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Continental/Lion, 1973. New Copy ... $6.99
Massively heavy sounds from A Bolha – a Brazilian group who were previously known as The Bubbles, and backed up Gal Costa during the Tropicalia years – but who work here in a fuzzy, bassy groove that's totally great – definitely an heir to the headier sounds of the UK scene at the ... read more CD
Factory/Mute, 1982. New Copy ... $13.99 14.98
Quite possibly the funkiest album ever by the groundbreaking British group A Certain Ratio – filled with lots of heavy post-disco bass and percussion, all rattling away with the energy of some of the best work on Ze Records a the time! The group's dark moody feel is still largely in place, ... read more CD
Also available Sextet (colored vinyl pressing) ... LP 23.99
On-U Sound (UK), Mid 80s. New Copy 5CD ... $32.99 34.99
Seminal sounds from the On-U Sound label – a set of albums that provides one of the most lasting illustration of the label's genius! African Head Charge work in this unique blend of Jamaican dub, British post-punk electronics, and some earthier textures that might be more at home in Brian ... (Reggae, Rock) read more CD
Orfeon (Mexico), 1976. New Copy ... $4.99
Voyage into space with Al Universo – a brilliant, truly spacey group from Mexico – who cruise the cosmos fantastically on this set from the mid 70s! Viajero Del Espacio delivers on the cosmic promise with pretty excellent musicianship – drums, guitars, flute, cello, keyboards and ... read more CD
(Comes a great little LP style sleeve!)
Fermata/Discobertas (Brazil), 1968. New Copy ... $16.99
A Brazilian instrumental rock combo from the 60s, and one who are equally heavy on horns as they are on guitars – all of which makes for a mighty cool sound overall! The group's a biggish one – with tenor sax, trumpet, and baritone stepping out next to driving drums, bass, and electric ... (Brazil, Rock) read more CD
GAD (Poland), 1970s/1980s/Early 90s. New Copy ... $16.99
A string of obscure work from Polish singer/songwriter Marek Alaszewski – best known for his contributions to the legendary hard rock group Klan – but heard here in a variety of different settings! Some of the music here feels like Klan, but other tracks are maybe more personal too ... read more CD
Nonesuch, 2018. New Copy ... $16.99 18.99
A beautiful collaboration between two of the most important forces in leftfield music in the early 80s – multi-media artist Laurie Anderson and modern string legends Kronos Quartet – coming together here in an extended Anderson composition inspired by the experience of Hurricane Sandy! ... read more CD
Also available Landfall ... LP 26.99
EMI/RPM (UK), Late 60s. New Copy ... $6.99 14.99
A treasure trove of lost work from the UK scene of the 60s – some of it fuzzy and freaky, and a fair bit of it funky too! Singer Tim Andrews really had a great way of pairing up with just the right musicians for a groove – as some of the tracks here mix psych impulses with mod-styled ... read more CD
Capitol/Bear Family (Germany), 1950s. New Copy ... $19.99 22.99
Plenty of folks jumped on the rock and roll bandwagon in the 50s, and most of them slid right off – but somehow trumpeter Ray Anthony managed to do a better job than most – as you'll hear here on this great collection of Capitol recordings from the postwar years! It might be Capitol to ... (Jazz, Rock) read more CD
EMI/Dusk Fire (UK), 1971. New Copy ... $15.99
One of the most creative albums ever from UK composer Neil Ardley – and that's saying a lot, given the complexity of his other work! The set's got a wonderful blend of jazz arrangements and some freer passages – scored by Ardley with some of his most sensitive, most beautiful music ... (Jazz, Rock) read more CD
Dusk Fire/BBC (UK), 1971. New Copy ... $14.99
Fantastic live recordings from the legendary New Jazz Orchestra of Neil Ardley – a key force that united the worlds of British avant jazz and rock at the start of the 70s – but with a style that leaned a lot more towards the world of the former overall! Many of these players are ... (Jazz, Rock) read more CD
Mainstream/Early Dawn, 1968. New Copy ... $12.99
One of the best psych treasures on late 60s Mainstream Records – a sunny, fuzzy album that's beyond compare! The Art Of Loving have a mixed male/female vocal style at their head – a sound that's somewhere in the Mamas & Papas mode, but a bit more stripped down – and crafted ... read more CD
Warner/Varese, 1969. New Copy ... $8.99 14.99
Excellent live work by The Association – quite different than their earlier pop hits, but still with the same great harmony feel! The style here is in the rougher, more guitar-based mode of albums like Birthday and Stop Your Motor – and the band really sounds great in this live setting ... read more CD
Dawn/Esoteric (UK), 1970. New Copy ... $14.99
A very cool quartet from the British jazz/rock years – but one who were a lot more jazz-based than some of their contemporaries! These guys are all instrumental, and although a number of their tunes are familiar rock standards from the late 60s, they don't play them like rock tunes at all ... (Jazz, Rock) read more CD
Atomic Rooster —
Sleeping For Years – The Studio Recordings 1970 to 1974 (4CD set) ... CD Esoteric (UK), Early 70s. New Copy 4CD ... Just Sold Out!
