| Tandoori Knights - Curry Up- It's The Tandoori Knights A dozen curried treats from the remarkable King Khan and Bloodshot Bill featuring the hit single Pretty Please as well as soon-to-be Tandoori taste treats Into Her Arms and Bandstand and mo’ Hindu hi-jinx! |
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Norton Records 2010 | CD | 17.00 € |
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| Tandoori Knights - Gomper / 2120 South Michigan Avenue |
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Norton Records 2010 | Single/EP | 6.00 € |
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| The Gaye Blades / The Girls At Dawn - Ruby Tuesday / That Girl Belongs To Yesterday |
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Norton Records 2010 | Single/EP | 6.00 € |
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| The Girls At Dawn - Call The Doctor A dozen heart stoppin' originals from the astonishing and fabulous Girls At Dawn, who sing and write and play in flawless combination. This album serves up a stellar stew that will stick to your ribs and keep you coming back for more. Four stars, say I... high praise when Billy says, “It’s like the Paris Sisters backed by the Churchmice…” |
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Norton Records 2010 | CD | 17.00 € |
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| The Girls At Dawn - Call The Doctor A dozen heart stoppin' originals from the astonishing and fabulous Girls At Dawn, who sing and write and play in flawless combination. This album serves up a stellar stew that will stick to your ribs and keep you coming back for more. |
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Norton Records 2010 | LP | 13.00 € |
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| Tight Fitting Pants - The Final Condom 12 new melodic tracks from the french Psychobilly/Punk band! THE FINAL CONDOM is their third album! Digipack sleeve with 12 page booklet |
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Crazy Love Records 2010 | CD | 15.00 € |
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| VA: - Bo Diddley Is A Songwriter In his long and illustrious career, the late Ellas McDaniel portrayed his alter ego Bo Diddley as many things – a lover, a gunslinger, crazy, even a lumberjack would you believe (and as this is Bo we’re talking about, you would…) One thing that Bo seldom if ever proclaimed himself to be is ‘A Songwriter”. But over a period of 10 years, Bo crafted some of the most memorable songs of the rock ‘n’ roll and R & B era, including numerous Hall Of Fame perennials which many will be unaware are his songs. For instance, there can be few on this planet who’ve never heard at least one version of “Love Is Strange” – it was featured in ‘Dirty Dancing’, one of the most popular and biggest grossing films of all time, for goodness sake! How many of the thousands of young people who own that soundtrack album also know that the same man who wrote it also wrote “Mona” a 1990s UK chart topper for Craig McLachlan, and “No No No”, a Top 10 hit in 1993 for reggae artist Dawn Penn (both songs appear here, in other versions, under their real titles ‘I Need You Baby’ and ‘She’s Fine, She’s Mine’ respectively…). Not many, I’ll wager. Bo is so well known and loved as an R & B legend that his songwriting skills tend to get overlooked in comparison with his fabulous recordings. He may be seen by some as a left field entry in Ace’s ongoing ‘Songwriter Series’, but once the CD popped into the player, it won’t take but a few minutes (as his Chess colleague Chuck Berry once wrote) to realise that he’s here on merit, and not just because everyone at Ace loves Bo Diddley. Of course, anyone who lived through the R&B and British Beat boom will be familiar with any number of E. McDaniel copyrights – both those Bo wrote, and those that were written for him by others. And there’s considerably more variety to Bo’s songwriting than some might initially think. OK, so he did put together more numerous variations on the ‘shave-and-a-haircut, six-bits’ rhythm. But Bo’s catalogue of compositions also embraces doo-wop (‘I’m Sorry’), teen pop (‘Love Is Strange’, ‘Mama Can I Go Out’) proto-surf (‘Bo’s Bounce’), humour (‘Pills’) 12 bar blues (‘Before You Accuse Me’) straight ahead R&B (‘I Can Tell’, ‘Diddy Wah Diddy’) and so much more besides. As well as recording his songs, many of our stellar cast of artists were major league Bo fans and, indeed, most of those who are still around continue to be. The fact that the recordings on our CD span a period of 50 years gives a strong indication of the timelessness of his work as a writer – hardly surprising when his own early recordings still sound like they were recorded yesterday. If there’s still any shadow of doubt in your mind that Bo Diddley IS a songwriter, buy this CD immediately and let its contents rid you henceforth of such foolish supposition! By Tony Rounce (Ace Records) |
