Friday, May 29, 2009

NEW ARRIVALS/RESTOCKS FOR FRIDAY, MAY 29

NEW ARRIVALS AND RESTOCKS FRIDAY, MAY 29


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man, the weeks keep on flying by (and the new arrivals… and restocks… won’t let up)!!! this weeks top picks are easy ones to get behind and while they may not be as finite (pressing-wise) as last weeks group doueh lps (and yes, those are all gone), the first round are not likely to be in stock for long (to stay –really- on top of the –daily- new arrivals, check the tsr twitter feed)… but quality wise, much like last weeks top picks, they’re infinitely excellent! check it out: Orchestre Poly-Rythmo de Cotonou double lp on analog africa (much anticipated and well worth the wait… also note restocked african scream contest lps); new-ish limited edition legowelt 12 on clone!; new history clock 12; new jack rose and black twig pickers lp (i had these last week, but sold out of my copies before the update, so don’t snooze on the restocked round); second omar souleyman cd on sublime frequencies… it’s a kicker… don’t wait around two years for it to –possibly- come out on vinyl, its here now for you to enjoy (and the cds already outta print anyway)… there’s tons of other choice-ness below… new/restocked records from almost ready; mississippi records; honest jon’s; social registry; 100% pure; blackdisco; dissident; echocord colour; mojuba; ornaments; etc… come on by and check em out!


gracias


anthony vogdes


as always, many of these titles are in very limited quantity, so if you're interested in anything listed below and can’t make it to the shop you can make a purchase via paypal or over the phone with a credit card and pick them up later or have them shipped (see more information below). i will no longer hold records. sorry.


prices are subject to change without notice.


prices do not include shipping and handling. for those of you shipping within the continental united states I offer a 5.00usd flat shipping rate for any amount of records and/or compact discs. shipping cost for international orders are calculated on an order by order basis. payments for orders can be made via paypal or with a credit card by telephone between 12-6pm/est.


i also offer bike messanger service via timecycle couriers. for the low cost of 10.00usd i can deliver any amount of records and/or cds you wish to purchase to your center city philadelphia location (this includes some parts of south, west and north philadelphia) within two hours (and for those of you who need your records even faster, we also offer ‘rush’ service for the low flat rate of 20.00usd for any amount of records/cds delivered to you within one hour). of course, we are still more than happy to ship records via the usps within philadelphia. orders placed before 5pm/est will ship out that evening and should reach their destination by the following day.


PICKS OF THE WEEK



ORCHESTRE POLY-RYTHMO DE COTONOU- VOLUME ONE: THE VODOUN EFFECT, FUNK & SATO FROM BENIN'S OBSCURE LABELS 1972-1975 2LP (analog africa, germany)
26.98usd/16.95gbp/19.45eur/2616jpy (approx)


*finally available… double vinyl version in deluxe gatefold sleeve with printed inner sleeves. Following the highly-acclaimed African Scream Contest: Raw & Psychedelic Afro Sounds from Benin & Togo '70s -- which featured several tracks by Orchestre Poly-Rythmo de Cotonou, including the ground-breaking "Gbeti Madjro" -- this new Analog Africa collection now focuses entirely on Orchestre Poly-Rythmo. Orchestre Poly-Rythmo de Cotonou is arguably West Africa's best-kept secret. Their output, both in quantity and quality, was astonishing. During several trips to Benin, label-head Samy Ben Redjeb managed to collect roughly 500 songs which Orchestre Poly-Rythmo de Cotonou had recorded between 1970 and 1983. With so much material to choose from, he decided to split it into Volume 1 and 2. While Volume 2 will be material the band recorded under an exclusive contract with the label Albarika Store, the band also "secretly" recorded with an array of smaller labels based around Cotonou, Benin's largest city, and the capital city of Porto Novo. It is those tracks (all officially licensed) that are presented here on Volume One. The producers of those labels were genuine music enthusiasts, some of them ran these labels as a part-time occupation, with very limited budgets. They couldn't afford high-quality recordings -- all they had to work with was a Nagra (a Swiss made reel-to-reel recorder) and a sound engineer -- courtesy of the national radio station. These sessions were recorded in private homes using just one or two microphones. The cultural and spiritual riches of traditional Beninese music had an immense impact on the sound of Benin's modern music. Benin is the birthplace of Vodun (also Vodoun, or, as it is known in the West, Voodoo), a religion which involves the worship of some 250 sacred divinities. The rituals used to pay tributes to those divinities are always backed by music. The majority of the complex poly-rhythms of the Vodun are still more or less secret and difficult to decipher, even for an accomplished musician. Two Vodun rhythms dominate the music of Orchestre Poly-Rythmo: Sato, an amazing, energetic rhythm performed using an immense vertical drum, and Sakpata, a rhythm dedicated to the divinity who protects people from smallpox. Both rhythms are represented here mixed in with funk, soul, crazy organ sounds and psychedelic guitar riffs.

LEGOWELT/ORGUE ELECTRONIQUE/GIBSON FOWLER - DX DAYS/ON A STRING/HOUSE GALORE 12” (clone x, netherlands)
14.98usd/9.41gbp/10.80eur/1452jpy (approx)


*Legowelt comes with an amazing disco/chicago/detroit hybride track (DX Days) that is totally one of those tracks we are waiting for!! A masculine bassline and dirty drum machines are shaking and rolling like there is no tomorrow. Then the typical Legowelt synths come in to take things to another level... Grande! On the flip side nice retro sounding tracks by Orgue Electronique (On a String) and Gibson Fowler (House Galore).. 2 old school Chicago tracks for the aficionado's of that sound. Great job of Legowelt and Orgue Electronique!

TARNISHED THIGHS- BUTTER BALL ROCK 12” (history clock, uk)
12.98usd/8.15gbp/9.36eur/1258jpy (approx)


*The History Clock returns for it's fifth journey with a pair of obscure reanimated relics from Tarnished Thighs. "ButterBall Rock" is a high octane leather bound cock rock disco number, a filthy male vocal and electric guitar led romp. Changing the mood entirely on the flip we have "Golden Spread", a hypnotic 103 BPM electronic/synth groove with all manner of wah wah and fuzz guitar adding colour to its Alfredo era White Isle atmosphere… Tarnished Thighs is a pseudonym for Phoreski, who has released music previously on Bare Fist, Fat Fuk, Eskimo etc. killer!

JACK ROSE & THE BLACK TWIG PICKERS- JACK ROSE & THE BLACK TWIG PICKERS LP (klang industries, usa)
19.98usd/12.55gbp/14.40eur/1937jpy (approx)


*Raw and rocking collaboration between Jack Rose and the Black Twigs with some of the most swinging, hard-hitting string music waxed in many a decade. Rose’s solo playing has always had a tough edge, with his prodigious technique often employed in the service of dropping right-hand bombs – his use of a thumbpick originates from his years of duets with Twig Mike Gangloff, struggling to make his guitar heard over Gangloff’s crashing banjo. The front line of Rose and Gangloff’s strings are joined by Isak Howell’s no-nonsense guitar and harmonica and Nate Bowles’ variety of expert percussion. The four players lock together with a sure-footedness honed by frequent touring and a singularity of intent to rock. Gangloff takes the vocals, howling out standards like “Little Sadie” firmly in the old-time tradition – without reserve. A few of the tracks here are updates of Rose & family classics, with the group turning the stately “Kensington Blues” upbeat and issuing an assured take on “Bright Sunny South,” first recorded by Pelt (w/Rose and Gangloff) back in 2001 on their gonzo classic double “Ayahuasca.”

OMAR SOULEYMAN- DABKE 2020: FOLK & POP SOUNDS OF SYRIA CD (sublime frequencies, usa)
15.98usd/10.04gbp/11.52eur/1549jpy (approx)


*Sublime Frequencies is pleased to present the second volume of Northeast Syrian dabke music from legendary vocalist Omar Souleyman and his group. This CD was compiled by Mark Gergis to coincide with the Sublime Frequencies UK/European tour in May and June of 2009, featuring live performances by Omar Souleyman himself. Culled from dozens of cassettes recorded in Syria from 1999-2008, the music here is an extension of Omar's Highway to Hassake: Folk & Pop Sounds of Syria (SF 031CD) release, touching on some previously-unheard angles. Their trademark serpentine synthesizers, electrified bouzok (traditional stringed instrument) and driving rhythms forge a severe form of "new wave dabke" with a live energy and integrity that captures the essence of the Syrian Northeast; one-of-a-kind Syrian dabke party tunes, regional atabat-styled crooners, and unbelievable Iraqi party jams. The CD is packaged in a cardboard sleeve with a paper insert.


PUNK AND POST-PUNK



THE PINK NOISE- ALPHA LP (almost ready, usa)
13.98usd/8.78gbp/10.08eur/1355jpy (approx)


*The Pink Noise became one of the best bands in the world in a single night last spring. After a week of practice in Detroit the members drove down to their debut in New York City, Gotham city, the big she-bang, only to walk onstage to instruments they couldnt play and songs they couldnt remember. After antagonizing the crowd for five minutes or so, the purposefully bad set was abruptly ended by a 300-pound bouncer, who proceeded to toss them out of the door. Nobody, including the label-heads in New York who beg to release The Pink Noises music, has heard from them since. Luckily the Alpha record was finished before this fiasco. It is the work of sinister pop scientists running on all cylinders, cramming multiple organs into a single cadaver only to reveal a skeleton for each song. Mixing influences from across the pond (theyd fit in with late-70s Manchester) and across the continent (Northern Cali pioneers such as Chrome and Minimal Man come to mind) with a primitive aura rarely adopted to this style, Alpha gets high scores in every category, its urgency and immediacy unparalleled in the land of limp keyboard amateurs. Now with live drums! Essential 09 listening.

V/A- THE WORLDS LOUSY WITH IDEAS: VOLUME 8 LP (almost ready, usa)
15.98usd/10.04gbp/11.52eur/1549jpy (approx)


*restocked, now with a friendlier price tag… The eighth installment in the Worlds Lousy compilation series abandons the 7" format in favor of the full twelve. Pretty much everyone worth talking about in 09 is on here, as the LP collects exclusive tracks by Blank Dogs, Vivian Girls, Tyvek, Oh Sees, Sic Alps, Times New Viking, Intelligence, Pink Reason and Guinea Worms. Beautiful silkscreened covers.

V/A- THE WORLDS LOUSY WITH IDEAS: VOLUME 7 7” (almost ready, usa)
6.98usd/4.38gbp/5.03eur/676jpy (approx)


*An all Australian edition, featuring Super Wild Horses, UV Race, Straight Arrows, and Eddy Current Suppression Ring.

DOG FACED HERMANS- MENTAL BLOCKS FOR ALL AGES LP (mississippi, usa)
12.98usd/8.15gbp/9.36eur/1258jpy (approx)


*shop favorite repressed/restocked… Dog Faced Hermans was a five-piece band whose style could be described as anarcho-artpunk incorporating folk and noise influences as well as unorthodox instrumentation. Hailing from Scotland, DFH came out of the herky-jerky Glasgow scene with bands like Stretchheads, Dawson and Archbishop Kebab. Mental Blocks was their 2nd full length LP, released in 1991 on the band's own Demon Radge label. They had 3 LPs, 1 12" EP and a collection of EPs, comp tracks and splits before signing on with Alternative Tentacles for their last two LPs. Guitarist Andy Moor has been a part of The Ex for about 12 years now, and bassist Colin McLean is now playing as part of The Ex's live set. DFH has influenced bands such as Erase Errata, Veronica Lipgloss, God Is My Co-Pilot, and many more. Mental Blocks is considered one of their (if not the) best and hardest to find albums. Remastered by members of the band for improved clarity over the original release.

THE RATS- INTERMITTENT SIGNALS LP (mississippi, usa)
16.98usd/10.67gbp/12.24eur/1646jpy (approx)


*The second release by Portland's own Rats, Fred and Toody's pre-Dead Moon outfit. This record hails from 1981 and holds a place in Portland punk history. Considerably better sound quality compared to the first record. Poster included and tip-on jacket.

THE RATS- THE RATS LP (mississippi, usa)
16.98usd/10.67gbp/12.24eur/1646jpy (approx)


*shop favorite restocked… Formed in 1979 by Fred Cole from the 1960's garage rock band The Lollipop Shoppe. Cole played guitar and sang, his wife Toody played bass and sang, and initially Rod Rat played drums. Their sound was a raw mix of punk rock and garage rock with occasional country touches. Mississippi Records is the first to reissue this pre-Dead Moon classic.

I.U.D.- THE PROPER SEX LP (social registry, usa)
18.98usd/11.92gbp/13.68eur/1840jpy (approx)


*restocked… The Social Registry is proud to break your bones with I.U.D. -- Lizzi Bougatsos of Gang Gang Dance's (vocals, percussion) new project. Teaming with Sadie Laska of Growing and Extreme Violence (the duo is known here as Mr. Egglesby and Lil' Pickle -- they have different names for each release), The Proper Sex is a downright brutal industrial clusterfuck that's sure to fog the glasses of experimental music nerds and provide the catalyst for many a record store argument. Put The Boredoms, Einstürzende Neubauten, Meat Beat Manifesto, Tribe 8, Front 242 and some black metal tropes in a blender and then serve chilled at a party hosted by hyper-feminist vampires and you're getting close to the sound on this one. Recorded at Vacation Island Studios by Matt Boyton AKA Professor Funkenstein, The Proper Sex is creepy, relentless and (most of all) extremely fascinating. It's a varied listen that reflects its influences and cover art -- which mimics Sparks -- to a stunning effect. Like Gang Gang Dance, these rhythms are already cemented in a listener's head. It's just that this journey might be a descent into the inferno rather than up to the heavens.

PSYCHIC ILLS- MIRROR EYE LP (social registry, usa)
16.98usd/10.67gbp/12.24eur/1646jpy (approx)


*restocked… NYC experimental luminaries Psychic Ills' second full length, Mirror Eye, finds the quartet incorporating a sound palette of samples and synths to their usually guitar/bass/drum configuration as they create a transcendent combination of music's that symbolizes how far the band has and continues to evolve.

GROWING- LATERAL LP (social registry, usa)
14.98usd/9.41gbp/10.80eur/1452jpy (approx)


*restocked… Lateral finds the band reflecting on their past two (may we add highly underrated) albums while gazing to the future with newfound rhythmic motifs and otherworldly heights to their sound sculptures. The textures are warm and inviting, tempting the listener to focus on stunning minimalist changes within Growing's dense aural fog.


FOLK, BLUES AND ROOTS



PERRY TILLIS- IN TIMES LIKE THESE LP (mississippi, usa)
16.98usd/10.67gbp/12.24eur/1646jpy (approx)


*Perry Tillis was born July 29, 1919, in Elba, Alabama , and began playing his brand of rambling blues at a very early age. He continued playing the blues and singing gospel, despite going blind, up until his death on November 3, 2004. In the '40s Tillis played the Chicago blues circuit. However, when a revelation convinced him it was the devil's music, he moved back home and began preaching the gospel. This LP is culled from 72 hours of cassette tapes recorded during the last 10 years of Tillis' life. Extremely lo-fi gospel with Tillis playing guitar and singing into boombox. Not for the faint of heart. This is a first time release of this material. Liner notes included with archival photos. Tip-on jackets.

