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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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Easley Blackwood: Twelve Microtonal Etudes For Electronic Music Media (1980) • 12 experimental electronic tracks, performed on a Polyfusion synthesizer, dividing the octave into a different number of equally-divided notes for each track. Mega-rare private pressing issued by the composer, who writes, "the project was to explore the tonal and modal behavior of all the equal tunings of 13 through 24 notes, devise a notation compatible with the chord progressions, and write a composition in each tuning to illustrate the chord progressions and practical application of the notation... these Etudes prove that equal tunings can produce expressively compelling progressions of hitherto alien harmonies and modes..." One of the most unique concept albums ever created, presenting complex, strange, and beautiful atonalities perhaps only hinted of in the work of Blackwood's forebears; highly recommended. | [composer's private press] E-639 | nm | vg+ | 55.00 | ||
| 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- | 25.00 | ||
| 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: Amores (1943 for prepared piano and percussion) / Andre Jolivet: Suite en Concert (1965 for flute and percussion) / Lou Harrison: First Concerto (1939 for flute and percussion) / Sven David Sandstrom: Drums (1980) • Scarce audiophile direct metal mastered lp with experimental percussion pieces performed by the Kroumata Percussion Ensemble and Manuela Wiesler, flute. | BIS LP-272 | nm | ex+ | 50.00 | ||
| 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+ | 5.00 | ||
| 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 | ||
| 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 | ||
| Diamanda Galas: S/T (1984) • Intense electronically processed experimental vocal noise, Galas' scarce 1st full album. With engineering and electronics contributions from Ed Herrmann and Richard Zvonar. | Metalanguage ML 119 | nm- | vg | 75.00 | ||
| Bengt Hambraeus: Constellations II (1959 for tape-manipulated organ sounds); Interferences (1962 for organ) • Fantastic early electronic musique concrete work that uses filtered organ sounds as source material, realized at the Milan Studio di Fonologia, plus an experimental organ composition performed by Karl Erik Welen. | Limelight LS 86052 | vg+ | vg+ | 25.00 | ||
| Andre Jolivet: Concerto for Ondes Martenot and Orchestra (1955); Concerto for Harp and Chamber Orchestra (1955) • 1950s 1st US issue. Avant garde work featuring the Ondes Martenot proto-synth (depicted beautifully on the cover), played by Ginette Martenot, sister of the inventor; its unique sound stays well in front and is not at all smothered by the orchestra. Jolivet conducts the Orchestre du Theatre National de l'Opera, and Lily Laskine plays harp in the other Concerto. | Westminster Vega XWN 18360 | vg+ | nm- | 35.00 | ||
| 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- | 35.00 | ||
| Elodie Lauten: Concerto For Piano And Orchestral Memory (1984 for Fairlight CMI synth, piano, tapes, cello, trombone, violin, viola) • Mega-rare obscure private pressing of an electroacoustic minimalist piece by this La Monte Young student and French-American punk/no-waver, featuring legendary avant-cellist and cult disco producer Arthur Russell. Also with trombonist Peter Zummo and violist Ron Lawrence, and the composer on piano and electronics. | Cat Collectors CKG 777 | ex+ | nm- | 85.00 | ||
| 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- | 50.00 | ||
| 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+ | 18.00 | ||
| 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+ | 45.00 | ||
| 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- | 45.00 | ||
| 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 | ||
| John Pfeiffer: Electronomusic (1968) • Little-known experimental electronic works created by this veteran RCA producer (one of the engineers behind Living Stereo) in his own private studio. Pfeiffer claimed he was trying to infuse his work with a more popular aesthetic as a reaction against "radical avant-gardism," and amidst his abstract soundscapes, recurring melodies and repetition (sometimes bordering on minimalism) can be heard. The highlight is the great "After Hours," a musique concrete collage of sounds from "the modern business office." | RCA VICS-1371 | vg+ | ex- | 37.00 | ||
| 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 | 29.00 | ||
| 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) | 80.00 | ||
| 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+ | 25.00 | ||
| 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 | 35.00 | ||
| 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+ | 30.00 | ||
| 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- | 28.00 | ||
