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John Barry Stringbeat lp

John Barry Stringbeat lp

lp 2012/1961 new Suave & twangy lounge instros from the Bond composer. Barry as always (he was the first guy to carry Jane Birkin over the threshold), is smoother than a millionaire's skin. He takes...
Doxy $23.00

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John Butcher/Guillaume Viltard/Eddie Prevost cd

John Butcher/Guillaume Viltard/Eddie Prevost cd

cd 2012 new Longtime London sax player who went to school to be a physicist, started playing rather lyric-slash-prog jazz, and slowly evolved through free duets with Derek Bailey or Simon Fell into...
Matchless $18.00

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Johnny Burnette Crazy Date lp

Johnny Burnette Crazy Date lp

lp 2004/1957-60 new The reason Ricky Nelson's rockabilly recordings are so credible is that he stole 'em from the real deal. Johnny Burnette was in charge of the (still) most respected & killing...
Norton $11.50

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Joseph Byrd NYC 1960-63 cd

Joseph Byrd NYC 1960-63 cd

cd 2013/1960-63 new The ears on this gent! Joe Byrd's bands, the wonderous United States of America & also his Field Hippies, are certainly unique. But they're also pure California. So it's almost a...
New World $14.50

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Josh Burkett Xavier's Birds 7 inch

Josh Burkett Xavier's Birds 7 inch

7 inch 2013/2011 new 3 short guitar duos between Mystery Train's mysterious mister, and Lau Nau from Finland, Willie Lane & Thurston Moore from W Mass. Some acoustic, some electric, all fragile &...
Time Lag $11.00

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Juke Boy Bonner The One Man Trio cdr

Juke Boy Bonner The One Man Trio cdr

cdr 2009/1967 new Raw Texas one-man-band blues that sways & jumps just like it should. Bonner got his name from the early years where he faked karaoke by singing along to jukeboxes in bars. When he...
BWIE $5.00

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Les Baxter Jungle Jazz lp

Les Baxter Jungle Jazz lp

lp 2013/1959 new Brassy orchestral panorama with tons of piano, percussion & vibraphones, all led by tenor sax man Plas Johnson. An especially robust one for Baxter that barely touches the string...
So Far Out $25.00

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Les Blousons Noirs cd

Les Blousons Noirs cd

cd 2007/1961-62 new Genius early 60s ineptitude that rivals Godz, Legendary Stardust Cowboy, etc. French non-musicians rip through enthused covers of Gene Vincent, Johnny Halliday, Chubby Checker,...
Born Bad $15.00

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Lester Bowie Complete Remastered Black Saint 3cd

Lester Bowie Complete Remastered Black Saint 3cd

3cd 2011/1978-90 new AACM/Art Ensemble trumpeter. Later albums with mid-sized ensembles, all with piano, so they're a little more on the traditional & less whimsical end of Bowie's range. Still, each...
Black Saint/Soul Note $32.00

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Lo Borges cd

Lo Borges cd

cd 2010/1972 new The singer from Milton Nascimento's 'Clube da Esquina' lp was 19 years old when he made both that album & this one. I think of this as the South American answer to Marvin Gaye's...
Water $15.00

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Lo Borges lp

Lo Borges lp

lp 2010/1972 new The singer from Milton Nascimento's 'Clube da Esquina' lp was 19 years old when he made both that album & this one. I think of this as the South American answer to Marvin Gaye's...
Four Men With Beards $16.50

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Loic Blairon Double Bass cd

Loic Blairon Double Bass cd

cd 2009 new A half hour of dead silence punctuated by about 20 thinly-spread plinks, made on double bass but sounding high & electronic, like a cell phone. Issued on Mattin's label with some vague...
WMOR $12.00

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Los Blue Caps Paraguay 1969-72 lp

Los Blue Caps Paraguay 1969-72 lp

lp 2009/1969-72 new Paraguayan band that, just like all mortals, fell in love with the guitar playing of Cliff Gallup (Gene Vincent). Not to be confused with Renato E Seus Blue Caps from Rio....
Groovie $26.00

