    GENRE: Jazz / Fusion / Free Jazz
  • Dave Liebman, Tatsuya Nakatani, Adam Rudolph – The Unknowable
    Dave Liebman, Tatsuya Nakatani, Adam Rudolph – The Unknowable
    $17.00 | ,

    The Unknowable is a completely improvised, spontaneous group-composed body of music created by legendary saxophone and flute player Dave Liebman together with celebrated percussionists Adam [...]

    GENRE: Jazz / Fusion / Free Jazz
  • Archie Shepp – Blasé
    Archie Shepp – Blasé
    $18.00 | ,

    Florida-born saxophonist, composer, poet, actor and playwright Archie Shepp was one of the most articulate exponents of politicized black culture in the late 60s, a time of enormous upheaval and [...]

    GENRE: Jazz / Fusion / Free Jazz
  • Areski – Brigitte Fontaine – L’Incendie
    Areski – Brigitte Fontaine – L’Incendie
    $18.00 | ,

    Vocalist-multi-instrumentalist Areski and singer Brigitte Fontaine are a legendary French musical couple that rose to prominence in the ‘60s, making a series of albums that showcased a boldly [...]

    GENRE: Art Rock / Krautrock / Prog / Psych, International
  • Archie Shepp – Live At The Panafrican Festival
    Archie Shepp – Live At The Panafrican Festival
    $18.00 | ,

    ‘Live At The Panafrican Festival’ is one of the most thought-provoking entries in Archie Shepp’s sprawling discography precisely because of the pivotal moment in time it captures. [...]

    GENRE: Jazz / Fusion / Free Jazz
  • Alan Silva And His Celestrial Communication Orchestra – Luna Surface
    Alan Silva And His Celestrial Communication Orchestra – Luna Surface
    $18.00 | ,

    A landmark in avant-garde jazz returns: the definitive, remastered edition of Alan Silva’s 1969 Paris session for BYG’s Actuel series. Leading his 11-piece Celestial Communication Orchestra — [...]

    GENRE: Jazz / Fusion / Free Jazz
  • Nkem Njoku & Ozzobia Brothers* – Ozobia Special
    Nkem Njoku & Ozzobia Brothers* – Ozobia Special
    $17.00 | ,

    Nkem Njoku & Ozzobia Sound’s one and only album, Ozobia Special, is an early 80s Igbo Highlife masterpiece, drawing on Ghana Highlife as well as traditional Ogene 6/8 bell tempos. […]

    GENRE: African, International
  • V/A – Highlife On The Move (Selected Nigerian & Ghanaian Recordings From London & Lagos – 1954-66)
    V/A – Highlife On The Move (Selected Nigerian & Ghanaian Recordin…
    $18.00 | ,

    In conjunction with compiler and highlife researcher Dr. Markus Coester, Soundway Records present a very special release. Highlife On The Move includes the two first ever recordings by a certain [...]

    GENRE: African, International
  • Lonnie Liston Smith & The Cosmic Echoes – Renaissance
    Lonnie Liston Smith & The Cosmic Echoes – Renaissance
    $12.00 | ,

    Digitally remastered edition of this 1977 album. After the success of Expansions, Lonnie Liston Smith & the Cosmic Echoes were riding high, with Lonnie at the height of his creative […]

    GENRE: Jazz / Fusion / Free Jazz
  • Cootie Catcher – Something We All Got
    Cootie Catcher – Something We All Got
    $16.00 | ,

    There’s an alternate reality where everyone makes a living wage and the cleanest buses you’ve ever seen arrive every other minute. Where the most intense songs are about confessing your […]

    GENRE: Indie / Alternative
  • V/A – Solomon King (The Original Soundtrack From The Motion Picture)
    V/A – Solomon King (The Original Soundtrack From The Motion Picture)
    $18.00 | ,

    The success of Shaft and Superfly ignited an explosion of films, many produced by small independent studios and filmmakers, whose soundtracks continue to provide rich fodder for turntablists, [...]