The full story of Atomic Rooster – a group who were quite an important force in their day, but who've become a bit overlooked in more recent years! The group originally grew out of the Crazy World Of Arthur Brown, and featured drummer Carl Palmer in his pre-ELP years – and keyboardist ... read more CD
Island/Elemental (Spain), 1974. New Copy ... $13.99
A seminal live set that brings together the best talents from mid 70s leftfield rock – a unique meeting of Brian Eno, Kevin Ayers, John Cale, Nico, Robert Wyatt, and Mike Oldfield! The concert is one that was initially Ayers' gig – but he had the foresight to invite the others along ... read more CD
(Limited edition!)
Esoteric (UK), 1970. New Copy 3CD & DVD ... $62.99
The debut album from Barclay James Harvest – a group so cool, EMI named their progressive label Harvest after them! The sound here is maybe a bit more down to earth than some of the other groups on that legendary imprint, but equally heady in every sort of way – as the combo mix ... read more CD
Also available Barclay James Harvest (with bonus tracks) ... CD 13.99(DVD is NTSC, Region Free.)
Harvest/Esoteric (UK), 1970. New Copy ... $13.99
The debut album from Barclay James Harvest – a group so cool, EMI named their progressive label Harvest after them! The sound here is maybe a bit more down to earth than some of the other groups on that legendary imprint, but equally heady in every sort of way – as the combo mix ... read more CD
Also available Barclay James Harvest (3CD & DVD set) ... CD 62.99
AZ/Universal (Japan), 1968. New Copy ... $29.99
One of the greatest Brigitte Bardot albums you could ever buy – some of the grooviest, sexiest work the famous French actress ever cut! The album's overflowing with excellent original material written by Bardot by Serge Gainsbourg and Francis Lai – two of our favorite French composers ... (French, Rock) read more CD
(SHM-CD pressing! Comes in a cool flip-back cover, too – like a vintage French album!)
Nonesuch, 2018. New Copy ... $13.99 14.99
An interesting little album – a set that's part indie, and part a surprisingly great tribute to the music of the Indonesian gamelan – extrapolated through the compositions of Colin McPhee, who was one of the first to transcribe the sound of the percussive ensemble for the piano! The ... read more CD
BMG (Italy), 1975. New Copy ... $15.99
One of the most abstract works of Italian modernist composer Franco Battiato – a set of three long pieces that create sound collages through the use of electronics, sound effects, pipe organ, voice, and processing! The work is some of Battiato's best – light years away from the rock ... (Out Sound, Rock) read more CD
Capitol, 1967. New Copy 2CD ... $13.99 21.99
An amazing treasure for fans of the Beach Boys during their highest moment of genius – a huge batch of unreleased tracks from their important year of 1967 – plus the rare stereo mix of Wild Honey! We love the Wild Honey album – a back-to-basics album of sorts – shorter, ... read more CD
RCA/Lion, 1968. New Copy ... $6.99 14.99
A hip little set from The Beat Boys – an Argetine group working in late 60s Brazil, supposedly with a bit of an influence on the sound of Tropicalia! The sound here is a bit straighter than the work of Caetano Veloso or Os Mutantes – a bit in the Jovem Guarda sound of more mainstream ... (Brazil, Rock) read more CD
RGE/Discobertas (Brazil), 1966. New Copy ... $16.99
The Bells serve up a great blend of garage rock modes and Brazilian elements on this debut album from the 60s – a sweet small combo style that's heavy on swirling organ lines and echoey guitar! As with some of the other jovem guarda groups of the period, these guys lean heavily on influences ... (Brazil, Rock) read more CD
Mercury/Universal (Japan), 1967. New Copy ... $19.99
The cover's a bit trippy, but the sound is anything but – and instead stands as a strong tribute to the way the early work of Chuck Berry continued to influence a generation of rockers well through the 60s! Berry's the frontman, and gets plenty of chance to sing and sear on guitar – ... (Soul, Rock) read more CD
Also available Live At The Fillmore Auditorium (with bonus tracks) ... CD 5.99(SHM-CD pressing!)
