Nov 8, 2019
END OF AN ERA!
We’re very sad to report that the original BOMP pressing plant, the legendary Rainbo Records, is closing suddenly next month after 80 years in business. BOMP has been there from the beginning and of course ALIVE RECORDS has been pressing there from the start as well, along with many other labels here in Los Angeles. They’ve stuck with us thru thick and thin and we wont know what to do without them. Read all about it here and shed a tear with us.
The owner of Rainbo had kindly stored our mountains of jackets and stampers and labels there all these years without charge, but now BOMP has to find a new home and most pressing plants don't store parts any more.
As a result, we will have to quickly make as much room as possible for our jackets right here at the BOMP warehouse. We’ve decided to sell off some of our ARCHIVES in the interest of space, so you guys are the winners here! I’m gradually pulling everything from our RAINBO test pressings to one-only archive copies off the shelves over the next few months, so keep an eye on our update. Here’s today’s batch, along with some RESTOCKS and other new items.
ALSO just in, some $1 items on Dionysus,and lots more $5 and under items as well. Check the Dionysus label.
Thanks for all!
Suzy Shaw
NEW SKUS
21961,21959,21923,21924,21925,21927,21928,21929,21930,21957,21958,21954,21946,21955,21960,21943,21951,21947,21945,21948,21950,21944,10169,21953,12250,21949
SKU FOR RESTOCKS
20686,21814,21941,21942,21370,19824,19819,16832,20615,21237,17503,21407,19410,19411,19974,21823,19778,21867,19813,21768,17703,18017,19043,21299,17582,14655,20201,13206,20995,20428,21211,21963,19940,19830,21528,11924,19218,21815,20589,19210,19713
NEW ARRIVALS
FORTUNE AND MALTESE- and the Phabulous Pallbearers SONIC SOUNDS FROM SEATTLE(Paul Revere and the Raiders style Garage)Label:DIONYSUS Fortune & Maltese have been cranking out their take on Paul Revere & The Raiders for several years producing a handful of tracks on various 45s and comps. 45 RPM $5 SKU:21961
SWINGIN FEZMEN – We Are The Poobahs Of Leisure!(Swingin Instros) Label:DIONYSUS Swingin' instros from a 'one-off' band with members of The Huntington Cads, Untamed Youth! 45 RPM $1 SKU:21959
BAMBOO KIDS -ST (Clash/Heartbreakers style NYC power trio) Label:GET HIP U.S. DEBUT BY NYC POWER TRIO! TIGHT BOUNDLESS ENERGY WITH HOOKS & SONGS TO BOOT.The influences include The Clash (the band name is taken from a line in the Clash song "Straight to Hell"), The Damned and The Heartbreakers. CD $12 SKU:21923
BIPOLAROID - TWIN LANGUAGE (Barrett/Pink Floyd style neo psych)Label:GET HIP Bipolaroid play neo-psychedelic music extremely influenced by Syd Barrett and early Pink Floyd, delivering odes to dissociation, time machines, looking glasses, the fifth dimension, and the like on both space rockers and more fey orchestrated pop-psychedelia.. CD $12 SKU:21924
BOBKAT 65 - This Lonely Road(60s garage style rock and roll) Label:GET HIP The songs range in style from upbeat moody ballads to beat-pounding, punk-tinged rants influenced by well-known ’60s Garage bands like The Dovers, Billy & The Kids, The Nightcrawlers, and Thursday’s Children and all delivered with BOBKAT ’65’s unique take on garage rock. CD $12 SKU:21925
DEEP REDUCTION - ST(W Radio Birdman’s DENIZ TEK)Label:GET HIP Deep Reduction pays tribute to everything from delta blues to Led Zeppelin to ’70s Punk and Pop with Deniz Tek’s signature guitar mastery. Deep Reduction came to be when Radio Birdman’s Deniz Tek was asked to produce the latest Stump Wizards record, “Contains Lead.” The band and the producer hit it off well and the first Deep Reduction single, “Black Tulip” was the result. Recorded during breaks in the action, it was a spontaneous burst of energy that resulted in this follow-up full length. Sure, this record has it’s roots in Tek’s classic Radio Birdman days and the Stump Wizards mutant punk/hard rock sound, but it really is something entirely new and different and something to be reckoned with. CD $12 SKU:21927
DONOVANS BRAIN -ECLIPSE & DEBRIS (Montana neo Psych-pop)-Label:GET HIP NEW PSYCHEDELIC MASTERWORK BY MONTANA BANDCD $12 SKU:21928
DONOVANS BRAIN -CARELESSLY RESTORED ART (Montana Psych-pop)Label:GET HIP The debut album by Montana Psych-poppers Donovan’s Brain features a fantastic lineup of guest musicians including Fastbacks’ Kurt Bloch and R.E.M.’s Scott McCaughey, plus a surprising cover of Guided by Voices’ "Smothered in Hugs." (1998) CD $12 SKU:21929
