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  • Vijay Raghav Rao – Flute (Promo)
    Vijay Raghav Rao – Flute (Promo)
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    Three ragas by the renowned bansuri master Label: Tower – ST5155 Format: Vinyl, LP, Album, Promo Country: US Released: undated, promo pressing presumed 1967-1969 VG+/VG. [...]

    GENRE: Hindustani
  • Ravi Shankar, Alla Rakha – Rāgas And Tālas
    Ravi Shankar, Alla Rakha – Rāgas And Tālas
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    “As is usually the case with Shankar, the music is quite accessible to Western ears. The jor section of the piece “Dhun” is quite tuneful, for example. And the brevity […]

    GENRE: Hindustani
  • Ravi Shankar, Chatur Lal, Pradyot Sen* ‎– Music Of India Album 2 (Three Classical Rāgas)
    Ravi Shankar, Chatur Lal, Pradyot Sen* ‎– Music Of India Album 2 (Three Classical Rāgas)
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    “Perhaps Ravi Shankar’s finest World Pacific record, Three Ragas is not only a fantastic artistic statement, but also an excellent introduction to the medium of Indian music itself. [...]

    GENRE: Hindustani
  • Ali Akbar-Kahn* ‎– The Classical Music Of India
    Ali Akbar-Kahn* ‎– The Classical Music Of India
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    One of the earlier recordings of Ali Akbar-Kahn, featuring two short and mellow ragas. Label: Prestige – PR 7544 Format: Vinyl, LP, Album, Reissue, Repress Country: US Released: undated repress [...]

    GENRE: Hindustani
  • Kartick Kumar – Sitar Music Of India
    Kartick Kumar – Sitar Music Of India
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    Tranquil and meditative ragas from Kartick Kumar Label: Deutsche Grammophon – 136 551 Format: Vinyl, LP, Album, Stereo Country: Germany Released: 1968 VG+/VG+

    GENRE: Hindustani
  • Deben Bhattacharya ‎– The Popular Folk Music Of India
    Deben Bhattacharya ‎– The Popular Folk Music Of India
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    A collection of field recordings made in the 1950s and 1960s by the late Indian ethnomusicologist Deben Bhattacharya Label: Vee Jay Records – VJS 6402 Format: Vinyl, LP, Album, Stereo […]

    GENRE: Hindustani
  • Kalyani Roy & Ali Ahmed Hussain* – Soul Of India
    Kalyani Roy & Ali Ahmed Hussain* – Soul Of India
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    Sitar & shenai duo of transcendent ragas. Label: ABC Records – ABCS-622 Format: Vinyl, LP, Album, Stereo Country: US Released: 1968 VG+/VG+. Stamp on jacket. Some general wear.

    GENRE: Hindustani
  • Padma Bhooshan Ustad Bade Ghulam Ali Khan* – Padma Bhooshan Ustad Bade Ghulam Ali Khan
    Padma Bhooshan Ustad Bade Ghulam Ali Khan* – Padma Bhooshan Ustad Bade Ghulam Ali Khan
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    Compilation of shorter tracks from 78s by the Patiala-Kasur style vocalist Label: Odeon – MOAE-5005 Format: Vinyl, LP, Album, Compilation, Reissue Country: India Released: 1968 VG+/VG. Sleeve has [...]

    GENRE: Hindustani
  • Bāde Ghulam Ali Khan* – Raga Goonkali / Raga Malkauns (Indian Pressing)
    Bāde Ghulam Ali Khan* – Raga Goonkali / Raga Malkauns (Indian Pressing)
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    Two ragas from a master of the Patiala-Kasur style of Indian vocal music. Label: Odeon – MOAE. 105 Format: Vinyl, LP, Album, Reissue Country: India Released: undated reissue VG+/VG. Spine […]

    GENRE: Hindustani
  • V/A – Qawwalis From Films
    V/A – Qawwalis From Films
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    A selection of Qawwalis (chant/choir led devotional music) from Bollywood films. Label: His Master’s Voice – EALP.4072 Format: Vinyl, LP, Compilation Country: India Released: 1975 VG+/VG. [...]

    GENRE: Hindustani, Soundtracks / Library Music
  • Swami Vidyananda ‎– Yoga Music Of India Volume One
    Swami Vidyananda ‎– Yoga Music Of India Volume One
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    “Released in 1964, Yoga Music of India, Vol. 1 highlights a genre of devotional songs that are still popular in India today. Swami Vidyananda leads a selection of kirtan (call-and-response [...]

