Rat Girl

Filed: Uncategorized @ 10:41am on July 9, 2010 No comments yet! :(

Whooo! This is going to be bloody hot today ladies and gents!!

But since my job is not weatherman, i’ll get on with the business that occupies me, that is informing youse all with the latest Rat Records news and beyond.

Well let’s start with “beyond”, then : some of you might be acquainted or may have heard of Kristin Hersh, who was part of the Throwing Muses, aband that, between other things, wrote one of my favourite song of the 90’s (it’s called “Hate my way”, if you wanna check it).
Well Kristin has been really active and realeased a plethora of solo albums the past 10 years or so as well as keeping on touring with the Muses and another band called 50ft wave.

Now to the point : IF YOU ARE FED UP WITH THE WAY THAT DIGITAL MUSIC IS SOLD TO YOU IN GENERAL, THEN YOU OUGHT TO BUY THIS : http://www.amazon.co.uk/Crooked-Kristin-Hersh/dp/0007371861/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1278669602&sr=1-1

Hopefully, if this turns out to be a real underground success, then the labels and artists will start to realise that people are desperate for a physical object for their cash, as well as obviously wanting to have the music on their music players..
I also had the pleasant surprise to find out that Kristin is also about to release this : :http://www.amazon.co.uk/Rat-Girl-Memoir-Kristin-Hersh/dp/0143117394/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1278669602&sr=1-2
so how appropriate then that i write about her here..
Well, come on, take a dip and change history. It’s a great record by a great artist, that’s all i have to say!

Now to our Rat Records business then : we have top notch stock to come out in the new in rack, and it’s a real mixture of old and not so old at all : you will find rare vinyl in near mint condition (as new, basically) from the likes of : Bjork, Led Zeppelin, The Fiery Furnaces, Will Oldham, LFO, TomWaits, PJ HArvey, DJ Shadow, Ian Brown The Postal Services, The Black Crowes, Hidden Cameras, The Upsetters, sonic Youth, Big Black, William Burroughs, Winston Groovy, Ozric Tentacles, The Propositions, The Velvet Underground, The Fall, King Curtis and a lot more ranging from £2.00 to £20.00 for the most precious pieces.

At the moment the staurday mornings are a little bit quieter than usual, so if you were not up for our usual handbag fight to reach the rack first, this might be your moment!

Alright then, I’llleave it at this and I hope to see some of youse over the week!

Enjoy the sunshine!

Philippe-Rat Records.

Vote rat!!!

Filed: Uncategorized @ 5:12pm on April 22, 2010 One comment! :|

Bonjour a tous :

It would be easy, after three decades or so immersed into the infinite music oceans, to believe that I have more or less heard or heard of virtually every genres and every major artists that made them.

It would be easy, yes, and I must admit that somedays, I do actually feel that I have heard it all (or enough, depending…), but it would, undoubtedly, be not only rather pretentious, it would be as wrong as voting for the tories.

And believe me, I only had to take a glance at the records that will fill our new in rack this Saturday, to take a good humble uppercut in the chin of my so called music knowledge.

Let me just name drop a few : Richard “groove” Holmes, Brother Jack Mc Duff, Nicky Thomas, The Cimarons, Stickers, The Dramatics, Brent Dowe, Vernon Burch, The Nite Liters, Leslie Uggams, Barbara Acklin, The Moments, Charlie Palmiery, Valerie Simpson….

Now I have no doubts some of you might know some of these artists, and I hope that the prospect of finding mint sealed copies for under a tenner might inspire you to give us a visit Saturday morning.

Personally, I feel as if i have cheated my way intothis position… who the hell are these people?

You’ll also find some rather tasty rare records from artists who somewhat managed to make it into the mainstream collective memory : bootlegs from PIL and The Specials, absolute classics from the likes of the MC5, James Brown, Junior Murvin, Prince far I, King Tubby, Otis Redding, Velvet Underground,Pearls before swine… and two of my all time favourites : the fantastic Arthur lee and Love “Forever Changes” and The Beach Boys Pet Sounds, which are still to this day sounding like the gods of mount Olympus formed a pop band after retirement.

