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This Last Exit Tee is from the cover of the Classic first Last Exit album cover. This super group - with members Sonny Sharrock, Bill Laswell, Peter Brotzmann, and Ronald Shannon Jackson rocked the improvisational world with their own brand of musical madness. Available for the first time |
Last Exit Mens Tee Buy Now |
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After much demand this Machine Gun Tee shirt - From the group's first CD - is now available again. This New York based improvisational ensemble featured the raging saxophone of Thomas Chapin and the ripping guitar of Robert Musso. (Long time collaborator with Bill Laswell) This Machine Gun shirt has an actual schematic of a machine gun on the Tee Shirt! | Machine Gun Mens Tee Buy Now |
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Bill Laswell's Material has been making records and CDs since the late 70's and continues today in various forms. One Down, Hallucination Engine, Seven Souls, and The Third Power are just some of the past Classic Material works. Available for the first time - This Material Tee Shirt is just cool! | Material Mens Tee Buy Now |
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My Dinner with Abbie starring Abbie Hoffman A Film by Nancy Cohen & Howard Katzman |
DVD 57 Minutes |
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1) Robert Musso – InnerMedium Robert’s third solo outing with guests: Bill Laswell, Dave Liebman, Byard Lancaster, Charles Burnham, Karl Berger, Lance Carter, and Bernie Worrell 1) Unknown Passage2) Luminous 3) Stream of Stars 4) Realm of Spells 5) Drifting Shades 6) One Mind 7) Dark Halo 8) From Shadows 9) Silent Code |
Catalog # MM0003 Covert Art Front Back |
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2) Robert Musso – Absolute Music Robert’s first solo CD with guest Bill Laswell 1) Kithara Mu- 3:38 2) Surakarta - 8:14 3) Celtify - 5:42 4) Orientation - 6:15 5) Music of the Spheres - 6:33 6) Moon Lute - 2:56 7) Sounds of the Apocalypse - 7:50 Absolute Music Won Best Downtown CD of 1989 - New York Press |
Catalog # MM0001 Covert Art Front Back |
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3) Robert Musso – Active Resonance Robert’s second solo CD with guests: Bootsy Collins, Jonas Hellborg, Thomas Chapin, Bernie Worrell, Bil Bryant , Jar-Rohm Parker Wells, etc 1) A Dream Supreme - 4:592) Alliance - 4:38 3) All Funked Up - 6:18 4) Tanar! - 6:39 5) To Cross the Rubicon - 5:06 6) Ancient Silk Road- 6:28 7) Amu Darya - 7:11 8) The Squidge - 5:31 9) Home Growning- 7:06 10) A Late One - 4:10 |
Catalog # MM0002 Covert Art Front Back |
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4) Transonic I – Downstream Illusion Robert’s first Ambient/ trance CDs originally recorded for Pete Namlook’s Fax Label. Some critics think that Transonic I is the first Trip – Hop CD |
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5) Transonic II – Virtual Current Robert’s second Ambient/ trance CDs originally recorded for Pete Namlook’s Fax Label
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Catalog # MM0005 Covert Art Front Back |
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6) Transonic III – Future Primitive Robert’s third Ambient/ trance CDs originally recorded for Pete Namlook’s Fax Label
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Catalog # MM0006 Covert Art Front Back |
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7) Machine Gun – Machine Gun |
Catalog # MM0007 Covert Art Front Back |
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8) Machine Gun – Open Fire 1) In the Beginning - 5:25 |
Catalog # MM0008 Covert Art Front Back |
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9) Machine Gun – Pass The Ammo |
Catalog # MM0009 Covert Art Front Back |
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10) Last Exit – Headfirst Into The Flames The classic improv group! Featuring Bill Laswell, Sonny Sharrock, Peter Brötzmann, and Ronald Shannon Jackson |
Catalog # MM0010 Covert Art Front Back |
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11) Improvised Music New York 1981 Another classic night captured live with Derek Bailey, Sonny sharrock, Fred Frith, Bill Laswell, John Zorn and Charles K. Noyes 1) Improvised Music #1 - 1:21 2) Improvised Music #2 - 5:04 3) Improvised Music #3 - 4:33 4) Improvised Music #4 - 5:50 5) Improvised Music #5 - 6:42 6) Improvised Music #6 - 5:46 7) Improvised Music #7 - 3:48 |
