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Outside sounds in many styles -- musique concrete, electro-acoustic, minimalism, and many other experimental and avant modes!
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Aksak Maboul —
Figures ... LP Crammed (Belgium), 2020. New Copy 2LP Gatefold ... $22.99 26.99
A great contemporary entry in the mindblowing musical legacy of Aksak Maboul – a group who first started mixing up many different genres in the late 70s, then went on to maybe set the tone for the whole creative legacy of the Crammed Discs label! Original member Marc Hollander is still at ... (Rock, Out Sound) read more LP, Vinyl record album
(Includes download!)
RCA/Sacred Bones, 1975. New Copy (reissue)... $18.99 22.98
One of the spookiest albums we've ever heard from moog maestro Mort Garson – way darker and more complex than his Wozzard Of Id or moogy horoscope projects – with a feel that's much more like his legendary Black Mass album! Like that one, there's a fair current of supernatural running ... (Rock, Out Sound) read more LP, Vinyl record album
(Limited edition orange vinyl.)
Fantome Phonographique (Italy), Mid 50s. New Copy (reissue)... $22.99
A treasure trove of early electronic music from these two Dutch giants of the field – both every bit as important as the more widely-circulated French artists of the musique concrete generation! Badings is featured here on a number of great tracks – including the sublime "Capriccio ... read more LP, Vinyl record album
(Hand-numbered limited edition of 500!)
Derek Bailey/ECM (Germany), 1970. Near Mint- ... $34.99
A seminal session that forever put the British improvisational scene on the map – a great little record that features guitar by Bailey, soprano sax by Evan Parker, electronics by Hugh Davies, and work by Jamie Muir and Christine Jeffrey. Tracks are longish, and relatively free – and ... (Jazz, Out Sound) read more LP, Vinyl record album
(US pressing. Cover has a cut corner.)
RRR, 1988. Sealed 5LP Box Set ... $43.99
Deutsche Grammophon (Germany), Mid 60s. Near Mint- ... $19.99
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(Blue tulip stereo pressing. Cover has small catalog number written in pen on back.)
Vega (France), 1961. Very Good ... $9.99
Vega (France), Early 60s. Very Good ... $24.99
Very hip stuff – and the composers direct each recording, too! LP, Vinyl record album
(Vinyl is nice overall – quite clean and heavy. Cover has light wear.)
Mainstream, Mid 60s. Near Mint- Gatefold ... $14.99
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(Stereo pressing with deep groove.)
4AD, 2020. New Copy 2LP ... $26.99 27.99
There's no Bing, there's no Ruth – just a trio headed by composer David Moore, who plays these fantastic lines on Farfisa organ alongside the clarinet of Jeremy Viner and bass of Jeff Ratner! The instrument was maybe used most famously in a setting like this by Philip Glass in the 70s – ... (Rock, Out Sound) read more LP, Vinyl record album
Bargerecordings, 2008. Very Good+ ... $4.99
Egg/Culture Factory, 1977. New Copy (reissue)... $24.99
Fantastic sounds from Tim Blake – an artist who previously worked with Gong, and sometimes worked with Hawkwind – but who really came into his own on this legendary album of electronics! Tim works here on a self-constructed "crystal machine" – a bank of electronics that ... (Rock, Out Sound) read more LP, Vinyl record album
(On translucent blue vinyl!)
Boulez —
Le Marteau Sans Maitre – Boulez/Turnabout, 1964. Near Mint- ... Just Sold Out!
Mace, Mid 60s. Near Mint- ... $4.99
Nonesuch, 1968. Very Good+ Gatefold ... $9.99
Nice 1968 recordings of works by Cage and Lukas Foss. The Cage "Concerto For Prepared Piano" is performed by Yuji Takahashi on a prepared piano, as the main soloist with a larger ensemble. The sound is as you'd imagine from Cage's prepared piano stuff, with lots of cool off-kilter piano ... read more LP, Vinyl record album
(Cover has some wear and an unglued top seam.)