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Los Bravos Bring a Little Lovin cd

Los Bravos Bring a Little Lovin cd

cd 2000/1968 new Madrid band who had to get a US chart hit ('Black is Black') before anybody would pay attention to them in their hometown. But once they'd gotten folks' attention, they made a couple...
Sin Drome $12.50

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Los Bravos Going Nowhere ep cd

Los Bravos Going Nowhere ep cd

cd 2001/1966 new Spanish beat classic. Another darling little 45 repro with non-album tracks. Their last release, I believe, before their electric organ player committed suicide. Tracklisting: Going...
Magic $6.50

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Los Bravos Ilustrisimos lp

Los Bravos Ilustrisimos lp

lp 2009/1969 new Imagine an entire band based on Elvis' 'Bossa Nova Baby' or Tom Jones' 'What's New Pussycat'. The strangely bombastic R&B scene of Spain is captured perfectly on this horn-heavy,...
Vinilissimo $23.50

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Los Bravos lp

Los Bravos lp

lp 2010/1966 new Madrid's beat scene tended toward Tom Jones soul, with loads of brass riffs & grooved up farfisa. Los Bravos were a hot rockin' local supergroup made up of members from Los Sonor &...
Vinilissimo $23.50

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Los Brincos Borracho cd

Los Brincos Borracho cd

cd 2006/1965 new Exact repro of their 2nd single. Long before the mellotron prog of their famed 'World Devil Body' album, Los Brincos were Spain's answer to the Beatles. Surfy R&B beat shake with...
Magic $7.00

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Los Brincos lp

Los Brincos lp

lp 2010/1964 new Los Brincos broke open the Madrid teen music scene so completely, ex-members Juan & Junior are both still stars in Spain today. Deliberately formed by an A&R guy (from members of Los...
Vinilissimo $23.50

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Los Buenos Todas Sus Grabaciones en Discos Accion cd

Los Buenos Todas Sus Grabaciones en Discos Accion cd

cd 2007/1968-70 new All the band's singles (which are also collected on the recent "Groovy Woovy" lp, plus a few further singles from when the lead singer went solo. Spain's great lost bubblegum-soul...
Rama Lama $16.00

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Louis & Bebe Barron Forbidden Planet OST lp

Louis & Bebe Barron Forbidden Planet OST lp

lp 2012/1956 new A righteous stalwart of 1950s electronic music. Louis & Bebe built their own electronic music studios and basically invented the sound of sci-fi when their herculean efforts were...
Poppydisc $22.00

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Luciano Berio Coro cd

Luciano Berio Coro cd

cd 2002/1980/1975-77 M-/M- Whether the texture is thick or thin, Berio's always trying to get individual voices tripping over one another for a gauzy & transparent weave, and so here he had each...
Deutsche Grammophon $11.50

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Luciano Berio Differences/Sequenza lp

Luciano Berio Differences/Sequenza lp

lp 2006/1970 new Works were originally written between '51 & '69 (that is, Berio's American years). Performed here with Berio's ex-wife Cathy Berberian & the Julliard Ensemble. The piece...
Lilith $21.50

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Marc Bolan Twopenny Prince 2cd

Marc Bolan Twopenny Prince 2cd

2cd 2010/1968-73 new If you've ever wondered how the fairytwinkle bongo songs of Tyrannosaurus Rex turned into the saucy heavy guitar rock of T Rex's 'Get It On', you can find out how closely they're...
Easy Action $24.00

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Marcia Bassett/J Graf Peradam cd

Marcia Bassett/J Graf Peradam cd

cd 2010 new Shaggy, crud-covered drones that turn & open as slowly as a moon. Vocals and guitar through tons of processing, some of which is likely homemade (esp. if Graf is involved). Bassett, as...
Utech $15.00

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Martin Brandlmayr/Werner Dafeldecker/Christian Fennesz lp

Martin Brandlmayr/Werner Dafeldecker/Christian Fennesz lp

lp 2012/2008 new Basically a Polwechsel record without the name. It's definitely Werner Dafeldecker's game, as this is a super quiet record with a few bells, scrapes, & low bonks on a vibraphone....
M=Minimal $21.50

