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LP | 1973 | EU | Reissue (Azzurra)

Release: 1973 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Rock & Indie, Electronic & Dance

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After the 2021 Re-Release of “Schwingungen” (MG.ART612) we proudly announce “Seven Up” as Part 2 of the authorised 50th Anniversary “A.R.T.” Re-Edition Series. “Seven Up” is the third studio album by Ash Ra Tempel and their only album recorded in collaboration with American Ph.D. in psychology, Dr. Timothy Leary. The Coverart for “Seven Up” was designed by famous Swiss Artist Walter Wegmüller. Recorded in August 1972 at Sinus Studio in Berne, Switzerland, remixed September 1972 at Dierks Studios in Stommeln, Germany.

First release in spring 1973 by OHR Musik - the first release on the new sub-label "Kosmische Kuriere", Kat-Nr. KK 58001. We release “Seven Up” in a Re-Cut carefully overseen by Manuel Göttsching himself, on September 9th 2022, also being Manuel Göttsching´s 70th Birthday. Our Edition features the full original text for the “7 levels of consciousness” by Timothy Leary in English, i.e. “Instruction Manual for Pleasure Panel” plus a previously unreleased glimpse view of the original scripts incl. notes and mark ups as well as partly unreleased photos from the recording session.

As for the music itself we again refer to Julian Cope´s review and remarks from his book “Krautrocksampler” (published by Head Heritage, 1st ed. 1995): “When the Leary Mob met the Kaiser Gang, the sparks flew ever Up-wards. 7up is a stone classic in every way. Yes, it is unlikely to find Timothy Leary singing lead vocal in a cosmic group, but even weirder that he chose to sing a wild yelping freaked out blues ! Manuel Göttsching and Hartmut Enke had begun their careers in The Steeple Chase Blues Band back in the mid-'60ies, and they quickly felt their way through what Barritt and Leary were aiming for. They reconciled it all as a kind of West Coast chordless psychedelia, where blues riffs sparkle out of nowhere and the sheer weight of synthesizers renders everything with an unreal Pere Ubu/early Roxy Music quality. The greatness of Ash Ra Tempel burned so brightly on 7Up that there is really nothing else like it.

Hartmut Enke and Manuel Gottsching here returned to their riffy roots. It can hardly be called a retro act, though, as the context of music is everything. And with Dierks at the controls, even the New Kids on the Block would have sounded psychedelic. 7Up is like a late night radio show glimpsed through a shattered tuner where all but the most truly dangerous sounds have been allowed to stay, to drift and to dance around the performers. The result is an extreme gem, a flash of hysterical white lightning, and a pre-punk Technicolour yawn in the grandest of traditions. In typical Ash Ra Tempel style, the record is divided into two pieces, “Space” and "Time”. Within this, though, Timothy Leary’s ideas are allowed to free-flow and the two sides are therefore divided into mini-songs all segued together. The highlight of Side 1 is “Power Drive”, a West Coast burn-up that transcends any W. Coast music I ever did hear. Leary and Barritt present the greatest twin-vocal of all time, coming on like Jagger and Morrison but too caught up in their own maelstrom to be anything less than Heralds of the Punkfuture still five years away. In chaos it was conceived and in chaos it was recorded. Yet Dieter Dierks, the great Aural Architect of the Cosmic Couriers, turned 7Up into a personal triumph and a Kosmische dream.”

Ash Ra Tempel – “Seven Up”
TIMOTHY LEARY - voice
BRIAN BARRITT - voice
MICKY DUWE - voice & flute
LIZ ELLIOTT - voice
BETTINA HOHLS - voice
PORTIA NKOMO - voice
HARTMUT "HAWK" ENKE - bass, guitar & electronics
MANUEL GÖTTSCHING - guitar & electronics
STEVE A. - organ & electronics
DIETMAR BURMEISTER - drums
TOMMY ENGEL - drums
DIETER DIERKS - synthesizer & Radio Downtown

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New Trolls

Atomic System

LP | 1973 | EU | Reissue (Bonfire)

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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Julian Jay Savarin

Waiters On The Dance

22,99 €*

An Old Castle Of Transylvania

Release: 1973 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Rock & Indie

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Fully licensed, ltd to 500 copies, 180 gr. Another unsung hero of the long lost british prog history, Julian Jay Savarin is a keyboard player and composer, poet and science fiction author, hence the association with the most epic and romantic tendencies of the genre. He was born in Dominica (an island between Martinique and Guadeloupe in the Caribbean) and moved to the UK in 1962. He debuted in 1970 with Julian's Treatment, a short-lived progressive rock band which his sole album - A Time Before This - soon became a sought after collector's item. Julian went solo in 1973, before leaving the musical scene all of a sudden. Waiters On The Dance was definitely his own creation, a narrative masterwork with sumptuous arrangements. Produced by Miki Dallon (founder of independent label Young Blood) and brought to life with members of Julian's Treatment and singer Lady JoMeek, the album is a mysterious and transcendental opera. Waiters on the Dance sounds like a science fiction concept album of sort. Some of the songs rely on long form suite (the two-part "Child of the Night" and "Dance of the Golden Flamingoes" both lasting nearly nine minutes), suggesting an ideal trance state. Relying on heavy Hammond organ and hard-blues reminiscence, the album stands on his own offering occasional parallelism with Brian Auger & The Trinity and the more eclectic folk-revival. A true rare gem.

