Vinyl Lovers Unite !

8 Feb 2010

As of tomorrow am we take on the LP/7" collection of Bruce Milne, which incorporates decades of indepth fandom across a wide range of genres. Amazing Original Pressings and Red Hot Rarities, this really is a breathtaking array of Music & goes to help Bruce as he farewells The Tote & takes on new challenges in 2010. Bruce Milne began his Retail tenure at Missing Link, in the late 70's, along with his initial label beginnings with Au-Go-Go which kicked off when he was still employed at the link, so some of these rekkids are from that specific time and there really IS something for everyone, so come on down and have a dig & grab some gems to treasure just as these have been over the past 30 odd years.

EXTORTION - Loose Screws Vinyl /CD + Tim Evans Cassette Release etc...

28 Jan 2010

A dozen Extortion cuts ready to rip,burn & destroy on either CD (small silver disc which can be played in a cd player, computer,cd walkman, car stereo), or a 10" Vinyl ep (bigger, bolder, black grooved plasticy thing which can be played on a turntable or fussed over for hours on end). Either way you cannot lose. _____________________ Also in now is two new Cassette Releases from NYC from two ex: Melbournians (not forgetting Tassie etc..).. DeGreaser is Tim Evans from Mouth, Sea Scouts, Bird Blobs etc..offering up his latest experimental sound forays, with this cassette being numbered out of 50 copies in a handmade sleeve. The second on the same tape label is Modra feat: Michael B ex: Jemima Jemima, Snap! Crakk and it's isolatary bedroom recordings ready for ear exploration. All these in stock now. _________

And for those who like wearing it on top of spinning it, we just got in some neat T-Shirts from locals Useless Children for their fine Sky Is Falling LP. White Tee with Red band text, Black alb name & pics of hands,feet, and an eye. We gots in Sizes Small, Medium and Large and send these anywhere in the world.

ANCHOR BRAIN RECORDS - NEW RELEASES IN STORE!!!

20 Jan 2010

A new record label releasing many amazing and unique bands originating in Providence, R.I. The first three bands to be signed by the label are Chinese Stars, Six Finger Satellite, and Sensitive Hearts. We just got these releases in store including the restock of the Arab on Radar - Sunshine For Shady People DVD! Beautiful packaging and great music!!______________________________________(seriously folks, on repeat listens, these albums are DYNAMITE ! the 6FS LP just may be one of the BEST of 2010 when we look back with it's JESUS LIZARD Lurch & toe tappin' sleaze guitar..just FANTASTIC ! And grab a clear listen on the AB site why dontcha)____ And on the local front, exo records have issued a cool triple treat of vinyl goods, all of which we have in stock as we speak. First cab off the rank is the debut outing from Teen Archer who offer up a 7 track red vinyl 10" of garagedout punk muck, and hot on their heels is album # 2 'Reality & Visions' from shop/customer faves Deaf Wish and this vinyl LP, (split with the Idget Child imprint) recorded in Cliffy Hill takes their sonic sick & psyched screel to higher & dire places. It looks pretty spesh on vinyl & features the 'Deaf News' track previously issued as a 7" (11 tracks in all).The other release is a scant few leftover tour 7"s in a paltry edition of 200 hand numbered copies from The Diamond Sea & NYC's Love or Perish. As with a lot of these releases we get in here at the link, some of them disappear in a puff of smoke within daze of us stocking them so we say if you love your vinyl & wanna nail these top notch musical treats then do not delay.

JAY REATARD RIP

16 Jan 2010

Our good friend Jay Reatard died this week at age 29. Missing Link have been long fans and supporters of his music, and going thru our catalogue looking at the vast number of reatarded releases we've stocked really hit home his unique combination of a hyperactive work ethic and unique song writing talent that made the scumbag punk of Reatards so tuneful and the wasted synth punk of Lost Sounds so malevolent, not to mention the countless other projects he recorded and produced up to the punk pop brilliance of his solo material.

Missing Link pushed around the Bad Times, jumped at the opportunity to co-present his first Australian tour, sweated out the struggle to get a paltry number of 7"s from his Matador blitz, waited alongside our customers in great anticipation for his singles compilations and second LP. We were excited to hear he was going to reissue the early Reatards material on his label Shattered (which turned us onto Digital Leather and the Carbonas among other shop favourites), as well as finally compile his Angry Angles material. We got a great kick out of the Final Solutions LP with an ugly bastard rocking a shirt with the Australian flag on it, as we knew Memphis understood Australian punk like few other places in the world, and our speakers still crackle from blasting his Go Betweens or Saints covers to curious customers.

