LACRYMOSA     Bugbear     JAP '94     PRIVATE     CD     $20
EXCELLENT CHAMBER ROCK.
LACRYMOSA    Joy Of The Wrecked Ship     JAP '94     PRIVATE     CD     $20
LADIES WC     S/T     UK '94     ESSEX     CD     $20
UK RI OF SOUTH AMERICAN MONSTER.
SHANKAR LAL/SUNIL BANARJEE     Morning Raga     GER '96     BANDALOOP     CD     $15
MYSTICAL INDIAN SITAR & TABLA.
LANDBERK     Indian Summer     SWE '96     RECORD HEAVEN     CD     $18
FABULOUS NEW RELEASE IN AN EVEN MORE SUBTLE DIRECTION FULL OF MELODIES RICH AND HAUNTING. THEY CONTINUE TO MOVE THEIR DISTINCTIVE SOUND AND MOOD INTO NEW RICHER PASTURES. A GREAT DISC! RECOMMENDED!!!
LANDBERK     Riktigt Akta     SWE '95     RECORD HEAVEN     CD     $18
CD RELEASE FINALLY OF THE GREAT 1ST LP IN THE ORIGINAL SWEDISH VERSION. WHAT AN ALBUM! LANDBERK     Lonely Land     US '92     LASER'S EDGE     CD     $15
US ISSUE OF 1ST LP IN ENGLISH W/ GREAT T2 COVER AND ST MIKAEL GUESTING ON SITAR ON 1 TRACK.
LANDBERK     Dream Dance     SWE '95     RECORD HEAVEN     CDEP     $10
FABULOUS 3 TRACK CD EP. THE THIRD TRACK IS A REWORKING OF THE MELANCHOLIC OPENING TRACK OF THEIR 1ST LP COMPLETE WITH STRING QUARTET. THE OTHER TWO TRACKS BOTH APPEAR ON INDIAN SUMMER BUT IN DIFFERENT FORMS!! NOTHING SHORT OF PERFECT!!!!
LANDBERK     Unaffected     IT '95     MELODIE & DISSONANCE     CD     $20
SPECIAL AND VERY LTD LIVE CD FROM THEIR ITALIAN TOUR THAT WAS RECORDED AND RELEASED STRICTLY FOR AN ITALIAN MUSIC MAGAZINE. SWIMMING IN THEIR GLOOMY STYLINGS AND FULL OF MELLOTRON. THIS IS A FINE FINE DISC AND PERFORMANCE! MUCH OF THE MATERIAL IS FROM THE 1ST LP AND THEY DO A GREAT RENDITION OF VDGG'S "AFTERWARDS"!!!
LANDBERK     One Man Tells Another     SWE '94     MEGAROCK     CD     $16
FANTASTIC NEW CD THAT IS FAR BETTER THAN THEIR OTHERS. THE SOUND IS CLEANER AND THE PRODUCTION MORE POLISHED AND THE MUSIC MORE SUBTLE, BUT SO POWERFUL AND INFECTIOUS. THE ATMOSPHERIC INTENSITY AND PROGRESSIVE TEMPERAMENT IS AMAZING!! A BRILLIANT MODERN GROUP! VERY HIGHLY RECOMMENDED!!!
LANA LANE     Love Is An Illusion     US '95     THINK TANK     CD     $14
FROM THE HOME OF THE ROCKET SCIENTISTS (WHO WROTE MOST OF THIS AND PLAY BACK UP) COMES THIS SLICE OF PROGGY AOR ROCK. ACTUALLY VERY GOOD. PICTURE A PROGGIER HEART!!
LANTERNA     S/T     US '95     PARASOL     CD     $14
INCREDIBLY PACKAGED MULTI GIMMICK FOLD OUT COVER & INSERT. CD SIDE PROJECT FROM HENRY FRAYNE, GUITARIST W/ THE MOON SEVEN TIMES. A LOVELY DISC FULL OF DARK, MOODY AT TIMES, ETHEREAL GUITARSCAPES.
LARD FREE     III     FR '93     SPALAX     CD     $18
LATTE E MIELE     Live     IT '92     MELLOW     CD     $18
GREAT '74 RECORDING.
