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Catalogue # 134 (May-June 2012), online version

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Records

Krautrock & Kosmische Musik
Canterbury, Gong, Zeuhl, RIO
General Rock, Prog & Psych
Jazzy, Fusions, ECM, Folk
Synth, Ambient, New-Age, etc.
The Grey Area / Weird Musics
Various Artists

Note: LP stocks are getting rarer by the day, so don't delay! Some mega rare new stuff!...

Krautrock & Kosmische Musik

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THE CRACK IN THE COSMIC EGG (Audion) html CD-Rom + bonus discs £20.00, note: P&P=4 units.
689 mb, and some 3,000+ pages! Probably everything you ever needed to know about German prog & experimental music.
Works on all known PC systems & modern Apple Mac systems too!

AINIGMA - DILUVIUM (Little Wing of Refugees LW 1026: 1xBT) LP m/ex £50.00 - Raw & doomy hard-edged bluesy rock, recalling Frumpy, but with a more psychedelic underlying Vanilla Fudge type sound, chunky organ, guitar, akin to Necronomicon. © 1973. Limited heavy vinyl edition reissue with deluxe gatefold sleeve (different artwork), inner sleeve, sticker & photo!

AMON DUUL II - PHALLUS DEI (Revisited SPV 304181) LP £13.00 - Their dark Hapshash meets Pink Floyd at an "acid-Wagnerian psych freak-out" debut!

AMON DUUL II - YETI (Revisited SPV 304191: GF) 2LP £16.00 - Monumental set from the German masters of psychedelic-space-underground, a stoned weird trip beyond Hawkwind.

AMON DUUL II - LIVE IN LONDON (United Artists USP 102) LP ex/ex £30.00 - Live at The Greyhound, Croydon (16/12/1972), featuring radically different versions of classic tracks & a 3'42" improvisation. Rare original with Rodney Matthews cover.

#  CARSTEN BOHN'S BANDSTAND - C.B.RADIO (Erlkonig INT 148.417: IN) LP ex+/vg+ £7.00 - Mainstream Krautrock supergroup, with Manfred Rurup, Roman Bunka, etc. 3rd album (1980).

BRAINSTORM - SMILE A WHILE (Think Progressive TPLP 1.803.024: GF) LP £15.00 - A highly inventive blend of songs & instrumentals, with nods to Zappa & Canterbury (Caravan, Hatfield & The North, Soft Machine, etc.) styles, fused into a music that was all of their own. © 1972.

CHECKPOINT CHARLIE - GRUSS GOTT MIT HELLEM KLANG (Indigo EFA 01006) LP m/ex £25.00 - Underground polit/theatre, kinda Floh De Cologne/Frank Zappa/Fugs/cabaret & comedy. Their uncompromising 1970 debut. 300 copy official reissue!

CHECKPOINT CHARLIE - DIE DURCHSICHTIGE (Schneeball 2019: IN,RE) LP £12.00 - Aka "The Clear LP"! Political rock in German betwixt Floh De Cologne & Ton Steine Scherben. © 1980.

#  THE COSMIC JOKERS - THE COSMIC JOKERS (Kosmische Musik KM 58.008) LP ex/ex £60.00 - Classic space-rock from Jurgen Dollase, Manuel Gottsching, Dieter Dierks, Klaus Schulze & Harald Grosskopf. © 1974. Quadrophonic LP!

ELECTRA - ADAPTIONEN (Amiga 8 55 501) LP ex/g £15.00 - Excellent instrumental classical rock adaptations with lotsa flute. © 1976. On original burgundy Amiga label!

ELECTRA - 3 (Amiga 8 55 762) LP ex+/ex £18.00 - Varied mix of psych, prog, polit & classical rock styles. DDR band, © 1980. On original burgundy Amiga label!

ELOY - POWER AND THE PASSION (Harvest 1C 064-29 602: GF) LP ex+/ex £13.00 - 4th album (1975), sci-fi concept, taking the heavy "Floating" style to lighter realms, prequel to "Dawn".

ELOY - LIVE (Harvest 1C 164-32 934/35: GF) 2LP ex+-m/ex £15.00, ex-m/vg+ £13.00 - German tour in March 1978. Versions of tracks from "Ocean" (all tracks), "Dawn", "Power And The Passion" & "Inside".

ELOY - COLOURS (Harvest 1C 062-45 936: GF) LP ex-m/ex £10.00 - After Schmidtchen & Rosenthal formed Ego On The Rocks, Eloy moved onto a heavier "Animals" (Floyd) type style.

ELOY - TIME TO TURN (Heavy Metal World Wide HMI LP3: IN) LP vg-ex/ex £6.00 - Continuation of the "Planets" concept, all very elaborately mystical & lyrical. © 1982.

ELOY - PERFORMANCE (Heavy Metal World Wide HMI LP12) LP ex/ex £7.50 - Not metal, but quite straight compared to earlier albums. © 1983.

EMBRYO - OPAL (Get Back GET 711: 180g vinyl,IN) LP £14.00 - Classic pioneering fusion (ex-Amon Duul II), breaking out of the psychedelic, blues, jazz & rock, & making something radical & new.

EMBRYO - FATHER, SON & HOLY GHOSTS (United Artists UAS 29344: GF) LP ex+/vg+ £80.00 - Burchard & Bunka plus Dave King & Siggi Schwab (Dauner's Et Cetera), has Embryo in a more accessible condensed format, more Krautrock than jazzy, & refreshingly different! © 1972.

EMBRYO - BAD HEADS & BAD CATS (April 00005: RE,180g vinyl) LP £12.00 - Combining the "We Keep On" & "Surfin'" line-ups, with American jazz singer Maria Archer, this funks & twists, chills-out & really grooves. Very varied & full of surprises. © 1976.

EMBRYO - LIVE (Nexus/April 0003: 180g vinyl) LP £12.00 - Classic 1976 live album featuring Charlie Mariano. For some reason this still hasn't been issued on CD!

EMMA MYLDENBERGER - EMMA MYLDENBERGER (MS Edition MS 1008: IN) LP m/m £35.00 - Classic 1978 all acoustic folk/prog band, hints of Broselmaschine/Ougenweide, but with their own sound. One of the finest German folky outfits.

FAUST - THE FAUST TAPES (Virgin VC 501) LP vg-ex/vg+ £18.00 - Archive material (originally released at the price of a single!), rock & avant-garde invention of high Krautrock calibre.

FAUST - WAKES NOSFERATU (Klangbad FLI 5) LP m/m £25.00 - 1998 studio versions of themes developed whilst live-scoring F.W. Murnau's "Nosferatu". A limited edition with triple fold-out cover & 180g vinyl. Note: totally different to CD version!

FLOH DE COLOGNE - KOSLOWSKI (Plane 88230) LP m/ex £30.00 - One of the most unique groups to emerge out of Krautrock. With huge poster! © 1980.

#  EDGAR FROESE - AQUA (Virgin V 2016: green label,GF) LP ex/ex £10.00 - Excellent solo debut of aquatic synth music, with bubbling & crackling electronics, symbolic of water & ice. © 1974.

#  EDGAR FROESE - EPSILON IN MALAYSIAN PALE (Virgin OVED 22: GF,RE) LP ex+/ex+ £7.00 - Edgar's Mellotron opus. UK release of "Ypsilon In Malaysian Pale". © 1975. remarkably good pressing!

#  EDGAR FROESE - MACULA TRANSFER (Brain 60.008: orange label,GF) LP ex+/vg £14.00 - Classic 3rd solo (© 1976), with fiery guitar trips, ambient & Mellotron phases.

#  EDGAR FROESE - AGES (Virgin VD2507: GF) 2LP ex/vg £12.00 - This saw Edgar delve into classical rock realms, a region only ever explored elsewhere in Tangerine Dream concerts of the late-1970's, & is altogether a more melodic & musically based album. With Klaus Krieger on drums. © 1978.

#  EDGAR FROESE - SOLO 1974-1979 (Virgin V 2197) LP ex/vg £10.00 - Now rare compilation, with 4 remixes & 1 re-recorded track. © 1982.

#  EDGAR FROESE - KAMIKAZE 1989 (Virgin V 2255) LP ex+/ex £7.00 - Soundtrack to "A Rainer Werner Fassbinder film by Wolf Gremm", which is a futuristic thriller starring Rainer Werner Fassbinder. © 1982.

#  EDGAR FROESE - PINNACLES (Virgin V2277) LP m/ex+ £7.50 - © 1982.

GROBSCHNITT - FANTASTEN (Teldec 6.26439: IN) LP ex+/ex+ £8.00 - Last studio album. © 1987.

GURU GURU - LIVE (Think Progressive TPLP 1.803.025: GF,180g vinyl) 2LP £22.00 - Live 1978, LP1 in Karthago mode, LP2 in classic experimental vein.

GURU GURU/ULI TREPTE - HOT ON SPOT/INBETWEEN (Tripkick 001: 180g vinyl) LP £12.00, new/nc £6.00 - Side 1 = Guru Guru live 1972 (23'48"): a crazed & extended version of the classic "Der LSD-Marsch" full of scattering rhythms, shattered guitars & manic drives, heading of into space. Side 2 = Uli Trepte sessions 1974 (20'14"): Uli's hybrid band in between Guru Guru & Kickbit Information/Spacebox, delightful off-kilter Krautrock that shouldn't be overlooked!

HOELDERLIN - CLOWNS & CLOUDS (Spiegelei INT 160.607 ) LP ex/ex £18.00 - 3rd album (1976), with more complex fusion touches & more keyboards, like Gentle Giant, but overall uniquely refined.

JANE - LIVE AT HOME (Brain 80.001-2: GF) 2LP ex-m/ex+ £30.00 - Excellent live set circa 1976, their first with Manfred Wieczorke (ex-Eloy) on keyboards.

JANE - SIGN NO. 9 (Brain 60.218: GF,IN) LP m/ex+ £15.00, ex+/ex £12.00 - This album heralded a straighter rock song based style, the end of the Jane we knew! © 1979.

KARAT - DER BLAUE PLANET (Amiga 8 55 929) LP vg/vg+ £4.50 - DDR progressive with Pink Floyd & Novalis influence. © 1982.

