Feb 2, 2024
MORE IMPORTS + NEW SHINDIG!
Another nice batch of imports for you guys this weekend, along with some warehouse finds and a few new archival sets. Check them all here, new ones are being added every week!
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NEW SETS!
ZEROS- 2LP VINYL SET WITH AUTOGRAPH, POSTER, BUMPER STICKER & 1979 BIO WRITTEN BY GREG SHAW!’ 27062
BATTLE OF THE GARAGES VOL 1- SET WITH RARE ARCHIVAL MATERIALS AND TONS OF EXTRAS!- 26806
NEW SHINDIG!
SHINDIG!-#148 EYES -Label: The Eyes The West London pop-art mods who proved a bit too hot to handle. BOOKS & MAGS $12 SKU:24911
NEW ARRIVALS
LO AND BEHOLD- PHOTOGRAPHS AND MORE- Photographs & More 1965-1966 HARDCOVER RARE! - Label: Who the hell knows what this is, hard to find on the net, seems to be Photo book that was included with "Bootleg Basement Tapes". Really nice glossy 70 page book with lots of early photos of Dylan and all kinds of crazy stuff! BOOKS & MAGS $100 SKU:27059
BEVIS FROND -AN INTRODUCTION TO -Label:FRUITS DE MER Unleash your inner audiophile and embark on a voyage that transcends the boundaries of time and genre.This third release in the 'An Introduction To' series focusses on The Bevis Frond, who have graced the grooves of FdM on various occasions since 2011, when Nick Saloman sent us 'Creepin' Around,' a cover of a Sky Saxon song. This CD selects tracks from their various FdM releases over the years and ends in a flourish with three demos from Nick that are exclusive to this compilation. In reality, The Bevis Frond, and of course Nick Saloman, need little introduction - on one hand, Nick is a brilliant songwriter and guitarist (described by Rolling Stone's writer David Fricke as, "...a Hendrix devotee every bit as tough and contemporary as the serrated guitar chorales of Sonic Youth and Pixies", on the other he has led The Bevis Frond for over 35 years, releasing around 30 albums along the way, many of them on his own Woronzow label, and his band has recently completed a UK tour (which included headlining at FdM's '19th Dream Of Dr. Sardonicus' festival); Nick also happens to be a generous and genuinely nice bloke, who has followed his own path since the '80s and rightly built a fiercely loyal following in that time. CD $16 SKU:26863
CAVEM3N- THE STALEFIELD INCIDENT (heavy rock) Label:KOZMIK ARTIFACT Cavem3n is a heavy rock band from west coast of Sweden with influences from Black Sabbath, Clutch and Kyuss. Cavem3n emerge from the darkness of their subterranean home to pay tribute to the sun god with seven offerings of stonerized blues based grooviness. Think Graveyard meets The Black Crowes, heavy blues meets subtlety. Cryptic lyrics about serial killers, set to a fantastic blend of dark blues and a retro rock vibe only found in Sweden. CD $10 SKU:26763
CREEDENCE CLEARWATER REVIVAL - COSMO’S FACTORY-40th Anniversary Edition DIGIPACKLabel:FANTASY SEALED 40th Anniversary Edition. Twenty pages booklet. Three bonus tracks. CD $10 SKU:27065
DRUID - SEVEN SCROLLS (sonic prog rock)-Label:ATOM Druid is a mind-expanding experiment that transcends genre in order to create a uniquely introspective and massively heavy rock 'n roll experience. The band presents "The Seven Scrolls", a sonic journey through the end of days tinged with prog rock offerings to the many masters of old school. With musings akin to the styles of Yes and Captain Beyond and sonic experiments reminiscent of Pink Floyd's "middle" era, Druid is reaching out with force to connect with the mystical power that the original psychedelic masters unleashed upon the world in the days of old CD $10 SKU:26761
FREEKS - Crazy World (L.A. desert rock'n'roll) Label:HEAVY PSYCH SOUNDS (ITALY) On their fourth album Los Angeles' The Freeks take you on a psychedelic journey from hidden moonlit distilleries all the way up to the Mothership and back down to Mother Earth. It could have happened in 2700 BC and its definitely happening again now as The Freeks continue to ferment their ethanol infused fuzz rock, bead their songwriting to reflect a heavier content and extract added amounts of psychoactive chemicals from the minds of their listeners. CD $12 SKU:27052
HAIR OF THE DOG - IT'S JUST A RIDE (Scottish heavy-rock trio )Label:KOZMIK ARTIFACT Scottish heavy-rock trio Hair Of The Dog return with 'It's Just A Ride', their fourth studio album on Kozmik Artifactz. The record is a return to the band's DIY roots, having produced, mixed and mastered by Tony Reed (Mos Generator) and created the artwork and music video for the title track by themselves. CD $10 SKU:26765
IGGY POP - LIVIN ON THE EDGE OF THE NIGHT Label:VIRGIN NOTE: NOT SEALED Archive copy previously owned by either the owner of ALIVE or BOMP H CD $5 SKU:27063
JOHN LEE HOOKER- VERY BET OF Label:RHINO NOTE: NOT SEALED Archive copy previously owned by either the owner of ALIVE or BOMP CD $5 SKU:27068
MOUNT ATLAS -MISTRESS (70s style guitar riffs)Label:H42 Mount Atlas's bubbling sound of the Hammond organ, their rough guitar riffs as well as the floating melodies will bring you back to the '70s and '80s. At the same time, they manage to maintain their individual sonority. They alternate bewtween spherical sounds and heavy doom riffs, which sound as if played whilst wearing equally heavy leather jackets. CD $12 SKU:26773
MUDDY MISSISSIPPI WATER LIVE - DBL CD SET, SLIPCASE Label:EPIC NOTE: NOT SEALED Archive copy previously owned by either the owner of ALIVE or BOMP Released in 8-panel Digipak with partly transparent O-case.
