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  • Early Islamic Mysticism: Sufi, Qur’an, Mi’raj, Poetic and Theological Writings
    Early Islamic Mysticism: Sufi, Qur’an, Mi’raj, Poetic and …
    $32.00 | ,

    “In these critical times nothing could be more valuable for the West than a rediscovery of its true spiritual heritage: books which were once the treasures of people, now rare […]

    GENRE: Non-Fiction
  • Pascal Quignard – The Roving Shadows
    Pascal Quignard – The Roving Shadows
    $19.00 | ,

    A bold and adventurous work of literature that explores the relationship between reading, writing, sex, and death.  The first book in Pascal Quignard’s Last Kingdom series, The Roving Shadows can [...]

    GENRE: Non-Fiction
  • The Man from the Future: The Visionary Ideas of John Von Neumann
    The Man from the Future: The Visionary Ideas of John Von Neumann
    $20.00 | ,

    An electrifying biography of one of the most extraordinary scientists of the twentieth century and the world he made.  The smartphones in our pockets and computers like brains. The vagaries of [...]

    GENRE: Non-Fiction
  • Jess Franco: The World’s Most Dangerous Filmmaker
    Jess Franco: The World’s Most Dangerous Filmmaker
    $16.00 | ,

    Jess Franco was a director, cinematographer, writer, composer, editor, producer and actor in more than 150 fiercely independent films he made from 1959 to 2013. Born in Madrid, Spain, he […]

    GENRE: Non-Fiction
  • John C. Lilly – Center of the Cyclone: Looking Into Inner Space
    John C. Lilly – Center of the Cyclone: Looking Into Inner Space
    $17.00 | ,

    In this long-out-of-print counterculture classic, Dr. John C. Lilly takes readers behind the scenes into the inner life of a scientist exploring inner space, or “far-out spaces,” as Lilly called [...]

    GENRE: Non-Fiction
  • Barbara T. Smith: I Am Abandoned
    Barbara T. Smith: I Am Abandoned
    $20.00 | ,

    I Am Abandoned documents a little-known, but visionary performance by Barbara T. Smith. Taking place in 1976, it featured a conversation in real time between two psychoanalytic computer programs [...]

    GENRE: Art/Photography
  • Film Unframed: A History of Austrian Avant-Garde Cinema
    Film Unframed: A History of Austrian Avant-Garde Cinema
    $40.00 | ,

    The unique contribution of Austrian avant-garde film to world cinema is widely acknowledged. This is the first book in English dedicated to its historical and aesthetic evolution. The expansive [...]

    GENRE: Non-Fiction
  • Rosemarie & Keith Waldrop – Keeping / The Window Open: Interviews, Statements, Alarms, Excursion
    Rosemarie & Keith Waldrop – Keeping / The Window Open: Inte…
    $28.00 | ,

    A rich array of materials coalesce here into a vibrant portrait, in text and image, of two extraordinary artists and collaborators. For nearly sixty years, the Waldrops have influenced multiple [...]

    GENRE: Non-Fiction
  • Carol J. Clover – Men, Women & Chainsaws
    Carol J. Clover – Men, Women & Chainsaws
    $20.00 | ,

    Do the pleasures of horror movies really begin and end in sadism? So the public discussion of film assumes, and so film theory claims. Carol Clover argues, however, that these […]

    GENRE: Non-Fiction
  • Nina Hagen – Personal Jesus
    Nina Hagen – Personal Jesus
    $29.00 | ,

    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
  • The Bevis Frond – Miasma (Blue Vinyl)
    The Bevis Frond – Miasma (Blue Vinyl)
    $30.00 | ,

    After experience in a couple of Post Punk Psychedelic Bands, Nick Saloman was involved in a horrendous Motorbike smash, courtesy of Camden Council. Eventually they paid compensation, and Nick [...]

    GENRE: Art Rock / Krautrock / Prog / Psych
  • V/A – 300% Dynamite!
    V/A – 300% Dynamite!
    $40.00 | ,

    Special new 25th anniversary edition of this most popular and highly-acclaimed of all Soul Jazz Records’ Dynamite! series – 300% Dynamite is jam-packed with reggae tunes that [...]

    GENRE: Reggae / Dub
  • Matmos – Metallic Life Review
    Matmos – Metallic Life Review
    $16.00 | ,

    Matmos’ singular compositional approach resembles the creation of sculpture. The incredibly detailed pieces that make up each album are created with carefully selected sounds that adhere to a [...]