KONTRAST - KONTRAST (Remi 86001: IN) LP m/ex+ £60.00 - One of the finest examples of 1980's Krautrock (alongside Embryo's "Zack Gluck"), featuring Remigius Drechsler, Ingo-Schmidt Neuhaus & Moran Neumuller (all ex-Out Of Focus).

#  KRAFTWERK - EXCELLER 8 (Vertigo 6360 629) LP ex+/ex £8.00 - Collectable 1975 compilation from first 4 LP's, inc. rare punchy different to the single version od "Autobahn".

LIED DES TEUFELS - LIED DES TEUFELS (Missing Vinyl MV 007) LP £22.00 - Ex-Hanuman, with a Lokomotive Kreuzberg/Floh De Cologne type edge. © 1973.

FRITZ MULLER ROCK - KOMMT (Roth-Handle 6.23159) LP ex/ex £30.00 - Aka Eberhard Kranemann (early Kraftwerk member). Very much a mixed bag, with heavy psychedelic sounds, hints of new-wave, rock satire & Zappa-like madness. © 1977.

MYTHOS - CONCRETE CITY (Venus V79 MY-B 1012 PD: picture disc) LP ex+/nc £15.00 - 4th album from Stephan Kaske & co. With a more prog-rock edged styled, refining their sound on a more song based level.

#  MYTHOS - QUASAR (Sky 046) LP ex+/m £20.00 - Stephan Kaske (with guest drummer Markus Worbs) playing a more lightweight Kraftwerk type twist on the Mythos sound, still inventive though, if a bit too playful in parts. © 1980.

NEU! - NEU! (repro UAS 29396: clear vinyl) LP £13.00 - The duo of Klaus Dinger & Michael Rother (2 ex-Kraftwerk members). Their 1972 debut of inventive industrial Krautrock: experimental & catchy with the accent on strong melodic content. Highly influential & an all-time classic!

NIAGARA - NIAGARA (MiG 00231: GF) LP £16.00 - Klaus Weiss super-session (with fellow percussions Cotch Black, Keith Forsey, Udo Lindenberg, etc.) An energetic & highly charged percussion music combining rock, jazz & African cultures into a most complex music. © 1971.

NOVALIS - NOVALIS (orange Brain 1070: GF) LP ex+/ex £15.00 - Pioneers of a uniquely German symphonic complex progressive, largely instrumental (featuring lots of synth) with German vocals. Their 2nd LP from 1975.

NOVALIS - KONZERTE (Brain 60.065) LP ex+/vg+ £20.00 - Very influential prog band, with a song-style that many a DDR band later tried to emulate. Live recordings January-April 1977 (60+ minutes long).

OUGENWEIDE - UNGEZWUNGEN (Polydor 2634 091: GF) 2LP ex+/ex £45.00 - Extraordinary double live set (taken from their 1977 German tour) from the leaders in Kraut-folk, at their peak of creativity, with long tracks too! Features A.R. & Machines musicians. 2nd pressing?

OUT OF FOCUS - NOT TOO LATE (Tripkick 004: 180g vinyl) LP £12.00 - Lost for 25 years, this is very much in the spirit of LP1 from "Four Letter Monday Afternoon" with great Out Of Focus songs, & brilliant Softs "Third" era cum Embryo instrumentals! Kuckuck withdrew interest in Krautrock in the mid-1970's, leaving Out Of Focus without the chance of a contract elsewhere. There were plans for a release with the April/Schneeball collective in 1975, in fact an album was recorded, & then lost as band leader Remi eventually gave-up trying to keep the band afloat. This is that lost 4th Out of Focus album, restored from those old lost tapes.

OUT OF FOCUS - RAT ROADS (Tripkick 006: 180g vinyl) LP £12.00 - Lots more material recorded during the "Four Letter Monday Afternoon" sessions. Some familiar themes, lots of totally new & different ideas, all excellent! Definitive Munich Kraut-fusion.

#  PINK MICE - IN SYNTHESIZER SOUND (Europa E 1011) LP ex/g+ £7.50 - Classical rock adaptations of Bach, Tschaikowsky, Schumann, Mozart, Suppe & Beethoven, with kitshy synth lead. An incognito session band featuring Lucifer's Friend musicians.

#  POPOL VUH - SELIGPREISSUNG (Pop Import KM 58.009: GF) LP ex+/vg+ £14.00 - In a very spacious ethnic mood, with Florian Fricke himself singing! © 1973.

POPOL VUH - EINSJAGER & SIEBENJAGER (Spalax 14118) LP £15.00 - Arguably the definitive Florian Fricke/Daniel Fichelscher Popol Vuh album, full of mysterious beauty & stunning musicianship. With Djong Yun on vocals.

POPOL VUH - AGUIRRE (PDU Pld.SQ 6040) LP ex+/ex+ £70.00 - The rarest of Popol Vuh's vinyl releases, soundtrack to Werner Herzog's film & featuring the elusive side-long "Vergegenwaertigung". © 1976.

#  POPOL VUH - DIE NACHT DER SEELE (Brain 60.242) LP ex+/vg £20.00 - One of their most mysterious & ethnic albums, with lots of percussives. © 1979.

RADIO NOISZ ENSEMBLE - YNIVERZE (Ubu-Muziek UMS 01) LP ex+/ex+ £33.00 - The German Third Ear Band, excellent ethnic raga fusion with extensive use of Turkish & Middle-Eastern themes, ex-Emma Myldenberger, with Mani Neumeier. © 1982.

RANDY PIE - SIGHTSEEING TOUR (Polydor 2371 491) LP ex/ex £9.00, vg-ex/ex-co £5.00 - UK issue of their 1974 Zebra label debut. Very varied Kraut-prog, blues & fusion, featuring some lovely Mellotron. A supergroup: Dicky Tarrach, Manfred Thiers, Werner Becker & Bernd Wippich

ACHIM REICHEL - ERHOLUNG (green Brain 1068) LP vg-ex/vg+ £45.00 - Kinda AR 4½, live in concert at The Fabrik, Hamburg (4/8/1973) but with studio overdubs added later. Echo instrumental fusion classic.

RELEASE MUSIC ORCHESTRA - LIFE (green Brain 1056: GF) LP vg+-ex/ex £45.00 - The band after Tomorrow's Gift, with a fusion twist on "Goodbye Future", with hints of Canterbury styles, but cosmic & trippy too! Recorded in Hamburg & Amsterdam (4+6/1974).

#  RICHARD WAHNFRIED - TIME ACTOR (IC KS 80.031: RE) LP ex+/ex £11.00 - Klaus Schulze with Arthur Brown, Vincent Crane, Mike Shrieve & Wolfgang Tiepold. © 1979.

#  ROEDELIUS - SELBSTPORTRAIT (Sky 028) LP ex+/ex £14.00 - "Teil 1 Sanfte Musik." First in his archive series. © 1979.

#  ROEDELIUS - AUF LEISEN SOHLEN (Sky 094) LP m/ex £8.00 - Sampler! © 1984.

MICHAEL ROTHER - STERNTALER (Sky 013) LP ex+/vg+ £12.50, ex-m/vg+ £11.00 - 2nd solo outing from ex-Kraftwerk/Neu!/Harmonia member. More playful guitars, synths & drums, in 'Shadows meets Kraftwerk' vein?! © 1978.

CONRAD SCHNITZLER - LIVE ACTION 1977 (Plate Lunch VGR LA 1977-PL 02) LP £8.00 - (Plate Lunch VGR LA 1977-PL 02: clear vinyl) LP £11.00 - Unreleased craziness of "Con" (aka "Ballet Statique" on CD) meets "Rot" in a blender! This LP only release comes in a unique embossed print metallic almost mirror-like LP sleeve!

#  KLAUS SCHULZE - IRRLICHT (Ohr OMM 556.022: GF) LP ex+/vg+ £22.00 - The awesome, very atmospheric but powerful 1972 debut by master synthesist (not actually synth music though).

KLAUS SCHULZE - PICTURE MUSIC (Isadora ISA 9007) LP ex/ex £13.00 - German master synthesist, fascinating sequencer/percussive outing.

KLAUS SCHULZE - MIRAGE (Island ILPS 9461: GF) LP ex/vg+ £13.00 - (Revisited SPV 304031: GF) LP £13.00 - The classic cosmic dreamscape! This echoey mist-like music is purely evocative, with articulate arpeggios, sequences & atmospheres. © 1977.

#  KLAUS SCHULZE - BODY LOVE (Ariola 28522 ET: withdrawn colour cover) LP vg+-ex+/vg? £9.00 - The classic original soundtrack to the porno movie by Lasse Braun, definitive cosmic music in 3 phases. © 1977. Note: the cover has splits in the top and side spines!

KLAUS SCHULZE - BODY LOVE (Brain 60.047) LP ex+/ex+ £10.00 - Black & white cover. © 1977.

KLAUS SCHULZE - "X" (Brain 80.023-2: GF,BK) 2LP vg+-m/ex £18.00 - Legendary 10th solo (© 1978), a universally acclaimed masterwork, features Harald Grosskopf.

KLAUS SCHULZE - ...LIVE... (Brain 80.048: RE,GF,PO) 2LP vg+-m/ex £18.00 - 4 classic live tracks. With Harald Grosskopf & Arthur Brown. © 1980.

KLAUS SCHULZE - AUDENTITY (Innovative Communication KS 80.025/26: GF) 2LP ex-ex+/ex+ £20.00 - Notable for the vast abstract opus "Sebastian In Traum", a revolutionary & weird excursion. © 1983.

#  KLAUS SCHULZE - ANGST (InTeam ID 20.003) LP ex+/ex £11.00 - Film soundtrack for the thriller by Austrian director Gerald Kargl. © 1984.

STERNMADCHEN - GILLES ZEITSCHIFF (Spalax 14185) LP £15.00 - A homage to Timothy Leary by Gille Lettman with cosmic organ & electronics backing by Klaus Schulze, also features LP extracts from other Kosmische Musik albums.

