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  • Astrud Gilberto – Look To The Rainbow
    Astrud Gilberto – Look To The Rainbow
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    This was a beautiful bossa nova record of Astrud Gilberto’s vocal stylings…All the material (32:13) here, with the exception of “Learn to Live Alone” and “Pretty [...]

    GENRE: Latin
  • Matmos – Return To Archive
    Matmos – Return To Archive
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    In 1948, Moses Asch founded Folkways Records with a self-proclaimed mandate to record the sounds of the entire world. From the Sounds of North American Frogs to Speech After the […]

    GENRE: Experimental / Noise
  • John Prine – Now Playing
    John Prine – Now Playing
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    Introducing John Prine Now Playing on Cobalt Blue vinyl – This Now Playing John Prine’s tracklist features a collection of deeply personal and storytelling songs that span folk and [...]

    GENRE: Folk / Country
  • The New Stan Getz Quartet ft. Astrud Gilberto – Getz Au Go Go
    The New Stan Getz Quartet ft. Astrud Gilberto – Getz Au Go Go
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    Recorded in 1964 during two concerts in the venerable Greenwich Village venue, the Café Au Go Go, two months after Astrud Gilberto’s “Girl From Ipanema” became a Top Five pop [...]

    GENRE: Jazz / Fusion / Free Jazz
  • Archie Shepp – The Magic Of Ju-Ju
    Archie Shepp – The Magic Of Ju-Ju
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    Opening with the 18+ minute track of the same name, Archie Shepp’s The Magic of Ju-Ju takes on a fevered pace as the centerpiece of this date from 1968. Shepp […]

    GENRE: Jazz / Fusion / Free Jazz
  • Cherub Scourge / The Twerps – Split
    Cherub Scourge / The Twerps – Split
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    Label: Small Town Kids Records – STK 03 Format: Vinyl, 7″, 33 ⅓ RPM Country: US Released: 1995 Media: VG+ Jacket: VG+ Notes: Clean Copy w/ Insert  

    GENRE: Punk / Hardcore
  • Active Ingredients – Active Ingredients (PROMO)
    Active Ingredients – Active Ingredients (PROMO)
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    Label: Not On Label – none Format: Vinyl, 7″, 45 RPM, EP Country: US Released: 1984 Media: VG+ Jacket: GEN Notes: No Sleeve. Comes with Generic Sleeve with Contact information […]

    GENRE: Punk / Hardcore
  • The Freeze – Guilty Face (1982)
    The Freeze – Guilty Face (1982)
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    Label: Modern Method Records – MM018 Format: Vinyl, 7″, 45 RPM, EP Country: US Released: 1982 Media:VG Jacket: G+ Notes: Plays great with only minimal noise. (Radio Station Copy) Jacket [...]

    GENRE: Punk / Hardcore
  • Happy World – Happy World
    Happy World – Happy World
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    Label: Regressive Records – none Format: Vinyl, 7″, Single, 33 ⅓ RPM Country: US Released: 1984 Media: VG+ Jacket: VG Notes: Record has minor marks. Sleeve has wear on all […]

    GENRE: Punk / Hardcore
  • No Alternative ‎– Backtracks
    No Alternative ‎– Backtracks
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    Label: Subterranean Records – SUB 09, Subterranean Records – SUB 9 Format: Vinyl, 7″, EP Country: US Released: 1980 Media: VG+ Jacket: VG+ Notes: bottom left corner creased.

    GENRE: Punk / Hardcore
  • Special Duties – Violent Society
    Special Duties – Violent Society
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    Label: Charnel House – Sarcophagi 2 Format: Vinyl, 7″ Country: UK Released: 1981 Media: VG+ Jacket: G+ Note: Sleeve is very worn. Folded spine still in tact by about 3″

    GENRE: Punk / Hardcore
  • Artless – How Much Punk Rock Do You Hear In Russia?
    Artless – How Much Punk Rock Do You Hear In Russia?
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    Label: The Only Label In The World – OL 452 Format: Vinyl, 7″ Country: US Released: 1984 Media: VG+ Jacket: VG+ Notes: w/ insert

    GENRE: Punk / Hardcore
  • Red Tide ‎– Kelp And Salal
    Red Tide ‎– Kelp And Salal
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    Label: Toxic Shock – TOX-004 Format: Vinyl, 7″, 33 ⅓ RPM, EP Country: US Released: 1984 Media: VG+ Jacket: VG Notes: W/ insert

