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  • Guyana Massacre: The Eyewitness Account
    Guyana Massacre: The Eyewitness Account
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    The first book about Jonestown, as told by a journalist who was there and other key eyewitnesses. Berkley, 1978 Mass-Market Paperback edition. Writing on front page. Wear/discoloration to wraps [...]

    GENRE: Non-Fiction
  • Flesh Of The Gods: The Ritual Use Of Hallucinogens
    Flesh Of The Gods: The Ritual Use Of Hallucinogens
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    “For centuries, hallucinogens have been of great significance in the ideology and religious practices of primitive societies. In fact, the use of psychotropic plants to achieve states of [...]

    GENRE: Non-Fiction
  • Fille De Joie: The Book of Courtesans, Sporting Girls, Ladies of The Evening….
    Fille De Joie: The Book of Courtesans, Sporting Girls, Ladies of The Evening….
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    “Fille de joie, lady of the evening, lady of pleasure — delightful euphemisms. The fille de joie is seen variously as mysterious, remote, and incredibly sinful; desirable and corrupt, [...]

    GENRE: Art/Photography, Non-Fiction
  • Fantastic Architecture (Something Else Press Edition)
    Fantastic Architecture (Something Else Press Edition)
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    “Compiled by Fluxus artists Wolf Vostell and Dick Higgins, and first published by Higgins’ legendary Something Else Press in 1970, Fantastic Architecture anticipated the critiques [...]

    GENRE: Art/Photography
  • Earth Sheltered Housing Design: Guidelines, Examples And References
    Earth Sheltered Housing Design: Guidelines, Examples And References
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    “Offers homeowners and architects a comfortable and economical approach to underground housing based on modern construcion techniques, providing plans, details, and photographs of existing [...]

    GENRE: Non-Fiction
  • Curzio Malaparte – Kaputt (1st Edition)
    Curzio Malaparte – Kaputt (1st Edition)
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    “Curzio Malaparte was a disaffected supporter of Mussolini with a taste for danger and high living. Sent by an Italian paper during World War II to cover the fighting on […]

    GENRE: Fiction/Poetry/Essays/Criticism/Transgressive
  • Cormac McCarthy – Suttree (Scarce Vintage Contemporaries Edition)
    Cormac McCarthy – Suttree (Scarce Vintage Contemporaries Edition)
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    “From the bestselling author of The Passenger and the Pulitzer Prize–winning novel The Road, here is the story of Cornelius Suttree, who has forsaken a life of privilege with his […]

    GENRE: Fiction/Poetry/Essays/Criticism/Transgressive
  • Cosey Fanni Tutti – Art Sex Music
    Cosey Fanni Tutti – Art Sex Music
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    “Art Sex Music is the autobiography of a musician who, as a founding member of the avant-garde group Throbbing Gristle and electronic pioneers Chris & Cosey, has consistently challenged [...]

    GENRE: Memoir
  • Burgo Partridge – A History Of Orgies
    Burgo Partridge – A History Of Orgies
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    “An orgy, the dictionary tells us, is “a wild gathering, marked by promiscuous sexual activity, excessive drinking, etc.” Burgo Partridge tells us precisely what that has meant down through [...]

    GENRE: Non-Fiction
  • Ernst Juenger – On The Marble Cliffs
    Ernst Juenger – On The Marble Cliffs
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    “Set in a world of its own, Ernst Jünger’s On the Marble Cliffs is both a mesmerizing work of fantasy and an allegory of the advent of fascism. The narrator of […]

    GENRE: Fiction/Poetry/Essays/Criticism/Transgressive
  • Ed Sanders – The Family
    Ed Sanders – The Family
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    “In August of 1969, during two bloody evenings of paranoid, psychedelic savagery, Charles Manson and his dystopic communal family helped to wreck the dreams of the Love Generation. At least [...]

    GENRE: Non-Fiction
  • Aldous Huxley – The Doors Of Perception
    Aldous Huxley – The Doors Of Perception
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    “Among the most profound and influential explorations of mind-expanding psychedelic drugs ever written, here are two complete classic books—The Doors of Perception and Heaven and Hell—in [...]

