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    Posted: January 11 2006 at 10:30
I'm looking for recommendations for a few good online retailers so I can
get a few of the harder to find CDs. I won't mention what they are, for
fear of being accused of soliciting trading andhaving this post deleted,
but suffice to say what I am looking for is obscure prog recordings from
"the good old days".

Anybody have any suggestions? BTW, I have hit the sponsors of this and
other well-known prog sites and have not found what I am looking for.

Thanks
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Originally posted by xhouse xhouse wrote:

I'm looking for recommendations for a few good online retailers so I can
get a few of the harder to find CDs. I won't mention what they are, for
fear of being accused of soliciting trading andhaving this post deleted,
but suffice to say what I am looking for is obscure prog recordings from
"the good old days".

Anybody have any suggestions? BTW, I have hit the sponsors of this and
other well-known prog sites and have not found what I am looking for.

Thanks

 

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Artist Shop in the USA and on line, has a lot of reissues, specialising in independent labels and non-USA based labels:

http://www.artist-shop.com/

If you are into jazz fusion of all sorts including Indo jazz, I strongly recommend US-based Abstractlogix also on the web:

http://www.abstractlogix.com/

 

If you want to look further afield, Ultima Thule in the UK has a nice line in obscurities:

 

http://myweb.tiscali.co.uk/ultimathule/
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Points: 85 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: January 11 2006 at 12:30
Thanks, unfortunately none of these have what I'm looking for but I know
I will become a regular to all these sites.

Any others?
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I've found these guys very good in the past....

http://www.gft-cyclops.co.uk/gft/gftframe.html
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I assume you're talking about bootlegs. You should check out the torrent site Dimeadozen - http://www.dimeadozen.org/. Only live recordings, no illegal boots or recordings of bands that ban such things. I've found some amazing stuff there - everything from Dream Theater to Magma to really obscure stuff like Debile Menthol, Anglagard, etc.


If you're actually looking for official releases, I can vouch for all of these online stores:

Syn-Phonic: http://synphonic.8m.com/ - largest selection, ridiculously fast shipping, prices may be slightly higher than elsewhere but not by much

Wayside Music: http://www.waysidemusic.com/ - best selection for avant-prog fans, great service.

The Laser's Edge: http://www.lasercd.com/ - best selection for prog-metal fans.

Doug Larson Imports: http://www.hicom.net/~dlarson/ - great selection of obscure prog from other countries, both classic and modern

Big Balloon Music: http://www.bigballoonmusic.com/ - smaller selection but sometimes has the best prices
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Points: 85 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: January 11 2006 at 13:52
Actually, I was not looking for bootlegs, but thanks so much for the link!!!
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Progreviews has the best list. But out of that list I believe The Laser's Edge is your best bet, with Wayside coming in second. Both sites will give good and fair descriptions of the artist, their sound, and/or a general decription of the album. This is a great help in deciding to buy an album by a group you've never heard of. That is the plus side to both these on-line stores. And as Progreviews also said, Laser's is strickly prog and prog/metal. Wayside includes avante-garde, psychedelia, jazz, and prog, and sometimes some classic rock rare items. And forget about using dimeadozen. If you are not a member and do not have an account already established you are out of lucky. They already have 100,000 members which is their maximum.


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Record heaven from Sweden is good too.
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Note on Dimeadozen, they regularly purge inactive members so getting in is no problem if you keep trying every once in a while.
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The ones I tend to use most these days -- apart from Marketplace sellers on Amazon US and Amazon UK -- are BTF www.btf.it which is excellent, and GEMM www.gemm.com for the really hard to find stuff.

 
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I've bought a lot of stuff from Music Stack, which links thousands of record shops together. That's if you want to get it legally of course!

www.musicstack.com
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