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  • Art Blakey and The Jazz Messengers ‎– At The Jazz Corner Of The World Vol. 1 [1959 Mono]
    Art Blakey and The Jazz Messengers ‎– At The Jazz Corner Of The World Vol. 1 [1959 Mono]
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    Label: Blue Note – 4015, Blue Note – BLP 4015 Format: Vinyl, LP, Album, Mono Country: US Released: 1959 VG+/VG+ Incredible condition, some small marks under UV light that DNAP. […]

    GENRE: Jazz / Fusion / Free Jazz
  • 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
    $32.00 | , , Add to cart

    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
  • Avant-Garde In The Eighties
    Avant-Garde In The Eighties
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    Exhibition catalog exploring avant-garde and multimedia art of the 1980s. Los Angeles County Museum Of Art, 1987 Softcover edition. Cracking and general wear to spine. Chipping to bottom edge of [...]

    GENRE: Art/Photography
  • 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 Graham Nash Collection (as-is, signed!)
    The Graham Nash Collection (as-is, signed!)
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    An exhibition catalogue of photos from the collection of Graham Nash The Nash Press, 1978 Softcover edition. Book is signed by Graham Nash. Noticeable amount of moisture damage and staining […]

    GENRE: Art/Photography
  • The Official Preppy Handbook (Scarce)
    The Official Preppy Handbook (Scarce)
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    “A facetious guide to emulating the look, speech patterns, thinking, and lifestyle of those who attend prep schools and are a part of high society” Workman Publishing, 1980 Softcover [...]

    GENRE: Non-Fiction
  • The Olympia Reader: Selections From The Traveller’s Companion Series
    The Olympia Reader: Selections From The Traveller’s Companion Series
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    “An anthology of erotic literature contains selections from leading writers of the genre including Henry Miller, Jean Genet, the Marquis de Sade, and Pauline Reage” Ballantine Books, [...]

    GENRE: Fiction/Poetry/Essays/Criticism/Transgressive
  • The Tupamaro Guerillas: The Structure And Strategy Of The Urban Guerrilla Movement
    The Tupamaro Guerillas: The Structure And Strategy Of The Urban Guerrilla Movement
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    A fascinating investigation and report on the Uruguayan guerilla group. Saturday Review Press, 1972 Softcover edition. Corner splaying on front wrap. General light wear/discoloration to wraps [...]

    GENRE: Non-Fiction
  • Theodore John Kaczynski – Industrial Society And Its Future
    Theodore John Kaczynski – Industrial Society And Its Future
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    “In 1971 Dr. Theodore Kaczynski rejected modern society and moved to a primitive cabin in the woods of Montana. There, he began building bombs, which he sent to professors and […]

    GENRE: Non-Fiction
  • Todd Lawson – The Quran: Epic And Apocalypse
    Todd Lawson – The Quran: Epic And Apocalypse
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    “How do people understand the Quran to be divine revelation? What is it about the text that inspires such devotion and commitment in the reader/believer? Todd Lawson explores how the […]

    GENRE: Non-Fiction
  • Vocabula Amatoria: French-English Dictionary Of Erotica
    Vocabula Amatoria: French-English Dictionary Of Erotica
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    A usable and convenient French-English dictionary of terms commonly used in erotica. University Books Inc, 1966 Hardcover edition. Some discoloration/wear to dustjacket apparent under mylar  

    GENRE: Non-Fiction
  • William S Burroughs – Cities Of The Red Night
    William S Burroughs – Cities Of The Red Night
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    “While young men wage war against an evil empire of zealous mutants, the population of this modern inferno is afflicted with the epidemic of a radioactive virus. An opium-infused [...]

    GENRE: Fiction/Poetry/Essays/Criticism/Transgressive
  • William S Burroughs – Exterminator
    William S Burroughs – Exterminator
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    “Conspirators plot to explode a train carrying nerve gas. A perfect servant suddenly reveals himself to be the insidious Dr. Fu Manchu. Science-fantasy wars, racism, corporate capitalism, [...]

    GENRE: Fiction/Poetry/Essays/Criticism/Transgressive
  • William S. Burroughs – Queer
    William S. Burroughs – Queer
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    “For more than three decades, while its writer’s world fame increased, Queer remained unpublished because of its forthright depiction of homosexual longings. Set in the corrupt and [...]

    GENRE: Fiction/Poetry/Essays/Criticism/Transgressive
  • William T. Vollmann – Rising Up And Rising Down
    William T. Vollmann – Rising Up And Rising Down
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    “Twenty-three years in the making, Rising Up and Rising Down (the original, published by McSweeney’s in October 2003, spans seven volumes) is a rich amalgam of historical analysis, [...]

    GENRE: Non-Fiction
  • Women See Men
    Women See Men
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    A collection of photographs of men, as taken by leading women photographers McGraw Hill, 1977 Softcover edition. Some discoloration and wear to wraps, edges of pages.

    GENRE: Art/Photography
  • Wood Works: Sustainability, Versatility, Stability
    Wood Works: Sustainability, Versatility, Stability
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    “Wood is nature’s greatest resource, embedded in the history, culture and life of humans worldwide. And it is ingenious as building material: remarkably malleable and at the same time [...]

    GENRE: Art/Photography, Non-Fiction
  • Yale French Studies, Number 78: On Bataille
    Yale French Studies, Number 78: On Bataille
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    Amazing in-depth volume studying the work of Georges Bataille as a philosopher, sociologist and writer. Yale University Press, 1990 Softcover edition. Some discoloration to spine and upper edge [...]

    GENRE: Non-Fiction