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Micah - I'm Only One Man First-ever legit reissue from this really underground, American progressive/hard rock band, who released this, their only release in 1971. If you dig this raw, heavy sound, this is highly recommended. "Micah is a very little-known American... 05-Shad 150 $18.00
Art Ensemble Of Chicago - The Meeting "In late 2002, Pi Recordings inquired into the possibility of recording the AEOC as a quartet once again with Joseph Jarman back in the fold. With some quartet shows booked in Europe on the horizon, the moment seemed right to bring the remaining members b 32-PI007 $14.00
Tortoise - Beacons Of Ancestorship The sixth album by this excellent and now even better band. They've been changing their sound since their last one, and this completes the change in sound towards something different and ever more 'progressive rock' sounding (and I mean that in a... 28-THRILL210 $16.00
Wadud, Abdul - By Myself vinyl lp (due to size and weight, this price for the USA only. Outside of the USA, the price will be adjusted as needed) First ever reissue of this mega rare monstrosity; and this reissue has been very well done. "This long out-of-print holy grail private press album, originally released by the late Abdul Wadud himself in 1977, is finally being reissued on vinyl. The release date is what would have been his 76th birthday. There really is no easily comparable album in existence. Abdul Wadud used the cello to make music in a way that was never fore-sought for the instrument, and this album was the first... 05-GGR 2022LP $37.00
Afuche - Highly Publicized Digital Boxing Match CD (Mega Blowout Sale) "An evolving local group with a cacophonous yet catchy approach..." – The New Yorker “Afuche’s palpable onstage energy is key to the unique corner the band has carved for itself in the ever-saturated Brooklyn music scene.” - Jezebel.... Rune 324 mbs $4.00
Mingus, Charles - Mingus At Bremen 1964 and 1975 : 4 x CD set This is two amazing shows in stupendous sound quality (those German engineers really know how to twiddle the knobs) from two incredible periods in Mingus’s career, with each show taking 2 CDs to present in full. And both are licensed and taken from the original tapes of Radio Bremen and neither one has been officially released before! So, what are the truly legendary groups in jazz? Probably less than a dozen: Duke Ellington's Orchestra, The Hot Five with Louis Armstrong, The Charlie Parker... 28-SYS1570.2 $34.00
Holmes, Jake - A Letter to Katherine December "U.S. folk-rock singer/songwriter Jake Holmes' second album, originally released in 1968 on the Tower label. Phoenix Records' reissue of Holmes' first album, "The Above Ground Sound..." generated an amazing level of interest. A Letter To Katherine... 23-ASH3005 $9.00
Hawkwind - Quark, Strangeness and Charm 2 x CDs (expanded / remastered) This has been out for a little while now, but every time we have ordered it from the label, they've been sold out. This is hugely expanded reissue of one of Hawkwind's great albums from just after their classic U.A. period, originally released in 1977... 23-ATOMCD 2009 $20.00
Ochs, Larry / Donald Robinson - A Civil Right CD Larry Ochs – saxophones Donald Robinson – drums “Ochs is a founding member of the great ROVA Saxophone Quartet, one of the Bay Area's avant-garde treasures since 1978. Robinson -- "a percussive dervish", according to Coda -- was the drummer of choice for ROVA's revivification of John Coltrane's Ascension. The East Bay Express has said of the saxophonist's sound, "Ochs' full-bodied tenor is out of the John Coltrane/Albert Ayler 'free' tradition: forceful, passionate," while the Chicago Reader.. 05- ESP DISK 5052CD $14.00
Som Imaginario - Banda Da Capital (Live in Brasilia, 1976) CD “Som Imaginário are the stuff of MPB mythos. Integral to Brazil's Clube Da Esquina movement in the early 1970s, a heady blend of progressive rock, folk, psychedelia, jazz, and traditional Brazilian rhythm flows through the three studio albums the band recorded between '70 and '73. Flying the countercultural freak-flag amid the context of military dictatorship, the Brazilian prog lords shared much of the sense of experimentation and bountiful fuzz bequeathed by their tropicalismo forbearers. But armed... 05-FARO 237CD $15.00
