Reprise - K 44092 

Condition - NEX/EX

Sitar player Ananda combines with rock musicians to produce a fabulous fusion of East/West. Sitar and tabla clash with moog and guitar on wild versions of Jumpin Jack Flash, Light My Fire and original compositions. 

Rim/President - KVP 216 - french

Condition - NEX/EX

Vic is the legendary UK session guitarist who played the memorable guitar lick on the James Bond Theme. He didn't have any albums issued in the UK so it's amazing to find this album issued on a French label. Vic himself tells me that some of the finest London session musicians were involved in the recording including Harry Stoneham and Clive Hicks. He also wishes it to be known that he has never met the foxy chick on the cover!

BMC - BMC 14/1

Condition - EX/EX

A genuine private pressing from 1972. Cubbits is actually Bill Clarke who sings and plays everything via multi-tracking. The songs are written by David Webster and are mainly pop with a country flavour. This copy comes with the elusive inner sleeve with the lyrics.

DJM - 22046

Condition - EX/EX

One of the best and most sought after exotic-funk albums and certainly one of the best covers. The Button Down Brass issued plenty of albums and the quality tends to vary but you can buy this with confidence on the strength of the titles alone - Hell Fire & Brimstone, Shades Of Hades, Lucretia MacEvil, Evil Ways.... 

Columbia - SCX 6256 - stereo

Condition - NEX/EX

Storming 1968 sitar driven rock album featuring covers of I Am the Walrus, I Can see For Miles, Eleanor Rigby amongst others. It was suspected that George Harrison was Lord Sitar but his identity has at last been revealed as......Big Jim Sullivan. 

Instant - INLP 001

Condition - NEX/EX

The first album issued on Instant which was a subsidiary of Andrew Loog Oldham's Immediate label. Instant only issued a handful of albums and distribution was negligible and/or the albums were withdrawn. This is the radio commentary by Alan Clarke and Peter Jones and it has a round, ball shaped cover.

In their overview of the Immediate label Record Collector magazine valued this at £500+ which is a good indication of just how rare it is.

MacMillan -

Condition - VG/EX

Another of those weird and wonderful collections made to help schoolkids express themselves as budding artists or imagine that they are trees or streams. This is a 1969 issue and is a great example of the hippy culture permeating the mainstream. There is also a school text book made to accompany it and I'd love to have a copy!

Columbia Studio 2 - TWO 410

Condition - EX/EX

What have we here!

A typical cheesy cover shot hides the identity of Collage but the back cover reveals that they are Brian Bennett (Shadows drummer and Library Music legend), Alan Hawkshaw (another Library Music legend) and bass player Dave Richmond. This could easily have been issued on KPM but I guess they persuaded Columbia to give it a full release.

The material is easy - Wave, Misty, Who Can I Turn To - along with a couple of excellent self composed tracks.

Nonsuch - H 71225

Condition - EX/EX

What a fantastic label! Even weirder than ESP, they would release pretty much everything that couldn't get a release anywhere else. This 1969 album of experimental synthesizer music consists of one long piece split over two sides and it's brilliantly done - challenging but rewarding. If you like the very early Tangerine Dream albums this could well be for you...

Vanguard - VSD 6525

Condition - EX/EX

Terrific 1971 album from these Masters Of Moog. Usual mix of farts, burps and great tunes too - covers of One Note Sanba, Winchester Cathedral and some weird and wonderful self-composed stuff too. And a cover to make your eyes water...

Argo - DA 91

Condition - EX/EX

Another of those splendid records for use in the classroom in conjunction with a radio programme. This 1968 release is a fascinating mix of musique concrete, poetry, world music and the bizarre. There's even a track by Shirley Collins & Davy Graham.

BAM - LD 071 (French)

Condition - EX/EX

These early albums of experimental music are incredibly rare and incredibly important as influences on the way music developed, particularly so with German avant-rock.

This is a mix of musique concrete, tape manipulation and early electronics created by Francois Bernard Mache, Romuald Vandelle, Michel Philippot, Luc Ferrari ans Andre Boucourechliev.

The BBC Radiophonic Workshop must have been taking notes!

CBS - 63906

Condition - EX/EX

Amazing story - weird blind man walks the streets of New York playing weird music on weird instruments and gets a contract with CBS. Couldn't happen these days!

Is it jazz, avant garde, classical? A fusion of all of these I would say and a dose of strangeness too.

Rolling Stones - ESS 63009 - Japanese

Condition - NEX/EX

The late Stone didn't issue much music under his own name so this album has become one of his major artifacts even though he only "presents" the music on offer.

It's a good example of world music before it became fashionable and is a must for Stone completists.

RCA  SF 8053

Condition - NEX/EX

So...in 1969 Hugo Montenegro spends some of his earnings from the Man From UNCLE soundtracks on an early moog synthesizer and goes mental.

KPM 1031

Condition - NEX/EX

A classic KPM issue from 1968 in the plain green cover subtitled "Jazz abstractions taken from authentic music".

The main attraction is side 1 which features material by the brilliant Basil Kirchin. Here he contributes music with an Asian/Eastern flavour including the superb 6 minute track "Mahjune"

Side 2 features more great Oriental music by John Leach and Johnny Pearson.

KPM - KPM 1243

Condition - EX/EX

David Vorhaus was the genius/madman behind the White Noise album issued on Island records in the early 70's. This library music album on the collectable KPM label continues his journey. It's subtitled "Flights of electronic wizardry and imagination from compser/inventor David Vorhaus" which tells you all you need to know...

Byg Actuel - 529 326 - French

Condition - NEX/EX

M.E.V. were a ferociously avant garde outfit marrying free jazz and European influences. This scarce French issue was recorded live in 1969 and is chaotic, difficult and rewarding for those with ears to hear.