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.)
Delicate dissonance, bruised beauty, and hazy noise pop – all in one of the best rock albums ever made – the amazing first album from the Velvet Underground and Nico! The album's the stuff of legend – and for good reason, too – a surprising slab of vinyl that barely set the ... read moreCD
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 moreCD
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
The Ventures were furiously productive in the early 60s – delivering gem after gem – and this is among the best! Telstar is somewhere near the ninth record by the group, offering a dizzying mix of covers of some of the most popular songs of the day. The guitar still leads as the main ... read moreLP, Vinyl record album
Pure greatness from The Violent Femmes – only the trio's second album, but a set that already has them expanding their sound greatly! They've still got all the raw power of their debut – and Gordon Gano's vocals sound nastier than ever – but they've also picked up a lot more ... read moreLP, Vinyl record album
Rare early rock from the Philly scene – a variety of tracks from Frank Virtue – aka Frank Virtuoso, and a musician who definitely deserves that name! Virtue's a heck of a guitarist, one who clearly borrowed plenty from the rising school of country pickers, but brought it to the world ... read moreCD
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
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.)
Tom Waits's follow-up to Rain Dogs – and a batch of songs that do double duty as a straight-up, stand alone record from his wild years at Island Records – and also as the musical accompaniment to a play he co-wrote with wife Kathleen Brennan! (As Chicagoans, we have a special fondness ... read moreCD
A trio of overlooked gems from Wendy Waldman – brought together in a single set! First up is Love Has Got Me – a hell of a solo start for singer/songwriter Wendy Waldman – a great album that should have had the lady right up there on the charts with some of her best 70s ... read moreCD
The best side of the overlooked Billy Walker – his more rocking, hard-twanging numbers recorded for Columbia Records – all done at a time when the label was hitting big with other artists, even though Walker never fully got his due! Billy's maybe best known for a few western-themed ... (Folk/Country, Rock)read moreCD
A really great collection of work – one that shows the strong influence of Belgian songwriting genius on the music of Scott Walker! Scott emerged from the poppy Walker Brothers with a series of albums in the late 60s – records that are now well-respected classics that showed a much ... read moreCD
War became so popular on their own in later years that it's easy to forget how they first sprung onto the soul charts – here, in an album of many styles that was put together by the wayward Eric Burdon after the dissolution of The Animals. We have to admit that Burdon was a genius to hook ... (Soul, Rock)read moreLP, Vinyl record album
(Mexican pressing on Polydor, with titles in Spanish. Cover has some wear and aging.)
The rawest record to date from Nick Waterhouse – a live set, recorded way out in Pioneertown, CA – with a nice edge and a bit more fuzz than some of his previous records! The vibe is still soulful, and the group features backing vocals along with tight horns, bass, and organ – ... (Deep Funk, Rock)read moreCD
60s folk and sunshine pop blended beautifully by the We Five – some of the best of their work for A&M, and a number of previously unreleased gems – the most satisfying compilation of their work we've ever come across! The We Five had a great way of combining some of the elements of ... read moreCD
The unreleased second album from Elyse Weinberg – a very hip LA singer/songwriter from the late 60s canyon scene working here with guest help from top-shelf talents who include Neil Young, Nils Lofgren, and JD Souther! Yet despite the presence of these giants, the album's very much Weinberg's ... read moreCD
A beautifully packaged 3CD set that collects obscure work done by Paul Weller during the important 3rd phase of his career – the post-Jam, post-Style Council years when Weller chose to record simply under his own name, and craft some incredibly great music! The tunes from this period are a ... read moreCD
Funky-strutting genius from Wells Fargo – one of the coolest, heaviest acts to come out of the Zimbabwe scene of the 70s – a moment when hard rock and soulful basslines came together brilliantly, to power the raw edge of a handful of groups like this! The music is maybe more late 60s ... (Global Grooves, Rock)read moreCD
(Very cool package – a complete 72 page, hardcover book – with loads of notes on the band, and a huge amount of vintage images too!)
Paul Westerberg —
14 Songs ... CD Sire/Reprise, 1993. Used ...
$1.99
(Red & white splatter vinyl, including the printed inner sleeve..)
Whiskey Howl —
Whiskey Howl ... CD Warner/Pacemaker Entertainment (Canada), 1972. New Copy ...
Just Sold Out!
A really cool little record from the early 70s Canadian blues rockers Whiskey Howl – who really show a geniune depth of bluesy influences – from small scale numbers with just vocals, guitar and harmonica, to bigger sounding tunes with a trio of saxes behind the drums, bass & guitar ... read moreCD
(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.)
A flurry of lost work from from ex-Zombie, ex-Argent man Chris White – work done by White with a variety of different artists in years that were maybe not that well-represented on record – but which show a strong continuing evolution of his talents! Music was done in collaboration with ... read moreCD
A flurry of lost work from from ex-Zombie, ex-Argent man Chris White – work done by White with a variety of different artists in years that were maybe not that well-represented on record – but which show a strong continuing evolution of his talents! Music was done in collaboration with ... read moreCD
A nice batch of musical nuggets from Chris White – a man who looks pretty mundane on the cover, but who really shines here in a selection of solo work done after his famous years in The Zombies! As with previous volumes, there's a nicely expansive vibe to the music – post-Zombies, post- ... read moreCD
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
A wonderfully spaced-out album of electronic rock from the early days of Island Records! White Noise are a bit like Silver Apples – mixing trippy rock with odd electronic twists that are all very much in a heady late 60s sort of way. But the "rock" component of the album is a very ... (Out Sound, Rock)read moreCD
A classic greatest hits package from The Who – one that had almost as much life as any of their major full length albums, and a set that served to re-introduce new audiences to the group after the success of Tommy and Who's Next! Most of the tracks here predate those albums – pulled ... read moreCD
(Out of print, traycanrd artwork has some light water damage.)
A record we'd never part with – and easily our favorite album ever from The Who! Quadrophenia represents the group at its peak from all perspectives – songwriting, performance, and even studio presence – as the album's got a sonic sensibility that few other albums of the time can ... read moreCD
Who —
Tommy ... CD Decca/MCA, 1970. Used ...
$3.99
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 moreCD
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
A classic comeback for the group – with renewed tightness, but still all the edge of the start of the 70s! Titles include "New Song", "Sister Disco", "Music Must Change", "Trick Of The Light", "Guitar & Pen", and the classic "Who Are ... read moreCD
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.)
A sprawling deluxe version of a once semi-overlooked Wilco effort, finally being acknowledged as a major milestone for the band – as it was a huge shift from their alt country and folk rock roots towards unpredictable, though warmly approachable art rock! Still recognizable as the work of the ... read moreCD
(Really well done, much deserved deluxe edition – with a different live set than the 5LP version!)
Titles include "Kamera", "Radio Cure", "Jesus Etc", "Heavy Metal Drummer", "Reservations", "Poor Places", "Pot Kettle Black", "I Am Trying To Break Your Heart", and "Ashes Of American Flags". CD
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.)