Velvet Underground —
Loaded ... LP Cotillion, 1970. Very Good ...
$89.99
The end of the road for the Velvet Underground – but a set that's also one of the group's best-remembered albums too! The record marked a big shift for the group – a move to Atco from Verve, continuing to work without John Cale – and the sound is possibly more rockish and ... read moreLP, Vinyl record album
(Blue label Cotillion pressing with Broadway address, with PRC/QB etches. Cover has a half split top seam.)
One of the most far-out, freaked-out albums ever from the Velvet Underground – easily the most experimental set the group ever recorded! The album's awash in really unusual sounds and styles – from the sonic blast of the title cut "White Light/White Heat", to the 17 minute ... read moreLP, Vinyl record album
Never-issued material from Australian experimentalist Steve Maxwell Von Braund – best known for his work in the space rock band Cybotron, and working here in relatively similar territory on tracks from a host of lost tapes from the late 70s! Steve plays Arp, Mini Korg, and other keyboards ... read moreLP, Vinyl record album
David Wagner —
DBA Crow ... LP Amaret, 1972. Near Mint- ...
$5.99
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(Cover has ring and edge wear with a fully split top seam.)
Includes the classic "Rubber Room" – one of the most insane country songs ever – plus "Sitting In The Shade", "What Ain't To Be Just Might Happen", "Waldo The Weirdo", "I Found A Man", and "Comes & Goes". (Folk/Country, Rock)LP, Vinyl record album
(Cover has some wear with wide black tape along the spine and top seam.)
Jerry Jeff Walker —
Jerry Jeff Walker ... LP Decca, 1972. Near Mint- Gatefold ...
Just Sold Out!
Seminal sounds from the great Jerry Jeff Walker – with titles that include "LA Freeway", "Curly & Lil", "That Old Beat Up Guitar", "Moon Child", "Hairy Ass Hillbillies", "Charlie Dunn", and "Hill Country Rain". (Folk/Country, Rock)LP, Vinyl record album
(Light blue label Decca pressing. Cover has a cut corner, and some light fading on the spine – but is great overall!)
Titles include "Sifting Sand", "November Song", "Rock N Roll Machine", "Backfire", "Slow Blues", "Scotch Crotch", and "Dirty Shoes". LP, Vinyl record album
(Quadraphonic pressing. Cover has ring and edge wear.)
(In the textured cover, includes the printed inner sleeve and lyric insert. Cover has a cutout notch, unglued top seam, and some light sticker remnants on front.)
Really great material from Tony Joe White – a never-issued live album recorded during his early 70s stretch at Warner Brothers – done with a raw, stripped-down vibe that offers up an even grittier take on the territory of his early albums for Monument Records! The group is pretty small ... read moreLP, Vinyl record album
Killer brother & sister garage punk duo White Mystery tearing it up as ferociously as ever! This one really has it all – from profane ragers to almost sugar sweet pop hooks in the vocal department, almost always with Miss Alex White's forever blazing guitar and Francis's stampeding drums, ... read moreLP, Vinyl record album
(Split purple vinyl.)
White Mystery —
Telepathic ... LP White Mystery, 2013. Near Mint- ...
$11.99
An unusual Mexican variation on the Quick One album – maybe the first true moment of genius from The Who – a record that shows that the group aren't just the usual mod rockers of the time – even though they were already pretty darn great in that format! Instead, there's all these ... read moreLP, Vinyl record album
Who/London Symphony Orchestra —
Tommy ... LP TAKRL, 1972. Very Good+ 2LP ...
$23.99
A live recording of The Who's famous rock opera – with work from David Essex, Marsha Hunt, Elkie Brooks, Roger Chapman, Roy Wood, Merry Clayton, Graham Bell, John Pertwee, and Vivian Stanshall – plus Roger Daltrey as Tommy! LP, Vinyl record album
(In a white sleeve, with two printed pieces of paper for the back and front artwork, both with a crease in the middle.)
