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NEW (all shirts/hoodies available in small, medium, large, xlarge):

Conifer tee
Ocean
Pantheon Of The Lesser
$10

Mirroring the cover image this tee is silver shimmer on white and is printed on Anvil's version of an American Apparel shirt. Super high quality and a fine fit.

AMTee
Acid Mothers Astrological Martyrdom Tee by Seldon Hunt
orange on brown
$10
T-shirt based on the album art. Design by Seldon Hunt. Printed orange on brown.
sizes: small, medium, large, xlarge
Logo grid hoodie, yo!
Logo Grid Hoodie - Black
designed by Important
$20

Designed by yours truly. Grey print on black hoodie

Logo grid hoodie, yo!
Logo Grid Hoodie - Maroon
designed by Important
$20

Designed by yours truly. Grey print on maroon hoodie

Logo grid hoodie, yo!
Logo Grid Hoodie - Red
designed by Important
$20

Designed by yours truly. Grey print on red hoodie

Conifer tee
Conifer
Crown Fire tee
$10

Designed by Zak Howard of Conifer. Grey on grey print.

white skull
Skull Defekts
black on white tour tee
$10

tour shirt. limited amounts available. black on white print

black skull
Skull Defekts
black on black tour tee
$10

tour shirt. limited amounts available. black on black print

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Merzbow "Dolphin Sonar" Aqua
black on aqua
$10

Limited edition t shirt designed by Jenny Akita for Merzbow's Dolphin Sonar protest album released in August 2008

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Merzbow "Dolphin Sonar" Black
white on black
$10

Limited edition t shirt designed by Jenny Akita for Merzbow's Dolphin Sonar protest album released in August 2008

Electric Dayton Skyline
Juliette Alarm Clock Mobile
yellow on kelly green $5
new shirt for summer 08 printed yellow on Kelly Green. inspired by the logo on an old Juliette brand alarm clock seen at a local thrift shop.
Electric Dayton Skyline
Doubled Up 08
grey on maroon $5
we get a ton of requests for the first Doubled Up design which has been sold out ever since we re-designed our logo in 2004. here's the same shirt incorporating the new logo.
Electric Dayton Skyline
Electric Dayton Skyline
electric blue on navy American Apparel tee
$10
Great new design for summer 08 printed on a navy American Apparel tee. We'd wanted to do a shirt like this for years but hadn't found the right image... This one found us when we weren't expecting it.
Geometry on American Apparel
electric blue on navy
$10
Geometric design printed on American Apparel. (hence the slightly higher price)


DESIGNER SERIES:

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Broken Press design #1
dark maroon on grey
$10

We recently commissioned a set of shirts from Broken Press. The 2nd design was printed in a run of only 20 and sent out to record shops with the new Grails/Cluster/Dan Friel releases.

SELDON HUNT HOODIE
electric blue on black
$20
Designed for Important by Seldon Hunt. Printed electric blue on black.
SELDON HUNT HOODIE
electric blue on navy
$20
Designed for Important by Seldon Hunt. Printed electric blue on navy.
Mogollon #1
white on black
$10
Designed for Important by Mogollon in NYC. Printed on American Apparel black shirts.
Mogollon #2
electric blue on black
$10
Designed for Important by Mogollon in NYC. Printed on American Apparel black shirts.
SOMA Hoodie
grey-blue on black
$25.99
Important Records hoodie specially designed by Stephen O'Malley (Sunn/Ginnungagap/Lotus Eaters/Khanate) The hoodie is black.

 

hoodie print tee
SOMA hoodie print TEE
$10
Important Records design by Stephen O'Malley. This design was originally created for our hoodie but we printed one of these and it looked so good we printed a few more. Only medium, large and xlarge available. This is a one time printing
Devil's Dreams by Stephen O'Malley
Designer Series 1
$10.00

Stephen O'Malley, aside from being an amazing graphic designer, is also a member of Sunn O))), Ginnungagap, Lotus Eaters. Musically and visually his work is fascinatingly diverse and uniquely his own. Visit Stephen at Ideologic

Darryl Norsen Design
Designer Series 2
$10.00

Boston based designer Darryl Norsen manages to bring a whole new thing to the classic art of screen printing. He's been doing tons of amazing work designing posters for the likes of Sunburned Hand Of The Man, Sonic Youth, Magik Markers Wolf Eyes, Six Organs Of Admittance and a bunch more. Check him out here and here

SOMA hoodie print TEE
$10
Important Records design by Stephen O'Malley. This design was originally created for our hoodie but we printed one of these and it looked so good we printed a few more. Only medium, large and xlarge available. This is a one time printing



VINYL BAGS/MISC:

Important Records Puff Puff reversible Platter Pad/Slipmat
$5.00 each or $9.00 for 2

Reversible with Important Records Mondrian 2 logo on one side and Darryl Norsen's Puff Puff Important logo on the other.

These platter pads are a great idea if you're interested in protecting your vinyl. They provide a soft, protective surface much nicer than the standard rubber pads on most players. These are also high quality slipmats for dj's.