    GENRE: Punk / Hardcore
  • The Prevaricators ‎– No Kidding E.P.
    The Prevaricators ‎– No Kidding E.P.
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    Label: Zero Degree Records – ZD 005, Generic Records (3) – ZD 005 Format: Vinyl, 7″, 45 RPM, EP Country: US Released: 1983 Media: VG+ Jacket: VG Notes:

    GENRE: Punk / Hardcore
  • Scream – Gov’t Primer [true 1st press]
    Scream – Gov’t Primer [true 1st press]
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    Label: Immortal Nuts Records – 639 Format: Vinyl, 7″, 45 RPM, EP Country: US Released: 1982 Media:VG+ Jacket: VG+ Notes:

    GENRE: Punk / Hardcore
  • Alley Cats – Nothing Means Nothing Anymore / Give Me A Little Pain (1978 First Press)
    Alley Cats – Nothing Means Nothing Anymore / Give Me A Little Pain (1978 First Press)
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    Label: Dangerhouse – LOM-22 Format: Vinyl, 7″, 45 RPM, Single Country: US Released: Mar 1978 Media: VG+ Jacket: VG+ Notes: Clean Copy – Fold over Sleeve intact with only minor […]

    GENRE: Punk / Hardcore
  • VKTMS – 100% White Girl / No Long Good-Byes
    VKTMS – 100% White Girl / No Long Good-Byes
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    Snotty San Francisco punk from 1978 Label: 415 Records – S-0010 Format: Vinyl, 7″ Country: US Released: 1980 VG+/G+

    GENRE: Punk / Hardcore
  • Violent Apathy ‎– Here Today….
    Violent Apathy ‎– Here Today….
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    “Violent Apathy were starting to slow down the tempo and fancy things up just a bit with this 1983 EP, which documents the band’s final lineup — these six songs […]

    GENRE: Punk / Hardcore
  • Godhead – New Lottery
    Godhead – New Lottery
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    Sole 7″ from the Long Beach, California hardcore band. Label: Bemisbrain – BB 25 Format: Vinyl, 7″ Country: US Released: 1981 VG+/VG. Staining/discoloration to sleeve

    GENRE: Punk / Hardcore
  • Subverts – Independent Study
    Subverts – Independent Study
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    Sole EP by the 1980’s Chicago punk band. Clearly influenced by the UK scene. Absolute ripper. Label: Clandestine Records – #101 Format: Vinyl, 7″ Country: US Released: 1981 VG+/VG+. [...]

    GENRE: Punk / Hardcore
  • White Cross – Fascist (1983 Repress)
    White Cross – Fascist (1983 Repress)
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    “I don’t know how astute these guys are, but they sure do play some mean thrash punk. Personally, I think WHITE CROSS blow away many better-known groups. They’ve got that […]

    GENRE: Punk / Hardcore
  • V/A – Big City (Aint Too Pretty)
    V/A – Big City (Aint Too Pretty)
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    Killer NY punk comp featuring U.V and Savage Circle Label: Big City Records – no cat number Format: Vinyl, 7″ Country: US Released: 1983 VG+/VG+. Includes zine insert. Light wear.

    GENRE: Punk / Hardcore
  • Sham 69 – Unite And Win
    Sham 69 – Unite And Win
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      Label: Polydor – 2059 259 Format: Vinyl, 7″ Country: UK Released: 1980 VG+/G+. Some noticeable staining and edgewear/chipping to sleeve

    GENRE: Punk / Hardcore
  • Overkill – Overkill
    Overkill – Overkill
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    Debut EP by the LA Punk/Thrash crossover band. Label: SST Records – SST 008 Format: Vinyl, 7″ Country: US Released: 1982 VG/G+. Noticeable light marks. Sleeve has noticeable discoloration [...]

    GENRE: Punk / Hardcore
  • Chron Gen – Puppets Of War EP
    Chron Gen – Puppets Of War EP
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    Heavy 80’s UK Hardcore. Label: Gargoyle Records – GRGL 780 Format: Vinyl, 7″ Country: UK Released: 1981 VG+/G+. Sleeve lower end of G+ with noticeable discoloration and fraying along [...]

