Aug 2, 2016
It's Tuesday Sale Day
It’s Tuesday SAALE day, with some discounts for you guys listed below. Also a few new things in, and a restock on the legendary FLASHBACK magazine.
Up next on ALIVE, a new one by JAMES LEG, formerly of the BLACK DIAMOND HEAVIES. Hear a sample on the ALIVE site here:
http://www.alive-records.com/2016/08/james-leg-premieres-hugging-the-line-via-no-depression/
Radio Moscow is on tour and gets a 4 star review from ROLLING STONE RUSSIA! Be sure to get the first pressing on STARBURST VINYL of their LIVE DOUBLE LP.
Thanks for all,
Suzy Shaw
NEW STUFF, RESTOCKS, AND DISCOUNTS:
SOUL EXPLOSIVES-Tryin' To Get Down/Ain't No Sunshine-Label:BIG CROWN "Big Crown Records is proud to present a reissue of the highly sought-after, very rare, and only release by Texas funk band, The Soul Explosives. Active in 1971 and 72, The Soul Explosives were a high school group from Kingsville, TX led by high school senior Skip Frazier. Their main goal was to play a neighborhood known as the 'The Cut' in nearby Corpus Christi, where there were a number of Soul & R&B clubs. They paid for the recording and pressing of the 45 which was done by a tiny local Tejano studio/label, Bormeh. Copies of the record were given to friends and sold at shows. In '72 Skip decided to leave the group to pursue his college studies and they disbanded not long after. The A Side 'Tryin To Get Down' is a lo-fi funk gem with all the makings of an underground classic. Driving drums and blown out vocals somewhere between encouraging and liberating are sure to peak funk fans ears. The B Side, an absolutely smashing cover of 'Ain't No Sunshine', is nothing short of a must have. The Soul Explosives nearly instrumental cover might just be the toughest version on a 45. Another Big Crown sureshot." 45 RPM $12 SKU:17825
DAVIS, BETTY-The Columbia Years 1968-1969-Label:LITA One can hardly imagine Prince, Erykah Badu, or Outkast without the influence of Betty Davis. Her style of raw and revelatory punk-funk defies any notions that women can't be visionaries in the worlds of rock and pop. In recent years, rappers from Ice Cube to Talib Kweli have rhymed over her intensely strong but sensual music. Betty penned the song 'Uptown' for The Chambers Brothers and wrote the tunes that got The Commodores signed to Motown. The Detroit label soon came calling, pitching a Motown songwriting deal, which Betty turned down. Motown wanted to own everything. Heading to the UK, Marc Bolan of T. Rex urged the creative dynamo to start writing for herself. A common thread throughout Betty's career would be her unbending DIY ethic, which made her quickly turn down anyone who didn't fit with the vision. She would eventually say no to Eric Clapton as her album producer, seeing him as too banal. In 1968, she married Miles Davis and quickly influenced him on the magic of psychedelic rock along with introducing him to Jimi Hendrix -- personally inspiring the classic album, Bitches Brew. Miles and Betty fans have long debated the truth of a near mythological session recorded in Studios B and E at Columbia's 52nd Street Studios on May 14th and 20th, 1969. The landmark session was produced by Miles and Teo Macero and featured Betty on vocals, accompanied by Jimi Hendrix Experience drummer Mitch Mitchell, guitarist John McLaughlin, Herbie Hancock on keys, and Dylan/Miles session bassist Harvey Brooks. Other players included bassist Billy Cox (Band of Gypsys), saxophonist Wayne Shorter, and organist Larry Young. Now, Light In The Attic, with full support from Betty herself, presents these recordings to the public for the very first time. These historic sessions -- never heard, never bootlegged -- predate Miles' revolutionary album, Bitches Brew, and are the true birth of Miles' jazz-rock explorations, along with the roots for Betty's groundbreaking funk that came years later, starting with her self-titled debut in 1973. While, ultimately, these recordings would go unreleased for nearly half a century, they would greatly shape each of their careers. The vibe is intrinsically unique, fresh, and futuristic -- jazz heavyweights playing psychedelia, rock, and jazz-fusion long before the term became commonplace. The songs include Betty originals and covers of classics by Creedence and Cream. The concepts explored on these previously unheard sessions fueled concepts that wouldn't be fully realized until years later with Miles' seminal On The Corner. Additionally, included here is the first time rerelease of a 1968 Columbia single, recorded in October 1968 at Columbia Studios in Los Angeles. The session was produced by Jerry Fuller and featured South African maverick Hugh Masekela on trumpet and arrangements, plus members of jazz-funk pioneers The Crusaders -- including trombonist Wayne Henderson and pianist Joe Sample. All tracks previously unreleased (except track B5/8). Production by Miles Davis & Teo Macero with performances from Hugh Masekela, Mitch Mitchell (Jimi Hendrix Experience), John McLaughlin, Herbie Hancock, Harvey Brooks, Wayne Shorter, Billy Cox (Band of Gypsys), Larry Young, and members of The Jazz Crusaders. Remastered from the original analog master tapes.New interviews, rare photos, and unseen historical documents from the Teo Macero archive." CD $18 SKU:17877
CORNFLAKE ZOO:Episode One -Dustin E Presents (obscure psych)Label:PARTICLES From the minds behind Piccadilly Sunshine, Mixed Up Minds, Electric Asylum, Upside Down, Velvet Revolutions, Beatfreak and The Electric Sound Show, Particles present: Dustin E's...Cornflake Zoo. Join in the glorious pursuit of seeking obscure, vintage psychedelic pop. There is no better joy known to man than harking back to an era where an abundance of melodies and psychedelic gestures unfold. This then, is the first leap into that world where rules are broken, but standards are observed. Heavenly delights from Holland, Germany, America, England, Canada, Poland, Brazil and the Pyrenees collide in a captivating collection all presented with a loving touch of restoration and mastery and utterly absurd and contemptuous liners. Complete with a plethora of original, archival imagery, no lack of no-use and a simple (minded) narrative, what more could you ask? Features: Casey Jones and The Governors, David, Baby Py Grandmother, Jay Jays, The Toxic, Blues Section, John Winfields, Los Iberos, Hearts and Flowers, Juan And Junior, Wallace Collection, Tages, Octopus 4, Ro-D-Ys, The Klan, Boudewijn De Groot and Roeks Family. COMP CD $17 SKU:17741
