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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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Black Editions Various: Tokyo Flashback 2LP
Black Editions present the first ever vinyl edition of Tokyo Flashback, the legendary 1991 compilation that defined the Tokyo psychedelic movement and first brought it to the outside world. Tokyo Flashback is one of the most iconic compilations in the his
Various: Tokyo Flashback 2LP
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Black Editions High Rise: ll LP
Black Editions present a reissue of High Rise's II, originally released in 1986. High Rise exploded onto Tokyo's underground music scene with the roar and reckless abandon of a motorcycle accelerating headlong into a dead man's curve. Born from the explos
High Rise: ll LP
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Superior Viaduct Bender, John: Plaster Falling LP
Plaster Falling was recorded at the same time as John Bender's first album, I Don't Remember Now / I Don't Want To Talk About It. Released in 1981 on the artist's own Record Sluts label, copies of Plaster Falling's initial pressing came hermetically seale
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Bender, John: Plaster Falling 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
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Zazou/Bikaye/CY1: Noir et Blanc LP
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Touch & Go Big Black: Songs About Fucking LP
Songs About Fucking, the last Big Black studio album, ups the aggression ante on almost every front. The music is more bombastic, the production is harsher, and the lyrics are even more confrontational, delivered even more stridently than before. Rather t
Big Black: Songs About Fucking LP
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Astralwerks Eno, Brian: Here Come the Warm Jets LP
The hybrid of glam, prog and art rock on Brian Eno's 1974 debut Here Come The Warm Jets continued in a vein similar to his previous albums with Roxy Music, but further upped the experimental ante. In developing the album's words and music, Eno used unusua
Eno, Brian: Here Come the Warm Jets LP
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Drag City O'Rourke, Jim: Insignificance LP
***BACK IN PRINT!!! Note new price. Avant-rock's prolific chieftain, Jimbo O, returns with another diamond from the rough. Eleven shiney bits of blackened pop mastery...
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O'Rourke, Jim: Insignificance LP
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Groenland Harmonia: Deluxe (50th Anniversary Edition) (ORANGE VINYL) LP
When Harmonia made an album, it was about more than just music. It was about a vision. Deluxe, released in 1975, was the band's second album. Instead of pure sound experiments, this album focused more on structure, melody, and rhythm. Harmonia showed a ne
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Harmonia: Deluxe (50th Anniversary Edition) (ORANGE VINYL) LP
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Cherry Red Fall: Hex Induction Hour (2LP-transparent green vinyl) LP
1982 was a decisive year for The Fall. Their critically acclaimed album ‘Hex Enduction Hour’ was released in March on Kamera Records, closely followed by ‘Room To Live’ in September of that year. ‘Hex Enduction Hour’ was their fourth studio album, buildi
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Fall: Hex Induction Hour (2LP-transparent green vinyl) LP
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Quarterstick Naked Raygun: Throb Throb (green swirl coloured vinyl) LP
REMASTERED BY BOB WESTON AT CHICAGO MASTERING SERVICE

ORIGINALLY RELEASED IN 1985 - VINYL REISSUE INCLUDES BONUS TRACK

Naked Raygun were an extraordinary staple in the Chicago music scene - beginning in the early 80's and continuing until their quie
Naked Raygun: Throb Throb (green swirl coloured vinyl) LP
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Sub Pop Six Finger Satellite: Severe Exposure (2LP deluxe edition-coloured vinyl) LP
Sub Pop marks the 30th anniversary of Six Finger Satellite's sophomore album, "Severe Exposure", with an expanded double LP edition of the album. In addition to the original album, this deluxe edition includes a bonus 12" of the 1994 "Machine Cuisine" EP,
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Six Finger Satellite: Severe Exposure (2LP deluxe edition-coloured vinyl) LP
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Fire Jackie-o Motherfucker: Flags Of The Sacred Harp (2LP-20th anniversary edition) LP
20th anniversary 2xLP reissue of Flags Of The Sacred Harp, a transcendent masterpiece of free-folk, gospel-drone, and psychedelic Americana. A re-imagining of traditional hymns and anthems from the original American songbook that was first published in 18
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Jackie-o Motherfucker: Flags Of The Sacred Harp (2LP-20th anniversary edition) LP
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EM SAB: Crystallization LP
A beautiful album re-emerges from realms of mystery! The long- awaited vinyl reissue of a Japanese neoclassical/experimental/new age/electronic music classic, originally released in 1978. ”Crystallization” is a work of unwavering perfection, whose sparkle
SAB: Crystallization LP
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Magical Power Mako: s/t LP
One of the most iconic figures in the Japanese alternative rock scene ever! Originally released in 1973, this was Magical Power Maco's highly visionary debut album. An eccentric mix of psyche, folk, kraut elements wisely filtered with Oriental sensibility
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Magical Power Mako: s/t LP
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Bureau B Faust: So Far LP
After the poor sales of their debut album, Faust's So Far (1972) presents the more commercial and accessible side of the legendary German krautrock band without giving up their advanced and experimental personality. It is a perfect album to begin explorin
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Faust: So Far LP
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Bureau B Grosskopf, Harold: Synthesist LP
"Harald Grosskopf was in his early twenties when LSD 'blew [his] reality away,' as he recalls. Born in Hildesheim in 1949, he had previously drummed in fairly conventional rock bands, most recently for Wallenstein. Their label-boss Rolf-Ulrich Kaiser was
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Grosskopf, Harold: Synthesist LP
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Universal Cale, John: Fear LP
Fear is the first of John Cale's three studio albums for Island Records, all of which were released in a period of just over a year. During this time Cale was also producing records for other artists, working on albums such as Horses (1975) by Patti Smith
Cale, John: Fear LP
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Numero Various: Bliss Out: For Days (2LP-crystal clear vinyl) LP
The Numero Group guide to private issue new age. Featuring Laraaji, Iasos, Joanna Brouk, Don Slepian, Peter Davison, Master Wilburn Burchette, Jordan De La Sierra, David Casper, Robert Slap, and 9 other pioneers of the Perrier underground. Adorned with Ma
Various: Bliss Out: For Days (2LP-crystal clear vinyl) LP
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Infinite Fog Nurse With Wound: Thunder Perfect Mind LP
The original release of Nurse with Wound's gargantuan "Thunder Perfect Mind" in 1992 coincided with that of Current 93's homonymous genre-defining album. Legend has it that the gnostic name initially appeared to Steven Stapleton in a dream as the title of
Nurse With Wound: Thunder Perfect Mind LP
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Paralaxe Editions Ulla & Perila: Jazz Plates LP
After many years drifting in and out of each-other’s orbit, ‘Jazz Plates’ finds Ulla and Perila making music in the same room for the first time, exhaling a double album’s worth of gorgeously evocative mood music, gently crackling with a dream-textured ha
Ulla & Perila: Jazz Plates LP
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Siltbreeze Dead C: Harsh 70s Reality LP
Originally seeing the light of day in April of 1992, Harsh 70s Reality was not just a high water mark for that year, but for the ages. Technically this was the band’s fourth long-play outing, and as a double-album, it followed (and was ever so slightly in
Dead C: Harsh 70s Reality LP
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International Anthem Chiu, Jeremiah: In Electric Time LP
On June 29th, 2023, Jeremiah Chiu walked into the Vintage Synthesizer Museum (VSM) in Highland Park, Los Angeles, with no plan more specific than “let’s fire this stuff up and see what happens.” Exploring the VSM’s vast collection of classic, rare and sta
Chiu, Jeremiah: In Electric Time LP
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