John Zorn - Kristallnacht (USA 1992)

The John Zorn Discography.

Zorn's deepest and most serious album is his musical representation of the event named in the albums title. A disgusting and despicable event that was a forerunner of something even more horrific. Understandably the music here isn't easy listening even by Zorn's standards(referring mostly to track 2) and it is a difficult record to just sit and "enjoy" due to the images it provokes and the events it represents.  The first track perhaps set the tone for Zorn's later Masada project, before it gets almost taken over by what could be German propaganda speech recordings, But is is the second track that really represents the event with its crescendo of broken glass sounds and other less audible noise which makes for an almost unlistenable piece, although it does get a bit more bearable later on in the piece. The album is highly regarded within the Zorn Discography and after skipping "Never Again" and sitting with the music for several listens the rest of the set does impress and isn't as gloomy as the title suggests. Fairly chaotic and verging on industrial, like on "Barzel" which sounds like a cross between Mezbow and Throbbing Gristle but mostly the set has a classical feel. There are even some light heart moments if you listen carefully. A real eclectic set and most impressive. Rating 4.5/5.

John Zorn - The Noble Prize Winner - Filmworks XXIV (USA 2010)

The John Zorn Discography.

Although scored for a film, this laid back set is pretty much a straight up Jazz release with piano, vibes and drums. Although the themes seem to be repeating a bit throughout the record and it all sounds a bit the same, the music itself is very enjoyable and very John Zorn. I am thoroughly enjoying this set  and a great one to put on when entertaining as there isn't any thing here to frighten the guests. Another great release in the huge Zorn discography and rated 4/5.  

The Cracow Klezmer Band - Sanatorium Under The Sign Of The Hourglass (Tzadik 2005)

More From Tzadik.
The John Zorn Discography.

This one should belong in the John Zorn Discography as he composed all the songs here. Not sure if these are Masada related compositions but this set would sit particularly well in the Book of Angles series.

These guys really let rip on many of these tracks with some of this being a really bouncy set of uptempo Klezmer numbers played extraordinarily well and the rest being more slower atmospheric numbers. Overall a pretty good set although I am enjoying the faster songs much more as the album feels like its' petering out as it slows down. Again, recommended for fans of Zorn's Masada music. Rating 3/5.

The lounge lizards - Queen Of All Ears (USA 1998)

Something not from Tzadik.

Since hearing am impressive track from this album via another blog some months back, I have acquired several of this legendary New York downtown groups recordings. This was their last album with their debut coming out in 1981. This is not Jazz but it has jazz sensibilities, not pop but some catchy melodies, not avant-garde but some cool experimentalism. Pretty hard to pigeonhole this music but it is very impressive and has a fairly laid back ambience. A great addition to my collection and very worthwhile checking out if you like some quirky quality off beat music.Rating 4/5.

The Beauty Room - The Beauty Room II (USA 2013)

A recent arrival.

The second album from the most pleasant and inoffensive sons of Steely Dan. This MOR isn't something I would usually be attracted to but I do like Steely Dan and these guys do a fantastic impersonation but are genuine enough to be their own band. It really doesn't matter what genre, if a band is this good I will be into it. Not quite as catchy as Coldplay and slightly less jazzy than Steely Dan but just a genuinely nice album. Play at dinner parties or when your Grandma visits and you can listen to some quality music without offending anyone. Rating 3.5/5.

Dora Juarez - Cantos Para Una Dispora (Tzadik 2013)

The Tzadik Catalogue.

Back to the Tzadik catalogue and this release in the in the Radical Jewish Culture series kicks off with a very impressive display of wordless acapella vocal pyrotechnics from this young lady before segueing into a lovely ethnic sounding folk song. The ethnic feeling to the music stays throughout the set but the music goes to many other strange and unusual places and is very inventive and quirky. Dora has a fabulous voice and uses to to wonderful effect. A wonderful and quite beautiful recording. Rating 3.5/5.

Queens Of The Stone Age - ..Like Clockwork (USA 2013)

Another new release.

Wasn't sure if I was gonna pick this one up at first. It had been 5 years since the last QOTSA and their last album, while Ok, didn't set the world alight, but I have immensely enjoyed several of their previous releases. This set won't upset their regular fan base, although is has a mellower vibe than their earlier music. It is still classic Queens... and an enjoyable and worthwhile addition to their catalogue of desert rock. I am growing to like this album quite a lot and QOTSA are still one of the premier contemporary Rock bands. Rating 4/5.

Arbouretum - Coming Out of the Fog (USA 2013)

Something different for a change.

Here is another of those bands that exist for some time and release several albums before I get to hear about them. This album is their 7th since 2006 so they obviously have had some small amount of success to keep them productive and producing albums. This release is another that was brought to my attention via Uncut Magazine and their slow burning Americana inflected indie pop has been an enjoyable listen over the last few weeks since it arrived. A strong set of well crafted songs of mostly slow tempo but full of nice melodies. Nothing groundbreaking or all that original but just a strong album of its genre. Rating 4/5.

Cold Specks - I Predict A Graceful Expulsion

Another recent release.

I was working out at the gym the other day and I have to suffer the unending stream of indie pop/rock, R'n B and Rap that plays on the TV via the local music channel. I was thinking how so bloody boring and predictable is so much of the commercial tripe they play on these things. There are so many of these artists and they all start to sound the same. I think it takes something special to stand out from the crowd and it may not have to be totally original but occasionally someone pops up from the murky depths and impresses me immensely. Cold Specks was brought to my attention via an Uncut Magazine CD earlier this year and I finally got my hands on a copy of this debut last week. This woman has a great voice and has matched her soulful croon to some lovely laid back but richly textured folksy pop songs and has captured my interest and given me some wonderful music to enjoy. Rating 4/5.

Pet Bottle Ningen - Non-Recyclable (Tzadik 2013)

The Tzadik Catalogue.

I've been thinking a lot about this record as I sit here trying to absorb it and maybe enjoy it. I'm struggling a bit with the second option and so thinking why this is. Lets start with the type of music here, this is a slightly different combination of Guitar, Sax and Drums and the music is a sort of Avant Rock cum Jazz. Quite messy and chaotic with little in the way of catchy melody or conventional song structure. A sort of free rock. These guys are from the New York Downtown scene and I guess from what I have heard from that scene, which has been going for something like 40 odd years now, this is kinda run of the mill stuff. I believe the one quite important aspect of the NY Downtown scene is improvisation and people like John Zorn have been doing stuff like this for almost as long as the scene has been around. This music sounds quite familiar to me now and reminds me of stuff I explored 20 years ago(Some Zooge Rift comes to mind and others I can't quite pinpoint right now and of course Zorn himself) and also is along similar lines to our mate at nuvoid Blog, Richard Coleman, and his early 90s band UYA. Then there is the Sun Ra aspect to this music and some of the more chaotic stuff reminds me of his music although the young lady on Sax, while blowing some wild stuff and sounds a little like Zorn in places, really is no John Gilmore or Zorn. So while I don't object to this type of music(I mean I now own vast catalogues of Sun Ra and John Zorn), I am finding this release mostly uninspiring and mostly unoriginal. There are some interesting moments in the set where they do something slightly different and pull it off but overall this just sounds like another wall of noise that has all been done before much better by others. These guys have talent and are capable and no doubt love the music and the Downtown scene, so now they just have to make their own unique statement within that arena and there are hints of that here but for now I can only rate this 2/5. 

Uri Gurvich - BabEl (Tzadik 2013)

The Tzadik Catalogue.

A very impressive modern jazz record with plenty of wonderful alto sax from Uri and again that slight tinge of world music thrown into the mix in places. All very melodic and accessible without much avant-jazz to put those of a gentile nature off. Another worthwhile Tzadik release and I am enjoying it enough to give it 4/5 as I close my eyes and let the music wash over me.