FLASHBACK MAGAZINE UK - #6 w SAM GOPAL - Label: The cover feature tells the story of underground legends SAM GOPAL for the first time, with in-depth-interviews, unseen photos and rare memorabilia. Further features in the mag are: - AARDVARK: an exclusive on these keyboard-heavy UK prog rockers - BILL FAY: a rare first-person insight into the legendary singer-songwriter - ORIENTAL SUNSHINE: detailed coverage of this short-lived, much-loved Norwegian trio - THE DAVID: at last, the full history of the teenage Californian pop-psych maestros - JIMMY PAGE: His fullest ever interview about the Yardbirds, unseen since early 1969 - JAMES WILLIAMSON: an in-depth audience with the legendary Stooges guitarist - MARGO GURYAN: A detailed interview with the singer-songwriter behind 1968s wondrous Take A Picture album - TONY REEVES: a rare interview Colosseum bassist, covering his work as a musician and producer with John Martyn, Sandy Denny, Mike Taylor, Davy Graham and many more - TEENSET: the history of one of America's first serious rock magazines - INTERNATIONAL ROCK: 50 of the best LPs from Japan, India, Peru and elsewhere - JUKEBOX: Cathedrals Lee Dorrian on twelve tracks that have inspired him - REVIEWS: thorough coverage of recent CDs, LPs and books BOOKS & MAGS $25 SKU:16482
FLASHBACK MAGAZINE UK - #7: SUMMER 2015 VASHTI BUNYAN In the summer of 1968, Vashti Bunyan set out for the Western Scottish Islands in a horse-drawn wagon. The album she made en route – and the journey itself – have become the stuff of legend. Here she tells her story in greater depth than ever before... BOOKS & MAGS $25 SKU:16780
FLASHBACK MAGAZINE UK - #8 KOOBAS -: Spring 2016. Edited by Richard Morton Jack, Flashback covers overlooked '60s and '70s music in depth, with expert writing, original research, and many rare and previously unseen images. In this issue: The Koobas: This Liverpudlian quartet released numerous 45s; toured with The Beatles; gigged with Jimi Hendrix, The Who, and Pink Floyd; made a fine album in 1968; and became stars in Switzerland -- but success at home proved hard to find. Richard Morton Jack tells their story for the first time. Jukebox: Michael Tanner of The A. Lords and United Bible Studies on 12 tracks that have inspired him. Album by Album: David Hitchcock oversaw classic records for Caravan, Genesis, Camel, and many others. Here he talks Flashback through his productions one by one. Time Out: Starting in August 1968, Time Out quickly became the most important source of information about what London had to offer, musically and otherwise. First Person: Robert Calvert recalls the short and intense career of Catapilla, with contributions from his bandmates Hugh Eaglestone, Brian Hanson, and Ralph Rolinson. Paternoster: Swiftly recorded and only released in their native Austria, Paternoster's sole album is one of the most despairing and enigmatic recordings of its time. Stephan Szillus tells its tale for the first time. The Human Beast: Though this Edinburgh trio disowned their weird, hard-rocking LP, it has gone on to become a firm favorite around the world. Richard Morton Jack speaks to them. George Martin: A long-lost and revealing 1968 interview with The Beatles' producer, conducted by the late J. Marks and exhumed from the pages of Eye magazine. The Evolution of Rock Critics: Aaron Milenski explores the changing tastes of rock critics -- and how they shaped his own tastes as a teenager. Mushroom: These Dublin teens had a big hit in 1973, toured Ireland relentlessly, and made one of the best "Celtic rock" albums of all time. Richard Morton Jack gets their story straight. Tamam Shud: Tamam Shud was one of the first Australian bands to embrace late '60s acid culture. Ian McFarlane tells their story. The Parlour Band: This Jersey quintet made one of the most highly regarded progressive pop albums of the early '70s. Austin Matthews gives their full history. British Private Pressings: Fifty of the best privately released albums from the heyday of British underground music. Reviews: Thorough coverage of recent CDs, LPs, and books, taking in household names (The Beatles, David Bowie, Van Morrison), cult heroes (Captain Beefheart, Procol Harum, Françoise Hardy), and ultra-obscurities (Robbie The Werewolf, Fuchsia, Lucifer). Crying to Be Heard: The enigmatic Day Breaks by John Wonderling, lost since 1973. BOOKS & MAGS $25 SKU:17381
IT’S PSYCHEDELIC BABY-#2 A must-have for fans of Shindig!, Flashback or Ugly Things Magazine!-Label:IT'S PSYCHEDELIC BABY! (Slovenia) The second issue of the printed version projected from well-known leading psych website It's Psychedelic Baby! This issue is focused on US psychedelic folk, with articles and interviews with artists such as Michael Yonkers, Dave Bixby, Dana Westover,Linda Perhacs, The Tree People, Gary Higgins, and others, as well as ten pages of new release reviews. 48 pages (40 black and white; eight in color). BOOKS & MAGS $14 SKU:17210
LIGHTDREAMS -Islands In Space (70s psych)Label:Got Kinda Lost Records ". . .we can make [enough] progress inside our heads and the heads of our friends to lay the foundations of an intergalactic life more meaningful than our earthbound condition . . ." --John Peel, International TimesFirst reissue; remastered sound. Includes full-color booklet containing informative liner notes by collector Jack D. Fleischer prepared from artist interviews, as well as full lyrics and rare photos. Mirroring the sentiment of the prescient UK radio legend in his Vibrations column for the International Times in the '70s, LightDreams leader Paul Marcano took one step beyond his intimate colleagues and chose to spread his ideals concerning peaceful outer-space colonization to all with open ears. Islands in Space, dotted with acoustic jams, backward guitars, lyrics alluding to the British progressive era, smoking-hot electric leads, synths galore, and the dreamiest of melodies, is both Marcano's love letter to the work of science-fiction author Gerard K. O'Neill and the psych-tinged folk explorers who came before him such as McDonald and Giles. Originally privately issued in 1981 in an edition of 1,000 copies, Islands in Space explores space travel and cosmic ideology in a sci-fi psych odyssey and is filled with atmospheric, lysergic creations atop a hybrid of sounds from the cosmic psych/progressive folk/new age spectrum. Home-recorded (yet hi-fi), Islands in Space carries a singular quality, defies easy categorization, and has long been savored by collectors of otherworldly joys. This singular, beatific work now has another chance to shine from Earth's surface to the outer reaches of the galaxy. RIYL: Dreamies; Donovan; Pete Fine; Robert Lester Folsom's hazy, synth-led moments; McDonald and Giles; Ramases; Simones; the out-of-time bliss of Bobb Trimble; et al. CD $17 SKU:17328