ENFIELDS /FRIENDS OF THE FAMILY-SONGS OF TED MUNDA (obscure 60s Left Banke style)-Label:GET HIP ANOTHER FINE OBSCURE 60’S PIECE . IT’S FOLK-ROCK IN THE PRIMITIVE LEFT BANKE VEIN. CD $12 SKU:21930
FINKS -Fill Er Up and Go (California surf/garage group!)Label:DIONYSUS 18 tracks make up this album of surf & hot rod music. Among the highlights: "Haunted Fink", "12 Miles To Babylon", "Hava Nagila", "Road Kill", "Squad Car", "Creeper", and for pro wrestling fans, the riotous fun of "The Crusher" (the only vocal found here). CD $3 SKU:21957
FRENCHY - Che’s Lounge( Electric guitar by ex-Dead Kennedy )
Label:DIONYSUS Pulling threads from torch, R&B, obscure jazz and pure pop, Frenchy plays songs of love-gone-wrong, backyard barbecues, murder and prostitution! Electric guitar by ex-Dead Kennedy East Bay Ray adds a sparkling touch to Frenchy's sound. CD $1 SKU:21958
CHAINO - Eye of the Spectre (50s African percussion genius )-Label:DIONYSUS In the '50s Kirby Allen recorded a stack of albums and 45s with African percussion genius CHAINO. All this stuff is now very collectable amongst Incredibly Strange Music-lovers. An unbelievably eye-catching cover (especially when you know it was originally released in 1957) houses Chaino's most savage percussive outing. "Eye" contains a generous serving of sensual rhythms and gut wrenching screams as recorded at the world famous Gold Star Studios in the late 1950s, with producer Kirby Allan doing his best to make a seduction album that would have couples in a humping frenzy by the end of the first side! LP $3 SKU:21960
TEST PRESSINGS
GRODES- TEST PRESSING 1983 (VLP 2010) Rough Diamonds: History of Garage Band Music Vol. 2 The Grodes / Tongues of Truth Label:VOXX 1983 LP (Voxx VXM 200.010) collecting sides from the great Tucson garage rock band The Tongues of Truth (also known as The Grodes). This is volume two of the "Rough Diamonds: The History of Garage Band Music" series, and includesI Won't Be There [1964 version] LP $25 SKU:21947
IGGY - I Got a Right 12” (BEP 12139) 1991 TEST PRESSING- Label:BOMP RARE! LONG OUT OF PRINT ONLY TEST PRESSINGS LEFT .Test pressings are the white label copies issued to the record label in advance of the actual pressing , there are normally only 5 of these made. Get a piece of history. LP $15 SKU:21945
IGGY - KILL CITY (BLP 4042 )1991 TEST PRESSING- Label:BOMP Test pressings are the white label copies issued to the record label in advance of the actual pressing , there are normally only 5 of these made. Get a piece of history. LP $20 SKU:21948
IGGY - ROugh Power - (BLP 4095) 1994 TEST PRESSING- ONE ONLY! Label:BOMP 12” version RARE! LONG OUT OF PRINT ONLY TEST PRESSINGS LEFT .Test pressings are the white label copies issued to the record label in advance of the actual pressing , there are normally only 5 of these made. Get a piece of history. LP $50 SKU:21950
IGGY - ROUGH POWER 10”(BEP 4049 ) 1994 TEST PRESSING Label:BOMP ONE ONLY! RARE! LONG OUT OF PRINT ONLY TEST PRESSINGS LEFT .Test pressings are the white label copies issued to the record label in advance of the actual pressing , there are normally only 5 of these made. Get a piece of history LP $30 SKU:21944
JON & The NIGHTRIDERS- VLP 2002 Surf Beat '80 TEST PRESSING Label:Voxx LONG OUT OF PRINT ONLY TEST PRESSINGS LEFT LP $30 SKU:10169
LES HELL ON HEELS (BLP 4088 )GIRL GARAGE- 2004 TEST PRESSING Label:BOMP Test pressings are the white label copies issued to the record label in advance of the actual pressing , there are normally only 5 of these made. Get a piece of history. LP $10 SKU:21949
BEST OF BOMP- TEST PRESSING - 1978 (BLP 4002) POWER POP, PUNK AND GARAGE (Poppees, Shoes, Zeros and more )Label:BOMP Test pressings are the white label copies issued to the record label in advance of the actual pressing , there are normally only 5 of these made. Get a piece of history.Greg Shaw's Bomp label released some of the finest power pop, punk, and New Wave of the 1970s and '80s, but it wasn't until 1978 that Bomp made the move from singles to full albums. THE BEST OF BOMP was the inaugural full-length, a compilation that featured tracks from a dizzying array of Bomp artists, from Iggy Pop to power-poppers 20/20 to Boston garage-rockers DMZ, and many more, painting a vivid picture of the underground music scene of the era. (Jim Allen) COMP LP $10 SKU:21946
PEBBLES Vol . 1 PINK INSERT COVER Label:AIP 5016 1990 Reproduction of original 1978 release. Black-printed pink paper cover sheet on plain white sleeve. Blank white labels on clear vinyl. Edition of 500. COMP LP $25 SKU:21955
