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New York Art Quartet - Old Stuff “An absolute gem of an album that is of great historical importance.... Both elemental and sophisticated, this is an invaluable document of an ephemeral outfit – that made a nonetheless invaluable contribution to the cannon of small group jazz, be it mainstream or avant-garde, or the space in between.” – Kevin Le Gendre/Jazzwise, October, 2010. This release is truly a remarkable archival find! Formed in the summer of 1964, although the New York Art Quartet existed for... Rune 300 $15.00
Palermo, Ed - Eddy Loves Frank Ed and his amazing 16 piece band (+ guests) return with his third album of his distinctive, big-band interpretations of the great 20th century composer, Frank Zappa. This body of work has won them huge acclaim from both new and old fans of the music and they even appeared on NPR's Weekend Edition for a short feature which was heard by millions of listeners in 2006. For those not already familiar with Ed's colorful, jazz-based arrangements of Zappa's compositions, Ed has led a big band for 30 years (!)... Rune 285 $26.00
This Heat - Deceit CD This Heat were a UK trio who were probably the closest that we've come to the original, groundbreaking Faust albums - a band that understood & used the studio as an integral part of their sound. Unlike Faust, they were (a) a great live act & (b) much.. 21-RER THISIS 2 $15.00
Tonal Eclipse - The Green Velvet Highway (band-released CDR) Jim Ulreich (guitar); Kevin StClair (drums); Kevin Gerety (electric upright bass). Fine ECM-style jazz trio (guitar, bass and drums) from CT. who have been working in the local area for years but who never made an album until now. This is a... TE001 $9.00
Sezione Frenante - Nuove Dimensioni The second release by a band who formed in the early/mid 70s, played shows opening for Le Orme, Perigeo, Biglietto per L’Inferno, etc etc but who never actually recorded anything until 40 some years later! They certainly deserve an ‘A’ for ‘stick-to-it-ness’!! "Many of the members from the Rock Progressive Italiano band "Sezione Frenante" played in the band known as "Nuove Dimnesioni" which was founded in 1974 and disbanded in 1978. The new incarnation formed in 2006, and under the name of... 33-MRC 080 $15.00
Voice Of The People - Vol. 12: We’ve Received Orders To Sail – Jackie Tar At Sea & On Shore (due to weight, this price for the USA only) (Mega Blowout Sale) “This is an anthology of folk songs produced by Topic Records containing recordings of traditional singers and musicians from England, Ireland, Scotland and Wales. The traditional singers and musicians were celebrities within their own community but the majority were unknown to the world at large until the 1950s and 60s when collectors arrived with portable tape recorders. A few of them recorded enough material for an entire album, [but] most are only known for a couple of songs. In a few... 23-TSCD 662 $7.00
Kaiser, Henry / Killick Hinds - Teuffel Tesla Duets (artist-released CDR) Henry Kaiser- six & seven-string Teuffel Tesla electric guitars with a hint of Niwa Killick Hinds- quartertone seven-string Teuffel Tesla electric guitar "Henry Kaiser began playing guitar the year I was born, and yet in 2012 we find... 700261834696 $10.00
Fripp & Eno - Live In Paris 28.05.1975 : 3 x CDs This is a very, very good and groovy official bootleg of one of the very few shows that Robert & Brian undertook upon release of their first album. "As a historical document, this release takes some beating. Recorded during the short – and... 23-DGM 3101 $18.00
Hackett, Steve - The Night Siren (digi-pack) CD + 5.1 / hi-res Blu-ray "Guitar virtuoso and rock legend, Steve Hackett (formerly of Genesis), releases his latest album The Night Siren. As implied in the title, The Night Siren is a wake-up call... the warning of a siren sounding in this era of strife and division. The Night Siren showcases Steve’s incredible guitar as strongly as ever, along with musicians from several different countries who Steve invited to join him in celebrating multicultural diversity and unity. This includes singers from Israel and Palestine, who.. 28-IO 889854142124 $23.00