Right, before to leave you to your sunny weekender (ohhh yes, finally, it is has arrived!), I’d like to give a little nod of approval for one of my predecessors here, who is making a remarkable appearance on Jools holland’s TV show tomorrow! Bloody well done to him. He’s really talented and a great lad.  Check him out : http://www.anthonyjoseph.co.uk/spasmband.php

All the best to you all.

Philippe-Rat Records.

Ps : nobody won the Tshirts slogan competition. I the end, we went for ripping off classic sleeves and adding little rat snouts all over them, and it looks great!… but thank you very much for trying.

“Hey laptop dj, your girlfriend prefers 12inches”

Filed: Uncategorized @ 6:24pm on March 26, 2010 One comment! :|

Well, it is fair to say I am pretty disappointed with the rather limited amount of response I received from my plea for help last week. Thank you to all those who did reply though, but at this present moment, I am still stuck with no slogan to print on our beautiful Rat Records T shirts. Please please please, if you have any inspiration, message me or, even better, post your ideas for posterity on the shop’s wall : http://www.facebook.com/home.php?#!/group.php?v=wall&ref=ts&gid=113028440116

We still have a £15.00 voucher as a reward as well as our eternal gratitude. Go on then, something in the evein of “Seek and you may find” or “boys and girls prefer 12inches”, just more original (since both have already been used).

Right, underpaid creative work offers apart, it’s finally time to move the clocks forward and, oh joy, we’ll be able to catch some daylight after work soon and we’ll all be partying in fields again before we know it! For now though, we’ll all have tomake do with alittle bit more rain, apparently….

Right, so the dark days are nearly over, the coming summer is supposedly going to be the warmest on record ever (don’t they just say that every time following a recession?), and if that wasn’t enough good news, we have just completed the price down on vinyls-so this is your time to grab a few bargains at slashed prices! Good timing, you’ll tell me, because the Robin Hood tax just hasn’t really materialised,and the price of cider just went up 10%. Well, believe it or not, but here we make sure the price of Vinyls and CDs go down at the same rate! Non mais! To hell with the bloody budget!

Now to the point (are you still here?): the stock to come out this Saturday: well, we have a bit of everything starting at £2.00 upto £10.00 and going up to £25.00 for the kind of records you’re unlikely to ever see again…

At this price, for example, you can get yourself a copy of Joy Division’s “closer” that is transluscent red when placed against a light. The vinyl for this release has several variations (hold up to a light source to see): Purple translucent or red translucent or green translucent.
The colors are the result of formulations used for the original pressings, with the purple being the very first pressing.
Yes, welcome to the mildly fascinating world of record collectors!

This week’s selection encompassses many genres and eras… you will find records by The Upsetters, Dr John, Kraftwerk, Can, a signed copy of a Sam Gopal Lp with a moustache free Lemmy on the left handside of the cover, The Exploited, Ride, Smiths, Traffic, Zappa, Grateful Dead, Astrud Gilberto, Joe Gibbs “rapper’s delight”, Treasure Isle compilation, Beatles and the likes…

That’s it from me today.

Ciao! Philippe-Rat Records.

The Rat Records weekly update

Filed: Uncategorized @ 6:16pm on March 18, 2010 One comment! :|

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Well, first of all, thank you for all your concern (you know who you are, the 3 of you), I have not lost my job to a Russian model after all and apparently, my position at Rat Records is secured for the time being. Pfff!!

Second, I would like to ask the most creative of you all for a little bit of help : you see, we have finally decided to print Rat Records T shirts for all of you to wear proudly in streets and festivals, but we find ourselves stumped for a slogan. Now if any of you could come with one that would end up printed on what will undoubtedly prove to be a fashion statement for the future generations, then I would provide you with a £15.00 voucher and I will pray for your soul every week for a full year.

Right… so, as we all know, there are many important and profound issues that we all have had to confront at some point of another, and this for centuries and millenniums, but I am proud and deeply happy to finally give you an answer to all of them right here right now and once and for all, by simply giving you a comprehensive preview of the Rat Records new in rack for this Saturday-and as you might expect, it was well worth the wait!

