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0529013 LP
TDP 54084
5060672880848
TRADING PLACES |
DANDO SHAFT - DANDO SHAFT
Dando Shaft's self-titled sophomore set from 1971 continued to build on the reputation established by their excellent debut, and now the arrival of female singer Polly Bolton added another textural dimension, as heard most clearly on the soaring 'Riverboat,' the absence of drums throughout allowing us to fully appreciate the players' excellent musicianship, with Martin Jenkins' masterful mandolin, flute and fiddle drawing the sound to higher realms. As it was issued on RCA's prog sub-label Neon, which folded soon after its release, the LP is as rare as it is excellent-another must-have for fans of progressive folk and psychedelic folk rock.
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PSYCH/PROG/BLUES/FOLK
07/04/2023 |
19.95
EUR |
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0533772 LP
TDP 54107
5060672881074
TRADING PLACES |
FARREN, MICK - MONA THE CARNIVOROUS CIRCUS
The adventurous singer, guitarist and music journalist Mick Farren launched his solo career after being sacked by his fellow Deviants, the protopunk band he fronted from 1967-69. Suffering from depression and other mental health issues, Farren teamed up with an all-star cast, including members of Quatermass and ex-Tyrannosauros Rex honcho Steve Peregrin Took for debut opus 'Mona The Carnivorous Circus,' mixing hard rock, spoken word, spaced-out interludes, radio cut-ups and garage rock, rendering a work as compelling as it is hard to classify.
Strange, delightful and a favourite of Julian Cope, this is an aural journey to savour. Originally released in 1970.
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PSYCH/PROG/BLUES/FOLK
20/05/2023 |
19.95
EUR |
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0532711 LP
TDP 54092
5060672880923
TRADING PLACES |
FIVE DAY RAIN - FIVE DAY RAIN
Enigmatic psychedelic proto-prog act Five Day Rain was formed in Sussex in the late 1960s by guitarist Rick Sharpe and bassist Clive Shepherd of Iron Prophet, and keyboardist Graham Maitland, who had been in Les Fleur Des Lys with Bryn Haworth, whose brother Kim joined on drums. This mythic self-titled debut has pop harmonies from all 3 members of America in places, the prog spiced with shades of blues, but somehow only 15 acetates were cut before a dispute quashed the project. This lost gem is as unique as it is rare, prefacing Procol Harum, Elton John and Styx in equal measure; grab it and be blown away by the musical complexity.
SIDE 1:
1. Good Year
2. Too Much Of Nothing (Full Version)
3. Don't Be Misled
4. The Boy
5. Lay Me Down
6. Rough Cut Marmalade (Bonus Track)
SIDE 2:
1. Wanna Make Love To You
2. So Don't Worry
3. Reason Why
4. Antonia
5. Leave It At That
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PSYCH/PROG/BLUES/FOLK
05/04/2023 |
19.95
EUR |
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0532712 LP
TDP 54093
5060672880930
TRADING PLACES |
FIVE DAY RAIN - MORE FROM 1970
Mythical Sussex psychedelic protoprog band Five Day Rain cut an album that never was in 1970, since a dispute nixed its official release. This must-have collection of rarities includes outtakes such as the fuzz box-filled 'Dartboard' and the raunchy 'Floating', as well as a tasteful cover of Bobby Hebb's 'Sunny,' plus full version of 'Rough Cut Marmalade.' 'Spare The Children,' released as a 45 by side project Studd Pump is included here too. Required listening for all who wish to understand the Five Day Rain story in full.
SIDE 1:
1. Marie's A Woman (1970 Mix)
2. Sea Song (Lifeline)
3. Fallout
4. Rough Cut Marmalade (Full Version)
SIDE 2:
1. Dartboard
2. Miss Elizabeth
3. Sunny
4. Spare The Children
5. Floating
6. Lay Me Down (First Version)
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PSYCH/PROG/BLUES/FOLK
05/04/2023 |
19.95
EUR |
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0531710 2xLP
RBRLP 80
9506885641563
ROADBURN |
GNOD - LIVE AT ROADBURN 2022 (2LP)
Over the past few years, Gnod have steadily emerged as one of the most captivating underground acts in the UK. Vehemently averse to stagnation, their sonic experiments veer from Hawkwind-like space rock to homebrewed industrial techno, incorporating virtually everything in between. In 2015, they released the critically-acclaimed triple-LP 'Infinity Machines,' a psych-jazz bad trip of Herculean proportions.
