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Release: 2021 / EU – Original

Genre: Rock & Indie

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The Well-Intentioned Virus

Zao

LP | 2016 | US | Original (Observed/Observer)

Yuya Uchida & The Flowers

Release: 2016 / US – Original

Genre: Rock & Indie

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In 1995, Zao released their first album, "All Else Failed," on Steadfast Records. Never a band to repeat a past success and always searching for new boundaries to push within their own music, "The Well-Intentioned Virus" finds Zao utilizing just as many familiar touchstones from their catalog as introducting new ones. Dense and clastrophobic one moment, beautiful and spacious the next. Vinyl version includes digital download.

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Challenge!

LP | 1969 | EU | Reissue (Cosmic Rock)

19,99 €* 24,99 € -20%

The Yes Album Atlantic 75 Series

Release: 1969 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Rock & Indie

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All in all the debut album by cultish japanese freak-rockers Flower Travellin’ Band, then called Yuya Uchida & The Flowers. Released in 1969 it features mainly cover songs of influential Western bands such as Cream, Big Brother and the Holding Company, The Jimi Hendrix Experience, Jefferson Airplane. It was named number 34 on Bounce's 2009 list of 54 Standard Japanese Rock Albums.

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Yes

2LP | 2023 | US | Reissue (Analogue Productions Atlantic 75 Series)

71,99 €*

LP | 1972 | UK | Reissue (Atlantic)

Release: 2023 / US – Reissue

Genre: Rock & Indie

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180g 2LP 45rpm Gatefold Sleeve
Analogue Productions (Atlantic 75 Series)
Celebrating the 75th Anniversary of Atlantic Records!
One of the finest albums of the classic rock era!
180-gram 45 RPM double LP
Mastered by Kevin Gray at Cohearent Audio from the original analog master tape
Pressed at Quality Record Pressings
Tip-on old style gatefold double pocket jackets with film lamination by Stoughton Printing

After half a century of crafting an astonishing array of chart-topping albums and embarking on triumphant global tours, Yes's The Yes Album marks the origin of their meteoric rise, through the recording sessions for this 1971 masterpiece.

With an ever interesting line-up of world class musicianship, this highly regarded chapter of Yes consisted of Jon Anderson (vocals), Chris Squire (bass/vocals), Bill Bruford (drums), Tony Kaye (keyboards) and the introduction of Steve Howe (guitars/vocals), The Yes Album was the band's breakthrough album, ultimately remaining on the sales charts for 34 weeks, selling more than 1 million copies.

This important piece of music consists of six amazing Yes workouts such as the definitive album opener "Yours Is No Disgrace," the hard rocking "Starship Trooper" and the brilliant "I've Seen All Good People" plus the massive hit single "Your Move." From this moment on, there was no looking back for this superstar quintet.

Yes enthusiasts were superlatively rewarded with even more progressive rock favourites as the brilliant acoustic driven guitar work of Steve Howe's "Clap," Chris Squire and Jon Anderson's superb "Perpetual Change" and the jazz-rock fusion of "A Venture" truly made this album a standout.

The album was a critical success and a major commercial breakthrough for Yes, who had been at risk of being dropped by Atlantic due to the commercial failures of their first two albums. It reached No. 4 in the United Kingdom and No. 40 in the United States, and was later certified platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America for surpassing 1 million copies.

Analogue Productions is proud to offer the definitive reissue deluxe 180-gram 45 RPM 2LP of The Yes Album. For Yes fans, this is a can't-miss addition to your album collection.

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Yes

Close To The Edge

26,99 €*

Release: 1972 / UK – Reissue

Genre: Rock & Indie

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The Birth Of Sol Splatter Black And Red Vinyl Edition

Yawning Man

LP | 2009 | EU | Reissue (Heavy Psych Sounds)

43,99 €*

The Birth Of Sol Red Vinyl Edition

Release: 2009 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Rock & Indie

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Heavy Psych Sounds is re-issueing the Yawning Man old demo recordings The Birth Of Sol in brand new Colored Vinyl and new cover. Dating back to 1986, these demo recordings by Yawning Man were originally only spread amongst close friends of the band. They were released on iTunes in 2009. Today you can have them on brand new Colored Vinyl in gatefold sleeve.

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Yawning Man

LP | 2009 | EU | Reissue (Heavy Psych Sounds)

35,99 €*

The Birth Of Sol Black Vinyl Edition

Release: 2009 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Rock & Indie

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Yawning Man

LP | 2009 | EU | Reissue (Heavy Psych Sounds)

28,99 €*

Yama And The Karma Dusters

Release: 2009 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Rock & Indie

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Up From The Sewers

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

18,89 €* 26,99 € -30%

Release: 1971 / CA – Reissue

Genre: Rock & Indie

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LP | 1984 | UK | Reissue (DGM Panegyric)

XTC

The Big Express

Release: 1984 / UK – Reissue

Genre: Rock & Indie

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Xtc - As The Dukes Of Stratosphear

Psonic Psunspot

LP | 1987 | UK | Reissue (DGM Panegyric)

25,99 €*

Release: 1987 / UK – Reissue

Genre: Rock & Indie

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Xtc - As The Dukes Of Stratosphear

Psonic Psunspot

LP | 1987 | UK | Reissue (DGM Panegyric)

Release: 1987 / UK – Reissue

Genre: Rock & Indie

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Used Vinyl

Medium: Near Mint, Cover: Near Mint

Wings At The Speed Of Sound

Wings

LP | 1976 | JP | Reissue (MPL)

18,99 €*

The 1975 Australian Broadcast

Release: 1976 / JP – Reissue

Genre: Rock & Indie

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Used Vinyl

Medium: Near Mint, Cover: VG+

Japanese pressing. OBI is missing, With insert. Few paper scuffs. Slight foxing.

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Wings

Box Set | 2024 | EU | Original (FM Concert Broadcasts)

79,99 €*

Release: 2024 / EU – Original

Genre: Rock & Indie

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Heaven's Gonna Be A Blast!

