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A time capsule of atomic-age country, radioactive rockabilly, and other-worldly melodies! Sheldon Allman (the singing voice of Mr. Ed!) brings you this long-out-of-print bunker full of plutonium-charged songs about space and destruction. Featuring “Crawl Out Through The Fallout” as heard in the award winning video game Fallout 4! Modern Harmonic proudly resurrects this wonderfully mystifying LP!  A true creative treasure, the Chicago born and Canada raised Sheldon Allman was a graduate of...

Long before the silver sparkle Telecasters and Hee-Haw, Buck Owens was trodding the boards of Bakersfield bar stages, paying his dues and winning fans one twang at a time. Released on January 30, 1961, Buck Owens' self-titled debut LP marked the start of his long, unprecedented career as a recording artist for Capitol Records. Bolstered by four charting singles- "Second Fiddle," "Under Your Spell Again," "Above and Beyond" and "Excuse Me (I Think I've Got a Heartache)"- the album spotlights...

Recorded in New York in 1979 and released that year on Sun Ra's Saturn label, this is a solid, overlooked set in the vast Ra canon. The tracks aren't so much compositions as excursions, pure jazz, lots of reflective piano in trio, quartet, and sextet settings. Features cover art interpreted from a favorite Arkestra hand drawn cover, and liner notes from Irwin Chusid. Includes 12 minutes of CD only bonus euphony! Also available on purple vinyl! INCLUDES: The Place Of Five Points...

Recorded in New York in 1979 and released that year on Sun Ra's Saturn label, this is a solid, overlooked set in the vast Ra canon. The tracks aren't so much compositions as excursions, pure jazz, lots of reflective piano in trio, quartet, and sextet settings. Features cover art interpreted from a favorite Arkestra hand drawn cover, and liner notes from Irwin Chusid. Pressed on colored vinyl! Also available on CD! INCLUDES: The Place Of Five Points • West End Side Of Magic City [Vita No....

Souren Baronian: trailblazing Armenian-American jazz and folk musician, founder of visionary fusion band Taksim, master of the saxophone, clarinet and such Middle Eastern instruments as the duduk, kaval and dumbek – and the man behind the three albums collected here, originally released in the early-to-mid ’70s on Souren’s own Carlee Records, and now lovingly reissued for the very first time. As the great man himself says, “World music is in today, and I was at the bottom end of this thing, I...

Led by no-nonsense, all-purpose, guitar-totin' Char Vinnedge, the Luv'd Ones - a Y chromosome free, fuzzed-out garage update of the Shangri-Las - were light years ahead of their time. Here's everything these butt-kicking Michigan trailblazers cut in the '60s for the legendary Dunwich label, rare single sides, demos and more! The Luv’d Ones – four rock and rolling young women from Niles, Michigan – were not only in a league of their own in 1966, they were the league. Upping the ante on New...

Led by no-nonsense, all-purpose, guitar-totin' Char Vinnedge, the Luv'd Ones - a Y chromosome free, fuzzed-out garage update of the Shangri-Las - were light years ahead of their time. Here's everything these butt-kicking Michigan trailblazers cut in the '60s for the legendary Dunwich label, rare single sides, demos and more! The Luv’d Ones – four rock and rolling young women from Niles, Michigan – were not only in a league of their own in 1966, they were the league. Upping the ante on New...

Preorder now! This title will be available October 2021. Please note that orders containing any items that are on preorder will ship in full when all items are in stock. CD REISSUE WITH STRIKING NEW ARTWORK PLUS LINER NOTES BY CAMAE AYEWA (MOOR MOTHER)! I wonder what it takes to be a poem whispering inspiration inside the ears of the world? Nikki Giovanni is bold, honest and unrelenting in her poetic performance. Giovanni is a master poet who has not taken the easy road toward the...

Preorder now! This title will be available October 2021. Please note that orders containing any items that are on preorder will ship in full when all items are in stock. CD REISSUE WITH STRIKING NEW ARTWORK PLUS LINER NOTES BY CAMAE AYEWA (MOOR MOTHER)! What does it mean to be a Black woman poet in America writing for liberation? “I am black alive looking back at you” June Jordan so masterfully said and it speaks volumes to what so many Black women poets in the 70’s and 80’s did for the...

Preorder now! This title will be available October 2021. Please note that orders containing any items that are on preorder will ship in full when all items are in stock. 50th ANNIVERSARY CD WITH STRIKING NEW ARTWORK PLUS LINER NOTES BY CAMAE AYEWA (MOOR MOTHER)! Listen, the great Nikki Giovanni was protected. Inside the church, you can hear it. In the dusty silence, you can hear it. In the electric texture of the crowd, the buzz of the instruments, you can hear it. What you hear and feel...

