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  • MC5 – Back In The USA
    MC5 – Back In The USA
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    The second MC5 record, cementing their status as proto-punk stalwarts Label: Atlantic – SD 8247 Format: Vinyl, LP, Album Country: US Released: 1970 VG+/VG. Drillhole, some moisture damage and [...]

    GENRE: Art Rock / Krautrock / Prog / Psych
  • Possessed – The Eyes Of Horror
    Possessed – The Eyes Of Horror
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    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
  • Liverpool Five – Out Of Sight
    Liverpool Five – Out Of Sight
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    Solid, soul-influenced garage rock from UK expats. Label: RCA Victor – LPM-3682 Format: RCA Victor – LPM-3682 Country: US Released: 1967 VG/VG. Disc and sleeve both low end VG with […]

    GENRE: Art Rock / Krautrock / Prog / Psych
  • V/A – Off Our Shoulders Volume 2
    V/A – Off Our Shoulders Volume 2
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    New Zealand indie rock/DIY compilation featuring Kinisis, Psychic Daisies & Nichola Donovan Label: Unwucht – PRA 2430 Format: 2 x Vinyl, LP, Compilation Country: Germany Released: 2014 VG+/VG+

    GENRE: Indie / Alternative
  • V/A – Outer Himmilayan Presents
    V/A – Outer Himmilayan Presents
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    “Dark Entries and Sacred Bones team up to release the early discography of UK synth-punk and Deathrock label Outer Himmilayan Records. Between 1979 and 1982, Nick Blinko and Martin Cooper’s [...]

    GENRE: Post-Punk / Goth / Darkwave / Minimal Synth / Neofolk
  • Schakalens Bror ‎– Omelette Of Disease
    Schakalens Bror ‎– Omelette Of Disease
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    Guitar-driven sheets of noise from the ever-potent Förlag För Fri Musik label. Label: Förlag För Fri Musik – 008 Format: Vinyl, LP, Album Country: Sweden Released: 2018 VG+/VG+

    GENRE: Experimental / Noise
  • Nagisa Ni Te ‎– Newocean
    Nagisa Ni Te ‎– Newocean
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    “Since their first album in 1995, Japan’s Nagisa Ni Te has created an enchanting and deeply personal sound world woven from elements of folk, psychedelia and rock along with wistful [...]

    GENRE: Art Rock / Krautrock / Prog / Psych
  • V/A  ‎– Temporary – Selections From Dunedin’s Pop Underground 2011-2014
    V/A ‎– Temporary – Selections From Dunedin’s Pop Undergro…
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    “The tiny city of Dunedin, located in the Otago Region of New Zealand, is synonymous with smart bands, incredible melodies and a wholly distinct and innovative music. Thanks to The […]

    GENRE: Indie / Alternative
  • Sir Lord Baltimore ‎– Sir Lord Baltimore
    Sir Lord Baltimore ‎– Sir Lord Baltimore
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    The challenging follow-up to the Brooklyn hard/garage-rock pioneers debut, Kingdom Come. Label: Mercury – SRM 1 613 Format: Vinyl, LP, Album, Stereo Country: US Released: 1971 VG+/VG. Sleeve has [...]

    GENRE: Art Rock / Krautrock / Prog / Psych
  • Maxx Traxx / Third Rail ‎– Maxx Traxx / Third Rail (Sealed!)
    Maxx Traxx / Third Rail ‎– Maxx Traxx / Third Rail (Sealed!)
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    “There was one irrepressible Chicago club act that refused to be replaced by any DJ’s sound system. Maxx Traxx (and Third Rail before them) were a scene unto themselves in […]

    GENRE: Soul / Funk / Disco
  • Leda ‎– Neuter
    Leda ‎– Neuter
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    “Sofie Herner (Enhet För Fri Musik, Neutral) returns with Neuter, the first proper album since the Gitarrmusik III-X LP released on Förlag För Fri Musik back in 2017. Neuter was […]

    GENRE: Experimental / Noise
  • Octopus ‎– An Ocean Of Rocks
    Octopus ‎– An Ocean Of Rocks
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    Keyboard-led prog/psych rock from Germany. Recommended if you like your prog mellow. Label: Sky Records – sky 016 Format: Vinyl, LP, Album Country: Germany Released: 1978 VG+/VG. Sleeve has some [...]