Wilson McKinley

LP | 1973 | US | Reissue (Lion Productions)

William Penn And His Pals

Release: 1973 / US – Reissue

Genre: Rock & Indie

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With beginnings firmly in the secular realm and a strong following in the Northwest, Wilson McKinley signed to Alshire Records (home of 101 Strings) and recorded one album under the label's 'acid-rock' moniker, The California Poppy Pickers. With the proceeds from those sessions, they self-released a 7" EP in 1970. But then they met street minister Carl Parks, gave up the rock 'n' roll lifestyle and effectively ended the first incarnation of the group. Parks encouraged the remaining band members to pick up their instruments again to create music for a street meeting, and thus the first 'Jesus Rock' group was born. Buoyed by the confidence developed during the "Spirit Of Elijah" sessions, Wilson McKinley's third LP from 1971 maintains the quality songwriting but adds even better production values. It was housed in a suitable-for-black-light jacket printed with neon inks. Sadly, after this there would be no more Wilson McKinley LPs, with their next release being the cassette-only "Country In The Sky." Good news is that they made this dayglo-adorned proof of their rapidly-developing skills and musical interests before abandoning wax—Wilson McKinley's most adventurous effort, boasting entirely original tunes and complex, heavy arrangements at times reminiscent of the Allman Brothers.

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Swami The Complete Recordings

LP | 2023 | EU | Original (Guerssen)

25,99 €*

LP | 1977 | EU | Reissue (Mental Experience)

Release: 2023 / EU – Original

Genre: Rock & Indie

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William Penn & His Pals (also known as William Penn Fyve) were the ultimate 60s garage band from the Bay Area. Their line-up featured Mike Shapiro on lead guitar (author of the garage, acid-punk anthem "Swami") and Gregg Rolie (of Santana/Journey fame) on organ / vocals. Mickey Hart of the Grateful Dead was also the drummer for a brief period.

Here’s the first ever vinyl release of their complete recordings, including their fuzzed-out “Swami” / “Blow My Mind” 45 of Pebbles fame plus prime cut ‘66 unissued recordings. A feat of garage-punk and teen-beat.

*Includes a color insert telling their amazing story by San Fran rock historian Bruno Ceriotti plus rare photos / memorabilia. *Download card

“Don't be fooled by the name or the Revolutionary War-era stage costumes. These kids are certified '60s garage punk rockers!” – Bruno Ceriotti

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Wild Havana

CD | 1993 | EU | Reissue (Guerssen)

Release: 1977 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves, Rock & Indie

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Obscure Dutch private pressing from 1977. Laid-back instrumental psychedelic / progressive sounds with jazz-funk-groove and abstract / experimental / Latin-indigenous touches. Stoned homemade atmosphere with treated / distorted electric & acoustic guitars, flute, electric piano, primitive drum machines / homemade electronics...Much in the vein of the experimental-underground scene of France & Germany during the early 70s but actually recorded and released in Holland.
Wild Havana was the project of guitar player Johan Smith, helped by his brother Cor on flute. Influenced by artists like Zappa and Herbie Hancock, Johan recorded the “Wild Havana” album at his home studio on a 4-track, using effect devices developed by himself, like a modified proto-drum machine taken from a Hammond organ. He also used effects like phase shifter, chorus, etc and experimented with putting wool on the guitar strings and electric effects on the mandolin. The result sounded like nothing else at the time.
Buried for many years, we’re excited to bring to life this unique album.

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Wicked Lady

The Axeman Cometh

15,99 €*

Live At The Civic Auditorium San Francisco 1971

Release: 1993 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Rock & Indie

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If you are looking for raw, psychedelic hard-rock, look no further! We present the complete recordings (1968-1972) from Wicked Lady, the legendary UK underground power trio leaded by ace guitarist Martin Weaver, later a member of Dark on their "Round the edges" album.

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Who

LP | 2023 | EU (Mind Control)

The Blues Album 2020 Remix

Release: 2023 / EU

Genre: Rock & Indie

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As iconic a rock band as any that emerged since the dawn of the genre, The Who were equally as original and unique a music collective as ever existed. Formed in 1964, the group’s heyday in the 1960s and 1970s was replete with classic album and single after classic album and single, which still provide a backbone to these musically rich decades. This live set celebrates the skill, talent, longevity and quite extraordinary compositional perfection of the Who, with the legendary show recorded at the Civic Auditorium in San Francisco, on 13th December 1971.

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Whitesnake

2LP | 2021 | EU | Original (Rhino)

36,99 €*

Release: 2021 / EU – Original

Genre: Rock & Indie

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Wayne Kramer And The Pink Fairies

Cocaine Blues Clear Vinyl Edition

LP | 2023 | EU | Original (Audioplatter)

17,99 €*

Wayne County & The Electric Chairs

Release: 2023 / EU – Original

Genre: Rock & Indie

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This album features elements of two of the greatest revolutionary rock bands of all time. Wayne Kramer came to prominence as a teenager in 1967 as a co-founder of the Detroit rock group MC5, a group known for their powerful live performances and radical left-wing political stance. The Pink Fairies - on the other hand - are an English rock band initially active in the London underground and psychedelic scene of the early 1970s. They promoted free music, drug taking and anarchy and often performed impromptu gigs and other agitprop stunts, such as playing for free outside the gates at the Bath and Isle of Wight pop festivals in 1970, as well as appearing at Phun City, the first Glastonbury and many other free festivals including Windsor and Trentishoe. When two such masters of sonic revolution meet up, sparks are sure to fly as you will hear on this extraordinary record!

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Things Your Mother Never Told You

LP | 1978 | EU | Reissue (Spittle)

Wayne County & The Electric Chairs

Release: 1978 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Rock & Indie

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Jayne/Wayne County's most audacious album is also possibly among the most important albums of its age. Released in 1979 just as the new wave was teetering on the brink of some kind of bold step forward, Things Your Mother Never Told You was one of the sudden shoves which sent it sprawling into its destiny. Electro-punk starts here. Producer David Cunningham takes only a portion of the credit; in years to come he would lead the Flying Lizards into the realm of heavily stylized electronica. But County's songs match his ambitions all the way, from the harsh, grating soundscapes behind "C3"'s muttered imprecations to the soft-spoken paranoia of "Waiting for the Marines," and onto "Berlin," the song that put into words everything David Bowie (among others) tried to convey about that city via image and insinuation. It's not all electro-art smarts, of course. "Boy With the Stolen Face" and the pouting, punishing "Wonder Woman" are archetypal Electric Chairs - a reminder of how, at the band's very best, they could run the Rolling Stones close in the swaggering rock & roller stakes - and the murder mystery "Wall City Girl" could have fallen off a forgotten volume of Nuggets or Pebbles. The title track, meanwhile, doesn't simply seethe with all the promise -- sexual, social, and societal -- which made County the superstar (s)he so very nearly was, it also lets listeners know why no one has ever truly snatched that crown away. (All Music)

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Storm The Gates Of Heaven

LP | 1978 | EU | Reissue (Spittle)

19,79 €* 21,99 € -10%

LP | 2021 | EU | Original (Pickup)

