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Samuel Prody Black Vinyl Edition

Release: 1976 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Rock & Indie

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First official vinyl reissue of this sought-after psychedelic folk-rock / Americana / SSW album from 1976.

Major Arcana was a group led by counter-culture Milwaukee icon JIM Spencer, featuring a revolving cast of musicians / collaborators. The core of the band was Jim Spencer (guitar, vocals); Randall Dubis (electric guitar); Michael Burdecki (bass, slide guitar) and Jim Kitchen (percussion, harmonica). They were helped in the studio by some friends / musicians like Sigmund Snopek III and Barry Patton among many others.

Released on Jim Spencer’s own private label (A Major Label, home also to Anonymous of “Inside The Shadow” fame), the album opens with the terrific psych-folk of “Western Wind” and closes with an acid-folk rendition of “Greensleeves”. In between, you’ll also find some blues rock, SSW ballads, jazzy bits…

File next to groups like Pearls Before Swine or Bermuda Triangle.

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Samuel Prody

LP | 1971 | EU | Reissue (Guerssen)

LP | 1978 | EU | Reissue (Sommor)

Release: 1971 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Rock & Indie

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Heavy-rock classic from 1971 now officially reissued for the first time. Samuel Prody was a British psychedelic hard-rock band which evolved from another group called Giant (originally with Viv Prince of the Pretty Things on drums!). Led by bass player / vocalist Tony Savva and featuring top guitar player Derek Smallcombe (Jason Crest), they recorded their sole album in England but for some weird reason it was only released in Germany back at the time, making it a true rarity of the heavy prog era. Wild vocals, pounding drums, distorted guitars, psych effects…culminating in the eight-minutes long “Hallucination”. Bootlegged many times, we present the first-ever band sanctioned reissue with their amazing history told for the first time.

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Luigi Ana Da Boys

Feeling The Ceiling

Poder Del Alma II Black Vinyl Edition

Release: 1978 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Rock & Indie

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Originally released as a private press in 1978 (but sounding more akin to 1970), this is a terrific example of British hard-rock / heavy-prog in the same vein as Wishbone Ash or Thin Lizzy, dominated by killer twin guitar attacks. With roots in the West Yorkshire pub rock scene and led by ace guitar player Duncan McFarlane, Luigi Ana Da Boys recorded their first album, “Feeling The Ceiling”, at a local studio in Leeds. 1000 copies were self-released in a plain white sleeve with a single-sided credits insert, as the band didn’t have the money for a picture sleeve. One of those copies ended up with John Peel, who raved about the band and played a couple of songs at his radio show.

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Poder Del Alma

LP | 1974 | EU | Reissue (Pharaway Sounds)

Poder Del Alma Black Vinyl Edition

Release: 1974 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves, Rock & Indie

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Impossible to find second album by this band from Nicaragua, 1975. A cool mix of Latin funk, jazz, salsa and psychedelic grooves. Including some of their most sought after tracks like ”Bacanal’ 76”, “Mimo” or the antiracist statement “La Conga de las Dos Razas”. After recording their first LP in Guatemala, Nica supergroup Poder del Alma travelled to Costa Rica to register their second album. This time the recording studio and equipment (including Mini-Moog) were better and the band featured a new line-up. The result was a powerful album which is now one of the holy grails of Latin funk worldwide.

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Poder Del Alma

LP | 1974 | EU | Reissue (Pharaway Sounds)

LP | 1971 | CA | Reissue (Return To Analog)

Release: 1974 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves, Rock & Indie

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First ever reissue!! Psychedelic Latin-funk holy grail from Nicaragua, 1974!! Poder del Alma (“Soul Power”) was a supergroup formed by some of the best musicians from the Nica scene. This all-star band of nine members was assembled to play at the famous free concert of Santana in Managua in benefit for the 1972 earthquake. After that successful gig supporting the Latin-Rock superstar, what was to be a one-night stand became the seed of the most loved Nicaraguan act from the 70s. All the members had already played an important role in the history of the Nica music / hippie scene in the 1960s. Among them, we can find Román Cerpas (previously on Bwana), René “Chapo Domínguez (Los Rockets), Edgar “El Gato” Aguilar… A few months after the Managua concert with Santana, Poder del Alma traveled to Guatemala to record their first long play for Dideca (Discos De Centroamérica, S.A.) in just one week of recording sessions. Despite the low budget and precarious recording equipment, the band managed to obtain a powerful psychedelic / afro / funk-rock sound full of electric guitar, heavy drums, hot, percussion, horns, Spanish male/female vocals…featuring titles like “El Valle del Ayatimbo”, “Ia-Taa Yo”, “Zúmbale”…

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Hawk

African Day

Limited Edition Black Vinyl Edtion

Release: 1971 / CA – Reissue

Genre: Rock & Indie

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"It's dark and still in the chief's village protected by mountains of the great southern regions of Africa..." so begins the seventeen minute epic 'African Day' that kicks off the greatest Afro-psychedelic concept album ever made — first released on Parlophone in 1971. Hawk’s music on this epochal album is a fusion of tribal African rhythms with acoustic hippie music elements — long solo jams, saxophone breaks, percussion — sounding at times like an African version of Embryo fronted by Tim Buckley! In Johannesburg, bursting, like Durban, with musicians aeons ahead of their time, Hawk added the sunburnt, brown prairies of Africa to the genre of the concept album — the heady, steady beat of drums, and enough cross-rhythms to make you dizzy. Add the mesmerizing voices – and the telling of a story. Tuck in the ranging flute, the saxophone. The deep bass buzz. And the hypnotic talking drums. Music the African way: earthy stuff – virile, extraordinary, substantial. Hawk were listening to a lot of Hugh Tracey tapes (the Afro-musicologist who travelled Africa capturing sounds and music on tape for posterity). They went to Swaziland and came back with their own sounds: drums and a burning desire to make their own brand of African music. From all of this came "African Day.” Our Lion/RTA reissue comes with an LP-sized 12-page booklet which includes a complete band history by music writer Owen Coetzer, packed with photos, plus the story of the re-discovery of the multi-track master tapes and the transfer of those newfound tapes that resulted in this very reissue.

