Stunning sound library material from Braen's Machine – one of the coolest, grooviest, and most obscure acts that were part of this underground Italian scene in the 70s! Quarta Pagina follows into even more trippier territory than the group's famous Underground album – a wild blend of ... (Sound Library, Rock)read moreLP, Vinyl record album
Maybe the coolest and grooviest music we've heard from the obscure Braen's Machine sound library project from early 70s Italy – a record that's less tripped out than its predecessors, and instead has this great style that's heavy on bossa elements and funky jazz! The vibe's a bit like the ... (Sound Library, Rock)read moreLP, Vinyl record album
A pair of classics from Bread – both pulled from a stretch that was a mighty big time for the group! First up is Baby I'm A Want You – a soft rock masterpiece from Bread – the kind of standard-setting album that made them one of the real giants of pop music at the start of the ... read moreCD
The title makes the set sound like a cash-in, but the record's got a rock-solid pedigree, and a strong R&B vibe – great vocals from Jim Breedlove, working solo away from The Cues – with arrangement help from Dave Martin, and some tenor solos from Sam The Man Taylor! (Soul, Rock)LP, Vinyl record album
(Mono Canadian pressing. Cover has some wear and aging, split seams, and yellowed tape remnants on the seams and spine, with a large stain and a bit of pen in back.)
Completely bizarre work from Brother Theodore – a strange postwar cultural figure who'd arrived in the US from a rescue of the holocaust hellhole of Dachau, then reinvented himself as an offbeat actor and monologist! Theodore's got a very strange voice, one that's partly inflected by his ... (Spoken Word, Rock)read moreLP, Vinyl record album
A wild, far reaching psychedelic rock kaleidoscope from Arthur Brown and his Crazy World! The sounds range from wailing organs and heavy drum backed bigness, to more of a tightly grooving r&b garage influenced trip as the core backdrop – with vocals ranging from falsetto freakouts to ... read moreLP, Vinyl record album
(Black label Track pressing. Cover has a cutout notch, but is nice overall!)
Stanky Brown have a sound here that's very much in keeping with their look on the cover – confident and cheeky 70s cats who can lay down a record that's tight, but easygoing too – on a set that's very much the sort that got all the right sort of funding and attention in the studio, but ... read moreCD
One of those 70s records that has everything going for it, but somehow never got a chance to get off the mark – well-written and catchy tunes, a tight approach to production that's also somehow fresh, and a sense of personality that marks this second set by the band to be one where they're ... read moreCD
Brownsville Station —
No BS ... LP Warner, 1970. Very Good+ ...
$11.99
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(Green label pressing. Cover has light surface wear, aging, some splitting on spine & bottom seam.)
Some of the trippiest sound library material we've ever heard from Sandro Brugnolini – in part because the core group here is a psychedelic combo, which might have led to a few of the tracks being used in a short animated film on Sharon Tate and Charles Manson! Yet as with most of the great ... (Soundtracks, Rock)read moreLP, Vinyl record album
An early moment of genius from composer Gavin Bryars – and a set that was issued on Brian Eno's Obscure Records label in the mid 70s, which ensured that Bryars' music found a larger audience outside the realm of avant classical! That turns out to be a good thing here, as the music here is ... (Out Sound, Rock)read moreCD
Lindsey Buckingham —
Go Insane ... LP Elektra, 1984. Very Good+ ...
$5.99
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(Includes the printed inner sleeve. Cover has a cutout notch and light wear.)
Lindsey Buckingham —
Law & Order ... LP Asylum, 1981. Near Mint- Gatefold ...
$5.99
... LP, Vinyl record album
(Includes the printed inner sleeve. Cover has a cutout notch and light wear, but looks great overall.)
Fantastic material from Tim Buckley – rare tracks recorded in 1968 and 1973, both presenting two different slices of his too-short career – and standing together as a great addition to his too-small catalog of recorded work! The first half features small sessions from 1968 – with ... read moreLP, Vinyl record album
(Limited edition of 1000 – on "Greenish Gold" vinyl!)
Easily one of our favorite albums by Tim Buckley – and a record that really opens up with some key jazzy touches! Buckley's still got his roots in folk here, and his vocals are yet to hit the extremes of Starsailor or Lorca – but there's also a new sense of inflection to the way he ... read moreLP, Vinyl record album
(Gold label stereo pressing. Vinyl has some oxidation that plays with surface noise on Side Two. Cover has light wear and aging, small stickers, and a Withdrawn stamp and card pocket inside the gatefold. Label has library stickers.)
Easily one of our favorite albums by Tim Buckley – and a record that really opens up with some key jazzy touches! Buckley's still got his roots in folk here, and his vocals are yet to hit the extremes of Starsailor or Lorca – but there's also a new sense of inflection to the way he ... read moreLP, Vinyl record album
(Invidually numbered limited edition of 1500 – on heavyweight translucent yellow vinyl!)
