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Music is the Most Beautiful Language in the World: Yiddisher Jazz in London's East End 1920s-1950s
CD version. A vibrant soundtrack to the Cockney Jewish experience, when the swinging hot dance bands were still all the rage, and the Yiddish language was spoken on the streets of Whitechapel. Feast on long forgotten 78 rpm discs that have only recen…
Sueddeutschland & Der Untergang Des Hauses H.
*300 copies limited edition* "40 years after six students from the prestigious university of Tübingen were latecomers to the German new wave (...), it is once again the turn for Familie Hesselbach, who have always been called "The German Talking Head…
Amor
*300 copies limited edition* "When asked about the title of her new record, “Amor”, Limpe bluntly responded, “because it’s everything”. Being a Beatles fan from the very beginning, she’s well aware that “all you need is love”, but there’s more to her…
Live at Rockpalast (1982)
The concert was filmed on June 4th, 1982 at Sartory Säle in Cologne (Germany) during the 82' Collision Drive tour. In 1981 Alan Vega had released his second solo LP under the title Collison Drive. It forms part of the "play loud! (live) music series"…
Froh Zu Sein & 8-EP-Sampler
* Edition of 300 * The South German punk and new wave band Familie Hesselbach caused a sensation between 1980 and 1985, first regionally and then nationwide. They indulged in a deliberate eclecticism from the musical preferences of the individual fam…
Warsaw
* Edition of 300 * In 1989, before the wall came down, Mona Mur and her producer Dieter Meier (“Yellow”) came to Poland. Under the musical direction of Polish rock star Grzegorz Ciechowski (“Republika”) and with renowned Polish musicians, arrangers a…
Les Stances À Sophie
On May 28, 1969, four American musicians — reed/wind players Roscoe Mitchell and Joseph Jarman, bassist Malachi Favors, and (accompanied by his wife, singer Fontella Bass) trumpeter Lester Bowie — boarded the ocean liner S.S. United States, bound for…
Mona Mur: The Original Band (1984-86)
* Edition of 300 * Mona Mur, born in Hamburg, with FM Einheit, Alexander Hacke and Mark Chung from "Einstürzende Neubauten" and Gode B. from "Front" during the punk explosion. As "Mona Mur & Die Mieter" they released their first 12" single “Jeszcze P…
It's Up To You
** Limited to 300 double vinyl copies, two inlays with photos and liner notes. Originally released in 1974 on Preiser Records** »It’s Up to You« is a free sound art and performance project by sound artist and singer Limpe Fuchs, sculptor and sound ar…
Domicile live 7.1.74
** Special Edition of 110 hand-numbered copies ** Avant-garde. Paul and Limpe Fuchs and Friedrich Gulda performed live at the famous Munich jazz club Domicile on July 1, 1974. There are three tracks on side 1 featuring and named for each of the music…
Tapetopia 003: GDR Underground Tapes 1984 - 1989
* Edition of 500 * In the short but tumultuous life of the East Berlin Impro-Punk band Klick & Aus, they played an amalgamation of Proto-Punk and Post-Punk influenced by acts from both East and West including The Galloping Coroners, Captain Beefheart…
Familie Hesselbach
**400 copies, release date postponed to November 2020** It was sold out for a long time. Until now. The first LP by Familie Hesselbach from Tübingen. Recorded and produced in the summer of 1982 with 17 tracks and an edition of 1000 copies, with hand-…
Tapetopia 002: GDR Underground Tapes (1984-1989)
To release a tape in East Germany in 1986 called Ihre großen Erfolge (Their Great Successes) illustrates how every situation produces people that are unwilling to accept that situation. Claus Löser and Florian Merkel were two such people. Their band …
Tapetopia 001: GDR Underground Tapes (1984-1989)
Tapetopia 001 -- A Collection of East German Underground Tapes. In 1988, the legendary freak wave outfit Ornament & Verbrechen handed out some 20 to 30 copies of their Rotmaul-Tape to friends. The band, formed by the Lippok brothers, emerged from the…
Im Lungau
About this record and how Limpe and Paul Fuchs got together with Friedrich Gulda: In 1968, the Austrian classical and jazz pianist Friedrich Gulda organized the First International Music Forum of Ossiachersee with the theme "Improvisation in Music --…
Live At Marie-Antoinette
The Play Loud! (live) music series is based on three precepts: Alan Lomax's work as an archivist and chronicler, John Peel's BBC radio sessions, and the work of Direct Cinema pioneers, such as the Maysles Brothers, Leacock, Wildenhahn and Pennebaker.…
Trampelpfadnomainroad (1977-2017)
This music selection (1977-2017) was compiled for the exhibit trampelpfadnomainroad at Städtische Galerie Traunstein.Celebrating the art and music of Limpe Fuchs the exhibition gives insight into her ongoing creative adventures, from the early days o…
Ufo
2016 repress of this 2014 reissue, the first authorized release of Hintensince its original 1971 release. German krautrock band Guru Guru was formed in 1968 as The Guru Guru Groove by Mani Neumeier (drums),Uli Trepte (bass), and Eddy Naegeli (guitar)…
Whirly Bird
This is the first re-issue of the first Silver Apples 7“ vinyl single. Originally released in 1968 on Kapp Records. Re-mastered and fully authorized by the band and the record label. The Silver Apples were one of the most influential electronic music…
So Far / It's a Bit of Pain
First reissue of Faust's only 7", originally released only in Germany, France, and the UK in 1972. This reissue bears the original artwork and was remastered by Faust member Hans-Joachim Irmler from the original recordings. Both tracks are non-LP ver…