Bjorkenheim, Raoul - Ecstasy "Björkenheim has been well regarded since his 1980s work...but his recent releases have been particularly memorable." – Stereophile Guitarist and composer Raoul Björkenheim emerged from Finland in the 80s with... Rune 373 $15.00
Hackett, Steve - The Night Siren "Guitar virtuoso and rock legend, Steve Hackett (formerly of Genesis), releases his latest album The Night Siren. As implied in the title, The Night Siren is a wake-up call... the warning of a siren sounding in this era of strife and division. The Night Siren showcases Steve’s incredible guitar as strongly as ever, along with musicians from several different countries who Steve invited to join him in celebrating multicultural diversity and unity. This includes singers from Israel and Palestine, who.. 28-INOM541046.2 $17.00
Various Artists - Psychedelic States : New Jersey In The 60s, Volume 2 CD “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 28-GEAR311.2 $17.00
Kraus, Shmulik - Criminal Record CD (Mega Blowout Sale) “Israeli singer Shmulik Kraus wrote a classic of psychedelic rock while sitting in a jail cell in the 1970s. His album deserves another listen. In March of 1971, an otherwise mild-mannered 36-year-old songwriter named Shmulik Kraus, holding a Kalashnikov in one hand and a sniper’s rifle in the other, faced down a group of Israeli soldiers who had come to kick him off his land. Standing in front of the small building he had built on a plot near Nebi Samwil, just north of Jerusalem, Kraus argued... MIO 007 $8.00
Westbrook, Kate - The Nijinska Chamber (Mega Blowout Sale) Music by Mike Westbrook Lyrics and singing by Kate Westbrook Accordion by Kate Street This is a very stripped down recording by a great, theatrical singer with well-placed, simple accompaniment. “Kate is a fine writer and performer, with a brilliant approach to text. The life of choreographer Bronislava Nijinska provides the inspiration for Kate's most recent piece, a collaboration with composer Mike Westbrook and accordionist Karen Street. It's a moving piece, and Kate's 23-VP 383 $6.00
Piela, Jim - Out Of Orbit Jim Piela - Alto Saxophone Joey Lamb - Trumpet Bob Sabin - Bass Josh Bailey - Drums “As a young man, I came up musically in a small Midwestern scene, a town right on the Mississippi river. There was plenty of work so long as you could groove and play/write creative and compelling melodies, both of which became incredibly important to me. As I developed, though, I came to realize how my fear of what was unaccustomed had driven my life. It became increasingly important to me to.. Orenda 0061 $13.00
Adasiewicz, Jason - Varmint CD (Mega Blowout Sale) "Vibraphonist Jason Adasiewicz is emerging as one of the most interesting bandleaders and composers in modern creative improvised jazz. ...Adasiewicz has assembled a quintet of astounding musical proportion and depth, playing his tricky music that seems to have no limits of imagination, wit or wisdom." – All Music Guide "Their second album, Varmint, shows growth exactly where it was needed. The compositions are better developed, the playing more relaxed and fluid, and the record better... Rune 292 mbs $4.00
Jevtovic, Dusan - Am I Walking Wrong? "The spectacular international debut of Serbian guitarist, Dusan Jevtovic, is an edge-of-your-seat thrill ride: full of twists and turns that you never see coming. Am I Walking Wrong? showcases moments of immense raw, explosive power, interspersed with... MoonJune MJR 058 $13.00
Brötzmann / Graves / Parker - Historic Music Past Tense Future 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) “Historic Music Past Tense Future, the first ever album to feature the meeting of Peter Brötzmann, Milford Graves, and William Parker. Three of the towering figures in the history of free jazz forge an incredibly vital free music born from lifetimes of uncompromising, ceaseless artistry. 2002-03-29, in the front room of CBGBs, fourteen years after their last performance together, three of the defining musicians in Free Jazz history convened for a third and final time. Peter Brötzmann had once... 05-BEA 001LP $42.00