A wonderful assortment of material Buckley cut in 1968 – originally intended as material for the album that would become Happy Sad, but largely left behind at the time – most of it released for the first time ever on this incredible set from Rhino Handmade! Many of the tracks have an ... read moreCD
(Out of print.)
Harold Budd —
Pavilion Of Dreams ... LP Obscure/Superior Viaduct, 1976. New Copy (reissue)...
$23.9929.98
One of the earliest albums ever from Harold Budd – an artist who'd later rise to great ambient fame in the following decade, but who's maybe at his most sophisticated here! The set has all the hallmark of the new musical experiments that Brian Eno was showcasing on his Obscure Music label ... read moreLP, Vinyl record album
The cover image here gives you an idea of what's going on – with Neil Young looking away from the rest of the group – as the album's not just the last by Buffalo Springfield, it also really shows the key members striving for a solo voice of their own! The set was released after Buffalo ... read moreLP, Vinyl record album
(Yellow Broadway label stereo pressing in a Unipak cover. Cover has some edge wear and a small sticker in back.)
A pretty darn incredible album – featuring Sandy alone playing guitar, banjo, oud, Fender bass, and electric guitar – plus some slight percussion accompaniment from Billy Higgins. Like his previous LP, Inventions is an awe inspiring blend of folk, jazz & rustic sounds with a ... (Folk/Country, Rock)read moreLP, Vinyl record album
Beautiful early work from British singer Vashti Bunyan – an important figure in the acid folk scene at the end of the 60s, heard here on some really wonderful work from a few years before! Some of the tracks have a really trippy style, and others are a bit more like conventional Brit girl ... (Rock, Rock)read moreLP, Vinyl record album
(Black label stereo pressing. Cover has light wear.)
Eric Burdon & The Animals —
Eric Is Here ... LP MGM, 1967. Very Good+ ...
$9.9914.99
A very cool record – and a bit different than some of the other MGM material by the Animals! Eric Burdon's soulful vocals are in the lead, and set up here with great backings from Benny Golson and Horace Ott – both of whom bring a strong current of soul jazz to the set, for a mod ... read moreLP, Vinyl record album
(Mono black label pressing. Cover has surface wear and aging.)
Another gem from The Animals' overlooked late 60s years on MGM – a time when the group were easily making some of the most inventive music on the label! The styles here are even wider than before – definitely an attempt to showcase "every one of us" that made up the group ... read moreLP, Vinyl record album
(Blue and gold label stereo pressing. Cover has light surface wear.)
Eric Burdon & The Animals —
Love Is ... LP MGM, 1968. Very Good+ 2LP Gatefold ...
$14.99
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 moreLP, Vinyl record album
(Cover has a small split on the bottom, light wear.)
Great later work from The Animals – a set that's not as tripped-out as some of their other late 60s work, and which almost starts to show Eric Burdon's rising love of soul and funk! The sound is still pretty rockish overall – but there's some great use of bass rumbling at the bottom ... read moreLP, Vinyl record album
(Mono white label promo. Cover has light wear and partially split top and bottom seams.)
A raw early classic from Sun Records – a tune that's a fantastic illustration of the way the label could really capture the fire of an artist like Sonny Burgess! Instrumentation is spare, but right on the money – riffing guitar and echoey vocals from Burgess – with a piano solo ... read more7-inch, Vinyl record
T Bone Burnett —
Trap Door ... LP Warner, 1982. Near Mint- ...
$3.99
More of an EP than a full album – but a set that includes his great reading of "Diamonds Are A Girl's Best Friend"! LP, Vinyl record album
(Mono pressing with deep groove. NOTE – Vinyl is oxidized and plays with surface noise. Cover has a hype sticker, yellowing from age, sticker remnants and a small peeled spot at the opening, and half split bottom seam. Label has small peeled spots.)
The young Kate Bush is in fantastic form here – looking a bit goofy on the cover, sure – but firmly establishing that sound that would make the lady a genre unto herself! It's hard to believe a record like this was coming out during major years for punk and disco – but that's ... read moreCD
Butterfield Blues Band —
Keep On Moving ... CD Elektra/Wounded Bird, Late 60s. New Copy ...
