Dec 12, 2017
HOLIDAY MANIA!
If you’re trying to find the perfect gift for the holidays, we have lots of collectible tunes on our labels for you or your record maniac friends! First pressings, fantastic bundles, warehouse finds, $5 and under items, and more. We have POWERPOP, SOUL, PSYCH, GARAGE, and more. Type those terms into our search to see what we have, POWERPOP gives you 73 titles, SOUL gets you 300, garage gets you about a billion, PSYCH gets you 800 or so. Have some fun with the site, the search feature will get you all sorts of things you might not have seen.
Today we have some more adds to the ONE ONLY SECTION for you bargain hunters, vinyl that will not be restocked and priced so that you cant resist.
PLUS tons of T SHIRTS, HATS, POSTERS, and DVDS available and perfect for a gift. We can ship priority to be sure your gift gets there in time.
THANKS for all guys, you’ve made it a great year.
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Suzy Shaw
GIFT IDEAS..
BLACK KEYS-The Big Come Up RASPBERRY STARBURST! Label:ALIVE Their first LP from 2002. LP $20 SKU:17449
BONNEVILLES- Listen for Tone (Left Lane Cruiser, Black Keys, James Leg style) - STARBURST Label:ALIVE Self-annointed a garage, punk, blues outfit like an arrow piercing my very own heart, lovers of heavy licks and head knockin’ back beats need apply in droves. McGibbon’s song writing is never suspect, influenced from those before yet soaked and steadily glazed in a brine of “cheap beer and buckfast” as well as personal stories, characters, and fore-warnings. Simply a band that needs to be on any rock fans radar regardless of where you stand sub-genre wise, you want to dance and feel like a bad ass at the same time, spin this record on your turntable and turn it up well past your comfort zone. – Scott Zuppardo LP $20 SKU:18046
BUFFALO KILLERS - 7 LP's on color vinyl with an AUTOGRAPH AND 10th ANNIVERSARY ROLLING PAPER)Label:ALIVE BIG DISCOUNT!Get all 6 of the Buffalo Killers LPS on ALIVE RECORDS plus brother ANDY GABBARD'S Fluff $90 SKU:10628
COLLINS, PAUL - King Of Power Pop! LIMITED EDITION of150 on GREEN MARBLE LAST COPIES -Label:ALIVE FEATURING NIKKI CORVETTE , WALLY PALMAR of the ROMANTICS , DAVE SHETTLER FROM SSM AND THE SIGHTS, ERIK BLAKELY on guitar, artwork by WILLIAM STOUT and produced by JIM DIAMOND. King Of Power Pop! is the new studio album by Paul Collins, one of the originators of the power pop sound. Paul got his start in the late seventies as the drummer for the legendary NERVES, (with Peter Case and Jack Lee,) later forming The BREAKAWAYS with Peter Case, and finally starting The BEAT, or PAUL COLLINS BEAT in 1979. King Of Power Pop! is a complete return to his roots, to power pop, the sound he helped create and popularize, a sound that has seen a resurgence in recent years, a sound that is here to stay! Produced and engineered in Detroit by Jim Diamond (Dirtbombs, The Go, White Stripes, to name just a few), King Of Power Pop! also features Eric Blakely on guitar and backing vocals, Diamond on bass, and Dave Shettler on drums (SSM, The Sights). Motor City guests include Wally Palmar of the legendary power pop hit-makers the ROMANTICS, as well as pop icon Nikki Corvette of NIKKI & The CORVETTES. The catchy cover pop art is the work of legendary artist William Stout. The album includes 11 new songs, one new recording of the Breakaways classic "Many Roads To Follows" (the demo version featuring Peter Case can be found on the Breakaways release "Walking Out On Love"), and two covers, for a total of 13 great high-energy power pop songs. "For me this is the record that connects the dots, from The Nerves to The Breakaways to The Beat to today? this is the record that puts it all together!" -- LP $16 SKU:13294
DATURA4-HAIRY MOUNTAIN -AMAZING HAND MIXED STARBURST VINYL- LAST COPIES! 70s style psychLabel:ALIVE LIMITED EDITION OF 150. Hairy Mountain is the culmination of a lifetime of musical archaeology and the ongoing search for the never ending riff. It' s the brainchild of Dom Mariani (frontman of Australian garage rockers The Stems and Power Posters DM3) and Greg Hitchcock (former You Am I and one-time New Christs guitarist), and their new full-tilt boogie, psych and prog combo Datura4. BLURT LP $20 SKU:17974
