A searing standout from Mountain – a studio album, but one that also really captures some of the freewheeling energy that made the group such a great live act at the time – especially given that the studio sessions here are mixed with a bit of improvisation from a live concert too! The ... read moreLP, Vinyl record album
(Cover has light wear and is bent a bit at the front panel.)
Solid jamming from Mountain – one of the tightest guitar-based groups of their day, and hard rockers that could serve up a nice dose of soul! Tunes have a great mix of tight rhythms and fierce guitars – a bit dated at times, but with some nice production overall by Felix Pappalardi. ... read moreLP, Vinyl record album
(Includes the booklet and photos! Cover has surface and edge wear.)
Mountain —
Twin Peaks ... LP Columbia/Windfall, 1974. Near Mint- 2LP Gatefold ...
$14.99
A great little group – not from Nashville, but instead the UK – where they get some excellent production from Mickie Most, who really brings out an edge in their music! Includes their great reading of "Tobacco Road" – plus "Google Eye", "I Like It Like ... read moreLP, Vinyl record album
(Mono maroon label pressing with Bell Sound stamp/SF etch. Cover has ring and edge wear, aging, bumped corners, and is bent a bit at the spine.)
(Limited tour edition on 180 gram coloured vinyl, in a hardbound booklet cover with slipcase. Inner sleeves have center splits at the bottom seam. Outer case has very light surface wear.)
A tremendous album from Laura Nyro – a real return to the soulful style of her roots, thanks to help from Labelle on backing vocals, and the team of Gamble & Huff on production! If Nyro only ever gave the world this record, that would more than be enough – because the whole thing's ... read moreLP, Vinyl record album
(Includes the textured red inner sleeve. Cover has edge wear with splitting on the top seam.)
A wonderful bit of sunshine pop from the very obscure Peppermint Rainbow – a male/female harmony group with a sound that was a lot like the Mamas & Papas – blending folk rock and sweet pop into a really sunny groove! The album's worth it alone for the massive title track – ... read moreLP, Vinyl record album
(Cover has a cutout hole and light wear.)
Tom Petty —
Hard Promises ... LP Backstreet, 1981. Near Mint- ...
Just Sold Out!
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(Original US pressing. Includes the heavy inner sleeve and lyric insert.)
Ronnie James Dio's final album fronting Ritchie Blackmore's Rainbow – and one of the better albums from that 70s hard rock/proto metal behemoth! It's got 2 tracks per side, each with a shorter song and a more epic rocker – lumbering, catchy, and heavy rock that's a helluva lot of fun ... read moreLP, Vinyl record album
(Includes the printed inner sleeve.)
Ramses —
La Leyla ... LP Sky (Germany), 1976. Near Mint- ...
$19.99
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(US pressing on Annuit Coeptis. Cover has a cutout hole, light wear, and is lightly bent at the edges.)
Kenny Rankin —
Like A Seed ... LP Little David, 1972. Very Good+ ...
$7.99
Indescribably beautiful work from Kenny Rankin – a jazzy blend of vocals and folk – delivered with a warm and soulful tone that's unlike anyone else! The whole thing's great – really very much its own spirit, and kind of a bright light after a host of doom and gloom late 60s folk- ... (Vocalists, Rock)read moreLP, Vinyl record album
(Includes the lyric sleeve. Cover has light ring & edge wear.)
(Japanese promo pressing, with obi and insert. Cover has lightly bent corners. Obi has some aging and a small tear in the side, crinkling in back, and is held in place with clear tape at the top.)
Titles include "Shake", "Respect", "Try A Little Tenderness", and "I've Been Loving You Too Long" by Otis Redding – and "Like A Rolling Stone", "Rock Me Baby", and "Wild Thing" by Jimi Hendrix. (Soul, Rock)LP, Vinyl record album
(Tan label pressing. Cover has a big name in pen, light ring wear, some splitting in the upper corner.)
(Promo. Includes the printed inner sleeve, with a bent corner. Cover has a small cutout hole, peeling in ring-form and peeled spots at Lou's forehead and eyes in front, and a promo sticker in back.)
