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R e l ease da t e : 1 March 2 024 Labe l : P Q R - Di s q ues p l us q u e réel B and name : Alpha Centauri A l bum t i tl e :   Alpha Centaury Forma t : Vi n y l LP (180 g r ., 150 on black vinyl / 150 on marble vinyl ) Other specifications: Strictly limited pressing of 300 hand-numbered copies, with 2-page color insert C a t. no : PQR030   File nearby: Dickens, Ripaille, Mémoriance, Zerfas, New Dawn, Common People   We brought you Rialzu, Skryvania, Cheval Fou, and now it’s time for the first vinyl reissue of Alpha Centauri’s diamond: Alpha Centaury.  Originally privately released in a limited pressing of 300 copies in 1976, and equally hard-to-find as the aforementioned titles  this gem is shrouded in mystery, for the simple reason that Alpha Centauri didn’t even pursue publicity during their short-lived existence. Yet, being equipped with extremely scarce resources, including having to borrow friend’s cars to travel at the few p...

  R e l ease da t e : 1 March 2 024 B and name : Banana A l bum t i tl e :   Aun es tiempo de sonar   Forma t : Vi n y l LP (180 g r ., 100 copies black vinyl / 100 copies yellow vinyl ) Other specifications: Strictly limited pressing of 200 hand-numbered copies, with 2-page color insert ) C a t. no : PQR010   File nearby: P.F.M, Camel, Kaipa, Celeste, Locanda Delle Fate Aún es tiempo de sonar marks the beginning of the end for the Argentinean Banana: the end of their mass popularity, having been recognized until 1978 (and still going) as one of the most trending outfits in Argentina thanks to their ballad-driven compositions, and the beginning of a wholly new orientation in a symphonic prog vein. César Pueyrredón’s, the mastermind and Banana’s main composer, passion for melody and his unique romantic style were the main drivers behind the most distinctively European sounding symphonic prog album that came from Argentina in 1979. Composed to...

1st VINYL EDITION OF CHEVAL FOU B and name : Cheval Fou A l bum t i tl e : Cheval Fou   Forma t : Vi n y l LP (180 g r ., splatter, poster cover 60x60 ) Other specifications: Strictly limited pressing of 300 numbered copies, remastered, with bonus tracks (download card), including 50 copies with 6 printed Fouart cards C a t. no : PQR028 File nearby: Group 1850, Amon Duul, NYL, Dashiel Hedayatt, Gong, Pyramid (Ger), Beat of the Earth, Rotomagus, Chêne Noire Cheval Fou was one of the most important, prolific and authentic psychedelic outfits that thrived on the margins of the French underground during the first half of the 70s. A precursor to the by now more well-known and equally outstanding space-rock formation NYL, Cheval Fou’s salvaged recordings are a testament to the purest made-in-Europe free-form, freak-out psychedelia. Just picture an amalgamation between Group 1850’s Agemo and Amon Duul’s Phallus Dei, with Dashiel Hedayatt dropping in for a quick jam, ...