DOCK BOGGS- FALSE HEARTED LOVER'S BLUES LP (monk, italy)
25.98usd/16.32gbp/18.73eur/2519jpy (approx)


*Born in 1898 in Norton, Virginia, singer/songwriter and banjo player Dock Boggs got his start playing in the mining camps while working in the mines all over the Appalachian region. In 1927, he got a contract with Brunswick Records and began recording and playing parties all over the area. This collection represents his complete recordings from 1927-1929 when Dock was at the beginning and height of his short-lived recording career. 1929, however, was also unfortunately the beginning of the Great Depression and, like many musicians, Dock was forced to give up playing professionally due to lack of audience (no one had money for records or parties anymore). He thankfully was rediscovered in the 1960s by the folk revival movement and went on to record three great albums for Folkways, before his death in 1971.


GLOBAL SOUNDS



V/A- AFRICAN SCREAM CONTEST: RAW & PSYCHEDELIC AFRO SOUNDS FROM BENIN & TOGO '70S 2LP (analog africa, germany)
26.98usd/16.95gbp/19.45eur/2616jpy (approx)


*shop favorite restocked… double vinyl version in deluxe gatefold sleeve and printed inner sleeves which replicate all of the liner notes from the CD version booklet. Same 14 tracks as the cd. The mission of Analog Africa is clear: searching in dusty warehouses for forgotten music to keep it alive. All tracks have been officially licensed, usually from the artists who label-head Samy Ben Redjeb also met with for detailed research. He conducted 16 interviews in various cities in Benin and Togo with artists, producers and sound engineers to reconstruct the history of the '70s music scene for the booklet which also includes many rare photographs directly received from the artists. Like most modern music in French-speaking West African countries, the music of Benin and Togo was influenced by a few main musical currents: Cuban, Congolese and local traditional music, as well as Chanson Française. Additionally, the geographical location of Benin and Togo -- sandwiched between Ghana and Nigeria -- exposed Beninese and Togolese musicians to highlife music. The cultural and spiritual riches of traditional Beninese music had an immense impact on the sound of Benin's modern music. Benin is the birth place of Vodun (or, as it is known in the West, Voodoo), and some of the rhythms used during traditional rituals -- sakpata, sato, agbadja, tchenkoumé and many others -- were fused to soul and Latin music as early as the mid-'60s and later to funk. That fusion is the essence of this compilation. In the late '60s and early '70s, rock and soul music started creeping into the region. In particular, the music of James Brown and Johnny Halladay became immensely popular with university students. It was then that the music scene in Benin really started to take off. What made this musical revolution even more interesting is that most of the musicians could not read music. Often the music they made sounded one semi-tone away from being out of tune, but somehow they always managed to bring all the elements together into something new and exciting. One of the greatest bands of their era, Orchestre Poly-Rythmo de Cotonou, who are featured on this compilation, took the Afro sound to another level by showing their musical versatility in many forms. Although they were consciously copying Western artists, they would always inject a dose of psychedelic Afro grooves that would make their music unmistakably Beninese. Their biggest song, "Gbeti Madjro" is believed to have revolutionized the music industry in Benin in the '70s when the country went through a period of political turmoil. The song is full of raw breaks and hypnotic rhythms, as well as screams à la James Brown. After this song, many bands in Benin started screaming on their recordings, hence the title of this compilation. Latin-influenced sounds are present on this compilation, too. Ouidah, a city on the Atlantic coast of Benin, is home to a large Brazilian community, or, as they are called in Benin, "Agoudas." Members of that community are descendents of slaves who returned from Brazil at the end of the 19th century. Their dances and songs are still being performed and fused into the traditional Beninese rituals. That, too, can be heard in modern Beninese music. The proximity of the giant neighbor Nigeria can be heard on the track "Djanfa Magni" which features the amazing trumpeter/ saxophonist Tidjani Koné fronting the Orchestre Poly-Rythmo. Koné, whose career started in Mali as the founder and band leader of the Rail Band de Bamako, had played with Fela Kuti for a short while, hence the strong Afrobeat influence. There are countless stories to be discovered in the extremely well-researched booklet and the music is truly mind-blowing. So delve into the forgotten raw and psychedelic Afro sounds from '70s Benin and Togo and experience the African Scream Contest.

V/A- MARVELLOUS BOY: CALYPSO FROM WEST AFRICA 2LP (honest jon’s, uk)
23.98usd/15.06gbp/17.29eur/2325jpy (approx)


*shop favorite restocked… Marvellous Boy: Calypso From West Africa celebrates the West African counterpart of the 1950s Soho scene uncovered in the Honest Jon's series, London Is The Place For Me. Issuing from centuries of to-ing and fro-ing between England, the West Indies, and West Africa, the same musical styles -- calypso, highlife, jazz -- overlap, proliferate, and adapt, with local traditions freshened up and thrown into the mix. With numerous faces and reference points cropping up in both milieu, this contemporaneous music-making is brimming over with the same passion for life, sparkling topicality, and extravagant, magpie creativity. The inter-war dance bands of British West Africa are often strikingly similar in sound to Trinidadian orchestras like Lovey's String Band (credited with the first calypso recordings in 1912). However, the first West African calypso recordings in the modern style are from Freetown, Sierra Leone in the early 1950s, by Ebenezer Calendar and Famous Scrubbs. In arrangements blending African and European instruments, the brass plays out the legacy of colonial military bands, albeit hair-down and a little ramshackle now; and the beautiful Creole lyrics are as quick and musical as any classic calypsonian's. Decca also organized the first calypso recording session in Ghana, down the coast, where a sound interchangeably designated "calypso" or "highlife" ruled urban dancefloors, courtesy of The Tempos and its spin-offs including The Rhythm Aces. The invasion of King Mensah of Ghana, and The Tempos' money-spinning tour of Nigeria at the start of the 1950s sparked a decade of musical innovation. Bobby Benson's new highlife 11-piece included the great trumpeters Victor Olaiya and Roy Chicago and his calypso "Taxi Driver" was their first, huge, signature hit. (By contrast, little is known about the Nigerian Rolling Stone). The Mayor's Dance Band was run by the celebrated Erekosima "Rex" Lawson, whose trademark blend of Igbo lyrics over a Calabari rhythm reflected his mixed parentage. Steven Amechi was from eastern Nigeria, and the guitar solo on "Nylon Dress" is by the king of Igbo highlife, Stephen Osita Osadebe. Saxophonist Chris Ajilo and his band The Cubanos didn't produce much calpyso-highlife, but rather, cooking Afro-Cuban jazz with traditional roots, exemplifying the open hybridity of all these forms. By the early 1960s, calypso was fading in West Africa, and U.S. soul and rhythm and blues were poised to replace Caribbean influences. Still, the dying embers would produce its most classical exponent, Godwin Omabuwa, Nigeria's own Lord Kitchener. Omabuwa cut only a few records, but his mastery of the genre was a fitting end to the heyday of calypso in British West Africa.

V/A- SPRIGS OF TIME: 78S FROM THE EMI ARCHIVE 2LP (honest jon’s, uk)
23.98usd/15.06gbp/17.29eur/2325jpy (approx)


*shop favorite restocked… This is the third in Honest Jon's series of albums exploring the earliest 78s held in the EMI Hayes Archive. Honest Jon's has spent the last two years delving through more than 150,000 78 records in the temperature-controlled steel vaults of EMI's Archive in Hayes, Middlesex. Following studious compilations of West African and Iraqi music of the 1920s, the latest release in the Honest Jon's Hayes Archive series is a sparkling late-summer lucky dip, Sprigs Of Time: 78s From The EMI Archive. An eccentric survey of the Hayes shelves, Sprigs Of Time is thirty tracks recorded between 1903 and 1957, everywhere from England (Percy Grainger's recording of the title song, sung by Joseph Taylor in 1908) to Japan (the bewilderingly beautiful "Seigaiha," by the Japanese Imperial Palace Band, five years earlier). Organ rolls from Georgia run alongside Tamils impersonating motorized transport, and rumba from Beirut; '40s fado sits next to the songs of Bengali beggars. As with the other Hayes releases, the tracks have been restored at Abbey Road and are beautifully presented, with extensive contemporary photographs included. There are recognizable names (Joseph Taylor, the incomparable Fairuz, Mighty Sparrow and an uncredited Rubén González, singing lead vocals on "Rumba Negra") and extraordinary oddities (Vengopal Chari's rather unfunny "Laughing" and the peculiarly affecting hand bells of "Gas All Clear"). Taken out of the library and put back on the turntable, every track here is remarkable; every one worth the saving.

V/A- GIVE ME LOVE: SONGS OF THE BROKENHEARTED: BAGHDAD, 1925-1929 2LP (honest jon’s, uk)
23.98usd/15.06gbp/17.29eur/2325jpy (approx)


*shop favorite restocked… This is the second in Honest Jon's series of albums exploring the earliest 78s held in the EMI Hayes Archive. In the mid-1920s, The Gramophone Company -- soon before it became EMI -- employed two or three Europeans to criss-cross Iraq. They logged regional demographics, assessed the German competition, and checked out the scores of record shops and hundreds of musical venues. In Kerbala, its man fearfully disguised himself as an Arab. This was the groundwork for three sessions, conducted in Baghdad in the second half of the decade, which produced nearly 1,000 recordings. Business was good -- the first group of records, though deemed aesthetically unsuccessful by the Company, immediately produced 12,000 sales to just two outlets in the city. Drawing on the full range of these Baghdad recordings, it is a wondrous, deeply poignant glimpse of social living since obliterated, in which ethnicities, faiths and traditions appear woven richly and meltingly together, however precariously. There is dance music featuring Arab folk singers from the countryside, backed by professional Jewish musicians in Iraqi styles popularly termed "Egyptian," and perfected in nightclubs where the first duty of the secular women singers on this album was prostitution. Also including some Arabic word-play, in a nod to the musical form of the Arabic mawwal, a Hebrew hymn is kick-started with a cry of "Allah!," most likely from one of the Jewish performers. There are pieces from Bahrain and Kuwait; sometimes mixed together in one performance -- the different dialects are far-flung. There are beautiful, high and lonesome Kurdish violin improvisations; and some unaccompanied circular breathing on a zourna so unearthly it seems to cross late Coltrane with Sun Ra. All the songs are characterized by searing emotion and crises of feeling, many by erotic urgency. As with the other titles in the series, the recordings have been startlingly restored at Abbey Road; and they are presented with full translations, rare photographs (in this case, several performers), and notes -- including an extensive interview with a citizen of Baghdad throughout this period, who knew many of the musicians here personally.

V/A- LIVING IS HARD: WEST AFRICAN MUSIC IN BRITAIN, 1927-1929 2LP (honest jon’s, uk)
23.98usd/15.06gbp/17.29eur/2325jpy (approx)


*shop favorite restocked… Honest Jon's has prepared a series drawing on some of the earliest recordings in the EMI Hayes Archive -- recovered from more than 150,000 78s -- staggering music from Iraq, Turkey, Caucasia, Lebanon, Iran (including sides made in Old Street, London, in 1909), Egypt and the Belgian Congo. This series opener presents the music of the West African underground of 1920s Britain, recorded at Hayes and released on the Zonophone label (which exported nearly all the records to West Africa). You can hear Caribbean influences here, the promise of highlife there, but Living Is Hard mostly disavows fusion and assimilation. And by contrast with antecedents in the history of black music in Britain -- minstrelsy and spirituals, for example, ragtime and jazz -- these recordings are unhitched from the protocols of a white listenership. These are startling, trenchant, elemental roots -- carrying troubled news home, along with signs of the new African nationalism -- and an enthralling glimpse of other lives, other times. Artists include: Oni Johnson, Isaac Jackson, Ben Simmons, Harry E. Quashie, Douglas Papafio, Prince Zulamkah, The West African Instrumental Quintet, The Ga Quartet, Domingo Justus, James Tucker, John Mugat, Kumasi Trio, James Thomas, Nicholas De Heer, George Williams Aingo and James Brown.


DUBSTEP



ZOMBY- THE LIE 12” (ramp, uk)
13.98usd/8.78gbp/10.08eur/1355jpy (approx)


*shop favorite restocked… Zomby rises from the dead once again to deliver his second full 12" on the world altering Ramp Recordings, so brace yourselves for another meander down brain-spazz avenue. On 'The Lie,' Zomby jacks vocal samples with contempt, and strips everything back to distorted mid-range drones, a lazy half step beat, and a rattling bassline. Flip it over for blissed-out duppy bass line voodoo house-step fiend 'Dripping Like Water.' Finally, LV's electronical dub infused rendition of The Lie brings this 12" to a happy ending like a cheap massage. Artwork on this 12" is by the wonderful Kate Moross. It's well, Jackson!


HOUSE, TECHNO AND DISCO



U2- GET YOUR BOOTS ON: BEAT MACHINE HOUSE MIX 12” (white label, uk)
15.98usd/10.04gbp/11.52eur/1549jpy (approx)


*This is by far the best house remix of this newly released track by U2. Absolutely 'kicks off' and will be sure to do damage to the floors.

SHINEDOE- SOUND TRAVELLING REMIXES 12” (100% pure, netherlands)
13.98usd/8.78gbp/10.08eur/1355jpy (approx)


*Hereby we present the 'Sound Travelling' remixes. We let Shinedoe choose one of her current favourites, Swiss Sam aka Deetron and upcoming talented Amsterdam based french speaking Julien Chaptal. Two stunning remixes of 'The Peace Maker' and 'Feel The Space.' Traditional Detroit techno influences done by Deetron for 'The Peace Maker.' Blissful tune for after hour harmony. 'Feel The Space,' feel the rhythm. Bass roller in a Amsterdam fashioned minimalistic techno flow. Julien Chaptal is on the roll.

DISTRICT ONE- HANDSOME/ONE 2 ONE 12” (100% pure, netherlands)
13.98usd/8.78gbp/10.08eur/1355jpy (approx)


*shop favorite restocked… District One is the live project by Bart Skils and Anton Pieete. In 2005, they joined forces and released their first 12" on the 100% Pure imprint. Ever since then, their releases have been inescapable on the techno scene. This time, the duo brings two deep, rolling techno tracks with an extra dark edge. Both tracks combine current sounds with classic ones, with plenty of straight beats for the techno-tool groove.

DISTRICT ONE- HERITAGE 4X12” (100% pure, netherlands)
36.98usd/23.23gbp/26.66eur/3585jpy (approx)


*shop favorite restocked… This is the debut full-length release for Amsterdam's 2000 And One (Dylan Hermelijn). He has been at the forefront of electronic music since the late '80s, this year marking the 20th anniversary of his musical career. On this album, Dylan has combined rich musical background with futuristic foresight, creating a record bound to set dancefloors aflame. But Heritage isn't just a bunch of killer tracks, it's a homage to his first and foremost love, house music; and above all, a tribute to his West-African roots. Like the urban proto-house of Northwest-American cities like Chicago, Detroit and New York, Dylan's work has the African heartlands resounding through it. It's the distant bell of pulsating rhythms from prehistoric times, when dancing functioned as a tribal bonding ritual. For the last 20 years, 2000 And One's sound has dictated this repetitive funk in its barest form -- Heritage being no exception to the rule. "Dat Na Poku" (Surinam for "now there's a fat beat!") is a clear example of Dylan's stripped style -- building on an irresistible loop from beginning to end. "State Of House," "Burnin Dub" and "Spanish Fly" are tributes to late '80s Chicago house disco by the likes of Lenoir Thompson, Lil Louis and Armando. Think big stabs, think Loleetta Holloway vocals. More on the Detroit side of things are "Egusi" and "Mejiro," based on epic and melodic sounds rather than fat beats. And "Honey Bush," a more current, stripped techno track yet with a deep, house-y vocal hook, showcases 2000 And One's ability to mix the old with the new. Dylan explains, "I just want to rock the dancefloor with simple and effective grooves."