Turnabout, Late 60s. Very Good- ... $9.99
Classic early album of electronic music that features some nice pieces by Walter Carlos – "Dialogues For Piano & 2 Loudspeakers" and "Variations For Flute & Electronic Sound" – both recorded in the years before he switched on Bach, and long before he changed ... read more LP, Vinyl record album
Audio File/Lion, 1988. New Copy (reissue)... $25.99
A cassette-only rarity from the glory days of the tape-based new age underground – but a set that's much more strongly in line with 70s masterpieces from the German electronic music pioneers! Jeff Carney plays his instrumentation live here, and in ways that are hardly meditative or relaxing ... (Rock, Out Sound) read more LP, Vinyl record album
Carter —
Double Concerto For Harpsichord & Piano With Two Chamber Orchestras/Nonesuch, 1975. Near Mint- ... Just Sold Out!
Turnabout, 1974. Near Mint- ... $5.99
Penultimate Press (Sweden), 1986. Sealed Gatefold ... $19.99
A wild mix of electric and acoustic sounds from Henning Christiansen – done as a soundtrack for a film that's represented with images inside the cover – images that make the movie look as wild as the music on the record! Sounds come from a variety of sources – glass bowls, tubes, ... (Soundtracks, Out Sound) read more LP, Vinyl record album
(Recent red vinyl pressing.)
Finders Keepers (UK), 1969. New Copy (reissue)... $22.99
Suzanne Ciani has cut some sweeter sets over the years, but this album's definitely not one of them – as the whole thing is an early piece from the artist's career, recorded on the Buchla synthesizer, and based on the work of Charles Baudelaire! The core piece, "Flower Of Evil", ... (Sound Library, Out Sound) read more LP, Vinyl record album
Abduction, 2007. Very Good+ ... $6.99
Ba Da Bing, 2012. Very Good+ ... $14.99
Kara-Lis Coverdale —
Grafts (one-sided LP) ... LP Boomkat Editions (UK), 2017. Near Mint- ... $24.99
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(Black vinyl pressing, includes the printed inner sleeve.)
CRI, 1967. Near Mint- ... Just Sold Out!
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(Cover has a small index label on back.)
Mainstream, Mid 60s. Very Good+ Gatefold ... $11.99
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(White label pomo. Cover has a cut corner, some wear, and a few small stains.)
Vanguard/Cardinal, 1969. Very Good ... $11.99
Music created on the Buchla Modular Electronic Music System. LP, Vinyl record album
(Cover has wear, with mostly split seams held with tape.)
CRI, 1973. Very Good+ ... $4.99
Opus One, 1974. Near Mint- ... $6.99
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International Anthem, 2020. New Copy ... $19.99 20.99
Beautifully meditative music from Alabaster DePlume – a set that brings together work from a variety of recorded projects from the past decade or so – finally getting full exposure in this Transatlantic collaboration between Chicago's International Anthem label and London's Total ... (Jazz, Out Sound) read more LP, Vinyl record album
Also available To Cy & Lee – Instrumentals Vol 1 ... CD 11.99
Dead Cert (UK), 1977. New Copy ... $18.99
Some of the noisiest work we've ever heard from Bruce Ditmas – an artist who's best known for his 70s work that mixed together drums and electronics – an approach that's taken here to the farthest side of the sonic spectrum! The tracks are all recorded in Bruce's own studio, and ... (Jazz, Out Sound) read more LP, Vinyl record album
(Limited to 500 copies.)
Souffle Continu (France), Late 70s. New Copy (reissue)... $22.99
New industrial modes from Philippe Doray and his group of French experimentalists – not sounds that fall into the industrial dance world of the late 80s, but those very early, groundbreaking creations from Throbbing Gristle and the rest of their generation! This album's maybe slightly more ... (Rock, Out Sound) read more LP, Vinyl record album
Souffle Continu (France), 1976. New Copy (reissue)... $22.99
Groundbreaking work from the Paris scene of the 70s – a record that's kind of post-prog, post-improvisation, and which maybe sets the scene for sonic experiments on the UK scene in years to come! Philippe Doray is at the helm of his antisocial associates here – a quintet that mixes ... (Rock, Out Sound) read more LP, Vinyl record album
Double Fantasy —
Universal Ave ... LP Innovative Communication (Canada), 1986. Very Good+ ... $34.99
Decca, Late 60s. Very Good+ ... $4.99
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(Cover has light wear.)
