New Arrivals

New Arrivals
“While most of the other volumes in the You Can't Do That on Stage Anymore series would be compiled around loose themes (whether topical or historical), this first volume contained a little of everything for everyone. The material spans most of Frank Zappa's career, from 1969 live recordings by the original Mothers of Invention (the medley "Let's Make the Water Turn Black/Harry, You're a Beast/The Orange County Lumber Truck" constitutes a highlight) up to the 1984 tour, with about every incarnation of...

Most of You Can't Do That on Stage Anymore, Vol. 3 is devoted the 1984 band which, at the time of this set's original release, had not been properly documented. Most of the material comes from late-'70s/early-'80s albums like Sheik Yerbouti, Joe's Garage, and You Are What You Is.


“The member line-up of this overdub-free concert (edited/combined from 22/23 September 1974 shows), is one of Frank's and many other fan's favorite Zappa bands: Napoleon Murphy Brock: saxophone, flute, vocals; George Duke: keyboards, vocals; Ruth Underwood: percussion; Tom Fowler: bass guitar and future Genesis drummer Chester Thompson on, yes: drums. Most of these ultra-skilled musicians were responsible for the manifestation of Zappa's musical ideas on Roxy & Elsewhere, Apostrophe, Over-nite Sensation....

“Guitarist Nels Cline redefines everything he visits on this album. Lovers is like a long-lost, 2-disc Pat Metheny album, except it’s not – it’s too amorphous. Lovers is smooth jazz, except it’s not – there’s too much improvisation. Lovers is a set of jazz standards, except it’s not – Cline includes covers of Annette Peacock and Kim Gordon. Lovers is mood music, except when it gets moody. Lovers is quietly diverse, more than the sum of its parts, like and unlike nothing you’ve heard before.”-John W Dunner

For a good number of years in the 80s, one of the great acts that you could catch was King Sunny Ade and his Africa Beats, from Nigeria, who were being sponsored by a major label, trying to break him out BIG in the USA like they did a decade earlier with Bob Marley.
Well, it didn’t happen, but I saw him and he was fantastic so entertaining and now if you were there, you can be reminded of what it was like and if you weren’t there, you can still catch a good sniff of the greatness!

“There...

Out of print world-wide for years, this makes a welcome, very limited re-appearance in Japan at a reasonable price.

Nice to have their 2nd, early 1980's studio disc available again from this very King Crimson-influenced Japanese ensemble. This adds guests on keyboards, violin, cello & trumpet to the basic guitar/bass/drums lineup. For me and my avant-progressive tastes, this is by far their best work and is one of the very best 80s Japanese progressive albums ever!

Yeah, you can tell who.

Out of print world-wide for years, this makes a welcome, very limited re-appearance in Japan at a reasonable price.

Nice to have the first, early 1980's studio disc available again from this very King Crimson-influenced Japanese ensemble. This is by the basic guitar/bass/drums lineup. Yeah, you can tell who they obviously like, but this is still very good stuff

Actually this is:
“Terry Riley’s In C, version for double bass by Stefano Scodanibbio, performed by the Ludus Gravis Ensemble.”
Recorded by 13 (!) double bassists, this is one of the great versions of this versatile work, with the rich, rich overtones of the instrument giving the composition real heft.

“During the worst time of the pandemic, Ajurinã, drummer and Itiberê's son proposed for some people to record some music together online. Each one of them did the recordings under supervision of Itiberê, playing music by Hermeto Pascoal.
Even playing online and separately, each in their own studio, the result is fantastic. The result is the Música Universal, as Hermeto call it! Some excellent themes were chosen. Two different bands here play ten compositions with lots of energy. The CD comes in a...

“Protofonia is a power trio from Brasília, and this is their 3rd album, released in a small quantity.
Their music has elements of progressive rock, Brazilian rhythms, avant-garde music, jazz and contemporary music.
Besides guitars, drums and bass, the members of the group also play some other instruments and have a lot of guests, including Lelo Nazário from Grupo Um.
Their music is full of surprises, crossing from progressive rock to avant-progressive music, always with touches of...

Great album. Great melodies and arrangements, perfectly played with just the right number of notes. The electronics are well integrated into the the ensemble sound and support the instruments and vice-versa! One of the best contemporary Brazilian albums I’ve heard in the last years!