MENCK, RICK- Paul CHASTAIN - We Don't Care About Your Good Times-Label:ALIVE The Turpentine Brothers are two parts Kings of Nuthin' (singer/guitarist Justin Hubbard and organist Zack Brines) and one part Mr. Airplane Man (drummer Tara McManus). "Get this album or miss out on one of the most exciting and important new releases of the year." - Kopper / Garagepunk.com CD $5 SKU:13133
OVERFLOW- ST ( Nice mini-LP replica of this excellent Mexican progressive album from 1985. w insert ) SAALE -Label:ORFEAN Nice mini-LP replica of this excellent Mexican progressive album from 1985. Fantastic, well-crafted, classic progressive sound with influences of Enid, Barclay James Harvest, Yes, Genesis, Cathedral. Comes with insert and official reissue from Orfeon Mexico.” CD $12 SKU:15281
OVNIS, LOS- Hippies ( rare Mexican 60’s psych ) SAALE-Label:PEERLESS When we are talking about really rare and great albums from Mexico (f.i. El Tarro de Mostaza, the live album by Los Monjes, Kaleidoscope), Los Ovnis' 'Hippies' is perhaps the second rarest title, close on the heels of Kaleidoscope. 'Hippies' truly is a fantastic album and one of the crown jewels of Latin-American rock history CD $12 SKU:15122
PAINKILLERS ( Left Lane Cruiser and James Leg of the Black Diamond Heavies !) - Digipack CD -Label:ALIVE Punk blues duo LEFT LANE CRUISER have teamed up in Detroit with JAMES LEG
(BLACK DIAMOND HEAVIES keyboardist and howler) for an album of incendiary cover tunes (Junior Kimbrough, Bob Seger, Hound Dog Taylor, Taj Mahal, John Lee Hooker, and more!).They are joined by Jim Diamond on bass, with 66 year old bluesman Harmonica Shah on harp,and the result is just what the doctor ordered, a hard-rocking gritty album to beat the blues! CD $10 SKU:14227
PANDORAS, THE - It's About Time ( Psych fuzz goddesses- TEMP OUT OF STOCK Label:VOXX Psychedelic fuzz goddesses The Pandoras were the first, and in many ways the most original, of L.A.'s garage revival bands. They transformed the traditional garage sound of their "Pebbles" favorites into a vehicle for an all-girl band in wild day-glo fashions, openly sexual, assertive and outrageous in a time when girl bands were expected to be more like the demure Bangles. This is their landmark Voxx debut album. CD $10 SKU:2132
PASSING FANCY- ST 60s Canadian sunshine pop-psych w new liners - Label:LION revised and expanded version of the much beloved Canadian pop-psych album by A Passing Fancy! Lead singer, rhythm guitarist, and primary song-writer Jay Telfer supplied a band history and lyrics for all the songs to round out this revamped edition. CD $15 SKU:9408
PAUL CHASTAIN/RIC MENCK- digipack Early Recordings POWERPOP SEALED Label:MUSCLETONE A compilation of previously released tracks as Choo Choo Train and Velvet Crush but both band names are uncredited.Cardsleeve.Track #3 is a tribute song by Velvet Crush to Sarah Records band, The Golden Dawn (both bands recorded a split 7" flexidisc in 1989 on Raving Pop Blast! Records).
Track #13 is a rendition (cover song) by Velvet Crush of a Paul Collins/The Beat original "Walking Out On Love" which was the A-side of the Velvet Crush/Golden Dawn spilt 7" flexidisc (read Track #3). CD $10 SKU:17571
PAUPERS- Ellis Island w bonus tracks ( 60s Byrds style )- Label:PACEMAKER ENTERTAINMENT (Canada) The second album from The Paupers -- a mix of searing guitar jams, more easygoing psychedelic pop bigger arrangements, even a little bit of a comic take on Byrdsy country rock-- CD $14 SKU:11175
PEP GIRLZ- Down N Dirty ( all girl NY garage-trash hcore punkLabel:ALIVE ST Mid-90s NY garage-trash-hardcore by this all girl punk band. They never got to tour, and it's too bad because they were amazing. Do not confuse with the AC/DC tribute band with the same name ... CD $5 SKU:4464
PHILLIPS , SANDRA - Too May People in One Bed digipack w OBI STRIP and new liner notes by Swamp Dogg - Label:ALIVE Never officially released by Canyon (the label went belly-up just after shipping the first copies in 1970), this album was meant to be a follow-up to the Doris Duke hit record “I’m A Loser”. Produced by Swamp Dogg in Macon, GA this is Deep Soul at its best. Sandra Phillips (a/k/a Sandra Reeves-Phillips) has become a star on Broadway, movies and TV, winning awards and appearing in movies such as “Round About Midnight” and “Lean On Me”, and on TV Shows such as “Law And Order”. CD $5 SKU:15514
PIKKATRILLAZ-DROP OF D'R OONDER (Old school Dutch rap)SAALE-Label:REMUSIC An energetic mixture of Old School rap and dutch dialect. CD $3 SKU:8243
PINK FAIRIES- Do It WAREHOUSE FIND- Label:Total Energy ONE COPY ONLY . Place any of the first tracks from this compilation next to anything of the White Panther MC5's Kick Out the Jams and you find the material uniquely mated for message and visceral rock energy. This compendium of live recordings from 1969-1971 includes two versions of "Do It!," covered by Henry Rollins on his first solo album. While these '60s superstars played as part of huge, outdoor festivals, the Pink Fairies denied all pretense and jammed outside, entertaining for free. Twink (ex-Pretty Things), drummer and vocalist for this most idealistic of the era's hard rock acts, wrote liner notes for this album chronicling the hippie philosophy of this time period and its decline on many levels. CD $10 SKU:12262
PIP PROUD - A FRAYING SPACE w 3 bonus tracks, lyrics, 20 page booklet -Label:EM RECORDS (JAPAN) AN Australian outsider, with his untutored and uninhibited singing style, his primal guitar playing, his resolutely personal vision captured on recordings from 1967 to the early '70s -- except that, unlike most outsiders, he was loved and accepted, with two of his three album releases on a major label, with frequent television appearances and coverage in music magazines. Heralded in his native land though he was, he maintained a low profile from the early '70s, never made an impact overseas, and his recordings have been difficult to access. This collection has been selected by Proud's biographer David Nichols and will engender a new appreciation of Proud's music. Considered by some as a sort of Antipodean Syd Barrett, listeners will hear that Pip was clearing his own private and primal path, more poet than pop star, despite the media attention. Other than one Velvets-style band track, all songs here feature Pip solo, some with appealingly primitive overdubs. Fans of ramshackle, oddball, weirdo portastudio, lo-fi bedroom pop of the '80s, '90s and beyond, whether of the NZ, UK or U.S. varieties, will find a precursor here. CD includes with three bonus tracks and features a 20-page booklet with liner notes by David Nichols as well as Proud's lyrics. CD $19 SKU:16095