| The Wind Harp: Song From The Hill (1972) • 2lps of gorgeous psychedelic droning microtonal soundscapes produced by a giant wind-activated sound sculpture (an aeolian harp) designed by Ward Mclain and constructed by an anonymous California hippie commune! The composition is credited to Harry Bee though the notes defer more to the wind itself. Complete with 22"x33" folder poster, but poster has a 1" hole in the middle and 1/2" hole on bottom from the cover cutout, see photo #6. | United Artists UAS-9963 | both vg+ | vg+ | 55.00 | ||
| 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 |
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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pierre Henry + Michel Colombier: Mass For Today (1967) / plus excerpts from Henry's The Green Queen (1964), Le Voyage (1963), and Variations For A Door And A Sigh (1963) • The heavily influential and oft-sampled crossover electronic pop/musique concrete classic Messe Pour Le Temps Present is a fantastic primitive rock-funk-electronic hybrid with Henry jamming on noisy electronic effects along with a mod psychedelic rock band complete with fuzz guitar and funky drummer. Tracks include "Psyche Rock", "Rock Electronique", "Jericho Jerk", "Teen Tonic", etc., plus excerpts from some of Henry's more experimental compositions. | Limelight LS 86065 | vg- | vg- | 8.00 | ||
| 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 | 80.00 | ||
| 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- | 23.00 | ||
| 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- | 22.00 | ||
| First Philadelphia Computer Music Festival • Privately issued by Creative Computing Magazine to document this 1978 festival, part of the Personal Computing '78 convention. The selections showcase the various digital audio technology available at the time, including some obscure synthesizers like the RCA COSMAC, ALF, NOTRAN, Software Technology, Newtech, Solid State, and Schertz computer music systems, playing a strangely eclectic mix of pop and classical tracks by the Beatles, Scott Joplin, J.S.Bach, Rimsky-korsakov (played backwards!), Neil Diamond, Pachelbel, Johann Wanhal, and others, using mostly early video game-like sounds. There's also an archival track by D.H. Van Lenten of Bell Laboratories, 'Synthesized Computer Speech Demonstration,' an excerpt from the Computer Speech ep originally issued in small numbers by Bell Labs in 1963. Includes rarely seen insert. | Creative Computing CR101 | ex | nm- | 32.00 | ||
| 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 | ||
| Wendy Carlos + Weird Al Yankovic: Peter & The Wolf; Carnival Of The Animals Part II • Scarce sealed 1988 original vinyl of this odd collaboration with parodies of children's classical works by Prokofiev and Saint-Saens/Ogden Nash. Yankovic narrates and contributes his trademark comedy while Carlos arranges and performs her typically lush electronic orchestrations using Mulogix Slave 32, Synergy, Kurzweil K150, and Yamaha RX5 synths and a Macintosh Plus Levco Prodigy with various MIDI gear. Cover illustrated by cartoonist Robert Grossman. | CBS FM 44567 | (sealed) | nm (sealed) | 50.00 | ||
| 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 | ||
| Esquivel: Infinity In Sound • Strange audiophile tricked-out arrangements of pop standards, a 1960 space age pop classic. This is the original mono issue which has some subtly different arrangements from the stereo version. | RCA Victor LPM-2225 | vg+ | vg+ | 6.00 | ||
| 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 | ||
| Ken Nordine and the Fred Katz Group: Son Of Word Jazz (1958) • Original pressing of the 2nd word jazz album, a space-age pop classic with Nordine using his unique deep-voiced spoken word style to combine his strange beatnik stories, stoned-out musings, and free-associations with swinging jazz backgrounds and occasional electronically treated sound effects and tape loops. | Dot DLP 25096 | vg- | vg | 3.00 |
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: Ghost Writer • Rare white label promo copy of this soul/jazz/reggae/rock hybrid featuring contributions from Dr. John, Michael and Randy Brecker, Al Cohn, David Sanborn, and James Taylor. | A&M SP-4629 | 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 | |
| John Klemmer: Finesse • 1981 fusion with Klemmer putting his sax through his trademark electronic effects, accompanied by bassist Bob Magnusson, keyboardist Russell Ferrante, drummer Ron McCurdy, and percussionist Steve Forman. | Elektra Musician 9 60197-1 | 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. | Contemporary EP C4002 | ex | ex+ | 2.00 | |
| Dick Stabile: At The Statler • Rare 50s big band jazz lp. | Tops L1590 | vg+ | vg- | 2.00 | |
| 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 | |
| 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 | |
| Anthology Of Negro Poets-- Langston Hughes / Sterling Brown / Claude McKay / Countee Cullen / Gwendolyn Brooks / Margaret Walker • 1966 lp edited by Arna Bontemps and read by the authors. Missing the insert booklet, but you can download a high quality PDF scan from the Smithsonian Folkways web site here. | Folkways FL 9791 | 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 |