Mutual Intentions (Norway), 2019. Sealed ... $14.99
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Brian Eno —
Ambient 1 – Music For Airports (180 gram pressing) ... LP EG/Astralwerks, 1978. New Copy (reissue)... $22.99 24.99
A landmark moment – both for Brian Eno, and for experimental music in general! Although Eno began his solo run with some searing, guitar-heavy records that were even wilder than his early work with Roxy Music – he also began experimenting with more sensitive aspects of sound on albums ... (Rock, Out Sound) read more LP, Vinyl record album
EG/Astralwerks, 1982. New Copy (reissue)... $16.99 24.99
Brian Eno leaves the Airports, and moves On Land – but still keeps things pretty much in the spare sound of the Ambient series! The lineup here features a few more extra musicians – including Michael Beinhorn on synth, Jon Hassell on trumpet, Axel Gros and Michael Brook on guitars, and ... (Rock, Out Sound) read more LP, Vinyl record album
Folkways, 1976. Near Mint- ... $13.99
Warmly experimental music from the 70s Folkways scene – music that's a mixture of jazz, folk, electronics, and improvised styles – played with an open, honest sort of feel! The Entourage Music & Theater Ensemble features four composer/musicians – Joe Clark, Wall Matthews, ... read more LP, Vinyl record album
(Recent reissue including the insert.)
Kill Shaman, 2008. Near Mint- ... $9.99
Etats-Unis/Superior Viaduct, Mid 70s. New Copy (reissue)... $29.99
Sublime minimalist experiments from Pascal Comelade – music that's kind of a more offbeat, low-fi take on the territory of Terry Riley – as Comelade performs these beautiful long lines on both piano and organ! Pascal is working here on one track with guitar from Richard Pinhas, another ... (Rock, Out Sound) read more LP, Vinyl record album
(Individually numbered, limited edition of 750!)
Heliodor (UK), 1968. Very Good+ ... $7.99
Three late 60s pieces from Lukas Foss, combining chance operations and scores that are primarily text directives. The first piece is for small ensemble: percussion, cello, clarinet and piano, the second is for a small ensemble with vocalists and speakers and the final the same ensemble as the ... read more LP, Vinyl record album
(UK gold label stereo pressing. Cover has light wear and a small sticker on front.)
Deutsche Grammophon (Germany), 1970. Very Good ... $14.99
... LP, Vinyl record album
(Cover has edge wear, unglued seams, a small index label on front, and a name in pen on back.)
Discrepant (UK), 2018. Sealed ... $16.99
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CBS, 1987. Near Mint- ... $9.99
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(Cover has a bumped corner.)
Columbia/Music On Vinyl (Netherlands), 1985. New Copy 3LPs (reissue)... $64.99 69.99
Amazing work from Philip Glass – his second great opera, and a long-overdue follow-up to Einstein On The Beach – a set of music that's every bit as great as that groundbreaking work, but maybe even with stronger, fuller execution overall! The piece looks at the early political years of ... read more LP, Vinyl record album
Sony/Music On Vinyl (Netherlands), 1979. New Copy (reissue)... $81.99
An amazing record, and one that forever transformed the sound of opera in the US – the amazing summation of all the many musical ideas that Philip Glass had been cooking up since the 60s, done as a mindblowing stage presentation with Robert Wilson! Voices, organ, reeds, and piano come ... read more LP, Vinyl record album
Deutsche Grammophon (Germany), Late 60s. Near Mint- ... $24.99
One of the Deustche Gramophone Avant Garde series LPs, featuring Vinko Globokar on trombone playing his own "Discours II Pour Cinq Trombones", Berio's "Sequenza V for Trombone Solo", Stockhausen's "Solo fur Melodie-Instrument", and Alsina's "Consecuenza op. 17 fur ... read more LP, Vinyl record album
(Blue tulip stereo pressing.)