PLAIN WRAP/MOX NIX - -split CD ( rare 80s Punk/HC ) -Label:GTA Records ORANGE COUNTY , CA ... A SPAWNING GROUND FOR MANY A GREAT PUNK / HC BAND . THESE TWO BANDS WERE THERE IN THE THICK OF IT IN THE EARLY 80's .THIS DISC HAS PLAIN WRAP'S - "THIS IS PUNK ROCK" DEMO AND MOX NIX - "WE WON'T BE CONTROLLED" DEMO . BOTH BANDS PLAY HC / PUNK THAT HELPED CREATE THE CLASSIC CA / PUNK SOUND . CD $5 SKU:4181
PLASTICLAND- Mink Dress and Other Cats ( post punk psych) SAALE - Label:TIMOTHY'S BRAIN Record Collector magazine in England rightly calls this "a superb compilation of one of the true pioneers of post-punk psychedlia:—and it's true; an amazing collection of ultra-rare early singles from a truly under-rated band CD $12 SKU:5966
PLASTICLAND- ST Aka Colour Appreciation (60s influenced psychedelic/garage magic) - Label:Hardknocks Hard-to-find band-authorized CD version of the 1984 debut album from these neo-psychedelic greats—pure 1960s influenced psychedelic/garage magic, a trip not to be missed for any reason! This seventeen-track CD has all the material from both of these (and several other) editions of the band’s debut, including their hair-raising version of the Pretty Things’ (as Electric Banana) song ‘Alexander CD $14 SKU:8417
POETS - Try Me Out Again DBL ( CD +DVD 60s rare Brit invasion garage ) Ltd ed SAALE -Label:DYNOVOX Double disc set (CD + DVD) by Scotland no.1 beat/mod/freakpop group from the 60's. Limited edition 500 copies only. Tracklisting: on site CD $14 SKU:12758
POISON IDEA- Dutch Courage ( punk rock 1991) -CD-Label:TRIPLE X Recorded live at the Metropol, Hengelo, Holland, 23-03-91. Drilled case promo. CD $5 SKU:701
POP MUSIC TEAM - Society Is A Shit ( ultra rare Mexican 60s psych ) Paper mini slv replica - Label:VAM MEXICO Pop Music Team were among the first psychedelic bands in Mexico, writing original material influenced by Iron Butterfly, Jefferson Airplane, and the Doors (they even opened for the Doors at the Forum in Mexico City). This is a reissue of their legendary unreleased album, recorded for Orfeon in April 1969, with killer fuzz guitar and organ, mostly sung in English. This music should be known to all psych music heads, but it isn’t: so what happened? It’s simple. A demo recording of the band’s track ‘Tlatelolco 68’ was broadcast on the radio in 1969. The Mexican government heard the track, and immediately quashed the release of the album; their objection: the song described the brutal repression of the student movement in Mexico (students were slaughtered at La Plaza de las Tres Culturas in Tlatelolco, Mexico City). For a long time, about 36 years to be precise, no one knew that an entire album had been recorded, or where to find the masters. But here it is, psychedelic garage jams with sweet fuzz and farfisa, including ‘Tlatelolco 68’, which turns out to be a 10-minute freaked out long jam. Sure, the cover art looks like a bubble gum packet (there was no original jacket art, since the album was never released), but don't let that or the band name scare you. This is wonderful stuff! CD $12 SKU:15123
POPPEES -Pop Goes The Anthology ( POWERPOP ) -Label:BOMP (available only thru Bomp until April 25th ) The Poppees were one of the creators and the embodiment of what soon came to be known as the "Power Pop" sound of the late 70s. This long overdue anthology finally gives this notable and highly underrated band its due, elegantly chronicling the Poppees short but influential role in the history of the New York New Wave scene of the late 70's. While anchored around their two classic Bomp singles, "If She Cries/Love of The Loved" (the latter track produced by Craig Leon of the Ramones fame), and "Jealousy/She's Got It" (produced by Cyril Jordan of the Flamin' Groovies), "Pop Goes The Anthology" features never before released recordings, including demos, early live recordings, and culminating with a rip-roaring live performance at CBGB. It is complete with liner notes and unpublished photos. "After all, what would be more punk at that time than being in the Poppees - a band that emulated the early Beatles, from their moptops to their Cuban heels?" - WFMUFormed in In the mid-'70s in New York by Bob Waxman, Arthur Alexander, Paddy Lorenzo, and Donny Jackrel, later replaced by Jet Harris. CD $10 SKU:11409
POWDER KA-POW!: An Explosive Collection 1967-68 ( Powerpop and freakbeat nuggets ) -Label:ACE A 26-track retrospective of Brit- influenced San Francisco trio Powder's late '60s output. Powerpop and freakbeat nuggets ‘Turn Another Page’, ‘Gladly’ and Magical Jack indicate what an unusual and accomplished group Powder was. Fully remastered. CD $16 SKU:16222
POWERTRIP- When We Cut, We Bleed - Label:TRIPLE X drilled promo copies Legendary L.A. Punks circa 82-84 w. Jeff Dahl. All the trx from expensivo and impossible to find lp plus singles trx . Stooges meet Motorhead. Great!. Nice bklt too CD $3 SKU:2751
PRETTY THINGS- Savage Eye Ltd ed GOLD CD Label:SNAPPER Digitally remastered from master tapes w/ bonus tracks import . Formed in London in 1963 by Phil May (lead vocals) and Dick Taylor (guitar) The Pretty Things rode the crest of post-Beatles British Invasion bands with an unrivaled reckless attitude. Along with The Rolling Stones, The Kinks and the Yardbirds, the Pretty Things would help make fashionable the raunchy, R&B version of English rock 'n' roll that was about to change popular music forever. Still considered by many as the original bad boys of rock 'n' roll (first English band to get busted for drugs) the Pretty Things are also the most unheralded of their peers. Especially in America. CD $5 SKU:373