SHINEDOE- HEY DJ 12” (area remote, netherlands)
12.98usd/8.15gbp/9.36eur/1258jpy (approx)


*shop favorite restocked… Amsterdam imprint Remote Area presents the offshoot Area Remote. Area Remote focuses on one-sided collaborations or one day spin-offs. Yet more house, sure as hell sexy. Releases such as Mumbling Yeah, Sexvibe, Poppop, Borderline and Casamance confirm this statement. Hey DJ reflects the label's aesthetic on the hot, steaming underground dancefloors across the globe. Shinedoe's uncut power produces uncomplicated, ass-shakin' grooves.

V/A- BLACK DISCO VOL. 3 12” (blackdisco, uk)
12.98usd/8.15gbp/9.36eur/1258jpy (approx)


*The Blackdisco boys are back with another batch of anthems… Julien Love’s tribute to Ron Hardy, his buttery edit of The Jacksons lands its home on the A side. That luscious guitar lick could go on forever as we see it. Backing this long awaited beauty is Nitedog/Ryan Edwards collaboration Anonstop slicing the fattest piano groove with bit of fuzz-bass madness on Chains. Rounding out the B side is the funky and sexy bassline-driven jam, Midnite, worked but by our favorite Lee Douglas. So there you have your early vibes, peak hour and latenight sorted. Don’t sleep, no repress on these babies.

LEE DOUGLAS- THE DOUGLAS SOUND 12” (blackdisco, uk)
13.98usd/8.78gbp/10.08eur/1355jpy (approx)


*shop favorite restocked… Following smash hit Blackdisco Vol 1, Lovefingers & Nitedog bring you Blackdisco Vol 2 - The Douglas Sound EP. The Douglas Sound EP is 2 tracks of relentless disco heat backed up with a Cosmic stomper making it an essential for any dancefloor this Summer!

LOVEFINGERS & NITEDOG- BLACK DISCO VOL. 1 12” (blackdisco, uk)
13.98usd/8.78gbp/10.08eur/1355jpy (approx)


*shop favorite restocked… Lovefingers re-editing some of their most popular disco tracks during their parties in LA. Small re-edit project,a lot of fun and some great unknown music.

CAPPUCCINO- HELL DANCE WITH ME 12” (black sun, netherlands)
16.98usd/10.67gbp/12.24eur/1646jpy (approx)


*First class limited edition reissue of Cappuccino’s deep and dirty disco classic ‘Hell Dance With Me’. Originally released back in 1981 on the tiny Canadian label Black Sun, this super sexy slice of cosmic sleaze is a firm favourite with top disco DJs like Harvey and Daniel Wang and is now so in-demand that copies sell for over $400. So save yourself the big bucks and snap up a copy of this floor filling classic while you can cause they won’t be around for long.

V/A- DO YOU LOVE ME TOO? 12” (cellophane, germany)
15.98usd/10.04gbp/11.52eur/1549jpy (approx)


*Top quality leftfield disco edits kicks off w/sexy electronic groove stunning re-edit of 80s German industrialists D.A.F., stripping away all but bits of vocal & adds dub fx turning into late night sleazy disco bomb. Flip 'If I Say Stop' is bouncing, dubby.

G&S- SHOW ME THE GOOD TIMES 12” (dissident, uk)
18.98usd/11.92gbp/13.68eur/1840jpy (approx)


*G&S is Nadia Ksaiba and Matt 'Nightmoves' Waites and show me the good times is a chunky, bass heavy beast full of live percussion, space echo fx and sparkling electronic flourishes. there's also someone from a rather famous pop group banging and shaking things in the background, we'll leave it to you to work out who. limited edition of 200.

NEO FILIGRANTE- LIZARD COWBOY BOOTS/ESMERALDA RIDES THE ROBOT 12” (dissident, uk)
18.98usd/11.92gbp/13.68eur/1840jpy (approx)


*Cool and kinky techno styles from a new producer joining the dissident family. lizard... is a warped spoken vocal excursion with a super-punchy rhythm section and esmeralda... comes on like classic italian electro, all flying handclaps and classical motifs. both are dancefloor killers. limited edition of 200.

JUAN MACLEAN- ONE DAY REMIXES 12” (dfa, usa)
13.98usd/8.78gbp/10.08eur/1355jpy (approx)


*limited edition white label version… a1 one day a2 one day (marc romboy remix) b1 one day (the emperor machine remix) b2 one day (surkin remix). New 12” taken from the album “The Future Will Come” featuring mixes of “One Day’ from Surkin, Marc Romboy and Emperor Machine all offering their own dancefloor takes on one of the stand out tracks on an exceptional album.

ONMUTU MECHANICKS- BLACK THROATED DIVER 12” (echocord colour, germany)
12.98usd/8.15gbp/9.36eur/1258jpy (approx)


*shop favorite restocked… Onmutu Mechanicks aka Arne Weinberg is back on Echocord Colour with another bomb -- Black Throated Diver. "Proxima" and "On Silent Wings" are two really powerful techno-dub tracks with a Detroit feeling, while "Your Touch Is So Electric" is a beautiful, almost dubstep kind of track, with a female vocal. Expect further releases from Weinberg on Matrix Detroit, Styrax, and more.

SEBASTIEN SAN- JUPITER/JUNO 12” (echocord colour, germany)
12.98usd/8.15gbp/9.36eur/1258jpy (approx)


*shop favorite restocked… This is the fourth release on Echocord Colour, produced by France's Sebastien San. Sebastien has previously released on Planet E, Rush Hour and Gigolo. He grew up to the sound of Kraftwerk, Giorgio Moroder, Prince and Serge Gainsborg and Detroit techno and Chicago house had a big impact on him. Sebastien has worked with Kirk Degiorgio, Kevin Saunderson and Fabrice Lig. These two Detroitish tracks fit perfectly on the dancefloor, for fans of Carl Craig, Omar S. and Dopplereffekt. Initial copies on purple vinyl.

V/A- MCEDITS VOL.3 12” (mcedits, usa)
9.98usd/6.27gbp/7.19eur/967jpy (approx)


*McEdits comes correct, again, with more of his REAL Chicago edits. Played out by select hometown DJs at local gigs over the past year as McEdits tweaks the mix. This time he has made a solid step up in production without losing the gritty feel the hometown crowd requires.

NICK SOLE- SIMPLE THINGS 12” (mojuba, germany)
14.98usd/9.41gbp/10.80eur/1452jpy (approx)


*After the fresh sound from Stereociti, the Mojuba veteran Nick Solé, who is responsible for the great 'Minimal Summer' and the fabulous 'World Dubbing,' is back with a new adventure in deep house music. The title track 'Simple Things' is an epic journey through beats and deep chords to set the floor on fire and showing how inspiring the simple things in life can be! The second track 'Lost And Found' is a deep hypnotic groover yearning for the summer-sun in your soul!

SVEN WEISEMANN- KISS OF ABANA 12” (mojuba, germany)
14.98usd/9.41gbp/10.80eur/1452jpy (approx)


*shop favorite restocked… Sven Weisemann, who was recently very busy by providing remixes and tracks for the likes of House Cafe Music, Styrax Leaves, Styrax, Liebe*Detail, Rotary Cocktail, Freund Der Familie, ProgCity, Deep Trax and Meanwhile, is now coming up with some fresh killer stuff for Mojuba, the musical place of origin. The A-side 'Kiss Of Abana' is a catchy dancefloor monster with banging percussive drums and trademark Weisemann chords. The B-side 'Amity' seems to keep it cool in the beginning, but that's only the prelude to a funky feast of deepness!

THABO- DOWNSTREAM/BERLIN 12” (ornaments, germany)
18.98usd/11.92gbp/13.68eur/1840jpy (approx)


*On clear vinyl… next strong limited vinyl of this mysterious label from Thabo (Soultourist/Drumpoet Community/Zurich)!

SVEN TASNADI- OUR DESTINY 12” (ornaments, germany)
15.98usd/10.04gbp/11.52eur/1549jpy (approx)


*shop favorite restocked… On clear, black-speckled vinyl, featuring Our Destiny (Sen Weisemann's Shuffle On Mix).

I-ROBOTS FEAT. MARCONI- PERFECT LOGIC CIRCLE 12” (ornaments, germany)
16.98usd/10.67gbp/12.24eur/1646jpy (approx)


*shop favorite restocked… New strong limited vinyl from this mysterious label! Italy's I-Robots brings us a deep, dubby hypnotic trip for all lovers of Âme & Dixon. Inclusive, groovy, stompin' edit by G.Digger! Be fast! Only a few hundred copies!" Pressed on speckled vinyl.

RON HARDY- MUSIC BOX CLASSICS VOLUME 4 12” (partyhardy, usa)
18.98usd/11.92gbp/13.68eur/1840jpy (approx)


*Partehardy releases its 4th installment of the well-regarded and highly-anticipated Muzic Box Classics series, featuring 2 more indisputably timeless Chicago dance classics, including the highly-sought after Mr. K Alexi 'Don't You Know.' This early house staple embodies the hedonistic, totally-unrestrained energetics of early youthful Chicago tracks -- indeed, most of the artists participating in the fledging community of interactive musical feedback knew little or nothing concerning proper musical composition or arrangement. Then again, what does classical training have to do with talent, inspiration or art? 'Don't You Know' exudes the cathartic expression of 1980's Chicago youth, perpetrating violent vocal stabs and unrestrained whales to the avail of law and order and all things holy and good. The result is an absolutely spastic, unapproachably brilliant TRACK in the most serious sense of the term. On the flip is the landmark early disco classic 'Get Ready For This' from NYC champions Revelation, who deliver a beautifully optimistic and naively hopeful anthem of the 1970s aspiration and reflective political determination: liberating, unsoiled and totally raw dance music as it was meant to be, and will be once again, concentrated and purified with the most careful touch of the rightful editor's hand. Yet again, the Muzic Box Classics series inserts into our frantic and oftentimes mechanical record routine a gem to reinvigorate and reorient our uncertain attitude towards the state of dance music today.

CHARLES EARLAND- LEAVING THIS PLANET 12” (slow to speak, usa)
14.98usd/9.41gbp/10.80eur/1452jpy (approx)


*shop favorite restocked… A heavily-played classic at David Mancuso's loft parties, Charles Earland's 'Leaving This Planet' encapsulates the visionary appropriation of the early NYC disco scene: an up-tempo funky jazz masterpiece that spoke to the precise moment of divine convergence that was NYC's underground dance community, and in so doing, secured its place in the annals of musical and cultural immortality far beyond its originally intended role. 'Leaving This Planet' explicates both lyrically & musically, verbally and viscerally the basic platform of early club culture: a veritable antithetic to organized political action, and yet deeply political in its own (possibly unconscious) right. A longing not just for immediate and total escape from the physical and spiritual plight of modern American urban poverty, but, in fact, an actually cohesive, organized and structured fraternity that applied a philosophy formulated from direct experience under the hardships of alienated material existence to the latter's objective stranglehold on passion, expression and cultural mobility, establishing a politics of the everyday that was practiced with tenacity and resolved, determined to abolish banal drudgery in favor of a new utopian vision: theoretical architecture constructed on top of the cold, estranging urban landscape of American inner-city plight. The early pioneers of NYC's underground have demonstrated for us continually through their example & legacy that to truly escape the hardships of this world requires an uncompromising exploitation of its most base material simplicities, their direct reconstruction and re-appropriation, not for the continued service of the superstructures of economic and social division, but for the purposes of human need, human passion, human necessity: in service of life.

MICHAEL JACKSON- I AM LOVE/THE LADY IN MY LIFE 12” (slow to speak, usa)
14.98usd/9.41gbp/10.80eur/1452jpy (approx)


*"I Am Love" taken from the album Dancing Machine. "The Lady In My Life" taken from the album Thriller. Compiled by Paul Nickerson and Francis Englehardt for Slow To Speak. Silkscreened lettering on jacket.

JC FREAKS- NUMBER ONE 12” (wandering, germany)
14.98usd/9.41gbp/10.80eur/1452jpy (approx)


*Wandering the Mojuba sublabel welcomes back JC Freaks from London. The bar was raised pretty much with the fantastic first release 'The Rock,' but they returned to convince you with their indelible funk and originality on a new journey. Prepare yourself to be rocked again by Anthea from Phonica and Werner Niedermeier from Audio Culture. The fresh tunes embody that special JC Freaks feeling we are all longing for. Please take a listen and experience what I am talking about. All mastered by our master of sound Redshape!


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Friday, May 22, 2009

NEW ARRIVALS/RESTOCKS FOR FRIDAY, MAY 22

NEW ARRIVALS AND RESTOCKS FRIDAY, MAY 22


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alright, memorial day weekend! those of you not heading to the beach, i mean, “down the shore”… JK!… i grew up here, i’m allowed to make fun… and besides, when i was a teen, my friends in oc/nj hated –HATED- when peeps referred to their town as the shore. funny stuff… um, i guess you had to be there… anyhow… as i was saying… the forecast is for thunderstorms, so you might as well relish the fact that yr hanging around town this holiday weekend. take in a movie, go to the making time 9yr anniversary, check out free energy at the barbary and while your at it, you might as well make it over to 6th and girard (G’ROD!) and check out this weeks new arrivals (and everything else in house for that matter). this weeks top picks, the second group doueh lp (awesome) and the new double vinyl reissue of the omar souleyman cd release from a year or so back, both on sublime frequencies. people are gonna hyper fetishize the group doueh lp on account of its presumed future discogs/ebay value (it’s already out of print from the label, which more than likely means that of the 1500 pressed, 500 people bought two copies to sit on and speculate, which is totally UN-cool, but tis the reality of limited edition lps) and as noted, it is AWESOME, but don’t miss out on the omar souleyman set. the cd has been a shop favorite of mine (and BIGTIME fave of healey’s) for a while now and should not be missed! needless to say both are beautiful packages and neither will last long (in fact since they arrived yesterday, i already sold about half, so don’t snooze). also on the top of this weeks heap is the new richard bishop lp on drag city… he’s backed by a band this time out and this line from the press release regarding the group endevour caught my attention: “a talented quartet of players getting deep into the Middle Eastern mystic with hand drums, percussion, bass, drums, electric guitars and a heavy dose of Moroccan chanters”… nice! also of note this week: a bunch of solid/excellent hard rock cds on the rockadrome label outta texas; a few brazilian/argentinian cd obscurities (at this point you’d be hard pressed to find said reissues outside of south america or… japan); a few drag city back catalog essentials; early kraftwerk cd reissues… and you may notice i’ve listed last weeks top picks again in the punk/post punk section… in my rush to get the update out, i screwed up the descriptions, so i present them here again for your perusal. also just in, the new issue of wax poetics (both the american -#35- and the japanese -#3-)… there’s a few other things expected today, but i’m unsure of their whereabouts, so for up to the minute new arrivals, be sure to check out tsr’s twitter feed. hope to see you soon!!!


gracias


anthony vogdes


as always, many of these titles are in very limited quantity, so if you're interested in anything listed below and can’t make it to the shop you can make a purchase via paypal or over the phone with a credit card and pick them up later or have them shipped (see more information below). i will no longer hold records. sorry.


prices are subject to change without notice.


prices do not include shipping and handling. for those of you shipping within the continental united states I offer a 5.00usd flat shipping rate for any amount of records and/or compact discs. shipping cost for international orders are calculated on an order by order basis. payments for orders can be made via paypal or with a credit card by telephone between 12-6pm/est.


i also offer bike messanger service via timecycle couriers. for the low cost of 10.00usd i can deliver any amount of records and/or cds you wish to purchase to your center city philadelphia location (this includes some parts of south, west and north philadelphia) within two hours (and for those of you who need your records even faster, we also offer ‘rush’ service for the low flat rate of 20.00usd for any amount of records/cds delivered to you within one hour). of course, we are still more than happy to ship records via the usps within philadelphia. orders placed before 5pm/est will ship out that evening and should reach their destination by the following day.


