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  • Day the Country Died: A History of Anarcho Punk 1980-1984
    Day the Country Died: A History of Anarcho Punk 1980-1984
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    The Day the Country Died features author, historian, and musician Ian Glasper (Burning Britain) exploring in minute detail the influential, esoteric, UK anarcho punk scene of the early Eighties. [...]

    GENRE: Non-Fiction, Punk / Hardcore
  • Melanie – Visit My Dreams (Cream Vinyl)
    Melanie – Visit My Dreams (Cream Vinyl)
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    Double vinyl of the sixties element of songs from the cd Box set Neighbourhood Songs

    GENRE: Rock / Pop
  • Nina Hagen – Personal Jesus
    Nina Hagen – Personal Jesus
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    To mark Nina Hagen’s 70th birthday, Personal Jesus is being released for the first time on vinyl, including a bonus track – exactly fifteen years after its original release. The […]

    GENRE: Rock / Pop
  • Ramones – Too Tough To Die
    Ramones – Too Tough To Die
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    “With the Ramones’ original drummer, Tommy Erdelyi, producing, the group returns to simple, scathing punk rock on Too Tough to Die. The group takes the big guitar riffs of [...]

    GENRE: Punk / Hardcore
  • The Cramps – Fiends Of Dope Island
    The Cramps – Fiends Of Dope Island
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    “Having decided long ago that messing with their one of a kind formula was a fruitless waste of time, the Cramps now seem happy to let albums such as 2003’s […]

    GENRE: Punk / Hardcore
  • Various – Revenge Of The Killer Pussies
    Various – Revenge Of The Killer Pussies
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    Garage/Psychobilly comp featuring The Meteors, King Kurt & Stingrays. Label: Anagram Records – CDM PSYCHO 11 Format: CD, Compilation, Reissue Country: UK Released: 1997 VG+/VG+

    GENRE: Punk / Hardcore
  • The Cramps – Big Beat From Badsville
    The Cramps – Big Beat From Badsville
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    A late period rager from The Cramps, vividly recalling their classic era. Label: Epitaph – 86516-2 Format: CD, Album Country: US Released: 1997 VG+/VG+

    GENRE: Punk / Hardcore
  • 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
  • The Flesh Eaters – A Minute To Pray A Second To Die
    The Flesh Eaters – A Minute To Pray A Second To Die
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    “Chris D. (aka Chris Desjardins) was a poet and music critic before he formed the Flesh Eaters, so it wasn’t surprising that he would end up leading one of the […]

    GENRE: Punk / Hardcore
  • The Gun Club – Divinity
    The Gun Club – Divinity
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    “Noisy and intricate, Divinity ranks among the Gun Club’s most ambitious efforts” – allmusic.com Label: Solid – 527-9009-20 Format: CD, Album Country: Europe Released: [...]

    GENRE: Punk / Hardcore
  • Ramones – Rocket To Russia
    Ramones – Rocket To Russia
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    “The Ramones provided the blueprint and Leave Home duplicated it with lesser results, but the Ramones’ third album, Rocket to Russia, perfected it. Rocket to Russia boasts a cleaner [...]

    GENRE: Punk / Hardcore
  • 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
  • Lee Hazlewood ‎– Cowboy In Sweden
    Lee Hazlewood ‎– Cowboy In Sweden
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    “At the turn of the ’60s, Lee Hazlewood decided to leave America for Sweden. He had already spent time in the country, appearing as an actor in two television productions, […]

    GENRE: Folk / Country, Rock / Pop
  • Ramones – Leave Home
    Ramones – Leave Home
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    “Second verse, not quite like the first…. Released a mere nine months after the Ramones’ groundbreaking debut, 1977’s Leave Home was in many respects a continuation of the [...]

    GENRE: Punk / Hardcore
  • Ramones – Ramones
    Ramones – Ramones
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    “With the three-chord assault of “Blitzkrieg Bop,” The Ramones begins at a blinding speed and never once over the course of its 14 songs does it let up. The Ramones […]

    GENRE: Punk / Hardcore
  • The Cramps – How To Make A Monster
    The Cramps – How To Make A Monster
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    “Part of the beauty of the Cramps is the consistency of their vision — since 1976, their body of work has been one long fever dream of kinky sex, bug-eyed […]

    GENRE: Punk / Hardcore
  • 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
  • Gun Club ‎– Death Party
    Gun Club ‎– Death Party
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    “Gun Club’s Death Party EP was issued in 1983 between the mixing and mastering disaster that was Miami, the band’s second album, and the nearly sublime Las Vegas Story. The […]

    GENRE: Punk / Hardcore
  • 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
  • Ramones – Road To Ruin
    Ramones – Road To Ruin
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    “When the Ramones started work on their fourth album, Road to Ruin, in early 1978, they were in something of a bind. Their previous three albums had helped spark the […]

    GENRE: Punk / Hardcore
  • Gun Club ‎– Early Warning
    Gun Club ‎– Early Warning
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    “Just like a classic noir crime novel, L.A.’s Gun Club absorbed and spit out the glitz, glamour, filth, and blood of the city’s underbelly, and crafted it into something [...]

