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Internal collections have been distilled from the catalogue for specialist users and researchers. These may be especially useful
when taken in combination, eg: EAST EUROPE + GUITAR + SOLO will find any recommended solo guitar CDs from Eastern Europe, or
JAPAN + GOOD COLLECTION will find recommended samplers of music from Japan and SE Asia, or CLASSIC IN FIELD + 60's, 70's, 80's
will find classic experimental rock from those eras. Etcetera. Here are some brief explanations of the categories that are not
already completely obvious, like SOUND AND RADIO ART or ReR LABEL: You can search on all categories see list.
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RIO RELATED
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This collects the extant recordings of the 7 bands who constituted Rock In Opposition, while it lasted, plus a handful of groups who would possibly have been invited to join if we'd continued, or who I think are closely musically related.
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USRIO
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Some American groups, connected by choice and musical interest to RIO, who I think stand out
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SONG
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Approaches to the song form that I find interesting, innovative, or excellent.
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COW
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As many recordings as possible made by ex members of Henry Cow.
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STUDIO
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Highly innovative use of the Recording Studio as an instrument.
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SAMPLE / PLUNDER / TURNTABLE
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Critical uses of samples, plunderphonia and turntables-as-instruments.
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CLASSIC IN FIELD
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As the title implies, these are records which I personally feel are classics in their field. A fast track to an essential collection.
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ART-HISTORIC
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Recordings that chart important, mainly early, historic contributions to the evolution of the application of recording technology and recorded sound in the realm of sound and gallery art.
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60's, 70's, 80's LANDMARKS
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Another historic category collecting what I take to be important landmarks in the history of experimental and extended rock.
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SOLO
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Solo recordings by one artist exploring one instrument.
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DRUMS,
GUITAR
PIANO
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The separate categories DRUMS, GUITAR and PIANO collect exemplary or innovative contributions to the extension of those instruments, or where these instruments are central.
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GOOD COLLECTION
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Pretty self explanatory, selected from the many collections, these are those I recommend.
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ECCENTRIC
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These have something about them.
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SOUTH-AMERICA,
EASTERN-EUROPE,
JAPAN and S.E.ASIA
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These categories are purely geographical
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