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	Complete Used - CD - 2564665907 2011 9 CD box set. Rhino remastered. This comprehensive box set was released by The Smiths in 2011, encapsulating the entirety of the band's studio output in an impeccably curated anthology and is an essential compendium for both steadfast fans and new listeners, offering a window into the deeply influential yet tumultuous career of The Smiths. The set includes remastered versions of all four studio albums—"The Smiths," "Meat Is Murder," "The Queen Is Dead," and "Strangeways, Here We Come"—as well as the live album "Rank," and compilations such as "Hatful of Hollow," "The World Won’t Listen," and "Louder Than Bombs." This remastering effort, overseen by guitarist Johnny Marr, is notable for its meticulous attention to sonic detail, providing renewed clarity to Morrissey's idiosyncratic vocals and the band’s distinctive jangle-pop sound. ... more
	Digital Stylus Force Gauge Accessory - AAADSFG Battery-Operated, Touchscreen-Equipped Audio Additives Digital Stylus Force Gauge Makes Tracking Force Measurements Easy. Able To Measure Tracking Force Down To A Vanishingly Low 0.001 Gram, The Audio Additives Digital Stylus Force Gauge Is One Of The Most Accurate Stylus Force Gauges Available On The Market. This Essential Tool Will Help You Get Enhanced Performance From Your Phono Cartridge. Check Your Stylus Force With This Handy Gauge Every Season, As Temperature And Humidity Can Alter The Results. More Substantial Than Previous Versions, The New Metal Case Is Non-magnetic And Now Uses Standard AAA Batteries. ... more
	Miles Smiles Audiophile - New - CS 9401 Sealed, latest run of the 2008 Speakers Corner reissue. Remastered from the original analogue tapes and pressed on 180gm virgin vinyl at Pallas in Germany. Custom hype sticker on shrink. "With their second album, Miles Smiles, the second Miles Davis Quintet really began to hit their stride, delving deeper into the more adventurous, exploratory side of their signature sound. This is clear as soon as "Orbits" comes crashing out the gate, but it's not just the fast, manic material that has an edge -- slower, quieter numbers are mercurial, not just in how they shift melodies and chords, but how the voicing and phrasing never settles into a comfortable groove. This is music that demands attention, never taking predictable paths or easy choices. Its greatest triumph is that it masks this adventurousness within music that is warm and accessible -- it just never acts that way. No matter how accessible this is, what's so utterly brilliant about it is that the group never brings it forth to the audience. They're playing for each other, pushing and prodding each other in an effort to discover new territory. As such, this crackles with vitality, sounding fresh decades after its release. And, like its predecessor, ESP, this freshness informs the writing as well, as the originals are memorable, yet open-ended and nervy, setting (and creating) standards for modern bop that were emulated well into the new century. Arguably, this quintet was never better than they are here, when all their strengths are in full bloom." All Music Guide - Stephen Thomas Erlewine ... more
	Genius + Love = Yo La Tengo New - LP - OLE 194-1 Sealed 2025 2LP reissue. Custom hype sticker on shrink. "Making their debut in 1985 with a 45 that paired the group's own "The River of Water" with a take on Love's "A House Is Not a Motel," Yo La Tengo established their love of both the single format and the eclectic cover version from the get-go. Subsequent years produced a steady stream of between-album releases, tour-only singles, compilation appearances, and, of course, more memorable covers. Beginning in 1988, with the group on the cusp of unleashing their President Yo La Tengo album, Genius + Love = Yo La Tengo gathers 30 rarities, selected and annotated by the band itself, and divided into vocal and instrumental discs. John Cale's "Hanky Panky Nohow," the Velvet Underground's "I'm Set Free," and Beat Happening's "Cast a Shadow" are all spared by fairly faithful renditions. Elsewhere the group infuse Jackson Browne's "Somebody's Baby" with new, anthemic life, play the Ramones' "Blitzkrieg Bop" as a surf instrumental, find themselves joined by a phoned-in Daniel Johnston for a radio performance of the singer's "Speeding Motorcycle," and nearly lose the reigns on a blistering live-in-studio version of Wire's "Too Late." Housed on the vocal disc are a handful of originals that rival the band's official output. "Evanescent Psychic Pez Drop" rides a motorik drum beat and organ drone, fractured by Ira Kaplan's splintering guitar. Georgia Hubley takes the lead on the dreamy "Demons" (whose working title, the band admits, was "White Rabbit") and the trio sets its sound adrift on the languid "Up to You," a song that would have fit comfortably on the stunning And Then Nothing Turned Itself Inside Out six years later. Though the instrumental disc isn't nearly as impressive (comprised largely of failed experiments and song sketches), it's still well worth looking beyond YLT's studio albums for the hidden gems packaged here." All Music Guide - Nathan Bush ... more
	Tigerlily Audiophile - New - MFSL 2-45008 Sealed, latest run of the 2007 2LP 180gm half-speed mastered audiophile reissue from Mobile Fidelity Sound Lab. "Tigerlily, Natalie Merchant's first solo record, does sound different than 10,000 Maniacs. Instead of relying strictly on jangly folk-rock, Merchant continues opening her music up as she did on Our Time in Eden, her last album with the Maniacs. From the understated groove of "Carnival" to the rolling "San Andreas Fault," the added emphasis on rhythmic texture works, creating an intimate but not exclusive atmosphere that holds throughout the record, even when her occasionally sophomoric, sentimental poetry threatens to sink the album in the weight of its own preciousness (as in "River," her tribute to the late actor River Phoenix)." All Music Guide - Stephen Thomas Erlewine ... more
	Bill Withers' Greatest Hits Audiophile - New - MFSL 1-445 Sealed 2016 180gm half-speed mastered audiophile reissue from Mobile Fidelity Sound Lab. A stellar compilation from one of the finest proponents of soul music, not a bad track to be had. "At only ten tracks, Greatest Hits is a little brief and doesn't contain much of his earliest material, but it remains a first-rate compilation of Bill Withers' prime hits, featuring "Use Me," "Ain't No Sunshine," "Lean on Me," "Who Is He (And What Is He to You)," and "Just the Two of Us." The latter-day Legacy compilation is a bit more thorough, but this remains a good basic overview." All Music Guide - Stephen Thomas Erlewine ... more
	It's My Life Audiophile - New - 505419 7943416 Sealed 2024 40th anniversary half-speed mastered reissue. Custom obi strip. "After an unremarkable debut, Talk Talk regrouped and refashioned themselves more in the style of sophisto-era Roxy Music while developing their own voice. It's My Life shows a great leap in songwriting, the band making highly personal statements with a sexy, seductive groove and a diversity that transcends the synth pop tag. Synthesizers still play a dominant role, but the music is made far more interesting by mixing "real" instruments and challenging world music rhythms seamlessly with the technology. Still pulling off the catchy single (like "Dum Dum Girl" and the title track, as well as the simply sublime "Does Caroline Know?") on It's My Life, Talk Talk also proved themselves capable of achieving a cohesive album -- a rare feat for the time and an unexpected surprise from a band that seemed to be simply a bandwagon-jumper." All Music Guide - Chris Woodstra ... more
	Berry Is On Top Used Import - 772051 2015 180gm reissue. Some light surface noise, corner ding. DMM mastering. "If you had to sweat all of Chuck Berry's early albums on Chess (and some, but not all, of his subsequent greatest-hits packages), this would be the one to own. The song lineup is exemplary, cobbling together classics like "Maybellene," "Carol," "Sweet Little Rock & Roller," "Little Queenie," "Roll Over Beethoven," "Around and Around," "Johnny B. Goode," and "Almost Grown." With the addition of the Latin-flavored "Hey Pedro," the steel guitar workout "Blues for Hawaiians," "Anthony Boy," and "Jo Jo Gunne," this serves as almost a mini-greatest-hits package in and of itself. While this may be merely a collection of singles and album ballast (as were most rock & roll LPs of the 1950s and early '60s), it ends up being the most perfectly realized of Chuck Berry's career." All Music Guide - Cub Koda ... more