STREETMARK - WOLFGANG RIECHMANN & STREETMARK (Sky 030) LP ex/vg £5.00 - Mid-1970's German rock band. Reissue of their legendary "Eileen" (their 2nd from 1977), here they moved onto a spacey synth-drenched progressive, with lengthy surging instrumentals. (note: for some reason there is a track missing).

#  TANGERINE DREAM - ZEIT (Virgin VD2503: GF) 2LP ex/vg? £9.00 - The ultimate cosmic dream opus, largely based around echo & glissando guitars, organ & synthesizers. © 1972. Note: the sleeve has some sticker damage and spine wear.

#  TANGERINE DREAM - PHAEDRA (Virgin V 2010: GF) LP vg-ex/vg+ £16.00 - The album that gave them their big break internationally! With a rhythmic structure spurred on by bass guitar & lots of Mellotron. © 1974. Original pressing with Roger Dean colour labels!

TANGERINE DREAM - RICOCHET (Virgin V2044: green labels) LP ex+/nc £2.50 - (Virgin V2044: red/green labels) LP ex+/vg+ £7.50 - Compiled from concerts at cathedrals in France & England, with a stronger melodic focus, much use of sequencers & rhythmic structures. © 1975.

TANGERINE DREAM - STRATOSFEAR (Virgin V2068: GF) LP vg+/ex+ £9.00 - With strong Baumann sequential & rhythmic structures, & unusual instrumentation feature in this oddly balanced album, with much guitar & even harmonica! © 1976.

#  TANGERINE DREAM - ENCORE/HOBO MARCH (Virgin VS 199) 7" vg+/nc £4.00 - "Encore" is an edit from the 2LP set, "Hobo March" is an original Edgar Froese composition. © 1977.

#  TANGERINE DREAM - SORCERER (MCA MCF 2806) LP ex+/ex+ £10.50, ex/vg+ £7.50, vg-ex/g+ £3.00 - Aka "Wages of Fear" soundtrack, the classic film by William Friedkin. © 1977.

TANGERINE DREAM - CYCLONE (Virgin V2097: GF) LP ex+/ex £10.00, ex/ex £8.00, vg-ex/ex £6.00 - The rockiest TD line-up, with Steve Jolliffe on winds/synths/etc. © 1978.

TANGERINE DREAM - THIEF (Virgin V2198) LP m/ex £9.00, ex+/ex+ £7.50, ex/ex £6.00 - Soundtrack to the Michael Mann violent thriller film starring James Caan. This is a very rocky score, inc. many "Exit" & "Tangram" edges, but more lively. © 1981.

#  TANGERINE DREAM - DAS MADCHEN AUF DER TREPPE/FLOCK/KATJA/SPEED (Virgin 600 651-213: PS) 12” ex+/ex £13.00 - Music from the "Tatort" TV series (inc. themes from "White Eagle"). © 1982.

#  TANGERINE DREAM - DAYDREAM/MOORLAND (Virgin 105 271-100: PS) 7" vg+/ex £4.00 - 2 tracks from the Tatort episode "Miriam" (inc. themes from "White Eagle"). © 1983.

TANGERINE DREAM - POLAND (Jive Electro HIP 22: GF,IN) 2LP ex-ex+/ex £10.00 - © 1984.

ULI TREPTE - JAZZ MODALITIES (Nebula GN 0002) LP £10.00 - Easy going fusion hybrid of Embryo & Spacebox styles, with Hans Hartmann (ex-Guru Guru) & Edgar Hofmann (ex-Embryo).

TRIUMVIRAT - SPARTACUS (Harvest 1C 062-29 567: IN) LP vg-ex+/ex £7.00 - Often quoted as the German ELP, but more progressive styled. © 1975.

TRIUMVIRAT - OLD LOVES DIE HARD (HorZu 1C 062-29 622: IN) LP ex+/vg £6.00 - 4th album, with a hint of Barclay James Harvest here. © 1976.

TROYA - POINT OF ERUPTION (Very Good VGR 02-001: 150g vinyl) LP £10.00 - Sympho-prog band, in Faithful Breath/Jane/Harlis/Epitaph territory, though largely instrumental. © 1976.

WALLENSTEIN - STORIES, SONGS & SYMPHONIES (Pop Import KM 58.015) LP m/ex+ £15.00 - 4th album (1975), much more classical & also Pink Floyd inspired.

 

Canterbury, Gong, Zeuhl, RIO

 

BRIAN GODDING - SLAUGHTER ON SHAFTSBURY AVENUE (Reckless RECK 16) LP £12.00, m/m £9.00 - Gliss/tonal guitars & spacey rock/jazzy fusion from ex-Blossom Toes/Magma/Mirage.etc. guitarist & band. © 1988.

HELLEBORE - IL Y A DES JOURS (AYAA dt 0385: IN) LP ex+/ex+ £40.00 - Eccentric French RIO, pre-Look De Bouk, roots in the This Heat, Albert Marcoeur, Stabat Stable genre, primitivo electro-punk meets Gallic craziness, pogo drum machines & chicken organs, with mad French vocals. #0339/1007.

STEVE HILLAGE - L (Virgin V2066) LP vg-ex/vg £5.00 - Ethnic spiced space trip by ex-Gong (now System 7) guitarist, plus members of Todd Rundgren's Utopia on this one!

STEVE HILLAGE - MOTIVATION RADIO (Virgin OVED 32) LP ex/g+ £3.50 - © 1977.

STEVE HILLAGE - GREEN (Virgin V2098: IN) LP vg-ex/vg+ £5.00 - New-age rock & green policies. © 1978.

STEVE HILLAGE - FOR TO NEXT/AND NOT OR (Virgin V2244) 2LP vg-ex/vg+ £10.00 - Steve's lively 1982 album. The original limited edition with bonus LP (which is better than its partner, being instrumental space-rock hinting at Ozric Tentacles).

MIRIODOR - RENCONTRES (Rio 43) LP m/ex £25.00 - Classic 1988 debut from this Canadian hybrid systemic/chamber rock/RIO band, with Art Zoyd, Maneige, Henry Cow influences.

PIERRE MOERLEN'S GONG - DOWNWIND (Arista SPART 1080: IN) LP ex/vg+ £6.00 - Very varied mixture of Gong jazzy stuff, with guest Mike Oldfield heavily featured.

PIERRE MOERLEN'S GONG - TIME IS THE KEY (Arista SPART 1105: IN) LP vg-ex+/vg+ £5.00 - More funky groove stuff, with Daryl Way, Allan Holdsworth, etc.

 

Re RECORDS QUARTERLY

lots of exclusive stuff for the RIO / left-field music collector

Re RECORDS QUARTERLY, VOL. 1 NO. 1 (Re 0101) Mag+LP ex+/ex+ £25.00 - Series of publications showcasing material sent to Recommended Records, with an LP of unreleased material (some tracks have since been released elsewhere). Steve Moore, Lars Hollmer, Chris Cutler/Lindsay Cooper, 5uu's, Joseph Racaille, The Lowest Note, Kalahari Surfers, Mission Impossible, Stefano Delu, Mikolas Chadima. © 1985. P&P = 8 units.

Re RECORDS QUARTERLY, VOL. 1 NO. 2 (Re 0102) Mag+LP ex+/ex+ £25.00 - Duck & Cover, John Oswald, Conrad Bauer, Reportaz. © 1985. P&P = 8 units.

Re RECORDS QUARTERLY, VOL. 1 NO. 3 (Re 0103) Mag+LP ex+/ex+ £25.00 - The Big Guns, Biota, Robert Wyatt, Roger Turner, Kontroll Csoport, Cassix, Nazca. © 1986. P&P = 8 units.

Re RECORDS QUARTERLY, VOL. 1 NO. 4 (Re 0104) Mag+LP ex+/ex+ £25.00 - After Dinner, Wondeur Brass, Strange Games, Steve Moore, Art Moulu Trefin, The Black Sheep, André Duchesne. © 1986. P&P = 8 units.

Re RECORDS QUARTERLY, VOL. 2 NO. 1 (Re 0201) Mag+LP ex+/ex+ £25.00 - Blitzoids, Ur, Kaiser/Maxymenko/Frisell, Iva Bittová/Pavel Fajt, Anthony Moore, John Oswald, Joseph Racaille, This Heat, David Thomas & the Accordion Club. © 1986. P&P = 8 units.

Re RECORDS QUARTERLY, VOL. 2 NO. 2 (Re 0202) Mag+LP ex+/ex+ £25.00 - 5uu's, Robert Wyatt, John French, Arturo Meza, Intellectual Cabaret, Jocelyn Robert, Hunk Ai!, Henry Kaiser. © 1987. P&P = 8 units.

ReR RECORDS QUARTERLY, VOL. 2 NO. 3 (Re 0203) Mag+LP ex+/ex+ £25.00 - John Oswald, Musci/Venosta, Luciano Margorani, Tone Dogs, David Myers, J. Grigsby, When, Kampec Dolores, La 1919, Grigsby/Laner, J. Lachen, Miriodor. © 1988. P&P = 8 units.

ReR RECORDS QUARTERLY, VOL. 2 NO. 4 (Re 0204) Mag+LP ex+/ex+ £25.00 - Expander Des Fortschritts, Werner Kodytek, Increase The Angle, Bill Gilonis, Dim Retire, Lutz Glandien, Thinking Plague, Jean Derome. © 1989. P&P = 8 units.

 

 

general rock, prog & psych

 

ABSOLUTE ELSEWHERE - IN SEARCH OF ANCIENT GODS (Warner Bros. K 56192: BK,RE) LP vg-ex/vg+ £7.50 - Classic UK synthesized prog concept (© 1976) based on the books of Erich von Däniken, fronted by Paul Fishman, featuring William (Bill) Bruford (between him leaving King Crimson & forming Bruford).

ANGE - CARICATURES (Philips 6332 066) LP vg-ex/vg £20.00 - Classic debut (© 1972) by very influential French progressive, complex & theatrical, & very French.

ANGE - EMILE JACOTEY (Philips 9101 012: GF) LP ex+/ex £13.00 - 4th album (© 1975) from this classic French progressive band (fronted by the Decamps brothers), complex musically with refined lyrical style & French vocals.