    GENRE: Art Rock / Krautrock / Prog / Psych
  • Monocot – Direction We Know
    Monocot – Direction We Know
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    “In one sense all collaborations and recordings thereof have a certain surprise factor. Any time two or more people get together to create something from nothing, the exact contours of […]

    GENRE: Experimental / Noise
  • Perez Prado – Voodoo Suite / Exotic Suite Of The Americas
    Perez Prado – Voodoo Suite / Exotic Suite Of The Americas
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    “In reissues, this “inspired 16-minute tone poem” has been paired with its monaural predecessor, “Voodoo Suite.” The format is the same, but the success is greater. [...]

    GENRE: Jazz / Fusion / Free Jazz, Latin
  • Ghost – Hypnotic Underworld
    Ghost – Hypnotic Underworld
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    “Five years after releasing both Snuffbox Immanence and Tune In, Turn On, Free Tibet, Ghost returned with Hypnotic Underworld, and there were some changes in the band. Cellist Hiromichi [...]

    GENRE: Art Rock / Krautrock / Prog / Psych
  • Ramones – Subterranean Jungle
    Ramones – Subterranean Jungle
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    “Tentatively returning toward punk, or at least new wave, the Ramones turned in their most enjoyable record since Rocket to Russia with Subterranean Jungle. Producers Ritchie Cordell and [...]

    GENRE: Punk / Hardcore
  • Dumisani Abraham Maraire – The African Mbira – Music Of The Shona People Of Rhodesia
    Dumisani Abraham Maraire – The African Mbira – Music Of The Shon…
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    “Much of the instrumental and vocal music of East Africa has been described as repetitive and monotonous; apologists counter that the music is quite varied and exacting. Yet freed of […]

    GENRE: International
  • Klaus Schulze – “X”. Vol.2
    Klaus Schulze – “X”. Vol.2
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    “Each track on X or “Ten” (since it’s Schulze’s tenth release ) is titled after famous German personalities, but it’s the provocative electronic music within [...]

    GENRE: Art Rock / Krautrock / Prog / Psych, Modern Composition / Musique Concrete / Electronic
  • The Flesh Eaters – A Hard Road To Follow
    The Flesh Eaters – A Hard Road To Follow
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    “Although it was not the last album to be issued under the name of The Flesh Eaters, Hard Road to Follow occupies a unique and special place in the band’s […]

    GENRE: Punk / Hardcore
  • John Cale – Vintage Violence
    John Cale – Vintage Violence
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    “John Cale had the strongest avant-garde credentials of anyone in the Velvet Underground, but he was also the Velvet whose solo career was the least strongly defined by his work […]

    GENRE: Art Rock / Krautrock / Prog / Psych
  • Goatsnake – I + Dog Days
    Goatsnake – I + Dog Days
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    “Late 90s stoner/doom from Label: Southern Lord – sunn³⁴ Format: CD, Album, Compilation Country: US Released: 2004 VG+/VG+

    GENRE: Metal
  • The Fall – The Less You Look, The More You Find
    The Fall – The Less You Look, The More You Find
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    “This is a 2-disc distillation of tracks from the Receiver Records compilations: The Fall – Sinister Waltz The Fall – Fiend With A Violin The Fall – Oswald Defence Lawyer [...]

    GENRE: Post-Punk / Goth / Darkwave / Minimal Synth / Neofolk
  • Hawkwind – Acid Daze Volume 1
    Hawkwind – Acid Daze Volume 1
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    “A compilation of tracks recorded by Hawkwind between 1977-1982, Acid Daze, Vol. 1 does a solid, if unexceptional, job of summarizing a difficult period for the band. In marked contrast [...]

    GENRE: Art Rock / Krautrock / Prog / Psych
  • X – More Fun In The New World
    X – More Fun In The New World
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    “Coming off their 1982 masterpiece Under the Big Black Sun, X offered their follow-up More Fun in the New World one year later. While its predecessor won the band a […]

    GENRE: Punk / Hardcore
  • The Fall – The Real New Fall LP (Formerly ‘Country On The Click’)
    The Fall – The Real New Fall LP (Formerly ‘Country On The Click&…
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    “Two years and 32 compilations, box sets, books, DVDs, and so on, since their last studio album (the lukewarm Are You Are Missing Winner), the Fall returned as a hungry, […]

    GENRE: Post-Punk / Goth / Darkwave / Minimal Synth / Neofolk
  • V/A – Mystic Sampler 1 & 2
    V/A – Mystic Sampler 1 & 2
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    “Collecting both classic punk/hxc comp LPs into one disc” Label: Mystic Records – MCD 126, Format: CD, Compilation Country: US Released: 2006 VG+/VG+

    GENRE: Punk / Hardcore
  • Royal Trux – 3-Song EP
    Royal Trux – 3-Song EP
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    “This EP might have a title that borders on generic, but that’s the only simple or straightforward thing about it. After spending a few ill-advised years with Virgin Records, Royal [...]