    GENRE: Techno / House / Electronic
  • Plunky & Oneness – Made Through Ritual
    Plunky & Oneness – Made Through Ritual
    $15.00 | ,

    Strut present the first international release in over 30 years by legendary Afro-jazz group Oneness Of Juju with their new album Made Through Ritual on 4th July 2025. In 1975, […]

    GENRE: Jazz / Fusion / Free Jazz
  • Lightheaded – Thinking, Dreaming, Scheming!
    Lightheaded – Thinking, Dreaming, Scheming!
    $11.00 | ,

    Carrying on the long tradition of sentimental jangle pop songwriters, Lightheaded distill decades of lovelorn tunes into sounds for modern softies. They have the sunshine sparkle of The Left [...]

    GENRE: Indie / Alternative
  • V/A – 300% Dynamite!
    V/A – 300% Dynamite!
    $22.00 | ,

    Special new 25th anniversary edition of this most popular and highly-acclaimed of all Soul Jazz Records’ Dynamite! series – 300% Dynamite is jam-packed with reggae tunes that [...]

    GENRE: Reggae / Dub
  • Hamid Al-Saadi – Maqam Al-Iraq
    Hamid Al-Saadi – Maqam Al-Iraq
    $20.00 | ,

    Hamid Al-Saadi (b.1958, Iraq), is the only living singer who has mastered the entire Iraqi Maqam repertoire. Inscribed on UNESCO’s Intangible Heritage list, the Iraqi Maqam is a repertoire of [...]

  • Perez Prado – Voodoo Suite / Exotic Suite Of The Americas
    Perez Prado – Voodoo Suite / Exotic Suite Of The Americas
    $6.00 | , ,

    “In reissues, this “inspired 16-minute tone poem” has been paired with its monaural predecessor, “Voodoo Suite.” The format is the same, but the success is greater. [...]

    GENRE: Jazz / Fusion / Free Jazz, Latin
  • Ramones – Subterranean Jungle
    Ramones – Subterranean Jungle
    $20.00 | , ,

    “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
    $25.00 | , ,

    “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
  • Hawkwind – Acid Daze Volume 1
    Hawkwind – Acid Daze Volume 1
    $10.00 | , ,

    “A compilation of tracks recorded by Hawkwind between 1977-1982, Acid Daze, Vol. 1 does a solid, if unexceptional, job of summarizing a difficult period for the band. In marked contrast [...]

    GENRE: Art Rock / Krautrock / Prog / Psych
  • Emmett Williams – My Life in Flux & Vice Versa
    Emmett Williams – My Life in Flux & Vice Versa
    $18.00 | , ,

    This is an endlessly stimulating memoir, by a figure who was involved in some of the most astounding art of the post-war era, and a fresh, spontaneous account of the […]

    GENRE: Art/Photography, Memoir
  • The Ecstasy of St. Kara: Kara Walker
    The Ecstasy of St. Kara: Kara Walker
    $19.00 | , ,

    Kara Walker’s work astutely examines race, gender, and identity. Walker’s newest series of large-scale drawings stem from her consideration of monuments and notions of permanence and impermanence [...]

    GENRE: Art/Photography
  • Barry Flanagan: Early Works, 1965-1982
    Barry Flanagan: Early Works, 1965-1982
    $12.00 | , ,

    Barry Flanagan (1941–2009) is best known for his bronze hare sculptures that sit, walk, or leap in museums and public spaces around the world. The success of these and other […]

    GENRE: Art/Photography
  • Robert Desjarlais – Sensory Biographies: Lives & Deaths among Nepal’s Yolmo Buddhists
    Robert Desjarlais – Sensory Biographies: Lives & Deaths amo…
    $12.00 | , ,

    Robert Desjarlais’s graceful ethnography explores the life histories of two Yolmo elders, focusing on how particular sensory orientations and modalities have contributed to the making and [...]

    GENRE: Non-Fiction
  • Barbie Latza Nadeau – Roadmap to Hell: Sex, Drugs, & Guns on the Mafia Coast
    Barbie Latza Nadeau – Roadmap to Hell: Sex, Drugs, & Guns o…
    $10.00 | , ,

    Chasing the money from kidnapped Nigerian hair braiders to ISIS gunrunners, this is the story of modern slavery in Europe and how the plight of those most in need is […]

    GENRE: Non-Fiction
  • Allen F Roberts – Dance of Assassins: Performing Early Colonial Hegemony in the Congo
    Allen F Roberts – Dance of Assassins: Performing Early Colonial …
    $10.00 | , ,

    A Dance of Assassins presents the competing histories of how Congolese Chief Lusinga and Belgian Lieutenant Storms engaged in a deadly clash while striving to establish hegemony along the [...]