An important solo album from Robbie Robertson of The Band – produced with help from Daniel Lanois, and with titles that include "Hell's Half Acre", "Fallen Angel", "Broken Arrow", "Street Fire Of Love", "Somewhere Down The Crazy River", and ... read moreLP, Vinyl record album
(Includes the printed inner sleeve. A great copy!)
Rolling Stones —
12 x 5 ... LP London, 1964. Very Good+ ...
$24.99
Essentially early Stones! 12 X 5 is The Rolling Stones at a very early, hard grooving peak, way back in '64. It's ground breaking stuff, in they they truly pave the way for so much of the soul, blues and R&B loving Anglos to come out of the Brit and US scenes in the months and years to come. ... read moreLP, Vinyl record album
(Stereo blue label pressing. Cover has some ring & edge wear.)
Titles include "Get Off My Cloud", "I'm Free", "As Tears Go By", "I'm Moving On", "Look What You've Done", "Talkin About You", "She Said Yeah", "Route 66", and "Blue Turns To Grey". LP, Vinyl record album
(Mono maroon label pressing, still in shrink with hype sticker. Includes the London inner sleeve. Shrinkwrap is cracked half way at the seams. Cover has some wear at the exposed corners, and is bumped with a tiny split and staple holes at the top right.)
A record that was initially thought by some as a cheap cash-in on the Sgt Peppers concept – but an album that, to us, really helped set The Rolling Stones free to express themselves in so many new and amazing ways! There's definitely a bit of the hippie vibe to the set at times – such ... read moreLP, Vinyl record album
(Stereo blue label pressing with Bell Sound stamp. Includes the printed inner sleeve. Lenticular cover has some light wear.)
(Promo pressing on audiophile vinyl with SRC stamp. Includes the printed inner sleeve, with a lightly bent corner. Cover has a cutout notch, audiophile sticker, and promo stamp in back.)
(VHF pressing from 2008, still sealed in loose cellophane with stickers in back.)
Roxy Music —
Avalon ... LP Warner/EG, 1982. Very Good+ ...
$14.99
The kind of Roxy Music album that nobody would have expected back when Brian Eno was in the group – but a set that really helped expose the group to a whole new generation, and find a way to develop that special style that Bryan Ferry had brought to the group in the previous decade! There's ... read moreLP, Vinyl record album
(Includes the printed inner sleeve. Cover has an unglued seam, light surface wear, and edge wear.)
Roxy Music —
Roxy Music ... LP Island (UK), 1972. Sealed Gatefold ...
$39.99
A mindblowing debut from Roxy Music – a record that took the world by storm in the 70s, and which is still pretty darn revolutionary all these many years later! Sure, the cover looks a bit cheesy and trashy, but the core of the music is amazing – this blistering array of guitars, ... read moreLP, Vinyl record album
(180 gram Capitol Vaults reissue, still sealed with hype sticker and factory stickers in back.)
A set that marks a new label for Doug Sahm, and maybe a slight shift in sound too – one that uses roots modes that extend a bit more past more familiar Texas territory, but only to showcase the depth in Sahm's music that continued to make him a legend long after his too-early passing! Doug's ... read moreLP, Vinyl record album
(Test pressing in a standard cover, with a small fray at the top right corner.)
An early album from The Searchers – with titles that include "I'm Your Lovin Man", "Don't You Know Why", "I'm Never Coming Back", "Take Me For What I'm Worth", "So Far Away", and "You Can't Like To A Liar". LP, Vinyl record album
(Early 80s UK Pye reissue. Cover has slightly wavy panels, with a tiny peeled spot from sticker removal and some light surface marks from cellophane removal.)
Bob Seger & The Silver Bullet Band —
Like A Rock ... LP Capitol, 1986. Near Mint- ...
$9.99
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(Includes the printed inner sleeve. Cover has a promo stamp.)
Shanghai —
Shanghai ... LP Warner (UK), 1974. Near Mint- ...
$59.99
Nancy Sinatra recording in London, but still getting some heavy help from Lee Hazlewood – who wrote about half the tracks on the record, and also guest stars on one number too! The backings are fuller than some of Nancy's other Reprise albums – clearly going for some of the jaunty ... (Vocalists, Rock)read moreLP, Vinyl record album
(Stereo pressing, still sealed, with a small cutout grommet and round sticker spot. Cover is bent a bit at the corners on the right.)