    GENRE: Indie / Alternative
  • Shona – Africa: Zimbabwe – Shona Mbira Music
    Shona – Africa: Zimbabwe – Shona Mbira Music
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    “Mbira music is one of the most popular traditional arts of black Africa, and the Shona musicians of Zimbabwe (Rhodesia) are among the instrument’s most distinguished players. This [...]

    GENRE: International
  • Emmett Williams – My Life in Flux & Vice Versa
    Emmett Williams – My Life in Flux & Vice Versa
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    This is an endlessly stimulating memoir, by a figure who was involved in some of the most astounding art of the post-war era, and a fresh, spontaneous account of the […]

    GENRE: Art/Photography, Memoir
  • The Ecstasy of St. Kara: Kara Walker
    The Ecstasy of St. Kara: Kara Walker
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    Kara Walker’s work astutely examines race, gender, and identity. Walker’s newest series of large-scale drawings stem from her consideration of monuments and notions of permanence and impermanence [...]

    GENRE: Art/Photography
  • Barry Flanagan: Early Works, 1965-1982
    Barry Flanagan: Early Works, 1965-1982
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    Barry Flanagan (1941–2009) is best known for his bronze hare sculptures that sit, walk, or leap in museums and public spaces around the world. The success of these and other […]

    GENRE: Art/Photography
  • Robert Desjarlais – Sensory Biographies: Lives & Deaths among Nepal’s Yolmo Buddhists
    Robert Desjarlais – Sensory Biographies: Lives & Deaths amo…
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    Robert Desjarlais’s graceful ethnography explores the life histories of two Yolmo elders, focusing on how particular sensory orientations and modalities have contributed to the making and [...]

    GENRE: Non-Fiction
  • Barbie Latza Nadeau – Roadmap to Hell: Sex, Drugs, & Guns on the Mafia Coast
    Barbie Latza Nadeau – Roadmap to Hell: Sex, Drugs, & Guns o…
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    Chasing the money from kidnapped Nigerian hair braiders to ISIS gunrunners, this is the story of modern slavery in Europe and how the plight of those most in need is […]

    GENRE: Non-Fiction
  • Allen F Roberts – Dance of Assassins: Performing Early Colonial Hegemony in the Congo
    Allen F Roberts – Dance of Assassins: Performing Early Colonial …
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    A Dance of Assassins presents the competing histories of how Congolese Chief Lusinga and Belgian Lieutenant Storms engaged in a deadly clash while striving to establish hegemony along the [...]

    GENRE: Non-Fiction
  • The Healing Flower Color Cards
    The Healing Flower Color Cards
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    77 card deck that combines Dr. E. Bachs Flower medicine and color therapy meditation with outstanding plant and flower drawings to make anyone a flower botanist. AGM Aktiengesellschaft [...]

    GENRE: Art/Photography, Non-Fiction
  • Young British Art: The Saatchi Decade
    Young British Art: The Saatchi Decade
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    800 works, chosen by Charles Saatchi from his collection, are juxtaposed with media coverage and texts by Richard Cork, Sarah Kent and Dick Price. Booth-Clibborn Editions, 1999 Hardcover Edition. [...]

    GENRE: Art/Photography
  • The Basilicas Of Ethiopia: An Architectural History
    The Basilicas Of Ethiopia: An Architectural History
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    The basilica is symbolic of the history of Christianity in Ethiopia. Aizan, the first Christian king of the Aksumite empire was responsible for the creation of the large, five-aisled church […]

    GENRE: Art/Photography
  • George Hayduke – Revenge
    George Hayduke – Revenge
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    Depicts pranks that can be used to humiliate, defame, insult, or trick individuals or organizations on whom one seeks revenge Lyle Stuart, 1982 Softcover Edition. Some discoloration to wraps and [...]

