Mississippi

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Sweet Peace

Mississippi

***Amazing blues field recordings made by Bengt Olsson in the late 1970's! Stunning songs, 80% of which are completely unreleased until now. Blues like you've never heard them. Rocking, contemplative, deep and wide. Comes in an old school "tip on' cover.

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Wouldn't Be Ready To Go

Mississippi

***Amazing blues field recordings made by Bengt Olsson in the late 1970's! Stunning songs, 80% of which are completely unreleased until now. Blues like you've never heard them. Rocking, contemplative, deep and wide. Comes in an old school "tip on' cover.

Parker, Ruth

Otherwise Occupied

Mississippi

***A stripped down beautiful folk record from Melbourne Australia. Limited US pressing of 300 copies.

Dragging An Ox Through Water

Whole Earth Cataloged

Mississippi

***Twelve years in the making, a new record by Portland's idiosyncratic master of ultra modern folk music Dragging An Ox Through Water. Old school electronic oscillations and blips meet solid guitar playing and singing. The lyrics alone are worth the price of admission. Nothing obvious is ever said and every word gleens with layers of meaning. Dragging An Ox Through Water is Brian Mumfords' cult long running art music project. Beloved in Portland. Willfully underground. The real stuff. A modern masterpiece.

Rats, The

RATS

Mississippi

***BACK IN PRINT!!! This is it! Fred and Toody Cole (of Dead Moon, The Range Rats, Pierced Arrows, etc) first ever record together! A primitive punk masterpiece. The perfect mix of sophisticated songwriting mixed with the rawest rock imaginable. Ground zero for Portland punk, remastered but still lo fi.

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Field Recordings From Michael Hurley's Memorial

Mississippi

***A recording of some of the best musical moments from Michael Hurley's memorial celebration. Unlike most compilations of covers, all the musicians on this one knew the artist their covering up close and personal. Here, they worked up the courage to publicly perform his songs a month after his passing. It's all no bullshit performances. The musicians range in age from eleven to eighty years old. The songs are raw and emotional as they come.It's a beautiful record!Comes in an old school folkways style wraparound cover and includes a ten page booklet featuring testimonials from the artists, a poem Michael liked, a transcription of a speech Michael made and other rants and raves.

Silverman, Harlan

Music For Stillness

Mississippi

***In a world filled with noise and chaos, Harlan’s music offers a restoration to peace. Music for Stillness unfolds slowly, inviting rest and quiet presence. The bansuri flute leads the sound, its vocal-like quality weaving melody atop cello and ambient textures. Influenced by Indian classical music, Japanese environmental music, and Western ambient music, the album leaves space for the listener to choose how deeply to engage. The music offers a single question: What might peace sound like?

Range Rats

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Mississippi

***Fred and Toody Cole's (of Dead Moon, Pierced Arrows, The Rats, etc etc) country band record from 1986! Amazing lo fi country tunes - most with a full band and a couple accompanied by their drum machine Rollie. Awesome songs!

Cosmic Tones Research Trio

Cosmic Tones Research Trio

Mississippi

***New album of peaceful explorations by The Cosmic Tones Research Trio. This, their second record, maintains the space and long tones that made their debut, "All Is Sound" a successful anecdote to the loud and fast times we live in. It also expands their musical palate with powerful rhythmic elements. The Cosmic Tones Research Trio have been breaking new ground with healing / meditation music that also honors their roots in Gospel and Blues... and hints at forward looking Spiritual Jazz. Through their Cello, Saxophone, Piano and Flute playing they bring a new sound to the table. Ancient to the future.

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All The Lonely People

Mississippi

***A compilation of unusual Beatles cover versions from around the world! Songs from Columbia, Jamaica, Canada, China, Mexico, Armenia, Turkey, Nigeria, Germany and more. These are mostly minor key melancholic serious takes on Beatles tunes... but it's a fun record for sure. Comes with a twenty page 12 X 12 full color booklet filled with photos, details about the artists and paranoid ranting about The Beatles as a colonial force.