Dunbar, Aynsley - Blue Whale CD This is the first time that this 1971 blues/psychedelic classic has been reissued from the actual BYG master tapes; at least that is what they are promising... Including 15’ version of ‘Willie The Pimp’, this was recorded in London just before Aynsley flew to the USA and began working with Frank Zappa! Liverpool-born drummer Aynsley Dunbar was one of the most respected musicians on the international rock scene of the late ‘60s. His work with trailblazers such as John Mayall, David Bowie, Lou.. 28-CHAY529015.2 $16.00
Pyramids - Aomawa: The 1970s Recordings 4 x CDs + 32 page booklet Contains: Lalibela (1973) King Of Kings (1974) Birth / Speed / Merging (1976) And the previously unreleased Live At KQUED (1975) “The Pyramids were an early '70s Ohio band that had a novel, exciting take on the fusion concept--they combined aspects of spiritually inspired R&B/soul, free jazz, and funk with a liberal sprinkling of cosmic awareness. Their approach emphasized improvised percussion and woodwinds but with a focused, solid center. On them, the Pyramids... 39-CD-STRUT-290 $27.00
Musica Ficta - A Child & A Well This Israeli progressive rock band has gathered a bit of a reputation for a bit of a unfortunate reason: despite being well regarded and well received by those who have seen them/heard their demos, they recorded this album in 2005 (with Udi Koomran... 33-Fading 006 $17.00
Gjerstad, Frode - Bop Stop Frode Gjerstad alto saxophone Steve Swell trombone Jon Rune Strøm double bass Paal Nilssen-Love drums & percussion "Frode Gjerstad’s name can be legendary in Norway and all the European continent, due to the fact that he was practically the only one to contrast himself, from the beginning, to the saxophone style which defined the Scandinavian approach to jazz for 40 years, the one defined by Jan Garbarek, but his trio with Jon Rune Strom and Paal Nilssen-Love is relatively new... CF 470 $15.00
Renaldo & The Loaf - Songs For Swinging Larvae / Songs From The Surgery 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) “A biomedical scientist and an architect form a band in the early '70s with nothing by the way of traditional musical talent or skill but with endless enthusiasm and their own unique musical sensibility. The ensuing career and creative output of this ongoing home studio/bedroom band remains one of the most significant song based 'outre' catalogs ever produced in the United Kingdom. This comprehensive two LP set contains their first official LP (originally released on The Residents' legendary Ralph... 05-RD6 $36.00
Herzig, Monika - Sheroes Monika Herzig-piano Reut Regev-trombone Jennifer Vincent-trumpet Jamie Baum-flute Leni Stern-guitar Rosa Avila-drums "One could argue that there is no better time than now to release this remarkable recording. Sheroes, brought together by pianist/composer Monika Herzig, features an international cast of virtuosic players, all women, all first-call talents. Others, including Jennifer Vincent on bass, Mayra Casales on percussion and trumpeter Ingrid Jensen round out the theme 34-WCS106 $15.00
Satin Whale - History Box 2: Soundtrack, Live & Alternative Mixes 3 x CDs Includes Die Faust In Der Tasche Whalecome [live - originally 2 lps] On Tour "We had role models that influenced us, from Jethro Tull to Deep Purple to Supertramp. From the beginning, we tried to play as well as our Anglo-American colleagues," recalls Thomas Brück, bassist and singer of the Cologne-based progressive rock band Satin Whale. For a long time they were pigeonholed as Krautrock, as was common for German rock bands in the early 1970s, but on their debut album "Desert 21-MIG 03182 $25.00
Ikonen, Kari - Impressions, Improvisations and Compositions This is a pretty great piano release from a quietly inventive talent. Give a listen; it may surprise you! “This album could easily have turned top-heavy. After all, here's a record which, in just under 40 minutes, covers anything from arabic scales to Japanese sounds, from free jazz references to concepts by Kari Ikonen's favourite painter Vasiliy Kandinsky. To realise his vision, Ikonen even personally developed a device allowing him to play micro-intervals on his piano. And yet, things turned... 21-OZ 097CD $16.00