    GENRE: Soul / Funk / Disco, Soundtracks / Library Music
  • Kelan Phil Cohran & Legacy – African Skies
    Kelan Phil Cohran & Legacy – African Skies
    $10.00 | ,

    Stones Throw Records debuts new imprint Listening Position with the long-awaited reissue of Kelan Phil Cohran & Legacy’s spiritual jazz masterpiece African Skies. A holy grail for jazz [...]

    GENRE: Jazz / Fusion / Free Jazz
  • Cecil McBee – Mutima
    Cecil McBee – Mutima
    $16.00 | ,

    Cecil McBee’s debut album, Mutima, stands as a landmark achievement in 1970s jazz, blending the deeply introspective qualities of spiritual jazz with adventurous post-bop and avant-garde [...]

    GENRE: Jazz / Fusion / Free Jazz
  • Kelly Moran – Don’t Trust Mirrors
    Kelly Moran – Don’t Trust Mirrors
    $16.00 | ,

    Don’t Trust Mirrors marks one of the most transformative chapters in New York-based composer and producer, Kelly Moran’s career. In 2019, fresh from touring her Warp debut Ultraviolet, she began [...]

    GENRE: Experimental / Noise
  • The Telephone Numbers – Scarecrow II
    The Telephone Numbers – Scarecrow II
    $12.00 | ,

    The Telephone Numbers have established themselves as a crucial part of San Francisco’s fertile indie music scene, sharing members with The Reds, Pinks & Purples and The Umbrellas and a [...]

    GENRE: Indie / Alternative
  • Jeanines – How Long Can It Last
    Jeanines – How Long Can It Last
    $11.00 | ,

    Over the course of a decade playing together and making records as Jeanines, the duo of Alicia Jeanine and Jed Smith have charted a distinctive course through the history of […]

    GENRE: Indie / Alternative
  • Emmylou Harris – Spyboy
    Emmylou Harris – Spyboy
    $15.00 | ,

    “A good song can survive and shine in different ways in the hands of different musicians,” says Emmylou Harris. “It can have different meanings at different times in your life. […]

    GENRE: Folk / Country
  • This Is Lorelei – Holo Boy
    This Is Lorelei – Holo Boy
    $15.00 | ,

    Nate Amos has always charted his own path. Whether it’s the candid charm of This Is Lorelei or the idiosyncratic chic of Water From Your Eyes, the New York City-based […]

    GENRE: Indie / Alternative
  • The Laughing Chimes – Whispers In The Speech Machine
    The Laughing Chimes – Whispers In The Speech Machine
    $10.00 | ,

    On their spellbinding sophomore album, “Whispers in the Speech Machine,” the young Ohio siblings from The Laughing Chimes fully embrace their Southern Gothic influences, cannily [...]

    GENRE: Indie / Alternative
  • The Umbrellas – Fairweather Friend
    The Umbrellas – Fairweather Friend
    $12.00 | ,

    Channeling sold gold influences like The Pastels, Comet Gain, Orange Juice and The Aislers Set, The Umbrellas represent the fertile San Francisco Bay Area scene at its most pop-tastic. [...]

    GENRE: Indie / Alternative
  • Frankie Rose – Love As Projection
    Frankie Rose – Love As Projection
    $11.00 | ,

    After spending nearly two decades establishing herself across New York and Los Angeles independent music circles, Frankie Rose returns with a fresh form, aesthetic, and purpose embodied in her [...]

    GENRE: Indie / Alternative
  • Chime School – Chime School
    Chime School – Chime School
    $10.00 | ,

    Chime School is the project of San Francisco musician Andy Pastalaniec. Endlessly charmed by 80s indie and its 60s forbearers (and any record with a 12-string guitar), Andy cut his […]

    GENRE: Indie / Alternative
  • The Umbrellas – The Umbrellas
    The Umbrellas – The Umbrellas
    $11.00 | ,

    The San Francisco bay area has long been an important outpost of the International Pop Underground, from the 90s heyday of The Aislers Set, #Poundsign# and The Fairways to the […]

    GENRE: Indie / Alternative
  • Jeanines – Jeanines
    Jeanines – Jeanines
    $11.00 | ,

    Brooklyn’s Jeanines specialize in short bursts of energetic but melancholy minor-key pop. With influences that run deep into the most crucial tributaries of DIY pop — Television [...]