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Ace Records 2010 | CD | 17.00 € |
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| VA: - The Best Of Golden Crest 2CD Ace Records’ link with Golden Crest dates back to 1993. That was when I travelled to picturesque Cold Spring Harbor, Long Island, to discuss a licensing deal specifically for the Wailers’ enduring hit instrumental, ‘Tall Cool One’, which duly appeared on “The Golden Age of American Rock’n’Roll, Vol 6” (CDCHD 650). Label-founder Clark Galehouse had died 10 years earlier, so his daughter Shelley came along with her trusted adviser – none other than the great but notorious Hy Weiss of Old Town Records. I couldn’t believe my “luck” in coming up against one of the sharpest and most conniving minds in the business. Eventually I ended up with two contracts: one for Ace; the other in marriage to Shelley. Through the years Ace has released the “The Fabulous Wailers” (CDCHD 675, a classic and still a solid seller); “On The Road With Rock’n’Roll” by Mando and the Chili Peppers and “Golden Crest Instrumentals” (now deleted); plus quite a few individual tracks. Other reissue labels have licensed Golden Crest masters, from rock’n’roll, rocking instrumentals, doo wop and teen to classical. Now, at last, we have this first-ever “The Best Of Golden Crest” collection, which draws on singles aimed primarily at the Top 100 charts in the peak rock’n’roll years from the parent label and its subsidiaries Shelley, DeWitt and Yorkshire. Out of the 48 tracks here, no less than 35 are new to Ace CD with almost half new to CD anywhere. By virtue of its location in Huntington Station, NY, Golden Crest was well placed to trawl talent from Long Island (including Queens and Brooklyn), also New York and New Jersey. But the label made its mark when ‘Tall Cool One’ by the Wailers, from the Northwest area, hit the Top 50 charts on Billboard and Cash Box in 1959 and then again in 1964. As a result of the Wailers’ success, Galehouse tapped into other Northwest acts Clayton Watson (Lord Dent), the Mad Plaids, the Chessmen and Lola Sugia. A further wellspring of satisfying recordings in an R&B vein (but with no hits) emanated from record lady Lillian Claiborne of Washington, D.C. So, what new-to-CD tracks are there to savour? From the Claiborne stable, try the three New Orleans R&B-influenced Calvin Ruffins and the spot-on Little Willie John soundalike Johnny Stewart with ‘Come On And Love Me’; the attitudinal ‘Bug Out’ by the Seven Teens and more teen pop from the Three Graces and the Montells; ‘Why Did You Tell Me?’ by anguished R&B’er Cartrell Dickson; the superior soul of ‘Girl’ by the Bluestyle with Carl Vanterpool; singles by jazz masters Coleman Hawkins and Carmen Leggio; the splendid bonus track, ‘New York City Blues’, by Larry Dale & his Houserockers (with Bob Gaddy and Jimmy Spruill), written by UK author/Juke Blues writer Dave Williams; and, of course, the three “new” Wailers cuts from their very first 1958 session. To round off this double CD, there is a highly attractive booklet detailing the label’s history and featuring its innovative picture 45s and picture sleeves. For all the diversity of music genres released, Golden Crest Records was still part of the marvellous cartel of independent labels that contributed so much to the rock’n’roll era. And it shows in these 48 tall cool ones. By John Broven (Ace Records website) |
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Ace Records 2010 | CD | 23.00 € |
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| VA: - Their Hispanic Majesties Request 2x45 Double 45 set (in posh non-3D gatefold cover) featuring four mucho loco Rolling Stones songs con carne - sung in Spanish! |
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Norton Records 2010 | Single/EP | 12.00 € |
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| VA: - You Tore My Brain ! - Unissued Sixties Garage Acetates Vol 5 Clobberin’ fifth volume of brutal unissued garage crunchers |
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Norton Records 2010 | LP | 13.00 € |
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| X-Ray Harpoons - Zombie Love EP |
