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Rubber Soul (Vinyl)

The Beatles

Without Rubber Soul, there would be no psychedelia. From the font to the bands' out-grown moptops, change was in the air and on this long player.

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Dummy (Vinyl)

Portishead

Dummy is the debut album of the Bristol-based group Portishead. Tthe album earned critical acclaim, winning the 1995 Mercury Music Prize. It is often credited with popularising the trip-hop genre…

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Sometimes I Sit And Think Sometimes I Just Sit (Vinyl)

Courtney Barnett

Following on from her three outstanding EPs, Sometimes I Sit And Think, And Sometimes I Just Sit was recorded in the autumn of 2014 in an intense 10 day session…

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OK Computer (Vinyl)

Radiohead

OK Computer is the third studio album by English alternative rockers Radiohead, first released in 1997

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Genius of Modern Music, Volume 1

Thelonious Monk

Thelonious Monk was a little-known figure on the New York City bebop scene when Blue Note founder Alfred Lion discovered and fell in love with the pianist’s utterly unique music…

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Easter (Vinyl)

Patti Smith

Easter is the first record Patti Smith recorded after the year-and-a-half break that was caused by her fall from a stage in January 1977. The album is produced by Bruce…

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Back to Black (Vinyl)

Amy Winehouse

Ivor Novello award winner, Mercury Music Prize and triple Brit nominee Amy Winehouse, returns with her hugely anticipated sophomore album Back To Black. This is the Platinum selling #1…

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Protection (Vinyl)

Massive Attack

Bristol's trip-hop pioneers crystallise their melancholic splendour on Protection. It's a simmering shadow of a soundtrack to urban life, where dub, hip-hop, electronica and soul mesh into something quite…

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Legend (Vinyl)

Bob Marley

As greatest hits packages go, this is an utter gem. Every song is inspired, in a class of its own

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Did You Know That There’s a Tunnel Under Ocean Blvd (Vinyl)

Lana Del Rey

Did You Know That There’s a Tunnel Under Ocean Blvd is the ninth studio album from acclaimed singer-songwriter Lana Del Rey. It comprises 16 tracks and interludes and features guests…

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Diesel and Dust (Vinyl)

Midnight Oil

Diesel and Dust is the sixth studio album by Australian rock band Midnight Oil

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Boxer (Vinyl)

The National

The National formed in 1999, when five friends from Cincinnati, Ohio met again after all of them had relocated to Brooklyn, NY. For years, the band had received critical praise…

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Harry’s House (Vinyl)

Harry Styles

Harry’s House is the third solo studio album from Grammy award-winning global superstar Harry Styles

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The Record (Vinyl)

Boygenius

Julien Baker, Phoebe Bridgers and Lucy Dacus are three talented singer-songwriters who, after running in similar circles in the indie scene as they started out, formed supergroup Boygenius. The Record…

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Mule Variations (Vinyl)

Tom Waits

Waits intersperses the tough and the tender, mixing exercises in creative noisemaking with tunes that fall on just the right side of maudlin.

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evermore (Deluxe Green Vinyl)

Taylor Swift

evermore is a breathtaking companion to summer's folklore.

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Whatever People Say I Am, That’s What I’m Not (Vinyl)

Arctic Monkeys

Whatever People Say I Am, That’s What I’m Not is the debut studio album by the English rock band Arctic Monkeys.

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Illmatic (Clear Vinyl)

Nas

Landmark debut album from American rapper Nas released in 1994

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Designer (Vinyl)

Aldous Harding

Designer follows 4ad-debut Party, which was praised by The New York Times as “quiet, cryptic, utterly arresting…[and] riveting.” NPR said Harding is “haunting” while Rolling Stone likened her to…

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Anima (Limited Edition Orange Vinyl)

Thom Yorke

Anima was written by Thom Yorke and produced by Nigel Godrich.

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Midnight Marauders (Vinyl)

Tribe Called Quest

Midnight Marauders was the third album by A Tribe Called Quest, released November 1993. It was released two years after A Tribe Called Quest's second album, The Low End Theory…

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Cuz I Love You (Vinyl)

Lizzo

Cuz I Love You is the major label debut from megastar Lizzo

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Nevermind (Vinyl)

Nirvana

Nirvana, the trio comprised of Kurt Cobain, Krist Novoselic, and Dave Grohl, hailed originally from a coastal fishing town in Washington and rose to become one of the most influential…

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The Low End Theory (2024 reissue) (Vinyl)

A Tribe Called Quest

The Low End Theory is the second studio album by American hip hop group A Tribe Called Quest. Originally released in September 1991.

