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May we suggest that you nerd out i.e. scan the list of new LP arrivals at Red Onion after the jump. Not on the list but just as fine as anything out there—two new titles from hot vinyl-only label Mississippi Records. Red Onion’s got both (a gospel comp. and a reissue of an obscure punk band you’ve never heard of but should).
THE SMITHS: SO THIS IS AMERICA (RARE 2LP BOOTLEG)
THE CLASH: SANDINISTA
URGE OVERKILL: JESUS URGE SUPERSTAR
MY LIFE WITH THE THRILL KILL KULT: KOOLER THAN JESUS 12″
REVENGE: PINEAPPLE FACE 12″ (NEW ORDER)
MINISTRY: COLD LIFE 12″
MARTIN GORE: COUNTERFEIT (DEPECHE MODE)
I START COUNTING: LOSE HIM 12″
KMFDM: MORE & FASTER 12″
ALIEN SEX FIEND: SMELLS LIKE… 12″
PAILHEAD: TRAIT 12″
HOLGER HILLER: JONNY/DAS FEUER 12″
ROBERT GORL: MIT DIR 12″
VARIOUS ARTISTS: THE FIRST AFTER EPIPHANY (AVANT/POST-PUNK COMP ON RON JOHNSON RECORDS, FEATURING SPLAT!, THE EX, THE MacKENZIES…)
VARIOUS ARTISTS: DANGEROUS DANCE MUSIC (JIVE RECORDS COMP WITH Q-FEEL, WHODINI, A FLOCK OF SEAGULLS, IMPI, ZINC AND OTHERS)
VARIOUS ARTISTS: METHODS OF DANCE VOLUME 2 (VIRGIN RECORDS COMP WITH RIP RIP & PANIC, D.A.F., SIMPLE MINDS, B.E.F. AND OTHERS)
VARIOUS ARTISTS: WELCOME TO DREAMLAND (JAPANESE POST PUNK COLLECTION)
KRAFTWERK: THE MENSCH MACHINE (ORIGINAL GERMAN PRESSING, MAN MACHINE IN GERMAN)
TONES ON TAIL: POP
MINISTRY: WORK FOR LOVE 12″
ULTRAVOX: WE CAME TO DANCE 12″
DOMINATRIX: SLEEPS TONIGHT 12″
HEAVEN 17: AT THE HEIGHT OF FIGHTING 12″
THE DURUTTI COLUMN: SAY WHAT YOU MEAN MEAN WHAT YOU SAY (SIX SONG EP ON FACTORY RECORDS)
DEPECHE MODE: LOVE IN ITSELF 12″ (GERMAN EDITION, NUMBERED, WITH 4 LIVE TRACKS)
DEPECHE MODE: NEW LIFE 12″ (MUTE UK VERSION)
DEPECHE MODE: MASTER AND SERVANT 12″ (U.S. BLACK AND BLUE VERSION)
DEPECHE MODE: IT’S CALLED A HEART 2X12″ (LIMITED EDITION TWIN SET)
DEPECHE MODE: BLASPHEMOUS RUMOURS 12″ (PLUS THREE LIVE TRACKS)
THE WAKE: HERE COMES EVERYBODY (FACTORY RECORDS)
THE CLASH: ROCK THE CASBAH 12″ (PICTURE SLEEVE, MUSTAPHA DANCE ON THE FLIP-SIDE)
HEAVEN 17: CRUSHED BY THE WHEELS OF INDUSTRY PART I & II 12″
STOCKHOLM MONSTERS: HOW CORRUPT IS ROUGH TRADE 12″ (FACTORY RECORDS)
FUN BOY THREE: OUR LIPS ARE SEALED 12″
A FLOCK OF SEAGULLS: SPACE AGE LOVE SONG 12″
R.E.M.: RECONSTRUCTION OF THE FABLES
THIS MORTAL COIL: IT’LL END IN TEARS
VINEGAR JOE: ROCK ‘N ROLL GYPSIES (EARLY 70’S BRITISH ROCK FEATURING ROBERT PALMER ON ATCO)
