ULTIMA THULE SALE LIST
# 118 (September-November 2009), web version# at the start of a line indicates a new arrival, see: mail-order info & abbreviations pages for how to order & full lay-out details.
Music Cassettes
As cassettes get rarer this page is slowly diminishing. Some of these are now extremely rare and collectable. Most are exclusively cassette only releases that have never been available in any other format. Some of the Auricle cassettes will be deleted when current stocks run-out as we don't have the licence to repress.
Krautrock & Kosmische Musik
Canterbury, Gong, Zeuhl, RIO
General Rock, Prog & Psych
Jazzy, Fusions, ECM, Folk
Synth, Ambient, New-Age, etc.
The Grey Area / Weird Musics
Various Artists
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AUSSENMINISTER/MODEL 81 - AUSSENMINISTER/MODEL 81 (Auricle) MC £4.40 - This exclusive tape collects archive recordings by two bands lead by Wolfgang Hertz.
CON-HERTZ - FACE ON RADIO (Auricle) MC £5.90 - Conrad Schnitzler + Wolfgang Hertz = Con-Hertz! Surreal cosmic Berlin synth in "Conal" vein.
CON-HERTZ - CONTRASTS (Auricle) 2MC £8.80 - December 1986-January 1987 recordings. Numbered 200 copy edition. Note: P&P = 3 units!
EMBRYO - CHINA BLUTET (-) MC m/m £10.00 - Fan club tape, © 1996. Good ethnic fusion live.
PETER FROHMADER - ORAKEL/TIEFE (Auricle: RE) MC £5.90 - Amazingly deep textured synth music, full of dark sinister & mysterious textures. Two of Peter's finest compositions.
PETER FROHMADER - JULES VERNE CYCLE (Auricle) MC £5.90 - Dark, surreal & visionary electronic music, inspired not only by Jules Verne's stories, but also by the images conjured.
GAM - 1976 (Auricle) MC £4.90 - A lost Krautrock legend! Improvised rock with lots of psyc fire!
KRAFTWERK - THE MAN MACHINE (Capitol) MC ex+/vg+ £3.00 - © 1978.
KLAUS SCHULZE - BEYOND RECALL (Venture) MC ex+/ex+ £3.50 - Onto ethnic realms...
TANGERINE DREAM - THREE O'CLOCK HIGH (Varese Sarabande) MC ex+/m £4.00 - © 1987, plus music by Sylvester Levay (ex-Vita Nova), Jim Walker, Rick Morratta & David Tickle.
TANGERINE DREAM - OPTICAL RACE (Private Music) MC m/m £3.00 - © 1988.
TANGERINE DREAM - MELROSE (Private Music) MC m/m £4.00 - © 1990.
ATAVISM OF TWILIGHT - ATAVISM OF TWILIGHT (AP) MC m/m £6.00 - Excellent US instrumental progressive band, they're friends of Djam Karet!
DJAM KARET - THE RITUAL CONTINUES (HCP) MC £5.90 - High flying stuff.
DJAM KARET - KAFKA'S BREAKFAST (Auricle) MC £4.90, m/m £4.50 - Djam Karet in their early days went under the name of Kafka's Breakfast. This elusive Auricle cassette couples their 1982 demo: "McMusic For The McMasses" with a previously unreleased 1987 jam session.
EMERSON, LAKE & PALMER - WORKS, VOL. 1 (Atlantic) 2MC ex+/ex+ £5.00 - © 1977. Note: P&P = 4 units!
PETER HAMMILL - ENTER K/PATIENCE (Spartan) MC ex+/ex+ £5.00 - Two 1983 LP's.
HELIOTROPE - ROLLING OVER ALBION (-) MC £5.90 - 90 minutes live in Summer 1995, with Kev Ellis from Doctor Brown as the new vocalist.
KING CRIMSON - IN THE COURT OF THE CRIMSON KING (EG) MC ex+/ex+ £5.00 - Classic 1969 debut.
RAY MANZAREK - CARMINA BURANA (A&M) MC ex+/ex+ £3.00 - © 1983.
KEN MOORE - THE CHESS KINGDOM (Anvil Creations) MC m/m £4.50 - © 1986.
MOORE/MYERS - REACHING BEYOND THE SPHERE (Auricle) MC £4.90 - Instrumental prog.
PERE UBU - WORLDS IN COLLISION (Fontana) MC ex+/ex+ £3.00 - © 1991.
PINK FLOYD - DARK SIDE OF THE MOON (Harvest) MC ex/vg+ £3.00 - © 1973.
PSYDEBOARD - PSYDEBOARD (demo) MC EP m/m £4.00 - Ex-Cardboard.
TANGLE EDGE - IMPROVISED DROP OUTS (Auricle) MC £5.90 - Remixed & enhanced version of their debut c90 cassette. Space-rock with hints of Amon Düül II, Pink Floyd, ethnic elements blending with intensive and dynamic rock, topped off with fiery guitars.
XCRANIUM - MOODGRAFT (demo) MC m/ex £6.00 - US instrumental prog. 32 minutes duration.
YES - UNION (Arista: 1xBT) MC ex+/ex+ £3.00 - © 1991.
CHRIS CONWAY - 4AM (TRG) MC £5.90 - Retrospective solo from The Rain Garden leader.
CHRIS CONWAY'S HAPPY LANDINGS - SKY HIGH (TRG) MC £5.90 - Chris' jazz trio, very ECM sounding, with lots of improvisation.
DELTA 4 - TEFOLENE (Musique en Chantier) MC £9.00 - French typically offbeat fusion with ethnic touches, featuring Pascale Jakubowski of Orient-Express.
JAZZ ORIENT - DANGEROUS GROUND (TRG) MC £5.90 - Indian jazz? Lively oriental fusion featuring Chris Conway. © 1991.