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Blue Max

LP | 1977 | EU | Reissue (Out-Sider Music)

El Inca Black Vinyl Edition

Release: 1977 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Rock & Indie

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“Limited Edition” was originally released in 1977 as a private edition of 1000 copies for promo purposes. Here’s the first ever official vinyl reissue with new, improved artwork, newly remastered sound and insert with liner notes.

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Wara

LP | 1973 | EU | Reissue (Guerssen)

LP | 1975 | EU | Reissue (RCA)

Release: 1973 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Rock & Indie

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One the Holy Grails of South American heavy progressive rock, originally released in 1973 by this Bolivian band. Influenced by hard-rock giants like Uriah Heep or Deep Purple, Wara (whose name translates to Light of the Star in the Aymara language) also added touches of their own Bolivian heritage to the mix, resulting in a pioneering work of fusion between prog/psych rock and Andean folklore. Raw fuzz-wah guitar, organ, occasional violin & flute, heavy drumming, passionate Spanish vocals a la Ian Gilan…

"El Inca" was originally pressed on black vinyl with very few copies on transparent green vinyl. Both editions are virtually impossible to find now.

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Francesco De Gregori

Rimmel

Release: 1975 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Rock & Indie

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On A Day Of Crystalline Thought

Pete Fine

LP | 1974 | EU | Reissue (Guerssen)

LP | 1977 | US | Reissue (Lion)

Release: 1974 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Rock & Indie

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Beyond rare private press album from 1974, a fantastic mix of progressive rock with acid-folk, spaced-out psychedelia and cool conceptual / soundtrack vibe.

Pete Fine is a virtuoso acoustic and electric guitarist and also a self-taught composer and orchestrator. After playing with psychedelic hard-rock trio Flow in the early 70s in New York, Pete, influenced by classical composers like Anton Bruckner, started to focus on his 12-string guitar, composing music in a symphonic style.

“On A Day Of Crystalline Thought” was his first solo album, self-released in 1974 as a private, home-made edition of 100 copies, now impossible to find. It was recorded using classical / rock musicians plus a chamber Orchestra from Harlem. It features 12-string guitars, electric guitars, timpani, string sections, French horns, flute, piano, organ, drums with early digital delays, female vocal harmonies.

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Pippo Spera

A Buen Puerto

Release: 1977 / US – Reissue

Genre: Rock & Indie

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LP | 1970 | US | Reissue (Lion)

Limonada

Release: 1970 / US – Reissue

Genre: Rock & Indie

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Kristyl Black Vinyl Edition

Kristyl

LP | 1975 | EU | Reissue (Guerssen)

Orang-Utan Black Vinyl Edition

Release: 1975 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Rock & Indie

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Stunning private press album from 1975 by Louisville guitar-driven psych-rockers.

A blend of West Coast styled psychedelia with acid dual guitar and gentle dreamy passages.

Officially reissued for the first time by Guerssen in 2009, here’s a new, improved repress sourced from recently discovered master tapes.

*Original artwork in hard cardboard sleeve + OBI *Insert with liner notes and photos *Sourced from the original masters

“Personal fave, one of the big ones in the style” – Patrick Lundborg (Acid Archives)

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Orang-Utan

LP | 1971 | EU | Reissue (Guerssen)

Riflessioni: Idea D'infinito Clear Green Vinyl Edition

Release: 1971 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Rock & Indie

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Orang-Utan were in fact a London based band called Hunter, featuring vocalist Terry "Nobby" Clarke (of psych-pop legends Jason Crest), guitar player Mick Clarke, drummer and songwriter Jeff Seopardi and bass player Paul Roberts. They recorded their sole album in 1971 at DeLane Lea studios. In a bizarre twist of events, their producers / managers ran with the tapes to the US, where they placed the album on Bell Records under a new band name: Orang-Utan, without telling any of the band members. A lost classic of blazing, early hard rock with minor psychedelic hangover vibes, a twin-guitar attack, and waves of fuzz/wah, along with powerful vocals. Think Leaf Hound, Budgie, Bang, Sir Lord Baltimore, Hard Stuff... Legit reissue done in co-operation with the original band members.

Insert with liner notes telling the bizarre story of the band for the first time, and rare photos. Includes download card "Quintessentially British hard-rock, transforming the blues in a way American bands rarely did, and with a kind of vocal intensity that compares to Free, Humble Pie et al" - Aaron Milenski (Galactic Ramble)

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Dalton

27,54 €* 28,99 € -5%

Release: 1973 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Rock & Indie

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LP | 1986 | UK | Reissue (DGM Panegyric)

XTC

Skylarking

27,54 €* 28,99 € -5%

Release: 1986 / UK – Reissue

Genre: Rock & Indie

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LP | 1977 | EU | Reissue (Universal)

Iggy Pop

Lust For Life

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Nel Mondo, Una Cosa 50th Anniversay Edition

Release: 1977 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Rock & Indie

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“Lust for Life” is the second studio album by Iggy Pop, his second solo release and his second collaboration with David Bowie, following “The Idiot” earlier in the year. As well as achieving critical success, it was Pop's most commercially popular album to date, and remains his only Gold-certified release in the UK.

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Mia Martini

LP | 1972 | EU | Reissue (Bmg Rights Warner)

Release: 1972 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Rock & Indie, Pop

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La Varietè Clear Vinyl Edition

Weekend

LP | 1982 | EU | Reissue (Lantern)

Never Say Die Black Vinyl Edition

Release: 1982 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Rock & Indie

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Formed by Alison Statton of much-loved Welsh avant-garde/indie pioneers the Young Marble Giants alongside guitarists Simon Booth and Spike, Weekend have been more than a cult band during their short career. La Varieté was their 1982 debut album a delicate collection of songs set against a jazz backdrop, switching across several musical settings including samba, cabaret, Afrobeat and truly original contemporary exotic pop. The album was originally released in 1982 on the Rough Trade label and still deserve the status of a masterpiece. It was revered by critics on release as a bold new departure from the prevailing post-punk ethos and served as a major influence on future indie stars as Saint Etienne and Belle And Sebastian. Fully remastered and licensed ltd to 500 copies.