PRIMA DONNA- Nine Lives and Forty Fives - GREAT ROCK AND ROLL Label:ALIVE Born and raised in the San Fernando Valley on a steady diet of punk and glitter rock, Prima Donna are infamous on the LA scene. Their curriculum includes musical road trips with Eddie and the Hot Rods, Adam Ant, Glen Matlock & The Philistines, The Dictators, and even Green Day, who they supported on two arena tours on two continents. Frontman Kevin Preston has also continued participation in Green Day side-project Foxboro Hot Tubs.While touring the US and Europe, Prima Donna was in and out of the studio numerous times, both at home in L.A. and in Milan, Italy. The finished product is “Nine Lives and Forty Fives”, a 11-song variety pack that displays the band’s skills in the studio, and compiles some of their rarest and rawest recordings, including “Rock and Roll is Dead,” available for the first time in US. The song was named one of the Top Ten Songs of 2013 by Little Steven’s Underground Garage. CD $5 SKU:16436
PROMISE- ST ( 80s Beatlesque power pop ala Badfinger, Big Star, early Cheap Trick, Emitt Rhodes, The Raspberries, Liverpool Echo, The Scruffs, Shoes, Dwight Twilley Band, etc. ) w liners -Label:GOT KINDA LOST RECORDS (SPAIN) First reissue of the privately pressed 1980 self-titled debut by Colorado power pop band Promise. "An exciting, terrific British Invasion-styled guitar pop album full of catchy, memorable hooks, displaying a tougher, 'rock' edge than most of its ilk and some excellent softer songs. Equally recommended to power pop and '60s rock fans." --Aaron Milenski, The Acid Archives If you're continuously searching the margins for lost artifacts of the pop pantheon, you can find your daily dose in late period exponents of pure, lean, Beatlesque power pop band Promise. Originally issued in 1980 on the Boulder, Colorado, area band's own Cumulus label, their eponymous debut is filled with melodic, beatific blasts of pure pop, replete with ringing, jangly guitars and rollicking crunch. Co-led by singer-songwriters and guitarists Curt Mangan and Danny Mey -- with aid provided by the just-right rhythms of bassist Randy Jones and drummer Gary York -- the group created an album with precious little allying it to the punk-inspired power pop or prescient new wave of the time, instead choosing to hone in on a classicist pop sound highly indebted to those famous moptops from Liverpool. Abetted by the fact that some of the group's members had been playing together since their teenage combos of the mid '60s, the album carries an out-of-time flair across surging rockers and mournful balladry. Got Kinda Lost Records is ecstatic to give this benchmark of privately pressed power pop another chance to shine with this first ever reissue. Includes exhaustive liner notes by Jeremy Cargill (Ugly Things Magazine) culled from interviews with Mangan and Mey. RIYL: Badfinger, Big Star, early Cheap Trick, Emitt Rhodes, The Raspberries, Liverpool Echo, The Scruffs, Shoes, Dwight Twilley Band, etc. CD $17 SKU:16561
PROPELLER- Let Us Live ( 70s psych glam w liner notes and images, rare track ) - Label:AURORA Aurora presents for the first time on CD the sole album from Propeller, originally released in 1971. Features legendary guitarist Achim Reichel. A totally strange mixture of catchy hard rock, absurdist glam and burnt psych that would come off as cheeky if it weren't for the masterful musicianship throughout. Includes a rare non-album bonus track,Includes detailed liner notes and images. ANd digitally remastered for superior sound quality. CD $15 SKU:16291
PSYCHOTIC YOUTH - Stereoids ( intense Swedish punk/powerpop ) SAALE - Label:BOMP Records intense Swedish punk/powerpop, Ramones meet Cheap Trick CD $5 SKU:2080
PUSHERS- Turning Blue ( Heartbreakers, the Germs and the Pagans ) -Label:DISASTER Records OC street punk skate at its most primitive. "The Pushers are punk ROCK swagger. They're all the energy and deviant fun of the Heartbreakers, the Germs and the Pagans rolled into a band you can go out and experience today! In the flesh! Not in some musty "pioneers of punk" fanzine article. They even cover a Dead Boys song that's NOT "Sonic Reducer"! - Carbon 14 CD $5 SKU:2284
TUFF DARTS- ST - Label: Official reissue on cd of 78 lp from CBGB’s punk/new wave band. 12 tracks CD $16 SKU:717
TV SMITH'S EXPLORERS- The Last Words of the Great Explorer (John Peel favorite ) SAALE - Label:LITA Now with 9 bonus tracks. A John Peel favourite from the early eighties, TV Smith's Explorers never quite made the big time, but just listen to this album... they really had something! Forget the patchy production and mediocre musicianship, this is the thinking man's punk. Traversing the extremes of emotion from depression ('The Unwelcome Guest') to ecstacy ('I Am Your Servant'), this album is suffused with a timeless vigour. The title track is audaciously awesome. And who would have thought that, 20 years on, 'Tomahawk Cruise' would be even more relevant in this post-cold-war era? An ambitious, flawed, masterpiece CD $18 SKU:14452
CZAR- ST PLUS CD w booklet and bonus tracks ( 70s psych guitar rock )-Label:SUNBEAM Originally released in 1970, Czar is firmly established as one of the most sought-after progressive rock albums ever released in the UK. An intense brew of Hammond organ, Mellotron, and scorching psychedelic guitar, it's certain to appeal to fans of King Crimson, Atomic Rooster, The Nice, and Led Zeppelin. Presented here complete with eight bonus tracks and a full-color booklet (incorporating rare photographs and comprehensive sleeve-notes), this definitive reissue is simply essential for all lovers of heavy progressive psychedelia. 180-gram LP with 15-track CD and booklet. LP $26 SKU:16610
HANDSOME JACK- Do What Comes Naturally - LTD ED OF150 STARBURST VINYL W DOWNLOAD - Label:ALIVE AMAZING STARBURST VINYL, this is one of the prettiest ones we’ve done. Each one slightly different, hand pressed. You will want to hang it on your wall, so get the black vinyl version too..Naturally” hits with blues fused rock and roll that truly grips you. There’s a certain charm in the mix… A real honesty that you find in those nowadaysands that are sectioned off from the mainstream… Handsome Jack deliver a confidence that only you can accept or deny. The truth isn’t for just anyone these days.The only factor that suffers with a band like Handsome Jack is the reality of the fact, that music, of any genre, suffers. There is a lot of music out ‘there’ riding invisible rays and available thru a multitude of formats and accessibilities. You gotta dig deep and find what connects with you before it’s lost in the shuffle of the beast called Right Fucking Now. As listens of “Naturally” tallied, the more and more I appreciated the release as a whole… The sorts of fondness that would not be found in a big-shot music reviewer scanning ten seconds of each track then spit out a few adjectives to coincide with that press release. Fuck that.