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CopaseDisques 2010 | Single/EP | 5.00 € |
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| AssJack - AssJack Hank III |
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Sidewalk Records 2009 | LP | 20.00 € |
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| Bad Detectives - Trash Culture Amazing 3rd album from The Bad Detectives. 16 self penned catchy, quirky observations on life and of true tales, stranger than fiction. These guys are a great mix of Rockabilly/R&B and Garage with a sprinkle of Americana. A weird concoction that really works! |
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Western Star Recording Company 2009 | CD | 17.00 € |
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| Davie Allan And The Arrows - Retrophonic |
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Arrow Dynamic 2009 | CD | 17.00 € |
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| Dictators - Manifest Destiny Vinyl reissue of their 1977 Asylum platter comes complete with original doofus cover and incredible Andy Shernoff anthems like Science Gone Too Far, Exposed, Heartache, Young, Fast, Scientific and mo'! Complete your Dictators footlong collection! |
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Asylum / Norton 2009 | LP | 13.00 € |
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| Eyeballin' Torpedoes - Los Pobres Diablos |
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Zorch Productions 2009 | CD | 15.00 € |
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| Heavy Trash - Midnight Soul Serenade Amerikkalaista roots- ja rockabilly-musiikkia raskaalla kädellä uudistavan Heavy Trashin uusi albumi on Jon Spencerin ja Matt Verta-Rayn muodostaman kokoonpanon kolmas kokopitkä levy. Kaksikon vahvistuksena albumilla soittavat basisti Simon Chardiet sekä rumpali Sam Baker. Vierailevina tähtinä kuullaan mm. motownpianisti Mickey Finniä sekä urkuvelho Daniel Collasia. Edeltäjiään tummasävyisemmän levyn vahvuus on sen ajattomuus: ”Midnight Soul Serenade” kunnioittaa menneisyyttä nimekkäillä soittajavalinnoillaan ja kurkottaa kohti tulevaisuutta riskejä kaihtamattoman kieroutuneella groovellaan. |
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Crunchy Frog Records 2009 | CD | 17.00 € |
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| Heavy Trash - Midnight Soul Serenade Amerikkalaista roots- ja rockabilly-musiikkia raskaalla kädellä uudistavan Heavy Trashin uusi albumi on Jon Spencerin ja Matt Verta-Rayn muodostaman kokoonpanon kolmas kokopitkä levy. Kaksikon vahvistuksena albumilla soittavat basisti Simon Chardiet sekä rumpali Sam Baker. Vierailevina tähtinä kuullaan mm. motownpianisti Mickey Finniä sekä urkuvelho Daniel Collasia. Edeltäjiään tummasävyisemmän levyn vahvuus on sen ajattomuus: ”Midnight Soul Serenade” kunnioittaa menneisyyttä nimekkäillä soittajavalinnoillaan ja kurkottaa kohti tulevaisuutta riskejä kaihtamattoman kieroutuneella groovellaan. |
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Crunchy Frog Records 2009 | LP | 17.00 € |
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| King Salami And The Cumberland Three - Sock It To Me Santa / Black Santa |
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Dirty Water Records 2009 | Single/EP | 6.00 € |
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| Krontjong Devils - En Garde The Krontjong Devils are back with a new LP. Their first longplayer since their Telstar album "On Tour!!!" And still, they turn the reverb knob up to eleven on the fourteen song on this new record, entitled "En Garde!!!" On "En Garde" The Devils, again, bring you a fine mix of vocal songs and wild, wet, reverb-drenched surf instrumentals |
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Oetstar Rekkers 2009 | LP | 15.00 € |
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| Legendary Tiger Man - Masquerade Brand new album by suave cramps-y amazing one-man band from Portugal! Now with a more Sophisticated and the help of a stellar array of musicians backing him up, he has Recorded one seriously haunting, beautifully executed album.. |
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Get Hip Recordings 2009 | CD | 17.00 € |
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| Living End - White Noise |
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Universal Music 2009 | CD | 18.00 € |
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| Los Explosivos - Los Explosivos |