$10.9913.99
A fantastic funky record from the Butterfield Blues Band – a set that's much less in the blues style from which the group took their name, and very strongly in the hipper mixed-up blend of styles that were happening on the Cali scene at the end of the 60s! Paul still leads the group on ... read moreCD
A great one from The Byrds – who deliver an iconic mix of breezy country rock and folk harmonies, over songs that range from laidback to soaring! The Byrds seemed to always be in a state of flux, line-up wise, and that actually seems to bring out a pretty great mix of styles on their best ... read moreLP, Vinyl record album
Titles include "5D", "Eight Miles High", "Hey Joe", "Mr Spaceman", "Captain Soul", and "John Riley". LP, Vinyl record album
(360 Sound stereo pressing – 1B/1B. Cover has some ringwear, heavy edge wear, and some yellowed tape remnants at the bottom seam, with a vintage price sticker and small tears in the corners in back.)
Titles include "Mr Tambourine Man", "All I Really Want To Do", "It's No Use", "The Bells Of Rhymney", "Spanish Harlem Incident", and "We'll Meet Again". LP, Vinyl record album
(360 Sound stereo pressing with black text. Cover has ringwear, edge wear, and is bent a bit at the seams.)
Not the earliest album by Cabaret Voltaire, but a mid 80s set that actually seems to have the group going back to a bit more of an edge – maybe inspired by some of the farther reaches of the indie cold wave underground who were inspired by their initial experiments! There's a fair bit of ... read moreLP, Vinyl record album
(Limited edition white vinyl pressing with download!)
Lots of layers of sound here – that raw electronic style of early Cabaret Voltaire, mixed with an increasing interest both in found sound samples, including some cool spoken bits – and in elements from a growing global soundscape as well! There's some unusual undercurrents to the music ... read moreLP, Vinyl record album
(Limited edition silver vinyl pressing – with download!)
The first four albums from this crucial group – along with four more CDs of rare live material too! First up is the self-titled Cactus – the first album from this legendary group – an important American hard rock powerhouse, driven by the famous rhythm duo of Tim Bogert on bass ... read moreCD
Cactus are totally at the top of their game here – and the guitar of Jim McCarthy really sets the record on fire, right from the very first note – at a level that should have made Jim one of the real guitar hero legends of his generation! Yet there's also power from the whole group ... read moreCD
Despite the title, there's no restrictions here – as Cactus seem to be even more confident, more able to stretch their wings and fly than ever before – even adding in some extra piano and keyboards at points to the core guitar-heavy sound of the quartet! All the group's best elements ... read moreLP, Vinyl record album
(Original yellow Broadway label stereo pressing in the textured cover. Cover has some ringwear, edge wear, and discoloration from age.)
We honestly can't think of a more consistently great series of releases in the indie rock-ish realm from a Chicago band, in a two year period, than Califone has produced between 2002 and 2004. Tim Rutili and company's unique mix of spare and acoustic string plucking, broken/fragmented organ and ... read moreLP, Vinyl record album
Rootsy noise sweetened by raggedly alluring melodicism from Califone – still one of the most vital and idiosyncratic groups of their time! We can no long heap the experimentalist tag on Califone – if we ever really could. They've got quite a sonic blueprint laid down after 8 or so ... read moreLP, Vinyl record album
(Limited "ice age blue" vinyl presisng.)
Eddie Callahan —
False Ego ... CD Time Lag Records, Mid 70s. New Copy ...
$9.9919.99
A private press relic from the Santa Cruz Mountains by Eddie Callahan – a really cool mix of soft rock melodies with soul searching lyricism and unpredictable instrumentation – one that's been heavily sought by collectors and is well worth it! There's a bit of post hippie spiritualism, ... read moreCD
A mindblowing classic from Can – a set that has the group just getting better with each new record – to a point where it's the early 70s, and they're already in territory that's completely their own! The set features long tracks that spin out beautifully – driven that that ... read moreLP, Vinyl record album
A searing slice of live energy from the mighty Can – an extended concert performance that shows just how different some of the group's live material was compared to their studio recordings – especially at this time when they were tightening things up slightly for their records! As fans ... read moreCD
A searing slice of live energy from the mighty Can – an extended concert performance that shows just how different some of the group's live material was compared to their studio recordings – especially at this time when they were tightening things up slightly for their records! As fans ... read moreLP, Vinyl record album
(Limited edition "Curacao" vinyl pressing – with download!)
The groundbreaking debut of Can – a record that came out on 1969, and is every bit a part of its time – but also light-years ahead of so many of its contemporaries, with a quality that's kept the music intensely resonant over the decades! The songs are long, jamming, and full of plenty ... read moreLP, Vinyl record album
(Limited edition on Monster Sky vinyl and with download!)
The second album from Can – and one that the group maybe likes to think of as more of a bridge between Monster Movie and Tago Mago – tracks done for a variety of film projects, but which also still really show the quick evolution of the group at the time! Some of the work still ... read moreLP, Vinyl record album
(Limited edition on clear purple vinyl and with download!)
