We’ve been playing some nice records bi-weekly on Radio Valerie. You can check all the previous shows (bar one) here.
Here’s last night’s archive, wherein after a busted needle, we deviated into some funk 45s for a change, floated on into that rasping and difficult-to-find Annette Peacock LP, and then played a few terrific French & Italian things with beautiful 10″ type-only covers. Loads more to come. Keep tuning in for more, every second Monday 10PM AEST…
Our new releases are nearly upon us, Il Gruppo D’Improvvisazione Nuova Consonanza – Niente, Egisto Macchi – I Futuribili and Orchestra Peter Thomas – Orion 2000. It’s been a long wait but all 3 LPs will be available to purchase in the coming week. Taking pre-orders now!
Greetings and welcome to The Roundtable 2012. To start the year off we have another very fine bunch of rare records on offer. Check out the Psych/Prog and Experimental sections for some real gems!
Hi Folks,
As promised we will continue to add to the secondhand LP section on the Roundtable website. Please check for the latest updates. Again, some more very desirable Italian OST and Library items plus some rare German OHR titles. A few French Prog & experimental things as well. Stay tuned for more. Unfortunately we don’t have the time to provide audio for each record but we realise that people do like to hear what they are buying so if there is anything that you would like to hear please get in touch and a soundclip can be provided on request.
More news soon on the upcoming LP — Orchestra Peter Thomas’ Orion 2000 — plus some announcements for our new scheduled releases.
[SIR003LP] Replica LP. From deep within the Australian Outback comes Yaraandoo, the 40,000 year-old sound of antediluvian Aboriginal folklore channelled through Mellotron, hypnotic washes of Moog oscillations, Bamboo flutes and tape delay. Welcome to the unearthed, unheard of and undefinable genre of Australian Dreamtime Psych…. Re-presented for the first time, The Roundtable announce a much anticipated reissue of this mythical Australian Lo-fi concept recording composed by Jazz guitarist Rob Thomsett. Working in a similar impressionistic mode as other Australian originals Sven Libaek and John Sangster, Thomsett sets to music the Aboriginal Dreamtime myth of Yaraandoo, The legend of the dawn of creation. Self recorded on a two track in 1974 then privately pressed and distributed amongst friends, Yaraandoo is without a doubt the most desired and speculated Australian progressive recording in existence. With only 100 handmade LP copies originally pressed, copies of this phenomenal LP rarely surface. Yaraandoo is a true lost timepiece from the Australian underground.
[SIR004LP] Replica LP. Rumoured to be an Incan princess (or a housewife from Brooklyn) there is one thing about Yma Sumac of which there is no doubt: her voice – an astounding instrument, both emotive and playful that captured the imagination of millions during the height of her 1950s “Voice of the Xtabay” exotica-fame. After years of global adulation, tours behind the iron curtain and then a number of personal crises, Yma was ready to return to the spotlight in 1972. Flanked by her original collaborator, the King of Exotica, Les Baxter, this was to be no tired rerun of former glories but instead a blistering psyche-rock-exploitation opus! Yma growls and swoops her way over solid grooves, swirling keys and fuzz guitars. Withdrawn immediately after release in a blizzard of litigation and acrimony, this rare and lysergic masterpiece is now fully restored and remastered from the original master tapes for its first ever official reissue. Presented with two fantastic (and previously unheard) extra tracks.
[SIR005LP] Replica LP. Interplanetary Freak Funk. The highpoint of a career that boasts the legendary Space Patrol (Raumpatrouille) and Chariots Of The Gods soundtracks, Peter Thomas’ Orion 2000 is a phenomenal session that was only ever pressed in miniscule amounts as a German library LP (in 1975) and has never been available commercially ever before. Drums pound, guitars buzz, horns flail and star-maidens wail…berserk electronic and musique-concrete effects collide with manic energy in a cornucopia of astro big-band delirium. There is nothing of this world (or any other) that sounds like the Orchestra Peter Thomas. Remastered from the original master tapes and presented with exclusive liner notes, the original artwork, and rare photos.