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Get Hip Recordings 2009 | CD | 17.00 € |
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| Micragirls - Wild Girl Walk Ouwee - finally their sophomore album, recorded 2009 at Altai Helsinki, with Pentti Dassum mixing and Asko Keränen producing a bit If you like your sound wild and raw, primitive and ramshackle, blaring out of tiny micra-car speakers, all windows rolled down for fresh northern wind in the face, then this is for you. If you liked their fast songs, this here is speedier. you liked their deeper blue moments? this here is darker. The only cover in the 12 song collection, "Funnel Of Love", gives a hint from which era the 3 Ladies from Kuopio once draw their influences from. Sure, their own stuff is still running on 60s fuel, but is so much now and their own. Heavy Trash friend Jon Spencer from NY together with Matt Verta-Ray joined for "Out Of Tune" vocals. Well,... what can we say..."Girls go Crazy". They even dare to do an "Electric Chair Twist". Disturbing? Micragirls turned on the switch. Really cool, no - really hot Bone Voyage release this fall. |
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Bone Voyage Records 2009 | LP | 18.00 € |
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| Os Haxixins - Os Haxixins organ sounds from Brazil. |
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Get Hip Recordings 2009 | CD | 17.00 € |
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| Rationals - Think Rational ! 2CD To borrow the title of their lone Billboard Hot 100 entry - #92 in late 1966 - it’s really all about “respect”: the enduring respect that the mighty Rationals enjoy amongst fans and fellow musicians from Michigan rock’s golden era. Cherished by a devoted fan base, the pioneering Ann Arbor quartet were top dogs in the state, and those that experienced the Rationals in their prime share an emotional bond to the combo that the rest of us can never fully comprehend. However, the recorded evidence, as presented on our long-awaited deluxe 2 CD Rationals anthology, speaks for itself. “Think Rational!” collects together for the first time the sides the Rationals cut between 1965 and 1968 under the auspices of their manager and mentor, the enigmatic Hugh “Jeep” Holland. Right from the start, the Rationals were somehow more mature than the average teenage garage band. The Kinks and the Zombies moves heard on early singles morphed into the full-blooded garage soul of their 1966-68 era, whereby the Rationals became the American analogue to the Small Faces or Winwood-era Spencer Davis Group. They sported a muscular, dependable rhythm section in Terry Trabandt and Bill Figg, further fuelled by the incisive, corrosive southpaw lead/rhythm of Steve Correll, and fronted by the multi-faceted abilities of Scott Morgan, one of rock’s most unselfconsciously authentic blue-eyed soul voices. Ultimately, only the lack of a prolific songwriting team held them back. It is as interpreters that they are best remembered. The band’s two most successful records were covers of Otis Redding’s ‘Respect’ and Chuck Jackson’s ‘I Need You’. The unique arrangement of the former suffers from over-familiarity with Aretha’s subsequent chartbuster; the heartbreaking tenor of the latter could hush the crowd at even the famously “high energy” Grande Ballroom in Detroit – no less than Jackie Wilson informed the band, “you guys just cut Chuck!” Thanks to Jeep’s instruction, the Rationals’ arrangements of R&B stage faves such as ‘Leavin’ Here’, Little Richard’s ‘Poor Dog’ and Sam Hawkins’ ‘Hold On Baby’ are definitive. And their reading of ‘Temptation’s ‘Bout To Get Me’, as heard here, is pure, soulful magic. A great sense of personal satisfaction comes with the release of “Think Rational!” Over a decade in the making, the band members had long despaired of seeing their best work gain legitimate release, so it is a tremendous honour for me as compiler to see the project to fruition, with all the rightful pieces in place. In addition to all the Rationals singles on A-Square and Cameo, we hear the rare promo 45 cut for a Detroit mens clothing store, as well as tracks from the legendary1968 fan club LP (two known test pressings), for a total of almost twenty unreleased tracks, along with a jam-packed 24-page booklet. “Think Rational!” indeed finally accords the Rationals the “respect” that they have so long deserved. Note: we hope to feature the Rationals’ post-A-Square recordings in a subsequent Big Beat package. By Alec Palao (Ace Records) |
