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Opened, But Hardly Touched (2LP)
Original double album with gatefold sleeve on FMP from 1980, with original innersleeves.
Two Days at Cafe OTO
Drummer, visual artist and one of the original European free jazz players, Sven-Åke Johansson was never willing to settle for a single route of exploration. As a musician and composer he appeared on key recordings for the legendary FMP, delivered marine weather reports for Edition Telemark, crooned love songs for Ultra Eczema and was at the heart of the recent free music revival in Berlin via Umlaut alongside Joel Grip and Axel Dörner. “My work is not actually jazz, but rather the exploration of…
All It Was
This music was written in a period of intense emotions, as the grief and pain of losing my father tangled and fused with horror and despair at the genocide in Palestine – but life is complicated, and the music also comes from joy and love “Listening intently to raptors” is dedicated to the great bassist John Lindberg, and the title comes from an email correspondence we had during covid lockdown. “After a break” appeared fully formed after quite a long period of composer’s block, while listening …
Abanaba (LP)
Original 1972 LP on the highly collectable Futura label and one of their best titles, percussive drums solo improvisations at their best.
Le Massacre Du Printemps (LP)
Very rare 1971 album of experimental free music by the French master on the highly collectable Futura label.
Live In Wuppertal (LP)
Original edition on FMP of the first album from 1973 by 'the' free jazz big band, featuring Peter Brotzmann, Peter Kowald, Paul Lovens, Evan Parker, Alex Schlippenbach, Paul Rutherford, Kenny Wheeler and a host of others.
Jahrmarkt / Local Fair (LP)
Original 1977 album on Po Torch with gatefold sleeve by 'the' free jazz big band, featuring Peter Brotzmann, Albert Mangelsdorff, Anthony Braxton, Peter Kowald, Paul Lovens, Evan Parker, Enrico Rava, Alex Schlippenbach and a host of others.
Improvisations (LP)
Original German edition on Japo of the 1978 album by 'the' free jazz big band, featuring Peter Brotzmann, Derek Bailey, Albert Mangelsdorff, Peter Kowald, Paul Lovens, Evan Parker, Tristan Honsinger, Alexander von Schlippenbach and a host of others.
Compositions (LP)
Original German edition on Japo of the 1980 album by 'the' free jazz big band, featuring Steve Lacy, Albert Mangelsdorff, Paul Lovens, Evan Parker, Alexander von Schlippenbach, Kenny Wheeler, Manfred Schoof, Enrico Rava and a host of others.
People Symphony (LP)
Original 1970 LP on Hampel's own Birth records, featuring Jeanne Lee and Willem Breuker. A great "symphony", never re-issued on either CD or LP
A Place To Be With Us (LP)
Original 1981 LP on Hampel's own Birth records with his composition played by the Band featuring Jeanne Lee and Thomas Keyserling. Never re-issued on either CD or LP.
Companion (LP)
Original 1982 LP on Hampel's own Birth records with his composition played by himself Jeanne Lee and Thomas Keyserling. Never re-issued on either CD or LP.
Schlingerland / Dynamische Schwingungen (LP)
Very rare first album on FMP's SAJ series from 1972, with silk-screened folded cover and innersleeve, and Johansson's uncompromising first solo album.
On A Baltic Trip (LP)
Excellent 1984 album on Leo Records by the German clarinettist featuring Vladimir Tarasov and Vyacheslav Ganelin among others.
Lumps (LP)
Rare second pressing from 1978 of stunning album of out-there improvisations with electronics with Michel Waisvisz, Han Bennink and Maarten van Regteren Altena. One of I.C.P.'s very best and never re-issued on either CD individually or LP.
Sideways (LP)
Very rare LP on Roaratorio limited to 399 copies with unique hand-painted sleeves by Judith Lindbloom, presenting Lacy's wildest recordings with electronics, one from from 1968 with Richard Teitelbaum and one from 1974 with Michel Waisvisz and Han Bennink.
SCHi i i i i i i & TSCHWL-Wou (LP)
Very rare 1983 private pressing of just 200 copies of radical album for prepared tenor saxophone, feedback and voice. Never re-issued on either CD or LP.
The Alan Davie Music Workshop 005 /LP)
Very rare original 1975 edition of Davie's own tiny ADMW Records of the outstanding duo's album of world music echoes, folk root allusions, musique concrète and pure improv.
World Galaxy
*2025 repress* World Galaxy is the sixth solo album by Alice Coltrane recorded in November 1971 in New York City, and released in 1972 by Impulse! Records. On the album, Coltrane appears on piano, organ, harp, tamboura, and percussion, and is joined by saxophonist Frank Lowe, bassist Reggie Workman, drummer Ben Riley, timpanist Elayne Jones, and a string ensemble led by David Sackson. Violinist Leroy Jenkins also appears on soloist on one track, and Swami Satchidananda provides narration. World …
We Now Create - Music For Strings, Winds And Percussions (promotional LP)
Very rare promotional copy with standard (non-gatefold as opposed to the regular release) sleeve and original insert of the 1969 LP on Victor by the quartet featuring Masayuki Takayanagi, Mototeru Takagi and Motoharu Yoshizawa, one of the wildest albums by some of the most important artists in the history of Japanese free jazz.