DEAD BOYS-NIGHT OF THE LIVING (BLP 4017) 1984 TEST PRESSING- ONE ONLY! Label:BOMP RARE! LONG OUT OF PRINT ONLY TEST PRESSINGS LEFT .Test pressings are the white label copies issued to the record label in advance of the actual pressing , there are normally only 5 of these made. Get a piece of history. LP $50 SKU:21943
LAST COPIES OF BOMP AND AIP TITLES
LAZY COWGIRLS - Tapping the Source- 1987 ONE ONLY! Label:BOMP Records Cowgirls have been among the most consistently powerful bands carrying on a certain punk tradition best exemplified by bands like the Ramones and Real Kids. This album captured them at their early best, and remains the classic. A punk underground masterpiece CD $15 SKU:21954
GERMS-Germicide- Live at the Whiskey 1977 180 gram -Label:BOMP Records Live at The Whiskey 77 We are seldom lucky enough to hear one of our favorite bands at the earliest state of development. In the case of the Germs, LA's most radical punk band, someone was fortunately on hand with a remote 8-track studio to record their very first gig. Part of Kim Fowley's 1977 "Punk Rock Weekend" at the Whiskey a Go Go, it's a rough, honest, eye-opening set, showing the Germs as they really were. Originally released in a limited vinyl edition in 1980, Germicide quickly went out of print, then was issued cassette-only by ROIR. Now on 180 gram vinyl for the first time in more than 15 years. LP $40 SKU:21951
LAST - LA EXPLOSION- Rare German pressing- ONE ONLY! Label:LINE RECORDS With Line inner sleeve. COVER M-, VINYL M LP $50 SKU:21953
LAZY COWGIRLS - Tapping the Source- 1987 ONE ONLY! SEALED Label:BOMP Records Cowgirls have been among the most consistently powerful bands carrying on a certain punk tradition best exemplified by bands like the Ramones and Real Kids. This album captured them at their early best, and remains the classic. A punk underground masterpiece. LP $25 SKU:12250
BACK IN STOCK. $1 ITEMS,and DEEP DISCOUNTS!
SCRATCH BONGO WAX - Surfin Turd(So Cal garage punk) Label:BACCHUS/DIONYSUS “I was introduced to this fairly prolific Thousand Oak, CA crew via the crucial, Ben Weasel-curated Punk USA compilation. Though plenty snide and irreverent, Scratch Bongowax's pop and cranky garage-rawk tangents must have made them stick out like out like a sore thumb amongst their purist punk contemporaries. Mudhoney by way of Mr. T Experience? Sort of - and to large extent it actually works.”- Wilfully Obscure 45 RPM $3 SKU:20686
BARON FOUR - Silvaticus ( PRETTY THINGS style-EMBROOKS related )-Label:GET HIP These 12 tracks demonstrate the Baron Fours ability to craft gritty R&B-based tunes with frantic garage-punk raunch. For fans of the Pretty Things, Count Five and the 'Back From The Grave' compilation series. Silvaticus’ is the second explosive album by British R&Beat mavericks The Baron Four. The Baron Four features Mike Whitaker of Thee Vicars on Bass and garage guru Mole from The Embrooks, Mystreated and The Higher State on Drums, so you know these guys bring the goods. With one LP and four singles under their belt, UK's premier garage/beat exports The Baron Four push forward with their strongest release to date here, both in terms of song writing and recording quality. All the key elements are here including fervent vocals on top of clanging guitars, rumbling bass and thunderous drums recorded in glorious mono. CD $12 SKU:21814
BATORS, STIV- L.A. Confidential Features a 24 page booklet with liner notes and rare photos. -Label:BOMP Records In addition to Disconnected, Stiv recorded a number of 45s during his days with Bomp, as well as some unreleased sessions, demos (including a never-released studio session with Jimmy Pursey of Sham 69 and members of the Runaways, produced by Kim Fowley!), recently unearthed studio recordings, and alternate mixes that remained in the can until after his death. Features a 24 page booklet with liner notes and rare photos. CD $10 SKU:21941
BATORS, STIV- L.A L.A (DEAD BOYS FRONTMAN Label:BOMP Records As the frontman for the Dead Boys, Stiv Bators terrorized audiences with his snotty, in-your-face punk rock style. But after the Dead Boys, Bators embarked on a musical journey that saw him touch upon new wave (the Wanderers), goth rock (the Lords of the New Church), and power pop (during a brief solo career), as well as a fling with movie acting. Born Steve Bator on October 22, 1949, in Youngstown, OH, Bators took a liking to garage rock and proto-punk early on -- a story he liked to tell is that it was he who handed Iggy Pop the jar of peanut butter that he smeared across his chest and threw around while walking on the audience during the Stooges' televised infamous 1970 rock festival in Ohio (additionally, Bators befriended the Ramones during the quartet's first Ohio performance). AMG CD $10 SKU:21942
