Tons of new stuff for you little darlings this weekend, including the new SHINDIG, a bunch of CRAMPS LPS, and a few “LAST COPIES” of label releases from our archives. See below for details. Plus some new additions to your favorite thing ever, our very popular $5 AND UNDER section!

Thanks for supporting our labels, don’t forget to check the ALIVE site for the latest tour news, videos, and more. In label news,we’ve just sent the new DIRTY STREETS album off to the pressing plant, you’re going to love it, James Leg continues to receive 5 star reviews,(plus a nice features in Blues Magazine), and RELIK has premiered GospelbeacH’s song “Your Freedom”. Check it all out on the ALIVE site, and hear samples too. GosapelbeacH albums should be in our warehouse this week,fingers crossed!

Best,
Suzy Shaw

NEW ARRIVALS

SHINDIG!-#50 FACES-Label: THE FACES - Flying: The First Steps of a ’70s rock institution; JOHN RENBOURN - The master guitarist in his own words; DAN PENN & SPOONER OLDHAM; AUDIENCE; OPTIC NERVER and much more! BOOKS & MAGS $11 SKU:16847

HANGMEN - What a Girl Cant Do (reissue of 65 classic )-Label:WINDIAN Originally released in 1965, The Hangmen's first single "What A Girl Can't Do" propelled the group to regional stardom, even supplanting The Beatles on local charts! (The B-side, "The Girl Who Faded Away," is mislabeled.) Remastered reissue. 45 RPM $8 SKU:16849

HIGHER STATE -(CONSIDER IT) A DEBT REPAID -Label:13 O'CLOCK BW IN A WORLD THAT JUST DON'T CARE`` The Higher State is back with a new top-notch two-sider! Picking up right where they left off with their last full-length album, the group has dialed back their sound a bit further for an even more stripped-down affair. Both songs, one each written by band members Marty Ratcliffe and Paul Messis, are really shot through the prism of '66 as the group once again amply displays 60's-style garage moves meshed with folk-punk vibes, whilst as usual adding incisive and thought-provoking lyrics to the mix. Mastered by Crypt Records head-honcho Tim Warren, the new single comes housed in a old-school, die-cut company sleeve with an insert and download code included. So continues the journey for the Higher State! 45 RPM $6 SKU:16822

KILLER BEES- Buzzin the Town -Features two classic KBD bangers- Label:WINDIAN Originally issued in 1979 on the fantastic DC imprint Limp Records, this 45 features the two classic KBD bangers "T.V. Violence" and "Rock And Roll Hangover." Not the usual "DC Punk" you know: It's fucking better! (2013) 45 RPM $6 SKU:16845

CLEAR LIGHT- ST ( 67 psych/pop/garage) -Label:LEEMOON RECORDS (GERMANY) Reissue of LA garage psych band Clear Light's 1967 self-titled album, their sole full-length release.
- Dark rock tunes with forceful fuzz guitars on body-shaking rhythm patterns alternate with melodic tunes that feature lush, clean guitar harmonies.
- Recalls Clear Light's contemporaries The Seeds, The Byrds, Count Five, The Shadows of Knight, and Blues Magoos.
What might have been just one album out of so many great ones from 1967 -- there are a hell of a lot struggling for one's attention -- makes its first impression with a promising cover image, featuring some fashionable youngsters in a patch of palm tree forest and a fluid, light blue band logo above them. The band is from Los Angeles, it turns out -- a promising sign considering the vibrant Californian scene of the time. Then, upon first listen, the first fuzzed-out rocker sends the listener's soul into a state of simmering excitement; the further one explores this piece of morning maniac music the more the colorful aspects of the band's creativity enchant. Dark -- or at least gruff -- rock tunes with heavy fuzz guitar alternate with melodic tunes that feature lush, clean guitar harmonies one might expect from fellow LA natives The Byrds -- it's no wonder that Clear Light were heavily influenced by their compatriots. They try out different twists and turns on psychedelic pop and rock, early heavy stuff, and garage sounds. Their melody writing is just captivating. The most outstanding track on this, their sole album, may be "Mr. Blue," for its remote structures far from the typical pop tune. It starts with a sluggish roll on the floor-tom that reminds one of a scene of a convict slowly walking up to the gallows while the judge reads the sentence; and indeed, there is a voice that speaks to "Mr. Blue" and tells him about his fate. In between, the track turns into a classic heavy garage rocker with a catchy chorus line, and with each verse, spooky guitar howls join the speaking voice. The grand finale of "Mr. Blue" is an instrumental explosion of pure garage psychedelia. More colorful pop with changing rhythms and memorable melodies follows. Contemporary rock acts that were playing in a similar league include The Seeds, The Byrds, Count Five, The Shadows of Knight, and Blues Magoos. They had everything a band needed to become a major act on the scene back then, so why not drag this classic back to the light and inspire younger generations with Clear Light's brand of stormy harmonies and forceful fuzz guitars on body-shaking rhythm patterns. An all-killer release. CD $18 SKU:16841

