Limited edition of 500 copies from the Acid Mothers Temple leader. Packaged in a deluxe letterpressed jacket printed at 53rd Parallel Press in Portland Maine.(more)

Live At Muryoku Muzen Temple is limited to 500 copies with the first 100 on color vinyl. This is the companion release to the Astro CD titled The Echo At The Purple Dawn being released at the same time on Important Records. (more)

This merch table gem is a one sided 7" limited to 1000 copies. 500 on blue, 200 on red, 200 yellow and 100 on green. Contained on this thick piece of love is a rockola version of Throbbing Gristle's track United. This will be gone fast and won't be repressed. (more)

.Limited edition of 300 copies in a heavy stock screen printed jacket.
A Zamuro is a dark South American vulture of great size. Zamuro is also a solo composition piece for portable synth and analog filter. .(more)

VINYL VERSION.. The first 100 records shipped will be on red vinyl. All copies shipped after that will be on black vinyl. There's been some heavy buzz around this record so color vinyl will not last long. ....(more)

VINYL VERSION. .VINYL VERSION. We're now on the 2nd pressing (still packaged in the same deluxe jacket w/ insert poster) and this time around we have 100 copies of amber color vinyl to ship while supplies last....(more)

.Limited LP has two bonus tracks not included on CD. Available on orange or white vinyl for Important mailorder customers. Please specify what color you'd like (you're welcome to purchase both). Please specify what color you'd like. If it has run out we'll ship you the other color.
Packaged in a deluxe heavy duty tip-on style jacket with artwork by Seldon Hunt. ....(more)

Essential limited edition 180 gram vinyl release pressed in an edition of 500 copies. Letterpressed jackets. The first 100 copies are available in a silver shimmer ink on black letterpress. Beautiful drone compositions from two kindrid musical entities......(more)

Limited edition of 300 copies in heavy duty screen printed jackets by Monoroid. The Sandancing Demos 10", as it's title suggests, contains the original ideas that birthed Beequeen's wonderful new album Sandancing. Original versions, rough mixes & home demos plus an unreleased track. .(more)

Body Melt is limited to 500 copies only. The first 500 are on white vinyl. This is the companion release to the Glass Forest CD being released on Important simultaneously. Both releases are housed in staggeringly unique artwork by
Emily Hyde.
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Available now for pre-order. Limited copies remian. We will begin shipping Feb. 29th.The Ape Of Naples/New Backwards is limited to 1500 copies.
This 4 lp set is pressed on heavy duty 180 gram vinyl and each record is packaged in it's own lp jacket which is then housed in a deluxe tip-on style box. A poster is included. The first three records make up The Ape Of Naples and the b-side of each has a custom etching. The fourth record is The New Backwards and it is double sided. . (more)

This will be shipping with the Coil box set. If you order this to be shipped with your Coil box there is no additional shipping fee.
The Wardrobe is a collaboration between Tony Wakeford and Andrew Liles and combines the very best of Andrew Liles' twisted and incomprehensible vision with Tony Wakeford's dark sensibilities. (more)

“Inspired by the acoustic sides of ‘70s rock behemoths Led Zeppelin, Heart and Black Sabbath, they've taken a detoour into lush, baroque folk and sun-kissed Laurel Canyon jams; blending those groups with more pastoral shades with the likes of John Fahey, Pentangle and CSN&Y to very fine effect.”---MOJO. (more)

REPRESSED in expanded packaging. Thanks to the film Juno Kimya Dawson has been receiving a whole lot of deserved attention lately.
This vinyl repress includes a lyric sheet insert - something we still haven't gotten around to including in the cds. The first 100 copies we ship via mailorder will be on pink vinyl. CD version available also.