Contains 24-page booklet. CD $15 SKU:27069
NEW ALCHEMY- -ON THE OTHER SIDE OF LIGHT (new psych)Label:SUBLIMINAL SOUND The New Alchemy is all about Swedish artists Per Svensson and Ebbot Lundberg making dark, intricate, swirling rock psychedlia. Ebbot Lundberg and Per Svensson had started their careers as artists at the legendary Radium 226.05 in Gothenburg during the swinging 1980s. Per was releasing soundart and poetry and Ebbot being the lead singer of Union Carbide Productions at that time. During the following decades both guys have been developing their art; Per continuing on as a solo artist and Ebbot as the well known lead singer of TSOOL - The Soundtrack of Our Lives. Now the time has finally come for them to join forces in the New Alchemy. The band is made complete with an all-star cast of Mats Gustafsson (highly renowned musician with Sonic Youth and myriads of other bands), Patrik Caganis (Union Carbide Productions). The concept of the New Alchemy is to mix, and deliver new psychedelia. This will be done with the constellation of cunning artists/musicians followed by more psychedelic live alchemy, a world wide release and live shows.The new album is being released by Stefan Kerys wayward music company Subliminal Sounds, that has worked with making Swedish psychedelia a universal concern for the last decades. CD $12 SKU:26771
PLANTS -PHOTOSYNTHESIS (acid folk)-Label:KOZMIK ARTIFACT Portland, Oregon's Plants are blossoming into one of the most expansive ensembles emanating out of todays psychedelic underground. Formed by the wedded musical partners Joshua and Molly Blanchard to explore delicate acid-folk terrain, Plants have evolved well beyond their sparse and mystical roots to sail along a rich and diverse confluence of mind-enhancing streams. 2006 bore witness to a trilogy of recordings, from the quivering folk of their debut The Mind is a Bird in the Hand (Audio Dregs) to music captured in yurts and bunkers along the Oregon coast (Totem CDR, Audio Dregs) and the pillow-prog odyssey Double Infinity. Reaching deep within, Plants unfurl Photosynthesis, a haunting foray into gently rippling netherworlds. Aptly named, Photosynthesis illustrates the subtle skill in which Plants extract and blend a variety of sounds to concoct a heady elixir of minimalist psychedelia. A rotating cast of support for the husband and wife core offers a diverse array of instrumentation, including acoustic/electric guitars, cello, singing saw, organ, electric tones, and a guest appearance from Jason Buehler of the band Nice Nice on banjo and "piano box". Gently swirled together, Plants invoke images of a quiet solstice ritual involving early Popol Vuh, the fusion-folk of C.O.B., and a flower-powered, V.U.-era John Cale. Haunting and ethereal, Photosynthesis is a fresh new perspective from the West Coast folk-psych scene. Press Quotes:
"By combining the sounds of old-school heads like Love and Donovan with the modern tape-damaged murk of Akron/Family and Ariel Pink, Plants have carved a nice little home for stoner-nerd bliss." -CMJ. "A warm haze of acoustic-based psychedelia. Those still wary of too much hippie in their folk diet need not fear, for like all the best of the new crop, Plants play it weird." -The Stranger. CD $10 SKU:26767
STANDELLS -DIRTY WATER Label:SUNDAZED NOTE: NOT SEALED Archive copy previously owned by either the owner of ALIVE or BOMP H Fantastic freaky sounds from The Standells – a group who perfectly bridge the garage and psych worlds with their music, and who still sound years ahead of their time – even after the passage of decades! Sure, lots of other folks traveled in this territory in the 60s – but few folks could mix their modes together so well – garagey guitars, bluesy undercurrents, heavy fuzz, and this sneering kind of energy that was punk rock way before anyone even thought of coining that term! The set's probably best known for the group's massive hit "Dirty Water" – but the whole thing's wonderful, and is a jam-packed record of excitement from start to finish CD $15 SKU:27064
STONEGAZER- THE END OF OUR WORLD (stoner/blues/metal) Label:KOZMIK ARTIFACT Formed by longtime members of the small but active music scene in Tampere they bring together an eclectic mix of different styles from stoner rock to southern rock, blues and metal. CD $10 SKU:26764
STRANGLERS- BLACK AND WHITE- EURO RELEASE JEWEL CASE- Label:PARLOPHONE NOTE: NOT SEALED Archive copy previously owned by either the owner of ALIVE or BOMP CD $10 SKU:27067
VAN MORRISON- MOONDANCE -2 x CD, Album, Reissue, Remastered, Expanded EditionLabel:FANTASY SEALED 40th Anniversary Edition. Twenty pages booklet. Three bonus tracks.rT i-fold Digipak includes a 24-page booklet. CD $10 SKU:27066
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ALPAY- YETKE (70s TURKISH FUZZ PSYCH) - Label:PHARAWAY SOUNDS IIn Turkey, psychedelia wasnt just some fleeting fad. Fuzzed-out guitar shredding genuinely intersected with some of the goals of traditional folk & classical music. As a result, even former twist singers & folk balladeers explored some fascinating & wild territory. Meet Alpay, the soccer player turned lawyer turned singer who started matching local lyrics to Western arrangements even before the mid-60s countrywide battle of the bands concerts. These early 70s singles lay down doleful Anatolian melodies, and they're simply soaking in heavy & wah-ed out guitar solos. If you're ready to go beyond Baris & Erkin, this is the perfect spot. Remastered Sound, insert / booklet with liner notes by Angela Sawyer (Weirdo Records CD $12 SKU:19200
