Month: July 2011

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Saturday’s Top Items! Including A Stunning Kylie Limited Lithograph, David Bowie’s Debut On Heavyweight Vinyl And A Limited Edition Stone Roses 7″ Box!

July 30, 2011 sleevenotes 0

KYLIE MINOGUE Lithograph 2005 Strictly Limited Edition officially licensed hand numbered Lithograph Print measuring 20½" x 29", featuring a photograph by Mert & Marcus and printed on high quality thick textured paper, complete with an individually numbered Certificate Of Authenticity ** Limited to 250 Copies **     DAVID BOWIE […read more…]

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Friday’s Top Items! Including A German Reissued Led Zepplin, Original 1973 Jazz/Rock/Fusion Inna-Latin-Style with Airto And A Rare Oasis CD-R!

July 29, 2011 sleevenotes 0

LED ZEPPELIN The Song Remains The Same Deleted 1990 German reissue Swan Song 'wings' label 9-track 'Soundtrack From The Film' double vinyl LP, reproducing the lush 1976 textured and embossed gatefold picture sleeve package with its glorious integral 8-page picture booklet. The barcoded sleeve is showing only minimal creasing to […read more…]

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Thursday’s Bumper Top Items! Including A Deluxe Joy Division Box Set, A Rare French John McLaughlin LP, A Neil Young Original, Muse’s Super-Dee-Doopa Rare EP And A Limited Abba Box Set!

July 28, 2011 sleevenotes 0

JOY DIVISION Deluxe Vinyl Box Set 2007 UK Strictly Limited Edition 4-LP set pressed on 180gram Vinyl comprising the albums 'Unknown Pleasures' [1979], 'Closer' [1980] & 'Still' [1981, 2-LP], presented in high quality picture sleeves [replicating the original iconic designs], superbly housed in a deluxe sealed hessian art box designed […read more…]

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Wednesday’s Top Items! Including A Rare Japanese-Only Jean Michel Jarre Box Set, A Rolling Stones LP Which Will Really Push Your Buttons, 1970 Prog/Psych Madness With Plus And John Lennon On A Superb 1970 White Apple Label!

July 27, 2011 sleevenotes 0

JEAN MICHEL JARRE & TETSUYA 'TK' KOMURO Paris Live 'Rendez-Vous 98 Electronic Night' Stunning long deleted 1998 Japanese-only limited edition box set including 12-track live CD album in digipak picture sleeve featuring Together Now & Unesco Theme Japan, 'Paris Live' 14-track NTSC video including Together Now, hardcover concertina pictorial tour […read more…]

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Theater and Lightning?

July 27, 2011 sleevenotes 0

Ex-Dream Theater drummer Mike Portnoy and 'Thunder and Lightning' era Thin Lizzy guitarist John Sykes have teamed up in a new 'power-trio' with a yet to be confirmed bass player in the ranks… Currently thrashing out ideas in an LA studio, it looks as though the trio are destined more […read more…]

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Tuesday’s Top Items! Including A Rare Japanese Beatles’ Abbey Road, The Wildhearts 4-CD Boxset, Jazzy/Fusion/Prog/R’n’B With Satisfaction And A Japanese Limited Sex Pistols Boxset!

July 26, 2011 sleevenotes 0

THE BEATLES Abbey Road Super rare 1979 issue Japanese limited edition 17-track vinyl PICTURE DISC LP, housed in a die-cut picture sleeve complete with 'Apple' logo obi-strip and illustrated 4-page insert with Japanese text biography and lyrics printed in both Japanese and English! Fabulous mint picture disc of the iconic […read more…]

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Count Drumula!

July 25, 2011 sleevenotes 0

A veritable drum fest recently took place when Tool's Danny Carey, The Police, Curved Air, Oysterhead drummer and all things punk-reggae-prog Stewart Copeland and Canada's leading master of the skins Neil Peart of Rush all got together for a jam session alongside Primus' bass maestro Les Claypool at Copeland's studios under […read more…]

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Monday’s Bumper Top Items! Featuring A Japanese Promotional-Only Pink Floyd CD, A Gentle Giant Vinyl Classic, An Unmissable Iron Maiden Box Set, A 1974 McCoy Tyner Quartet Gem And A Limited Edition Porcupine Tree 4-LP Box Set! Phew!

