Albums that shouldn't be out of print...

Sensations Fix Fragments of Light [Italian prog with somewhat Frippish guitar--the track I heard was all instrumental, thank goodness]
Mars Everywhere Industrial Sabotage [relatively subdued progish fusion]
Tom Johnson Nine Bells
That Avengers album mentioned in the other thread
Sun Ra [well just about everything that isn't but I'm particularly interested in hearing} Strange Strings
Astro-Black Mythology
Fireside Chat with Lucifer [I think I might have that title wrong]
I wish Laurie Spiegel would give up her policy of only selling music in virtual form and reissue Music for an [the?] Expanding Universe

Two comps. were released in the US at the start of this decade, so while it's not proper albums, it's not too hard to find SM material.

all those '90s Interscope/Geffen albums by ex/future indiers like Sloan

Sloan's albums are available through their own label (they got the rights to the Geffen ones in the mid-1990s), so they'll probably never go out of print, and you never see the two Geffen ones for more than $8 Canadian in stores.

FOR THE LOVE OF GOD CAN SOMEONE REISSUE THAT!

It's also worth saving a search for them on e-bay as they pop up every now and again. I was looking for 'Ocean of Sound' for years but in the last 12 months I've managed to get hold of all five of them over the internet (only got 'Guitars on Mars' a couple of weeks ago). Mostly from e-bay, one from Reckless I think, one from another online shop. Haven't paid more than about £20 for any of them and I got 'Electro for Droids' for about £3.

But obviously reissuing them would be a good idea.

Another album that shouldn't have gone out of print is 'Pacific Ocean Blue' by Dennis Wilson.
All well worth getting,

Anyway, 'Feedback' by Spirit is crying out for reissue, a shitload of Roy Harper, obviously 'Decals', Sixto Rodriguez 'Cold Fact'.

I never thought I'd get them either, and wouldn't have if it was just a case of looking for them in bricks and mortar record shops. Let the net be your friend.

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In the UK you're better off with Netsounds - at least everything advertised there actually exists.

A lot of good calls already, especially Lick My Decals Off Baby, Mecicine Show and the first 3 Comsat Angels, however additional nominations:

Pere Ubu - 390º Of Simulated Stereo; The Tenement Year; Cloudland; Worlds In Collision
Pop Group - everything
Red Krayola - Soldier Talk
This Heat - 1st s/t

actually come to think of it, I don't think there's a proper Lilys album widely in print. I think places have overstocks of some of them, but the only lilys records that show up in most stores I go to, both online and real, are the split with Aspera (demos), the Bliss Out Ep (good, but not really satisfying any Lilys jones), and the "Selected" EP (great, but only 5 songs).

so yeah, someone go ahead and make all that old Lilys stuff available...

I'd also add to the list:

Wall of Voodoo - _Dark Continent_
Oingo Boingo - The first EP. Yes. Oingo fucking Boingo.
The first Bevis Frond albums that came out in the US on Restless (or was it Reckless?) and as far as i know have been OOP for awhile.

-Matt, who grew up in the 80s. Obviously.

But they're still spendy imports...

-Matt, who's only thinking of the children.

no yeah totally. as a consumer there can be this almost demeaning element to it. like yesterday i got a promo email from a label about a short run repressing of a recent-ish release i wanted , "COPIES IN STOCK, WILL SELL OUT!", i immediately followed the link and bought a copy, and while i'm excited to get this album theres also a weird gross feeling about like buying something on command

I am upset that I feel bad I missed out on the Deepchord - Lanterns limited repress. FOMO is a valuable tool. The same thing exists with boutique video game publishers; it's their entire business model.

I've been lucky enough to score a Grouper 7" that remains $75+ on discogs

On the other hand I've been had by the "X copies remaining" manipulative device on bandcamp and overpaid for an album or 2. Freaking FOMO.

I’m guessing they are in indie ownership rights limbo but I would figure there would be interest in getting those early Screaming Trees records into print again.

To me, Buzz Factory was my favorite one they did and it is crazy expensive on secondary markets as a cd and Lp at this point.

i saw copies of the first three SST Lps yesterday at a store- don't know how long they'll be available though

here it is-

https://sstsuperstore.com/products/screaming-trees-buzz-factory-lp

More than a few old Rhino Handmade releases, but especially T Bone Burnett - Proof Through the Night/Trap Door EPs