Kriegel, Volker - Inside: Missing Link CD Volker Kriegel (electric guitar, acoustic guitar, octave guitar) Albert Mangelsdorff (trombone) Alan Skidmore (soprano saxophone, tenor saxophone) Heinz Sauer (tenor saxophone) John Taylor (electric piano) Eberhard Weber (bass) Cees See (percussion, voice, flutes, effects) John Marshall (drums) This is a GREAT jazz/rock album! Guitarist Volker Kriegel was an important part of the German jazz/rock scene in its earliest, most exciting days. This was his third album. 28-MPSR218118.2 $17.00
Davis, Miles - The Lost Septet 2 x CDs Miles Davis – trumpet Gary Bartz - soprano & alto sax Keith Jarrett - electric piano, organ Michael Henderson - electric bass Ndugu Leon Chancler – drums Charles Don Alias – percussion James Mtume Foreman – percussion An excellent quality radio broadcast from Wiener Konzerthaus, Vienna, Austria on November 5, 1971. If you don’t already have this under a different name, you want this . "We were as intense as any rock band and just as loud," remembers Gary Bartz 28-SLYN20.2 $22.00
Zappa, Frank - Buffalo 2 x CDs "Buffalo is a two-hour-and-20-minute, two-CD set chronicling Zappa's appearance at the Memorial Auditorium in Buffalo, New York, on October 25, 1980. At that time, the 39-year-old composer/guitarist/singer had assembled a particularly adept band including "stunt" guitarist Steve Vai and virtuoso drummer Vinnie Colaiuta and, freed from record company restrictions, was preparing a lot of new material for his new Barking Pumpkin Records label."-AllMusic "Buffalo is a live album by Frank Zappa... 28-ZPRCVR20071.2 $26.00
Jack Ruby - Jack Ruby "The first recordings unearthed of this seminal proto-punk/no wave unit from New York City, circa 1974-1977!!! Twisted, aggressive, weird rock on par with the Electric Eels, 'Debris, Simply Saucer and early MX80-Sound! Featuring George Scott... UgEXPLODE 50 $12.00
Syndone - Melapesante (expanded / remastered / mini-lp sleeve) This is an expanded (one bonus song), remastered, deluxe-sleeve, re-edition of Syndone's 2010 third album, and their come-back, as their first two albums were both issued in the early 1990s! The group as featured here is Nik Comoglio : piano 33-Fading 015 $18.00
Cluster - Konzerte 1972 / 1977 This is a document of two modestly well recorded shows by Cluster in a very early and later early prime: 1972 and 1977. Don't start here, but essential and quite worthwhile for fans. The two authorized recordings presented on Konzerte 1972/1977 vividly conjure up the atmosphere, perhaps even the magic, of a Cluster performance back in the day. One took place in 1977 during a science fiction festival in Metz (France). The other dates back to an earlier show in Hamburg's Fabrik venue. Cluster... 05-BB 240CD $18.00
ESP Project - Phenomena ‘Phenomena’ is the fifth release from Tony Lowe’s ESP Project on and was written, arranged and performed by Tony, between January and June 2020. The album also features Damien Child who wrote the insightful and imaginative lyrics once again, and added the vocals at the end of May, with a special guest appearance by Alison Fleming on vocals on Track 7. ‘Phenomena’ has all the hallmarks of previous ESP albums with alluring melodies and stirring arrangements. Tony’s guitar and synth play haunting... 23-SunnC2002 $16.00
Fren - Where Do you Want Ghosts To Reside CD Oskar Cenkier - pianos, organs, synthesizers, mellotron Michal Chalota - guitars Andrew Shamanov - bass guitars, synthesizers Oleksii Fedoriv - drums This is the first release by an instrumental symphonic rock band from Poland. “Well, this is the debut of a very promising band coming from Kraków, Poland. 'Where Do You Want Ghosts To Reside' will fullfil the expectations of many prog connoisseurs, I'm sure. Maybe in the vein of fellow countrymen Riverside somehow, when.. Fren 01 $17.00
Roach, Steve - Structures From Silence: 40th Anniversary Edition CD 'Forty years after the release of Steve Roach's Structures from Silence, the intervening decades have only proved that it's as serenely timeless as we thought it was the first time around, still sounding like slow motion surfing on the perfect wave to infinity.'-John Diliberto Steve Roach's 1984 Structures from Silence is an ambient classic often spoken of in the same breath as Eno's Music For Airports. Projekt celebrates Structures' 40th anniversary with a beautiful remastered edition... 21-PRO415-2 $17.00