Let’s start with the very latest arrival : a nice tall pile of original BLUE NOTE LPs from the 60’s-70’s. Ike Quebec, Stanley Turpentine, Jimmy McGriff, Coltrane and Miles Davis of course and some other tasty thick vinyls like those modern 180gr represses could only dream to feel like.

Yesterday, it was Soul, Funk and Reggae that we had to price all day. I can’t pretend to be an expert in that field, but I could only look in awe as I was confronted with records I had never encountered before by the likes of Mad Professor (he really looks MAD), Augustus Pablo, Sly and Robbie, Gregory Isaacs, Misty in roots, Johnny Hammond, Lee Perry, Dave Barker meets the Upsetters and some brilliant looking and sounding Ska compilations. Of course, these are the ones I noticed with my profan’s eyes…the truth will, as you expect, be to be found in the rack on Saturday morning.

Some of you may find all the answers they need in the riffs of noise pop semi gods Ride or indie pensioners Pixies (will their come back tour ever end ?)

Unless, of course, you are, like me, a strong believer that the truth comes from 1970’s Germany and has been hiding in the circuits of a few analog synths in a recording studio named Kling Klang. Kraftwerk still sounds better than any of their admirers, including LFO, Massive Attack and anyone else with a laptop you can bother naming, and we have a plethora of their records for sale, all below the £8.00 mark.

One more thing : I’ll be doing some Djing at the Relentless Garage next Thursday for the London launch gig of the new LP from the marvelous Tunng .http://www.tunng.co.uk/

It’s a great record and they are even better live.

And that’s it from me this week. Take care all of you!!

Philippe-Rat Records

A job to die for.

Filed: Uncategorized @ 6:43pm on March 11, 2010 One comment! :|

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For once there was some activity at Rat records on Sunday as a crew of cameras and spotlights invaded our locals to proceed filming a promotional spot for the new CD by no one but the Rap magnate that is Jay Z.

Yes You Read Well : MUTHAFOO***G JAYYYYYYYY ZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZ!!!

This is how it started : http://www.facebook.com/home.php?ref=home#!/photo.php?pid=4877664&o=all&op=1&view=all&subj=113028440116&aid=-1&id=634118828

Now you going to ask me : where is he ? And the answer is that, just like me, he had much more interesting activities to indulge in on a Sunday morning, and so he decided to stay home, presumably with his bootydelicious wife.

So instead, my distinguished colleague and “friend” Dominic had to do with some Russian giraffe I will randonly name Ivanova, lavishingly posing on our disgrunted counter…

http://www.facebook.com/home.php?ref=home#!/photo.php?pid=4877670&o=all&op=1&view=all&subj=113028440116&aid=-1&id=634118828&fbid=378721453828

http://www.facebook.com/home.php?ref=home#!/photo.php?pid=4877728&o=all&op=1&view=all&subj=113028440116&aid=-1&id=634118828&fbid=378726063828

Apparently, Dominic and her made good friend during the day and he seems to have taken that opportunity to offer her a full time position at Rat Records,which for all I know, is MY position.

Now I have nothing against good looking, voluptuous girls, and I really do not want to be known as descriminating, but I really strongly believe that she might possibly underqualified for the job.

I mean, think about it : what does it take to sell records in Camberhell ? Surely more than an seemingly endless pair of legs and ridiculous pouting…. I mean, it’s a skilled job right ? And I can’t possibly imagine how all those serious record collectors could concentrate to the task that is theirs when there is constant distraction on the other side of the counter.

No, surely, that would not work

(and believe me, I only want what is good for this shop, and if I was convinced that Ivanova taking on my position would be a benefit, I would indeed step down graciously-BUT I DON’T).

Now if any of you would rather deal with her than with me,then you can post your comments in complete daylight (no anonimous messages will be taken into account) on the shop’s wall_but it’s only optional and the offer will end on Friday 12th March at 12.00am.)

