A few words on Beam Ends records. The name was taken from the book written by Errol Flynn about his adventurous sea travels from Australia to New Guinea in the mid 1930s. The label Beam Ends focuses on the release of equally adventurous music in limited quantities. In the early days this was mainly music, which was readily available in fan circles or for free download on the internet, but not yet available on vinyl. Very low quantities were pressed up for our own delight and to fill these annoying gaps in our private collection. Remaining copies were used to finance the pressing or traded off for equally adventurous music. No harm was ever intended.
The catalogue so far…
BE 14: Back to life the Deep freeze mice – Bat cigarette. This is a one-sided hand cut vinyl single in an edition of 3 copies. Sold out.
BE 13: At home at last – Freiband. This is a cassette in an edition of 30 copies. Available.
BE 12: Voice – Reiko Kudo. This is a one-sided lathe cut LP in an edition of 5 copies and 1 test copy. Sold out.
BE 11: Critical magic – Tapajawa. This is a cassette in an edition of 54 copies. Available.
BE 10: 1985 – The Gerogerigegege. This is a lathe cut LP in an edition of 10 numbered copies and 1 test copy. Sold out.
BE 9: Wander – Wander. This is a box set with t-shirt and lathe cut LP in an edition of 10 numbered copies. Sold out.
BE 8: Live at the Chicago Underground 1970 – Alice Cooper. This is a lathe cut LP in an edition of 10 numbered copies and 1 test copy on hand cut vinyl. Sold out.
BE 7: De nacht – Raymond Dijkstra. This is a hand cut vinyl LP in an edition of 10 numbered copies. Sold out.
BE 6: Two thousand stones on the land and in the river within an imaginary circle one mile wide centred at Greenwich on the Meridian line – Richard Long. This is a one-sided lathe cut LP in an edition of 10 numbered copies and 1 test copy. Sold out.
BE 5: When we were very young – Master Christopher Robin. This is a box set with a 7 inch lathe cut single in an edition of 20 numbered copies. Sold out.
BE 4: The makers of the dead travel fast play the index of impossible probabilities – The makers of the dead travel fast. This is a lathe cut LP in an edition of 10 numbered copies. Sold out.
BE 3: Das Triadisches Ballet – Oskar Schlemmer. This is a lathe cut LP and DVD-R in an edition of 10 numbered copies and 1 test copy. Sold out.
BE 2: Music for a future generation – Adam and the ants. This is a lathe cut double LP in an edition of 10 numbered copies. Sold out.
BE 1: Dokument 1979 – S.P.K. This is a lathe cut 10 inch album in an edition of 21 numbered copies and 2 test copies on hand cut vinyl. Sold out.