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Horses (Vinyl)

Patti Smith

‘Horses’ is the debut studio album by American musician Patti Smith, released in 1975. A fixture of the then-burgeoning New York punk rock music scene, Patti began recording ‘Horses’ with…

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Velvet Underground and Nico (Vinyl)

Velvet Underground and Nico

Few records are as revered and influential as The Velvet Underground & Nico - though a commercial failure upon release, the record has since become one of the most influential…

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Trans Europe Express (Vinyl)

Kraftwerk

Trans Europe Express is the sixth studio album by German electronic music band Kraftwerk

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Blue (Vinyl)

Joni Mitchell

The definitive female singer songwriter album of the 70's 1971's Blue is just about as perfect as an album can be

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Our Love (Vinyl)

Caribou

You reach a point in life where the question of how to stay at the top of your game looms; the only real solution being, you change the game. Our…

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Damn (Vinyl)

Kendrick Lamar

Damn strikes a neat balance between spiritual content, personal reflection and socio-political comment. Countless rappers claim to have transcended the game. Kendrick Lamar actually does

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Punisher (Vinyl)

Phoebe Bridgers

Phoebe Bridgers doesn’t write love songs as much as songs about the impact love can have on our lives, personalities, and priorities. Punisher, her fourth release and second solo…

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Pink Moon (Vinyl)

Nick Drake

The results of Nick Drake's solo sessions were as harrowing and stark as anything by Robert Johnson or Charley Patton. Enclosed in an inner world of psychological distress, Drake recorded…

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Giant Steps (Vinyl)

John Coltrane

Vinyl LP pressing of the digitally remastered mono mix of this legendary jazz release.

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Moon Safari (Vinyl)

Air

1998 debut album from the French postmodernist duo. Air raid every aspect of retro pop music, from the sublime to the ridiculous, in fashioning their sonic bricolage. Everything from Krautrock-inspired…

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Lemonade (Vinyl)

Beyoncé

While the album is Beyonce's most naked and personal yet, Lemonade is also a collage of collaborative artistic effort.

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The Doors (Vinyl)

The Doors

First released in January 1967, The Doors is one of rock music's most famous debuts. It delivered the number 1 signature smash 'Light My Fire', plus 'Break On Through', 'The…

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For Emma Forever Ago (Vinyl)

Bon Iver

For Emma, Forever Ago is the debut of this lineage of songs. As a whole, the record is entirely cohesive throughout and remains centered around a particular aesthetic, prompted by…

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Selected Ambient Works 85-92 (Vinyl)

Aphex Twin

Selected Ambient Works 85-92 was the album that crossed over from the techno world into the more indie homes.

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Terror Twilight (Vinyl)

Pavement

Terror Twilight is Pavement's fifth proper studio album and perhaps their most confident effort to date.

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Essential vinyl

Rubber Soul (Vinyl)

Dummy (Vinyl)

Sometimes I Sit And Think Sometimes I Just Sit (Vinyl)

OK Computer (Vinyl)

Genius of Modern Music, Volume 1

Easter (Vinyl)

Back to Black (Vinyl)

Protection (Vinyl)

Legend (Vinyl)

Did You Know That There’s a Tunnel Under Ocean Blvd (Vinyl)

Diesel and Dust (Vinyl)

Boxer (Vinyl)

Harry’s House (Vinyl)

The Record (Vinyl)

Mule Variations (Vinyl)

evermore (Deluxe Green Vinyl)

Whatever People Say I Am, That’s What I’m Not (Vinyl)

Illmatic (Clear Vinyl)

Designer (Vinyl)

Anima (Limited Edition Orange Vinyl)

Midnight Marauders (Vinyl)

Cuz I Love You (Vinyl)

Nevermind (Vinyl)

The Low End Theory (2024 reissue) (Vinyl)

Horses (Vinyl)

Velvet Underground and Nico (Vinyl)

Trans Europe Express (Vinyl)

Blue (Vinyl)

Our Love (Vinyl)

Damn (Vinyl)

Punisher (Vinyl)

Pink Moon (Vinyl)

Giant Steps (Vinyl)

Moon Safari (Vinyl)

Lemonade (Vinyl)

The Doors (Vinyl)

For Emma Forever Ago (Vinyl)

Selected Ambient Works 85-92 (Vinyl)

Terror Twilight (Vinyl)