TELESCOPES- Hidden Fields (psych) -Label:TAPETE (Germany Founded in 1987 by Stephen Lawrie, The Telescopes have been mining a unique anti-myopic seam of highly influential experimental, drone, noise, dream, and psych ever since. Their first record was a split flexi-disc with Loop on Cheree Records. After a two more critically acclaimed singles for the label, they moved to What Goes On Records, with which they released another two EPs and their 1989 debut album, Taste, all of which found their way to the top of the UK independent charts. Tours followed withSpacemen 3, Primal Scream, and The Jesus and Mary Chain, and it wasn't long before The Telescopes were headliners themselves; Bark Psychosis, Whipping Boy, Slowdive, Bleach, The Cranes, and Ride all played some of their earlier shows supporting them. In 1990 the group appeared at one of the UK's biggest festivals of the time, Reading Festival, where they were one of the few bands that wasn't bottled off the stage. However, the increasing violent interactions with audiences at their shows saw the group step away from their noise origins and head toward a more introspective, psychedelic sound. It was around this time that What Goes On folded and Alan McGee stepped in to release the group's material on his Creation Records. The group released their second album and a string of EPs for the label, working with Douglas Hart (The Jesus and Mary Chain) on their videos, visual artist Paul Cannel on their sleeve work and Laika's Guy Fixsen in the studio. In 1992, the group began an eight-year hiatus, resuming output in the year 2000 with a revolving lineup and a stream of well-received releases. In 2011 Portishead invited The Telescopes to play at the first ever ATP festival at Alexandre Palace in London, and the following year The Black Angels and Reverberation Appreciation Society invited them to Austin Psych Fest. Following the 2013 release of their seventh LP, Harm, on Seattle-based label Neon Sigh, the group toured almost non-stop over the following two years, covering Scandinavia, Europe, Russia, Latvia, Estonia, the Ukraine, the UK, USA, the Middle East, and Ireland. Hidden Fields, The Telescopes' eighth album, is an unexpected return from the group's recent expeditions into the outer reaches of free-drone noise -- the psychiatric sounds of The Telescopes in a concise inner sensory rush, and their most song-based output in some time. Recorded in Glasgow with St Deluxe. CD $17 SKU:16842

MICHIGAN MIXTURE - Volumes 1 and 2 Double CD - Label:Particles Originally issued in a tiny vinyl run over 20 years ago, these two legendary compilations are gathered here on CD for the first time and digitally remastered, together with rare pics and background notes. Many of the featured bands shared stages with the legends of the time, but failed to make it big, meaning that their 45s now change hands for vast sums. If you ever assumed that the late '60s Michigan scene was all about The Stooges, MC5 and The Amboy Dukes, one listen to these snarling, fuzzy classics will blow your mind for good. Artists include: The Up, Sweet Cherry, Pitche Blende, The Glass Sun, Dick Rabbit, Popcorn Blizzard, The She-Devils, Renaissance Fair, The Orange Wedge, Clinging Hysteria, 9th Street Market, Ruby, Cambridge, B.C. & The Cavemen, The Chevron's V, The Herd, The Soul Benders, Bottle Company, The Rainy Days and Geyda COMP CD $24 SKU:13621

