America Fears The Drum
£7.99 • Irresistible/Revolutionary • CS
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A superb spoken word/musical treat. Something for everyone here with the likes of Benjamin Zephaniah, Peter Plate, The Crack EMCEE, Jack Hirschman, Kalamu Ya Salaam, John Purcell etc etc.
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Futurism and Dada Reviewed
£11.99
Sub Rosa • CD
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Original recordings of the avant-garde (1910-30) with Antonio & Luigi Russolo, Marinetti, Tristan Tzara, Jean Cocteau, Apollinaire, Kurt Schwitters and the rest of the zany gang.
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Hearsay: Performance Poems Plus
£6.99
57 Productions • CS
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A wonderful anthology of performance pieces and poems from all the stars. I mean all the stars - Zephaniah, Adrian Mitchell, Jackie Kay, Henry Normal, John Hegley, Lemn Sissay, Merle Collins, Brian McCabe etc etc.
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Hexentexts - A Creation Books Sampler
£11.99
Codex • CD
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A full colour cover by Alan Moore houses an hour of words and music from the likes of Moore himself, James Havoc (accompanied by Rob Young of Primal Scream), Jeremy Reed, Mick Norman interviewed by Stewart Home, Geraldine Monk, and Aaron Williamson. Need we say more.
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The Myths Collection Part Two
£11.99
Sub Rosa • CD
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Work from William S Burroughs, Claude Debussy, Jon Hassell, Current 93, SPK, Steven Brown, The Camberwell Now and Les Archives Sonores SR.
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Till The Bars Break
£11.99/£7.99
CD/CS • Irresistible/Maya/Revolutionary
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A wonderful compilation of Black and North American Indian resistance, words and music, from the likes of Jeannette Armstrong, Chuck D, The Beatnigs, Mad Professor, Benjamin Zephaniah, Rebecca Bellmore et al.
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ACKER, Kathy
Pussy, King Of The Pirates
£11.99
Codex • CD
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The undisputed queen of the literary underground reads from her latest work. A hallucinatory amalgam of emotion and desire, join the narrator on a journey of sex and dangerous liaisons. Coming of age was never like this!
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ANOMIE
News (Where are the Tears?)/I'd Love A Revolution
£2.95
Irresistible/Revolutionary • CS
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Radical rockers get down to it. Includes Malcolm X speaking on Che Guevara, taken from 1964.
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BAILEY, Roy
Business As Usual
£11.99
Fuse • CD
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Brand new solo recording from the man with the golden larynx. Fourteen new songs, including versions of material by Cobb Johnson, Leon Rosselson, Jim Woodland, Ray Hearne and Graham Moore.
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BAILEY, Roy
Freedom Peacefully
£6.00
Fuse Records • CS
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An early collection of classics. A taster of things to come.
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BAILEY, Roy
Why Does It Have To Be Me?
£6.00/£5.00
Fuse Records • CS/LP
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A fine collection of 'children's' songs, with a more than universal appeal.
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BAILEY, Roy
Hard Times
£6.00
Fuse Records • CS
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More contemporary songs from the man, encompassing love, revolution and most in between.
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BAILEY, Roy
Leaves From A Tree
£6.00
Fuse Records • CS
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His most recent collection of songs. As ever, powerful, evocative, beautiful and haunting. 'Ghost Story' and 'Song Of The Exile' in particular stand out.
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BAILEY, Roy
Never Leave A Story Unsung
£10.00/£6.00
Fuse Records • CD/CS
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Roy Bailey goes rock! Well, electric folk at least. Roy at his best, with an electric backing band, 'Stalking Horses'. 14 rocking classics including 'Herald Of Free Enterprise', 'Boxing Day' and 'Moving On Song'.
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BAILEY, Roy
What You Do With What You've Got
£10.00/£6.00
Fuse Records • CD/CS
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Roy Bailey without a doubt possesses the finest singing voice around today. Coupled with a unique ability to interpret songs, he is a singer and performer of the highest calibre. This collection is a 'greatest hits' package, culled from the last 15 odd years. 15 all-time greats, including 'The Ugly Ones', 'The Day Before The War' and 'Everything Possible'.