“This is the newest CD by pianist and composer Rafael Martini who was also pianist of the marvelous Grupo Ramo. He was also pianist and accordion player in the last band of Egberto Gismonti.
Now he is leading...

“Normal Street is another salvo in ESP-Disk's drive to revive weird rock! Writer/musician/film maker Chris Shields says: "Near the DIY venue, cooperative, and punk/freak haven, The Firehouse, in Worcester, Mass, there's a street ironically named 'Normal St.' I was lucky enough to be playing a gig with Painted Faces there a few years back. Driving up the steep, labyrinthine roads we spotted the green sign, had a laugh owing to some solid riffing by all present, and then, moved on. The gig was good, the...

"The first time since 1971 that this album has been pressed from the original master tapes, recently discovered in Italy.
Lacquered directly from tape in an all-analog transfer by Bernie Grundman.
Mark Fry was 19 -- recently graduated from high school and in Italy studying painting -- when he walked barefooted into RCA's Italian subsidiary, played some songs he'd written on his guitar and was signed to record the album that would become legend.
The first recordings he made proved stuff...

"Black Editions Archive is ecstatic to announce the newest release in the Milford Graves Archival series, the double LP, Children of the Forest, featuring previously unreleased 1976 sessions with Hugh Glover and Arthur Doyle that re-write the book on Milford Graves's ensemble music of the 1970s. Graves recorded these sessions himself in his legendary Queens basement laboratory and workshop in the weeks immediately leading up to the March 1976 session that, with the same unit, produced what many consider...

Bill Laswell: Bass
John Zorn: Alto Sax

“Towering figures of New York’s Downtown scene, Zorn and Laswell have been working together since the late 1970s. Following up on their acclaimed 2022 duo project “The Cleansing”, this new volume presents musical memorials to three artistic visionaries whose powerful legacies remain touchstones of creativity and artistic integrity. Here the music takes on more of an ambient edge, and is distinguished by telepathic improvisational interplay and a unique..

“Essential reissue of the classic third album by pastoral British folk rockers Unicorn produced by David Gilmour of Pink Floyd. Originally released in 1976, it was their first for EMI's Harvest label in the UK and second for Capitol in the US.
The album combines impassioned 1970s West Coast vibes with Beatlesque melodies and tight performances. Indeed, the album, while remaining sonically consistent, enjoys shifting effortlessly between gritty country rockers like the Lindsey Buckingham sounding...

JAMIE BREIWICK – trumpet/percussion
LENARD SIMPSON – alto saxophone/percussion
CHRIS WELLER – tenor saxophone/percussion
TIM IPSEN – acoustic/electric bass/koto
DEVIN DROBKA – drums/percussion

“The Sonic Brotherhood of Breiwick, Simpson, Weller, Ipsen and Drobka have returned with their second offering, Awake: Volume 2, not only doing justice to Cherry’s legacy, but like Don, illuminating the soul within with their healing, enticing sonic brew.”-John Kruth

Brandon Seabrook - Guitar, Mandolin, Banjo
Nava Dunkelman - Percussion, Glockenspiel, Voice
Marika Hughes - Cello
Eivind Opsvik - Contra Bass
Henry Fraser - Contra Bass
Chuck Bettis - Electronics, Voice
John McCowen - Contrabass Clarinet, Bb clarinet, Alto and Bass Recorder
Sam Ospovat - Drum Set, Chromatic Thai Nipple Gongs, Vibraphone, Concert Chimes

“Guitarist and banjoist Brandon Seabrook is known for pushing his music past the far reaches of the extre

Sylvie Courvoisier - piano

Cory Smythe - piano

“Sylvie Courvoisier is often viewed as a jazz pianist because her oeuvre is so fundamentally grounded in her profound skills as an improvisor. However, astute listeners realize quickly that she brings the touch and outlook of classical pianism to her work and indeed, the music of Messiaen, Bach, Ligeti and Stravinsky lie deep in her musical memory bank alongside Monk, Mengelberg, Bley and Taylor.
Sylvie spent ten years creating and...