Aartrud (France), 1975. New Copy (reissue)... $38.99
Some of the earliest work we've ever seen from Steven Halpern, and some of the best – a mid 70s set that predates some of his better-known new age records of later years – and which has a sound that's maybe a bit more compressed and focused overall! Steven's still playing plenty of ... (Jazz, Out Sound) read more LP, Vinyl record album
(Limited edition – with varied front artwork!)
Nonesuch, 1986. Very Good+ ... $1.99
CRI, 1973. Near Mint- ... $4.99
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TR, 1982. Near Mint- ... Just Sold Out!
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(Cover has small index labels and notes in pen on back.)
Counterpoint, Mid 60s. Near Mint- ... $4.99
One of the strangest pieces ever composed by Lou Harrison – based on the writings of William Butler Yeats, and done as a "poetic play for masked dancers"! LP, Vinyl record album
Ndeya, 2020. New Copy ... $21.99 22.99
The genius of Jon Hassell is alive and well – and after decades of groundbreaking music and undeniable influence, Hassell continues to show the world why his own blend of electric and acoustic elements still sounds better than most! Jon's working with his classic blend of trumpet and ... (Rock, Out Sound) read more LP, Vinyl record album
Also available Seeing Through Sound – Pentimento Vol 2 ... CD 13.99(Includes download!)
Lovely/Ndeya, 1977. New Copy (reissue)... $21.99 22.99
To most ears, trumpeter Jon Hassell first burst on to the world through his experiments with Brian Eno on EG Records, or maybe his 80s work on ECM – but here, on his debut for the small avant label Lovely Music, it's clear that Jon's already in complete control of his sound – and is ... (Rock, Out Sound) read more LP, Vinyl record album
Also available Vernal Equinox ... CD 13.99
Finnadar, 1979. Near Mint- 2LP ... Just Sold Out!
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(Cover has a small index label on back.)
Hot Mule (France), 1986. New Copy (reissue)... $29.99
A really unusual little album – one that partly embraces a globe's worth of acoustic percussion, partly expresses itself in the minimal percussion legacy after Steve Reich's Drumming, and partly embraces some of the electric/acoustic sounds of the New York downtown scene of the early 80s ... read more LP, Vinyl record album
(Comes with a bonus set of notes, and a download code!)
Astral Spirits, 2020. New Copy 2LP ... $22.99
A beautiful extended composition for the coronavirus generation – a piece written for cello and percussion in a very minimal way that builds and shifts over time – all to examine the "care and empathy that emerge when two lives share space"! That care is very clear here ... read more LP, Vinyl record album
Deutsche Grammophon (Germany), 1970. Near Mint- Gatefold ... $6.99
Heliodor, 1970. Very Good ... $19.99
... LP, Vinyl record album
(Cover has edge wear and a name in marker.)
Sound Aspects (Germany), 1986. Near Mint- ... $11.99
Dave & Frank, 2012. Near Mint- ... $9.99
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(In a hand made cover, with a screen print on one side and hand drawn art on the other.)
