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Lauryn Hill - Miseducation of Lauryn Hill (Staf...
Title: Lauryn Hill – The Miseducation of Lauryn HillYear/Genre: 1998, Funk / Soul / Neo-S...
Title: Lauryn Hill – The Miseducation of Lauryn HillYear/Genre: 1998, Funk / Soul / Neo-SoulMatrix #: 88875021571 Condition: New Cultural Facts: Recorded partly at Tuff Gong Studios in Jamaica, merging live soul instrumentation with hip-hop production. Hill wrote and produced the album while pregnant, giving it a deeply personal and spiritual tone. Its release reshaped late ’90s R&B, bridging rap, gospel, and soul into one cohesive statement. AH 3/11/24 OB 1 EK 4/19...
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Year/Genre: 1981 Hardcore PunkMatrix #Condition: Brand New (sealed) Description:Born in Fullerton...
Year/Genre: 1981 Hardcore PunkMatrix #Condition: Brand New (sealed) Description:Born in Fullerton, California in 1981, Adolescents—also known as the “Blue Album”—captured the raw spirit of Southern California’s hardcore scene. Recorded in just four days, it channeled youthful urgency, working-class angst, and melodic anarchism through signature tracks like “Amoeba” and “Kids of the Black Hole.” As one of the first widely distributed SoCal hardcore albums, it helped shape a generation of punk ...
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Title: Fugazi – Seven SongsYear/Genre: 1988, Hardcore PunkMatrix #: DISCHORD 30Condition: New Cu...
Title: Fugazi – Seven SongsYear/Genre: 1988, Hardcore PunkMatrix #: DISCHORD 30Condition: New Cultural Facts: Recorded after the band’s earliest shows, capturing the raw chemistry between Ian MacKaye and Guy Picciotto as their dual-vocal style took shape. Fugazi refused major-label offers from the start, setting a template for independent touring, pricing, and ethics across the punk world. Early gigs often turned into community discussions afterward, with the band challenging violence,...
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Operation Ivy – Energy (Staff Pick!)
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@POWERPLANTRECORDS | PowerPlantRecords.com | Leave a positive Google review! Title: Operation Ivy – EnergyYear/Genre/Sub-Genre/City: 1989, Punk, Ska Punk, Berkeley, CACondition: New Cultural Facts: Family Ties: Jesse Michaels and Tim Armstrong grew up in the same East Bay orbit; that pre-band friendship is why the lyrics read like internal scene letters, not “punk slogans.” Band Drama: They broke up at their peak partly because they wouldn’t compromise on DIY control—better to end it than...
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Talking Heads - Remain In Light (Staff Pick)
Title: Talking Heads – Remain in LightYear/Genre: 1980, Post-PunkMatrix #: 8122708021Condition: N...
Title: Talking Heads – Remain in LightYear/Genre: 1980, Post-PunkMatrix #: 8122708021Condition: New Cultural Facts: Recorded in 1980 during a creative frenzy where the band built songs from looping jams instead of traditional writing. Brian Eno pushed the group toward dense rhythmic layering, citing African polyrhythms as a structural influence. The video for “Once in a Lifetime” became an early MTV cult hit, with Byrne’s jittery movements inspired by religious sermons. 12/24/24-1 |...
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Rage Against The Machine - The Battle Of Los An...
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@POWERPLANTRECORDS | PowerPlantRecords.com | Leave a positive Google review! Title: Rage Against The Machine – The Battle Of Los AngelesYear/Genre/Sub-Genre/City: 1999, Rock, Rap Rock, Los Angeles, CACondition: New Cultural Facts: Political Science: Named after the 1992 LA uprising framing—Rage treated “Los Angeles” as a political battleground, not a hometown postcard.Public Scandal: The band’s protests routinely collided with broadcast rules; their live appearances often became negotiations ...
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@POWERPLANTRECORDS | PowerPlantRecords.com | Leave a positive Google review! Title: Metallica – Master of PuppetsYear/Genre/Sub-Genre/City: 1986, Metal, Thrash Metal, San Francisco, CACondition: New Cultural Facts: Scene Ecology: They rose through the early ’80s Bay Area thrash circuit—tape-trading, zines, and clubs like Ruthie’s Inn spread the band before mainstream outlets cared. Band Drama: Bassist Cliff Burton died in a 1986 tour bus crash in Sweden; the band auditioned Jason Newsted ...