The record that really broke Canned Heat out of the pack – still plenty bluesy, but with the trippier touches you might guess from the cover's psychedelic image – a perfect summation of that unique placement the group had on the late 60s Cali scene! The record's the one that gave the ... read moreLP, Vinyl record album
(Original rainbow label stereo pressing with deep groove. Cover has some splitting on spine, partially unglued seam, light surface wear.)
Canned Heat —
Future Blues ... LP Liberty, 1970. Very Good Gatefold ...
$9.99
A record with a space age cover, but a set that's every bit as raw and rootsy as all of the previous Liberty Records releases by Canned Heat! The group have really upped their chops here – and guitarist Harvey Mandel really sounds amazing, and is bringing in some of the funky elements that ... read moreLP, Vinyl record album
(Cover has surface wear, edge wear, hype sticker, and is lightly stained at the left side.)
Canned Heat & John Lee Hooker —
Hooker 'N Heat ... CD Liberty/BGO (UK), 1970. New Copy 2CD ...
$14.9920.99
If you ever doubted the blues chops of Canned Heat, take a listen to this album – as the group are joined by the great John Lee Hooker, who they let stand strongly in the spotlight and almost make the album his own! Previous sets by Canned Heat were already pretty darn great – a huge ... read moreCD
A set that's maybe a bit more standard song-based than some of the Captain's other records, but an album that's still filled with all the special magic that makes Beefheart so great! The magic band includes work from Zoot Horn Rollo on some wonderful glass finger guitar, plus keyboards from Mark ... read moreLP, Vinyl record album
(White label promo. Cover has light wear and aging.)
An incredible album of electronic music – and one that definitely lives up to its title, as every selection is played live – quite a unique thing as the set was recorded at a time when programming was really beginning to take hold! In a way, Jeff Carney is evoking that first great ... read moreLP, Vinyl record album
(First-ever vinyl release – beautifully done with a heavy booklet of notes!)
Ian Carr with Nucleus —
Belladonna ... LP Vertigo/Mr Bongo (UK), 1972. New Copy Gatefold (reissue)...
$25.9927.98
One of the heaviest electric sets from UK trumpeter Ian Carr – and that's really saying a lot, given how much heavy work he cut with his group Nucleus! The sound here is a groundbreaking mix of acoustic horns and keyboards – trumpet from Carr, and a mix of tenor, soprano, alto, and ... (Jazz, Rock)read moreLP, Vinyl record album
Ian Carr with Nucleus —
Labyrinth ... LP Vertigo/Be With (UK), 1973. New Copy Gatefold (reissue)...
$37.9939.99
A killer progressive jazz session from Britain's Ian Carr – the legendary trumpeter who began as a bop player, then made the move to progressive jazz rock during the late 60s, along with about half of the country's other jazz musicians – but at a level that's still very much better than ... (Jazz, Rock)read moreLP, Vinyl record album
A really fantastic album from trumpeter Ian Carr and his legendary Nucleus group – a combo who are really right on the money here, finding their own sort of space at a level that's very different than some of the other rock/jazz projects on the UK scene at the time! There's often a lot more ... (Jazz, Rock)read moreLP, Vinyl record album
Two jazz rock classics – back to back as a 2CD set! Solar Plexus was a pivotal album in the career of British jazzman Ian Carr – one that had him really opening up into some trippy, spacey grooves – adding in a lot of keyboards, kicking up the grooves, yet still never losing the ... (Jazz, Rock)read moreCD
Keith Carradine —
I'm Easy ... LP Asylum, 1976. Near Mint- ...
$6.99
Maybe one of the few cases where a one-off record by an actor turned out to be a surprisingly classic set – maybe partly because Keith Carradine here seems to really evoke his singing character in the film Nashville, which is where the title track originated – but also because the ... read moreLP, Vinyl record album
(Includes the insert. Cover has a cutout notch.)
Joe King Carrasco & The Crowns —
Party Weekend ... LP MCA, 1983. Near Mint- ...
$1.99
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(Cover has light peeling on the spine, but looks nice overall.)
Cars —
Candy-O ... LP Elektra, 1979. Near Mint- ...
Just Sold Out!
Not The Cars' first album, but the one that definitely catapulted them from Boston underground to mainstream fame – quite a surprise, given the style that most of the bigger acts were laying down at the time! And of course, we say that from the more mainstream bent of our American market ... read moreLP, Vinyl record album
(Red label pressing in a no title cover, with light wear and aging. Includes the printed inner sleeve.)
Titles include "Shake It Up", "Just What I Needed", "Since You're Gone", "You Might Think", "Good Times Roll", "Drive", "Tonight She Comes", "Let's Go", "Heartbeat City", "My Best Friend's Girl", and ... read moreLP, Vinyl record album
(Includes the printed inner sleeve. Cover has light wear.)