Fact Of Being, 1978. New Copy (reissue)... $25.99 27.98
Dreamy sounds from Iasos – an early proponent of the world of new age music, but one that's far hipper than the bigger-label acts to come in the 80s! This set is beautifully spare and meditative – two side-long tracks, each a kind of warmer, more sentimental take on territory that ... read more LP, Vinyl record album
Also available Angelic Music ... CD 13.99
Numero, 1970s. New Copy 2 LPs Gatefold ... $16.99 26.98
Spacey sounds from the enigmatic Iasos – a legendary figure in the 70s underground – and an artist with a heck of a great ear for organic electronics and unusual recording techniques! This cool collection of Iasos' music was put together by Carlos Nino with the guys at Numero – ... read more LP, Vinyl record album
Fact Of Being, 1975. New Copy (reissue)... $25.99 27.98
Bizarre home made electronics from the enigmatic Iasos – an artist who later went onto a bit of fame in the new age, but who's working here in a trippier, spacier, almost psychedelic mode! The style is often quite personal, and almost naive – as Iasos works on guitar, keyboards, ... read more LP, Vinyl record album
Fact Of Being, 1978. New Copy (reissue)... $25.99 27.98
An instrumental record with a very special promise – one that it "will tend to induce a three dimensional picture or hologram in your mind"! There's a few key conditions – you've got to close your eyes, use headphones, and focus on the music – but that last part is very ... read more LP, Vinyl record album
Also available Realms Of Light ... CD 14.99
Taste (Italy), 2019. New Copy ... $18.99
One of the most unusual albums we've ever heard from Italian pianist Enrico Intra – and that's saying a lot, given his legacy of creative sounds from the 70s onward! This set has Intra playing piano, but also has all the spacey elements you'd guess from the cover – a very unusual mix ... (Jazz, Out Sound) read more LP, Vinyl record album
Nonesuch, Early 70s. Near Mint- ... $4.99
Claxon (Netherlands), 1980. Very Good+ Gatefold ... $4.99
Nonesuch, 1986. Sealed ... $9.99
A totally great, totally cool little record – one in which experimental musician Scott Johnson uses his guitar to trigger a set of spoken phrases! The approach is somewhere between early Steve Reich tape experiments and Frippertronics – as Johnson makes these great loops of sound that ... read more LP, Vinyl record album
(Cover has a cutout mark.)
Time, Mid 60s. Near Mint- Gatefold ... $14.99
A haunting album of shorter chamber works by some lesser known avant garde composers of the 60s. The works are all played by the Hamburger Kammersolisten, with direction by Francis Travis – and instrumentation that includes flute, oboe, violin, cello, and piano. The range of composers is ... read more LP, Vinyl record album
(Original Time pressing!)
Trunk (UK), 1970s. New Copy ... $23.99
Rare work from the archives of Basil Kirchen – very appropriately titled, given the madness of the legendary UK composer! As Jonny Trunk explains in the notes, Kirchen left the music behind with little in the way of information – but that hardly detracts from the quality of the music, ... (Sound Library, Out Sound) read more LP, Vinyl record album
Columbia, Late 60s. Very Good+ ... $3.99
Bis (Sweden), 1977. Near Mint- Gatefold ... $6.99
Folkways, 1982. New Copy (reissue)... $18.99 24.99
Beautiful sounds from the overlooked minimalist composer Craig Kupka – a set that features two very different tracks, each issued by Folkways Records – with a presentation that's both far away from the more academic records of the time, and some of the self-released work of the growing ... read more LP, Vinyl record album
Also available Crystals – New Music For Relaxation 2 ... CD 12.99(Beautiful heavy reissue – done just like an original Folkways album!)
Global Pacific, 1987. Near Mint- ... Just Sold Out!
Deutsche Grammophon (Germany), 1980. Near Mint- ... $9.99
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(Includes the insert. Cover has a cutout notch.)
Wergo (Germany), Mid/Late 60s. Near Mint- ... $14.99
Lutoslawski/Deutsche Grammophon, 1968. Very Good+ ... Just Sold Out!
The LaSalle Quartet performs these 3 string quartets. This record is part of the Deutsche Grammophon "Avant Garde series of the late 60s. (Classical, Out Sound) LP, Vinyl record album
(Blue tulip stereo pressing. Cover has edge wear, a small tear in the opening, and is bent a bit at the bottom right edge.)
Polydor/Universal (Japan), 1974. New Copy (reissue)... $54.99
A really wild little record – quite experimental, and maybe in a mode that's impossible to describe in words! The set's part of that great burst of creative Japanese music at the start of the 70s – but is even more revolutionary than most – as it seems to mix artful passages with ... (Rock, Out Sound) read more LP, Vinyl record album
(Great Japanese pressing – heavy vinyl and obi!)
Nonesuch, 1974. Near Mint- ... $4.99
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(Cover has light wear and a promo sticker.)