JACK LEE-AUTOGRAPHED! BIGGER THAN LIFE -ANTHOLOGY AMAZING STARBURST VINYL Label:ALIVE GREAT POWERPOP - GORGEOUS HAND MIXED STARBURST VINYL GATEFOLD COVER - LTD. EDITION OF 150. AUTOGRAPHED BY JACK LEE! . Anthology from The NERVES main singer / songwriter and author of "Hanging On The Telephone". LP $25 SKU:18049
JAMES LEG - 3 LP BUNDLE Label:ALIVE Get all 3 LPS ON LIMITED EDITION COLOR VINYL for a great price! - BELOW THE BELT ,SOLITARY CONFINEMENT ,BLOOD ON THE KEYS LP $50 SKU:17878
JAMES LEG/ BLACK DIAMOND HEAVIES / PAINKILLERS/ KING MUD /PORKCHOP - 9 LP BUNDLE - all on ltd ed color or starburst vinyl NOTE -PAINKILLERS ON BLACK Label:ALIVE HUGE SAVINGS on these limited edition color and starburst albums!* EXCEPT PAINKILLERS, BLACK VINYL $130 SKU:17881
LEFT LANE CRUISER- EARLY ALBUMS BUNDLE - Their first 4 on $64 SKU:18560
LEFT LANE CRUISER- LAST 3 ALBUMS BUNDLE Label: LP $48 SKU:18561
LEFT LANE CRUISER 15 LP SUPERBUNDLE! with KING MUD, BLACK DIAMOND HEAVIES,JAMES LEG, PAINKILLERS - Label:ALIVE Get a great deal on all of our Left Lane Cruiser and Black Diamond Heavies related albums. ALREADY HAVE A FEW OF THESE LP $225 SKU:14224
NERVES - One Way Ticket - LTD ED of GRAY AND BLACK HAND MIXED STARBURST VINYL - Label:ALIVE Incredible STARBURST vinyl ltd to 100, you have to see this vinyl to believe it, it’s so great you’ll want one just to put on your wall. Even the images dont do it justice. You wont be disappointed! -
NOTE - LP does not contain download card, add the cd for a lo price!
Formed in 1975 by guitarist JACK LEE, bassist PETER CASE, and drummer PAUL COLLINS, the Nerves are one of the most influential garage/punk pop outfits to come out of the mid-70's LA scene, and certainly one of the least documented... until now. Mostly remembered for their classic "Hanging On The Telephone," a Jack Lee composition which has been covered over the years by a myriad of artists from BLONDIE to L7 to CAT POWER, the Nerves were above all a high energy rock'n'roll band with all three members composing and singing. Playing fast, ear-catching garage pop songs, sometimes wearing matching suits, the trio had more than a bit of the stripped down street energy of the Los Angeles's early punk movement. They shared the stage with the Ramones and Mink Deville during their infamous US "Magical Blistering Tour," played the Punk Palace and the legendary Masque in Hollywood, and headlined shows with the Avengers, the Zeros, The Dils, The Screamers and Shock, to name just a few. After the band's break-up in 1978, Peter Case and Paul Collins formed The BREAKAWAYS, and later went on to front the legendary PLIMSOULS and The BEAT, respectively. Following the success of "Hanging On the Telephone," JACK LEE has mostly focused on his songwriting career, releasing an album in 1981. Both Peter and Paul are still recording and touring. PETER CASE's latest album "Let Us Now Praise Sleepy John" (Yeproc 2007) was nominated for a Grammy. This collection, authorized for the first time ever by the three band members, features their 1976 EP (now regarded as a power pop classic), as well as demos and previously unreleased live recordings, REMASTERED and complete with notes and photos. LP $20 SKU:17632
RADIO MOSCOW - 6 LP STARBURST VINYL BUNDLE iLabel:ALIVE BUNDLE INCLUDES OUR FIVE STARBURST PRESSINGS PLUS LTD EDITION COLOR VINYL ON 3 and 3/4 $110 SKU:16025
SHOES - Primal Vinyl -LTD ED of 150 COBALT BLUE VINYL- POWERPOP LEGENDS! - LAST COPIESLabel:ALIVE EPRESS ON BLUE ViNYL of our Record Store Day release! Limited edition on gorgeous blue vinyl.POWERPOP gods. The disc features 12 songs culled from past albums, demoes and even includes a NEW live version of I Don't Wanna Hear It, from the 2013 tour! LP $20 SKU:17112
WOLFMOON - LAST 10 COPIES! Ltd Ed of 100 PURPLE HAZE FIRST PRESSING Gatefold w new liner by Swamp Dogg -Label:ALIVE Swamp Dogg Series # Remastered, Ltd Ed of 100 PURPLE HAZE Gatefold- Liners come as a flier with LP, printed on CD.