Acid Jazz (UK), 2018. New Copy ... $16.99
A set that's not nearly as terror-filled as you might expect – as the set's a highly instrumental one, and really lets Matt Berry explore his love of vintage psych, acid folk, and other dark influences from the past – but all with a vibe that's lean and nicely contemporary too, so that ... read more CD
Parlophone/SFE (UK), 1969/1975. New Copy 2CD ... $15.99
A pair of classic albums from Brit femme legend Cilla Black – back to back in a single set, with 22 bonus tracks too – a number of which make their debut here on CD! First up is Surround Yourself With Cilla – a fantastically groovy album from the great Cilla Black – a set ... (Vocalists, Rock) read more CD
Bellaphon/Chickadisc (Poland), 1976. New Copy ... $19.99
Sweet 70s fusion from guitarist Toto Blanke – a set done a bit after his better-known record for Vertigo, and with a very similar vibe! The sound is very electric, and very much in the proggier end of jazz fusion – and Blanke gets superb help from keyboardist Jasper Van't Hof and ... (Jazz, Rock) read more CD
Cherry Red (UK), Early 80s. New Copy 3CD ... $24.99
The complete recordings of a group departed all too soon – the wonderfully catchy, completely groovy Bow Wow Wow – a great breath of fresh air at the start of the 80s! The group were a new project of Malcolm McLaren after the Sex Pistols – but they clearly had plenty going for ... read more CD
Parlophone, 1981. New Copy ... $13.99 14.99
The second great entry in the Changes series from David Bowie – and, like the first, a well-chosen array of tracks that really get at his creative genius as a pop star – which includes a few great titles from his post-Berlin years! The set does a great job of spanning the 70s – ... read more CD
Also available Changes Two ... LP 14.99
Changes Two ... LP 19.99
Parlophone, Late 70s/Early 80s. New Copy 11CD ... $119.99 149.98
Amazing music from one of our most-treasured stretches of David Bowie's career – that creatively-fertile time when he escaped to West Berlin, hid from the mainstream, and made some groundbreaking records with Brian Eno – then returned to the limelight to remind us all that he was still ... read more CD
Lion, 1971. New Copy ... $6.99
A really jazzy prog rock effort from early 70s German combo Brainstorm – a complex, hardgrooving mix of charged instrumental interplay! The group really brings more of a jazzy depth to the material, but it's all a lot of fun – heavy drums that are totally killer, with organ, flute and ... read more CD
Reactive (UK), 1973. New Copy ... $6.99 14.99
Avant Swiss rockers Brainticket look back to ancient pharaohs for Celestial Ocean – a conceptual look at the distant past, with a creative step into the future! The tapestry of sounds is pretty amazing, with the futuristic blend of blunt sound errata, synthesizers, stream of consciousness ... read more CD
Polskie Nagrania (Poland), 1974. New Copy ... $11.99
A 70s classic by one of the greatest Polish groups of the time – the mighty Breakout, who work here in a nicely raw, nicely spare version of blues-inspired rock! The group's got plenty of Chicago influence on both the guitar and harmonica – but they never use those instruments in any ... read more CD
Polskie Nagrania (Poland), 1972. New Copy ... $15.99
A smoking little album from this hip Polish combo of the early 70s – a group that may well boast some of the best rootsy guitar work on the Eastern side of the Iron Curtain at the time! Breakout take plenty of lessons from American blues – and from the then-contemporary generation who ... read more CD
Polskie Nagrania (Poland), 1969. New Copy ... $15.99
The earliest album we've ever seen from Breakout – a Polish group who are already out to make a very strong mark in modern music! Part of their uniqueness here comes from their language and lyrics – which are a nice contrast to the English sung by so many other European hard rock ... read more CD
Polskie Nagrania (Poland), 1975. New Copy ... $11.99
An album titled "niezidentyfikowany obiekt latajacy" – which is the Polish phrase for UFO – and a set that definitely has Breakout really soaring out into space on their own sort of energy! The group still have that mixture of hard rock and blues from the start, but there's ... read more CD
Polskie Nagrania (Poland), 1979. New Copy ... $11.99
Great work from Breakout – a group who really know how to make the best of their male and female singer – both of whom are pictured on the cover! Both Mira Kubasinska and Tadeusz Nalepa sung together on many previous albums by the group, but there seems to be even more vocal interplay ... read more CD
Polskie Nagrania (Poland), 1979. New Copy ... $11.99
A compelling late 70s effort from the great Polish group Breakout – a set that still has the group sounding a lot more gritty than so many Anglo acts who started out in similar territory, but got very polished as the 80s approached! Instead, Breakout work here in a stark quartet format ... read more CD
Atlantic/Universal (Japan), 1977. New Copy ... $28.99
One of those 70s rock albums that seems to turn up in a fair bit of collections of hip soul and jazz – a bit like the work of Harvey Mandel, and with a similar blend of blues rock currents with farther-reaching ideals! Roy Buchanan is spectacular on the guitar here – the kind of player ... read more CD
(SHM-CD pressing!)