Release: 1978 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Rock & Indie

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Prior to his release this record was simply ‘labeled’ as Punk-Rock but this one comes from the New York Dolls side of Glam Punk. Storm the Gates of Heaven reveals unusual aspects of County's work: serious, reflective and profound. The monologue introducing the title track is the only part that may be considered offensive. The sound is a blend of bass, lead & rhythm guitar, drums & percussion by the versatile Electric Chairs. Embellished by Hammond organ, the title track rages against and laments the suffering caused by religious wars. Cry Of Angels is an eloquent, even anthemic defense of Enlightenment values on which the guitar textures and the hook around the chorus superbly complement one another. An artful blend of County's characteristic outrage and the pure pop genius that lay behind the garish accoutrements, Storm the Gates of Heaven jams its eight tracks between two undisguised classics, the anthemic title track and a so-optimistic reading of "Tomorrow Is Another Day, not to mention a stunning cover-version of the Electric Prune´s "I had too much to dream last Night"

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Watch

The Art Of Bleeding

46,99 €*

Release: 2021 / EU – Original

Genre: Rock & Indie

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LP | 1980 | EU | Reissue (Speakers Corner)

Warren Zevon

Stand In The Fire

Warren Haynes Presents: The Benefit Concert Volume 4

Release: 1980 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Rock & Indie

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Warren Zevon had toured for quite some time as a songwriter in the rock scene, released a few singles and landed a flop with his debut LP in 1969 before the tide finally turned. Roughly ten years later, his live album – put together from a five-day residency at the Roxy Theater in West Hollywood – entered the annals of vinyl history as one of the best live albums of all time and was awarded four stars by the magazine Rolling Stone. Ambiguously entitled by the comprehensively educated Zevon, who had been confronted with the tough side of show business, "Stand In The Fire" delivers genial simple pure and straightforward rock right from the start, which hit the public with a vengeance. Full of vim and elation, the band pours out the significant, biting verses with fire ("Jeannie Needs A Shooter") and fuels the emotional inferno with high-speed bursts of rock ("Excitable Boy"). Zevon proves his skills as a singer and songwriter in the ballad-like yet powerful "Mohammed’s Radio". In a direct comparison to this number we have the forthright, no-nonsense hit "Werewolves Of London" with its close harmonies. Just how Zevon manages to succeed in getting his delicate voice and lyrics over to the public is shown in the powerful mix of heavy and honky-tonk ("I’ll Sleep When I’m Dead") and finally in the thunderous final number – "Bo Didley’s A Gunslinger" – with its percussive and metrically complicated antiphony.

This Speakers Corner LP was remastered using pure analogue components only, from the master tapes through to the cutting head. More information under www.pure-analogue.com.
All royalties and mechanical rights have been paid.

Recording: August 1980 live at The Roxy Theatre in West Hollywood, CA., by Billy Youdelman and Greg Ladanyi
Production: Greg Ladanyi & Warren Zevon

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Warren Haynes

2LP | 2023 | EU | Original (Mascot Label Group)

Release: 2023 / EU – Original

Genre: Rock & Indie

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Warren Haynes Presents: The Benefit Concert Volume 2

Warren Haynes

2LP | 2023 | EU | Original (Mascot Label Group)

Release: 2023 / EU – Original

Genre: Rock & Indie

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Warren Haynes Presents: The Benefit Concert Volume 1

Warren Haynes

2LP | 2023 | EU | Original (Mascot Label Group)

Release: 2023 / EU – Original

Genre: Rock & Indie

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Walter Ghoul's Lavender Brigade

House Of Small / Frumpy And The Strange Machine

7" | 1999 | UK | Original (Twist)

12,99 €*

Release: 1999 / UK – Original

Genre: Rock & Indie, Pop

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Medium: Near Mint, Cover: VG+

Walter Becker & Donald Fagen

Brill Building: Best Of The Original Recordings 1968-71 Yellow Vinyl Edition

LP | 2021 | EU | Original (Déjà Vu Kid)

20,99 €*

LP | 2023 | EU | Original (Karisma)

Release: 2021 / EU – Original

Genre: Rock & Indie

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Steely Dan before they were Steely Dan! As struggling musicians living in Brooklyn during the late sixties, Walter Becker and Donald Fagen were hard at work peddling their music to publishers and producers of the legendary Brill Building. Having housed prolific hit machines such as Burt Bacharach, Hal David, and Carole King, it was here that the duo compiled a number of demos, compositions and early versions of future Steely Dan classics. The collection of original recordings recorded between 1968-71 provide exciting insight to Becker & Fagen's creative process, the sound of their early years and the soul behind this beloved writing partnership. On LTD edition 180g sun yellow vinyl.

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Vulture Industries

Ghosts From The Past

Release: 2023 / EU – Original

Genre: Rock & Indie

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

Vos Voisins

Release: 1971 / CA – Reissue

Genre: Rock & Indie

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2LP | 2021 | US | Original (Republic)

Volbeat

Servant Of The Mind

44,99 €*

LP | 2013 | EU | Original (Dia De Los Muertos)

Release: 2021 / US – Original

Genre: Rock & Indie

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Used Vinyl

Medium: VG+, Cover: Near Mint

Vinyl is close to NM. Original inner sleeves. Cover has tiny corner wear.

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Villa 21

Voodoo Baby

16,99 €* 19,99 € -15%

Release: 2013 / EU – Original

Genre: Rock & Indie

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LP | 1978 | US | Reissue (Federal Green)

Viith Temple

Under The Burning Sun

30,99 €*

The Velvet Underground & Nico

Release: 1978 / US – Reissue

Genre: Rock & Indie

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Recorded in late '70s Ontario, just prior to the synth-punk masterpiece by their alter-ego, Drama, this is a heady stew of hypnotic psych prog pomp, coupled with bashing drums and mystical and magickal lyrics. Each song swells as it progresses, reaching a frenzied climax, drawing you into the same place out of time this was birthed in. Incredibly rare in its original state, this is a lovingly remastered improvement on the impossibly expensive original.