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Black Sabbath

LP | 1978 | US | Reissue (Rhino)

Release: 1978 / US – Reissue

Genre: Rock & Indie

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LP | 1981 | EU | Reissue (Bureau B)

Serge Blenner

Magazin Frivole

LP | 1986 | EU | Reissue (Music On Vinyl)

Release: 1981 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Rock & Indie, Electronic & Dance

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Bureau B present a reissue of Serge Blenner's Magazin Frivole, originally released in 1981. Cold, concise analog synthesizer instrumentals -- on his second album Serge Blenner remained true to his style, albeit shifting course slightly towards pop territory. The juxtaposition of dark harmonies and pop structures is what makes this album so appealing. In places, it feels like a blueprint for early Depeche Mode. Having seen his first album La Vogue (BB 324CD/LP) snapped up by the Sky Records and fast-tracked for release in 1980, Blenner delivered his second LP, Magazin Frivole, the following year. Mindful of the success of its predecessor, Blenner added the name of his debut in big letters to the front cover of the new sleeve. Blenner remained faithful to his musical style, albeit adding more of a pop flavor. Magazin Frivole would not look out of place filed alongside Depeche Mode on the record shelf, as a certain resemblance is undeniable. Moreover, Blenner was one of the few proponents of electronic music who preferred to keep his songs concise, in contrast to the meandering odysseys of many of his electronic contemporaries. The far better-known French artist Jean-Michel Jarre adhered to similar principles, yet although Blenner was often compared to his compatriot, he claims only to have heard his music long after La Vogue had appeared. Minor chords dominate his harmonies, the bass performs octave leaps which mirror the zeitgeist. Unexpected key changes abound, adding a restless, almost disquieting quality. Overall, Magazin Frivole is less dark than the preceding album, but a picture of cheerfulness it is not. Nevertheless, a poppy drum computer introduces a lighter note. From the very first track, chord changes pop up at unexpected junctures -- they seem to come in prematurely, before harmonic sequences have run their course. Blenner doesn't have any explanation for this curiosity, other than to note that "most of the music was played by hand, so of course it wasn't all perfect." "I did all I could to avoid being successful -- on a subconscious level, at least. Unpredictable metrics and irregular beats were definitely part of the process," Blenner admits with an enigmatic smile. Juxtaposed with Blenner's more recent works, one can see what he means. His latest album Musique de Chambre (2008) comprises modern classical chamber music, built on digitally sampled real instruments. Besides, Blenner points out, handling all of those analog devices was a convoluted and complex undertaking.

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Europe

The Final Countdown

LP | 1975 | EU | Reissue (Bureau B)

Release: 1986 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Rock & Indie

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The Final Countdown is the third studio album by the Swedish hard rock band Europe, and one of the most glorious launches in history. Released in 1986, the album was a huge commercial success selling over 3 million units in the United States alone, peaking at number 8 on the U.S. Billboard 200 chart and reaching high positions in charts worldwide.

Pressed on 180g Vinyl

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Heldon

Allez-Téia (Heldon II)

Release: 1975 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Rock & Indie

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Electronique Guerilla (Heldon I)

Heldon

LP | 1974 | EU | Reissue (Bureau B)

Release: 1974 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Rock & Indie

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LP | 1977 | EU | Reissue (Bureau B)

Richard Pinhas

Rhizosphere

Release: 1977 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Rock & Indie

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LP | 1982 | EU | Reissue (Bureau B)

Vono

Dinner für 2

Release: 1982 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Rock & Indie

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Michal Prokop & Framus Five

Mesto ER

LP | 1971 | EU | Reissue (Supraphon)

LP | 1970 | EU | Reissue (Supraphon)

Release: 1971 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Rock & Indie

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180 gram vinyl, fold out cover, inner sleeve

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Blue Effect

Meditace

LP | 1981 | DE | Reissue (Bureau B)

Release: 1970 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Rock & Indie

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A reissue of one of the top titles from Eastern Europe's rock history. Blue Effect's 1970 debut-album consists of progressive rock with a touch of blues and some serious underground atmospheres. Recorded in 1969, the line-up comprised Vladimír Misk (vocals), Radim Hladík (guitar), Jirí Kozel (bass) and Vlado Cech (drums). This LP comes on 180-gram vinyl and is presented in a gatefold cover.

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Sven Grünberg

Hingus

LP | 1974 | UK | Reissue (Spoon)

Release: 1981 / DE – Reissue

Genre: Rock & Indie

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Reissued on vinyl, this is a wonderful Berlin School influenced electronic album (originally from '81) with progressive and psychedelic undertones from an Estonian musician. The 23-minute title track invites us into a fascinating, futuristic world of sound, laced with Far Eastern tonality, embellished with a church organ, extremely rare synthesizers and extraordinary percussion effects. And the other two tracks are no less superb.

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Can

Soon Over Babaluma

LP | 1970 | EU | Reissue (Spoon)

Release: 1974 / UK – Reissue

Genre: Rock & Indie, Electronic & Dance

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Remastered from the original tapes, 180g vinyl!

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Can

Soundtracks

2LP | 1975 | EU | Reissue (Universal)

Release: 1970 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Rock & Indie, Electronic & Dance

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Remastered from the original tapes, 180g vinyl!

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Kiss

Alive

Release: 1975 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Rock & Indie

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LP | 1981 | EU | Reissue (Bureau B)

Roedelius

Wenn Der Südwind Weht

Release: 1981 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Rock & Indie, Electronic & Dance

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LP | 1983 | EU | Reissue (Bureau B)

Moebius

Tonspuren

Release: 1983 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Rock & Indie, Electronic & Dance

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Moebius, Plank & Neumeier

Zero Set

LP | 1983 | EU | Reissue (Bureau B)

Grown In U.S.A. Black Vinyl Edition

Release: 1983 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Rock & Indie, Electronic & Dance

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on 180g vinyl!

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Homer

LP | 1972 | EU | Reissue (Guerssen)

Poder Del Alma HHV Exclusive Clear Blue Vinyl Edition

Release: 1972 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Rock & Indie

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With their roots traced in two legendary 60s garage bands, The Outcasts and The Stoics, Homer were without doubt one the best psychedelic / hard-rock outfits coming out from Texas. “Grown in U.S.A” was their only album, released as a private pressing in 1970. Rural psychedelic rock with early prog hints fueled by stunning lead / dual guitar, melodic vocals and occasional mellotron.

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Poder Del Alma

LP | 1974 | EU | Reissue (Pharaway Sounds)

Maracaibo Record Store Day 2023 Yellow Vinyl Edition

Release: 1974 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves, Rock & Indie

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HHV Exclusive edition on clear blue wax, limited to 100 copies worldwide.