    GENRE: Hindustani
  • Ustad Vilayat Khan* – The Supreme Genius Of Ustad Vilayat Khan (Indian Pressing)
    Ustad Vilayat Khan* – The Supreme Genius Of Ustad Vilayat Khan (Indian Pressing)
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    An extended version of the Darbari Kanada raga from the sitar legend. Label: His Master’s Voice – EASD-1332 Format: Vinyl, LP, Album, Stereo Country: India Released: 1968 VG+/VG+

    GENRE: Hindustani
  • Sri And Srimati S.N. Sen – Jai Ma: A Concert Of Devotional Song From India
    Sri And Srimati S.N. Sen – Jai Ma: A Concert Of Devotional Song From India
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    “From the Indian Ashrams of Paramahansa Yoganda, this is a concert of devotional song.” Label: Self-Realization Fellowship – 2901 Format: 3xVinyl, LP, Box Set Country: US Released: [...]

    GENRE: Hindustani
  • L. Subramaniam Featuring Frank Morgan Also Emil Richards And Milcho Leviev – Fantasy Without Limits
    L. Subramaniam Featuring Frank Morgan Also Emil Richards And Milcho Leviev – Fantasy Without Limits
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    Violin-led Hindustani influenced jazz. Absolute ripper. Label: Trend – TR-524 Format: Vinyl, LP, Album Country: US Released: 1980 VG+/VG+. Sleeve low end VG+. WOS/wear at upper corner.

    GENRE: Hindustani, Jazz / Fusion / Free Jazz
  • Alla Rakha – Tabla!
    Alla Rakha – Tabla!
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    A solo example of Tabla mastery from Ravi Shankar’s frequent accompanist Label: World Pacific – WPS-21458 Format: Vinyl, LP, Album Country: US Released: undated US pressing VG+/VG+

    GENRE: Hindustani
  • Prakash Vadehra* – Magic Flutes Of North India
    Prakash Vadehra* – Magic Flutes Of North India
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    Volume 3 of Decca’s Music Of India series. Features tabla and drone accompaniment Label: Decca – DL 75099 Format: Vinyl, LP, Album, Stereo Country: US Released: 1969 VG/VG. Drillhole. Some [...]

    GENRE: Hindustani
  • Kenny Barron – Peruvian Blue (Promo)
    Kenny Barron – Peruvian Blue (Promo)
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    “Peruvian Blue has more than its share of variety. Kenny Barron is heard on piano, electric piano, and clavinet on various tracks, and is joined some of the time by […]

    GENRE: Jazz / Fusion / Free Jazz
  • Herbie Mann & João Gilberto with Antonio Carlos Jobim – Herbie Mann & Joao Gilberto With Antonio Carlos Jobim
    Herbie Mann & João Gilberto with Antonio Carlos Jobim – Herbie Mann & Joao Gilberto With Antonio Carlos Jobim
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    Compilation featuring key tracks from Mann and Gilberto/Jobim. A bossa nova classic. Label: Atlantic – 8105 Format: Vinyl, LP, Compilation Country: US Released: 1965 VG+/VG+. Drillhole. Some [...]

    GENRE: Jazz / Fusion / Free Jazz, Latin
  • The Headhunters – Survival Of The Fittest (Promo)
    The Headhunters – Survival Of The Fittest (Promo)
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    “In 1975, Herbie Hancock’s group the Headhunters, which brought him immense success at the time, released their first solo album. Produced by Hancock, but without his participation, [...]

    GENRE: Jazz / Fusion / Free Jazz
  • Sexual Harrassment – I Need A Freak
    Sexual Harrassment – I Need A Freak
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    “Lynn Tolliver, DJ/Program Director at Cleveland’s WZAK, adopted the pseudonym David Payton in order to keep his musical endeavors separate from his public persona. Sexual Harrassment [...]

    GENRE: Soul / Funk / Disco
  • Eric Dolphy And Booker Ervin With The Mal Waldron Sextet – The Quest
    Eric Dolphy And Booker Ervin With The Mal Waldron Sextet – The Quest
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    “The seven originals not only feature altoist Dolphy (who makes a rare appearance on clarinet during “Warm Canto”) but tenor-saxophonist Booker Ervin, Ron Carter (on cello) and [...]

