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101. V.A./ Alternative Folk Collection: “S/T” (CBS Sony – SRCL^4015) (CD: Mint/ Booklet: Mint/ Obi: Mint/ Case: mint). Long gone and out of print compilation album that throws together some of the rarest folk singles released in Japan unto one CD. Highlights include the freakingly rare (and only re-released on this CD) sides of J.A. Seazer sole recorded 7 inch, some vintage early days Carmen Maki single slides, Nakagawa Isato, Shiba, and other luminaries that flocked the Japanese late sixties and early seventies underground folk scene. This CD came out in 1997 and has been out of print ever since. Comes with 20 paged booklet and has reproduction in full color of the jackets. Awesome. Price 50 Euro
102. V.A./ Anthology of World Music: “The Music of Tibetan Buddhism” (Rounder – 5129~31) (3 CD Set: Near Mint/ Cases: Near Mint/ Slipcase outer Box Set: near Mint). "Tibet stands at the confluence of three civilizations, the Turko-Mongolian, the Chinese and the Indian. Enriched from time to time by influences from these, its own ancient tradition has developed in high isolation from the rest of the civilized world. This tradition embraces a very distinctive way of life and a music all its own. Buddhist music is quite different from that of Tibetan art and folk music and is the aspect to which these records are exclusively devoted. The Lamas say 'Religion is sound.' The recitation of mantras, chanting and the playing of instrumental music are fundamental in their worship. All religious services, recorded [on location], are here presented in their complete form, with very few exceptions as stated in the relevant notes." --Peter Crossley-Holland, from his liner notes Three-CD boxset; in slipcase with 24 pages of notes, illustrations, photos. A Stunning Collection. Price: 30 Euro
103. V.A./ BRITISH LEGEND COLLECTION BOX: “S/T” (AMR Archive) (3 CD Set: Mint/ paper Sleeve Jackets: Mint/ Obi’s: Mint/ Outer Box: Mint). Great collection that houses 3 essential British artifacts being July, The Herd and John’s Children. Everything is housed in mini-LP styled paper sleeves, complete with obi and housed in a stunning hard case slipcase box. The boxset edition was released in a run of 250 copies only. Japan only issue from a couple of years back. Price: 100 Euro
104. V.A./ BRITISH ROCK MASTERPIECES BOX: “S/T” (Strange Days) (8 CD Set: Mint/ 9 Individual paper Sleeve Jackets: Mint/ Obi’s: Mint/ Outer Box: Mint). Japan only issue that brings together a bunch of highly historical albums, all housed in exact miniature replicas of the original LP jackets. Albums in question are: Jan Dukes De Grey “Mice and Rats in the Loft” (identical jacket reproduction), Spirogyra “Bells, Boots and Shambles”; Shelagh McDonald “Stargazer”; Shelagh McDonald “S/T”; Andy Roberts “Home Grown”; Andy Roberts “Nina and the Dream Tree”, Unicorn “Uphill All The Way” and Soft Machine “1st” (complete with gimmick jacket plus bonus Japan only jacket). All is housed in a heavy double slided slip case box adorned with Spyrogyra’s 3rd LP cover art. The box was again a Japan only issue and limited to 250 copies. Price: 200 Euro
105. V.A./ CALIFORNIA EASTER ALBUM: “S/T” (Penguin Records – PR-1111) (CD: Mint/ Case: Mint/ Jacket: Mint). Killer bootleg recording out of the hey-days when the San Francisco sounds ruled the airwaves and the great Acid Wave was in full swing. Unbelievable awesome live tracks by Love with Arthur Lee from the Fillmore West 1970; Hot Shit – a seemingly one off clash of the titans pre Hot Tuna gathering with Jorma Kaukonen, Jack Casady and Marty Balin amongst others recorded in 1969 in Los Angeles (was one of the earliest Hot Tuna gigs and billed as Hot Shit, their original name); Mad River – YES!!! Live at the San Jose in 1967; Blue Cheer live at some TV broadcast in 1968 … Indeed…just too good to be true almost but it is an amazing set. Price: 40 Euro

106. V.A.: “His Master's Noise – The Institute of Sonology”: (BVHaast – CD06/0701) (2CD Set: Mint) Great collection of electronic works created in the Dutch electronic music studio. Has tracks by Xenakis, Edgar varese, Michael Koenig, Kees tazelaar, Johan van Kreij, Richard Barrett, Konrad Boehmer, Gyorgy Ligeti, Wouter Snoei, Jorrit Tamminga, Olivier Hijmans, Laurens Kagenaar and Xavier van Wersch. Stunning collection of works of which the most of them were released for the first time on this issue. Out of print since a couple of years. Highly recommended 2 CD set. Price: 15 Euro
