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Rhino Joy Division: Unknown Pleasures LP

Factory Records owner Tony Wilson gambled label profits and his life savings on the recording of Joy Division's debut album. With producer Martin Hannett at the helm, the band crafted a stark musical statement that would endure as a milestone. 1979's Un

Joy Division: Unknown Pleasures LP

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Rhino New Order: Power, Corruption & Lies LP

New Order formed in Manchester, U.K. in 1980, rising from the ashes of Joy Division after lead singer Ian Curtis' tragic suicide. Guitarist Bernard Sumner took over on vocals, and with drummer Stephen Morris, bassist Peter Hook and keyboardist Gillian Gil

New Order: Power, Corruption & Lies LP

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Stones Throw Jaylib: Champion Sound LP

The original release from the Madlib and J Dilla collaboration, Champion Sound created between Los Angeles and Detroit in 2002-2003. Half of the songs are produced by Madlib and feature J Dilla on vocals and the other half are produced by J Dilla and feat

Jaylib: Champion Sound 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

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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

Wipers: Is This Real? LP

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Audika Russell, Arthur: Calling Out Of Context LP

"The compilation that started the renaissance. In 2002 Audika Records entered into an exclusive licensing agreement with the estate of Arthur Russell to compile and issue previously unreleased and out of print material from Arthur's vast archive. This fir

Russell, Arthur: Calling Out Of Context LP

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Cherry Red Dinosaur Jr.: Where You Been (2LP deluxe edition-blue vinyl) LP

Gatefold; Blue vinyl. "Formed in 1984, Dinosaur Jr carved a singular path through the latter half of the 1980s and early 1990s, issuing a number of highly influential albums in the process before finding a home with Sire Records. Where You Been, their fif

Dinosaur Jr.: Where You Been (2LP deluxe edition-blue vinyl) LP

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Blackest Ever Black Dal Forno, Carla: You Know What It LP

Carla dal Forno presents her debut solo album You Know What It's Like, following time in cult Melbourne group Mole House and an earlier association with Blackest Ever Black as a member of F ingers and Tarcar. Her voice is an extraordinary instrument: both

Dal Forno, Carla: You Know What It LP

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Ndeya Hassell, Jon: Vernal Equinox LP

Vernal Equinox was the first commercially released work by Jon Hassell, originally put out by Lovely Music in 1977. It is also the debut of a pioneering new form of music that would become known as "fourth world": a subtle blend of field recordings, elect

Hassell, Jon: Vernal Equinox LP

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Glitterbeat Hassell, Jon/Farafina: Flash of the Spirit LP

Tak:Til/Glitterbeat present the first ever reissue and remastering of Jon Hassell and Farafina's prescient, "Fourth World" masterwork, Flash of the Spirit, originally released in 1988. Propulsive Burkinese rhythms meet revelatory, ambient soundscapes. Co-

Hassell, Jon/Farafina: Flash of the Spirit LP

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Lovely Ashley, Robert: Automatic Writing LP

Lovely Music present a reissue of Robert Ashley's Automatic Writing, originally released as an LP by Lovely Music in 1979. Over the course of Robert Ashley's career his preoccupation with language and the voice took many forms. He became known in his libr

Ashley, Robert: Automatic Writing LP

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Kallista Dal Forno, Carla: Look Up Sharp LP

Carla dal Forno announces her second full-length album, Look Up Sharp, on her own Kallista records. Dal Forno beckons a bold new era in her peerless output pushing her dub-damaged DIY dispatches to the limits of flawless dream-pop. In a transformative mov

Dal Forno, Carla: Look Up Sharp LP

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Finders Keepers Various: Strain Crack Break LP

After years of mythology, misinterpretation, and procrastination Nurse With Wound's Steven Stapleton finally chooses Finders Keepers as the ideal collaborators to release "the right tracks" from his über-legendary psych/prog/punk peculiarity shopping list

Various: Strain Crack Break LP

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Black Editions Acid Mothers Temple & The Melting Paraiso UFO: s/t LP

Black Editions presents the deluxe, first-ever vinyl edition of Acid Mothers Temple's classic self-titled first album. Over the last 25 years no group has been more prolific or dedicated to pushing psychedelic rock to its limits than Japan's Acid Mothers

Acid Mothers Temple & The Melting Paraiso UFO: s/t 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

Cluster: Sowiesoso LP

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Fat Possum X: Los Angeles LP

A reissue of X's essential debut album originally released by Slash in 1980, and the first in a series of X reissues on Fat Possum. Ranked # 286 on Rolling Stone's list of the 500 greatest albums of all time.

X: Los Angeles LP

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Unseen Worlds Spiegel, Laurie: The Expanding Universe (3LP) LP

The Expanding Universe is the 1980 debut album by composer and computer music pioneer Laurie Spiegel. The original album is reissued here as a massively expanded 3LP or 2CD set, containing all four original album tracks plus an additional 15 tracks from t

Spiegel, Laurie: The Expanding Universe (3LP) LP

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Astralwerks Eno, Brian: Ambient 4: On Land LP

Available both as a regular 33rpm LP or as an audiophile double 45rpm. On 1982's Ambient 4 (On Land) – the final edition in Brian Eno's ambient series – his palate shifted from electro-mechanical and acoustic instruments towards "non-instruments" like pie

Eno, Brian: Ambient 4: On Land LP

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Goofin' Sonic Youth: Daydream Nation LP

Daydream Nation was Sonic Youth’s sixth full-length, their first double-LP, and their last for an indie label before signing with Geffen. Widely considered to be their watershed moment, the album catapulted them into the mainstream and proved that indie b

Sonic Youth: Daydream Nation LP

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Finders Keepers Vannier, Jean-Claude: L'Enfant Assassin des Mouches (FKR 10th Anniversary Edition) LP

To mark the ten years of Finders Keepers we present a lovingly remastered and repackaged release of the album where it all began. Within the last ten years the resurgence of sixties Gallic pop, once known as Ye-Ye music, has escalated beyond an inter-stel

Vannier, Jean-Claude: L'Enfant Assassin des Mouches (FKR 10th Anniversary Edition) LP

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Mississippi Tembo, Chrissy Zebby: My Ancestors LP

"It could be argued that this is one of the greatest rock n' roll records of all time! Straight from Zambia, we have My Ancestors. A tough rock and roll masterpiece like no other. Over-ridden fuzz guitars, pop melodies and even a Black Sabbathesque soundi

Tembo, Chrissy Zebby: My Ancestors LP

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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

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Crammed Zazou/Bikaye/CY1: Noir et Blanc LP

At last, the vinyl reissue of one of the biggest cult albums in the history of Crammed Discs. This record is constantly being (re)discovered by generations of fans, musicians and DJs, who hail it as an unsurpassed Afro/electronic milestone. The album was

Zazou/Bikaye/CY1: Noir et Blanc LP

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RER Musci, Roberto & Giovanni Venosta: Water Messages on Desert Sand LP

Following up on the material reissued via Music From Memory, here is a reissue of Roberto Musci and Giovanni Venosta's sought after ambient masterpiece from 1987. The album realises sound from electric, acoustic and documentary source, taking ethnic field

Musci, Roberto & Giovanni Venosta: Water Messages on Desert Sand LP

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