First ever reissue!! Psychedelic Latin-funk holy grail from Nicaragua, 1974!! Poder del Alma (“Soul Power”) was a supergroup formed by some of the best musicians from the Nica scene. This all-star band of nine members was assembled to play at the famous free concert of Santana in Managua in benefit for the 1972 earthquake. After that successful gig supporting the Latin-Rock superstar, what was to be a one-night stand became the seed of the most loved Nicaraguan act from the 70s. All the members had already played an important role in the history of the Nica music / hippie scene in the 1960s. Among them, we can find Román Cerpas (previously on Bwana), René “Chapo Domínguez (Los Rockets), Edgar “El Gato” Aguilar… A few months after the Managua concert with Santana, Poder del Alma traveled to Guatemala to record their first long play for Dideca (Discos De Centroamérica, S.A.) in just one week of recording sessions. Despite the low budget and precarious recording equipment, the band managed to obtain a powerful psychedelic / afro / funk-rock sound full of electric guitar, heavy drums, hot, percussion, horns, Spanish male/female vocals…featuring titles like “El Valle del Ayatimbo”, “Ia-Taa Yo”, “Zúmbale”…

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Lu Colombo

12" | 1981 | EU | Reissue (Udp Disco Piu)

Release: 1981 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Rock & Indie

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LP | 1973 | EU | Reissue (Lipposen Levy Ja Kasetti)

Jukka Tolonen

Summer Games

Nuda Clear Green Vinyl Edition

Release: 1973 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves, Rock & Indie

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Tolonen’s 2nd solo album from 1973 reissued in its original gatefold format with insert including new interviews with all key players – Tolonen, Esa Kotilainen, Häkä Virtanen, Måns Grundstroem.

100 copies available only.

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Garybaldi

LP | 1972 | EU | Reissue (AMS)

Release: 1972 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Rock & Indie

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Roller Clear Purple Vinyl Edition

Goblin

LP | 1976 | EU | Reissue (AMS)

Release: 1976 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Rock & Indie

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Keeper Of The Flame Colored Vinyl Edition

Golden Earring

LP | 1989 | EU | Reissue (Music On Vinyl)

Release: 1989 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Rock & Indie

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Oriental Beat - 40th Anniversary Re(Al)Mix Black Vinyl Edition

Hanoi Rocks

LP | 1982 | EU | Reissue (Svart)

LP | 1970 | EU | Reissue (Elemental Music)

Release: 1982 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Rock & Indie

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Oriental Beat by Hanoi Rocks gets the redux treatment, officially mixed and revived from the original sessions, and released on March 17th on deluxe vinyl, CD and digital formats. The CD and vinyl come with the song lyrics, checked and approved by Michael Monroe.

Dubbed the “re(al) mix”, this 40th anniversary edition was mixed by Petri Majuri at E-Studios in Finland in collaboration with the band. Vocalist Michael Monroe calls this release “the longest and slowest album project ever,” stating that “40 years in the making, it's not just a remix, but the Real MIX supervised and approved by Hanoi Rocks”.

Recorded in London, UK in 1981, for 200 pounds a day, Oriental Beat was made during the height of the British punk + New Wave movement, when the band was hanging out with everyone from Phil Lynott to the Damned. Hanoi Rocks’ original drummer Gyp Casino says of Oriental Beat that: “Back in the days we gave heart, soul and a bit of pain to make this record something else” but the sound of the album, originally released in 1982, did not match their efforts at the time. Bassist Sami Yaffa called it “the worst sounding album of our career” and Michael Monroe said that “the producer of the album didn’t have a clue what the band was about and his mix of the album was horribly wrong”.

Oriental Beat’s original engineer Peter Wooliscroft, was not a rock producer, and according to Hanoi Rocks’ manager Richard Bishop he “tried to mix the album to sound like Spandau Ballet”. Released before the band could remix or rerecord it, as the label had run out of money, and the master tapes had gone missing, the band has always considered the original mix of Oriental Beat to be a “disaster”. With the tapes mysteriously showing up in the Universal vault recently, the band was finally able to mix and resequence the album the way they wanted it to sound.

Oriental Beat is a defining masterpiece made when Hanoi Rocks was about to explode onto the world scene and written at the absolute peak of lead guitarist Andy McCoy’s creativity as a songwriter. Rhythm guitarist Nasty Suicide says “only now, with stripping it down to the bare essentials and tweaking it to bring out what was really laid down it became our dream come true! This is what it's all about” as this definitive edition of Oriental Beat now fully displays the ultimate arrogance and attitude which defined the band. Monroe says: “now, 40 years after its original release in 1982, we finally got the album sounding as great as it deserves, with no overdubs or samples,” and McCoy adds that: “It's better now than ever. This is what it was meant to sound like. So enjoy it...Another shot of Hanoi Rocks”.

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Allman Brothers Band

Idlewild South

Release: 1970 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Rock & Indie

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Dedicated To Markos III (A.K.A. Black Flower)

Nirvana

LP+7" | 1970 | EU | Reissue (Wah Wah)

LP | 1976 | EU | Reissue (Polydor)

Release: 1970 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Rock & Indie

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Nirvana's third LP is a masterpiece of late UK sixties popsike turning into symphonic pop, but not having received proper promotion despite being equally good as, if not better than their previous releases, it also marked the end of the collaborations between Patrick Campbel-Lyons and Alex Spyropoulos back in 1969.

Nirvana presented it to Island boss Chris Blackwell under the title of Black Flower. Blackwell, however, decided to turn it down for release, but gave the masters to Campbell-Lyons and Spyropoulos so they could find a new label to release the album. That was to happen in the USA through Metromedia Records in 1969. At that time, the label's owner went through a scandal due to the payola days, which left Nirvana's third offering without any promotion - as a result of that, very few copies were pressed. There was also a UK release on PYE and it was even released by Metromedia in Japan. However, for years it remained as "the lost" Nirvana release, with the added fact that none of the released editions launched the album under its original title of Black Flower but under the rather cryptic Dedicated To Markos II (read why in the liner notes!).