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Velvet Underground

LP | 1967 | EU | Reissue (Vinyl Lovers)

LP+CD | 1988 | EU | Reissue (Minotauro)

Release: 1967 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Rock & Indie

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... one of the greatest albums of all time! ... 180 gram vinyl with bonus track 'chelsea girls'

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Vanexa

Back From The Ruins

40,99 €*

Release: 1988 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Rock & Indie

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The Classic KPFA Broadcasts Vol.2 Black Vinyl Edition

Van Morrison

2LP | 2024 | EU | Original (Gimme)

Release: 2024 / EU – Original

Genre: Rock & Indie

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The Classic KPFA Broadcasts Vol.1 Black Vinyl Edition

Van Morrison

2LP | 2024 | EU | Original (Gimme)

33,99 €*

Release: 2024 / EU – Original

Genre: Rock & Indie

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Van Halen

The Super Dome Tokyo '89

LP | UK (Cult Legends)

15,29 €* 16,99 € -10%

Release: UK

Genre: Rock & Indie

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Live At The Selland Arena Fresno 1992 Volume 2 Transparent Orange Vinyl Edtion

Van Halen

LP | 2024 | EU (Room On Fire)

22,49 €* 24,99 € -10%

Release: 2024 / EU

Genre: Rock & Indie

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Van Halen Mark II (with Sammy Hagar o vocals) Live at Fresno Arena in California. The album contains a bunch of David Lee Roth-era songs (including Van Halen's arrangement of "You Really Got Me" by The Kinks). As was the case with all tours with Hagar, the then-current album For Unlawful Carnal Knowledge is very well represented, with several songs originally featured on that record.

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Woodstock - Music From The Original Soundtrack And More

3LP | 2020 | EU | Reissue (Cotillion)

62,99 €*

Release: 2020 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Rock & Indie, Soundtracks

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Used Vinyl

Medium: Near Mint, Cover: Near Mint

Beautiful vinyl housed in a Tri-Fold Jacket

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Why Don't You Smile Now: Lou Reed At Pickwick Records 1964 -1965 Red & Gold Vinyl Edition

2LP | 2024 | US | Original (Light In The Attic)

57,99 €*

Release: 2024 / US – Original

Genre: Rock & Indie

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Light in the Attic, in cooperation with Laurie Anderson and the Lou Reed Archive, is thrilled to announce the forthcoming release of Why Don’t You Smile Now: Lou Reed at Pickwick Records 1964-65. Due out September 27th, the latest installment in LITA’s critically acclaimed Lou Reed Archive Series is a compilation of pop songs penned by Reed during his mid-60s stint as a staff songwriter for the long-defunct label Pickwick Records. The compilation follows on the heels of Lou Reed’s Hudson River Wind Meditations (2023) and Words & Music, May 1965 (2022).

One of the most original and innovative figures in music history, Reed (1942-2013) first gained recognition as co-founder and frontman of the massively influential Velvet Underground. Over the course of his five-decade career, the two-time Rock & Roll Hall of Famer brought his singular vision to an eclectic expanse of musical endeavors, including era-defining albums like 1972’s Transformer and wildly experimental works like the 1975 avant-garde noise classic Metal Machine Music. But before establishing himself as an enduringly iconic singer, songwriter, musician, and poet, Reed got his start as an in-house songwriter (and occasional session guitarist/vocalist) for Pickwick Records—a label specializing in sound-alike recordings that emulated the major pop hits of the day. Encompassing everything from garage-rock and girl-group pop to blue-eyed soul and teen-idol balladry, Reed’s output for Pickwick ultimately offers a fascinating early glimpse at his ever-evolving and truly limitless artistry.

The album has been restored and remastered by GRAMMY®-nominated mastering engineer John Baldwin. Both the 2xLP & CD editions feature in-depth booklets with unseen photos, liner notes by Richie Unterberger (renowned music journalist and author of such acclaimed titles as White Light/White Heat: The Velvet Underground day-by-day), and an essay by Lenny Kaye (the legendary guitarist, Patti Smith Group co-founder, writer, producer, and curator of seminal garage-rock anthology Nuggets). The double-LP package is designed by multi-GRAMMY®-winning artist Masaki Koike and pressed at world-renowned plant Optimal (Germany). A special color vinyl edition is pressed on “Oxblood” wax (a/b side) and “Gold” wax (c/d side). This release marks the first official anthology of Lou Reed’s work for Pickwick Records and features rarities, cult classics (The Primitives’ “The Ostrich”), & previously unreleased material (The Beachnuts’ “Sad, Lonely Orphan Boy”).

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Why Don't You Smile Now: Lou Reed At Pickwick Records 1964 -1965 Black Vinyl Edition

2LP | 2024 | US | Original (Light In The Attic)

53,99 €*

Release: 2024 / US – Original

Genre: Rock & Indie

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White Mansions A Tale From The American Civil War 1861-1865

CD | 1989 | UK | Original (A&M)

9,99 €*

Release: 1989 / UK – Original

Genre: Rock & Indie, Pop

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Used Vinyl

Medium: VG+, Cover: Generic

CD comes in a soft case, instead of the original crystal case. All booklets included.

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LP | 1969 | DE | Original (Decca)

The World Of Blues Power

4,24 €* 4,99 € -15%

Release: 1969 / DE – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves, Rock & Indie

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Used Vinyl

Medium: VG, Cover: VG

Vinyl with many scuffs and hairlines

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The Wind Blows Your Heart: Ohio

Release: 2023 / EU – Original

Genre: Rock & Indie

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A collection dedicated to Garage USA 1965-1968 featuring rare tracks from a particular state: Florida, Mississippi, New York and Ohio.

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The Wind Blows Your Heart: New York

Release: 2023 / EU – Original

Genre: Rock & Indie

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A collection dedicated to Garage USA 1965-1968 featuring rare tracks from a particular state: Florida, Mississippi, New York and Ohio.

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The Wind Blows Your Heart: Mississippi

Release: 2023 / EU – Original

Genre: Rock & Indie

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A collection dedicated to Garage USA 1965-1968 featuring rare tracks from a particular state: Florida, Mississippi, New York and Ohio.

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The Wind Blows Your Heart: Florida

Release: 2023 / EU – Original

Genre: Rock & Indie

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A collection dedicated to Garage USA 1965-1968 featuring rare tracks from a particular state: Florida, Mississippi, New York and Ohio.

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LP | 2024 | EU | Original (Smiling C)

The Voice Of Love

31,99 €*

Release: 2024 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves, Rock & Indie

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The Voice of Love is a collection of British sophisti-pop and jazz-funk from the 1980s - ten songs ranging from unreleased demos to scarcely pressed 12”s attempt to define the scope of the British underground scene during that era.

The music presented on this release juxtaposes polished aesthetics with a punk ethos; while some bands sported sophisticated looks reminiscent of travel destinations and designer fashion, they also embraced gritty influences from iconic British acts like The Clash, Sex Pistols, and early Factory Records acts. This dynamic interplay between refinement and rebellion lies at the heart of the compilation. Artists like Jakatti, Berlin-Randazzo Band, and Xpertz offer a raw energy akin to Colourbox, Maximum Joy, and A Certain Ratio. Meanwhile, Inheritance, World Series, and Ocean evoke the sound of 52nd Street (Inheritance members went on to form that group) and Freeez (including After Eight’s notable "Southern Freeez" cover). The Goodbye Look and Sonjah & Ian introduce a smoother jazz-pop vibe, drawing inspiration from Sade and the sun-kissed allure of Ibiza.