PICKS OF THE WEEK



SIR RICHARD BISHOP- THE FREAK OF ARABY LP (drag city, usa)
16.98usd/10.87gbp/12.32eur/1619jpy (approx)


*Another album of acoustic guitar music from Sir Richard Bishop…are you “freakin’” nuts?
The Freak of Araby is a new direction for our distinguished gentleman, and just in the nick of
time as well. Sir Rick’s had it up to here with solo acoustic guitar records! The Freak of
Araby isn’t even a solo record! And there’s no acoustic guitar on it! So let’s have no more of
this kind of talk. Over his years with Sun City Girls, Richard Bishop threw a wide variety of music and sound against the wall — and all of it stuck. Among those who know, he’s reasonably fluent in any number of international music traditions, playing them for (mostly) fun and (sometimes) profit all over the place. The Freak of Araby is the debut of Sir Richard Bishop and his Freak of Araby Ensemble, a talented quartet of players getting deep into the Middle Eastern mystic with hand drums, percussion, bass, drums, electric guitars and a heavy dose of Moroccan chanters, all of it captured with depth, detail and sympathy for the eternal enigma by engineer Scott Colburn. But a Sir Richard Bishop album with a backing band — how did this happen? After recording a cover of “Ka’an Azzaman,” written by Elias Rahbani, one of Lebanon’s finest songwriters, something dawned on Sir Richard. Half-Lebanese by birth (it didn’t just occur to him later), he found himself suddenly possessed to really dig into Middle Eastern sounds. A pair of original melodies not fully developed at a prior recording session had the Arabic inspiration, so these were reattacked and finished in short order. Soon, Sir Richard’s head was flooded with some of the classic sounds spun for him by his grandfather back in his (way) younger days, like Farid Al-Atrache, Oum Kalthoum and Fairuz, along with other personal favorites, such as the guitarists Omar Khorshid and Mike Hegazi. In addition to the studio improvisation, “Taqasim for Omar,” the whole of The Freak of Araby is dedicated to these inspiring players. Check ‘em out.
In addition to his soul-stirring electric guitar playing, Sir Richard grabbed a couple of Moroccan chanters and blew the house down on “Blood-Stained Sands,” providing an epic (not to mention epochal, heh heh) finish to this journey to the center of one-half of the family tree. This is music meant to be played live, and Sir Richard’s Freak of Araby Ensemble intends to play it everywhere there’s interest in hearing it. So get your Freak on.

GROUP DOUEH- TREEG SALAAM LP (sublime frequencies, usa)
25.98usd/16.63gbp/18.84eur/2478jpy (approx)


*Group Doueh's follow-up to their now-legendary debut LP is here. While most would think it damn near impossible to top the former release, in terms of sheer "shock and awe," Treeg Salaam (trans. "Streets Of Peace"), blows hot and dusty from the infernal sand-swept dunes of the Western Sahara. Compiled from Group Doueh's personal archives, these five tracks (note: sidelong piece on the flip), are as brain-shifting in their ecstatic brilliance as any music ever heard. From the wah-stroked lead-off track to the blazing dexterity of "Ragsa Jaguar," the whole of the first side is an entrance to the lip-puckering tea den of Saharan trance heaven. Salmou Baamar's (Doueh) guitar/tinidit runs explode in cosmic shrapnel, raining down on the temporal nodes of the listener's brain. On side 2, we have a 20-minute, smoky, slow-burning, psychedelic excursion into the great unknown. A meditation on the arid and inhospitable landscape that inspires this music and its people. This is a one-time pressing of 1,500 copies. Pressed on 180 gram vinyl and comes in a gatefold full-color jacket with great photos of the musicians. limit one per customer.

OMAR SOULEYMAN- HIGHWAY TO HASSAKE: FOLK & POP SOUNDS OF SYRIA 2LP (sublime frequencies, usa)
29.98usd/19.19gbp/21.74eur/2859jpy (approx)


*Previously released on CD by Sublime Frequencies in 2007, now available on 2LP. Omar Souleyman is a Syrian musical legend. Since 1994, he and his musicians have emerged as a staple of folk-pop throughout Syria, but until now they have remained little known outside of the country. To date, they have issued more than 500 studio and live-recorded cassette albums which are easily spotted in the shops of any Syrian city. Born in rural Northeastern Syria, he began his musical career in 1994 with a small group of local collaborators who remain with him today. The myriad musical traditions of the region are evident in their music. Here, classical Arabic mawal-style vocalization gives way to high-octane Syrian Dabke (the regional folkloric dance and party music), Iraqi Choubi and a host of Arabic, Kurdish and Turkish styles, among others. This amalgamation is truly the sound of Syria. The music often has an overdriven sound consisting of phase-shifted Arabic keyboard solos and frantic rhythms. At breakneck speeds, these shrill Syrian electronics play out like forbidden morse-code, but the moods swing from coarse and urgent to dirgy and contemplative in the rugged anthems that comprise Souleyman's repertoire. Oud, reeds, baglama saz, accompanying vocals and percussion fill out the sound from track to track. Mahmoud Harbi is a long-time collaborator and the man responsible for much of the poetry sung by Souleyman. Together, they commonly perform the Ataba, a traditional form of folk poetry used in Dabke. On stage, Harbi chain-smokes cigarettes while standing shoulder-to-shoulder with Souleyman, periodically leaning over to whisper the material into his ear. Acting as a conduit, Souleyman struts into the audience with urgency, vocalizing the prose in song before returning for the next verse. Souleyman's first hit in Syria was "Jani" (1996) which gained cassette-kiosk infamy and brought him recognition throughout the country. Over the years, his popularity has risen steadily and the group tirelessly performs concerts throughout Syria and has accepted invitations to perform abroad in Saudi Arabia, Dubai and Lebanon. Omar Souleyman is a man of hospitality and striking integrity who describes his style as his own and prides himself on not being an imitator or a sell-out. Sublime Frequencies is honored to present the Western debut of Omar Souleyman with this retrospective 2LP of studio and live recordings spanning 12 years of his career, culled from cassettes recorded between 1994 and 2006. This collection offers a rare glimpse into Syrian street-level folk-pop and Dabke -- a phenomena seldom heard in the West, not previously deemed serious enough for export by the Syrians and rarely, if ever, included on the import agenda of worldwide academic musical committees. This is a 2LP version of the CD release housed in a full-color gatefold sleeve and coinciding with Omar Souleyman's tour of the UK and Europe in May/June of 2009. limit one per customer.


ROCK AND PSYCHEDELIC



KRAFTWERK- KRAFTWERK/KRAFTWERK 2 2CD (germanophon, germany)
27.98usd/17.91gbp/20.29eur/2668jpy (approx)


*double-disc set contains both of Kraftwerk's groundbreaking red and green pylon lp's from 1970 and 1971; these albums were soon re-introduced to the UK by Philips' London office in a stunning gatefold 2LP set on their "progressive" Vertigo label imprint. Germanofon has retained this unique artwork for their two-disc collection of both LP's, replacing the previous (and now unavailable) separate CD reissues… For those of you who prefer more information, here are individual descriptions of the two albums included in this set: disc one: Kraftwerk “S/T” (red cone): first release under this name (1970) from the most influential German band of all-time; produced by Cluster’s Conny Plank, this album is an incredibly adventurous excursion into places no other group had ever gone before; oddly enough, Kraftwerk did not use any synthesizers on these recordings—all the music was played on “real” instruments: Ralf Hutter’s organ, Florian Schneider-Esleben’s flute, violin, and manipulated percussion, aided and abetted by additional percussion from Neu! leader Klaus Dinger and the mysterious Andreas Hohmann. Hypnotic and unconventional and absolutely essential. disc two: Kraftwerk “2” (green cone): When the Kraftwerk 2 LP was released, Ralf and Florian had rejoined forces to continue Kraftwerk's music ideas. The LP was recorded at their own studio in Düsseldorf (KlingKlang) and the Star Music Studio in Hamburg. It was produced in just seven days between the 26th September and 1st of October 1971. It was co-produced by Conrad (Conny) Plank who once again played an important role. The Kraftwerk 2 album was originally released on the Philips label and is a musical extension of the first Kraftwerk LP. The LP is totally instrumental and Ralf is credited with rhythmusmashine (rhythm machine) as well as a host of other instruments. With no conventional drumming at all -- the first 17 minute track 'Klingklang' has an altogether softer sound than most of the first album. The track's constantly shifting tempo is due to the changing beat of the drum machine, giving the impression that it is a machine that is actually driving the music forward. This was in 1971 a totally new phenomenon and it is very much the 'Kraftwerk sound' being born.

KRAFTWERK- RALF & FLORIAN CD (germanophon, germany)
16.98usd/10.87gbp/12.32eur/1619jpy (approx)


*Kraftwerk's third album Ralf und Florian was released in November 1973 and it's title is almost synonymous with a nickname for the duo. The front cover is taken by Florian's then girlfriend Barbara Niemöller. The LP is a continuation of the ideas on the first two LPs, but the music has a much cleaner sound dominated by electric piano and soft electronic percussion. The first track "Elektrisches Roulette" (Electric Roulette) is a rythmically repetitive piece and I think that you can trace the later Kraftwerk sound in this song. The track features electronics, violin,electric piano and drums. It is very much a pop song and maybe the best track on the album. Next comes "Tongebirge" (A Mountain Range Of Tones) and it has closer resemblance to earlier LPs. It has Florian's typical flute arpeggios treated to a heavy dose of echo. "Kristallo" is also the name of a hotel close to the studio and the song featured clear repetitive keyboard arpeggios showing Ralf further developing the automation feel to his playing. The track ends like a catalogue of various recording tricks including backward tapes. "Heimatklange" (The Sounds Of Homeland) which closes side two demonstrates the duo's increasing grasp of dynamics. Side two opens with "Tanzmusik" (Dance Music) a strange song with very simple wooden and metallic noises. The rythm box is naturally present and actual hand claps appear towards the end of the song. The final track "Ananas Symphonie" features some slide guitar but most important is the emergence of a primitive vocoder through which the words "Ananas Symphonie" are discernable.

ORGANISATION- TONE FLOAT CD (germanophon, germany)
16.98usd/10.87gbp/12.32eur/1619jpy (approx)


*Rare pre-Kraftwerk LP from 1970, originally released only in the UK! On Tone Float, the line up consisted of Ralf Hutter on organ, Florian Schneider on violin and flute, Basil Hammoudi on vocals, Fred Monicks on drums and Butch Hauf on bass. The LP features repetitive percussion and bass drum patterns, embellished with guitar, flute, violin and organ. Sections of the music are clearly '60s influenced and have an almost eastern feeling with scratchy violin and bongos. Tone Float was the last time that Ralf and Florian would rely on unrestrained expression and improvisation. With Organisation beeing a democratic five piece band, it was difficult to develop a disciplined approach. Any comparison between Tone Float and the later Kraftwerk sound is hard to draw.

AFTER SHAVE- SKIN DEEP CD (rockadrome, usa)
14.98usd/9.59gbp/10.87eur/1428jpy (approx)


*Official reissue of rare 1972 Swiss underground hard rock album, featuring liner notes, photos and five bonus tracks! After Shave were a heavy trio formed in the late 60s and influenced by Cream, Deep Purple, Led Zeppelin and the usual suspects. They toured Europe in the early 70s and eventually recorded this debut album for the tiny Splendid label in 1972, which now commands big dollars on the rare record collector market. They have been featured in a few books, including The Hard Rock Anthology 1968-1980 and Encylopedie du Hard Rock des Seventies.

ASHBURY- ENDLESS SKIES CD (rockadrome, usa)
14.98usd/9.59gbp/10.87eur/1428jpy (approx)


*Reissue of classic early hard rock private press record from Arizona! A real gem for fans of classic rock and even 70s metal heads into such obscurities as Legend (From the Fjords) or southern rockers into groups like The Outlaws. Hypnotic vocal hooks and a mystical atmosphere mixing acoustic and electric guitars lures you right into this group's unique hard rock sound. It's amazing how such talent can slip right under the radar.” “Hard rock ripper with progressive edge; been compared to Black Sabbath and Bill Nelson” - The Acid Archives

IRON CLAW- IRON CLAW CD (rockadrome, usa)
14.98usd/9.59gbp/10.87eur/1428jpy (approx)


*shop favorite restocked… First official release of early 70s Scottish underground heavy rock recordings from this group who were stomping around the UK with the likes of Black Sabbath, Hackensack, Pink Fairies, Juicy Lucy and others from the time, but never released a proper album. Their name, Iron Claw, was taken from the first line in King Crimson's song "21st Century Schizoid Man". In the beginning, Iron Claw probably became the world's first Black Sabbath tribute band, as they incorporated the entire first Black Sabbath lp and single into their set! This collection of sixteen original studio tracks documents their existence from 1970 thru 1974 and features a wonderful 16-page booklet with extensive liner notes, lyrics and photos!

JERUSALEM- JERUSALEM CD (rockadrome, usa)
14.98usd/9.59gbp/10.87eur/1428jpy (approx)


*shop favorite restocked… first official reissue of this infamous heavy rock Decca/Deram label album from 1972, produced by Deep Purple's legendary frontman, Ian Gillan, who said of them: “Not many bands really excite me. But this one’s so raw and completely unpretentious. They make the biggest, bloodiest noise you can imagine, tempered with moments of extreme emotion.” And, of course, he’s right—the music is a menacing combination of over-the-top vocals and screaming lead guitars that could easily pass for something from the early British heavy metal scene. A favorite among vinyl collectors, the album is presented here in its ultimate glory, with all tracks taken from the original master tapes; also features pre-album demos, alternate mixes and a non-LP singles track. The twenty-page color booklet contains liner notes written by bassist Paul Dean, lyrics, press clippings and rare photos!" Rough, raw, and doomy!

NEGATIVE SPACE- HARD, HEAVY, MEAN & EVIL CD (rockadrome, usa)
14.98usd/9.59gbp/10.87eur/1428jpy (approx)


*shop favorite restocked… Official reissue of ultra-rare 1970 underground psychedelic rock record born out of the early New Jersey scene and fueled by the revolutionary air of the period. The sound is raw basement fuzz guitar charged rock in it's purest form, inspired by the likes of Cream, Blue Cheer, Jimi Hendrix, Nazz and others! Fueled by the revolutionary air that prevailed during his days at Rider College and the entrapment of marriage at a young age, Rob Russen drew upon his frustrations and anger as well as the influences of Jimi Hendrix, Cream, Blue Cheer, the Illusion, Steppenwolf, and Nazz among others of the era to create the material for Hard, Heavy, Mean & Evil. Russen recruited musicians Jimmy Moy (guitar/vocals), Bob Rittner (bass/vocals) and Lou Nunziatta (drums) to form the original lineup of Negative Space. Over a three year period, with minor variations, the group continued to perform, record and evolve into Snow. In the late '60s Rob Russen, with his cherry red Gibson SG, Baldwin Exterminator amplifier and fuzztone was a powerful force in the heavy rock emanating from the East Coast. Studio engineer Tony Pappa of MSI often commented about how difficult it was to contain and capture the power and fury of Russen's music on the four track equipment used on these recordings. Negative Space and Snow recorded on Castle Records, a small independent label formed by Russen in 1965. All recording were limited issue with only a thousand copies of each single and 500 copies of the original Hard, Heavy, Mean & Evil album released. With the release of the album, Negative Space toured the East Coast extensively, opening for such national recording acts as Steppenwolf, Vanilla Fudge, Three Dog Night, Rare Earth, Eric Burdon & War and Grand Funk Railroad.