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BIAFRA, Jello
Die For Oil Sucker
£2.50
Alternative Tentacles • 7" vinyl Includes a collage fold-out sleeve. All on the oil war madness.
BIAFRA, Jello High Priest Of Harmful Matter £11.99/£7.99/£ 7.99 Alternative Tentacles Double CD/LP/CS The second spoken word effort - tales from the trial, censorship, Tipper Gore and more.
BIAFRA, Jello No More Cocoons £11.99/£ 7.99/£7.99 Alternative Tentacles Double CD/LP The first epic spoken word effort from Mr Biafra. Two doses of the likes of 'Talk On Censorship', 'Why I'm Glad The Shuttle Blew Up', 'Stars And Stripes of Corruption', 'Names For Bands' and more...
BLOWDRYER, Jennifer Blowdryer £5.00 715 Records CS Cool 90,s beat style words and song from she of M.R.R. and Smutfest fame.
BLUES POETS, The & KELMAN, James One, Two - Hey £10.99/£6.99 Soundhouse CD/CS A new play by James Kelman, complete with a live soundtrack by the legendary Blues Poets. What more could you ask for.
BOVELL, Dennis Tactics £12.00 LKJ CD I guess most folks should already know how good Dennis Bovell is. This is an all new hot release.
BOWLES, Paul Black Star At The Point of Darkness £11.99 Sub Rosa CD Recorded in Tangier especially for this release, this is a unique kaleidoscope of Bowles' talents. The writer, musician, musicologist and wanderer is here in the full diversity of his work. We hear his voice reading poems and short stories, his recordings of ritual Moroccan music, and his six preludes for piano.
BUKOWSKI, Charles Poems And Insults £11.99 Grey Matter CD An hour long live reading from City Lights Poets Theatre, in San Francisco, September 1973. With some lively audience reaction, he bashes out old chestnuts like Death Of An Idiot, The Sex Fiends, Piss And Shit, The World's Greatest Loser and The Shoelace. Also includes his two tracks from the ultra-rate 1972 Cold Turkey Press Sampler LP.
CHOMSKY, Noam The Clinton Vision; Old Wine, New Bottles £9.95 AK Press Audio CD Chomsky's first on CD. NIFTY, foreign and domestic policy, the full gamut of Clinton in office to date, all come in for a sand-blasting from the man.
COBB JOHNSON BAND Living In The Rubbish £3.00 Irregular Records 12" EP
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Latest effort. An acoustic side and an electric side. Includes the wonderful '6B Go Swimming' and 'Vic Williams'. Why is this man God?
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COBB JOHNSON BAND
Small Town World
£5.00
Irregular Records • LP
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Cobb Johnson ranks alongside Leon Rosselson, as a wordsmith, and craftsman of song and music. Pure beauty, emotion and power. Music to cry along to, to jump around your bedroom with, and even impress/depress your friends. Latest full-length effort from the full band, including the awesome 'Another Cold Saturday' and 'No More Townships'. If only I could write love-songs, in fact any songs, like this man.
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COBB JOHNSON BAND
Wasted Years
£2.50
Irregular Records • 7" single Recent single from the team. 'Wasted Years' and 'Towers of Basingstoke'.
COHEN, Ira & DJ Cheb i Sabbah Welcome To The Trance Adventure £11.99 Sub Rosa CD Ira reads some of his enlightened lyrical poems on Cheb's subtle ethnic and dancing music mixes. Complemented by some traditional Moroccan pieces recorded in Tangier and Marakesh by Ira Cohen, Paul Bowles and Brion Gysin. If that's not enough, there's Angus MacLise playing a rare piece recorded in 1964, a year before his collaboration with the early Velvet Underground.
CRACK EMCEE, The & ANOMIE & HIRSCHMANN, Jack Havin' A Riot £7.99 Irresistible/Revolutionary CD Radical rap from South Central (Paris style), radical rockers from Hollywood (including Duff McKagen and Joie Mastrokalos) and radical poetry all groovin on the LA riots.