Musically, this is Nirvana at their best. The tune that should have been the title track, Black Flower, is an incredible piece of symphonic psychedelia and probably the best produced Nirvana track ever. Campbell-Lyons and Spyropoulos were backed for the occasion by Spooky Tooth, who played on many tracks of the album, and big orchestral arrangements mesmerize the listener in one of the duo's darkest offerings. This song aside, the rest of the album was deemed as sounding too much like a French soundtrack by Island, which may do at some points –without that being a bad thing,– but there is a lot more to it, since Nirvana have not lost that popsike edge that characterised their sound in their two previous outings.

This is also a record that was widely acclaimed in the hip hop scene. And samplers of it have been used by several artists, most notably DJ Shadow used Love Suite in his 1996 debut album Endtroducing.

The Wah Wah edition has been remastered from the original tapes by Roger Prades @ Prades Mastering and comes with a bonus 7" EP and a four page colour insert with liner notes by Malcom Dome, plus a sheet with the lyrics of the songs. First ever official vinyl reissue since 1970 in a limited edition of 500 copies only!

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Rainbow

Rainbow Rising

Release: 1976 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Rock & Indie

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LP | 1979 | EU | Reissue (Universal)

Communique

Release: 1979 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Rock & Indie

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LP | 1978 | PL | Reissue (Universal)

Release: 1978 / PL – Reissue

Genre: Rock & Indie

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LP | 1982 | EU | Reissue (Universal)

Love Over Gold

Release: 1982 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Rock & Indie

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LP | 1980 | EU | Reissue (Universal)

Making Movies

Release: 1980 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Rock & Indie

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LP | 1984 | EU | Reissue (Universal)

Deep Purple

Perfect Strangers

LP | 1974 | EU | Reissue (Universal)

Release: 1984 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Rock & Indie

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Deep Purple

Stormbringer

LP | 1973 | EU | Reissue (Universal)

Release: 1974 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Rock & Indie

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Deep Purple

Who Do We Think We Are

Kahdet Kasvot Red Vinyl Edtion

Release: 1973 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Rock & Indie

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Kummitus

LP | 1976 | EU | Reissue (Svart)

Aamun Hauta Red Vinyl Edtion

Release: 1976 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Rock & Indie

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Kummitus (Finnish for “Ghost”), a band from Tampere who were active in the mid- ’70s, is certainly one of the strangest entities in the history of Finnish rock music. Their original vision was to create a mystical band that builds on horror or hysteria and performs in costumes, frightening their live audience. The band had also considered remaining completely anonymous. However, the concept proved inadequate for various reasons. Keyboardist Hannu Latva-Hakuni recalls: “We quickly ditched the masks and costumes because we had to show up before the show during the load in.” Drummer Seppo Tammilehto has speculated that in the ’70s, musical skills were even more important than in later eras of rock music. “We were laughed off the stage because of these extra musical elements.”

The concept for Kummitus came from Heikki Kauppinen who had managed a booking agency called Ohjelmamiehet and sold Matthews’ gigs. “He proposed this idea to me in the very beginning”, Seppo Tammilehto recalls. Jussi Niemi from the town of Nokia became the band’s guitarist. Despite their young age, Niemi and company accompanied both Sammy Babitzin and Johnny Liebkind and played in Muska’s band for one summer. A stint in Arto Sotavalta’s Häkäpönttö was followed by military service. After that also Niemi had time to play in Matthews. “Then we moved on to plan Kummitus.”

As the band’s manager, Heikki Kauppinen designed Kummitus a light show together with Pekka Heinänen who was responsible for the costumes. Flyers saying “kummitus IS Coming” were distributed all over Finland. When the band hit the road in the summer of 1975, the light show was of course ruined by sunshine. Besides their then unreleased original material, Kummitus played cover songs mainly from British rock bands such as Rolling Stones and The Beatles.

Later on Heikki Kauppinen was contacted by Kari Kantalainen and Vesa Majanen, both coming from a journalist background, who wanted to produce Kummitus’ album. The record label Basf, who were more renowned for their cassette tapes fit for home recording, was found through Kauppinen’s contacts. The album was made in Pekka Nurmikallio’s Microvox studio in Lahti. Jussi Niemi recalls there being “two stereo recorders, so almost everything was played live. Even the choir sections were sung while we were playing. The vocals, however, were recorded separately. It was challenging, since there’s all sorts of soundscapes especially on side B.”

True to its name, Kahdet kasvot (Two Faces) clearly consists of two different sides. The straightforward and rocking side A is kicked off with ‘Paranoia’, composed by Niemi and featuring lyrics written by Tammilehto. The murky synth parts are a fine addition to the “robust rock music”, as the original pressing’s liner notes describe the song. As an uptempo rock song, Juhani Kivistö’s ‘Tuonen rock & roll’ may bring to mind early Coitus Int, whereas ‘Taivaassa taas’ and its devoted vocal performances share DNA with Kontra’s Finnrock. ‘Nauru haamuille’, written by Tammilehto, features proggy guitar patterns and a ghastly synth solo. ‘Se on ok’ was written by Niemi while the rest of the band was dining, with the purpose of making the album long enough to be sold at a full price.

The more experimental four-part entity of side B was, according to the liner notes, dedicated to “Spike Jones and an Englishman named Waters.” Pink Floyd influences are apparent in dramatic sound effects and certain details in the arrangements. ‘On the Run’ from The Dark Side of the Moon can be seen as one of the role models for the nightmarish track ‘Ilme’. The title track, written and sang by Tammilehto, is a catchy rock composition, and Kivistö’s ‘Kuudes päivä’ effectively mixes Floydian prog and blues nuances with saxophone-filled soul. The guest blower Lucjan Czaplicki played in Uranus, whose sole album Aamun hauta (1975) was also released by Basf.

The story of Kummitus continued for a while, albeit with obscure twists. “Due to certain difficulties, the band split up in the early summer of 1976,” Seppo Tammilehto recounts. “The group continued with a lineup that consisted of me, Olli Kivistö and Eero Peltonen. We backed up Mikko Alatalo under the moniker Manserock-76. This came to an end late in the summer when I reassumed the position of Alwari Tuohitorvi’s drummer. The group had become quite popular.” After the original Kummitus had split up, some other individuals played gigs under the moniker. Seppo Tammilehto has met a recently deceased musician and person of reduced mobility from Tampere, named Jukka Törmä, who used to play in the fake group. “With all due respect, he was a great guy. Törmä looked back on the gigs, where musicians were gathered before the performances, with a smile even if they didn’t work out at all. Kummitus’ manager Heikki Kauppinen had no idea who was arranging these shows. According to Törmä, the shows weren’t arranged for long and he stepped aside quite early.”