    GENRE: Punk / Hardcore
  • Manifest Destiny – We Love Our Country » It’s The Government We Can’t Stand
    Manifest Destiny – We Love Our Country » It’s The Government We Can’t Stand
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    “Three of these four tracks really make it, as they are strongly laced with power. Two are slow/medium paced, but deliver a great dose of punk, musically and lyrically. “Whose […]

    GENRE: Punk / Hardcore
  • Flipper – Love Canal / Ha Ha Ha
    Flipper – Love Canal / Ha Ha Ha
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    “Flipper formed in San Francisco in 1979 on the cusp of Ronald Reagan’s presidency. It seems fitting that their debut single (originally released on Subterranean in 1981) turns [...]

    GENRE: Punk / Hardcore
  • Active Ingredients – Bringing Down The Big Boys
    Active Ingredients – Bringing Down The Big Boys
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    “The sneering, cynical thrash on this EP should appeal to fans of bands like JACKSHIT.” – Maximum Rock N Roll Label: Fat Man Records – no cat number Format: Vinyl, […]

    GENRE: Punk / Hardcore
  • STD – Another Dead Asshole
    STD – Another Dead Asshole
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    “This Knoxville hardcore outfit gyrates dizzyingly between forceful thrash and basic heavy metal punk, lead breaks and all. What redeems this uneven debut are the highly satiric lyrics on [...]

    GENRE: Punk / Hardcore
  • The Offenders – Lost Causes / Rockin’ The Town
    The Offenders – Lost Causes / Rockin’ The Town
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    Label: Suffering Sounds Format: Vinyl, 7″, 45 RPM, Single Country: US Released: 1981 Media: VG+ Jacket: VG sleeve completely intact & glued, but bent corners/creasing on edges. Ringwear.

    GENRE: Punk / Hardcore
  • Nuno Canavarro – Plux Quba
    Nuno Canavarro – Plux Quba
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    Koln, Germany around 1991. After a 40-minute train ride from Aachen, Christoph Heemann and Jim O’Rourke are sitting around with Jan St. Werner, C-Schulz, Frank Dommert and George Odjik. [...]

    GENRE: Experimental / Noise
  • Smog – Knock Knock
    Smog – Knock Knock
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    Featuring string quartet and children’s choir, just like The Wall. We don’t need no stinkin’ education, just the new Smog album (and our front teeth back).

    GENRE: Indie / Alternative
  • Gentle Leader XIV – Joke in the Shadow
    Gentle Leader XIV – Joke in the Shadow
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    End days pop. Electronic extinction rock. No future for sure, surf’s up dude. Gentle Leader XIV (jen-tul lee-der ex-ivy) is a post-punk synth-pop band from the ends of Ohio. The […]

    GENRE: Post-Punk / Goth / Darkwave / Minimal Synth / Neofolk
  • SiP – Leos Ultras
    SiP – Leos Ultras
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    [Out Nov 1st!] A full four years after Chicago organ maestro Jimmy Lacy’s maiden voyage as SiP (Leos Naturals, 2020), he returns with a lush, layered, long-awaited sequel: Leos Ultras. […]

    GENRE: Modern Composition / Musique Concrete / Electronic
  • Nick Drake – Bryter Layter
    Nick Drake – Bryter Layter
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    The second album from Nick Drake came in 1970, and while not quite as melancholy as his debut, Five Leaves Left, there are certain brooding qualities that continued to propagate […]

    GENRE: Folk / Country
  • Einstürzende Neubauten – 1/2 Mensch
    Einstürzende Neubauten – 1/2 Mensch
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    This is the third album by Einstürzende Neubauten, also known as Halber Mensch, originally released in 1985. The album opens with the startlingly oppressive, almost fully a cappella title track, [...]

    GENRE: Industrial / Power Electronics
  • Einstürzende Neubauten – Ende Neu
    Einstürzende Neubauten – Ende Neu
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    On this release, the quintessential scientists of the post-avant-garde abstain from focusing on listener disintegration tactics as they did on prior albums, but opt instead to hone their [...]

    GENRE: Industrial / Power Electronics
  • Einstürzende Neubauten – Haus Der Luege
    Einstürzende Neubauten – Haus Der Luege
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    This is the fifth album by Einstürzende Neubauten, originally released in 1989, now remastered. Highly energetic and possessed of a certain level of danceability, Haus Der Lüge was perhaps the [...]