BEAUTIFUL LOSERS - Nobody Knows the Heaven (70s French pop Bolan style ) Label:LION To set the scene: it’s 1974, it’s Paris, two young guys in their bed-sit (one of whom is French music maven/famous producer Jay Alanski) are dreaming of counter-culture, and their internal versions of California and New York. The result is this album, a child begotten of Marc Bolan, Baudelaire, and Lautréamont; a fascinating record, subtle and engaging as it is scarce; the re-creation of a parallel pop universe which one Michael Moorcock wouldn’t have renounced. Somehow, the duo get their record out into the world on Monde Melody’s one-off “Silk” imprint (a tribute to Marc Bolan). And what twisted songs (in English) they managed to squeeze into a fifty-minute slab of vinyl. The music drips with deep nostalgia for the decadent “beautiful people” who lived and breathed and then found a home in the songs of Lou Reed and Leonard Cohen, pervaded throughout with a kind of psychedelic sadness. All of this is expressed by means of long jagged acid guitar runs (or in acoustic strums) supported by Moroccan percussion (bongos?) and heavy bass lines from Christophe J. A post-quaalude album, as band leader Jay Alanski has said. If the LP had been released in 1971, everyone would point to T-Rex as an influence, and call it “glam folk”; fast forward to today and it’s hard not to think “loner,” and draw comparisons with the music of Devendra Banhart, albeit recorded 35 years ago!We’re now several decades further on in the world’s slow self-destruction, but this sole recording by the Beautiful Losers has lost nothing of its freshness and superb arrogance. Blessed be the listener who is going to discover such a hidden treasure! CD $10 SKU:11172
BLACK LIPS - S/T(Stripped down and dirty punk rock and roll ) - Label:BOMP Records garage/punk's new kings of mayhem! "Stripped down and dirty punk rock and roll that will suffice for the perfect soundtrack to a whiskey filled night of mischief. Youthful and deep dyed garage rock taken to the next level!" CD $10 SKU:23104
CHEEPSKATES- Live in Berlin (power pop)- Label:MUSIC MANIAC Recorded during Berlin indie days. CD has 3 extra tracks. CD $5 SKU:18771
CYMBELINE-1965 - 1971 (homemade psychedelia, teenbeat and fuzz-psych)Label:GUERSSEN *Insert with photos and liner notes by band member Michael Journath Previously unreleased DIY homemade psychedelia, teenbeat and fuzz-psych/prog by this amazing Swedish band, 1965-1971!! CD $19 SKU:19430
CYNICS- Here We Are ( 60s style garage ) -Label:GET HIP .. probably the best Cynics record ever, on par with their classic Rock’n’Roll LP.Along with The Fuzztones, The Lyres, and The Chesterfield Kings, The Cynics have always been regarded as garage rock royalty. CD $10 SKU:17137
DAHL, JEFF - Pancake 31 ( punk rock legend ) -Label:TRIPLE X 70’s glam feel CD $5 SKU:15556
DEVIANTS,/ MICK FARREN - On Your Knees Earthlings 1967-2001 w Chrissie Hynde and Mark Ramone LAST COPIES-Label:ALIVE On Your Knees, Earthlings!!! is a goldmine of recordings made by sci-fi garage rock guru Mick Farren and his band, the Deviants, between 1967 and 2001. The retrospective begins with the eerie intro "People's Suite" ("We are the people who creep in the night, we are the people who hide from the light"), and then proceeds to lay waste to human civilization with an onslaught of psychedelic guitar. "You've Got to Hold On" combines a folky harmonica with screeching guitar and vocals that are half Johnny Rotten and half Love on a psychotic day. "Observe the Ravens" is a twisted and insane organ jam, like the Doors falling to pieces, and "All in the Picture" revs like a drag race. On 1968's "Last Man," Mick Farren spits with a seething fury backed by an evil ambience that could be a premonition of Bauhaus and goth. That's not all. The retrospective includes cranked-up covers of Dylan ("It's Alright Ma, I'm Only Bleeding"), Frank Zappa ("Trouble Coming Every Day"), and the Rolling Stones ("Play with Fire"). Citizens of the world, bow down. CD $10 SKU:13136
DSW -DUST STORM WARNING (Italian psych stoner rock)Label:ACID COSMONAUT DSW (Dust Storm Warning) is a pretty damn cool psychedelic stoner rock band from Italy. A four piece with bass, drums, guitar and vocals. Leadsinger Wolf has a pretty deep gruff voice and you'll really like his vocal delivery and feeling. The style is dirty, heavy, raw stoner rock riffing, wrapped in short and longer tracks CD $10 SKU:21807
ENGLAND - ST (mid '70s classic hard rock )Label:AUDIO ARCHIVES A re-mastered edition of this rare, mid '70s hard rock outfit's sole album, originally issued in a small quantity courtesy of the Deroy customs label, that spawned a number of collectable releases (most notably by Complex). This edition, that comes with interesting memorabilia, will appeal to those who like a hard edge to their classic rock! CD $12 SKU:20600