An obscure post-A&M album from Paul Williams – recorded in Nashville with a bit of country-styled instrumentation – yet still undeniably in the best Williams mode of the 70s! There's a bit more confidence here than usual – nothing too dramatic, just a little more punch in ... (Vocalists, Rock)read moreLP, Vinyl record album
(White label promo. Back cover has a promo stamp and a tracklist sticker.)
One of our favorite moments from the 90s comeback years of Brian Wilson – a really special collaboration with Van Dyke Parks, the unsung LA musical genius who'd helped Wilson make so much great music back in the 60s! The collaboration is great – and both artists really hit a high point ... read moreLP, Vinyl record album
Includes the classic "Getting Closer" – plus "Spin It On", "Again & Again & Again", "Rockestra Theme", "To You", "Baby's Request", "Winter Rose/Love Awake", "To You", "Reception", and "Arrow ... read moreLP, Vinyl record album
(Includes the printed inner sleeve – and still in shrink with hype stickers1)
A great mid-period Wipers album for Restless that was for quite a few years relegated to a figurative land of the lost – finally developing a well-earned reputation as one of their most consistently strong beginning-to-end efforts just as it was becoming pretty hard to find many years later! ... read moreLP, Vinyl record album
(Limited blue vinyl pressing – with a locked groove!)
Denis Wise —
Wize Music ... LP Finders Keepers (UK), Late 70s/Early 80s. New Copy ...
$18.99
Denis Wise plays all instruments on this record – everything but the kitchen sink! Oh wait – the liner notes actually indicate that he does play a kitchen sink – and a garbage disposal too – but in ways that are completely changed, as he mixes them with sounds from a ... (Out Sound, Rock)read moreLP, Vinyl record album
A very cool UK group who work here in a mix of moody styles – all songs wirtten by Dave Morgan, who's not in the group – with lead vocals from Kevin Scott in the quartet. Production is nice – with some of that compression that was showing up in British modes in the early 70s ... read moreLP, Vinyl record album
A mightily grooving Introduction to Witch – the legendary Zambian group whose name also means We Intend To Cause Havok! The group work here with a wicked blend of rock influences from the UK, plus a heavy dose of African rhythms – all blended together with loads of fuzzy guitar and ... (Global Grooves, Rock)read moreLP, Vinyl record album
The only full length set issued by this underground Ohio group of the 80s – a group who've clearly learned some of the riffing metal ways of the LA bands of the period, but who make the whole thing come across with a much more homegrown vibe! The lead guitar of Ted George would have been ... read moreLP, Vinyl record album
Jah Wobble/The Edge/Holger Czukay —
Snake Charmer EP ... LP Island, 1983. Near Mint- ...
$29.99
One of the best Jah Wobble projects we've ever heard – and a record with a sound that was funky enough to cross over to the clubs! The record follows in the spirit of some of Wobble's other post-PIL projects, but with a bit more focus – thanks possibly to Francois K, who produced the ... read moreLP, Vinyl record album
The second album from UK cult figure Wreckless Eric – a set that's much more professionally put-together than the first – but which still has all the great edge and songwriting that made that debut so great! The cover shot is ironic – the set here just features Eric singing with ... read moreLP, Vinyl record album
(Green vinyl pressing, includes the printed inner sleeve. Cover has light wear and an import sticker on back.)
A famous solo album from Bill Wyman – with guest work from Joe Walsh, Dr John, Nicky Hopkins, Al Kooper, Ronnie Wood, Van Morrison, Bob Welch, and Bonnie Pointer! Arranged and produced by Bill himself. LP, Vinyl record album
Melodic psychedelia from 70s Iran – an incredible full scale anthology of recordings by guitarist and vocalist Kourosh Yaghmaei from the pre-revolution years – and an absolute treasure! Kouroush often recorded with his brothers – Kourosh singing lead and playing guitars or bass ... (Global Grooves, Rock)read moreLP, Vinyl record album
Titles include their great versions of "Train Kept A Rollin" and "I'm A Man" – plus "Smokestack Lightning", "Respectable", "Here Tis", Still I'm Sad", "Heart Full Of Soul", and "You're A Better Man Than I". LP, Vinyl record album
A seminal bit of pre-electro crossover – featuring the cold hard vocals of Alison Moyet, and some very tasty keyboard work! Includes the post-disco club smashes "Don't Go" and "Situation", plus "Goodbye Seventies", "Winter Kills", "Midnight", ... (Soul, Rock)read moreLP, Vinyl record album
(Original pressing, still sealed! Shrinkwrap is lightly shopworn, with small holes in the corners. Cover has a small cutout notch.)