Anyway, I think what you allwant to know is what we will be filling the new in rack this Saturday, and pardon my French but c’est de la bombe!! Last Saturday, we had half the rack empty within 2 hours of opening and by Monday, more than 2/3 were gone.

So we’re going back at it this week : 1990’s indie in pristine condition : Ride, My Bloody valentine, Pavement, Pixies, Husker Due, Dinosaur Jr, Galaxie 500, Smityhs, Pj Harvey… also eletronic stuff with likes of LFO and Orb, some Cramps (my thoughts go to Poison Ivy, I hope she’s coping well since Lux Interior has gone to rock n roll heaven), Cure, Fall and other 80’s luminaries, as well as a fabulous collection of Bob Dylan bootlegs, all individually handpackaged.

Theer’s also loads of near mint slices of pop rock from the hairy 70’s…. Buffalo springfield and Neil young, Floyd and Zeppeling of course, Creedence and many more.

As always theer’s raw funk and soulful stuff such as LPs by The Modulations, Benny Johnson and Gloria Scott, to name the ones I had never heard of…

One last word to salute the memory of two of the grestest and yet most depressing songwriters of the past 20years : rest in peace Mark Linkous (aka Sparklehorse) and Vic Chesnutt. The rumour is that they are forming a disco band with Kurt cobain over there and they are looking to recruit a frontwoman….

Now I bet Ivanova is dying for that job!

Philippe-Rat Records

I miss John Peel

Filed: Uncategorized @ 6:04pm on February 25, 2010 No comments yet! :(

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I miss John Peel. Who else does ? I miss the Peel sessions, and you can bet your life the current generation of bands must be painfully aware of what they are missing.

I miss that voice of his introducing tunes we had no other chance to ever hear again anywhere else and I miss the wrong side of the tune played at the wrong speed live on air, and the frantic drumand bass followed by stomping country version of iggy pop or some weird creole orchestra..,.

Back in 1984, I used to be glued on long waves radio on Friday evenings, from my bedroom in the south of France, moving the antenna with the highest minutia to get the best possible signal, listening to him filtered through the constants fuzz of radio waves-and yest sometimes, it was hard to distinguish what was the tune or the back noise…

I can remember him, I was living in a rented roomin Exeter in 1994, being incredibly angry and yet solemn in his announcement of Kurt Cobain’s suicide. He was the gretest living Englishman as far as I was concerned, and I really wish I could have shaken his hand and tell him thank you. Without him, I probably would not work where I work today.

I wonder what your memories of his shows are? Feel free to share those with the rest of us byu posting them here :

http://www.facebook.com/group.php?v=app_2373072738&gid=113028440116#!/topic.php?uid=113028440116&topic=13013

As for the records we put out this week, well, it’s more of the same brilliant Jazz collection (it absolutely blewmy mind how those records flew out the rack in a matter of 2 days) and some classic rock and late 70’s indie, including a fine amount of rare Smiths, Joy Division and Cure 12 inches in great nic, and some pretty tasty studff such as Suicide’s first lp.

Overall, it’s mostly more grand classics though : Led Zep, Floyd, Dylan, Beatle, Stones, Pistols etc…

Loads of nice seven inches too, mostly priced one to three pounds.

So have a good week and hope to see you around browsing in the shop soon.

Philippe at Rat Records.

It’s all John Terry’s fault !

Filed: Uncategorized @ 5:49pm on February 12, 2010 No comments yet! :(

Hello to you all.