Curated in collaboration with Michael Patricola, a pioneer in uncovering rare private pressings and obscure recordings, this project is a labor of love. This selection of long-elusive discoveries is a tender ode to the rainy melancholy of English adolescence.

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The Vocal Group Album - Roots Of Rock 'N' Roll Vol. 8

2LP | 1979 | US | Original (Savoy)

8,24 €* 10,99 € -25%

Release: 1979 / US – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves, Rock & Indie

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LP | 1968 | US | Original (Atlantic)

The Super Hits Vol. 2

9,99 €*

Release: 1968 / US – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves, Rock & Indie, Pop

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The Star Club Anthology Vol. 5

LP | 1983 | DE | Original (Star-Club)

4,99 €*

Release: 1983 / DE – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves, Rock & Indie, Pop

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The Rough Guide To A World Of Psychedelia

LP | 2016 | UK | Original (World Music Network)

18,99 €*

Release: 2016 / UK – Original

Genre: Rock & Indie

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The Roots Of Chicha (Psychedelic Cumbias From Peru)

2LP | 2007 | US | Reissue (Barbès Records)

44,99 €*

Release: 2007 / US – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves, Rock & Indie

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LP | 1973 | UK | Original (Elektra)

The One That Got Away

3,99 €*

Release: 1973 / UK – Original

Genre: Rock & Indie

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2x12" | 1997 | UK | Original (DMC)

The Megamixes 172

17,99 €*

Release: 1997 / UK – Original

Genre: Hip Hop, Rock & Indie, Electronic & Dance

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The Awaken: Forgotten Songs From The Smell Of Rain

LP | 2022 | EU | Original (Black Widow)

26,99 €*

Release: 2022 / EU – Original

Genre: Rock & Indie

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Sunlight Glide 15 Flower Power Trippers From The 60's & 70s

LP | 2020 | EU | Original (Take It Acid Is)

16,99 €*

Release: 2020 / EU – Original

Genre: Rock & Indie

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Here's a collection of rare psychedelic/freakbeat tracks from such bands like The Kinetic, The Factory, Steerpike, State of Micky & Tommy, Cain, Nimrod and more. This is for fans of these 80s and 90s cult psych comps like the ones on Tiny Alice Records, the Justafixation series, Voyage Through the Sugarcube etc.

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Sing It High, Sing It Low: Tumbleweed Records 1971-1973

LP | 2017 | US | Original (Light In The Attic)

Release: 2017 / US – Original

Genre: Rock & Indie

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Silberland 01 - The Psychedelic Side Of Kosmische Musik

2LP | 2022 | EU | Original (Bureau B)

Release: 2022 / EU – Original

Genre: Rock & Indie, Electronic & Dance

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The Psychedelic Side of Kosmische Musik Fellow humans, Bureau B invite you on an expedition to Silberland, a singular span of spacetime created by Germany's sonic futurists of the seventies and eighties. Embracing the early electronics and tape experiments of the sixties' avant-garde, these artists aimed to boldly go, eschewing small steps for giant leaps into a nebulous and novel sound.

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Sex - We Are Not In The Least Afraid Of Ruins Colored Vinyl Edition

2LP | 2022 | UK | Original (Stranger Than Paradise)

51,99 €*

Release: 2022 / UK – Original

Genre: Rock & Indie

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Revenge Of The Killer B's

LP | 1985 | US | Original (Warner)

Release: 1985 / US – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves, Rock & Indie, Electronic & Dance, Pop

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Reimagining The Court Of The Crimson King

LP | 2024 | US | Original (Cleopatra)

43,99 €*

Release: 2024 / US – Original

Genre: Rock & Indie

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Raks Raks Raks: 17 Golden Garage Psych Nuggets From The Iranian 60's Scene

LP | 2023 | EU (Survival Research)

17,99 €*

Release: 2023 / EU

Genre: Rock & Indie

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Psychedelic Rock - A Trip Down The Era Of Experimental Rock Music

2LP | 2021 | EU | Original (Music Brokers)

Release: 2021 / EU – Original

Genre: Rock & Indie

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Born during the revolutionary and musically-rich ‘60s, Psychedelic Rock provided a platform for British and American musicians to experiment not only with hallucinogenic drugs, but also with new sounds that included elaborate studio effects, non-Western instruments -such as sitar or tabla-, disjunctive song structures and surreal and esoterically-inspired lyrics. Psychedelic Rock: A Trip Down The Era Of Experimental Rock Music a 2xlp opus that showcases the work of some of the genre’s most prominent artists and some of the essential tracks from that era. Arthur Brown, The Spencer Davis Group, The Deviants, Sun Dial and Plasticland are only a few of the performers included in this definitive collection of the genre, available for the first time on vinyl format.

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Private Lessons - Music From The Motion Picture Soundtrack

LP | 1981 | JP | Original (WEA)

14,99 €*

Release: 1981 / JP – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves, Rock & Indie, Pop, Soundtracks

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Pacific Breeze: Japanese City Pop, AOR & Boogie 1976-1986 Black Vinyl Edition

2LP | 2019 | US | Original (Light In The Attic)

47,99 €*

Release: 2019 / US – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves, Rock & Indie, Pop

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• Cover art by famed artist Hiroshi Nagai
• Extensive liner notes and bios
• Compiled by Andy Cabic (Vetiver), Zach Cowie (DJ & music supervisor) and Mark “Frosty” McNeill (dublab)
• 2xLP housed in a deluxe wide spine jacket with over sized fold-out booklet, full color printed inner sleeves, and custom die-cut obi card
• Remastered audio

Pacific Breeze documents Japan’s blast into the stratosphere. By the 1960s, the nation had achieved a postwar miracle, soaring to become the world’s second largest economy. Thriving tech exports sent The Rising Sun over the moon. Its pocket cassette players, bleeping video games, and gleaming cars boomed worldwide, wooing pleasure points and pumping Japanese pockets full of yen.

Japan’s financial buoyancy also permeated its popular culture, birthing an audio analog called City Pop. This new sound arose in the mid ’70s and ruled through the ’80s, channeling the country’s contemporary psyche. It was sophisticated music mirroring Japan’s punch-drunk prosperity. City Pop epitomized the era, providing a soundtrack for emerging urbanites. An optimistic spirit buzzed through the music in neon-bathed, gauzy tableaus coated with groove-heavy strokes.