    GENRE: Indie / Alternative
  • Peel Dream Magazine – Modern Meta Physic
    Peel Dream Magazine – Modern Meta Physic
    $11.00 | ,

    Joe Stevens’ Peel Dream Magazine project has been turning heads and catching ears since late 2017. Stevens is a brilliant writer and arranger and something of a pop scholar; steeped […]

    GENRE: Indie / Alternative
  • Vatican Shadow ‎– 20th Hijacker
    Vatican Shadow ‎– 20th Hijacker
    $12.00 | , ,

    “20TH HlJACKER – the redacted ‘what if’ Doom Electronics loop which dissects the gulf between death as sacrifice vs. reward, anxiety digitalization and universal human commonality [...]

    GENRE: Experimental / Noise, Techno / House / Electronic
  • The Cosmic Jokers ‎– Planeten Sit-In
    The Cosmic Jokers ‎– Planeten Sit-In
    $12.00 | , ,

    “Whereas the two earlier Cosmic Jokers albums, the eponymous first effort and Galactic Supermarket, offered long, intense, free-flowing jams, Planeten Sit-In contains much shorter snippets [...]

    GENRE: Art Rock / Krautrock / Prog / Psych
  • Pjusk ‎– Salt Og Vind
    Pjusk ‎– Salt Og Vind
    $18.00 | , ,

    “With Salt og Vind Pjusk retums from an eight year album hiatus. This release is also the first seeing Pjusk as a solo project consisting of Jostein Dahl Gjelsvik. Salt […]

    GENRE: Experimental / Noise
  • Napalm Death ‎– Diatribes
    Napalm Death ‎– Diatribes
    $10.00 | , ,

    “Surprisingly accessible for Napalm Death in places, Diatribes boasts some strong riff writing. The straightforward thrasher “Greed Killing,” which opens the album, proves that [...]

    GENRE: Metal
  • Liturgy ‎– 93696
    Liturgy ‎– 93696
    $16.00 | , ,

    “Liturgy’s previous two albums were certainly provocative. 2019’s unyieldingly spiritual H.A.Q.Q. took their “transcendental black metal” to new avenues of [...]

    GENRE: Metal
  • Makaya McCraven ‎– Universal Beings E&F Sides
    Makaya McCraven ‎– Universal Beings E&F Sides
    $10.00 | , ,

    “An addendum to Makaya McCraven’s critically-acclaimed 2018 release Universal Beings, which The New York Times said “affirms the drummer and beatsmith’s position as a [...]

    GENRE: Jazz / Fusion / Free Jazz
  • Joshua Abrams’ Cloud Script ‎– Cloud Script
    Joshua Abrams’ Cloud Script ‎– Cloud Script
    $12.00 | , ,

    Joshua Abrams: double bass Ari Brown: tenor saxophone Jeff Parker: guitar Gerald Cleaver: dums Label: Rogueart – ROG-0107 Format: CD, Album, Stereo Country: France Released: 2020 VG+/VG+

    GENRE: Jazz / Fusion / Free Jazz
  • Jan Martin Smørdal, Øystein Wyller Odden ‎– Kraftbalanse
    Jan Martin Smørdal, Øystein Wyller Odden ‎– Kraftbalanse
    $10.00 | , ,

    “SOFA MUSIC continues to release the work of the extraordinary Norwegian composer Jan Martin Smørdal. Recently he was awarded the prestigious Arne Nordheim Composers Prize for his creative [...]

    GENRE: Experimental / Noise, Modern Composition / Musique Concrete / Electronic
  • Ingar Zach / Michele Rabbia ‎– Musique Pour Deux Corps
    Ingar Zach / Michele Rabbia ‎– Musique Pour Deux Corps
    $12.00 | , ,

    “SOFA MUSIC and FULL RHIZOME-SONORO are pround to present the new album of Ingar Zach/Michele Rabbia – Musique pour deux corps (SOFA589). Born with the same passion for sound, [...]