Important Records Reversible Platter Pad / Slipmat
$5.00 each or $9.00 for 2

These are now reversible with the Ouchi design on the flipside!

These platter pads are a great idea if you're interested in protecting your vinyl. They provide a soft, protective surface much nicer than the standard rubber pads on most players. These are also high quality slipmats for dj's.


Important Records Vinyl Bag
yellow on black
$24.99
Made by Yak Pak/Dickies, this is a high quality vinyl bag which can comfortably hold about 25 records. Also has clip flap closure, padded handle on top, and rubber gripper shoulder pad. Zip-shut pocket w/ front pen and card organizer under flap, and side cellphone and ID pockets. Shoulder bag with clip flap closure, padded handle on top, and rubber gripper shoulder pad. Zip-shut pocket w/ front pen and card organizer under flap, and side cellphone and ID pockets.
Each bag comes with a free Important platter pad
Important Records Vinyl Bag
blue on brown
$24.99
see above
Important Records Vinyl Bag
white on blue
$24.99
see above
Important Records Vinyl Bag
yellow on camoflage
$24.99
see above

IMPORTANT HOODIES:

Logo grid hoodie, yo!
Logo Grid Hoodie - Black
designed by Important
$20

Designed by yours truly. Grey print on black hoodie

Logo grid hoodie, yo!
Logo Grid Hoodie - Maroon
designed by Important
$20

Designed by yours truly. Grey print on maroon hoodie

Logo grid hoodie, yo!
Logo Grid Hoodie - Red
designed by Important
$20

Designed by yours truly. Grey print on red hoodie

seldon hoodie1
SELDON HUNT HOODIE
electric blue on black
$20
Designed for Important by Seldon Hunt. Printed electric blue on black.
seldon hoodie2
SELDON HUNT HOODIE
electric blue on navy
$20
Designed for Important by Seldon Hunt. Printed electric blue on navy.
SOMA Hoodie
grey-blue on black
$25.99
Important Records hoodie specially designed by Stephen O'Malley (Sunn/Ginnungagap/Lotus Eaters/Khanate)

 

Important Hoodie
blue on grey
$15.99

Blue on grey hoodie. Only small, medium, large are in stock
IMPORTANT RECORDS print across chest
with logo print on right pocket .

Important Hoodie
blue on black
$15.99

Blue on black hoodie.
IMPORTANT RECORDS print across chest
with logo print on right pocket


IMPORTANT SHIRTS:

Electric Dayton Skyline
Juliette Alarm Clock Mobile
yellow on kelly green $5
new shirt for summer 08 printed yellow on Kelly Green. inspired by the logo on an old Juliette brand alarm clock seen at a local thrift shop.
Electric Dayton Skyline
Doubled Up 08
grey on maroon $5
we get a ton of requests for the first Doubled Up design which has been sold out ever since we re-designed our logo in 2004. here's the same shirt incorporating the new logo.
Electric Dayton Skyline
Electric Dayton Skyline
electric blue on navy American Apparel tee
$10
Great new design for summer 08 printed on a navy American Apparel tee. We'd wanted to do a shirt like this for years but hadn't found the right image... This one found us when we weren't expecting it.
boquet
Boquet Shirt
black on military
$5.00

black print on military color shirt

japanese tee
Important Japanese Tee
blue on Dakota Slate
$5.00

Mondrian logo side print w/ Japanese text reading "Important Records" across the text.
Electric blue on Dakota Slate. Absolutely the best t-shirt color ever and pretty hard to find.

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Mondrian Logo
blue on navy
$5.00

Electric blue on navy. We've been selling tons of these shirts lately and decided it was time for some new color combinations.

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Mondrian Logo
white on kelly
$5.00

White on kelly green . We've been selling tons of these shirts lately and decided it was time for some new color combinations.

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Mondrian Logo
orange on royal blue
$5.00

Orange on royal blue . We've been selling tons of these shirts lately and decided it was time for some new color combinations.

Mondrian Logo
blue on Dakota Slate
$5.00

Electric blue on Dakota Slate.

Mondrian Logo
blue, or red on brown
$5.00

Mondrian2 Logo
black on orange poppy
$5.00

We've refined the Important Records logo and this vintage colored orange poppy shirt is it's debut. This was a limited edition printing of 100 on this color but sold so fast we made more.

Mondrian2 Logo
black on red
$5.00

this style also available in youth large

Ouchi Green Tee
black on kelly green
$5.00


These now have the Mondrian2 logo in the Ouchi circle

Ouchi Brown Tee
black on camo-brown
$5.00


These now have the Mondrian2 logo in the Ouchi circle

Takoma T
black on olive
$5.00

The work of John Fahey has been a huge influence on Important and this t shirt is a tribute to Fahey and his Takoma record label. This design is based on the original Takoma Records logo.

