A groovy little group from the end of the 60s – one who've got a sound that's maybe more in the mode of what you might expect to find in a small club on the Sunset Strip – as Smith have a way of taking hits by other groups, and turning them into songs that are all their own – ... read moreLP, Vinyl record album
(Includes the Dunhill inner sleeve. Cover has light wear and a small cutout hole.)
A stone classic from the team of Morrissey and Marr – a record that manages to wear its politics on its sleeve, yet still express things in a highly personal way! The balance is a key part of what made The Smiths go farther than just about all their 80s Brit indie contemporaries – and ... read moreLP, Vinyl record album
Steam may never have hit the big time – maybe because of their dripping look on the cover – but they will forever be remembered for their classic hit on this album, "Na Na Hey Hey Kiss Him Goodbye". All cuts arranged by Paul Leka – and other titles include "I've ... read moreLP, Vinyl record album
(Cover has surface wear, a cutout hole, and small splits on the seams.)
Steely Dan —
Aja ... LP ABC, 1977. Very Good Gatefold ...
Just Sold Out!
An undisputed masterpiece, and a record we never tire of hearing – unabashedly the inspiration for our years of jazzy exploration as adults, even though it was probably the closest thing we ever got to the genre as wee lads! Walter Becker & Donald Fagan raise their already-high bar to ... read moreLP, Vinyl record album
(70s pressing with AA matrix. Includes the heavy inner sleeve. Cover has light wear.)
Genius, pure genius – and a record that will completely revise your thinking about Rod Stewart – a set that will blow away all the cliches you might know from later years, and will have you re-examining his early years in all their glorious brilliance! The sound is amazing right from ... read moreLP, Vinyl record album
(Original red label pressing in the embossed cover.)
A record that no home should be without – and a stunning set that still carries all the raw power it did way back in 1969! The album's an apocalyptic vision of the future – a future it helped to shape, give its influence over the years – and from start to finish, the whole thing ... read moreLP, Vinyl record album
An all-out party rock classic – a record that's titled after the one huge hit by The Strangeloves, but which has killer cuts throughout – a set that's filled with heavily percussive, hard-jamming numbers that really keep the pace moving! The group seems to use a lot more bass drum than ... read moreLP, Vinyl record album
One of the first full-on concept albums from Dennis DeYoung and Styx – a set that uses the metaphor of an aging theater to tell the tale of a changing world in the 20th Century! Titles include "The Best Of Times", "Lonely People", "Nothing Ever Goes As Planned", ... read moreLP, Vinyl record album
(Original laser-etched vinyl pressing with EDP/Sterling stamps. Cover has light wear.)
Survival —
Simmer Down ... LP Strawberry Rain, Mid 70s. New Copy (reissue)...
$27.9933.99
It's impossible to simmer down with a groove this great – a wicked blend of African funk and fuzzier psych touches – all served up by Nigeria's legendary Survival! The set was recorded at Ginger Baker's Arc Studios, and has his own blend of rootsy elements, complicated rhythms, and ... (Global Grooves, Rock)read moreLP, Vinyl record album
(Limited edition.)
Yukihiro Takahashi —
Neuromantic ... LP Alfa, 1981. Near Mint- ...
Just Sold Out!
Solo album from the YMO and Sadistic Mika Band member, with guests Haruomi Hosono and Ryuichi Sakamoto of course, plus Kenji Omura, Tony Mansfield, Phil Manzanera, Andy Mackay, and Hideki Matsutake. LP, Vinyl record album
(US pressing. Includes the folded insert, lightly crinkled with a light ring impression. Cover has a "New Rock New Price" sticker and a promo stamp.)
Some of the most compelling grooves the Talking Heads ever recorded – a set that sparkles with imaginative touches, and railroads forward on a wave of complicated rhythms! The sound is brilliant throughout – a genre-less approach that sheds the group's earlier art nerd aesthetic for ... read moreLP, Vinyl record album
(US pressing with Sterling stamp. Includes the printed inner sleeve. Cover has minimal wear and is bent a bit at the bottom seam.)
