ANDREW SHERWELL Approaching (2019) UK; Cassette
Electronic/Dark Ambient/Abstract/Experimental UK, Cassette
Pro-dubbed cassette with a solid white shell and full-colour artwork. Limited to 40 copies. Mastered by Stephan Mathieu.
"I would always wake with the taste of blood in my mouth and a pounding headache. I would be dehydrated and disorientated. Simultaneously elated and deflated. Every time. It would always start the same way too. My vision would judder as the world turned silver and white. Dizzy and staggering, my ears ringing, I felt I was being pulled through a wall. I could hear them calling, terrifying voices urging me on. When I learnt to let go, to accept, it got easier. And then everything would stop. What happened next is confused. It was at the time, even more so now. Trying to explain is like trying to recall a dream, vivid in the instance, but the moment you awake, confused and fleeting. It is difficult to believe it actually happened. But it did. So I will try. Clouds of smoke and incense cloaked them as they circled, swirling in their wake, their forms obscured. The voices were now a whisper, words in no language I recognised. But at the time, I felt their message. One minute urging and insistent, other times mocking and accusatory. Occasionally, they would pay me no attention. I would hear them scream at one another and only rarely glimpse them among the billowing clouds. I would feel alone and lost. The final time was different. I could hear many voices, far more than usual. They appeared to be singing. Slowly the voices rose to a crescendo and then fell away as a single voice took over. Clearer than normal yet still obscure, it filled me with a tranquillity and joy the like of which I had not known and which I still crave now. And then, for the first and final time, the being appeared. And I wept. I was still weeping when I awoke, shaking and bloody-mouthed. Grandfather was sitting in a chair that he had pulled up to the sofa where I was lying under a sweat-soaked blanket. He stared intently then lent back and smiled. “They have gone,” he said. “They won’t be back. Cherish the honour, boy.” He was right. And I do."
Words by Andrew Sherwell
TEENAGE MUTANT NINJA TURTLES Rat King (1987) Unopened (Blister pack on card)
TMNT/80's/Action Figure/Carded/New Old Stock, (1987)
“Figure is new in package. All accessories are included. The outside packaging has minor creases on the corners. There is paper loss from an old price tag. Plastic Blister package is in great condition.”
Produced by Playmates and distributed in Japan through Takara Toys. This Ninja Turtle version is exclusive to Japan. It was never sold in other regions. Inside the blister pack is a specially included postcard addressed to Takara Toys for catalog information. This package is still factory sealed.
THE DUKES OF HAZARD; LCD Quartz Digital Watch (1981) Unopened
New old stock/Mint on Card/Dukes of Hazard/80's, Digital Watch
This 'NEW' OLD STORE STOCK is mint in the package. Dukes of Hazzard LCD Quartz wrist watch, by "Unisonic", dated 1981, with instructions on the back of the card. It features, Hours and Minutes, Month and Date, Seconds and push button light. This is OLD STORE STOCK and has never been opened.
WWF World Wrestling Federation: Wrestlemanie III; Bubblegum Cards (Topps) 1987 - Unopened
Unopened Wax-pack with bubblegum stick (1987) WWF/WCW/WWE/Wrestling/Hulk Hogan, New Old Stock
Limited stock of these 30 plus year old unopened packs of 'Wrestlemania 3' cards and gum.
BARBARIANS ON WHEELS Sam Wilde (1977); Hardcover
160 pages 1st Edition (1977) Biker/Hells Angels/Charles Manson/Choppers, Hardcover - ULTRA RARE!
(Possibly the rarest item we have in the store - and possibly the cheapest copy available anywhere online)
A seriously good documentation of the underground world of motorcycles and the gangs. Illustrated throughout with some fantastic images including Sonny Barger, Skip Workman, Terry The Tramp, and the rest of the iconic Californian Angels. The volume also includes interviews and texts by Mick Norman, Alex R. Stuart, Peter Cave and others with sections on choppers, drag racing, Charles Manson and the biker image. A very good plus copy, with only some sun fading on dust jacket. (Please contact for photos)
TIMELESS No5: Female Flesh and other Fucking Fetishisms (French); Zine
77 pages (2003) Peter Sotos/Zine/Underground/XXX, Zine - RARE!
Excellent issue devoted to the female body, with rich and varied contributions. Interviews with fetish artists such as Ti5dur, Le Boul'ch as well as Bruno Richard and Pascal Doury.
TAKASHI NEMOTO: Monster Men Bureiko Lullaby; Paperback
194 pages Controversial/Underground/Japanese/Comic/Manga/Obscene, Paperback - RARE!
If you can't tell from the cover and synopsis, the book is fairly obscene. The humor is sub-scatological. The drawing style is brutally ugly. But it is an incredibly unique and entertaining work that is well worth your time. Nothing escapes Nemoto's scathing, misanthropic satire here, from radiation victims to hyper-masculinity - even the manga industry itself gets torn apart. This is an absolute must for any lover of underground and alternative comics, or outsider art in general. You will have never read anything like it. A seminal work of manga from the mid-1980s, Monster Men Bureiko Lullaby is a Candide-esque tale--if you can picture Candide as a mutated sperm brought to life by radioactivity. Unremittingly explicit, direct, honest and insightful while simultaneously beautiful and grotesque. Due to his unapologetically squalid subject matter, surreal drawing style and pessimistic, satirical stance, Nemoto has long been a controversial figure in Japan.
CANNIBAL FEROX / ZOMBIE (Budi Maglione / Fabio Frizzi) OST, Limited Edition CD
Horror/Synth/Gore/Soundtracks, CD (1998) Used
This CD includes the remastered synth-driven soundtracks to two cult Italian horror films.
Tracks 1-19 are from Umberto Lenzi's Cannibal Ferox (aka Make Them Die Slowly).
Tracks 20-32 are from Lucio Fulci's Zombie (aka Zombi 2).
Also included are remixes and original music inspired by the films, performed by rokOPERA.
Tracks 13,14, and 20 are movie trailers or movie dialogue.
Limited pressing of 1000 copies on "Blackest Heart Media" Label.
LEE RANALDO Vancouver Ambients 1-4 (Signed/Numbered); 7" single
Rare/Signed/Sonic Youth/Lee Ranaldo/Improv/Experimental 7" single Used (as new) - no.121
The sixth installment in Important Records' Arts & Crafts Series is this 7” from Sonic Youth's Lee Ranaldo, recorded with Alan Licht on guitar, Christian Marclay on turntables and William Hooker on drums. Pressed on clear vinyl and packaged with a screen print designed and signed by Ranaldo. This release is limited to 500 sold out copies.
TAOISM DRUNKARD (Kung Fu) 1983; DVD
Cult/Kung-Fu/Warped/Bizarre/Drunk DVD, New
Drunken Kung-Fu insanity! Bizarre over the top action Hong Kong style. The Yuen clan is a family of crazy martial arts movie makers; most notable among them is Yuen Wo Ping the action director Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon. This time (1983) they have choreographed some of the most bizarre stunt and wire work ever committed to film. Taoism Drunkard is like a Kaiju "Big Battle" on acid. A drunken Taoist priest is ordered to find a "Cherry Boy", to appease his temple's ancestors. The Cherry Boy in question is Chiu, a young man who lives with his grandmother, trying to protect a sacred writ from a bright red, snarling bad guy. And let's just say insanity follows!
