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Talking Heads – Talking Heads: 77

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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

The Pogues – If I Should Fall From Grace With God

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Vinyl LP repressing of this 1988 album from the British band fronted by the troubled genius that is Shane MacGowan. If I Should Fall From Grace With God was the […]

GENRE: Punk / Hardcore

Joy Division – Closer

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Limited 180gm audiophile vinyl LP repressing of this album by the Manchester post-punk icons featuring the original Peter Saville designed packaging. Closer, the band’s 1980 sophomore album [...]

GENRE: Post-Punk / Goth / Darkwave / Minimal Synth / Neofolk

Joy Division – Unknown Pleasures

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Limited 180 gram audiophile vinyl LP repressing of this album by the Manchester post-punk icons featuring the original Peter Saville designed packaging. 1979’s Unknown Pleasures features [...]

GENRE: Post-Punk / Goth / Darkwave / Minimal Synth / Neofolk

The Replacements – Sorry Ma, Forgot To Take Out The Trash

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“The Replacements’ 1981 debut, like the Stink EP that came on its heels, is laden with hardcore punk that was the flavor in underground rock of the time, albeit of […]

GENRE: Punk / Hardcore

Black Sabbath – Paranoid

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Limited 180 gram black vinyl LP pressing. Digitally remastered edition. Paranoid is the second studio album by English metal band Black Sabbath. Released in September 1970, it was the [...]

GENRE: Rock / Pop

The Replacements – Don’t Tell A Soul

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The Replacements penultimate and darkest album

GENRE: Punk / Hardcore

The Replacements – Pleased To Meet Me

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“While some continue to champion the Replacements’ Don’t Tell a Soul and All Shook Down exit albums, Pleased to Meet Me truly represents the last vital effort of a great […]

GENRE: Punk / Hardcore

John Coltrane – Trane: The Atlantic Collection

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Vinyl LP pressing. Digitally remastered edition of this introduction to John Coltrane’s revered Atlantic recordings. Trane: The Atlantic Collection includes the hit single ‘My [...]

GENRE: Jazz / Fusion / Free Jazz

Richard & Linda Thompson – Shoot Out The Lights

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“Richard & Linda Thompson’s marriage was crumbling as they were recording Shoot Out the Lights in 1982, and many critics have read the album as a chronicle of the couple’s [...]

GENRE: Folk / Country

Ramones – Rocket To Russia

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Limited 180gm vinyl LP pressing. Rocket to Russia is the third studio album by the American punk rock band The Ramones, and was released on November 4, 1977, through Sire […]

GENRE: Punk / Hardcore

Ramones – Ramones

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Limited 180gm vinyl LP pressing. The Ramones ignited the punk-rock movement with their eponymous 1976 debut album, revitalizing rock and roll at one of it’s lowest ebbs with attitude, [...]

GENRE: Punk / Hardcore

Ramones – Road To Ruin

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Ramones’ fourth studio album from 1978. Features the classic song I Wanna Be Sedated. – The Ramones ignited the punk-rock movement with their eponymous 1976 debut album, revitalizing [...]

GENRE: Punk / Hardcore

Heldon – Heldon.6. Interface

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Spoiler alert. A brilliant moment occurs right at the end of 1977’s Interface. The album’s final song, its side-long title track, builds up slowly into a roaring tornado of fiercely […]

GENRE: Art Rock / Krautrock / Prog / Psych

John Prine – Sweet Revenge

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Sweet Revenge is the third album by American folk singer and songwriter John Prine, released in 1973. Prine started veering rock ‘n’ roll on this 1973 album, and the result […]

GENRE: Folk / Country

John Prine – John Prine

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John Prine is the debut album by American country/folk singer-songwriter John Prine, issued by Atlantic Records in 1971. In 2012, the album was ranked number 452 on Rolling Stone magazine’s [...]

GENRE: Folk / Country

John Prine – Common Sense

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John Prine’s fourth studio album Common Sense was produced by Steve Cropper and was recorded at Ardent Studios in Memphis and Larabee Studios in Los Angeles. The album features [...]