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Ace Records 2009 | CD | 23.00 € |
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| Raymen - Supersonic Rocketride |
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Sireena Records 2009 | CD | 15.00 € |
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| Reverend Horton Heat - Laughin' & Cryin' |
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Yep Roc Records 2009 | LP | 20.00 € |
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| Rusty Cage - Rusty Cage SPOOKY TALES FROM THE SWAMP... Born in the foggy swamp of the North East of Italy in 2006, playing fast old school psychobilly and sharing the stage with some great bands such as Death Valley Surfers, Calamitiez, Argies, Generation Mongoloid, Green Moon Sparks, Nuclears, Horrible Porn Stuntmen, The Silver Shine and with the psychobilly legends The Quakes!!! 80's & 90's style fast & powerful psychobilly, mixed with raw & wild punkrock! |
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Crazy Love Records 2009 | CD | 15.00 € |
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| The 99ers - And then There Was Surf What does it sound like when the energy of punk builds into a wave of power and smashes on the shores of melody? The 99ers, that's what. One part Ramones, one part Jan and Dean, and a whole lot of Midwestern attitude, The 99ers have long been wowing audiences with their catchy melodies and short, punchy songs. If you want to know what it would sound like if the Clash morphed with the Beach Boys, or if Blondie had gigged at Santa Monica pier instead of CBGB's, then take a listen to AND THEN THERE WAS SURF! With Molly Holley's vocals riding the crest of the surf, you'll find yourself bopping and beachcombing to 18 tracks of joyful pop punk and shouting Go Surfers!! File under: Surf, Garage, Punk |
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Spinout Records 2009 | CD | 15.00 € |
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| The D.I.s - Rare Cuts Out of the ashes of The Gears (legendary L.A. punk band) in 1982, vocalist Axxel G. Reese and lifelong friend drummer Dave Drive started a new band called The D.I.s (Drill Instructors). Keeping the Punkabilly influence they forged on but soon they were to embark on a Roots sound as well. With numerous line-up changes that included Jimmy Reed (Levi Dexter and the Ripchords), Matt Lee (Ray Campi's Rockabilly Rebels), Mike “Shakey Wilcox (The Rockats), Thadius T. Baker, Patrick ‘Frenchie” French (The Joneses), “Venice George” Chavlez , Ron Emory (TSOL) & Jonny Ray Bartel (The Red Devils & The Knitters) they forged on to 1992. Only one released recording ever came out, a five song 12” (Lock & Load) produced by Billy Zoom, but now a complete 22 track studio recording collection has been assembled. Some of it is absolutely brilliant and you will wonder why they were never signed or had hit records. This is a must have collection for any fan of L.A. Punk, Roots or Rock n' Roll. |
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Hepcat Records 2009 | CD | 15.00 € |
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| The Mullens - It's Hard to Imagine |
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Get Hip Recordings 2009 | CD | 15.00 € |
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| Them Tyrants - Them Tyrants One of the hottest garage albums of the year is coming from Uppsala of icy Sweden. Rumor has it that the band’s master mind Magnus Jannson has travelled through tyme machine, back to the fab 60’s. He has experienced garage punk since its birth from the Midwest, to Northeast and after a quick stop in New England State, he flied away to the Old Albion land where American Rhythm ’n’ Blues was reborn by European musicians. Throughout his journey he gathered infinite sounds, senses and feelings, jumped back into his tyme capsule and returned to the year 2009. Even though someone would expect to hear a kinda nostalgic, vintage 60’s sound, he’d definitely be surprised by the unforeseen pure garage energy that describes exactly the way this kind of music must be performed! We can say for sure that this record will be adored by both kinds of garage psych fans: Sixties era purists, as well as neo-garage lovers. |
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On Stage Records 2009 | CD | 15.00 € |
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| Untamed - Delicious Death |
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Heptown Records 2009 | CD | 15.00 € |