Gloria Coates - At Midnight (Tzadik 2013)

More from Tzadik.

Another recent arrival in the Tzadik Composer series. Gloria Coates has been composing for over 50 years and has written 17 symphonies and yet is not mentioned in my "Penguin guide to Recorded Classical Music,2008". None of the composers I have so far explored on Tzadik appear in that tome, but reading her bio and listening to this music, it appears she is quite a major player in contemporary Classical music. This set of compositions covers quite a time line, from 1962 to 2008 and I am quite stunned by the awesome quality of this music. It is quite powerful, impressive and very expressive and I have connected with it in a big way, which is something I don't usually do with this sort of music.

Not exactly flowing with Melody but not all chaotic dissonance either, not as avant-garde as a couple of the other composers I have heard so far in this series. Highly recommended and get my rating of 5/5. 

Sun Ra - Concert For the Comet Kohoutek (USA 1973/1993)

The Sun Ra Discography.

Yep! More Sun Ra, quite a bunch have arrived over the last few weeks and I am still wading my way through them in random order now. This is another live recording from a period abound with live Ra recordings. I haven't much to say about this set, it is pretty standard fare for the period and the recording is of a reasonable quality and like so much of Sun Ra's output, focus and dedication is required to really get the most from his music. The electronic freeform sounds on "Journey through the outer Darkness" are very impressive and for me the highlight of this set and are one of the things that set Ra apart in the Jazz world. Still, another worthwhile addition to my collection and I will rate it 3/5.