FIRST REISSUE EVER, ON ANY FORMAT of this sought after collectors’ album of Southern Soul and pop gospel. Wolfmoon, aka Little Tommy, hails from Richmond VA and is without a doubt one of the most talented performers Swamp Dogg has worked with and produced. This terrific album includes great cover songs of “People Get Ready”, "If I Had A Hammer" and “Proud Mary”, along with originals penned by The Dogg. LP $25 SKU:12190
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DROOGS- Young Gun (60s style psych) SALE ! -Label:PLUG N SOCKET 2017 album by US psychedelic garage rockers. When you hear singer Ric Albin, you still hear The MC5, The Yardbirds, Howlin' Wolf, The Seeds, The Kingsmen, Pebbles/Nuggets groups, and everyone else whose every lyric meant no-nonsense (yet cool) business. Includes a cover of The Seeds' 'Out Of The Question'. CD $12 SKU:19420
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AGNES STRANGE- Strange Flavour (1975 obscure hard rock gem)Label:RADIATION DELUXE SERIES (SPAIN) 180-gram LP. Limited edition of 500. Originally released in 1975 on the BirdsNest label, the sole album by boogie stompers Agnes Strange is an obscure hard rock gem begging to be rediscovered. Formed in Southampton, UK, in the mid-'70s by Alan Green (bass), Dave Rodwell (drums), and John Westwood (guitar, vocals), Agnes Strange failed to reach any glory or fame, but their legacy of heavy rock riffs, raw leads, and tough attitude -- with a spacey Hawkwind-esque touch here and there -- helped them reach cult status among '70s rock fanatics LP $19 SKU:17195
AHBEZ, EDEN- EXOTIC WORLD OF ( EARLY 60S HIPPIE!) - Label:DIONYSUS A compilation of rare Eden Ahbez performed and penned exotica tracks, several never before issued from the late '50s-early '60s! Full annotation, Limited! Eden Ahbez (born George Alexander Aberle) was an American songwriter and recording artist of the 1940s-1960s, whose lifestyle in California was influential on the hippie movement. Ahbez is best known for composing the song 'Nature Boy', which became a #1 hit in 1948 for Nat 'King' Cole and has since become a pop and jazz standard. LP $14 SKU:16172
AHBEZ, EDEN- EDEN’S ISLAND (1960 Psych before the term was even invented!)Label:CAPTAIN HIGH RECORDS (AUSTRIA) It is 1960. Rock 'n' roll has just lost a couple of its protagonists during this and the previous year. The time of the great balladeers has just begun but soon will run out, due to the new and exciting beat invasion. In the US mainstream, the tiki culture has reached a certain peak and is about to collapse, but still goes strong, and with it comes the so-called "exotica" music, a crossover between smooth jazz and swing, Latin grooves, and haunting melodies rooted in global folk traditions, plus weird sound effects that often create a spooky jungle or dreamy island beach atmosphere. See palm trees growing out of your speakers; witness monkeys and parrots having fun in your room. eden ahbez (1908-1995) lived a consistent dropout and hippie lifestyle way before the movement was born in the mid '60s. As a poet and composer, he wrote the hit tune "Nature Boy" that gave Nat King Cole his first big success in 1948. On Eden's Island, originally released in 1960, he approaches the field of exotica music from a different point of view, creating an epic concept album about a utopian society living in peace and harmony on an island far away from the modern western world as we know it. Relaxed grooves; easy-listening swing; Latin patterns; peaceful, dreamy, even transcendent vocal melodies; tinges of folk music from around the world; and a whole color palette of mind-expanding sounds, with narrated lyrics and eden ahbez's wood flute. A truly unique effort; highly recommended to exotica aficionados who, for example, love Frank Hunter's 1959 White Goddess album. Psychedelic music before the term was even invented. LP $19 SKU:16753
ALARM CLOCKS- LIVE! NOV. 7, 2009 ( 60s Ohio garage punk ) SAALE - Label:NORTON Great LIVE performance by reformed Ohio 60's Garage-Punk band who has not missed a bit from the raw energy delivery of their teenage years! LP $12 SKU:13339
ARK - Voyages (US private psych rarity 78 w liner notes by Patrick Lundborg (Acid Archives) ) - Label:GUERSSEN (Spain) Legendary USA private psychedelic album, a top level rarity issued in a tiny edition of 100 copies in 1978. Really impressive concept album with religious / spiritual lyrcis, raw basement sound, strong songwritting and superb musicianship. It combines some drifting, mellow tracks with some fuzz-rockers. "Monster top 5 US psychedelic garage LP. Eerie folkrock Doors sounding spookers w/a smattering of D.R. Hooker lounge/mind psychedelia thrown in, great drifty acid jams, desert wind effects, air raid sirens...all the right moves & attitude." Paul Major (Xtabay). Original artwork, insert with liner notes by Patrick Lundborg (Acid Archives) revealing the Ark story for the first time LP $22 SKU:14695