Saravah/Souffle Continu (France), 1972. Sealed Gatefold ... $14.99
A fantastic collaboration between two key members of the French avant jazz scene – working here in a spirit that really lives up to the genre-busting legacy of the Saravah Records label! Philippe Mate improvises here on saxophone – but in a unique space that's controlled by Daniel ... (Jazz, Out Sound) read more LP, Vinyl record album
(Recent limited reissue on SouffleContinu, still sealed with obi.)
Composers Recordings, 1984. Very Good+ ... $2.99
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(Cover has light wear and a radio station sticker.)
Westminster Gold, Early 70s. Near Mint- ... $11.99
Great stuff from the early academic days of analogue electronics! Professor Emerson Meyers ran the electronic music library at the Catholic University of America – and despite the sanctimonius nature of his employers, this is some of the most unholy noise we've ever heard! Many of the ... read more LP, Vinyl record album
(Cover has light wear and some aging.)
Lovely, 1971. Very Good+ ... $24.99
Haunting early work by Meredith Monk – recorded in 1971, and performed by a small group of vocalists – all working with Monk in an incredible presentation of her new ideas for voice! The music is already at a place that's light years ahead of most – clearly marking the singer as ... read more LP, Vinyl record album
(Original Lovely Music pressing. Cover has some light wear, and a light trace of an old sticker, but vinyl is nice.)
Columbia, 1969. New Copy (reissue)... $19.99 21.98
This was the first of Moondog's albums on Columbia – produced in a style that took him a lot more seriously than other albums on labels like Brunswick or Prestige, and handled in a way that slots it nicely between the label's experiments in modern music with artists like Terry Riley or Harry ... read more LP, Vinyl record album
(Includes download!)
Moondog, 1956. New Copy (reissue)... $11.99
One of the best early albums from the legendary Moondog – a set that got wider circulation than his first few releases, and really helped expand his reach beyond New York City! Moondog's still at his simple best here – working in a blend of rhythmic percussion, stringed instruments, ... read more LP, Vinyl record album
Time, 1961. Very Good+ Gatefold ... $19.99
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(Red label stereo pressing with deep groove. Cover has light wear and a Stereo sticker.)
Kuckuck (Germany), 1984. Sealed 2LP ... $24.99
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(Recent US reissue on Beacon Sound.)
Angel, 1975. Near Mint- ... $2.99
Limelight, Late 60s. Very Good+ ... $9.99
Cool album of avant garde percussion pieces, played by a European sextet dedicated to playing this kind of stuff. The showpiece of the album is their own composition "Signals", which spans all of side two and which has some cool noisy percussion bits. There's two other pieces on the ... read more LP, Vinyl record album
Composers Voice, 1975. Very Good+ ... $11.99
WRWTFWW (Switzerland), 2018. New Copy ... $16.99
A contemporary record, but one that's dedicated to the older musical creations of Satoshi Ashikawa – and which has a similar mix of minimal and environmental modes! The sounds here are beautiful – like little instrumental flowers that open up slowly and tunefully – much more ... (Rock, Out Sound) read more LP, Vinyl record album
Steve Reich —
Live/Columbia/Concord, 1968. New Copy (reissue)... $28.99 34.99
Brilliant work by Steve Reich – featuring two of his best early pieces! "Violin Phase" takes up all of side one – and features a solo performance by Paul Zukofsky that's a perfect exploration of Reich's concept of phase shift. "It's Gonna Rain" is on side two ... read more LP, Vinyl record album
CRI, 1960s. Very Good+ ... $0.99
Desto, 1975. Very Good+ ... $2.99
CRI, 1987. Near Mint- ... $7.99
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(Cover has light wear and some application wrinkles in the front & back paste-ons.)
Arch, 1983. Near Mint- ... $14.99
The record consists of 4 pieces, one featuring solo trombone perfomed by George Lewis along with computer generated tape. Other pieces focus on percussion, flute and digital synthesizer. LP, Vinyl record album
CRI, Mid 70s. Near Mint- ... $4.99
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(Cover has a small index label on back.)
