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Verve Sanders, Pharoah: Karma (Verve Acoustic Sounds) LP
Pharoah Sanders possesses one of the most distinctive tenor saxophone sounds in jazz. Harmonically rich and heavy with overtones, Sanders' sound can be as raw and abrasive as it is possible for a saxophonist to produce. Yet, Sanders is highly regarded to
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Sanders, Pharoah: Karma (Verve Acoustic Sounds) LP
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Mr. Bongo Ishikawa, Akira & Count Buffalos: Uganda (Dawn Of Rock) (box edition) LP
HIGHEST RECOMMENDATION!
The respected Japanese jazz drummer Akira Ishikawa was not messing around when he recorded the 'Uganda (Dawn of Rock)' album with his band the Count Buffaloes. For this offering, originally released in 1972 on Toshiba Records, Aki
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Ishikawa, Akira & Count Buffalos: Uganda (Dawn Of Rock) (box edition) LP
C$69.99
Coltrane, Alice: Journey in Satchidananda LP
Alice Coltrane's landmark Journey to Satchidananda reveals just how far the pianist and widow of John Coltrane had come in the three years after his death. The compositions here are wildly open and droning figures built on whole tones and minor modes. And
Coltrane, Alice: Journey in Satchidananda LP
C$35.99
Pink Flag Wire: Pink Flag LP
Wire’s first three albums need no introduction. They are the three classic albums on which Wire’s reputation is based. Moreover, they are the recordings that minted the post-punk form. This was adopted by other bands, but Wire were there first. It has bee
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Wire: Pink Flag LP
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Century Media Blood Incantation: Timewave Zero LP
Spawned in the Fall of 2011, Cosmic Death Metal initiates BLOOD INCANTATION, spent the past decade establishing a reputation for creating powerful Athmospheric Death Metal with progressive elements, while gradually incorporating more Psychedelic & Ambient
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Blood Incantation: Timewave Zero LP
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Elektra Television: Marquee Moon LP
This brand new, remastered collection spans Alan Vega and Marty Rev's forty year career and serves as an introduction to their raw, eclectic and inspiring catalogue. Although the band barely received any credit during their career, Suicide are cited as on
Television: Marquee Moon LP
C$25.99
MG.Art Gottsching, Manuel: E2-E4 (35th) LP
180-gram LP version with embossed chessboard artwork print and printed inner sleeve. In celebration of the 2016 35th anniversary of the December 12, 1981, recording of Manuel Göttsching's legendary E2-E4, one of electronic music's most influential recordi
Gottsching, Manuel: E2-E4 (35th) LP
C$44.99
Rhino Cure: Disintegration LP
The Cure evolved into one of the most visionary, creatively satisfying and influential groups to come of age in the 1980s. From dreamy pop to moody expressionism, the group's signature sound is adventurous, hypnotic, emotionally deep, and beautifully melo
Cure: Disintegration LP
C$44.99
MG.Art Gottsching, Manuel: Inventions for Electric Guitar LP
Originally released in 1975. Remastered by Manuel Göttsching. Recorded July-August 1974, Inventions for Electric Guitar is Manuel Göttsching's first solo album. Written and performed entirely by Göttsching on electric guitar, with a four-track TEAC A3340,
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Gottsching, Manuel: Inventions for Electric Guitar LP
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Matador Mission Of Burma: Vs. LP
Originally released in 1981 ‘Signals, Calls and Marches’ is an explosive and hard hitting EP with post-punk, hard core and leftfield sensibilities. The accomplished debut offers up instant classics, ‘That’s When I Reach For My Revolver’ and ‘Academy Fight
Mission Of Burma: Vs. LP
C$26.99
Numero Megira, Charlie: Tomorrow's Gone LP
Even in this age of near-total Internet accessibility, Charlie Megira is a modern mystery. A casual search turns up little aside from a few cryptic articles. His brief career unfolded during a changing of the guard in the music industry, opening on the de
Megira, Charlie: Tomorrow's Gone LP
C$34.99
Astralwerks Eno, Brian: Ambient 1 : Music for Airports LP
MEGA ESSENTIAL!!! Ground zero for ambient music, if you don't have this record, stop what you are doing, and come and buy it! Available both as a regular 33rpm LP or as an audiophile double 45rpm. Though not the earliest entry in the genre (which Brian En
Eno, Brian: Ambient 1 : Music for Airports LP
C$30.99
Music on Vinyl Davis, Miles: Big Fun LP