TRACKS:
1. Regimental
2. Town
3. Pink Champagne Blues
4. Spotlight
5. Skies Are Red
6. Still Running
7. Learn To Forgive
8. Bodies For Money
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PSYCH/PROG/BLUES/FOLK
19/05/2023 |
23.95
EUR |
 |
0533777 LP
SERB 112
2090505337778
SOUND EFFECT |
GREEN PAJAMAS - (BLACK) THIS FLOATING WORLD IS A DREAM
Sound Effect Records is delighted to release the Green Pajamas album 'Forever For A Little While' (Green Monkey Records CD, 2022), reimagined as a vinyl LP for 2023. Rechristened 'This Floating World Is A Dream' - band leader, Jeff Kelly's working title for the album - the vinyl version features all new artwork and has been resequenced to fit closer to Kelly's original vision of melancholy Akira Kurosawa landscapes painted with Persian setars, analogue synthesizers and backwards electric guitars. Featuring the seasoned craft of all four songwriters, Kelly, Eric Lichter, Laura Weller and Joe Ross, across 15 tracks, 'This Floating World Is A Dream' rings with the classic Green Pajamas vibe of past glories like 'Strung Behind The Sun' and 'All Clues Lead To Meagan's Bed' while simultaneously adding something refreshingly new to their already considerable discography. With the omission of three uptempo rock songs, the gentler moments on the album, like 'The Hidden Fortress' or 'Princess Misa,' seem to gain new depth and complexity, while at the same time allowing fan favorites like 'Six Minutes In Heaven' and 'Joy Ride' to shine even brighter.
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PSYCH/PROG/BLUES/FOLK
26/05/2023 |
24.95
EUR |
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0533778 LP
SERC 112
2090505337785
SOUND EFFECT |
GREEN PAJAMAS - (WHITE) THIS FLOATING WORLD IS A DREAM
Sound Effect Records is delighted to release the Green Pajamas album 'Forever For A Little While' (Green Monkey Records CD, 2022), reimagined as a vinyl LP for 2023. Rechristened 'This Floating World Is A Dream' - band leader, Jeff Kelly's working title for the album - the vinyl version features all new artwork and has been resequenced to fit closer to Kelly's original vision of melancholy Akira Kurosawa landscapes painted with Persian setars, analogue synthesizers and backwards electric guitars. Featuring the seasoned craft of all four songwriters, Kelly, Eric Lichter, Laura Weller and Joe Ross, across 15 tracks, 'This Floating World Is A Dream' rings with the classic Green Pajamas vibe of past glories like 'Strung Behind The Sun' and 'All Clues Lead To Meagan's Bed' while simultaneously adding something refreshingly new to their already considerable discography. With the omission of three uptempo rock songs, the gentler moments on the album, like 'The Hidden Fortress' or 'Princess Misa,' seem to gain new depth and complexity, while at the same time allowing fan favorites like 'Six Minutes In Heaven' and 'Joy Ride' to shine even brighter.
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PSYCH/PROG/BLUES/FOLK
26/05/2023 |
28.95
EUR |
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0533773 LP
TDP 54108
5060672881081
TRADING PLACES |
GRYPHON - GRYPHON
Non-standard prog act Gryphon made their mark by incorporating abandoned instruments and ancient classical elements in their work, giving their self-titled 1973 debut outstanding differences to standard rock fare. With co-founder Richard Harvey on recorders, mandolin, harpsichord, and glockenspiel and Brian Gulland, on bassoon, crumhorns, and vocals, backed by guitarist Graeme Taylor and drummer/percussionist Dave Oberlé, Gryphon expertly channelled contemporary English folk through forgotten medieval and Renaissance styles; unlike later rock-oriented work, 'Gryphon' showcases the band's unadorned beginnings.
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PSYCH/PROG/BLUES/FOLK
20/05/2023 |
19.95
EUR |
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0531467 2xLP
BREDD 884
5013929188419
CHERRY RED |
HAWKWIND - THE FUTURE NEVER WAITS (2LP)
Hawkwind release their 2023 studio album, entitled 'The Future Never Waits'. It follows their critically acclaimed 2021 album 'Somnia' and 2022 double live album 'We Are Looking In On You' The band's 35th studio album is an outstanding progression to their varied and celebrated catalogue.