	Meddle New - LP - PFRLP6 Sealed, latest run of the 2016 remastered reissue. Pressed on 180gm vinyl and housed in a deluxe gatefold jacket. Large custom hype sticker on shrink. "Atom Heart Mother, for all its glories, was an acquired taste, and Pink Floyd wisely decided to trim back its orchestral excesses for its follow-up, Meddle. Opening with a deliberately surging "One of These Days," Meddle spends most of its time with sonic textures and elongated compositions, most notably on its epic closer, "Echoes." If there aren't pop songs in the classic sense (even on the level of the group's contributions to Ummagumma), there is a uniform tone, ranging from the pastoral "A Pillow of Winds" to "Fearless," with its insistent refrain hinting at latter-day Floyd. Pink Floyd were nothing if not masters of texture, and Meddle is one of their greatest excursions into little details, pointing the way to the measured brilliance of Dark Side of the Moon and the entire Roger Waters era. Here, David Gilmour exerts a slightly larger influence, at least based on lead vocals, but it's not all sweetness and light -- even if its lilting rhythms are welcome, "San Tropez" feels out of place with the rest of Meddle. Still, the album is one of the Floyd's most consistent explorations of mood, especially from their time at Harvest, and it stands as the strongest record they released between Syd's departure and Dark Side." All Music Guide - Stephen Thomas Erlewine ... more
	The Wall New - LP - PFRLP11 Sealed, latest run of the 2016 2LP remastered reissue. Pressed on 180gm vinyl and housed in a deluxe gatefold jacket. Large custom hype sticker on shrink. "The Wall was Roger Waters' crowning accomplishment in Pink Floyd. It documented the rise and fall of a rock star (named Pink Floyd), based on Waters' own experiences and the tendencies he'd observed in people around him. By then, the bassist had firm control of the group's direction, working mostly alongside David Gilmour and bringing in producer Bob Ezrin as an outside collaborator. Drummer Nick Mason was barely involved, while keyboardist Rick Wright seemed to be completely out of the picture. Still, The Wall was a mighty, sprawling affair, featuring 26 songs with vocals: nearly as many as all previous Floyd albums combined. The story revolves around the fictional Pink Floyd's isolation behind a psychological wall. The wall grows as various parts of his life spin out of control, and he grows incapable of dealing with his neuroses. The album opens by welcoming the unwitting listener to Floyd's show ("In the Flesh?"), then turns back to childhood memories of his father's death in World War II ("Another Brick in the Wall, Pt. 1"), his mother's over protectiveness ("Mother"), and his fascination with and fear of sex ("Young Lust"). By the time "Goodbye Cruel World" closes the first disc, the wall is built and Pink is trapped in the midst of a mental breakdown. On disc two, the gentle acoustic phrasings of "Is There Anybody Out There?" and the lilting orchestrations of "Nobody Home" reinforce Floyd's feeling of isolation. When his record company uses drugs to coax him to perform ("Comfortably Numb"), his onstage persona is transformed into a homophobic, race-baiting fascist ("In the Flesh"). In "The Trial," he mentally prosecutes himself, and the wall comes tumbling down. This ambitious concept album was an across-the-board smash, topping the Billboard album chart for 15 weeks in 1980. The single "Another Brick in the Wall, Pt. 2" was the country's best-seller for four weeks. The Wall spawned an elaborate stage show (so elaborate, in fact, that the band was able to bring it to only a few cities) and a full-length film. It also marked the last time Waters and Gilmour would work together as equal partners." All Music Guide - Rovi Staff ... more