A collection of material recorded between 1969 and 1972, the period just after Bitches Brew, Big Fun was not issued until 1974. By then, Davis had moved on in other directions, so it became a much-neglected album. The compositions are too scattered to mai
Davis, Miles: Big Fun LP
C$49.99
Telephone Explosion Haack, Bruce: The Electric Lucifer LP
Bruce Haack's "The Electric Lucifer" is rightly considered one of the masterworks of 20th century electronic music. Originally recorded in 1968-69, it's an eminently listenable work where Pop-psychedelia and Moog/musique-concrete sounds coalesce. Acclaime
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Haack, Bruce: The Electric Lucifer LP
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Jackpot Wipers: Is This Real? LP
"Unquestionably Portland's most well-loved punk group, the Wipers formed in the late 1970s and in 1980 released their debut LP, Is This Real? -- twelve songs of stabbing, jittery guitar, snapped vocals, and unabashed teen angst. Full of desperation and ye
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Wipers: Is This Real? LP
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Bureau B Cluster: Sowiesoso LP
The fourth full-length album by legendary German electronic music duo Cluster, originally released on Sky Records in 1976. Sowiesoso follows on from their most highly-acclaimed album, Zuckerzeit (1974). Michael Rother's influence was clearly audible on th
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Cluster: Sowiesoso LP
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Numero Various: Valley Of The Sun: Field Guide To Inner Harmony (2LP-coloured) LP
Both a marketing firm and metaphysical mission, Valley of the Sun synthesized style and spirituality to produce an extensive catalog that at once defines and defies new age music. Founder Dick Sutphen worked with tireless devotion to spread a message he b
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Various: Valley Of The Sun: Field Guide To Inner Harmony (2LP-coloured) LP
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SST Black Flag: Damaged LP
Damaged is the classic debut studio album by the American hardcore punk band Black Flag. SST Records released it December 1981.

Black Flag reached a new level of intensity and raw fury with this release. This could be Henry Rollins' lifetime highpoint.
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Black Flag: Damaged LP
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Dais Coil: Musick To Play In The Dark² LP
Few groups in recent history forged as confounding and alchemical a body of work as Coil, the partnership of Peter 'Sleazy' Christopherson and John Balance. From album to album and phase to phase their recordings spelunk perplexing depths of esoteric indu
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Coil: Musick To Play In The Dark² LP
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Republic Roxy Music: Roxy Music (half-speed master/gloss-laminated finish) LP
Roxy Music's self-titled 1972 debut, one of two with Brian Eno still in the fold, exemplified the band's penchant for glamour, both in the lyrics and with the album cover of model Kari-Ann Muller, kick-starting a tradition of iconic album covers featuring
Roxy Music: Roxy Music (half-speed master/gloss-laminated finish) LP
C$36.99
Matador Pavement: Crooked Rain, Crooked Rain LP
To coincide with Pavement's 2010 reunion tour and the release of Quarantine The Past: The Best Of Pavement, Matador Records is launching a new vinyl series featuring all 5 of the band's essential studio albums plus the Watery, Domestic EP. An indie-rock t
Pavement: Crooked Rain, Crooked Rain LP
C$29.99
Lilith Cluster: Zuckerzeit LP+CD
Originally released in 1974, Zuckerzeit marked a turning point for these seminal German space rockers. Recorded shortly after their move away from the metropolis of Berlin, it sees some of the abrasiveness of their earlier material slightly diffusing. Wi
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Cluster: Zuckerzeit LP+CD
C$44.99
Astralwerks Eno, Brian: Another Green World LP
From its release in 1975 to today, Another Green World has been heaped with accolades. At the time, Village Voice described it as "the aural equivalent of a park on the moon" and Rolling Stone called it "a major triumph, an important record - and also a b
Eno, Brian: Another Green World LP
C$37.99
Palto Flats Shimizu, Yasuaki: Kakashi LP
"Originally released in 1982, Kakashi is another high water mark in the 80s Japanese underground. This album, which has gathered cult status in recent years, is the project of musical visionary Yasuaki Shimizu, and considered to be a highlight of his solo
Shimizu, Yasuaki: Kakashi LP
C$31.99