CUTLER, Chris ed. ReR Quarterly CD £9.95 ReR CD CD companion to the ReR journal contains, amongst many others, such luminaries of the avant garde as David Myres, Tom Nunn, the Adanoid Quartet and John Oswald.
DUCHAMP, Marcel A Luminous Text That Will Set The Listener Free £11.99 Sub Rosa CD 50 minutes of rare,and very essential Duchamp, including his lecture 'The Creative Text' (1957), his New York lecture 'Some Texts From A L'Infinitif', interviews with Richard and George Hamilton recorded in London and New York, and performances of two of his musical scores.
DWYER, Simon Rapid Eye £11.99 Codex CD Aural version of the seminal Rapid Eye series with the likes of Kathy Acker, Gilbert and George, Gary Gilmour, Brion Gysin, Stewart Home, Derek Jarman, Jim Jones, David Koresh and Charles Manson. Exclusive music provided by Cabaret Voltaire, Patrick Fitzgerald, Genesis P Orridge and many more.
GYNOMITE Fearless Feminist PORN £11.99 Catasonic CD A stunning array of LA powerhouses plug in their libidos and read from their most sexually adventurous work. This steamy live recording includes: Nancy Agabian, Linda Albertano, Liz Belile, Irene Borger, Molly Cleator, dVergne Gaines, Weba Garretson, Teresa Mendoza, Jemela Mwelu, Nicole Panter, Robin Podolsky, Jessica Pompei, El Rivera, Michele Serros, Pam Ward, Terry Wolverton and others.
HECKERT, Matt Mechanical Sound Orchestra £11.99 Catasonic CD A compilation of live recordings of some of the performances in San Francisco, Berkeley, Seattle, Cleveland, New York, Munich and The Hague. Insert includes fantastic photos of the machines in performance with full technical specifications.
HELL, Richard Go Now £11.99 Codex CD Hell reads the opening chapters of a novel in progress,and tells the story of a rock musician who has seen better days, but with a change in fortunes around the corner.
JOHNSON COLLINGS BAND 123 £5.00 Irregular CS Eight tracks given the full band/electric treatment, including such classics as Overnight and Ujama, as well as some new (instant) classics.
JOHNSON, Cobb This Is The UK Talking £11.99 Reunion CD A greatest hits collection of singles, benefits, demos and favourite tracks 1987-92, and really, this is fucking superb. All 18 tracks are a winner, from The Herald Of Free Enterprise to Justice In Knightsbridge. The most played CD at the AK headquarters.
JOHNSON, Cobb & COLLINGS, Pip Hearts Desire £10.00/£5.00 Irregular CD/CS As far as this reviewer is concerned, this duo rules. 16 rockin, stompin and soulful tracks. They got the songs, they got the band, now get this!
JOHNSON, Cobb & COLLINGS, Pip Tourists And Casualties £5.00 Irregular Records CS 12 new classics from the maestro, including 'Rosa's Lovely Daughters' and '17 Again Tonight'.
KOMOTION Komotion International II £10.00/£7.00 Komotion CD/CS The latest collection of music and spoken word, from various dudes involved with the Komotion Club in San Francisco. Includes Consolidated, Michael Franti, Bedlam Rovers, Political Asylum, Grotus and more.
KOMOTION Komotion Live And Kicking Sound Mag #1 £7.00 CS/Magazine The sound magazines are both printed magazines,and digitally recorded cassettes of live performances at Klub Komotion. Print includes new fiction by Don Bajema, statements by a GI Resistor to the Gulf War, book reviews, news, reviews etc. The 60 minute cassette includes performances by Primus, Looters, Zvuki Mu (from Russia), Pamela Z and 9 others.
KOMOTION Komotion Live And Kicking Sound Mag #2 £7.00 CS/Magazine In print is opinions and analysis of the Gulf War and resistance to it, fiction by Margot Pepper, usual news and reviews etc. Sound includes stuff by Citizen Fish, Chumbawamba, Michael Franti, Steve Yerkey, Snakewalk and more.
KOMOTION Komotion Live And Kicking Sound Mag #3 £7.00 CS/Magazine In print includes an exclusive interview with Riane Eisler, poetry, news, reviews etc. Cassette includes performances by The Ex, Beat Happening, Barbara Manning, Buckethead and 9 others.