LEAF STORM - DWELLERS IN THE MIRAGE (TRG) MC £5.90 - Varied fusion with an ethnic touch, hints of Riley-esque minimalism & Celtic folk, by Chris Conway & co.
PAT METHENY & ORNETTE COLEMAN - SONG X (Geffen) MC ex+/ex+ £3.00 - © 1986.
SUBMEDIA - SUBMEDIA (promo) MC m/m £5.00 - Obscure cross-culture fusion.
JOEL VANDROOGENBROECK - JOGED BUMBUNG (Joel) MC m/m £5.00 - "Original folk music & natural sounds from Bali". Brainticket leader.
STEVEN CRAGG - DISCOVERY (New World) CD m/m £4.00 - Didgeridoo, etc. © 1997.
TONY GUNNING - MAGELLAN (Arrival) MC £4.90 - A diversion to more unusual realms.
OLE HØJER HANSEN - NUDITY (Auricle) MC £5.40, m/m £4.00 - Beyond the realms of Klaus Schulze's "X" or "Mirage".
LEIF KEANE - THE WIDE VESSEL (Arrival) MC £4.90 - Inventive synth, adventurous sound experiments, space & industrial surf music? What! Fascinating.
MARTIN KORNBERGER - KINGS CRIME (Syntape) MC ex+/ex £4.50 - Synth & prog mix.
LIGHTWAVE - ICI ET MAINTENANT (Auricle) MC m/m £10.00 - Their classic live radio performance on the programme "Ici et Maintenant" (aka "Here & Now").
ROB PRESTON - INSECT MECHANICS (Direction Music) MC m/m £5.00 - Experimental/melodic British synthesist, © 1994.
ROBERT RICH - LIVE (Auricle: numbered) MC £5.90 - In concert 1984. A mix of systemic & atmospheric/space music, almost 90 minutes to fall asleep to!
ROBERT RICH - INNER LANDSCAPES (Auricle) MC £5.90 - 1987 live in concert, 90 minutes of ethereal/ambient dream music, synths, flutes & guitar.
RUNESTONE - MYSTERIES (New World) MC m/m £4.00 - Lush romantic with flutey synths.
ROBERT SLAP - ATLANTIS: CRYSTAL CHAMBER (New World) MC £4.90 - Esoteric, richly toned & involving synth based music.
SYNERGY - SEQUENCER (Sire) MC ex+/ex £3.00 - Aka Larry Fast, classical influenced synth. 2nd album, © 1976.
VIETGROVE - GREEN HINGE (RAO) MC £4.90 - Dreamy music, synths painting as nature, subtle & harmonic.
ADRIAN WAGNER - KARMING THE ELEMENTS (Music Suite) MC £5.90 - With ecological theme.
ANOTHER GREEN WORLD - ADJUSTING THE MIRROR (-) MC ex+/m £5.00 - © 1992.
APHASIA - REQUIRED (Atmojet) MC m/m £5.00 - Abstract Hafler Trio meets Merzbow? © 1995.
STEVE MOORE - THE WAY IN (Inner Ear) MC £4.00 - A very surprising & different release: "ambient", reflective, yet still quite unusual. Special Offer!
RICCARDO SINIGAGLIA - WATERTUBE RINGSPIEL (ADN) MC m/m £10.00 - Unique atmospheric music created by sound collage techniques, featuring piano effects, percussion, synths, etc.
ASMUS TIETCHENS - MUSIK AUS DER GRAUZONE (Auricle) MC £5.90 - 1981 cassette only release. Some of his most startlingly vivid electronic music, much darker & weirder than his Sky releases of this time.
ASMUS TIETCHENS - MUSIK AN DER GRENZE (Auricle) MC £5.90 - 1982 cassette only release. Certainly Asmus at his most fiery & electronic. One of his best from this period.
A CAGE WENT IN SEARCH OF A BIRD 1 (Auricle) MC £3.90 - 1st cassette: Paul Nagle, Peter Frohmader, Colin Potter, Region 5, Conrad Schnitzler, Adhara, Ken Moore, Kevin O'Neill, Alto Stratus, Paul Kelday.
BETTER THINGS ARE ELECTRIC (M&E) MC ex+/m £6.00 - Obscure UK synth/experimental label, mostly obscure/unknowns: Christian Vogel, Dark Star, Nomusic, etc.
ESCAPE FROM THE CAGE - VOL. 1: SPACE-ROCK & BEYOND (Auricle) MC £4.90 - The Auricle guide to 80's space-rock, progressive & cosmic musics, with such obscure artists as: Dean Carter, Ken Moore Group (2 tracks), AMA, Alto Stratus, No Zen Orchestra, Flute & Electronics, Rancid Poultry, & some better known ones like: Günter Schickert, Djam Karet (2 tracks), & Tangle Edge. A great collectors item!
ESCAPE FROM THE CAGE - VOL. 2: INTO THE UNDERWORLD (Auricle) MC £4.90 - Experimental sounds for the adventurous, from avant-garde onto industrial. Radical & challenging music by: Morphogenesis, N.R. Hills, Biomechanoid, Sleaze Art, Arcane Device, Michael Winnerholt, Context, Peter Frohmader, Alto Stratus, Limpe Fuchs, Clothearz, Frame Advance, Jack Tamul, Asmus Tietchens.
ESCAPE FROM THE CAGE - VOL. 3: IMAGES OF INFINITY (Auricle) MC £4.90 - A rare treat for Teutonic cosmic synth music fan, yet with no German synthesists! Specially recorded lengthy tracks of superb atmospheric synth & ambient music by such luminaries as: Robert Rich (live recording), Steve Roach, Loren Nerell, Ole Højer Hansen, Lightwave, Steve & Linda Hillman.
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