The hard drive

Aaron Space - Aaron Space\
ABC - The Look Of Love\
ACDC - Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap\
ACDC - High Voltage\
ACDC - Let There Be Rock\
ACDC - T.N.T\
Alabama Shakes - Boys & Girls\
Alamo - Alamo\
Alvin Curran - Shofar Rags\
Alwyn_ Symphonies #2 & 5, Lyra Angelica\
Amon Düül II - Phallus Dei\
Anais Mitchell - Young Man In America\
Andromeda - Andromeda\
Andwellas Dream - Love And Poetry\
Anthony Coleman - The End of Summer\
Aphrodite's Child - 666\
Apple - An Apple A Day\
Arbouretum - Coming Out of the Fog\
Aretha Franklin - Aretha Now\
Aretha Franklin - I Never Loved A Man The Way I Love You\
Aretha Franklin - Lady Soul\
Aretha Franklin - Live At The Fillmore West\
Aretha Franklin - Spirit In The Dark\
Armageddon - Armageddon\
Art - Supernatural Fairy Tales\
Asterix - Asterix\
AUM - Bluesvibes\
Autumn People - Autumn People\
Aya Nishina - Flora\
Baby Grandmothers - Baby Grandmothers\
Badfinger - Straight Up [Bonus Tracks]\
Bang! - Bang\
Battles - Gloss Drop\
Bed Of Eyes - Crimp In The Facts\
Bedlam - Anthology - The Live CD\
Bedlam - Anthology - The Studio CD\
Bester Quartet - Metamorphoses\
Bester Quartet - The Golden Land\
Betty - Handful\
Bill Frisell - Silent Comedy\
Bixo Da Seda - Estação Elétrica\
Black Angel's Death Song - Super Everything\
Black Cat Bones - Barbed Wire Sandwich\
Black Sabbath - 13\
Black Sabbath - Black Sabbath\
Black Sabbath - Black Sabbath Vol. 4\
Black Sabbath - Master Of Reality\
Black Sabbath - Never Say Die!\
Black Sabbath - Paranoid\
Black Sabbath - Sabbath Bloody Sabbath\
Black Sabbath - Sabotage\
Black Sabbath - Technical Ecstasy\
Blackwater Park - Dirt Box\
Blind Ravage - Blind Ravage\
Blue Eyes - Crossroads Of Time\
Blue Öyster Cult - Fire Of Unknown Origin\
Blues Section - 2\
Blues Section - One\
Bob Dylan - Good As I Been To You\
Bob Dylan - John Wesley Harding\
Bob Dylan - Live 1975 - The Rolling Thunder Revue\
Bob Dylan - World Gone Wrong\
Bow Street Runners - Bow Street Runners\
Breakout - Blues\
Brewer & Shipley - Tarkio\
Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band - Live 1975 - 85 [Disc 1]\
Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band - Live 1975 - 85 [Disc 3]\
Bruce Springsteen & The E Street BandLive 1975 - 85 [Disc 2]\
Bruce Springsteen - Born In The U.S.A_\
Bruce Springsteen - Born To Run\
Bruce Springsteen - Greetings From Asbury Park, N.J\
Bruce Springsteen - Hammersmith Odeon, London '75 [Live]\
Bruce Springsteen - Nebraska\
Bruce Springsteen - The River [Disc 1]\
Bruce Springsteen - The River [Disc 2]\
Bruce Springsteen - The Wild, The Innocent & The E Street Shuffel\
Cactus - Cactus\
Candida Pax - Day\
Captain Beefheart & The Magic Band - Clear Spot\
Captain Beefheart & The Magic Band - Lick My Decals Off, Baby\
Captain Beyond - Captain Beyond\
Caravan - If I Could Do It All Over Again, I'd Do it Over You\
Caravan - In The Land Of Grey And Pink\
Caravan - Waterloo Lilly\
Cargo - Cargo\
Certain General - November'S Heat\
Chain - Towards The Blues\
Charlie Parker - The Saxophone Player\
Chicken Shack - Going Up, Going Down... The Anthology 1968-2001\
Chirco - Visitation\
Clarence _Gatemouth_ Brown - The Man\
Cluster - Cluster 71\
Col. Knowledge - Fall In Love All Over Again.._\
Coldplay - Mylo Xyloto\
Coloured Balls - Heavy Metal Kid\
Comus - First Utterance\
Concord Dawn - The Enemy Within\
Cream - Fresh Cream\
Curved Air - Air Conditioning\
Curved Air - Air Cut\
Curved Air - Phantasmagoria\
Curved Air - Second Album\
Damnation - Second Damnation\
David Bowie - Earthling\
David Bowie - Santa Monica `72\
David Bowie - Space Oddity\
David Bowie - Station To Station\
David Buchbinder & Odessa_Havana - Walk To The Sea\
David Fulmer - On Night\
Delivery - Fools Meeting\
Deveykus - Pillar Without Mercy\
Django Django - Django Django\
Dodge Main - Dodge Main\
Dora Juarez - Cantos Para Una Dispora\
Douglas Firs - Hard Heartsingin'\
Dr. John - Babylon\
Dr. John - Dr. John's Gumbo\
Dr. John - Gris-Gris\
Dr. John - In The Right Place\
Dr. John - Locked Down\
Dr. John - The Sun, Moon & Herbs\
Dripping Lips - Ready To Crack\
Dutch Mason - I'm Back !\
Egg - Egg\
Egg - The Civil Surface\
Egg - The Polite Force\
Elf - ELF\
Elias Hulk - Unchained\
Elmore James - King Of The Slide Guitar\
Eloy - Eloy\
Erkin Koray - Elektronik Turkuler\
Eyal Maoz's Edom - Hope And Destruction\
Fairfield Parlour - From Home To Home\
Fela Kuti - Alagbon Close _ Why Black Man Dey Suffer\
Fela Kuti - Army Arrangement\
Fela Kuti - Beasts Of No Nation _ O.D.O.O_\
Fela Kuti - Coffin For Head Of State_Unknown Soldier\
Fela Kuti - Confusion - Gentleman\
Fela Kuti - Everything Scatter _ Noise For Vendor Mouth\
Fela Kuti - Expensive Shit_He Miss Road\
Fela Kuti - Fela With Ginger Baker Live!\
Fela Kuti - Ikoyi Blindness _ Kalakuta Show\
Fela Kuti - J.J.D. _ Unnecessary Begging\
Fela Kuti - Lagos Baby [Disc 1]\
Fela Kuti - Lagos Baby [Disc 2]\
Fela Kuti - Live In Amsterdam\
Fela Kuti - Monkey Banana _ Excuse O\
Fela Kuti - Music Of Many Colours\
Fela Kuti - Open & Close _ Afrodisiac\
Fela Kuti - Opposite People_Sorrow, Tears & Blood\
Fela Kuti - Original Suffer Head _ I.T.T_\
Fela Kuti - Roforofo Fight_The Fela Singles\
Fela Kuti - Shakara _ London Scene\
Fela Kuti - Shuffering And Shmiling_No Agreement\
Fela Kuti - Stalemate _ Fear Not For Man\
Fela Kuti - Teacher Don't Teach Me Nonsense\
Fela Kuti - Underground System\
Fela Kuti - V.I.P. _ Authority Stealing\
Fela Kuti - Yellow Fever_Na Poi\
Fela Kuti - Zombie\
Fela Kuti -Koola Lobitos _ The '69 L.A. Sessions\
Felt - Felt\
Fever Tree - San Francisco Girls\
Finchley Boys - Everlasting Tributes\
First Aid Kit - The Lion's Roar\
Five Day Rain - Five Day Rain\
Flower Travelling Band - Satori\
Flowers - Icehouse [30th Anniversary Edition]\
Flux Of Pink Indians - Strive to Survive\
Food Brain - Social Gathering\
Fraction - Moon Blood\
Franco Battiato - Fetus\
Franco Battiato - Il Vuoto\
Frank Zappa - Freaks & Motherfu_#@%!\
Freedoms Children - Galactic Vibes\
Fuzzy Duck - Fuzzy Duck\
Gass - Gass\
Gentle Giant - Octopus\
Gloria Coates - At Midnight\
Golden Earring - The Devil Made Us Do It [Disc 1]\
Golden Earring - The Devil Made Us Do It [Disc 2]\
Goliath - Hot Rock & Thunder\
Gorilla Toss - Gorilla Toss\
Graphite - Chestnut Loke\
Gravy Train - (A Ballad Of) A Peaceful Man\
Headband - A Song For Tooley\
Help Yourself - Help Yourself_Baware The Shadow\
Henry Cow - Concerts [Disc 1]\
Henry Cow - Concerts [Disc 2]\
Henry Cow - In Praise Of Learning\
Henry Cow - Legend\
Henry Cow - Unrest\
Henry Cow - Western Culture\
Hi Reving Tongues - Tropic Of Capricorn\
High Tide - Sea Shanties\
Hook - Hooked\
Hook - Will Grab You\
Hourglass - Southbound\
Howling Diablos - Car Wash\
Human Beast - Volume One\
Icehouse - Flowers Live\
Impala Syndrome - Impala Syndrome\
Iota - Iota\
Irish Coffee - Irish Coffee\
Isaac Hayes - Shaft\
It's A Beautiful Day - It's A Beautiful Day\
Ivory - Ivory\
Jack White - Blunderbuss\