REPRESSED in expanded packaging. Thanks to the film Juno Kimya Dawson has been receiving a whole lot of deserved attention lately.
This vinyl repress includes a lyric sheet insert - something we still haven't gotten around to including in the cds. The first 100 copies we ship via mailorder will be on pink vinyl. CD version available also

This is a limited edition of 500 copies on LP. The first 100 copies are on blue vinyl & are reserved for Important mailorder. Improvisational Bay Area quartet Thuja create aural landscapes that capture the reverberations of wood and wire, the sounds of breaking sticks and scraping stones, and the ambience of their surroundings into a shifting, dynamic musical framework.(more)

REPRESS AVAILABLE! 300 pink copies while supplies last and 700 on black. Vinyl version of the groups break out self titled release. Pitchfork 8.4 "Best New Music." A Place To Bury Strangers have often been called "the loudest band in New York".(more)

Limited to 500 copies with 100 on white and 100 on orange. Sun is the coupling of sound artist Oren Ambarchi and musician-producer Chris Townend. The pair have been kindred spirits for many years, with Townend being a sensitive and crucial ear in engineering Ambarchi's landmark solo recordings.Last copies. (more)

limited edition LP version. please specify green or yellow viny.Last copiesl (more)

This is the first new material since Ocean's universally acclaimed full length Here Where Nothing Grows & Conifer's first release on Important. Ltd. to 1000. 4 colors.
Pressed on 4 different colors of vinyl and packaged in a screen printed mylar jacket that lines up with an offset printed inner jacket. Mylar jacket was printed by the same people who did Boris' Vein for us last year. ....(more)

Another heavy duty meditative dive into carefully crafted minimalism from Eleh. Dedicated listening and high volume and/or headphone use is highly recomended for maximum experience. 500 made. 200 gram vinyl. Dedicated to Charlemagne Palestine.
Eleh was formed to specifically to pay tribute to early experimental minimalist pioneers especially La Monte Young, Terry Riley, Eliane Radigue, ..... (more)

This is #8 in Important Records' ongoing Arts And Crafts series pairing music with packaging made by the musicians.
Look for the next Barbez album on John Zorn's Tzadik label.
This 7" is limited to 400 copies and was designed, signed and numbered by Barbez's Dan Kaufman. 100 are on red vinyl and 100 are on white vinyl. Please specify what color of vinyl you want...(more)

Super Grease is a limited edition of 500 vinyl only release from Vibracathedral Orchestra/Sunroof!/A Band member Neil Campbell. This is a companion release to Astral Social Club's Neon Pibroch cd also on Important.
Pressed on deluxe split/splatter blue vinyl..... (more)

Tour vinyl! Limited stock on splatter color vinyl. B side features an exclusive 23 minute track only found on this limited tour only lp. . (more)

This vinyl edition of 33 1/3 is limited to 1000 copies. Includes a bonus track only available on the vinyl version. You can chose from black vinyl, red vinyl, 50/50 black red vinyl & black on red splatter. Click the image to the right to see the colors. Vinyl has a bonus track not on cd. Last copies (more)
Check the news page for a handmade edition of the vinyl.

Pressed in an edition of 500. 1/4 of the pressing is on double sided color vinyl. This means that side A is blue and side B is red. 3/4 of the pressing is a red/blue swirl. Double sided screen printed jackets..........(more)

.Eleh is the sound of glowing test oscillators and vintage analog modular gear. Formed specifically to pay tribute to the spirit of early minimalism especially Charlemagne Palestine, La Monte Young, Eliane Radigue & Pauline Oliveros.
Limited edition of 400 on audiophile vinyl and packaged in hand numbered letterpressed jackets. (more)

500 copies. First 100 mailorder copies on white vinyl.
Two brand new burners (including a Hendrix cover on the b-side) recorded during the same sessions for The Major Stars next full length album for Important. (more)

.Limited to 1000. First 100 mailorder copies are on color vinyl. These are completely different recordings than the Bark Haze compact disc also on Important. The Bark Haze is primarily a guitar duo of GOWN (nom de plume of one Andrew Macgregor) and Thurston Moore (Sonic Youth etfuckingcetera). . (more)