Polydor/Universal (Japan), Early 70s. New Copy 2CD Gatefold ... $34.99
A fantastic early solo project from guitarist Roy Buchanan – recorded for Polydor at the start of the 70s, but never issued at the time! We're not sure why the label slept on the set, as it's a searing little killer right from the start – done in a gritty mode that's far hipper than ... read more CD
(SHM-CD pressing!)
Polydor/Real Gone, 1974. New Copy 2CD ... $19.99 21.99
A sweet little live set from the great Roy Buchanan – most of it never issued before, and a fantastic document of the mighty power of the guitarist as he rose to fame in the 70s! There's a lean quality here that's mighty nice – none of the showiness of other guitar heroes of Roy's ... read more CD
Polydor/Universal (Japan), 1976. New Copy ... $28.99
A bluesy classic from Roy Buchanan – and a record that states his mighty guitar powers right from the very first note! In fact, although Roy sings on the record, it's the guitar that's probably the main attraction here – and the instrument often comes off first on most tunes, setting a ... read more CD
(SHM-CD pressing!)
Atlantic/Universal (Japan), 1978. New Copy ... $29.99
The title might be a tipoff here – as Roy Buchanan really soars into space on an album that finds an even more majestic setting for his mighty powers on guitar – especially given that a fair bit of the album's instrumental! Roy works with a core quartet that includes Ray Gomez on ... read more CD
(SHM-CD pressing!)
Atlantic, Late 60s. New Copy 5CD ... $35.99 39.98
The complete albums of Buffalo Springfield – two of which are presented here in mono and stereo mixes, all supervised by Neil Young himself! First up is the self-titled Buffalo Springfield – a warmly collaborative record that would set the scene for countless work to come from the LA ... read more CD
Omnivore, 1996. New Copy ... $15.99 16.99
A pair of rare later moments from Sandy Bull – the revolutionary guitarist who made some amazing records in the 60s! Steel Tears is from the mid 90s – a record that has Sandy Bull very firmly established in the Nashville scene, after making his big early waves on the west coast. The ... (Folk/Country, Rock) read more CD
MGM/Music On Vinyl (Netherlands), 1968. New Copy ... $16.99 18.99
A fantastic double-length set from The Animals – recorded in LA in the late 60s, and with plenty of great Sunset Strip influences in the mix! The band here is different than before – with Zoot Money handling both organ and piano, plus a bit of vocals, and Andy Summers joining in on ... read more CD
Elektra (Japan), 1965. New Copy ... $26.99
An archetypal album from the legendary Paul Butterfield – and a set that would shape the sound of countless blues rock records to come! Despite what you might think of the genre or its many later incarnations, there's a raw power here that's really amazing – the young Butterfield and ... read more CD
(SHM-CD pressing!)
Bear Family (Germany), Late 50s/Early 60s. New Copy ... $14.99 22.99
Ric Cartey may not be the biggest name in late 50s rockabilly – but man, does he sure sound great on this set – the first-ever collection to bring together Cartey's classic singles for RCA, plus a wealth of other rare 45s too! Cartey hails from Atlanta, and recorded a bit for that city' ... read more CD
Omnivore, 1969. New Copy ... $15.99 16.98
Never-issued material from a cool Ohio group from the 60s – a group whose family tree leads to later fame in groups that include The James Gang and Raspberries – but who come across here with the youthful look you'd expect from the cover! The sound is garage rock maybe inflected by a ... read more CD
Gene Clark —
Gene Clark Sings For You ... CD Omnivore, 1967. New Copy ... $15.99 16.98
A fantastic lost chapter in the jagged career of the great Gene Clark – spare recordings done between his time with The Byrds and his first album in the duo of Dillard & Clark – all songs with a sound that's a fair bit different than either of those better-known chapters of Clark's ... read more CD
Also available Gene Clark Sings For You ... LP 29.99
Warner/Wounded Bird, 1980. New Copy ... $10.99 11.98
A sweet set of power pop from Code Blue – a record that might not have changed the world at the time, but which stands as one of those gems from a time when punk had re-oriented more mainstream rock material towards a more stripped-down sound! The trio makes straightforward use of guitar, ... read more CD
Comus —
First Utterance (with bonus tracks) ... CD Dawn/Esoteric (UK), 1970. New Copy ... Just Sold Out!