BIRDLAND - With Lester Bangs (1979) Label:DIONYSUS The short-lived group featuring the late, great gonzo-journalist along with Mickey Leigh from The Rattlers. A reissue of their only LP, recorded in 1979. Birdland was a posthumous release that contained material Lester had recorded with a New York band (also known as the Rattlers) that featured Joey Ramone's brother. This was more post-punk pop-sounding than his earlier stuff (especially "Let It Blurt") CD $3 SKU:21370
BOLIDES-Science Under Pressure (Cramps style garage/pop/punk) --Label:DIONYSUS he Bolides play a little like a faster, more conventionally garage rock version of the Cramps on their debut album. There are influences from the most basic of '60s garage bands and the more hook-driven '70s punk acts. CD $1 SKU:19824
DEAD SHERIFF- ROCKAPOCALYPTICA (70s/8-0s style hard rock) -Label:DIONYSUS Great Scandinavian band, inspired by both the hardest rockin' groups from the 70s & 80s, along with the fury of the aggressive punk rock, you are gonna just love DEAD SHERIFF! CD $1 SKU:19819
GOSPELBEACH- Pacific Surf Line(With Neal Casal) Label:ALIVE GospelbeacH is Tom Sanford (drums), Brent Rademaker (vocals, guitar), Jason Soda (vocals, guitar), Neal Casal (vocals, guitar), and Kip Boardman (vocals, bass), with guest appearance by Nelson Bragg (vocal harmonies), and Ben Knight (guitar).The five members of GospelbeacH possess a prestigious collective resume that includes membership in Beachwood Sparks, Further, The Tyde, the Chris Robinson Brotherhood, Ryan Adams and the Cardinals, and Everest. But one listen to the quintet’s warmly wonderful debut album Pacific Surf Line will instantly dispel any preconceptions about supergroup self-indulgence or side-project slumming. CD $10 SKU:16832
HOMESTEAD & WOLFE - Our Times :The Gold Star Tapes (1973-75) -Label:ANOPHOLES Originally released in 1975, Homestead & Wolfe's lone and unknown privately pressed LP is an artifact so lost to time, it has never appeared in any discography, list of rare records, or catalog, anywhere. However, exist it does, and now their story can be told. Anopheles Records has sat tight lipped on this discovery for the last year while researching and preparing this reissue from the original master tapes and with full cooperation of the group. Homestead & Wolfe was a folk-harmony group based around the United Methodist Good Samaritan church in Cupertino, CA. Comprised of two female lead vocalists, one male lead vocalist, and buttressed with superb male and female harmonies throughout, H&W performed original material in a rich, melodic folk-rock-country style that is well executed, as well as earnest and personal. These 15 tracks were recorded at the legendary Gold Star Studios in Hollywood between 1973-75. Engineered by Stan Ross, these recordings feature top flight studio musicianship from legendary 'wrecking crew' drummer Hal Blaine, guitarist Ben Benay (Goldenrod, Darius), acoustic guitarist Al Casey, monster bass player Ray Pohlman, not to mention one of the world's most renowned and respected pedal steel guitar players, Jay Dee Maness (Buck Owens, the Byrds' Sweetheart of the Rodeo LP). The harmonies and arrangements of H&W recall both the Mamas and the Papas and the Carpenters at times, but much of the music deals with darker themes: the story of Wounded Knee told in 'See The Children Die', the organ fueled psychedelia of 'Your Freedom's In Question', aimed at the Nixon administration at the time, remains apropos today, and recalls the work of Growing Concern, Birmingham Sunday, Art of Lovin' and the Poppy Family. There are plenty of surprises here, as we located 6 unreleased tracks to augment the 9 tracks on the original album, including the startlingly great and dynamic cut, 'Beat of the Drum', which sounds as if the Bangles were hired to front Goldenrod for a one off single. The full color 16 page booklet tells the story in their own words, features images of the touring group and recording sessions at Gold Star, and maintains the high standard of archival work Anopheles Records is known for. Homestead & Wolfe represents a highly unusual and strikingly original blend of unproven but talented young vocalists, top quality session players and engineering, and a truly rare chemistry that makes this one of the great folk-rock discoveries of the last 10 years." CD $12 SKU:20615