FERRIS WHEEL-SUPERNATURAL GIRL(1974 UK's rarest stoner-folk)Label:AUDIO ARCHIVES This is a re-mastered CD of one of the UK's rarest stoner-folk albums. Recorded in 1974, it features 14 original compositions along with fresh sleevenotes etc. This is one of the UK's ultimate downer-folk obscurities with electric sorrow and heartache etched deeply into every note. CD $12 SKU:21840
FIENDS - Teen Trash Vol 12- (60s punk inspired ) Label:MUSIC MANIAC Featuring all neo Garage-punkers from all over the globe. This time it's the FIENDS from Vancouver CANADA with an excellent 60's punk inspired album. CD $5 SKU:13562
FOX MEDICINE -GREETINGS FROM MARS SAALE! (bubble gum glitter fuzz -Label:FORBIDDEN PLACE Born of dark matter, this two piece noise unit combines noise, metal and classic rock, with a nod to experimental bubble gum pop. Featuring Neezy Dynamite's sultry (sometimes bratty) vocals and fuzzy, doom laden guitar with Vanny Keeps on primal drums and synth. For fans of Boris, classic metal, Daisy Chainsaw, PJ Harvey, Melvins, Arteaga, Luciferica, T.Rex and doom rock. CD $10 SKU:19665
GANDALF THE GREY - The Grey Wizzard Am I (classic folk psych 70s) - Label:GEAR FAB 2003 release, restocked. "The classic 1972 LP from 'The Wizard' himself, Chris Wilson. The 1972 LP is considered a combination of folk and psychedelic music, and is really the culmination of many other studio efforts by Chris between 1966-1973. The bonus tracks are taken off four earlier studio efforts by The Wizard, all of which will be reissued by Gear Fab in the coming years." CD $10 SKU:10780
HORSES- ST (Rare 1969 gem CSNY style) Label:GEAR FAB Rare 1969 gem, features songs by Carter-Gilbert who penned "Incense & peppermints" for Strawberry Alarm Clock & "That Acapulco road" for Rainy Daze. blend of Crosby/Stills/Nash/Young and Poco: excellent vocal harmonies, hammond organ & harmonica.3 of the 5 members went on to the Dead-related band KINGFISH. CD $10 SKU:19632
HOWELL,PETER & JOHN FERDINANDO - Alice Through the Looking Glass (trippy 60s psych folk)- Label:LION Trippy psychedelic folk tunes from Peter Howell & John Ferdinando – music for the Ditchling Players' production of Lewis Carroll's Alice Through The Looking Glass from 1969 – plus additionally material that didn't end up in the play! Overall, an evocative mix of traditional folky touches with psychedelia era strangeness – played with organ, glockenspiel, acoustic and electric guitar, mandolin, autoharp, and strange elements of percussion! Includes "The March Of The Chessmen", "Dance Of The Talking Flowers", "Alice's Train Journey", "Dium And Dee", "Alice Meets The Knights", "Her Majesty Queen Alice", "Whose Dream?" and more. CD includes 13 bonus tracks including a number of brief sections and effects including "March of The Chessmen, Part 1", "Jabberwocky Part" and "Jabberwocky Acoustic Section", "Whose Dream? Try-Out", "Dance Of The Talking Flowers Instrumental" and more. CD $10 SKU:11688
HUMAN ZOO-st (70s garage psych) Label:CICADELIC /lion Along with The Human Expression, The Human Zoo were from the Los Angeles suburbs of Westminster and were signed to Accent Records. Their album, released in 1970 was pressed in limited numbers and has become a rare collectors item. The Human Zoo album is a quirky blend of psychedelic, garage, and funky music. Managed by Jim Foster of The Human Expression and originally called The Circus, the band changed their name to the hipper sounding Human Zoo in 1969. Now for the first time since 1970, here is an exact re-issue of The Human Zoo album, taken from the original master tapes with all album artwork faithfully restored. CD $10 SKU:11893
JARDINE- Look in the Window( lost jewel of late-1960's UK psych)Label:LION Jardine’s album was recorded in three glorious weeks in June 1969, at Sounds Aquarian Studios, a stone’s throw from that justifiably famous fashion hub, Carnaby Street. The sessions were fun. Polydor was supposed to release the album. Musicians dropped in to say "hello" and ended up on the record (uncredited)—among them Peter Frampton, Andrew "Andy" Bown (Herd and Status Quo), and Brian Appleyard (drummer from East of Eden). Singer Mickey Cox had been in Robert Plant’s pre-Led Zeppelin group The Band of Joy—it was Cox, in fact, who became their singer when Plant left the band. But suddenly, thanks to band management problems, the LP was shelved. Keith Law, who had written all of the songs, joined Velvett Fogg for their only album, and Jardine was forgotten. Now, forty years later, you can be among the first to discover the brooding excellence of these tracks, music both strange and sinister, with moments of fragile beauty. There are some very pretty songs here (haunting melodies abound), but there is no escaping the dark side of life (‘Masochists of Strangulation,’ ‘Execution of the Child,’ and monumental dirge ‘Blackbirds of Jardine’, which tells of self-same birds, and the fact that they will “destroy you, and leave you pain, pain, pain”), songs perhaps more akin to the band Comus than to anything else we have encountered from the psychedelic era. There are also heavy guitar solos, churning organ, flute, and flowing sitar, for good measure. A 16-page booklet includes a band history lyrics, and comments on the songs by Keith Law. A lost jewel of late-1960's UK psychedelia, from a short-lived but charismatic band! CD $10 SKU:10134
