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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

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Lion Plastic Cloud: s/t LP

Plastic Cloud recorded, quite simply, one of the greatest underground psychedelic albums ever made: a swirl of gossamer vocals and Tolkien references, swathed in some of the most relentless fuzz guitars you will ever hear. A record with few equals, full o

Plastic Cloud: s/t LP

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Constellation Godspeed You! Black Emperor: f#a# LP

F# A# ∞ was recorded at the original Hotel2Tango in spring 1997 on a rented 16-track tape deck and supplemented with various field recordings. In the preceding year, the band had taken shape as a quasi-orchestral outfit involving most of the players that

Godspeed You! Black Emperor: f#a# LP

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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

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Drag City Death: For The Whole World To See LP

“Classic proto-punk from 1970s Detroit. Raw with little polish, the record showcases the organic power relationships within the trio of brothers. The HACKNEY’s were first influenced by soul and funk music but it all changed when they saw Iggy and the Stoo

Death: For The Whole World To See 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

Flaming Tunes: s/t LP

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Black Sweat Cherry, Don: Om Shanti Om LP

An amazing document of the life experiment that was the Organic Music Society. This super quality audio, recorded by RAI (the Italian public broadcasting company) in 1976 for television, documents a quartet concert focused on vocals compositions and impro

Cherry, Don: Om Shanti Om LP

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Audika Russell, Arthur: World Of Echo LP

BACK IN PRINT!!! A remastered and revised artwork edition of the extraordinary World Of Echo album from New York avant-garde cellist, songwriter, composer, and disco visionary ARTHUR RUSSELL. Originally released in 1986, the album is a deeply meditative a

Russell, Arthur: World Of Echo 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

Joy Division: Unknown Pleasures LP

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Stones Throw Jaylib: Champion Sound LP

The original release from the Madlib and J Dilla collaboration, Champion Sound created between Los Angeles and Detroit in 2002-2003. Half of the songs are produced by Madlib and feature J Dilla on vocals and the other half are produced by J Dilla and feat

Jaylib: Champion Sound LP

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Audika Russell, Arthur: Calling Out Of Context LP

"The compilation that started the renaissance. In 2002 Audika Records entered into an exclusive licensing agreement with the estate of Arthur Russell to compile and issue previously unreleased and out of print material from Arthur's vast archive. This fir

Russell, Arthur: Calling Out Of Context LP

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Island Drake, Nick: Bryter Later LP

After crafting a debut album full of beauteous, somber chamber-folk, Nick Drake proved his low-key singing, gentle folk, and supreme mood-setting were no fluke on Bryter Layter. With a bright, sparkling production and mellow orchestrations, the framework

Drake, Nick: Bryter Later LP

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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

Cave, Nick: From Her to Eternity LP

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Etats Unis Taj Mahal Travellers: July 15, 1972 LP

For over half a century, Takehisa Kosugi was one of the most unique and enduring figures in the Japanese underground. As an art student in Tokyo in the early 1960s, he joined the Fluxus-styled performance unit Hi Re Centre and founded the improvisational

Taj Mahal Travellers: July 15, 1972 LP

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Universal Hollis, Mark: Mark Hollis LP

Mark Hollis: s/t (Universal) LP
Following the sad passing of Mark Hollis earlier this year we all collectively turned back towards the impressive career arc of his band Talk Talk. Lesser referenced was his self-titled solo album released in 1998. It didn

Hollis, Mark: Mark Hollis LP

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Kallista Dal Forno, Carla: Look Up Sharp LP

Carla dal Forno announces her second full-length album, Look Up Sharp, on her own Kallista records. Dal Forno beckons a bold new era in her peerless output pushing her dub-damaged DIY dispatches to the limits of flawless dream-pop. In a transformative mov

Dal Forno, Carla: Look Up Sharp LP

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A&M Cherry, Don: Brown Rice LP

Don Cherry's 1975 release, Brown Rice is certainly one of the jazz trumpeter's finest and most accessible efforts of the '70s. Produced by Corrado Bacchelli, it finds Cherry taking the tripped-out spacey jazz sound he was pioneering the previous decade an

Cherry, Don: Brown Rice LP

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Bureau B Cluster: Sowiesoso LP

The fourth full-length album by legendary German electronic music duo Cluster, originally released on Sky Records in 1976. Sowiesoso follows on from their most highly-acclaimed album, Zuckerzeit (1974). Michael Rother's influence was clearly audible on th

Cluster: Sowiesoso LP

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WRWTFWW Kawai, Kenji: Ghost In The Shell O.S.T. LP

We Release Whatever The Fuck We Want Records present the ﬁrst ever official vinyl pressing of the soundtrack for Mamoru Oshii's critically acclaimed and all around legendary science ﬁction anime ﬁlm Ghost In The Shell (1995), adapted from Masamune Shirow'

Kawai, Kenji: Ghost In The Shell O.S.T. LP

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Luaka Bop Onyeabor, William: World Psychedelic Classics 5: Who Is William Onyeabor (3LP) LP

Little is known about William Onyeabor, and that’s the way he likes it.

Sure, you might hear something about him if you go to Enugu, a rural and isolated town in Eastern Nigeria, where he lives in a hidden palace in the woods. As a crowned High Chief o

Onyeabor, William: World Psychedelic Classics 5: Who Is William Onyeabor (3LP) 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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