"Bonjour! We at Coq Au Vinyl are very happy to present to you the first reissue of rare LP by the extraordinary and virtually UNKNOWN American rhythm and blues ensemble GEE GEE DECORATOR. Released (we think?) in late 70’s or early 80’s in Newark, NJ, the GEE GEE DECORATOR LP answers our questions What if Pussy Galore jam with ESG? What if Harry Pussy get funky? What if Dead C record LP with Sharon Jones? Copies of this vinyl LP rarely turn up over the years, even among hardcore collectors of SERIOUS Waxidermical artifacts of funk, gospel, disco, boogie, R&B etc. We find our copy in 2002 while visiting set of “Sopranos” while our college roommate Jean-Hugues Anglade guest stars in episode where he steals money from Artie Buco. Artie’s restaurant is in same building as recording studio listed on LP label (Record Thing Studio, 95 Halsey St, Newark, NJ) We mainly go to try to meet episode director Steve Buscemi but end up just going through boxes of old vinyl in basement of Artie’s restaurant with actor who play Furio (he’s a big dancehall guy). I take copy of GEE GEE DECORATOR hoping to pass it off as “funky GG Allin” to dumb dumbs at Utrecht Fair but upon hearing pummeling trash can drums, frenetic tuneless guitar and word “FUCK” within 10 seconds of dropping needle and I am HOOKED like Christopher Moltisanti and his heroin! Please enjoy!"
First Pressing Edition of 313 copies on 140g black vinyl in black disco sleeve with sticker. All copies shipped carefully with the vinyls outside of the covers so as to not disturb the temperaments of serious collectors. Merci!" - Coq Au Vinyl Worldwide, 2023.
"One of the great discoveries of my entire record buying life. A masterwork of skronk and grot, trash can cymbals, Pussy Galore meets ESG, inspired, cyclonic torpedo juice. Whoever plays guitar on this deserves to have his or her face enshrined forever on the Mount Rushmore of indy noise guitar players with Bill Orcutt, Bruce Russell et al. This is so loose that every track nearly slides of the wax but the center ultimately holds and thankfully it never goes down the rabbit hole of free form experimentation or over indulgence. There's a time and place for such things and the people who made this record knew enough to stay out of that lane and they deserve all the credit for it. I know nothing about this record and its makers- who they are or where they're from, when and where it was recorded, literally nothing- beyond what's on the vinyl and I actually prefer it that way. They came, they saw, the dropped a maelstrom of battery acid grooves into the general public's lap and added their own chapter to the book of lo-fi, post punk, post industrial, post everything rock and roll and then were never heard from again. What else do they need to do? I'd buy them all drinks all night long if I ever crossed any of their paths. I hope everybody gets to hear this at some point, it's just so good." -hspussy, Discogs
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After nearly a decade of false starts, multiple game plans veering off the rails, and a handful of shattered hopes and/or dreams, the odyssey is finally complete—the new Fusetron site is here.
This is the first phase of a multipart rollout that will span the next few months: the currently browsable stock includes miscellaneous new releases from the past 8+ months (we have a lot of catching up to do), plus approximately a third of our backstock. Note that we’ve reduced/slashed prices on many titles and will continue to do so in order to make room for new stock. We’ll also be expanding / tweaking / improving / debugging the site itself (for example, we still have work to do on the automated international postage system, not to mention the inevitable inventory discrepancies that come with transferring an ancient and massive database to a new system).
Over the next few months, as we take inventory, clean house, and delve into our storage, we will be uploading thousands of additional items, gradually, on a near-daily basis. This will include the majority of the LPs, as well as many titles, in all formats, once thought long-gone. Many currently “sold out” items are likely to resurface.
Finally, once our general backstock is up (probably in the next two or three months) we’ll begin making our extensive stockpile of rarities available online for the first time: tons of random out-of-print titles, "deadstock," warehouse finds, secondhand collectibles, etc., accumulated over the past few decades.
Frequent/returning customers will be getting early access to these items. Details to follow on how this will work (a priority mailing list? a 'frequent flyer'-like program?), but it will not be based on dollars spent. We want to reward those who consistently support us, especially in the discogs marketplace era (to those who show up trying to poach five copies of a one-off rarity, and nothing else, ever… ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ ).
So—we suggest you take some time to dig through the site—even we’ve been surprised by what’s been turning up, and there’s much more to come.
