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Early Electronic|Electroacoustic|Avant Garde|Experimental|Sound Art records for sale
(alphabetized by composer)
| Cover Pic | LP Title | Label/Cat# | Vinyl Condition | Cover Condition | Current Price In $USD | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Music In The Auditorium of Teylers Museum-- Henk Badings: Uit "Reeks Kleine Klankstukken" (1954 for 31-tone Fokker Organ in selected tone systems); Sonata III for 2 violins in the 31-tone system (1967) / Anton de Beer: Instructive Sonatina (1964 for 31-tone Fokker Organ) / Hans Kox: Serenade for 2 violins in the 31-tone system (1968) / Jan Pieterszoon Sweelinck: Paduana Lachrimae (16?? for organ in aeolian tuning system) / Giovanni Battista Vitali: Sonata a tre op.2 nr.6 (1667 for 2 violins and bass accompaniment) • Ultra rare 1970 lp issued by the Huygens-Fokker Foundation Center for Microtonal Music and featuring an amazing unusual instrument. These beautiful alien experimental works incorporate non-traditional tuning systems and were recorded at the Teylers Museum in Haarlem, home of the one-of-a-kind Fokker Organ (built in 1950 by physicist Adriaan Fokker, student of Albert Einstein), which divides the octave into a scale of 31 tones and allows the creation of custom microtonal scales. With Anton de Beer on Fokker Organ, and violinists Bouw Lemkes and Jeanne Vos. | Stichting Huijgens-Fokker [private pressing] | ex | ex+ | 120.00 | ||
| New Music From London-- Harrison Birtwistle: Ring A Dumb Carillon (1965 for soprano, clarinet, percussion) / Peter Maxwell Davies: Antechrist (1967 for ensemble) / David Bedford + Kenneth Patchen: Come In Here Child (1968 for soprano and amplified piano) / Richard Orton: Cycle For 2 Or 4 Players (1967, realization for cellist and pianist/percussionist) • Nice selection of works composed and performed by leaders of the British experimental classical scene of the 1960s, featuring AMM member John Tilbury, piano, Maxwell Davies conducting the Pierrot Players on his own piece, Jane Manning, soprano, Alan Hacker, clarinet, Mary Thomas, soprano, Barry Quinn, percussion, Orton on piano/percussion on his own piece, and Moray Welsh, cello. The Bedford work incorporates a poem by his frequent collaborator, beat poet Kenneth Patchen, and the Birtwistle piece uses a poem by Christopher Logue. | Mainstream MS/5001 | vg+ | ex- | 27.00 | ||
| Jacques Bondon: Kaleidoscope (1957 for ondes Martenot, piano, and percussion) / Marcel Landowski: Concerto (1954 for ondes Martenot, string orchestra and percussion) • Rare gem with two obscure mid-century experimental works showcasing the ondes Martenot early electronic keyboard instrument. Bondon conducts the Orchestre de chambre de musique contemporaine and the Martenot soloist is Jeanne Loriod. | Musical Heritage Society MHS 988 | vg+ | vg- | 20.00 | ||
| Contemporary Music for Flute and Piano-- Pierre Boulez: Sonatine (1946) / Olivier Messiaen: Le Merle Noir (1952) / Frank Martin: Ballade (1939) / Josef Sari: Contemplazione (1970) / Serge Prokofiev: Sonata No. 2 (1943) • Performed by Istvan Matuz (flute) and Zoltan Benko (piano). | Hungaroton SLPX 11685 | nm | vg+ | 6.00 | ||
| John Cage + Lejaren Hiller: HPSCHD (1969 for Harpsichords and 51 computer-generated sound tapes) / Ben Johnston: String Quartet No.2 (1964) • Stunning collaboration between Cage and Hiller conceived as a multimedia performance/'happening' at the University of Illinois, pairing David Tudor on harpsichord with 51 tapes of computer music. Johnston's beautiful microtonal piece is played by the Composer's Quartet in a 53-tone just intonation scale. Includes the numbered limited edition uniquely computer-generated insert "Program (KNOBS) Output Sheet for the Listener," a proto-turntablist experimental score that uses the HPSCHD record as source material, with instructions from Cage and Hiller on how to adjust amplification and equalization settings to remix the recording on the fly. | Nonesuch H-71224 | vg+ | vg+ | 27.00 | ||
| Walter [Wendy] Carlos: Sonic Seasonings (1972 for synthesizers and natural sounds) • Epic double album electronic composition utilizing psychoacoustic phenomenon combining synth effects with nature field recordings. | Columbia PG 31234 | vg, nm- | vg+ | 4.00 | ||
| Walter [Wendy] Carlos: By Request-- Episodes for Piano and Electronic Sound (1965); Dialogues for Piano and Two Loudspeakers (1964); Geodesic Dance Electronic Etude (197?); Pompous Circumstances (197?) / Tchaikovsky / J.S. Bach / Burt Bacharach / The Beatles / Richard Wagner • 1975 lp includes Carlos' pre-Moog experimental early electronic compositions from the Columbia-Princeton Electronic Music Center, plus some whimsical Moog-based pop song covers and electronic reorchestrations of classical works. Great assortment of experimental, classical, and pop synth sounds. | Columbia M 32088 | vg+ | vg | 7.00 | ||
| Julian Carrillo: Preludio a Cristobal Colon (1924 for 1/4-tone guitar, 1/8-tone octavina, 1/16-tone harp, soprano, flute, and violin) • Ultra-rare original 78rpm 12" issue from the 1930s! This historic artifact is probably the first ever recording of an experimental microtonal composition and features unique instruments designed by Mexican composer Carrillo, the earliest modern western microtonalist. Performed by the 13th Sound Ensemble of Havana directed by Cuban violinist Angel Reyes. | Columbia 7357-M | vg+ | (blank as issued) | 200.00 | ||