The first rumblings of the pop genius in Yello's music – a record that still has all the best quirky electronics of their first two sets, but which also focuses that energy into a sound that's often more direct and oddly hook-oriented on the best numbers! There's a really percussive vibe ... read moreLP, Vinyl record album
(US red label Elektra pressing.)
Yellow Power (Tony Carey) —
Yellow Power ... LP X Records (Germany), 1982. Sealed ...
$36.99
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(Shrink wrap has a hole on the cover opening. Cover has a cut corner.)
Classic! Fragile is the one that catapulted Yes to unlikely stardom, and in so doing, it brought adventurous, proggy rock to mainstream audience – pretty much changing the face of rock for at least a decade to come! Rick Wakeman's arrival and his spacier electronic keyboards have a lot to do ... read moreLP, Vinyl record album
(Red & green Broadway label pressing. Vinyl has a paint speck that causes a short click on "Roundabout".)
(White label stereo promo with PR etch and RI suffix labels. Cover has a cutout notch, unglued bottom seams with some clear tape, some ring & edge wear, and some marker filling in worn spots and a scrape on front, as well as obscuring the promo sticker.)
An unreleased live set from Neil Young – recorded in Santa Cruz in November of 1990, and featuring the group hot on the success of their Ragged Glory album! The set features the live debut of many of the record's songs, along with a number of surprises too – tracks that are unexpected ... read moreLP, Vinyl record album
Rare work from this legendary underground figure – one of his overlooked gems from the 70s, with original tunes that include "The White Trash Song", "We've Been Together On This Earth Before", "Alabama Highway", "Traveling Kind", and "Vision Of A ... read moreLP, Vinyl record album
Young Rascals —
Groovin' ... LP Atlantic, 1967. Very Good ...
$9.99
Possibly the biggest album ever by The Rascals – a wonderfully tight batch of tunes that has the group hitting perfectly on all their best fronts! Blue eyed soul mixes wonderfully with some rougher garage-styled rock – and the execution here is perfect enough to please listeners on ... (Soul, Rock)read moreLP, Vinyl record album
(Blue & green label pressing. Cover has some wear and a hype sticker.)
A record with a bit of a joke on the cover, but one that's also got a much more mature version of The Youngbloods than just a few years before – a group who are moving past straighter folk, bringing in bits of psych and jazz elements – yet still also keeping their cool a lot more than ... read moreLP, Vinyl record album
Youngbloods —
Two Trips ... LP Mercury, 1970. Very Good ...
$6.99
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(White label promo, in the colorful cover. Cover has split seams held with old tape, a hype sticker, and light surface wear.)
Frank Zappa —
200 Motels ... LP United Artists, 1971. Very Good+ 2LP Gatefold ...
$14.99
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(Original US pressing. Missing all extras. Cover has light wear.)
Frank Zappa —
Apostrophe ... LP DiscReet, 1975. Very Good+ ...
Just Sold Out!
Features George Duke on keyboards, Jean-Luc Ponty on violin, and Jack Bruce on bass – and titles include Frank's classic "Don't Eat The Yellow Snow" – plus "Nanook Rubs It", "Father O'Blivion", "Cosmik Debris", "Exentrifugal Forz", " ... read moreLP, Vinyl record album
(Cover has light wear. Vinyl plays with a click for a few spins on "Don't Eat The Yellow Snow".)
