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Hedhunter Drive Like Jehu: Drive Like Jehu (coloured vinyl) LP
Repressed again with liner notes. The San Diego post-hardcore band’s debut album from 1991, containing the legendary Rick Froberg & John Reis guitar team dipped in battery acid, wired to a power station, wailing and screaming, with nervous riffs piled on
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Drive Like Jehu: Drive Like Jehu (coloured vinyl) LP
C$36.99
Impulse Coltrane, Alice: Kirtan: Turiya Sings LP
Alice Coltrane is the undeniable godmother of spiritual jazz and an acknowledged influence on everyone from Flying Lotus and Kamasi Washington to Solange and Radiohead. Turyia Sings was originally released in 1982 on cassette as a collection of devotional
Coltrane, Alice: Kirtan: Turiya Sings LP
C$44.99
Warner Mayfield, Curtis: Curtis LP
Curtis Mayfield might best be remembered for producing the Super Fly soundtrack but the incomparable soul singer/multi-instrumentalist/composer never eclipsed the musical and songwriting genius of 1970's groundbreaking Curtis. Released shortly after he de
Mayfield, Curtis: Curtis LP
C$29.99
Infinite Fog Coil: Love's Secret Domain 3LP
Black vinyl. In 1991, Coil released the third of their early classic full-length albums “Love’s Secret Domain”, seemingly casting aside the gloom and funereal beauty of its predecessors in favour of a painstakingly multi-layered hallucinogenic electronic
Coil: Love's Secret Domain 3LP
C$74.99
Finders Keepers Various: Strain, Crack & Break Vol. 2 LP
With his ongoing commitment to like-minded archivist label Finders Keepers Records, industrial music pioneer Steven Stapleton further entrusts us to lift the veil and expose “the right tracks” from his uber-legendary and oft misinterpreted psych/prog/pun
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Various: Strain, Crack & Break Vol. 2 LP
C$39.99
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
C$44.99
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
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Gottsching, Manuel: E2-E4 (35th) 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
Daptone Cochemea: Vol. II: Baca Sewa (Daptone Dealer Edition) LP
The Dap-Kings' electro-sax space warrior returns with a groove-heavy sequel to All My Relations, Vol. II: Baca Sewa, an expressive, transcendental voyage through the archives of his indigenous roots and beyond. Drawing on ancestral memories and family his
Cochemea: Vol. II: Baca Sewa (Daptone Dealer Edition) LP
C$26.99
Third Man Melvins: Houdini (180g/gatefold) LP
Music Industry, 1993: everyone is looking to sign the "next" Nirvana. Atlantic Records found exactly the band they were looking for in the Melvins. Birthed in the Pacific Northwest gloom of Aberdeen that would spawn grunge music and culture, the Melvins w
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Melvins: Houdini (180g/gatefold) LP
C$56.99
Now Again Witch: Lazy Bones LP
"Pressed on opaque orange vinyl. This landmark recording from Now-Again's comprehensive overview of Zambia's premier garage-, psych-, prog-, funk-, Afro-rock ensemble WITCH, We Intend To Cause Havoc! is now available in a never before seen color variant.
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Witch: Lazy Bones LP
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Aguirre Natural Information Society with Evan Parker: Descension (Out of Our Constrictions) LP
Rich in musical associations yet utterly singular in its voice, joyous with an inner tranquility, the music of Natural Information Society is unlike any other being made today. Their sixth album in eleven years for eremite records, descension (Out of Our
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Natural Information Society with Evan Parker: Descension (Out of Our Constrictions) LP
C$64.99
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
Scat Guided By Voices: Propeller LP
Propeller was the fifth album by Guided By Voices, and was intended to be the group’s last. Released as a limited edition of 500 LPs in 1992, the album featured handmade covers and blank labels to keep expenses as low as possible. Their other albums hadn’
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Guided By Voices: Propeller LP
C$34.99
Southern Lord Sunn O))): Flight Of the Behemoth LP
2002's Flight of the Behemoth is the third album by Sunn O))). The band collaborated with legendary Japanese noise artist Merzbow, who mixed "O)))Bow 1" and "O)))Bow 2." The first ever use of a drum machine on a Sunn O))) track is heard on "F.W.T.B.T.", a
Sunn O))): Flight Of the Behemoth LP
C$39.99
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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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
C$29.99
Light in the Attic Various: Somewhere Between: Mutant Pop, Electronic Minimalism & Shadow Sounds of Japan 1980-1988 LP
Somewhere Between: Mutant Pop, Electronic Minimalism & Shadow Sounds of Japan 1980–1988 hovers vibe–wise between two distinct poles within Light In The Attic’s acclaimed Japan Archival Series—Kankyō Ongaku: Japanese Ambient, Environmental & New Age Music
Various: Somewhere Between: Mutant Pop, Electronic Minimalism & Shadow Sounds of Japan 1980-1988 LP
C$49.99
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
Flaming Tunes: s/t LP
C$39.99
Warner Metallica: ...And Justice For All LP
Metallica's 1988 epic ...And Justice For All served as the thrash giants' commercial breakthrough. The follow-up to 1986's Master Of Puppets and the band's fourth full-length overall, it was Metallica's first album to reach the Top 10 (No. 6), their first
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Metallica: ...And Justice For All LP
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Sacred Bones Ataraxia (Mort Garson): The Unexplained (orange) LP
Black vinyl version. The pioneering electronic composer Mort Garson (Mother Earth's Plantasia) takes on supernatural phenomena with lush synth grooves on The Unexplained, his only release under the name Ataraxia. Subtitled Electronic Musical Impressions o
Ataraxia (Mort Garson): The Unexplained (orange) LP
C$26.99
Panegyric Fripp, Robert & Brian Eno: (No Pussyfooting) LP
Robert Fripp & Brian Eno's timeless 1973 electronic music classic No Pussyfooting on vinyl for the first time in nearly 30 years. The album's return to the 12" format is cut from masters approved by the artists, manufactured on 200g super-heavyweight viny
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Fripp, Robert & Brian Eno: (No Pussyfooting) LP
C$49.99
Domino Wyatt, Robert: Rock Bottom LP
Domino take great pride in reissuing Rock Bottom, originally released in 1974. Defiantly graceful, listening to Rock Bottom is like being invited into another person’s consciousness: fluid, deep, mesmerising and utterly unique.
Wyatt, Robert: Rock Bottom LP
C$34.99