Classic Rock

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Led Zeppelin – Led Zeppelin

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@POWERPLANTRECORDS | PowerPlantRecords.com | Leave a positive Google review! Title: Led Zeppelin – Led ZeppelinYear/Genre/Sub-Genre/City: 1969, Rock, Blues Rock / Hard Rock, London, EnglandCondition: New Cultural Facts: Studio Lore: Recorded in about 36 hours of studio time; Page financed the sessions himself before Atlantic signed them, keeping early control. Legal Trouble: Began as the final Yardbirds lineup and rebranded mid-tour after contractual disputes forced a clean break. ...

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Black Sabbath - Paranoid

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@POWERPLANTRECORDS | PowerPlantRecords.com | Leave a positive Google review! Title: Black Sabbath – ParanoidYear/Genre/Sub-Genre/City: 1970, Metal, Heavy Metal, Birmingham, EnglandCondition: New Cultural Facts: Studio Lore: Recorded quickly in London with producer Rodger Bain; the title track was reportedly written fast as a last-minute filler. Media Narrative: UK critics initially trashed them as a social ill, but U.S. youth press and touring crowds built the legend faster than reviews. ...

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David Bowie - Aladdin Sane

1973, Glam  Classic RockMatrix #: 0825646289431Condition: New, Re‑Sleeved (180g, Gatefold) Descri...

1973, Glam  Classic RockMatrix #: 0825646289431Condition: New, Re‑Sleeved (180g, Gatefold) Description:Released in 1973, Aladdin Sane captured David Bowie at the height of his Ziggy-era fame, fusing flamboyant rock theatrics with sophisticated arrangements. Written largely while touring the U.S., the album reflects a more fragmented and decadent view of fame and modernity. Featuring tracks like “The Jean Genie” and “Time,” it balances raunchy blues-rock with avant-garde piano and theatrical f...

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Pink Floyd – Dark Side Of The Moon (Rare COLOR)

Title: Pink Floyd – The Dark Side of the MoonYear/Genre: 1973, Progressive RockCondition: Ex Cult...

Title: Pink Floyd – The Dark Side of the MoonYear/Genre: 1973, Progressive RockCondition: Ex Cultural Facts: Recorded at Abbey Road Studios with engineer Alan Parsons, using tape loops, found voices, and studio effects drawn from London’s early-’70s art-rock scene. Concept grew from Roger Waters’ preoccupation with work pressure, mental health, and aging after the band’s turbulent Syd Barrett years. Its prism cover by Hipgnosis turned into one of rock’s most recognizable images, seen on...

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The Jimi Hendrix Experience – Are You Experienced?

Title: The Jimi Hendrix Experience – Are You Experienced?Year/Genre: 1967, Psychedelic Roc...

Title: The Jimi Hendrix Experience – Are You Experienced?Year/Genre: 1967, Psychedelic RockMatrix #: RS 6261Condition: VG++ (cover has normal wear, vinyl sounds great) Cultural Facts: Recorded in London in 1966–67, the album redefined electric guitar technique and tone through Hendrix’s innovative use of feedback and distortion. The U.S. version differed from the U.K. release, omitting and rearranging songs like “Red House” and “Remember.” Its success made Hendrix an internationa...

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Black Sabbath – Vol. 4

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@POWERPLANTRECORDS | PowerPlantRecords.com | Leave a positive Google review! Title: Black Sabbath – Vol. 4Year/Genre/Sub-Genre/City: 1972, Metal, Heavy Metal, Los Angeles, CACondition: New Cultural Facts: Studio Lore: Recorded in L.A. while the band was living hard; the sessions were notorious for excess and chaotic scheduling that made basic logistics difficult. Band Drama: Internal strain was rising—money, management, and burnout were starting to fracture the “four guys against the worl...

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The Velvet Underground – Loaded

Title: The Velvet Underground – LoadedYear/Genre: 1970, RockCondition: New Cultural Facts: Reco...

Title: The Velvet Underground – LoadedYear/Genre: 1970, RockCondition: New Cultural Facts: Recorded as the band shifted from their downtown New York avant-garde roots toward a more song-focused approach under Atlantic’s Cotillion imprint. Lou Reed left shortly before release, so the album captures his final phase with the original Velvet Underground project. The title nods to label pressure for a record “loaded” with material suited to mainstream rock radio, reflecting tension between a...

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Prince - 1999 (Staff Pick!)

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@POWERPLANTRECORDS | PowerPlantRecords.com | Leave a positive Google review! Title: Prince – 1999Year/Genre/Sub-Genre/City: 1982, Pop, Synth-Funk, Minneapolis, MNCondition: New Cultural Facts: Studio Lore: Prince played most instruments himself and treated the studio like a lab—stacking takes fast, then obsessing over tiny edits. Scene Ecology: The record sits inside the early “Minneapolis sound” ecosystem—Prince’s circle (The Time, Vanity 6, etc.) helped define a whole local network. P...

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Johnny Cash Sings: The songs that made him famous

Title: Johnny Cash – Sings the Songs That Made Him FamousMatrix #: 9152274Condition: M (mint)Desc...