BOLAN, MARC - ELECTRIC BOOGIE VOL. 1-Label:EASY ACTION Limited edition one-time-only pressing. This unbeatable compilation gathers together 13 rare and previously unheard tracks spanning the career of T. Rex/Tyrannosaurus Rex's Marc Bolan. Includes "Buick MacKane," "Life's a Gas," and more. LP $26 SKU:16777

BRAINBOX- Dark Rose - (60s Dutch psych ) - Label:PSEUDONYM It comes packaged in a magnificent gatefold-cover with rare photos and liner-notes including exclusive interview material. Remastered in the 24-bit domain from the original master tapesBrainbox was something special. The band not only featured some of the Netherlands' most preternaturally talented musicians, but in less than three years they produced a recorded legacy that was truly world class. Much of their best work appeared on their 1969-71 singles, which have been compiled on this definitive 2-LP collection, pressed on 180gm vinyl and dynamically re-mastered from the original tapes. The original lineup with lead-guitarist Jan Akkerman, bassist Andr Reijnen, drummer Pierre van der Linden and vocalist extraordinaire Kaz Lux deliver the goods on pile-driving blues rock songs like 'Down Man' and 'Dark Rose,' and the hard-hitting Hendrix-inspired rocker 'Amsterdam, The First Days' -- all presented in their original mono mixes. After Akkermans departure, Brainbox expanded its musical palette with guitarists Rudy de Queljoe (ex-Dragonfly) and John Schuursma (ex-Rob Hoekes R&B Group), recording memorable tracks like 'Between Alpha And Omega,' 'Doomsday Train,' 'Mobilae' and the blisteringly powerful 'Virgin.' Dark Rose / Their 45s also includes previously unreleased demo-versions of 'Virgin,' 'Dark Rose' and the epic 'Sea Of Delight.' LP $35 SKU:14720

CRAMPS, THE-1976 Demos -
Label:NO LABEL (EUROPE) 1976 demo session with girl drummer Miriam
Track Listing
01. Don't Eat Stuff Off the Sidewalk
02. I Was A Teenage Werewolf
03. Sunglasses After Dark
04. Love Me
05. Domino
06. What's Behind the Mask?
07. I Can Hardly Stand It
08. I See You On My TV Set LP $23 SKU:16559

CRAMPS, THE-Tales from the Cramps (Studio outtakes, Memphis, October 1977) -Label:NO LABEL (EUROPE) Studio outtakes, Memphis, October 1977 and studio recordings from Hot House Studio, New York, February 1979.
Track Listing:
01. What's Behind the Mask
02. Love Me
03. Teenage Werewolf
04. Sunglasses After Dark
05. T.V. Set
06. Don't Eat Stuff Off the Sidewalk, Strychnine
07. I'm Cramped
08. Twist & Shout
09. Teenage Werewolf
10. Rockin' Bones
11. Mad Daddy LP $23 SKU:16850

CRAMPS, THE-Voodoo Rhythm-Studio outtakes 1983-Label:NO LABEL (EUROPE) Studio outtakes 1983, sound checks and live CBGB's 1982.
Track Listing:
01. The Most Exalted Potentate
02. 5 Years Ahead of My Time
03. Wighead
04. Sinner
05. Weekend On Mars
06. Mad Daddy
07. Natives Are Restless
08. Lowdown
09. Zombies LP $23 SKU:16851