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Cosmos Factory

LP | 1973 | EU | Reissue (Holy Basil)

LP | 1973 | EU | Reissue (Tres Selos / Eaeo)

Release: 1973 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Rock & Indie

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Originally formed in 1968 under the name The Silencer, Nagoya, Japan progressive rock band Cosmos Factory didn't change their name until their 1983 debut on Nippon Columbia with "An Old Castle Of Transylvania". Loaded with heavy psychedelia and prog rock guitar moments, experimentally blended with the use of Hammond and Mellotron, the band lead by keyboardist / vocalist Tsutomu Izumi takes you on an adventure throughout the dark forests of Transylvania. Throughout the years, the album has become an very rare and sought after gem in the history of Japanese prog rock, this is the very first reissue ever, complete with OBI strip and insert, officially licensed by Nippon Columbia Co. Ltd. and now available worldwide through Holy Basil Records.

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Tom Ze

Todo Os Olhos

36,99 €*

Rock Joint Cither - Silk Road Black Vinyl Edition

Release: 1973 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Rock & Indie

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Todos os Olhos is one of the most emblematic and essential records of the confrontational music of Brazil. By denouncing, criticizing, and mocking the trend of "heroes" who made "protest music" at the time, Tom Ze? signed his eremitic letter of exclusion but not without "contest the contestation". Excommunicated from the MPB and even from Tropica?lia, in Todos os Olhos Tom Ze? presented, with a lot of courage, an unusual way of fight Brazil's military dictatorship. All that would be later triggered in Tom Ze?'s career is here, always ready for a new rediscovery.

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Hiromasa Suzuki

LP | 1973 | EU | Reissue (Cinedelic Orient Series)

29,99 €*

2LP | 1973 | EU | Reissue (Kosmische Kuriere)

Release: 1973 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves, Rock & Indie

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After the space-time experience and the translation into music of the Bible of Japanese civilization, the Fulukotofumi, the following year, in 1973, Hiromasa Suzuki pushes his research and experimentation beyond the borders of his own country by venturing, with the usual companions of adventure (Kunimitsu Inaba, Hideo Sekine, etc.), along the lights and shadows of the Silk Road. A backward journey in search of the musical and cultural sources of mainland Asia, from the gates of India to the roots of China. If the Biwa lute characterized the previous chapter dedicated to the profound ancestral of Japan, here, the sitar, the Asian instrument par excellence, becomes a new narrator; Suzuki plans and manages the interventions by juxtaposing it with an opera that, like the previous one, always remains strongly jazz and rock, at times very similar to Ian Carr's Nucleus. A precious find in the endless and seminal musical archeology of modern Japanese music. Gatefold cover with insert.

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Walter Wegmüller

Tarot

Release: 1973 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Rock & Indie

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2LP | 1973 | EU | Reissue (Kosmische Kuriere)

Walter Wegmüller

Tarot Boxset

114,99 €*

Release: 1973 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Rock & Indie

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LP | 1973 | EU | Reissue (Pilz)

Wallenstein

Cosmic Century

Kamata Pawn Shop / Hiroshi Kamayatsu Album No 3

Release: 1973 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Rock & Indie

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Recorded in 1973 at the Dierks Studios by Dieter Dierks and bandleader Jürgen Dollase. In 2022 the original analog masters were remastered. An elaborate work, which has led to a very good result.Lineup:Harald Grosskopf - Drums, PercussionJürgen Dollase - Grand Piano, Mellotron, Synthesizer, Vibraphone, Lead Vocals Bill Barone - GuitarViolin - Joachim ReiserBass - Dieter Meier

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Hiroshi Kamayatsu

LP | 1973 | JP | Reissue (Vertico)

Release: 1973 / JP – Reissue

Genre: Rock & Indie

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LP | 1973 | US | Reissue (Universal Music Japan)

Tomio Terada

Ameagari No Machi

74,99 €*

LP | 1973 | JP | Reissue (Universal Music Japan)

Release: 1973 / US – Reissue

Genre: Rock & Indie

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The 2nd album 'Ame agari no Machi', which was released in 1973 by Tomio Terada, a rare melody maker who made his major debut as the first Japanese artist on the MGM label in 1972, has been highly acclaimed as a masterpiece of cafe rock. The first LP reprint! A masterpiece of Japanese folky and mellow groove that combines the sounds of Tomio Terada and Hiro Yanagida, a former April Fool's Day.

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Jusao Terada

City After Rain

Release: 1973 / JP – Reissue

Genre: Rock & Indie

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Doobie Brothers

Captain And Me

40,99 €*

Release: 1973 / US – Reissue

Genre: Rock & Indie

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Chicago VI Black Vinyl Edition

Chicago

Release: 1973 / US – Reissue

Genre: Rock & Indie

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Chicago VI Blue / Turquoise Vinyl Edition

Chicago

Release: 1973 / US – Reissue

Genre: Rock & Indie

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LP | 1973 | EU (Trading Places)

Jonesy

Keeping Up

20,99 €*

Pronounced 'Leh-'nerd 'Skin-'nerd

Release: 1973 / EU

Genre: Rock & Indie

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Formed in 1971 by guitarist John Evan-Jones and his bassist brother Trevor, obscure British prog-rock act Jonesy had a shifting line-up and unusual elements, Chicago-born Jimmy Kaleth’s battery of keyboards including a Mellotron. Sophomore set Keeping Up saw Trevor return to the fold, along with drummer Plug Thomas, fresh from sessions with Supertramp; guitarist Ray Russell’s lush string arrangements and Alan Bown’s plaintive trumpet and flugelhorn add extra musical dimensions. Capturing the group at their most eclectic, Keeping Up is a must for Mellotron fans and all lovers of pop, jazz, and blues-tinged prog.