ARCHIMEDES BADKAR - TRE (MNW 78P: wallet cover) LP ex+/vg+ £30.00 - Excellent Swedish folk & cross-culture band, interconnected with Arbete Och Fritid, Iskra, etc. © 1977.

BABLICON - THE ORANGE TAPERED MOON (Pickled Egg EGG 20: GF) LP £9.00 - Recorded in a Chicago underground bunker, it often sounds like early Soft Machine meeting Henry Cow, with a bit of that radical Volcano The Bear type of thing.

PETER BRYNGELSSON - VIA (Slask SLALP 001: IN) LP m/ex+ £16.00, ex+/ex £15.00 - Instrumental, typically Scandinavian blend of rock, folk, jazz, psych, etc. 1990 debut solo from former Ragnarok & Triangulus member.

BUDKA SUFLERA - CZAS CZEKANIA, CZAS OLSNIENIA (Polton LPP-011: IN) LP vg+/vg £4.50 - Polish blues-rockers. © 1984.

CAMEL - CAMEL (MCA MCL 1601) LP ex+/ex+ £6.00 - Classic debut (© 1973), mostly instrumental with storming & spacey dynamic work-outs.

CAMEL - MOONMADNESS (Decca TXS-R 115: GF) LP ex+/vg+ £7.50 - Highly influential classic progressive rock from Peter Bardens & co. © 1976.

#  CAMEL - BREATHLESS (Decca TXS-R 132: IN) LP ex+/ex £8.00 - Album after "Rain Dances" & again featuring Richard Sinclair on lead vocals. © 1978.

#  CAMEL - NUDE (Decca SKL 5323: GF) LP ex+/ex £8.00 - © 1981.

CRAFT - CRAFT (Shanghai HAI 106: IN) LP ex/ex £12.00 - Instrumental keyboard progressive from ex-Enid members with Camel, Hackett, Edhels styling.

DEEP PURPLE - IN ROCK (Harvest SHVL 777: GF) LP ex+/ex+ £10.00 - Circa 1980? pressing, original label LP (about 125g vinyl) with spray glazed cover not laminated.

EARTH & FIRE - ATLANTIS (Polydor 2925 013: GF) LP vg-ex/ex £7.50 - Classic Dutch progressive featuring excellent female vocalist Jerney Kaagman, their 3rd album (© 1973).

EARTH & FIRE - TO THE WORLD OF THE FUTURE (Polydor 2925 033) LP vg-ex+/vg £5.00 - 4th album, with a more commercial focus. © 1975.

EARTH & FIRE - REALITY FILLS FANTASY (Vertigo 6413 509: IN) LP ex+/vg £5.00 - © 1979.

EKSEPTION - BEGGAR JULIA'S TIME TRIP (Philips 6314 001: GF,RE) LP ex+/ex+ £15.00 - 2nd album & arguably their finest. An experimental concept album, with Gerard Beckers & Jan Schuurman providing electronic interludes. There are only 4 (out of 14) tracks by classical composers! © 1970.

EKSEPTION - 3 (Philips 6413 007: GF) LP ex/vg+ £9.00 - This also includes adaptations of J.S. Bach & L. van Beethoven. With vocalist Steve Allet. © 1970.

EMERSON, LAKE & PALMER - EMERSON, LAKE & PALMER (Island ILPS 9132) LP vg-ex/vg £5.00 - Supergroup of Keith Emerson, Greg Lake & Carl Palmer. © 1970.

EMERSON, LAKE & PALMER - WELCOME BACK MY FRIENDS TO THE SHOW THAT NEVER ENDS (Manticore K63500: novelty cover: IN) 3LP ex+-m/vg+ £12.50 - Live in 1974, vast & wide-ranging mix of ELP classics & solos.

#  FAMILY - IT'S ONLY A MOVIE (Raft RA 58501: IN) LP vg-vg+/vg £3.50 - Leicester's most famous 1960's/1970's prog act. © 1973.

FAR EAST FAMILY BAND - NIPPONJIN (Phoenix ASHLP3009: #1000,180g vinyl) LP £17.00 - Klaus Schulze remixes of Far Out "Nihonjin" & FEFB "The Cave Down To Earth" tracks. © 1976.

FIFTY FOOT HOSE - CAULDRON (Phoenix ASHLP3016: #1000,180g vinyl) LP £17.00 - Incredible 1967 psychedelic trip, remarkable for its use of electronics & experimentation. Great female vocals, way beyond psych! Beyond United States Of America!

FLAMEN DIALIS - DECOUVERTE/AUTRE CHOSE (FLVM 4504: PS) 7" m/ex+ £20.00 - © 1978. Rare non-LP tracks, apparently only 500 pressed! Psychedelic oddness from French prog band.

FLAT EARTH SOCIETY - WALECO (Lightning Tree LFLP 018: 180g vinyl) LP £12.00 - 1960's Boston, USA, psych. Hints of H.P. Lovecraft & Ultimate Spinach, & varied too!

FOCUS - AT THE RAINBOW (Polydor 2442 118: novelty triple-fold cover) LP vg+-ex/vg £6.00 - Dutch prog band. High-energy & memorable performance (5/5/1973).

#  FOCUS - MOTHER FOCUS (Polydor 2302 036) LP vg-ex/vg+ £4.00 - The last album with Jan Akkerman. More commercially focused album with 12 tracks. © 1975.

#  FOCUS - FOCUS (Polydor 2384 070) LP ex/ex £2.50 - Bargain beginner's sampler.

FRENCH TV - FRENCH TV (Lost ZNR-6484: IN,#276/500) LP vg+/vg+ £15.00 - US 1984 progressive fusion in Canterbury (National Health, Isotope, Gilgamesh) vein.

GENESIS - DUKE (Charisma CBR 101: GF) LP ex/ex+ £3.50 - This contined their move into more accessible pop-based music, obviously down to Phil Collins. © 1980.

#  GENESIS - INVISIBLE TOUCH (Virgin GEN LP2: IN) LP ex+/ex+ £5.00 - © 1986.

GILLAN - FUTURE SHOCK (Virgin 203.596) LP ex/ex £5.00 - Former Deep Purple vocalist & band (feat. Colin Towns). Dutch pressing: deluxe gatefold wallet/book cover. © 1981.

GRYPHON - TREASON (Harvest SHSP 4063) LP vg+/vg £5.00 - 5th album (© 1977) from the folky prog rock band fronted by Richard Harvey (went on to composing film soundtracks) & Brian Gulland (he went on to Malicorne). This must be obscure in the UK - an Australian pressing!

BO HANSSON - ATTIC THOUGHTS (Charisma CAS 1113: GF) LP ex/ex £7.00 - Swedish keyboard player producing instrumental progressive rock music. Guests include Kenny Hakansson, Thomas Netzler, etc. This is the UK version of his 3rd album "Mellanvasen" (© 1975).

BO HANSSON - MUSIC INSPIRED BY WATERSHIP DOWN (Charisma 9124 015: IN) LP ex+/g+ £5.00 - 4th album, © 1977. Again featuring Kenny Hakansson & Thomas Netzler.

#  HAWKWIND - IN SEARCH OF SPACE (United Artists UAG 29202) LP ex/ex+ £50.00 - The classic British space-rock band. © 1971. Rare original with centre-splt novelty cover & log book.

HAWKWIND - NIGHT OF THE HAWKS (Flicknife 7 FLEP 104: PS) 7" m/vg £3.00 - © 1984.

#  HAWKWIND - INDEPENDENT DAYS (Flicknife X SHARP 019) 10" ex+/ex £7.00 - Sampler.

HELDON - AGNETA NILSSON (Urus 000011) LP ex+/ex £50.00 - "Heldon 4", transitional Heldon, with a bigger more powerful sound: Mellotron, synths, Frippian guitars galore! The rarer 1st pressing with silver print on the rear cover.

IGRA STAKLENIH PERLI - VRT SVETLOSTI (RTB 2120070) LP vg-ex/ex £85.00 - 2nd & best LP from the Yugoslavian psychedelic space-rock masters. © 1980.

IT'S A BEAUTIFUL DAY - IT'S A BEAUTIFUL DAY (CBS S 63722: GF,RE) LP vg/vg+ £5.00 - US progresssive featuring violinist David Laflamme. Includes their hit single "White Bird". © 1969.

JADE WARRIOR - WAVES (Island: L-35,826) LP vg+/nc £3.00 - © 1975. More subtle & flowing, this also has a more symphonic feeling.

#  JADE WARRIOR - HORIZEN (Pulse 005: IN) LP ex+/ex+ £10.00 - Tony Duhig & Jon Field back together again for this very varied & obscure 1984 LP.

KAYAK - STARLIGHT DANCER (Vertigo 6360 856) LP ex+/ex+ £7.00 - © 1977.

KAYAK - PHANTOM OF THE NIGHT (Vertigo 6413 507: IN) LP ex/ex £8.00 - © 1978.

KAYAK - PERISCOPE LIFE (Vertigo 6413 960: IN) LP m/ex+ £9.00 - (Vertigo 6413 960) LP ex/vg £4.00 - Dutch lightweight progressive. © 1979.

KAYAK - EYEWITNESS (Bellaphon 260.07.053) LP m/ex £6.00 - Obscure live album, © 1981.

KORAL - KORAL (Pepita SLPX 17633: IN) LP vg-ex/vg+ £5.00 - Hungarian progressive circa 1980 with Omega, Mech, Olympic type styling.

MAGICAL POWER MAKO - JUMP (Polydor MR 3077: IN) LP ex+/vg £70.00 - 3rd album (© 1977) from the Japanese cross-culture/psychedelic/rock music wizard, think: Battiato/Faust/Far Out/Deuter (circa D) = unique!

MAN - BACK INTO THE FUTURE (United Artists UAD 60053/4: GF) 2LP vg-vg+/vg+ £15.00 - Their 1973 ½ studio, ½ live double album, no Deke Leonard but excellent all the same.

PATRICK MORAZ - THE STORY OF I (Charisma CDS 4002: GF,IN) LP vg-ex/ex £3.50 - French Swiss keyboard wizard. This solo is shortly after he left Yes. © 1976.