    GENRE: Punk / Hardcore
  • Ronnie Spector ‎– She Talks To Rainbows
    Ronnie Spector ‎– She Talks To Rainbows
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    Late Ronnie Spector masterpiece. Features a gut-wrenching cover of You Can’t Put Your Arms Around A Memory and Don’t Worry Baby Label: Kill Rock Stars – KRS 348 Format: CD, […]

    GENRE: Rock / Pop
  • Chronophage – Musical Attack: Communist + Anarchist Friendship
    Chronophage – Musical Attack: Communist + Anarchist Friendship
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    Is Chronophage’s new album “cool”: No. Is it cool to listen to Chronophage’s new 4-song album: No. Will it appreciate in value: No. Is it a balm to society’s ills: [...]

    GENRE: Punk / Hardcore
  • V/A  ‎– Rockabilly Psychosis And The Garage Disease (Check Cover Condition)
    V/A ‎– Rockabilly Psychosis And The Garage Disease (Check Cover Condition)
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    2008 release, a wild 16 track compilation including rabid Rockabilly and Garage Rock cuts like ‘My Daddy Is a Vampire,’ ‘Radioactive Kid,’ ‘Dateless Night,’ [...]

    GENRE: Garage / Proto Punk, Punk / Hardcore, Rockabilly / Early Rock N Roll
  • Sparks ‎– Big Beat
    Sparks ‎– Big Beat
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    Most of this album finds Sparks doing what they do best: spewing out clever, mile-a-minute lyrics over solid-rocking accompaniment (this time, provided by a superior group of studio musicians). [...]

    GENRE: Rock / Pop
  • Redd Kross ‎– Annette’s Got The Hits
    Redd Kross ‎– Annette’s Got The Hits
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    A reissue of their first EP (which itself was a reissue of their cuts on The Siren compilation, back when they were known as Red Cross — before a certain […]

    GENRE: Punk / Hardcore
  • Black Flag ‎– Loose Nut
    Black Flag ‎– Loose Nut
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    One of three LPs released by Black Flag in 1985, Loose Nut suffers from its creators’ rampant profligacy. Too much of the record is under-rehearsed and under-ripe, yet when the […]

    GENRE: Punk / Hardcore
  • Saccharine Trust ‎– Surviving You, Always
    Saccharine Trust ‎– Surviving You, Always
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    “Saccharine Trust’s new album has an artistic approach that reminds many of the MINUTEMEN, although they seem even more demented and experimental.” – Maximum Rock N Roll Label: [...]

    GENRE: Indie / Alternative, Punk / Hardcore
  • Budgie ‎– Bandolier
    Budgie ‎– Bandolier
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    “After four albums, Budgie had achieved moderate success in the U.K. with their unique combination of Black Sabbath heaviness, progressive rock flashes, and bizarre sense of humor. But [...]

    GENRE: Rock / Pop
  • Bang – Bang
    Bang – Bang
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    Absolutely crushing hard rock/proto-metal from the Philadelphia trio. RIYL: MC5, Early Led Zep, Blue Cheer. Label: Capitol Records – ST-11015 Format: Vinyl, LP, Album Country: US Released: 1972 [...]

    GENRE: Rock / Pop
  • Urinals – Negative Capability…Check It Out!
    Urinals – Negative Capability…Check It Out!
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    “The ultimate early-Urinals anthology is now available! Includes the complete “Urinals,” “Another EP,” and “Sex/Go Away Girl” 7-inch material, 3 tunes [...]

    GENRE: Punk / Hardcore
  • Jon Stewart – Dylan, Lennon, Marx And God
    Jon Stewart – Dylan, Lennon, Marx And God
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    “Bob Dylan and John Lennon are two of the most iconic names in popular music. Dylan is arguably the twentieth century’s most important singer-songwriter. Lennon was founder and leader [...]

    GENRE: Non-Fiction, Rock / Pop
  • Scream – Gov’t Primer [true 1st press]
    Scream – Gov’t Primer [true 1st press]
    $300.00 | , , Add to cart

    Label: Immortal Nuts Records – 639 Format: Vinyl, 7″, 45 RPM, EP Country: US Released: 1982 Media:VG+ Jacket: VG+ Notes:

    GENRE: Punk / Hardcore
  • Elliott Smith – Figure 8 (1st Pressing Bong Load Records 180G)
    Elliott Smith – Figure 8 (1st Pressing Bong Load Records 180G)
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    The final album released before his suicide, Figure 8. This is an original pressing on Bong Load Records in 2000. Label: Bong Load Records – BL48, Bong Load Records – […]

    GENRE: Indie / Alternative, Rock / Pop
  • Dusty Springfield – Longing
    Dusty Springfield – Longing
    $27.00 | , Add to cart

    In the early 1970s, Dusty Springfield relocated from her native England to Los Angeles in an effort to pursue new opportunities in her career and signed with ABC/Dunhill Records. Her […]

    GENRE: Rock / Pop, Soul / Funk / Disco
  • V/A – Secret Superstar Sounds: Scraping Bubblegum Off My Soul 1977-80
    V/A – Secret Superstar Sounds: Scraping Bubblegum Off My Soul 1977-80
    $35.00 | , Add to cart

    Soul Jazz Records’ new Secret Superstar Sounds brings together a wealth of incredibly catchy tunes from late-70s/early-80s British groups that you have probably never heard of! Powerpop mixed [...]

