"Mixed Up Minds Part Fourteen offers another tantalizing dose of forgotten dreams from the suburban drifts of Britain. In the aftermath of psychedelia, and in a less flamboyant 1970s, fading stars continued to shine as brightly, but to much less acclaim. Amidst the glam rock and progressive bourgeoisie, pop songs knew their place, but for every T-Rex, 10cc, Bowie, and Queen, there was other more unlucky and less commercial artists that sat in the underbelly of pomp and hysteria. Part Fourteen collects...

"It's been a long, long time but finally it's here -- the second edition of Money Will Ruin Everything, Rune Grammofon's celebration of 5 more years of music. Originally planned as an update and slightly revised edition of the long deleted 2CD/book of...

"This is a reissue of both Music From Yemen Arabia: Samar and Music From Yemen Arabia: Sanaani, Laheji, Adeni, recorded by Ragnar Johnson and Jessica Mayer.

These songs originate from the city of Sanaa, the sheikdom of Lahej and the port of Aden. These songs originate from the city of Sanaa, the sheikdom of Lahej and the port of Aden. Samar is the delicious, luxury time when people gather for relaxation, refreshment, and music. This record contains oudh playing, percussion, and singing from....

12 early tracks by Maquina, Smash, Vertice, Musica Dispersa, Mane-Gong, Agua De Regaliz, Estratagema, Jordi Sabates, Nuevos Tiempos, Sisa, Gualberto. The only way to get these tracks. [Acutal]

(France) W/ Jim O'Rourke/Le Quan Ninh

Great collection of wonderful progressive folk and folk rock from the late 60s and early 70s from the Island label. If you don't know this scene, this is a fabulous way to check out a bunch of great bands at a stupid-low price.

"When visionary...

"Recorded live inside the cave at Balve, West Germany, June 26/27, 1976 & June 25/26, 1977 8 hours of music recorded live inside the cave at Balve, West Germany 32-page booklet with concert pictures, posters and flyers
Includes complete performances and improvisations by Peter Brötzmann, Han Bennik, Archie Shepp, John Surman, Albert Mangelsdorff, Willem Breuker Kollektief, Joachim Kühn and many more!"
CD 1
Hugo Heredia Quintet
CD 2
Machi Oul Big Band - Celula Jazz Crew Prag
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Founded in New York in 1971, The Kitchen is internationally known as a leading center for video, music, dance, performance, new media and literature. Orange Mountain Music has begun the restoration of audio reels from performances at The Kitchen with t...

A pretty great collection of little known [outside of Africa] Afro-pop classics.

“Soul Jazz Records' Nigeria Soul Power 70 album showcases the influence of funk, rock and disco on Nigerian music during the 1970s. Originally released as a now-long-out-of-print collectors' 7' RSD box, this fully expanded album release now also includes extra tracks from Sonny Okosuns, Wings, Chief Kollington Ayinla and more. While for many people the fusion of funk and jazz music with Nigerian rhythms and aestheti

"Despite the fact that the sacred steel tradition was over a half-century old in the House of God Congregation, it had not been documented until the 1990s, and since then its irrepressible spirit has propelled the music out of the churches and into the..

"A diverse roster of recording artists - spanning half a century between the oldest and youngest - have contributed contemporary interpretations of traditional English songs to a new album released as a companion piece to The Folk Handbook: Working With Songs From The English Tradition.
This album compiles 17 songs from the book in performances all but one of which have been recorded in recent years; many have been recorded specially for this album and thus are unavailable elsewhere."...

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"A wonderfully diverse 2CD set with handsome packaging. … a definitive collection of great artists … required listening and a must-have. Your collection of British folk won't be complete without this."-George Maida, WCVE Radio, Richmond, MA...

This is a compilation of bands performing 'the trend-setting music of the Nintendo Entertainment system'. Why is this here? Well, mostly because Ahleuchatistas are here and they turn in just an unbelievably slamming performance. Also appearing are...

Hipsters claiming progressive as their own! "Whoever came up with the over-pretentious, collective term 'Progressive Rock' couldn't have been less forward thinking. Prog rock in its truest form was not a 'restrictive' genre -- it was a movement that u...

Great price on this nearly 2 hour set featuring tracks from many of the bands who played at Progfest '97 in San Francisco. This includes the John Wetton Band (doing two U.K. songs), Le Orme (doing Felona e Serona!), Arena, The Flower Kings, Spock's...

“We make it back to the Garden State and boy did we find some fantastic unreleased tapes and Acetates, as well as some rare and uncompiled 45s. Featuring 29 tracks and lots of band photos and bios!”

1 The Young Monkey Men-I'm Waiting for the Letter
2 The What-Nots-Morning
3 December's Children-Society
4 The Offset-Aluminum 304
5 The Abstract Sound-Blacked Out Mind
6 The Saucer Men-Another Chance
7 Alexander Rabbit-I Didn't Even Thank Her
8 The Conchords-Magic Long

"This recording consists of eight electro-acoustic compositions and two pieces by each of the four composers. Pauline Oliveros: 'Mercury Retrograde, 'Cyber Talk.' Francisco Lopez: 'untitled #270,' 'untitled #273.' Doug Van Nort: 'Outer; Inner.' Jonas...

Artists featured include Boris Kovac, Volapk, Giovanni Venosta, Keith Rowe + Alain De Fillips, Shelley Hirsch/Jon Rose/Chris Cutler, Thomas Dimuzio, Marie Goyette, Ken Ando (of 5uu's), Brian Woodbury, Philip Perkins, Steven Tickmayer & more. All titles are exclusive to this release.

Electronic/space music performers Airsculpture, Wolfram Spyra, Free System Projekt, Star Sounds Orkhestra, Paul Lawler, Dave Brewer & Bill Fox played in various permutations live in the Mojave Desert April 25-29, 2003. It doesn't tell you who is on...

Twenty-one tracks (72 minutes), the best of the rare singles recorded by bands like Free Love System, Los Texao, Los Incógnitos, Madera Fresca, and Opus who thrived in Arequipa, Peru during the late 1960’s and early 1970’s. Arequipa? yes, Arequipa...

Fantastic compilation featuring both volumes together in one package (I bought them seperately as imports, damn it!) of great proto-African pop. Recommended for fans of the sound! "The best of early Congolese Pop Music: two compilations featuring hits...

"Post-war apartments dominated the views of Düsseldorf in the early 1980s - cement slabs, the "art bunker" known as the Kunsthalle, and the elevated railway called "The Millipede". Yet reconstruction was in full swing - bank buildings on the "Kö" received postmodern interiors, the old town became stylishly retro-rustic, and advertising agencies displaced industrial companies. Music took all of this on. Punk was finished, but its pathos drifted through pubs and shared flats. At the same time, synthesizers...

A new compilation explores the far reaches of the post-punk, experimental and electronic landscape in Switzerland in the period 1980-1990. Includes a 32 page booklet!