VINEGAR JOE: SIX STAR GENERAL (PINK RIM ISLAND RECORDS ORIGINAL)
LT. GARCIA’S MAGIC MUSIC BOX: ‘CROSS THE BORDER (SEALED ORIGINAL, KAMA SUTRA RECORDS)
BILL CHINNOCK: BADLANDS
KING RICHARD’S FLUEGEL KNIGHTS: JUST SOME OF THOSE SONGS MRS. ROBINSON
BUFFALO SPRINGFIELD: SELF-TITLED (2 LP COLLECTION)
RONNY BLAKLEY: SELF-TITLED (SSW ON ELEKTRA, BUTTERFLY LABEL)
COLOSSEUM: THOSE WHO ARE ABOUT TO DIE SALUTE YOU
TANGO: SELF-TITLED
LEN BARRY: UPS AND DOWNS
HOLGER CZUKAY: DER OSTEN IST ROT (WITH JAKI LIEBEZEIT AND CONNY PLANK)
SAM SIGNAOFF: BLUE DUCK FLY TO THE NORTH COUNTRY
DR. JOHN: DESITIVELY BONNAROO (FEATURING ALLEN TOUISSANT AND THE METERS)
DAVID PEEL & THE LOWER EAST SIDE: THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION
THE SOFT MACHINE: THIRD
BRIAN ENO: AMBIENT 2
BRIAN ENO: MUSIC FOR AIRPORTS
DONOVAN: OPEN ROAD
DONOVAN: SELF-TITLED (1976)
VIOLENT FEMMES: CRAZY 12″
JOHN MAYER: CONTINUUM
KINDRED: NEXT OF KIN
MICHAEL EDWARD CAMPBELL: SELF-TITLED
EXUMA: REINCARNATION
KOKOMO: SELF-TITLED
KOKOMO: RISE & SHINE
BUDDY MILES: ALL THE FACES
VARIOUS ARTISTS: KILL ROCK STARS
VARIOUS ARTISTS: ROCK STARS KILL
BAUHAUS: SINGLES 1981-1983
EXCEPTION: SELF-TITLED (UK ORIGINAL)
JACK NITZSCHE: ST. GILLES CRIPPLEGATE
CHRISTOPHER MILK: SOME PEOPLE (SEALED ORIGINAL)
NORMAN GREENBAUM: PETALUMA (SEALED ORIGINAL)
PETER GALLWAY: SELF-TITLED (SEALED ORIGINAL)
RALPH McTELL: NOT TIL TOMORROW (SEALED ORIGINAL)
MIRACLE LICK: THIRTY DAYS OUT (SEALED ORIGINAL)
KEVIN COYNE: MARJORY RAZOR BLADE
SILLY SISTERS
COMATEENS: LATE MISTAKE 12″
OKIE DUKE: SONGS AND SINGING OF
THE SEEKERS: SEEN IN GREEN
FUNK/SOUL/DISCO:
GENE PAGE: LOVELOCK
MIKO MISSION: THE WORLD IS YOU 12″ (ITALIAN DISCO)
PATRICK COWLEY’S GREATEST HITS DANCE PARTY (ALL NEW REMIXED VERSIONS, NON-STOP DISCOTHEQUE FORMAT)
MAYNARD FERGUSON: ROCKY II DISCO 12″(SEALED)
CAMOUFLAGE FEATURING MYSTI: A DISCO SYMPHONY
KATHY WILSON: AFTER THE FALL 12″
SYMERON: TONIGHT 12″
TYRONE BRUNSON: STICKY SITUATION 12″
SILVER BLUE: SO RARE 12″
DISCO TECH #1
DISCO TECH #2
MAXINE SINGLETON: YOU CAN RUN… 12″
LOVERDE: DIE HARD LOVER 12″
B. BAKER CHOCOLATE COMPANY: HIGHER… 12″
IRENE REID: THE WORLD NEEDS WHAT I NEED
HARVEY MANDEL: FEEL THE SOUND
NUCLEUS: SNAKEHIPS ETCETERA
WILLIE MITCHELL: SOLID SOUL
WILLIE MITCHELL: MANY MOODS OF…
MIKE MAREEN: DANCE CONTROL
MOYA NYA: RISE UP 12″ (STREETWISE RECORDS)