NEKTAR - RECYCLED (Bacillus 260.09.037) LP £12.00 - At their most high-tech, with synth programming by Larry "Synergy" Fast. Side 1 was their last masterwork!

NEKTAR - LIVE IN NEW YORK (Bacillus 320.09.002: GF) 2LP £18.00 - Recordings from their last American tour with Roye Albrighton (1974), largely material from their classic period (tracks from "A Tab In The Ocean" & "...Sounds Like This"), all given the live Nektar flesh-out treatment.

NEKTAR - MORE LIVE IN NEW YORK (Bacillus 310.09.004: GF) 2LP £18.00 - Alternative recordings to those on "Live In New York".

NEKTAR - MAGIC IS A CHILD (Polydor PD-1-6115: IN) LP vg-ex/vg-co £5.00 - USA album, with American guitarist Dave Nelson (Roy Albrighton had joined Snowball). © 1977.

MIKE OLDFIELD - TUBULAR BELLS (Virgin V2001: colour label) LP ex/ex+ £6.00, vg-ex/ex £4.50 - The Mike Oldfield classic! © 1973.

MIKE OLDFIELD - HERGEST RIDGE (Virgin V2013) LP vg-ex/ex+ £5.00 - This seems to be a 2nd undocumented version, with A-3U & B-3U matrixes on the run-off!

MIKE OLDFIELD - OMMADAWN (Virgin V2043: IN) LP ex/ex £5.00 - © 1975.

MIKE OLDFIELD - QE2 (Virgin V2181: IN) LP ex+/vg+ £3.50 - © 1980.

MIKE OLDFIELD - ARRIVAL/POLKA (Virgin VS 374: PS) 7" ex/m £2.00 - © 1980. B-side is live.

#  MIKE OLDFIELD - FIVE MILES OUT (Virgin V2222: GF) LP ex+/ex £5.00 - © 1982.

PALADIN - PALADIN (Island 85.392-SE: GF) LP g+-vg+/vg £5.00 - © 1971. Spanish pressing.

ANTHONY PHILLIPS - SIDES (Passport PB 9834: IN) LP ex/ex-co £6.00 - 1978 varied prog/songs based album in the Genesis vein, & it's quite nice too!

RICHARD PINHAS - EAST WEST (Pulse 003: IN) LP ex+/ex £8.50 - Richard's most "commercial" outing - with songs & cover versions!

PROGRES 2 - DIALOG S VESMIREM (Panton 8113 0060: PS) 7"EP ex+/ex+ £12.00 - 3 non-LP tracks. These are part of the original concept. © 1980.

PROGRES 2 - PISEN O JABLKU/MUZEUM PLANETY ZEME (Panton 8143 0058: PS) 7" ex/ex+ £10.00 - 2 more non-LP tracks, © 1980.

PULSAR - BIENVENUE AU CONSEIL D'ADMINISTRATION (Musea FGBG 2020: IN) LP £12.00 - A very different ballet performance soundtrack, with different Pink Floyd angles (a bit of "Animals" era sound), punky Arachnoid edges. Excellent & full of surprises. © 1981.

PULSAR - GORLITZ (Musea FGBG 2031) LP £12.00 - 1988 reformation, surprisingly good though adopting a stylish 1980's progressive style.

ALAIN RENAUD - RENAUD (Disjuncta 000003) LP vg-ex/vg+ £45.00 - Excellent debut solo from ex-Heldon/Triangle guitarist, inc. 1-side multi-guitar/electronics opus "Back & In" & other unique inventions. © 1974. Original white Disjuncta pressing!

DON ROBERTSON - DAWN (Limelight LS 86067) LP ex/vg+-co £60.00 - American 1969 ethno-psychedelic weirdo classic, kinda hints at Brainticket's "Celestial Ocean" with sitars, female voice, electronics, & Timothy Leary realms of strangeness!

RUPHUS - FLYING COLOURS (Brain 60.108: GF) LP ex/vg+ £8.00 - Norwegian rock-jazz-fusion with female vocals. © 1978.

SBB - GRUPA SBB (blue Muza SX 1142) LP ex+/ex £20.00 - Legendary Polish progressive. Rare debut of lengthy instrumental freak-outs & bluesy songs, live in concert.

SBB - NOWY HORYZONT (Muza SX 1206) LP vg-ex/ex £25.00 - 2nd LP, recorded in 1975. Dazzling guitar mixes with space-rock & Mahavishnu Orchestra fusion.

SBB - ZE SLOWEM BIEGNE DO CIEBIE (Muza SX 1434) LP vg/vg+ £10.00 - More keyboards & SBB drives in a proggy mix & a trippy album it is too!

SBB - SBB (Supraphon 1 13 2218 H: IN) LP ex+/vg+ £25.00 - 5th album (aka "Slovenian Girls"), uniquely esoteric but powerful 1 track a side LP, originally only released in Czechoslovakia.

SBB - WELCOME (Wifon LP 004) LP ex/vg+ £11.00 - More commercial 1979 outing.

SECRET OYSTER - ASTARTE (CBS 81208) LP ex/ex £20.00 - Aka "Vidungerlinge Kaelling". LP #3 (© 1975). The title means "Wonderful Bitch" & its a ballet score.

SECRET OYSTER - STRAIGHT TO THE KRANKENHAUS (CBS 81434) LP vg-ex/vg £15.00 - LP #4 (© 1976), in a similar vein to LP #3, but with even more diverse elements at work, definitely the most Scandinavian/Nordic sounding of their albums.

SEVENTH WAVE - THINGS TO COME (Janus JXS7008) LP vg?/g+-co £3.00 - Highly synthesized progressive, ex-Second Hand keyboardist & drummer. © 1974.

ALEXANDER SITKOVETSKY - ZELLO (Melodia A60 00765 004) LP m/ex £10.00 - Instrumental progressive from Autograph guitarist. Lotsa guitar over upbeat & relaxed rock (between Jan Hammer & Frank Zappa).

SPIN - SPIN (Ariola America ST 50013) LP vg?/vg+-co £5.00 - Dutch funky instrumental prog-fusion from 1976, ex-Ekseption.

SUPERSISTER - RADIO/DEAD DOG (Polydor 2050 182: PS) 7" vg+/vg? £10.00 - With very rare non-LP B-side. © 1972. Unfortunatley the cover has been defaced!

SUPERSISTER - BAGOAS/MEMORIES ARE NEW (Polydor 2050 272: PS) 7"ex/vg £20.00 - Unique non-LP single, different to LP versions. Charlie Mariano line-up. © 1973.

SWEET SMOKE - JUST A POKE (Catfish 5C 038-24311: RE) LP ex/vg+ £10.00 - American hippies in Europe! Legendary & great psychedelic fusion album, just 2 long tracks. © 1970.

TAKO - TAKO (Kalemegdan KD 004: GF,1xBT) LP £16.00 - Amongst the most notorious of Yugoslavian progressives, the original is reputedly worth £100! Their debut, remastered with superior mix. © 1978.

TAKO - U VRECI ZA SPAVANJE (Kalemegdan KD 005: GF,2xBT) LP £16.00 - Even better than their debut, flying beyond Ozrics, with blinding power & cosmic energy! A melting pot of instrumental styles: Pink Floyd, Solaris, Camel, Fermata, Shylock, etc. © 1980.

TERPANDRE - TERPANDRE (Musea FGBG 2018: IN) LP £12.00 - 1970's French instrumental prog & fusion hinting at The Enid, Camel, Bo Hansson, etc.

HENRY TORGUE - SOUVENIRS DES CITES CREPUSCULAIRES (Spalax 8.6817) LP £12.00 - Instrumental prog, French style, but with a twist in that his organ playing was very Terry Riley-like. Also ther are vague hints of Steve Reich & Philip Glass.

TRACE - TRACE (Vertigo 6413 505: IN) LP ex+/vg+ £18.00 - 1974 debut from Dutch classical rock trio, ex-Ekseption/Focus, fiery instrumental progressive. This copy has the very obscure insert featuring biographies, composition notes, etc.

TRIANGLE - TRIANGLE (Mantra 016: IN) LP £15.00 - Paris early-1970's psych-prog legend. Complex blend of styles, English & French vocals. A gem akin to other bands such as Ame Son, Martin Circus, Coeur Magique, etc., influenced by British psych & blues, but totally French, Long deleted 1989 reissue!

TWELFTH NIGHT - LIVE AT THE TARGET (TN 002) LP ex+/ex+ £15.00, ex+/g+ £7.00 - Classic instrumental live set from this British progressive band. © 1981.

TWELFTH NIGHT - LIVE & LET LIVE (Music for Nations MFN 18: GF) LP ex/vg £3.50 - Live at the Marquee 11/1983. With Geoff Mann

THIJS VAN LEER - INTROSPECTION (CBS S 64589) LP vg+/vg+ £4.00 - 1972 album of flute fronted tracks by Focus leader, includes versions of "Focus I" & "Focus II".

LITO VITALE - EN SOLITARIO (Grabaciones Accidentales 4GA-0408) LP vg-ex/vg+ £7.00 - © 1987.

LITO VITALE - CUARTETO (Messidor 15994) LP ex/ex £8.50 - Argentinian rock synthesist ventures into lazy jazzy fusion, with a symphonic style. © 1988.

RICK WAKEMAN - JOURNEY TO THE CENTRE OF THE EARTH (A&M AMLH 63621: GF,BK) LP vg-ex/ex £4.00 - Concept work narrated by David Hemmings. © 1974.

RICK WAKEMAN - WHITE ROCK (A&M AMLH 64614) LP ex/ex £4.00 - 1976 film soundtrack.

WISHBONE ASH - NEW ENGLAND (MCA MCG 3523: GF) LP vg+/vg+ £4.00 - © 1976.

WLUD - SECOND (Omega Studio OM 67010: GF) LP ex+/ex £20.00 - Inventive instrumental French prog, with hints of early Camel & Yes. © 1979.

