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Snack Family Bunny UK SLOWFOOT RECORDS SLOLP 037 LP (2018) Rabbits! … a salute to those burrowers of the field.

An astonishing compilation is Notes From The Underground: Experimental Sounds Behind The Iron Curtain 1968-1989 (ICR 02), a double vinyl

Kuni Kawachi & Flower Travellin’ Band, Kirikyogen, United Kingdom, London Records, vinyl LP SKK(L) 3003 (1970) For a band that

French heavy avant-guitar beasts La Morte Young have invaded our home turf before with their self-titled album for Dysmusie, a

The Pretty Things, Parachute, United Kingdom, Harvest, vinyl LP SHVL 774 (1970) After the commercial failure of “S.F. Sorrow” and

The Mops, Iijanaika, Toshiba Liberty, vinyl LP LTP-9025 (1970) Founded in 1966 by high-school students, Japan’s The Mops originally were

Unusual clarinet improvisations from French players Xavier Charles and Jacques di Donato on their Ilex (PROTAGONISTE PROTA1801) album. Using only

Got a snootful of items from Michel Henritzi, the French improviser who still holds a torch for Japanese improvisation in

The Pretty Things, S.F. Sorrow, United Kingdom, Columbia (EMI), vinyl LP SX6306 (December 1968) In case people haven’t already noticed,

Bubble Puppy, A Gathering of Promises, International Artists, SNAM953CD (reissued 2011) Awww – how could you not love a band