A legendary group who never fully got their due – and maybe one of the creepier acts on the British scene at the start of the 70s! The cover art probably gives things away – but the sound of the record is even more haunting – with some acoustic elements that echo the acid folk ... read more CD
Invictus/Ultra Vybe (Japan), 1971. New Copy ... $13.99
A second sublime set from Ruth Copeland – a funky female singer from the Detroit scene of the early 70s, with key ties to the P-Funk universe, and a unique groove that mixes singer/songwriter modes with the fuzzier funkier elements of artists like Betty Davis or Yvonne Fair! There's a bit ... (Soul, Rock) read more CD
(Part of the Invictus/Hot Wax 1000 Collection!)
Philips/Elemental (Spain), 1970. New Copy ... $13.99
Essential early material by Gal Costa! The record is her first after the immediate Tropicalia years, and it's a stunning blend of styles that seems to draw heavily from changes going on in the American rock scene at the time. The core of the music is still steeped in Brazilian elements – ... (Brazil, Rock) read more CD
(Limited edition!)
Arista/Sony (Japan), 1976. New Copy ... $9.99
Catchy 70s pop from Gino Cunico – just the right sort of songs that would have sounded wonderful coming out of an AM radio in your car – with that kind of production that somehow managed to make that tiny speaker on the dashboard sound so much stronger than it was! Gino puts himself ... read more CD
(Part of the great AOR City series from Japan!)
Warner/Esoteric (UK), 1970. New Copy 2CD ... $16.99
The debut album from Curved Air – a group who had a decidedly different take on the proggish styles of the start of the 70s! For one thing, the group took their name from a Terry Riley tune – already showing their higher consciousness when it came to music – and the lineup also ... read more CD
Also available Airconditioning (picture disc) (2018 Record Store Day Release) ... LP 24.99
Warner/Esoteric (UK), 1973. New Copy ... $13.99
One of the last musical moments from Curved Air – and a record that really has the group changed up in the short time since their debut! The lineup here is different than the founding quintet, but benefits very strongly from the presence of a young Eddie Jobson – a creative talent who's ... read more CD
Universal (UK), 1959/1961. New Copy ... $6.99
Incredible early work from Ivor Cutler – recorded at the end of the 50s and the start of the 60s – and with an approach that's somehow even odder than his later work from the hipster rock years! Although Cutler's later fame came from his association with talents in the progressive and ... read more CD
Motown/Real Gone, Early 70s. New Copy ... $16.99 18.99
Lost late material from the great Bobby Darin – more than two albums' worth of songs, all of which appear here for the first time ever! After some late 60s years in the folk wilderness, Bobby made a surprising step to Motown Records at the start of the 70s – and while the label did ... (Vocalists, Rock) read more CD
United Artists/Universal (Japan), 1970. New Copy Gatefold ... $29.99
A beautiful turn in style for Johnny Darrell – a singer who maybe hit kind of a pop/country mode in the 60s – but who here comes across with a nicely deep vibe! The cover image has kind of a lonely feel, and that spirit is definitely in he music too – as Darrell matures into a ... read more CD
(SHM-CD pressing!)
Lion, Early 80s. New Copy ... $8.99
Rare tracks from the Daszu project of composer/artist Mark Rudolph – music initially recorded in Wisconsin, without much exposure at the time – but with a vibe that's much more in keeping with the darker reaches of the UK post-punk scene! Instrumentation is relatively spare and ... read more CD
Innovative Leisure, 2018. New Copy ... $11.99 12.99
Well, they've definitely got the "disco" in the title right – but there's a lot more going on here too – including some nice post-punk touches that are augmented by guest work from Mark Stewart and Liquid Liquid! The album's tuneful, catchy, and nicely distilled – heavy ... read more CD
Also available More Disco Songs About Love ... LP 14.99
Debutantes —
Debutantes ... CD Beat Rocket, Mid 60s. New Copy ... Just Sold Out!