It’s been totally grey and rainy and as bloody cold as a bailif’s heart on this side of the Thames, and so no one seems to be arsed going out of their home to sell us stock. And so it is that we have virtually ran out of vinyl to put out this week-and yes, I am blaming it on the weather…why not ? Actually, if not the weather, then surely it’s John Tery’s fault…

But hey, I am full of resources and I was certainly not going to let down our crowd of regular Saturday morning goers, especially as I expect them to be waiting in the rain tomorrow and they wouldn’t be that impressed if that was all in vain…

So I have go deep into our coffers and came back all stuffy nose from the dust, but toatlly thrilled by some of the vinyl nuggets I dug from our surprisingly rat free vaults.. a bit of name dropping to make you salivate :

Nico, Dead Can Dance, Cabaret Voltaire, Underworld, Cluster and Eno, Eno and Byrne, Billy Preston, Mr Scruff, Dj Shadow, Magma, Nicolas Collins, Legendary Pink dots, The Las, Joy Division, Severed heads, MX 80, Sudden Sway, PJ Harvey, Cupol, Charlatans, Daevid Allen, Meat Beat Manifesto, Front line assembly, Gomez, Guns and roses….

There’s also a few quality reggae 12’s and some nice 80’s electro pop. It won’t completely fill up our new in rack this week, but it still will be well tasty-especially as our stock from previous weeks is still more than looking good.

You’ll also fin a superb selection of CDs, especially if you’re into Soul and Funk and Reggae, but also Alternative rock and Metal. As usually, you can feed your wax habit cheaper than a big mac meal. And anybody spending over £20 tomorrow will get a 10% discount, believe!

And don’t worry, Tom is coming over from his manor in Scotland next week to take care of the business and fill in the drawers with stock. I believe.

Oh and one last thing : Thank you all for your continuous support!

Ciao for now.

Philippe rat records.

The rat records weekly update

Filed: Uncategorized @ 6:33pm on January 28, 2010 One comment! :|

Well i’d like to say I miserably failed to stir anyone’s interest with my previous blog about album’s lenghth… clearly, no one gives a monkey.

So I guess this week I am going to keep it rather minimal and simply keep you informed of the various rock n’ roll memorabilia  you could purchase online and expect your hard earned  cash head straight to Haiti via Oxfam :

Some of the items to be sold in the auction include:

- A recording of a bespoke piece of music written by Damon Albarn.
- The Fender Stratocaster played by Alex Turner in the Arctic Monkeys’ ‘I Bet You Look Good On The Dancefloor’ video.
- Chris Martin’s ‘Viva La Vida’ tour jacket, signed by all four members of Coldplay.
- A rare Roland drum machine donated by the Chemical Brothers.
- The Magic Numbers will come and play an acoustic set in the house/garden of the highest bidder, including never before heard songs from their new album
- VIP tickets to Glastonbury, giving the winners access to the backstage areas and watching a band from the side of the Pyramid stage.
- A linocut of ‘Fleet Street Apocalypse’ by Radiohead artist Stanley Donwood.
- An exclusive playback of the brand new Gang of Four album for four people over a bottle or two of wine with Andy Gill in their studio in London, before anyone else hears it.
- Pet Shop Boys’ ‘Yes’ bespoke boxed vinyl set. Only 300 were made by the Vinyl Factory. Designed with Farrow in close collaboration with the pop art duo. Voted No.1 21st Century Collectible Product in Record Collector Annual Roundup.
- Framed, hand written lyrics for ‘Magick’ by Klaxons on the original board that was used to produce the single’s artwork.
- An acoustic guitar signed by all four original members of The Kooks.
- A guitar from Oxford art-rock outfit Foals.
- One of Annie Lennox’s favourite paintings, an original canvas from South Africa.
- A Technics SL-1200 Mk. 2 turntable donated by DJ Shadow.
- Signed Mika artwork (framed).
- Signed Pearl Jam single artwork.
- Two complete signed vinyl album collections from Basement Jaxx.
- A luxurious hot shower at the Eavis’ farmhouse during the Glastonbury weekend, for one festival-goer to wash away the festival excesses in style.

Personally, call me macabre but I’d like to see Thomk Yorke’s glass eye or Phil Spector’s handgun in there…. or one of Devendra Benhart’s goats…

Anyway… any of you has the cash?

If not, then you might be better off taking a trip to the shop this week end as we are litterally putting out hundreds of records of all styles and ages priced between £2 and £5.00.

Virtually every genre is represented and there are some real gems in there to be found-but I can guarantee you ther won’t be much left of it by Monday…

We won’t be doing this very often, so this is now or never my pretties.

