Browse by Label: SWORDFISH (UK)

Artist:	FATHER MOO & THE BLACK SHEEP
Title:
Label:	SWORDFISH (UK)
Format:	CD
Price:	$18.00
Catalog #:	SFAM 001CD

Repressed! A UK-only issue of what was previously available as a non-distributed CDR release on the Acid Mothers Temple CDR label (later reissued as a very limited LP on Swordfish). Jewel case packaging, with a completely unbelievable Yod-tribute sleeve. The music is in the realm of tranquil drone-intensive freak outs (electronics, moaning vocal sounds, processed murk), not at all in the rocking style of Kawabata's well known Acid Mother's Temple ensemble. A sensational artifact, presented to perfection.

Artist:	ACID MOTHERS TEMPLE & THE MELTING PARAISO U.F.O.
Title:	Never Ending Space Ritual - History of Acid Mothers Temple
Label:	SWORDFISH (UK)
Format:	2DVD
Price:	$38.00
Catalog #:	SFAMT 001DVD

...& The Melting Paraiso U.F.O.. "Disc 1 tracks the band through the first decade from 1998 to 2007, through rare footage featuring guest appearances from members of Guru Guru, Afrirampo, Ruins and others. Disc 2 features a historic performance of La Novia featuring Occitan Queen of Songrosina De Peira, many takes of other AMT classics, and an in-depth interview with Kawabata Makoto. Other AMT offshoots - Acid Mothers Gong, AMTSWR and AMTGuru Guru are also featured." Booklet includes photographs and a band chronology. NTSC Region 0.

Artist:	C A QUINTET
Title:	Last Trip at Lake Pepin
Label:	SWORDFISH (UK)
Format:	LP
Price:	$28.00
Catalog #:	SFCQ 001LP

Ltd. Edition 180g vinyl LP. Newly discovered recording, never previously available. "In January 1971 legendary Minneapolis psychedelic band the C A Quintet, creators of one of the most sought-after and celebrated underground albums of the '60s, Trip Thru Hell, decided to call it a day and play one final swan-song at Lake Pepin High School. Three tracks from this gig were hastily issued by the band in the early '80s in response to a bootleg of the Trip Thru Hell LP that had then recently surfaced. Whilst many thought then that this was the last that would ever be heard of the band again, earlier this year two surprising events happened -- 1, the original master-tape of the gig was discovered. 2, it was found to contain material far stronger than that on the old live album and also to include previously unheard original material. The band perform storming versions of '60s classics like 'Born To Be Wild' and 'Badge' alongside originals '4am In New York City' and the closing number 'China Clipper' -- the final song ever performed by the C A Quintet. This will be a limited edition one-off custom pressing featuring new liner notes specially written for this edition by band founder and leader Ken Erwin who also supervised the remastering of these recordings."

Artist:	YA HO WHA 13
Title:	Re-Visiting Father and the Source Family
Label:	SWORDFISH (UK)
Format:	DVD
Price:	$26.00
Catalog #:	SWF 001DVD

Documentary video by Evan Wells, in conjunction with Isis and E from the Source Family. "This 2 1/2 hour documentary traces the history of the Source Family, Father Yod/Ya Ho Wha/the man formally known as Jim Baker. Going back to the Beatnik era of the late '50s when Baker ran a sandal shop in Hollywood it goes through the origins of the Family in Los Angeles in 1967 to the dispersal in the mid '70s. Many of the original members of the Family are interviewed and the new and extensive footage from the '70s is featured throughout. For anyone who has been fascinated by this mysterious cult/commune, this documentary should provide the answers to most questions and allow you to make up your own mind as to who Father Yod / Ya Ho Wha / Jim Baker was. 'A story that not even Hollywood could have scripted to be more entertaining.'" NTSC format DVD, Region 0.