| Contemporary Music Project #3-- George Crumb: Madrigals, Books I-IV (1969 for soprano, 2 percussionists, flute, harp, and double-bass) / Edwin London: Portraits of Three Ladies (1967 for narrator, mezzo-soprano, and large chamber ensemble) • 3rd release in the audiophile avant garde lp series issued by stereo equipment manufacturer Acoustic Research. Crumb's piece is adapted from poems by Frederico Garcia Lorca and performed by mezzo-soprano Jan DeGaetani and the University of Pennsylvania Contemporary Players conducted by Richard Wernick. London conducts his own work which is performed by Marilyn Coles, soprano, Royal MacDonald, narrator, and The University Of Illinois Contemporary Chamber Ensemble. | Acoustic Research in collaboration with Deutsche Grammophon 0654 085 | nm | ex | 16.00 | ||
| Live-recordings of the concerts of the 1968 international composition and interpretation competition of the Gaudeamus Foundation-- Vinko Globokar: Traumdeutung (1967 for 4 choirs and instrumental quartet) / Helmut Lachenmann: Interieur I (1967 for percussionist) / Brian Ferneyhough: Sonatas for String Quartet (1967) / Anthony Falaro: Cosmoi (1967 for string orchestra) / Olivier Messiaen: Canteyodjaya (1948 for piano) / Reinbert de Leeuw: Music For Piano I (1964) / Carel Brons: Imaginations (1966 for piano) / Heinz Martin Lonquich: Concerto da Camera (for harp and orchestra) / Jo Van Den Booren: Spectra (for wind quintet) / Ton de Kruyf: Tone Aus Der Ferne (for mezzo-soprano and orchestra) • Ultra rare limited edition private press 3lp set documenting the prize winners from this competition. Globokar's piece won first prize. The prize-winning performers are the great Michael Ranta (percussion on the Lachenmann piece, one of the highlights of the set), Ronald Lumsden (piano on the Messiaen piece), Nancy Voigt (piano on the Brons), and Anita Krochmalska (piano on the De Leeuw). Notes are in the form of several minimal tall yellow cards, all in all a beautiful box set. | Gaudeamus Foundation 69001-3 | all 3 vg | vg+ | 90.00 | ||
| Georges Ivanovitch Gurdjieff: Sacred Hymns (1980 for piano) • Keith Jarrett performs this composition transcribed for piano by Thomas De Hartmann. | ECM 1-1174 | vg+ | ex- | 6.00 | ||
| Jacques Lasry + Sarah Gorby: Les Inoubliables Chants Du Ghetto (arr. for Sructures Sonores Lasry-Baschet and orchestra) • Scarce 1976 French gatefold cover issue of this mid-60s recording of Jewish ghetto, concentration camp, and partisan resistance folk songs of World War II performed using experimental sound sculptures made of metal and glass, arranged by Lasry and sung in their original Yiddish by Gorby. The music is wholly unclassifiable, with the unique Structures giving the tragic Holocaust folk music an avant garde and ethereal sound. Includes French translation of the songs. | Arion ARN 34357 | nm | nm- | 32.00 | ||
| Music For Electronic & Older Instruments-- Otto Luening + Vladimir Ussachevsky: Concerted Piece For Tape Recorder And Orchestra (1960) / Ussachevsky: Of Wood And Brass (1965 for electronic tape); Wireless Fantasy (1960 for electronic tape) / Mel Powell: Events For Tape Recorder (1963); Second Electronic Setting (1962); Improvisation (1962 for piano, clarinet, viola); Two Prayer Settings (1963 for chamber ensemble and tenor) • 1968 lp with rare early electronic pieces from the Columbia-Princeton Electronic Music Center. Wireless Fantasy is a stunning musique concrete piece made out of recordings of historic early radio transmission devices. The Concerted Piece is among the first to combine electronics with orchestra and is performed by the Oslo Philharmonic conducted by Jose Serebrier. | CRI 227 USD | nm- | nm- | 42.00 | ||
| Toshiro Mayuzumi: Nirvana-Symphonie (1958) • First mono pressing of this audiophile lp with a beautiful stark abstract cover designed by a young, pre-Beatles Yoko Ono; this was her first ever album artwork. The Nirvana symphony incorporates Zen Sutra and Tendai texts and was influenced by Buddhist philosophy, by the intonation and rhythm of the Sutra recitations of Buddhist priests, and by Schoenberg and Varese in their use of "tone-colour-melody" and "musical structures drawn from the energy inherent in sound itself." With the NHK Symphony Orchestra, the Mixed Chorus of Tokyo Choraliers, and Nippon University Chorus Group, conducted by Wilhelm Schuchter. | Time Series 2000 58004 | vg | vg+ | 16.00 | ||
| Music for Ondes Martenot-- Olivier Messiaen: Fete Des Belles Eaux (1937 for 6 Ondes Martenot) / Darius Milhaud: Suite (1932 for Martenot and piano) / Jacques Charpentier: Lalita (for Martenot and percussion) • Stunning showcase for the Ondes Martenot early electronic keyboard instrument. Recordings made under the direction of main Martenot soloist Jeanne Loriod, accompanied by Nelly Caron, Monique Matagne, Renee Recoussine, Karel Trow, and Henriette Chanforan on Martenot, John Philips on piano, and Didier Duclos on percussion. | MHS 821 | vg+ | ex | 50.00 | ||