Jan & Lorraine - Gypsy People\
Jeff Buckley - Grace\
Jeronimo - Cosmic Blues\
Jimi Hendrix - Axis_ Bold As Love\
Jimi Hendrix - Jimi Blues\
Jimi Hendrix - The Jimi Hendrix Experience Box Set\
Jimmy Smith - Eight Classic Albums\
Jody Grind - One Step On\
John Berberian And The Middle Eastern Ensemble;  - Middle Eastern Rock\
John Zorn\
John Zorn - At The Gates Of Paradise\
John Zorn - Dictee_ Liber Novus\
John Zorn - Dreamachines\
John Zorn - Elegy\
John Zorn - Enigmata\
John Zorn - Film Works - 1986-1990\
John Zorn - Film Works XXV\
John Zorn - Filmworks Vii - Cynical Hysterie Hour\
John Zorn - First Recordings 1973\
John Zorn - Interzone\
John Zorn - Kristallnacht\
John Zorn - Lemma\
John Zorn - Mount Analogue\
John Zorn - Naked City - Black Box - Torture Garden & Leng T'Che\
John Zorn - News for Lulu\
John Zorn - Nosferatu\
John Zorn - Nova Express\
John Zorn - Rimbaud\
John Zorn - Tap - Book of Angels, Vol. 20 - Pat Metheny\
John Zorn - Templars_ In Sacred Blood\
John Zorn - The Gnostic Preludes\
John Zorn - The Hermetic Organ\
John Zorn - The Mysteries\
John Zorn - The Satyrs Play _ Cerebrus\
John Zorn -Filmworks XXIV - The Nobel Prizewinner\
John Zorn -Ipsissimus\
John Zorn -What Thou Wilt\
John Zorn's A Dreamers Christmas\
John Zorn, George Lewis & Bill Frisell - More News For Lulu\
Johnny Cash - Bootleg 3_ Live Around the World [Disc 1\
Johnny Cash - Bootleg 3_ Live Around the World [Disc 2\
Johnny Cash - Bootleg Vol. IV_ The Soul Of Truth\
Johnny Cash - Unearthed\
Johnny Copeland - Catch Up With The Blues\
Jon Madof -  Zion80\
Josefus - Dead Man _ Get Off My Case\
Juicy Lucy - Juicy Lucy - Lie Back And Enjoy It\
Kak - Kak-Ola\
Kim Fowley - Bad News From The Underworld\
Kin Ping Meh - No. 2\
King Crimson - Earthbound [Live]\
King Crimson - Larks' Tongues In Aspic\
Kings Of Leon - Aha Shake Heartbreak\
Kings Of Leon - Because Of The Times\
Kings Of Leon - Come Around Sundown\
Kings Of Leon - Only By The Night\
Kings Of Leon - Youth & Young Manhood\
Klaus Doldinger's Passport - Cross Collateral\
Klaus Doldinger's Passport - Hand Made\
Klaus Doldinger's Passport - Infinity Machine\
Klaus Doldinger's Passport - Looking Thru\
Klaus Doldinger's Passport - Passport\
Kraftwerk - Autobahn\
Landscape - From The Tea-Rooms Of Mars....To The Hellholes of Uranus\
Leaf Hound - Growers Of Mushroom\
Led Zeppelin - Celebration Day [Disc 1]\
Led Zeppelin - Celebration Day [Disc 2]\
Led Zeppelin - The Great Lost Live Album [Disc 1]\
Led Zeppelin - The Great Lost Live Album [Disc 2]\
Leonard Cohen - Songs Of Leonard Cohen\
Leonard Cohen - Songs Of Love And Hate\
Les Rhinocéros - Les Rhinocéros II\
Lincoln Street Exit - Drive It\
Little Feet - Waiting For Columbus\
Lou Donaldson - Eight Classic Albums\
Lyd - Lyd\
Machine Head - Orgasm\
Majic Ship - The Complete Authorized Recordings\
Manfred Mann's Earth Band - 2006\
Manfred Mann's Earth Band - Angel Station\
Manfred Mann's Earth Band - Budapest [Live]\
Manfred Mann's Earth Band - Chance\
Manfred Mann's Earth Band - Criminal Tango\
Manfred Mann's Earth Band - Glorified Magnified\
Manfred Mann's Earth Band - Leftovers\
Manfred Mann's Earth Band - Live In Ersingen 2011\
Manfred Mann's Earth Band - Manfred Mann's Earth Band\
Manfred Mann's Earth Band - Mann Alive [Disc 1]\
Manfred Mann's Earth Band - Mann Alive [Disc 2]\
Manfred Mann's Earth Band - Masque\
Manfred Mann's Earth Band - Messin'\
Manfred Mann's Earth Band - Nightingales & Bombers\
Manfred Mann's Earth Band - Plains Music\
Manfred Mann's Earth Band - Soft Vengeance\
Manfred Mann's Earth Band - Solar Fire\
Manfred Mann's Earth Band - Somewhere In Africa [2011 Remaster]\
Manfred Mann's Earth Band - The Good Earth\
Manfred Mann's Earth Band - The Roaring Silence\
Manfred Mann's Earth Band - Watch\
Markley - A Group\
Martin Rev - Cheyenne\
Masada - Vol 1-10\
Mashmakhan - Mashmakhan_Family\
Mason - Harbour\
Massacre - Love Me Tender\
Massive Attack - Blue Lines\
Massive Attack - Protection\
Masters Of Reality - How High The Moon_ Live At The Viper Roo\
Masters Of Reality - Masters Of Reality\
Maxfield Parrish - It's A Cinch To Give Legs To Hardboiled\
Mi-Sex - Grafitti Crimes\
Mi-Sex - Shanghaied\
Mi-Sex - Space Race\
Mick Farren & Jack Lancaster - The Deathray Tapes\
Miho Hazama - Journey to Journey\
Milky Way - Milky Ways\
Montrose - Jump On It\
Montrose - Montrose\
Montrose - Paper Money\
Montrose - Warner Brothers Presents Montrose\
Mr. Gloria's Head - Darling'S Out Of Cocktail\
Muddy Waters - Country Blues\
Muddy Waters - Hard Again\
Muddy Waters - His Best_ 1947 To 1955\
Muddy Waters - King Bee\
Muddy Waters - Muddy, Brass And The Blues _ Can't Get No Grindin'\
Muddy Waters - The Complete Plantation Recordings\
Muddy Waters - The Real Folk Blues_More Real Folk Blues\
Muddy Waters - They Call Me Muddy Waters _ Live At Mister Kelly's\
Muddy Waters Sings Big Bill Broonzy _ Folk Singer\
Murder Junkies - Feed My Sleaze\
Naked City - Absinthe & Leng Tch'e\
Naked City - Grand Guignol\
Naked City - Heretic\
Naked City - Live Vol. 1_ Knitting Factory 1989\
Naked City - Naked City\
Naked City - Radio\
Neil Young & Crazy Horse - Americana\
Neil Young & Crazy Horse - Psychedelic Pill [Disc 1]\
Neil Young & Crazy Horse - Psychedelic Pill [Disc 2]\
Neil Young & The International Harvesters - A Treasure\
Neil Young - Chrome Dreams II\
Neneh Cherry & The Thing - The Cherry Thing\
Nikki Sudden - The Last Bandit - The Best Of Nikki Sudd\
Noah Creshevsky - The Four Seasons - Hyperrealist Music\
P.G. Six - Slightly Sorry\
P.G. Six - Starry Mind\
Pain Killer - 50th Birthday Celebration Volume 12\
Painkiller - Talisman - Live In Nagoya\
Painkiller - The Collected Works - Execution Ground [Disc 1]\
Painkiller - The Collected Works - Live In Osaka [Disc 3]\
Painkiller - The Collected Works -Execution Ground [Disc 2]\
Painkiller - The Collected Works -Guts of a Virgin - Buried Secrets\
Paul McCartney & Wings - Band On The Run\
Pearl Jam - Backspacer\
Pearl Jam - Binaural\
Pearl Jam - Lost Dogs\
Pearl Jam - Lost Dogs [Disc 1]\
Pearl Jam - Lost Dogs [Disc 2]\
Pearl Jam - No Code\
Pearl Jam - Pearl Jam\
Pearl Jam - Riot Act\
Pearl Jam - Ten\
Pearl Jam - Vitalogy\
Pearl Jam - Vs_\
Pearl Jam - Yield\
Pepgirlz - Down N Dirty\
Pet Bottle Ningen - Non-Recyclable\
Pharoah Sanders - Message From Home\
Phil Gammage - Cry Of The City\
Queens Of The Stone Age - ..Like Clockwork\
Radiohead - Amnesiac\
Radiohead - Kid A\
Radiohead - OK Computer\
Radiohead - Pablo Honey\
Radiohead - The Bends\
Red Hot Chili Peppers - Californication\
Red Hot Chili Peppers - Stadium Arcadium_ Jupiter [Disc 1]\
Red Hot Chili Peppers - Stadium Arcadium_ Mars [Disc 2]\
RF7 - Satan Vs. The Working Man\
Robert Johnson - The Complete Recordings [Disc 1]\
Robert Johnson - The Complete Recordings [Disc 2]\
Rodriguez - Cold Fact\
Ronnie Montrose - Open Fire\
Ryan Adams & The Cardinals - III-IV\
Ryan Adams - Ashes & Fire\
Ryan Adams - Live After Deaf CD1 Cork (2012)\
Ryan Adams - Live After Deaf CD10 London 2 (2012)\
