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	Kyogen New Import - TYJT59002 Sealed 2023 original. "Kyogen," the debut album by Japanese artist Ado, stands as a powerful testament to the dynamic surge of J-pop's avant-garde edge. With her unmistakable vocal prowess, Ado effortlessly navigates a tapestry of intricate melodies and bold rhythms. The opening track sets the stage with pulsating beats and digital flourishes that immediately captivate, while the subsequent songs weave a narrative that is both intensely personal and universally relatable. Ado's emotive delivery and the album's cutting-edge production create a sonic experience that is at once futuristic and deeply rooted in traditional Japanese musical elements. This balance between innovation and homage is a hallmark of Ado's artistry, making "Kyogen" a compelling listen for both new fans and those well-versed in the genre. The critical acclaim for "Kyogen" largely hinges on Ado's ability to convey raw emotion through her commanding vocal range, which oscillates between hauntingly soft whispers and fervent exclamations. Each track is meticulously crafted, with lyrics that delve into themes of identity, existential angst, and resilience, resonating with listeners on various levels. The production quality is top-notch, with layers of sound that reveal new nuances upon each listen, showcasing Ado's collaboration with some of the industry's most innovative producers. Overall, "Kyogen" is not merely an album but a statement piece in the J-pop landscape, positioning Ado as a formidable force poised to influence the genre's trajectory in years to come. Ado plays live Sun • Mar 16, 2025 at the Peacock Theater - LA, Los Angeles, CA ... more
	One Piece Film Red New Import - TYJT-59004 Sealed 2023 only vinyl pressing. Ado's contribution to the "One Piece Film: Red" soundtrack is a dazzling showcase of her vocal prowess and unique musical style, a fitting accompaniment to the fantastical world of the beloved anime. The album serves as an auditory journey that reflects the vibrant and adventurous spirit of "One Piece," while simultaneously highlighting Ado's ability to channel emotion and intensity through her voice. Each track is meticulously crafted, combining elements of J-pop, rock, and orchestral music, which together create a dynamic listening experience. The production quality is top-notch, with layers of instrumentation that complement Ado's powerful vocals without overshadowing them, allowing her to convey the story's narrative with both passion and precision. The standout tracks on the album demonstrate Ado's versatility as an artist, seamlessly transitioning from high-energy anthems to more introspective ballads. Her vocal range is put to the test, and she rises to the occasion with a performance that feels both authentic and larger-than-life. The emotional depth she brings to each song adds a layer of complexity that enhances the storytelling aspect of the soundtrack, making it not just an accompaniment to the film, but a compelling standalone work of art. For fans of "One Piece" and newcomers alike, Ado's "One Piece Film: Red" soundtrack offers a captivating listening experience that underscores her status as one of Japan's most promising musical talents. Ado plays live Sun • Mar 16, 2025 at the Peacock Theater - LA, Los Angeles, CA ... more
	California Bloodlines Used - LP - ST-203 1969 US original Capitol Rain Scranton pressing. Nice VG++ copy. “California Bloodlines Is Regarded By Many To Be Singer/Songwriter John Stewart's Finest Work. That's Debatable, But It Is A Hell Of An Album. Stewart, Who Had Finally Left Behind The Kingston Trio To Pursue A Solo Career, Solidified It Here. Well Known As The Guy Who Wrote "Daydream Believer" For The Monkees, Stewart Proved To Be A Credible, Sometimes Even Enigmatic Performer In His Own Right. Nick Venet Produced California Bloodlines. He Took Stewart To Nash Vegas And Enlisted A Host Of Studio Cats Who Existed Largely Outside Of Chet Atkins' Countrypolitan Mafia: Drummer Kenneth A. Buttrey, Bassist Norbert Putnam, Harmonicat Charlie Mccoy, Lloyd Green On Pedal Steel, And Others, Including The Most Sought-After Upright Pianist In Country Music History: Hargus "Pig" Robbins. Incidentally, Many Of These Same Musicians Played On Bob Dylan's Nashville Skyline Session. Musically, California Bloodlines Is A Study In Contradictions. Texturally Thin Like Stewart's Voice, The Songs Are Romantic Visions Of People And Places That Come Out Of A Present Which Is Already In The Past And A Past Inhabited By Ghosts. But This Is Also Where Stewart Excels Lyrically. His Portraits Of Spirits Are Made Nearly Flesh In His Songs, Which Are Ambitious Lyrically If Not Musically, Such As The Title Track, "The Pirates Of Stone County Road," "Razor-Back Woman," "Some Lonesome Picker," "July You're A Woman," And "You Can't Look Back," With Green's Pedal Steel Dancing Throughout The Melody And Filling In Each Line. But Perhaps The Most Beautiful Track On The Album Is The Elegiac "Missouri Birds," With Its Lilt And Slow-Stepped Observations About Space And Time. And While Generally Regarded As A Folk Artist, Stewart's Country Roots Are Displayed Here Are As Deep As Mickey Newbury's, Even If He Wasn't Born In Texas. This Is A Glorious Recording Which Kicks Off An Erratic Yet Never Dull Career With A Bang.” Thom Jurek, AMG. ... more