Mats/Morgan - Radio Da Da/The Teenage Tapes 2 x CDs Swedish duo Mats/Morgan create their own sphere in the transcontinental music scene, a zone wherein progressive rock, jazz-rock fusion, experimental rock, electronica, and progressive pop overlap and intertwine... Rune 362-363 $17.00
Martyn, John - Live at Rockpalast 1978 CD + DVD Quite fantastic, late prime period John Martyn, in fine voice and with acoustic guitar and echoplex in tow, one year after his big release ‘One World’ and featuring a bunch of songs from that release, as well as other classics. “John Martyn (born Iain David McGeachy on September 11, 1948 in New Malden, Surrey, died January 9, 2009 in Thomastown, County Kilkenny, Ireland) was an exceptional guitarist and accomplished singer/songwriter. He was "an electrifying guitarist and singer whose music... 21-MIG 90972 $23.00
Maristo, Ossi - Arc CD Ossi Maristo - guitars, compositions Kasperi Kallio - keyboards Tapio Backlund - bass Jonne Taavitsainen - drums Very good electric jazz work from this until now unknown player. "Ossi Maristo is a thirtysomething guitar player living in Helsinki, Finland. Being born into a family of music lovers naturally led him to taking up piano studies at the age of nine and eventually the guitar at twelve. The teenage years were spent vigorously playing just about anything... ECD 2021143 $16.00
Rain - Singularity 2 x vinyl lps (due to size and weight, this price for the USA only. Outside of the USA, the price will be adjusted as needed) "In the year that will always be known for a disastrous pandemic, it has become increasingly noticeable how music has responded intuitively with releases redolent with both negative and positive perspectives on these strange and stressful times. In Singularity, Rain have poured forth their own mixed emotions in a fascinating cascade of myriad styles and ideas. Rain, as a new band, will mainly attract interest initially due to two notable figures from modern progressive rock, including bassist John... 23-GEPV 7013 $40.00
Brötzmann, Peter- Catching Ghosts CD "Catching Ghosts by revered, iconoclastic 81-year-old reedist Peter Brötzmann with Moroccan Gnaoua adept Majid Bekkas playing two-stringed, camelskin-backed guembre and Chicago-bred drummer Hamid Drake, proves that "free" spontaneous interactions deriving power from age-old traditions can transcend cultural lines. Improvising on incantations from Gnaoua liturgy, Brötzmann's horn cries as summons and statement; Drake's drums awaken inner impulses; Bekkas' strings, plucked and strummed, tie it all together... 21-ACT9970-2 $16.00
Basho, Robbie - Live in Forli, Italy 1982 One of the greats and also one of the most distinctive voices of "American Primvitive Guitar" music of the 60s and beyond! "Robbie Basho (1940-86), who died young after a stroke, never got his due in the culture at large, but steel-string guitar enthusiasts have known for decades that he was one of the greats of "American Primitivism". Technically adept and compositionally imaginative, fusing the music of many cultures into a mesmerizing solo style, he has been an inspiration for many; his... 05-ESPDISK 5024CD $14.00
Mitchell, Joni - Live At The Nippon Budokan Tokyo CD (Mega Blowout Sale) “Throughout the 70s, Joni Mitchell established herself as one of the greatest singer-songwriters of all time, with albums such as Blue, Court And Spark and The Hissing Of Summer Lawns pushing the boundaries of what was expected of the “singer-songwriter”. Moving to a new label, Geffen, at the start of the 80s, and embarking on yet more wide-ranging excursions that took in the burgeoning synth-pop sound, Mitchell staged the Refuge tour of 1983, in support of her then latest album, Wild Things Run... 23-FMGZ 107CD $7.00