Great girl garage work from the 60s – a good deal of which is previously unreleased, and combined here with a few rare singles to make the first-ever album from The Debutantes! These guys are as great as they look on the cover – a no-nonsense combo that features two guitars, bass, and ... read more CD
RPM (UK), Mid 60s. New Copy ... $11.99
Over two dozen tracks by The Dee Jays – one of those cool 60s groups who were born in London, but hit much bigger fame in another European country! In this case, the place was Sweden – where the group moved in the mid 60s, and immediately captured a big audience who were hungry for the ... read more CD
Page One/Grapefruit (UK), Early 70s. New Copy ... $12.99
The complete works of Deep Feeling – a progressive harmony group who should have been as huge as Crosby Stills Nash & Young or America – if there were any justice in the world! The British combo first formed to back up singer Guy Darnell – but by the time of the full length ... read more CD
Elektra (Japan), 1969. New Copy ... $26.99
Southern rock meets southern soul – all in this groundbreaking set from the team of Delaney and Bonnie Bramlett! The quality quotient here is quite high – light years beyond so many later folks who tried for this territory, but then slicked it up for radio airplay – and in ... read more CD
(SHM-CD pressing!)
Atco (Japan), 1971. New Copy Gatefold ... $26.99
Maybe one of the purest expressions of the genius of Bonnie and Delaney Bramlett – an album that was recorded to feel like it was done in a motel room – with a stripped-down vibe that really gets at the best energy of the pair! Roots rock mixes with blue-eyed soul, gospel piano, and ... read more CD
(SHM-CD pressing! Great pressing – like the original gatefold LP!)
Atco (Japan), 1970. New Copy ... $26.99
A killer set of southern rock – even if the whole thing was recorded in London, while the group was on tour with Eric Clapton! Delaney and Bonnie Bramlett are at the height of their powers here – really reworking rootsy southern elements into the kind of sharp-edged 70s sound that made ... read more CD
(SHM-CD pressing!)
A&M (Japan), 1968. New Copy ... $29.99
A mellow masterpiece of sunshine country rock from Dillard & Clark – a duo that featured Gene Clark of the Byrds and Doug Dillard of the Dillards – in a wonderful blend of Cali longhair harmonies, back porch psych, and expert Byrds-y tunefulness! Dillard provides lots of great ... read more CD
(SHM-CD pressing!)
Asylum/Warner (Japan), 1973. New Copy ... $26.99
One of the first great moments on record from Ned Doheny – part of a new wave of 70s singer/songwriters who were equally steeped in soul and jazz as they were the rock and blues of the previous decade! This set's maybe not as sweetly electric as some of Doheny's later work, but not much far ... read more CD
(SHM-CD pressing!)
Luaka Bop, 2018. New Copy ... $12.99 13.99
You've heard Domenico before as part of the groundbreaking +2 trio with Kassin and Moreno Veloso – but this is only the second time the singer has worked on his own, and the first that he's given us his full name on the cover! That difference might mark a new sort of confidence in Domenico ... (Brazil, Rock) read more CD
Also available Good Is A Big God ... LP 19.99
Bear Family (Germany), Late 50s/Early 60s. New Copy ... $19.99 22.99
A great idea for a collection of work by Fats Domino – and one that's maybe a bit more unique than you'd guess from the "ballads" in the title! These aren't late nite love songs, or dreamy tunes by a pop crooner – and instead, the set looks at the slow-burning side of Domino's ... (Soul, Rock) read more CD
Capitol/Universal (Japan), 1975. New Copy ... $29.99
Dr Hook were always one of the weirder groups in mainstream rock during the 70s – a group who were maybe founded in roots rock modes, but who often had a funky current in their rhythms – and this very weird blend of catchy tunes and the offbeat lead vocals of Ray Sawyer! The sound's a ... read more CD
(SHM-CD pressing!)