Souren Baronian: trailblazing Armenian-American jazz and folk musician, founder of visionary fusion band Taksim, master of the saxophone, clarinet and such Middle Eastern instruments as the duduk, kaval and dumbek – and the man behind the three albums collected here, originally released in the early-to-mid ’70s on Souren’s own Carlee Records, and now lovingly reissued for the very first time. As the great man himself says, “World music is in today, and I was at the bottom end of this thing, I...

Cavity-causing Cordovox-driven 1969 girl-group garage! A delightful romp through “Oye Como Va,” “Proud Mary,” “Walkin’ The Dog,” “Son Of A Preacher Man,” their chicle sticky original title track, and so much more! Cordovox organ, trumpet, bass, drums, congas, and tambourine! Not a guitar in sight! Out of sight! The Mam’selles, Sharon Walker, Janice and Pat Plinzke will triple your pleasure as they present you possibly the must unique band...

Cavity-causing Cordovox-driven 1969 girl-group garage! A delightful romp through “Oye Como Va,” “Proud Mary,” “Walkin’ The Dog,” “Son Of A Preacher Man,” their chicle sticky original title track, and so much more! Cordovox organ, trumpet, bass, drums, congas, and tambourine! Not a guitar in sight! Out of sight! The Mam’selles, Sharon Walker, Janice and Pat Plinzke will triple your pleasure as they present you possibly the must unique band to record...

While the title track of this 1974 album might mislead you, it’s the only Halloween related song here, the rest is prime Buck! Aside from the hit title cut, it includes a clever twist on Shel Silverstein’s “The Cover Of Rolling Stone” and plenty of exemplary bites of the Bakersfield Sound! Speaking of sound, this first ever reissue of this Buck gem was cut directly from the master reels at Cohearent Audio, it’s never sounded better! The common mark of truly great artists is the apparent ease...

Limited edition transition color record - only 40 copies in the universe, and every copy is unique! Transition records are the records made while the press is transitioning from one color to another. Comes fully packaged in custom jacket!‘68 Soft rock masterpiece - uber rare mono mix! Take A Picture blends Margo's infectious and highly intelligent songcraft with her absolutely unique voice - equal parts girl group innocence and seductive torch. One of the most endearing and delicious soft...

A STUNNING RECREATION OF THE ORIGINAL GATEFOLD JACKET!LP INCLUDES ARCHIVAL DOCUMENT REPLICA OF HOW RA WANTED TO SPEND HIS MAJOR LABEL ADVANCE!CUT BY KEVIN GRAY, AND PRESSED ON BLACK VINYL AT THIRD MAN FOR OUT OF THIS WORLD SOUND QUALITY! Intrinsic energies of mythic worlds! Pathways was originally issued on LP in 1975 as part of Ra’s ill-fated and short-lived ABC/Impulse! partnership. This Modern Harmonic edition has been exquisitely mastered from the four-track session reel. The Impulse! LP...

First ever LP release of this ‘99 mod rockish masterpiece!Matte black poly-lined sleeves in a high gloss jacket featuring the original art.Mastered for vinyl by Joe Lizzi and cut and pressed at Third Man in Detroit. Fuzzed-Out Guitars & Harpsichord A dapper departure from Lilys’ noise and shoegaze beginnings, The 3 Way is a panoply of musical influences that renders vintage 1960s mod rock and buttoned-up orchestral pop through the abstract expressionism of Kurt Heasley and company....

Celebrating the 50th Anniversary of Buckin' the establishment! Perennial trailblazers whose electrifying Bakersfield sound topped the country charts for most of the '60s, Buck Owens and the Buckaroos plowed even newer ground with the 1971 album Bridge Over Troubled Water. Bridge finds Buck and the boys giving a big thumbs-up to the thoughtful folk-rock sound of Simon & Garfunkel, Bob Dylan and Donovan. Bridge saw heavy chart action, justifying Buck Owens' desire to roll with the times while...

This record is available exclusively through vinylmeplease.com It can be purchased here Long before the silver sparkle Telecasters and Hee-Haw, Buck Owens was trodding the boards of Bakersfield bar stages, paying his dues and winning fans one twang at a time. Released on January 30, 1961, Buck Owens' self-titled debut LP marked the start of his long, unprecedented career as a recording artist for Capitol Records. Bolstered by four charting singles- "Second Fiddle," "Under Your Spell Again,"...