Mat Maneri - viola, arranger
Lucian Ban - piano, arranger
Jen Shyu - voice
Theo Bleckmann - voice
Ralph Alessi - trumpet
Louis Sclavis - bass clarinet, clarinet
John Hébert - bass
Tom Rainey - drums

“Nearly ninety years after its opening in Paris at Opera Garnier, Transylvanian expat pianist Lucian Ban and American violist Mat Maneri present a radical re-imagination of George Enescu’s famous Oedipe opera. For decades, the opera was seen as too difficult to

ANDY EMLER . PIANO, CONDUCTOR, COMPOSITION
CLAUDE TCHAMITCHIAN . DOUBLE BASS
ERIC ECHAMPARD . DRUMS
FRANÇOIS THUILLIER . TUBA
FRANÇOIS VERLY . MARIMBA, PERCUSSIONS
LAURENT DEHORS . TENOR SAXOPHONE
GUILLAUME ORTI . ALTO SAXOPHONE
PHILIPPE SELLAM . ALTO SAXOPHONE
LAURENT BLONDIAU . TRUMPET

All his albums are incredible. This one is no exception! Think of a more ‘jazz’ Ghost Rhythms and you are getting there; Emler and Ghost Rhythms very recently played

“German neo-classical techno trio Brandt Brauer Frick is back with Multi Faith Prayer Room their fifth album and probably their most ambitious to date. Recorded over the past two years, it includes collaborations with Mykki Blanco, Azekel, Marina Herlop, Kom_I, Sophie Hunger, and Duane Harden. Their new album is a great example of their modern and hybrid approach to electronic music.
The band still combines acoustic drumming and drums machines, syncopated layered bass and hectic Steve Reich-inspired..

"Paladin were a British progressive rock band which released two albums during their short existence (1970-1973). They played in venues across the UK as they worked to develop their sound, performing a mix of rock, blues, soul, jazz, and Latin music. In 1971, Paladin entered the Olympic Studios in London to record their eponymous self-titled first album. The reviews were good, but the sales were disappointing. The album comes across as a smorgasbord sampling of what the era had to offer with a few original

Henry Threadgill – conductor
Alfredo Colón – alto saxophone
Noah Becker – alto saxophone, clarinet
Peyton Pleninger – tenor saxophone
Craig Weinrib – percussion, electronics
Sara Caswell – violin
Stephanie Griffin – viola
Mariel Roberts – cello
Christopher Hoffman – cello
Jose Davila – tuba
David Virelles – piano
Sara Schoenbeck – bassoon
Adam Cordero – bassoon

“The Other One, the latest from Henry Threadgill, is the musical c

Virginia Genta - amplified and processed sopranino saxophone
Michele Mazzani - electric guitar and electronics
David Vanzan - electronics
Matteo Poggi - electronics

“This recording comes from a memorable show the band performed during their first (and so far last) tour in France. The concert had been a heavy mass of around 90 minutes, of whom only a part was caught on cassette, as nobody remembered to flip side when it was time. Anyway what got recorded is here, and it's still...

Elias Stemeseder: Composition, Producing, Lautenwerk, Synthesizer, Electronics, Una Corda
Christian Lillinger: Composition, Producing, Drums, Sampler, Synthesizer
Peter Evans: Piccolo trumpet
Russell Hall: Bass
DoYeon Kim: Gayageum
Brandon Seabrook: Banjo, Guitar

“Umbra is the new album by pianist, composer, and electronic musician Elias Stemeseder and drummer, composer, and producer Christian Lillinger. As a core duo, they are planning a long-term series of releases, each.

Michael Formanek: Double Bass
Kris Davis: Piano
Tony Malaby: Tenor and Soprano Saxophones
Ches Smith: Drums and Vibes

“With his extensive artistic biography, Michael Formanek is one of the most outstanding figures in American jazz, as a composer, as a bassist in ensembles, and as a soloist. The fact that the bassist has been an integral part of the creative music scene for several decades speaks for his creativity and versatility. Now Michael Formanek presents the long-awaited second

This expanded version of this classic Impulse releases features one of the last appearances by the classic Coltrane quartet, as well as the great 1965 Archie Shepp unit featuring Barre Phillips, Joe Chambers, Bobby Hutcherson!
This version includes about 30’ more music than appeared on the original lp release and gives you about 15’ more from each of the two bandleaders.

A Canadian duo who pretty much nail classic-era (A Farewell to Kings! Hemispheres!) Rush.