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PSYCH/PROG/BLUES/FOLK
28/04/2023 |
48.95
EUR |
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0533931 LP
ROCKLIO 65
0655364706275
ROCKADROME/LION |
PUSSY - INVASION
Pussy were a hard rocking band with no pretensions of being super musicians or technical geniuses. If it seemed like fun, it was worth a try, which explains a lot about their sound and direction. Managed and produced by Ian Gillan (Deep Purple), Pussy was formed from the ashes of Jerusalem, well known among 1970s hard rock enthusiasts thanks to their stone-cold classic 1972 Deram label debut album. These 1973 Pussy recordings, with Paul Dean and Ray Sparrow of Jerusalem along with Brian Goff on guitar, were long-rumored to be an unreleased second Jerusalem album. It is not that: this is a different hard-edged guitar beast. Although Pussy kept the raw, no rules attitude from Jerusalem, which sets both bands apart from many others of the era, there seems to be a touch of Ziggy Stardust crunchy space glam in the mix for the Pussy recordings. Ian Gillan was far more proactive this time around, too - he played piano and percussion, and was responsible for many backing vocals on the songs. On stage anything could happen-no rules of course! Pussy gigged all over the UK and Germany, very much in the same way as Jerusalem had done. They recorded and released one single on Deram and then went on to record tracks between 1972 and 1973 with Brian Goff taking over for Bob Cooke on guitar. The recordings on this very album were meant to be for their debut album - which was never released at the time. Lion Productions and Rockadrome are proud to present here what was to have been the Pussy debut album, plus bonus tracks from the original Pussy single and a studio track recorded in 1972 with Jerusalem guitarist Bob Cooke. Features more than 40 minutes of material taken from the original master reels.
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PSYCH/PROG/BLUES/FOLK
05/05/2023 |
29.95
EUR |
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0531172 LP
TRANSV 58
7350074243753
TRANSUBSTANS |
RAVJUNK - UPPSALA STADSHOTELL BRINNER (+DVD)
This is an eagerly awaited reissue of 1977's 'Uppsala Stadshotell Brinner' by Uppsala band Rävjunk. The band was a fresh of breath air in the late '70s, blending impressions of the krautrock movement together with heavy psych, fuzzed out guitars and a rock'n'roll attitude. This LP reissue includes liner notes and a bonus DVD of their 2008 gig at Katalin, Uppsala.
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PSYCH/PROG/BLUES/FOLK
12/05/2023 |
22.95
EUR |
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0533768 LP
K2 69
2090505337686
KOMMUN2 |
SVENSSON, PER -PSYCHEDELIC SOUNDS- - MAGIC TRIP
Per Svensson is an artist and musician, born in 1965 in
Gothenburg, Sweden. He lives and works in Gothenburg,
Sweden. Active as a musician since the '80s, Per released his
first EP on Radium 226.05 Records in 1987, then working
with soundart and poetry. Per Svensson is also known for his
cooperation with Freddie Wadling and the Kingdom Of Evol
albums 'Dark Passages Nocturnal Incidents' and 'The Second
Coming Of Pleasure And Pain' on Progress Production, in 2012
and 2014. He founded the neo-psychedelic rock group The
New Alchemy with Ebbot Lundberg (TSOOL, Union Carbide Productions) in 2002 and released 3 albums, the latest ('On The Other Side Of Light') in 2013 on Subliminal Sounds. The New Alchemy recently performed the song 'Nightclubbing' at the Polar Music Prize 2022 ceremony when Iggy Pop received his prize, a Tv4 broadcast on Swedish National Television.
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PSYCH/PROG/BLUES/FOLK
28/04/2023 |
30.95
EUR |
 |
0529500 CD
SRECD 680
6430080232925
SVART |
40 WATT SUN - THE INSIDE ROOM
The first long-awaited reissue of 40 Watt Sun's debut album, 'The Inside Room', comes through Svart Records. Originally released in March 2011 by Cyclone Empire in Europe and Metal Blade in North America. Upon release, the album was greeted with widespread critical acclaim and was embraced by fans of Patrick Walker's previous band Warning. Whilst the music on 'The Inside Room' was a noticeable development from the heavy doom of Warning's Watching from a Distance, there is a recognizable thread connecting the two sonically.