All the best.

Philippe. Rat Records.

The rat records weekly update (eulogy to the album format).

Filed: Uncategorized @ 6:23pm on January 21, 2010 No comments yet! :(

Salut mes amis!

Well it’s good to be back and I have plenty to entertain you about this evening but very little of the precious time it takes to write it down, thanks to the thankless task of cleaning 200 records in two days with our legendary Lauricraft audio cleaning machine…

So instead, I am going to simply imagine we’re all here around the counter, bla bla ting nonsense about the merits of Big Black’s “sound of impact” as a milestone in the musical landscape of today, when Ron Fleming makes an entrance, and asks this solemn question to all of us as if his own life depends on it : WHAT IS THE IDEAL NUMBER OF TRACKS AND IDEAL LENGTH OF AN ALBUM ?

Then we would have to ask ourselves : “an album…what is it exactly?”
It was named an album, because in the time of 78rpm records, they were keeping them into books similar to photo albums of today, in the right order necessary so that they would be able to reconstitute, one tune after the other, a full symphony  or opera. They were then replaced by the 33rpm Long Play 30cm we still know today, that could contain up to 40 minutes of decently sounding music, and then by the CD, who can be filled by up to 80 mins….

It all started with Elvis apparently, and 12 songs was the number for his first long play, so was it of Beach Boy’s “Surfin Safari” or “Rolling stones”.

Then in the 70’s, projects became more ambitious and the amount of songs diminished as the pompous guitar solos and endless intros had to be fitted. Sometimes it even had to be sold as  double lp… then things settled into 10 tracks, a firm and constant of the 80’s, before the CD made it’s entrance and the hardest working musicians out there, or those with no manager to help them with the quality control, saw it as the opportunity to let absolutely every fart recorded in the studio out on the record, sometimes as a special hidden track that would only start 20mins after the end of the last track, so that if you fell asleep, you wake up swearing and throw the damn shiny cylinder by the window in rage.

Overall, the average length of a CD in the 90’s was over 50mins, and we were victimised by some seriously over ambitious efforts such as Guns and Roses “use your illusions I and II” (comments please : who liked the yellow or the blue best ?)

Nowadays, apart from the Hip Hop and R&B artists who always work harder and so make sure they fill the records up to the last second, most albums are back to an average 40mins, or even less.

Do you feel ripped off when your CD is only half full, or do you feel grateful to have been mercifully spared the endless fillers, boring studio jams or outtakes?

Personally, I have the attention span of a goldfish, and I can’t take much more than 10 songs before I need to move on, unless it appears to be Nick Drake or CW Stoneking that is…

Anyway, the debate is on… please post your comments on the shop’s wall, not sent directly to me, as no one can follow : http://www.facebook.com/home.php?ref=home#/group.php?gid=113028440116&ref=ts

Apart from this, we have plenty of top classics for sale this Saturday : Pixies (15 tracks) , Nirvana (11 tracks), Lemonheads (11 tracks), Hendrix (9 tracks), Kool Keith, Velvet Underground (11tracks), Jimmy Cliff (12 tracks), Kool and the gang (8tracks), Fatback band (8tracks), Isaac Hayes(8tracks), Cream(10 tracks) and so much more I really have to go now…

All the bestest to you all.

Philippe at rat records.

What’s in a decade?

Filed: Uncategorized @ 12:37pm on November 27, 2009 3 responses :)

God it’s cold out there today !!! When I came over from the French Alps 13 years ago, I am not sure exactly what it was that I was thinking, but I clearly did not expect it to be that cold, and neither did I expect to still be here today, writing one my last weekly update of the year and ultimately, the decade…

Oh yeah, the noughties! What did you guys make of it ?
For me it all started with one of those millennium’s fiascos, a booking to entertain a Camden club that ended only a third full (like most of them that night) and fighting teeth and nails for my cash at 6am with the promoter…. thankfully it got better from then on…now I wonder how it’s going to end!