LATTE E MIELE     Vampyrs     IT '92     MELLOW     CD     $18
UNRELEASED 4TH LP.
LEAFHOUND     Growers Of Mushroom     UK '95     SFM     CD     $18
KILLER HARD ROCK CLASSIC W/ BONUS.
THE LEAVES     Hey Joe     US '93     ONE WAY     CD     $12
EXCELLENT RI OF CLASSIC '60'S GARAGE PSYCH W/ 5 BONUS TRACKS!!
LEGEND     Second Sight     UK '93     PAGAN MEDIA     CD     $18
VERY COOL PAGAN PROG.
LEGEND     Light In Extension     UK '91     PAGAN MEDIA     CD     $18
LEGEND ARE A HEAVY PROGRESSIVE BAND WITH A FINE FEMALE VOCALIST AND TOUCHES OF THE ANCIENT ENGLISH MUSICAL MELODIES. STEEPED IN THE TRADITIONS OF WICCAN/PAGAN RITES AND THE TURNING OF THE WHEEL OF THE YEAR. EVOCATIVE MUSICALLY AND SPIRITUALLY. SOME DRIVING PLAYING!
LE ORME     Ad Gloriam     IT '92     MELLOW     CD     $20
ULTRA RARE PSYCH.
LE ORME     L' Aurora     IT '92     MELLOW     CD     $20
AS ABOVE PRE-PROG DAYS.
LES HOMEWRECKERS     S/T     US '96     CASINO     CD     $12
NEW RESURFACING OF THE GREAT MARTIN STONE (THE ACTION/MIGHTY BABY/THE CLASH) NOW IN PARTNERSHIP W/ LAURENCE BARMA(FEMME VOX). NICE BLEND OF PUB AND PSYCH ROCK. COOL COVER OF HEY GYP!
LEVEE CAMP MOAN     S/T     UK '93     AUDIO ARCHIVES     CD     $18
FROM '69 MASTER TAPES, ULTRA RARE PRIVATE PRESS RAW BRITISH BLUES WITH AN ATTITUDE!
LEVITATION     After Ever     UK '91     ULTIMATE     CDEP     $10
GREAT 2ND CDEP, 3 TRACKS OF BRILLIANCE.
LIBERATION THRU HEARING     S/T     UK '96     DELERIUM     CD     $18
PSYCHY MUSIC BACKS THIS READING OF THE TIBETAN BOOK OF THE DEAD.
JEFF LIBERMAN     Then And Now     GER '96     SECOND BATTLE     2CD     $30
2 CD SET CONTAINS COMPLETE WORKS FROM '75-'89.
LIFE     S/T     SWE '97     MELLOTRONEN     CD     $18
GREAT CD RI OF ONE OF THE RAREST AND MOST SOUGHT OF ALL SCANDINAVIAN LPS! ORIGINALLY ON EMI IN 1970, THIS ALSO INCLUDES 3 BONUS TRACKS FROM SINGLES (ONE PRE-LP '70, THE OTHERS FROM '72). THIS IS THE ULTRA RARE ENGLISH LANGUAGE VERSION AS WELL! RANGING FROM PROGRESSIVE TO KILLER HARD ROCK.
PAR LINDH PROJECT     Mundus Incompertus     SWE '97     CRIMSONIC     CD     $18
STUNNING AND INCREDIBLE NEW DISC FROM PAR AND CO. THE WORD "MASTERPIECE" COMES TO MIND AS THIS IS BY FAR THE BEST WORK FROM HIM. INCREDIBLY DYNAMIC CLASSICALLY-BASED KEYBOARD-LED HEAVY SYMPHONIC PROGRESSIVE, COLORED TASTEFULLY AND EFFECTIVELY WITH OCCASIONAL PASSAGES OF VIOLIN, RECORDER, AND OBOE, IN ADDITION TO HIS KILLER BAND. THE VOCALIST MAGDALENA HAGBERG IS ESPECIALLY NICE ON THE TRACKS SHE IS FEATURED ON. THE BAND HAS A DEFINITE '90'S POWER TO IT, THOUGH THE MUSIC IS CLASSIC PROGRESSIVE AND THIS COMBINATION MAKES IT EVEN MORE POWERFUL AND URGENT! HIGHLY RECOMMENDED!!!!