#  YES - ROUNDABOUT/LONG DISTANCE RUNAROUND (Atlantic OD 13140) 7" vg+/nc £1.00

YES - GOING FOR THE ONE (Atlantic K50379: triple-GF,IN) LP ex/vg+ £5.00, vg-ex+/ex £4.50 - 1977 album, with the return of Rick Wakeman. With very lavish triple fold-out cover.

Z KOPCE - PLNE ZALUDKY X VELKE CILE (Panton 81 1054-1311: IN) LP m/ex+ £9.00 - Offbeat /left-field Czech outfit, a bit RIO, Plastic People of the Universe & Uz Jsme Doma like. © 1990.

ZUKANICAN - E 5NUMBER (Pickled Egg EGG 51) 10" £7.00 - British band exploring that offbeat Bablicon & Needs New Body style but with more RIO & experimental new-wave touches.

 

jazzy, fusions, ECM, folk

 

ALTER NATIVES - GROUP THERAPY (SST 185) LP ex/ex+-co £7.50 - Eccentric fusion, with RIO, Volcano The Bear & Material edges. © 1988.

ARSENAL - 6 (Melodia C60 31575 005) LP m/m £10.00 - Top Russian jazz-rock group, & one of their best: hints of Passport, "Guitar" Zappa, Nucleus, Mahavishnu Orchestra, etc.

BINDER - IN ILLO TEMPORE (Krem SLPX 17828) LP vg-ex/vg+ £5.00 - Moody Hungarian jazz-fusion with piano lead, quite an odd one really. © 1985.

GARY BURTON QUARTET - EASY AS PIE (ECM 1-1184: USA pressing) LP vg+-ex+/vg+ £6.00 - Laid-back fusion, with Jim Odgren, Steve Swallow & Mike Hyman. © 1981.

PHILIPPE CAILLAT GROUP - FRENCH CONNECTION, DIRTY RATS (JA&RO 003) LP ex+/ex £12.00 - Typical French jazz-fusion with an eccentric edge. © 1981. Guitarist Philippe Caillat was previously in the German prog-fusion band Frob.

ETERNAL WIND - TERRA INCOGNITA (Flying Fish FF422) LP co £8.00 - US ethnic-jazz-world music fusion, much more radical than Oregon or Cadona. © 1987.

ETERNAL WIND - WASULA (Flying Fish FF481) LP co £8.00 - © 1988.

FRIENDS - FRIENDS (Caroline C1511) LP ex/ex £25.00 - © 1975. John Abercrombie & co. back in The Bronx, with local jazz friends. Inventive/experimental jazz-fusion.

GONDA SEXTET - SAMANENEK (Pepita SLPX 17484: IN) LP vg+/ex £15.00 - Hungarian jazz meets world music obscurity. Sometimes a bit too jazzy for me, but excellent in parts, & very creative too.

GEORGE GRUNTZ CONCERT JAZZ BAND '83 - THEATRE (ECM 1265) LP ex+/vg+ £5.50 - Euro fusion 1970's supersession, with Joachim Kuhn, Jasper van't Hof, Fritz Pauer, etc.

OLDRICH JANOTA - OLDRICH JANOTA (Panton 81 0961-1: IN) LP ex+/ex £13.00 - Mysterious Czech music, an innovative blend of ethnic, folk & other musics, featuring Irena Havlova & Vojtech Havel. © 1990.

SAKARI KUKKO - KAJASTUS (Kerberos KEL 605) LP ex+/ex £10.00 - Varied folk songs & instrumentals with many strange touches, from Piirpauke leader. © 1979.

GEORGES LOCATELLI - ECLECTIC GUITAR (Musica MUS.3015) LP m/m £8.00 - Acoustic & electric guitars in varying moods, some of it is very strange indeed!

DIDIER LOCKWOOD - NEW WORLD (MPS 68.237) LP vg-ex/vg? £15.00 - © 1979. His debut as leader, with Gordon Beck, Tony Williams & Niels-Henning Orsted-Petersen, + guests: John Etheridge, Jean-Michel Kajdan, Francis Lockwood. Apparently worth 60 Euro in m/m condition.

DIDIER LOCKWOOD - THE KID (JMS 024: IN) LP ex+/vg+ £7.00 - Jazz-rock from famous French violinist & his US band, inc. David Sancious. © 1983.

MALICORNE - LES CATHEDRALES DE L'INDUSTRIE (Celluloid CEL 6792: IN) LP ex+/ex+ £8.00 - A radical advance on early Malicorne, with high-tech instrumentation.

MICHAEL MANTLER - LIVE (Watt 18: GF) LP ex+/vg £6.00 - Live at the "1st International Art Rock Festival", Frankfurt, Germany (8/2/1987), with Jack Bruce, Rick Fenn, Don Preston, John Greaves, Nick Mason.

MARC OGERET - VIVRE (Vogue 574034: GF) LP ex/ex £5.00 - Well-known jazzers with singer Jacques E. Deschamps. For those that like unusual French chanson it may be wonderful.

PAT METHENY GROUP - FIRST CIRCLE (ECM 1278: IN) LP ex+/ex+ £8.00 - Guitar led fusion from top US guitarist, with Lyle Mays, Steve Rodby, etc. © 1984.

STEPHAN MICUS - TWILIGHT FIELDS (ECM 1358) LP £15.00 - Innovation is the key to this 1987 album, with an orchestra of flowerpots!

PIRCHER-PEPL-JAZZZWIO - GEGENWIND (Mood 23999) LP £10.00 - Unusual atmospheric music for acoustic guitar, tuned percussion & studio processing. © 1980.

PEKKA POHJOLA - MIKE & SALLY OLDFIELD, PEKKA POHJOLA (Happy Bird 90096) LP vg+/ex £6.00 - Aka "The Mathematicians Air Display" by Pekka Pohjola, instrumental fusion.

PEKKA POHJOLA - EVERYMAN (JA&RO 4117) LP ex+/ex £13.00 - Prog-fusion by ex-Wigwam bassist & band, in his patent smooth/dynamic spacey style. © 1984.

RITMIA - FORSE IL MARE (Robi Droli RD 003) LP ex/ex £25.00 - 1986 Italian cross-culture folk/ethnic mix, towards Canzionere Del Lazio.

RAY RUSSELL - READY OR NOT (DJM DJF 20506) LP ex/ex? £10.00 - Varied fusion in the Gary Boyle/Jeff Beck vein, featuring Mo Foster & Tony Hymas. © 1977.

PHILIPPE SAISSE - VALERIAN (Windham Hill 37 1073-1) LP ex+/ex £8.00 - © 1988. Light new-age & ECM-like fusion (Metheny-Mays vein) by pianist/multi-instrumentalist & guests: Don Alias, etc.

SANTANA - CARAVANSERAI (CBS S 65299: GF) LP ex/vg+ £5.00 - Santana's most esoteric but powerful album, with dual guitars overdose!

#  SANTANA - WELCOME (Columbia BL 32445: GF) LP ex/vg+ £5.50 - © 1973.

ALAN STIVELL - IN DUBLIN (Fontana 9299 547) LP vg+/nc £3.00 - © 1975.

#  ALAN STIVELL - ALAN STIVELL (Impact 6886 168) LP ex/vg+ £3.50 - Anthology 1970-74. Nice intro.

TAMMLES - TAMMLES (Escalibur BUR 810) LP ex/ex+ £18.00 - Obscure 1980's Breton folk band, very varied & highly creative mix of trad & originals, bit Malicorne-like.

VANGELIS - HYPOTHESIS (Oxford OX/3162) LP ex/vg £7.50 - Rare BYG Records jazz jam from 1971 (originally released in 1978). Vangelis (keyboards), Michel Ripoche (violin), Brian Odger (bass) & Tony Oxley (drums).

#  KENNY WHEELER - DOUBLE, DOUBLE YOU (ECM 1262) LP ex+/ex £7.50 - Renowned jazz winds player, with Mike Brecker, John Taylor, David Holland, Jack Dejohnette. © 1984.

 

synth, ambient, new-age, etc.

 

MAREK BILINSKI - OGROD KROLA SWITU (Wifon LP-053) LP ex/vg+ £6.00 - Unusual melodic synth with swirling textures & dynamic rhythmic drives, from Poland. © 1983.

#  RAINER BLOSS & KLAUS SCHULZE - DRIVE INN (InTeam ID 20.002) LP ex+/ex £11.00 - The metronomic Schulze in a Kraftwerk like groove album. © 1984.

IAN BODDY - PHOENIX (Something Else SER 001) LP £12.00, m/ex £7.50 - © 1986. On this much more energetic synth LP Ian ventured towards Mark Shreeve realms.

MICHAEL GARRISON - PRISMS (Windspell WS 112811) LP ex+/vg+ £9.00 - © 1981. USA synth with a bright Tangerine Dream & Jean Michel Jarre like mix.

#  PATRICK GLEESON - RAINBOW DELTA (Passport PVC 7914) LP ex-m/ex £6.00 - American synthesist, mainly known for film soundtrack work. Hints of Synergy & David Vorhaus. © 1980.

SVEN GRUNBERG - OM (Melodia C60 27019 002) LP m/m £12.00 - Estonian electronic music pioneer who began his career with E. Artemiev & V. Martinov. 2nd LP of cosmic electronic music.

MICHEL HUYGEN - BARCELONA 1992 (AMP AMP-L 005) LP ex/ex £7.00 - (Thunderbolt THBL 056) LP £10.00, m/ex £3.00 - © 1986. TV movie soundtrack from Neuronium leader.

#  JEAN MICHEL JARRE - EQUINOXE (Polydor POLD 5007) LP ex+/ex+ £6.00, ex/vg+ £4.00 - Renowned French synthesist. His 2nd album, © 1978.

JEAN MICHEL JARRE - MAGNETIC FIELDS (Polydor POLS 1033: IN) LP ex+/ex £5.00 - © 1981.

#  KITARO - SILK ROAD (Polydor 823 736-1) LP vg-m/m £5.00 - Japanese synth master, indebted to Klaus Schulze. Soundtrack for the NHK TV series. LP1 of the 2LP set. © 1980.

#  KITARO - IN PERSON (Kuckuck 054) LP ex-m/ex £6.00 - You'd hardly know this was live, yet the 3 additional musicians are very noticeable, very spacious & almost rock music at times. © 1980.