Amon Düül - Disaster (Luud Noma) CD “In September 1968, Amon Düül played the "International Essener Songtage," Germany's first rock festival of five days duration, which was initiated by the later OHR label boss Rolf-Ulrich Kaiser. The Berlin hit producer Peter Meisel heard and saw the band there and spontaneously signed them, along with Tangerine Dream and Birth Control. Amon Düül was close to the Berlin "Kommune 1" and came together at a time when everyone was an artist who wanted to be one. Anyone who wanted to could also be... 05-OMM 290762CD $17.00
Mandel, Harvey - Snake Box 6 x CD box set (due to weight, this price for the USA only. Outside of the USA, the price will be adjusted as needed) “Legendary blues guitarist from Canned Heat, Harvey "The Snake" Mandel, presents this deluxe limited edition box set that includes 5 classic solo albums from 1968-1972 plus a bonus vintage concert recording from 1968 that features guests Jerry Garcia & Elvin Bishop! Each of these albums showcase Mandel's innovative, hugely influential playing that earned him a place alongside not just the Heat but also The Rolling Stones, John Mayall and others! All 6 CDs come individually packaged in it's own cardboard... 28-PRLE3014.2 $36.00
Laddio Bolocko - The Life and Times of Laddio Bolocko 2 x CDs “Laddio Bolocko was a noise rock band from New York City, formed in 1996 by members of Panicsville and the Dazzling Killmen. Their sound has drawn comparisons to experimental rock groups such as This Heat and Can and free jazz musicians like Albert Ayler. The band favored limited releases, offering only small pressings of their original albums."-Wikipedia "Double-disc which collects all out of print recorded material by NYC group Laddio Bolocko. Drew St. Ivany (guitar) and Ben Armstrong (bass).. 28-NOQ200102.2 $17.00
Rivers, Sam - Reunion: Live in New York 2 x CDs Sam appearing with Dave and Barry for one final, special, last time. A great band who were one of the great attractions of the 70s avant jazz/loft scene, this has the fine quality of feeling like a bunch of old friends gathered together again... 28-PIRC45.2 $20.00
Rain - Singularity "In the year that will always be known for a disastrous pandemic, it has become increasingly noticeable how music has responded intuitively with releases redolent with both negative and positive perspectives on these strange and stressful times. In Singularity, Rain have poured forth their own mixed emotions in a fascinating cascade of myriad styles and ideas. Rain, as a new band, will mainly attract interest initially due to two notable figures from modern progressive rock, including bassist John... 23-GEPC 1067 $15.00
Company - 1981 : 2 x vinyl lps (due to size and weight, this price for the USA only. Outside of the USA, the price will be adjusted as needed) “Previously unreleased recordings by various line-ups drawn from Derek Bailey, Tristan Honsinger, Christine Jeffrey, Toshinori Kondo, Charlie Morrow, David Toop, Maarten Altena, Georgie Born, Lindsay Cooper, Steve Lacy, Radu Malfatti, and Jamie Muir. Journalists often make the brief history of free improvisation conform to the idea that the history of music is a nice straight line from past to present: Beethoven... Brahms... Boulez. Thus Derek Bailey, Evan Parker, and John Stevens -- together... 05-HJR 210LP $35.00
Wasafiri - Klearlight Klearlight 2 x vinyl lps (due to size and weight, this price for the USA only. Outside of the USA, the price will be adjusted as needed) Excellent instrumental jazz/rock band that channels Headhunters with classic helpings of Weather Report on top. Really enjoyable retro-fusion fun that seemingly came out of nowhere; when the clavinet kicks in with the bass clarinet on top, you’ll swear it’s 1974 again! "The jazz fusion group Wasafiri, and its resulting 2022 debut album Klearlight, began with the memory of a feeling. Eastwood Music Group co-founders Luke Sardello and Skin Wade wanted to release a project that evoked the feelings... 28-ESWD10.1 $29.00