JEAN-EMMANUEL DELUXE -Rouen Dreams (psych/weird-pop)-Label:LION The 2019 full-length by author and musician Jean-Emmanuel Deluxe is a psych/weird-pop album that follows the concept of "Hollywood seen through the eyes of a Frenchman who has never been there". If you like to immerse yourself in weird popisms, in sweet and syrupy madness, then roll up for the mystery tour! The LP includes contributions from Sean O'Hagan of the High Llamas, Werner "Zappi" Diemaier (the iconoclastic drummer of the cult Kraurock band Faust) and Kevin Coral, who's known from an army of heady pop mavens. CD edition, comes with 12-page color booklet. Edition of 300x copies, of which only 60x are available for distribution in the US
Titles include "Lushy Life", "The Girl Who Was Talking In Reverse", "Claire", "La Gourveneur De California", "Hollywood Parties", and "Comme Une Video Sta CD $10 SKU:21237
JUST GO DESTROY- Everything in Sight PROMO (underground JAPANESE bands ) -Label:DIONYSUS UNSEALED, HOLE THRU BAR CODE, but MINT Screaming maniacal loud and fun collection of underground Japanese bands. If this record had hands, it would reach out, grab you by the collar and slap your face a few times! Superb “mid century” style artwork by artist Tom Neely decorates the cover, complete with band photos and contact information. Artists include: The Have Nots, Jail Guitar Doors, Coattail Rider, Google-A, No Evacuations, The Faceful, The Volume Out, The Charge, Ragsteen, Crispy Nuts, Das Boot, Naked, Lancet, Baby Mongoose, The Kill Times, Pappys, and The Gimmies! CD $1 SKU:17503
KAISERS - Squarehead Stomp (60s garage BEATLES/ZOMBIES style)Label:GET HIP Reissue of the debut album by Scotland’s #1 Beat band...The Kaisers! Classic album featuring equal doses of outstanding mid-’60s Mersey-style covers and brilliant originals all as authentic sounding as you can get! From the vocal harmonies, to the production, to the energy — everything is perfect. It’ll make you want to listen to the Beatles and the Zombies all over again. CD $12 SKU:21407
MINERS OF MUZO-REALLY.. IS THAT A FACT? (DUTCH 60s inspired garage psych)--Label:DOWN AT THE NIGHTCLUB The official release of 'Really.... Is That A Fact?' on Down At The Nightclub Records. A few copies of this CD were previously released in 2013 by the band as a promo CD. The CD features Lee (vocals and guitars), GJ (drums), Marc (bass), Wannes (guitars), Corn Biekens (lead guitar on #4) and The Salsa Kid (Trumpets on #4, #9 and #12). The CD contains an eight page lyrics booklet. On offer are 13 sparkling guitar songs, sometimes stomping fierce, fuzzing and rocking the garage way, sometimes melodic, or even melancholic, but always with conviction and persuasion and depth. You can hear the influences from the past, you can hear some '60s twang or some '70s hook, but it is definitely a contemporary sound. The Miners are diggin' deep once more. The title refers to an old J.R. Ewing (Dallas) quote. CD $14 SKU:19410
MINERS OF MUZO-LOVE & LIFE PART 2: DIGGIN' THE FUTURE (2CDR) AUTOGRAPHED DBL CD HANDMADE BOX SET-Label:DOWN AT THE NIGHTCLUB This DOUBLE-CD boxset, featuring 23 previously unreleased songs from the years 1999-2010, is dedicated to the loving memory of Gert Jan Smits (r.i.p. 2013), a skilful engineer, a great drummer and a fine man. The box is handmade by the band and released in a limited edition of 85 numbered copies. Every copy is signed by Lee (vocals, guitar), Marc (bass) and Hanz (guitar), the remaining band members. CD $15 SKU:19411
MIRA & BREAKOUT-(1971 Polish blues psych Zep style)-Label:MUZA Reissued on CD, presented as a digipack edition, this is the fantastic 1971 album by Breakout lead vocalist Mira Kubasinska. Backed by the complete Breakout line-up, Mira delivers an astonising set of ballsy blues-rock with plenty of psychedelic elements. The result sounds like the prefect blend of Led Zeppelin and Shocking Blue. Top quality rock from Poland! CD $15 SKU:19974
MONDO TOPLESS - Freaking Out ( fuzz-drenched, organ-fueled garage mayhem w 60s garage covers ) Label:GET HIP Influences are the Sonics, Fuzztones, Kinks, Lyres, Cynics, Chesterfield Kings and morePhiladelphia's Farfisa-drenched garage masters Mondo Topless have been serving audiences a fiery concoction of shredding guitars, throbbing bass, and thumping drums for a while now. This driving, raunchy and in-your-face rocker serves the perfect musical background for a night of debauchery.. CD $12 SKU:21823