Hurley, Michael

Back Home With Drifting Woods

Mississippi

***REISSUED!!! "The recordings Contained herein are contained here after many years on the shelf..." So begin Michael Hurley's notes to these unbelievably great recordings from 1964, recorded by Fred Ramsey as part of the same sessions that resulted in Michael's First Songs LP on Folkways. Side A starts with "What'llya Do, What'llya Say?," a pretty psychedelic classic that can very well put you into some kinda trance. After that we hear "The Blues Had Gone Away"—a sad drifty little tune, then "Pretty Girl On Rollerskates," with a rare Hurley harmonica solo & hallucinatory lyrics worthy of some examination, and then a beautiful alternate take on one of Michael's all time greats, "The Tea Song." Side B starts up with yet more alternate takes of songs from the Folkways LP—this time of "Intersoular Blues" & "I Like My Wine." After that we get to hear two great compositions for the first time, & man oh man are they pretty, "Hey Hey Hey Hey" & "I Love You Babe." Real great stuff all around that we recommend for deep into it Hurley fans & newcomers to his art alike. Michael Hurley is a great American songwriter with his own unique way of seeing the world. This LP is a great testament to his vision. Housed in an old school paste over sleeve and comes with a liner notes booklet written by Michael.

Hurley, Michael

Fatboy Spring

Mississippi

***REISSUED!!! Recordings from 1972-73! Great early versions of classic Michael Hurley songs such as "Automatic Slim & The Fatboys," "Drivin' Wheel," "Ghost Woman Blues," "Watchin' The Show" and "The Portland Water" that come off for the most part better than later releases of these songs. Hurley is backed up by ''The Fatboys''—not the rotund hip hop crew from the film Disorderlies, but rather a bunch of not so fat nice guys in Vermont who played mostly for the local dairy farmers (later they were known as 'Sheriff Mocus & the Deranged Cowboys'). A laid back countryish album sure to please the hard core Hurley fan and casual listener too. Deep & breezy. Comes with liner notes written by Michael.

Hurley, Michael / Range Rats

Jane / Go My Way

Mississippi

***A commemorative record to celebrate Portland's official holiday—Dead Moon Night! Side A features Michael Hurley, live at Portland City Hall. Michael covered a Dead Moon song under a full moon at the first Dead Moon Night. (the most well attended non protest event in the history of Portland's City Hall). Side B features an unreleased Range Rats recording from 1986. A home recording by Fred Cole, Toody Cole and Rolly (their Roland drum machine). First recording of "Go My Way." Dead Moon covered this Range Rats song in 2004. Front cover art by Michael Hurley! Limited one time edition. Get right with history and pick it up while you can!

Cosmic Tones Research Trio

All Is Sound

Mississippi

***Portland finest practitioners of Great Black Music offering to the planet! All Is Sound could not be a more apt title for this. Through saxophone, cello, piano and flutes The Cosmic Tones Research Trio created a truly beautiful record. All Is Sound breaks new ground. At its heart it's healing / meditation music, but the Gospel and Blues roots are in there too... as well as hints of forward looking Spiritual jazz. As sincere a record as you could ever hope for. Music is indeed the healing force of the universe.

Dead Moon

Dead Ahead

Mississippi

***BACK IN PRINT!!! Dead Moon's final album remastered with VERY radically improved sound and reissued here for the first time ever. Dead Ahead is filled with all time great rockers and ballads. Some of the legendary band's heaviest work. The world's greatest rock band's swan song is not wasted—dark corridors are explored and conquered. Remastered from the original tapes with amazing new dynamics and the murk reduced to the noise layer it was meant to be.