KOMOTION Komotion Live And Kicking Sound Mag #4 £7.00 CS/Magazine In print: 2nd part of Eisner interview; Debbie Moore; fiction by Margot Pepper etc. On tape: Bedlam Rovers; Josef Brinckmann; MDC; Valerie Stadler; Strawman amongst others.
KOMOTION Komotion Live And Kicking Sound Mag #5 £7.00 CS/Magazine In print: An article on participatory democracy, Matt Callahan, Looters, Lawrence Summers, news & reviews etc. On tape: Genuine Diamelles, Looters, Idiot Flesh, Scott Dey, George Shrub, Green Day and more.
KOMOTION Komotion Live And Kicking Sound Mag #7 £7.95 Komotion CD/Magazine All new user-friendly format, and its HOT! New 81/2 x 11 for the magazine, and for your aural pleasure, a CD. The latter includes new material from Michael Franti, Bedlam Rovers, Looters, Charlie Hunter and several more stars. Bit of a bargain really, so what are you waiting for...
KOMOTION Komotion Live And Kicking Sound Mag #8 £7.95 Komotion CD/Magazine In print, includes an interview with George Collier on the revolt in Chiapas, Creative Notes by Richard Olsen, and a hilarious Listen Marxman! CD includes new material from Three Mile Pilot, Headlock, Sunbear, A Subtle Plague, Matt Callahan and Strawman amongst others...
KWESI JOHNSON, Linton In Concert With The Dub Band £11.99 LKJ CD Title says it all really. 17 classics from the man and his band, including Dread Beat An Blood, Five Nights of Bleeding, Making History, Di Great Insohreckshan, Di Black Petty Booshwah, It Noh Funny...
KWESI JOHNSON, Linton Linton Kwesi Johnson in Dub: Volume 2 £7.99 LKS CS Dub versions of some of the maestro's classics, performed by the Dennis Bovell band.
LILITH Orgazio £11.99 Sub Rosa CD Combines structures taken from Crowley's magic formulas with his own voice, accompanied by the real cosmic recordings of Scott Gibbons.
LOOTERS, The Jericho Down £10.00/£7.00 Monster music CD/CS Latest offering from the legendary band that almost single-handedly invented 'world music'. Strong songs, upbeat world-inflected music, lots of three, four and five-part vocals over a rock solid rhythm section. It rocks and it rules.
M'RABET, Mohammed The Storyteller And The Fisherman £11.99 Sub Rosa CD Lights, shadows, secret sonorities of Tangier by the Moroccan story-teller close to Jane and Paul Bowles. Translated and performed in English by Paul Bowles
MANSON, Charles Charles Manson And The Family £11.99 Grey Matter CD A 14 song demo recorded in LA in '68, and the "Manson Family Sings The Songs of Charles Manson" LP, recorded in 1970.
MANSON, Charles Charles Manson Live At San Quentin £11.99 Grey Matter CD An hour of songs and improvisation recorded in his jail cell in 1983. Now that lots of famous folks are covering his songs - Lemonheads, Guns N Roses - people are waking up to the fact that the dude has penned the odd nifty tune, in amongst all the other madness.
McLUHAN, Marshall The Medium Is The Message £12.99 Time Again CD An hours worth of essential McLuhan, taken from speeches and lectures, proving why he was the fastest brain alive in a colourful compilation of soundbites and music.
PEOPLE'S TEMPLE CHOIR He's Able £11.99 Grey Matter CD A rather good gospel LP made by Jim Jones' Peoples' Temple Choir, before they relocated to Guyana. The last track on the CD is the recording of the infamous suicide speech, recorded beneath Jones's 'throne' on November Thea 1978
PRODUCERS For BOB Bob's Media Ecology £12.99 Time Again CD 73 minutes of acoustic tapestry, weaved with bits and bobs of Bob Dobbs himself. From Masturbation: The Thinking Man's Television, to Breakdown As Breakthrough and Shopping Is A Military Operation. Compulsory listening for the converted, and a diverting side trip into a strange parallel universe for anyone else. So get in there.