CRAMPS, THE-Frank Further and the Hot Dogs,Live at CBGB's, Friday, January 13, 1978. -
Label:NO LABEL (EUROPE) Live at CBGB's, Friday, January 13, 1978.
Track Listing:
01. The Way I Walk
02. Love Me
03. Domino
04. Human Fly
05. I Was a Teenage Werewolf
06. Sunglasses After Dark
07. Can't Hardly Stand It
08. Uranium Rock
09. What's Behind the Mask
10. Baby Blue Rock
11. Under the Wires
12. I'm Cramped
13. TV Set LP $23 SKU:16852

CRAMPS, THE-Hot Club 1977 Philly -Label:NO LABEL (EUROPE) Killer 1977 live set in Philadelphia.
Track Listing:
01. The Mad Daddy
02. The Way I Walk
03. Rocket in My Pocket
04. Domino
05. VooDoo Idol
06. Rock On the Moon
07. Jungle Hop
08. Human Fly
09. Teenage Werewolf
10. Sunglasses After Dark
11. TV Set
12. I'm Cramped LP $23 SKU:16853

CRAMPS, THE-Ohio Demos 1979 ( Studio outtakes, Akron, Ohio, summer 1979) - Label:NO LABEL (EUROPE) Studio outtakes, Akron, Ohio, summer 1979.
Track Listing:
01. Twist & Shout
02. All Tore Up
03. Mystery Plane
04. T.V. Set
05. Rockin' Bones
06. What's Behind the Mask?
07. Uranium Rock
08. Under the Wires
09. Teenage Werewolf
10.Sunglasses After Dark
11. Jungle Hop
12. Mad Daddy LP $23 SKU:16854

LONDON DRI - Western Skies LOS ANGELES PSYCH 1967-69 -Label:BREAKAWAY Limited to 100. Hand-made! Between their 1965 formation and their disbandment in '70, London Dri recorded a small collection of psych nuggets, only two of which made it to wax. This retrospective combines their lone single with nine unreleased gems. LP $25 SKU:16717

MOTIONS - Wasted Words,The Havoc 45S(60s Dutch)- Label:PSEUDONYM RECORDS (NETHERLANDS) When The Motions crashed into the Dutch charts at the beginning of 1965 with Its Gone, they opened the floodgates for a tidal wave of young Dutch bands. Few of them, though, could match the pure excitement etched into the grooves of The Motions 1965-66 singles, featuring the definitive lineup of singer Rudy Bennett, songwriter/guitarist Robbie van Leeuwen, bass player Henk Smitskamp and drummer Sieb Warner. That magnificent procession of songs is laid out for all to hear in dynamically remastered sound on Wasted Words: The HAVOC 45s. The raw, frenetic thrash of Its Gone and We Fell In Love, vibrant, mournful laments like Ive Got Misery, For Another Man and Ill Follow The Sun, the stark socially-conscious folk-rock of Wasted Words, the explosive freakbeat of Everything Thats Mine and the sophisticated pop balladry of My Love Is Growing - all written by master songsmith (and future Shocking Blue mastermind) Robbie van Leeuwen. The latter song so impressed co-producer Scott Walker that he recorded it with the Walker Brothers. Pressed on 180 gram vinyl, Wasted Words features a top quality 350 gram carton gatefold sleeve featuring rare photos and all of the original picture sleeve artwork. REMASTERED IN THE 24-BIT DOMAIN FROM THE ORIGINAL MASTER TAPES LP $26 SKU:14504