Super limited. First 100 mailorder copies are on red vinyl. Screen printed jackets. Different mixes than the cd and an extra track.(more)

This is the 7th release in Important Records' ongoing Arts & Crafts Series. The Anchorite is a full length vinyl only release packaged in a hand made linocut created,printed, signed and numbered by Stephen R. Smith. Limited edition of 500 (more)

Minazo Volume Two is Merzbow's second full length tribute to the
recently departed Japanese elephant seal named Minazo.
This vinyl only released is pressed on blue splatter vinyl and yellow splatter vinyl (please specify which you'd prefer) and housed in a deluxe textured tip-on style heavy duty jacket. (more)

Snow Blind Avalanche is a completely different album than A Rock In The Snow also being released on Important though the two records were made during the same sessions. This vinyl only release is limited to 1000 copies with the first 200 on snow-white vinyl. Artwork by C. Spencer Yeh. Liner notes from Wolf Eyes bro John Olson aka Johnny Coors. Last copies.

Introducing The Cosmic Blues is My Cat Is An Alien's introduction to their full length release on Important Records. This 7” is limited to only 300 copies and each comes in deluxe screen printed packaging with an individual Polaroid photograph taken,altered and signed by Roberto Opalio.
This is the fifth installment in Important Record's ongoing Arts & Crafts Series which pairs records with hand made artwork from the artists involved in the audio.

The sixth installment in Important Records' Arts & Crafts Series is this 7” from Sonic Youth's Lee Ranaldo, recorded with Alan Licht on guitar, Christian Marclay on turntables and William Hooker on drums. Pressed on clear vinyl and packaged with a screen print designed and signed by Ranaldo, this release is limited to 500 copies.

Limited edition of 500. Exclusive live D-side cover of The Cure's Siamese Twins. Packaged in a black on black letterpressed jacket.
This double lp set was pressed into 200 gram ultra thick vinyl. Each set weighs almost two pounds and the is almost an inch thick. One of the nicest vinyl packages we've ever seen.
Here are some photos of the Ocean jackets being completed at Manifesto Letterpress
We've still got a few copies remaining of the UK pressing licensed by Rocket Recordings.

This vinyl only picture disc release is limited to only 500 copies worldwide.
Ranging from furious to tender, Stalker was recorded in Paris and at various live dates around Europe. This live material was then brought back to a studio in Norway and laboriously editited for release.
“ I play with the material and it talks back to me. It's a game between the boundaries of total control and total
anarchy. I try to include some of both.” Maja Ratkje

A mix of powerful, complex and imaginative American
songwriting that moves from country melancholy to
raspy blues to dark and psychotic narrative
grooves, all delivered with gently plucked layers
of acoustic and electric guitars that slowly
unravel into psychedelic folk lullabies.
Limited edition of 500 with 100 on white vinyl.
Over the next year Important will be releasing the the Angels Of Light catalog on double vinyl starting with their debut New Mother.

Important Records is excited to release the limited edition of 1000 vinyl edition of the highly sought after Muslimgauze classic "Zuriff Moussa." Zuriff Moussa is pressed on red, white, green and black vinyl (250 of each) representing the 4 colors of the Palestinian flag and the deluxe screen printed chipboard jackets were printed by Neil Burke of Monoroid. Please note that the track listing has been revised by Staalplaat down to what they consider the key tracks Important Records to fit this vinyl issue.

Special limited edition of 500 only. Pressed on grey marble vinyl and one in three has a hand made drawing frow Kimya for you! These will be gone fast.
On break from Rough Trade and her band The Moldy Peaches, our friend Kimya finds herself at home on Important Records releasing two albums at once. Both albums are full of unique, original and beautifuly moving folk songs about Matlock, Atari 2600's, love, growing up, growing old and the Golden Girls. Kimya is one of the most unique voices in modern music and we're honored to be releasing these albums.
Both albums were recorded after her Rough Trade solo debut and both prove to be even stronger.