This record is available exclusively through roughtrade.com. It can be purchased here.Rock icons Deborah Harry and Elvis Costello join NYC avant garde collaboration The Jazz Passengers for a perfectly matched ‘97 album. The Passengers’ always entertaining grooves pair with Harry and Costello’s unmistakable vocal textures for exquisite originals and fresh takes on jazz standards, including the can’t-miss duet “Doncha Go ‘Way Mad”! Of course the vocalists get all the ink, but this is Roy...

Rock icons Deborah Harry and Elvis Costello join NYC avant garde collaboration The Jazz Passengers for a perfectly matched ‘96 album. The Passengers’ always entertaining grooves pair with Harry and Costello’s unmistakable vocal textures for exquisite originals and fresh takes on jazz standards, including the can’t-miss duet “Doncha Go ‘Way Mad”! Of course the vocalists get all the ink, but this is Roy Nathanson (sax) and Curtis Fowlkes’ (trombone) band including a stellar crew of jazzmen, Bill...

This record is only available through Rough Trade UK. It can be purchased here. The Chilton record I go to first nowadays is Like Flies on Sherbert, which I feel is his masterpiece. Yeah, it's a fucked-up record, but that turns me on. I think the record is more produced than most people think, but that the idea of primitive musical chaos is played up to incredible effect. I don't think it's easy to make a record that sounds like Like Flies on Sherbet, one that is compelling and listenable...To...

The Chilton record I go to first nowadays is Like Flies on Sherbert, which I feel is his masterpiece. Yeah, it's a fucked-up record, but that turns me on. I think the record is more produced than most people think, but that the idea of primitive musical chaos is played up to incredible effect. I don't think it's easy to make a record that sounds like Like Flies on Sherbet, one that is compelling and listenable...To my mind, this coincides with the point where his true musical personality...

Preorder now! This title will be available October 2021. Please note that orders containing any items that are on preorder will ship in full when all items are in stock. • AVAILABLE ON RED VINYL CUT & PRESSED AT THIRD MAN! • FIRST REISSUE OF THIS POWERFUL BLEND OF FUNK, SOUL, & POETRY! • STRIKING NEW ARTWORK PLUS LINER NOTES BY CAMAE AYEWA (MOOR MOTHER)! What does it mean to be a Black woman poet in America writing for liberation? “I am black alive looking back at you” June Jordan so...

Preorder now! This title will be available October 2021. Please note that orders containing any items that are on preorder will ship in full when all items are in stock. • AVAILABLE ON BLUE VINYL CUT & PRESSED AT THIRD MAN! • FIRST REISSUE OF THIS POWERFUL BLEND OF FUNK, SOUL, & POETRY! • STRIKING NEW ARTWORK PLUS LINER NOTES BY CAMAE AYEWA (MOOR MOTHER)! I wonder what it takes to be a poem whispering inspiration inside the ears of the world? Nikki Giovanni is bold, honest and unrelenting in...

This record is available exclusively through vinylmeplease.com. It can be purchased here. • AVAILABLE ON CLEAR ORANGE VINYL CUT & PRESSED AT THIRD MAN!• 50TH ANNIVERSARY OF THIS BEAT GOSPEL TREASURE, WITH ITS FIRST VINYL REISSUE IN HALF A CENTURY!• STRIKING NEW ARTWORK PLUS LINER NOTES BY CAMAE AYEWA (MOOR MOTHER)! Listen, the great Nikki Giovanni was protected. Inside the church, you can hear it. In the dusty silence, you can hear it. In the electric texture of the crowd, the buzz of the...

Preorder now! This title will be available October 2021. Please note that orders containing any items that are on preorder will ship in full when all items are in stock. • AVAILABLE ON YELLOW VINYL CUT & PRESSED AT THIRD MAN!• 50TH ANNIVERSARY OF THIS BEAT GOSPEL TREASURE, WITH ITS FIRST VINYL REISSUE IN HALF A CENTURY!• STRIKING NEW ARTWORK PLUS LINER NOTES BY CAMAE AYEWA (MOOR MOTHER)! Listen, the great Nikki Giovanni was protected. Inside the church, you can hear it. In the dusty silence,...

This record is available exclusively through roughtrade.com. It can be purchased here. Nico’s iconic post-Velvets return to rock! As one critic memorably put it, when Nico spoke it was like coffin-lids creaking. When she sang it was like listening to ravens taking off 13 at a time. Nico was like nothing rock music had ever seen or heard before or since. In Paris in the seven year gap between the recording of The End and the release of Drama Of Exile, Nico appeared to be doing little more than...