| Aurora Borealis - Music From Norway-- Arne Nordheim: Spur (1975 for spatially amplified accordion and orchestra) / Bjorn Fongaard: Legende Op.68 (1968 for orchestra) / Alfred Janson: Forspill (1976 for orchestra) / Finn Arnestad: Arabesk (1976 for orchestra) / John Persen: CSV (1976 for orchestra with pistol shots) / Ragnar Soderlind: Polaris (1970 for orchestra) / Olav Anton Thommessen: Barbaresk (1974, reorch. by Arnt Bukkevold for orchestra in 1978) • 2lp set featuring avant garde Norwegian composers, with a beautiful art cover by Edvard Munch (in miniature on the front, full size on the back). The Nordheim and Janson works each take up an entire side. Mogens Ellegaard plays accordion in the Nordheim, Arve Tellefsen plays violin on the Janson, and the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra under Per Dreier performs all works. | Unicorn UN2-75028 | ex+, nm | vg+ | 20.00 | ||
| Tom Oberheim + Richard Grayson: Live Electronic Music-- Ostinato (for 2 synthesizers); Rain (for piano processed by ring modulator and tape delay); Homage To J.S. Bach (for harpsichord processed by tape delay); Improvisation After Satie; Meadow Music • The only ever recording by legendary synth designer Oberheim, documenting his early 70s collaborations with Stockhausen student Grayson. | Orion ORS 74142 | vg | vg+ | 40.00 | ||
| Harry Partch: Delusion of the Fury - A Ritual of Dream and Delusion (1969 opera in 2 acts for large ensemble of unique instruments & voices) • Rare original complete 3lp box of this TAS-listed masterpiece, probably the best ever audiophile recording of Partch's microtonal instrument-sculpture creations. Under the composer's supervision, Danlee Mitchel conducts this epic work in Partch's 43-note-to-the-octave scale. Disc 3, which only came with 1st pressings, is "The Instruments of Harry Partch," a full-length bonus lp filled entirely with recordings of Partch himself speaking about and then playing solos on each of the 27 instruments he invented. Get it at a discount due to the trashed cover! | Columbia Masterworks M2 30576 | all 3 vg+ | g- | 38.00 | ||
| The World Of Harry Partch: Daphne of the Dunes (1967); Barstow - 8 hitchhiker inscriptions from a highway railing (1941/67); Castor & Pollux - a dance for the Twin Rhythms of Gemini (1952) • Rare audiophile quad issue! Performed by Partch and his ensemble on his unique microtonal instruments/sound sculptures. Features jazz vibist Emil Richards, avant-improv percussionist Michael Ranta, and conductor Danlee Mitchell. | Columbia MQ 31227 | vg+ | vg+ | 35.00 | ||
| The World Of Harry Partch: Daphne of the Dunes (1967); Barstow - 8 hitchhiker inscriptions from a highway railing (1941/67); Castor & Pollux - a dance for the Twin Rhythms of Gemini (1952) • Original 1969 2-eye stereo issue of the above. | Columbia MS 7207 | vg+ | vg | 21.00 | ||
| New Sounds In Electronic Music-- Steve Reich: Come Out (1964 for tape) / Pauline Oliveros: I of IV (1966 for electronics) / Richard Maxfield: Night Music (1960 for tape) • Come Out uses Reich's technique of phase shifting to create a gradually varying polyrhythmic text-sound drone out of multiple tape loops of the same vocal "sample" falling slightly out-of-sync with each other. Oliveros' sidelong work is a beautiful enveloping microtonal drone made at the Toronto Electronic Music Studio using 12 sine-tone square-wave generators connected to an organ keyboard, two amplifiers, a mixer, Hammond reverb, and a delay system using 2 tape recorders. The work by Fluxus artist Maxfield was realized with the assistance of David Tudor, and uses sawtooth wave and pulse generators in conjunction with tape splicing to evoke bird sounds. | Odyssey 32 16 0160 | nm- | vg | 28.00 | ||
| Miklos Rozsa: Spellbound OST (1945 for Theremin and orchestra) • 1st lp issue of the soundtrack to the Alfred Hitchcock film, with the Theremin highlighted during the Salvador Dali-designed dream sequences, played by Dr. Samuel J. Hoffman. This 1958 version with Ray Heindorf conducting an uncredited orchestra and Hoffman reprising his original role as Thereminist is a higher quality stereo recording made to accompany a stereo rerelease of the film. | Warner Bros. 1213 | vg+ | vg+ | 23.00 | ||
| Electronic Works Created by the Oskar Sala Sound Studios-- Oskar Sala: Five Improvisations On Magnetic Tape (196?) / Remi Gassman: Electronic Music to the ballet Electronics (1961) • Mega-rare unopened copy of these pioneering experimental works performed by Sala on the Trautonium early electronic microtonal keyboard instrument. Sala's own compositions are a set of brief studies ranging from atmospheric drones and melodies to rhythmic, percussive ditties betraying a sort of demented pop/jazz influence, all beautifully drenched in noise and reverb. Gassman's sidelong piece is larger in scope and was made to accompany a performance by the New York City Ballet under George Balanchine. | Westminster WST 14143 | (sealed) | nm- (sealed) | 70.00 | ||
| Karlheinz Stockhausen: Kurzwellen ("Short Wave," 1968 for improvising electroacoustic ensemble); Setz die Segel zur Sonne ("Set Sail for the Sun," 1968 for improvising electroacoustic ensemble) • Players on varying combos of Buchla synthesizer, tam-tam, piano, alto saxophone, radio, percussion, and alto and soprano recorders react to each other and interpret the score spontaneously while 2 other players filter and mix the output. Especially noteworthy in that unlike most Stockhausen recordings, this one does not involve the composer's infamously iron-fisted 'supervisory' grip, being instead independently realized by US ensemble The Negative Band and performed live at a 1974 LA concert. Released on the great label run by Ilhan Mimaroglu. | Finnadar SR 9009 | ex- | vg+ | 35.00 | ||