July 25, 2011 sleevenotes 0

PINK FLOYD A Momentary Lapse Of Reason Very rare original 1987 Japanese 10-track promotional-only advance CD for the full album including Learn To Fly, Dogs Of War, On The Turning Away, One Slip and Sorrow. Custom printed disc housed in a custompromo card wallet title sleeve which has 'October 10th' […read more…]

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Saturday’s Top Items! Including A Stunning Second Issue Traffic, Three Lp’s-Worth Of Thundering Vibrations With Lee Perry And A Fantastic Beatles Blanket!

July 23, 2011 sleevenotes 0

TRAFFIC Traffic Rare 1969 UK 2nd issue 10-track stereo vinyl LP on the pink 'i' label, gatefold internal flipback picture sleeve with superb integral 8-page picture booklet. The sleeve is showing just light edge/spine wear and is otherwise in excellent shape and the vinyl within looks barely played! A great […read more…]

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Music News

I Am Damo Suzuki, Ahoy!

July 23, 2011 sleevenotes 0

This has to be one of the maddest sounding local gig listings to crop up this year. Immortalised in song on The Fall's 1985 album This Nation's Saving Grace and worshiped by the alternative crowd for his improvised lyrics, sung in no particular language, with legendary Krautrockers Can, Damo Suzuki […read more…]

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Friday’s Top Items! Including A Rare Sealed Kiss Find From The Vaults, A Non-barcoded Smith’s ‘Meat Is Murder’ And The ‘Fab-est’ Drinking Vessel Around!

July 22, 2011 sleevenotes 0

KISS Symphony – Alive IV 2003 UK issue [US pressed]Limited Edition triple vinyl album set featuring 21 tracks recorded live with the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra to celebrate their 30th Anniversary, presented in tri-fold individually numbered picture sleeve ** A rare unopened warehouse find of this immense set limited to 10,000 […read more…]

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Thursday’s Top Items! It’s A Vintage Vinyl-Fest, Including; A 1st Issue Yes, A Mono Rolling Stones, Fotheringay On Island, A 2nd Issue Traffic And A Keef Hartley Band 1969 Gem!

July 21, 2011 sleevenotes 0

YES Close To The Edge Rare 1st issue 1972 UK 3-track vinyl LP on a dark green & orange Atlantic label [second issues were a lighter shade], with A1/B1 stamped matrices. This all-time progressive rock masterpiece is housed in its iconic Roger Dean designed gatefold picture sleeve with the original […read more…]

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Wednesday’s Top Items! Including A French Limited Edition Deluxe Metallica Set, Johnny Hodges Rare Homage to The Duke, Japanese U2 Picture CD Single And An Excellent Led Zeppelin Early 80’s Offering!

July 20, 2011 sleevenotes 0

METALLICA Français Pour Une Nuit Rare deleted 2009 French exclusive limited 'Collector Deluxe Edition' set, comprised of All Region NTSC DVD, capturing the legendary rockers live at Arenes de Nimes, France on 7th July 2009 featuring over2 hours of dynamite performance, plus band interviews and 5 videos shot by the […read more…]

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Tuesday’s Top Three! Including A Limited Edition Steven Wilson, A Scorching Hot Galaxie 500 And A Superb Bob Dylan Vinyl Boxset!

July 19, 2011 sleevenotes 0

STEVEN WILSON Insurgentes Rare 2008 US LIMITED EDITION 14-track FOUR vinyl 10" set – containing the amazing recordings of Steven Wilson's debut solo album, plus several tracks recorded during the same sessions but didn't make the final cut. Issued in a stunning embossed hardback style cloth cover book designed by […read more…]

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Monday’s Top Items! Including A Japanese Exported Limited Edition Pet Shop Boys CD, A Depeche Mode Double CD Set, A Gold Disc David Bowie And An Audiophile Metallica Boxset!

