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8-TRACK TAPES
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YOKO ONO/PLASTIC ONO BAND (Apple Records) $20 Original 8-track tape released by Apple Records. TAPE EXCELLENT OUTER CARDBOARD SLEEVE VG/VG+ |
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DAVID PEEL & THE LOWER EAST SIDE Original 8-track tape released by Elektra Records. TAPE EXCELLENT OUTER CARDBOARD SLEEVE VG+, ONE SPINE HAS COME UNGLUED |
CASSETTES
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WILLIE ALEXANDER Private WA (no label) $20 1984 cassette EP from the legendary Willie "Loco" Alexander. The sound is spacey and haggard--beatnik space--with four tracks: "Blues for Vanessa" / "Ankle Bracelets" / "Massazoic Avenue" / "Booze Log." CASSETTE & COVER EXCELLENT/NEAR MINT |
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GG ALLIN Hated in the Nation (ROIR) $15 Original 1987 release. CASSETTE & COVER EXCELLENT/NEAR MINT |
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ZIGGY ATEM System Unbalance (Nichts Records; Japan) $30 Homemade electronic weirdness from Japan 1994. From the insert: "Ziggy Atem, He is a true Alien. He returns to earth from Mental Hospital. He speaks Language of another planet." Homemade package--duped onto a Maxell C46--with folded insert. CASSETTE, COVER, & INSERT EXCELLENT/NEAR MINT |
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BENJAMIN FRANKLIN Catalog description: "this dreamer is making his total unique music since the 90's and still sounds as fresh as wooow. guitar and synth, played by a rainbow brain. first three tracks are of a tremendous sweetness. fourth track is a long live recording. this cassette comes with a purple insert and a full color picture of his recently crashed car. watch out for the upcoming boxset collection that will be brought to you by J CRAMA's world. Benjamin also plays in R.O.T. and BUFFLE." NEW, UNPLAYED |
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BLACK FLAG Original release from 1984. CASSETTE & COVER EXCELLENT/NEAR MINT
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BLENDER BLENDER |
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BLOWFLY Blowfly's Freak Party (Pandisc) $15 Includes "official membership card" for Blowfly Freaks United; the back side of the card has a drawing of Blowly flippin' the bird. CASSETTE & COVER EXCELLENT/NEAR MINT |
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CAN Prehistoric Future (Tago Mago; France) $65 Original 1984 first edition of the earliest recordings by Can from June 1968. CASSETTE & COVER EXCELLENT/NEAR MINT |
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CHARLES BALLS Catalog description: "in love with my garderobe. a weird
collection of space sounds, tape slime and nonsense thrills. like three
brains making music in several directions. this dude is the best,
co-runs the best label (BENNIFER EDITIONS), does the best artwork, and
he knows it. the tape
comes with sports trading cards. it's the collectors choice!" |
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SCOTT COLBY Slide of Hand (SST Records) $5 CASSETTE & COVER NEAR MINT |
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COMMUNISM [can't translate title] (AON Records; Bulgaria) $11 Anti-commie noise and confusion from the late 80s. CASSETTE & COVER NEAR MINT |
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GREMLINS (Dreamtime Taped Sounds; Belgium) $8 Catalog description: "30 minutes of weird sounds. a
lovely book on tape that tells the story of the GREMLINS. stereo
recordings and editing by PANDA TAPERS. GREMLINS2 will be available
within a few months. including the weirdest cameo ever: congratulations
HULK HOGAN!! more books on tape, at the movies, coming in the future...
the cassette comes in a handmade GREMLINS cardboard box and with an
offical GREMLINS sticker." |
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HAWKWIND The Space Ritual Alive in Liverpool and London (United Artists Records) $14 Original 1970s release. CASSETTE EXCELLENT COVER VG+ |
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THE LAST Confession (SST Reords) $7 Nice cassette package of the Last's 1988 album. Produced by Bill Stevenson, who also did liner notes. CASSETTE & COVER NEAR MINT |
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BRIAN LAVELLE |
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THE LEFT 1985 cassette with the Left's then-current release Last
Train
to
Hagerstown, coupled with their previous EP It's the
World on the second side. CASSETTE & COVER EXCELLENT/NEAR MINT |
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POWERTRIP When We Cut, We Bleed (PVC) $11 1987 reissue of Jeff Dahl band's classic 1983 speedmetal/punk album. CASSETTE & COVER EXCELLENT/NEAR MINT |
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PUSSY GALORE Right Now! (Caroline Records) $16 1987 release with two bonus live tracks. CASSETTE & COVER EXCELLENT/NEAR MINT |
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REMORA Aggregate (Freedom From) $20 CASSETTE & COVER NEAR MINT |
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REMORA The Lavawelt Tapes (no label) $20 CASSETTE & COVER NEAR MINT |
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SICK DICK & THE
