1.TISZIJI MUNOZ-Auspicious Healing! (Anami Music 18) Featuring Tisziji & Henry Kaiser on guitars(!), Marilyn Crispell on piano, Mark Dresser on bass and Lukas Ligeti (son of) on drums!! Incredible summit meeting of five strong and powerful spirits engaging for the first time! Marilyn is devastating, as are Tisziji and Henry!! Only $10.!

2.ANDREW CYRILLE-MARK DRESSER-MARTY EHRLICH-C.D.E. (Pao 10480) Outstanding all-star trio effort with no US distrubution! $14.

3.ROBERT FRIPP & JEFF FRAYMAN-Temple in the Clouds (Projekt 104) Cosmic ambient duo from King of the Crimsons and film director. Manny will review. $14.

4.RAY ANDERSON QUARTET-Bonemeal/Live at Jean's Supper Club (Raybone) With Mark Helias, Steve Salerno and Matt Wilson... one of our favorite trombone heroes steps out! $14.

5.GUNTER MULLER/LE QUAN NINH-La Voyelle Liquide (Erstwhile 010) Two extra-ordinary improvising percussionists who have been working with electronics in recent years combine their inventive palettes in an infinite variety of sonic salad. $13.

6.THOMAS LEHN/MARKUS SCHMICKLER-Bart (Ertswhile 012) Thomas plays analog synth with Konk Pack & Gerry Hemingway and Markus plays digital synth & computer, records as Wabi Sabi & Pluramon and is also a member of MIMEO. This is perhaps the most challenging of all Erstwhile offerings and that says enough!! $13.

7.ESCAPADE-Rememberance of Things Unknown (Mother West 45) Our favorite local progressive improvisers return with yet another journey into the unknown! $12.

8.JEAN-MARC MONTERA-Smiles from Jupiter (Grob 001) Second outstanding solo electric guitar effort from this French plectrum wiz who has worked with Chris Cutler, Paul Lovens, Gunter Muller, Loren Mazzacane, Thurston Moore & Lee Ranaldo. His first cd was/is on FMP. $14.

9.PETER EOTVOS-Chinese Opera, Shadows & Steine (Kairos 1208) Brilliant Transylvanian composer who has worked with Stockhausen and whose own music is also highly idiosyncratic, extremely imaginative and evokes visual spirits. $15.

HISTORIC RECORDINGS, REISSUES AND RARITIES:

10.GENTLE GIANT-Rome '74 (Voice Print offshoot) Official 'Octopus' era live recording and first of a series by this amazing legendary progressive wonder! $17.

11.HAMPTON GREASE BAND-Music to Eat (Columbia) Unbelievably weird early progressive//jazz/rock legends from Atlanta (Atlantis?) Featuring the bizarre and wonderful vocals of (Col.) Bruce Hampton and the outstanding double guitar frenzy of Glenn Phillips & Harold Kelling!!!! I witnessed them open for the Mothers at the Fillmore in 1970 and I will never be the same! Second worst selling record on Columbia and out-of-print forever!! Two cd set for only $15.!!!

12.THE EX & TOM CORA-Scrabbling at the Lock & The Weathermen (RecRec/Red Note) Two excellent collaborations with our favorite cellist and this ever-resourceful post-punk unit from Amsterdam!! Two impossible to find cds at a reduced price of $15. each

13.FLUXUS ANTHOLOGY-various artists (Anthology 18) Rare collection of music and sound events from LaMonte Young, John Cage, Philip Corner, Yoko Ono, Walter Marchetti, Alison Knowles, Nam June Paik and more. Very limited. $16.

14.JOHN CAGE/JOELLE LEANDRE-Wonderful Widow of 18 Springs (Montaigne 782121) Solo bass from this excellent French contrabassist and duo with Le Quan Ninh on percussion. Now a budget priced import for $14.

15.MORTON FELDMAN-Routine Investigations (Montaigne 782126) Five Feldman pieces from his rarely documented middle period. "Uniquely precious"! $14.

16.MAURICIO KAGEL-Pan/String Quartets I, II & III (Montaigne 782129) The Arditti Quartet perform a mysterious enchanted world of works filled with gestures, grotesque miniatures, distant and fragmented memories. $14.

17.NEW ORLEANS FUNK-various artists (Soul Jazz 47) Definitive collection of New Orleans finest funk from the Meters, Allen Toussaint, Lee Dorsey, Ernie K. Doe, Dr. John, Aaron & Cyrille Neville, Eddie Bo, the Wild Magnolias & many more. Cd for $17. and triple lp version for $20.!! 

Hours: Sunday though Thursday noon `till 9pm, Fri. & Sat. noon to 10pm. Sundays we have in-store concerts from 7 to 8:30, please don't call then. We're now located on Bowery, between Bond St. and Great Jones St., three blocks south of our old location on E. 5th St.Ask to get on our emailing list for up-to-date announcements and reviews of our favorite new music (and new re-releases of old classics too!)