RECORD LABELS

ARF! ARF!
Devoted to unique '60s garage & psychedelic music as well as an assortment of incredibly strange stuff like Lucia Pamela, David Arvedon, Jack Mudurian, and the Only In America compilations.
ASPHODEL
Label featuring the likes of Ken Nordine, Tipsy, DJ Spooky, and the Incredibly Strange Music Vol. II compilation.
BAR/NONE
Eclectic Hoboken, NJ label featuring Esquivel, Puffy AmiYumi, Kathy McCarty, Ben Vaughn, Mono Puff, and The Langley Schools Music Project.
BASTA MUSIC
Delightful label out of Holland delivering a treasure trove of extraordinary music and wonderful reissues by Raymond Scott, The Beau Hunks, André Popp, Jean Jacques Perrey, Dr. Samuel J. Hoffman, Dean Elliot, Fay Lovsky, and more!
BEAR FAMILY
Fabulous German reissue label known for quality compilations and box sets of early rock'n'roll, pop, and country. Their catalog includes such names as Ann-Margret, Roger Miller, Johnny Cash, Esquerita, Sheb Wooley, Screamin' Jay Hawkins, Ennio Morricone, Red Ingle, Orion, Louis Jordan, and Tiny Tim.
COLLECTABLES
Oldies label specializing in reissues of rock, soul, easy listening, doo-wop, blues, jazz, and more. Features artists like Ray Conniff, The Astronauts, Sergio Mendes, Doris Day, The 13th Floor Elevators, Xavier Cugat, Eartha Kitt, and Les Baxter.
COLLECTOR'S CHOICE MUSIC
In addition to being an excellent online music retailer specializing in overlooked, obscure, and import titles, they run their own reissue label that features artists like Jean Shepherd, Jackie Gleason, Jack Nitzche, Dean Martin, The Singing Nun, and many more!
CORD INT'L / HANA OLA
Nice label dealing in the finest vintage and contemporary Hawaiian music.
CRIPPLED DICK HOT WAX
Fab label out of Germany offering up beautiful packages of groovy Italian and French soundtrack music (including the great Beat At Cinecitta collections) as well as the Pop-Shopping comps of German advertising ditties!
DIONYSUS
An assortment of garage, surf, punk, rockabilly, and with the Bacchus Archives imprint, lounge, exotica, and psychedelia. Artists include Les Baxter, The Boss Martians, Johnny Legend, Chaino, Skip Heller, Robert Drasnin, The Tiki Tones, and Stereophonic Space Sounds Unlimited.
DOUBLE CROWN
Formerly known as Continental Records, featuring surf and garage music such as the Penetrators, The Apemen, The Untamed Youth, and Big Ray & The Futuras.
DYSPEPSIDISC
Quirky label that's home to such acts as Twink, Meat Dept and Mr. Neutron.
EAST SIDE DIGITAL
Label concentrating on select creative and progressive music and home to The Residents and Wendy Carlos.
ELLIPSIS ARTS
Colorful label with several excellent compilations and box sets including OHM - The Early Gurus of Electronic Music, Planet Squeezebox, and Bart Hopkin's Experimental Musical Instruments sets.
EMPEROR NORTON
Interesting indie label with a catalog that includes Bruce Haack, Señor Coconut, Arling & Cameron, and Fantastic Plastic Machine!
ESTRUS
Swanky library of garage, surf, and instrumental bands like Man Or Astro-Man?, The Mono Men, The Insomniacs, Southern Culture on the Skids, and more.
EXOTICA
The fine folks responsible for the magnificent Exotic Beatles collections!
IRMA
Label collective delivering a wealth of fine beats and electronica fun. Check out the fabulous La Douce imprint for easy listening mood, classic 60's/70's tunes and soundtracks!
LANCE
Small indie surf and instrumental label from New Mexico that briefly ran in the '60s and was resurrected three decades later on the Internet.
MONSTROUS MOVIE MUSIC
Small but dedicated label offering high-quality re-recordings of classic sci-fi, fantasy, and horror film scores.
MUSICK RECORDINGS
Top instrumental, surf, and garage rock such as The Space Cossacks, The Hypnomen, Satan's Pilgrims, Fifty Foot Combo, etc.
NAUSCOPY
Curious and experimental recordings. Consider yourself warned!
NEURODISC
Billed as Florida's Premier Electronic/Dance label, they also delve into lounge, worldbeat, new age, and electronica mood music!
NORTON
Wild NY label dedicated to early rock, proto-punk, rockabilly, and raw grooves. Stable includes Hasil Adkins, The Sonics, Link Wray, Esquerita, Andre Williams, Rudy Ray Moore, T. Valentine, and the Phantom Surfers.
OGLIO
Purveyors of quirky rock, reissues, and novelty music from Barnes & Barnes, Wesley Willis, Sparks, Richard Cheese, Jackie Martling, Richard O'Brien, Dan Castellaneta, and more.
OMOM
Fresh new Italian label specializing in modern surf/instrumental sounds such as Cosmonauti and Bradipos Four.
PLAN Z MEDIA
A label and production company dedicated to the creation and distribution of independent cinema and sound.
PLAYHOUSE
Label preserving the innovative children's music of the late Jim Copp and Ed Brown.
QDK MEDIA
A fine reissue label of stuff by Bruce Haack, Russ Meyer, Betty Page, and the Doob Doob O'Rama Bollywood collections. In association with Psychedelic Music.
RHINO
Legendary reissue label and purveyors of spoken word, comedy, novelty, and soundtrack releases. Resumé includes Dr. Demento, Spike Jones, Stan Freberg, Wild Man Fischer, Firesign Theatre, The Simpsons, and the Golden Throats and Nuggets collections.
ROUNDER
Cambridge, MA independent with a diverse range of roots music from bluegrass and cajun to blues, reggae, and beyond. Releases include The Shaggs, Brave Combo, The Kids of Widney High, Tiny Tim, The Bobs, NRBQ, and the Alan Lomax collections.
SUNDAZED
Vintage '60s roots label dealing in garage, surf, country, psychedelia, pop, rockabilly, and more. Roster features The Trashmen, Nancy Sinatra, The Kingsmen, The Turtles, The Tornadoes, and others.
VANGUARD
Primarily a folk label, but also has Perrey & Kingsley, Jean-Jacques Perrey, P.D.Q. Bach, and Peter Case.
VARÈSE SARABANDE
Label best known for soundtrack releases, but also features Ferrante & Teicher, Steve Allen, The Ventures, Arthur Lyman, Claudine Longet, and The Ernie Kovacs Record Collection.