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Lynyrd Skynyrd

LP | 1973 | EU | Reissue (Wah Wah)

Release: 1973 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Rock & Indie

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Limited 180gm audiophile vinyl LP repressing of this classic album by the Southern rock legends. Though the Southern rock genre existed before and after Lynyrd Skynyrd, no other band personified the lifestyle quite like this motley crew. Released in 1973 Pronounced Leh-Nerd Skin-Nerd was Lynyrd Skynyrd's first album. There are few records that sound this raw and uncompromising, especially records by debut bands. The genius of Skynyrd is that they un-self-consciously blended album-oriented hard rock, blues, country, and garage rock, turning it all into a distinctive sound that sounds familiar but thoroughly unique. Includes 'I Ain't The One', 'Simple Man' and the legendary 'Free Bird'.

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Rupert Hine

Unfinished Picture

2LP | 1973 | EU | Reissue (BMG Rights Management)

Release: 1973 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Rock & Indie

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Recorded in 1973 at the Church of Saint Mary Magdalene in Paddington, London, Unfinished Picture is Rupert Hine's second LP. The songs where all composed by Hine with lyrics by David McIver and Simon Jeffries. On its sessions, Hine was surrounded by a host of outstanding musicians that included Simon Jeffes (Penguin Cafe Orchestra), Mike Giles (Giles, Giles & Fripp / King Crimson), Mick Waller (Cyril Davis, The Steampacket, Jeff Beck Group), Ray Cooper (Eric Clapton, Elton John) among others.

Rupert Hine's recording adventures started with the release of a 7" 45 by the folk duo Rupert & David "The Sounds Of Silence". In 1971 he was approached by Purple Records for the release of his debut solo LP Pick Up A Bone, which despite its lack of commercial success featured a strong collection of critically acclaimed compositions that made Purple Records want him to record a second album - Unfinished Picture, on which Hine showed a fantastic evolution to a more conceptual, cinematic approach. Echoes of Ray Davies, Kevin Ayers or hints of Nick Drake taken to a more 'happy' territoire mix with beautiful strings by The Martyn Ford Orange Ensemble and even some ARP synth explorations to build a fantastic collection of sounds that take the listener on a trip through the worlds of folk, psych and prog.

Hine's career would soon take off as a famed producer, he did work with Kevin Ayers, Milla Jovovich, Jonesy, Steve Tilston, Anthony Phillips, Camel, Saga, Rush, Tina Turner, Howard Jones, Bob Geldof, Suzane Vega, and many others. The Wah Wah reissue offers the original artwork in its gatefold cover & insert and is limited to 500 copies only!

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Nazareth

Loud & Proud! Anthology

Release: 1973 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Rock & Indie

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Deep Purple

Who Do We Think We Are

LP+10" | 1973 | EU | Reissue (Bonfire)

Release: 1973 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Rock & Indie

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This release comes on 180g vinyl.

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Bachdenkel

Lemmings

29,99 €*

LP | 1973 | US | Reissue (Just Add Water)

Release: 1973 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Rock & Indie

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Bachdenkel was an English rock band that started under the name The U (Don't) No Who in 1968. The three piece consisted of band leader Colin Swinburne on vocals/guitars/keyboards, Peter Kimberley on bass/piano/vocals and Brian Smith on drums, with Karel Beer as an additional musician, engineer and producer. The group relocated to France to live, perform and record. Thei first effort – Lemmings – was released on Philips France in 1973, showing their excellent musicianship and songwriting. Conceived as a three sided album it was recorded during the summer of 1970. This double version includes 3 missing tracks originally conceived for the Initial Recording Company EP, a small label ran by Karel Beer. The album has an evident late sixties british psych-rock flavor, but comes with occasional harder moments and longer, more developed compositions in a proto Prog rock manner.

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Coloured Balls

Ball Power

Contaminazione Purple Vinyl Edition

Release: 1973 / US – Reissue

Genre: Rock & Indie

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50th Anniversary Edition of this touchstone of Aussie Rock n Roll. This 1973 LP should need no introduction. Just in case it does, it's simply one of the finest albums to ever come out of Australia. Coloured Balls are the godfathers of Aussie punk, hard rock, psychedelic boogie, etc. They played too many different styles to be just any one thing. Lobby, Bobsie, Trevor, and Janis created something very special with this album and it sounds as fresh and vital as the date it was originally released.

This pressing has been painstakingly sourced directly from the 1973 quarter inch mix-down master tapes and sounds incredible. This has been an entirely analog production chain and hasn't been touched by a computer at any stage of the process. Hear Coloured Balls as nature intended.

Every copy includes bonus poster!

Edition of 800 copies on black vinyl.

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Rovescio Della Medaglia

LP | 1973 | EU | Reissue (RCA)

20,99 €*

Release: 1973 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Rock & Indie

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The Dark Side Of The Moon 50th Anniversary Deluxe Box Set

Box | 1973 | EU | Reissue (Warner)

276,99 €*

Release: 1973 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Rock & Indie

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The Dark Side Of The Moon Live At Wembley 1974 2023 Master

LP | 1973 | EU | Reissue (Warner)

23,99 €*

Release: 1973 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Rock & Indie

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The Dark Side Of The Moon Live At Wembley 1974 2023 Master

CD | 1973 | EU | Reissue (Warner)

20,99 €*

Release: 1973 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Rock & Indie

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LP | 1973 | US | Reissue (Mobile Fidelity)

Paul Simon

There Goes Rhymin' Simon

113,99 €* 119,99 € -5%

Release: 1973 / US – Reissue

Genre: Rock & Indie

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Steve Miller Band

The Joker

Release: 1973 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Rock & Indie

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LP | 1973 | EU | Reissue (Virgin)