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Masaki Batoh Brain Pulse Music cd

Masaki Batoh Brain Pulse Music cd

cd 2012/2011 new Batoh from Ghost finally slips over the neo-psych cliff edge he's been toying with for many albums & lands fully in crazytown, where I for one am most happy to welcome him....
Drag City $13.00

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Masaki Batoh Brain Pulse Music lp

Masaki Batoh Brain Pulse Music lp

lp 2012/2011 new Batoh from Ghost finally slips over the neo-psych cliff edge he's been toying with for many albums & lands fully in crazytown, where I for one am most happy to welcome him....
Drag City $20.00

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Maurizio Bianchi Endometrio cd

Maurizio Bianchi Endometrio cd

cd 2008/1983 new Having been completely freaked out by William Bennett in '81 (who issued one of MB's early lps amidst a fog of nazi jokes without his permission), it's no surprise that Bianchi was...
Eest $18.50

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Maurizio Bianchi Moeder Unter Uns/Neuro Habitat cd

Maurizio Bianchi Moeder Unter Uns/Neuro Habitat cd

cd 2008/1982 new Somber, minimal synthscapes with shortwave interference & tape noise loops swirling around on top. Bianchi's better at this style than most, & strikes a fine balance that's neither...
Eest $18.50

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Maurizio Bianchi The Plain Truth cd

Maurizio Bianchi The Plain Truth cd

cd 1994/1983 new Though it wasn't at the time, this is the kind of low frequency, metallic whoosh that would become a raging cliche of drone records. A really good one to play at the wrong speed...
Eest $18.50

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Maurizio Bianchi/Nobu Kasahara/Hitoshi Jojo The Epidemic cd

Maurizio Bianchi/Nobu Kasahara/Hitoshi Jojo The Epidemic cd

cd 2005/2003 new Mail art menage a trois between Italy, Germany & Japan. Bianchi started and Kasahara got the final mix. If I interpret Bianchi's somewhat effluvious blurb correctly, the epidemic of...
Otopia $17.00

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Mike Bullock & Howard Stelzer/Jason Talbot The Idea of Northeast

Mike Bullock & Howard Stelzer/Jason Talbot The Idea of Northeast

lp 2001 new Solo standup bass feedback rips up one side, cassettes & turntables parry & grunt at each other on the flip. Both sides are full of interruptive pauses (short, long & inbetween), but...
Intransitive/Math $13.00

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Milton Babbitt Occasional Variations cd

Milton Babbitt Occasional Variations cd

cd 2003/1952-84 new Babbitt's dad was a mathematician, and he's known for approaching music as one. This one's a nice way to introduce yourself to the different parts of his career; studying...
Tzadik $14.00

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Monna Bell Y Aldemaro Romero La Onda Nueva En Mexico cd

Monna Bell Y Aldemaro Romero La Onda Nueva En Mexico cd

cd 2007/1970 new Venezuela's answer to Esquivel, Romero, took some Mexican folk songs, added vivid touches of bossa nova, & got Chilean pop singer Monna Bell to add some buttery, cool vocal overdubs....
Vampisoul $16.50

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Munir Bashir & the Iraqi Traditional Music Group cd

Munir Bashir & the Iraqi Traditional Music Group cd

cd 2005/1982 new Traditional & rather sober Iraqi oud player who was forced to spend most of his life away from Baghdad because of politics. He was already a star when he left for Beirut in the mid...
Le Chant Du Monde $15.00

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Narki Brillians Narki Goes Into Orbo lp

Narki Brillians Narki Goes Into Orbo lp

lp 2010/1981 new Before space can be the place, you do have to know why space in the first place. L Voag (Jim Whelton), bass player of the Homosexuals, under one of his many pseudonyms. As always his...
War Extension $25.50

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Nicholas Bullen Component Fixations lp

Nicholas Bullen Component Fixations lp

lp 2013 new Aka Nik Napalm, the sometime singer & bass player from Napalm Death. He left after the band's first & best album, in 1986, & has been making ambient & free electronics stuff on & off ever...
Type $19.50

