1970s Vinyl 355 Items

Still shrink wrapped but opened.
Cover as new with slightly dented corners.
Record is close to VG+.

Black Friday Record Store Day 2022 Clear Vinyl Edition.
Still shrink wrapped but opened.
Cover as new with slightly dented corners.
Records are close to VG+

Still sealed with hype sticker. Tiny wear. Limited edition.

OBI is missing!

Still in shrink, but opened, with hype sticker

2017 remastered and pressed to 180gram vinyl.

Close to NM.

Original japanese pressing with OBI.

Japanese pressing with obi. Faint discoloration inside gatefold and on back cover.

Original japanese pressing with OBI.

No obi. tiny wear

The cover has ring wear and bended corners. Vinyl has slight scratches.

Original inner sleeve

Robert Rental takes up residence with Dark Entries again for an expanded double vinyl reissue of Mental Detentions. Robert Rental was a Scottish pioneer of DIY electronic music. Along with his illustrious collaborators like Thomas Leer and Daniel Miller, Rental helped shape the countercultural sound of the UK with his timely melding of Krautrock, dub, and punk. Originally from Port Glasgow, he moved to the south of England with Thomas Leer in the late 1970s, and became involved with the local music scene. Robert Rental however released very little of his solo music - the only solo recording from The 1970s is the 7" single "Paralysis" first released on the homemade Regular Records in 1978, and re-released on Dark Entries in 2020. Mental Detentions was released as a cassette in 1979, the same year as his masterpiece The Bridge, a collaboration with Thomas Leer. Using an assortment of budget electronics - a Roland drum machine, a kid’s Stylophone keyboard, and an Electroharmonix DrQ - Robert takes us on a gauzy, trip, at once expansive and intimate, minimalist and maximalist. “Stuck” is mangled motorik, like Neu! run through a meat grinder, while “Vox” meanders like an 18 minute ambient fever dream. Robert spoke to friends of his frustration at being unable to replicate his sound in a commercial studio - it was these demos' sound that he wanted to create. Sometimes having only access to the most rudimentary of equipment can sharpen one’s craft - necessity is the mother of invention, indeed. This ethic shines in his work, providing a throughline to the now, as the world feels bigger and smaller than ever.

Japanese pressing without OBI! Coopy is close to NM!

Japanese pressing without OBI.

Japanese pressing with OBI!

Japanese pressing without OBI! Copy is close to NM!

Still sealed with hype sticker. Tiny corner wear. 2018 reissue.

Vinyl is close to NM. Early German reissue on white labels. Original inner sleeve

Wax residue on the outer rim of side B, It affects the grooves of the first track in minimal way, otherwise the record is NM. Still in shrink, but opened, with hype sticker

Original japanese pressing without OBI!

Embossed cover has slight wear, With insert. Japanese pressing, OBI is missing. Records need proper cleaning (foxing), probably a good VG afterwards

Cover with OBI is close to NM. With insert. Japanese reissue from 1979.

Japanese pressing with obi and insert. Foxing on back cover otherwise VG+

Japanese pressing, no Obi.

Japanese pressing without OBI, with insert. Cover close to NM

Japanese pressing without OBI

Japanese pressing. Promo copy. OBI is missing. close to NM