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| VA: - 2131 South Michigan Avenue 2CD Though the ’60s garage band explosion was felt in every corner ofthe country, the local uprising of talent in Chicago thrived unlike anywhere else. The Windy City had the perfect infrastructure in place; from a booming population of teenagers, to hip music stores in every suburb, a proliferation of teen clubs willing to take their money, and a powerhouse radio station (WLS) equally up to promoting local bands. When it came to giving local groups a shot at 45 rpm fame, no Chicago label—not even the hallowed Dunwich Records—was more prolific than USA Records. USA’s Jim Golden was such a strong supporter of Midwest talent that he started up a second label focused solely in this area, Destination Records. A quarter century into the CD age, it’s hard to believe these pivotal labels have never been properly anthologized. Until now, that is! Sundazed once again arrives to the rescue with an exhaustive dive into the pure, undiluted garage side of USA and Destination Records; tapping into everything from priceless artifacts from the Lost Agency, the Foggy Notions, and Park Avenue Playground to label hitmakers the Buckinghams, the Cryan’ Shames, and the Flock at their most rockin’. There’s so much impossibly great music on these labels, we had to expand this collection to 40 tracks. The album artwork is stuffed with rare photos, band bios, and an interview with the legendary Jim Golden. For a full course of Chicago ’66 garage at its finest, look no further than 2131 South Michigan Avenue: 60’s Garage & Psychedelia from USA and Destination Records! |
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Sundazed Music 2009 | 2-CD | 35.00 € |
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| VA: - Destroy That Boy ! More Girls With Guitars “Destroy That Boy!”, the sequel to 2004’s “Girls With Guitars”, delves into the world of garage femmes and all-girl bands in a quest to prove that females of the species do indeed rock, roll and even snarl. In the post-Beatles beat boom, many an impressionable lass was inspired to take guitar in hand and toe the line with their male counterparts, with at least 160 touring female bands in the USA alone. A select few hit the recording studio to leave their aural mark on the decade, from which Ace has melded the cream of crop with some solo sisters to create another healthy 24-track dose of girl garage goodness. This time old Blighty has its share of representatives, including fully-fledged female groups She Trinity and the Liverbirds. She Trinity – whose original members hailed from the UK, Canada and the USA, hence their somewhat confusing moniker – appear with their first and last (and most acclaimed) singles. The Liverbirds’ success was limited to their adoptive home of Germany, where they recorded two albums of R&B and rock’n’roll covers, three of which are showcased here. Schoolgirl duo the Termites get their pincers into a Stones classic, while South African ex-pat Sharon Tandy and Coventry’s Beverley Jones give out some gutsy performances too. From across the Atlantic, alluring society girls the What Four open proceedings. The cover shows the Debutantes from Detroit, whose talents and glamorous image scored them a far-eastern tour and gigs alongside Motown’s finest. Another pivotal group was the Feminine Complex, formed by lead guitarist and songwriter Mindy Dalton, who achieved the rare feat of releasing an LP, but here we’re treated to two demos, including their wonderfully lo-fi version of the Monkees’ ‘(I’m Not Your) Stepping Stone’, cut in their first incarnation as the Pivots. Elsewhere come the Starlets with an attitude-soaked take on ‘You Don’t Love Me’, Swedish bombshell Ann-Margret with both decks of her single for Lee Hazlewood’s LHI label and Raylene Loos and her cohorts the Blue Angels, who contribute a rollicking rendition of ‘Shakin’ All Over’. The Girls (nope, not the same gang as on “Girls With Guitars”) debut with an unreleased cut produced by Sly Stone, while woe betides the man on the receiving end of Aussie Toni McCann, who let’s rip with ‘No’. Jack Nitzsche protégée Karen Verros kicks off the mid-section with, a fuzz-laden mind-blowing gem written by Donovan. Project X (whose line-up included Scott McKenzie) delights with a jangly folk-garage affair and Cheryll & Pam wax lyrical in ‘That’s My Guy’. British Invasion off-shoots the Lady Bugs’ ode to the American fraternity is a hilarious romp and the wiggy Fondettes pay tribute to the mop-headed boys who started it all. Much more info on these artists is to be found in the glossy feature-packed booklet, which includes interviews with Jan McClellan of the Debutantes and Beverley Jones. So let the girls blow the dust of their guitars yet again and take a trip down to the tougher side of girl-groupsville. By MATT MEEK (Ace Records) |