JUAN DE LA CRUZ-HEMIG NATIN(GREAT 70S GARAGE PSYCH from the Philippines)Label:VICOR First release of this essential album (1973) by hard-rock powerhouse power trio (a band, not a man) from the Philippines, who flourished in the 1970s-their first studio only album .Includes the garage-psych great, I Wanna Say Yeah. CD $10 SKU:26038
LANDING- THIRD SIGHT (rural psych 70s style) SAALE! Label:EL PARAISO Connecticut's Landing have specialized in a mild and rural kind of psychedelia for almost two decades. 'Third Sight' - recorded specifically for El Paraiso Records' Impetus series - builds on the hallucinatory soundscapes of the band's earliest days. There's a unique sense of motoric drift to these four long pieces, and an or-ganic blend of rock instrumentation and analog electronics that brings to mind Eno's best 1970s collaborations. But the group's flair for fuzzy drones and new weirdsy commune-folk also betrays their affiliation with the experimental American east coast scene - playing shows with Bardo Pond and releasing a split EP with Windy & Carl among other things throughout their career. CD $10 SKU:21560
LONDON DRI - Western Skies 1967-69 LOS ANGELES PSYCH Label:BREAKAWAY 8-page booklet with history by Mike Dugo & pics - London Dri had it all: From garage-rock to classic US psychedelia to UK styled Mod/psych. Finally here’s the band’s legacy—11 killer tracks in their distinctive London Dri style. CD $14 SKU:16371
LOVE LIVE LIFE + 1- Love Will Make A Better You (Japanese psych) Label:DRONE SYNDICATE Number six on the Japrocksampler Top 50, available again for the first time in over a decade! "Commencing with singer Akira Fuse's goggle-eyed one-day-old-baby innocence, Love Live Life + 1's album opener 'The Question Mark' escorts us through an eighteen-minute free-rock R&B adventure like nothing before or since. Clanking harsher than even the title track of Funkadelic's Free Your Mind & Your Ass Will Follow, and twice as long; cosmic as the Cosmic Joker's Galactic Supermarket, and gnarly as John McLaughlin's out-there-a-minute axe excursions on Miles's 'Right Off'' or his own Devotion solo LP, do these guys fight for their right to party! The mellower second side includes the insanely brilliant eight-minute epic 'Shadows Of My Mind', in which Akira Fuse sings like some drunken Italian baritone, while atonal swooping strings and crazy brass support/undermine him; then it's off into a juggernaut bass-heavy clatter-thon with duel-axe outrage of the highest level. And how about that title track whose catchy bastard licks unashamedly rip Sly's 'I Want To Take You Higher', but still have you singing along with Fuse? The record closes brilliantly with the demented 'Facts About It All', which opens like Fuse laying a grunting 6/8 James Brown/Eric Burdon ballad on us. But no, this miniature R&B opera says in 2 minutes and 56 seconds what prog bands took a whole side to say. All hail visionary genius Ikuzo Orita for uniting his fave guitarist Kimio Mizutani with the errant free-jazz Gibson 335 of Takao Naoi, whose brittle spittle pops permanent wheelies around these slippery rhythm tracks. Also hail Orita for recognizing the genius of these songs of sax player Kei Ichihara, for trusting Akira Fuse's professionalism and open-mindedness, and for seeing this 33-minute-long classic to its unlikely conclusion." CD $10 SKU:10256
LOVETONES - Be What you Want (AUSSIE psychpop) promo- LAST copies Label:Evil 9 (same as regular, in plastic envelope with a drilled bar code, but includes booklet.)
Although these guys are from Sydney Australia, if you didn't know any better you'd swear they were from the UK, as Be What You Want is filled with the kind of textural, psychedelic-tinged sounds that the un-informed mainstream press will liken to Radiohead. Lead vocalist Matthew Tow (formerly of Drop City) possesses a powerful instrument indeed, which serves the band well on cool, Brit-pop tunes like 'The Sound And The Fury', 'Give It All I Can', and 'Something Good'. The album has its lighter moments as well; 'Drink The Night (My Love)' will recall Squeeze with its octave-separated vocal harmonies and 'The One And Only', with its soulful bent guitar notes, is as catchy as pop music gets. There's also the standout ballad 'It's Always Been This Way', which has the kind of gut-wrenching impact that Dennis Wilson provided on Pacific Ocean Blue. Good stuff, this! (Shindig review).
"Guided by brilliant production, Be What You Want, is a pop-rock classic. Distinguished by golden melodies and a subject matter that is emotionally direct and largely autobiographical, the Lovetones are reviving the true essence of psychedelic pop."[Rolling Stone]
"The best Australian band you haven't heard of yet. This punchy debut will be blasting from a radio speaker near you soon. It leaves you hungry for more."[Courier Mail].