#  RUDIGER LORENZ - ANGARIA (Syncord RL 006) LP m/ex+ £12.00 - Inventive German synth with ethnic touchs, a unique style! © 1987.

MIND OVER MATTER - THE COLOURS OF LIFE (Thunderbolt THBL 2.062) LP £10.00 - Highly talented guitarist/synthesist with cosmic styling. © 1988.

NEURONIUM - CHROMIUM ECHOES (Thunderbolt THBL 057) LP £10.00 - Last of the classic cosmic "psychotronic" cosmic era of Neuronium.

NEURONIUM - SUPRANATURAL (Thunderbolt THBL 055) LP £10.00 - © 1987, at this time Neuronium & Huygen solo are the same!

GILES REAVES/JON GOIN - LETTING GO (MCA 6283) LP ex+/ex £8.00 - © 1989. Giles Reaves is nowadays a member of Spacecraft (US) cosmic new-age band & soundtrack composer.

MARK SHREEVE - LEGION (Jive Electro HIP 28) LP new/nc £5.00 - Nothing like his earlier cosmic synth albums, here he becane the top UK power-synthesist. © 1985.

MARK SHREEVE - CRASH HEAD (Jive Electro HIP 42) LP £10.00, new/nc £5.00 - Nothing like his earlier cosmic synth albums, here he was the top UK power-synthesist. © 1988.

DAN SIEGEL - SHORT STORIES (Pausa PR-7202) LP ex+/ex-co £8.00 - Lilty synth fusion, a bit like some Patrick Moraz, Kit Watkins, or KPM/de Wolfe & soundtracky type stuff.

SOFTWARE - DIGITAL-DANCE (Thunderbolt THBL 2.051) LP £10.00, ex/ex £4.50 - Peter Mergener & Michael Weisser project. Their 4th album, © 1988.

MICHAEL STEARNS - LYRA SOUND CONSTELLATION (Continuum Montage CD 1006) LP ex+/ex £50.00 - His classic album utalising George Landry's sound-sculpture along with synths, etc.

TIM STORY - GLASS GREEN (Windham Hill WH-1061) LP ex+/ex+ £6.00 - © 1987. Lush tuneful ambient in Brian/Roger Eno vein, from top US synthesist.

SYNERGY - SEQUENCER (Passport PB 6002: GF) LP ex+/m £7.50 - Aka Larry Fast, classical influenced synth. © 1976.

SYNERGY - COMPUTER EXPERIMENTS, VOL. 1 (Passport PG1) LP ex+/ex £10.00 - 1981 album.

SYNERGY - METROPOLITAN SUITE (Audion SYN 204) LP m/ex+ £7.00 - © 1987.

VANGELIS - L'APOCALYPSE DES ANIMAUX (Polydor 2489 113: RE) LP ex/vg+ £4.50 - Cosmic film soundtrack (to the movie by Frederic Rossif) from top Greek synthesist. © 1973.

VANGELIS - HEAVEN & HELL (RCA RS 1025: GF) LP ex/ex+ £8.00, ex/ex £6.00 - © 1975. With Jon Anderson.

VANGELIS - SPIRAL (RCA PL 25116: GF) LP vg+-ex/vg+ £4.50 - Master synthesist. © 1977.

VANGELIS - IGNACIO (Egg 900 531) LP ex/vg+ £7.50 - 1977 reissue of the bizarre & very varied film soundtrack to "Entends-tu Les Chiens Aboyer?" or "Can You Hear The Dogs Barking?" directed by Francois Reichenbach.

VANGELIS - OPERA SAUVAGE (Polydor 2473 105: GF,RE) LP vg-ex/vg+ £3.00 - (Polydor 2490 161) LP ex+/vg+ £4.50 - Music for a TV series by by Frederic Rossif. © 1979.

VANGELIS - CHINA (Polydor POLD 5018: GF,IN) LP ex+/ex £6.00 - © 1979.

VANGELIS - CHARIOTS OF FIRE (Polydor POLS 1026) LP vg+-ex/vg £3.50, vg-ex/vg £2.00 - His 1981 award winning soundtrack.

VANGELIS - SOIL FESTIVITIES (Polydor POLH 11) LP ex+/ex £6.00 - (Polydor 823 396-1) LP ex-m/g+ £3.00 - The sounds of nature carefully crafted & blended into Vangelis' rich sound. © 1984.

VANGELIS & IRENE PAPAS - RAPSODIES (Polydor 829 413-1) LP g+-ex/vg £5.00 - 2nd collaboration (© 1986), even more enigmatic than "Odes". Greek female vocals. Pretty & lush though, too sweet for me! Only ever released on LP in Greece!

#  BERNARD XOLOTL - PROCESSION (Nada Pulse NP 007) LP ex+-m/ex+ £13.00 - Totally spaced-out cosmic classic, betwixt Klaus Schulze's "Dune" & Michael Stearns. With Daniel Kobialka on violin. © 1983.

 

the grey area / weird musics

 

#  ROBERTO CACCIAPAGLIA - SONANZE (PDU Pld.SQ 6025: IN) LP ex/ex £100.00 - The Italian "Kosmischen Kuriere" classic which fuses subtle organ & synths with abstract classical music in a most unusual & fascinating manner. © 1974. Laminated textured cover original + inner sleeve.

CACOPHONY 33 - KANGORAMA/SWAMP WASSER (Outsider out002: PS,#144/333) 7"EP ex/m £10.00 - Synthi/tribal/industrial, a bit like Muslimgauze with a Chris & Cosey edge. © 1997.

MIKHAIL CHEKALIN - BETWEEN SPRING & AUTUMN BY STEALTH (Melodia C90 31675 006) LP ex+/vg+ £15.00 - This curiously titled LP often reminds me of the explorative work of Ralph Lundsten.

MIKHAIL CHEKALIN - PRACTICAL MUSIC MAKING II (Melodia C90 31677 000) LP ex+/ex+ £15.00 - With Tietchens & Frohmader synth stylings, but full of contrasts & surprises.

MIKHAIL CHEKALIN - THE GREEN SYMPHONY (Melodia C90 31375 000) LP ex+/ex £15.00 - Sitting between classical avant-garde & synth, hinting at Klaus Schulze (only this was earlier).

MIKHAIL CHEKALIN - BOARDER STATE (Melodia C90 31377 004) LP ex+/ex+ £15.00, ex+/ex £13.50 - With elements of Peter Frohmader/Asmus Tietchens' electro-experimental rock.

MIKHAIL CHEKALIN - INTRODUCTION INTO INTUITION (Melodia C90 31681 003) LP ex+/ex+ £13.00 - Intuitive improvisations with electronic keyboards, rhythm computers, etc. Not at all what you'd expect!

MIKHAIL CHEKALIN - CONCERTO GROSSO - II (Melodia C90 30669 004) LP ex+/ex+ £15.00, ex+/ex £13.00 - A step on from Frohmader's darker synth world towards the spooky regions of Schulze/Grosser's "Babel".

COFFEE - HEX VEX & THE LAVANDER MINK (Elica 2VL-3707: GF) 2x10" ex+/m £9.50 - Chintz & retro stuff with quirky avant-pop stuff. Bizarre!

CONTRASTATE - I AM DOWN COLLECTING MOMENTS/TASTE THE WASTE FOR THE HUMAN RACE (Dying Earth Europe DE009: PS) 7"EP ex/ex+ £6.00 - Strange montage & loop music from the UK. #560/600. © 1993.

CURRENT 93 - LIVE AT BAR MALDOROR (Mi-Mort MM 1) LP ex+/vg+ £50.00 - Original white label LP with stickered sleeve. Excellent weird stuff with strong Nurse With Wound influence, in a similar vein to the "In Menstrual Night" LP.

DAMENBART - IMPRESSIONEN '71 (Dom Elchklang DOM EK 02) LP ex+/ex £40.00 - Fiendish weirdness with psych feel, ex-H.N.A.S. Released in parallel to the Brigitte album, Damenbart is much more psychedelic & trippy. "For promotion only?" copy.

#  DELPHIUM - BREEDING BAD BLOOD E.P. (Outsider OUT 001: PS) 7"EP m/m £10.00 - Instrumental experimental industrial electronics in Cabaret Voltaire vein. # 238/500. © 1996

DELPHIUM/SHEEPHEAD - SPLIT E.P. (Alley Sweeper 011: PS) 7"EP ex/m £10.00 - #295/300. © 1994. Delphium: industrial in TG vein (noise/rhythm) & mangled voices. Sheephead: Kind of Organum & chaotic/sonic NWW mixture.

DELPHIUM/SHEEPHEAD - SPLIT E.P. (Aqvese AQR707: PS) 7"EP vg+/m £6.00 - © 1995. Sheephead were a short-lived collaboration between Josh Diebel & Steve Rathbone.

DIE FEINEN TRINKERS BEI PINKELS DAHEIM - FROSCHDOSIS (Drone DR-19: PS) 7”EP vg?/m £6.00 - Novelty sleeve, 1st edition of 250 copies. Atmos/noise/industrial. © 1996.

ROGER DOYLE - BUDAWANNY (Atlantean ATL 001) LP £8.00 - We never knew this 1987 soundtrack existed on vinyl (we used to stock the cassette). It's stylistically recognisable as Doyle at the keys, in that it's slightly eccentric, but often feels more like Budd & Eno.

TOM EHRLICH - SUNSTAR (Trikont US-0116) LP £12.00 - An intriguing album of minimalist avant-garde that is reminiscent of Peter Michael Hamel's "Transition", being vaguely systemic & very meditational, with 1 side of very fluid entwining pianos (& very subtle synth work) & the other combining a variety of synths & piano in a more classical cum new-age hybrid mode.

PETER MICHAEL HAMEL - TRANSITION (Kuckuck 063/064) 2LP ex-m/ex £12.00 - © 1983. 4 different styles: classical, avant-garde & systemic piano, plus a big synth & electronics opus.