    GENRE: Non-Fiction
  • Haruki Murakami – Kafka On The Shore
    Haruki Murakami – Kafka On The Shore
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    Here we meet fifteen-year-old runaway Kafka Tamura and the elderly Nakata, who is drawn to Kafka for reasons that he cannot fathom. As their paths converge, acclaimed author Haruki Murakami […]

    GENRE: Fiction/Poetry/Essays/Criticism/Transgressive
  • Lewis Spence – An Encyclopedia Of Occultism
    Lewis Spence – An Encyclopedia Of Occultism
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    Since its intitial publication in 1920, this book has remained the supreme arbiter in all matters of dispute concerning the occult. Contains 2,500 entries and articles summarizing the entire [...]

    GENRE: Non-Fiction
  • Mirrorshades: The Cyberpunk Anthology (as-is, scarce edition)
    Mirrorshades: The Cyberpunk Anthology (as-is, scarce edition)
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    With their hard-edged, street-wise prose, they created frighteningly probable futures of high-tech societies and low-life hustlers. Fans and critics call their world cyberpunk. Here is the [...]

    GENRE: Fiction/Poetry/Essays/Criticism/Transgressive
  • Charles Freger – Cimarron: Freedom And Masquerade
    Charles Freger – Cimarron: Freedom And Masquerade
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    All across the Americas, from the sixteenth century onwards, enslaved Africans escaped their captors and struck out on their own. These runaways established their own communities or joined with [...]

    GENRE: Art/Photography
  • Lily & Maria – Lily & Maria (2003 Reissue)
    Lily & Maria – Lily & Maria (2003 Reissue)
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    Lily & Maria’s sole, mighty rare album is a strange oddity, all the more so for its appearance on a major label. As singers, Lily & Maria sound very much […]

    GENRE: Art Rock / Krautrock / Prog / Psych, Folk / Country
  • The Ambivalent Crowd ‎– Bagong Umaga
    The Ambivalent Crowd ‎– Bagong Umaga
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    Ambivalent Crowd is a defunct Pinoy band that gained popularity during the 1970s. The members of the group were Pol Enriquez, Celeste Legaspi, Cynthia Patag, Gigi Escalante, Mae Cendana, Pinky [...]

    GENRE: Folk / Country, International
  • Captain Beyond ‎– Captain Beyond
    Captain Beyond ‎– Captain Beyond
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    Captain Beyond is a one-of-a-kind progressive album with rock, heavy metal, and jazz influences with a “space rock” lyrical bend. Formed by former members of Deep Purple (Rod Evans, [...]

    GENRE: Art Rock / Krautrock / Prog / Psych
  • Dzyan ‎– Electric Silence
    Dzyan ‎– Electric Silence
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    On their third and final album, Dzyan refined their sound even further into improvisation and exotic sounds. Electric Silence offers other-worldly music of incredible beauty and strangeness, [...]

    GENRE: Art Rock / Krautrock / Prog / Psych
  • Mu ‎– End Of An Era….
    Mu ‎– End Of An Era….
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    “Seventeen songs recorded after their relocation to Maui in 1974. More subdued and acoustic than the Mu LP, but still worthwhile, with Crosby, Stills, & Nash-like harmonies, melancholy [...]

    GENRE: Art Rock / Krautrock / Prog / Psych
  • Madrigal – Madrigal
    Madrigal – Madrigal
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    Baroque-tinged psych-folk from Canada Label: SSS International – SSS-18 Format: Vinyl, LP, Album, Promo Country: US Released: 1970 VG+/VG+

    GENRE: Art Rock / Krautrock / Prog / Psych
  • Various Artists – Jodie Drake / Christopher Jane / Edwards & Deviliers / Claude Blouin
    Various Artists – Jodie Drake / Christopher Jane / Edwards & Devi…
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    Killer library music record from the always dependable CBC Radio Canada Label: CBC Radio Canada – LM-405 Format: Vinyl, LP Country: Canada Released: 1974 VG+/VG+

    GENRE: Soundtracks / Library Music
  • Gloria Barnes – Uptown
    Gloria Barnes – Uptown
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    “Insanely raw soul from 1971! Extremely rare and being reissued for the first time here. Gloria Barnes teams up with The Ohio Players and Lee Moses to create her only […]

    GENRE: Soul / Funk / Disco