Queen

Release: 1973 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Rock & Indie

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

Jukka Tolonen

Summer Games

Aladdin Sane 50th Anniversary Picture Disc 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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David Bowie

LP | 1973 | EU | Reissue (Parlophone Label Group)

Release: 1973 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Rock & Indie

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Aladdin Sane 50th Anniversary Half Speed Master Vinyl Edition

David Bowie

LP | 1973 | EU | Reissue (Parlophone Label Group)

36,99 €*

Release: 1973 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Rock & Indie, Pop

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Rockin' & Rollin' Record Store Day 2023 Pink Vinyl Edition

T.Rex

LP | 1973 | US | Reissue (Demon)

31,99 €*

Release: 1973 / US – Reissue

Genre: Rock & Indie

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LP | 1973 | EU | Reissue (Strut)

Ofege

Try And Love

25,99 €*

LP | 1973 | EU (Trading Places)

Release: 1973 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Rock & Indie

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New from Strut, a fresh reissue of the classic debut album "Try And Love" (1973) from one of Nigeria"s most celebrated Afro-rock bands, Ofege.The album caught the imagination of a young Nigerian crowd fascinated by the new teen band and Ofege joined a fresh wave of homegrown artists coming through in the wake of Fela"s towering influence and other Afro-rock bands like Monomono, Ofo The Black Company and Blo.

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Gryphon

21,99 €*

Countdown To Ecstasy Limited Edition

Release: 1973 / EU

Genre: Rock & Indie

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Non-standard prog act Gryphon made their mark by incorporating abandoned instruments and ancient classical elements in their work, giving their self-titled 1973 debut outstanding differences to standard rock fare. With co-founder Richard Harvey on recorders, mandolin, harpsichord, and glockenspiel and Brian Gulland, on bassoon, crumhorns, and vocals, backed by guitarist Graeme Taylor and drummer/percussionist Dave Oberlé, Gryphon expertly channelled contemporary English folk through forgotten medieval and Renaissance styles; unlike later rock-oriented work, Gryphon showcases the band’s unadorned beginnings.

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Steely Dan

LP | 1973 | CZ | Reissue (Geffen)

22,99 €*

Release: 1973 / CZ – Reissue

Genre: Rock & Indie

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Moontan Black Vinyl Edition

Golden Earring

2LP | 1973 | EU | Reissue (Music On Vinyl)

33,99 €*

Closing Time 2lp Half Speed Master 50th Anniversary Black Vinyl Edition

Release: 1973 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Rock & Indie

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180 GRAM AUDIOPHILE VINYL
GATEFOLD SLEEVE
INCLUDES 8-PAGE BOOKLET WITH AN ESSAY,
MEMORABILIA AND PHOTOS

REMASTERED & EXPANDED 2LP EDITION
FROM THE FIRST-GENERATION MASTER

TAPES

FEATURING 3 PREVIOUSLY UNRELEASED
MIXES AND 4 BONUS TRACKS

BLACK VINYL

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Tom Waits

2LP | 1973 | EU | Reissue (Anti)

32,99 €*

LP | 1973 | EU | Reissue (Sanctuary)

Release: 1973 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Rock & Indie

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Closing Time foreshadows the distinctly lyrical storytelling and original blending of jazz, blues, and folk styles that would come to be associated with Waits. It is on this debut album that Waits performs enduring classics of his career “Ol’ 55” (famously covered by the Eagles), the heartbreaking “Martha” and the gentle acoustic folk of “I Hope That I Don’t Fall In Love With You”. Reissued for the first time as a double LP to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the landmark debut with newly half speed mastering at Abbey Road Studios.

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The Kinks

Preservation Act 1

25,99 €*

Release: 1973 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Rock & Indie

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Mantis Black Vinyl Edition

Mantis

LP | 1973 | EU | Reissue (High Roller)

Mantis Silver Vinyl Edition

Release: 1973 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Rock & Indie

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High Roller Records, black vinyl, ltd 200, cardboard cover with pms silver print, insert printed on uncoated paper, poster, A5 photo card, Mastered for vinyl by Patrick W. Engel at TEMPLE OF DISHARMONY . Cutting by SST Germany on Neumann machines for optimal quality on all levels.

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Mantis

LP | 1973 | EU | Reissue (High Roller)

LP | 1973 | CA | Reissue (Return To Analog)

Release: 1973 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Rock & Indie

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High Roller Records, silver vinyl, ltd 300, cardboard cover with pms silver print, insert printed on uncoated paper, poster, A5 photo card, Mastered for vinyl by Patrick W. Engel at TEMPLE OF DISHARMONY . Cutting by SST Germany on Neumann machines for optimal quality on all levels...

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Peter Tessier

By Turning A Knob

16,19 €* 26,99 € -40%

Release: 1973 / CA – Reissue

Genre: Rock & Indie

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Living In The Material World

George Harrison

LP | 1973 | EU | Reissue (BMG Rights Management)

25,99 €*

Release: 1973 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Rock & Indie

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El Inca Black Vinyl Edition

Wara

LP | 1973 | EU | Reissue (Guerssen)

LP | 1973 | Reissue (Sony Legacy)

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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Billy Joel

Piano Man

32,99 €*

Release: 1973 / Reissue

Genre: Rock & Indie

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2LP | 1973 | EU | Reissue (Ume)

Frank Zappa

Over-Nite Sensation

52,99 €*

Release: 1973 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Rock & Indie

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Greetings From Asbury Park N.J.