Pierced Arrows

Straight to the Heart

Mississippi

***Pierced Arrow's first record! Fred And Toody Cole's post Dead Moon band with Legendary rocker Kelly Haliburton on drums. Most musicians get softer with age, but Fred and Toody brought a harder edge to Pierced Arrow's than their earlier bands. A legendary record back in print for the first time since it initially came out in 2008. A killer! This LP contains 12 classic sounding songs—the lilting but tough "Caroline," the manic & intense "Frankenstein," the straight up beautiful "Up On a Cloud" and many more absolute killers. Music too tough to die—for real.

Dead Moon

Nervous Sooner Changes

Mississippi

***BACK IN PRINT!!! Another all time DEAD MOON classic. The band really hit their stride on this one! The best rock band of the '90s and 2000s kicks out some of their finest rockers and ballads. Features all time greats like "Diamonds in the Rough," "Say It Isn't So," "Running out of Time," "Somewhere Far Away" and "Windows of Time." A must have for any fan of the band and rock music in general.

Dead Moon

Trash And Burn

Mississippi

***BACK IN PRINT!!! One of DEAD MOON's harder to find and more perfect records. An absolute monster of a rocker. Killer high energy songs. Once again Dead Moon deliver a record of all hits with no misses. Pure as can be. Lovingly remastered by Timothy Stollenwerk.

Dead Moon

In The Graveyard

Mississippi

***BACK IN PRINT!!! Dead Moon's first LP! Originally released in 1989, In The Graveyard sounded like nothing else happening at the time. Lo -fi psychedelic masterful songwriting with so much murk and mystery—it's perfect. Features absolute hits like "In The Graveyard", "God Damn I Hate The Blues and "Dead In The Saddle." This is one of the most important rock and roll releases of all time.

Hurley, Michael

Blue Hills

Mississippi

***AVAILABLE AGAIN!!! A sustained feeling of loss and need for redemption haunts this record. It ain't easy listening, but then what worth a damn is? Includes insert with Michael’s notes on the songs and some artwork.

Hurley, Michael

Hi Fi Snock Uptown

Mississippi

***AVAILABLE AGAIN!!! Michael Hurley’s classic third LP. Originally recorded in 1971, this record finds Hurley exploring the full range of his stylistic canon and features some of his most loved songs such as "Water Train," "The Twilight Zone," "Eyes, Eyes" and "Blue Driver."

Weeds, The

Just Colour

Mississippi

***NOW AVAILABLE!!! "Fred Cole’s legendary 1961-1966 band. The 12" is a straight reissue of the 1968 LP (unfortunately originally released as "The Lollipop Shoppe" but now returned to the real name of the band). One 7" features artwork from the Weeds' 1971 single and contains the 4 songs released as The Weeds (originally on separate 7", one released 1971 and the other 1966 which includes cover of Them's "Little Girl"). The other 7" features artwork from the 1968 Lollipop Shoppe 7" but since those two cuts were included on the LP, this features 4 other songs, "Someone I Knew" and "Through My Window" from the 1969 single, and "Who's it Gonna Be" and "Mr. Madison Avenue." Instead of pressing a double album that could have provided more material, this package was done intentionally to house all the essential cuts (and all the original artwork of the LP and 7" releases)."

Dead Moon

Crack In The System

Mississippi

***AVAILABLE AGAIN!!! A true DEAD MOON classic. One of their most beloved LPs. Features the mega hit "It's Okay," along with other classics like "Day After Day," "Cast Will Change," "Unknown Passage," and the best version of "The TImes They Are Changin'" ever recorded! All hits, no misses on this one.

Dead Moon

Defiance

Mississippi

***AVAILABLE AGAIN!!! Dead Moon's third album—bursting into the '90s with Defiance—a record that arrived when some fellow Pacific Northwest underground rockers were getting ready to be flung head first into the mainstream, but DM remained defiantly underground! Raw, primordial and true to their own style and fiercely DIY ethic. Remastered from the original tapes. Another classic with hits such as "Not The Only One,” “Crystal Is Falling,” "Dagger Moon," "Walking On My Grave,” "Johnny's Got A Gun" and "Unknown Passage." A perfect record, not for the faint of heart. Remastered from the original tapes.

