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Klimt Morricone, Ennio: Dissonance LP
Originally released as a 2CD set. Easily one of the most prolific film composers of all time, Ennio Morricone enjoys a revered status in the world of eccentric music lovers second to no other. While he is probably best known for his unmistakable music in
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Morricone, Ennio: Dissonance LP
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Klimt Morricone, Ennio: Crime LP
Originally released as a 2CD set. Easily one of the most prolific film composers of all time, Ennio Morricone enjoys a revered status in the world of eccentric music lovers second to no other. While he is probably best known for his unmistakable music in
Morricone, Ennio: Crime LP
C$34.99
Mute Can: Soundtracks LP
Mute presents a colored vinyl LP reissue of Can's Soundtracks, a compilation of songs the band had composed for different movies which was released in 1970 before they started work on their second album. This record said goodbye to the group's original vo
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Can: Soundtracks LP
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Superior Viaduct Budd, Harold: The Pavilion Of Dreams LP
For five decades, Harold Budd stood on the forefront of the West Coast avant-garde. Born in Los Angeles, he studied with Schoenberg-pupil Gerald Strang and began teaching at CalArts in 1970. While searching for his own voice, he was influenced as much by
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Budd, Harold: The Pavilion Of Dreams LP
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Light in the Attic Various: I Am The Center: Private Issue New Age Music in America 1950-1990 BOX
Back in stock on yellow vinyl! “Sound created the universe. It wasn’t a word. Sound created atoms; sound and light are the original manifesting principles for worlds… A musician sources that primeval, eternal sound, and it comes out as music.” – Constance
Various: I Am The Center: Private Issue New Age Music in America 1950-1990 BOX
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MG.Art Ash Ra Tempel: Schwingungen LP
MG.ART announce the authorized 50th anniversary edition of Ash Ra Tempel's Schwingungen, originally released in 1972. One of the most important German krautrock albums. Re-cut carefully overseen by Manuel Göttsching himself. Gatefold sleeve with sticker;
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Ash Ra Tempel: Schwingungen LP
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Soul Jazz Russell, Arthur: The World Of Arthur Russell LP
Acknowledged as an influence by many: founder of the classic eighties label Sleeping Bag, home to Mantronix, T La Rock, Joyce Sims amongst many others: - vocalist and cellist, buddhist - almost joined Talking Heads, instead making two of the biggest Parad
Russell, Arthur: The World Of Arthur Russell LP
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Sargent House Lingua Ignota: SINNER GET READY (Red & Clear) LP
Kristen Hayter, the classically trained multi-instrumentalist, performance artist, and vocalist known as Lingua Ignota has announced her Sargent House debut, SINNER GET READY. A graduate of the School of the Art Institute of Chicago with an MFA in Literar
Lingua Ignota: SINNER GET READY (Red & Clear) LP
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Vinyl on Demand Various: Vanity Records Vol. 2 BOX
The Vanity Box Vol. 2 presents another beautiful boxet with releases by legendary Japanese DIY label Vanity, active in the late 70s and early 80s. It was conceived by Studio Warp, in collaboration with Agi Yuzuru and the whole roster of artists involved w
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Various: Vanity Records Vol. 2 BOX
C$139.99
Blue Fog Elevator To Hell: Eerieconsiliation ("Extra" edition/colour) LP
BlueFog brings you a sweet fully remastered double vinyl gatefold reissue of this classic Elevator album. Record one featuring the original 16 song album, record two has 16 more songs from the “Eerie” sessions including original 7 inch only tracks, rariti
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Elevator To Hell: Eerieconsiliation ("Extra" edition/colour) LP
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Rhino Stooges: s/t LP
Proto-punk trailblazers The Stooges – Iggy Pop, Ron and Scott Asheton, and Dave Alexander – may have sounded like they were from the Stone Age, but the Ann Arbor quartet predicted the future of rock 'n' roll with the untamable sonic assault of their John
Stooges: s/t LP
C$29.99
Nero's Neptune Yonkers, Michael: Grimwood LP
Currently out of print on CD, Michael Yonkers’ Grimwood finally receives its long-overdue vinyl re-release on Nero’s Neptune. Yonkers’ first 4 LPS were released simultaneously in 1973, but it is Grimwood, Michael’s first, which regular commands the bigges
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Yonkers, Michael: Grimwood LP
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Pharaway Koray, Erkin: Halimem LP
Pharaway Sounds presents a compilation dedicated to Erkin Koray, the father of Anatolian rock/Turkish psych. Halimem includes rare single and cassette-only tracks (mostly from 1970-72, plus three killer ones from 1987). Expect a fabulous mix of Turkish me
Koray, Erkin: Halimem LP
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Hedhunter Drive Like Jehu: Yank Crime (incl. 7-inch) LP
The band’s second and, unfortunately, final album, Yank Crime is as worthy and awesome as its predecessor, losing not a jot in the change from independent to major label status. Including some longer, more complex tunes this time around, Drive Like Jehu i
Drive Like Jehu: Yank Crime (incl. 7-inch) LP
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Blue Fog Eric's Trip: Peter (colour) LP
Out of print and unavailable for many years, one of the most memorable Eric’s Trip releases, aside from the “Love Tara” album, is the indie EP that introduced them to the world.

Their youthful energy, catchy songs, and noisy lo-fi recording techniques
Eric's Trip: Peter (colour) LP
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Ebalunga!!! Szabo, Gabor: Dreams LP
The long-awaited reissue of rare Eastern and psychedelic Jazz LP by the famous Hungarian guitarist, originally released in 1968. The first time, extended Edition with 2 bonus tracks: radio version of Fire Dance / Ferris Wheel from single 7” 1969. Gatefold
Szabo, Gabor: Dreams LP
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Superior Viaduct Flaming Tunes: s/t LP
Flaming Tunes’ sole release is perhaps the finest elegy to the ‘80s home recording ethos that you’ve never heard. Originally released in 1985 on cassette (with individually hand-colored covers), this self-titled album grew out of the collaboration between
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Flaming Tunes: s/t LP
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Seance Centre Museum Of No Art: s/t LP
What is in the Museum Of No Art? Not paintings, but visions. Not sculptures, but empty spaces full of potential. It is within this inverted gallery that Mona Steinwidder traces fabulous forms with voice, sampler, synthesizer, clarinet and effects. Under t
Museum Of No Art: s/t LP
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Groenland Harmonia: Musik von Harmonia LP
Few bands match the pastoral beauty and majesty of Harmonia, the short-lived German band that existed from 1973 to 1976. The krautrock supergroup, brought together Dieter Moebius and Hans-Joachim Roedelius of Cluster, and Michael Rother of NEU!, who were
Harmonia: Musik von Harmonia LP
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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
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Joy Division: Unknown Pleasures 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
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Mission Of Burma: Vs. LP
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Jackpot Wipers: Over The Edge LP
"The bleak, hard-driven third LP by the Wipers (originally released in 1983) offers Greg Sage at his most chased and breathless, lashing out with sharp staccato notes as if melody were his only defense. While their debut LP provided the blueprint for grun
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Wipers: Over The Edge 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
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Dinosaur Jr.: Where You Been (2LP deluxe edition-blue vinyl) LP
C$59.99
Mute Cave, Nick: From Her to Eternity LP
The fact that Nick Cave opened his new outfit’s first album with a cover of a Leonard Cohen song, the delusional visionary brooding of "Avalanche," was a sign that he had moved in for good to what Cohen would later call ‘the tower of song’. Cohen’s origin
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Cave, Nick: From Her to Eternity LP
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