Rock N Roll isn’t dead if you don’t want it to be. Let’s try to spend some time with a CD or record or whatever, to connect once again. Yes, it comes naturally to just hit the button to most, but not because we want to, it’s because some have too. Take some time with “Naturally”. Turn it up. Sit a while. Open up your mind and your ears. You just might like something after all without being given permissions by the industry. LP $18 SKU:16202
SAND- His First Steps (1977 PSYCH GENIUS)Label:ROTORELIEF (FRANCE) Red & green-colored vinyl version. Limited edition of 777 copies. Previously unreleased album by German trio Sand, recorded in 1972. His First Steps is a forerunner of Golem (ROTOR 006CD/LP/BLU-LP/PIC-LP), the legendary 1974 album from the cosmic and psychedelic genius that is Sand. After the split of P.O.T., the early Sand submerged as a threesome in the basement of Claudiusstrasse and built up an alchemical assembling shop, where they resurrected the archetypical Golem. Sand considered themselves as an exile community in a fascinating area -- full of distinctly bizarre energy. Cover painting by Babs Santini, 2009. LP $28 SKU:17695
THEE MICHELLE GUN ELEPHANT - Gear Blues DBL LP w 7” SAALE -Label:ALIVE This vinyl version is a double-LP, color vinyl, with a one-side color 7-inch. It’s a ltd. edition. LP $15 SKU:4838
THEE PROPHETS- Playgirl- SEALED ORIGINAL w drill hole-Label:KAPP This band from Wisconsin had a promising pop future, thanks to their minor Bubblegum/sunshine pop hit ‘Playgirl,’ but stopped recording after this 1969 album, and then ditched the bubble-gum sound for Jimi Hendrix and Cream covers in concert. So much for a career. This, from Bubblegum University: “The most common schizophrenic theme, paranoia, combines the self-centeredness of narcissism with the hopelessness of depression to make the sufferer feel as if the entire world is against them. Two songs, "It's Up to You, Petula," and the Rare Breed's "Beg, Borrow, and Steal," make the comparison of being kept on a string as a way to illustrate the mental control that someone has over them. The singer in "Dizzy" makes no such metaphor, but admits to the object of his affections, "Girl, you got control of me." "It's Up to You, Petula" illustrates a different type of paranoia, when the singer complains, "I know you've been seeing someone else." The singer in Thee Prophets' "Playgirl" makes the same complaint when he talks about a girl who's been "running 'round on [him]."this band from Wisconsin had a promising pop future, thanks to their minor Bubblegum/sunshine pop hit ‘Playgirl,’ but stopped recording after this 1969 album, and then ditched the bubble-gum sound for Jimi Hendrix and Cream covers in concert. So much for a career. This, from Bubblegum University: “The most common schizophrenic theme, paranoia, combines the self-centeredness of narcissism with the hopelessness of depression to make the sufferer feel as if the entire world is against them. Two songs, "It's Up to You, Petula," and the Rare Breed's "Beg, Borrow, and Steal," make the comparison of being kept on a string as a way to illustrate the mental control that someone has over them. The singer in "Dizzy" makes no such metaphor, but admits to the object of his affections, "Girl, you got control of me." "It's Up to You, Petula" illustrates a different type of paranoia, when the singer complains, "I know you've been seeing someone else." The singer in Thee Prophets' "Playgirl" makes the same complaint when he talks about a girl who's been "running 'round on [him]." LP $10 SKU:17125
THEM- Now and Them (insert w. rare pictures and background info ) SAALE -Label:SPIRAL GROOVE Following the departure of Van Morrison in June 1966, Them regrouped in Belfast and then relocated to California in 1967. An established live attraction, they gigged widely and embraced the psychedelic movement, releasing this fine album in February 1968. Adding a trippy, experimental edge to the heavy R&B they were renowned for, it's best-known for the mindblowing 10-minute raga Square Room. It makes its long-awaited return to vinyl here, complete with an insert featuring rare pictures and background info. LP $20 SKU:15198
THIN LIZZY - Vagabonds of the Western World (’73 ) 180 gram - Label:FUTURE DAYS RECORDINGS Seismic shifts happened between the previous year's Shades of a Blue Orphanage and 1973's Vagabonds of the Western World. Frontman Phil Lynott was still documenting working class life in the group's native Dublin, and the band still featured guitarist Eric Bell and drummer Brian Downey, even if Bell was soon to leave; the shift was in the feel of the album. Between Jim Fitzpatrick's lurid album cover which depicted the band in space, the new, hot-rod-like Thin Lizzy logo, and Lynott's newly throaty howl, it's possibly the first Thin Lizzy album on which they truly could be described as a hard rock band. Vagabonds presented a swaggering confidence, a band buoyed by the success of semi-accidental smash hit 'Whisky in the Jar,' and carved out a moody, dark sound by borrowing bits from the blues, folk, psych, and Celtic music. Check out 'Slow Blues' for proof, and decide whether Lynott or the guitars win the wail-off that begins the track. 'Whisky in the Jar' had been a bone of contention for the band who felt it didn't represent them. Pushed out due to their presence on package tours with rockers Slade and Suzi Quatro, it seemed to seal their fate, and their Vagabonds single, 'The Rocker,' set out their stall for good. The weirdness and idiosyncrasies of Phil Lynott's early songwriting hadn't been ironed out completely: 'The Hero and the Madman' saw them try their hand at acid-fried cowboy rock -- if such a thing ever existed. After the album, and after Bell's departure due to ill health and disillusionment with the music industry, Thin Lizzy were reinvented once again. Lynott recruited two guitarists and the band left Decca to record Nightlife for Phonogram. Their big hits and glory years -- beginning with 1976's Jailbreak -- were still ahead of them, but, with Vagabonds as a centerpiece, Thin Lizzy's early years left behind a cabinet of curiosities." Pressed on 180-gram vinyl. LP $22 SKU:16582