Catalog # MM0011 Covert Art Front Back |
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12) Pheeroan aKlaff – Sonogram Pheeroan’s drumming at his best featuring Sonny Sharrock, Carlos Ward and John Stubblefield 1) Bit Her - 11:32 2) Serious- 10:13 3) Alligator and Kangaroo - 4:13 4) Tout De Suite - 5:29 5) Sonogram - 3:46 6) Juggler - 3:39 |
Catalog # MM0012 Covert Art Front Back |
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13) Thomas Chapin – Radius A wonderful document of Thomas’s music featuring Ronnie Matthews, Ray Drummond, and John Betsch 1) One Man Blues - 6:54 2) Radius - 6:32 3) Forgotten Game - 11:15 4) Jitterbug Waltz - 8:17 5) Egg Hunt - 11:51 6) A January Tear - 5:36 |
Catalog # MM0013 Covert Art Front Back |
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14) Thomas Chapin & Borah Bergman – Inversions This improvisational Sax and Piano CD seems to cross all boundaries. 1) Politics - 4:58 2) Points - 2:29 3) Kitchen Kut/ Ups - 3:06 4) Dallab - 5:56 5) Valse Languide - 8:23 6) Dark Memory/ Shreds- 3:20 7) Propulsion - 6:05 8) Industry - 10:13 9) Grand Design - 7:06 |
Catalog # MM0014 Covert Art Front Back |
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15) Lunar Bear Ensemble – Dark Pastures A rock poetry CD featuring John Lunar Richey (Machine Gun, Young Turks), Martin Atkins (Killing Joke, Ministry, PIL), and Eddie Freeze (Crossfire Choir), and Richard Bear Graham 1) Untied Dogs - 3:302) Musical Fatale - 3:13 3) Sera Terminal - 4:18 4) In Spite - 2:57 5) I Believe - 4:46 6) Bleeding Liberal - 2:02 7) Dark Pastures - 4:36 8) AlieNation - 4:30 9) Equinox - 3:06 10) Corner of George - 4:27 |
Catalog # MM0015 Covert Art Front Back |
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16) Robert Musso/ Steve Buchanan – Noise Floor Guitar and Sax improvisation at its freest! 1) Noise Floor #1 - 2:58 2) Noise Floor #2 - 4:18 3) Noise Floor #3; - 2:52 4) Noise Floor #4 - 2:43 5) Noise Floor #5 - 6:40 6) Noise Floor #6 - 8:52 7) Noise Floor #7 - 2:00 8) Noise Floor #8 - 7:48 9) Noise Floor #9 - 3:48 10) Noise Floor #10 - 5:43 11) Noise Floor #11 - 6:09 |
Catalog # MM0016 Covert Art Front Back |
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17) Doom Dogs – Personal Nuclear Assault A wonderful collaboration from Jair – Rohm Parker Wells (Machine Gun) and Reeves Gabrels (David Bowie) 1) Portrait of Girl with the Tin Machine Gun - 3:402) The Wolves of Winterthur- 6:49 3) Pock a Way Goes Off - 4:38 4) Preamble to a Scramble - 8:34 5) I Saw Myself Standing - 6:33 6) Ayler’s Love - 4:43 7) Knit Knot - 5:10 8) Muffy Meets the African Prince - 6:23 9) My Baby Left Me - 6:20 10) Silicon Desire - 4:40 11) Where Cultures Collide - 7:04 |
Catalog # MM0017 Covert Art Front Back |
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18) Mark Daterman & Glen Moore – The Blimp War Mark Daterman on guitar and Glen Moore on bass ( Oregon ) unite for this jazz/ improv CD. This CD also includes bonus tracks 1) The Figure #5 in Gold - 4:282) The Beagle - 6:17 3) Falling Plums - 4:50 4) Bell Fountain Road - 6:51 5) Or What - 3:47 6) The Blimp War - 5:39 7) The Bear Escapes - 8:05 8) Blood of the Fruit fly - 7:08 9) Ominous Water (Bonus Track) - 3:52 10) River Song (Bonus Track) - 2:40 |
Catalog # MM0018 Covert Art Front Back |
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19) John McCracken & Outloud – Blood From a Tone Guitarist John McCracken’s Outloud group featuring Thomas Chapin, Charles Baldwin, and Abe Speller 1) Vibes - 7:582) The Detuned - 9:21 3) Rough Sax Defense - 13:13 4) Abuse of Power - 11:46 5) Rock Mantras - 5:05 6) Sloblo - 8:06 |
Catalog # MM0019 Covert Art Front Back |
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20) Lunar Ensemble – Off Beat John Lunar Richey’s new ensemble featuring Lance Carter, Jack Petruzzelli, Tom DiEllo, and Slugger 1) Offbeat – A - 10:482) Offbeat – B - 4:04 3) Offbeat – C - 10:04 4) Offbeat – D - 8:50 5) Bleeding Liberal - 6:34 6) Where is the Light - 8:24 7) Mod/ dis/ ease 8) Meteors 1&2 |
Catalog # MM0020 Covert Art Front Back |
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21) Professor Shehab and Robert Musso – Ataxia 1) Elephant Alarm - 7:54 2) Archon - 8:03 3) Avatar - 8:22 4) Neter - 7:59 5) Forgotten Ones - 15:14 |