Even without the band’s unusual history, Kahdet kasvot would deserve a second coming as an original and interesting album. To cite Hannu Latva-Hakuni, “listening to the album now, almost 50 years later, I think we did a hell of a good job.”

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Uranus

LP | 1975 | EU | Reissue (Svart)

Traversion Red Vinyl Edtion

Release: 1975 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Rock & Indie

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Limited red vinyl, gatefold sleeve

Probably very few people today have ever heard of the Finnish band called Uranus. In the short time of their existence in the mid-seventies, the group recorded their sole album Aamun hauta (“The Grave of the Morning”) which remained mostly unnoticed by the music consuming public. As drummer Jari Unha says, “the time just wasn’t right for the kind of music we were playing”. The more rewarding it is now, nearly half a century later, to dig the album up from the grave of oblivion and let its happy soul groove reach our ears. With the help of historical perspective, it’s perhaps easier now to appreciate this extremely well played and rare early Finnish dive into the vibrating musical territory inhabited by legendary figures such as Otis Redding and Stevie Wonder.

In the autumn of ’75 Uranus drove to Lahti and recorded Aamun hauta in Pekka Nurmikallio’s Microvox studio. Jari Unha is amused to remember the pink Volga of the trombone player Hannu Lehtonen. “We went to record American soul music with the pride of the Soviet car industry. Almost like a detail from an Aki Kaurismäki movie!”

It is presumed that Aamun hauta was too daring a deviation from the mainstream of the time to get the attention it would have deserved. On top of that, Basf had no guts or will to promote the LP. It was an optional subscriber’s gift in Popfoto magazine, together with albums by Kummitus, Kyklooppi and Horseshoe, but due to the lack of money, the short-lived magazine failed to succeed.

As for Uranus, things folded soon after recording the album. Soul music didn’t sell in live circuits either. For some time the group continued accompanying Markku Aro on dance venue gigs. The members have since made long and versatile careers in music.

Meanwhile, the original vinyl of Aamun hauta has become a rare collector’s item. Majanen has noticed someone in Italy is selling the LP for the price of 70 euros. Svart Records is proud to re-release this delicious and invitingly groovy album. Happy listening!

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Offenbach

LP | 1978 | CA | Reissue (Return To Analog)

Release: 1978 / CA – Reissue

Genre: Rock & Indie

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LP | 1971 | EU | Reissue (Bonfire)

Miller Anderson

Bright City

Fiaba Transparent Vinyl Edition

Release: 1971 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Rock & Indie

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Miller Anderson is a guitarist and vocalist, born on April 12, 1945, in Houston, Renfrewshire, Scotland. Since cutting his musical teeth in bands with Ian Hunter (pre-Mott the Hoople) and Bill Bruford (pre-King Crimson and Yes), Anderson has been a member of such bands as the Keef Hartley Band, Savoy Brown, T. Rex, Mountain, the Spencer Davis Group, and in groups led by Deep Purple's Jon Lord and folk-rock balladeer Donovan. His 1971 debut Bright City was released on the legendary Deram, sub-label of Decca that released new records from 1966 onwards for the likes of Moody Blues, Caravan, Camel and several british jazz-rock legends. The album is a brilliant example of modern folk with lush strings arrangements thanks to guitarist and producer William ‘Junior’ Campbell, leader of the Scottish pop-rock group The Marmalade. A brilliant songwriting alongside a pastoral feeling, gentle melodies and a solid background with several amazing players literally bridging the gap between contemporary pop and blues. Harold Beckett (John Surman, Graham Collier) on flugelhorn and Lyn Dobson (The Keef Hartley Band, The People Band, Third Ear Band) on flute were literally stalwarts of the british jazz-rock and experimental scene, their contributions is behind greatness. Same with keyboard player Mick Weaver another Keef Hartley alumni. The album - faithfully remastered - offers a vision of urban Scotland with a bluesy feel and it has to be ranked alongside the work of such luminaries as Donovan or Nick Drake

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Procession

LP | 1974 | EU | Reissue (Vinyl Magic)

LP | 1974 | EU | Reissue (Azzurra)

Release: 1974 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Rock & Indie

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Two very different albums by two almost totally different bands, is all that Procession have left us. This band from Turin made their first album Frontiera in 1972 for the small Help label (an RCA subsidiary that also released Quella Vecchia Locanda’s first album), a good album that can be easily described as an hard prog LP. With a line-up of two guitars, bass and drums, and the original high-pitched voice of singer Gianfranco Gaza, the band plays a very good hard rock with some progressive influences and acoustic passages. Not particularly original, the album has its moments and it’s particularly rare.

The band reappeared in 1974 with a new line-up and a new recording deal, this time it’s Fonit that releases their second album “Fiaba”. A mature work, much more original than their first and more in a symphonic vein with large use of sax and flute with guest appearances by drummer Francesco Froggio Francica (from Raccomandata con Ricevuta di Ritorno), Delirium’s keyboard player Ettore Vigo and Circus 2000 female singer Silvana Aliotta, while drummer Roberto Balocco (ex-Capsicum Red) helped the group in concert.

Despite a good live activity Procession never gained the success they deserved and despite two good albums they broke up in 1975.

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New Trolls

Tempi Dispari

LP | 1973 | EU | Reissue (Azzurra)

Release: 1974 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Rock & Indie

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It consists of two long jazz pieces characterized by the presence of odd tempos (hence the title), the album featured the writing “Live Alcione”. Actually, the recording of the concert at the Alcione turned out to be of such poor sound quality that the group decided to re-record it in the studio, albeit live.

The poor commercial and critical success of the album was one of the reasons that led to the reunion of the New Trolls.

Jazz influences are heard, much stronger than Atomic System. Moreover, the name of the group on the cover of this album is New Trolls again and the musicians are not named, but the formation is in fact the same as the Atomic system, led by De Scalzi.