This record is available exclusively through vinylmeplease.com. It can be purchased here. Nico’s iconic post-Velvets return to rock! As one critic memorably put it, when Nico spoke it was like coffin-lids creaking. When she sang it was like listening to ravens taking off 13 at a time. Nico was like nothing rock music had ever seen or heard before or since. In Paris in the seven year gap between the recording of The End and the release of Drama Of Exile, Nico appeared to be doing little more...

We are ecstatic to be releasing this album but sad at the same time as this Modern Harmonic Pressing sounds glorious but is strictly limited to 500 copies. No reorders. No other colors. No shit? No shit. Gloriously mastered by Joe Lizzi and cut & pressed by Third Man in Detroit.Exquisitely restored artwork matching the original Ralph Records mono pressing. Pressed on opaque lime green vinyl.This is a stunner that we will be crushed to see go and when it's gone, it's gone. Don't blame us...

What do you get when you mix about a dozen musicians (including members of The Animals & The Police) with a lot of drugs? An acid psych opus! What do you get when you package it in a prefab jacket with stock christmas art and a festive title? Total confusion! We hypothesize that if you take enough drugs you may think this private press treasure is a holiday album...but we’re not so sure. Little is known about the group A Letter Home and their home-studio recorded, private press release. The...

What do you get when you mix about a dozen musicians (including members of The Animals & The Police) with a lot of drugs? An acid psych opus! What do you get when you package it in a prefab jacket with stock christmas art and a festive title? Total confusion! We hypothesize that if you take enough drugs you may think this private press treasure is a holiday album...but we’re not so sure. Little is known about the group A Letter Home and their home-studio recorded, private press release. The...

Growling and prowling like a more playful Wanda Jackson, Ann Delrene leads this trio down avenues of jazz, rockabilly, & folk, all from the comforts of a Missouri resort! A record that sounds as good as it looks, there’s no wonder folks have traded four figures for a copy! This private press treasure gets its first ever reissue! Here's one right here that goes way back for me. In fact this is one of the life-changers for me. Just looking at it and, “woah, what's she sound like?” and those...

First ever US release of this German chewy pop-psyche goodness so tasty we included a pack of Glee Gum! Glee is one of the only plastic free gums on the market. Enjoy your pop bliss! Produced by wunderkind producer Mark Wirtz (Tomorrow, the mythical Teenage Opera, and guy who decided not to produce Syd Barrett era Floyd), and co-written by Kris Ife who called on his old bandmates from The Quiet Five for these studio creations. Most of these pieces of psychedelic bubble gum were packed as The...

Unheard garage greatness! Whatever you call this many monikered group, their impossibly rare 1967 single has been making collectors everywhere salivate. But there’s more to the story– these NY teens made it into the studio to cut 6 additional songs, plus a couple car dealership jingles that rowdily repurpose their iconic single! In 1967 an unknown band called The Whatever transformed Tennyson’s famous poem “The Charge of the Light Brigade” into a magnificent, pulse-racing one-shot garage...

Unheard garage greatness! Whatever you call this many monikered group, their impossibly rare 1967 single has been making collectors everywhere salivate. But there’s more to the story– these NY teens made it into the studio to cut 6 additional songs, plus a couple car dealership jingles that rowdily repurpose their iconic single! In 1967 an unknown band called The Whatever transformed Tennyson’s famous poem “The Charge of the Light Brigade” into a magnificent, pulse-racing one-shot garage...

Second pressing available now! Long overdue LP release of this ‘99 mod rockish masterpiece!Matte black poly-lined sleeves in a high gloss jacket featuring the original art.Mastered for vinyl by Joe Lizzi and cut and pressed at Third Man in Detroit. Fuzzed-Out Guitars & Harpsichord A dapper departure from Lilys’ noise and shoegaze beginnings, The 3 Way is a panoply of musical influences that renders vintage 1960s mod rock and buttoned-up orchestral pop through the abstract...

Rude Boy-Curious Post-Punk Lightning In A Bottle! "...all of these songs are based on post-Marcusian cliches sophisticated enough to get the average rock fan thinking hard, and some of them are based on post-Marcusian ideas sophisticated enough to get the average post-Marcusian thinking hard. Sounds unmusical but it isn't that either--the singing is clever and impassioned, the punkish, futuristic reggae-synthesizer fusion often catchy and always apt." - Robert Christgau  First ever LP...