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Ace Records 2009 | CD | 17.00 € |
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| VA: - Get Off My Back ! - Unissued Sixties Garage Acetates Vol. 1 these originally unreleased recordings present a treasure trove of garage killers! All selections were recorded 1964-67 but none were released at the time. |
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Norton Records 2009 | LP | 13.00 € |
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| VA: - I've Had Enough ! - Unissued Sixties Garage Acetates Vol. 4 these originally unreleased recordings present a treasure trove of garage killers! All selections were recorded 1964-67 but none were released at the time. SPECIAL ALL NEW YORK EDITION! |
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Norton Records 2009 | LP | 13.00 € |
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| VA: - Mad Mike Monsters Vol. 1 - A Tribute To Mad Mike Metrovich The wildest 45s discovered and popularized by enigmatic Pittsburgh hoo-doo DJ during his primo prime years 1964-67, compiled into three sets of instant party mashers! Massive gatefold LPs tell the story of the Mad One in his own words, complete with tons of memories from his many local fans, while the CD packs deliver the same in a pocket-size format! Absolutely staggering array of sounds from this Norton icon! All sizzle, no gristle! This is the first volume. |
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Norton Records 2009 | LP | 13.00 € |
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| VA: - Mad Mike Monsters Vol. 1 - A Tribute To Mad Mike Metrovich The wildest 45s discovered and popularized by enigmatic Pittsburgh hoo-doo DJ during his primo prime years 1964-67, compiled into three sets of instant party mashers! Massive gatefold LPs tell the story of the Mad One in his own words, complete with tons of memories from his many local fans, while the CD packs deliver the same in a pocket-size format! Absolutely staggering array of sounds from this Norton icon! All sizzle, no gristle! This is the first volume. |
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Norton Records 2009 | CD | 17.00 € |
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| VA: - Mad Mike Monsters Vol. 2 - A Tribute To Mad Mike Metrovich The story continues in this massive gatefold second volume |
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Norton Records 2009 | CD | 17.00 € |
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| VA: - Mad Mike Monsters Vol. 2 - A Tribute To Mad Mike Metrovich The story continues in this massive gatefold second volume |
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Norton Records 2009 | LP | 13.00 € |
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| VA: - Mad Mike Monsters Vol. 3 - A Tribute To Mad Mike Metrovich Third gargantuan volume wraps up the bio notes (or does it?) on this posh inaugural trio trib to Mad Mike Metrovich! |
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Norton Records 2009 | LP | 13.00 € |
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| VA: - She Was So Bad - Unissued Sixties Garage Acetates Vol. 2 these originally unreleased recordings present a treasure trove of garage killers! All selections were recorded 1964-67 but none were released at the time. |
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Norton Records 2009 | LP | 13.00 € |
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| VA: - Train To Nowhere -Unissued Sixties Garage Acetates Vol. 3 these originally unreleased recordings present a treasure trove of garage killers! All selections were recorded 1964-67 but none were released at the time. |
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Norton Records 2009 | LP | 13.00 € |