LP | 1973 | US | Reissue (Mobile Fidelity)

99,99 €*

Release: 1973 / US – Reissue

Genre: Rock & Indie

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Larks' Tongues In Aspic 50th Anniversay Edition

King Crimson

2LP | 1973 | UK | Reissue (Panegyric)

38,99 €*

Shotgun Willie 50th Anniversary Deluxe Black Friday Record Store Day 2023 Vinyl Edition

Release: 1973 / UK – Reissue

Genre: Rock & Indie

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50th anniversary edition of King Crimson’s classic 1973 album. Packaged in two gatefold sleeves with booklet in a rigid exterior slipcase.

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Willie Nelson

2LP | 1973 | Reissue (Rhino)

44,99 €*

LP | 1973 | EU | Reissue (Croatia)

Release: 1973 / Reissue

Genre: Rock & Indie

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Quantity: 5500
Release type: RSD Exclusive Release

2nd LP contains all of the session outtakes, included in the 2006 4CD box set The Complete Atlantic Sessions.

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Josipa Lisac

Dnevnik Jedne Ljubavi

29,44 €* 30,99 € -5%

Release: 1973 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves, Rock & Indie

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LP | 1973 | JP | Reissue (Universal Music Japan)

Vodka Collins

Tokyo New York

54,14 €* 56,99 € -5%

Release: 1973 / JP – Reissue

Genre: Rock & Indie

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Pronounced Leh-Nerd Skin-Nerd Orange Vinyl Edition

Lynyrd Skynyrd

Release: 1973 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Rock & Indie

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Woofer In Tweeter's Clothing Gold Vinyl Edition

Sparks

Release: 1973 / US – Reissue

Genre: Rock & Indie

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Yeah Featuring Smokin' In The Boys Room Colored Vinyl Edition

Brownsville Station

Release: 1973 / US – Reissue

Genre: Rock & Indie

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Doobie Brothers

Captain And Me

Release: 1973 / US – Reissue

Genre: Rock & Indie

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LP | 1973 | EU | Reissue (Klimt)

Aunt Mary

Janus Red Vinyl Edtion

LP | 1973 | EU | Reissue (Capitol)

Release: 1973 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Rock & Indie

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Aunt Mary was a prog rock band formed in Fredrikstad, Østfold in Norway in the early 70's. Signed a contract with Polydor in Denmark to release Aunt Mary in 1970. The group gradually moved towards progressive rock with the records Loaded in 1972 and Janus in 73. In the spring of 1973, during the preparations of their third album, Svein and Bjørn decided to take their music even further and spent months together writing for what they wanted to be the band's international album. The music was more prog-orientated than its predecessor. Fans and critics would later compare it to Pink Floyd, King Crimson or even a psychedelic version of The Beatles ! In June 1973, the band entered the studio. But its members were so tired of life on the road that they decided to cut the album, do the launch tour and then split up. Knowing that this album was "their swansong", they really did their best to make it shine. The band spent so much time recording that the producer, Svein Robert Ludviksen, almost lost his job. But the album turned out to be what the band would consider "the best of their career".

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Steve Miller Band

Joker

21,99 €*

Release: 1973 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Rock & Indie

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Brownsville Station

Yeah Red Vinyl Edition

Release: 1973 / US – Reissue

Genre: Rock & Indie

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

Blue Öyster Cult

Tyranny And Mutation

Release: 1973 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Rock & Indie

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The Beatles 1962-1966 Red Album Limited Red Vinyl Edition

The Beatles

3LP | 1973 | Reissue (Apple)

82,99 €*

Release: 1973 / Reissue

Genre: Rock & Indie

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The Beatles 1967-1970 Blue Album Limited Blue Vinyl Edition

The Beatles

3LP | 1973 | Reissue (Apple)

82,99 €*

Release: 1973 / Reissue

Genre: Rock & Indie

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Montrose Red Vinyl Edition

Montrose

Release: 1973 / US – Reissue

Genre: Rock & Indie

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A Wizard A True Star Magenta Vinyl Edition

Todd Rundgren

2LP | 1973 | US | Reissue (Friday Music)

78,99 €*

Release: 1973 / US – Reissue

Genre: Rock & Indie

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The Dark Side Of The Moon 50th Anniversary 2023 Remaster Vinyl Edition

Box | 1973 | EU | Reissue (Warner)

71,99 €*

Release: 1973 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Rock & Indie

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For The Children Half Speed Master Edition

Labi Siffre

LP | 1973 | Reissue (Demon)

40,99 €*

LP | 1973 | EU | Reissue (The Saifam Group)

Release: 1973 / Reissue

Genre: Rock & Indie

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Released in 1973, Labi’s fourth album (“the album of which I am proudest”) includes two epic songs in “Children Of Children” and “Let’s Pretend”, songs he says he was “provoked” into writing. • This half-speed master edition is presented in its original gatefold sleeve, pressed on 180 gram heavyweight black vinyl, featuring an obi strip, and housed in a poly-lined inner sleeve. The 4-page insert includes all the lyrics and photos of the original tape boxes. • This new edition has been expertly mastered by Barry Grint at AIR Mastering from the original stereo tapes using precision half-speed mastering. Half-speed mastering is a vinyl cutting technique that improves groove accuracy and transient information creating an incredibly detailed stereo image with a natural high frequency response.

