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  • The French Connection – French Ye Ye Garage Pop & Psych Mixtape – Radio Topo #20
    The French Connection – French Ye Ye Garage Pop & Psych Mixtape – Radio Topo #20
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    “There is no such thing as intellectual property.” Jean-Luc Godard Take a ride on the back of DJ WW4’s vespa and hold on tight…  

    GENRE: Rock / Pop
  • Primitive Impulse – Piss It Away
    Primitive Impulse – Piss It Away
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    Like a roar, or a belch, in the face of late-stage capitalism Cincinnati’s Primitive Impulse comes blasting through your speakers with thirteen tracks of head-pounding drums, face-shredding [...]

    GENRE: Punk / Hardcore
  • Manikins – From Broadway To Blazes
    Manikins – From Broadway To Blazes
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    From the same scene that begat the Scientists and the Victims came Perth, Australia’s The Manikins. Founded by Neil Fernandes — a former member of the legendary Cheap Nasties with [...]

    GENRE: Punk / Hardcore, Rock / Pop
  • Andrew Thomas Wilson – Carnarvon
    Andrew Thomas Wilson – Carnarvon
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    Synthy & mellow New Age explorations Label: EMI – EMX 430016 Format: Vinyl, LP, Album Country: Australia Released: 1984 VG+/VG+

    GENRE: Rock / Pop, Synthwave / Electronic
  • Flesh Eaters ‎– No Questions Asked
    Flesh Eaters ‎– No Questions Asked
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    “The Flesh Eaters have been the outlet for vocalist, filmmaker, poet, and lyricist Chris D. (Desjardins) for over 20 years. The band’s official releases have been sporadic at best, [...]

    GENRE: Punk / Hardcore
  • Dow Jones And The Industrials – Can’t Stand The Midwest 1979-1981
    Dow Jones And The Industrials – Can’t Stand The Midwest 1979-1981
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    Dow Jones and the Industrials created roaring art-punk that collided with the confusion and celebration of technology. Their left field approach turned gnarled guitar riffs into unshakable [...]

    GENRE: Post-Punk / Goth / Darkwave / Minimal Synth / Neofolk, Punk / Hardcore
  • V/A – Lovedolls Superstar
    V/A – Lovedolls Superstar
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    “Clearly half of this soundtrack LP stars the LOVEDOLLS, who seem to mainly to do the vocal tracks (sounding like the RUNAWAYS), and backed by the likes of REDD KROSS, […]

    GENRE: Punk / Hardcore
  • Frank Zappa ‎– Hot Rats
    Frank Zappa ‎– Hot Rats
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    “Aside from the experimental side project Lumpy Gravy, Hot Rats was the first album Frank Zappa recorded as a solo artist sans the Mothers, though he continued to employ previous […]

    GENRE: Rock / Pop
  • The Inmates – Dirty Water
    The Inmates – Dirty Water
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    Cover of The Standells track by the British pub-rock group, The Inmates. Label: Radar Records – ADA 44 Format: Vinyl, 7″, 45 RPM, Single Country: UK Released: 1979 VG+/VG+. Light […]

    GENRE: Indie / Alternative, Punk / Hardcore
  • The Hitmen – She’s All Mine
    The Hitmen – She’s All Mine
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    Sunny new wave from The Hitmen. Label: Urgent Records – PRONT 01 Format: Vinyl, 7″, 45 RPM Country: UK Released: 1980 VG+/VG. Sleevewear/discoloration

    GENRE: Rock / Pop
  • The Books – Broadcast
    The Books – Broadcast
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    Electro/synth-pop track that bears some similarities to B-52s & Devo. Label: Logo – BOOK 1 Format: Vinyl, 7″, Single Country: UK Released: 1980 VG+/VG+. Light sleevewear/discoloration

    GENRE: Rock / Pop
  • Iggy Pop – Cry For Love
    Iggy Pop – Cry For Love
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    A new wave pivot for Iggy Pop. From his Blah-Blah-Blah album. Label: A&M Records – AM-2874 Format: Vinyl, 7″, 45 RPM Country: US Released: 1986 VG+/VG+

    GENRE: Rock / Pop
  • Any Trouble – Yesterday’s Love
    Any Trouble – Yesterday’s Love
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    Wonderful power-pop track on Stiff Records. Label: Stiff Records – BUY 74 Format: Vinyl, 7″, 45 RPM, Single Country: UK Released: 1980 VG+/VG+. Light wear. Old store sticker

    GENRE: Rock / Pop
  • Robyn Hitchcock & The Egyptians – Balloon Man
    Robyn Hitchcock & The Egyptians – Balloon Man
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    A fun jangle-pop tune from Robyn Hitchcock’s Globe Of Frogs album. Label: A&M Records – AM-3023 Format: Vinyl, 7″, 45 RPM Country: US Released: 1988 VG+/VG+. Light marks/sleeve [...]