The mindblowing first album by The Talking Heads – a bold statement by a very young band who'd go on to shape the sounds of the left field for generations to come! The sound is spare and very focused – maybe the first layer that David Byrne would then build up when adding more ... read moreLP, Vinyl record album
A huge crossover hit for the Talking Heads – music released in conjunction with the great film of the same name, but with a unified vibe that made the whole thing way more than just another soundtrack! In many ways, the set's a part two to Little Creatures – delivered with the same ... read moreLP, Vinyl record album
The massive full length flowering of Television – a record issued on a major label, but which represents all the underground genius that the group had been bringing to the New York scene for a few years in the mid 70s! The guitar might be worth the price of admission alone – a standard- ... read moreLP, Vinyl record album
Maybe our favorite album ever from Traffic – a set that has the group coming back together, after a fracture that took them in separate musical directions – reformed with a sound that's very different than before! The tracks are longer, and have more influences from both folk and jazz ... read moreLP, Vinyl record album
(Later UK Island pressing with orange labels. Includes the Island inner sleeve, with center splits in the side and bottom seams. Cover has light ringwear.)
Traffic get some help here from Muscle Shoals heavyweights Barry Beckett, Roger Hawkins, and Jimmy Johnson – a trio who help the group continue that richer, more expanded sound that was first unfurled on the group's Low Spark album! The sound is maybe a more focused attempt at territory from ... read moreLP, Vinyl record album
(Original corner-cut cover, including the printed inner sleeve. Cover has some ring & edge wear.)
A legendary album from the Peruvian scene at the start of the 70s – a record from one of the key groups who were really helping deepen the sound of the music at the time, and take things far past some of the simpler Anglo-inspired music of the 60s! It's tempting to call these guys ... read moreLP, Vinyl record album
The final album from Trapeze – and a set that has them stepping out as a super-heavy trio who should have been huge! Glenn Hughes handles bass and all the lead vocals – with the best qualities he would soon bring to Deep Purple – and the drums from David Holland are fantastic ... read moreLP, Vinyl record album
(White label pressing with Bell Sound/SF stamp. Cover has light wear.)
The towering Marshall amps on the cover will give you a good idea of what's going on here – as this heavy 70s combo really turn things up to 11 with their searing power trio style! The group recall earlier efforts from that moment when three-member rock groups really set fire to the new ... read moreLP, Vinyl record album
An album of pure genius – easily one of the greatest Brazilian albums ever, and a landmark set from the Tropicalia years! There's a brilliance here that's hard to describe accurately – quite possibly because the young Caetano Veloso is experimenting with so many new ideas, the album ... (Brazil, Rock)read moreLP, Vinyl record album
(Limited edition of 500 on clear vinyl!)
Vigrass & Osborne —
Steppin' Out ... LP Epic, 1974. Near Mint- ...
$4.9911.99
Looks like Gary Osborne and Paul Vigrass lost a few buttons off their shirts on the front cover – but they keep things tight on this great album of duet material from the 70s – one of their excellent and overlooked sets from the time! Part of the real strength of the album comes from ... read moreLP, Vinyl record album
An early one from Waits – his second album – and it's a great one! Like a lot of his early oeuvre, this is a kind of like a street-savvy, hipster cabaret affair, with less of the eccentricity that would reveal itself later in his career. Still a great record though, rendered with a ... read moreLP, Vinyl record album
(White label promo with CP suffix. Cover has a promo sticker, some ringwear, and edge wear.)
Whitesnake —
Whitesnake ... LP Geffen, 1987. Very Good+ ...
Just Sold Out!
With "Here I Go Again", "Is This Love", and "Still Of The Night". LP, Vinyl record album
(Includes the printed inner sleeve. Cover has a sticker remnant and light wear.)
Bobby Whitlock —
Bobby Whitlock ... LP Dunhill, 1972. Very Good+ Gatefold ...
Just Sold Out!
A lost landmark in early 70s roots rock – the first solo album from Bobby Whitlock – an artist who'd previously played with Derek & The Dominoes, George Harrison, and Delaney & Bonnie – and who's getting a bit of help here from both Harrison and Eric Clapton in the studio! ... read moreLP, Vinyl record album
(Textured cover has a top seam split, some surface wear, name in pen.)
