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Jazzman Rendell, Don/Carr, Ian: Dusk Fire LP

Here are the first ever official individual reissues of all five of the iconic Lansdowne recording sessions by the legendary UK jazz combo, the Don Rendell-Ian Carr Quintet. The five albums; 1965's Shades Of Blues, 1966's Dusk Fire, 1968's Phase III, 1969

Rendell, Don/Carr, Ian: Dusk Fire LP

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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

Sanders, Pharoah: Karma (Verve Acoustic Sounds) LP

C$54.99

Mesh-Key Jacks: Vacant World LP

Arriving on the Japanese music scene during the Beatles-inspired cover band boom of the late ’60s, Jacks instantly distinguished themselves from their fluff-peddling, copycat peers with stripped-down, original compositions, nihilistic lyrics and raw perfo

Jacks: Vacant World LP

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Verve Coltrane, Alice: Ptah The El Daoud (Verve By Request) LP

Transferred from Analog Tapes and Remastered on 180g Vinyl LP as Part of the Verve By Request Series. Recorded in the basement studio of the Coltrane home in 1970, Alice Coltrane's fourth album is a masterpiece of spiritual jazz. The title track is an ode

Coltrane, Alice: Ptah The El Daoud (Verve By Request) LP

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Victor Miho, Kei and Jazz Eleven: Kokezaru Suite LP

Keitaro Miho, a pianist/composer/arranger who has influenced not only jazz but also the Japanese music world. He also worked as a film director, actor, racing driver, writer, and commentator, and became popular as a versatile cultural figure. Since the la

Miho, Kei and Jazz Eleven: Kokezaru Suite LP

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Numero Duster: Together (cigarette smoke coloured) LP

Gather your loved ones, Together is here. Duster's fourth album is a 13-song exploration of comfortable, interplanetary goth. A sonic vaseline of submerged guitars, solder-burned synths, and over-driven rhythm tracks. "I know people say, ‘Oh Duster music

Duster: Together (cigarette smoke coloured) LP

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Bureau B Heldon: Allez-Teia LP

Bureau B present a reissue of Heldon's second album Allez-Teia, originally released on Disjuncta in 1975. Before making his own music in the early '70s, Richard Pinhas was a King Crimson fan. The British group has buzzed in Pinhas's mind for decades, but

Heldon: Allez-Teia LP

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Sub Pop Radio Birdman: The Essential Radio Birdman 1974-1978 LP

Founded in Australia by Michigan native, guitarist Deniz Tek and vocalist Rob Younger, Radio Birdman was one of the crucial forebears of underground, high-energy punk. Blending the Motor City sound of bands like The Stooges and MC5 that permeated Tek’s yo

Radio Birdman: The Essential Radio Birdman 1974-1978 LP

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Superior Viaduct Contortions: Buy LP

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Soon after their 1978 debut on the Brian Eno-produced No New York, a compilation that defined the No Wave scene, James Chance’s group Contortions had already evolved—getting sharper, tighter and just plain faster. Despite

Contortions: Buy LP

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Get on Down Otis, Shuggie: Freedom Flight (purple) LP

"Well before Shuggie Otis cut his debut album, musicianship and performance had long been a part of his life. The son of rhythm and blues legend Johnny Otis, Shuggie learned to play guitar as early as the age of two, and performed professionally with his

Otis, Shuggie: Freedom Flight (purple) LP

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Luaka Bop Onyeabor, William: Atomic Bomb LP

Onyeabor, William: Atomic Bomb LP

Onyeabor, William: Atomic Bomb LP

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Kunsthall Paysage D'Hiver: Die Festung LP

It’s a common saying that music takes you somewhere else. Dungeon Synth and Black Metal are no exception when it comes to music's ability to transport the listener from its current surroundings. Misty forests, murky cellars, mighty mountains, star-fille

Paysage D'Hiver: Die Festung LP

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Daptone Frightnrs, The: Always (INDIE EXCLUSIVE, BLUE SPLATTER) LP

Before Dan Klein's unfortunate passing, The Frightnrs agreed to keep a promise he asked of them - continue making music together. Part of that promise has been made manifest here...Daptone Records is proud to present ALWAYS! - the raw, soulful new long pl

Frightnrs, The: Always (INDIE EXCLUSIVE, BLUE SPLATTER) LP

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Bureau B Cluster: Cluster 71 LP

For the 50th anniversary of this influential album, Bureau B release Cluster 71 as a special LP version: 500 copies, numbered, gatefold and 180 gram vinyl. According to The Wire, the British bible of musical excellence, Cluster 71 is one of the "one hundr

Cluster: Cluster 71 LP

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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

Morricone, Ennio: Dissonance LP

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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

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

Budd, Harold: The Pavilion Of Dreams LP

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Dead Oceans Fay, Bill: Still Some Light: Part 1 LP

Bill Fay has always sung about attempting to understand the most universal questions: those of nature, spirituality, humanity. His songs are "calming hymns for another chaotic time," he says. His influence can be traced through many artist's work, and so

Fay, Bill: Still Some Light: Part 1 LP

C$34.99

Dais Coil: Musick to Play in the Dark 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 ind

Coil: Musick to Play in the Dark LP

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Dais Coil: Time Machines LP

"4 Tones to facilitate travel through time." So begins the listeners' journey into what has become one of the most treasured and revered pieces of COIL history ever released. Each of the four pieces on Time Machines is named after the chemical compound of

Coil: Time Machines LP

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Mute Suicide: Suicide (red) LP

Mute/BMG present the definitive reissue of Suicide's genuinely classic and highly influential eponymous debut album, originally released in the UK in 1977 on the Red Star label run by Marty Thau (former manager of The New York Dolls). As part of the Art O

Suicide: Suicide (red) LP

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Drag City Canavarro, Nuno: Plux Quba LP

BACK IN PRINT!!! NUNO CANAVARRO's Plux Quba hails from three decades in the past, yet the simple profile of its abstract/ambient/cutup collage makes it a record that sits quite comfortably in our IDM-informed future. In 1988, Plux Quba was a primal dark h

Canavarro, Nuno: Plux Quba LP

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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

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Rhino T. Rex: T. Rex (remastered 2016) LP

Described as the quiet before the storm that was the band's Electric Warrior album, T. Rex's self-titled 1970 LP contained a certain amount of the folkie sensibilities that they'd already been displaying whilst still going under the much more substantial

T. Rex: T. Rex (remastered 2016) LP

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