Various Artists

"Under the influence of LSD, by the late 1960s the sands were shifting fast for acoustic music. This new compilation showcases 20 of the best tracks to have emerged from the underground folk revolution, taking in artists from Britain and America, as...

Since I have a personal interest in early jazz, this was a great, great watch and listen personally.
This is in English, with subtitles in Italian, English, French, Portuguese, Japanese.

"A journey inside the Sicilian chromosome of jazz, forgotten by the official history; the incredible story of a Sicilian who became the world's first man in jazz. Sicily Jass: The World's First Man In Jazz is a film directed by Michele Cinque, about the life, the music, and times of Nick La Rocca, a son of...

“The final entry in this three-volume series of Tokyo teen bands from 1966 to 1969 is no less potent than its predecessors."-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. Artists include: Outcast, The Spiders, The Mops...

"Prog is a four letter word..right? So is 'rock', 'jazz' and 'folk' , these genres combined with classical and blues, are the foundation stones of what music scribes like to call 'progressive music' or 'prog'. From rock's emergence in the 60's as a...

“Following up the acclaimed SOHO CONTINENTAL, here is a collection of coffee bar sounds from 50s and 60s London, the soundtrack to the birth of rock'n'roll, Gaggia machines, capuccinos, jukeboxes blasting out UK born sounds for boys in leather and beehived girls. Long lost 45s on classic labels like Top Rank and Oriole, with tales of ton-up boys causing chaos (Carve Up, Ambush, Teenage Delinquent) to more sedate tales of going 'Hot Chocolate Crazy'”

“Soho Expresso, capture's the mood of the...


Thirty early, cross-over soul hits from great masters both known and forgotten. This is a tremendous bargain.
1. The Isley Brothers - Shout (Part 1)
2. Ray Charles - What'd I Say (Part 1)
3. Jackie Wilson - That's Why (I Love You So)...

“This new album features a number of important and ground-breaking African-American artists – The Art Ensemble of Chicago, Don Cherry, Funkadelic, Gil Scott-Heron and more – alongside a host of lesser-known artists all of whom in the early 1970s were exploring new Afrocentric poly-rhythmical styles of music – radical jazz, street funk and proto-rap – while at the same time exploring the Black Power and civil-rights inspired notions of self-definition, self-respect and self-empowerment in their own lives"...

“The album shows how the ideals of the civil rights movement, black power and black nationalism influenced the evolvement of radical African-American music in the United States of America in the intensely political and revolutionary period at the end of the 1960s following the assassinations of Malcolm X, Martin Luther King and the rise of the Black Panther party.”

1. Gil Scott - Heron
2. Mandingo Griot Society with Don Cherry - Sounds From The Bush...

“Two years have passed since Bureau B released the first Sowas Von Egal compilation. With the musical movement or genre known as NDW celebrating its 40th anniversary, what better time than now to launch an ambitious successor to the first sampler. The beating heart of this endeavor is once again invigorated by the synchronous passions of bespoke Hamburg label Bureau B and the label's Damaged Goods nights where they present rare, obscure synth and wave discs from the early 1980s.
It was clear from....

"Sowas Von Egal, is the result of a collaboration between Bureau B and the Hamburg party series Damaged Goods. Record companies and DJs are aligned through a love and passion for seeking out rare music which simply needs to be heard. For the three of us as DJs, we created Damaged Goods as a party where we could play music beyond the electro clichés. Our focus would be seldom-heard post-punk and synth-wave from, or in the style of, the 1980s. We'd slip in these unknown or long-forgotten treasures between...

"Soul Jazz Records’ new Space, Energy and Light is a collection of music by early electronic and synthesizer pioneers (from the 1960s through the 1970s), mid-1970s proto-new age gurus and 1980s guerrilla D-I-Y cassette-era electronic artists, spanning in total over a near 30-year time frame. All of these artists used electronic advancements in music technology as a means of exploring not only space and the idea of the future, but also of looking inwards to the soul and of creating music in harmony with...

This is a fabulous compilation of country blues and country swing, from 1936-1944, presented to highlight how this music blended with other American music and influenced and partially led to rock 'n' roll.
If you dig this sort of thing, this is 70' of historic and fabulous sounds!
1. If You Can't Take Five Take Two
Milton Brown & His Musical Brownies
2. Sugar
Cliff Bruner
3. Rackin' It Back
Texas Wanderers
4. Daddy's Got the Deep Elm Blues
Jimmie Revard...

This is a collection of interpretations of songs by various Italian artists of works by Stormy Six.
There is almost no information about this album on the web and what little there is is in Italian. I did a translation and it made very little sense, but *apparently*, this record came out years after it was actually initially planned for some reason and may have even been planned before the group reformed!
Anyway, if you know and love the Stormy's, then this 14-track album is well worth hearing..

“First CD re-issue of the legendary Ralph Records compilation!
To celebrate The Residents' 50th anniversary, we bring you something rather special: a re-issue of the legendary Subterranean Modern compilation. Subterranean Modern was Ralph Records' first album involving music from anyone other than The Residents or Snakefinger.
The idea was to widen Ralph's appeal by bringing a greater variety of styles into the label. To this end Ralph had four band submit contributions on the theme of "San...