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Rocky's Filj

Storie Di Uomini E Non

45,59 €* 47,99 € -5%

Release: 1973 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Rock & Indie

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The Wild, The Innocent & The E Street Shuffle

LP | 1973 | US | Reissue (Sony)

Release: 1973 / US – Reissue

Genre: Rock & Indie

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Storia Di Un Impiegato Edizione Way Point Black Vinyl Edition

Fabrizio De Andre'

LP | 1973 | EU | Reissue (RCA)

37,99 €*

Release: 1973 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Rock & Indie

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Rigor Mortis Orange Vinyl

John Entwistle

LP | 1973 | UK | Reissue (Demon)

36,99 €*

Release: 1973 / UK – Reissue

Genre: Rock & Indie

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The Byrds Audiophile Violet Vinyl Edition

The Byrds

Release: 1973 / US – Reissue

Genre: Rock & Indie

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Guitar Grimoire Cloudy Vinyl Edition

Master Wilburn Burchette

32,99 €*

LP | 1973 | UK | Reissue (Demon)

Release: 1973 / US – Reissue

Genre: Rock & Indie

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Seven fretboard fantasias fromCalifornia's mysterious mail ordermystic. 1973's Guitar Grimoire is acollection of reverberant and originalcharms establishing Burchette as thewhite wizard of tremolo theurgy.Warning: Psychic energy shiftprobable!

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Geordie

Hope You Like It

38,99 €*

Release: 1973 / UK – Reissue

Genre: Rock & Indie

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Guitar Grimoire Black Vinyl Edition

Master Wilburn Burchette

30,99 €*

Songs Black Vinyl Edition

Release: 1973 / US – Reissue

Genre: Rock & Indie

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Sandy Harless

Songs Opaque Brown Vinyl Edition

Release: 1973 / US – Reissue

Genre: Rock & Indie

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Arriving as the hippy movement was discovering its peaceful easy `70s feelings, Sandy Harless' Songs LP is Chillicothe, Ohio's lone contribution to the Cosmic American Music movement. Financed from a 27-aquarium fish breeding business, the album shows its Appalachian roots with a tight weave of mountain folk, rural rock, and pastoral country. Real people music.

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Sandy Harless

27,99 €*

LP | 1973 | EU | Reissue (Cosmic Rock)

Release: 1973 / US – Reissue

Genre: Rock & Indie

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Moonstone

L'orso Bruno Black Vinyl Edition#

Release: 1973 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Rock & Indie

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Re-issue of the Canadian band's only album released back in 1973 on the small Kot'Ai label. Moonstone came from Winnipeg, Manitoba and were a small cult band active in the early 1970's. They played mainly acoustic folk rock with psychedelic overtones and beautiful harmonies.

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Antonello Venditti

LP | 1973 | EU | Reissue (Saifam)

Release: 1973 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Rock & Indie

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Rocksession Colored Vinyl Edition

Embryo

LP | 1973 | EU | Reissue (MIG)

Release: 1973 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Rock & Indie

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Bedside Manners Are Extra Remastered Edition

Greenslade

LP | 1973 | EU | Reissue (Esoteric)

43,99 €*

Mind Games Deluxe Box Set

Release: 1973 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Rock & Indie

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Formed in 1972 by former Colosseum keyboard player Dave Greenslade, the band also featured former Web and Samurai member Dave Lawson (keyboards, vocals), former Colosseum bass player Tony Reeves and drummer Andrew McCulloch (formerly with King Crimson and Fields).The calibre of the members of Greenslade ensured that the group would be innovative, ground-breaking and dynamic in their musical approach and would also be notable due to the absence of a guitarist within their ranks. Originally issued in November 1973, 'Bedside Manners Are Extra' was a fine album and featured such classic compositions as the album title track, "Pilgrims Progress", "Time to Dream" and "Sunkissed You’re Not".This new vinyl edition of this classic album has been remastered from the original tapes and was cut at Abbey Road Studios. It fully restores the original LP artwork. SIDE ONE:1. Bedside Manners Are Extra2. Pilgrim’s Progress3. Time to DreamSIDE TWO:1. Drum Folk2. Sunkissed You’re Not3. Chalk Hill

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John Lennon

Box | 1973 | EU | Reissue (Beatles Solo)

180,99 €*

2LP | 1973 | EU | Reissue (Beatles Solo)

Release: 1973 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Rock & Indie

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Slipcase including 6 CDs (walleted) + 2 BLU-RAYs (walleted & sleeved) + 128 Page Hardback 10” Book + Poster + Postcards 6CDs: Stereo Versions of The Ultimate Mixes, Elements Mixes, Elemental Mixes, Evolution Documentary, Out-takes and Raw Studio Mixes. Easter Egg tracks on every disc 2 BLURAYs: High Resolution 24-96 Stereo, 5.1 and Dolby Atmos versions of The Ultimate Mixes, Elements Mixes, Elemental Mixes, Evolution Documentary, Out-takes and Raw Studio Mixes + 2024 Remastered ‘Mind Games’ music video + ‘You Are Here’ (additional out-take) tape boxes video. Easter Egg tracks and videos on both discs. Book: 10-inch square, 128-page glossy hardback coffee table book about the writing and recording of the album, in the words of John & Yoko (taken from hundreds of hours of archive interviews), featuring brand-new interviews with all the musicians and engineers, exclusive never-before-seen photographs by Bob Gruen and exclusive photos, lyrics, letters, original tape boxes and memorabilia from the John Lennon & Yoko Ono Lennon Archives. Poster: Reproduction of the original triptych marketing poster for the album Postcards: Postcard-sized reproductions of artworks made for the marketing of the album in 1973 “citizen OF Nutopia” Passport: With exclusive QR code for use in the forthcoming text based “game” and treasure hunt. More details to follow of “The Game”, no purchase necessary to enter.