One of the most jamming Zappa albums from the early days – a set that's still got some of Frank's complicated musical leanings in play – but which features interpretation by a smoking group who no doubt helped the great one reach a much larger audience! George Duke plays lots of organ ... read moreLP, Vinyl record album
(Blue label Bizarre pressing. Cover has ring and edge wear.)
Includes "Shut Up 'N Play Yer Guitar", "Shut Up 'N Play Yer Guitar Some More", and "Return Of The Son Of Shut Up 'N Play Yer Guitar". LP, Vinyl record album
(Dutch pressing on CBS. Includes the printed inner sleeves. Box has a split corner at the bottom right, in great shape otherwise!)
(Includes the printed inner sleeves, booklet, and mail order form. Vinyl is in great shape, but box has edge wear, some splitting at the bottom of the left edge, and a small torn portion at the top of the wrap-around on back.)
A special vinyl sampler from Frank Zappa – intended to point the way towards the big run of releases that would soon come on CD under the same title! The set brings together some of the best of that enterprise – and features live performances from 1969 through 1984 – all mastered ... read moreLP, Vinyl record album
(Limited transparent yellow & red heavyweight vinyl – pressed by Pallas!)
Frank Zappa/Mothers Of Invention —
Burnt Weeny Sandwich ... LP Bizarre/Reprise, 1970. Very Good Gatefold ...
$19.99
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
A key record in showcasing Frank Zappa's blend of complicated compositions and all-out jamming – that mix of hard rock and serious songwriting that would direct his energy for most of the 70s – yet still pretty darn raw at this point! The album's a live one – with some of the ... read moreLP, Vinyl record album
(Original blue label pressing. Cover has light wear.)
An early masterpiece from Frank Zappa – one of those records that looks like it's going to be a big ol' mess when you first see the cover – but which turns out to be a carefully calculated act of madness in the end! The Mothers have all their freeform freaky brilliance intact here ... read moreLP, Vinyl record album
Fantastic early work from The Zombies – the kind of material that set them apart from the rest of their generation, right from the start – thanks to the young brilliance of Rod Argent and Colin Blunstone! This set presents all the tracks in their rare mono mixes – different than ... read moreLP, Vinyl record album
A really cool collection, and one that's got a very special focus – an imaginary soundtrack for the record-breaking British summer of 1976 – a searingly hot time that really pushed the nation to the brink! Bob Stanley's given us some great collections on Ace Records before – ... (Funky Compilations, Rock)read moreLP, Vinyl record album
Fantastic sounds from one of the most troubled decades in modern American history – a moment so rocky, its changes and politics even touched the world of country music! While you might think of country as being just a flag-waving, gun-toting version of society, these rare gems show a ... (Folk/Country, Rock)read moreLP, Vinyl record album
Includes performances by The Secrets, Drastic Measures, Cardboard Brains, The Scenics, The Mods, The Everglades, The Ugly, and Ishan Band. LP, Vinyl record album
Includes selections by Masalla, Matchbox, Obo Reed, Dick St John, Local Traffic, Red House, Masque, Zoo, Ragweed Patch, Life, First State Bank, Punch, and Flintlock. LP, Vinyl record album
Includes selections from Nimoys, Ten Foot Faces, Catheads, Spot 1019, Nice Guys, Donner Party, Camper Van Beethoven, Raining House, Barnacle Choir, Thongs, Carmaig De Forest, Wrestling Worms, Holy Sisters Of The Gaga Dada, and Vomit Launch. LP, Vinyl record album
One of the deepest digs into the 60s girl group scene we've ever seen – a package that not only gets way way past the big hits of the time, but also provides much better sound and way more context than the sorts of dodgy CDr collections that have spotted the market for years! It's great to ... read moreLP, Vinyl record album
Includes work by The Fuzztones, Plasticland, Mystic Eyes, The Prime Movers, The Miracle Workers, The Seen, True West, Mad Violets, and others! LP, Vinyl record album