107. V.A./ JAPANESE ROCK ARCHIVES: “S/T” (Columbia Records) (5 CD Set: Mint – Partly still sealed/ Individual Mini LP Styled Paper Sleeve Jackets: Mint/ Individual Obi’s: Mint/ Outer Box: Mint). Stunningly beautiful collection that throws together 5 essential Japanese rock and psych masterpieces being Apryl Fool, Uchida Yuya & Flowers “Challenge”, Flower Travelling Band’s guitar gunslinger Ishima Hideki’s “One Day”, Hasegawa Hiroshi’s “Pierrot” and Yamauchi Tetsu’s “Tetsu” albums. All albums are identically miniaturized reproductions of the original LP’s, complete with inserts and all. As a bonus the CD’s came also out as housed in a slip case box set, limited to 250 copies only, which went out of print shortly upon its release. Top condition, 3 out of 5 CD’s are still sealed. For info on the individual albums, you better browse the website here but they are all highly essential since I cannot imagine going through life without for example a copy of Apryl Fool and the Flowers albums. Essential stuff!! Price: 200 Euro
108. V.A./ NI HON NO HOROGEI: (Victor – VICG-60238‾42) (5 CD Set: Mint/ box set: Near Mint/ 100 –paged Booklet: Near Mint/ Obi: Mint/ Insert: Mint). The “Ni Hon no Horogei” series that Victor put out in the mid-seventies is certainly my all time favorite collection of deranged filed recordings, weird cultural oddities and over the top luxurious packaging. Such an elaborate project of in total 6 box sets could only be generated in a bubble infested economy, when record companies still had some time and money to waste on glorious projects that had absolutely no commercial potential whatsoever. These sets were mainly produced out of a documentary perspective and ended up mostly in the racks of libraries and research institutions. Very few copies hit the streets and the one that did were largely ignored by the public, following in most boxes being withdrawn and eventually melted down again. This set here focuses on a very interesting side of a long vanished piece of folk culture – the monthly market to take place at the Tennoji Temple in Osaka – a piece of rural oddities to assemble there in those early years following the end of WWII. Splattered over 5 LP’s, a wide variety of singers, charlatans, snake manglers, poison mixers, side show freak shows, midgets, fortune tellers, kimono clad dancers, Buddhist itinerants, hookers, cheap thrill seekers, traveling story tellers, shamisen performers, ghost callers, geta sellers, religious show-offs, witches, snake wrestlers, insect gogglers, amazed spectators, deformity side show dwellers, voodoo-esque chicken mutilators, butoh-like chicken slaughter by freakish women, roaming blind shamisen performers, transvestites, etc. They all pass the revue, putting on display right before your eyes that unfolds itself as a time-warp kind of experience beamed down out of a Japan that no longer exists. This set is one of the hardest in the series to track down. Its contents have to be heard to be believed, weirdness all around, a display of primitive folk culture on its last legs just before it got squashed out of the technocratic 20th century blitzkrieg. Again the set comes with a 100 + pages lavishly illustrated booklet that will provide visual assistance when listening to the entire marvel contained within this set. You will be hit with a piece of Japan you never even dreamt of existed. Next to that the heavy cloth covered box is massive to behold and a stunning piece of outsider art. Hideously rare and extremely adventurous as far as its contents are concerned. Should appeal to anthropologists, Japanophiles, lovers of the occult, esoteric Buddhism thrill seekers, lovers of field recordings and collectors of exquisite artifacts. Highest possible recommendation. Price: 120 Euro
109. V.A./ TROPICALIA – 30 Anos: “Gilberto Gil-1968/ Os Mutantes s/t/ Tropicalia/ Caetano Veloso/ Gal Costa” (5 CD Set: Mint/ Booklet: Mint/ Outer Cut Out Gimmick Carton Box: Mint, still in shrink). Price: 60 Euro
110. V.A./ Yakeppachi Rock” (Solid – CDSOL-1128) (CD: Mint/ Case: Mint/ Booklet: Mint/ Obi: Mint). Out of print stunning collection of rare 7-inch slides and assorted sleaze by these early 1970s female artists, porn starts and B-movie actresses such as Ike Reiko, Sugimoto Miki, Anzai Maria, Nakamura Akiko, Nakahara Mayumi, Flower Meg, Sawa Tamaki, Sally May, Yasuda Minami and a whole string of other starlets. Totally essential if Showa era sleaze and grease is your thing. It sure is my thrill. Price: 40 Euro
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