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John Lennon

Mind Games

50,99 €*

LP | 1973 | Reissue (Warner)

Release: 1973 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Rock & Indie

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LP 1: Mind Games – The Ultimate Mixes LP 2: Mind Games – The Out-takes Spec: 180g vinyl, gatefold sleeve Booklet: 8 page booklet of photos and artwork Poster: Reproduction of the original triptych marketing poster for the album

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Doors

Morrison Hotel

38,99 €*

Release: 1973 / Reissue

Genre: Rock & Indie

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White Sport Coat And A Pink Crustacean

Jimmy Buffett

LP | 1973 | Reissue (Geffen)

35,99 €*

Selling England By The Pound

Release: 1973 / Reissue

Genre: Rock & Indie

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Vinyl LP pressing. 1973 album from the iconic singer-songwriter. Jimmy Buffett's third studio album, A White Sport Coat and a Pink Crustacean, was released in 1973 and features "Why Don't We Get Drunk," and "He Went to Paris." Newly remastered and available for the first time on vinyl.

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Genesis

LP | 1973 | Reissue (Rhino)

Release: 1973 / Reissue

Genre: Rock & Indie

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LP | 1973 | JP | Reissue (Universal Music Japan)

Motoaki Masuo

First

34,99 €*

Release: 1973 / JP – Reissue

Genre: Rock & Indie

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Motoaki Masuo, known for his active role as a guitarist in the 1970s and 1980s, debuted his album on Polydor in 1973. This album, a hidden gem of Japanese soft rock, showcases his talent as a songwriter, arranger, and singer. Notable guests on the album include Masami Tsuchiya, who later formed Ippudo, as well as Takeru Sato and Tetsuji Hayashi.

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The Wild, The Innocent & The E Street Shuffle Limited Edition Ultradisc One-Step 33rpm Supervinyl Edition

LP | 1973 | US | Reissue (Mobile Fidelity Sound Lab)

139,99 €*

Release: 1973 / US – Reissue

Genre: Rock & Indie

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Strictly Limited TO 7,500 Numbered Copies: Ultradisc One-step 180g 33pm LP SET Presents 1973 Album IN Audiophile Sound 1/4" / 15 IPS / DBX analogue copy to DSD 256 to analogue console to lathe / Released only eight months after his exhilarating debut, Bruce Springsteen's The Wild, the Innocent & the E Street Shuffle contains rousing dispatches from the boardwalk, the street, the beach, and the bedroom. It explodes with energy, dares to dream, teases with humour, crackles with tragedy, clings to hope, and overflows with discovery, youthfulness, and personality. It features an unforgettable cast of characters — corner boys, teenage hustlers, doomed lovers, jazz men, junk men, factory girls, fortune tellers, alley cats, pimps, escorts, and more — illuminated by vivid colour, breathtaking detail, and poetic action.

Musically, the heartfelt 1973 record is inhabited by sympathetic vignettes and cinematic arrangements steeped in rock 'n' roll, soul, jazz, and R&B. It finds the New Jersey native looking beyond the parameters of his preceding record and seeking to move on from environments he knows well (and chronicles here) by rushing headlong toward unknown territories, adventures, and people. Underpinned by the singer-guitarist's ambitious poetic enterprise and will to succeed, The Wild, the Innocent & the E Street Shuffle is the album on which Springsteen becomes the Boss.

Mastered on Mobile Fidelity's renowned mastering system, pressed at RTI on MoFi SuperVinyl, and strictly limited to 7,500 numbered copies, Mobile Fidelity's UltraDisc One-Step 180g 33rpm LP set is the definitive-sounding version of Springsteen's sophomore record. Benefitting from SuperVinyl’s nearly non-existent noise floor, superb groove definition, and dead-quiet surfaces, The Wild, the Innocent & the E Street Shuffle plays with a clarity, energy, presence, and openness that complement the expressiveness, dynamics, and scope of the seven restless songs that comprise a work Rolling Stone ranked the 345th Greatest Album of All Time.

Beyond the audiophile sonics that practically place you behind the console at 914 Sound Studios — listen to the separation between the instruments, natural decay of the notes, interplay within the widescreen soundstaging, and nothing-to-lose youthfulness of Springsteen’s voice — this reissue takes seriously this record’s influential merit by presenting it in packaging that underlines its status. Tucked in a beautiful slipcase, the LP is housed in a special foil-stamped jacket with faithful-to-the-original graphics. This reissue is made for listeners who prize sound quality and who want to engage themselves in everything involved with the invigorating set that busted Springsteen loose from the club circuit and landed him on the radio

Determined to liberate anyone within earshot and unafraid to come on strong, The Wild, the Innocent & the E Street Shuffle serves as the debut of the E Street Band — not only heard but seen for the first time by most of the public courtesy of the back-cover photograph. This is where saxophonist Clarence Clemons, organist-accordionist Danny Federici, and pianist David Sancious step out of the shadows — and drummer Vini Lopez and bassist Garry Tallent again stoke a fiery rhythmic engine that helps drive the untamed, reimagined big-band swing of “Kitty’s Back,” breathless R&B thrust of “Rosalita (Come Out Tonight),” and carefree dance steps of the funky “The E Street Shuffle.”

Of course, the main attraction remains a then-24-year-old visionary on the precipice of becoming a sensation and turning a then-bloated rock scene on its head. Recorded over three months while Springsteen and company were busy touring his debut LP, The Wild, the Innocent & the E Street Shuffle reflects the high-octane approach the vocalist embraced onstage and drifts away from the label-dictated acoustic-based frameworks of his debut. The set also witnesses Springsteen deepening his observational skills, with narratives such as the romantically tinged “4th of July, Asbury Park (Sandy)” and redemptive epic “Incident on 57th Street” mirroring changes taking place in the singer’s own life, small towns, and America at large.

