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Black Editions Acid Mothers Temple & The Melting Paraiso UFO: s/t LP

Black Editions presents the deluxe, first-ever vinyl edition of Acid Mothers Temple's classic self-titled first album. Over the last 25 years no group has been more prolific or dedicated to pushing psychedelic rock to its limits than Japan's Acid Mothers

Acid Mothers Temple & The Melting Paraiso UFO: s/t LP

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Unseen Worlds Spiegel, Laurie: The Expanding Universe (3LP) LP

The Expanding Universe is the 1980 debut album by composer and computer music pioneer Laurie Spiegel. The original album is reissued here as a massively expanded 3LP or 2CD set, containing all four original album tracks plus an additional 15 tracks from t

Spiegel, Laurie: The Expanding Universe (3LP) LP

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Pink Flag Wire: Pink Flag (2018 remaster) LP

Wire’s first three albums need no introduction. They are the three classic albums on which Wire’s reputation is based. Moreover, they are the recordings that minted the post-punk form. This was adopted by other bands, but Wire were there first. It has bee

Wire: Pink Flag (2018 remaster) LP

C$37.99

Goofin' Sonic Youth: Sister LP

“Let’s get something straight. There is no album in the entire corpus of indie rock—not Loveless, not Surfer Rosa, not Psychocandy—that reaches the heights of invention, joy, and magic of Sonic Youth’s sublime fifth album.... The haunted reveries of Siste

Sonic Youth: Sister 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

Bender, John: Plaster Falling LP

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Superior Viaduct Conrad, Tony with Faust: LP

Violinist, composer and filmmaker Tony Conrad started his career in New York in the early 1960s. As a member of the Theatre of Eternal Music (a.k.a. the Dream Syndicate) alongside John Cale, La Monte Young, Marian Zazeela and Angus MacLise, he participate

Conrad, Tony with Faust: LP

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Finders Keepers Vannier, Jean-Claude: L'Enfant Assassin des Mouches (FKR 10th Anniversary Edition) LP

To mark the ten years of Finders Keepers we present a lovingly remastered and repackaged release of the album where it all began. Within the last ten years the resurgence of sixties Gallic pop, once known as Ye-Ye music, has escalated beyond an inter-stel

Vannier, Jean-Claude: L'Enfant Assassin des Mouches (FKR 10th Anniversary Edition) LP

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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

Tembo, Chrissy Zebby: My Ancestors 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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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

AMMAR 808: Club Tounsi LP

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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

Fay, Bill: Bill Fay LP

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Bureau B Faust: Faust IV LP

By 1973, Faust had already rewired the circuits of German rock. Their first two albums had exploded traditional song form with a joyous disregard for continuity, coherence, or commercial appeal. The Faust Tapes, released earlier that year for 49p as a sur

Faust: Faust IV LP

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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

Ayers Ubiquity, Roy: Everybody Loves the Sunshine LP

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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

90 Day Men: (It (Is) It) Critical Band (2LP-25th anniversary/coke bottle wave vinyl) LP

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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

Axelrod, David: Song of Innocence LP

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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

Flaming Lips: Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots LP

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Sundazed Redding, Otis: The Soul Album LP

The aptly titled 1966 release The Soul Album is one of the most beloved LPs in Otis Redding's catalogue, and a powerful evocation of this singular soul icon's massive talent and impressive versatility. While such original tunes as "Cigarettes and Coffee,"

Redding, Otis: The Soul Album 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

Harmonia: Deluxe (50th Anniversary Edition) (ORANGE VINYL) LP

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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

Hutcherson, Bobby: Montara (Blue Note Tone Poet) LP

C$54.99

Darla Budd, Harold: Avalon Sutra LP

Remastered from the original DAT master by Harold Budd's right hand man in the studio for 30 years, award winning Sound Engineer Bradford Ellis, this new edition of Avalon Sutra has all the dynamic range, as well as a few minor digital artifacts, of the o

Budd, Harold: Avalon Sutra LP

C$64.99

Murder Sloan: Smeared (tip-on sleeve) LP

Smeared is the debut studio album by Canadian rock band Sloan. It was released in Canada on October 1, 1992, and in the United States in January, 1993, on Geffen Records. The album was recorded at a low cost of $1,200. The album is ranked 86th in the 200

Sloan: Smeared (tip-on sleeve) LP

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Legacy Reed, Lou: Metal Machine Music LP

Lou Reed’s Metal Machine Music is an album that stands out for its defiance of traditional music norms. Released in 1975 and described by Lester Bangs as “The greatest record ever made in the history of the human eardrum” (Creem, 1975), it challenged list

Reed, Lou: Metal Machine Music LP

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R&S Aphex Twin: Classics LP

Undoubtedly one of the most important and influential electronic artists to have emerged in popular music, the sonic misfit from Cornwall, the Aphex Twin, released a breathtaking slew of early singles and albums from 1991 onwards (and continues to present

Aphex Twin: Classics 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

C$29.99

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