One day before the first anniversary of Jack Bruce's death, on 24th. October 2015, his daughter Natasha (also known as Aruba Red) organized a tribute concert in honor of her father at London's Roundhouse. The concert was quickly sold out, many guests came to honor the unique person and artist Jack Bruce on stage: the "longtime Cream companion" Ginger Baker, Jon Anderson (Jethro Tull), Joss Stone, Phil Manzanera (Roxy Music), Mark King (Level 42), Uli Jon Roth and many more. Musical director of the...

"In 1988, on the eve of a two decade civil war, Somalia's authoritarian ruler Siad Barre launched punishing air strikes on the north of the country, known today as Somaliland, in response to agitations for independence. The bombing leveled the entire city. Barre targeted Radio Hargeisa to prevent any kind of central communication system that could organize a resistance. With the attack imminent, a few brave radio operators and dedicated vanguards of Somali culture knew the archives, containing over...

Essential Music are a NYC collective who program & perform experimental American classical composers. This bargain contains all otherwise unavailable recordings of works by Robert Ashley, Christian Wolff, Malcolm Goldstein, Kyle Gann, Peter Garland, Jo...

"What a mammoth task this was but great co-operation from some great players – I even went to Havana and got Zalba in the studio for a special session. A new compilation of contemporary baritone saxophonists from around the world with Carlo Actis Dato...

Featuring Larry Birdsong, Johnny Bragg, Shy Guy Douglas, Thomas Henry, The Buford Majors Band and more.

While they last, this now out of print item is available at regular, non 'collectable' pricing.
Previously released legitimately on VHS tape, this is the 1st time that this documentation of this festival (Kralingen Music Festival, June 26-28, 1970) has been released on DVD.
The picture/sound quality is decent for the time period, but it's over 45 years ago, and anyone expecting HD quality will certainly be disappointed.
Having said that, you get video and/or audio footage of true musical...

This is a reimagining / re-presentation of a great and classic box set from the 1975. There is no overlap of music with the original 1975 version and this brings the story 45 years forward and up to date!!

“Includes new and unreleased recordings from Imagined Village (the first new music from the band in 9 years, with vocals from Eliza Carthy), Justin Adams, and Stick In The Wheel, unreleased songs from Maddy Prior and Lavinia Black-wall, and rare demos from Sandy Denny and Richard and Linda...

"Exquisite Corpse is a method by which a collection of images is collectively assembled. Each collaborator adds to a composition in sequence until finally the whole completed picture is revealed. This technique invented by the Surrealists is similar...

Back in the day (I'm dating myself nicely here) in the very, very early 80's, this very nicely packaged double album came out from the ultra hip Disques Du Crepuscule was released. It featured a wide range arty and post-classical musicians and spoken w...

“At last, a second collection of rare singles from the label that produced the cream of the mid-sixties crop of Canadian garage, punk, and psychedelic music! The Gaiety roster was rich in talent (the 49th Parallel, Jarvis Street Review, and Souls of Inspyration, not to mention the Checkerlads, White Knights, Dewline, Tomorrow's Keepsake, NRG, Merriday Park, and Portland Street South)—but it was not rich in resources, which is why these singles are so incredibly rare. This second Gaiety Records volume...

“Hardy Fox grew up in Texas. After college he moved to San Francisco reveling in the free love days of 1967-68. He co-founded the much loved cult band, the Residents, where he was primary composer. The Residents recorded such groundbreaking albums as Eskimo, Duck Stab, Commercial Album or Fingerprince and continue to inspire, record and tour until this very day. They aren't only known for their avantgarde music, but also for their multimedia CD ROMs and their DVDs. Throughout the group's existence, the....

“Released in the autumn of 1970, this obscure movie concerns the impact of teenage drug abuse on a suburban family. Its cult soundtrack features superb pop from Glass Bottle and edgy rock from cult Boston band Bead Game (including future Steely Dan drummer Jim Hodder), as well as trippy incidental music from leading arranger Don Sebesky. It makes its CD debut here, complete with background notes.”

"Chicago was awash in independent record labels during the late 50's and early 60's, all hoping to challenge Chess and Vee-Jay. Profile Records landed a national hit with Junior Wells' Little By Little . The label debuted in 1958 with pop crooner...

The early 1980s seemingly weren't a great time for creative music. Punk had come, swept away all the old (both good and bad - they didn't care!) and had mostly self-destructed by then, leaving the generally less interesting 'new wave' and all its subsets, all of which seemed to be made to get people to dress up 'creatively' and go out, snort cocaine and dance ('punk disco', my wife called it then). While there *were* a few exciting signs if you knew where to look for it, for the most part the collision...

Kind of a funny concept, but, y'know, they mostly got it right and the price is certainly right on this compilation.

"18 Mississippi delta blues, free form jazz and brooding swamp boogie songs that inspired the legendary artist including...