    GENRE: Non-Fiction
  • Anal Pleasure & Health: A Guide For Men And Women
    Anal Pleasure & Health: A Guide For Men And Women
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    “For many years the focus of fear and disgust, the anus is actually one of the human body’s most wondrous creations–elegant, efficient, and richly supplied with pleasure nerves. [...]

    GENRE: Non-Fiction
  • Arturo Graf – Art Of The Devil
    Arturo Graf – Art Of The Devil
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    ““The Devil holds the strings which move us!” (Charles Baudelaire, The Flowers of Evil, 1857). Satan, Beelzebub, Lucifer… the Devil has many names and faces, all of which have always […]

    GENRE: Art/Photography
  • Arno Schmidt – The Egghead Republic (Scarce)
    Arno Schmidt – The Egghead Republic (Scarce)
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    “Charles Henry Winer, a journalist who in the year 2008 travels across the hominid zone, a post-nuclear wasteland in the western united states, to visit IRAS (the International Republic of [...]

    GENRE: Fiction/Poetry/Essays/Criticism/Transgressive
  • Matt Furie – Boy’s Club #2 (Very Rare)
    Matt Furie – Boy’s Club #2 (Very Rare)
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    Issue #2 of Matt Furie’s comic strip of anthropomorphic animals. Buenaventura Press, 2008 Comic magazine edition. Light wear to spine and corners.

    GENRE: Art/Photography
  • The Stooges ‎– The Stooges
    The Stooges ‎– The Stooges
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    “While the Stooges had a few obvious points of influence — the swagger of the early Rolling Stones, the horny pound of the Troggs, the fuzztone sneer of a thousand […]

    GENRE: Garage / Proto Punk
  • The Stooges ‎– The Stooges
    The Stooges ‎– The Stooges
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    “While the Stooges had a few obvious points of influence — the swagger of the early Rolling Stones, the horny pound of the Troggs, the fuzztone sneer of a thousand […]

    GENRE: Garage / Proto Punk
  • Le Gip ‎– The Voodoo Drums Of Le Gip
    Le Gip ‎– The Voodoo Drums Of Le Gip
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    ** two copies available. Kind of exploitive cover & write up, but still a cool drum & vocal record from “Le Gip” … ? VG+/VG+ one copy has bent lower […]

    GENRE: Haitian / Compas / Merenge
  • Ti Roro ‎– Ti Roro, Et Ses Tambours Vaudou – And His Voodoo Drums
    Ti Roro ‎– Ti Roro, Et Ses Tambours Vaudou – And His Voodoo Drums
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    Haitian Vodou drummer, VG/VG+ Marks on vinyl.

    GENRE: Haitian / Compas / Merenge
  • Groupe Les Chleu-Chleu ‎– Haiti, Mon Pays
    Groupe Les Chleu-Chleu ‎– Haiti, Mon Pays
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    Mid 60s Compas gold. Beautiful saxophone on this. VG/VG

    GENRE: Haitian / Compas / Merenge
  • Ensemble Nemours Jn Baptiste – Musical Tour Of Haiti
    Ensemble Nemours Jn Baptiste – Musical Tour Of Haiti
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    Late 50s into the 1960s Compas group. VG/VG+ Vinyl has marks but plays a nice VG.

    GENRE: Haitian / Compas / Merenge
  • Super Jazz Des Jeunes ‎– 20eme Anniversaire
    Super Jazz Des Jeunes ‎– 20eme Anniversaire
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    “Super Jazz des Jeunes are an institution of Haitian music. Headed by saxophonist and arranger René St. Aude, they developed what they termed ‘Voudou Jazz’, blending traditional folk songs and [...]

    GENRE: Haitian / Compas / Merenge
  • L’Immortel Jazz Des Jeunes ‎– 33è Anniversaire
    L’Immortel Jazz Des Jeunes ‎– 33è Anniversaire
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    “Super Jazz des Jeunes are an institution of Haitian music. Headed by saxophonist and arranger René St. Aude, they developed what they termed ‘Voudou Jazz’, blending traditional folk songs and [...]

    GENRE: Haitian / Compas / Merenge
  • Super Jazz Des Jeunes ‎– Super Jazz Des Jeunes
    Super Jazz Des Jeunes ‎– Super Jazz Des Jeunes
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    “Super Jazz des Jeunes are an institution of Haitian music. Headed by saxophonist and arranger René St. Aude, they developed what they termed ‘Voudou Jazz’, blending traditional folk songs [...]