Out of print now, BUT we have a few promo copies, packed in heavy plastic sleeves rather than jewel cases and with a hole drilled thru thebar code, otherwise like regular copies CD $5 SKU:10387
MAYFIELD'S MULE - ST (60s Brit pop psych )Label:NIGHTWINGS Guitarist, vocalist and songwriter CHRIS MAYFIELD began to play at the beginning of the Sixties in local Kent band The MORAL SET, then went on to the usual plethora of bands and sessions, playing with the earliest NIRVANA, JOHN GUSTAFSON, GENE LATTER and IAN HUNTER among the others. In 1968 after a few disappointing musical adventures, Chris joined AMEN CORNER as a roadie/driver, but his girlfriend passed some of his demos to Amen's sax player, MIKE SMITH, who immediately got them to various labels, EMI approved and immediately signed Chris to a recording deal. PETE SAUNDERS (k), STEVE BRADLEY (b) and ex-ELASTIC BAND SEAN JENKINS (d) soon joined and MAYFIELD's MULE was born. Three Parlophone singles were recorded in a few months and the band also began to work on an album at Abbey Road studios. But something went wrong and the LP was apparently shelved, gaining instead an incredible Uruguayan release on local Emi-Odeon label, without any involvement and knowledge from the band. Mayfield's Mule went on for a while longer, recruiting brothers MIKE and ANDY SCOTT, and then called it a day. While Sean Jenkins played a few months with HENRY COW and Andy Scott resurfaced in The SWEET, Chris Mayfield joined forces with JOHN KONGOS to record some demos of his new material. He then met up with an old friend from Kent NOEL REDDING (late of Jimi Hendrix Band and Fat Mattress) and they formed the shortlived BRAIN POLICE, which became (without Chris) ROAD and finally The NOEL REDDING BAND. This CD contains all the best Mayfield's Mule recordings, drawing from both the singles and the album. The music is basically rock but with hints of prog, blues, rural and even a bit of soul thrown in. All tracks have been digitally remastered from the original tapes, licensed by EMI UK. The 12 pages booklet features the band's detailed story, with never-seen-before photos and Mayfield's own anecdotes. CD $10 SKU:23587
MOOON-SafariDutch 70s style psych pop, acid-folk)Label:BICKERTON Blending psychedelic pop, acid-folk and bits of progressive rock, here's a wonderful, dreamlike album by the Dutch band Mooon. CD $10 SKU:21801
MORGAN, SCOTT- ST (Sonics Rendezvous /RAtionals ) - Label:ALIVE The legendary Scott Morgan (Rationals, Sonic's Rendezvous Band, The Solution) has teamed up with some of Detroit's most highly regarded underground luminaries to make his definitive solo album. Scott Morgan is a first rate rock singer, admired by everyone from Mitch Ryder to Nathaniel Mayer, from Rob Tyner to Iggy. Since his 70's stint in Sonic's Rendezvous Band, Scott has made a lot of great music with a variety of bands, a lot of loud motor city style stuff, and some straight up soul music as well, but this is his first proper solo outing. Scott Morgan, the album, is a point where Detroit soul tradition meets Ann Arbor music history in a blast of Downtown Detroit contemporary rockn'roll culture. It is brought to you by the producers responsible for records by Nathaniel Mayer, The Go, The White Stripes, The Sights, Outrageous Cherry, and a whole lot of other good stuff!
CD $10 SKU:11408
MUNSON ,ALAN -First light (70s Calif laid back psych) Label:GUERSSEN And here’s the last of the 70’s works by our friend Munson! This one got released in 1979, again in small quantities, on the Parallax label in California. The “First light” album doesn’t easily fit into a music category box. The songs range from psych rock, to some fairly laid back folk-rock, and even a song with a country rock feel. Instruments played on the record include electric and acoustic guitars, electric bass and drums. Lead solos are all played on electric guitar; a clean sound on the acoustic based songs and guitar effects were used on the psych rock songs. Strong lead vocals and background harmony vocals, making this another excellent album as a result. Also one unreleased bonus track is added, all remastered from the original tapes. First time ever reissue as well; comes with a booklet, and outer carton slimcase CD $10 SKU:20126
NOMADDS- ST ( 60's pop POKORA FAVE!) digipack -Label:WAYBACK RECORDS Watch out for the spelling of this album rarity by Illinois 60s band "NOMADDS". This is one of the real rare 60s albums, marked with four stars in Pokoras "1001 Rare Record Cover Book" and gets mentioned in Ugly Things "20Little-Known Albums That Need To Be Reissued" Section Amazing in its Beatle-like classiness and talent." (Patrick Lundborg - Author of Acid Archives). REMASTERED TO EXCELLENT SOUND, ORIGINAL COVER, 500 copies only. CD $10 SKU:10909
OHO - Okinawa (70s prog psych ) Comes housed in high gloss tri-fold bismal pink digipak Label:ROCKADROME Official reissue of this rare tripped-out progressive psychedelic rock private press record out of Baltimore circa 1974. Should appeal to fans of the Frank Zappa, Captain Beefheart, Gentle Giant school of progressive music as well as those looking for something original, psychedelic and/or bizarre and daring. Comes housed in high gloss tri-fold bismal pink digipak CD $14 SKU:11719
ORANGE DROP -STONED IN LOVE (Dreamy psych acid laced sounds) SAALE! Label:MEGA DODO Hailing from Philadelphia, The Orange Drop blends dreamy psychedelia with some darker, acid-laced sounds of the '60s. Brian Jonestown Massacre fans (particularly of the early records) should appreciate The Orange Drop's approach that is both lo-fi and polished. If this is garage rock, it was made in a garage that conceals an amateur LSD lab. Orange Drop re-invents '60s psychedelia with a 21st century twist of experimentalism! CD $14 SKU:20992
OVERCOAT (Marshmallow Overcoat)- A Touch of Evil(60'S FUZZ-PUNK inspired GARAGE )SALE - Label:MUSIC MANIAC 2ND STUDIO ALBUM by LOS ANGELES "OVERCOAT' previously known as 'MARSHMELLOW OVERCOAT"! 60'S FUZZ-PUNK inspired GARAGE SCREAMERS. Lots of desperate SCREAMS, FUZZ and TAMBOURINES! FILE UNDER 'FUZZTONES', "DEAD MOON', etc! CD $8 SKU:14654
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 $10 SKU:11175
ELECTRIC PSYCHEDELIC SITAR HEADSWIRLERS - VOL 4 ( 60s and '70s psych obscurities )LAST ONE! - Label:PURPLE LANTERN Some copies of the long out-of-print volume four have turned up, and here they are, available exclusively from us! Typical colorful and stunning packaging, with the usual host of Electric Sitar wonders from the '60s, '70s, '80s and '90s with Mecky Mark Men, Ugly Ducklings, Wizz Jones, New Tweedy Brothers, COB, Popera Cosmic and more!