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PSYCH/PROG/BLUES/FOLK
21/04/2023 |
14.95
EUR |
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0529503 CD
SVARTCD 55
6430080232956
SVART |
40 WATT SUN - WIDER THAN THE SKY
'Wider Than The Sky' comprises of six songs that speak to the very essence of humanity and delves below the surface of relationships and sadness and loss. The weight of the album is executed in a different way than it would have been in Patrick Walker's previous band, Warning. Where the electric buzz of the guitar or the crunchiness of the bass would have created the atmosphere for the seminal doom band, 40 Watt Sun use words and experience to create an aura of loss, yet, there's pale hope etched across the songs on this record.
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PSYCH/PROG/BLUES/FOLK
21/04/2023 |
14.95
EUR |
 |
0534261 CD
OZIUM 80
2090505342611
OZIUM |
DARK OCEAN CIRCLE - DARK OCEAN CIRCLE
Dark Ocean Circle is a heavy rock, riffrock, stoner and fuzzy doomband from Stockholm, Sweden.
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PSYCH/PROG/BLUES/FOLK
05/05/2023 |
10.95
EUR |
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0534010 CD
RFRCD 1
2090505340105
RIVERLY FLOWER |
ESTLIN PROJECT - IN THE LAST NIGHT
The Estlin Project is an attempt to set poems by E.E. Cummings to music. The project's first record, titled in the last light, comprises 14 settings of poems out of E.E. Cummings' first collection, 'Tulips And Chimneys.' Each setting has a different character (despite sharing a contrapuntal technique) incorporating influences by contemporary classical music, old jazz, medieval and renaissance music, blues, progressive rock, romanticism and minimalism.
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PSYCH/PROG/BLUES/FOLK
14/04/2023 |
12.95
EUR |
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0531891 CD
SRECD 635
6430080232598
SVART |
HURMERINTA, SAMI - SAMI HURMERINTA
First ever reissue of the debut and only album by Sami Hurmerinta. Combining elements of fusion jazz, progressive rock, blues and funk, his self titled album was originally released on vinyl and cassette tape in 1978. This is the first time the album Sami Hurmerinta is available on CD.
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PSYCH/PROG/BLUES/FOLK
28/04/2023 |
14.95
EUR |
 |
0533557 LP
NPRLP 527
0819224018148
NAPALM |
CONAN - BLOOD EAGLE
Reissue of 2014 full-length from these British purveyors of caveman battle doom. 'Blood Eagle' is a doom/drone/stoner metal monument filled with monolithic riffs, hypnotic melodies, brutal drumming and an archaic atmospheres. 'Blood Eagle' has a unique and raw character that will enthrall fans of Ahab, Eyehategod or Sunn O))) from the very first note on. The wrath of Conan is upon us!
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METAL/STONER/HARDROCK
17/04/2023 |
23.95
EUR |
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0533558 LP
NPRLP 528
2090505335583
NAPALM |
CONAN - HORSEBACK BATTLE HAMMER
2023 reissue. 'Horseback Battle Hammer' is the debut of UK's hammering powertrio Conan! Compromised of 4 long and crushing tracks that were recorded in the middle of Nov. 2009. at Wales' Foel Studio (Hawkwind, Electric Wizard, Blue Cheer, Godflesh). Artwork by Tony Roberts (Electric Wizard, Unearthy Trance, Cathedral). Conan's sound is ultra doom metal as you've probably heard few times before.
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METAL/STONER/HARDROCK
17/04/2023 |
23.95
EUR |
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0533972 4xLP
SRELP 678
6430080232628
SVART |
HURRIGANES - CRAZY DAYS ON THE ROAD (4LP)
Svart Records releases a 4LP package of concert recordings the band performed after the release of 'Crazy Days'. The material of this box consists of live tapes recorded by singer Hande Mertanen, which were originally intended for the band's private use and these recordings have now been restored and remastered. The publication comes with a booklet, which contains photos from the tour and accompanying texts by editor Pekka Laine. The collection contains 145 minutes of previously unreleased live recordings into 48 songs, two of which the band never recorded.
