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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
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Various: Tokyo Flashback 2LP
C$54.99
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
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Tembo, Chrissy Zebby: My Ancestors LP
C$29.99
Palto Flats Shimizu, Yasuaki: Kakashi LP
"Originally released in 1982, Kakashi is another high water mark in the 80s Japanese underground. This album, which has gathered cult status in recent years, is the project of musical visionary Yasuaki Shimizu, and considered to be a highlight of his solo
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Shimizu, Yasuaki: Kakashi LP
C$37.99
Glitterbeat AMMAR 808: Club Tounsi LP
Denmark-based Tunisian producer Sofyann Ben Youssef has already created whole new worlds of sound. His startling debut as AMMAR 808 -- 2018's Maghreb United -- fused thumping TR-808 drum machine rhythms and bone-rattling bass with traditional North Africa
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AMMAR 808: Club Tounsi LP
C$49.99
Proper Fay, Bill: Bill Fay LP
Originally issued on Decca’s Deram imprint in 1970, Bill Fay’s debut album is a soulful and introspective folk-rock masterpiece – With its warm, lush arrangements and heartfelt lyrics, it showcases Fay’s poetic storytelling and enduring from-the-heart emo
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Fay, Bill: Bill Fay LP
C$56.99
Vampi Soul Ayers Ubiquity, Roy: Everybody Loves the Sunshine LP
In Everybody Loves the Sunshine (1976), Roy Ayers seamlessly blends genres, creating a timeless sound that continues to influence musicians and DJs around the world. He makes the vibraphone the central instrument, a jazz-funk approach that defines his uni
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Ayers Ubiquity, Roy: Everybody Loves the Sunshine LP
C$54.99
Atomhenge Hawkwind: Space Ritual LP
A deluxe double LP release of Hawkwind's legendary live album ‘Space Ritual’, recorded on the band's UK tour of December 1972, which followed the release of their studio album ‘Doremi Fasol Latido’. The live show was a continuous performance linked by poe
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Hawkwind: Space Ritual LP
C$64.99
Numero 90 Day Men: (It (Is) It) Critical Band (2LP-25th anniversary/coke bottle wave vinyl) LP
90 Day Men's (It (Is) It) Critical Band + Reissued for Its Y2K 25th Anniversary Edition on Colored 2LP: Expanded With Unreleased Album Tracked at Steve Albini's Electrical Audio. Atmospheric post-rock from turn of the century Chicago. 90 Day Men's debut f
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90 Day Men: (It (Is) It) Critical Band (2LP-25th anniversary/coke bottle wave vinyl) LP
C$46.99
London Durutti Column: The Return Of The Durutti Column (45th Anniversary) LP
Alongside Joy Division, The Durutti Column were amongst the first artists to be released by Factory Records. Their debut album, produced by Martin Hannett, showcased the filigree guitar work of Vini Reilly, awash with reverb and early experiments with syn
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Durutti Column: The Return Of The Durutti Column (45th Anniversary) LP
C$59.99
Elemental Axelrod, David: Song of Innocence LP
Song of Innocence (1968) is the visionary debut solo album by producer, arranger, and composer David Axelrod, released on Capitol Records. Named after William Blake’s poetry collection, the record blends psychedelia, jazz fusion, orchestral textures, and
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Axelrod, David: Song of Innocence LP
C$39.99
Warner Flaming Lips: Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots LP
Although it was burdened with the difficult task of following-up what is universally lauded as one of the best albums of the '90s in 1999's Soft Bulletin, The Flaming Lips struck gold once again with 2002's equally as brilliant Yoshimi Battles The Pink Ro
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Flaming Lips: Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots LP
C$39.99
Relapse Boris: Pink (20th Anniversary) LP
Boris' iconic album Pink is now available for the first time in a decade as a 20th Anniversary reissue featuring the original CD sequence as a 2XLP for the first time ever, with an exclusive D side etching on the vinyl.

Pink was Boris' tenth album and
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Boris: Pink (20th Anniversary) LP
C$40.99
Blue Note Hutcherson, Bobby: Montara (Blue Note Tone Poet) LP
A high-water mark of Bobby Hutcherson’s remarkably creative and diverse 1970s Blue Note output, Montara is a feel-good album that found the great vibraphonist conjuring up an intoxicating hybrid of Latin jazz and fusion grooves. Recorded in Hutcherson’s h
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Hutcherson, Bobby: Montara (Blue Note Tone Poet) LP
C$54.99
Trad Gras Och Stenar: S/T LP
Legendary and pioneering Träd, Gräs och Stenar is considered Sweden's oldest rock band to play psychedelic underground music. The group originally formed in 1967 as International Harvester, later became Harvester, and eventually evolved into Träd, Gräs oc
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Trad Gras Och Stenar: S/T LP
C$49.99
Drag City US Maple: Talker LP
U.S. Maple on Drag City BACK IN STOCK, at last! Talker, Acre Thrills and Purple on Time, from their Drag City run (1999-2003) may be ordered now, bundled together at a price that should move ya! These transgresso-rock classics are gonna live forever – but
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US Maple: Talker LP
C$39.99
Now Again Amanaz: Africa LP
Single LP reissue of the original album (does not include the "Reverb Mix" version found on previous 2LP editions). "Issued in 1975, this is the articulation of Zambia's Zamrock ethos. Its' musicians were anti-colonial freedom fighters, it envelops Zambia
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Amanaz: Africa LP
C$41.99
Temporary Residence Basinski, William: The Disintegration Loops (Arcadia Archive Edition) LP
Since the turn of this century, perhaps no other modern composition has had a more resonant healing effect than The Disintegration Loops. Composer William Basinski’s deteriorating analog tape loops evolved from melodic symphonies to melancholic silence ov
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Basinski, William: The Disintegration Loops (Arcadia Archive Edition) LP
C$249.99
Great Tracks Masaru Trio, Imada: Green Caterpillar LP
Previous album, "Brow Up," which made it known to the jazz world, this is Isao Suzuki's second album. You can enjoy the interplay with the Watanabe Kazumi, ...etc. This is a masterpiece of one creature.

Masaru Imada(p) / Isoo Fukui(b) / Tetsujiro Obara
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Masaru Trio, Imada: Green Caterpillar LP
C$64.99
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
C$59.99
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
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Cale, John: Fear LP
C$47.99
Temporal Drift Yoshimura, Hiroshi: Flora LP
Following their 2024 reissue of Hiroshi Yoshimura’s classic album, Surround, Temporal Drift proudly presents the first-ever reissue of FLORA, Yoshimura’s underappreciated ambient classic.

FLORA was originally recorded and completed in 1987, and remaine
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Yoshimura, Hiroshi: Flora LP
C$64.99
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
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Various: Bliss Out: For Days (2LP-crystal clear vinyl) LP
C$39.99
Rhino Sound: Jeopardy LP
The Sound burst onto the scene with their thrilling, adrenaline-fuelled 1980 debut, Jeopardy, now reissued on colored vinyl. The music press was universally ecstatic heralding a powerful new force, but maybe Brendan Perry of the legendary Dead Can Dance s
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Sound: Jeopardy LP
C$46.99
Century Media Blood Incantation: Absolute Elsewhere LP
Blood Incantation’s Absolute Elsewhere is unlike anything you’ve ever heard before. Few can claim a sonic watershed as readily as the Denver, Colorado quartet. At roughly 45 minutes, the two compositions that make up this album are as confounding as they
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Blood Incantation: Absolute Elsewhere LP
C$44.99