2008 is the 10th anniversary of the extremely excellent 'jazz and beyond' label Cryptogramophone. To celebrate they've thrown themselves (and all of us too!) a great party with this release. For an amazing price - the same price or less than a typical...

A compilation of 29 one minute tracks by a number of very well known 'unknown' artists (including: Haco, Pierre Bastien, Bratko Bibic, Fred Frith, Tatsuya Yoshida, Iva Bittova, Frank Pahl, Lars Hollmer, Tom Cora, and many others, presented in both...

"Soul Jazz Records are releasing separately on CD the soundtrack to this film (with bonus tracks). Featured groups include Theoretical Girls, UT, A Band, Rhys Chatham, Chinese Puzzle, The Static, Morales, Youth in Asia, Steven Piccolo and Jill Kroesen."

"A collection of 62 classic radio spots promoting the sales of everything from etiquette advice from Mitch Ryder (minus the Detroit Wheels) to Hormel Weiners to a Troggs beer commercial. Acid flashbacks without the acid."
Psychedelic Ad - Psychedelic Circus
Jefferson Airplane - White Levis Jefferson Airplane
Psychedelic Ad - Lee Jeans commercial
Psychedelic Ad - The Living Eye
Psychedelic Ad - The Hippie Revolt
Psychedelic Ad - Psychedelic Cola Commercial...

The German label No Man's Land has always made it its prerogative to release music that fits in no known category including avant-garde. Each album offers a very personal sound universe that often allies experimentation with potentially crowd-pleasing...

“The Abatwa ("Pygmy") are one of Africa's most endangered peoples. This album is a stunning, spirited document of their deep and varied musical culture, it collects rough-hewn, tribal sonics from the Rwandan borderlands. One-string violins/ 11-string harps/ haunted solo & duo singing/ battery operated loop machines. The textures are strange and abstract but at the same time intimate and joyful.
A featured instrument is the 11-string Icyembe, one that has a resemblance not unlike a surfboard and when..

"Here is the fifth release in Syllart Productions' African Pearls series of compilations, this time coming from Côte d'Ivoire. A natural West African crossroads, the Ivory Coast has always been at the forefront of musical trends, be it black American...

Do you look at the listings of African pop compilations and albums that I am always saying nice things about and wondering what it's all about? Well, have we got a nice, budget priced sampler for you!

"A retrospective "discovery price" sampler...

A lower-priced sampler which includes tracks from many different Ambiances Magnetiques releases. A good way to sample what A.M. do.

"American Clave has been a label at the forefront of the explosion previously known as worldbeat and currently as world music. They issued progressive salsa from Kip Hanrahan, ambitious free music by Don Pullen, the lush, sensual tango of Astor...

Early 90's PROMO ONLY Knitting Factory tour sampler featuring Amy Denio, Negativland, Roy Nathanson and Anthony Coleman. Cover is has a tear on the front and promo stamps and writing on it, disc is fine.

''A journey to discover the musical geography of Italy, where live side by side - from the deep North to the deep South - very different cultural areas, each one expressing a musical style and a secular tradition on its own, each one showing peculiar ...

"Robbie Basho's guitar playing was first brought to light in 1965, when John Fahey released Basho's debut The Seal of the Blue Lotus (1965) on his own Takoma Records. Basho was armed with a unique and powerful singing voice, his 6 & 12 string guitar and a collection of special guitar tunings that he created (even originating the "Esoteric Doctrine of Color and Mood'' - a chart denoting a color and mood for each of his special tunings).
After three decades of recordings and touring and a prodigious....

Kavus Torabi (Cardiacs, Guapo, Knifeworld and the man behind the Believers Roast label) put on a one day festival featuring many of the best of London's modern progressive/unusual rock bands. All tracks here are not available elsewhere and this is a...

"This compilation makes great listening for '60s garage band mavens or lovers of audio perversion."-All Music Guide

“Under the influence of The Beatles, the Group Sounds movement swept Japan in the mid-1960s. This compilation -- out of print for well over 20 years -- collects some of the finest cuts made by several of the leading bands of the time, and makes its long-awaited CD debut here, together with background notes. Includes artists such as The Golden Cups, The Beavers, The Mops...

Previously unreleased R&B from Muddy Waters (1958) Sonny Terry & Brownie McGhee (1958), Louis Jordan (1962) and more recorded live at the Manchester Free Trade Hall in England.

"This second volume of rare and previously unissued live...

"9 CDs featuring the best of the European Jazz scene in 1970; 10 hours with the complete music from all three festival concerts; 32-page booklet with brilliant concert pictures - previously unseen!"
Disc 1:
German Jazz Festival Big Band - Introduction
German Jazz Festival Big Band - Intoxication
German Jazz Festival Big Band - Jazzminers Dance In Frankfurt
German Jazz Festival Big Band - Palazzo Blue
Dave Pike Set - Attack Of The Green Misers
Dave Pike Set - Turn Around, M

“This music is taken from transcription discs, usually pressed in quantities of 100, and used for broadcast in various countries in the mid/late '60s. The discs were then supposed to be destroyed, but many weren't. The accent is on British Beat music with a healthy dollop of pop music mixed in. Every group has a very short interview with Brian Mathews along with songs performed and recorded in the Paris Theater, a studio on Bond Street, or the Playhouse Theater for use on transcription discs...

Historically and sociologically fascinating and the large book tells the whole story, as best it can be reconstructed. Conditionally recommended...

A fine document from of various goings-on in the UK. This features Orlando Gough (Lost Jockey), Michael Nyman, David Cunningham, Steve Martland. All pieces are either extremely rare or unavailable elsewhere. [Felmay/New Tone]

“This volume feautures rare recordings by groups from 1966-67. The Shandells Inc. release is noteworthy for its classic Electric Prunes sound while the Shadows and Rocks are moody garage kings. The Feathers sound like a teenage version of the Beau Brummels and Byrds. Finally, the Lewallen Brothers and the Marsades of Tucson, AZ are represented with unreleased songs that range from mod garage rock to the outright bizarre (‘I’m Normal’).
Out of print CD with small drill hole.”

"Keystone works from the various streams of musique concrete, electronic music, soundscape, electroacoustics and plunderphonics - including two masterworks from Eastern Europe, a territory traditionally overlooked in collections of this medium.
This is the classic collection of Contemporary, Concrete, Tapeworked and Processed works - and an indispensable survey of a crucial field:
It comprises: John Oswald's 'Parade', a complex work drawn and extended from Satie's celebrated ballet composition...

"An exciting and eclectic anthology of 14 new, previously unreleased pieces -- many written just for this CD. Music by John Luther Adams, Gavin Bryars, Rick Cox, Michael Jon Fink, Jim Fox, Peter Garland, Daniel Lentz, Ingram Marshall, Read Miller...

“In the 60's, Abilene, Texas had a thriving music scene. Bands enamored with the British Invasion sound of The Rolling Stones, The Yardbirds, and The Beatles formed in droves. The top band in Abilene was The Chevelle V, whose best known track, 'Come Back Bird' employed the British slang for 'girl' and the beat of The Yardbirds' 'I'm A Man.' The other popular Abilene bands, such as The Livin' End, The Continentals and The Coachmen, comprise the other recordings on this album, making this the most....