    GENRE: Jazz / Fusion / Free Jazz
  • Christina Carter ‎– Texas Blues Working
    Christina Carter ‎– Texas Blues Working
    $8.00 | , ,

    “Featuring the 6 tracks from the original release, along with an additional brand new amazing track. The original edition on tape received some fantastic reviews, so its great to finally [...]

    GENRE: Experimental / Noise
  • Archer ‎– Sudden Dusk
    Archer ‎– Sudden Dusk
    $10.00 | , ,

    “Sudden Dusk is the recorded debut of Archer, a working band comprised of four singular voices on the international improvised music scene. Guitarist Terrie Ex may be best known for […]

    GENRE: Jazz / Fusion / Free Jazz
  • David Gilden ‎– Texas Pillbox 18 CD Boxset
    David Gilden ‎– Texas Pillbox 18 CD Boxset
    $140.00 | ,

    All the Gilden you could ever want. 6/1/1973 – 4/6/2008 18 CDs housed in six six-panel 3CD A5 Digipaks, housed in a slipcase with fold-out insert. 300 copies were produced. […]

    GENRE: Experimental / Noise
  • John Coltrane ‎– Standard Coltrane
    John Coltrane ‎– Standard Coltrane
    $17.00 | , ,

    “John Coltrane had yet to move into his modal post-bop phase in 1958 when he recorded a session for Prestige Records on July 11 with trumpeter/flügelhornist Wilbur Harden, pianist Red […]

    GENRE: Jazz / Fusion / Free Jazz
  • Joe McPhee / Paal Nilssen-Love – Song For The Big Chief
    Joe McPhee / Paal Nilssen-Love – Song For The Big Chief
    $10.00 | , ,

    “The duo of Paal Nilssen-Love and Joe McPhee has been an on-going adventure in sound for the last 15 years. The two started playing together when McPhee joined The Thing […]

    GENRE: Jazz / Fusion / Free Jazz
  • Pulsinger / Fennesz – In Four Parts (Tribute To John Cage)
    Pulsinger / Fennesz – In Four Parts (Tribute To John Cage)
    $12.00 | , ,

    “Equipped with a modular synthesizer, guitar, and electronics, Patrick Pulsinger and Christian Fennesz present an homage to the master of all things silent: John Cage. The pieces on this [...]

    GENRE: Experimental / Noise
  • William Parker – The Music Of William Parker: Migration Of Silence Into And Out Of The Tone World (Volumes 1–10)
    William Parker – The Music Of William Parker: Migration Of Silence Int…
    $50.00 | ,

    “That William Parker is a bassist, composer and bandleader of extraordinary spirit and imaginative drive is common knowledge among any with an interest in the progressive jazz scene of the [...]

    GENRE: Jazz / Fusion / Free Jazz
  • Philip Glass – Koyaanisqatsi (Original Motion Picture Score)
    Philip Glass – Koyaanisqatsi (Original Motion Picture Score)
    $12.00 | , ,

    The ground-breaking soundtrack to the film of the same name. Label: Orange Mountain Music – OMM0058 Format: CD, Album Country: US Released: 2009 VG+/VG+

    GENRE: Modern Composition / Musique Concrete / Electronic
  • Melody’s Echo Chamber – Unclouded
    Melody’s Echo Chamber – Unclouded
    $14.00 | ,

    On her fourth album, Unclouded, Melody’s Echo Chamber embarks on a life-affirming new chapter with an album that celebrates the present moment, whatever state we find ourselves in. There’s a […]

    GENRE: Indie / Alternative
  • Radiohead – Hail To The Thief (Live Recordings 2003-2009)
    Radiohead – Hail To The Thief (Live Recordings 2003-2009)
    $19.00 | ,

    A new live album that sees the band reflecting on their 6th album, Radiohead’s Hail to the Thief (Live Recordings 2003-2009) is comprised of performances of songs in London, Amsterdam, […]

    GENRE: Indie / Alternative
  • Big Thief – Double Infinity
    Big Thief – Double Infinity
    $16.00 | ,

    It was winter in Manhattan. The streets were frozen and still the band rode bicycles to the Power Station on 53rd and back to Brooklyn for three weeks. Three weeks […]

    GENRE: Indie / Alternative