Artist:	YA HO WHA 13
Title:	I'm Gonna Take You Home
Label:	SWORDFISH (UK)
Format:	CD
Price:	$19.00
Catalog #:	YHVH 001CD

New reissue of this all-time classic from 1974, licensed directly from Father Yod's Source Foundation in Hawaii. Previously only available as a long gone bootleg or as part of the 13CD Capt. Trip box, now readily available. This is one of deepest Ya Ho Wha albums, right up there with Penetration. "The ultimate acid album ever! These seminal west coast weirdsters are rumored to have had members of the 13th Floor Elevators and Sky Saxon involved and perform with them. True or not, this album is extremely rare and musically very, very weird! This mystical and drug-influenced collection of lysergic acid heads created some of the scariest sounds ever, definitely NOT for the faint hearted. After you light the blue touch paper, stand well back, because this toxic concoction will liquidize any cerebral matter within a 10 metre radius! Manic, screamed vocals are accompanied by relentless 100% twisted guitar on this mega rare platter. Presented in its original and totally authentic gatefold sleeve with the 'lovers and the chariot' tarot card cover and the proclamation 'divine communion time is here, little kitties -- YA HO WA 009 --Licensed to give life!' 'I could write a book on the cover. It is an absolute masterpiece of design, and probably the greatest cover in music history. Suffice it to say if you were to fully grasp the meaning and symbology of it, you would have the keys to magically transform your person and environment into your hearts desire and ride the chariot of god into the future of your own will, one with god.' -- Djin Aquarian (Guitar) on I'm Gonna Take You Home."

Artist:	YA HO WHA 13
Title:	Penetration, An Aquarian Symphony
Label:	SWORDFISH (UK)
Format:	CD
Price:	$17.00
Catalog #:	YHVH 002CD

Official reissue of this album from 1974 -- one of the heaviest albums from Father Yod and crew. Along with I'm Gonna Take You Home, it's just the best -- one of the finest sacred space cadet acid-mantra psychedelic death trips of all time, for sure. Captain Father Yod moans & groans a perfect vocal chime over the top of the searing guitar rip of "Djin" and a massive cloak of tribal percussion and general peaked whatsis. Touched & tipped by higher forces you can only dream of -- this contain the most intense passages created by the band Ya Ho Wa 13. One of the best album covers of all time, too. "This was called an 'Aquarian Symphony' back in 1974 to herald through music, the coming of the Aquarian Age, September 17th, 2003. It was ahead of it's time. Now it's time has come!" -- Djin Aquarian, (guitarist), May, 2003.

Artist:	YA HO WHA 13
Title:	The Operetta
Label:	SWORDFISH (UK)
Format:	CD
Price:	$19.00
Catalog #:	YHVH 003CD

CD version of unreleased album from 1975. "The psychedelic find of the decade-their long-lost final magnum opus. Rumored to exist for years-often put down as just rumor though. Here it is, unearthed from tapes thought lost forever but now found after nearly 30 years. The first thing to be released from Ya Ho Wha 13 since 1975. In the spring of 1975 the Family was homeless and was travelling on the West Coast after having been driven out of Hawaii by local laws (they would return later that year for what would be the final time with Father). Ya Ho Wha had taken a spontaneous journey to the East which had culminated in his initiation in the Great Pyramid of Egypt on Easter Sunday. Upon his return to the San Francisco area a warehouse in Corte Madeira was rented for the Family to gather for their Aquarian style morning meditations and meetings to greet the dawn. This is where The Operetta came down. It represents the first musical channelling from the time after Ya Ho Wha's Easter Resurrection in the Great Pyramid (returning transformed) and the last total musical recording he would make with the band. The 6 pieces which make up The Operetta form the culmination of all the YaHoWhan recordings -- thunderous percussion, massive psychedelic guitar swirlings are all vying for space with Ya Ho Wha's spontaneous chanting in this intense journey into inner self. The final and most awesome of all their creations."