    GENRE: Indie / Alternative, Rock / Pop
  • Spaces – I’ve Had A Nice Peaceful Day
    Spaces – I’ve Had A Nice Peaceful Day
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    New Zealand power-pop/new wave that still sounds zippy today. Label: Epic – ES 715 Format: Vinyl, 7″ Country: New Zealand Released: 1982 VG+/VG+

    GENRE: Rock / Pop
  • Hüsker Dü ‎– Makes No Sense At All / Love Is All Around
    Hüsker Dü ‎– Makes No Sense At All / Love Is All Around
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    “While the primal blast of Black Flag’s early releases sounded the clarion call for what would become the hardcore punk revolution, SST, the label founded by Black Flag leader Greg [...]

    GENRE: Indie / Alternative, Punk / Hardcore
  • Stiff Little Fingers ‎– Gotta Gettaway
    Stiff Little Fingers ‎– Gotta Gettaway
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    From their 1980 album, Nobody’s Heroes. A ripping highlight of their career. Label: Rough Trade – RT 015 Format: Vinyl, 7″, 45 RPM, Single Country: UK Released: 1979 VG+/VG+. Light [...]

    GENRE: Punk / Hardcore
  • The Jam ‎– All Mod Cons
    The Jam ‎– All Mod Cons
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    Repress (1 year after release) – super clean vinyl, jacket is VG but in nice shape. Love the mods! Label: Polydor – PD-1-6188, Polydor – 2383 517 Format: Vinyl, LP, […]

    GENRE: Punk / Hardcore, Rock / Pop
  • The Undertones ‎– The Sin Of Pride
    The Undertones ‎– The Sin Of Pride
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    “The Sin of Pride was by far the most exploratory album the Undertones ever issued and, other than their debut, fares the best. Whereas Hypnotised had been another punk rave-up […]

    GENRE: Rock / Pop
  • 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
  • Sparks ‎– Sparks (1972 Promo)
    Sparks ‎– Sparks (1972 Promo)
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    “Within the first track of their debut album — the crisp, minimal pounder “Wonder Girl,” featuring Russell Mael’s falsetto already engaged in swooping acrobatics and [...]

    GENRE: Rock / Pop
  • Fruit LoOops – Everything Is Clear To Me Now
    Fruit LoOops – Everything Is Clear To Me Now
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    Torn Light Records recording artists Fruit Looops lastest EP released via Orange Milk Records. Mental & fried 4 track CD of their stripped down vocal/synth/drum line up of art punk/electronic [...]

    GENRE: Experimental / Noise, Punk / Hardcore, Techno / House / Electronic
  • Capitalist Casualties / Hellnation – Capitalist Casualties / Hellnation
    Capitalist Casualties / Hellnation – Capitalist Casualties / Hellnation
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    “Both bands have been around for about one hundred years each, so you’d think their golden years have long passed. I don’t know what happened, but that usually correct logic […]

    GENRE: Punk / Hardcore
  • Big Boys ‎– Fun, Fun, Fun… (2013 Reissue)
    Big Boys ‎– Fun, Fun, Fun… (2013 Reissue)
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    “Big Boys music, artwork, and defying attitude have resonated for decades from their inception in 1979 until their demise in 1984. To be able to blend punk, hardcore punk, post-punk, […]

    GENRE: Punk / Hardcore
  • Roxy Music ‎– Angel Eyes [UK 79 pressing]
    Roxy Music ‎– Angel Eyes [UK 79 pressing]
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    Roxy Music’s third single from their 1979 album Manifesto Label: Polydor – POSP 67 Format: Vinyl, 7″, Single Country: UK Released: 1979 VG+/VG+

    GENRE: Rock / Pop
  • Wreckless Eric – A Popsong
    Wreckless Eric – A Popsong
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    Classic power-pop from the “Whole Wide World” hitmaker. Label: Stiff Records – BUY 64 Format: Vinyl, 7″, 45 RPM Country: Netherlands Released: 1980 VG+/VG+. Light wear to sleeve

    GENRE: Rock / Pop
  • Civilized – Dust And Blood (Tour Edition)
    Civilized – Dust And Blood (Tour Edition)
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    “Denver’s CIVILIZED react violently to their environment with an all-out assault on those spineless and disloyal cowards that we call “friends.” On these 8 songs we hear timeless hardcore [...]

    GENRE: Punk / Hardcore
  • The Repos ‎– Rejoice In Ruin b/w Haunted Peace (Test Press)
    The Repos ‎– Rejoice In Ruin b/w Haunted Peace (Test Press)
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    Numbered test press from Repos 4th EP on Organized Crime Label: Organized Crime Records – OCR 0517 Format: Vinyl, 7″, 45 RPM, Single, Numbered, Test Pressing Country: US Released: 2013 […]

    GENRE: Punk / Hardcore
  • Sex Pistols – Power Of The Pistols
    Sex Pistols – Power Of The Pistols
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    A1-B1 live in Halmstad, Sweden (Diskotek Stranden, 15 July 1977) (Uncredited) B2-6 live in Atlanta, USA (Great South East Music Hall, 5 Jan 1978) (Uncredited) Label: 77 Records – 772 […]

    GENRE: Punk / Hardcore
  • Badfinger ‎– No Dice
    Badfinger ‎– No Dice
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    “Badfinger’s second album No Dice kicks off with “I Can’t Take It,” a rocker that signaled even if Badfinger still played pop and sang ballads, they considered [...]