    GENRE: Hindustani
  • Metallica – …And Justice For All (1988 Promo Translucent Brown Vinyl)
    Metallica – …And Justice For All (1988 Promo Translucent Brown Vinyl)
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    “The most immediately noticeable aspect of …And Justice for All isn’t Metallica’s still-growing compositional sophistication or the apocalyptic lyrical portrait of a [...]

    GENRE: Metal
  • Metallica – Ride The Lightning (1984 US Pressing)
    Metallica – Ride The Lightning (1984 US Pressing)
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    “Kill ‘Em All may have revitalized heavy metal’s underground, but Ride the Lightning was even more stunning, exhibiting staggering musical growth and boldly charting new [...]

    GENRE: Metal
  • Metallica – Master Of Puppets (1986 Pressing)
    Metallica – Master Of Puppets (1986 Pressing)
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    “Even though Master of Puppets didn’t take as gigantic a leap forward as Ride the Lightning, it was the band’s greatest achievement, hailed as a masterpiece by critics far [...]

    GENRE: Metal
  • Metallica – Kill ‘Em All (1st UK Press 1983)
    Metallica – Kill ‘Em All (1st UK Press 1983)
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    “The true birth of thrash. On Kill ‘Em All, Metallica fuses the intricate riffing of New Wave of British Heavy Metal bands like Judas Priest, Iron Maiden, and Diamond Head […]

    GENRE: Metal
  • Metallica – The $5.98 E.P. Garage Days Re-Visited
    Metallica – The $5.98 E.P. Garage Days Re-Visited
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    “Following Cliff Burton’s death, Metallica took some time off and initiated new bassist Jason Newsted with a raw, unpolished EP of covers originally recorded by Diamond Head, [...]

    GENRE: Metal
  • Natural Information Society & Bitchin Bajas – Totality
    Natural Information Society & Bitchin Bajas – Totality
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    Totality! It can only be good news. The second convergence of Natural Information Society and Bitchin Bajas, years removed from the first, misses no steps and posits low-key revolutions in […]

    GENRE: Experimental / Noise, Jazz / Fusion / Free Jazz
  • Gastr Del Sol – Upgrade & Afterlife
    Gastr Del Sol – Upgrade & Afterlife
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    When placed next to each other, dueling concerns enrich each other and push the envelope into new, newer, and newest envelopes of a different color. Step inside this magnetic garden […]

    GENRE: Indie / Alternative
  • Silver Jews – The Natural Bridge
    Silver Jews – The Natural Bridge
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    Includes everything that is in the script and nothing that is not in the script. A record made by Capricorns especially for Capricorns. Featuring the All-Marijuana Scarecrow. Released October 1, [...]

    GENRE: Indie / Alternative
  • Silver Jews – American Water
    Silver Jews – American Water
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    “The other night a snow storm left some suburban friends stranded at our place. With bourbons and beers in hand, we caught up and listened to records. It had probably […]

    GENRE: Indie / Alternative
  • Silver Jews – Bright Flight
    Silver Jews – Bright Flight
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    The first thing I remember about the recording of Bright Flight is that when we opened the door to Hum Depot’s roller rink of a basement studio, the console was […]

    GENRE: Indie / Alternative
  • Silver Jews – Early Times
    Silver Jews – Early Times
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    Well, “Salad Days” was taken and “Wild Turkey” sounds like an insult. These field recordings capture the birth of the Jews, from way back in the days of the Silver […]

    GENRE: Indie / Alternative
  • Silver Jews – Tanglewood Numbers
    Silver Jews – Tanglewood Numbers
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    David Berman and Co. tear through 10 more numbers, loving you to the max the whole time. Jews fans rejoice, your master is back. released October 18, 2005

    GENRE: Indie / Alternative
  • Purple Mountains – Purple Mountains
    Purple Mountains – Purple Mountains
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    David Berman comes in from the cold after ten long years. His new musical expression is a meltdown unparalleled in modern memory. He warns us that his findings might be […]

    GENRE: Indie / Alternative
  • 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
  • Drive Like Jehu – Drive Like Jehu
    Drive Like Jehu – Drive Like Jehu
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    Repressed again on black vinyl. The San Diego post-hardcore band’s debut album from 1991, containing the legendary Rick Froberg & John Reis guitar team dipped in battery acid, wired to [...]