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| VA: - We're Gonna Change The World ! High-Definition 180 gram GOLD Vinyl LP During the peak years of the ’60s garage band wave, Pete Wright was one of the nation’s top independent record promotion men. His records were not only hits on Chicago’s crucially important WLS but also in small markets throughout the Midwest. Whether in the Windy City or in these smaller outposts, he was tipped off to tons of untapped local talent. So much so that launching a record label was the next logical step. Thus was born Quill Records, a short-lived but supremely cool label heavily indebted to the garage band sound. This definitive overview collects only the most rockin’ sides from the label; from the Malibu’s who manage to outdo their idols the Animals, at least in pure unbridled energy, to the Skunks who on their overdriven, fuzzed-out cover of “Do the Duck” could be mistaken for a UK mod/freakbeat act. And that’s just for starters in a set of teen rave-ups from the likes of the Delights, the Commons, Ltd., Chances R, the Riddles and more. If the appearance of the Don Caron Orchestra in the track listing causes serious head scratching amongst the more discerning of you garage connoisseurs, well, we couldn’t help ourselves. Their “Hot Pastrami” may be the most scorching sax ’n’ reverb instrumental you hear all year. This set also includes rare photos, label scans and extensive liner notes (with interviews from both Pete Wright and many of the bands). |
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Sundazed Music 2009 | LP | 19.00 € |
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| VA: - Wild Wild Lovers |
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Hog Maw Records 2009 | CD | 10.90 € |
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| VA: - You Heard Them Here First - Rock's Icons Before They Were Fa Everyone has to start somewhere, even famous rock stars. Not many of them achieved stardom with their first record. That’s the theme of “You Heard Them Here First”, a collection of two-dozen cuts by big name acts, all recorded before anyone knew them from Adam. Take Arthur Lee, wigged-out lynchpin of the band Love, who in his early dues-paying days briefly fronted an obscure instrumental combo. The MGs were a big noise in Memphis, but few folk in Los Angeles got to hear the L.A.G.s. Now’s your chance. Or Marty Balin, who, long before Jefferson Airplane took off, tried his hand at teen idol-dom, seemingly unaware the world already had a Gene Pitney, a Ricky Nelson and a Bobby Vee. Who knew? Everyone knows the Righteous Brothers, but not many are familiar with Bill Medley’s previous group the Paramours, blue-eyed Coasters clones extraordinaire. Motown kyboshed the Mynah Byrds’ chances of stardom by cancelling the release of their single; no one knew who Neil Young and Rick James were at the time. Young’s later back-up band Crazy Horse recorded in earlier guises too, amongst them the Rockets, while the Beefeaters osmosed into the Byrds, Ry Cooder and Taj Mahal started out in an unknown group named the Rising Sons and Gram Parsons cut his teeth in the International Submarine Band. Bob Dylan knew a good thing when he heard it and he heard it in Levon & the Hawks, who teamed up with him and changed their name to the Band. The Pigeons found few takers until they slowed things down and re-launched themselves as Vanilla Fudge. Hear all these bands here. Danny Lee, anyone? We know him now as genius songwriter Dan Penn. What about Link Cromwell? Where would Patti Smith be without Lenny Kaye? How does Mark Robinson grab you? Just a quick listen is all it takes to identify the unmistakeable bass voice of Lee Hazlewood. Nilsson’s first chart record dates from 1969, but he’d been scratching around in the music biz for years by then, writing songs for the Ronettes, singing demos for Little Richard and recording singles under pseudonyms like Bo Pete. Collectors will tell you it’s invariably the records made by well-known artists before they were famous that are the hardest to find and the most expensive to buy. Expect to fork out over £500 for an original copy of ‘Liza Jane’ by Davie Jones with the King Bees, the fabled first single released by the lad who grew up to David Bowie, for example. By purchasing this CD, you save yourself a small fortune and get pre-fame recordings by Lou Reed, Joe Cocker, Cher, Mike Nesmith, Peter Frampton, J.J. Cale, Warren Zevon and P.F. Sloan thrown in for good measure. BY MICK PATRICK (ACE RECORDS) |
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Ace Records 2009 | CD | 17.00 € |
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| Baby Shakes - The First One garage-girl group from New York |
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Douchemaster Records 2008 | LP | 17.00 € |
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| BBQ - Genie |
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Collector's Choice Music 2008 | CD | 13.00 € |