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METAL/STONER/HARD ROCK
28/04/2023 |
89.95
EUR |
 |
0530372 LP
ORDLP 97
0783586062500
OVERDRIVE |
HYPERWULFF - VOLUME THREE: BURROWING KINGDOMS
'Volume 3: Burrowing Kingdoms' brings The Sarge and The Wülff to the abandoned planet Ktolon, where they will find the remains of an ancient civilization and meet a mysterious presence inhabiting the depths of the planet. Along with their signature raw and energetic metal-punk, new psych-noise and vintage electronica injections expand the duo's sonic landscape. The release will be heralded by an interactive fiction experience titled 'Void And Descent,' which will introduce and complement the record's narrative themes. Comes on 180gr black vinyl.
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METAL/STONER/HARDROCK
09/12/2022 |
19.95
EUR |
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0533770 LP
TDP 54104
5060672881043
TRADING PLACES |
GYPSY BLOOD - KOKKOURISHI
Exact repro of the original with 4 bonus tracks. Japanese country rock act Gypsy Blood must be heard to be believed. Released on Vertigo in 1971, their sole LP showed the group simply bursting with talent, Kiyoshi Hayami's mandolin exceptional and the masterful soft-rock production courtesy of Miki Curtis; drummer Eiichi Tsukasa had earlier been in the Helpful Soul, organist Katsuo Ohno had been in the Spiders, and guitarist/vocalist Hiroaki Nakamura later played in Buzz with future YMO member Yukihiro Takahashi, while none other than Alan Merrill of 'I Love R'n'R' fame completes the picture on piano. A beautiful album, and a very rare beast!
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POP/ROCK/NEW WAVE
20/05/2023 |
19.95
EUR |
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0532490 LP
JACK 29
0637913076824
DEAR BOSS |
SIOUXSIE & THE BANSHEES - FROM THE CRADLE BARS (BLACK)
'LIVE AT THE DE NIEUWE KADE, TIEL, HOLLAND, JULY 7TH 1981 - FM BROADCAST' - Great concert from the 'Juju' era. The European tour began on June 14th 1981 in Brussels, and ran to the end of the summer before the group flew to North America for dates throughout October and November. This Dutch concert features live versions of tracks that appear on 'Juju,' only missing 'Into The Light' and 'Monitor.' A superb recording.
SIDE 1:
1. Israel
2. Halloween
3. Spellbound
4. Arabian Knights
5. Placebo Effect
6. Pulled To Bits
SIDE 2:
1. Tenant
2. Headcut
3. Nightshift
4. Sin In My Heart
5. Supernatural Thing
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POP/ROCK/NEW WAVE
23/03/2023 |
17.95
EUR |
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0534130 LP
RRS 217
8055515234350
RADIATION |
TEENAGE JESUS & THE JERKS - LIVE 1977-1979
Visionary No Wave legend Teenage Jesus and The Jerks created a confrontational sound, with a shifting line-up as a platform for Lydia Lunch's shouted vocal shocks, accompanied by her jagged guitar noise, non-melodic bass, and minimalist drums. This must-have live anthology is culled from six performances undertaken during their heyday, these atonal, in-your-face blasts somehow even more caustic than their studio work, rendering an aural assault not for the fainthearted. Benefitting from the presence of James Chance on select numbers, this uncompromising collection of staccato eruptions will get right up your nose - a must for all Jerks fans.
Comes on white vinyl.