Pacific Breeze is an expertly compiled collection of choice cuts that range from silky smooth grooves to innovative techno pop bangers and everything in between. Long-revered by crate diggers and adventurous music heads, this music has never been released outside of Japan until now. Including key artists like Taeko Ohnuki and Minako Yoshida, as well as cult favorites Hitomi Tohyama and Hiroshi Sato, the long-awaited release also features newly commissioned cover painting by Tokyo-based artist Hiroshi Nagai, whose iconic images of resort living have graced the covers of many classic City Pop albums of the 1980s.

Many of the key City Pop players evolved from the Japanese New Music scene of the early ’70s, as heard on Light In The Attic’s acclaimed Even a Tree Can Shed Tears: Japanese Folk & Rock 1969-1973, the first release of the ongoing Japan Archival Series. In fact, you could say City Pop set sail with a champagne smash from Happy End, the freakishly talented subversives who included amongst their ranks Haruomi Hosono and Shigeru Suzuki, both featured on this compilation. As Michael K. Bourdaghs noted in his book, Sayonara Amerika, Sayonara Nippon, this music was, “Deconstructing the line between imitation and authenticity.” Some of the best City Pop teeters in this zone—easy listening with mutant exotica, tilted techno-pop, and steamy boogie bubbling beneath the gloss.

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OST The Original Hits Of Right Now Plus Some Heavies "Easy Rider"

LP | 1969 | US | Original (Dunhill)

11,99 €*

Release: 1969 / US – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves, Rock & Indie, Pop

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OST The Original Hits Of Right Now Plus Some Heavies "Easy Rider"

LP | 1969 | US | Original (Dunhill)

8,99 €*

Release: 1969 / US – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves, Rock & Indie, Pop

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Louisville In The 60's The Lost Allen-Martin Tapes

LP | 2019 | EU | Original (Out-Sider)

Release: 2019 / EU – Original

Genre: Rock & Indie

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14 tracks from the Louisville late 60s/early 70s garage-psych scene.
These cuts (all of them previously unissued except for one originally released on a rare 45) were found in the archives of the city's well known Allen-Martin Studio, after the owners retired and the place closed down.
Including some rather well known names such as The Rugbys, The Illusions, The Keyes and The Oxfords, as well as more obscure local heroes like Free Reign, The Premieres, Roc, Conception…Highlights include fabulous psych rockers by Rugbys and Oxfords; fuzzed out garage by Blues and Illusions; psychedelic hard-rock by Babylon and Free Reign; jangly teen beat by JB and The Young Wheels; killer psych covers of Beatles and Traffic by Keyes and Company Front,…

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Just Another Saturday Night: 12 Rare Rude & Obscure Boppers From The 70's Bovver & Glam Rock Scene

LP | 2024 | EU (Ballroom Blitz)

18,99 €*

Release: 2024 / EU

Genre: Rock & Indie

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Garage Beat In Florence - The Complete 1966 Singles Collection

2LP | 2024 | EU | Original (Perfect Kick Off)

33,99 €*

Release: 2024 / EU – Original

Genre: Rock & Indie

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For the first time on double vinyl - and 20 years after its first release on cd – here we have the compilation 'Garage Beat in Florence', basically a snapshot of Florence 1966 ‘beat phenomena’. All the tracks were recorded at 'Studio Due' for the NET label and originally enclosed with the magazine 'Nuova Enigmistica Tascabile'. Plus – as bonus tracks – a nice selection from the Ginco Records label, including previously unreleased acetate ! The double vinyl contains 28 tracks, pictures, memorabilia and also the history of 'Studio Due' and its innovative recording techniques, which became an integral part of NET's fame among collectors and lovers of Beat sounds. The activity of 'Studio Due' was unfortunately abruptly interrupted by the Florence flood of the 4th November of 1966. Riyl : Pebbles, Highs In The Mid Sixties, Nuggets.

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Folkadelic Volume 2 - The Acid Jam

2LP | 2023 | EU | Original (Mood Mosaic)

32,99 €*

Release: 2023 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves, Rock & Indie

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Powerfull nice grooves from a series that might be beer named: "Acid folk renaissance " – as most of the work here come from the 70s, and a lot from those great years of the UK and US scene where it also seemed like there was plenty of folk in the music as well! A few of these cuts are downright acid , and all are filled with great instrumenta&on – in an approach that's a nice change from some of the more familiar Brit and US manners of the same genera&on. The &tles include, among the others: Nirvana’s Nova Sketch , Fi.y Foot Hose’s Rose, Pyranha ‘s Clepsydre , Kaleidoscope’s Keep your mind open, and more .

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Elemental Child: The Words And Music Of Marc Bolan Orange Vinyl Edition

LP | 2023 | UK | Original (Easy Action)

26,99 €*

Release: 2023 / UK – Original

Genre: Rock & Indie

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A globe spanning ( France, Italy, Germany, USA, Belarus, Sweden, Russia, Australia, Canada ) covers album of the late great Marc Bolan songs starting with the earliest cover in 1965. • Covering a huge range of genres and styles

A response to the U.S Hit album Angel Headed Hipster which opened up the songs of Bolan to a new American audience by using big names and TV advertising …this concentrates on quality recordings by lesser known artists • Presented in deluxe gatefold sleeve.

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Easy Rider (Songs As Performed In The Motion Picture)

LP | 1969 | DE | Original (Columbia)

4,99 €*

Release: 1969 / DE – Original

Genre: Rock & Indie, Soundtracks

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Earl's Closet The Lost Archive Of Earl Mcgrath 1970-1980 Red Vinyl Edition

2LP | 2022 | US | Original (Light In The Attic)

63,99 €*

Release: 2022 / US – Original

Genre: Rock & Indie

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All tracks previously unreleased including unheard recordings from Daryl Hall and John Oates, David Johansen (New York Dolls), Terry Allen, Delbert McClinton, Andy Warhol’s Superstar Ultra Violet, Norma Jean Bell, and The Jim Carroll Band Restored and remastered audio by GRAMMY®-nominated engineer, John Baldwin Extensive booklet featuring unseen archive photos, ephemera and label history (LP: 20-pgs, CD: 40-pgs) Liner notes by journalist Joe Hagan with exclusive interviews Double LP pressed on 180-gram vinyl and housed in a gatefold jacket ‘Cocktail Party’ Vinyl Color Edition pressed on Clear Wax “Earl was a wonderful man with a great eye for new and innovative art. And such an amusing companion, too.” – Mick Jagger

Earl McGrath was the ultimate ’70s jet setter, an art collector and comic bon vivant who stumbled into the record business between legendary parties in New York and LA and discovered Daryl Hall and John Oates and then Jim Carroll. Atlantic founder Ahmet Ertegun gave Earl his own label, Clean Records, in 1970; Mick Jagger hired him to run Rolling Stones Records in 1977.

