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| Pere Ubu - Dub Housing
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(Chrysalis CHR-1207 UK-76 EX 275:-)
Pere Ubu emerged from the urban wastelands of mid-'70s Cleveland to impact the American underground for generations to come; led by hulking frontman David Thomas, whose absurdist warble and rapturously demented lyrics remained the band's creative focus throughout their long, convoluted career, Ubu's protean art punk sound harnessed self-destructing melodies, scattershot rhythms, and industrial-strength dissonance to capture the angst and chaos of their times with both apocalyptic fervor and surprising humanity.
THE MODERN DANCE was Pere Ubu's debut and 1978's great leap forward in the wake of punk and its lesser descendents. As such, DUB HOUSING, 10 months its junior, was always going to have a hard act to follow. At heart an avant-garde troupe with an overbearing sense of alienation about them, Ubu resisted the hooks that earned THE MODERN DANCE so many of its plaudits. DUB HOUSING rode along on Tony Maimone's fluid bass work on "I Will Wait" and "Navvy," periodically breaking down into ordered chaos. You can almost hear the fragile building bricks tumble on "Thriller!"
Original UK pressing; both sleeve and vinyl are graded EX.
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| Perigeo - Genealogia
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(RCA Italiana TPL1-1080 Ita-74 VG+ 500:-)
Perigeo were founded in Rome in 1971: five professional musicians, all of them already largely active in the jazz and rock circuits of those years, who gathered in the studio to wisely blend together the two aforementioned music genres: this is probably the first example of jazz-rock music in Italy.
“Genealogia”, the group’s third LP, is widely regarded as their absolute pinnacle: the perfect balance between harmony and dissonance, catchiness and complexity of the musical phrasing. Jazz-rock is just a convenient label, because this really is music without boundaries, and Perigeo undoubtedly were among its best exponents.
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| Pop, Iggy - Nightclubbing
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(Swingin' Pig TSP-067-2 Lux-90 VG+ 500:-)
James Newell Osterberg, known professionally as Iggy Pop, was the vocalist and lyricist of proto-punk band The Stooges. He had a long collaborative and personal friendship with David Bowie over the course of his career, beginning when both musicians relocated to West Berlin to wean themselves off their respective drug addictions and Pop began his solo career by collaborating with Bowie on the 1977 albums "The Idiot" and "Lust for Life". Throughout his career, he is well known for his outrageous and unpredictable stage antics, poetic lyrics, and distinctive voice.
This set from the "Lust for Life Tour" was recorded at the Montezuma Hall, San Diego CA November 16, 1977.
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| Popol Vuh – Agape-Agape Love-Love
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(Uniton U-015 Nor-83 VG+ 300:-)
Popol Vuh as an experimental German band whose cosmic, trance-like music was a huge influence on modern ambience and worldbeat.
Two years after the issue of "Sei Still, Wisse ICH BIN", "Agape-Agape (Love-Love)" offers a deeper view of the same animal. Still utilizing a choir for Gregorian chant-like ethereal intensity - though they sing in Byzantine scales - pianist Florian Fricke, guitarist/percussionist Daniel Fichelscher, guitarist Conny Veit, and vocalist Renate Knaup delve deeply into the drone world of Fricke's sacred music muse.
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| Presley, Elvis - Aloha from Hawaii
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(RCA Victor DPS-2040 UK-73 EX 275:-)
"Aloha from Hawaii" captures Elvis' celebrated live television concert from 1973. Arguably, it also captures the peak of the Presley live extravaganzas of the '70s. The record finds Elvis pulling out all the stops, running through a set that favors covers and new material at the expense of classics.
Original UK pressing complete with insert.
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| Presley, Elvis - Elvis Aron Presley
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(RCA EAP-3699 US-80 SS 400:-)
This 8LP Box Set is a magnificient undertaking for RCA three years after Elvis' death. It contains some never before released songs (such as the piano-driven, countryish "Beyond The Reef"), rare singles and B-sides ("Hi-Heel Sneakers"), the complete 1961 benefit performance in Hawaii that turned out to be his last live appearance until the tapings of the 1968 special. Also an unreleased early live show in Las Vegas from 1956, a disc of Elvis at the piano, plus so much more. An exceptional collection.
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| Prince - Prince
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(Warner Bros K-56772 UK-79 VG+ 375:-)
This self-titled album is Prince's second album, and already his vision is becoming a little more focused, and you can really hear the seeds of his later efforts – a really remarkable, unique, and fascinating record that stands up with some of his best work, and bucks all late 70s trends and cliches in pop, soul and funk!
It has a kind of intimacy that was lacking on later sets – or maybe because the hit "I Wanna Be Your Lover" has such a mad groove! "Why You Wanna Treat Me So Bad" has the sly sound that would run throughout the rest of Prince's better work for years to come – and Chaka Khan would later cover "I Feel for You", and hit large with it in the 80s.
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| Proby, P.J. - Three Week Hero
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(Liberty LDL-83219E UK-69 VG+ 375:-)
James Marcus Smith was an American singer born 6 November 1938, Houston, Texas. Although he was initially based in the US, he later moved to the UK and found more success there.
Rare 1969 UK 12-track vinyl LP produced and arranged by John Paul Jones and featuring all members of Led Zeppelin as backing band. The medley 'Jim's Blues'/'George Wallace Is Rollin' In This Morninˈ', features all four members with Robert Plant playing harmonica and tambourine. Fully laminated pinched spine picture sleeve. Apart from a bit of laminate lift at the spine the sleeve is in wonderful condition - the vinyl has a few small marks and is rated Very Good+. A great copy of the rarest Proby Liberty LP!
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