ATHANOR - Flashback ( insert w. rare pictures , liners 180 gram 70s psych ) -Label:GUERSSEN Remastered sound from the original master tapes, insert with rare pictures and liner notes by Mark Breyer from cult psych-power pop band Skooshny, 180gr vinyl. LP $22 SKU:15195
BAROQUES, LES- Such A Cad (1968 garage psych) 180 gram gatefold Ltd Ed -Label:PSEUDONYM A superb compilation of Dutch heroes LES BAROQUES, featuring A- and B-sides and albumtracks from the years 1965-1968. Les Baroques, founded in the town of Baarn in 1964, are appreciated by connoisseurs for their smart lyrics, compelling melodies, consistently inventive arrangements and unusual instrumentation. With songs ranging from garage-rock to (freak)beat, and from r'n'b to psychedelic pop, this imaginative collection will keep you glued to your stereo from start to finish, over and over again! PRESSED ON 180-gram vinyl and featuring remastered sound (from the original tapes) and a deluxe, heavy gatefold sleeve (incl. many single covers, rare photos, liner notes and interviews), this is an essential release for any fan of energetic, unpolished and slightly odd mid-late '60s music. Edition of 500 copies! LP $20 SKU:16933
BATCH- WAIT 'TIL TOMORROW (priceless 60s and 70’s rarities )Label:ANAZITISI Special limited vinyl edition contains rarities for collectors of 60’s and early 70’s Mid-American Rock ‘n’ Roll All of the tracks recorded between 1968 and early 1970 were home-recordings made on 2-tracks tape-recorders 4-pages insert with lyrics, credits and pics + poster Remastered and restored from the original home-recorded 2-track master tapes LP $26 SKU:18277
BAUDELAIRES - Musk Hill (psych garage) -Label:OFF THE HIP Musk Hill is the debut full-length from Melbourne's The Baudelaires. Stomping through the dreamy, substance-induced house-party haze of their previous EP Be a Baudelaire! (2014),
the new album delves into the crunchin' boogie of psych-garage territory. Recorded over 3 days on a property of the same name on the Mornington Peninsula, Musk Hill was mixed by Baudelaire's own Grischa Zahren and mastered by Melbourne music legend LP $12 SKU:18461
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ABSTRACTS - Hey Let’s Go Now (60s Brit invasion style) SALE - Label:BREAKAWAY They were one of the first bands to utilize a light show and besides their sole 45, their legacy contains a cache of unreleased period recordings, some of them made for Columbia Records in 1964. Finally, over four decades later, this album collects the band’s entire studio material alongside two excellent sounding 1966 live tracks. An in-depth insert with a wealth of never-before-seen-photos traces the history of the band that brought “Abstractmania” to the New York area in the sixties. It’s a pleasure for Break-A-Way Records to celebrate the return of The Abstracts and hear them shout again, “Hey, Let´s Go Now”… TRACKLISTINGS ON SITE LP $15 SKU:13551
ANDREW -WOOPS (obscure 73 private press psych)-Label:BARNYARD A totally obscure and totally shredding 1973 private hard-psych album, from Iceland of all places! Nearly impossible to find in its original form, the material on 'Woops' ranges from funky hard-psych to space-rock, and also includes the amazing doom-psych jam 'Himalaya'. Featuring members of another classic Icelandic band, Icecross, Andrew's lone LP is one of the few examples of a private press psych record from Iceland. This very, very fine '70s psych-rock LP is essential for all fans of hard-psych and it's finally reissued on vinyl! LP $22 SKU:18582
AURA- Sativa (1974 SF psych funk masterpiece) - Label:LION Official replica vinyl edition of this oft-sampled slab of Bay Area history, a psych funk masterpiece that cannot be denied. Aura formed in 1974 and played extensively throughout Northern California. By 1976, the band recorded their first and only album at Pacific Recording Studio in San Mateo. The original title of the album was meant to be "Sativa", but out of fear that promoting the joys of marijuana would be too controversial, the band omitted the title and just left it as "Aura". Over the ensuing decades, the Aura album has grown in stature to become a major soul/funk collector's item. It features a number of major funk tracks plus funky ballads with female vocals. Standouts include 'Sativa' (replete with water-pipe sound effects and blistering guitar), and the manic fuzz-guitar jam 'Skyrocket.' Old style tip-on jacket and quality limited edition vinyl pressing, mastered from the original tapes. LP $14 SKU:19263