T COMP CD $12 SKU:10757
GOLDEN GRASS/- 4 WAY SPLIT-4-Way Split Vol. 2 (HEAVY PSYCH SOUNDS. -Label:HEAVY PSYCH SOUNDS (ITALY) KILLER BOOGIE/WILD EYES/BANQUET After spacing out fiercely on the first volume of the Heavy Psych Sounds 4-Way Split, it's time to hit the ground running! The HPS 4-Way Split Vol. 2 brings funked-out '70s boogie down the highway with heavy hitters Wild Eyes, recent HPS-signees Banquet, Brooklyn sunshine rockers The Golden Grassand fuzz traditionalists Killer Boogie. All four bands bring a fresh sound to classic heavy rock, and after uniting Naam, White Hills, Black Rainbows and The Flying Eyes to highlight trippy psychedelic groove, HPS 4-Way Split Vol. 2 gives an earthier take while continuing to feature some of the underground's best up and coming acts! COMP CD $12 SKU:17749
MIXED UP MINDS - Pt 3 British Pop - Label:PARTICLES The Mixed Up Minds series sets forth into the deep and wondrous valleys of British pop, daring to bring forth a collection of rare, overlooked and obscure gems that have so far eluded compilers worldwide, gleaned from the flamboyant underbelly of British rock and adolescent pop of the late 60s & early 70s. This eagerly anticipated third volume presents twenty slabs of melodic disgrace from a variety of bad-tempered boy bands when it was cool to be boys in a band! On this collection, we present the final days of British Garage punk with echoes of freakbeat and psychedelia being laid to rest in this celebratory volume of Rare and obscure British Rock and pop. COMP CD $19 SKU:14439
MIXED UP MINDS - Pt 13 Obscure Rock And Pop From The British Isles 1970-1973 - Label:PAST & PRESENT (UK) 'OBSCURE ROCK & POP FROM THE BRITISH ISLES 1969-1973' - Part 13 offers another tantalising dose of forgotten dreams from the suburban drifts of late '60s and early '70s Britain. The 20-page full-colour booklet includes liner notes and images. COMP CD $19 SKU:19564
TRIP IN TYME -Vol 1-23 time travelling moody US '60s garage sounds Label:MANIC MUSTANG 25 track collection of US mid sixties rarities including rare and amazing snotty '60s punk, cool teen garagers and excellent moody winners. All contributions from famous Lance LP series. Featuring PIED PIPERS, SIR LAURENCE & THE CRESCENTS, VILLAGERS, SCHOLARS, TORQUAYS, SLEEPLESS, KNIGHTS, SITES N SOUNDS, SNAILS, DICKEY TREADWAY & SALADOS, VOXMEN, FABULOUS ROYALS, THE PAATZ, OVAITT BROTHERS, CLANN, SANDPIPERS, etc. Coloured label reprints, painstakingly remastered and 90% of all tracks never before on CD. A definitive '60s garage collector must-have. COMP CD $12 SKU:17712
TRIP IN TYME -Vol 5- 22 time travelling US '60s garage jewels-Label:MANIC MUSTANG iLmited edition 500 copies. A cool collection of US mid sixties rarities including rare and amazing snotty '60s punk, cool teen garagers and excellent moody winners. The CD has a whole lot of megarare garage 45s, 90% of all tracks never before on CD, many previously uncompiled. Coloured label reprints for the garage connisseur's perfect pleasure. Includes tracks by VOXMEN, END RESULT, VEE JAYS, MARK 5, NOVAS, TOMBSTONES, STONE CUTTERS, GLASS THREADS, PUBS, UNITED NOTIONS, SATINS and many more COMP CD $14 SKU:18363
TRIPWAVE-VOL 2 (RUSSIAN PSYCH/PROG) SAALE -Label:TRAIL A compilation of some of the best psychedelic and progressive music to come out of Russia during the last 20 years! A treat for the more adventurous space-, psych- and prog-rock lover. COMP CD $10 SKU:19352
WE'RE GONNA MISS YOU- VA-Roky Erickson tribute black SAALE!Label:Third Eye Stimuli We're Gonna Miss You' is the first posthumous tribute to one of the most influential pioneers of 'psychedelic' rock, Roger 'Roky' Erickson. Despite leaving his earthly incarnation in 2019, echoes of Roky's creations, particularly his work with '60s Austin rockers The 13th Floor Elevators, are certainly alive and well today. COMP LP $28 SKU:25397
BASH DOGS -DISCO COWBOY- surf/garage/psych WHITE VINYL Label:GREEN COOKIE After cementing their status as the hosts of the grooviest party in town, Los Angeles quartet The Bash Dogs are gearing up to release their debut album. Coming from the city where surf/garage/psych bands are never in short supply, the recent times have felt repetitive and stale to the band. Now influenced by classic funk and disco, their sound has been transformed. With the spark of this newfound energy and the space to push their songwriting and playing to new levels, surf disco was born. Comes on white vinyl. LP $15 SKU:25400
BLACK GREMLIN -The Fun is Over (The MC5, The Pink Fairies, Motörhead style) SAALE! Label: RETRO VOX Based in Parma, Black Gremlin releases 12 shameless tracks full of attitude and ignorance. Compared to the band's previous EP, this album sounds slightly more retro. Influences include The MC5, The Pink Fairies, Motörhead, Zeke and Thin Lizzy's rowdy and rough rock'n'roll. The whole thing is dressed up with the sharp riffs and the fast rhythms of early '80s thrash metal and hc punk LP $19 SKU:23485
BODKIN-ST (super rare, killer 1972 Scottish hard psych/prog) SAALELabel:SEELIE COURT A super rare, killer 1972 Scottish hard psych/prog LP, full of solid organ work and heavy guitar riffing, sees a reissue on vinyl, with audio taken from the original tapes! LP $22 SKU:25507