“Great 1960's garage groups-great compilation of all live recordings (!), featuring the Mad Hatters, The Sting Rays, the Apollos, and the Briks doing an absolute panoply of covers of famous songs by the Rolling Stones, the Beach Boys, the Beatles, and others.
Not an original in sight! So if 1960’s covers of 1960’s songs is your thing, this disc is for you! Out of print CD with small drill hole.”

“By the time 1966 ended, many of the groups in Texas that started out playing British Invasion and folk-rock music, were now immersing themselves in the newly emerging psychedelic music. The five groups that comprise this album reflect the changes that occurred during this period and four of them even changed their names to sound more psychedelic. The Nomads became Smoke, Carrols Mood became The Sights And Sounds, The New Imperials became The Front Page News, and The Boys became The Remaining Few....

“Released in March 1967, this cult movie concerns the efforts of a competitive racing driver to overcome blackouts at the wheel. Its rare soundtrack blends outrageous fuzz guitar workouts with ballads and incidental music to highly entertaining effect, and makes its CD debut here, complete with background notes.”

Nick Didkovsky commisioned over 20 artists to create music using the 44 "Nerve Events" found on Beta 14 OK. From high tech computer music using custom designed software, to low tech sampling & multitracking. Performances by Henry Kaiser, George Lowe, ...


Rune Grammofon celebrates release number 100 with this quite excellent and suitable collection of tracks from 13 of their esteemed artists, old and new. A full 12 tracks of the 13 are exclusive to this release! When the label started to compile the...

“Unique female gazes, into a micro-scene with the NYC Lower East Side art scene circa late ‘78 -‘85, through the lenses of a variety of feminist perspectives on post-punk and true art-punk!
An ultra-violet time machine to a micro-scene viewed and heard through the curration of twin artists Linda and Ellen Kahn who together are TwinArt. This magnificent jouney features the music they created for the Manhattan Cable, along with other female voices from within their orbit.
Instant This Instant...

This is pretty great stuff, but much of the music here predates synthesizers in general usage. Expect to hear violins, harmoniums, vocals, hand drums, etc.

“In Sudan, the political and cultural are inseparable. In 1989, a coup brought a hardline religious government to power. Music was violently condemned. Many musicians and artists were persecuted, tortured, forced to flee into exile - and even murdered, ending one of the most beloved music eras in all of Africa and largely denying Sudan's...

A tribute to Moondog and his music and spirit by: A tribute by: Norman Bambi, Jean-Jacques Birgé, Chan Mami, Dragibu, David Fenech, Groupe d'essai 3, Ilitch, Konki Duet, Stephan Lakatos, Guillaume Loizillon, Markus Muench, Xenia Narati, Les Productions...


“...Unsettled Scores was a total smash; I wanted to buy it for some time, but I didn't imagine it was so unbelievably good.” – fan mail from some flounder

The idea came from Forever Einstein's Chuck Vrtacek: to put together an album of Cuneiform Records artists interpreting tunes from their label mates. Since the label had a pretty stable roster by 1994-1995, with most of them sharing some common musical aesthetics, the project has the possibility of being interesting. And it is....

“Concluding this landmark series, Upside Down Volume 10 lifts the lid on the late 60s Antipodean music scene where pop dropped a pill and went 'over under sideways down under!' Upside Down bids farewell with a handsome selection of flower-power wonders, lovingly restored to their former, formidable glory.
Remastered original recorded artefacts with a 20-page, full-colour booklet including background liners and archival photos from the period.”

A journey of the last 40 years of avant-garde music in the USA. Unreleased recordings by Allen Ginsberg, Steve Reich, David Behrman, Steve Lacy, Michael Gelasso, plus John Cage, Ben Neill, Pauline Oliveros, etc. [Felmay/New Tone]

Fine compilation (with a sprinkling of previously unreleased material as well) from the Vanguard catalog of 1960s and 1950s recordings. The set is divided into 3 sets: "Folk Blues", "Delta & Country Blues" and "Urban Blues". Some (not all, but a good...

Four progressive rock bands from Cuba. Sebastian El Toro, Perfume De Mujer, Naranja Mecanica, Musica D'Repuesto.

AKA "The young hipsters meet the original hipsters." Here are veteran (nearly all French) musicians from the post 1968 movement, all of whom are still active alongside their relatively young 'heirs', gathered together for 13 exclusive collaborations...

"In the spring of 2006, Spanish sound artist Francisco López led a composition workshop in Montreal. A master of the field recording and its use in acousmatic composition, López asked the participants to share their urban field recordings. From their...

"Dutch & English language psychedelia from 1966-1972. In 1968 the new foreign hippie gods caroused through the pristine Dutch tulip gardens. In musical history, this moment marked the end of the typical 'Nederbiet' scene as we knew it. The impact on...

"Following constant demand, the Psychic Circle label is delighted to announce the forthcoming numbered, limited repressing of the legendary We Can Fly series in a 5CD boxed set. Amongst the best psych and beat compilations ever put together, each...