ONLINE SHOPPING

AISLE TIKI
The place to fill all your tiki party needs! They specialize in tiki mugs, shot glasses, decanters, recipe books, decals, and other accessories for Polynesian-themed perfection.
ALL MUSIC SERVICES
A special order and search service featuring exclusive hard-to-find items and ultra-rarities in Exotica, Bachelor Pad, and just plain weird music on CD!
AQUARIUS
Outstanding San Francisco store that's been doing it for over two decades. A vast array of eclectic stuff on LP, CD, or whatever is available through worldwide mail order. Take a gander at their exotica / novelty, found sounds, experimental, and spoken word & comedy sections!
BUCKAROO'S MERCANTILE
The land of everything you want and nothing you need! This Cambridge, MA, store makes the most mundane household objects fun. Kooky lamps, candles, switchplates, clocks, coasters, blank books, t-shirts, and more by e-commerce or traditional mail order.
CLAMAZON.COM
E-commerce site out of the Bay Area specializing in musical rarities and oddities, from the folks behind Ralph America (The Residents' merchandising company). Smelly music for swell people!
DUSTY GROOVE AMERICA
Superb source out of Chicago for great jazz, soul, funk, and hip-hop titles, as well as an impressive selection of lounge/easy listening, "Out" sounds, and international styles (Latin, Brazilian, African, Reggae, French). Stocking both old and new LPs and CDs!
FLASHBACK 70
Suppliers of original lava lamps and wave motion machines at '70s prices!
FORCED EXPOSURE
The mighty mail order site that grew out of the legendary music 'zine of the '80s and early '90s. The place to find nearly anything that's out there in unusual music on CD or LP!
GEMM
16 million CDs, LPs, and 45s and more from thousands of sellers around the world. If you can't find it here, fuhgeddaboudit!
HOT PLATTERS
Online auctions for hard-to find LP's, 45's and 78 rpm records, plus other formats like CD and cassette.
INTOXICA
Ultra cool record shop out of London with a great selection of exotica, easy listening, psychedelic, surf, soul, reggae, soundtracks and much more! New, used, and collectable vinyl through international mail order.
JACK DIAMOND MUSIC
A wonderland of new and collectable cool and strange delights on CD and vinyl!
M & L RECORDS And MODELS
Rare and used vinyl and CDs in all genres plus cool plastic model kits of various vehicles, aircraft, and spacecraft! Mail order from Seattle, WA.
NIGHT OWL BOOKS
Mail order out of Virginia with a dazzling collection of various cult movie posters for sale.
RECYCLED MUSIC
Providing a variety of fine, collectible, out-of-print vinyl LPs, via the Internet exclusively, with hundreds of satisfied buyers around the globe for over 5 years.
ROCK 'N RECORDS
A massive Swedish site with lots of information related to record collecting and music plus thousands of vinyl records for sale.
SOBER BROTHERS
Your pop culture headquarters for collectible toys, games and more! Auctions through eBay of a variety of items, including LPs, CDs, 8-Tracks, zines & books, and much more.
SOMETHING WEIRD VIDEO
The premier source for bizarre and psychotronic VHS and DVD titles! A world of crazy videos available by mail order from Seattle, WA.
SONOWAX
The home of treasures from a wide range of genres: Rare Canadian, pop, rock'n'roll, French and French Canadian rock & pop, exotica, lounge, electronic pioneers, and more!
TRASH PALACE
A dizzying online offering of outrageous and unusual stuff! Cool and strange CDs, LPs, DVDs, books, magazines, toys, posters, and tons of new, used, and collectable VHS videos! Available by e-commerce or traditional mail order.
VINYL LIVES!
The most interesting vinyl on the planet! Scores of cool and strange wonders available by e-commerce or traditional mail order from Raleigh, NC. "Little Marcy in the thrift store over Madonna in the mall--today and forever."
WILDS SOUNDS
New, used, and collectable vinyl by mail order from New York. Plenty of cool and strange varieties, from Exotica and Latin to Moog and Children's music!
WORLD WIDE WAX
Classic vinyl in all genres available through online mail order. They'll even transfer that rare or out of print platter to compact disc for you!
ZEN CAFE
A variety of artifacts from the modern era, including CDs, records, tapes, printed matter, and other assorted objects. It's an online flea market!