Of course, of all the lovely events that occurred in ten years, finding this job was possibly the highlight, and since it is Thanksgiving, let me tell you, I am extremely grateful to all those who had a hand in opening the way for me.

But let’s talk about the music. I have taken the liberty to compile a list of 20 of the albums and 20 of the songs that really have left a trace on me, from the top of my head really, although with some of them I had to research the titles…. it is by no means implying that these are the best of the past ten years, just the ones that seem to have made their mark enough that listening to them still has a special effect. Make of it what you will.

You will find the list at the bottom of this message.

As for the shop, well, our stock for Saturday is as good as ever, with some absolute classics of the history of music in virtually new condition : Hendrix, Sonic Youth, Dinosaur JR, The Cure, Portishead, 2tone super rare live lp with poster, Snoop dogg, Wu tang, Cameo, Steel Pulse, Beatles, Clash…that is just to name the best known (for once).

We are still putting out the same collection of rare Funk/Disco/Reggae that has been the delight of our regulars and also have bought an amazing collection of rare Punk Rock/Indus/Metal/Alternative rock and Electronica on CD’s that you’re unlikely to ever find at the ridiculous £6.00 a piece we’re putting it out at.

So I know it’s a trek to Camberwell, but if you’re looking to stock some physical music for the winter, then don’t look anywhere else!

I live you with my list-please don’t send me any abuse because I omitted Amy Winehouse and Pete Libertines or whoever else you believe is the best-but feel free to send me compliments and your own list of records that just seem to have been tattooed to your soul.

All the best.

Philippe at Rat Record.

ALBUMS :

CW STONEKING : KING HOKUM and JUNGLE BLUES (2 albums)

PANDA BEAR : PERSON PITCH

ALI FARKA TORE : TOUMANI DIABATE

RICARDO VILLALOBOS : ALCACHOFA

TBA : ANNULE

AMIINA : KURR

THE CARETAKER : PERSISTENT REPETITION OF PHRASES

STARS OF THE LID : AND THEIR REFINEMENT OF THE DECLINE

EAGLES OF DEATH METAL : PEACE, LOVE, DEATH METAL

ALELA DIANE : THE PIRATE GOSPEL

BJORK – VESPERTINE

JOANNA NEWSOM : THE MILK EYE MENDER

SEBASTIEN TELLIER : SESSIONS

MELT BANANA : BAMBI’S DILEMMA

ROGER ALAN WADE : ALL LIKKERED UP

MIRACLE FORTRESS : MIRACLE FORTRESS

SUFJAN STEVENS : COME ON FEEL THE ILLINOISE

ARIEL PINK’S HAUNTED GRAFFITI : THE DOLDRUMS

CASSETTE BOY : THE PARKER’S TAPES

FANTOMAS : THE DIRECTOR’S CUT

HOPE SANDOVAL : BAVARIAN FRUIT BREAD

JEFFREY LEWIS ; 12 CRASS SONGS

SEXSMITH AND KERR : DESTINATION UNKNOWN

SEASICK STEVE : DOG HOUSE MUSIC

ABFAHRT HINWIL : LINKS BERGE RECHTS SEEN

SONGS :

GNARLS BARKLEY : CRAZY

WILD BILLY CHILDISH : JOE STRUMMER’S GRAVE

ANIMAL COLLECTIVE : MY GIRLS

SEXY SUSHY : PRINCESSE VOITURE

GREEN VELVET : LA LA LAND

WHITEY : MADE OF NIGHT

TUNNG : SURPRISE ME 44

HONKEY FINGERS : GOT THIS RAGE

YO LA TENGO : NUCLEAR WAR

QUINTRON : PLACE UNKNOWN

M I A : GALANG

M WARD : CHINESE TRANSLATIONS

TANYA STEPHENS : IT’S A PITY

MATHEW JONSON : TYPEROPE

CIBELLE : GREEN GRASS

PAN SONIC : LAHETYS

PENDULUM : ANOTHER PLANET

CULTURE CRUNCHER : I GET STUPID

3D!T : BLASPHEGMY

DIPLO : GOLDDIGGER