A cool compilation of earlier material – some nice lost bits, pulled together in one sweet little set! Titles include "Now I'm A Farmer", "Little Billy", "Glow Girl", "Put The Money Down", "Pure & Easy", "Long Live Rock", "N ... read moreLP, Vinyl record album
(Original pressing in the die-cut cover. Includes poster & insert. Cover has light wear.)
Who —
Tommy ... LP Decca, 1970. Very Good+ 2LP Gatefold ...
$19.99
An amazing moment from The Who – and from the UK rock scene in general – as Tommy is one of the most fully-conceived concept albums ever recorded – a masterful effort that's still pretty hard to match all these many years later! Pete Townshend really knocked it out of the park ... read moreLP, Vinyl record album
(MCA rainbow label pressing. Includes booklet. Cover has light edge wear.)
One of the greatest records ever by one of the greatest bands ever! The tracks of Who's Next are the stuff of legend – classics like "Baba O'Riley", "Bargain", "Going Mobile", "Behind Blue Eyes", and "Won't Get Fooled Again", tracks that show ... read moreLP, Vinyl record album
Wilco's post-millennium masterpiece! After years of adventurous sounds and increasingly poetic lyrics being subtly layered over their country rock roots, Yankee Hotel Foxtrot was such a radical departure from their first couple albums that it was legendary upon arrival. What's so amazing about it ... read moreLP, Vinyl record album
A rootsy group from the Chicago scene, but one with a fair amount of wit, too – a subtle political agenda that's buried a bit beneath more rocking modes, and which really helps set these guys apart from the pack! The songwriting is often pretty smart, at least from a social perspective ... read moreLP, Vinyl record album
(White label promo. Cover has light wear, tiny peel spot from sticker removal.)
The last album in an amazing run of records that Mason Williams did for Warner Brothers – impossible to define in easy terms, as the whole thing is a mix of acoustic instrumentation, larger arrangements, occasional vocals, and this wonderful interplay between underground artists and top-shelf ... read moreLP, Vinyl record album
(Cover has a cut corner, light ringwear, some edge wear, and bumped corners.)
Global psychedelic grooves from Zambia – the tripped out sounds of Witch! Witch works in a killer rock groove on Lazy Bones, with furious rhythms, heavy drums and fuzzed out guitars. It's all nice and raw and done with a really heady and fierce sense of groove – but there's some more ... (Global Grooves, Rock)read moreLP, Vinyl record album
A great one from X-Ray Spex – one of the strongest of the first generation punks of the 70s – a group fronted by the amazing Poly Styrene, and blessed with some incredibly catchy tunes! There's a poppy playfulness to most of these tracks, underneath the fierce, full-on energy of the ... read moreLP, Vinyl record album
James Young/Jan Hammer —
City Slicker ... LP Passport, 1985. Near Mint- ...
$4.99
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(Includes the printed inner sleeve. Cover has a cut corner, bent a bit at the top left corner and right side, and a promo sticker in back.)
Neil Young —
Dume ... LP Reprise, 1975. New Copy 2LP Gatefold ...
$31.9935.99
The cover's a bit familiar, the title's a bit different – and the whole thing is a nice nod to the classic Zuma album by Neil Young and Crazy Horse – as all the tracks here are from the 1975 sessions for that record! Half the work here appears here on vinyl for the first time ever ... read moreLP, Vinyl record album
An important early 70s live album from Neil Young – in part because it contains some fresh material, not just live takes of studio songs – and stands at a pivotal time in Young's career and creative development! Neil gets support from the Stray Gators, and the set also features guest ... read moreLP, Vinyl record album
(50th anniversary edition on clear vinyl, with bonus track.)
(Canadian pressing. Includes a mail order catalog.)
Frank Zappa —
Hot Rats ... LP Bizarre, 1969. Near Mint- Gatefold ...