Very cool early work from the young Grace Slick – material done with her own Great Society group in the years before she joined Jefferson Airplane – but already sounding pretty darn trippy overall! That shocking, thrilling quality of Grace's voice is already firmly in place – ... read moreLP, Vinyl record album
(360 Sound stereo pressing. Cover has some ring and edge wear, yellowing from age, some splitting in the spine, and a name in pen at the top edge.)
A groovy little group from the end of the 60s – one who've got a sound that's maybe more in the mode of what you might expect to find in a small club on the Sunset Strip – as Smith have a way of taking hits by other groups, and turning them into songs that are all their own – ... read moreLP, Vinyl record album
(Includes the Dunhill inner sleeve. Cover has light wear and a small cutout hole.)
An all-out party rock classic – a record that's titled after the one huge hit by The Strangeloves, but which has killer cuts throughout – a set that's filled with heavily percussive, hard-jamming numbers that really keep the pace moving! The group seems to use a lot more bass drum than ... read moreLP, Vinyl record album
One of the first full-on concept albums from Dennis DeYoung and Styx – a set that uses the metaphor of an aging theater to tell the tale of a changing world in the 20th Century! Titles include "The Best Of Times", "Lonely People", "Nothing Ever Goes As Planned", ... read moreLP, Vinyl record album
(Original laser-etched vinyl pressing with EDP/Sterling stamps. Cover has light wear.)
Yukihiro Takahashi —
Neuromantic ... LP Alfa, 1981. Near Mint- ...
Just Sold Out!
Solo album from the YMO and Sadistic Mika Band member, with guests Haruomi Hosono and Ryuichi Sakamoto of course, plus Kenji Omura, Tony Mansfield, Phil Manzanera, Andy Mackay, and Hideki Matsutake. LP, Vinyl record album
(US pressing. Includes the folded insert, lightly crinkled with a light ring impression. Cover has a "New Rock New Price" sticker and a promo stamp.)
Some of the most compelling grooves the Talking Heads ever recorded – a set that sparkles with imaginative touches, and railroads forward on a wave of complicated rhythms! The sound is brilliant throughout – a genre-less approach that sheds the group's earlier art nerd aesthetic for ... read moreLP, Vinyl record album
(US pressing with Sterling stamp. Includes the printed inner sleeve. Cover has minimal wear and is bent a bit at the bottom seam.)
Taste —
Taste ... LP Atco, 1969. Very Good+ ...
Just Sold Out!
One of Rory Gallager's finest moments – working here in a heavy bluesy power trio! LP, Vinyl record album
(Yellow label pressing with Broadway address. Cover has ring and edge wear.)
Maybe our favorite album ever from Traffic – a set that has the group coming back together, after a fracture that took them in separate musical directions – reformed with a sound that's very different than before! The tracks are longer, and have more influences from both folk and jazz ... read moreLP, Vinyl record album
(Later UK Island pressing with orange labels. Includes the Island inner sleeve, with center splits in the side and bottom seams. Cover has light ringwear.)
The final album from Trapeze – and a set that has them stepping out as a super-heavy trio who should have been huge! Glenn Hughes handles bass and all the lead vocals – with the best qualities he would soon bring to Deep Purple – and the drums from David Holland are fantastic ... read moreLP, Vinyl record album
(White label pressing with Bell Sound/SF stamp. Cover has light wear.)
Vigrass & Osborne —
Steppin' Out ... LP Epic, 1974. Near Mint- ...
$4.9911.99
Looks like Gary Osborne and Paul Vigrass lost a few buttons off their shirts on the front cover – but they keep things tight on this great album of duet material from the 70s – one of their excellent and overlooked sets from the time! Part of the real strength of the album comes from ... read moreLP, Vinyl record album
An early one from Waits – his second album – and it's a great one! Like a lot of his early oeuvre, this is a kind of like a street-savvy, hipster cabaret affair, with less of the eccentricity that would reveal itself later in his career. Still a great record though, rendered with a ... read moreLP, Vinyl record album
(White label promo with CP suffix. Cover has a promo sticker, some ringwear, and edge wear.)