Jaivas - La Ventana CD (expanded) “Nearly 50 years after its original release on the Chilean label IRT, here is the iconic CD issue of this album that includes the anthems 'Todos Juntos' and 'Mira Niñita.' Original master tapes have been used for this reissue, following the reels find at the IRT vaults. State of the art technology has also been used to guarantee a top-quality remastered sound that shows music details barely noticeable in the original pressing. The artwork restoration process has been undertaken by Martín Uribe.. MYECD 018 $15.00
Heaters - Matterhorn vinyl lp (due to size and weight, this price for the USA only. Outside of the USA, the price will be adjusted as needed) "“Plus ça change, plus c'est la même chose,” sayeth the French. Just more than a year ago, Heaters shepherded the release of “Baptistina” into the world, which itself followed their debut album, “Holy Water Pool,” by less than a year. Now, the Michigan-made music machine is set to lay claim to a new parcel of mountainous terrain, in the form of their latest release on Beyond Beyond Is Beyond, entitled “Matterhorn.” It’s a relentless pace, made all the more impressive not by the infrequency with... BBIB 040 LP $19.00
Hasselberg, Joao / Pedro Branco - From Order To Chaos João Hasselberg double bass/electric bass Pedro Branco guitar Albert Cirera sax on tracks 5, 8 Afonso Pais guitar on tracks 1 (Left side), 6 João Paulo Esteves da Silva piano on tracks 1, 6 Luis Figueiredo piano on track 3 João Lencastre drums "Only a few months after the debuting success of the album “Dancing Our Way to Death”, the partnership of the Portuguese, but living in Copenhagen, double bassist João Hasselberg and the also Portuguese, but established in CF 419 $15.00
Blown Free - Maximum Rock and Roll CD (Mega Blowout Sale) “A holy grail for 1970’s and 1980’s Metal collectors! If there ever was a band that could be classified as “obscure, underground rock” this is surely one. The only known release on this band is a sole 45 released on Excelsior (the label owned by the late Bill Holford, SR. of ACA Studios in Houston). Mr. Holford would sometimes take a band under his wing and help them, which is what he did with Blown Free. David Matthews (not that guy) started his career back in the late 1960’s, landing eventually... 18-DR 18 $9.00
Satin Whale - The Studio Albums 1974-1981 : 5 x CDs (due to weight, this price for the USA only. Outside of the USA, the price will be adjusted as needed) “Satin Whale was a popular German prog band that for some reason got very little attention when the CD world took shape. Only one of their albums - Lost Mankind - ever made it to the silver disc. Their debut "Desert Places" was originally released on the Brain label in 1974. Its one of the great titles from the label - ripping guitar, flute, and Hammond organ through out. "Lost Mankind" follows in kind. Quite a solid prog album. After that the albums are still proggy but a bit more commercial... 21-MIG 00442 $33.00
Titus Groan - Titus Groan 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 official re-release of Titus Groan's eponymous album originally released 1970 on Dawn under licensed courtesy of BMG Rights Management, UK, remastered from an original master copy out of the vaults of BMG. Titus Groan were a short-lived British jazz-rock quartet, named after the first 'Gormenghast' novel by Mervyn Peake. The original album contained five tracks all over five minutes long, including one extended suite 'Hall Of Bright Carvings' with a running time of nearly twelve minutes... 26-LHC 269 $34.00
Dresser, Mark - Tines of Change CD “I think of the bass as an orchestra. Its sonic properties offer colors that are beautiful, dimensional, and idiosyncratic. Instrumental augmentation, decades of musical research, and hyper-specific recording techniques offer new musical potentials. Luthier, engineer and bassist Kent McLagan has been building remarkably strong sounding, affordable basses from sustainable woods for over 20 years. McLagan’s instruments maximize clarity of pitch and power in all the registers with innovative functional.. 28-PYOC25.2 $17.00