THOMAS FUNCTION - ST LTD edition ORANGE VINYL (GREAT overlooked Southern pop psych - Label:ALIVE Mellifluously mixing genres like country, R&B, psychedelia and blues underneath a sheen of jangly pop, Thomas Function has crafted a stunning collection of epic, memorable pop that builds up to a stunning release." - Flagpole LP $5 SKU:10951
THOMAS, IRMA - - In Between Tears FIRST PRESSING Ltd ed of 200 in Flamin Pink -liner note flier. LAST COPIES! -Label:ALIVE Produced by legendary soul singer songwriter/producer Jerry Williams Jr., aka Swamp Dogg, and featuring Duane Allman on two songs, Irma Thomas‘ "In Between Tears" is finally back on vinyl, lovingly remastered, and restored to its original cover for the first time since 1973. The CD digipack version also includes her second single for Canyon records, as well as newly penned liner notes. "A lost classic that captures deep soul at its most poignant and resonant." -- AMG"Initially released in 1973 on the homegrown Fungus Records label, it has remained well under the radar for the past 40 years. It is one of the finest examples of early '70s soul I have ever heard." -- Blinded By Sound LP $18 SKU:15241
THREE LEGGED RACE - LIVING ORDER /MOURNING ORDERSALE Edition of 335 with 3-color screen print and artwork by Robert Beatty. -Label:TONE FILTH ROBERT BEATTY, who may be better known as a member of HAIR POLICE, ARMS OF SMOKE, and as a contributor to BURNING STAR CORE, has been creating some of his most interesting material under the name THREE LEGGED RACE. Living Order / Mourning Order is a reissue of a pair of releases from 2006, Living Order primarily focusing on micro-tonal shifts and movement and Mourning Order setting aside most (but not all) of the tones for composition. A lesson in the beauty of modern electronics. Edition of 335 with 3-color screen print and artwork by Robert Beatty. LP $5 SKU:8015
THREE MAN ARMY- ST - (must-have for all HARD PSYCH ROCK) unreleased material nice glossy sleeve - Label:WET WORLD RECORDS (USA) Vinyl edition of totally UNRELEASED material by THREE MAN ARMY, a band led by the famous ex 'GUN' Gurvitz brothers. These recordings were initially meant for a proposed 2LP set of their third LP, but to reason unknown were shelved away and their third LP came as single album instead. Nine songs, clocking at 33 minutes now presented here for the first time ever on vinyl, are an absolute must-have for all HARD/PSYCH ROCK fans. Officially licensed from the GURVITZ brothers, coming in nice glossy sleeve LP $12 SKU:15038
THUNDERS, JOHNNY- So Alone- LTD ED Yellow vinyl - Label:DRASTIC PLASTIC Johnny Thunders, founding member and lead guitarist for 1970s proto-punk bands The New York Dolls and The Heartbreakers, was known for a gritty, intense guitar sound that served as a blueprint of sorts for bands such as the Sex Pistols. After The Heartbreakers split, Thunders recorded his first solo album, So Alone, in 1978. Featuring guest musicians such as Chrissie Hynde (Pretenders), Phil Lynott (Thin Lizzy), Steve Jones and Paul Cook (Sex Pistols) and Peter Perrett (The Only Ones), So Alone is a true rock classic, an eclectic mix of rock, punk, and soul that showcases Johnny Thunders at his very best. LP $28 SKU:16208
THUNDERS, JOHNNY- HURT ME -LTD ED RED vinyl - Label:EASY ACTION
Remastered reissue of Johnny Thunders' classic acoustic album, recorded in Paris in 1983. Contains 19 tracks, including "Eve of Destruction," "Too Much Too Soon," "Cosa Nostra," and more. Limited to 750 copies. LP $28 SKU:16819
THURSDAY’S CHILDREN- 1965-1969 - Label:VOXX 200.052 - LAST COPIES Originally known as The Druids when they formed in Houston, Texas in 1964 they changed their name to Thursdays Children during 1965. The first 45 was quite an accessible punk affair, whilst their second and third were more British-influenced. After one final and disappointing rock and roll 45, drugs and the draft had accounted for many of the band and they regrouped as The Pointing Hand Group. This retrospective album on Voxx includes material spanning their career from 1965-69 with 45s, unissued and live material. It's the best source for their recorded output. -- [Vernon Joynson, Fuzz Acid & Flowers]. LP $12 SKU:7969
TIN HOUSE- ST (70s powerhouse rock ) w liners, rare photos, insert plus pic slv EP -Label:LION Includes everything Tin House recorded for Epic, including two previously unreleased tracks and the elusive (and unique) single versions of 'I Want Your Body' and 'Be Good and Be Kind.
Taken directly from 24-bit/96kHz master tape transfers.
Four panel insert has liner notes by Doug Sheppard (Ugly Things)
Photos from the archive of drummer Mike Logan.