| Morton Subotnick: Touch (1969 composition for Buchla Electronic Music System, 4 channel version) • Audiophile quadraphonic pressing of Subotnick's abstract rhythmic synthesizer explorations, with notes by Mel Powell. | Columbia MQ 31019 | ex | vg+ | 23.00 | ||
| Morton Subotnick: 4 Butterflies (1974 for Buchla Electric Music Box, 4 channel version) • The rarest of all Subotnick audiophile quadraphonic issues, here he continues to explore the outer limits of his custom-built Donald Buchla synth system for creating brilliant microtonal drones and abstract electronic madness. Moments of synthetic tribal percussion freak outs morph into eery wind-like atmospheric howls in this piece patterned after the life cycle of the butterfly. | Columbia MQ 32741 | vg+ | vg | 30.00 | ||
| Toru Takemitsu: Water Music (1960 for magnetic tape); Vocalism Ai (1956 for magnetic tape); Coral Island (1962 for soprano and orchestra) • Essential 1969 lp with some of the earliest musique concrete composed in Japan. Water Music is made entirely out of water drop sounds; Vocalism Ai is a collage of tape-manipulated recordings of a man and a woman reciting the Japanese word for "love". Coral Island is an avant garde orchestral work that features Matsumi Masuda, soprano, and the Yomiuri Nippon Symphony Orchestra conducted by Hiroshi Wakasugi. | RCA Victrola VICS-1334 | ex | vg+ | 28.00 | ||
| Bertram Turetzky: Dragonetti Lives!-- Domenico Dragonetti: Solo In B Flat For Contrabass & Piano; Three Unaccompanied Waltzes; Duo For Cello & Contrabass • On this rare album from guitarist John Fahey's label, the seminal experimental bassist Turetzky pays tribute to the 18th/19th century Italian-English bassist-composer Dragonetti. Applying his modern technique to the material, Turetzky demonstrates the visionary and pioneering quality of Dragonetti's little-known compositions for contrabass, among the earliest ever works written especially for that instrument. A fascinating and essential recording of centuries-old avant garde music performed by a contemporary experimental master. | Takoma C-1042 | ex+ | ex- | 27.00 | ||
| Contemporary Music Project #5-- Stefan Wolpe: Piece In Two Parts For Solo Violin (1964); Form (1959 for piano) / Charles Whittenberg: Variations For Nine Players (1964) / Phillip Rhodes: Duo For Violin And Cello • Audiophile avant garde series put out by stereo equipment manufacturer. Performers include Paul Zukofsky, violin, Robert Sylvester, cello, Rosemary Harbison, violin, Russell Sherman, piano, and Arthur Weisberg conducting the Contemporary Chamber Ensemble featuring John Swallow on trombone. | Acoustic Research in collaboration with Deutsche Grammophon 0654 087 | ex+ | vg | 16.00 | ||
| Bernd Alois Zimmermann: Tratto (1966 for electronic sounds in the form of a choreographic study); "Die Befristeten" Ode to Eleutheria in the form of Death Dances (1967 for jazz quintet); "Die Soldaten" Jazz Episode Act II Scene 2 (1965 for jazz quintet) • Rare lp with a fantastic early electronic work, and also featuring some of the earliest recordings by German free jazz leader Manfred Schoof's Quintet. Tratto is a complexly layered montage of purely electronic tones dedicated to Herbert Eimert and realized at the Studio fur elektronische Musik der Hochschule fur Musik Koln. The other 2 works are experimental jazz pieces with controlled frameworks for free improvisation, performed by Schoof (cornet), Gerd Dudek (clarinet and saxophones), Alexander von Schlippenbach (piano and piano strings), Buschi Niebergall (contrabass), and Jackie Liebezeit (percussion) working off of Zimmermann's graphic scores and improvisation charts. | Heliodor Presents Wergo 2549 005 | vg+ | nm- | 38.00 |
Moogsploitation|Early Electronic Pop|Synthesized Classical|Synth Demo|Space-Age Pop records for sale
(in no particular order...)
| Cover Pic | LP Title | Label/Cat# | Vinyl Condition | Cover Condition | Current Price In $USD | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Harry Revel + Les Baxter + Dr. Samuel J. Hoffman: Perfume Set To Music (1948) • Scarce 7" 45rpm ep issue of some of the first recordings to feature the Theremin early electronic instrument. These proto-space-age-pop easy listening songs were composed by Revel and conducted by Baxter (in one of his earliest appearances on record), with the Theremin played by Hoffman. This album was sponsored by the Corday perfume company, and each of Revel's songs is an attempt to sonically portray one of their fragrances. | RCA Victor EPA-231 | vg | vg | 20.00 | ||