    GENRE: Punk / Hardcore
  • Drive Like Jehu – Yank Crime
    Drive Like Jehu – Yank Crime
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    “Yank Crime” is the second and final album by the San Diego, CA, post-hardcore band Drive Like Jehu, originally released in 1994 by Interscope Records. It was the band’s [...]

    GENRE: Punk / Hardcore
  • Sun Ra And The Arkestra – Sound Of Joy
    Sun Ra And The Arkestra – Sound Of Joy
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    Sun Ra’s second album was a Delmark release recorded in 1957, although it was originally intended for the Transition label, which did not survive long enough to release it. Personnel: […]

    GENRE: Jazz / Fusion / Free Jazz
  • GG Allin – Hated In The Nation
    GG Allin – Hated In The Nation
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    The starting point for any GG Allin fan! Features guest appearances from Dinosaur Jr.’s J. Mascis and MC5’s Wayne Kramer and Dennis Thompson. Hated & loathed, GG was made even […]

    GENRE: Punk / Hardcore
  • Wipers – Is This Real?
    Wipers – Is This Real?
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    Unquestionably Portland’s most well-loved punk group, they formed in the late 70’s & in 1980 released their debut LP. 12 songs of stabbing, jittery guitar, snapped vocals, & [...]

    GENRE: Punk / Hardcore
  • Talking Heads – Talking Heads: 77
    Talking Heads – Talking Heads: 77
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    When they burst out of the New York underground/CBGB’s movement, the Heads stood apart from the pack because not only were they unlike anything that gone before, they were even […]

    GENRE: Rock / Pop
  • Wipers – Over The Edge
    Wipers – Over The Edge
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    Bleak, hard-driven 3rd LP (1983) offers GREG SAGE at his most chased & breathless, lashing out w/ sharp staccato notes as if melody were his only defense. The jagged, effortless […]

    GENRE: Punk / Hardcore
  • Wipers – Youth Of America
    Wipers – Youth Of America
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    Deluxe reissue of their 2nd LP, from ’81. Mastered from the original tapes by Greg Sage himself. One of the most passionate & influential punk records ever. Broken up into […]

    GENRE: Punk / Hardcore
  • The Residents – Meet The Residents
    The Residents – Meet The Residents
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    Vinyl reissue of The Residents’ classic debut originally released on Ralph Records in 1974. The whole, bizarre Residents trip started here (at least officially)! Mixing everything from [...]

    GENRE: Art Rock / Krautrock / Prog / Psych, Experimental / Noise, Post-Punk / Goth / Darkwave / Minimal Synth / Neofolk
  • Miles Davis – Kind Of Blue
    Miles Davis – Kind Of Blue
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    Regarded by many critics as the greatest jazz album of all time and Davis’s masterpiece. This 1959 album’s influence on music, including jazz, rock and classical, has led music [...]

    GENRE: Jazz / Fusion / Free Jazz
  • The Residents – The Third Reich ‘N’ Roll
    The Residents – The Third Reich ‘N’ Roll
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    The Residents released of their third album, “The Third Reich ‘n’ Roll” in 1976. People have speculated whether the Residents were hinting that Rock ‘n’ Roll [...]

    GENRE: Art Rock / Krautrock / Prog / Psych, Experimental / Noise, Post-Punk / Goth / Darkwave / Minimal Synth / Neofolk
  • The Residents – Duck Stab
    The Residents – Duck Stab
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    Musically, it’s difficult to describe this diverse album. There is a silky, seductive, and murky aspect which creates a supporting liquid background upon which the lyrics float. There is a [...]

    GENRE: Art Rock / Krautrock / Prog / Psych, Experimental / Noise, Post-Punk / Goth / Darkwave / Minimal Synth / Neofolk
  • Gram Parsons – Grievous Angel
    Gram Parsons – Grievous Angel
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    Limited 180 gram vinyl LP pressing. Gram Parsons pioneered the concept of a rock band playing country music, playing in bands such as the Byrds, the International Submarine Band and […]

    GENRE: Folk / Country
  • The Meters – Fire On The Bayou
    The Meters – Fire On The Bayou
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    “By the time they released Fire On the Bayou in 1975, the Meters (now a quintet, with addition of Cyril Neville to the lineup) had graduated from regional cult heroes […]

    GENRE: Jazz / Fusion / Free Jazz, Soul / Funk / Disco