BREAD LOVE AND DREAMS-1969 Flower Power Folk classic w insert and rare images- Label:MAGIC BOX Originally released in September 1969, the first album by this Scottish underground psych folk act offers delicate, melodic ballads with beautiful vocal harmonies and a psychedelic twist. Long established as a rare collectable in its original form, it makes its long-awaited return to vinyl here, together with an insert containing background notes and rare images. LP $25 SKU:25854
LES RENCARDS (rock'n'roll, freakbeat and garage.)SAALE Label:GROOVIE A Frenchman, a Brazilian and two Catalans meet at a bar, little later get drunk and that's how the new made in Barcelona sensation of "French yé-yé punk" is born: a frontwoman and three nutters behind, all in love with the loudest sounds of rock'n'roll, freakbeat and garage. These are European scene veterans, they've already perf19ormed in Les Mortettes, Els Trons, Thee Grandaddies, Flashback V, The 54321s, Missing Souls and The Cavemen Five amongst other bands. Les Rencards have been produced by Mike Mariconda -that's nothing- and feel eager to go wild on stage at Ye-Yé '22 ¡Vive la fête! LP $15 SKU:25506
REVEREND BEAT-MAN & THE UNDERGROUND-IT'S A MATTER OF TIMELabel:VOODOO RHYTHM Reverend Beat-Man & the Underground locked themselves up in a chalet in the Swiss mountains for a week and wrote this album. Doom blues and nasty no-future-wave with synth folk trash. These are all first take recordings... no overdubs... everything is recorded live... and mixed a few weeks later by Matteo Bordin at Outside Inside Studio. This is doom blues or no-wave rock'n'roll from the Swiss mountains. LP $18 SKU:25414
SNAILS (UK)- SAFE IN SILENCE (60s psych pop style)blue vinyl SAALE!Label:FERAL CHILD Repress by the band themselves of 500 copies on blue vinyl. The debut-LP from Bristol's Snails is a beautifully consistent work which more than builds on the early promise shown on the band's two 45s for The Great Pop Supplement label. "Succulently wrapped in a classically toned pop vintage that cools with a deceptively soft stroke of '60s psych pop bubble grooves." ~The Sunday Experience. LP $19 SKU:25909
SONIC DAWN - ENTER THE MIRAGE (Blazing psych)SAALELabel:HEAVY PSYCH SOUNDS Arguably the most blazing and powerful album yet by The Sonic Dawn. It has an unusual live feel for a studio album, packing much of the raw energy and electricity that has made The Sonic Dawn's psychedelic concerts famous in the rock underground. LP $18 SKU:22930
STRAITJACKET- DEMENTED PERVERTS (early Swedish punks 1977) SAALE Label:BUSY BEE Straitjacket with Freddie Wadling on bass and vocals was one of the first punk bands in Sweden. The first gig took place at a motorcycle club and at a gig shortly afterwards, the band was offered money by the organizer to leave the stage prematurely. The band split in the summer of 1978 and the members continued in bands such as Liket Lever, The Leather Nun and Blue For Two.
Straitjacket never had time to make an album, but Busy Bee Production has searched in the members' stashes and can more than 40 years later finally release the mythical Gothenburg
punks on LP. The album consists of a collection of demos
and a live recording from the last concert at the legendary
club Errol's in 1978. LP $25 SKU:25725
TELESCOPES -#4(2LP)Timeless 20th anniversary edition.SAALELabel:Weisskalt Records Timeless 20th anniversary edition. Tomorrow music from the past, forever in the present. First time ever on vinyl. Double vinyl at 45rpm for better and more expansive sound quality with new album artwork. Released on Australian independent record label Weisskalt. Manufactured by long-standing Australian pressing plant Zenith. Like the missing soundtrack to a David Lynch film. Created between 2002 and 2004 using unseen forces and home made/improvised instrumentation. Shape shifting audio druidry and stone age free drone repetition. Mindscapes of merge and misheard whispers. Death rattles pulse driven twangs and broken bones. Limited to 300 copies on clear red vinyl. LP $32 SKU:25906
TRANS LUV AIRLINES-VRIJE VAL- SAALE! (60s 70s style fuzz reverb) -Label:DOWN AT THE NIGHTCLUB
An album full of love for the '60s and '60s love. Drenched in fuzz, reverb and healing simplicity.Comes with a luxury lyrics text sheet. Limited to 400 copies. LP $15 SKU:20556
WEDNESDAY KNIGHTS -MY PROBLEM IS YOU(60s/70s style garage punk) SALE! Label:BACK TO BEAT My Problem Is You' is the debut long player from Norway's The Wednesday Knights, containing 12 songs recorded live in the studio over a weekend. The music is on the punky side of garage rock, taking inspiration from sixties garage rock, seventies punk and pub rock, eighties garage revival, Medway garage and rhythm & blues. The Wednesday Knights play garage rock without aping current trends in garage and without trying to sound like an exact copy of a 1966 band (you'll never see them in matching suits). Ten original songs and two covers (by The Modds and The Passions LP $15 SKU:23483
WHYS-A DAY ON MERCURY (Japanese surf)- SAALE Label:SURF COOKIE Finally! This is the album from the Japanese instrumental surf ladies The Whys. Produced by Chris Jack from the Routes. LP $15 SKU:25401