Lillinger, Christian / Tobias Delius - Dicht Christian Lillinger-drums Tobias Delius-tenor sax & clarinet “In conversations Delius often mumbles, he sometimes gets lost in anacoluthons, just to use very elaborate and eloquent constructions in the next sentences. Lillinger, on the other hand, is someone who talks very rapidly, his sentences ricochet through the air. He throws in ideas, interrupts his thoughts, turns in another direction, just to be absolutely precise within a second. As a drummer his style is incredibly inventive and... RPR 1057 $13.00
Tigue - Strange Paradise This is a 3 drummer band with other things added in. Doesn't sound so exciting, right? But I saw them last week and they were totally bad ass. They did this and this is also on the album, along with some other fine works. Recommended! 28-NAMS99.2 $14.00
$Trio 3 + Jason Moran - Refraction – Breaking Glass 34-Intakt 217$ Trio 3 + Jason Moran - Refraction – Breaking Glass Reggie Workman: Bass / Andrew Cyrille: Drums, Voice / Oliver Lake: Alto Saxophone, Sopranino Saxophone, Voice / Jason Moran: Piano "Three 'heavy weights' of American jazz Oliver Lake, Reggie Workmann and Andrew Cyrille make up the band... 34-Intakt 217 $19.00
Contrepoint - Contrepoint vinyl lp (due to size and weight, this price for the USA only. Outside of the USA, the price will be adjusted as needed) This is an amazing archival find; Contrepoint are known to the world for their appearance on the Puissance 13 + 2 album, as well as for the fact that they later backed up Canterbury scene folks, as well as giving the world Jean-Pierre Weiller, who started the Europa label in the early 80s and spearheaded the Antilles New Directions label! But other than the track on Puissance 13 + 2, there were no recordings. Until now, 45 years later! Read this history and be amazed! "At the end of the sixties... 05-MMLP 011LP $38.00
Ricart, Edward / Paul Dunmall / Herb Robertson / Jason Ajemian / Andrew Barker - Chameleon "Chamaeleon is a stellar new offering from electric guitarist Edward Ricart's powerful working quartet, augmented by a very special guest... firebrand English saxophonist Paul Dunmall. Paul is one of the finest players in realm of creative new music.... New Atlantis NA-CD-008 $11.00
Carney, Jeff - Live Electronic Music vinyl lp (due to size and weight, this price for the USA only. Outside of the USA, the price will be adjusted as needed) (Mega Blowout) “Mastered for vinyl by legendary Krautrock musician and sound engineer Eroc taken from the original analog tapes. Jeff Carney's sophomore effort for audioFile (1989) could not have been criticized were it to have remained in similar territory as the electronic wall of sound he had created on Imperfect Space Journeys. Instead, he created a more sparse, evolving tapestry of analog timbres. Using an exclusively vintage analog arsenal and recording live without overdubbing, Carney pushed forward with... Lion LP-187 $13.00
Jonesy - Keeping Up vinyl lp (due to size and weight, this price for the USA only. Outside of the USA, the price will be adjusted as needed) “This is the official re-release on vinyl under licensed courtesy of BMG Rights Management,UK, remastered from an original master copy out of the vaults of BMG, originally released in 1972 on Transatlantic progressive rock label Dawn. Jonesy were an early 70's progressive rock outfit whose albums were reputedly delicate, melodic affairs, somewhat similar to King Crimson and with a lot of mellotrons V.Joynson, Tapestry of Delights). They recorded three albums on the Dawn Label "No Alternative"... 26-LHC 246 $34.00
Wasafiri - Klearlight CD Excellent instrumental jazz/rock band that channels Headhunters with classic helpings of Weather Report on top. Really enjoyable retro-fusion fun that seemingly came out of nowhere; when the clavinet kicks in with the bass clarinet on top, you’ll swear it’s 1974 again! "The jazz fusion group Wasafiri, and its resulting 2022 debut album Klearlight, began with the memory of a feeling. Eastwood Music Group co-founders Luke Sardello and Skin Wade wanted to release a project that evoked the feelings... 28-ESWD10.2 $12.00