	A Long Vacation (40th Anniversary Edition) New Import - SRJL 1234 New 2023 Limited edition, remastered reissue pressed on transparent Blue vinyl with Obi & insert. Not a factory sealed item, comes housed in a protective outer sleeve with custom hype sticker. ... more
	Levitation Sessions Colored Vinyl - New - RVRB-037 Sealed 2022 Indie exclusive pressing on coloured vinyl, with custom hype sticker. Part of the Reverberation Appreciation Society "Levitation Sessions". ... more
	Mind Burns Alive Colored Vinyl - New - NBR7191 Sealed 2024 Limited edition pressing on Orange vinyl with etching on side D. Only 3,925 copies. ... more
	Gold & Grey New - LP - ABXN006-1 Sealed 2019 180gm 2LP standard gatefold original. Includes printed inner sleeves and lyric booklet insert. Side D has custom etching. "Gold & Grey represents the end of Baroness' color-schemed album titles, preceded by Red Album, Blue Record, Yellow & Green, and Purple. The now-Philadelphia-based quartet have been through major changes, from magazine covers and award nominations to a horrific life-threatening bus crash that caused the original rhythm section to leave, and the 2018 departure of founding guitarist Peter Adams, vocalist/guitarist John Baizley remains as the only original member. Bassist Nick Jost and drummer Sebastian Thomson were on board for Purple, but new guitarist/backing vocalist Gina Gleason (Santana, Smashing Pumpkins) makes her studio debut with Baroness here. While not quite the sprawling double-length exercise that Yellow & Green was, the Dave Fridmann-produced Gold & Grey, with its wildly diverse 17 tracks, is only ten minutes shorter, and is as labyrinthine as it is sprawling in ambition. Baroness have freely indulged in experimental songwriting, arranging, and studio experimentation before, but not to the degree displayed here. Everything, from continuously evolving, shapeshifting songwriting to a truly noisy mix and an ever-more-wide-angled juxtaposition of genres and styles, reflects aesthetic adventurousness. While there is metal riffing here -- especially in the set's second half -- it is merely an element in this kaleidoscopic rainbow of sounds, textures, and dynamics. Opener "Front Toward Enemy," with its bass-throbbing heavy fuzz, may recall the band's earliest days, but the gorgeous layered vocal harmonies offset the aggression. "I'm Already Gone" offers the first taste of a real stylistic shift displaying an unmistakable admiration for the Cure's Pornography in its melodic and vocal lines. Some tracks serve as intros/interludes. Baroness have played with them in the past but never to the fully fleshed extent they do here. They range from gentle piano themes in "Sevens" to evocations of noisy, 21st century Krautrock on "Can Obscura." "Tourniquet" opens with a direct nod to Big Star's Third before changing directions toward a midtempo slammer. Loopy, acid-drenched psychedelia emerges on "I'd Do Anything," and "Assault on East Falls." While "Throw Me an Anchor" is an anthemic prog metal jam, "Emmett: Radiating Light," is a halting acoustic number with bells, a processional upright piano, and intricately layered vocal harmonies between Baizley and Gleason that deliver dazzling results. While "Borderlines" nods at Kyuss' desert rock, closer "Pale Suns" crisscrosses near-Baroque vocal harmonies with brooding sludge, King Crimson-esque prog, and squalling post-metal à la mid-period Killing Joke. In lesser hands, this wild, unruly amalgam of musical and playing styles and songwriting would result in a mess -- Baroness themselves couldn't pull it off on Yellow & Green. But here, thanks to maturity, Fridmann's mix, and uncanny sequencing, every song fits seamlessly inside each proceeding one, delivering a mercurial yet satisfying whole that makes Gold & Grey the band's finest outing to date, if not their masterpiece." All Music Guide - Thom Jurek ... more
	Marcos Valle New Import - VAMPI 215 Sealed 2021 180gm Limited edition reissue. Slated to be pressed on splatter vinyl and only a small 100 pressing run, per barcode info. One of the most celebrated albums in Valle's discography. International boogie/funky goodness! ... more