Tomas Fujiwara - drums
Taylor Ho Bynum - cornet, flugelhorn
Mary Halvorson - guitar
Benoît Delbecq - piano

“Unclosing is the latest recording by Illegal Crowns, a collective quartet that brings together the long-time collaborative trio of guitarist Mary Halvorson, drummer Tomas Fujiwara, and cornetist Taylor Ho Bynum, with the French pianist Benoît Delbecq.
All four artists are critically recognized as leading figures in contemporary music, and being a true collective (much

“Faithfully remastered from the original mastertapes.”
This is a rather important and also rather unexpected release! Vortex are an under-known and underappreciated band who combined jazz rock with zeuhl and avant-progressive tendencies and recorded two rather rare albums in their lifetime (Vortex and Les Cycles De Thanatos). The first album featured Fender piano, saxes, flute, bass and drums, while the second album eliminated the flute, added more reeds, as well as oboe, English horn, mallet...

“Faithfully remastered from the original mastertape. High quality gatefold cover. 4 page insert with rare photos and liner notes.”

This is a rather important and also rather unexpected reissue! Vortex are an under-known and underappreciated band who combined jazz rock with zeuhl and avant-progressive tendencies and recorded two rather rare albums in their lifetime (Vortex and Les Cycles De Thanatos). This, their final album featured Fender piano, two reed players, bass, drums, oboe, English horn..

“Faithfully remastered from the original mastertape. High quality gatefold cover. 4 page insert with rare photos and liner notes.”

This is a rather important and also rather unexpected reissue! Vortex are an under-known and underappreciated band who combined jazz rock with zeuhl and avant-progressive tendencies and recorded two rather rare albums in their lifetime (Vortex and Les Cycles De Thanatos). This, their first album featured Fender piano, saxes, flute, bass and drums.

“Vortex...

Anthony Pirog : guitar, guitar synth, synthesizers
Michael Formanek : 4 & 5 string electric and double bass, guitar
Mike Pride : drumset, marimba, bongos, dub

Listen to Location Location Location’s debut, Damaged Goods, and it’s easy to visualize the three musicians sweating it out in the recording studio, locking in on a groove and just jamming. With, it should be noted, occasional breaks to contemplate the basics, then add subtle overdubs...

“For the epic length album debut album by this Finnish progressive rock group, the Pink Floyd / Yes / Genesis -influenced group has recruited the vocal talents of Pink Floyd backing vocalist Durga McBroom as well as keyboardist Jukka Gustavson, the founding member of the cult favourite Finnish Prog band Wigwam, who were signed by Richard Branson‘s Virgin Records in the mid-70’s.
Featuring, in Classic Prog Rock style, epic length showcase pieces like the instrumental opener “In Memoriam…” and the...

By the time of this 1975 Vertigo release, all the famous guys were gone and it was a completely different band than earlier. And that cover!
BUT: Nucleus never made a bad album. This is a very good album hiding in a stupid cover.

“First released on Vertigo in 1975, the distinctive rolling grooves, growling basslines, and blasting horns of Snakehips Etcetera combined to present Nucleus's most energetic record. Genius trumpeter and visionary composer Ian Carr was one of the most respected...

“The outstanding Solar Plexus, the much-loved third album from Ian Carr and Nucleus, was first released on Vertigo in 1971. Genius trumpeter and visionary composer Ian Carr was one of the most respected British musicians of his era.
Ian Carr describes Solar Plexus: "I wrote Solar Plexus last year with the help of an Arts Council grant. It is based on two short themes which are stated at the beginning ('Elements I' and 'II'). The first theme is angular and has a slow, crab-like movement: the second...

Ian Carr-trumpet
Karl Jenkins-oboe, baritone sax & piano
Brian Smith-tenor, soprano and flute
Chris Spedding-guitar
Jeff Clyne-bass & electric bass
John Marshall-drums

“Their second album and very impressive musically and personnel wise for 1970! Taken from the original Vertigo masters!

With breaks for days and an almost ambient, heavy jazz atmosphere throughout, this is the apex of British jazz-rock fusion. We'll Talk About It Later was first released on Vertigo i

Ian Carr-trumpet
Karl Jenkins-oboe, baritone sax & piano
Brian Smith-tenor, soprano and flute
Chris Spedding-guitar
Jeff Clyne-bass & electric bass
John Marshall-drums

Their first album and very impressive musically and personnel wise for 1970! Taken from the original Vertigo masters!