Rutanen, Roy - Roy Rutanen vinyl lp (due to size and weight, this price for the USA only. Outside of the USA, the price will be adjusted as needed) “Gold vinyl hand-numbered edition Roy Rutanen’s self-titled album has remained a very well-kept secret among psychedelia and acid-folk collectors ever since its original release in 1971 on MCA in Australia. Now is the right time for Rutanen’s glorious music to shine through, with his unique combination of moody acoustic bliss and acid-drenched solos, as evidenced on ‘The Trip Song', a 10-minutes magnum opus that might well be a candidate for top 10 psychedelic tunes of all time! (Tell me too 18-PQR 027 $32.00
Oz Knozz - Ruff Mix CD (expanded) "First legitimate CD reissue of one of the best US private press hard rock/progressive rock albums of the 1970s, from the master tapes. “Ruff Mix” mainly grooves in Hard Rock territory—the second track 'Peanut Butter Yoni' sounds a bit like Judas Priest with a proto-Metal feeling; but the album also has elements of Progressive Rock, Horn Rock and Pomp Rock. Like most bands of the era, the idea was to throw out a few different styles to see if something would stick, the theory being that a major... 18-PROGAOR 15 $10.00
You - Time Code 180 gram vinyl lp (due to size and weight, this price for the USA only. Outside of the USA, the price will be adjusted as needed) First-time ever reissue of this early, small classic of the Berlin school of electronic music meets proto electronica! "As synthesizers grew more popular from the mid-'70s onwards, an increasing number of groups swapped the classic instruments.. 05-BB 074 LP $28.00
Sanctuary - Sanctuary CD Eric Bikales - keyboards, flute, recorder, vocals Roger Bruner - guitar, vocals Dennis Loewen - bass guitar, vocals Norman Weinberg - drums, percussion, vocals First-ever reissue of this extremely obscure 1971 progressive rock album by a one and done band from Kansas. “Kansas based progressive rock group, with remnants of psych, somewhat typical of the US rock scene of 1971. They take the unusual course of covering Yes'"Time and a Word", plus an Edgar Winter Group compositio 39-CD-SUND-5593 $18.00
Wobbly - Additional Kids CD “San Francisco-based multimedia artist, composer, and improviser Jon Leidecker makes music under the pseudonym Wobbly. He is an active member of both the seminal experimental group Negativland, and with the Thurston Moore Group. Additional Kids, Wobbly’s third release on Hausu Mountain, is a song cycle that introduces a strain of Leidecker’s music rarely heard in his wide-ranging solo catalog: mutated pop music with vocal performances from a diverse guest list of singers appearing on nearly every... 39-CD-HAUSMO-132 $15.00
Nadavati - Le Vent De L'esprit Souffle Où Il Veut (expanded) First-ever reissue of this obscure & rare jazz/rock album, includes a bonus live track that's nearly 20' long! "Reissue of the band's sole album, recorded in 1977. This a jazz-rock album with few zeuhl elements, references are more likely to... Soleil Zeuhl 44 $18.00
Frith, Fred - Accidental (Mega Blowout Sale) A good performance of music for dance, all performed by Fred (via extensive overdubbing). "Any new record from Fred Frith, one of the world's leading avant rock guitarists and composers, is a major event. Accidental was commissioned by a British choreographer who lives in Amsterdam, Paul Selwyn Norton, for a dance piece made with the Batsheva Company in Tel Aviv. For Fred it's a return to basics, a series of deeply contrasting moods achieved with the simplest of means. Throughout the CD... FRED FRA 01 $6.00
Causa Sui - Pewt'r Sessions 3 Another great one from a band with two previous killer releases! This is great, space/stoner/kraut rock for the modern age. Highly recommended! "This Danish four-piece unashamedly reference such esteemed cosmic talents as Blue Cheer, Guru Guru... 05-EPR 019CD $18.00
Dunmall, Paul - Ancient and Future Airs Paul Dunmall, tenor saxophone, bagpipes / Tony Malaby, tenor and soprano saxophones / Mark Helias, double bass / Kevin Norton, drums and vibraphone. ,br> "The day after a rare and triumphant presentation in New York (with Henry Grimes and Andrew... CLEANFEEDCF138 $17.00