Rural/Modern Harmonic, Early 70s. New Copy 2CD ... $23.99 24.99
A fantastic little surf soundtrack record – and one that's very different than both the guitar instrumental and jazz-based albums that showed up earlier in the genre! This one is much more like some of the Australian rock scores that started to show up at the end of the 60s – very ... (Soundtracks, Rock) read more CD
Also available Sea For Yourself (with bonus DVD) ... LP 35.99
Som Livre/Discobertas (Brazil), 1974. New Copy ... $16.99
We don't know much about Pete Dunaway, save for the fact that he recorded a few 70s records in Brazil, but almost always seemed to sing in English – at a level that might have made him a bigger star in the Anglo world – had he gotten the chance! Pete writes all his own material here, ... (Brazil, Rock) read more CD
Legacy/Columbia, Early 60s. New Copy 2CD ... $15.99 16.98
A wealth of live solo Bob Dylan from the early to mid 60s – material that was once in the deepest darkest corners of Columbia's Dylan archives and have only scarcely seen any kind official release before now! Of course it's wonderful stuff, from the earnest early recordings from '62 and the ... read more CD
GAD (Poland), 1979. New Copy ... $9.99
Dzamble may not be a household name, but they're a tight fusion group from late 70s Poland – and one who also seem to have an ear for the best side of the AOR scene too! The group work here with a style that's nicely sharp, but never too smooth – tight, but fluid enough to let all the ... (Jazz, Rock) read more CD
Arista/Sony (Japan), 1977. New Copy ... $9.99
Early work from Randy Edelman – one of those AOR songsmiths who had no trouble turning out great material for records of his own! The set's got a nicely understated vibe – polished, but less commercial than some of its contemporaries – more in the way that some of the better AOR ... read more CD
(Part of the great AOR City series from Japan!)
Repsychled/Lion, 1972. New Copy ... $6.99
Peruvian psych folk from El Polen! This their early 70s album served as the soundtrack for a film of the same name that we know nothing about, but the music is really great! Chiming, largely acoustic instrumentation acoustic and twelve-string rhythm guitar, mandolin, cello, violin, drums, bongos, ... read more CD
(Limited to 400 hand-numbered copies. Comes in slim sleeve with a reproduced concert ticket and show poster, plus a group photo.)
Reprise/Morello (UK), 1967/1968. New Copy ... $12.99
A pair of rare gems from The Electric Prunes – both of which feature key production help from David Axelrod! Mass In F Minor is a beautifully baroque batch of tracks, written and arranged for the Electric Prunes by the great David Axelrod – a really groundbreaking mix of modes that had ... read more CD
Som Maior/Discobertas (Brazil), 1967. New Copy ... $16.99
Very cool work from this young Brazilian group of the 60s – a combo who are very much part of the Jovem Guarda style of the time – which means that they draw heavily from Anglo rock and pop influences! There's a cool mix of modes going on here – as sometimes, the boys harmonize ... (Brazil, Rock) read more CD
Som Maior/Discobertas (Brazil), 1968. New Copy ... $16.99
The second album from this cool little rock combo from late 60s years – a group from the pre-Tropicalia era, when Brazilian groups were still picking up direct influences from the Anglo scene! In fact, there's a quality to the record that reminds us of some of our favorite garagey psych ... (Brazil, Rock) read more CD
Super Fuji Discs (Japan), Early 80s. New Copy ... $22.99
The most unusual work we've ever heard from this very unusual Japanese group from the early 80s – a dubby, bassy combo who work somewhere in the territory of A Certain Ratio – but also have a complex sound that's all their own! The album only features two long tracks, but each is ... read more CD
Pye/Morello (UK), 1974/1975. New Copy ... $8.99
Two later solo albums by solo Everly Brother Phil – presented with bonus tracks too! First up is There's Nothing Too Good For My Baby – also issued in the US as Phil's Diner – an album recorded in London, as part of his new label deal with Pye Records – but also has the ... read more CD
Numero, 2018. New Copy ... $9.99 12.98
Beautifully moody sounds from Express Rising – a project that's really transformed over the years, and comes off with a gently sparkling quality here! The vibe is almost mid 80s 4AD – the more understated sides of that scene – but there's also more organic elements that are in ... read more CD
Also available Fixed Rope II ... LP 18.99
Mercury/Lion, Late 60s. New Copy ... $6.99
40 years later, The Eyes have finally arrived – given their full due in a beautifully done set that offers up their few released singles, lots of demos, and an album's worth of work done under the name of The Pupils! And why it's taken this long is a real mystery to us, because the work here ... read more CD
Pye/Cherry Red (UK), Late 70s. New Copy 3CD ... $19.99
The complete late 70s recordings of England's Fabulous Poodles – a strange little group that were maybe years ahead of their time, but never found the market they deserved on this side of the Atlantic! These guys are a bit hard to peg – not really new wave, but with the wit of some of ... read more CD
Takoma (UK), 1979. New Copy ... $11.99 18.99
A fantastic late 70s album from guitar genius John Fahey – his first after a number of years away from the recording studio – and a real back to basics effort overall! There's none of the "orchestra" trappings of other 70s records – nor some of Fahey's more longer-form ... (Folk/Country, Rock) read more CD
Universal (UK), 1960s/1970s/1980s/1990s/2000s/2010s. New Copy 6CD ... $74.99 106.99
An incredible package of work by the legendary Georgie Fame – the first to ever fully document his talents, and also present a lot of rare work from every different stage in his career! Yes, there's already been a box on the market that documents Fame's early work – but that material ... (Vocalists, Rock) read more CD
Polydor (Japan), 1964. New Copy ... $19.99
Fame at last – and well-deserved fame too, because young Georgie's working here in a style that's unlike anybody else! The album's a brilliant mix of jazz, soul, and R&B – all filtered through a mod sort of London freshness, as early proof that the city could always take some great ... (Vocalists, Rock) read more CD
(SHM-CD pressing!)