Friend to Joan Didion, Andy Warhol, and a galaxy of luminaries, Earl was an inveterate tastemaker. Actor Harrison Ford, who before Star Wars fame was Earl’s handyman and pot dealer, called him “the last of a breed, one of the last great gentlemen and bohemians.”

After Earl died in 2016, journalist Joe Hagan, author of the critically-acclaimed Sticky Fingers, the biography of Rolling Stone founder Jann Wenner, discovered a trove of rare and unheard tapes in Earl’s apartment in New York—literally inside his closet. “I asked for a step ladder and the first box I pulled off the shelf was a master tape of Some Girls, the Stones album,” says Hagan.

Now Light in the Attic Records proudly presents Earl’s Closet, a double album of the treasures discovered inside, including unheard music by Daryl Hall and John Oates, David Johansen, Terry Allen, Delbert McClinton, Warhol “Superstar” Ultra Violet, Detroit sax legend Norma Jean Bell, Jim Carroll and an eclectic cast of undiscovered artists who once vied for fame and glory—folk, rock, country, funk and R&B gems that virtually no one has heard in decades. Whether it’s the almost-famous power pop of Shadow from Detroit, or the Delfonics-style soul of the Blood Brothers Six, Earl’s Closet retraces the dreams of artists who once sent demos to Earl McGrath. Longtime Light in the Attic-affiliated reissue producer Pat Thomas assisted Hagan in tracking down the artists and finalizing the paperwork.

At once an archival mixtape, a secret history and a journey into the heart of an era, Earl’s Closet features a deep booklet of documents, images and ephemera from Earl’s archive, expansive liner notes by Joe Hagan, who tracked down and interviewed the artists, and astonishing photographs by Earl’s late wife, the Italian countess Camilla Pecci-Blunt McGrath.

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Earl's Closet The Lost Archive Of Earl Mcgrath 1970-1980 Clear Vinyl Edition

2LP | 2022 | US | Original (Light In The Attic)

Release: 2022 / US – Original

Genre: Rock & Indie

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Earl's Closet The Lost Archive Of Earl Mcgrath 1970-1980 Black Vinyl Edition

2LP | 2022 | US | Original (Light In The Attic)

Release: 2022 / US – Original

Genre: Rock & Indie

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Choctaw Ridge-Fables Of The American South 1968-73

2LP | 2021 | UK | Original (Ace)

Release: 2021 / UK – Original

Genre: Rock & Indie

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“Choctaw Ridge” explores a new country sound, one that emerged at the end of the 60s in the wake of Bobbie Gentry’s ‘Ode To Billie Joe’, a shock number one hit in 1967. When singers like Gentry, Jimmy Webb, Michael Nesmith and Lee Hazlewood moved from the south to Los Angeles to make it in the music business, they were not part of the Nashville in-crowd and they forged a new direction.

‘Ode To Billie Joe’ was the tip of the iceberg, and its success helped a bunch of singers and storytellers to emerge over the next three or four years. Some of the tracks on this collection bear that song’s stamp more clearly than others: Sammi Smith’s moody ‘Saunders’ Ferry Lane’ had a similar mystery lyric, and Henson Cargill’s ‘Four Shades Of Love’ is a portmanteau, with one (or possibly two) of the theoretically romantic situations ending in death.

Suddenly, character sketches of southerners became a lot more rounded – women didn’t have to stay home, or take abuse at the office, and darkness wasn’t only found at the bottom of a bottle. Storytelling is the link between all of the songs on this collection. We have cautionary tales about what could happen to someone who heads for the bright lights and doesn’t make it, ending up in the grasping hands of ‘Mr Walker’ (Billie Joe Spears), or on the ‘Back Side Of Dallas’ (Jeannie C Reilly), or on a mortuary slab in the case of the songwriter with the ‘Fabulous Body And Smile’ (Robert Charles Griggs). And there are stories about wanting to go home – Nat Stuckey’s ‘What Am I Doing In LA?’ and Charlie Rich’s ‘Feel Like Going Home’ – and others from Ed Bruce and Lee Hazlewood, who know that their home isn’t home anymore.

The tracklist and fulsome sleeve notes have been put together by Bob Stanley (Saint Etienne) and Martin Green (Smashing, The Sound Gallery), who have been collecting these records for decades.

The voices are resonant and relatable, and the productions take in the best of what pop had to offer in the late 60s and early 70s. Before the factionalism between smooth pop-conscious Nashville and the hedonistic ‘outlaws’ made it look inward again, this was a golden era for an atmospheric, inclusive and progressive country music. It began on the third of June, another sleepy, dusty Delta day.

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Brown Acid - The Sixth Trip

LP | 2018 | US | Original (Riding Easy)

23,99 €*

Uz Jsme Doma & Buchty A Loutky

Release: 2018 / US – Original

Genre: Rock & Indie

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Six volumes worth of licensed tracks released in just three years: doing the Dark Lord’s work isn’t an easy job, but somebody’s gotta do it, so here is Brown Acid - The Sixth Trip, with more lined up. The heads just can’t get enough obscure hard rock, heavy psych, and proto-metal from the late‘60s and ‘70s!

This time around Riding Easy present ten deep cuts from across the continental USA and one from the neighbors up North. This trip kicks off with an outrageous number from Gold out of San Francisco circa 1970. The band used to open their sets with this over-the-top frantic jammer which is absolutely mind-blowing! Delving deeper into the depths, Canadians continue to prove that they could bang heads with the best of ‘em! Heat Exchange from Toronto released the rollicking ripper “Inferno” on the Yorkville label way back in 1968 and it’s still thumping almost fifty years later.

Some more examples of the mind-melting tracks on this platter: Missouri isn’t a state that brought us a lot of heavy 45s, but there are a handful of outstanding tracks, one of which is the funk-laced anthem “Give Me Time” by Backwood Memory from Kansas City. Youngstown, Ohio, meanwhile, might have been the Hard Rock Mecca back in the day. Travis is yet another Youngstown group that aimed to get asses out of seats and out in the streets. Truth & Janey had their incredible proto-metal masterpiece 1976 album No Rest For The Wicked; released four years earlier, “Midnight Horseman” was a 45-only track, included here!