Catalog # MM0021 Covert Art Front Back |
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22) Transonic – Re - Evolution Robert Musso’s fourth solo CD featuring Bill Laswell. Drum & Bass & backwards guitars! 1) Tranz Sender - 7:332) Reversity - 9:32 3) Oki-Naha Passage - 6:22 4) Torque - 8:08 5) Terra Trek - 7:16 6) Mars Cronicle - 7:06 7) Siroccan Wind - 8:42 |
Catalog # MM0022 Covert Art Front Back |
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23) Machine Gun – WFMU Machine Gun live! 1) Out Spoke In - 8:26 2) Munition Secretion - 13:24 3) Guns In Space - 7:22 4) The Chaser - 9:13 5) Muffy’s Slip Knots - 11:25 |
Catalog # MM0023 Covert Art Front Back |
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24) Machine Gun – WUSB Machine Gun live! 1) Vital Signs - 4:38 2) Red Planet Blues - 7:50 3) Rage of Destruction - 14:12 4) Something Else - 1:01 5) Arsenal Tech High - 3:58 6) Classical Rebellion - 6:49 |
Catalog # MM0024 Covert Art Front Back |
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25) Machine Gun - WKCR
Machine Gun live! 1. Crystal Field 2. Pentagon 3. Leather Muffy 4. John & Tom 5. Sound Foreseen 6. Jump Line 7. Narrow Ass 8. Sonic Fiction 9. Ascending Time 10. Sharpshooter 11. Over the Edge Leading Slice 12. Tribe Quote: Readers who like Machine Gun should look out, too, for a bootleg of the group's live set on New York radio station WKCR. (I found my copy on a Camden Market tape stall). |
Catalog # MM0025 Covert Art Front Back |
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26) Pheeroan Aklaff – Drum Set Variations 1)Key Zero 2)Key One 3) Key Two 4)Donna V 5) Key Four 6) Key Five 7)Key Seven 8)Jack A 9) Jack B 10) Winnie 11)Doo - Hop 12) Smash - Hop 13)P – Spunky 14)Alma Mater 15)Hispaniola A 16) Hispaniola B 17)Play Ground 18) Berth and Fire One 19)Berth and Fire Two 20)Old and New 21)Saints Floating on the River 22)Hilda 23) Oooh, Pooh 24)Sky 25) EARTHA 26)Peb 27) Ride Cymbal 28) 40 Fills 29)Single Hits 30) Pressure Rolls |
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27) Jair-Rohm Parker Wells - Ad Majorem Dei Gloriam Jair-Rohm’s new solo CD! Catalog # MM0027 1) A.L.M 2) In Theory There Is No Difference Between Theory and; Practice, In Practice There is 3) Lethal Beauty 4) Improbable Cause, Likely Effect 5) Libido Management 6) The Annexing Of Jane 7) To Morning Sea Explore 8) Dangerous Curves And A Head 9) Favorable Conditions 10) Sententia Africanus 11) For Peace (Would You Hug A Suicide Bomber?) |
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28) Bob’s Jam Band 1/15/07 - With Joe Russo, Raoul Bjorkenheim, and Dave Dreiwitz |
Catalog # MM0028 Covert Art Front Back |
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29) Stone Improv 5/19/06 - With Shanir Blumenkranz, Jackson Krall, and Billy Atwell |
Catalog # MM0029 Covert Art Front Back |
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30) Tonic Improv 5/11/00 - With Elliot Levin, Lance Carter and Dave Dreiwitz |
Catalog # MM0030 Covert Art Front Back |
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31) Musso, Laswell, and Carter Featuring Bill Laswell, Lance Carter, and Robert Musso (This was one of Lance’s last shows) 11/7/04 - At the Bowery Poetry Project |
Catalog # MM0031 Covert Art Front Back |
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32) Transonic Band – Live at the Cooler 4/12/99 - With Byard Lancaster, Charles Burnham, Lance Carter, Elliot Levin, Toby Kasavan and David Gross |
Catalog # MM0032 Covert Art Front Back |
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33) Dreiwitz, Musso, and Carter 7/9/03 - At the Bowery Poetry Project |
Catalog # MM0033 Covert Art Front Back |
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34) Machine Gun Live at Downtown Beirut 9/14/88 |
Catalog # MM0034 Covert Art Front Back |
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35) Machine Gun Live at the Brighton Bar 9/14/91 |
Catalog # MM0035 Covert Art Front Back |
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36) Machine Gun Live at Bruce Gallanter’s Gemini Jam 9/22/91 - Introduction by Bruce Gallanter |
Catalog # MM0036 Covert Art Front Back |
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37) Machine Gun Live at CBGB’s #1 - 6/2/87 With Sonny Sharrock - Guitar and Karl Berger - Meladica |
Catalog # MM0037 Covert Art Front Back |