| Clara Rockmore: Theremin presented by Shirleigh and Robert Moog • Rarely seen audiophile half-speed master Japanese issue from 1981 ("imported Super Vinyl Pressing from JVC-Japan"), by far the scarcest and most brilliant-sounding version of this album ever released! This 1975 recording, probably the greatest example of the Theremin being taken seriously as a solo instrument, features the Theremin's original virtuoso and darling of inventor Leon Theremin performing arrangements for Theremin and piano of works by Rachmaninoff, Saint-Saens, De Falla, Wieniawski, Stravinsky, Ravel, Tschaikowsky, and Glazunov alongside pianist Nadia Reisenberg. Includes extensive essays by Robert Moog (who produced this album along with his wife) on the device's history, inner workings, and eccentric inventor. | Delos Quality Audiophile Series D/QA 25437 | nm | ex+ | 180.00 | ||
| Mort Garson: Music For Sensuous Lovers By "Z" • Private pressing of psychedelic Moog-electronica-lounge-funk combined with the processed sounds of a woman orgasmically moaning for the length of both sides! This classic oddity was pseudonymously made by occult-Moog-psych pioneer-weirdo Mort Garson, though I don't think we will ever know for sure whether this is some kind of joke album, or a shameless attempt to use sex to help sell the Moog fad, or a serious attempt at making romantic electronic music, or just a porn soundtrack - either way, the music is actually pretty cool and stands quite well on its own (as in most of Garson's odd electronic projects). | Sensuous Records 5800 | vg+ | vg | 24.00 | ||
| Bell Telephone Laboratories: Computer Speech - Examples of Synthesized Speech Developed for Educational Use (1963) • Scarce one-sided private pressing 7" issued by the folks behind the legendary Music From Mathematics and Voice Of The Computer early electronic music lps. This artifact presents the first ever recordings of electronic speech synthesis, as researched at Bell Labs by scientist D.H. VanLenten using an ancient punchcard-fed IBM mainframe computer. A narrator discusses the wonders of "speech artificially constructed from the basic building blocks of the English language" and the issues of timing, pitch, and accents, and provides several computerized speech examples including the "to be or not to be" soliloquy from Hamlet and the song "Bicycle Built for Two" (in 2 versions, one a capella and one accompanied by synthesized tones probably programmed by Max Mathews [though this is a different version from the track on the Music From Mathematics album]). This record was apparently distributed to school libraries around the US (reportedly making a memorable impression on many awestruck children), and inspired filmmaker Stanley Kubrick in his staging of HAL's death scene in 2001: A Space Odyssey (when HAL sings "Bicycle Built for Two"). | Bell Telephone Laboratories, Incorporated [private pressing, no cat#] | vg+ | ex | 70.00 | ||
| Mike Hankinson and the Putney VCS 3 Synthesizer: The Unusual Classical Synthesizer (1972) • Showcase for the capabilities of the Electronic Music Studios Synthi VCS-3, the first ever recording of this pioneering 1969 British synth (which would be used by the BBC Radiophonic Workshop, Brian Eno, Tangerine Dream, Pink Floyd, Klaus Schulze, Depeche Mode, etc.). Includes a selection of works by Bach, Sweelinck, Scarlatti, Clementi, Mozart, and Beethoven, layering up to 11 tracks at once of the EMS synth. Hankinson went on to compose for the Chappell Recorded Music Library. | Westminster Gold WGS-8182 | ex- | nm- | 21.00 | ||
| Gershon Kingsley: First Moog Quartet (1970) • Original pressing with gatefold cover. Kingsley conducts a group consisting of 4 Moogs, bass, drums and other percussion, keyboard, and vocalists. The first side has Kingsley going avant garde with some experimental settings of crazy children's poetry including the oft-sampled "I hear the drummer strike the sky", while the second side returns to the more familiar Perrey-Kingsley territory of creatively reorchestrated funky pop psych covers (including the Beatles, Simon and Garfunkel, etc.). Sampled by Luke Vibert, Pete Rock, Everlast, and others. | Audio Fidelity AFSD 6234 | vg+ | ex- | 21.00 | ||
| The Amazing ARP Soloist: It's A One Hand Band! • Early 70s demonstration ep with funky electronic pop and classical instrumentals performed by Dave Fredericks on a multitracked ARP Soloist. This is a particularly unusual 7" as most of the other ARP demo discs came with blank covers, unlike this one which includes a nice picture sleeve complete with sales copy ("Relying heavily on the sophisticated technology of the larger ARP synthesizers, we designed a synthesizer that can be played by keyboard artists with no electronic background at all. It's an entire orchestra of sound, available at the flick of the switch... We are witnessing the coming of age of an exciting new era in music..."). Tracks are: "San Antonio Rose," "Love Story," "Tijuan-an ARP," "Short ARP Solos," "Mockingbird Hill." These synth demo eps were produced in limited numbers for distribution by ARP dealers to prospective customers, and are a hard to find piece of early electronic music history. | ARP Instruments [private pressing, no cat#] | vg+ | ex | 35.00 | ||
| The ARP Pro Soloist Synthesizer • Rare ca. 1972 synth demo 7" with funky electronic pop and classical tunes performed by Dave Fredericks on ARP Pro Soloist accompanied by electric organ and drums. Includes a funky pop version of "Also Sprach Zarathustra", a more seriously classical "Hungarian Arpsody No.6", and a jazzy "On Green Dolphin Street", as well as "I Can See Clearly Now," "Killing Me Softly," and "Gravy Waltz." These synth demo eps were produced in limited numbers for distribution by ARP dealers to prospective customers, and are a hard to find piece of early electronic music history. | ARP Instruments [private pressing, no cat#] | vg+ | (blank sleeve as issued) | 16.00 | ||