Shasta Cults - Configurations “A ship sinks beneath the silver mirror of the sea-top, temple gongs ring through an empty valley, industrial machinery sputters, heaves, lurches forward, stops, falls apart... These sound events may be the most acute musical referents of Shasta Cults, the music project of Canadian synthesizer technician Richard Smith. Using obsolete electronics, Shasta Cults pursues the true sound of the instrument, freed from the tyranny of emulation, no strings/woodwinds/piano presets. Shasta Cults' compositions... 05-IMPREC 432CD $15.00
Kraus, Sharron - The Woody Nightshade "British singer and musician Sharron Kraus has firmly established herself as a genuine heiress to the UK folk ancestry of Shirley Collins, Lal Waterson, or Maddy Prior…performing with a sparkling clear voice that can sound as ancient and elemental... SAAH 063 $12.00
Brubeck, Dave - Time Outtakes “Time OutTakes features 7 tracks that have never been heard before. These newly discovered recordings feature wonderful performances that are every bit as compelling as those on the original Time Out. We discovered that during the original 1959 sessions the Quartet also recorded "I'm In a Dancing Mood" and an unlisted trio jam with a major drum solo that included snatches of the melody from "Watusi Drums." Two tracks from Time Out, "Pick Up Sticks" and "Everybody's Jumpin," were achieved in one take so... 21-BECD20200901 $16.00
Fakanas, Yiorgos - The Nest...Live In Athens 2 x CDs Guthrie Govan – Guitar Dimitris Sevdalis – Keyboards Yiorgos Fakanas – Bass Menios Pasialis – Drums A fine Greek rhythm section of world-class players that I’ve never heard of back up super stunt-guitarist (possibly best known here for his work with Aristocrats) and the end result is very strong, in-yr-face, modern fusion. I do agree with the review below that this is some of the best work I have heard from Guthrie! “A double live fusion release is pretty rare. This one. Anam 009 $20.00
Doom Ribbons - The Violence, The Violence (hand numbered edition of 500) vinyl lp (due to size and weight, this price for the USA only. Outside of the USA, the price will be adjusted as needed) Yes, I know you don't know who this is, but take 2 minutes and read this! Doom Ribbons is a duo that features guitarist/composer Shane Perlowin from Ahleuchatistas, joined by drummer/percussionist James Owen. You would expect it to sound a lot like... Family Night DR LP $15.00
Various Artists - Half-Past Jump Time! DVD (Mega Blowout Sale) “Over the years a number of companies have released DVD compilations of Soundies or Snader Telescriptions - three-minute music videos made for video jukeboxes or television in the 1940s. Many contain the common ones seen by most collectors. This first volume in a new series is different. The Swingtime Collection - volume 1 packs 40 (!) shorts on to one two-hour DVD with great video and sound quality and containing many obscure - but talented - performers. Ellington and Calloway are here (but not the 23-5060117600260 $7.00
Frith, Fred - Accidental A good performance of music for dance, all performed by Fred (via extensive overdubbing). "Any new record from Fred Frith, one of the world's leading avant rock guitarists and composers, is a major event. Accidental was commissioned by a British choreographer who lives in Amsterdam, Paul Selwyn Norton, for a dance piece made with the Batsheva Company in Tel Aviv. For Fred it's a return to basics, a series of deeply contrasting moods achieved with the simplest of means. Throughout the CD... FREDFRA01 $15.00
Mostly Other People do the Killing - This is Our Moosic This 2004 release is the debut by this very young and fairly extraordinary group. The group consists of Peter Evans-trumpet, John Irabagon-saxes, Moppa Elliot-bass and Kevin Shea-drums. All the players are pretty great - the rhythm section is... HOTCUP082 $13.00
Perlowin, Shane - The Vacancy in Every Verse (artist-released CDR) Professionally recorded and manufactured CDR release by the great guitaring mind behind Ahleuchatistas. Shane is a very versatile player - something you might not know if you only know Ahleuchatistas, and this presents a very different (and really... OLR001 $10.00