Ryan Adams - Live After Deaf CD11 Brighton (2012)\
Ryan Adams - Live After Deaf CD12 Manchester (2012)\
Ryan Adams - Live After Deaf CD13 Glasgow (2012)\
Ryan Adams - Live After Deaf CD14 Oxford (2012)\
Ryan Adams - Live After Deaf CD15 Amsterdam (2012)\
Ryan Adams - Live After Deaf CD2 Dublin (2012)\
Ryan Adams - Live After Deaf CD3 Stockholm (2012)\
Ryan Adams - Live After Deaf CD4 Oslo (2012)\
Ryan Adams - Live After Deaf CD5 Malmo (2012)\
Ryan Adams - Live After Deaf CD6 Copenhagen (2012)\
Ryan Adams - Live After Deaf CD7 Lisbon (2012)\
Ryan Adams - Live After Deaf CD8 Porto (2012)\
Ryan Adams - Live After Deaf CD9 London 1 (2012)\
Shearwater - Animal Joy\
Shovels & Rope - O' Be Joyful\
Siouxsie & The Banshees - Downside Up\
Small Stones - Smallstone\
Sonic Youth - Daydream Nation\
Sonny Rollins - Blue Seven\
Sonny Rollins - Freedom\
Sonny Rollins - Live In Europe\
Sonny Rollins - More Than You Know\
Sonny Rollins - Newk's Time\
Sonny Rollins - Paradox\
Sonny Rollins - Solitude\
Sonny Rollins - The Village Vanguard - Vol 1\
Sonny Rollins - The Village Vanguard - Vol 2\
Sonny Rollins - Wail March\
Stoneage Hearts - Guilty As Sin\
Sun Ra  - Fate In A Pleasant Mood_When Sun Comes Out\
Sun Ra & His Omniverse Arkestra - Destination Unknown\
Sun Ra - Angels And Demons At Play; Sound Sun Pleasure!!; We Travel The Space Ways\
Sun Ra - Atlantis\
Sun Ra - Beyond the Purple Star Zone and Oblique\
Sun Ra - Calling Planet Earth\
Sun Ra - College Tour Vol. 1_ The Complete Nothin Is\
Sun Ra - Concert For the Comet Kohoutek\
Sun Ra - Continuation\
Sun Ra - Cosmic Tones For Mental Therapy - Art Forms Of Dimensions Tomorrow\
Sun Ra - Dance Of The Living Image\
Sun Ra - Deep purple(Dreams Come True)\
Sun Ra - Disco 3000 ('09) at the teatro Ciak, Mil\
Sun Ra - Featuring Pharoah Sanders & Black Harold\
Sun Ra - Four Classic Albums Plus Bonus Singles\
Sun Ra - Heliocentric Worlds Vol. 3\
Sun Ra - Heliocentric Worlds Volumes 1 & 2\
Sun Ra - Helsinki 1971 - The Complete Concert\
Sun Ra - Holiday For Soul Dance\
Sun Ra - Horizon\
Sun Ra - Intergalactic Research\
Sun Ra - Janus\
Sun Ra - Jazz In Silhouett;Sound Sun Pleasure!\
Sun Ra - live - Paris 11_1_83\
Sun Ra - Live At Montreux [Disc 1]\
Sun Ra - Live At Montreux [Disc 2]\
Sun Ra - Live At Pit-Inn _ Tokyo, Japan 08.08.198\
Sun Ra - Live At Slug's Saloon 6_7_72 (1)\
Sun Ra - Live At Slug's Saloon 6_7_72 (2)\
Sun Ra - Live At Slug's Saloon 6_7_72 (3)\
Sun Ra - Live At Slug's Saloon 8_19_72 (1)\
Sun Ra - Live At Slug's Saloon 8_19_72 (2)\
Sun Ra - Live At Slug's Saloon 8_19_72 (3)\
Sun Ra - Live AT THE Horseshoe Tavern_Toronto 1978\
Sun Ra - Live At The Red Garter 1970 [Disc 1]\
Sun Ra - Live In London 11-9-70\
Sun Ra - Live in Rome 1980\
Sun Ra - Monorails & Satellites\
Sun Ra - Music From Tomorrow's World\
Sun Ra - Myron's Ballroom-Sun Ra Arkestra\
Sun Ra - Newport Jazz Festival - The Electric Cir\
Sun Ra - Nidhamu & Dark Myth Equation Visitation\
Sun Ra - On Jupiter\
Sun Ra - Other Planes Of There\
Sun Ra - Out There A Minute\
Sun Ra - Outer Spaceways Incorporated\
Sun Ra - Pathways To Unknown Worlds _ Friendly Love\
Sun Ra - Piano Recital_ Teatro La Fenice\
Sun Ra - Secrets Of The Sun\
Sun Ra - Sleeping Beauty\
Sun Ra - Sound Of Joy\
Sun Ra - Sound Sun Pleasure!!\
Sun Ra - Space Is The Place\
Sun Ra - Spaceways\
Sun Ra - Standards\
Sun Ra - Strange Celestial Road\
Sun Ra - Strange Worlds\
Sun Ra - Teatro Ciak, Milan October 27 1983 Disc\
Sun Ra - Teatro, Milan October 28 1983 Disc Two\
Sun Ra - The Antique Blacks\
Sun Ra - The Complete Detroit Jazz Center Residency December-January 1980-81\
Sun Ra - The Creator of the Universe\
Sun Ra - The Eternal Myth Revealed Vol 1\
Sun Ra - The Great Lost Sun Ra Albums ([Disc 1]_\
Sun Ra - The Great Lost Sun Ra Albums ([Disc 2]_\
Sun Ra - The Magic City\
Sun Ra - The Nubians Of Plutonia and Bad And Beautiful\
Sun Ra - The Other Side Of The Sun\
Sun Ra - The Road To Destiny\
Sun Ra - The Shadows Took Shape\
Sun Ra - The Singles [Disc 1]\
Sun Ra - The Singles [Disc 2]\
Sun Ra - The Universe Sent Me\
Sun Ra - Untitled Recordings\
Sun Ra - Visits Planet Earth_Interstellar Low Ways\
Sun Ra - When Angels Speak Of Love\
Sun Ra - Zurich Jazz Festival October 28 1983\
Sun Ra -Berliner Jazztage Philharmonie West Berlin October 1983\
Sun Ra And The Jet Set Omniverse Arkestra Live At Club Lingerie\
Swans - Children Of God_World Of Skin [Disc 1]\
Swans - Children Of God_World Of Skin [Disc 2]\
Tav Falco's Panther Burns - Deep In The Shadows\
The Allman Brothers Band - Eat A Peach\
The Aynsley Dunbar Retaliation - First Record _ To Mum, From Aynsley And The Boys\
The Aynsley Dunbar Retaliation - Remains To Be Heard\
The Band - Music From Big Pink\
The Beauty Room - The Beauty Room\
The Beauty Room - The Beauty Room II\
The Big Sleep - Bluebell Wood\
The Black Belles - The Black Belles\
The Blues Magoos - Psychedelic Lollipop\
The Carter Family - The Best Of The Carter Family\
The Civil Wars - Barton Hollow\
The Collectors - Grass And Wild Strawberries\
The Cracow Klezmer Band - Sanatorium Under The Sign Of The Hourglass\
The Dead Weather - Sea Of Cowards\
The Decemberists - The King Is Dead\
The Detonations - Static Vision\
The Doors - Live In Pittsburgh 1970\
The Dreadful Yawns - The Dreadful Yawns\
The Electronic Hole - The Electronic Hole\
The Flow - The Flow's Greatest Hits\
The Funkees - Dancing Time, the Best of Eastern Nigeria's Afro Rock Exponents 1973-77\
The Greatest Show On Earth - Horizons\
The Human league - Crash\
The Human league - Dare!\
The Insect Trust - Hoboken Saturday Night\
The Jam - Direction, Reaction, Creation Box Set\
The Little Willies - For The Good Times\
The Lounge Lizards - Live in Berlin 1991 Vol. II\
The Lounge Lizards - Lounge Lizards\
The Lounge Lizards - Queen Of All Ears\
The Monks - Black Monk Time\
The Red Tyger Church - Free Energy\
The Sonny Clark Memorial Quartet - Voodoo\
The Velvet Underground - The Velvet Underground & Nico\
The Velvet Underground - White Light_White Heat\
The White Stripes\
The White Stripes - Under Great White Northern Lights [Live]\
Throbbing Gristle - 24 hours of Throbbing Gristle\
Throbbing Gristle - Greatest Hits\
Tim Buckley - Happy Sad\
Torche - Harmonicraft\
U2 - The Unforgettable Fire\
Ultravox - Rage In Eden\
Ultravox- Vienna [Bonus Tracks]\
Uri Gurvich - BabEl\
UYA - Upstanding Young Americans\
VA - 1-2-3-4_ Punk & New Wave 1976 - 1979\
VA - 10 Tons Heavy\
VA - 1O Tons Heavy (Exclusive Hatcha Mix)\
VA - 2 Lagered\
VA - 2OO [Disc 1]\
VA - 2OO [Disc 2]\
VA - A Visit To The Spaceship Factory\
VA - Acid Drops, Spacedust & Flying Saucers\
VA - Africa 50 Years Of Music - Central Africa 1\
VA - Africa 50 Years Of Music - Central Africa 2\
VA - Africa 50 Years Of Music - Central Africa 3\
VA - Africa 50 Years Of Music - East Africa 1\
VA - Africa 50 Years Of Music - East Africa 2\
VA - Africa 50 Years Of Music - East Africa 3\
VA - Africa 50 Years Of Music - Lusaphone Africa 1\
VA - Africa 50 Years Of Music - Lusaphone Africa 2\