Nico’s iconic post-Velvets return to rock! As one critic memorably put it, when Nico spoke it was like coffin-lids creaking. When she sang it was like listening to ravens taking off 13 at a time. Nico was like nothing rock music had ever seen or heard before or since. In Paris in the seven year gap between the recording of The End and the release of Drama Of Exile, Nico appeared to be doing little more than feeding a heavy heroin habit. When she met Aura Records founder Aaron Sixx after a gig...

Rock icons Deborah Harry and Elvis Costello join NYC avant garde collaboration The Jazz Passengers for a perfectly matched ‘96 album. The Passengers’ always entertaining grooves pair with Harry and Costello’s unmistakable vocal textures for exquisite originals and fresh takes on jazz standards, including the can’t-miss duet “Doncha Go ‘Way Mad”! Of course the vocalists get all the ink, but this is Roy Nathanson (sax) and Curtis Fowlkes’ (trombone) band including a stellar crew of jazzmen, Bill...

Preorder now and save! This title will be available May 2021. Please note that orders containing any items that are on preorder will ship in full when all items are in stock. Brazen Guitar Heavy All Girl Glam! A truckload of rootsy yet lumbering cuts with funk grooves and glammy swagger. Where do you find a funked out southern rock feel without any Y chromosomes? The West London borough of Hounslow, of course. Billboard called them a “women’s lib rock group,” which fits as they were liberally...

Doris Wishman was one of the most prolific female filmmakers that most people have never heard of. The pint-size sleaze queen helmed a variety of oddball exploitation classics that featured unique gimmicks and unusual, sometimes shocking subject matter. The Best Of Doris Wishman features audio from theatrical trailers, original theme songs, as well as some jazzy incidental library music from legendary exploiteers in the Something Weird world that are cherished and adored for the body of work...

Doris Wishman was one of the most prolific female filmmakers that most people have never heard of. The pint-size sleaze queen helmed a variety of oddball exploitation classics that featured unique gimmicks and unusual, sometimes shocking subject matter. The Best Of Doris Wishman features audio from theatrical trailers, original theme songs, as well as some jazzy incidental library music from legendary exploiteers in the Something Weird world that are cherished and adored for the body of work...

• INCLUDES THEIR TOO HOT FOR THE RADIO DIAL, "I SAW HER IN A MUSTANG!" • THE FIRST EVER RETROSPECTIVE OF THESE FLORIDA GARAGE PUNKS! • AVAILABLE ON FORD BLUE VINYL OR CD! A whole lotta profane! Florida garage punk that could have been massive if their single wasn’t banned from so many stations. Finally The '66 Vandals get a retrospective, complete with their snowflake melting “Mustang,” three more studio nuggs and loads of live takes of their interpretations of The Kinks, The...

Nico’s iconic post-Velvets return to rock! As one critic memorably put it, when Nico spoke it was like coffin-lids creaking. When she sang it was like listening to ravens taking off 13 at a time. Nico was like nothing rock music had ever seen or heard before or since. In Paris in the seven year gap between the recording of The End and the release of Drama Of Exile, Nico appeared to be doing little more than feeding a heavy heroin habit. When she met Aura Records founder Aaron Sixx after a gig...

Arriving in 1978, X-Dreams is an infatuating and resolutely feminine free-form exploration of the politics and dynamics of sex. In the pursuit to reconcile the duality of attraction & repulsion and love & cruelty, the album oscillates between an assertive opening side and a sweeter side B. Assembling a crew of 22 musicians (including Mick Ronson on guitar and Bill Bruford on drums), Peacock delivers impassioned vocal performances alongside an improvisational jazz-rock fusion masterpiece of...

Released in 1979, this prophetic stew of spoken word, jazz, and funk from Annette Peacock was wildly ahead of its time and is still salient today. Her unflinching examinations of capitalism, sex, religion, et al. are underscored by lengthy, gorgeous grooves. Peacock wields her voice with wild abandon, at times delivering a melody like a Beat poet while other times wailing out of her throat like a saxophone, hitting blue notes as she pleases. Where most musicians riff, she creates sonic space....

AN ACE FREE-FOR-ALL OF SPARKLING PNW POWER CHORDS! • MORE UNEARTHED REELS FROM SALEM OREGON’S GARLAND RECORDS! • A COMBUSTIBLE CACHE OF UNHEARD AND RARELY HEARD 60s & 70s ROCKERS FROM THE GARLAND STUDIOS IN SALEM, OREGON! Records are magic. Drop the needle in the groove, and the sound waves can transport you instantly to another place and time. In this age of instant access to limitless song libraries we don’t often think of what a gift that is. From songwriters to producers and...