| The ARP Family Of Synthesizers • Scarcest ARP promotional 7" record from the early 70s featuring prog rock keyboardist Roger Powell (of Todd Rundgren's Utopia) demonstrating the capabilities of several ARP synthesizers (Soloist, 2500, Odyssey) and showing off their use by artists like Pete Townshend. One side has sound examples and narration by Powell explaining how ARPs can be used in rock, jazz, classical, and avant garde settings. The other side has electronic instrumental tunes by Dave Fredericks (funky electronic pop, including the killer library funk breakbeat track "Stinger") and Powell (prog rock tracks taken from his Cosmic Furnace lp). These synth demo eps were produced in limited numbers for distribution by ARP dealers to prospective customers, and are a hard to find piece of early electronic music history. | ARP Instruments [private pressing, no cat#] | vg+ | (blank sleeve as issued) | 23.00 | ||
| Walter [Wendy] Carlos: and The Well-Tempered Synthesizer • Original 2-eye pressing of this 1969 follow up lp to Switched-On Bach with works by Monteverdi, Scarlatti, Handel, and J.S. Bach beautifully arranged for Moog. Includes notes by Glenn Gould and Carlos. | Columbia Masterworks MS 7286 | vg | vg+ | 2.00 | ||
| Walter [Wendy] Carlos: Switched-On Bach II • 1973 sequel to the Moogsploitation classic. | Columbia KM 32659 | ex- | vg+ | 4.00 | ||
| Walter [Wendy] Carlos Performing On The Moog Synthesizer: Switched-On Bach • 70s press of this 1968 landmark classic. | Columbia MS 7194 | vg | vg- | 2.00 | ||
| Jimmy Carroll: Speed The Parting Guest -- Hi Fi Bull In A Chime Shop (1955) • Intense all-percussion experimental pop 33rpm 10", one of the earliest audiophile records ever pressed. Carroll's ensemble features many luminaries of space-age pop and exotica including Phil Kraus, Harry Breuer, Terry Snyder, Willie Rodriguez, Carroll Bratman, and Ed Vito, performing on buzzimba, kettles, gongs, cow bells, dulcimer, cocktail shakers, tymbales, glockenspiel, vibraphones, harp, toy drum, xylophones, wind machine, celeste, temple bells, sirens, and more. | Cook Laboratories 1041 | vg | vg+ | 16.00 | ||
| Persuasive Percussion 1966 • Audiophile space age pop loungecore lp produced by Loren Becker and Robert Byrne with Jack Andrews arrangements. | Command RS 895 SD | vg+ | vg+ | 4.00 |
Jazz|Funk|Soul|Disco|Breaks records for sale
(alphabetized by leader or group name)
| LP Title | Label/Cat# | Vinyl Condition | Cover Condition | Current Price In $USD | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ashford & Simpson: Is It Still Good To Ya • 1978 disco soul sampled on Zhane's "Request Line". | Warner Bros. BSK 3219 | vg+ | vg+ | 2.00 | |
| Ruby Braff & George Barnes Quartet: Salutes Rodgers And Hart • 1975 lp featuring George Barnes (guitar), Ruby Braff (trumpet, cornet), Michael Moore (bass), Wayne Wright (rhythm guitar). | Concord CJ 7 | nm- | vg+ | 2.00 | |
| Chick Corea and Return To Forever: Light As A Feather • Great 1973 prog fusion album with Stanley Clarke, Airto Moreira, Joe Farrell, and Flora Purim. | Polydor PD 5525 | vg | vg | 3.00 | |
| Crusaders: Ghetto Blaster • 1984 synth-heavy soul jazz with Joe Sample, Wilton Felder, and Leon Ndugu Chancler. Sample plays Yamaha DX-7 and GS-1, Prophet 5, Prophet 8, and Mini Moog. | MCA 5429 | vg+ | vg+ | 2.00 | |
| Aretha Franklin: Amazing Grace • 1972 double album soul gospel collaboration with James Cleveland and the Southern California Community Choir. | Atlantic SD 2-906 | both vg | vg+ | 2.00 | |
| Aretha Franklin: With Everything I Feel in Me • 1974 lp featuring a contribution from Stevie Wonder. | Atlantic SD 18116 | vg+ | vg+ | 2.00 | |
| The Gap Band: II • 1979 Holland pressing of this classic funk disco lp sampled by Snoop Dogg, DJ Quik, Snap, Spice 1, Yarbrough & Peoples, 2nd II None, Romanthony, and Heartbreaker. | Mercury 9111 062 | vg- | vg+ | 2.00 | |
| Freddy Gardner with Peter Yorke's Orchestra: Classic Solos By England's Unforgettable Genius Of The Saxophone • 1960s lp reissuing 78s from the 40s. | Capitol T 10296 | vg+ | ex | 2.00 | |
| Graham Central Station: [S/T] • Original pressing of the debut of this funk band led by the bassist from Sly and The Family Stone. Sampled by Lench Mob, Das EFX, and KAM. | Warner Bros BS 2763 | vg+ | vg- | 2.00 | |
| Garland Jeffreys: Rock & Roll Adult • Live album with Jeffreys backed by UK band The Rumour. | Epic FE 37436 | vg+ | vg+ | 2.00 | |
| Scott Joplin: The Red Back Book • 33rpm issue, with bonus tracks not found on 45rpm version. Gunther Schuller conducts the New England Conservatory Ragtime Ensemble. | Angel S-36060 | vg+ | ex | 2.00 | |
| Stan Kenton: Plays For Today • Original 1960s stereo pressing with bossa/Latin-flavored jazz/space age pop arrangements for 5 trumpets, bass, and percussion of pop-psych (including 2 Beatles tunes) and standards. | Capitol ST 2655 | vg+ | vg- | 2.00 | |
| Kool and the Gang: The Force (1977) | De-Lite DSR-9501 | vg+ | vg+ | 2.00 | |