VA - Africa 50 Years Of Music - Lusaphone Africa 3\
VA - Africa 50 Years Of Music - North Africa 1\
VA - Africa 50 Years Of Music - North Africa 2\
VA - Africa 50 Years Of Music - North Africa 3\
VA - Africa 50 Years Of Music - Southern Africa 1\
VA - Africa 50 Years Of Music - Southern Africa 2\
VA - Africa 50 Years Of Music - Southern Africa 3\
VA - Africa 50 Years Of Music - West Africa 1\
VA - Africa 50 Years Of Music - West Africa 2\
VA - Africa 50 Years Of Music - West Africa 3\
VA - African Pearls Vol. 4 Senegal [Disc 2]\
VA - African Scream Contest\
VA - Afro Beat Airways\
VA - Afro Tropical Soundz, Vol. 1\
VA - Ah Feel Like Ahcid 24 American Psychedelic Artefacts from the EMI Vaults\
VA - Ak79\
VA - Alligator Records 25th Anniversary Collection\
VA - Alligator Records 30th Anniversary Collection\
VA - Alligator Records Presents Crucial Guitar Blues\
VA - Alligator Records_ 35X35 [Disc 1]\
VA - Alligator Records_ 35X35 [Disc 2]\
VA - An Anthology Of Noise & Electronic Music\
VA - Angola Soundtrack - The Unique Sound Of Luanda 1968-1976\
VA - Anthology Of American Folk Music, Vol. 1\
VA - Anthology Of American Folk Music, Vol. 2\
VA - Anthology Of American Folk Music, Vol. 3\
VA - Arhoolie Records 40th Anniversary Collection 1960­2000 The Journey Of Chris Strachwitz\
VA - Back From The Grave - Part 1\
VA - Back From The Grave - Part 2\
VA - Back From The Grave - Part 3\
VA - Back From The Grave_ Part 4\
VA - Blaxploitation Soul, Jazz & Funk From The Inner City [Disc 1]\
VA - Blaxploitation Soul, Jazz & Funk From The Inner City [Disc 2]\
VA - Blaxploitation, Vol. 3 The Payback - Soul Jazz & Funk From The Inner City [Disc 1]\
VA - Blaxploitation, Vol. 3 The Payback - Soul Jazz & Funk From The Inner City [Disc 2]\
VA - Blaxploitation, Vol. 4 Harlem Hustle [Disc 1]\
VA - Blaxploitation, Vol. 4 Harlem Hustle [Disc 2]\
VA - Blaxploitation_ The Sequel [Disc 1]\
VA - Blaxploitation_ The Sequel [Disc 2]\
VA - Blind Pig Records 25th Anniversary Collection [Disc1]\
VA - Blind Pig Records 25th Anniversary Collection [Disc2]\
VA - Blue Break Beats Vol. 1\
VA - Blue Break Beats, Vol. 2\
VA - Blue Break Beats, Vol. 3\
VA - Blue Note Revisited\
VA - Blues Busters\
VA - Booniay!!\
VA - Born Bad - Volume 4\
VA - Born Bad _ Volume 3\
VA - Born Bad _ Volume 5\
VA - Born Bad Volume 6\
VA - Buddha Bar II [Disc 1]\
VA - Buddha-Bar [Disc 1]\
VA - Buddha-Bar [Disc 2]\
VA - Buddha-Bar II [Disc 2]\
VA - Busted 3\
VA - Busted!\
VA - Busted! Again\
VA - Call Of The Valley\
VA - Channel Z - Up Load [Disc 2]\
VA - Channel Z [Disc 2]\
VA - Channel Z Up Loud! [Disc 1]\
VA - Channel Z_ The Best Of Vol. 1 [Disc 1]\
VA - Chicago, The Blues Today!\
VA - Chicago_The Blues_Today! [Disc 3]\
VA - Chimes of Freedom_ The Songs of Bob Dylan\
VA - Collision\
VA - Conifer Classics 1992 - something differernt\
VA - Cool Punk\
VA - Crammed Global Soundclash 1980-89, Part\
VA - Crucial Chicago Blues\
VA - Crucial Harmonica Blues\
VA - Crucial Live Blues\
VA - Crucial Slide Guitar Blues\
VA - Crucial Texas Blues\
VA - Danger Zone\
VA - Disco Royal\
VA - DJ Pogo Presents The Breaks\
VA - Eighties Comp Vol 2\
VA - Essential Pebbles Vol. 2 [Disc 2]\
VA - Essential Pebbles Volume 1 [Disc 1] w_ba\
VA - Essential Pebbles Volume 1 [Disc 2]\
VA - Essential Pebbles Volume 2 [Disc 1]\
VA - Ethnotechno\
VA - Everything Is Nice_ The Matador Records\
VA - Fall Out Records-Punk Singles\
VA - Fat Music For Fat People\
VA - Feel Lucky Punk_!!\
VA - Friends Of Old Time Music [Disc 1]\
VA - Friends Of Old Time Music [Disc 2]\
VA - Friends Of Old Time Music [Disc 3]\
VA - Fully Functional\
VA - Funk Drops Vol. 2 Breaks, Nuggets And Rarities\
VA - Get The Picture (1964-72)\
VA - Ghana Soundz, Vol. 2 Afro-Beat, Funk and Fusion in 70's Ghana\
VA - Ghana Special Modern Highlife, Afro Sounds & Ghanaian Blues 1968-81\
VA - Ghana Special Modern Highlife, Afro Sounds & Ghanaian Blues 1968-81 Disc 2\
VA - Gimme Indie Rock [Disc 2]\
VA - Gimme Indie Rock, Vol. 1 [Disc 1]\
VA - Golden Miles_ Australian Progressive Rock\
VA - Good Clean Fun\
VA - Groin Thunder\
VA - Groove Hip-Hop\
VA - Groove Originals 2\
VA - Groovy - Vol 2\
VA - Groovy - Vol 4\
VA - Harry Smith's Anthology Of American Folk Music, Volume Four\
VA - Heatseekers\
VA - Hip & Funk Blue Note Presents Blue Note\
VA - Ice TV Good!\
VA - It's Bigger Than Both Of Us\
VA - Kaikoura Roots Festival 05\
VA - Kaikoura Roots Festival 2003\
VA - Ladies Sing The Blues\
VA - Lagered\
VA - Lagered - Hardhouse Bonus Release\
VA - Lagered - The Next Level [Disc 1]\
VA - Lagered - The Sixth Pack\
VA - Lagered! 3 [Disc 1]\
VA - Lagered! 3 [Disc 2]\
VA - Lagered! 4_ [Disc 1]\
VA - Lagered-The Sixth Pack [Disc 1]\
VA - Largered - The Next Level [Disc 2]\
VA - Largered 4_ A Rumble Through The Crates\
VA - Lava\
VA - Left Of The Dial Dispatches From The '80s Underground\
VA - Legend Of A Mind - The Underground Anthology\
VA - Legends Of Benin\
VA - Livin' It Up with the Blues\
VA - Living Chicago Blues, Vol. 1\
VA - Living Chicago Blues, Vol. 3\
VA - Loaded\
VA - Loop 003 2002\
VA - Loop Select 003 [Disc 2]\
VA - Lost And Found Volume 1\
VA - Love Is The Song We Sing San Francisco Nuggets 1965-1970 [Box Set]\
VA - Miles from India\
VA - Minimalist\
VA - Murmur\
VA - Never Ever Land 83 Texan Nuggets from International Artists Records 1965-1970\
VA - Nevermind – Glitterhouse Is 20 [Disc 1]\
VA - Nevermind – Glitterhouse Is 20 [Disc 2]\
VA - Nevermind – Glitterhouse Is 20 [Disc 3]\
VA - Next Stop ... Soweto - Township Sounds From The Golden Age Of Mbaqangwa\
VA - Next Stop... Soweto 3 [[Disc 1]]  Giants, Ministers & Makers - Jazz In South Africa 1963-1978\
VA - Next Stop... Soweto 3 [[Disc 2]]  Giants, Ministers & Makers - Jazz In South Africa 1963-1978\
VA - Next Stop... Soweto Vol 2. Soultown. R&B, Funk & Psyc Sounds From The Townships 1969-1976\
VA - Next Wave\
VA - Nigeria 70 - Lagos Jump\
VA - Nigeria 70 - Sweet Times - Afro-Funk, Hi\
VA - Nigeria 70 [Disc 1]\
VA - Nigeria 70 [Disc 2]\
VA - Nigeria Rock Special Psychedelic Afro-Rock & Fuzz Funk in 1970's Nigeria\
VA - Nigeria Special  Modern Highlife, Afro-Sounds & Nigerian Blues 1970-6\
VA - No Depression_ What it Sounds Like, Vol_\
VA - NU Afro - Wagram Music [Disc 1]\
VA - Nuggets II Original Artyfacts From The British Empire And Beyond\
VA - Nuggets Original Artyfacts From The First Psychedelic Era\
VA - Oasis Presents.._\
VA - Ohm - The Early Gurus Of Electronic Musi\
VA - OHM+_ The Early Gurus Of Electronic Musi\
VA - Ohm_ The Early Gurus Of Electronic Music\
VA - Old Town School of Folk Music Songbook Volune 2 & 3\
VA - Old Town School of Folk Music Songbook, Volume Four\
VA - Old Town School of Folk Music Songbook, Volume One\
VA - Out From The Cold(1964-72)\
VA - Physical Fatness\
VA - Psychedelia\
VA - Pulp Fusion, Vol. 1_ Funky Jazz Classics\
VA - Pulp Fusion, Vol. 4_ Fully Loaded Origin\
VA - Punk And Disorderly\
VA - Punk and Disorderly III\
VA - Punk And Disorderly Vol. 2_ Further Char\