VOLKSWAGENS Interference (New Frontiers) $20 1991 cassette-only release of music from rehearsals and gigs 1979 to 1981. The band was based in NYC, and included guitarist Doug Snyder (known in free-music circles for his duo work with drummer Bob Thompson). CASSETTE & COVER NEAR MINT |
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SISTER RAY Live (Kx4) $45 Edition of 100 copies from 1986. Sister Ray live in Youngstown, Ohio. They perform "Die Young," "Feelings," "Random Violence," "I Can Only Give You Everything," "Modern Mama," "Party," "Coal Diggers Daughters," "Epxierment 1000," "Confusion," and "Take Up They Stethascope and Walk." Cool show. VINYL & COVER EXCELLENT/NEAR MINT |
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SIVA CITY (no label) $15 Long, floating, very trippy--using various instruments and approaches. It reminds me somewhat of bands like the Spacious Mind. Don't know exactly when or where this was released. Maybe circa 1992, but that's a guess. CASSETTE & COVER EXCELLENT/NEAR MINT |
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SLUMBER PARTY (no label) $15 "4-Track Recordings from home (June, 1999)." With
Gretchen Gonzalez (Universal Indians). Four songs: "I Don't Mind" /
"Why Do I Care" / "Blue Sky" / "In the Way." |
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DOUG SNYDER & BOB THOMPSON |
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SUICIDE CASSETTE & COVER EXCELLENT/NEAR MINT |
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T.M.C. Ten More Commandments (Angel Trumpet) $25 Strange, noisy, druggy punks making racket. They do a version of the Germs' "Forming" ("treated with Astral DMT"). Not sure if the punky cleavage gal on the front is a member of the band, but there are females involved. The band was from Hollywood; the label in Anaheim, California; released circa 1982. CASSETTE & COVER EXCELLENT/NEAR MINT |
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UNIVERSAL INDIANS 1999 or 2000 release from RRR's Recycled Music series, in which the releases are duped onto and packaged using recycled cassettes. This one features noise from Wolf Eyes member John Olson and the other Universal Indians. NEW, UNPLAYED |
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VARIOUS ARTISTS Magazine-on-cassette from New York City, 1983. Interview
and previously unreleased live track by the Dream Syndicate, previously
unreleased live track by the Meat Puppets, previously unreleased live
track by Kraut, interview with the Blasters, interview with Romeo Void,
"previews of the
best American new releases," "New York stuff" (Pedantiks and
Borkumrifs).
Comes with magazine-size cardboard backing insert used for display in
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VHS VIDEOTAPES (NTSC)
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DESTROY ALL RATIONAL
THOUGHT (Visionary; UK) $15 "Celebrating William Burroughs and Brion Gysin in Dublin." With Burroughs, Gysin, the Master Musicians of Joujouka, Bill Laswell, Hakim Bey, Antony Balch, and others. NTSC format. EXCELLENT/NEAR MINT |
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GONG Gong Live (Griffin Video) $10 VHS videotape (NTSC format). Released 1994. This is an hour-long English TV concert from 1990 with Daevid Allen, Didier Malherbe, Gilli Smyth, Pip Pyle, Steffi Sharpstrings, Keith The Missile, and Twinko Electron Flo. EXCELLENT/NEAR MINT |
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GYAATEES Private Live Video at Club Maruyama 21-Dec.-1998 (Captain Trip Records; Japan) $11 The Japanese monks 'n hippies jam, yell, dance, and act silly for 30 minutes. Good clean fun. NTSC format. NEAR MINT |
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SONNY
ROLLINS
&
DEXTER
GORDON Vidjazz 33 (Green Line Video) $10 VHS videotape (NTSC format). Total running time: 52 minutes. Packaged in hard plastic case, which includes liner notes on the inside. With the Sonny Rollins Trio (Henry Grimes bass, Joe Harris drums) performing "It Don't Mean a Thing" and "Paul's Pal," which "probably originate from his first European tour" (according to the liner notes). The Dexter Gordon performances, recorded with various sidemen, are from Sweden 1967 ("The Shadow of Your Smile"), Copenhagen 1968 ("Soy Califa"), Copenhagen 1971 ("Buzzy"), and Holland 1971 ("The Rainbow People"). EXCELLENT/NEAR MINT |
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ED SANDERS An Evening With Ed Sanders and the Fugs (Thin Air Video) $15 Released 1995. Readings by Sanders from the mid-90s. Plus a Fugs (Sanders, Tuli Kupferberg, Steven Taylor) tribute to Abbie Hoffman from 1989. EXCELLENT/NEAR MINT |
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UNIVAC PRESENTS AVANT-GARDE
SHOWCASE (WFMU TV Productions) $30 1993 video produced by Mark Rudolph and sold through WFMU radio's mail-order catalog. Supposed lost episodes of a fake 1950s/60s TV show featuring experimental music, beatnik poetry, performance art, etc. Odd and funny. EXCELLENT/NEAR MINT |
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WAX OR THE DISCOVERY OF
TELEVISION AMONG THE BEES (self-released by David Blair)
$75 Original 1991 release of David Blair's cyberpunk cult classic--"a work of independent electronic science fiction cinema." Limited edition of 500 copies, signed by Blair on the front cover and hand-numbered #466 on the spine. EXCELLENT/NEAR MINT |