Surf Shirt
$5.00
white print on green shirt
Rok
$5.00
black on red print
4 Girls
$5.00


sparkle metallic silver print on black shirt
designed by freelove


ARTIST SHIRTS: (alphabetical)
Absolut Null Punkt
SOLD OUT
The return of KK Null's group ANP has been met with a high amount of critical praise. If you were lucky enough to catch ANP on tour these are the same shirts they were wearing.
AMTee
Acid Mothers Astrological Martyrdom Tee by Seldon Hunt
orange on brown
$10
T-shirt based on the album art. Design by Seldon Hunt. Printed orange on brown.
sizes: small, medium, large, xlarge
AMTee
Acid Mothers Tour 2007 shirt by Seldon Hunt
$10
2007 Crystal Pyramid Under The Stars shirt by Seldon Hunt.
sizes: small, medium, large, xlarge
Acid Mothers Temple
Magical Power From Mars
$10
Acid Mothers Temple's Magical Power From Mars has become a benchmark album for the group and we figure it deserves a t shirt. Art based on the album art. Buy both the disc and the shirt for $15.99.
whale
Belly Of The Whale
blue on blue double sided
$10.00

Official t-shirt of the Belly Of The Whale project. Double sided print blue on blue with the great Belly Of The Whale logo.

Beequeen
Body Shop
SOLD OUT
yellow on blue


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THE BIRDS by Pete Fowler
green on green
$10
Green on green print designed by Pete Fowler for The Birds release on Important. This shirt had originally been printed green on yellow and we were never happy about the way they looked and decided to print green on green when the original stock sold out. These look amazing.
Conifer tee
Conifer
Crown Fire tee
$10

Designed by Zak Howard of Conifer. Grey on grey print.

I Spooned Kimya Dawson
white on black
$10
Designed by Kimya and brand new!


Kimya Dawson
yellow on green
$10
This shirt was designed by Kimya Dawson herself and includes her regular cast of cartoon animals as well as some new ones.


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JOHN FAHEY MILL POND
black print on tan tee
$10
Limited one time printing of John Fahey shirts for our recent release of the Mill Pond & Collected Paintings CD.
GRAIL$
Grails Bapthomet
$10
New Grails design..... Black on storm grey.
sizes: small, medium, large, xlarge
grails
Grails Take Refuge Grey
$10
New Grails design for Take Refuge In Clean Living - available in maroon on grey and a blackish blue on white....
grails
Grails Take Refuge White
$10
New Grails design for Take Refuge In Clean Living - available in maroon on grey and a blackish blue on white....
GRAILS
grey on black
$10
Designed by Grails including artwork from The Black Tar Prophecies 1,2,3


GRAILS
rebel flesh on charcoal
$10
Designed by Grails including artwork from The Black Tar Prophecies 1,2,3


Electric Dayton Skyline
Hototogisu tour shirt
grey on black American Apparel $10
printed grey on black American Apparel tee. limited stock availability
Daniel Johnston
Wanna play frisbee ?
$10
White print on red
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KLUSTER
black print on storm grey
$10
Limited one time printing of these Kluster/Important tees for the rencently discovered Kluster recordings Admira and Vulcano just released on Important.
Larsen "Play"
gloss black on black shirt
$10
Promo shirt for the new album. Gloss black print on black cotton shirt with 2nd LRSN logo print across bottom hem.


LSD March
yellow on black
$10
Designed for Important by Darrel Norsen
mouthus tee
Mouthus tour tee v1
white on denim
$10
Tour shirt designed by the group. Limited edition print run.
mouthus tee
Mouthus tour tee v2
yellow on desert orange
$10
Tour shirt designed by the group. Limited edition print run.
XXL (Xiu Xiu Larsen)
red on orange
$10

Made to match the album, XXL is the new shirt from the new album from the new band who are Xiu Xiu and Larsen together. Does it get any better?

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Merzbow "Dolphin Sonar" Aqua
black on aqua
$10

Limited edition t shirt designed by Jenny Akita for Merzbow's Dolphin Sonar protest album released in August 2008

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Merzbow "Dolphin Sonar" Black
white on black
$10

Limited edition t shirt designed by Jenny Akita for Merzbow's Dolphin Sonar protest album released in August 2008

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Merzbow "Minazo Tribute"
white on black
$10

Limited edition t shirt designed by Jenny Akita. Minazo was the cover star and inspiration for Merzbow's album Merzbeat released on Important in 2002. Minazo died in 2005 at the Japanese aquarium where it lived and this shirt is our tribute to the great Minazo.

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Merzbow "Minazo Tribute"
Black On Green
$10

see info above

Merzbow "Merzbuta"
red on black
$10

New for the release of Merzbuta and designed by Jenny Akita. Printed red on black.

Merzbow:Merzbuddha
 
$10

New for release of Merzbuddha. This shirt was designed by Jenny Akita and is printed grey on black. All sizes available.

Merzbow:Merzbird
 
$10

New for Oct 2004 release of Merzbird. This shirt was designed by Jenny Akita and is printed blue on navy blue. All sizes available.

Merzbow Amlux
$9.99
$10

image of Masami Akita on the front and Merzbow across the back
. metallic silver print on blue shirt . designed by Masami Akita
Merzbow Merzbeat
$9.99
$10

image of Minazou on the front and Merzbeat across the back. designed by Masami Akita