Those are just some of the fruits of months worth of record digging and detective work included on this latest installment. This is the stuff that makes life worth living, at least until the next Trip…

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Pet Ran Do Cepice (Pisne Krysaku) / Five Beats To The Hat (Rats Songs)

LP | 2019 | EU | Reissue (Papagajuv Hlasatel)

Release: 2019 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Rock & Indie

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The Magician's Birthday Picture Disc Edition

LP | 2022 | EU | Original (BMG/Sanctuary)

30,99 €*

Release: 2022 / EU – Original

Genre: Rock & Indie

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The Look At Yourself Sessions 1970

LP | 2018 | EU | Original (CODA)

20,90 €*

Release: 2018 / EU – Original

Genre: Rock & Indie

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LP | 1977 | JP | Reissue (Bronze)

The Best Of...

22,99 €*

Live At The London Astoria 1989

Release: 1977 / JP – Reissue

Genre: Rock & Indie

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Uriah Heep!

2LP | EU (DBQP)

Release: EU

Genre: Rock & Indie

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Cosmic Playground: Live On The King Biscuit Flower Hour San Diego 1974

LP | 2023 | EU (Dear Boss)

Uphollow / The Blue Ontario

Release: 2023 / EU

Genre: Rock & Indie

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This live set gets Heep in their prime on February 8th, 1974 in front of a hugely appreciative audience. Here is an example of a 70s rock gig that puts you (via that nifty time machine) in the midst of the sweating, stomping, singing masses who gathered around the great bands who ruled the world stages of the era.

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7" | 1998 | US | Original (The Best Sex I Ever Had Recordings)

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Universal Cave & The Street Road Band

Release: 1998 / US – Original

Genre: Rock & Indie

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(Til You're) Back In My Arms

7" | 2024 | EU | Original (Soft Rock For Hard Times)

United States Of Existence

Release: 2024 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves, Rock & Indie, Electronic & Dance

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From the deepest trenches of deadstock 45s and the unsung annals of soft rock infamy, we present Sr4ht02: (Till You're) Back In My Arms.

Universal Cave and the Street Road Band cover Dan Strimer with Insured Sound's cult anthem (Till You're) Back In My Arms which was originally released as a 45 in 1977 on Lost Nation Records out of Guysville, Ohio. When Universal Cave featured Back in My Arms on Soft Rock for Hard Times Vol 8 in 2023, we reached out to Dan Strimer to tell him how much we loved his record, and quickly made a friend who helped us release a cover of his song 47 years after it first came out. Dan is still making music to this day and there are even rumors of some unreleased recordings making their way out in the near future.

On vacation in Hawaii when we released Soft Rock for Hard Times Vol 8, Alex Tebbs Mitchell of Universal Cave kept coming back to Dan's catchy, rural classic rock tune. When Alex returned to Philadelphia, he assembled the Street Road Band to record a laid back, 'southwestern Balearic' cover version with André Ethier on vocals, Charles Simon on guitar, Jesse Spearhawk on Pedal Steel, Alex Tebbs Mitchell on Rhodes and bass, Ryan M. Todd on synthesizers, and Shawn Ryan and Brian Cassidy on additional programming and arrangement. The result is a blissful soft rock ballad inspired by the likes of Chris Rea and Mark Knopfler.

After recording the cover, we called in the UK's finest Balearic maestro's Coyote to take the multitracks to the White Isle and back for a remix worthy of Cafe Del Mar. Coyote send the song into a dreamy, dubby, deep house groove, confirming that the record is, in fact, Balearic.

Mixed by Alex Tebbs Mitchell Mastered by Mat Leffler-Schulman

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The Psychedelic Yesterdays Of Tomorrow

LP | 2020 | EU | Original (Guerssen)

LP | 1971 | EU (Trading Places)

Release: 2020 / EU – Original

Genre: Rock & Indie

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United Sates Of Existence were one of earliest neo-psychedelic groups from the US. Born in Baltimore in 1978 out of the ashes of prog-rock outfit Klangfarb, their goal was to reproduce the sound of their favourite 60s psych bands: Strawberry Alarm Clock, Electric Prunes, Blues Magoos, Nazz, The Assocation… They consisted of Paul Rieger (guitar, bass and electric sitar), Bob Tiefenwerth (organ, electric harpsichord and piano), Dennis Davison – of Jigsaw Seen fame - (lead vocals, acoustic guitar and theremin) and Gary Schwartz on drums and harmony vocals. The group used vintage instruments and antiquated recording techniques to fully embrace the sounds of the first psychedelic era (1967-68). They never got to play live, preferring to spend their time recording in their basement studio or going on record-buying binges at all the discount stores, searching for obscure psychedelic albums with weird names like Harumi, Phulph, Bohemian Vendetta… They were championed by Greg Shaw (Bomp!) who chose one of their first recordings, the killer Return To The Psychedelic, as the opening track for the seminal Battle Of The Garages LP compilation (1981). They also appeared in another famous compilation, The Rebel Kind (1983). Anything Goes!, their first 45, saw the light in 1984, self-released on the band’s own label, U.S. Fidelity Sounds, and featuring members of the Association on backing vocals (no kidding!). In 1986, they caught the attention of the Bam Caruso label from the UK, where they released their only album, Introducing: the United States of Existence, in 1986. The Psychedelic Yesterdays Of Tomorrow compiles all the material released by United Sates of Existence, including their Bam Caruso album along with various single / compilation tracks, as well as a few previously unreleased tracks and alternate mixes. “Surround sound not required – these stereo recordings will transport the listener to the proper state of existence. Recorded in the band’s basement and mixed down on a picnic table - because that’s where it was all happening.”

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Unicorn

Uphill All The Way

LP | 1977 | CA | Reissue (Return To Analog)

Release: 1971 / EU

Genre: Rock & Indie

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Getting their start in the mid-1960s as a covers band, the Surrey-based group that began as The Late and who would be forced to take the name Unicorn mid-way through the recording of this excellent debut LP soon understood that originals made better sense, pointed in that direction by the success of Crosby, Stills and Nash. Given greater depth by Gerry Rafferty’s producer, Hugh Murphy, Uphill All The Way makes for superb listening, the musical craftsmanship yielding intricate textures beneath Ken Baker’s dreamy lyrics, the intelligent folk rock complete with country and western underpinnings. A must for UK folk rock fans!

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Ungava

Underdogs, The (Pig, Mann & Edwards)

Release: 1977 / CA – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves, Rock & Indie

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Québec group Ungava's first and only album (1977) is a seamless blend of progressive rock, jazz fusion and pastoral folk. At its core a virtuosic trio of guitar, bass and drums, the band adds electric piano, sax and flute to great textural effect. Long neglected, the original issue is now a highly valued collector's item.

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Wasting Our Time

LP | 1970 | EU | Reissue (Wah Wah)