	The Sound Of Perseverance New - LP - RR7154 Sealed 2023 2LP remastered reissue housed in a gatefold jacket. Their seventh and final full length, originally release in 1998. "Words cannot do this album enough justice. This is a truly glorious metal release, certainly Death's finest hour, and easily one of the top metal albums of all time. The sheer ferocity and emotion that channels through each of the intricate, progressive guitar melodies shatters every low opinion of the American metal scene. When you combine Chuck Schuldiner's shrieking vocals (his eeriest performance ever) with the most talented, cohesive lineup yet, you get the definitive Death album. This album delicately mixes the best aspects of past albums Human, Individual Thought Patterns, and Symbolic and takes them one step further. The album is more aggressive, more progressive, and certainly more melodic. Therefore, when opener "Scavenger of Human Sorrow" kicks off, the complexity of the music suffocates the listener, allowing him no room to breathe. Even the instrumental piece, "Voice of the Soul," requires the listener's full attention so that he can grasp the raw emotion carefully woven within. No "true" metal listener can ignore the fact that Death have carefully crafted the perfect album for the metal world, an album which draws from the creative pool of Atheist, Dream Theater, and Cynic yet remains pure unadulterated Death. The ungodly solos and leads that swim within "Story to Tell" and "Spiritcrusher" (which contains one of the most terrifying, blood-curdling choruses ever) are among the album's highlights. As is the eight-minute epic "Flesh and the Power It Holds," which runs over the listener with a Meshuggah-like chug before flourishing into a fret-dancing solo from Schuldiner. The ball doesn't really drop until the pure intensity of Judas Priest's "Painkiller" works the listener over with its singalong chorus and over-the-top musicianship. When Schuldiner opens the song with his power metal scream, still with a raspy aftertaste, the listener is treated to arguably his greatest, most dynamic vocal performance ever. The fact that the solos in the song were entirely new Death creations is like icing on the cake. Props go out to new guitarist Shannon Hamm, new bassist Scott Clendenin, and new drummer Richard Christy for rounding out the strongest (albeit unknown) lineup Death has ever had." All Music Guide - Jason Hundey ... more
	Fortitude Colored Vinyl - New - 1-654056 Sealed 2021 US exclusive Blue & Gold swirl pressing with custom hype sticker. "Five long years after the release of the groundbreaking, wildly successful Magma, the pressure is on France's Gojira to deliver a fitting follow-up, making Fortitude one of 2021's most heavily anticipated metal releases. The earlier set offered artfully rendered songs that were uncharacteristically personal; they were composed in response to the death of frontman/guitarist Joe and drummer Mario Duplantier's mother. The band utilized everything from clean vocals and throwback grunge to post-punk, knotty prog, and neo-psych to get the songs across, consequently winning over new fans, many of whom did not usually frequent the metal section of the record store. Fortitude was recorded at Sterling Silver Studios in Brooklyn, New York, produced by Joe Duplantier and mixed by Andy Wallace (Nirvana). Despite a wider array of stylistic and production elements, these 11 songs hang together like a suite. Opener "Born for One Thing" is propelled by Mario's bombastic beats amid death metal grooves and punishing industrial breakdowns as Joe sings about the human fear of death and preparing for its inevitability. The twin guitar vamps from Joe and Christian Andreu collide and bounce off one another. The anti-deforestation anthem "Amazonia" offers a massive bass groove from Jean-Michel Labadie, buoyed by power chords, swinging drums, and indigenous instrumentation that directly pays homage to Sepultura's Roots era. "Another World" offers a glorious display of Gojira's abundant tech-death prowess. The layered, near-chanted vocal harmonies introduce "Hold On" atop a Sabbath-ian riff orgy and incantatory drumming. The layered clean vocals stagger the guitar and bass cadences, swirling together amid reverb and neo-psych effects before Andreu signals a change with a crunch-and-burn vamp appended by distortion and blastbeats. It erupts with heavy, grooving death metal anchored by Joe's snarling lead vocals. The title track is more like a two-minute intro featuring marimbas, tom-toms, and bass drums offering cumbia and reggae rhythms, wordless clean singing, and plucked guitars before exploding into "The Chant" amid crunchy bass and boisterous electric guitar vamps. Combined, they sound like remixes of outtakes from Neil Young's Re-ac-tor and Killing Joke's self-titled debut album. "Sphinx" is a furious backward glance at Gojira's recording history while "Into the Storm" busts out of the gate with melodic twin guitars that transform into a roiling death metal vamp atop triple-timed blastbeats and chanted, harsh vocals. For longtime fans, set-closer "The Grind" is the payoff: It's fantastically heavy, syncopated, technical, and nuanced in production, with raging vocals that may preach surrender but are actually deeply insurgent as the seething music offers proof. Fans of Magma needn't have worried: Fortitude is a fitting, welcome follow-up, and a brave new chapter in Gojira's continuing musical evolution as they weave old sounds with new ones in creating a sonic tapestry that showcases startling imagination, thought-provoking musical and human intelligence, complex emotions, and immense physical power." All Music Guide - Thom Jurek ... more