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New Trolls

Atomic System

Cherry Five Clear Purple Vinyl Edition

Release: 1973 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Rock & Indie

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The album Ut, with a heavier sound, closer to hard rock caused the split of the band with the two leaders Di Palo and De Scalzi going in two different ways. A legal struggle followed, for the use of the famous name, and while Di Palo with the other three chose the Ibis way, in a hard rock direction, Vittorio De Scalzi formed a new band, called N.T.Atomic System to avoid contractual problems, and with a more polished sound. To help their fans to recognize this band as the real New Trolls, early copies of the album had a sticker on the sleeve covering the N.T. name with the full New Trolls brand.

N.T.Atomic System released their first album in 1973, a nice album with a large use of horn instruments, De Scalzi himself playing flute and keyboards along with guitar.

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Cherry Five

LP | 1975 | EU | Reissue (Ams Cinevox)

Release: 1975 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Rock & Indie

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Raccomandata Ricevuta Di Ritorno

Per Un Mondo Di Cristallo Clear Vinyl Edition

Release: 1972 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Rock & Indie

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Samadhi

LP | 1974 | EU | Reissue (Vinyl Magic)

Release: 1974 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Rock & Indie

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Fiore Di Metallo Clear Vinyl Edition

I Califfi

Release: 1973 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Rock & Indie

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Scolopendra Clear Vinyl Edition

Alluminogeni

Release: 1972 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Rock & Indie

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Dedicato A Frazz Clear Green Vinyl Edition

Semiramis

LP | 1973 | EU | Reissue (BTF)

Release: 1973 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Rock & Indie

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Gleemen

LP | 1970 | EU | Reissue (Vinyl Magic)

Release: 1970 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Rock & Indie

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Fede Speranza Carita Clear Purple Vinyl Edition

J.E.T.

LP | 1972 | EU | Reissue (AMS)

Release: 1972 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Rock & Indie

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Forse Le Lucciole Non Si Amano Piu Transparent Green Vinyl Edition

Locanda Delle Fate

LP | 1977 | EU | Reissue (Vinyl Magic)

Release: 1977 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Rock & Indie

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Duello Madre

Release: 1973 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Rock & Indie

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Il Paese Dei Balocchi Clear Vinyl Edition

Il Paese Dei Balocchi

Release: 1972 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Rock & Indie

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Uomo Di Pezza Clear Red Vinyl Edition

Le Orme

Release: 1972 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Rock & Indie

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Milano Calibro Nove Clear Green Vinyl Edition

Osanna

Release: 1973 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Rock & Indie

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Quella Vecchia Locanda Clear Green Vinyl Edition

Quella Vecchia Locanda

Release: 1972 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Rock & Indie

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Concerto Grosso Clear Green Vinyl Edition

New Trolls

LP | 1971 | EU | Reissue (Vinyl Magic)

Release: 1971 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Rock & Indie

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Landscape Of Life Clear Green Vinyl Edition

Osanna

LP | 1974 | EU | Reissue (Vinyl Magic)

Release: 1974 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Rock & Indie

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Franco Battiato

Maxophone Crystal Clear Vinyl Edition

Release: 1972 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Rock & Indie

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An internationally known artist, Franco Battiato has been everything in his long career, from beat singer to avantgarde performer, producer, contemporary music composer. His beginnings lay in the mid 60's, with many singles released with no particular success, the first two under his real name of Francesco. He had left the native Sicily (he was born in Jonia, near Catania in 1945) moving to Milan around 1965.

In 1970 after his collaboration with Osage Tribe (that he quit before their only album Arrowhead) he had a record deal with Bla Bla, releasing his first solo album in 1972. Fetus, housed in a outrageous cover (reproducing a foetus) was definitely a prog album, but a very original one, with a minimalist sound mainly based on the use of a Vcs3 synth, unusual lyrics, complex arrangements. Two tracks, Energia and Una cellula were also released as single. (source: www.italianprog.com)

Produced by Pino Massara in the '70s, "Foetus" remained unreleased until 1999, when Vinyl Magic finally released it on CD (VM CD 065).

Limited clear green vinyl edition / Argent laminated cover.

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Maxophone

LP | 1975 | EU | Reissue (AMS)

Made In Italy White Vinyl Edition

Release: 1975 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Rock & Indie

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Maxophone, from Milan, formed in 1973 as a six-piece with an unusual assortment of instruments, due to their past experience as music students. A band of great talents and musicianship, their only LP, released in 1975, came too late to compete with the most important Italian bands of the genre and went sadly unnoticed.

"Maxophone", released on the Produttori Associati label (along with Duello Madre one of the few ventures in rock records by this label) is a marvellous album, full of dreamy atmospheres and complex horn arrangements, with good vocal parts in a Genesis style and is nowadays considered as one of the best Italian prog records of all times. [source: www.italianprog.it]

Limited edition on crystal vinyl.

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Loredana Berte

LP | 1981 | EU | Reissue (Nar International)

Release: 1981 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Rock & Indie, Reggae & Dancehall

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Glorieta De Los Lotos Half-Black Half-Orange Vinyl Edition

Smash

LP | 1970 | EU | Reissue (Philips)

Dedalus Crystal Vinyl Edition

Release: 1970 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Rock & Indie

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One of the biggest names of the Spanish 70's underground, Smash came from Seville and featured the well-known guitarist Gualberto who also found fame with later solo albums. Of the two longplays released by Smash, "La glorieta de los lotos" is the first of them. It was originally released in 1970 and mixes psychedelia with Andalusian roots. A very rare album, now available again on special vinyl half-black half-orange.

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Dedalus

LP | 1973 | EU | Reissue (AMS)

It Became Crystal Clear Blue Vinyl Edition

Release: 1973 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Rock & Indie

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One of the most experimental bands of the Italian Prog scene, Dedalus were founded at the beginning of the '70s by Michele Bonansone (keyboards, cello, vocals) and Marco Di Castri (guitar, saxophone) in Pinerolo, near Turin.

Their first eponymous LP consists of instrumental jazz-rock compositions, influenced by artists like Nucleus, Miles Davis, Soft Machine, Stockhausen and many other musical innovators of the time. "Dedalus" was originally released in 1973, and in the same year the band took part at the Avantgarde and New Trends Festival in Naples, being pointed as the real revelation of the event.

The album, enclosed in one of the most peculiar Italian Prog artworks by Cesare Monti, already contains some of the avantgarde hints which would be fully developed in the following "Materiale per tre esecutori e nastro magnetico".