| Les McCann: In San Francisco • Later reissue of this classic 1960 live recording featuring Ron Jefferson and Herbie Lewis. | Pacific Jazz LN-10077 | ex | vg+ | 2.00 | |
| Carmen McRae: I'm Coming Home Again • Soul jazz double album recorded in 1978 featuring Hank Crawford, Cornell Dupree, Freddie Hubbard, Hubert Laws, Chris Parker, Grover Washington Jr., Buster Williams, and Errol Crusher Bennett. | Buddah B2D 6501 | both vg | vg+ | 2.00 | |
| Carmen McRae: Bittersweet • With Norman Simmons, Victor Sproles, Curtis Boyd, and Mundell Lowe. | Focus 334 | vg | vg+ | 2.00 | |
| Jean-Luc Ponty: Upon The Wings Of Music • Fantastic 1975 fusion lp by the electric violinist who played in the Mahavishnu Orchestra. With keyboardist Patrice Rushen, Dan Sawyer or Ray Parker Jr. on guitars, bassist Ralphe Armstrong, and drummer Ndugu. | Atlantic SD 18138 | vg+ | vg+ | 3.00 | |
| Arthur Prysock: Mister Prysock (1967) | Verve V6-5014 | vg+ | vg | 2.00 | |
| Howard Rumsey's Lighthouse All-Stars: Volume 3 • Rare original 1953 red vinyl 45rpm picture sleeve ep. With Hampton Hawes, Shorty Rogers, Milt Bernhart, Jimmy Giuffre, Frank Patchen, Shelly Manne. | Contemporary EP C4004 | vg+ | vg- | 4.00 | |
| Howard Rumsey's Lighthouse All-Stars: Volume 5 • Rare original 1953 red vinyl 45rpm picture sleeve ep. With Shorty Rogers (for some reason credited as "name withheld" on this original cover!), Milt Bernhart, Jimmy Giuffre, Bob Cooper, Rus Freeman, Shelly Manne. | Contemporary EP C4006 | vg+ | vg- | 4.00 | |
| Howard Rumsey's Lighthouse All-Stars: Volume 6 • Rare original 1953 red vinyl 45rpm picture sleeve ep. With Max Roach, Rolf Ericson, Herb Geller, Bob Cooper, Bud Shank, Claude Williamson, Jack Costanzo, Milt Bernhart. | Contemporary EP C4008 | vg+ | vg | 4.00 | |
| Lonnie Liston Smith: Rejuvenation • 1985 jazz funk with Robert Zantay on the lyricon electronic instrument plus Premik, Cecil McBee, others. | Doctor Jazz FW40063 | ex | ex | 2.00 | |
| Phoebe Snow: Second Childhood • Canadian pressing of this 1976 jazz vocal lp. | Columbia PC 33952 | ex | ex+ | 2.00 | |
| Dick Stabile: At The Statler • Rare 50s big band jazz lp. | Tops L1590 | vg+ | vg- | 2.00 | |
| Bob Thiele Emergency: Head Start (1969) • White label promo copy of this excellent and rare experimental jazz 2lp set by this legendary producer, enlisting the help of many friends he has worked with over the years, with contributions from Ornette Coleman, Elvin Jones, Joe Farrell, Jon Appleton, Charlie Haden, and many others. Stylistically this epic double album is all over the map, ranging from free jazz to avant-trad to blues to electronic and grouping the dozens of players in widely varying ensembles. Early electronic music collectors will especially cherish "A Few Thoughts For The Day," a sidelong gem which combines Appleton's musique concrete tape manipulations and synthesizers with avant garde big band sounds, featuring samples of news broadcasts and speeches of famous revolutionary figures of the day - "In other words, we put in the new orchestral music and the latest in electronic sounds, together with the voices and sounds of the destruction of the world." Side two is a 6-part suite called "The Jazz Story" which traces the history of jazz from blues to free improv, and side three consists of a tribute to John Coltrane featuring Elvin and Ornette. Recommended! | Flying Dutchman FDS-104 | vg+, vg | vg+ | 60.00 | |
| Lucky Thompson: Dancing Sunbeam • White label promo copy of this double album from 1975 issuing recordings from 1956 featuring Thompson with Jimmy Cleveland, Hank Jones, Oscar Pettiford, Osie Johnson, Skeeter Best, and Don Abney. | ABC Impulse ASH-9307-2 | vg+, ex- | vg | 3.00 | |
| Various: Traditional Jazz Salon '85 - Selected and produced by Antonin Matzner • Unusual Czech lp of live recordings from a festival of traditional jazz held in Prague, featuring various european groups including Jazzfonicky Orchestr Praha (Czechoslovakia), Steamboat Stompers Praha (Czechoslovakia), Revival Club Bratislava (Czechoslovakia), Hot Dogs (Holland), Steve Lane's Famous Southern Stompers (UK), and Swing Dixie Band Gabrovo (Bulgaria). Tracks range from Fats Waller tunes to traditional pieces to originals. | Supraphon 1115 3966 | vg+ | ex- | 2.00 | |
| The Walter Wanderly Trio: Cheganca • Wanderly on electric organ and arrangements, backed by 2 percussionists, Bobby Rosengarden and Sol Gubin. | MGM Latino Series LAT 10,010 | vg+ | vg+ | 2.00 | |
| Sadao Watanabe: Maisha • 1985 soul jazz/smooth jazz with Harvey Mason on drums and guest solos by Herbie Hancock on 2 tracks. | Elektra 60431-1 | vg | vg+ | 2.00 | |
| Paul Whiteman And His Orchestra Featuring Bing Crosby • 1968 2-eye mono pressing compiling swing-era tracks previously only available on 78s from the 1920s and 30s, also featuring Bix Beiderbecke. Promo copy with timing sticker. | Columbia Hall Of Fame Series CL 2830 | vg+ | vg+ | 2.00 | |
| John Wood + Tony Dumas: Inner Merge • Small label jazz lp with John Wood (piano), Tony Dumas (bass), Ray Pizzi (flute and soprano sax), and Billy Higgins (drums), plus notes by Leonard Feather. | Strand SL 1074 | vg+ | ex- | 2.00 |
Oddball|Spoken Word|Educational|Sound Effects|World|Folk|Non-Avant Classical|Misc records for sale
(in no particular order...)