    GENRE: Non-Fiction
  • Verity Den – Verity Den
    Verity Den – Verity Den
    $25.00 | ,

    Verity Den was born of chance meetings and life-long dedications. The band is comprised of Casey Proctor, Trevor Reece and Mike Wallace, all of whom spent considerable time in their […]

    GENRE: Indie / Alternative
  • George Hayduke – Revenge
    George Hayduke – Revenge
    $12.00 | , ,

    Depicts pranks that can be used to humiliate, defame, insult, or trick individuals or organizations on whom one seeks revenge Lyle Stuart, 1982 Softcover Edition. Some discoloration to wraps and [...]

    GENRE: Non-Fiction
  • Lewis Spence – An Encyclopedia Of Occultism
    Lewis Spence – An Encyclopedia Of Occultism
    $16.00 | , ,

    Since its intitial publication in 1920, this book has remained the supreme arbiter in all matters of dispute concerning the occult. Contains 2,500 entries and articles summarizing the entire [...]

    GENRE: Non-Fiction
  • Sun City Girls – Extra-Sensory Defection / Graverobbing In The Future
    Sun City Girls – Extra-Sensory Defection / Graverobbing In The Future
    $35.00 | ,

    Throughout the 1980s the inimitable Sun City Girls self-released over twenty full-length cassettes . Each of these cassettes were universes unto themselves, each a slice of the one of a […]

    GENRE: Experimental / Noise
  • Paranoid Time – Paranoid Time
    Paranoid Time – Paranoid Time
    $22.00 | ,

    Patrick Yankee has been making noise as Paranoid Time for two decades now and although physical releases are somewhat few-and-far-between, as well as the projects nearly non-existent online [...]

    GENRE: Experimental / Noise
  • Terravault Network – Shelf Intrusions
    Terravault Network – Shelf Intrusions
    $10.00 | ,

    Terravault Network from Denver, Colorado here with a murky tape of what they describe at “submerged cybernetics” This brings to mind the most morbid moments of IOVAE, or the mixer [...]

    GENRE: Experimental / Noise, Industrial / Power Electronics
  • Dzyan ‎– Electric Silence
    Dzyan ‎– Electric Silence
    $150.00 | , ,

    On their third and final album, Dzyan refined their sound even further into improvisation and exotic sounds. Electric Silence offers other-worldly music of incredible beauty and strangeness, [...]

    GENRE: Art Rock / Krautrock / Prog / Psych
  • Various Artists – Jodie Drake / Christopher Jane / Edwards & Deviliers / Claude Blouin
    Various Artists – Jodie Drake / Christopher Jane / Edwards & Devi…
    $20.00 | , ,

    Killer library music record from the always dependable CBC Radio Canada Label: CBC Radio Canada – LM-405 Format: Vinyl, LP Country: Canada Released: 1974 VG+/VG+

    GENRE: Soundtracks / Library Music
  • Janina Wellmann – Biological Motion: A History Of Life
    Janina Wellmann – Biological Motion: A History Of Life
    $12.00 | , ,

    “Biological Motion studies the foundational relationship between motion and life. To answer the question, “What is Life?,” prize-winning historian of science Janina Wellmann engages in a [...]

    GENRE: Non-Fiction
  • Florian Fuchs – Civic Storytelling
    Florian Fuchs – Civic Storytelling
    $12.00 | , ,

    “Why did short narrative forms like the novella, fable, and fairy tale suddenly emerge around 1800 as genres symptomatic of literature’s role in life and society? In order to explain […]

    GENRE: Non-Fiction
  • Colin McGinn – The Power Of Movies: How Screen And Mind Interact
    Colin McGinn – The Power Of Movies: How Screen And Mind Interact
    $7.00 | , ,

    “How is watching a movie similar to dreaming? What goes on in our minds when we become absorbed in a movie? How does looking “into” a movie screen allow us […]

    GENRE: Non-Fiction
  • Caroline Arni – Of Human Born: Fetal Lives 1800-1950
    Caroline Arni – Of Human Born: Fetal Lives 1800-1950
    $15.00 | , ,

    At a time when the becoming of a human being in a woman’s body has, once again, become a fraught issue—from abortion debates and surrogacy controversies to prenatal diagnoses and […]