PRODUCERS For BOB Bob's Media Ecology 2 £12.99 Time Again CD Negativland, Cold cut and Stinks interpret BOB in there own way, together with 30 minutes of unadulterated BOB dogma. A compelling hallucination of verifiably lucid proportions.
ROSSELSON, Leon Bringing The News From Nowhere £6.00 Fuse Records LP Another classic from the master. Includes the mighty 'Abiezer Coppe' as well as the title-track tribute to William Morris.
ROSSELSON, Leon For The Good Of The Nation £6.00 Fuse Records LP An early goldie from the back catalogue.
ROSSELSON, Leon Guess What They're Selling At The Happiness Counter £11.00/£7.00 Fuse Records CD/CS A second greatest hits effort, though the man has penned so many classics, every recording is a smash hit. This includes 'Abiezer Coppe', 'On Her Silver Jubilee', 'Susie', 'Battle Hymn of the New Socialist Party', 'The World's Police', 'Voices' and 13 more.
ROSSELSON, Leon I Didn't Mean It £6.00/£7.00 Fuse Records LP/CS Wry, poignant, and political as ever. Features such classics as 'Susie' and 'No Cause For Alarm'.
ROSSELSON, Leon Rosselsongs £11.00/£7.00 Fuse Records CD/CS Rosselson is easily one of the most gifted singer/songwriters in the whole wide world. Truly wonderful. Politically sharp, socially aware, historically conscious and funny as fuck. Awesome music and performance to boot. This compilation is a greatest hits package, spanning the last twenty years, with all the favourites, including 'Palaces of Gold', 'Stand Up For Judas', 'Don't Get Married Girls', 'Whoever Invented The Fishfinger', 'Bringing The News From Nowhere', 'The World Turned Upside Down' and 12 mor
ROSSELSON, Leon Temporary Loss Of Vision £6.00 Fuse Records LP Even the Guardian liked this one! Quite right too.
ROSSELSON, Leon Wo Sind Die Elefanten? £11.00/£7.00 Fuse Records CD/CS Brand new 10 track effort. As wonderful as ever. Need I say more...
ROSSELSON, Leon & BAILEY, Roy That's Not The Way It's Got To Be £6.00 Fuse Records LP Classic blast from the past from the deadly duo. The finest songwriting talents with the finest voice in Britain, what more could you ask for.
ROSSELSON, Leon & Friends Questions £7.00 Fuse CS Songs and stories for children, though adults will very much enjoy them too.
RYE/SEARCH Incredibly Strange Music Vol. 1 £8.99 Rye/Search CS The aural companion. 13 weird and wonderful tracks for your edification and entertainment.
SANDERS, Alex A Witch Is Born £11.99 Grey Matter CD A full recording of the solemn initiation of a new member into the ancient Craft. From the most powerful witch in Britain.
SAVOY Savoy Digital Angst £4.95 Savoy CD The latest aural musings from the Savoy team. Includes Kevin Barry, Bobby Sands, The Old Fenian Gun and God Save The Queen.
SAVOY Savoy Wars £11.99 Savoy CD A greatest hits of their aural treats. The damage to date, including Blue Monday, Sign O' The Times, In The Air Tonight, Shoot Yer Load, Raw Power, I'm On Fire, Reverbstorm, Hardcore etc etc, from PJ Proby, Meng & Ecker and the lads...
SHAKE KEENE Real Keen Reggae Into Jazz £7.99 LKJ CS Shake Keene what he does best, with the dub-master Dennis Bovell at the controls.
WEBAWORLD Welcome To WebaWorld £11.99 Catasonic CD What do you get when you mix....Patty Waters, Betty Friedan, Jim Morrison, Patti Smith and Captain Beefheart? An avant-jazz-funk-spoken world collective that decimates such rock classics as Highway To Hell and Ventilator Blues into bubbling, slimy lounge-core. This is spoken word with musical bite. Definitely time for dinner.
ZEPHANIAH, Benjamin Big Boys Don't Cry £3.99 Workers Playtime 12"
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Mixed by the Mad Professor. Includes 'Your Under Arrest' and 'Miss World'.
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