    GENRE: Haitian / Compas / Merenge
  • Orchestre Tropicana – A New York
    Orchestre Tropicana – A New York
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    Mid 70s Compas, some great Bolero here… Gushing with character. VG+/VG+

    GENRE: Haitian / Compas / Merenge
  • Super Jazz Des Jeunes ‎– Marie Sou Piano
    Super Jazz Des Jeunes ‎– Marie Sou Piano
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    “Super Jazz des Jeunes are an institution of Haitian music. Headed by saxophonist and arranger René St. Aude, they developed what they termed ‘Voudou Jazz’, blending traditional folk songs and [...]

    GENRE: Haitian / Compas / Merenge
  • Trio Select With Gesner Henry ‎– Gros Bambou
    Trio Select With Gesner Henry ‎– Gros Bambou
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    Fresh & pleasant sounds from Trio Select, featuring thee Gesner Henry. VG+/VG+ In excellent condition.

    GENRE: Haitian / Compas / Merenge
  • Le Groupe Volo Volo De Boston – Caresse
    Le Groupe Volo Volo De Boston – Caresse
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    Mid 70s Compas. VG+/VG+ Excellent condition!

    GENRE: Haitian / Compas / Merenge
  • Super Jazz Des Jeunes – Saturday Night In Port Au Prince
    Super Jazz Des Jeunes – Saturday Night In Port Au Prince
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    “Super Jazz des Jeunes are an institution of Haitian music. Headed by saxophonist and arranger René St. Aude, they developed what they termed ‘Voudou Jazz’, blending traditional folk songs and [...]

    GENRE: Haitian / Compas / Merenge
  • Tabou Combo ‎– The Masters
    Tabou Combo ‎– The Masters
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    Mid 70s Compas group, Tabou. One of the most famous Haitian Compas groups. VG+/VG+  

    GENRE: Haitian / Compas / Merenge
  • Trio Select, Gesner Henry – Haiti Vol 2
    Trio Select, Gesner Henry – Haiti Vol 2
    $61.00 | , , Add to cart

    Fresh & pleasant sounds from Trio Select, featuring thee Gesner Henry. VG+/VG+ In excellent condition overall!

    GENRE: Haitian / Compas / Merenge
  • Orchestre Septentrional – Noël Des Copains
    Orchestre Septentrional – Noël Des Copains
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    VG/VG+ Vinyl has light marks that are lightly audible.

    GENRE:
  • Orchestre Septentrional – Apollo 11
    Orchestre Septentrional – Apollo 11
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    60s institution of carribean jazz & calypso. VG+/VG+ Excellent condition.

    GENRE: Haitian / Compas / Merenge
  • Super Ensemble Webert Sicot ‎– Cadence Rampa
    Super Ensemble Webert Sicot ‎– Cadence Rampa
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    Early 60s Weber Sicot. Legendary Compas sax player. VG+/VG+

    GENRE: Haitian / Compas / Merenge
  • Raoul Guillaume Et Son Groupe ‎– A Musical Trip To Haiti
    Raoul Guillaume Et Son Groupe ‎– A Musical Trip To Haiti
    $22.00 | , , Add to cart

    Fantastic 1960 LP from Raoul Guillaume… Compas & earlier stylings of carribean music. The origins of jazz & how latin rhythms bled into the Americas. Record smokes. VG/VG+ Vinyl [...]

    GENRE: Haitian / Compas / Merenge
  • Super Jazz Des Jeunes ‎– 35ème Anniversaire
    Super Jazz Des Jeunes ‎– 35ème Anniversaire
    $55.00 | , , Add to cart

    “Super Jazz des Jeunes are an institution of Haitian music. Headed by saxophonist and arranger René St. Aude, they developed what they termed ‘Voudou Jazz’, blending traditional folk songs and [...]

    GENRE: Haitian / Compas / Merenge
  • Super Choucoune ‎– Myrtho [nice Compas / Jazz – is amazing]
    Super Choucoune ‎– Myrtho [nice Compas / Jazz – is amazing]
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    Excellet 10/10 mellow Compas LP. Great starting point. VG/VG+ Vinyl has some light noise, but overall sounds great.