Dead Moon

Destination X

Mississippi

***The long awaited reissue of Dead Moon’s 8th album, Destination X. Remastered from original tapes by Timothy Stollenwerk with new artwork. The thinking man’s AC/DC.

Dead Moon

Strange Pray Tell

Mississippi

***AVAILABLE AGAIN!!! One of DEAD MOON’s all time classics, filled with some of their catchiest and most rousing songs. Rockers of the highest caliber such as “Destination X,” “Fire in the Western World” and “Don't Look Back,” as well as perfect ballads such as “You Can't Do That” and “Out in the Blues.” An utter masterpiece of psychedelic rock straight from the heart.

Dead Moon

Unknown Passage

Mississippi

***AVAILABLE AGAIN!!! DEAD MOON’s second LP. A total masterpiece featuring classics such as "Dead Moon Night," "A Miss Of You," "54/40 or Fight," "Time Has Come Today," "Demona” and "On My Own." Originally released in 1989, this is the record that built the legend and cemented the band as the greatest rock and roll act of the '90s. 2021 pressing.

Hurley, Michael

Armchair Boogie

Mississippi

***AVAILABLE AGAIN!!! One of Michael Hurley's most popular albums, and with good reason. Contains all time classics such as "Werewolf," "Sweedeedee," "Troubled Waters," "Open Up" and more. Recorded in 1970. Includes a reproduction of the original 1971 comic book by Hurley, Boone & Jocko In The Barren Choking Land.

Hurley, Michael

Sweetkorn

Mississippi

***AVAILABLE AGAIN!!! Michael Hurley worked on this new version of his 2012 classic Sweetkorn over the course of the last five years, creating a whole new record with the original Sweetkorn as its base. A new sequence, reimagined track list, new mixes and even new instrumentation.

Hurley, Michael

Bad Mr. Mike

Mississippi

***AVAILABLE AGAIN!!! Michael is one of the world finest and most prolific songwriters—and he's still cranking out hits. The well is far from dry. This LP features home recordings with Michael on guitar, banjo and organ. Sublime and sometimes a little strange—a new classic for the ages. Songs include the "Kentucky 3"—a beautiful instrumental medley of songs evocative of Kentucky, "Charona"—a great banjo ballad, "Tender is the Guitar"—a mournful organ driven ballad, "Boone and Jocko"—a longstanding favorite epic from Michael's live sets on record at last, "Cuckoo Rock" and "Lo Bonney"—two unique rewordings of traditional ballads, "Dragging the Indian"—a stark instrumental, and much more. Don't sleep on this work of genius. Cover art by Michael himself.

Dead Moon

Stranded in the Mystery Zone

Mississippi

***BACK IN PRINT!!! All kinds of killer songs. Another stone cold classic by the worlds greatest rock band. Some call them the thinking man's AC/DC and some call them the working man's Roky Erickson, but really there is nothing that compares to Dead Moon. They live in a world of their own—D.I.Y on every imaginable level, brilliant song writing, perfect elemental stripped down playing, honest and intense vocals. It's all here.

Hurley, Michael

Parsnip Snips

Mississippi

***Originally released in 1997 in Germany in a press size of 500. These original copies were seized by the government shortly after the records release. Only 150 or so were sold before the seizing, but since copies have leaked out of whatever dank German bureaucratic basement they were relegated to. Still, a very hard record to find for years, now back in print. Mississippi’s current reissue was remastered from the original tapes and has superior sound quality to the original. Culled from MICHAEL HURLEY’s unreleased output between his First Songs LP from 1964 and Armchair Boogie in 1972. All tracks feature just Michael and guitar. Absolutely beautiful folk music by the singular SNOCK—in the label’s opinion, one of the greatest singer/songwriters of all time.

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Men With Broken Hearts

Mississippi

***Double LP compilation of amazing deep Country Music. The most popular title in the Mississippi tape series—now on vinyl! This is the real stuff. Comes with a poster!