VA - Punk Crazy\
VA - Punk_ The Worst Of Total Anarchy [Disc 1\
VA - Punk_ Worst Of Total Anarchy [Disc 2]\
VA - Putumayo 2005 Sampler\
VA - Putumayo Presents_ Women Of Africa\
VA - Putumayo Presents_ World Groove\
VA - Raw Records_ The Punk Singles Collection\
VA - Rebirth Of The Blues\
VA - Riot City Punk Singles Collection\
VA - Rip It Up\
VA - Rip It Up Issue 200\
VA - Rock Is Back (Rolling Stones Magazine)\
VA - Roddus compilations\
VA - Rolling Stone - Rock Is Back Vol. 2\
VA - Rolling Stones New Sounds Vol.2\
VA - Roots N' Blues The Retrospective 1925-1950\
VA - Rough Trade Shops Counter Culture 02 [Di\
VA - Rough Trade Shops Counter Culture 03 [Disc 1]\
VA - Rough Trade Shops Counter Culture 06\
VA - Rough Trade Shops Counter Culture 07 [Disc 1]\
VA - Rough Trade Shops Counter Culture 07 [Disc 2]\
VA - Rough Trade Shops Rock And Roll 1 [Disc\
VA - Rough Trade Shops_ 25 Years [Disc 1]\
VA - Rough Trade Shops_ 25 Years [Disc 2]\
VA - Rough Trade Shops_ 25 Years [Disc 3]\
VA - Rough Trade Shops_ 25 Years [Disc 4]\
VA - Rough Trade Shops_ Best Of 2004 - Counte\
VA - Rough Trade Shops_ Counter Culture 03 [D\
VA - Rough Trade Shops_ Counter Culture 06\
VA - Rough Trade Shops_ Counter Culture 1976\
VA - Rough Trade Shops_ Counter Culture [Disc\
VA - Rough Trade Shops_ Country 1 [Disc 1]\
VA - Rough Trade Shops_ Country 1 [Disc 2]\
VA - Rough Trade Shops_ Electronic 01 [Disc 1\
VA - Rough Trade Shops_ Electronic 01 [Disc 2\
VA - Rough Trade Shops_ Post Punk 01 [Disc 2]\
VA - Rough Trade Shops_ Post Punk, Vol. 1 [Di\
VA - Rykodisc 20th Anniversary\
VA - Rykodisc 20th Anniversary [Disc 1]\
VA - Secret Records_ The Punk Singles Collect\
VA - Sergeant Salt & Other Condiments\
VA - Singles Original Motion Picture Soundtra\
VA - Sixties Apocalypse [Disc 1]\
VA - Sixties Apocolypse [Disc 2]\
VA - Small Wonder _ Vol. 1-Punk Singles Colle\
VA - Soiled Gold Hits - A bFM Compilation\
VA - Song of America\
VA - Stone Cold Funk\
VA - Straight Ahead!\
VA - Straight Outta Burbank! - [Disc 1]\
VA - Straight Outta Burbank! - [Disc 2]\
VA - Strange Pleasures - Further Sounds of the Decca Underground\
VA - Suite For Sampler - Selected Signs, II\
VA - Swing This, Baby!\
VA - Thank You Friends The Ardent Story\
VA - The Alligator Records 20th Anniversary C\
VA - The Best Of The Rock Machine Turns You On\
VA - The Best Prog Rock Album In The World.._\
VA - The Best Punk Album In The World ... Eve\
VA - The Chess Story - 1947-1975\
VA - The Complete Havoc Singles_ 1971-1973\
VA - The Danque!! A Compilation of West African Funk\
VA - The Essence of Swedish Progressive Music 1967 - 1979\
VA - The Gathering 2002\
VA - The Gathering Compilation Vol 3\
VA - The Great British Psychedelic Trip Vol 1\
VA - The Harry Smith Connection_ A Live Tribute\
VA - The Harry Smith Project Live Vol. 2\
VA - The History Of Jazz_ The Early Days\
VA - The History Of No Future [Disc 1]\
VA - The In-Kraut - Vol. II_ Hip Shaking Grooves\
VA - The In-Kraut Vol. 3 Hip Shaking Grooves\
VA - The In-Krauts\
VA - The Journey Is Long - The Jeffery Lee Perice Project\
VA - The Record Shop-30 Years Of Rough Trade\
VA - The Room Of Loud Sound [Heavy Psych From The USA 1968-1972 (White Lace And Strange Volume2)]\
VA - The Three Worlds Of Triloka\
VA - The Trip 08\
VA - The Trip 2 - Consider The Alternative\
VA - The Trip 4\
VA - The Trip 5\
VA - The Trip 7\
VA - The Trip Nine\
VA - The Trip Volume 3\
VA - The Trip Volume 6\
VA - The Ultimate Bluse Box [Disc 1] John Lee Hooker - The Very Best Of\
VA - The Ultimate Bluse Box [Disc 2] Blues Guitar Masters\
VA - The Ultimate Bluse Box [Disc 3] Blues Guitar Masters\
VA - The Ultimate Bluse Box [Disc 4] Boppin' The Blues\
VA - The Ultimate Bluse Box [Disc 5] Best Of The Blues\
VA - The Ultimate Bluse Box [Disc 6] Best Of The Blues\
VA - The World Ends_ Afro Rock & Psychedelia\
VA - TheAgeOfEnligtenment(Prog RockCompilation)\
VA - Theme Time Radio Hour - Season 1\
VA - Theme Time Radio Hour - Season 2\
VA - Theme Time Radio Hour - Season 3\
VA - This Is Industrial\
VA - This Is Industrial [Disc 2]\
VA - This Is Industrial [Disc 3]\
VA - Transmit\
VA - Triple J - Hottest 100 Vol 03 [Disc 1]\
VA - Triple J - Hottest 100 Vol. 02 [Disc 1]\
VA - Triple J - Hottest 100 Vol. 02 [Disc 2]\
VA - Triple J - Hottest 100 Vol. 03 [Disc 2]\
VA - Triple J - Hottest 100 Vol. 04 [Disc 2]\
VA - Triple J - Hottest 100 Vol. 06 [Disc 1]\
VA - Triple J - Hottest 100 Vol. 06 [Disc 2]\
VA - Triple J - Hottest 100 Vol. 07 [Disc 2]\
VA - Triple J - Hottest 100 Vol. 08 [Disc 2]\
VA - Triple J - Hottest 100 Vol. 09 [Disc 1]\
VA - Triple J - Hottest 100 Vol. 09 [Disc 2]\
VA - Triple J - Hottest 100 Vol. 10 [Disc 1]\
VA - Triple J Hottest 100, Vol. 1 [Disc 1]\
VA - Triple J Hottest 100, Vol. 1 [Disc 2]\
VA - Triple J Hottest 100, Vol. 10 [Disc 2]\
VA - Triple J Hottest 100, Vol. 5 [Disc 2]\
VA - Triple J Hottest 100, Vol. 7 [Disc 1]\
VA - Triple J Hottest 100, Vol. 8 [Disc 1]\
VA - Triple J Hottest 100_ Vol. 4 [Disc 1]\
VA - Triple J's Hottest 100 5 [Disc 1]\
VA - Tropicália - A Brazilian Revolution In Sound\
VA - Uhuru - Rhythns Of The World\
VA - Under The Influence\
VA - Under The Southern Moonlight The Kiwi Rock Scene 1970-1975\
VA - Wavelength Infinity_ A Sun Ra Tribute\
VA - We Are The Blues\
VA - What It Is! Funky Soul And Rare Grooves 1967-1977 [Disc 1]\
VA - What It Is! Funky Soul And Rare Grooves 1967-1977 [Disc 2]\
VA - What It Is! Funky Soul And Rare Grooves 1967-1977 [Disc 3]\
VA - What It Is! Funky Soul And Rare Grooves 1967-1977 [Disc 4]\
VA - What's Up Matador_ [Disc 1]\
VA - What's Up Matador_ [Disc 2]\
VA - White Lace & Strange\
VA - Woodstock [Live] [Disc 1]\
VA - Woodstock [Live] [Disc 2]\
VA - World Class Punk\
VA -Blues Classics [Disc 1]\
VA -Blues Classics CD 2 (P) 1998\
VA -Blues in History I (Nothing But the Blue\
VA -Born Under A Bad Sign\
VA -Bring It All Back Home\
VA -Cotton Pickin' Blues\
VA -Cross Roads - 20 Classic Blues Tracks\
VA -Good Morning Blues\
VA -Great Blues Guitarsists_ String Dazzlers\
VA -Hell of a Night with the Blues\
VA -Juke Joint Blues_ 25 Vintage Blues Recor\
VA -Ladies Sing The Blues\
VA -Midnight Special - 20 Authentic Blues\
VA -Nothing But The Blues - Blues In History\
VA -Shakin' On Down with the Blues\
VA -Steeped In The Blues Tradition\
VA -Still Got The Blues, Vol_1\
VA -Texas Blues Greatest\
VA -Texas Blues Greats - Boogie Blues\
VA -The Cry Of The Blues\
VA -The Harry Smith Project Live\
Very Ape - Kosher Boogie\
Violent Femmes - 3\
Violent Femmes - Hallowed Ground\
Violent Femmes - The Blind Leading The Naked\
Violent Femmes - Violent Femmes\
Violent Femmes - Why Do Birds Sing_\
Warren Zevon - Bad Luck Streak In Dancing School\
Warren Zevon - Excitable Boy\
Warren Zevon - Stand In The Fire (Live At The Roxy)\
Warren Zevon - The Envoy\
Warren Zevon - Warren Zevon\
X - Ain_t Love Grand\
X - Los Angeles\
X - More Fun In The New World\
X - Under The Big Black Sun\
X - Wild Gift\
ZZ Top - Tres Hombres\

