[New York]: Local 1 UPW-CIO, 1949. A folder of 17 songs distributed at the UPWA’s 1949 convention. Attendees were encouraged to “Save this Folder [to] “sing while you fight - on the picket line - on a picnic - at chapter meetings - socials - always.” The bulk of the..... More
[Milan?], [1984]. An 11 ¾” x 16 ½” poster for Amebix’s show in Milan at Virus club featuring local support acts Peggio Punx, Diffondere Uguaglianza, FDM and L’Inizio della Fine. This tour followed the band’s “No Sanctuary” 12” released by Southern Records in November, 1983. As vocalist/bassist Rob ‘The Baron’..... More
Peking, China: China Record Company, n.d. A 10” vinyl record featuring six catchy party anthems in honor of Chairman Mao: “We Will Cherish Your Memory, Chairman Mao,” “The Sons and Daughters of Yenan Will Always Hold Dear the Memory of Chairman Mao,” “The Party’s Flag Guides Us to Victory,” “Generation..... More
Detroit / Hillsboro, WV: Resistance Records, 1994-2007. A near complete run (lacking two issues of 27 published) of this important source of white nationalist music and culture during the 1990s and 2000s. Established in 1994 by Canadian skinhead George Burdi (who edited the magazine under the pseudonym George Eric Hawthorne)..... More
Moscow: Moscow State Publishing Office, 1932. First edition. A compilation of musical notations and lyrics of revolutionary songs divided into old Russian songs and newer compositions. Each selection is featured in English, German, Polish and French. Perfect-bound wrappers (10” x 7 ¼”), stapled textblock, 72 p. The previous owner’s name..... More
Tulsa: Christian Crusade Publications, 1966. An extensive analysis of the Communist use of music, which the author claims is used to dissolve the boundary between classical music and popular music through perverted forms (such as jungle music) and to “destroy the mental and emotional stability of America’s youth through a...... More
New York: Sing Out, Inc., 1962. A single issue of the long-running left-wing folk magazine co-founded in 1950 by Irwin Silber, Pete Seeger and others. This issue features Peggy Seeger -- The Voice of American in Folksong by Irwin Silber, A Folksinging Camp by Simeon Loring, Grant Rogers: Folksinger of..... More
New York: Sing Out, Inc., 1964. A single issue of the long-running left-wing folk magazine co-founded in 1950 by Irwin Silber, Pete Seeger and others. This issue features Mike Seeger: The Style of Tradition by Jon Pankake, Country Blues Comes to Town by Paul Nelson, Woody Guthrie -- Some Reminiscences..... More
London: Ripped & Torn, 1978. First edition. Corner-stapled, photocopied covers; 12 sheets of paper for 24 pp. (mis-paginated - super punk); photographs throughout. The 10th issue of this seminal punk rock fanzine started in Glasgow in 1976. This issue features a David Bowie interview, a whiny editorial on Richard Hell..... More
London, Edinburgh & New-York: T. Nelson & Sons, [ca. 1845]. First edition. 12mo (18cm). Red cloth stamped in gilt to front board; all edges gilt; [26] pp.; engravings. A selection of hymns with accompaniment for the organ or pianoforte by A. Wright, organist at Carr's Lane Chapel, Birmingham. No date..... More