Who —
Tommy ... LP Decca, 1970. Very Good+ 2LP Gatefold ...
$19.99
An amazing moment from The Who – and from the UK rock scene in general – as Tommy is one of the most fully-conceived concept albums ever recorded – a masterful effort that's still pretty hard to match all these many years later! Pete Townshend really knocked it out of the park ... read moreLP, Vinyl record album
(MCA rainbow label pressing. Includes booklet. Cover has light edge wear.)
One of the greatest records ever by one of the greatest bands ever! The tracks of Who's Next are the stuff of legend – classics like "Baba O'Riley", "Bargain", "Going Mobile", "Behind Blue Eyes", and "Won't Get Fooled Again", tracks that show ... read moreLP, Vinyl record album
The last album in an amazing run of records that Mason Williams did for Warner Brothers – impossible to define in easy terms, as the whole thing is a mix of acoustic instrumentation, larger arrangements, occasional vocals, and this wonderful interplay between underground artists and top-shelf ... read moreLP, Vinyl record album
(Cover has a cut corner, light ringwear, some edge wear, and bumped corners.)
(Canadian pressing. Includes a mail order catalog.)
Frank Zappa —
Hot Rats ... LP Bizarre, 1969. Near Mint- Gatefold ...
$19.99
One of those records that should be an insane dark mess, given the look of the cover – but which turns out to be a surprisingly well put-together effort all the way through! Zappa does a great job of hiding behind his hair here – never acting with the pomp that a pop genius like him ... read moreLP, Vinyl record album
Titles include "Rat Tomato", "I Have Been In You", "Flakes", "I'm So Cute", "Jones Crusher", "Dancin Fool", "Baby Snakes", "Bobby Brown Goes Down", and "Rubber Shirt". LP, Vinyl record album
(Original pressing with Masterdisk stamp/RL etch. Cover has partially unglued bottom seams with some clear tape.)
One of Frank Zappa's biggest-selling albums of the early 70s and it's also one of his best ever! Over-Nite Sensation finds Zappa's leftfield weirdness and sly social satire at play within adventurous, but accessible arrangements. It's got some early fusiony rock bits paired with heavy drums and ... read moreLP, Vinyl record album
(Cover has light wear.)
Frank Zappa/Mothers Of Invention —
Burnt Weeny Sandwich ... LP Bizarre/Reprise, 1970. Very Good+ Gatefold ...
$24.99
A burnt weeny sandwich from Frank Zappa & The Mothers Of Invention – and a record that shows just how far they'd come in just a few short years! In a way, the record feels almost like a summation of all the best ideas that Frank had come up with in the studio – some serious musical ... read moreLP, Vinyl record album
(Blue label Bizarre pressing. Includes poster! Cover has light wear.)
With selections by Love, Tyrannosaurus Rex, Earl Hooker, Robbie Basho, Aynsley Dunbar, Albert Collins, Ike & Tina Turner, Fred McDowell, Bossa Rio, Southwind, and more! LP, Vinyl record album
20 killer singles from the Columbia rockabilly years – a short period, but a great one! Includes cuts from Rose Maddox, Freddie Hart, The Collins Kids, Eddie Zack, Ronnie Self, Sid King & The Five Strings, Johnny Horton, Chuck Murphy, and Bobby Lord! LP, Vinyl record album
A groundbreaking array of material from the first in a legendary series of festivals – the important Womad concerts of the 80s, which were a crucial effort in opening the doors to a globe's amount of music! Womad was famously helmed by Peter Gabriel, who was drawing on many currents of ... (Global Grooves, Rock)read moreLP, Vinyl record album
A pretty interesting slice of Chicago in the mid 70s – featuring a host of acts that never made it at all! The concept of the album was a contest by radio station WKQX to showcase a host of original groups from Chicago – and out of 1900 tapes submitted, 11 different groups were chosen ... (Funky Compilations, Rock)read moreLP, Vinyl record album
(Still sealed in clean shrink. Cover is bent at the top left corner.)