Reissues
Electric Pure Land
Staggering ultra-limited out-of-nowhere double LP set of primo acid-drenched psych from the most legendary Japanese underground group of all time, the late Les Rallizes Denudes: reputedly sourced from the collection of an ‘insider’ Japanese underg…
Popsound n.1
From the same cult label of "Underground Mood", "Paese Sotto Inchiesta" by Peymont/Braen and "Scienza E Tecnologia" by Raskovich, here's the highly-collectible "Popsound n.1", originally released on Flirt records in 1971. Obscure and desirable It…
Un Uomo Dalla Pelle Dura
Crazy rare in demand soundtrack LP originally released on the highly sought-after promotional label "Pegaso" Edizioni Musicali. Music by Maestro Carlo Pes here, the "C" guitarist from the infamous quartet I Marc 4 which also probably plays on this…
L'Uomo Dagli Occhi Di Ghiaccio
Originally released on 'cult' Pegaso promotional label, "The Man With Icy Eyes" soundtrack was pressed on very few copies like all Pegaso editions 'out of commerce', becoming a truly sought-after gem among record collectors of the genre. Trombonist …
I Marc 4
Probably the toughest and most psychedelic Nelson volume by the Marc 4. Killer blend of downtempo funk, atmospherics, and lounge bossa/cocktail. Contains fantastic tracks as "Distorsion-Mind" and "The Trip", heavy Psych with screaming organ, and "…
Continuum Unbound
Michael Pisaro's Continuum Unbound is a three CD box set, featuring three individual as well as linked CD-length pieces, each 72 minutes long. 'Kingsnake Grey' is a field recording of sundown in the Congaree National Park in South Carolina. The beaut…
Live At Club Boltax, NYC, Oct. 13, 1979
Limited to only 35 hand-numbered copies on black vinyl with a paste-on cover. Great previously unissued recordings from Mr. Roy Brooks and his Artistic Truth, live at the Detroit Jazz Fest!. Available here for the first time.
Live At Club Boltax, NYC, Oct. 13, 1979
Limited to only 45 hand-numbered copies on black vinyl with a photo and notes on the cover. Great obscure recordings from an equally obscure quintet led by Coltrane's drummer Rashied Ali. Available here for the first time.
Atomique Tape
Maurizio Bianchi began to produce music in 1979, since 1980 using electronic equipment with the avowed goal "to produce technological sounds and in such a way to work on complete realising of the modern decadence". In the beginning, he published tape…
Industrial tape
Maurizio Bianchi began to produce music in 1979, since 1980 using electronic equipment with the avowed goal "to produce technological sounds and in such a way to work on complete realising of the modern decadence". In the beginning, he published t…
Pedwar
‘Pedwar’ is a comprehensive retrospective covering Welsh harpist musician Rhodri Davies’ career from 2002 to the present day. Presented in a beautiful deluxe vinyl box set, the set contains three completely remastered versions of the ‘Trem’, ‘Over…
Adventmusik at Kippenbergers Buro (1978)
From the archives of Sven-Ake Johansson artist and musician, original recordings from 1978, five tracks centered around voice and accordion, recorded in the studios of artist Martin Kippenberger in 1978. Historical!
Souvenirs from Congo
"Planet Ilunga proudly announces its first release, entirely dedicated to Joseph Kabasele (Grand Kalle), considered by many to be the father of Congolese rumba. The last time a large selection of his spectacular music from the fifties and sixties …
Souvenirs from Esengo (1957-61)
"After the first release on Grand Kalle & l’African Jazz , for Planet Ilunga the quest continues to recover the Congolese music history. With this new compilation we delve into the back catalogue from Esengo, one of the labels that operated in th…
The Widow's Joy - Eastern European Immigrant Dances In America
Sound American and Canary Records collaborate for The Widow's Joy: Eastern European Immigrant Dances in America 1925-1930, the first release of Sound American Records. Canary Records curator Ian Nagoski has crafted the ultimate Lemko party record as …
Lead Kindly Light: Pre-War Music and Photographs from the Americ
What happens when a 78 collector marries a collector of antique photographs? Lead Kindly Light: recordings of rural Southern music: old time, string band music from Appalachia, extremely rare country blues and African American gospel singing from …
Parchman Farm: Photographs and Field Recordings, 1947-1959
In 1947, '48 and '59, renowned folklorist Alan Lomax went behind the barbed wire into the Mississippi State Penitentiary at Parchman. Armed with a reel-to-reel tape deck -- and, in 1959, a camera -- Lomax documented as best an outsider could the s…
Arkansas at 78 RPM: Corn Dodgers & Hoss Hair Pullers
For the traveling recording men of the late 1920s, Arkansas offered enticing pickings. The region was thronged with vigorous, idiosyncratic string bands. This album carries the listener from the hillbilly music craze of the '20s to the song-based …
Making Pictures: Three for a Dime
In the 1930s, the Massengill family of rural Arkansas built three portable photography studios on old truck frames, attached each to the back of any car that would run, and started a mobile photo booth business that would last for a decade. Withou…