Surplus 1980 Collectiv Ensembl with G.W. Sok - Forget All This “As alluded to in its name, Surplus 1980's music takes cues from the angular bands of the 1980s such as Dog Faced Hermans and Diagram Brothers and fuses it with the heavy, fierce attack pioneered by The Ex and The Fall to create their own blend of modern no-wave angst. Combined with Staiano’s playful lyrics, Surplus 1980's music is a thick slab of out-jazz, with more than a dash of punk ferocity. Surplus 1980 Collectiv Ensembl is a project of the current member of Surplus 1980, along with.... COQ 012 $10.00
Sirkis / Bialas IQ - Our New Earth 2 x CDs ASAF SIRKIS: drums (all tracks), crotales (3, 6, 7,10), konnakol (7, 11), Manjira (7), frame drums (7) SYLVIA BIALAS: voice (all tracks), waterphone (7, 9), overtone singing (6), lyrics (1, 2, 5, 10), konnakol (7) FRANK HARRISON: piano (1, 2, 4, 5, 6 ,8, 10), keyboards (1, 2, 3, 7, 9, 11) KEVIN GLASGOW: six string electric bass (all tracks) "European jazz is promised a virtually limitless future if it continues to stick close to its European roots embedded in the subsoil of specific. MJR 099 $16.00
Maksymenko, Michael - BusinessCide Musical Situations 1977-1989 (Mega Blowout Sale) "Maksymenko plays drums with the force and power of a thousand supercomputers, he composes with the originality of a team of duck billed platypuses writing a sequel to Gravity's Rainbow, and he's more fun to listen to than Disneyland."-Henry Kaiser. This is a collection of some of the very small but very great work by drummer/composer Michael Maksymenko, best known - if at all - for the amazing album and EP he did with the trio Kraldjuranstalten. It collects eight tracks by Kraldjursanstan... RER MM1 $5.00
Lord's Family - The Complete Schlossl Recordings CD The sound quality, while NOT professional, is more than decent enough to listen to and this is actually the real deal of early, unknown, pretty out style Krautrock! “This CD contains all audio recordings of the legendary hippie commune between 1971 and 1974! LORD'S FAMILY was a rural and music commune that was founded in Nuremberg in 1970 and lived in Beilngries in the Altmühltal from 1971 to 1974 in an old castle called The Schlössl! The group's mystical and ecological self-image, which... 21-SIR 2213 $17.00
Perch, Hen, Brock & Rain - Live @ The Jazz Happening Tampere Ab Baars-tenor saxophone, clarinet, shakuhachi Ig Henneman-viola Ingrid Laubrock-tenor and soprano saxophones Tom Rainey-drums “Dutch theatricality meets American resourcefulness on this conclave from four like-minded musicians whose collective tastes veer to the freer end of the improvisational spectrum. As it turns out, shorthand sobriquets for the participants on the CD spine also work as a solid, semi-ambiguous band name. Live @ the Jazz Happening Tampere provides the... RPR 1051 $13.00
Kriegel, Volker - Inside: Missing Link 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) Volker Kriegel (electric guitar, acoustic guitar, octave guitar) Albert Mangelsdorff (trombone) Alan Skidmore (soprano saxophone, tenor saxophone) Heinz Sauer (tenor saxophone) John Taylor (electric piano) Eberhard Weber (bass) Cees See (percussion, voice, flutes, effects) John Marshall (drums) First time available on vinyl in nearly 50 years, for this great jazz/rock album! Guitarist Volker Kriegel was an important part of the German jazz/rock scene in its... 28-MPSR218118.1 $37.00
Pyramids - They Play to Make Music Fire! The Pyramids 1973-1976 : 3 x CD box Between 1973-1976, The Pyramids made three great albums that combined elements of the AACM esthetic with what we now know as 'kozmigroov'. These are very rare and also all very attractive releases. Recommended! 05-DB 162 $42.00
Starving Weirdos - Into an Energy "This is a new release by California's extremely prolific avant-drone duo, Starving Weirdos. These eight new pieces bear all the hallmarks of Starving Weirdos' greatest work: the dizzying mixture of instrumental sounds, electronics, and field... 05-BOWEAVIL 038 $18.00