POOBAH- STEAMROLLER CD (rockadrome, usa)
14.98usd/9.59gbp/10.87eur/1428jpy (approx)


*Reissue of classic late 70s underground hard rock album. Originally released in 1979 on the private Peppermint label, it is a top collector item sought by vinyl mongers around the world. After disco hit, many local hard rock bands imploded, but Poobah kept on churning out the heavy jams and laid down some legendary cuts here that demolish most other private pressings from that time. Experience this monster re-mastered from the original reels, complete with 12-page booklet containing an interview with guitarist Jim Gustafson, lyrics, photos, and 5 massive bonus non-Lp tracks!!! Come with Poobah and Jump Thru The Golden Ring!!

TRUTH AND JANEY- NO REST FOR THE WICKED CD (rockadrome, usa)
14.98usd/9.59gbp/10.87eur/1428jpy (approx)


*No Rest for the Wicked CD reissue is great 1976 hard rock from the midwest! A real heavy rock classic filled with inventive songwriting, intelligent lyrics and above all, top-notch guitar playing from BillyLee Janey!! The mega-rare original vinyl press is an all-time favorite among collectors and fetches over $300 nowadays. This is the official reissue containing four studio bonus tracks and 16-page full color booklet with history of the group, lyrics and rare band photos!

TRUTH AND JANEY- ERUPTS CD (rockadrome, usa)
14.98usd/9.59gbp/10.87eur/1428jpy (approx)


*Truth and Janey erupt with absolutely crushing live recordings from 1976 by one of the midwest's heaviest power trio of all time!!! This features material taken from their previously released double LP from the early 90s on compact disc for the first time! Tune in and hear Billylee Janey take his '64 Gibson Firebird to new heights of heavy wailing godlyness!!!! A raw, loud, screaming guitar trip back in time to 1976! Re-packaged for the Vintage (Rockadrome) label with new artwork and booklet containing an interview with guitarist Billylee Janey! Over 70 minutes of heavy jams!

WINTERHAWK- REVIVAL CD (rockadrome, usa)
14.98usd/9.59gbp/10.87eur/1428jpy (approx)


*Official reissue of all-time classic hard rock guitar album featuring Jordan Macarus. If you love hard rock lead gutiar action then do yourself a huge favor and grab this thing immediately! This is the latest pressing on the new Vintage sub-label of Rockadrome with expanded 12-page booklet containing liner notes, interview and photos.

WINTERHAWK- THERE AND BACK AGAIN CD (rockadrome, usa)
14.98usd/9.59gbp/10.87eur/1428jpy (approx)


*There and Back Again is a trip back in time to the Aragon Ballroom in Chicago circa 1978! Jordan Macarus deals out solo after solo of some of the hottest fretwork I've ever laid ears on! Massive Winterhawk classics like "Off the Bat," "There and Back Again," "Creatures of the Sea," "In the Wake of Things Yet To Come" and more revealed for the first time in over 20 years.


PUNK AND POST-PUNK



DEATH- ...FOR THE WHOLE WORLD TO SEE LP (drag city, usa)
16.98usd/10.87gbp/12.32eur/1619jpy (approx)


*shop favorite repressed… Their time in the studio was overseen by engineer Jim Vitti, whose work with Parliament/ Funkadelic seems to have informed his decision to record Death in raw fashion with little polish, showcasing the organic power relationships within the trio. The songs recorded there make up ?For the Whole World to See, which today blasts from the speakers as a fresh and inspired early entry in the category of punk rock. Death had a single pressed, Politicians In My Eyes b/w Keep On Knocking, selling them at their shows and on the street. Things weren't really going anywhere when they heard from Columbia Records' president Clive Davis. He was interested, but he had one demand -- they'd have to change their name. David, acting as the band's leader, would have no part of it, a decision that ultimately brought an end to Death. Moving to New England, David, Bobby and Dannis reconnected with their faith, forming the Christian rock-n-roll band The 4th Movement, whose self-released early-80s album joined Death's 45 as a sought-after obscurity for the next generation. 2009 is the time that Death is finally here ...For The Whole World to See. ...For The Whole World to See is the first full-length release EVER for the band called Death -- with only one 7" single to their name, and that usually goes for about a grand per. That's $1000! For those who do have the single, the remastered sound here will break you up.

AUTONERVOUS- FETALITIES 12”EP (duchess archive, usa)
14.98usd/9.93gbp/11.06eur/1428jpy (approx)


*It was during Jessie's tour with The Vanishing, sometime around their "In The Bat Haus", that an Autonervous cassette made it's way into the hand's of Duchess Archive. "Fetalities" is that cassette lovingly scratched into vinyl. Jessie Evans & Billy Bates, both from San Francisco’s notorious The Vanishing, were Autonervous. Jokingly referred to as Goth Aerobics, the EP is musically aligned with The Vanishing but with a slightly darker and more dance oriented sound. Strobe light rhythms, saxophone trills, mascara-caked reverb, and a couple blood-covered prom dresses. When Jessie moved from SF to Berlin Autonervous would morph into a cabaret-flavored collaboration with Bettina Koster (of Malaria) but this is where it all began.

SPECTOR PROTECTOR- SPECTOR PROTECTOR 12”EP (duchess archive, usa)
12.98usd/8.60gbp/9.58eur/1237jpy (approx)


*Spector Protector were a short lived San Francisco dark wave duo that burned brightest in the glory of darkness. Minimal Man or maybe early-Tuxedomoon might hint/compare/inspire the chasm in which they toiled. A goth hinterland informed by Christian Death theatrics and the cold heart of Kraftwerk. They played numerous shows with such legends as The Vanishing, Phantom Limbs, New Collapse... and sold endless cdr's. Sadly they disbanded before recording a proper full length. This EP made during their demise is the sole vinyl remains. An anomaly in their time that now slot somewhere near Minimal Wave reissues, Xeno & Oaklander, and Cold Cave.

TURN PALE- MOCK TRIAL/HUNG JURY LP (duchess archive, usa)
12.98usd/8.60gbp/9.58eur/1237jpy (approx)


*Duchess Archive chased down this modest plain-clothes quartet from Bloomington, Indiana after witnessing them deliver an incendiary live performance. Turn Pale continue to caress the darkened anxiety inside us all with raw unhinged fits that floor and center on an undercurrent of rhythm informed by only the finest of artifacts from the dancefloor post-punk heyday that was Rough Trade/Factory/4AD/Mute. Their first album made good on a promise of decadence but it is on "Mock Trial/Hung Jury" their second full length where Turn Pale take things so much further! Spastic dark dense danse songs and blood drenched ballads of undoing & insatiable desire. Extreme music for extreme people in extreme times. Kill the lights!

ENTERTAINMENT- GENDER LP (duchess archive, usa)
19.98usd/13.25gbp/14.75eur/1905jpy (approx)


*"Only Theatre Of Pain", "Song & Legend", "If I Die, I Die", "In The Flat Field"... "Gender" is the debut full length from Entertainment. Voted Album of the Year 2008 by the readers of Deathrock.com. Unapologetically goth, "Gender" exposes new depths to the hallowed precincts of pain and darkness. Defiantly operating beyond influence, trend, or fashion. They currently reside in an idyllic and storied small southern town. Entertainment is a band and they play music like an expressionist painting. Limited edition of 500 copies on 180 gram vinyl.


INDIE



BACHELORETTE- MY ELECTRIC FAMILY LP (drag city, usa)
16.98usd/10.87gbp/12.32eur/1619jpy (approx)


*From out of a clear blue sky comes the sound of Bachelorette and My Electric Family.
Bachelorette’s music beams to us through a universe of unconquered pop music, where long beams of sunlight extend to infinity, and blue moons rise wistfully in the deep purple expanse.
She stands in the cradle of modern songwriting, that of psychedelic pop music. The sense of infinite possibility felt in those songs, the desire to manipulate a collective sensation to become
anything at all, informs Bachelorette’s journey. The psych vibe shimmers in an acousto-synthetic haze, not really overt, so completely are those long-ago verses absorbed in her DNA. Her impulses are fed into a format that rhymes couplets over dancing beats, voices, keyboards, and a variety of guitars and percussions to create the melodic constructs we know so well, and delight in, and sing along with, and imagine to. Tasty candylike approximations, sweet and sour, billowing and knife-like, here for our pleasure. My Electric Family may be your introduction to New Zealand’s Bachelorette — good for you! She makes great records — but this is the third Bachelorette record (the EP “The End of Things” and the Isolation Loops album) and also the most topically focused. Her song structures are traditionally examinations of love and longing, the exploration of self versus self and in relation to the surrounding, silent universe. The songs of My Electric Family emphasize a particular fascination: the meeting of man and machine. We built them in our image, they’re the more perfect us. Now we look to them looking at us. This is another kind of relationship. This is what Bachelorette does to make her sci-folk sounds — she
relates to machines, expressing her feelings in union with their electric/electronic function. This is imagination, soaring and expansive yet rigidly composed — the firmament as viewed from the ground, an arc in the ageless sky where the light glows for us all. Our universe starts with the dirt, the grass and the trees. As sure as electric impulses pinball through our brain, the true expanse exists to be tapped within.

BONNIE ‘PRINCE’ BILLY- MASTER AND EVERYONE LP (drag city, usa)
16.98usd/10.87gbp/12.32eur/1619jpy (approx)


*vinyl repressed and in stock for the first time… Bonnie 'Prince' Billy's third album finds him more popular than ever. Master and Everyone was recorded by Mark Nevers, and features Tony Crow, William Tyler, Matt Swanson, Marty Slayton, and Paul Oldham.

BONNIE ‘PRINCE’ BILLY- LIE DOWN IN THE LIGHT LP (drag city, usa)
16.98usd/10.87gbp/12.32eur/1619jpy (approx)


*vinyl repressed/restocked… Bonnie 'Prince' Billy is letting the sun shine in so you can Lie Down In The Light. Before you get undressed, we're talking about a brand-new 12 song album of excellent new songs and sounds, okay? Get that thong back up your crack and listen! Bristling with guitar strings and laced with harmonies, Lie Down In The Light is the brightest album to date from the Bonnie 'Prince.' Brisk tempos skip among his signature slower numbers and ballads. Bonnie's vocals are among his most expressive: carefully nuanced, singing all up and down his range, showing him at a judiciously dynamic and tuneful apex. Coloring the sound, is a subtle backdrop of percussive slaps and shakes (but nary a drumkit), touches of keys and steel, delicate harmony-vocal arrangements and other sweet surprises that might send some sad-sack fans back to their auto-erotic dungeons, fresh toys in hand. Lie Down In The Light features Bonnie repeat players Paul Oldham and Emmett Kelly and also benefits from the multi-instrumental presence of Shahzad Izmaily, who works percussion, piano, guitar, banjo and the mysterious, sensual 'row of wenches' -- I mean, mysterious, sensual 'row of wrenches.' New (duet) partner Ashley Webber forges her own presence next to Bonnie in a pair of fantastic turns. Additionally, some of Nashville's finest appear in between the band's strings and harrows, adding light (and yeah, we see a little darkness, too) wherever they appear.

PAVEMENT- WESTING: BY MUSKET AND SEXTANT LP (drag city, usa)
15.98usd/10.23gbp/11.59eur/1524jpy (approx)


*shop favorite in stock for the first time… Westing (By Musket and Sextant) collects all the material from Pavement's first four vinyl releases -- the 7" EP demolition plot J-7, the 10" ep perfect sound forever, the 7" summer babe, and the 7" slay tracks -- along with other early material and compilation tracks.


GLOBAL SOUNDS



CAITO- EN BOSSA Y ALGO MAS CD (ediciones rayuela, argentina)
16.98usd/10.87gbp/12.32eur/1619jpy (approx)


*nice looking and sounding argentine reissue. tracks: 1.Samba Do Aviao 2.Ingenuo
3.Lluvia 4.Durmiendo 5.Canto De Osanha-Berimbau-Consolacao 6.Samba Triste 7.Euridice
8.Insesatez 9.Tu Eres Todas Las Cosas 10.El Dia Que Me Quieras 11.Dos Y La Ventana.

CAITO- CAITO 2 CD (ediciones rayuela, argentina)
16.98usd/10.87gbp/12.32eur/1619jpy (approx)


*nice looking and sounding argentine reissue of this amazing guitarists second lp.

MARIA NAZARETH- SEM VOCE CD (ediciones rayuela, argentina)
16.98usd/10.87gbp/12.32eur/1619jpy (approx)


*nice looking and sounding argentine reissue of this amazing bossa nova lp. tracks: 1.Fue en Carnaval (Foi no Carnaval) 2.Sin Ti (Sem Voce) 3.Camino de Nada (Estrada do Nada) 4.Lluvia (Chove) 5.Um Sueno Para Dos (Um Sonho Para Dois) 6.Nuestro Rincon (Nosso Cantinho)
7.Gira Rueda (Gira Roda) 8.Lo Que Tenia Que Ser (O Que Tinha de Ser) 9.La Villa (A Vila)
10.Buen Dia Tristeza (Bom Dia Tristeza) 11.Carino y Amor (Carinho e Amor) 12.La Muerte de Um Dios de Sal (A Morte de um Deus de Sal).

BWANA TRIO- BWANA TRIO CD (paradise masters, brazil)
16.98usd/10.87gbp/12.32eur/1619jpy (approx)


*nice looking and sounding brazilian reissue by this quality bossa nova jazz trio lp from 1967. tracks: 1. La Vem Ela 2. A Felicidade 3. People 4. Pressentimento 5. Dreamsville 6. Odeon 7. Meu Tamborim 8. The Shadow of Your Smile 9. Corrida de Jangada 10. Eu te Amo 11. Cute 12. Atire a Primeira Pedra.

OSMAR MILITO- LIGIA CD (paradise masters, brazil)
16.98usd/10.87gbp/12.32eur/1619jpy (approx)


*nice looking and sounding brazilian reissue by this quality late 70s bossa nova lp.


MAGAZINES AND BOOKS



WAX POETICS- #35 JUNE/JULY 2009 MAGAZINE (wax poetics, usa)
9.98usd/6.39gbp/7.24eur/951jpy (approx)


*On the covers… front: Roger Troutman, back: Booker T. Jones. Contents: Editor's Letter, Re:Discovery, El Michels Affair, Broken Keys, STS9, Glass Candy, Lord Finesse, Ralph MacDonald, Booker T. Jones, Byron Lee, Mahavishnu Orchestra, E.Z. Mike Simpson, Def Jef, Roger Troutman, Analog Out." 104 pages, full color, high gloss, incredibly well done & essential. 35th issue of this U.S.-based production.

WAX POETICS- WAX POETICS JAPAN NO.03 MAGAZINE (wax poetics, usa)
15.98usd/10.23gbp/11.59eur/1524jpy (approx)


*In the Fall of 2008, Wax Poetics celebrated the launch of Wax Poetics Japan. Issue 1 was met by an enthused Japanese audience, finally able to enjoy the acclaimed musical periodical in their native tongue. Wax Poetics now has a dedicated team of sonic anthropologists abroad, publishing unique Japanese-language editions by utilizing Wax Poetics’ extensive archives as well as generating fresh new content, never before seen in either hemisphere. Issue 3 finds the Eastern team providing another comprehensive remix, featuring an attractive Wattstax image, similar to our treatment of Issue 11. Contents Include Earl Palmer, Norman Whitfield, Alton Ellis, Mulatu Astatke, Q-Tip, Bill Withers, quasimode, Les McCann, Wattstax, Yuji Ohno, Clyde Stubblefield, MF Doom, Daniele Baldelli, Guillermo Scott Herren, Kero One, Emi Tawata, King Tubby, Danny Krivit, Steph Pockets, and Alf Alpha.