July 18, 2011 sleevenotes 0

PET SHOP BOYS Very Relentless 1993 Japanese export issue of the UK limited edition 18-track 2-CD album pack including bonus 6-track 'Relentless' CD of exclusive dance tracks featuring My Head Is Spinning, Forever In Love, KDX 125, We Came From Outer Space, The Man Who Has Everything & OneThing Leads […read more…]

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Saturday’s Top Items! Including An Original RARE Dr. Z. On Vertigo Swirl, Trombone Roots Reggae Courtesy Of Rico, All On Board The Gravy Train On Yet Another Scarce Vertigo Swirl And A Limited White Stripes Boxset!

July 16, 2011 sleevenotes 0

DR. Z 3 Parts To My Soul Original 1972 Italian issue of the legendary Vertigo 'swirl' label 6-track vinyl LP, housed in the superb Barney Bubbles designed fold-out die-cut picture sleeve. With some reports of official retail sales of just ELEVENcopies in the band's homeland and only seventy copies of […read more…]

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Friday’s Top Three! Including An Autographed And Framed Queen Etched 12″ Single, Junior Parker’s Genius 1970 Funk/Soul Outing And A ‘Titantic’ Celine Dion Award!

July 15, 2011 sleevenotes 0

QUEEN Scandal Superb AUTOGRAPHED cover of the UK etched disc edition of the 'Scandal' 12" single – clearly signed by Freddie, Brian, Roger and John in silver pen, framed and glazed with a wood frame measuring approximately 13½" square. Genuine fully autographed Queen items are hard to come by, however […read more…]

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Thursday’s Top Items! Including A Depeche Mode Sampler, A ‘Puzzling’ Radiohead Item, A German Little Village And A Platinum Perfect Circle!!

July 14, 2011 sleevenotes 0

DEPECHE MODE Remixes 2: 81-11 Deluxe Edition Sampler 2011 US promotional-only MUTE/REPRISE 10-track CD compilation, limited to only 300 copies pressed, and featuring spotlight tracks from each of the three discs on the deluxe edition of the much-anticipated collection of stellar remixes. Featuring custom front and back inserts, and the […read more…]

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Wednesday’s Top Items! What A Line-Up; First Issue Bob Dylan, John Coltrane 1962 Mono LP, The Beatles’ Red And Blue Vinyl And An Original 1969 Chicago Offering!

July 13, 2011 sleevenotes 0

BOB DYLAN The Times They Are A-Changin' – First Issue Original 1964 UK 'rough' label 10-track MONO vinyl LP, front laminated flipback picture sleeve. Both sleeve & vinyl show few signs of age – a wonderful copy!     JOHN COLTRANE Live At The Village Vanguard Original 1962 US 3-track […read more…]

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Tuesday’s Top Items! Including A Madonna Slipmat, The Smiths’ on 12″, Buckingham Nicks Original 1973 Vinyl, Thundering Vibrations With Sir Coxson Sound And A Rare Jean Michel Jarre Tour Book!

July 12, 2011 sleevenotes 0

MADONNA Music Scarce 2000 US promotional-only black & white turntable slipmat, produced to promote the 'Music' album, with a nice 'Rodeo' Music logo.     THE SMITHS William It Was Really Nothing 1987 UK second issue 3-track 12" vinyl single, also including How Soon Is Now? & Please Please Please […read more…]

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Monday’s Top Items! Including A Gold George Thorogood Award, Canadian-Only U2 Vinyl, Megadeth Autographed Poster And Fleetwood Mac On Japanese Gold CD!!

July 11, 2011 sleevenotes 0

GEORGE THOROGOOD & THE DESTROYERS Greatest Hits: 30 Years Of Rock Rare Official RIAA certified GOLD award presented to commemorate sales of more than 500,000 copies of the Delware blues star's EMI/Capitol Records compilation album on compact disc. Featuring a gold LP with picture label above a mounted picture sleeve […read more…]