Title: Johnny Cash – Sings the Songs That Made Him FamousMatrix #: 9152274Condition: M (mint)Description: Pristine copy—sharp sleeve and glossy vinyl; plays flawlessly. Cultural Facts: 1958 – Memphis, TN. A cornerstone compilation from Cash’s early Memphis years, capturing his spare trio sound and freight-train rhythms. Breakout era highlights. Collects the run of singles that built his legend—concise story-songs, boom-chicka pulse, and Luther Perkins’s minimalist lead lines. After the ...

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Pink Floyd – The Dark Side Of The Moon

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@POWERPLANTRECORDS | PowerPlantRecords.com | Leave a positive Google review! Title: Pink Floyd – The Dark Side Of The Moon Year/Genre/Sub-Genre/City: 1973 / Progressive Rock / Art Rock / London Matrix #: SMAS-11163 Condition: EX, sounds great; looks great Cultural Facts: Band Drama By 1972–73 the group was under growing internal pressure as money finally arrived, touring intensified, and Roger Waters’ creative control started tightening. Media Narrative The spoken snippets came fr...

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Grateful Dead – Dead in Cornell Volume 2

Title: Grateful Dead – Live at Cornell 5/8/77 (Highlights)Year/Genre: 2015, Psychedelic RockMatri...

Title: Grateful Dead – Live at Cornell 5/8/77 (Highlights)Year/Genre: 2015, Psychedelic RockMatrix #: N/A (Colored Vinyl)Condition: New Cultural Facts: The Cornell ’77 show at Barton Hall is one of the most traded and mythologized Grateful Dead performances. Long circulated as a fan favorite before its official recognition in the Library of Congress National Recording Registry. The performance’s pristine mix and seamless transitions made it the defining document of the Dead’s 1977 peak....

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Grateful Dead ‎– American Beauty

Title: Grateful Dead – American BeautyYear/Genre: 1970, Psych RockCondition: New  Cultural Facts:...

Title: Grateful Dead – American BeautyYear/Genre: 1970, Psych RockCondition: New  Cultural Facts: Recorded in 1970 as the studio twin to Workingman’s Dead, marking the Dead’s shift from long acid jams into tightly written Americana. Made in California studios while the band was emerging from the Haight-Ashbury ’60s and leaning into country, folk, and barroom harmonies. The ornate “American Beauty/American Reality” cover art played into the era’s tension between idealized U.S. imagery an...

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David Bowie ‎– ChangesOneBowie

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@POWERPLANTRECORDS | PowerPlantRecords.com | Leave a positive Google review! Title: David Bowie – ChangesOneBowieYear/Genre/Sub-Genre/City: 1976, Rock, Glam Rock, London, EnglandMatrix #: AQL1-1732Condition: VG+ Cultural Facts: Media Narrative: Released during Bowie’s thin white duke era, when cocaine use and fascist imagery comments sparked intense press backlash and public concern. Band Drama: His constant persona shifts left former collaborators behind; loyalty often ended when the nex...

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Grateful Dead- Workingman's Dead

Title: Grateful Dead – Workingman’s DeadYear/Genre: 1970, Country RockCondition: New Cultural Fac...

Title: Grateful Dead – Workingman’s DeadYear/Genre: 1970, Country RockCondition: New Cultural Facts: Recorded quickly at Pacific High Recording in San Francisco after years of debt, busted sound systems, and LSD-era excess caught up with the band. Marked a turn toward harmony-heavy, song-focused writing influenced by The Band and Bakersfield country, with Robert Hunter’s storytelling at the center. The cover photo was shot in San Francisco’s Mission District, underscoring the album’s bl...

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The Beatles ‎– Revolver 1966

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@POWERPLANTRECORDS | PowerPlantRecords.com | Leave a positive Google review! Title: The Beatles – Revolver Year/Genre/Sub-Genre/City: 1966 / Rock / Psychedelic Pop / Liverpool Matrix #: SW 2576 Condition: Vinyl itself its pretty much perfect, cover worn with age tho, but looks pretty good. Cultural Facts: Studio Lore Revolver marked the point where the Beatles treated the studio as an instrument, using tape tricks and arrangement ideas that changed pop recording permanently. Band Drama Th...

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The Rolling Stones – Emotional Rescue

Year/Genre: 1980, Classic RockMatrix #: COC 16015Condition: VG+ / Near Mint  Cultural Facts: Re...

Year/Genre: 1980, Classic RockMatrix #: COC 16015Condition: VG+ / Near Mint  Cultural Facts: Recorded during the same sessions as Some Girls, reflecting the band’s disco and dance-floor influences of the era. The heat-sensitive cover art revealed hidden images when warmed, a nod to the Stones’ flair for visual experimentation. Marked the first full album completed after Keith Richards’ 1977 heroin bust, showcasing a renewed stability within the group. 10/3/25 TC edited sc  09/10/23 ...

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Houses of the Holy- Led Zeppelin

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@POWERPLANTRECORDS | PowerPlantRecords.com | Leave a positive Google review! Title: Led Zeppelin – Houses of the HolyYear/Genre/Sub-Genre/City: 1973, Rock, Hard Rock, London, EnglandMatrix #: SD 7255Condition: EX Cultural Facts: Album Art: Hipgnosis built the cover from repeated dawn shoots at Giant’s Causeway using child models; some shops objected to the nudity and wrapped or withheld copies. Studio Lore: The song “Houses of the Holy” was recorded for these sessions but cut, then held back ...

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