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O Bando cd

O Bando cd

cd 2007/1969 new Great tropicalia with a bit of fuzz, a bit of bossa & some wonderful sub-Sergio Mendez harmonies. Partly arranged by Rogerio Duprat. Toquinho e Jorge Ben's "Que Maravilha". Paul de...
Discos Mariposa $16.00

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O Bando lp

O Bando lp

lp 2010/2007/1969 new Great tropicalia with a bit of fuzz, a bit of bossa & some wonderful sub-Sergio Mendez harmonies. Partly arranged by Rogerio Duprat. Toquinho e Jorge Ben's "Que Maravilha". Paul...
Shadoks $39.00

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Os Baobas lp

Os Baobas lp

lp 2009/1966-68 new Named by Ronnie Von (who also named Os Mutantes), this Sao Paulo band was known for covering obscure US & UK songs which hadn't been released in Brazil at the time (Kinks,...
Groovie $27.50

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Peter B Luteus cd

Peter B Luteus cd

cd 2006/2004 new Fascinating guy whom you might've seen at No Fun 07, showcasing his self-built homemade electronic instruments that come in wooden boxes & have xylophone slats stuck on them as...
Resipiscent $9.50

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Peter Brotzmann Group Alarm cd

Peter Brotzmann Group Alarm cd

cd 2006/1981 new Brotzmann got a really swank radio gig offered to him & so he put together an especially large band. He dug up some instructions for activity during a nuclear emergency, & used them...
Atavistic $16.00

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Peter Brotzmann Group Fuck De Boere cd

Peter Brotzmann Group Fuck De Boere cd

cd 2001/1968-70 new Maniacal blowing & reed biting as the mighty Aeolus of the sax takes one big breath and then flattens all things in his path. Even the occasional solos taken seem to steamroll...
Atavistic $14.00

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Peter Brotzmann Pica Pica cd

Peter Brotzmann Pica Pica cd

cd 2005/1983 new All through the 70s & 80s, the burliest, honkinest, bedsheet rippinest free jazz player was a short, musclebound German guy named Peter Brotzmann. He was also well known to be an...
Atavistic $13.50

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Peter Brotzmann Trio For Adolphe Sax cd

Peter Brotzmann Trio For Adolphe Sax cd

cd 2012/1967 new Brotzman's first album, with the titan Peter Kowald on bass, Fred Van Hove guesting on piano & Sven Ake Johansson on drums. Blistering ain't even the word, and yet Brotzmann also...
Atavistic $16.00

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Peter Brotzmann/Fred Lonberg Holm The Brain of the Dog cd

Peter Brotzmann/Fred Lonberg Holm The Brain of the Dog cd

cd 2008/2007 new Good to see Brotzmann in a spare setting instead of the muscleheavy tentet. Lonberg-Holm throws up electronics as well as cello & shows off lightning fast reponsiveness to...
Atavistic $13.50

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Peter Brotzmann/Fred Van Hove/Han Bennink Balls lp

Peter Brotzmann/Fred Van Hove/Han Bennink Balls lp

lp 2011/1970 new 2nd release on FMP, and the trio's first in a series of several throughout the 70s. Brotzmann is soooo good at openings, and the one he takes here is a doozy. Waiting, giving one...
Cien Fuegos $28.00

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Peter Brotzmann/Han Bennink Schwarzwaldfahrt lp

Peter Brotzmann/Han Bennink Schwarzwaldfahrt lp

lp 2012/1977 new Brotzmann & Bennink, both big German strongmen of estimable robust beardiness, take off for the middle of the woods & then proceed to throw tree branches at each other, head to...
Cien Fuegos $28.00

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Peter Brotzmann/Han Bennink Still Quite Popular lp

Peter Brotzmann/Han Bennink Still Quite Popular lp

lp 2010/2004 new After a 30-odd year hiatus, the BRO imprint made a brief re-appearance via Eremite in Western Mass. Just in time to revisit this duo of the herculean fire-breathing German and his...
Bro/Eremite $24.50

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