RCA (Japan), 1980. New Copy ... $9.99
They're not the same FCC that controls the airwaves in the US – but instead, the Funky Communications Committee – who work here with some great southern production from the team of Clayton Ivey and Terry Woodford! The record's got a glow that's kind of post-Muscle Shoals – maybe ... (Soul, Rock) read more CD
(Part of the great AOR City series from Japan!)
Creation/Cherry Red (UK), 1987. New Copy CD & 7 Inch ... $32.99
A gem of a record from Felt – one that has them complicating the sound they first brought to the Creation Records label – stretching out some of the songs a bit, and working with art rock legend Mayo Thompson of the Red Krayola in the production booth! The use of organ continues to be ... read more CD
(Flyers, buttons, and posters for each different CD/7" set are different too!)
Reprise (Japan), 1969. New Copy ... $26.99
A lost late 60s gem from Reprise Records – the only album ever recorded by this young band from the Greenwich Village scene! There's a great post-folk feel to the set – warm harmonies and a bit of acoustic instrumentation to show the influence of the earlier generation – but a ... read more CD
(SHM-CD pressing!)
Tryangle/Drag City, 1980. New Copy ... $12.99 16.99
Detroit proto-punk legends Death, born again as The 4th Movement – starting the 80s with a new approach and a new name – serving a higher power now, but still with the raw and heavy vibe we loved so much in their previous incarnation! If you come into this worried about such a vital ... read more CD
Also available 4th Movement ... LP 18.99
4th Movement ... Cassette 7.99
Imperial/Elemental (Spain), 1968. New Copy ... $13.99
Mindblowing organ work from the mighty Kim Fowley – a rare instrumental set that has Kim carving out amazing sounds on the organ that really match is vocal force on other records of the time! The set's a bit more soulful than usual for Fowley – a record that almost pushes a soul ... read more CD
(Limited edition!)
Wynder K Frog —
Shook, Shimmy, & Shake – The Complete Recordings 1966 to 1970 (Sunshine Superfrog/RPM (UK), Late 60s. New Copy 3CD ... Just Sold Out!
Three full albums of romping organ work from Wynder K Frog – plus lots of bonus tracks too! First up is Sunshine Superfrog – a record with a Donovan reference in the title, but a much more mod set overall – thanks to searing Hammond work from organist Mick Weaver, who was maybe ... read more CD
EM (Japan), 1970s/Early 80s. New Copy ... $13.99
Fantastic percussion pieces from this ultra-cool New Zealand ensemble of the 70s – a group who take their name and inspiration from the Scratch Orchestra of Cornelius Cardew – but who also work in a more intimate setting, with lots of instruments of their own creation – with a ... (Out Sound, Rock) read more CD
Atlantic, 2017. New Copy ... $7.99 13.98
Fantastic sounds from Charlotte Gainsbourg – a singer we first fell in love with through her father, the famous Serge – but who we've really come to love tremendously over the years – both through her work on screen and in the studio! Charlotte's got this sense of presence that's ... (French, Rock) read more CD
RGE/Discobertas (Brazil), 1968. New Copy ... $16.99
A cool Brazilian quartet with a very groovy sound – one gal and three guys, and a group who aren't afraid to show their love of American music! Most tunes here are sung in English, and are covers of work by Anglo groups of the time – including two especially sublime takes on tunes by ... (Brazil, Rock) read more CD
Also available Galaxies ... CD 12.99