GIFT CERTIFICATES



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Friday, May 15, 2009

NEW ARRIVALS/RESTOCKS FOR FRIDAY, MAY 15

NEW ARRIVALS AND RESTOCKS FRIDAY, MAY 15


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what can i say? tons of good stuff in house this week! but, if you’re a regular reader, you were expecting that… right? anyhow, the eternal problem is where to start (and what to highlight)… well, this week was a little easier than usual. andy giles, the sunday guardian of tsr, recently started acting as distributor for the most excellent duchess archive label outta bklyn… great goth-isms abound on their releases… perfect for the springtime? given the wet gloom we’ve been subjected to over the last couple o weeks (and the next few days ahead), yes! also of note this week… great vinyl reissues from greece of the third, amazing, socrates drank the conium lp, armando piazza lp, kenny and the kasuals comp lp and more, plus kuckuck vinyl reissues, j.t. IV lp, barış manço lp, yves, serge and victor lp restock, the factory lp, as well as ton more (and more to come next week!)… plus, don’t miss these: flipper and minor threat reissues; siltbreeze, slumberland and tic tac totally lps in stock, some new, some just new to the shop (eat skull, tyvek, crystal stilts, the pains of being pure at heart, so cow, static static… respectively); new, excellent, private press lp by willie lane; funkadelic lp reissues (new and restocked); restock of shop favorite, local customs: downriver revival double set on numero group (as well as more restocks over the next couple of weeks); pyramids lp reissues restocked (!!!); new and restocked cds on swedens drone syndicate label (masahiko satoh, taj mahal travelers, love live life + one); and to round it out, henry flint and sir richard bishop lp reissues on locust. good stuff! come on up and get on it!!!


gracias


anthony vogdes


as always, many of these titles are in very limited quantity, so if you're interested in anything listed below and can’t make it to the shop you can make a purchase via paypal or over the phone with a credit card and pick them up later or have them shipped (see more information below). i will no longer hold records. sorry.


prices are subject to change without notice.


prices do not include shipping and handling. for those of you shipping within the continental united states I offer a 5.00usd flat shipping rate for any amount of records and/or compact discs. shipping cost for international orders are calculated on an order by order basis. payments for orders can be made via paypal or with a credit card by telephone between 12-6pm/est.


i also offer bike messanger service via timecycle couriers. for the low cost of 10.00usd i can deliver any amount of records and/or cds you wish to purchase to your center city philadelphia location (this includes some parts of south, west and north philadelphia) within two hours (and for those of you who need your records even faster, we also offer ‘rush’ service for the low flat rate of 20.00usd for any amount of records/cds delivered to you within one hour). of course, we are still more than happy to ship records via the usps within philadelphia. as with the international shipments, orders placed before 5pm/est will ship out that evening and should reach their destination by the following day.


PICKS OF THE WEEK



AUTONERVOUS- FETALITIES 12”EP (duchess archive, usa)
14.98usd/9.93gbp/11.06eur/1428jpy (approx)


*It was during Jessie's tour with The Vanishing, sometime around their "In The Bat Haus", that an Autonervous cassette made it's way into the hand's of Duchess Archive. "Fetalities" is that cassette lovingly scratched into vinyl. Jessie Evans & Billy Bates, both from San Francisco’s notorious The Vanishing, were Autonervous. Jokingly referred to as Goth Aerobics, the EP is musically aligned with The Vanishing but with a slightly darker and more dance oriented sound. Strobe light rhythms, saxophone trills, mascara-caked reverb, and a couple blood-covered prom dresses. When Jessie moved from SF to Berlin Autonervous would morph into a cabaret-flavored collaboration with Bettina Koster (of Malaria) but this is where it all began.

SPECTOR PROTECTOR- SPECTOR PROTECTOR 12”EP (duchess archive, usa)
12.98usd/8.60gbp/9.58eur/1237jpy (approx)


*It was during Jessie's tour with The Vanishing, sometime around their "In The Bat Haus", that an Autonervous cassette made it's way into the hand's of Duchess Archive. "Fetalities" is that cassette lovingly scratched into vinyl. Jessie Evans & Billy Bates, both from San Francisco’s notorious The Vanishing, were Autonervous. Jokingly referred to as Goth Aerobics, the EP is musically aligned with The Vanishing but with a slightly darker and more dance oriented sound. Strobe light rhythms, saxophone trills, mascara-caked reverb, and a couple blood-covered prom dresses. When Jessie moved from SF to Berlin Autonervous would morph into a cabaret-flavored collaboration with Bettina Koster (of Malaria) but this is where it all began.

TURN PALE- MOCK TRIAL/HUNG JURY LP (duchess archive, usa)
12.98usd/8.60gbp/9.58eur/1237jpy (approx)


*Duchess Archive chased down this modest plain-clothes quartet from Bloomington, Indiana after witnessing an incendiary NYC-area performance. Turn Pale caress the darkened anxiety inside us all with raw unhinged fits that floor and center on an undercurrent of rhythm informed by only the finest of artifacts from the dancefloor post-punk heyday that was Rough Trade/Factory/4AD/Mute. Their first album made good on a promise of decadence but it is on "Mock Trial/Hung Jury" their second full length where Turn Pale take things so much further! Spastic dark dense danse songs and blood drenched ballads of undoing & insatiable desire. Extreme music for extreme people in extreme times. Kill the lights!

ENTERTAINMENT- GENDER LP (duchess archive, usa)
19.98usd/13.25gbp/14.75eur/1905jpy (approx)


*"Only Theatre Of Pain", "Song & Legend", "If I Die, I Die", "In The Flat Field"... "Gender" is the debut full length from Entertainment. Unapologeticly goth, hailing from an idyllic and storied small southern town, it is refreshing to encounter new depths to the hallowed precincts of pain and darkness. Limited edition of 500 copies on 180 gram vinyl. Defiantly operating beyond influence, trend, or fashion. Entertainment is a band. They play music like an Expressionist painting.


ROCK AND PSYCHEDELIC



SOCRATES DRANK THE CONIUM- ON THE WINGS LP (anazitisi, greece)
44.98usd/29.82gbp/33.20eur/4289jpy (approx)


*shop favorite restocked… Socrates made their first two albums as a three-piece, both of which tended towards psychedelic rock, with some rock-blues touches. This, the band’s third album, features a heavier sound than the previous two, and is more reminiscent of bands such as Led Zeppelin and Black Sabbath. For the recording of this album, Socrates Drank The Conium recruited a second guitarist, Gus Doukakis, (in addition to Yannis Spathas). At the time of this LP, the band was playing to standing-room-only crowds in a small club in Athens during Greece’s military dictatorship, a period when even Rolling Stone albums were hard to find, and for a time illegal. Must have had something to do with the face-melting twin-guitar barrage the band was laying down. Brent Lambert of Kitchen Mastering, quite a guitar player himself, after hearing several Spathas solos from thirty years ago said “If this guy had come to America he would be a guitar hero and everyone would know his name.” If you liked the way Hendrix, Ritchie Blackmore, Jimmy Page and Eddie Van Halen play you will love Spathas! This version reproduces the original gatefold (uni-pak) cover, which was present only in the very first, original, release. It’s black high quality paper with all photos and lettering printed in silver, and has the original Polydor International labels too. Also included is a black/silver, big poster (40x50cm). 180gr. vinyl as usual. In PVC protective outer sleeve. From the master tapes and fully licensed by Universal, Greece.

J.T. IV- COSMIC LIGHTNING LP+DVD (drag city, usa)
22.98usd/15.23gbp/16.96eur/2191jpy (approx)


*repressed… Like a bolt from the black, Cosmic Lightning has struck again -- but who felt the shock the first time around? The sounds of J.T. IV were too much for 1980s Chicago. Now they can be truly absorbed, 20 years after they first flashed. Rock and roll often grows out of harsh circumstances. John Timmis IV survived a broken childhood and a nightmarish adolescence, ending up homeless and hustling on the streets after being committed to a mental hospital by his mother in the mid-'70s. At New Trier High School on Chicago's North Shore, he obsessed over the Velvets and David Bowie and taught himself how to play guitar. Two years later, he recorded his first 45, Waiting for the C.T.A. backed with 'Song For Suzanne' and 'Death Trip.' Then came 'In The Can' (written during his institutional stay), which was included on the B-side of his second single, Destructo Rock. These singles were pressed in runs of a hundred or two -- and there are only two known extant copies of the first release. Both were recorded at Odyssey Studio on Michigan Avenue and released on J.T.'s Rock And Roll Records imprint. John did his best to publicize his work, giving away copies of Destructo Rock all around town. During the '90s, rare sightings were reported at record stores, and rumors persist that a few 45s can still be found in jukeboxes in Europe. Sadly, John's talents didn't include selling his records, and the copies he gave away haven't survived in any great numbers. After an odd absence in which he claimed to have been horribly disfigured in a car accident, John rebounded in 1987, and released his last single under the name Frankenstein. The Cosmic Lightning album was compiled from his singles discography. Additionally, he produced and directed the 85-hour film (longest film in history, according to the Guinness Book of World Records) entitled The Cure For Insomnia, which played once at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago. He finished a memoir entitled From The Inside, framing his life story inside a narrative of his time incarcerated at the Menninger Clinic. In 1988 he moved to Ohio, never to be heard from again. He died in 2002 after a long struggle with drugs and alcohol. Though his music was energized by the punk and glam movements, John was beyond style, feverishly (and unknowingly) meshing punk and classic rock sounds with dark psychedelic touches. He performed live only three times, at events that were almost make-believe concerts, showcasing his appeal in serendipitous fashion. The spirit of J.T. IV was a unique and damaged thing. He was a legend in his own mind, a mind that opened several times in his lifetime with thrilling results. His 1977 sophomore yearbook photo from New Trier graces the cover of Cosmic Lightning, as close to an official portrait as he ever came. This is what's left of J.T. IV -- and it rocks.

THE FACTORY- PATH THROUGH THE FOREST LP (guerssen, spain)
25.98usd/17.22gbp/19.18eur/2477jpy (approx)


*shop favorite restocked… '60s UK freakbeat legends The Factory get a new legit re-release of their complete available recordings and Guerssen is the proud new home for them. A real cult freakbeat & psychedelic group, well-known for such all-time favorite classics as "Path Through The Forest" and "Try A Little Sunshine," Factory released only a couple of 45s (both of them obscenely hard to find and going for heaps of money when rarely showing up). Here we get the 4 tracks which appearing on the 45s, plus a couple of tracks taken from acetates (killer covers of Family's "Second Generation Woman" and Fairport Convention's "Mr. Lacey"), as well as a new mix of "Path Through The Forest" that includes the original psychedelic effects that were supposed to make it on the original release but were dropped out by the MGM label supervisor. Remastered sound (only beware: "Second Generation Woman" comes from a destroyed acetate!) and with liner notes by Factory's producer Brian Carroll.

BARIS MANÇO- DÜNDEN BUGÜNE LP (guerssen, spain)
25.98usd/17.22gbp/19.18eur/2477jpy (approx)


*Barış Manço was one of the leading, most influential and most beloved Turkish rock musicians, along with Erkin Koray, Edip Akbayram and Cem Karaca, and this is his first long-player, released in 1971 by Sayan Productions. It's a compilation of tracks taken from previously-released 45s, plus the track "Lory" that only appears on this album. Killer psych-rock with a strong Turkish flavor, this features Baris' all-time classics like "Derule" and "Dağlar Dağlar I," as well as the brutal, wah-wah flooded "Küçük Bir Gece Müzigi," with its infectious drumming that drives anyone searching for sampling stuff mad. Not to be confused with two different releases with the same name that actually have different tracklistings and artwork, this is the real album as it was originally released. Reissued on vinyl for the first time, and including an insert with great photos of Barış as well as detailed liner notes.

ONE WAY TICKET- TIME IS RIGHT LP (guerssen, spain)
25.98usd/17.22gbp/19.18eur/2477jpy (approx)


*Behind this obscure and mysterious British late-'60s psych record, we find team of producers Brian Carroll and Damon Lyon-Shaw, famous for their involvement with mod-psych bands like The Factory and Five Day Rain. During the late '60s, they also recorded some tracks of their own at the legendary IBC studios and produced a bunch of underground groups for their Homegrown company. Basically, instead of a real group, One Way Ticket was, in fact, a mixture of various recordings from bands that Carroll and Lyon-Shaw had been involved with producing through Homegrown during 1968, along with some recordings of their own. For some strange reason, all of these recordings surfaced many years later, when they were gathered and released as a budget pressing album, featuring mysterious cover art, made-up liner notes and credits, under the One Way Ticket name on the President label in 1978. Musically, it's an odd album which ranges from late-'60s underground psych in the Chocolate Soup vein to freaky blues-psych not unlike Oliver's Standing Stone, with some glam-mod-psych and rockin' tunes. It even features three tracks also covered by the legendary Five Day Rain on their rare album.

WARLUS- SONGS LP (guerssen, spain)
25.98usd/17.22gbp/19.18eur/2477jpy (approx)


*shop favorite restocked… originally released as a private edition of only 200 copies in 1977 on the Joint label (but recorded two years earlier, in 1975), Warlus' Songs could be regarded as the king of all '70s French, obscure private pressings. Warlus was the brainchild of young musician Richard Maubert, who created a mini-masterpiece of twisted, melancholic, fuzzed-out psychedelic-pop, with a charming homemade sound/production and druggy atmosphere. Sung in English (and sounding incredibly at times like John Lennon) and recorded in an empty theater with one other guitarist, it also brings to mind obscure, private U.S. pressings like Kath. This is a very special record that will appeal to both psych aficionados and fans of '70s DIY weirdness. If you like other French private pressings like Dandelion and Les Temps Heureux, you'll be amazed when you hear Warlus. The reissue includes liner notes and pictures. Carefully remastered from a clean original copy (mastertapes were lost in time), and done under permission from Richard Maubert.

YVES & SERGE & VICTOR- CAGIBI LP (guerssen, spain)
25.98usd/17.22gbp/19.18eur/2477jpy (approx)


*shop favorite restocked… reissue of this mega-rare private pressing from France, 1975, with only 300 copies originally made. Pretty unknown album… and a killer! Nothing you would expect from a French record, really. This is 100% USA early-'70s sounding stuff: West Coast folk-rock with a psychedelic edge, CSNY feel, acoustic & electric guitars, some fierce fuzz assaults and English vocals. An incredible discovery! The original pressing came with a plain white cover, and a few copies were later pasted-on with a few very low quality photos.

KENNY & THE KASUALS- 1966-1968: THE SINGLES... PLUS LP (missing vinyl, greece)
25.98usd/17.22gbp/19.18eur/2477jpy (approx)


*Texas had without any doubt a great number of fine and very original bands during the 1960s, with The 13th Floor Elevators at the very top of the list of course, followed by almost forgotten groups that recorded whole albums like the great Golden Dawn, Lost & Found or the positively weird Red Crayola. There were also a slew of great Texas garage bands whose sole appearances have been on countless compilations. One of the very best of these bands was Kenny & the Kasuals. Thus it is that that we can say that we are genuinely excited about this original twenty track compilation fully authorized by Kenny B. Daniel, containing the best tracks the band recorded between 1966 and 1968. All their singles, all originals, including the killer fuzz-bass classic, 'Journey to Tyme', plus several unreleased tracks too. One of the best examples of US garage, teenbeat, or proto-psych, and a must have for each and every serious garage/psych collector. Limited edition, deluxe 180g vinyl. First ever vinyl issue of this title.