It is with great sadness that we mourn this loss. We will be playing his solo catalogue on constant rotation for the next couple of weeks, and have a counter box of his CDs going very cheap for anyone who came in too late. Jay always enjoyed his time in Melbourne, and the number of people that have come into the store to pour out a liquor for him has been heartening. To everyone who knew him, to his close friends and family, to everyone who came to see his shows and freaked out on his hard-to-locate records, to everyone who made Australia a place that he looked forward to visiting again, to everyone in Memphis especially including the Goner records folk who he probably lifted his first Ramones CDs from, to everyone across the states who had their nose or heart broken, to everyone in the world who are as shattered as we are, our thoughts are with you.

It's Here ! M SQUARED 4CD Box-Set of Australian Experimental Brill 1980-1986

15 Jan 2010

Sydney's cult experimento/avant/underground & pioneering label M SQUARED have long been an obsession by indepth music fans the globe over and now the original partners (Michael Tee, Mitch Jones, Patrick Gibson) and Shane Fahey from The Makers of The Dead Travel Fast have revisited their catalogue to compile their favourite tracks into a complete M Squared CD box set. From the years 1980-1986 this Quadruple CD box contains over 80 tracks from Systematics, The Makers of The Dead Travel Fast, Scattered Order, Ya Ya Choral, A Cloakroom Assembly, Patrick Gibson, Prod, Pel Mel, Wild West, SoliPsiK, The Limp, Tame O'Mearas, Severed Heads, Height/Dismay, Belle du Soir, The Slugfuckers, The Same, Splendid Mess, Pleasant Peasants and The Barons. It's housed in real choice packaging, with each CD in a individual full colour card sleeve w/: a 36 page booklet, and commemorative M Squared drink coasters, all housed in a sturdy full colour "clam shell" style box. For those who love exploring the sounds that exist under the surface in Australia this is really a nice pick up. V/A: Terrace Industry

New 7"s from Juvenile Records in Sydney + Mailorder Update

11 Jan 2010

Wanna grab a red hot King Khan & His Shrines Australian Tour 7" ? Well here tis' thanks to Sydney's fine lil' label Juvenile. 'One U Luv' b/w: Saba Lou, in a great sleeve and hand numbered out of a meagre 300 copies. They have also done a micro repress of the debut Straight Arrows 7" 'Can't Count' in a mushroom sleeve and numbered outta 200. ___________________________________________________Mailorder Update Things are back into gear once more and all orders from Xmas Eve to Today are being attended to as we speak so hang in there and watch your mailbox if you've ordered with us during this time. We are also processing a huge shipment of New Releases/Back Catalogue LP/CD/DVD's, of which many are specific Customer Orders & Mailorders, so calls and emails on the cards thruout the week. Stay in the Shade and have a good week from us all here at Missing Link Rekkids.

Stuff your ears!

3 Jan 2010

Enfant Terrible Productions is a Dutch label who have been putting out some fine sounding vinyl releases since 2004. As well as releasing obscure VPRO (http://www.vpro.nl) broadcasts by Luc Van Acker and Kaa Antilope, they've put out the latest Agent Side Grinder (the finest non-wuss synth-rocker in a looooong time), a fantastic LP of material by Hero Wouters (1981-1986 - awesome, analogue creep-outs), and two great compilations of noisy European ice (Radio Resistica and the vinyl only Festival der Genialen Dissidenten LP, which comes with a bonus 7" and a smoking Christian Death cover by Vincent K.), they also whip out a series of highly limited 7"s. Busy, busy, busy folk and definitely worth your attention...so have a poke through the new vinyl - they're asking for it!

Great New Vinyl 7"s,12"s,and LP's out in our racks now...

23 Dec 2009

Some of these are mad limited, but they are out and about if you need to spin em' on your player..We have copies of the 2nd /3rd 7"s in the Boris triple..,the latest Fu Manchu LP,the 2 chapter newies the Twerps and Dick Diver7"s/Cd's, the Thrice Ltd LP,a new Jesu 12",awesome Calexico vinyl restocks, a Mentors 7" from 1978, a Morphine repress of their third alb, two super limited/hand numbered Naked Raygun Reissues (inc: their brilliant 'Understand' album), Chuck Ragan 10" ep feat: the bloke from The Gaslight Anthem etc..,three killer and great priced Saint Vitus LP's back in stock, plus things like a mega The Cure LP Box, and a whole stack of Jazz LP reissues which are going out within the next few days... Dig it.

Maximum Readidge #320

17 Dec 2009

San Fran's long standing Punk Rock Newsprint monthly Maximum Rock'n'Roll has a new issue out in #320 & it has a great feature inside of the best punk /hardcore releases of the decade & is well worth a read as the columnists (including our very own ML staffie DX) have really put the time in & given up solid lists with hefty wordage on why they've made the cut. Quite a bit of Aussie music amongst 'em too which is neat and it really is a great issue. Lots of other reading amongst it's pages too of course, and we can send it to you wherever you may roam. Next week we'll have up our Xmas recommendations along with our best of 2009 lists to check out so watch this space and enjoy the hell outta your Thursday !

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