| LP Title | Label/Cat# | Vinyl Condition | Cover Condition | Current Price In $USD | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sounds Of A Tropical Rain Forest In America • Fantastic 1960 lp of field recordings of natural sounds from the Montaña rainforest region in eastern Peru, originally made to accompany a 1951 exhibit on Peruvian Indians at the Museum Of Natural History in New York. One side is sounds of the dry season (monkeys, crickets, toucans, macaws, cicadas, etc.), and the other side covers the rainy season (toads, more birds, an extended rainfall sequence, etc.), with no narration just gorgeous raw sound. Includes notes by Folkways founder Moses Asch, who produced and edited this lp. | Folkways Science Series FX 6120 | vg+ | nm | 36.00 | |
| Sounds Of Sea Animals - Volume 2: Florida • Great 1955 album of unusual sounds recorded by W.N. Kellogg of the Florida State University Oceanographic Institute using special underwater acoustical equipment provided by the US Navy. "The noises produced by crustacea, fishes, and other organisms of the ocean are best described by such terms as clicks, croaks, grunts, rattles, thumps, or whistles... In some cases the underwater crepitation made by large numbers of crustaceans or fishes is so great as to produce a positive din-- like static in a radio." All sounds are repeated at least twice (with and without accompanying narration), and some of the sounds are presented at varying speeds, making this a great unintentional musique concrete/turntablism sound effects tool. Includes booklet with extensive notes and illustrations. | Folkways Science Series FX 6125 | vg | ex | 27.00 | |
| The Sounds Of Jerusalem • Rare 1959 lp of unique middle eastern cityscape sounds of 1950s Jerusalem, a fascinating sound portrait of the city produced by Yehuda Lev. Tracks include Early Morning, Newsboys, Tourist Guide, Hassidic Chant, The Children Of Jerusalem, The Communities Of Jerusalem, Night Sounds, Train Announcements, Bus, Market, Poetry, various religious ceremonies, street conversations in many different languages, and more. Includes insert. | Folkways FW 8552 | vg+ | ex | 30.00 | |
| Elie Siegmeister: String Quartet No.2 (1960) / Ellis Kohs: A Short Concert For String Quartet (1948) • Neoromantic modern classical lp. The Siegmeister piece is performed by the Galimir String Quartet (Felix Galimir, Marvin Morgenstern, Samuel Rhodes, Charles McCracken) and the Kohs is played by Eudice Shapiro, Nathan Ross, Sanford Schonbach, and Gabor Rejto. | CRI SD 176 | vg+ | ex- | 2.50 | |
| Elie Siegmeister: Violin Sonata No.1 (1951 for violin and piano); Violin Sonata No.5 (1972 for violin and piano) • Modern classical lp featuring the composer's daughter, Nancy Mandel, on violin, and her husband Alan Mandel on piano, performing these jazz- and blues-influenced works. | Grenadilla GS-1024 | vg+ | vg+ | 2.50 | |
| Carlos Do Carmo: A Voz Que Eu Tenho • 1975 Portugal-pressed 4 track 7" ep by this fado folk singer accompanied by Raul Nery, Antonio Chainho, Jose Maria Nobrega, and Thilo Krasmann. | Trova SON-100.030 | ex | ex- | 2.00 | |
| Elizeth Cardoso: outravez • 1983 Brazilian lp by this samba/bossa nova singer. | Som Livre 403.6271 | vg+ | vg+ | 2.00 | |
| Elizeth Cardoso: Live In Japan '77 • Brazilian lp by this samba/bossa nova singer. | Copacabana COLP 12.183 | vg | vg+ | 2.00 | |
| Alan Mills: Animals Vol. 1 • Rare 1956 children's folk 10". | Folkways FP-721 | g | vg | 2.00 | |
| Understanding And Appreciation Of The Novel by Morris Schreiber • Educational spoken word, tracks are: The Novel as a "Best Seller" / The Novel as a Literary Type / Growth of the Novel / Qualifications of the Novelist / Technique of the Novel / Some Famous World Novels Examined (Don Quixote, Robinson Crusoe, War And Peace, Madame Bovary, Huckleberry Finn, Moby Dick). Read by Schreiber and Kenneth Buckridge. | Folkways FL 9119 | vg | vg+ | 3.00 | |
| Stephen Spender: Readings • 8 poems read by the author, whose lyric poetry is, according to the notes, equal only to W.H.Auden. | Caedmon TC 1084 | vg+ | vg+ | 3.00 | |
| Reflections On A Gift Of A Watermelon Pickle... And Other Modern Verse-- poetry by Eve Merriam / Barriss Mills / David McCord / Theodore Roethke / Charles Malam / Sara Henderson Hay / Ruth Lechlitner / Philip Booth / Mildred Weston / Phyllis McGinley / Maxine Kumin / Robert Francis / Miriam Hershenson / William Carlos Williams / Ezra Pound / Arthur Guiterman / Hilaire Belloc / Sydney King Russell / Dorothy Parker / Langston Hughes / Dan Roth / Margaret Phyllis MacSweeney / May Swenson / Rosalie Moore / Richard Kendall Munkittrick / e.e.cummings / Elizabeth Coatsworth / Donald Finkel / Edwin A. Hoey / Babette Deutsch / Robert Francis / Eve Merriam / Dan Jaffe / Eleanor Averitt / Jeanne McGahey / John Tobias • Read by actors Ellen Holly and Paul Hecht and compiled by Stephen Dunning, Edward Lueders, and Hugh Smith. | Scholastic FS 11007 | vg+ | vg+ | 3.00 | |
| Rod McKuen: Pastorale • Words and music. Arranged and conducted by Arthur Greenslade with Members of The Westminster Symphony Orchestra. 2 lps. | Stanyan/Warner Brothers 2WS 1894 | ex, ex | vg+ | 3.00 | |
| Kayak: Starlight Dancer • Original 1977 US pressing of this Dutch prog rock band's 5th album. | Janus JXS 7034 | vg+ | ex- | 3.00 | |
| Streetwalkers: Red Card • Original 1976 US pressing of probably the best album by this British blues psych/art rock band founded by Roger Chapman and Charlie Whitney after Family disbanded. | Mercury SRM-1-1083 | ex+ | vg | 3.00 | |
| Kyle: Times That Try A Man's Soul • 1971 obscure psych. | Paramount/Family Productions P A S 6006 | vg+ | vg- | 2.00 |