HOVERCRAFT - EXPERIMENT BELOW (Blast First bffp160) LP £10.00 - With a new drummer making a Branca meets Guru Guru/Fushitsusha hybrid. Freaky! © 1998.

HUSK - THE ABATTOIR (Fourth Dimension FDS31/Dying Earth Europe DE004: PS) 7” ex/m £5.00 - #118/500. Industrial Muslimgauze, Test Dept/, Laibach realms.

#  INTIMATE OBSESSIONS - EREBUS TO HANDS (Third Mind TMLP 11: IN) LP ex/vg+ £5.00 - Electro-pop & new-wave in similar vein to Bushido, Cabaret Voltaire, etc. © 1985.

ISKRA - ISKRA (Caprice CAP 2006: GF) 2LP vg-ex+/ex-co £30.00 - NWW list item by Swedish experimental, jazz & folk fusion eccentrics. Actually a lot more jazz than their later LP's.

MARTIN DAVORIN JAGODIC - TEMPO FURIOSO (Cramps CRSLP 6108: GF) LP ex/vg+ £35.00 - "nova musicha n.8". The extraordinary Cramps label classic. Stockhausen meets Luc Ferrari & a hint of Xenakis. This breaks all the rules & invents new cross-genre concoctions, atmospheric to wild to totally perplexing! © 1975.

#  KARUNA KHYAL - ALOMONI 1985 (Voice VO-1002: PO) LP ex+/ex £250.00 - Reputedly virtually the same band as Brast Burn (if not, they are very close in style) & even more experimental with mantric Faustian blues hybrids & lots of special effects. Note: the poster has been glued to the cover, so has a polylined paper sleeve!

KEITH LEBLANC - MAJOR MALFUNCTION (World Records WR 005) LP ex+/ex+ £8.00 - Oddball industrial & techno experimental dub stuff, bit like some Bill Laswell or Jah Wobble. © 1986.

LULL - TIME BOX (Aquese AQR7206: PS) 2x7"EP ex/ex+ £10.00 - The solo project of Mick Harris (ex-Napalm Death/member of Scorn) 500 copies limited edition.

#  LULL/DELPHIUM - CHIME/GERBARRA (Aquese AQR702: PS) 7"EP ex/ex+ £5.00 - Side each. #129/285. © 1994. Delphium are an industrial outfit obviously inspired by TG.

RALPH LUNDSTEN & LEO NILSON - TELLUS/FAGEL BLA (Telestar TRS 11066) LP vg+/ex £25.00 - Swedish electronic music duo, 1968 & 1969 works.

MELTED MEN - HAIR IT IS (Nerve Rust 1: red vinyl) 10" ex+/ex+ £7.50 - Really wonky synths, kinda ZNR a bit, but more Pyrolator, Asmus Tietchens, et al.

MOTHER MALLARD'S PORTABLE MASTERPIECE CO. - MOTHER MALLARD'S PORTABLE MASTERPIECE CO. (Earthquack EQ 0001) LP ex/vg+ £30.00 - The trio of: David Borden, Linda Fisher & Steve Drews, pioneering synth-based systemic music, every bit as good as early Terry Riley or Philip Glass & a moog fans delight! © 1973.

MUSLIMGAUZE - NILE QUARTRA/EXITINTODAY/THUGGHEE (Jara JARA 002: PS) 7"EP ex/m £10.00 - Experimentalist Bryn Jones, ex-E.G. Oblique Graph. Not numbered copy! © 1994.

NURSE WITH WOUND - AUTOMATING VOLUME ONE (United Dairies UD 019: IN) LP ex+/vg+ £90.00 - Sampler tracks recompiled, with unique mixes. © 1986.

NURSE WITH WOUND - AUTOMATING VOLUME TWO (United Dairies UD 030) LP ex+/ex £50.00 - More sampler tracks recompiled, with unique mixes. © 1988.

ORDINAIRES - THE ORDINAIRES (Dossier ST7509) LP ex/ex £9.00 - New Yorkers in Fred Frith meets chamber RIO mix. Very lively!

VALENTINA PONOMAREVA - ISHUKENIE "TEMPTATION" (Melodia C60 28293 005) LP m/m £12.00 - Amazing Russian vocalist, weird & totally innovative. © 1989.

MICHAEL PRIME - REQUIEM (Die Stadt DS 42: GF) LP £13.00 - 1998-2000 recordings from Morphogenesis member.

MIROSLAV RAJKOWSKI - THE PRIMARY PRINCIPLE (Beta-lactam Ring MT025) 10" ex+/ex+ £7.00 - "Lactamase 05". Weird overtone singing, with instruments, collage & all manner of other vocal expressions.

#  ELLIOT SHARP - CARBON (Zoar 15) LP ex+/ex £7.50 - Rocky Branca strangeness, © 1984.

SKELETON BIRDS & THE NUMBER OF GOD - THESE DARK ROOTS OF HEAVEN (alt.vinyl av.024: 220g vinyl) LP £12.00 - New project from Nick Mott (ex-Volcano The Bear) with Tiffany Bryant & Andrew Jarvis. © 2010.

SALLY SMMIT & HER MUSICIANS - SOUNDTRACK TO HANGAHAR (Groovy STP 3) LP ex+/ex £70.00 - Weirdo NWW list collectable. Sally Timms (of The Mekons) & Pete Shelley (Buzzcocks) on electronics. Brilliant female vocals & weirdness, possibly the weirdest opera ever! © 1980.

SONGS OF NORWAY - DESPITE THE CLOAK (Beta-lactum ring mt058) LP £20.00 - Volcano the Bear alter-ego project of Aaron Moore & Nick Mott = freeform abstractions, duets & trios, scuttle & writhe. Last copy of a limited number that come with a bonus 7" EP, P&P = 7 units!

SONGS OF NORWAY - DESPITE THE CLOAK (Beta-lactum ring mt058) LP £10.00 - No 7" EP!

SPECTRAL ARMIES - THE VANISHED PEOPLE (alt.vinyl av.025: 220g vinyl) LP £12.00 - Nick Mott (ex-Volcano The Bear) with Ben Jones & Sarah Sullivan (from Jazzfinger). "An atmospheric recording captured in a cave in Cornwall with later manipulation & overdubs by Nick Mott." © 2010.

ASMUS TIETCHENS - LEUCHTIDIOTEN (Die Stadt DS 44) 10" £10.00 - 2 rhythmic tracks (14 minutes duration) recorded during the "Teilmengen" sessions. Apparently only 500 copies were pressed - we have the black vinyl version! © 2002.

TRIO TM+ - DUFOUR/GESLIN/CUNIOT/MION/PARMEGIANI (INA.GRM Gramme 9115/16: GF,IN) 2LP vg+-m/vg+ £25.00 - Collection of works performed by the avant-garde synthesizer trio of: Laurent Cuniot, Denis Dufour & Yann Geslin, performing their own compositions plus versions of Philippe Mion's "Trois Esquisses Ouvertes" & Bernard Parmegiani's "Stries". © 1984.

VOLCANO THE BEAR - PLANETARY BETHLEHEM (Beta-lactam Ring mt205: 220g vinyl) LP £18.00 - 1995-96 recordings (by Nick Mott, Aaron Moore & Clarence Manuelo), collaged & created in 2010. Note: heavy vinyl & cover means P&P = 8 units!

 

various artists...

 

AN AFFLICTED MAN'S MUSICA BOX (United Dairies UD 012: IN) LP ex+/ex £50.00 - Very rare avant-garde compilation of (mainly?) original material by: 'Foetus in your Bed, Operating Theatre, Nurse with Wound, Jacques Berocal, Anima, AMM. © 1982. This copy has 2 copies of the insert & an AMM promo sheet.

GARETH HARDWICK & MACHINEFABRIEK (Low Point LP014) LP ex+/m £10.00 - Pressed on semi-clear vinyl! Side each: Gareth Hardwick (ooze drone stuff towards Troum/very floaty Vidna Obmana), Machinefabriek (slabs of sound in Asmus Tietchens/Maeror Tri vein).

HALLO NR. 9 (Amiga 855 339) LP ex/vg+ £25.00 - Mainly rare live in East Germany (12/1972-9/1973). Skaldowie (as Die Skalden), Blue Effect (issued as bonus on "Modry Efekt & Radim Hladik" CD issue), Omega, Die Puhdys, Breakout, Maryla Rodowicz Group, WIR, Bayon.

INTIMATE TEXTURE OF SOUND (HWYL 1) LP ex/vg+ £5.00 - A collection of ambient, new-age & avant-garde musics. Original tracks by: Trevor Stainsby, Gilbert Isbin, Steve Jadd, Tranceport, Kevin O'Neill, Myth Gestalt, etc.

KUNSTKOPF-DIMENSIONEN (Delta-Acustic 10-131-1) LP vg+-ex+/vg+ £20.00 - © 1974. Label sampler/demonstration record for the "Kunstkopf" artificial head system, with rare Code III track "Walkin' By Train", unique Code III & Sand edits (slightly different mixes), Seedog, & other stuff.

POP FESTIVAL LJUBLJANA 72 - BOOM (Helidon UFLP-003/1-2: GF) 2LP vg+-ex/ex £70.00 - Incredibly rare Yugoslavian festival document. 80% great, almost all classic heavy psych/ blues/progressive in Frumpy, Blodwyn Pig, Raw Material, Hendrix, Tomorrow's Gift, et al, vein. Featured artists include: Alarm, Grupa 777, Had, Indexi, Ivica Percl, Mladi Levi, Nirvana, Time. mostly classic Yugo prog - rare live stuff - last copy!

UNTITLED (Die Stadt DS 75: PS) 7"+7"EP £10.00 - Limited edition: #500. 7" by Z'ev, 7"EP by Zerfall_Gebiete (Thomas Koner & Ulrich Krieger). Note: P&P = 4 units!

WIR SIND KINDER DER REVOLTE, BEST OF VOL. 1 (Think Progressive TPLP 1.907.053: GF,180g vinyl) 2LP £25.00 - Live recordings from the Open Air Burg Herzberg festivals (1995-97): Gong, Guru Guru, Hawkwind, Faust, Embryo, Chris Karrer, Man. rare live stuff - last copy!

 

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