ISAAC HAYES: LIVE AT THE SAHARA TAHOE (QUADRAPHONIC VERSION)
OLYMPIC RUNNERS: KEEP IT UP 12″
SYLVESTER: STEP II
MARVIN GAYE: WHAT’S GOING ON
DAVID PORTER: GRITTY, GROOVY & GETTIN’ IT
SYREETA: SELF-TITLED (1972)
MEMPHIS HORNS: SELF-TITLED (SEALED ORIGINAL)
VARIOUS ARTISTS: MOTOWN STORY (5LP BOX SET)
WAX ATTACK: WAX
STYLISTICS: SELF-TITLED
CON FUNK SHUN: CANDY
MALO: FIVE
BOHANNON: TOO HOT TO HOLD
MANCHILD: FEEL THE PHUFF
PLUNKY: TROPICAL CHILL
JOE SIMON: TODAY
CURTIS MAYFIELD: HEARTBEAT
JR. WALKER: PEACE, LOVE AND UNDERSTANDING
ALMA FAYE: DOIN’ IT
HOWARD TATE: GET IT WHILE YOU CAN (VG-)
THE DELLS: SWEET AS FUNK CAN BE
LLOYD PRICE: SINGS THE BLUES
ODETTA: SINGS
TIP OF THE ICEBERG
EDWIN STARR & BLINKY: JUST WE TWO
WAR: OTHER SIDE… WARMS YOUR HEART
IKE & TINA TURNER: RIVER DEEP, MOUNTAIN HIGH
JAZZ:
MILES DAVIS: IN A SILENT WAY (LATER PRESSING)
MILES DAVIS: GET UP WITH IT
BOBBI HUMPHREY: FANCY DANCER
FRED KAZ: EASTERN EXPOSURE (PURPLE/RED ATLANTIC LABEL)
BOBBY HUTCHERSON: WAITING
WAYNE DAVIS: A VIEW FROM ANOTHER PLACE (WITH RICHARD TEE, ROBERTA FLACK, EUGENE McDANIELS, AND BERNARD PURDIE)
JOHNNY HAMMOND: WILD HORSES ROCK STEADY (KUDU RECORDS WITH HAROLD VICK, AIRTO, BILLY COBHAM AND OTHERS)
JOHNNY HARTMAN AND THE ANDREW HILL TRIO: SITTIN’ IN WITH (LIVE SESSION FROM 1961)
JOE WILLIAMS: WITH LOVE
YUSEF LATEEF: IN NIGERIA
YUSEF LATEEF: THIS IS…
DOC SEVERINSEN: NIGHT JOURNEY
SAM RIVERS: SIZZLE
CHARLES EARLAND: ODYSSEY
OLIVER LAKE: SHINE
JAMES MOODY: SUN JOURNEY
SONNY ROLLINS: EASY LIVING
CECIL TAYLOR: SILENT TONGUES
ROBIN KENYATTA: BEGGARS & STEALERS
AL COHN: PROGRESSIVE JAZZ
GEORGE DUKE: THE AURA WILL PREVAIL
ERIC KAZ: CUL-DE-SAC
RAP:
ADVENTURES OF SUPER RHYME (RAP) 12″
DIZZEE RASCAL: BOY IN DA CORNER
WHODINI: BACK IN BLACK
FOLK/BLUES/GOSPEL:
INCREDIBLE STRING BAND: 5000 SPIRITS OR THE LAYERS OF THE ONION (TAN LABEL STEREO PRESSING)
TRUTHETTES: TAKE IT TO THE LORD
MEMPHIS SLIM: BLUE MEMPHIS (WITH PETER GREEN AND JOHN PAUL JONES)
WORLD:
BOB MARLEY & THE WAILERS: LIVE! (UK ISLAND PRESSING)
BOB MARLEY & THE WAILERS: NATTY DREAD
BOB MARLEY & THE WAILERS: RASTAMAN VIBRATION
ORIGINAL STALAG 17, 18 & 19
LONE RANGER: M16
DR. ALIMANTADO: KING’S BREAD
PETER TOSH: WANTED DREAD OR ALIVE
YELLOWMAN: STRONG ME STRONG 12″
MONGO SANTAMARIA: AFRO ROOTS
TIPICA ’73
HUGH MASEKELA: MELODY MAKER
OLATUNJI: DRUMS OF PASSION
MARK DIMOND: BRUJERIA (MONO)
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