    GENRE: Rock / Pop
  • Ramones ‎– Ramones Mania
    Ramones ‎– Ramones Mania
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    “Ramones Mania is a relentless collection of 30 tracks from the Ramones’ first ten albums, ranging from the classic Ramones to the less-than-classic Halfway to Sanity. Although not [...]

    GENRE: Punk / Hardcore
  • V/A – We Were Living In Cincinnati (Vol 2)
    V/A – We Were Living In Cincinnati (Vol 2)
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    WE WERE LIVING IN CINCINNATI Vol. 2 covers a vast swath of biodiverse underground noise from all corners of the brain. Compiled by Peter Aaron as with the first volume […]

    GENRE: Punk / Hardcore
  • V/A – We Were Living In Cincinnati (Vol 1)
    V/A – We Were Living In Cincinnati (Vol 1)
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    WE WERE LIVING IN CINCINNATI is the culmination of a long-idealized project from Peter Aaron of the Chrome Cranks, who amassed a large collection of Cincinnati-area records and demo tapes […]

    GENRE: Punk / Hardcore
  • The Adverts – Cast Of Thousands
    The Adverts – Cast Of Thousands
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    Originally released to a fan base and music press that were unprepared for the band to move on from the punk fury of “Crossing The Red Sea”, The Adverts “Cast […]

    GENRE: Punk / Hardcore
  • The Rolling Stones ‎– Their Satanic Majesties Request [1967 US pressing]
    The Rolling Stones ‎– Their Satanic Majesties Request [1967 US pressing]
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    “Without a doubt, no Rolling Stones album — and, indeed, very few rock albums from any era — split critical opinion as much as the Rolling Stones’ psychedelic outing. Many [...]

    GENRE: Art Rock / Krautrock / Prog / Psych, Rock / Pop
  • SS-20 – Daddy’s Drunk On Christmas
    SS-20 – Daddy’s Drunk On Christmas
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    Label: No Pretense Records Format: Vinyl, 7″, 33 ⅓ RPM, EP Country: US Released: 1987 VG+/VG+ W/ Insert

    GENRE: Punk / Hardcore
  • Misfits ‎– Spook City U.S.A (1989 boot)
    Misfits ‎– Spook City U.S.A (1989 boot)
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    Label: Plan 69 – CCC 001 (Bootleg) Format: Vinyl, 7″, 45 RPM, Single, Limited Edition, Unofficial Release Released: 1989 VG+/VG+

    GENRE: Punk / Hardcore
  • Misfits ‎– Revenge Will Be Ours! (1995 Boot)
    Misfits ‎– Revenge Will Be Ours! (1995 Boot)
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    Label: Not On Label (Misfits) – MUNK 06 Format: Vinyl, 7″, Unofficial Release, White Label Country: US Released: 1995 VG+/VG+

    GENRE: Punk / Hardcore
  • Misfits – Evilive (2000 boot)
    Misfits – Evilive (2000 boot)
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    Label: Not On Label – PL1019 Format: Vinyl, 7″, 45 RPM, Unofficial Release Released: 2000   VG+/VG+

    GENRE: Punk / Hardcore
  • Hank Wood And The Hammerheads – Hank Wood And The Hammerheads
    Hank Wood And The Hammerheads – Hank Wood And The Hammerheads
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    Label: Toxic State Records – TS-4 Format: Vinyl, 7″, 45 RPM, White Label Country: US Released: 2011 VG+/VG+

    GENRE: Punk / Hardcore
  • Bunny Skulls – 10 Song 1-Sided EP
    Bunny Skulls – 10 Song 1-Sided EP
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    Label: Punks Before Profits Format: Vinyl, 7″, Single Sided, EP, Record Release Country: US Released: 2008   VG+/VG+

    GENRE: Punk / Hardcore
  • The Slickee Boys – This Party Sucks
    The Slickee Boys – This Party Sucks
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    Label: New Rose Records – NEW 112 Format: Vinyl, 7″, Single, 45 RPM Country: France Released: 1988 VG+/VG+

    GENRE: Punk / Hardcore
  • Anti-Pasti ‎– Four Sore Points….
    Anti-Pasti ‎– Four Sore Points….
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    Label: Rondelet Music & Records – ROUND 2 Format: Vinyl, 7″, 45 RPM, EP Country: UK Released: 1980 VG+/VG+

    GENRE: Punk / Hardcore
  • Agent Orange – Secret Agent Man / Shakin All Over (unofficial)
    Agent Orange – Secret Agent Man / Shakin All Over (unofficial)
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    Label: Invisible Records (9) – 245t Format: Vinyl, 7″, Single, Reissue, Unofficial Release, White Clear Transparent Country: Europe Released: 2000 NM/VG+ SEALED / Bootleg

    GENRE: Punk / Hardcore
  • 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 – 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 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