PAR LINDH/BJORN JOHANSSON     Bilbo     SWE '96     PRIVATE     CD     $18
ORIGINAL NEW UPDATE OF THE LORD OF THE RINGS. EXCELLENT DISC!!!!
PAR LINDH PROJECT     Rondo     SWE '96     PRIVATE     CDEP     $13
CDEP OF ALL NEW MATERIAL INCLUDING PAR'S TAKE ON THE NICE CLASSIC AND 11 MINUTE + SOLARIS.
PAR LINDH PROJECT     Gothic Impressions     SWE '94     PRIVATE     CD     $15
RENOWNED KEYBOARDIST AND HEAD OF CRIMSON, THE SWEDISH ART ROCK SOCIETY. A STUNNING DEBUT!!! WITH AWESOME REWORKING OF MUSSORGSKY'S "NIGHT ON BALD MOUNTAIN".
LIQUID SOUND COMPANY     Exploring The Psychedelic     US '96     BRAINTICKET     CD     $15
EXCELLENT TEXAN PSYCH (THE LP IS ON ROCKADELIC). OOZES ACID!
LITHIUM XMAS     Helldorado     US '93     DIRECT HIT     CD     $14
HAWKWIND-LIKE PSYCHY ROCK W/ THEREMIN.
THE LITTER     $100 Fine     US '91     KTEL     CD     $12
THE LITTER     Distortions/$100 Fine     FR '90     EVA     CD     $20
2 LPS ON 1 CD.
THE LITTER     Emerge     US '95     ONE WAY     CD     $13
LIVES AND TIMES     Rattlebones     UK '92     PRIVATE     CD     $16
EXCELLENT BAND AT ONCE BOTH TOTALLY MODERN AND ANCIENT, SINGER LORNA CUMBERLAND'S VOICE IS PURE AND CLEAR AND VERY REFRESHING. COMPARISONS TO COCTEAUS, ALL ABOUT EVE, AND KATE BUSH (THOUGH LESS ECCENTRIC!) ARE PERHAPS OBVIOUS. THERE IS ALSO A MUCH MORE REFINED MOODY PROGRESSIVE SYMPHONIC FEEL TO MUCH OF IT ALONG THE LINES OF GENESIS, HACKETT, OR EVEN THE ENID'S LUSHER PASSAGES!! VERY GENTLE AND VERY POWERFUL!! VERY RECOMMENDED!!!
LIVES AND TIMES     The Pull Of A Tide     UK '93     PRIVATE     CD     $16
STUNNING DISC THAT GROWS WITH EACH LISTEN. THEIRS IS A DIFFICULT SOUND TO DESCRIBE AS IT HAS MANY SUBTLETIES AND NUANCES AS WELL AS SOURCES AND DIRECTIONS. TRACKS 11 AND 12 ARE IN FACT GORGEOUS AND STUNNING INSTRUMENTALS WITH ALL THE BEAUTY AND POWER OF THE CLASSICS. A UNIQUE BLEND OF CLASSICAL, PROGRESSIVE, ETHEREAL, POST MODERN, AND FOLK MAKE THIS A GEM!!
LIVES AND TIMES     Waiting For The Parade     NE '94     SI     CD     $16
EXCELLENT CD FROM LORNA AND RICHARD NOW PICKED UP BY SI  LABEL, CONTINUING AND EXPANDING THEIR BOUNDARIES. HAS GREAT 11:46 " INSTRUMENTAL TOUR DE FORCE "THE ASCENT" WITH PHIL LEGENDE ON DRUMS (EX-SOMA/NOW LORIEN)!!
LIVES AND TIMES     Hoarse     UK '97     NO IMAGE     CD     $15
LAST CD FROM LIVES AND TIMES. NEW VOCALIST ILEESHA BAILEY TAKES THE REINS FROM LORNA AND AGAIN THEY EXPAND TO FULL BAND FORMAT AND A MORE CONTEMPORARY SOUND. GONE ARE THE LONG MOODY INSTRUMENTAL PIECES THOUGH RICHARD IS BACK AT THOSE AGAIN NOW.