An excellent collection of work from one of our favorite strands of the British scene of the 60s – the all-important beat scene – the mod-styled groups that started to emerge from England at the time, influenced by American soul and R&B, but working in a style that was clearly all ... read moreLP, Vinyl record album
Includes selections by Computones, Valentinos, Yesterday's News, Patty & The Street-Tones, Reality, Endings, Emerys, Uniques, and Street Corner Memories. LP, Vinyl record album
Includes selections by The Mock Turtles, Plasticland, SS-20, Paul Roland, Fit & Limo, The Shamen, Opal, The Ashes In The Morning, The Lobster Quadrille, The Paint Set, Tropicana Fishtank, The TV Personalities, The Soup Dragons, and The Green Telescopes. LP, Vinyl record album
British blues ain't no joke – and as you'll hear by the quality of the work on this set, it had a key influence on the sound of rock and roll all over the world by the end of the 60s! In the beginning, the British blues artists were working in a purer form of the American music than some of ... read moreLP, Vinyl record album
Includes selections by Wrecking Crew, Crossface, Said And Done, Backbone, Sam Black Church, Maelstrom, Eye For An Eye, Intent To Injure, STP, Suckerpunch, and Only Living Witness. LP, Vinyl record album
Includes selections by Susan Schmidt & Debbie Smith, Unit 5, Bizarros, Hammer Damage, Tin Huey, Totsuzen Danball, and The Waitresses. LP, Vinyl record album
A reimagined version of the legendary Yellow Pills compilation on Numero – 20 songs from the original compilation, plus two bonus tracks, new liner notes, and lots of cool sleeve scans, photos, and more! Forget everything you know about rock music in the late 70s – all the punk rock ... read moreLP, Vinyl record album
Raw soul, heavy R&B, and some rare early rockers – all brought together here with the kind of cool classic intensity we've come to love from the Stag O Lee label! The set's the 7th in their series devoted to the Buzzsaw Joint club in London – and like the rest, it has DJs on the ... read moreLP, Vinyl record album
The "nuggets" in the title is very well placed here – as all the cuts here have every bit as much freak and fuzz as the American garage and pre-punk work chronicled famously on the lengendary Nuggets series! Yet these tracks are all even more obscure, and all come from African ... (Global Grooves, Rock)read moreLP, Vinyl record album
Includes selections by Violent Soho, Noen Trees, Paper Tongues, Findlay Brown, Anberlin, Imelda May, Kelis, Major Lazer, Moreland & Arbuckle, Alpha Rev, Kevin Hammond, Peter Wolf, Shel, Aqualung, Four Year Strong, and Steel Panther. LP, Vinyl record album
Special sounds from the deep work of underground electronic music that lurked way down below the British charts of the early 80s – music by a host of different groups who still hold strong to the early, darker post-punk styles of Sheffield and Manchester – mostly using analogue ... read moreLP, Vinyl record album
(Limited edition of 500 copies – with bonus poster insert!)
Hipster sounds from the pre-hippie years – tracks that were either recorded by beatniks, or which have a very cool beat-themed style to them – all pulled together from a range of rare recordings at the end of the 50s and the start of the 60s! The sound here is maybe what you'd guess ... read moreLP, Vinyl record album
Includes selections by SVT, Jim Wunderle, D Clinton Thompson, Pylon, Razz, Kevin Dunn, Robin Lane & The Chartbusters, Luxury, The News, Ragnar Kvaran, Tex Rubinowitz, Root Boy Slim & The Sex Change Band, and Bubba Lou & The Highballs. LP, Vinyl record album
A totally great look at the explosion of electronic sounds in German music during the 70s – a set that goes way past more familiar Krautrock territory, to bring together elements from the artier side of the spectrum too, and even run up to some of the first great moments of the German new ... (Funky Compilations, Rock)read moreLP, Vinyl record album
A really fantastic compilation – and one that will take your collection of German electronic music far past the familiar territory of Kraftwerk and Tangerine Dream! This series has always been great, but it also seems like the longer it goes, the deeper it digs – which is definitely ... (Funky Compilations, Rock)read moreLP, Vinyl record album