Important Records

29/07/2025

We’re now shipping Grayfolded vinyl & leftover Kickstarter swag including the all-over print shirt designed by John Oswald and Dark Star Dark Roast roasted by

29/07/2025

We’re now shipping Grayfolded vinyl & leftover Kickstarter swag including the all-over print shirt designed by John Oswald and Dark Star Dark Roast roasted

28/07/2025

New Bertoia catalog postcards shipping with all orders

11/07/2025

This triple LP Grateful Dead/John Oswald masterpiece will begin shipping in less than two weeks. If you’ve been waiting to pre-order Grayfolded, the wait is nearly over.

In 1993 Canadian composer John Oswald was invited by Phil Lesh to transform historical recordings of the Dead into something new, along the lines of what they had attempted in their Anthem of the Sun album. Oswald chose to focus on the Dead’s Dark Star, which, over the course of a quarter century, they had expanded and transformed in myriad ways in live performances. Oswald was given access to the Vaults, where over the course of a month, with the guidance of the Dead’s resident archivist Dick Latvala, he collected 105 performances, which through the following year he formed, folded, fondled, and finessed into a kaleidoscopic unstuck-in-time documentary of the Grateful Dead in some of their most psychedelic, symphonic, and rocking excursions— a singular 110-minute fantasy performance.

Grayfolded was originally released in 1994 in between Dick’s Picks Volume 1 (1993) and Dick’s Picks Volume 2 (1995)

“An extended time-warped psychedelic jam that is meticulously hallucinatory.” New York Times

“Rightly acclaimed as the ultimate Dark Star, the one you had always hoped the Dead would one day get around to playing.” London Daily Telegraph

“Grayfolded is literally a hundred or so great nights rolled into one extraordinary extended high. Gorgeous sonic oragami.” Rolling Stone

27/06/2025

The LP Mailers Under The Stairs and a Dutch barn hex sign by my wife Jill to commemorate our Bertoia research trips/family vacations to Berks County, Pa.

We picked up extra mailers because we’re preparing to start shipping Grayfolded triple LP sets as soon they arrive in the next couple of weeks.

16/06/2025

Available now via imprec.com

Way back in the 1980’s a friend and I decoded a satanic message from Weird Al Yankovic, recorded using the backmasking technique, in his original song Nature Trail To Hell from the album In 3-D.

In 1999 that same friend and I waited after a concert to give Weird Al a t-shirt we made at a mall kiosk offering iron-on printing. The front of the shirt stated boldly, in a black font, “Satan Eats Cheese Whiz...” and on the back it said “... And so do I.”

A few years later I found a fan photo of Weird Al wearing the shirt! By that time I’d learned to screen print and immediately began thinking of ideas for a new Satan Eats Cheese Whiz shirt.

In 2020 I was inspired by a pledge reward shirt I received from WFMU’s Wake And Bake program illustrated by Paul McMahon. His illustrations are featured on the front and back of this shirt.

Illustration by Paul McMahon
https://www.yourfriendpaul.org
https://www.instagram.com/yourfriendpaul

Screen printed by Neil Burke at Monoroid

13/06/2025

I found this incredibly alive terrarium/cassette while walking past a house I lived in until I was nine years old.

Could this be my long lost Joan Jett tape I bought for a dollar on the bus in 2nd grade!?

04/06/2025

Henry’s shipping orders and wearing the brand new Satan Eats Cheese Whiz t-shirt we will be offering for sale on Friday.
Concept by Imprec and illustration from

This shirt is based on the first t-shirt I ever made and gifted to Weird Al in 1999.

24/04/2025

3 styles of Dreamachine now available available via Imprec.com

01/04/2025

48 hours left to take advantage of our 20 CD's for $40 deal and a 15% discount code: 151515 via Imprec.com

06/02/2025

Every moment is a moment for Pauline Oliveros but this new piece in the Los Angeles Times describes how the Long Beach Opera is devoting an entire season to Pauline's work.

Long Beach Opera embarks on a risky, unprecedented season centered on pioneering composer Pauline Oliveros. "We’re just going for it."