Tin House were so good—their music was a hard-rocking onslaught of lust, chops and powerhouse riffs that gripped like an alligator bite—they were signed to Epic Records out of high school. They were respected by Leslie West and Johnny and Edgar Winter. Their album (released in 1971) was produced by Rick Derringer. But like other almost famous bands, Tin House fell away into unjust obscurity. Tin House's focus was on heavy rock like the sex-fueled opener, ‘I Want Your Body,' and standout track ‘Be Good and Be Kind,’ with a catchy up-and-down, down-and-up riff played adeptly by guitar prodigy Floyd Radford, and a driving monster beat laid down by drummer Mike Logan; the song tears in as a fast as a Florida hurricane and sweeps the listener up into its vortex for two-and-a-half minutes of energized bliss. Yet the album also showed diversity: Radford’s melancholy ballad ‘Tomorrow;’ the jivin’ honky tonk of ‘30 Weight Blues’ (a tribute to the band’s 1962 Ford Econoline van); ‘Lady of the Silent Opera,’ which featured orchestration by seasoned studio musicians from New York City’s Local 802 Union to underscore its positive message of “look to the heaven—smile to the blue sky.” Lean, fluid, tight, and the best hard rock album from the USA you probably never heard of (until now)!
"In the twinkling universe of virtuoso electric guitarists that followed in the wake of the genre’s progenitor Jimi Hendrix, perhaps one of the most deserving of renewed recognition is Floyd Radford of the band Tin House, a little known three piece that signed briefly to CBS records in 1970 and released one highly prized album a year later. The overdriven, fluid guitar work—heavy on the wah-wah pedal—is brought to the fore by a beefy full production that lifts the band above the sludgy audio presentation that bedevilled many heavy rock albums of the era." —Richard Allen, Shindig! Magazine LP $26 SKU:16783
TOODY/ WESTERN FRONT - ST 10’ (country punk lost treasure! One page insert included ) SAALE -Label:MISSISSIPPI In 1985, between the country punk band the Range Rats & the mystical psychedelic punk band Dead Moon, lay these six songs released originally in very limited batches spread between 3 7"s. Fred Cole & friends are the Western Front - a shit kicking country band with a sensitive side too. They bring us the excellent ballads "Looking Back At Me" & "Clementine" & the raucous "Orygun" & "Stampede". The two other tracks are the same band backing up Toody Cole, singing two incredibly perfect songs - "Rather Be Your Lover" & "Coming On Strong". This record is a must for fans of Fred & Toody Cole of Dead Moon, Pierced Arrows, the Rats, The Range Rats, Lollipop Shoppe, The Weeds & so on. A lost treasure! One page insert included. LP $12 SKU:15234
TRADER HORNE- Morning Way ( lp + 7”, heavyweight embossed gatefold sleeve, 180-gram virgin vinyl., booklet, LTD to 500 copies. ) 70s psych -Label:FLASHBACK (UK) Comes with Trader Horne's 1970 non-album single Here Comes the Rain/Goodbye Mercy Kelly in a picture sleeve. Includes a certificate signed by Dyble, a reproduction of the poster sent out to record shops to promote the album in March 1970, a facsimile of the large postcard that came with the earliest original copies, and a 16-page full-color booklet containing detailed notes and a treasure trove of rare memorabilia and contemporary press. UK-based magazine Flashback presents the inaugural release on its vinyl-only label. "I would like to see Trader Horne getting more recognition. They have that feel, that warmth in their music that brings it to life" --Robert Plant, 1970. British folk duo Trader Horne released their only album, the timeless psychedelic folk classic Morning Way, in 1970. Produced with the full involvement of members Judy Dyble and Jackie McAuley, Flashback's reissue comes in a strictly limited edition of 500 copies, each including a numbered certificate signed by Dyble. The album is pressed on 180-gram virgin vinyl and is housed in a lavish heavyweight embossed gatefold sleeve. Also included are Trader Horne's 1970 non-album single Here Comes the Rain/Goodbye Mercy Kelly in a picture sleeve, a reproduction of the poster sent out to record shops to promote the album in March 1970, a facsimile of the large postcard that came with the earliest original copies, and a 16-page full-color booklet containing detailed notes and a treasure trove of rare memorabilia and contemporary press. LP $38 SKU:16467
TRAFFIC- Mr Fantasy-Label:VINYL LOVERS (ITALY) 2008 release. Riding fairly high on the success of their singles, the band, whose members included Jim Capaldi, Steve Winwood, Chris Wood, and Dave Mason, released its 1967 debut LP, which also soon shot up to the number 16 slot on the UK albums chart. Aided by their use of unusual instruments (Winwood played the organ, Wood played flute and Mason the sitar) they created a hybrid of pop / blues rock with a sound that was somewhat unique for the time and which soon made them international superstars. This deluxe reissue includes 5 bonus tracks and a poster.
Track Listing:
A1 Paper Sun - Bonus Track A2 Heaven Is In Your Mind A3 Berkshire Poppies A4 House For Everyone A5 No Face, No Name, No Number A6 Dear Mr. Fantasy A7 Here We Go 'Round The Mulberry Bush - Bonus Trac A8 Smiling Phases - Bonus Track B1 Hole In My Shoe - Bonus Track B2 Dealer B3 Utterly Simple B4 Coloured Rain B5 Hope I Never Find Me There B6 Giving To You B7 Am I What I Was Or Was I What I Am - Bonus Track LP $25 SKU:17107
TRAINWRECK RIDERS - The Perch ( with Cd included ) SALE Label:ALIVE Obscure ALIVE release... Great record, last copies! Meat Puppets, Dinosaur Jr., Buffalo Springfield and Creedence Clearwater Revival are among Trainwreck Riders admitted musical references, but it is said that the boys main influence is Rob Kerwin's, Steve and Andrew's dad, music collection of old timey country and fiddle playing. Their new album, "The Perch", is filled with the band's unique brand of romantic urban country, bohemian folk and dirty punk blues, and displays Pete Frauenfelder's and Andrew Kerwin's amazing songwriting evolution, both lyrically and musically. The band has toured the US with Langhorne Slim, Two Gallants and The Black Diamond Heavies LP $10 SKU:10152