Artist:	YA HO WHA 13
Title:	The Operetta
Label:	SWORDFISH (UK)
Format:	2LP
Price:	$42.00
Catalog #:	YHVH 003LP

"The psychedelic find of the decade-their long-lost final magnum opus. Rumored to exist for years-often put down as just rumor though. Here it is, unearthed from tapes thought lost forever but now found after nearly 30 years. The first thing to be released from Ya Ho Wha 13 since 1975. In the spring of 1975 the Family was homeless and was travelling on the West Coast after having been driven out of Hawaii by local laws (they would return later that year for what would be the final time with Father). Ya Ho Wha had taken a spontaneous journey to the East which had culminated in his initiation in the Great Pyramid of Egypt on Easter Sunday. Upon his return to the San Francisco area a warehouse in Corte Madeira was rented for the Family to gather for their Aquarian style morning meditations and meetings to greet the dawn. This is where The Operetta came down. It represents the first musical channelling from the time after Ya Ho Wha's Easter Resurrection in the Great Pyramid (returning transformed) and the last total musical recording he would make with the band. The 6 pieces which make up The Operetta form the culmination of all the YaHoWhan recordings -- thunderous percussion, massive psychedelic guitar swirlings are all vying for space with Ya Ho Wha's spontaneous chanting in this intense journey into inner self. The final and most awesome of all their creations. A strictly limited edition 2 LP set presented in a gatefold cover featuring previously unseen photographs from the Family's personal archives, it comes with an insert featuring a transcription of Ya Ho Wha's thoughts and comments on the piece when he heard the tapes played back to him shortly after they were recorded. One off pressing -- this is destined to become as rare as the Higherkey originals."

Artist:	FATHER YOD AND THE SPIRIT OF '76
Title:	Contraction
Label:	SWORDFISH (UK)
Format:	CD
Price:	$17.00
Catalog #:	YHVH 005CD

First authorized CD reissue of this album, originally issued by Higher Key in 1974. "The legendary and ultra-rare second album fully remastered and presented in the original full color sleeve. Includes new notes from various family members especially written for this release. The extremely positive & instructive nature of the Contraction period lyrically is amazing. Father is like a marine taking a beachhead in WWII and we were the beachhead. Our previous 'Pavlovian' lives of following the repetitive death culture were the enemy and he was taking no prisoners. His aim in Contraction was to give birth to the highest conception of oneself as no less than the messiah." --DJIN AQUARIAN 2005

Artist:	YA HO WHA 13
Title:	To The Principles For The Children
Label:	SWORDFISH (UK)
Format:	LP
Price:	$29.00
Catalog #:	YHVH 006LP

The fifth Ya Ho Wha 13 album to be officially reissued by Swordfish, in their continuing series -- licensed directly from the Source Foundation. Has the original artwork, 180gm vinyl and all new 2006-written liner notes by Isis. Plus lyrics! Limited edition of 500 copies. This album was originally released on Higher Key around 1975. "At the end of 1974 The Source sold their restaurant and moved to Hawaii. There they went looking for paradise only to encounter hostile locals, who were reluctant to rent out a pad for Yahowa and his 13 wives, forcing them to temporarily retreat to Northern California. But they eventually reconfigured themselves and returned to Hawaii for a final fractious stand. To The Principles For The Children dates from this period and the tension shows. Its two long tracks are broken into untitled fragments, one of them an ode to 'woman power' worthy of Helen Reddy. More frequently Yahowa locks into heaven chant mode, surrounded by instrumental rings that recall The Magic Band of 'Abba Zabba'. Very possibly, this album explains a great deal of the Father's philosophy -- that is, if you can make out the words, of which there are many. By way of compensation the ensemble seamlessly blends effects and percussion, and when the kids'chorus of 'Yahowa' starts up at the end you'll know you've already been somewhere." -- Byron Coley.

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Artist:	GURU & ZERO
Title:	Makoto Mango
Label:	SWORDFISH (UK)
Format:	CD
Price:	$19.00
Catalog #:	GURU 001CD

Artist:	HAINO, KEIJI
Title:	Next, Let's Try Changing the Shape
Label:	SWORDFISH (UK)
Format:	2LP
Price:	$35.00
Catalog #:	SFKH 001/2