ARMANDO PIAZZA- SUÀN LP (missing vinyl, greece)
29.98usd/19.87gbp/22.13eur/2859jpy (approx)


*singer-songwriter Armando Piazza from Naples was joined by renowned US guitarist Shawn Phillips on bass, acoustic and electric guitar for this rarity, originally released on the obscure Black Beautiful Butterfly label in 1972; since it was sold only at concerts and by mail, it was difficult to find even then. And what a pity! Acid-psychedelic ballads in English, with bursts of fuzz guitar and excellent use of electric instruments as well as abundant acoustic guitar (the good people at Missing Vinyl say that the fuzz bass on ‘The House on the Hill’ will blow your mind and… speakers away)! This is an album considered to be one of the best, and is certainly one of the rarest European psychedelic albums, with original mint condition copies going nowadays for 1,000+ Euro. A heavy, yet subtle record, folky, with oddly inflected vocals and deliciously crunchy guitar. Limited edition, deluxe 180g vinyl, in a deluxe double gatefold cover that is a replica of the complex original jacket.

TRUTH- Of THEM AND OTHER TALES 2LP (missing vinyl, greece)
36.98usd/24.51gbp/27.30eur/3526jpy (approx)


*One of the best examples of late 60s US psychedelia, in almost every collector’s top-twenty list. Truth was a post-Them (as in Van Morrison & Them) Irish-American outfit consisting of three members of the version of Them which had recorded the band’s two terrific Tower label LPs ("Now and Them" and "Time Out, Time In For Them"): Jim Armstrong, who according to Wikipedia was once voted third best guitarist in the world, Kenny McDowell and Ray Elliot, plus two Americans, Curtis Bachman (ex-Buckinghams) and Reno Smith (ex-Baby Huey). Truth's adventurous late sixties' sound is a bit hard to categorize, but it's all here: sitar, flute, exotic studio effects and (most important) great songwriting. As Patrick “the Lama” Lundborg has said: “ If this sounds a bit like vintage Grateful Dead then all the better, because there is a distinct similarity between the Dead of, say, ‘China cat sunflower,’ and the airy, good-natured guitar psych of Truth. Not much is said about the band's influences in the liner notes but if I were to define them in terms of a pin placed on a wall-map of the USA, the spot would be Highway 1 halfway between LA and the Bay Area. There is already a pin there, marked Stalk-Forrest Group, and apart from the Dead that's one band that Truth remind me of. Impressive credentials for sure, but Truth needn't be embarrassed in this company, because their music is faultless and at its best outright stunning.” These tracks from 1969-70 (14 tracks, 68 minutes in total) were unearthed in the early 1990s and were released on CD in 1995; eleven come from master tapes, while the other three come from the acetate from a studio session for a prospective Epic label deal that never came to fruition. The packaging is lavish, with in depth liner notes, including many photos and archival images, which tell the Them/Truth story as never before. Limited edition, deluxe 180g vinyl double-LP package, heavy gatefold cover, extensive group history and photos. Previously unreleased on vinyl.
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MCCHURCH SOUNDROOM- DELUSION LP (ohrwaschl/kuckuck, germany)
25.98usd/17.22gbp/19.18eur/2477jpy (approx)


*the album cover of this rare Krautrock album is devoid of information (except that the lyrics are by Marcel Schaar), so any history of the band is impossible at present. Nevertheless, it has long been established as a major Krautrock title. Here is what Crack in the Cosmic Egg says about it: “starting deceptively in folk-rock realms, “Delusion” moves around a lot, never sitting comfortably within any genre; it is largely instrumental, bridging psychedelic, hard-rock and fusion, being variably comparable to Gomorrah, Thirsty Moon and other such bands. Perhaps the nearest comparison is Gravy Train's superb debut, which similarly featured flute in a variety of rock and fusion styles. A classic!” Engineered by the “third member of Neu!”, Conny Plank.

SUBJECT ESQ.- SUBJECT ESQ. LP (ohrwaschl/kuckuck, germany)
25.98usd/17.22gbp/19.18eur/2477jpy (approx)


*reissue of the only release by Subject Esq. (Epic, 1972) before they changed their name to Sahara; complex progressive rock with fusion elements, showing classical influences, and demonstrating superb musicianship throughout. Comparable to many other bands of the era, like Thirsty Moon, Camel, etc.—in fact, they have a similar degree of complexity and inventiveness (multi-tracked sax and guitars, and so on) to many bands from the Canterbury scene. Subject Esq. had unique touches of their own, with an unusual use of vocals, time signatures, and a wide range of solo instruments, all of which are given plenty of room in the lengthy instrumental sections. An odd major label album, so perhaps it’s no surprise that they left CBS to record their more esoteric Sahara albums.

ZOMBI- SPIRIT ANIMAL 2LP (relapse, usa)
29.98usd/19.87gbp/22.13eur/2859jpy (approx)


*limited edition white vinyl version… Having previously taken cinematic synth-based rock as far as it could go, they added not only guitars to the new album, but a whole new attitude as well. This is a tour de force whose up-tempo moods, patented psychedelic poly-rhythms & bouncing, lush interplay between men & machines ushers in a scintillating new era for the band


PUNK AND POST-PUNK



FLIPPER- ALBUM: GENERIC FLIPPER LP (4 men with beards, usa)
19.98usd/13.25gbp/14.75eur/1905jpy (approx)


*The first record from San Francisco's legendary Flipper, originally released in 1982. Post-hardcore? Post-punk? Art-rock? Despite being a part of SF's punk scene Flipper were really only punk in spirit, eschewing conventions and making no concessions. Sludgy, distorted, atonal, noise rock jams that sound as urgent and heavy as they must have 25 years ago. A huge influence on bands such as Nirvana (their current lineup includes Krist Novoselic on bass) and The Melvins. Album - Generic Flipper contains the classics 'Sex Bomb,' and 'Life.'" 180 gram vinyl.

MINOR THREAT- FIRST TWO 7"S LP (dischord, usa)
12.98usd/8.60gbp/9.58eur/1237jpy (approx)


*remastered vinyl reissue from last year in stock for the first time. essential and classic dc hardcore. short and sharp. includes digital download coupon.

EAT SKULL- WILD AND INSIDE LP (siltbreeze, usa)
12.98usd/8.60gbp/9.58eur/1237jpy (approx)


*Eat Skull's Sick to Death received worldwide accolades for its frantic pacing, unimpeachable lyric quality, and nugget after nugget of pop hooks buried under a gob of lo-fi muzz. On this follow-up, fans and critics will find a cleaner, more inimitable Eat Skull at work. Frontman Rob Enbom has outdone himself with both lyrics and structure on Wild and Inside, and the band as a whole rises to the challenge of nixing the lo-fi tag for a sound that's less... antecedent. Gone is the wall of crud that prevents discerning listeners from identifying the instrumental play-by-play; in its stead, a set of crafted songs recall the paisley punk of The Last and the rural-delica of Great Plains, as well as nodding to the sanguine pop of early Flying Nun bands such as The Double Happys. Wild and Inside is a grower for the ages. It breathes deep and exhales perfectly.

TYVEK- TYVEK LP (siltbreeze, usa)
12.98usd/8.60gbp/9.58eur/1237jpy (approx)


*Following a gaggle of seven-inches for goose-y labels such as X!, What's Your Rupture?, S-S, and M'Lady's Records, Tyvek delivers a long-player that couldn't make Siltbreeze happier were the colonel slathered in foie gras and seared to a crisp. A few tracks on this effort are familiar to any who saw the band live in 2008; the rest, well, it's as fresh as new fallen snow when you get right down to it. Combining an uncanny channeling of The Urinals and early Mekons, Tyvek drops jaws to floors with solid acorns of repetitive punk/pop numbers that became oaks almost instantaneously. The inclusion of Damon (a.k.a. Teets of Puffy Areolas) brings in another sonic dimension and suddenly the band's set veers into a Velvet Underground-by-way-of-The Feelies stratosphere. Here yuo'll find a mixture of both, the blend of two perfect worlds. Practically a year in the making, this baby is worth every second of the wait.

STATIC STATIC- PSYCHIC EYES LP (tic tac totally, usa)
15.98usd/10.59gbp/11.80eur/1524jpy (approx)


*Official release of the Psychic Eyes LP in case ya weren't able to get one of the 200 hand-screened tour copies last year. Static Static combine live and electronic instruments and percussion in a way that produces a serious sounding, sharpened state of bright and hynotic electronic fuzz punk. Citing influences like Devo, Chrome, Electric Eels, Suicide you can gather an image pretty quickly. You probably know the deal by now with their string of EPs on 4:2:2, Hozac and more. Definitely a must have rocker with a reserved and serious no bullshit sound that shirks all the speculative bullshit for a straight ahead approach with no time for anything but good fucking songs.


INDIE



CRYSTAL STILTS- ALIGHT OF NIGHT LP (slumberland, usa)
12.98usd/8.60gbp/9.58eur/1237jpy (approx)


*It's no secret that Brooklyn is home to mighty happening music, but few bands have as unique a vibe and presence as Crystal Stilts. Formed in 2003 by Brad Hargett and JB Townsend, the band quickly recorded their debut single, "Shattered Shine," with Sean Mafucci (Gang Gang Dance, Kid Congo Powers). The combination of Hargett's deep and mysterious vocals and Townsend's classicist garagey twang struck an immediate chord with New York's music lovers, and 2005 and 2006 saw the band play with everyone from Blood On The Wall and caUSE co-MOTION! to The Long Blondes and 1990s, culminating in the addition of organ player Kyle Forrester (Ladybug Transistor) and the recording of a four-song EP. 2007 and 2008 were busy for Crystal Stilts as well, with the band rounding out their line-up with bassist Andy Adler (The Ninjas) and drummer extraordinaire Frankie Rose (Vivian Girls), and playing a string of insane shows with the likes of The Clean and The Vaselines. Recently, Brooklyn's Woodsist label reissued the band's single and EP to acclaim from Pitchfork and Stereogum. Along the way, they've been working on the tracks for their eagerly anticipated debut album, taking time to ensure that each tune contributes just the right amount to the whole, a perfect album which realizes their distinctive music vision. Alight of Night delivers on the promise of those early singles. There is an unmistakable flavor of The Velvet Underground to be had, but Crystal Stilts' spectral avant-garage also references the spooked '60s Texas psych of The 13th Floor Elevators and Red Crayola, the gothic blues/punk howl of The Gun Club, the dark, experimental DIYism of early Flying Nun/Xpressway groups Pin Group and Plagal Grind, and a post-punk minimalism that brings to mind early Rough Trade and Factory releases. A strong pop element brings to mind the buzzsaw bubblegum of early Jesus and Mary Chain B-sides and Meat Whiplash. These are all just rough points of reference, though. From the twang 'n' echo of "Crystal Stilts" to the primal pop stomp of "Prismatic Room" and the lovely jangle of "Shattered Shine," the band adds something extra and unique to the mix, whether it's a fleeting dash of harmonica, a hypnotic organ line, or simply an amazing guitar sound. A unity of purpose is at work here, a special mood conjured by the sounds, production and sequence of songs that lifts Alight of Night into the realm of the classics and reveals new twists and turns on each listen.

PAINS OF BEING PURE AT HEART- PAINS OF BEING PURE AT HEART LP (slumberland, usa)
12.98usd/8.60gbp/9.58eur/1237jpy (approx)


*Since forming in early 2007, The Pains of Being Pure At Heart have become one of the most talked-about pop bands in years. Their distinctive style tidily distills all the great noise-pop precedents-- early My Bloody Valentine, House of Love, Pale Saints, Rocketship-- with incredible exuberance and energy in every song. They have released a handful of singles on such classy labels Slumberland, Fortuna Pop!, Atomic Beat, and Cloudberry, each one issued to greater anticipation and even wilder reception. Critical acclaim has come from such varied quarters as Stereogum, Fader, Big Takeover, Indie Pages, Skatterbrain, Drowned In Sound, Indie-MP3, Clash Magazine, and countless others. Following the band's ace "Everything With You" single and whirlwind Swedish tour, The Pains of Being Pure At Heart is an instant classic, packed with brilliantly executed pop gems that blend the rush of youthful enthusiasm with crafty arrangements, well-honed tunes and buckets of guitar racket. One instantly identifiable thing about a Pains record is the essential "rightness" of their tunes. They have captured the attention of pop fans around the world and raised anticipation levels for this album to a near-fever pitch.
Smashing tunes like "Come Saturday" and "Young Adult Friction" are classic, three-minute masterpieces that simply beg to be played on repeat. "Stay Alive" and "Gentle Sons" show the band can slow it down and still rock it, and "Hey Paul" is a brash a slice of noise-blast guitar pop. Handily transcending easy pigeonholes like "indie pop" and "indie rock," The Pains of Being Pure At Heart is just a great album that shows a smart young band fulfilling their potential and crafting a very convincing statement of purpose.

SO COW- SO COW LP (tic tac totally, usa)
18.98usd/12.58gbp/14.01eur/1810jpy (approx)


*eighteen choice numbers from tuam's favored songsmith and overall pop genius Brian Kelly. This LP includes selected tracks from his self-released cds, the two singles, plus a dash of new material making it the fucking greatest LP ever made. Hahaha. All of this was remastered from the original recordings by Mr. Bob Weston (the archival genius that brought ya that J.T. IV LP) and his slightly less expensive accomplice Carl Saff. So no expense nor headache was spared to bring you the finest in So Cow tunery just in time for his world fucking tour.


FOLK AND ROOTS



WILLIE LANE- KNOWN QUANTITY LP (cord-art, usa)
16.98usd/11.48gbp/12.83eur/1671jpy (approx)


*nice looking and sounding private press lp by this philadelphia transplant (by way of western massachusetts… and on again/off again mv/ee sideman). paste-on sleeve, limited edition of 350. “Fantastic looking private press LP from Willie Lane, the first full length vinyl release under his own name. Lane is best known for his work with Matthew Valentine and Erika Elder and the one CD he dropped on Child Of Microtones is a regular late-night bomb at VT HQ. Known Quantity expands on the eerie 3am raga guitar sound of that particular side, with a series of solo guitar setting that run across 6 and 12 string acoustic, electric guitar, banjo and dulcimer with a guest appearance from Samara Lubelski on bass. Lane has a unique electric style, especially when he pumps the guitar through a constant wah wah that sounds a little bit like Manuel Mota’s recent form. But Lane is more versed in American guitar soli than European string-think and his conceptions borrow more from the whole Sandy Bull/Pat Kilroy/Peter Walker school of dosed traditionals than any codified improv gambits. There’s a heady Spectrasound feel to the recordings, a still, urban quality that isn’t a million miles from the Siltbreeze aesthetic (indeed he thanks Tom Lax on the insert) but it’s the playing that really raises this above the countless post-Fahey/Rose/Valentine sides set on sinking six string euphorics with polished technique and nada in terms of vision. Lane’s style is weird, non-linear, spider-slow and hypnotic.” -volcanic tongue


FUNK AND SOUL



FUNKADELIC- COSMIC SLOP LP (4 men with beards, usa)
19.98usd/13.25gbp/14.75eur/1905jpy (approx)


*Another classic LP from the P-Funk camp, originally released in 1973. The title track is an absolute stone classic funk jam and 'Nappy Dugout' is another heavily sampled nugget (most notably on A Tribe Called Quest's 'Ham And Eggs'). George Clinton gets heavy too, in the harrowing Vietnam War spoken word 'March To The Witch's Castle.' Get down with another killer Funkadelic title. 180 gram vinyl. Deluxe gatefold sleeve.