    GENRE: Industrial / Power Electronics
  • Einstürzende Neubauten – Kollaps
    Einstürzende Neubauten – Kollaps
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    Originally released in 1981, Kollaps is the seminal, form-destroying debut album by German industrial pioneers Einstérzende Neubauten (trans. “Collapsing New Buildings”). The [...]

    GENRE: Industrial / Power Electronics
  • Einstürzende Neubauten – Silence Is Sexy
    Einstürzende Neubauten – Silence Is Sexy
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    Gatefold vinyl reissue of Einstürzende Neubauten‘s Silence Is Sexy, originally released in 2000. This vinyl double album contains the track “Pelikanol,” first available as a [...]

    GENRE: Industrial / Power Electronics
  • Gong – Camembert Electrique
    Gong – Camembert Electrique
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    Remastered & fully restored from the master tapes by Nick Robbins – Insightful essay by long-term Gong fan Mark Paytress (Mojo magazine) – LP original gatefold sleeve with classy [...]

    GENRE: Art Rock / Krautrock / Prog / Psych
  • Current 93 – Aleph At Hallucinatory Mountain
    Current 93 – Aleph At Hallucinatory Mountain
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    Double vinyl LP pressing. 2009 album from the Experimental/Industrial outfit, their most unique, unpredictable, and powerful release yet. Mainstay David Tibet has brought together an amazing and [...]

    GENRE: Post-Punk / Goth / Darkwave / Minimal Synth / Neofolk
  • Abner Jay – Folk Song Stylist
    Abner Jay – Folk Song Stylist
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    Long awaited follow up to the “True Story of Abner Jay” LP. Abner Jay was a man who had a grand sweeping vision of what folk music was. In his […]

    GENRE: Blues, Folk / Country
  • Clifford Thornton – Ketchaoua
    Clifford Thornton – Ketchaoua
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    Official BYG Records release: one of the defining labels of the Free Jazz era – Follow-up release of Live at the Panafrican Festival by Archie Shepp. After appearing with Archie […]

    GENRE: Jazz / Fusion / Free Jazz
  • 13th Floor Elevators – Easter Everywhere
    13th Floor Elevators – Easter Everywhere
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    New 96KHZ-24bit transfer from an original mixed master – Facsimile stereo edition . 1967 second studio album by the Texan pioneers of psychedelia. This ground-breaking album not only [...]

    GENRE: Art Rock / Krautrock / Prog / Psych
  • The Apartments ‎– The Evening Visits….And Stays For Years
    The Apartments ‎– The Evening Visits….And Stays For Years
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    “This is an expanded look at the classic indie Australian acts’ 80s catalog, featuring the complete The Evening Visits… LP (previously released by Rough Trade in ’85), the criminally rare [...]

    GENRE: Indie / Alternative
  • Catherine Howe – What A Beautiful Place (Purple Vinyl)
    Catherine Howe – What A Beautiful Place (Purple Vinyl)
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    “A true rainy-day affair, What A Beautiful Place is the Brit folk autobiography of Howe, aged 20, one that appeared only fleetingly in 1971. Most artists are too young for […]

    GENRE: Folk / Country
  • Sam Rivers ‎– Contrasts (180g Reissue)
    Sam Rivers ‎– Contrasts (180g Reissue)
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    “Tenor saxophonist Sam Rivers (also heard on soprano and flute) teams up in a quartet with trombonist George Lewis, bassist Dave Holland and drummer Thurman Barker (doubling on marimba) for [...]

    GENRE: Jazz / Fusion / Free Jazz
  • Mötley Crüe ‎– Shout At The Devil
    Mötley Crüe ‎– Shout At The Devil
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    “Shout at the Devil displays Mötley Crüe’s sleazy and notorious (yet quite entertaining) metal at its best. When compared to its predecessor, Too Fast for Love, one can see that […]

    GENRE: Metal, Rock / Pop
  • Depeche Mode – Shake The Disease (Remixed Extended Version)
    Depeche Mode – Shake The Disease (Remixed Extended Version)
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    An extended and remastered version of Depeche Mode’s single from Catching Up With Depeche Mode Label: Mute – 12 BONG 8 Format: Vinyl, 12″, Single Country: UK Released: 1985 VG/VG. [...]

    GENRE: Rock / Pop