MOTHERS ANGER-ST -(SEATTLE PSYCH) PROD BY MICHAEL DAVIS MC5-Label:DIONYSUS The Mother's Anger is a two-piece psychedelic punk band from Seattle, WA that incorporates Middle-Eastern melodies and Drum n' Bass rhythms into a heavy, danceable, dream-like adventure
The Mothers Anger is a two-piece band from Israel that sounds like a five piece band from Detroit. Could this be because the debut full length by Drummer/Vocalist Jimi and Guitarist/Vocalist Stitch was produced by bassist Michael Davis of legendary Detroit rockers The MC5? You read that right, a two piece band in which the guitarist tunes a few strings to play the bass and guitar parts simultaneously, enters the studio with a producer who happens to be a famous bass player (and also plays on a track!). CD $1 SKU:19778
RAINY DAY SAINTS REflected Cleveland psych, garage punk, pure pop ,prog)Label:GET HIP You don’t have to listen to the Rainy Day Saints for long to surmise that their heady amalgam of psychedelia, garage punk, pure pop and prog-rock is the product of astute music fandom.Rainy Day Saints were born out of frustration, heartache, love and power chords. Setting controls for the heart of the sun is multi instrumentalist Dave Swanson. He and his cohorts parade along the rock and roll route oblivious to the fact that the scenery along the way has most definitely changed. In other words, they do what they want, when they want and for no one else but themselves. Why else would they reference Hawkwind, Roxy Music, Crazy Elephant and Johnny Thunders in one fell swoop! Selfish? Perhaps, but that is not their concern. It’s all about the melodies, the harmonies, the loud guitars, the driving bass, the bashing drums and the snarling saxophone. Things like : “pristine electrified paisley underground jangle”,“a nastier version of The Move and the harder side of the Dream Syndicate”, “an elegant almost British classicism of hazy, psychedelicate pop-rock swirls”, “ Cheap Trick meets The Nazz meets early Flaming Lips”, “reminds me of the Monkees”, and our favorite, “ Mr. Swanson is one talented motherfucker” are just a few of things that have been said about Rainy Day Saints. CD $12 SKU:21867
SAMMY MASTERS- EVERYBODY DIGS (50s Rockabilly legend)-Label:DIONYSUS The groundbreaking return of '50s Rockabilly legend, responsible for songs like "Pink Cadillac" and "Some Like It Hot!" This new recording has Sammy returning to his roots with an all-star line up featuring Skip Heller, Ray Campi, and Deke Dickerson. CD $1 SKU:19813
SCHIZOPHONICS-PEOPLE IN THE SKY (MC5, Stooges, James Brown, Hendrix and Iggy Pop style)Label:PIG BABY This San Diego-based combo is inspired by (and reminds of) the rock'n'roll energy and showmanship that fueled a.o. The MC5, Stooges, James Brown, Hendrix and Iggy Pop. 'People In The Sky', the band's sophomore full-length, is characterized by the same rawness as The Schizophonics' live shows. CD $17 SKU:21768
SCOTT “DELUXE” DRAKE - WORLD’S STRONGEST MAN -DEBUT SOLO FROM FOR HUMPERS FRONTMAN Label:DIONYSUS LA rock legends THE HUMPERS former front-man extraordinaire, Scot “Deluxe” Drake continues his legacy with an milestone solo debut album. While everything The Humpers ever did was in the red, Scott wanted to make an album that had some peaks and valleys. “The World’s Strongest Man” peaks equals that of any Humpers release while the valleys tread water walked on by the likes of The Gun Club, Porter Wagner, Johnny Cash and other dark men. Scott retains his witty lyrics in a pleasure-filled program of rocket-fueled rock-action, melodic-musical-mayhem! CD $1 SKU:17703
SYSTEMADDICTS -BROKEN HEARTED ON THE NULLABOR (aussie Garage punk)-Label:OFF THE HIP Systemaddicts are a fun, energetic six piece garage punk group from Adelaide, South Australia. They were formed by original members Liam Convey, guitarist, singer and songwriter and his bass guitarist sister Kaeli when they were still teenagers. They were joined by Jamie Woolaway on organ, Frank Boulden on drums, later replaced by current drummer Elliot Hoskin, their younger brother Rory, on Trombone (who was only 16 at the time), and Tasman Strachan on second guitar. Their style originally was a blend of the hardcore punk that Liam had been doing in his previous teenaged group The Subtitles, with the more sixties influenced keyboard style Jamie was playing with The Molting Vultures.