FUNKADELIC- FREE YOUR MIND... AND YOUR ASS WILL FOLLOW LP (4 men with beards, usa)
19.98usd/13.25gbp/14.75eur/1905jpy (approx)


*Funkadelic's second LP, originally released in 1970, is another straight up masterpiece from the stoniest, strangest funk and R&B group of all-time. Opening with the 10 minute title track complete with a shredding keyboard solo from Bernie Worrell and, of course, the six-stringed insanity of Eddie Hazel. One of George Clinton's finest sets of songs and another essential part of the Parliament-Funkadelic catalog. 180 gram vinyl. Deluxe gatefold sleeve.

FUNKADELIC- MAGGOT BRAIN LP (4 men with beards, usa)
19.98usd/13.25gbp/14.75eur/1905jpy (approx)


*shop favorite restocked… 1971's Maggot Brain is Funkadelic's all-out masterpiece. Absolutely no one working in soul and funk at the time had the scope, vision, and, let's be honest, sheer lunacy to pull off the kind of record that George Clinton and his collaborators have made here. Eccentric funk jams are bookended by two of the heaviest tracks ('Maggot Brain' and 'Wars Of Armageddon') ever committed to tape. The title track, and album opener, is nothing short of mind-blowing, Eddie Hazel's guitar is a revolution brought on by Clinton, who supposedly told him to 'play like your momma just died.' An essential classic and the deepest album to come out of the Parliament-Funkadelic camp. Gatefold sleeve, 180 gram vinyl.

FUNKADELIC- FUNKADELIC LP (4 men with beards, usa)
19.98usd/13.25gbp/14.75eur/1905jpy (approx)


*shop favorite restocked… The 1970 debut from Detroit's nastiest, most shredding progenitors of funk-rock. Arising from the ashes of George Clinton's Plainfield, New Jersey led R&B group, The Parliaments, Funkadelic formed in the late '60s and, in addition to Clinton, included the blazing guitar of Eddie Hazel, organist Mickey Atkins, rhythm guitarist Tawl Ross, and drummer Tiki Fulwood. Though firmly rooted in funk and soul, Funkadelic incorporates a dark psychedelic element, influenced by Hendrix and Sly Stone, to create a sound that was unparalleled at the time and since. Sampled by everyone from DJ Shadow to Ice Cube, De La Soul, and the Beastie Boys, Funkadelic still sounds fresh today and is the first solid example of George Clinton's eccentric genius. 180 gram vinyl, tip-on sleeve.

V/A- LOCAL CUSTOMS: DOWNRIVER REVIVAL 2LP+DVD (numero group, usa)
25.98usd/17.22gbp/19.18eur/2477jpy (approx)


*shop favorite restocked… Between 1967 and 1981 Detroit's downriver neighbor Ecorse, MI had its very own Moe Asch. Set up in a basement on 18th Avenue, Felton Williams' Double U Sound chronicled the musical lives of Ecorse's citizens and issued them on the Solid Rock, Compose, and Revival labels. Compiled here are 24 of Williams' most fascinating recordings, covering gospel, group soul, garage-punk, northern, jazz, and funk. Also included in the 2LP package is a DVD of the nearly 200 sound recordings pulled from his archives and a 30 minute documentary on the making of Downriver Revival. Deluxe 2LP set contains 24 prime tracks from the Double U archives housed in a thick gatefold sleeve with a tipped in booklet stuffed with photos and detailed notes on the recordings. DVD contains a virtual vault for a 'dig your own' experience. Artists include Shirley Ann Lee, Gospel Supremes, Coleman Family, Calvin Cooke, Bobby Cook & the Explosions, Organics, Combinations, Apostles Of Music, Deliverance Echoes, The Young Generation, Junior Mays Group, The Burgess Band, Mighty Voices Of Wonder and Voices Of Deliverance.


JAZZ



THE PYRAMIDS- BIRTH/SPEED/MERGING LP (ikef, usa)
19.98usd/13.25gbp/14.75eur/1905jpy (approx)


*shop favorite restocked… A psychedelic Afrojazz stunner that capped off a feverish diaspora from the Midwest to the Bay Area by way of Africa. Cut in 1975, Birth/Speed/Merging was the band's highest end production to date and their final recorded act. The mood was celebratory, carnivalesque and wholly in the groove. Features the burning classic 'Black Man & Woman Of The Nile.' Remastered from the original source tapes. 180 gram virgin vinyl pressing.

THE PYRAMIDS- KING OF KINGS LP (ikef, usa)
19.98usd/13.25gbp/14.75eur/1905jpy (approx)


*shop favorite restocked… 'There were spirits in that recording studio! I remember a feeling of spiritual strength while we were recording! Images and sounds reverberating off the walls!' - Idris Ackamoor. Though only a year had passed in the time between the fierce abandon of Lalibela and 1974's King Of Kings, it signaled a monumental shift for the band. By 1974, the core Pyramids continued their musical odyssey with their Lalibela collaborators -- percussionists Hekaptah, Marcel Lytle and saxophonist Masai -- while welcoming drummer-in-exile Donald Robinson back to the Pyramids' Midwestern American family. Inspired, the group set to shape a set of compositions that most fully realized -- in form, feel & reflection -- their African passage. On a spring day in 1974, the Pyramids went into a remote 16-track studio called Appalachia Sound Recording hours from Antioch in Chillicothe, Ohio -- the site of ancient native Indian burial mounds -- and, with no less intensity than before, cut a warm and infectious spiritual jazz masterpiece -- King of Kings -- in a day and headed back to Antioch that night. Exact repro of the ultra-rare private issue LP on the band's Pyramid Records label. Remastered from the original source tapes. 180 gram virgin vinyl pressing.

THE PYRAMIDS- LALIBELA LP (ikef, usa)
19.98usd/13.25gbp/14.75eur/1905jpy (approx)


*shop favorite restocked… 'We were playing music to burst out of our bodies. Extremely free! Extremely intense!' -- Idrissa Ackamoor. The Pyramids came together in the feverish expat climate of Paris & Amsterdam in 1971 where the three Antioch classmates -- Idrissa Ackamoor, Margo Ackamoor and Kimathi Asante -- hooked up with drummer Donald Robinson and began to flesh out their own brand of musical freedom, but it was the subsequent pilgrimage back to Africa that proved to be the young musicians' creative awakening & truly set their brand of spiritual jazz apart from the pack. Cut just months after their return to Yellow Springs, Ohio in 1973 with kindred players jumping in on the session, Lalibela is an urgent, beautiful & massive two track suite of propulsive Afrodelic cosmic earth groove. Exact repro of the ultra-rare private issue LP on the band's Pyramid Records label. Remastered from the original source tapes. 180 gram virgin vinyl pressing.


GREY AREA



MASAHIKO SATOH & SOUNDBREAKERS- AMALGAMATION CD (drone syndicate, sweden)
18.98usd/12.58gbp/14.01eur/1810jpy (approx)


*Number seven on the Japrocksampler Top 50, available again for the first time in over a decade… This preposterous piece of psychedelic avant-jazz sounds like the work of aliens, each with only one foot in our universe. Propelled by cacophonous brassy blasts, volleys of machine-gunning, ecstatically 'Light Fantastic' rhythms and moments of Teo Macero-style 'Mixing Concrète' (during which the whole track becomes consumed by waves of new sound); the result is the most singular mash-up of inappropriate sounds any listener is ever likely to hear. Over two side-long tracks, shaman Masahiko Satoh sends us through a sonic mind-field, baffling our senses and our sense of gravity. Located at the centre of Amalgamation's giddy sessions was the frantic Detroit drumming of hard-bop legend Louis Hayes, whose role it was to play the bubbling ever unfolding fundament on which Masahiko Satoh's whole trip proceeded, as though the rhythm section were a magic carpet magically pulled out from under the feet of the other performers. Over this rhythmic shaking, Satoh scattered Hammond organ around and ring-modulated his Fender Rhodes piano solos (Roland built three especially for the record), added lead guitar from 'super session' legend Kimio Mizutani, trumpets and sax from Mototeru Takagi, scat singing from Kayoko Itoh, and strings from the Wehnne Strings Consort. -Japrocksampler

LOVE LIVE LIFE + ONE- LOVE WILL MAKE A BETTER YOU CD (drone syndicate, sweden)
18.98usd/12.58gbp/14.01eur/1810jpy (approx)


*Number six on the Japrocksampler Top 50, available again for the first time in over a decade… Commencing with singer Akira Fuse's goggle-eyed one-day-old-baby innocence, Love Live Life + 1's album opener 'The Question Mark' escorts us through an eighteen-minute free-rock R&B adventure like nothing before or since. Clanking harsher than even the title track of Funkadelic's Free Your Mind & Your Ass Will Follow, and twice as long; cosmic as the Cosmic Joker's Galactic Supermarket, and gnarly as John McLaughlin's out-there-a-minute axe excursions on Miles's 'Right Off'' or his own Devotion solo LP, do these guys fight for their right to party! The mellower second side includes the insanely brilliant eight-minute epic 'Shadows Of My Mind,' in which Akira Fuse sings like some drunken Italian baritone, while atonal swooping strings and crazy brass support/undermine him; then it's off into a juggernaut bass-heavy clatterthon with duel-axe outrage of the highest level. And how about that title track whose catchy bastard licks unashamedly rip Sly's 'I Want To Take You Higher,' but still have you singing along with Fuse? The record closes brilliantly with the demented 'Facts About It All,' which opens like Fuse laying a grunting 6/8 James Brown/Eric Burdon ballad on us. But no, this miniature R&B opera says in 2 minutes and 56 seconds what prog bands took a whole side to say. All hail visionary genius Ikuzo Orita for uniting his fave guitarist Kimio Mizutani with the errant free-jazz Gibson 335 of Takao Naoi, whose brittle spittle pops permanent wheelies around these slippery rhythm tracks. Also hail Orita for recognizing the genius of these songs of sax player Kei Ichihara, for trusting Akira Fuse's professionalism and open-mindedness, and for seeing this 33-minute-long classic to its unlikely conclusion. -Japrocksampler

TAJ MAHAL TRAVELLERS- LIVE STOCKHOLM JULY, 1971 2CD (drone syndicate, sweden)
18.98usd/12.58gbp/14.01eur/1810jpy (approx)


*shop favorite restocked… Led by infamous Fluxus member Takehisa Kosugi, Tokyo's Taj Mahal Travellers were one of the prime examples of a band more heard-of than actually heard. Their vinyl legacy (the 1972 LP July 15, 1972 released on CBS/Sony Japan; the 1974 2LP August 1974 released on Columbia Japan and recently reissued by P-Vine as a 2CD; one side of the mythical Oz Days Live 2LP compilation released on Oz in 1973 and recently bootlegged as a single LP) could dig a hole in your wallet deeper than the Grand Canyon. However, the recent reissues have spread the gospel and so here is the chance to hear the young Taj Mahal Travellers live in Stockholm during their 'tour' through Europe in 1971. It's one 2-hour long improvised track. Enough free-floating higher key bliss to keep every grown-up space cadet happy for a lot longer.." From Julian Cope's Japrocksampler: "This album is a discorporated, cerebral dance whose rhythm sounds like six weather Gods emulating the cover of Deep Purple's Fireball by zooming around Silverstone circuit just inches above the track, each urging himself on by making engine noises: 'Eee-oww-urghh-ow!!!!!!!' Opening with Ryo Koike's horizontally played bowed double bass, it's my fave of Taj Mahal Travellers' three releases, better even than the obstinate medication of the first official LP JULY 15, 1972, because there's twice as much of it. Meditatively, it's extremely useful too: at the entrance portals of this live record, Ryo Koike uses his bass to invoke phlegm phantoms and cranny demons from the butt walls of Cronosian caverns; conjuring a sound as Biblical as Conrad Schnitzler's bizarre bowed cello on T. Dream's Electronic Meditation. Gradually, hesitatingly, almost imperceptibly, a violin theme installs itself, establishing over the next quarter of an hour clop-clopping hooves of hollow rhythm that conjure up the image of frustrated pastoralists driving their reluctant donkeys around the highest and most precipitous cliff edges, as their valuable cargoes sway and shudder and threaten to come untied at any moment. Recorded a full year before their first official LP, I think this in concert album is a far better and more confident shamanic statement, for this Stockholm recording melded together all six group members in such a way that no single musician rises from the primal soup long enough to establish his singular muse. The vocal effects are truly stunning, evoking everything from comb-and-paper voices playing Zeus in the sixty-metre deep Dhikhtean Antron to braying cartoon coyotes laughing to their deaths.

SIR RICHARD BISHOP- IMPROVIKA LP (locust, usa)
19.98usd/13.25gbp/14.75eur/1905jpy (approx)


*180 gram vinyl, packaged in deluxe silkscreened art paper… By trade Sir Richard Bishop is a dealer of rare occult books and fine paper ephemera. For many in the musical cosmos, he has occasion to travel the smoke filled carnie circuit as 1/3 of the Sun City Girls medicine show. But in the twilight hours of a shadow world once sensed only by few, Bishop is a dazzling unaccompanied guitarist. On Improvika, Bishop rides a very tall horse through a surrealist's cowboy set that's 1 part bruit Peckinpah muscularity & 2 parts illuminated Jodorowskian symbolism.. A very strange place, indeed. Armed only with a single steel string wooden guitar, bare-knuckled Bishop fends off the horrors & dangers of the night with ease as he spits out glorious white robed Arabesques, Django-inspired gypsy arcs, & Latin terracotta flourishes like so many spinning tumbleweeds in a one horse town that is his alone. Improvika is Sir Richard's solo installment for locust's long running Wooden Guitar series.

HENRY FLYNT- BACK PORCH HILLBILLY BLUES VOLUME 1 LP (locust, usa)
19.98usd/13.25gbp/14.75eur/1905jpy (approx)


*Like a hidden relic from the far side of the Harry Smith catalog, these early 1960s recordings are a splendid collection of high lonesome hillbilly fiddle and ukulele instrumentals that are surely Henry Flynt's most articulated statements to date of his honest-to-god, true-to-life affinity and love for that dry earth choogaloo upper mountain lower boogaloo foot stomping folk music. Standouts include the acid fried 13th Floor Elevators-ish 'Sky Turned Red' and the 15-plus minute lazy zen epic hum and strum album closer, 'Blue Sky, Highway and Tyme.' No doubt, this is Appalachian bruit driving music bar none.

HENRY FLYNT- BACK PORCH HILLBILLY BLUES VOLUME 2 LP (locust, usa)
19.98usd/13.25gbp/14.75eur/1905jpy (approx)


*Here we find ourselves hot on the skidmarks of Henry's brawl with sonic self invention documented on last summer's splendid Raga Electric with two complementary volumes emerging from the same physical time but a very different head space continuum indeed. On BPHB Volume 2, avant-hillbilly master fiddler Henry Flynt scuffles through a most peculiar set of electrified and acoustic bumpkin fiddle howls and screeches circa early to mid 1960s. From the enviable opening 'echo rock', in which Flynt does his best to compete with the electroecho buzz of a Jorgen Ingmann or Link Wray to the beauteous instrumental glow of the extended modal country jam of 'Jamboree,' Flynt proves once again that his is not a music simply rooted in the taut belt of New York-isms, schisms and jisms. This is music that howls from a unique voice whose love for the folk songbook (known and imagined) is as resonant as a cowbell and as deep as a freshwater well.

HENRY FLYNT- DHARMA WARRIORS LP (locust, usa)
19.98usd/13.25gbp/14.75eur/1905jpy (approx)


*shop favorite restocked… The Dharma Warriors was the elemental guitar/drum rock concoction of Henry Flynt & C.C. Hennix. In 1983, the pair hooked up in Woodstock at Hennix's rented house and let freedom ring with two lengthy boombox recordings. 'Warriors of the Dharma' and 'Mount Fuji on My Mind' are classics of unrefined blues boogie and unhemmed stoner rock.


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