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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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Pulp Fiction (Music From The Motion Picture) (S...
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@POWERPLANTRECORDS | PowerPlantRecords.com | Leave a positive Google review! Title: Various Artists – Pulp Fiction (Music From The Motion Picture)Year/Genre/Sub-Genre/City: 1994, Soundtrack, Film Soundtrack, Los Angeles, CACondition: New Cultural Facts: Studio Lore: Tarantino and music supervisor Karyn Rachtman assembled it like a mixtape—dialogue clips treated as “tracks” to control pacing outside the film. Media Narrative: It helped revive careers without “new singles”—older cuts re-ent...
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Fits great, the more torn and faded it gets the better!
Fits great, the more torn and faded it gets the better!
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Khruangbin – Con Todo El Mundo
Title: Khruangbin – Con Todo El MundoYear/Genre: 2018, Funk / SoulMatrix #: DOC153LPCondition: Ne...
Title: Khruangbin – Con Todo El MundoYear/Genre: 2018, Funk / SoulMatrix #: DOC153LPCondition: New (Sealed)Cultural Facts: The album title means “With All the World,” a phrase bassist Laura Lee’s Mexican-American grandfather used when she asked who he loved most. Recorded in a remote Texas barn, the trio aimed to blend Thai funk, Iranian pop, and dub into a single global sound. Khruangbin’s minimalist stage setup and vintage gear became part of their visual identity, emphasizing mood ov...
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@POWERPLANTRECORDS | PowerPlantRecords.com | Leave a positive Google review! Title: NOFX – Punk In DrublicYear/Genre/Sub-Genre/City: 1994, Rock, Punk Rock, Los Angeles, CACondition: New Cultural Facts: Public Scandal: Their “Rock Against Bush” era turned the band into organizers as much as performers—compilations, tours, and constant political baiting.Band Drama: Fat Mike’s control of Fat Wreck Chords blurred lines between band, label, and scene gatekeeping—friends, rivals, and payroll in one...
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Two Door Cinema Club - Tourist History (Staff P...
Title: Two Door Cinema Club – Tourist HistoryYear/Genre: 2010, Indie RockCondition: New Cultural ...
Title: Two Door Cinema Club – Tourist HistoryYear/Genre: 2010, Indie RockCondition: New Cultural Facts: Debut album from a trio of school friends from Bangor and Donaghadee in Northern Ireland who first gained attention through early MySpace buzz. Released just as UK blog culture and BBC Introducing were pushing guitar bands from regional scenes onto international festival stages. The title nods to the nonstop touring grind that followed, with the group spending much of the early 2010s ...
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Sleep - Holy Mountain (RSD EXCLUSIVE COLOR!)
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@POWERPLANTRECORDS | PowerPlantRecords.com | Leave a positive Google review! Title: Sleep – Holy MountainYear/Genre/Sub-Genre/City: 1992, Metal, Stoner Metal, San Jose, CACondition: New Cultural Facts: Scene Ecology: Came out of an early-’90s Bay Area underground where metal, punk, and weird art spaces overlapped—Sleep were scene outsiders with their own tempo. Band Drama: Their label relationship got tense fast as the band got slower and stranger; this era is the “before the fight” docum...
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Title Fight – Shed (Staff Pick)
Title: Title Fight – ShedYear/Genre: 2011, Melodic Hardcore / PunkMatrix #: SD-1441-1Condition: N...
Title: Title Fight – ShedYear/Genre: 2011, Melodic Hardcore / PunkMatrix #: SD-1441-1Condition: NewCultural Facts: Producer Walter Schreifels pushed the band to record live takes at Studio 4 to preserve their raw energy—many vocals were done in one or two passes. The title Shed was inspired by the band’s actual practice space, a converted backyard shed in Kingston where most of the songs were written. During their first national tour, Title Fight’s van broke down outside Chicago—they so...
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Bad Religion – Suffer (Staff Pick!)
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@POWERPLANTRECORDS | PowerPlantRecords.com | Leave a positive Google review! Title: Bad Religion – SufferYear/Genre: 1988, Hardcore PunkCondition: Brand New (sealed) Cultural Facts: Made on a shoestring at Westbeach in Santa Monica—fast, disciplined sessions that fit Epitaph’s DIY “do it ourselves” survival mode. It rebooted Bad Religion after a weird detour era, reuniting the classic lineup chemistry that fans thought was gone for good. Became the template for the late-’80s/early-’90s ...
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