    GENRE: Non-Fiction
  • Sarah Mary Chadwick – Take Me Out To A Bar / What Am I, Gatsby?
    Sarah Mary Chadwick – Take Me Out To A Bar / What Am I, Gatsby?
    $16.00 | ,

    Take Me Out To a Bar / What Am I, Gatsby? marks a deliberate pivot. The album’s open, introductory chords evoke seem fit to score a scene in a Michael […]

    GENRE: Indie / Alternative
  • Mighty Baby ‎– Mighty Baby (Check Cover Condition)
    Mighty Baby ‎– Mighty Baby (Check Cover Condition)
    $260.00 | , ,

    This record has been outfitted with an additional store-designed, 1/1 cover, because we felt as a classic album it deserved more than a G sleeve. Please note the grading for […]

    GENRE: Art Rock / Krautrock / Prog / Psych
  • Primitive Motion – Lost Frequencies
    Primitive Motion – Lost Frequencies
    $20.00 | ,

    Over the past fifteen years, Primitive Motion, the Meanjin / Brisbane duo of musicians and visual artists Sandra Selig and Leighton Craig, have quietly, consistently, insistently, released a [...]

    GENRE: Experimental / Noise
  • Nev Lilit – Hyperit
    Nev Lilit – Hyperit
    $32.00 | ,

    Evolving from a performance lecture by philosopher and Jonna Bornemark at Orionteatern in Stockholm, ‘Hyperit’ (Swedish for a volcanic stone; hypersthenite in English) is inspired by Jennefelt’s [...]

    GENRE: Experimental / Noise
  • Ray Barker – Ville Revenge / Louisville Rap
    Ray Barker – Ville Revenge / Louisville Rap
    $60.00 | ,

    Label: Bridges – NR 16136 Format: Vinyl, 7″, 33 ⅓ RPM Country: US Released: 1985 Genre: Hip Hop Style: Electro VG+ in a generic sleeve, light marks that DNAP.

    GENRE: Hip Hop / Rap / Neo Soul, Techno / House / Electronic
  • Mac Curtis – Grandaddy’s Rockin’ / Half Hearted Love
    Mac Curtis – Grandaddy’s Rockin’ / Half Hearted Love
    $50.00 | ,

    Label: King Records (3) – K-4949 Format: Vinyl, 7″, 45 RPM, Single, Reissue, Styrene Country: US Media Condition: VG+ Sleeve Condition: Generic

    GENRE: Rockabilly / Early Rock N Roll
  • Peppermint Harris – Angel Child / Ain’t No Business
    Peppermint Harris – Angel Child / Ain’t No Business
    $25.00 | ,

    Label: Duke (4) – 319 Format: Vinyl, 7″, 45 RPM, Promo, Reissue, Unofficial Release Country: UK Released: 2010 Media Condition: VG+ Sleeve Condition: Generic

    GENRE: Blues
  • The Larks – No Mama No / Honey From The Bee
    The Larks – No Mama No / Honey From The Bee
    $20.00 | ,

    Label: Apollo Records (2) – 475-45 Format: Vinyl, 7″, 45 RPM Country: US Released: 1955 Media Condition: VG+ Sleeve condition: Generic

    GENRE: Rhythm & Blues
  • The Kids From Texas – Long Legged Linda / I’m So Lonely
    The Kids From Texas – Long Legged Linda / I’m So Lonely
    $20.00 | ,

    Label: Hanover (3) – 4500 Format: Vinyl, 7″, 45 RPM, Single, Unofficial Release Country: US Released: 1974 Media Condition: VG+ Sleeve Condition: Generic

    GENRE: Rockabilly / Early Rock N Roll
  • Roy Hall And His Jumping Cats ‎– Bed Spring Motel
    Roy Hall And His Jumping Cats ‎– Bed Spring Motel
    $70.00 | ,

    Label: Hi-Q – 5045 Format: Vinyl, 7″, 45 RPM, Single Country: US Released: 1965 Media Condition: VG+ Sleeve Condition: Generic

    GENRE: Rockabilly / Early Rock N Roll
  • Eddie Bond And His Stompers – Slip, Slip, Slippin’ In
    Eddie Bond And His Stompers – Slip, Slip, Slippin’ In
    $42.00 | ,

    Label: Mercury – 70882X45 Format: Vinyl, 7″, 45 RPM, Single, Reissue Country: US Released: 1973 Media Condition: VG+ Sleeve Condition: Generic

    GENRE: Rockabilly / Early Rock N Roll