$19.99
One of those records that should be an insane dark mess, given the look of the cover – but which turns out to be a surprisingly well put-together effort all the way through! Zappa does a great job of hiding behind his hair here – never acting with the pomp that a pop genius like him ... read moreLP, Vinyl record album
Titles include "Rat Tomato", "I Have Been In You", "Flakes", "I'm So Cute", "Jones Crusher", "Dancin Fool", "Baby Snakes", "Bobby Brown Goes Down", and "Rubber Shirt". LP, Vinyl record album
(Original pressing with Masterdisk stamp/RL etch. Cover has partially unglued bottom seams with some clear tape.)
One of Frank Zappa's biggest-selling albums of the early 70s and it's also one of his best ever! Over-Nite Sensation finds Zappa's leftfield weirdness and sly social satire at play within adventurous, but accessible arrangements. It's got some early fusiony rock bits paired with heavy drums and ... read moreLP, Vinyl record album
(Cover has light wear.)
Frank Zappa/Mothers Of Invention —
Burnt Weeny Sandwich ... LP Bizarre/Reprise, 1970. Very Good+ Gatefold ...
$24.99
A burnt weeny sandwich from Frank Zappa & The Mothers Of Invention – and a record that shows just how far they'd come in just a few short years! In a way, the record feels almost like a summation of all the best ideas that Frank had come up with in the studio – some serious musical ... read moreLP, Vinyl record album
(Blue label Bizarre pressing. Includes poster! Cover has light wear.)
A totally cool look at a totally cool label – the early home of YMO, and an imprint that was host to some of the coolest Japanese music in the 80s! Some of the artists on the Alpha label were already rising stars by the time the company launched in 1980 – but they found a new outlet ... (Japanese, Rock)read moreLP, Vinyl record album
With selections by Love, Tyrannosaurus Rex, Earl Hooker, Robbie Basho, Aynsley Dunbar, Albert Collins, Ike & Tina Turner, Fred McDowell, Bossa Rio, Southwind, and more! LP, Vinyl record album
20 killer singles from the Columbia rockabilly years – a short period, but a great one! Includes cuts from Rose Maddox, Freddie Hart, The Collins Kids, Eddie Zack, Ronnie Self, Sid King & The Five Strings, Johnny Horton, Chuck Murphy, and Bobby Lord! LP, Vinyl record album
Greasy Mike takes on postwar hipness this time around – on a whole set of tracks that either parody beatnik culture, or embrace it fully – served up in a weird and wonderful blend of tunes in jazz, rock, Latin, and other hip styles from the late 50s and early 60s! The set follows the ... read moreLP, Vinyl record album
Weird and wild novelty numbers from the glory days of the 7" single – tunes that are mostly rockers, but which also show all the cool and unusual ways that folks were experimenting with new styles and studio modes, then putting the results on a two to three minute 45rpm chunk of vinyl ... read moreLP, Vinyl record album
A great set of booze-themed songs from the glory days of country music – and a package that includes some well-chosen work from singers we really love a lot! The set features names you might know from other, bigger tracks – but singing here about a preference for alcohol, often with a ... (Folk/Country, Rock)read moreLP, Vinyl record album
A groundbreaking array of material from the first in a legendary series of festivals – the important Womad concerts of the 80s, which were a crucial effort in opening the doors to a globe's amount of music! Womad was famously helmed by Peter Gabriel, who was drawing on many currents of ... (Global Grooves, Rock)read moreLP, Vinyl record album
Includes performances by Stewart Copeland & Derek Holt, Bob Marley & The Wailers, REM, The Alarm, General Public, Sting, The Bangles, Oingo Boingo, The Go-Go's, and Squeeze. LP, Vinyl record album
Groovy rock from Iran – 60s & 70s material that's got the raw and rumbling grittiness of some of best garage rock of the time and others that flirt with psychedelia – most with the Middle Eastern flourishes blended beautiful with western rock and beat sounds! Wonderful stuff all ... (Global Grooves, Rock)read moreLP, Vinyl record album
A pretty interesting slice of Chicago in the mid 70s – featuring a host of acts that never made it at all! The concept of the album was a contest by radio station WKQX to showcase a host of original groups from Chicago – and out of 1900 tapes submitted, 11 different groups were chosen ... (Funky Compilations, Rock)read moreLP, Vinyl record album
(Still sealed in clean shrink. Cover is bent at the top left corner.)