The Systemaddicts are huge fans of 60s era groups such as The Sonics and The Loved Ones and are also big fans of 70s/80s groups like Magazine, Radio Birdman, The Birthday Party, and The Sunnyboys. Liam Convey draws upon these influences and more when he composes the original tunes the group plays, featuring honest lyrics reflecting the contemporary Australian experience. CD $5 SKU:18017
TAJ MAHAL TRAVELLERS- Live Stockholm July, 1971 (psych) DOUBLE - Label:DRONE SYNDICATE (SWEDEN) Tokyo's Taj Mahal Travellers were one of the prime examples of a band more heard-of than actually heard. Their vinyl legacy (the 1972 LP July 15, 1972 released on CBS/Sony Japan; the 1974 2LP August 1974 released on Columbia Japan and recently reissued by P-Vine as a 2CD; one side of the mythical Oz Days Live 2LP compilation released on Oz in 1973 and recently bootlegged as a single LP) could dig a hole in your wallet deeper than the Grand Canyon. However, the recent reissues have spread the gospel and so here is the chance to hear the young Taj Mahal Travellers live in Stockholm during their 'tour' through Europe in 1971. It's one 2-hour long improvised track. Enough free-floating higher key bliss to keep every grown-up space cadet happy for a lot longer. This 2CD set is limited to 1000 copies." From Julian Cope's Japrocksampler: "This album is a discorporated, cerebral dance whose rhythm sounds like six weather Gods emulating the cover of Deep Purple's Fireball by zooming around Silverstone circuit just inches above the track, each urging himself on by making engine noises: 'Eee-oww-urghh-ow!!!!!!!' CD $14 SKU:19043
TEA & SYMPHONY-Jo Sago (70s underground classic) Label:ESOTERIC Newly remastered edition of the underground classic album by Tea & Symphony. “Jo Sago” was the band’s second (and final) album and originally appeared in November 1970 on the now legendary HARVEST label. The band began life as a Progressive Folk band comprising of the core members JEFF DAW (Vocals, Guitar, Flute), JAMES LANGSTON (Vocals, Guitar) & NIGEL PHILLIPS (Drums, Recorder, Keyboards) and were part of Jim Simpson’s Birmingham-based Big Bear Management stable of artists (who also included BAKERLOO, BLACK SABBATH and LOCOMOTIVE). By the time of the “Jo Sago” album, Jeff Daw and James Langston were joined by BOB WILSON on Keyboards, Guitar and Bass and had moved further into the area of Progressive Rock. Produced by Tony Cox at Sound Techniques studios, “Jo Sago” was a conceptual work that touched on subjects such as race relations in 1970s Britain and more. The album is now regarded as a classic of the era, with original HARVEST vinyl copies changing hands for significant sums. This official Esoteric Recordings reissue has been newly re-mastered from the original tapes and features a booklet with restored artwork and an essay." CD $10 SKU:21299
TEE AND THEE CRUMPETS- Introducing Today’s Young Hitmakers-Label:DIONYSUS UNSEALED San Francisco's Tee and Thee Crumpets have a sound and approach heavily rooted in the garage ethic, complete with fuzztone guitars, pounding drums, electric organ, harmonicas and screaming guitars! All original tunes that range from the brooding and moody to frantic beat driven punk. Did we tell you their drummer was in the legendary Count Backwurds? CD $5 SKU:17582
TEEN TRASH VOL. 2- The Psychoviolets ( 60s style garage)-Label:MUSIC MANIA Debut album by band formerly known as Ultraviolets. Raw energetic 60's based garagerock! CD $5 SKU:14655
TELEGRAPH AVENUE - ST (Peruvian 70s psych rock) -Label:RE-PSYCHLED Telegraph Avenue’s debut album appeared on the market in Peru, and became the best selling rock record of the year. The time was right for Latin rock with psychedelic touches (a fact evident all over the Americas), and Telegraph Avenue delivered: guitars saturate the amplifiers, using natural distortion and feedbacks, with Latin bass lines, powerful drums and Latin flavored percussions filling all songs with the uniqueness of their sound. Their songs sometimes sound like Grand Funk’s early records, but others have vocal melodies more akin to a West Coast psych style. Now, 35-years later, Repsychled Records has the pleasure to present the definitive reissue of this album; this reissue is the first done using the original master tapes, and was remastered with tube amplifiers; it includes the original artwork in a gatefold mini-LP format, a booklet with unseen photos and souvenirs from the band’s concerts, an extra insert with band biography, and an unreleased song. Limited mini cardboard sleeve edition CD $12 SKU:20201
TELESCOPES- Taste w gatefold cd - legendary UK noise/space rock LAST COPIES Label:BOMP Reissue of the classic debut album by this legendary UK noise/space rock band. “Taste” was originally released in 1989 on What Goes On and reached #5 on the UK Indie Chart. CD $15 SKU:13206
THREE-HEADED DOG-HOUND OF HADES(rare 1973 UK prog rock)Label:AUDIO ARCHIVES An ultra-rare recording from 1973 by this accomplished progressive-rock outfit who were part of the lively Birmingham Underground Rock Scene. Musical influences range from the exquisite dual guitar approach of bands such as Wishbone Ash and Wild Turkey to the heavier, darker mood of early Judas Priest. This CD includes a special synopsis of the thriving Brum Scene between 1965-75 documenting many of the other intriguing, yet little-known bands who were part of it. Fold out poster sleeve with an abundance of illustrations & memorabilia plus 4 mega-rare bonus tracks by several other Midlands bands including Stallion and Khayyam plus a special mystery track. CD $10 SKU:20995