BABY SHAKES -TURN IT UP (60s Motown style inf by RAMONES )-Label:LIL' CHEWY The 2017 album by the rock'n'roll-punk band from New York City featuring Mary on lead vocals and guitar, Judy on lead guitar and vocals, Claudia on bass and vocals, and Ryan on drums. With catchy melodic vocals over dirty guitars and a killer rhythm section, their influences range from The Ramones and Slade to Chuck Berry and '60s Motown girl groups. LP $19 SKU:19088
BABY WOODROSE-MONEY FOR SOUL (60s style)-LTD ED GREEN VINYL IMPORT Label:BAD AFRO Limited to 500 copies on green vinyl. A reissue of the second Baby Woodrose album, originally released in 2003. On 'Money For Soul' Baby Woodrose created a unique sound that took the band to the '60s and back again. Influenced by many shades of rock'n'roll and psych, but played with heartfelt punk attitude, the album contains Baby Woodrose's biggest hit so far, 'Everything's Gonna Be Alright'. With artwork by Malleus, this run is limited to 500 copies on green vinyl. LP $22 SKU:18463
BAINS, LEE - Dereconstructed (w first run color vinyl and MP3 download ) -Label:SUB POP Dereconstructed is a careening, road raging, all night party of a record. Informed by a distinctly southern hoodoo, it is a master class in authentic Gulf Coast choogle. Having cut his teeth in the Dexateens, Lee Bains lll has been properly schooled in how to throw down, so much so that even his hyper literate musings are no match for the blown out distortion that gives this record its blistering urgency. LP $16 SKU:10000
BERMUDA TRIANGLE- ST (RARE 70s folk psych -Label:WINTER SOLSTICE What do you do if you are a married psychedelic folk duo from the 1960’s who had been pals with Greenwich Village coffee house and club stalwarts like, say, Jimi Hendrix, had your one shot at major label glory (a MGM/Heritage label release under the band name Euphoria) ruined by the producer of those sessions, and then had your self-released album from the mid-1970’s (as Bermuda Triangle) bootlegged by the pernicious Radioactive/Fallout/Phoenix/Past & Present/Sunbeam reissue juggernaut? Well, if you’re Roger and Wendy, you dig through your tapes, and not only do you release the original Bermuda Triangle album, with six bonus tracks, but you also release a second, equally enchanting disc of alternate takes and other recordings dating from the same era! The psychedelic folk music of Roger and Wendy is astonishing, beautiful, and enchanting without sounding dated. Truly wonderful music with its own original sound, which to a great extent stems from Roger Penney's electric autoharp, the enchanting voice of Wendy Penney and the unique arrangements that combine the two. Listen, for example, to the unusual way in which the duo interpret a classic like ‘Nights In White Satin’ (on the original Bermuda Triangle album, first released in 1977). Everything that follows is as good, perhaps even better still. All in all, something of a stunner. A few months ago we had never heard of Bermuda Triangle, apart from the occasional entry in record collector’s lists. Now, we cherish these two albums from a band who seemed to be destined to be a footnote in the history of psychedelic folk, but have now been promoted to their proper status as a major chapter in that self-same history. There's often a celebratory feeling to the music, from rock tracks to more pastoral tracks like the album closer, ‘Wind,’ a song which has a trippy psychedelic atmosphere, thanks to ethereal folk vocals, moody electric piano, and bass. We can all be grateful that this music is available from the source, with abundant bonus material, as the resultant album is a joy; any acid folk / rural roots fans should grab it with both hands and rush to the nearest CD player. Weird and beautiful"Transcendental female vocals, elaborate keyboard arrangements, and autoharp which is often treated with phasing, flanging and other effects. Fine originals. This album is kind of a shock on first listen, because at least to these jaded ears it's not often I discover something so original and bizarre."—Acid Archives LP $32 SKU:11823
BIGFOOT - ST (late 60s PSYCH!) PURPLE Label:IT'S A GAS Psychedelic at heart, this self-titled work by Bigfoot brilliantly captures the spirit of the second half of the '60s. Edition on PURPLE VINYL. LP $24 SKU:18734
BIRDS- SAY THOSE MAGIC WORDS - BLUE VINYLLabel:BEAT Say Those Magic Words collects 12 essential tracks by The Birds (UK), a brilliant mid-60s Garage-R&B-Beat band featuring Rolling Stones guitarist Ron Wood. Repressed on blue vinyl. LP $18 SKU:18292