SIDE 1:
01. Less Of Me [Live at Max's Kansas City, New York, 17th May 1978]
02. My Eyes [Live at Max's Kansas City, New York, 17th May 01978]
03. Popularity Is So Boring [Live at Max's Kansas City, New York, 17th May 1978]
04. Orphans [Live at Max's Kansas City, New York, 17th May 1978]
05. Eliminate By Night [Live at Max's Kansas City, New York, 17th May 1978]
06. Freud In Flop [Live at Max's Kansas City, New York, 17th January 1979]
07. Burning Rubber [Live at Max's Kansas City, New York, 17th January 1979]
08. I Woke Up Dreaming [Live at Max's Kansas City, New York, 17th January 1979]
09. Crown Of Thorns [Live at Max's Kansas City, New York, 17th January 1979]
10. Baby Doll [Live at Max's Kansas City, New York, 17th January 1979]
11. Race Mixing [Live at Max's Kansas City, New York, 17th January 1979]
12. Don't Talk About Love [Live at Max's Kansas City, New York, 8th August 1977]
13. No Morality [Live at Max's Kansas City, New York, 8th August 1977]
SIDE 2:
01. Instra-Mental [Live at Max's Kansas City, New York, 17th April 1979]
02. Baby Doll [Live at Max's Kansas City, New York, 17th April 1979]
03. Freud In Flop [Live at Max's Kansas City, New York, 17th April 1979]
04. Race Mixing [Live at Max's Kansas City, New York, 17th April 1979]
05. Crown of Thorns [Live at Max's Kansas City, New York, 17th April 1979]
06. Red Alert [Live at Max's Kansas City, New York, 17th April 1979]
07. The Closet [Live at CBGB's, New York, 4th November 1978]
08. 822 [Live at CBGB's, New York, 4th November 1978]
09. Freud in Flop [Live at CBGB's, New York, 4th November 1978]
10. Burning Rubber [Live at CBGB's, New York, 4th November 1978]
11. Red Alert [Live at CBGB's, New York, 4th November 1978]
12. Orphans [Live at Horseshoe Tavern, Toronto, 3rd August 1978]
13. Eliminate by Night [Live at Horseshoe Tavern, Toronto, 3rd August 1978]
14. The Closet [Live at Horseshoe Tavern, Toronto, 3rd August 1978]
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POP/ROCK/NEW WAVE
12/05/2023 |
17.95
EUR |
 |
0533053 LP
OBHL 12
2090505330533
OLD BAD HABITS |
VAXTONES - NEVER ENDING STORY
This is the first album of the next big thing of the Greek indie-alternative scene! A band formed by ex and current members of The Last Drive, Scopitone, The Hi Rollers, Raindogs, Xaxakes, Film, Maximum High, The Earthbound, etc. A must have for all c86ers, pop n' rollers, rock n' rollers, indie poppers and surfers.
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POP/ROCK/NEW WAVE
28/04/2023 |
30.95
EUR |
 |
0533813 CD
SK 163
2090505338133
STEINKLANG |
BIANCHI, MAURIZIO - GENI-Z
It's impossible to imagine industrial music without M.B. aka Maurizio Bianchi. Having released his earliest material already during the '70s, he can assuredly be called one of the primogenitors of industrial, noise and power electronics. Despite having taken a few breaks during his career, the body of work he has released during is so vast it's hard to take stock of. And he's not about to stop: 'Geni-Z' proves the maestro is still on top of his game. 'Geni-Z' is a work of calculated, tightly controlled and highly focused industrial atmospheres. Low-frequency drones and pulsations, high-frequency grinding sounds, whirring noises and waves of subtle distortion create non-musical compositions that lean towards the ambient a lot of the time. The long tracks evolve slowly, never becoming abrasive, confrontational or violent. But nonetheless, there is a constant sensation of foreboding menace lurking here, an unnerving and disconcerting feeling. Peaceful and serene this is not. The brooding, oftentimes quite minimalist, and meticulously crafted soundscapes on 'Geni-Z' are in many ways industrial in their purest form, focusing on abstract experimentalism and the freedom of non-musical expression instead of walls of deafening noise or crude audial violence. The album is a fine and worthy addition to Bianchi's long and winding discography, testament to the fact that Bianchi's well hasn't run dry of idea even after so many years.
Catalytic-sound material generated and encoded over the years from 2015 to 2022, using nucleic-electronic sources and noise frequency sequences. Concretistic-molecular images structured within my Opera's house. A huge thank you to Pharmakustik for his genomic mixing. Comes as 6-panels glossy laminated digipak, limited to 100 copies.
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INDUSTRIAL/DARK AMBIENT
15/05/2023 |
12.95
EUR |
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0533812 CD
SK 159
2090505338126
STEINKLANG |
DARK AWAKE - ABARIS HYPERBOREIOS
Steeped deep in esotericism, occult philosophy and ancient lore, Greek band Dark Awake have been exploring the hidden, subterranean currents of the European spirit for over 15 years now. In that time, the project has amassed a discography of respectable size, including the 2019 album 'The Last Hypnagogue' on Steinklang Industries. 'Abaris Hyperboreios,' referencing the legendary figure of Abaris of Hyperboreia from Greek mythology, is an album both timeless and old school, drawing from the perennial wisdom of the European spirit and inspired by the cornerstones of traditional martial industrial and post-industrial. Belligerent martial rhythms and heroic orchestrations mix with passages of deeply mysterious, abstract ritual ambience, enhanced by evocative neoclassical arrangements. From dramatic choirs to crackling layers of synthesizers, the musical breadth of the album is considerable.