THUNDERS, Johnny--Diary of a Gypsy Lover 23 TRAX ALTERNATE STUDIO CUTS,LIVE,RADIO)?Label:SONIC Punk rock guitar hero, earning a cult following for his noisy but epic style a few years before the insouciant new music gained its name. Following in the footsteps of his idol and role model Keith Richards, Johnny Thunders (born John Anthony Genzale, Jr.) lived the ultimate rock & roll life, spending most of his days churning out tough, sloppy three-chord rock & roll and gaining nearly as strong a reputation for his decades-long struggle with addiction as for his music. Thunders made his greatest impact as a member of the New York Dolls, the proto-punk glam rockers of the early '70s. During the late '70s, he was a familiar figure on the New York punk scene, both with his band the Heartbreakers and as a solo artist. Thunders performed and recorded steadily until his death in 1991, turning out a series of records that inadvertently documented the struggles of his life and his art. CD $10 SKU:20428
TOMRERCLAUS -ST (1978 Classic Danish guitar psych)Label:KARMA MUSIC Reissue on CD of the classic PSYCHEDELIC ROCK piece originally released privatley in 1978 and taken from the original mastertapes. A legendary album by Danish artists TOMRERCLAUS were he plays a typical HENDRIX style guitar and on this album you find an instrumental CELLO piece, that blows your mind to pieces something you've never heard in your whole life. Included here are 8 extra tracks taken from a cassette only release back in 1978. AN ABSOLUTE KILLER ALBUM, VERY RECOMMENDED. CD $16 SKU:21211
TONCHO PILATOS- ST (Stunning Mexican psych album from 1973 - Paper mini slv replica ) -Label:CIRUELA ELECTRICA (Mexico) Stunning Mexican album from 1973, which has some excellent psychedelic jamming and a fine blues based Led Zeppelin style. Reputedly one of the rarest South American albums. CD $10 SKU: 21963
TONE FLOAT - Musik Von Tone Float (Texas psych/Krautrock inspired)-Label:TIMOTHYS BRAIN A sonic portfolio of the Texas psych/Krautrock inspired scene it represents, but also an homage to the heavily lysergic first Kraftwerk album under the name Organisation; as the rave review in Alternative Press rightly pointed out, "words cannot do justice to the utterly outlandish studio experiments Tone Float achieve here." And quite rightly, AP are quick to praise the "sonic sorcery" that pervades these cosmic corridor wanderings, this "sublimely demented carnival music." CD $6 SKU:19940
TYDE - Once ( Beachwoods Sparks style psych with Ric Menck ) -Label:DIONYSUS Debut by L.A. band that blends Brit psych as seen by midwesterner Ric Menck. From the same neo-psyche scene that spawned Beachwood Sparks, Warlocks and Smallstone. Great debut CD $5 SKU:19830
UGLY BEATS-Stars Align (AUSTIN TEXAS jangly garage pop ) Label:GET HIP Stellar new release by Austin's favorite jangly Garage crew! Stars Align features your favorite ageless teen punks further refining their pounding folk-jangle sound on their fifth LP: 11 originals + a terrific take on the Real Kids' classic She Come Alive. CD $15 SKU:21528
WHITE NOISE SOUND- St- ( 3 tracks not on LP )( Spacemen 3 related psych ) Label:ALIVE WHITE NOISE SOUND is the eponymous debut from the Swansea/Cardiff, Wales-based sextet. Completed with the help of Pete Kember (Spacemen 3, Spectrum and E.A.R) and magician Cian Ciaran (Super Furry Animals), the album is is a psychedelic dream-piece, and the realization of a band conjuring their own particular wall-of-sound -- at once relentlessly pulsating and blissed-out. MORE ON SITE CD $5 SKU:11924
FREE FLIGHT- Vol 4 UNRELEASED DOVE RECORDING STUDIO CUTS 1964-69( rare 70s power-pop, mod, and new wave singles )Label:GET HIP ARCHIVE AMAZING COMPILATION FROM MINNESOTA 60s LABEL! SUPERB PACKAGE/ 25 TRACKC FEAT. CALICO WALL, MICHAEL YONKERS, MAGPIES, MIKE WAGGONER, MERCYMEN and many more COMP CD $12 SKU:21815
THE ECSTASY OF GOLD, VOL. 1VA 23 KILLER BULLETS FROM THE SPAGHETTI WEST 60s and 70s--Label: FLOATING WORLD Selected from one of the most complete Spaghetti Western audio archives, this 5-volume series showcases the most inspired tracks in this legendary genre. Digging deep to excavate a treasure trove of obscure and rarely-heard tracks by some of the genre's greatest composers and vocalists, Ecstasy of Gold is the definitive series for aficionados of Euro-Western films and the music that they created. COMP CD $14 SKU:20589
TRIBUTE TO THE STEMS-The Great Stems Hoax (19 Australian and international garage & power-pop bands)Label:OFF THE HIP Nineteen Australian and international garage & power-pop bands have been compiled to pay tribute to one of Australia's most influential bands- The Stems! While the quintet enjoyed considerable success at home and abroad on an indie level they all but suddenly disbanded at the height of their popularity August of 1987. Reliving their 60's flavoured pop are bands like Even, P76, The Nuggets and The Crusaders to name a few. Comes with a full 16 page color booklet & liner notes from their true fans. For fans of The Hitmen, Hoodoo Gurus, DM3 and the Flamin' Groovies. COMP CD $10 SKU:19210
WHEN THE DAY IS DONE- VA (:collection of folk, psych-folk from the 60s) Label:ACE ORCHESTRATIONS OF ROBERT KIRBY' - A great collection of folk, psych-folk and folk-rock tunes from the turn of the '70s. All the songs were orchestrated by the much praised Robert Kirby. Liner notes are included COMP CD $18 SKU:19713