A thrilling collision of memories, reflections, and composites — Sandy, Rosalita, and the latter’s parents are all based on actual people Springsteen knew, as is the community depicted in the opening track — the aptly titled The Wild, the Innocent & the E Street Shuffle resonates decades on due to its truths, authenticity, and spirit. Those characteristics — as well as the fact that many of its lengthy songs come on as the equivalent of sweaty, feverish soul revue that won’t stop until you’ve been exhausted — also explain how this now-iconic album triumphed over the reservations of industry “experts” that both demanded Springsteen re-record it and instructed deejays not to play it. Yet there’d be no stopping a record that saw the past, present, and future, a band whose will would not be denied, and a phenomenon who was born to run. A never-ending invitation to act real cool and stay up all night, The Wild, the Innocent & the E Street Shuffle always feels alright.

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The Wild, The Innocent & The E Street Shuffle Sacd

CD | 1973 | US | Reissue (Mobile Fidelity Sound Lab)

44,99 €*

Carlos Santana / Mahavishnu John

Release: 1973 / US – Reissue

Genre: Rock & Indie

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Sacd: Mastered ON Mobile Fidelity's Renowned Mastering System: Numbered-edition Hybrid Sacd Plays With Expressive Clarity / Released only eight months after his exhilarating debut, Bruce Springsteen's The Wild, the Innocent & the E Street Shuffle contains rousing dispatches from the boardwalk, the street, the beach, and the bedroom. It explodes with energy, dares to dream, teases with humour, crackles with tragedy, clings to hope, and overflows with discovery, youthfulness, and personality. It features an unforgettable cast of characters — corner boys, teenage hustlers, doomed lovers, jazz men, junk men, factory girls, fortune tellers, alley cats, pimps, escorts, and more — illuminated by vivid colour, breathtaking detail, and poetic action.

Musically, the heartfelt 1973 record is inhabited by sympathetic vignettes and cinematic arrangements steeped in rock 'n' roll, soul, jazz, and R&B. It finds the New Jersey native looking beyond the parameters of his preceding record and seeking to move on from environments he knows well (and chronicles here) by rushing headlong toward unknown territories, adventures, and people. Underpinned by the singer-guitarist's ambitious poetic enterprise and will to succeed, The Wild, the Innocent & the E Street Shuffle is the album on which Springsteen becomes the Boss.

Mastered on Mobile Fidelity's renowned mastering system, pressed at RTI on MoFi SuperVinyl, and strictly limited to 7,500 numbered copies, Mobile Fidelity's UltraDisc One-Step 180g 33rpm LP set is the definitive-sounding version of Springsteen's sophomore record. Benefitting from SuperVinyl’s nearly non-existent noise floor, superb groove definition, and dead-quiet surfaces, The Wild, the Innocent & the E Street Shuffle plays with a clarity, energy, presence, and openness that complement the expressiveness, dynamics, and scope of the seven restless songs that comprise a work Rolling Stone ranked the 345th Greatest Album of All Time.

Beyond the audiophile sonics that practically place you behind the console at 914 Sound Studios — listen to the separation between the instruments, natural decay of the notes, interplay within the widescreen soundstaging, and nothing-to-lose youthfulness of Springsteen’s voice — this reissue takes seriously this record’s influential merit by presenting it in packaging that underlines its status. Tucked in a beautiful slipcase, the LP is housed in a special foil-stamped jacket with faithful-to-the-original graphics. This reissue is made for listeners who prize sound quality and who want to engage themselves in everything involved with the invigorating set that busted Springsteen loose from the club circuit and landed him on the radio

Determined to liberate anyone within earshot and unafraid to come on strong, The Wild, the Innocent & the E Street Shuffle serves as the debut of the E Street Band — not only heard but seen for the first time by most of the public courtesy of the back-cover photograph. This is where saxophonist Clarence Clemons, organist-accordionist Danny Federici, and pianist David Sancious step out of the shadows — and drummer Vini Lopez and bassist Garry Tallent again stoke a fiery rhythmic engine that helps drive the untamed, reimagined big-band swing of “Kitty’s Back,” breathless R&B thrust of “Rosalita (Come Out Tonight),” and carefree dance steps of the funky “The E Street Shuffle.”

Of course, the main attraction remains a then-24-year-old visionary on the precipice of becoming a sensation and turning a then-bloated rock scene on its head. Recorded over three months while Springsteen and company were busy touring his debut LP, The Wild, the Innocent & the E Street Shuffle reflects the high-octane approach the vocalist embraced onstage and drifts away from the label-dictated acoustic-based frameworks of his debut. The set also witnesses Springsteen deepening his observational skills, with narratives such as the romantically tinged “4th of July, Asbury Park (Sandy)” and redemptive epic “Incident on 57th Street” mirroring changes taking place in the singer’s own life, small towns, and America at large.

A thrilling collision of memories, reflections, and composites — Sandy, Rosalita, and the latter’s parents are all based on actual people Springsteen knew, as is the community depicted in the opening track — the aptly titled The Wild, the Innocent & the E Street Shuffle resonates decades on due to its truths, authenticity, and spirit. Those characteristics — as well as the fact that many of its lengthy songs come on as the equivalent of sweaty, feverish soul revue that won’t stop until you’ve been exhausted — also explain how this now-iconic album triumphed over the reservations of industry “experts” that both demanded Springsteen re-record it and instructed deejays not to play it. Yet there’d be no stopping a record that saw the past, present, and future, a band whose will would not be denied, and a phenomenon who was born to run. A never-ending invitation to act real cool and stay up all night, The Wild, the Innocent & the E Street Shuffle always feels alright.

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Love Devotion Surrender Supervinyl 180g

LP | 1973 | US | Reissue (Mobile Fidelity Sound Library)

88,99 €*