    GENRE: Haitian / Compas / Merenge
  • Webert Sicot and Son Super Ensemble – Sons and Couleurs D’Haiti
    Webert Sicot and Son Super Ensemble – Sons and Couleurs D’Haiti
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    “Sons & Couleurs D’Haiti” by Webert Sicot & Son Super Ensemble is a landmark album in the realm of Haitian music. Led by the talented saxophonist, composer, and [...]

    GENRE: Haitian / Compas / Merenge
  • Joan Didion – The Year Of Magical Thinking
    Joan Didion – The Year Of Magical Thinking
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    “Several days before Christmas 2003, John Gregory Dunne and Joan Didion saw their only daughter, Quintana, fall ill with what seemed at first flu, then pneumonia, then complete septic [...]

    GENRE: Memoir
  • Patti Smith – Just Kids
    Patti Smith – Just Kids
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    “It was the summer Coltrane died, the summer of love and riots, and the summer when a chance encounter in Brooklyn led two young people on a path of art, […]

    GENRE: Memoir
  • Milan Kundera – The Book Of Laughter And Forgetting
    Milan Kundera – The Book Of Laughter And Forgetting
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    “Rich in its stories, characters, and imaginative range, The Book of Laughter and Forgetting is the novel that brought Milan Kundera his first big international success in the late 1970s. [...]

    GENRE: Fiction/Poetry/Essays/Criticism/Transgressive
  • Bret Easton Ellis – Less Than Zero
    Bret Easton Ellis – Less Than Zero
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    “They live in a world shaped by casual nihilism, passivity, and too much money in a place devoid of feeling or hope. When Clay comes home for Christmas vacation from […]

    GENRE: Fiction/Poetry/Essays/Criticism/Transgressive
  • William S Burroughs – Naked Lunch
    William S Burroughs – Naked Lunch
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    “Naked Lunch is one of the most important novels of the twentieth century, a book that redefined not just literature but American culture. An unnerving tale of a narcotics addict […]

    GENRE: Fiction/Poetry/Essays/Criticism/Transgressive
  • Sam Rohdie – Fellini Lexicon
    Sam Rohdie – Fellini Lexicon
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    “Federico Fellini (1920-93) was one of the most inventive of film-makers and he remains one of the best loved. Director of a whole series of celebrated films – among them […]

    GENRE: Non-Fiction
  • Federico Garcia Lorca – Three Tragedies
    Federico Garcia Lorca – Three Tragedies
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    “Blood Wedding. Concerned with love that cannot become marriage among the primitive hill people of Castile, this is a play of the workings of tremendous passions and tribal ritual toward [...]

    GENRE: Fiction/Poetry/Essays/Criticism/Transgressive
  • Julio Cortazar – Hopscotch
    Julio Cortazar – Hopscotch
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    “Horacio Oliveira is an Argentinian writer who lives in Paris with his mistress, La Maga, surrounded by a loose-knit circle of bohemian friends who call themselves “the Club.” A [...]

    GENRE: Fiction/Poetry/Essays/Criticism/Transgressive
  • Julio Cortazar – Cronopios & Famas
    Julio Cortazar – Cronopios & Famas
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    “Cronopios and Famas is one of the best-loved books by Julio Cortázar, one of the greatest of Latin American novelists. “The Instruction Manual,” the first chapter, is an absurd [...]

    GENRE: Fiction/Poetry/Essays/Criticism/Transgressive
  • Don Delillo – Players
    Don Delillo – Players
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    “In Players DeLillo explores the dark side of contemporary affluence and its discontents. Pammy and Lyle Wynant are an attractive, modern couple who seem to have it all. Yet behind […]

    GENRE: Fiction/Poetry/Essays/Criticism/Transgressive
  • Don Delillo – Libra
    Don Delillo – Libra
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    “In this powerful, unsettling novel, Don DeLillo chronicles Lee Harvey Oswald’s odyssey from troubled teenager to a man of precarious stability who imagines himself an agent of history. [...]

    GENRE: Fiction/Poetry/Essays/Criticism/Transgressive