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Blue Sharks

LP | 1972 | EU | Reissue (Redi / Btf)

LP | 1971 | EU | Reissue (Capitol)

Release: 1972 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Rock & Indie

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“It Became Crystal” by Blue Sharks is an exclusive release by Redi Edizioni Musicali, an historical company from Milan that, in addition to curating the digital catalogue of Edizioni Leonardi’s library music and sonorizzazioni, is also re-printing faithful vinyl reproductions of the most prestigious titles from Leonardi’s catalogue. These records were originally released in very limited editions, often as not-for-sale promotional material, and many of the original LP’s are now very rare and collectibles almost impossible to find!

The library music LP re-release series by Redi Edizioni Musicali starts off with a true colossus in the genre. The record was written by maestros Giorgio Zinzi (under the pseudonymous “Ipcress” in the record’s credits) and Carmelo Carucci, who managed to involve composer and songwriter Stelvio Cipriani to collaborate with them in 1972: under the name “Blue Sharks” the trio created a perfect mix of rock, funk and soul, together with elements borrowed from their previous soundtrack works. The Moog synthesizer contributes to making this album unique and captivating from its first to last note. An evergreen classic!

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The Band

Cahoots 50th Anniversary

Release: 1971 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Rock & Indie

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LP | 1973 | EU | Reissue (Music On Vinyl)

America

Hat Trick

Release: 1973 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Rock & Indie

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Intorno Alla Mia Cattiva Educazione Clear Red Vinyl Edition

Alusa Fallax

LP | 1974 | EU | Reissue (BTF)

Release: 1974 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Rock & Indie

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A five-piece from Milan, Alusa Fallax were formed in 1969 deriving from Gli Adelfi, and released their first single the same year, with a second one not long after. Also in 1969 one of the members (there were two of them with the same name) released a solo single as Guido degli Alusa Fallax (Guardarti negli occhi on West Side).

The band kept playing and released their one and only album in 1974 on Fonit; a great little-known gem, in the best Italian prog tradition, led by keyboards with classical influences, it reminds the best things Banco del Mutuo Soccorso ever made. No less than 13 tracks are listed on the label, but these are connected to form two long suites very well played and sung, and with interesting lyrics.

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Blocco Mentale

Poa Yellow Vinyl Edition

DNA Clear Red Vinyl Edition

Release: 1973 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Rock & Indie

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A very obscure and one of the rarest albums from Italian rock music scene of the 70's. This album takes on ecology as its theme and sings of the evil of polluting the planet. Terrific basic progressive music housed in a creative gimmick sleeve with window to flower. Blocco Mentale were a quintet, consisting of Aldo Angeletti (who wrote the music) on vocals and bass, Michele Arena on drums and vocals, Gigi "Roso" Bianchi on guitar and vocals, Filippo Lazzari on keyboards, harmonica and vocals, and Dino Finocchi on vocals, sax and flute. Musically Blocco Mentale is characterised by a progressive style with some personal touches. The best intruments are the horns and the keyboards.

The album opens with angular staccato sax riffs and then slides into a lush melody somewhat reminiscent of PFM ( Premiata Forneria Marconi ) in their early (and best) days. There are rich vocal harmonies blended with organ and flute, and once again a Meditteranean sensibility which distinguishes much of the best Italian progressive rock. (The opening lines of that opening track, "Capita," are recapitulated in the closing lines of the sixth track, "Ritorno," but the album still has one track to go at that point, oddly enough). Swelling Mellotrons blend into vocal harmonies, and give way to a cascading piano line. The music moves around a lot in the course of the album. The fourth track, "Io E Me," is an amazing Meditteranean blues, with a wailing harmonica taking the lead.

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Jumbo

Release: 1972 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Rock & Indie

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About Time Black Vinyl Edition

Ping Pong

LP | 1971 | EU | Reissue (Cinedelic)

LP | 1977 | US | Reissue (Tooth Factory)

Release: 1971 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Rock & Indie

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Repressed for the first time in LP, 1971’s ‘About Time’ was the Ping Pong debut album. Founded by Alan Taylor from The Casuals it was one of the first bands in Italy (based in Bologna) to be inspired by the British sound of the period moving between late ‘60 psychedelic rock and the jazzy prog such Jethro Tull, Tonton Macoute, Camel and Caravan. 10 tracks all sung in English delicate and exceptionally well performed with warm precision, enthusiasm and greater energy in which the excellent musicians highlight their abilities: Celso Valli, who will then participate in many other productions of various genres, organ and piano / Mauro Falzoni acoustic and electric guitar, vocals / Paride Sforza - sax and flute (foreshadowing a signature sound from Italy like Osanna, P.F.M., Delirium, Quella Vecchia Locanda and many others) / Alan Taylor on bass and vocals / Vittorio Volpe (previously in I Meteors and later Paolo Conte's steady drummer) on drums (long solo on Funny Wife). This album represents the departure of the golden age of Italian progressive music.

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Saitana

Jenakuru

L'aurora Crystal Vinyl Edition

Release: 1977 / US – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves, Rock & Indie

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1977’s Jenakuru was self-produced and reveals a slightly darker, somewhat introspective and perhaps more vulnerable side to Saitana. A great admirer of Jimi Hendrix, Satiana often performed solo during this period. “It was really unheard of at the time to perform without a band. He could entertain people like that and a lot of people loved him because he was such a character.” There was also an increasingly Dionysian aspect to Saitana’s routine as a performer - a gradual advance into drunken showmanship akin to Jim Morrison. Taken from the original reels.

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Le Orme

LP | 1970 | Reissue (AMS)

Release: 1970 / Reissue

Genre: Rock & Indie

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The Kinks

LP | 1971 | Reissue (Sanctuary)

L'Uovo Di Colombo Red Vinyl Edition

Release: 1971 / Reissue

Genre: Rock & Indie

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Record Store Day 2021 Release.

Limited edition, remastered, picture disc vinyl. 1LP 50th anniversary release of the 1971 British comedy film soundtrack album. Performed by THE Kinks with additional orchestral arrangements by Stanley Myers. Their ninth official studio album and last on the PYE label. First re-issue on vinyl for 20 years. Sleeve artwork and textured cover as per the original release. Produced in association with THE Kinks.

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L'Uovo Di Colombo

Release: 1973 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Rock & Indie

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2LP | 1971 | EU | Reissue (Sommor)

Little Big Horn