“Nucleus's Elastic Rock is undisputedly a milestone in jazz-rock. A beautiful and vital debut album, it was first released on Vertigo in 1970. Genius trumpeter and visionary composer

Klaus Wiese was a member of Popol Vuh during the time they recorded Hosianna Mantra and Seligpreisung, two pretty great ones.
On his own, his albums are ambient-type albums where he performs on voice, zither, tambura, harmonium, singing bowls, etc.
This limited edition release marks the first time it has been released on CD (it was first a cassette only release in the 80s and previously came out only as a CD-R).
“Klaus Wiese (1942 - 2009) was a veteran e-musician, minimalist, and multi-..

Zeena Parkins - electric harp/objects
Mette Rasmussen - sax/objects/voice
Ryan Sawyer - drums/objects

“Not too long ago, harpist Zeena Parkins, alto-saxophonist Mette Rasmussen and drummer Ryan Sawyer gathered at a studio in Brooklyn to record their second record as Glass Triangle. Parkins describes the scenario as strange, a three-hour, early-morning session during which they had to work around another band’s recording set-up. “It shouldn’t have yielded results,” she says. “But...

Camille Dietrich - cello
Don Dietrich - tenor saxophone

“For more than 40 years Don Dietrich has been one of the three musicians in Borbetomagus, whose music has been described as an unrelenting, take-no-prisoners wall of sound.
Camille Dietrich grew up in the crucible of her father's free playing. As a cellist she shares his passionate intensity and brings a playful freshness which Don feeds off. This is the stunning follow-up to their 2017 Pica Disc release.”

Evan Parker - soprano saxophone (1,3,5,6) tenor saxophone (2, 4)

“Evan Parker made his first trip to North America as a performer in the fall of 1978 touring solo in the US and Canada. His landmark solo record Monoceros had been recorded in April. This is a recording of his first solo performance in New York City. While it may lack the sonic fidelity of Monoceros, its raw passion makes a statement to the New York audiences lucky to have been at Environ that October evening.”

Kevin Grossman: Drums, percussion
Jake Hughes: Keyboards
James McCaffrey: Guitar
Cody McCorry: Bass, theremin
Randy Preston: Guitar
Daimon Santa Maria: Vocals, flute
with:
Joe Gullace: Trumpet
Ian Gray: Trombone

A young, brash progressive rock outfit from Asbury Park, NJ, the band are equally influenced by jam band styles and progressive styles.
A good comparison would be the equally diverse and fun Thank You Scientist and their bassist is the

Lol Creme and Kevin Godley got their start with the classy and possibly 'too smart for their own good' pop band 10cc. Then, at the height of that band's fame, they split off on their own & made three fabulous and infamous releases, which mingled their high-class pop sensibilities with an absolutely cutting, cynical sense of humor and fine musical abilities.

This was their 2nd and, I think, greatest release. Absolute state of the art production for its time and state of the art ideas and...

"Agartha, the debut full-length album by Japanese producer Wata Igarashi, is a mysterious, divine thing. Named for the mythical secret kingdom, understood as a complex maze of underground tunnels, perhaps designed by Martians who colonised the Earth tens of thousands of years ago, it’s a similarly mystical, perhaps even cosmic trip – but this time, exploring an inner, deeply personal cosmos. Beautifully detailed and bustling with rich incident, it takes Igarashi’s music to new places, which still...

"Agartha, the debut full-length album by Japanese producer Wata Igarashi, is a mysterious, divine thing. Named for the mythical secret kingdom, understood as a complex maze of underground tunnels, perhaps designed by Martians who colonised the Earth tens of thousands of years ago, it’s a similarly mystical, perhaps even cosmic trip – but this time, exploring an inner, deeply personal cosmos. Beautifully detailed and bustling with rich incident, it takes Igarashi’s music to new places, which still...

“A reissue of Ben's self-titled album, only album, originally released in 1971. Canterbury-based progressive jazz-rock act Ben only released one obscure album, issued on Philips' prog subsidiary Vertigo in 1971, but it's a lovely collective of extended instrumental jams, worthy of discovery for those that missed it the first time around.
Peter Davey's saxophone and clarinet melodies push the material to high peaks, against an understated backing from future Nashville Teens bassist, Len Surtees, and...

So wonderful that this great album is back in print! Hugely recommended.

“In 1970, the members of the Art Ensemble of Chicago were living as expatriates in Paris. The group had only recently expanded to its permanent quintet status with the addition of drummer/percussionist Don Moye when they were asked by New Wave director Moshe Misrahi to provide the soundtrack for his movie, Les Stances a Sophie.
The music was never used in the film but, luckily, it was recorded. The result was one of...