LIVES AND TIMES     Secrets Of The Unknown     UK     CASS     $7
A BRILLIANT LOOK AT THE WORK OF LIVES AND TIMES ON THIS EXCELLENT 9 TRACK 45 MINUTE SAMPLER TAPE W/ TRACKS FROM ALL 5 CDS AND A PAIR OF AS YET UNRELEASED CUTS. AN EXCELLENT OPPORTUNITY TO SAMPLE THEIR WARES AND PRICED TO ENCOURAGE YOU TO DO JUST THAT!!! REALLY A VERY EXCEPTIONAL DUO!!
LIVIT     Unspoken     GER '95     WMMS     CD     $14
TASTY NEO SYMPHONIC W/ METAL EDGE.
THE LOAD     Load Have Mercy     US '95     LASER'S EDGE     CD     $15
THE LOAD     Praise The Load     US '91     LASER'S EDGE     CD     $15
LOCANDA DELLA FATE     Forse Le Lucciole...     IT '93     POLYDOR     CD     $18
KILLER CLASSIC OF GREAT PROG WITH TWO BONUS TRACKS!
LORD FLIMNAP     Point Of View     GER '90     WWR     CD     $16
CLASSIC PROG STYLE.
LORIEN     Children And Games     UK '94     SI     CD     $16
OUT OF PRINT! NEO PROG IN A YES/MARILLION VEIN WITH EX-SOMA/LIVES AND TIMES DRUMMER.
LOTHAR AND THE HAND PEOPLE     Presenting...     US '94     ONE WAY     CD     $12
LOTUS     Fruitage     SWE '97     RECORD HEAVEN     CD     $18
HARD ROCKERS IN MOUNTAIN AND CACTUS VEIN, SOME SCORCHING STUFF!
(LOUDEST WHISPER) BRIAN O'REILLEY     The Children Of Lir     IRE '95     FIONA     CD     $25
PRIVATE ABSOLUTELY STUNNING CD!!!! BRIAN WAS THE LEADER OF LOUDEST WHISPER AND HE HAS GONE AND RERECORDED THEIR MASTERPIECE AGAIN. INCLUDING DONOVAN AS THE EERIE AND EFFECTIVE NARRATOR AND ALSO THE VOICE OF LIR. INFINITELY BETTER THAN THE ORIGINAL AND ABSOLUTELY MESMERIZING!! CANNOT RECOMMEND THIS HIGHLY ENOUGH!!
LOUDEST WHISPER     The Collection     IRE '95     FIONA     CD     $23
PRIVATE EXCELLENT COLLECTION OF TRACKS SPANNING THEIR CAREER.
LOUDEST WHISPER     2     UK '95 KISSING SPELL     CD     $20
LOUDEST WHISPER     Maiden Of Sorrow     UK '95     KISSING SPELL     CD     $20
ANOTHER CONCEPT DISC!
(LOVE) BRYAN MACLEAN     If You Believe In     US '97     SUNDAZED     CD     $14
UNRELEASED AND DEMOS FROM THE OTHER MASTERMIND IN LOVE. COVERING THE YEARS '66-'82, THE MAN WHO BROUGHT YOU ORANGE SKIES, ALONE AGAIN OR, OLD MAN, ETC.
ARTHUR LEE AND LOVE     Once More Again     UK '96     PRIVATE     CD     $18
LIVE FROM LONDON '92 AND '94 PLAYING ALL THE GREAT ONES! SOUND LESS THAN PERFECT BUT IT'S GREAT TO HEAR THESE SONGS LIVE!
LUCIFER WAS     Underground And Beyond     SWE '97     RECORD HEAVEN     CD     $18
GREAT CD OF SONGS WRITTEN BACK IN THE EARLY '70'S BUT RECORDED ONLY NOW. A GREAT DARK HEAVY BLEND OF SABBATH AND TULL AND FULL OF GREAT PLAYING!
LYNCH MOB     Wicked Sensation     US '90     ELEKTRA     CD     $13
LED BY GEORGE LYNCH, EX-DOKKEN, THIS FEATURES SOME OF THE HOTTEST BLUES-BASED HARD ROCK THIS SIDE OF THE '70'S!! THIS THING KICKS!!! AND ONI  LOGAN, THE SINGER, HAS A VOICE AND STYLE NOT HEARD SINCE THE FIRST LED ZEP!!