GENRE: Folk / Country

V/A – Lost In Translation

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Lost In Translation (Music from the Motion Picture Soundtrack) was the soundtrack to Sofia Coppola’s Academy Award winning movie of the same name. The soundtrack earned supervisor / [...]

GENRE: Soundtracks / Library Music

Faust – The Faust Tapes

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Vinyl LP pressing. Originally released in 1973. There’s something perversely fabulous about the thought of this warped masterwork wandering into 60,000 unsuspecting British homes in 1973. [...]

GENRE: Art Rock / Krautrock / Prog / Psych

Fleetwood Mac – Fleetwood Mac

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Vinyl LP pressing. Fleetwood Mac is the tenth studio album by Fleetwood Mac, originally released in 1975. This was the first Fleetwood Mac album with Lindsey Buckingham as guitarist and […]

GENRE: Rock / Pop

Johnny Thunders – So Alone

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“Following the drug-fueled implosion of the Heartbreakers, Johnny Thunders bounced back with his first solo outing, So Alone. Featuring a veritable who’s who of ’70s punk and [...]

GENRE: Punk / Hardcore

Talking Heads – True Stories

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True Stories, originally released in 1986 includes “Wild Wild Life” and “Love For Sale”. Reissued for the first time since the original release.

GENRE: Rock / Pop

Talking Heads – Little Creatures

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Little Creatures, originally released in 1985 includes the classics “And She Was” and “Road To Nowhere”. Reissued for the first time since the original release.

GENRE: Rock / Pop

Heldon – Electronique Guerilla

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In 1973, 22-year-old Richard Pinhas was well on his way to becoming a full-time philosopher. He had almost finished his Ph.D and begun teaching at the University of Paris. But […]

GENRE: Art Rock / Krautrock / Prog / Psych

V/A – The Virgin Suicides (Music From The Motion Picture)

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The Virgin Suicides Original Motion Picture Soundtrack feaures selections from Air, 10cc, Boston, Todd Rundgren, The Hollies, Al Green, Styx and more on 1LP black vinyl. Sofia Coppola’s [...]

GENRE: Soundtracks / Library Music

Dwight Yoakam – Guitars, Cadillacs, Etc., Etc.

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Dwight Yoakam’s debut album was the first of three consecutive No. 1 Billboard Country Albums for the country artist. It produced three Top 40 Hot Country Singles in 1986. His […]

GENRE: Folk / Country

Gram Parsons – Now Playing

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Light Blue Vinyl LP pressing. Dive into the timeless sound of Gram Parsons with this captivating tracklist that effortlessly blends country, rock, and folk influences. From the heartfelt melodies [...]

GENRE: Folk / Country

The Pogues – Red Roses For Me

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After four decades, Red Roses For Me is still celebrated as a groundbreaking debut album from an unlikely group of supposed ne’er-do-wells from London. The album mashes traditional songs [...]

GENRE: Punk / Hardcore

Ray Barretto Charanga Band – Barretto Para Bailar

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Limited 180gm vinyl LP pressing. Includes bonus track. This release presents the complete original LP Barretto para bailar, which was Ray Barretto’s debut album as a leader. For 40 years, [...]

GENRE: Jazz / Fusion / Free Jazz, Latin

Sun Ra & His Arkestra – Prophet

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Featuring what may be his only recordings on the Prophet keyboard, these once lost performances expand the omniverse of Ra across a stellar set of lengthy cuts! All recorded in […]

GENRE: Jazz / Fusion / Free Jazz

Viagra Boys – Viagr Aboys

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Viagr aboys is the fourth studio album from Viagra Boys. Featuring single “Man Made of Meat”, the LP sees VB turn inwards, leaving the acid-laced, conspiracy-addled societal [...]

GENRE: Indie / Alternative

Le Gip ‎– The Voodoo Drums Of Le Gip

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** two copies available. Kind of exploitive cover & write up, but still a cool drum & vocal record from “Le Gip” … ? VG+/VG+ one copy has bent lower […]