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38) Machine Gun Live at CBGB’s #2 - 11/29/88 Introduction by Peter Wetherbee |
Catalog # MM0038 Covert Art Front Back |
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39) Machine Gun Live at CBGB’s #3 - 11/28/92 |
Catalog # MM0039 Covert Art Front Back |
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40) Machine Gun Live at the Court Tavern #1 - 6/7/87 |
Catalog # MM0040 Covert Art Front Back |
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41) Machine Gun Live at the Court Tavern #2 - 2/12/88 - With Tom DiEllo – Bass |
Catalog # MM0041 Covert Art Front Back |
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42) Machine Gun Live at the Court Tavern #3 - 11/26/88 |
Catalog # MM0042 Covert Art Front Back |
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43) Machine Gun Live at the Court Tavern #4 - 2/24/90 From VHS tape |
Catalog # MM0043 Covert Art Front Back |
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44) Machine Gun Live at the Court Tavern #5 - 12/8/90 From VHS tape |
Catalog # MM0044 Covert Art Front Back |
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45) Machine Gun Live at the Court Tavern #6 - 9/7/91 Introduction by George Billeci |
Catalog # MM0045 Covert Art Front Back |
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46) Machine Gun Live at the Gas Station 12/3/88 With Sonny Sharrock - Guitar |
Catalog # MM0046 Covert Art Front Back |
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47) Machine Gun Live at the Knitting Factory #1 - 11/30/88 with Elliott Sharp |
Catalog # MM0047 Covert Art Front Back |
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48) Machine Gun Live at the Knitting Factory #2 - 11/28/90 |
Catalog # MM0048 Covert Art Front Back |
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49) Machine Gun Live at the Knitting Factory #3 - 9/8/91 (Double CD) |
Catalog # MM0049 Covert Art Front Back |
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50) Machine Gun Live at the Knitting Factory #4 - Downtown Music Gallery 1st Anniversary Party - 11/2/92 Introduction by Steve Popkin |
Catalog # MM0050 Covert Art Front Back |
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51) Machine Gun Live at the Knitting Factory #5 - 11/27/92 - with Elliot Levin - sax, flute and poetry; Introduction by Bruce Gallanter |
Catalog # MM0051 Covert Art Front Back |
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52) Machine Gun Live at the Knitting Factory #6 - 7/14/95 with Elliot Levin – Sax and Flute |
Catalog # MM0052 Covert Art Front Back |
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53) Machine Gun Live at the New Music Café 9/13/91 |
Catalog # MM0053 Covert Art Front Back |
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54) Machine Gun Live at the Greenpoint Studio
2/9/92 - (Double CD) Catalog # MM0054 Covert Art Front Back |
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55) Machine Gun Live at the Theater for the New City 12/2/90 - With State of the Union song |
Catalog # MM0055 Covert Art Front Back |
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56) Machine Gun Live at Trinity College 8/7/87 |
Catalog # MM0056 Covert Art Front Back |
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57) Machine Gun Live at the WEBO Art Space 9/21/91 - Introduction by Cristeen Aebi |
Catalog # MM0057 Covert Art Front Back |
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58) Machine Gun Live at WRTC
11/29/88 - (Double CD) Catalog # MM0058 Covert Art Front Back |
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59) Ben Face – Ben Face Singer songwriter Ben Face’s first solo CD. “His music is like a combination of Leonard Cohen and Pink Floyd” 1) We’re All Dissenters of The War 3:552) Silence 5:14 3) Where Does That Leave Me 4:28 4) Do A Thing 5:02 5) What Ever Happened To? 3:49 6) Alone In The Dark 4:41 7) Family Values 2:33 |
Catalog # MM0059 Covert Art Front Back |
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60) Lance Carter Memorial Concert Live from the Knitting Factory 2007 Coming Soon! |
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61) Bob & Friends at the Bowery Poetry Club 9.22.07 1) Bruce's Intro 2) Luminous 3) Unknown Passage 4) Up Three 5) Cultured Mannequins/ Mantinaal 1 6) Mantinaal 2 7) Surakarta 8) Many Mansions |
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