This is not an album of elaborately orchestrated, exquisite sounding but soulless, cinematic emptiness. Rather, in the classic tradition of the genre, the compositions are often understated and stripped bare of all meaningless excess. What results is an album that will appeal to fans of all eras of the martial industrial scene. Evoking atmospheres of sinister menace, heroic spirit, ancient mysteries and the perenniality of sacerdotal truths, like the namesake figure of the album, 'Abaris Hyperboreios' sagely parts the veil for a peek at the concealed, esoteric nightside. Of history, modernity and the future, informed by hermetic, transcendent wisdom. Comes as 6-panels glossy laminated digipak, limited to 100 copies.
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INDUSTRIAL/DARK AMBIENT
15/05/2023 |
12.95
EUR |
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0533811 CD
SK 155
2090505338119
STEINKLANG |
GOVERNMENT ALPHA - MIND-ALTERING SUBSTANCE
Government Alpha should need no introduction. Active since the early '90s, and with a discography that can only be described as extensive, Government Alpha are among the most influential noise artists of all time, and a core name in Japanese noise.
'Mind-Altering Substance,' Government Alpha's umpteenth release, is another solid slab of vicious, unrelenting and abrasive noise as only Government Alpha does it. Migraine-inducing feedback, skull-splitting noises of grinding metal, the despairing wailing of tortured equipment and the death rattles of amps buckling under the pressure, this music truly is mind-altering - or should I say, deranging? But it's not just an impenetrable wall of crackling, static noise. Whilst there's a heavy focus on that, on skull-splitting barrages of audial violence, ever so often 'Mind-Altering Substance' will veer into outlandish experimental territory. Weird effects, unexpected sounds and broken, fractured structures add complexity to the album, making it a demanding, but at the same time rewarding listen. Cut from one cloth, this isn't. The album is proof of why Government Alpha is held in such high regard. Even after three decades and countless releases, the Japanese act sounds potent, inspired and energetic. Neither age nor wear make themselves heard on 'Mind-Altering Substance.' Comes as 6-panels glossy laminated digipak, limited to 100 copies.
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INDUSTRIAL/DARK AMBIENT
15/05/2023 |
12.95
EUR |
 |
0191430 2xLP
AK 128
7427244912624
AKARMA |
CALLENDER, BOBBY - RAINBOW (2LP)
Reissue of 1968 MGM released album by SITAR-WIZARD Bobby Calender for the occasion joined by an orchestra and a host of other musicians including Colin Walcott (Oregon) and Hugh McCracken. Sitars and tablas create a mystic and PSYCHEDELIC atmosphere. Produced by Alan Lorber of ULTIMATE SPINACH fame. LP comes with original paisley-style artwork, including 3 bonus tracks. 3-sided double LP of which side 4 is nicely engraved.
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PSYCH/PROG/BLUES/FOLK
23/11/2000 |
29.95
EUR |
 |
0309192 LP
TIME 711
TIMELESS |
GENTLE GIANT - GENTLE GIANT
Repress. Gentle Giant's self-titled first album was an impressive and unique debut that combined rock, blues, classical, and 1960's British soul. Although the recording quality is sub-par, the music transcends the medium and presents the listener with a variety of musical styles. Comparing Gentle Giant the album against the next several releases, it's amazing how much they were able to refine their sound, expand their musical palette, and take advantage of the broad range of skills and backgrounds of their members. This was the start of the journey and it was an auspicious beginning indeed.
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PSYCH/PROG/BLUES/FOLK
10/02/2020 |
23.95
EUR |
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0395137 LP
AK 269
8026575269118
AKARMA |
PALMER, BRUCE - THE CYCLE IS COMPLETE (IT)
Repress! At the end of the 1960s, the rock landscape was changing so radically, that many albums found their way to major label release that could have never been given the green light in any other era. One of the strangest of those is Bruce Palmer's 'The Cycle Is Complete,' the sole solo album by Buffalo Springfield's original bass player. The record was nothing if not uncompromising, consisting of four largely instrumental, improvised-sounding psychedelic-jazz-world fusion pieces that bore little relation to conventional rock music, or even to conventional structured songs. . Opening track 'Alpha - Omega - Apocalypse' features vocals by Rick Matthews (later known as psychedelic soul star Rick James).
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PSYCH/PROG/BLUES/FOLK
25/11/2013 |
23.95
EUR |