    GENRE: Indie / Alternative, Punk / Hardcore
  • Poison Idea – Kings Of Punk
    Poison Idea – Kings Of Punk
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    Kings of Punk is a barely contained blast of rage and animosity, which is all the more effective for the fact it lasts a mere 26 minutes. Whatever you can […]

    GENRE: Punk / Hardcore
  • V/A  – Punk 45: I’m A Mess! D-I-Y Or Die! Art, Trash & Neon – Punk 45s In The UK 1977-78
    V/A – Punk 45: I’m A Mess! D-I-Y Or Die! Art, Trash & Neon – Punk 45s In The UK 1977-78
    $40.00 | , Add to cart

    Initially released in a deluxe vinyl-only edition (totally sold out), Soul Jazz Records’ ‘PUNK 45: I’m A Mess’ is now being released in standard double album vinyl. Soul Jazz [...]

    GENRE: Punk / Hardcore
  • Rocket From The Tombs – Black Record
    Rocket From The Tombs – Black Record
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    Rocket From The Tombs is back. ‘Black Record’ delivers eight new tracks, as well as definitive recordings of Rocket classics ‘Sonic Reducer’ and ‘Read It And Weep’ and a cover […]

    GENRE: Garage / Proto Punk, Punk / Hardcore
  • Excrement – Excrement
    Excrement – Excrement
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    A short lived raw hardcore band from Sapporo City, fusing local influences like Deef and LSD with the noisy sounds of bands like Gai and Confuse. At times it feels […]

    GENRE: Punk / Hardcore
  • The Stalin – Kubi Dake Atsureki
    The Stalin – Kubi Dake Atsureki
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    4 track unreleased studio EP recording from their Mushi era. The fact these tracks exist, and are as good and as high quality as they are truly the stuff dreams […]

    GENRE: Punk / Hardcore
  • Fuckin’ Lovers – Crucifixion Of The Masses
    Fuckin’ Lovers – Crucifixion Of The Masses
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    *Green 7″ Jacket First new recordings by this Philly / New York noise punk crew in 6 years. In that time they have continued to hone themselves as a band, […]

    GENRE: Punk / Hardcore
  • Suburban Lawns – Suburban Lawns
    Suburban Lawns – Suburban Lawns
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    If your brain has a shortlist of bands that instantly evoke New Wave, Suburban Lawns deserve a slot right next to the likes of Devo, Talking Heads and the B-52’s. […]

    GENRE: Punk / Hardcore
  • Pussy Galore – Right Now!
    Pussy Galore – Right Now!
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    Making their intentions clear with the indescribably manic garage stomper “Pig Sweat,” which kicks off this 1987 album, Pussy Galore proceeds to mash it up dumpster style with 19 [...]

    GENRE: Punk / Hardcore
  • Blondie ‎– Heart Of Glass
    Blondie ‎– Heart Of Glass
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    From their album Parallel Lines. Label: Chrysalis – CHS 2295 Format: Vinyl, 7″, Single Country: US Released: 1979 VG/G+. Noticeable light marks. Sleeve has staining and is taped along [...]

    GENRE: Rock / Pop
  • Blondie – The Tide Is High
    Blondie – The Tide Is High
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    From their album Autoamerican Label: Chrysalis – CHS 2465 Format: Vinyl, 7″, Single Country: US Released: 1980 VG+/VG. Some sleeve creasing and wear

    GENRE: Rock / Pop
  • Blondie ‎– Rapture
    Blondie ‎– Rapture
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    From their album Autoamerican. Label: Chrysalis – CHS 2485 Format: Vinyl, 7″, Single Country: US Released: 1981 VG+/VG. Sleeve has some wear and creasing.

    GENRE: Rock / Pop
  • Blondie – The Hardest Part (Promo)
    Blondie – The Hardest Part (Promo)
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    From their album Eat To The Beat Label: Chrysalis – CHS 2408 Format: Vinyl, 7″, Promo Country: US Released: 1979 VG+/VG. Wear and creasing to sleeve

    GENRE: Rock / Pop
  • Ramones – Leave Home (180g Reissue)
    Ramones – Leave Home (180g Reissue)
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    “Second verse, not quite like the first…. Released a mere nine months after the Ramones’ groundbreaking debut, 1977’s Leave Home was in many respects a continuation of the [...]

    GENRE: Punk / Hardcore
  • Confuse – Old God Meet New God (Fan Club Reissue)
    Confuse – Old God Meet New God (Fan Club Reissue)
    $20.00 | , , Add to cart

    Contains the Indignation Demo and Live At Green Village Label: Absolute Power – JAPAN FOUR Format: Vinyl, LP, Unofficial Release Country: Europe Released: VG+/VG+

    GENRE: Punk / Hardcore