John Zorn - Filmworks 1986-1990 (USA 1992)

The John Zorn Discography.

I have read many times about to where to start for a new listener of the John Zorn catalogue. Of course it would depend on your musical palette. Most would be very put off if they plunged into the early game pieces but there are many much more accessible places to start, but to get a real overview of the vast array of musical styles that John inhabits then perhaps this set could be a very good place to start. The earliest of John's quite substantial FilmWorks Series this set consists of 32 short tracks scored for several obscure movies over the time period mentioned. This is an awesome set with so many bases covered that I won't bother mentioning them all but as I said this lot covers a vast amount of ground and never lets up for interesting ditties and great tunes. There is plenty o catchy melodies here and some slight weirdness but overall very accessible and highly recommended and gets 4.5/5.

John Zorn - Elegy (USA 1991)

The John Zorn Discography.

This recent CD arrival is another one of Zorn's "File Card" Pieces, which means it consists of some  pretty avant-garde sounding collages with plenty of unusual sound effects. I like the atmospherics of this set and the feel of the music here has a classical feel in places and so could be considered one of his composer series recordings. I think this is the best of his file card recordings that I have heard so far and I rate is 4/5.

Sun Ra - The Other Side Of The Sun (USA 1980)

The Sun Ra Discography.

Another recent arrival to add to my burgeoning Sun Ra Collection and we find Ra and the boys in a very melodic mood as they swing their way through an impressive "Space Fling" taking us all the way back to the Arkestra's early days. Then we get a lovely version of  "Flamingo" before we get treated to a very funky version of the perennial "Space is the Place" and a unique version it is too. "The Sunny Side Of The Street" is another extended swing workout, with the album closing with another Ra Original in the slightly more chaotic style we are use to. Overall a fairly accessible set from Ra and most enjoyable. Rating 3.5/5.  

Sun Ra - Other Planes Of There (USA 1966)

The Sun Ra Discography.

More out there music for this next Sun Ra recording and again I refer you to Nuvoid and Adventure Equation for more detailed analysis and information about this album. I'll Just say that it sounds like standard Sun Ra music, which means pretty much unlike anyone else, quite challenging and free sounding jazz music. Some more great piano from the master, Pretty wild and chaotic sounds here.

Rating 3.5/5. 

Sun Ra - When Angels Speak Of Love (USA 1966)

The Sun Ra Discography.

First up, because I'm lazy and mostly semi-literate, I'll direct you to a couple of better sources for more informed opinions of this next Sun Ra recording. Nuvoid and Adventure Equation. 

I think this is the high point of the group of the choreograph workshop recordings from the early  60s in New York. Space music certainly would be an apt description for this strange atmospheric Jazz inflected music. It's is mostly slow in tempo with plenty of that famous reverb and echo from these Workshop recordings. I am very impressed  with the opening track and have enjoyed the whole album overall, especially as there is some great Ra piano in the mix here and there. It is great that these ultra rare recordings are actually still available from the Evidence reissue campaign back between 1992 and 2000, I have relied on them heavily in building by collection.Rating 5/5.

Sun Ra - What's New (USA 1975)

The Sun Ra Discography.

1.  What's New   6:55

2.  Wanderlust   5:53

3.  Jukin'   2:26

4.  Autumn in New York   6:59

5.  State Street   3:45

6.  Sometimes I'm Happy   6:42

7.  Time after Time 1   2:18

8.  Time after Time 2   3:30

9.  Easy to Love   3:27

10. Sunnyside Up   3:36

11. We Roam The Cosmos   10:30

Got a bit of a backlog of Sun Ra albums to get through and I believe this is where we got to in part one of the Sun Ra Discography. This is the second release in the discography where I haven't been able to purchase it on CD("Deep Purple" was the other one although some of the tracks I have on "Sound Of Joy"), except some of the tracks above appeared on the "Standards" CD. This original release has a particularly convoluted history and has never been reissued on CD, so I got this version from Adventure Equation Blog. Also check out Nuvoid, for  a more indepth review and history.

The first four tracks, again recorded at the Choreographers workshop in 1963, continue the series of jazz standards the Arkestra covered and overall is an enjoyable workout, although I do prefer it when they play the more original Sun Ra compositions. Tracks 5  to 10 cover similar ground and some I have covered on the "Standards" CD. All fairly conventional Jazz but more in the Bebop style than the earlier swing that Ra played previously. A nice set.

Track 11 was the original B-side of What's New but was only issued on very few copies of the original pressing before the other tracks, 5-10, replaced it on later pressings. This is a fairly lo-fi live recording of an apparently improvised number which sounds familiar with parts of other tracks incorporated. The line "space is the place" and perhaps, the line"My Brother The Wind" indicate this. It is mostly a spoken/sung word piece with very slight background sounds. Ra Sermonising his space stuff. Not particularly interesting.

Overall rating 2.5/5.