RAMONES -OLD WALDORF,SAN FRANCISCO,JANUARY 1978 -Label:ECHOEs he Ramones' first three albums are indispensable artifacts of the late '70s punk explosion, with their venomous fusion of Alice Cooper, The Lemon Pipers, and any other adolescent obsessions and college preoccupations. Ultimately, like their early live shows, these early albums are exhilarating formal triumphs. Their appearance at The Old Waldorf on January 31, 1978, enforced this with an abundance of energy and good vibes. Sweating American culture from every pore in 26 songs delivered with breakneck ferocity. Quite simply, it was a furor that challenged the pomp of prog and rock, drawing on three albums with Rocket to Russia being the most recent. Their Waldorf appearance displays a formidable force of nature in action. Armed with guitars, drums and with the trademark "1,2,3,4" assault, the band rip through their 1978 set list, a near carbon copy of their more familiar January 7 NYC performance aired on the King Biscuit Flower Hour. Incidentally, Tommy Ramone would leave the band shortly after these shows to concentrate on producing, making way for ex-Voidoids drummer Marc Bell (aka Marky Ramone). Fortunately, the records remain, but importantly, so do a handful of live recordings that can at least allow an appreciation of an equally vital part of their legacy. Echoes proudly presents a rare opportunity to capture The Ramones at their explosive best and in their formative years when CBGB's was a minor backstreet haunt. Their appearance at The Old Waldorf, broadcast on KSAN-FM, is a testament to the energy and ferocity of the band as a live act. Complete broadcast on 180-gram vinyl in digitally remastered sound with background liners and rare photos. LP $16 SKU:9703

SERGUEI - Psicodélico 1966-1975 - Label:GROOVIE SERGUEI is quite possibly the best kept musical secret from Brazil's glorious 60's/70's scene. Sérgio Augusto Bustamante was a flight attendant. In the sky, above the clouds, he used to daydream about Elvis. One day, he came down from the heights, added a "u" to the Russian name Sergei, which he took out from a friend. With his colorful clothes, long hair, red contact lenses, and hippie flags of peace & love, the anti-commercial Serguei had a public image much bigger than the number of records he was able to produce. Serguei tried psychedelia, tropicalism, and even Brazilian folk music without settling down into any musical style. His short adventure with singer Janis Joplin (in the summer of 1970 in Rio) has always been the most prominent reason for Serguei's mention in music history; but it's the records he released between 1966 and 1970 that have caught the attention of collectors. "I've never been recognized, few people give me value," he told Pop magazine in April 1978. This is no longer true, thanks to this collection of rare singles. Serguei self-proclaimed himself as “psychedelic” long before anyone else. He sang his hallucinations, found someone from alpha centaur and went in search of peace, from sunrise to sunset. His music ranges from psychedelic to garage psych, fueled by fuzz guitar (a track on "Guitar Fuzz Bananas" bears witness to this), with arrangements that are typical of genius. LP $18 SKU:16099

TIN HOUSE- ST (70s powerhouse rock ) w liners, rare photos, insert -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

WAREHOUSE FINDS! LAST COPIES OF THIS LABEL STUFF,ABOUT TO BE ONE FOR THE HISTORY BOOKS.

BLACK ANGEL'S DEATH SONG-Super Everything L.A. psych-style LAST COPIES! Label:ALIVE Only 3 of these !Last album by this indie LA band featuring ex-members of Trash Can School. The sound combines psychedelic roots-rock ala Dream Syndicate, with the punk-rock-cowpunk of Gun Club and the X's. CD $8 SKU:4462

MOTOR CITY BLUES- VA - WAREHOUSE FiND ( Recorded live at the Ann Arbor Blues and Jazz Festival in 1973, produced by John Sinclair) LAST copies Label:ALIVE Great warehouse find of title previous thought to be out of print, a few copies left. Recorded live at the Ann Arbor Blues and Jazz Festival in 1973, produced by John Sinclair. Features performances by Bobo Jenkins, Baby Boy Warren, Dr. Ross, One String Sam, Eddie Burns, Washboard Willie, Eddie Kirkland, Boogie Woogie Red, and others. "Motor City Blues is that rare historically important recording that also stands on its own as thoroughly enjoyable music." - Living Blues COMP CD $10 SKU:14952

DEAD BOYS - Younger, Louder & Snottier LAST COPIES! ( The rough mixes of their 1977 classic album)-Label:BOMP Records The rough mixes of their 1977 classic album "Young, Loud & Snotty" done by Stiv Bators, Cheetah Chrome and Bob Clearmountain. CD $12 SKU:1937

DODGE MAIN (MC5 Related) - KRAMER,TEK, MORGAN - WAREHOUSE FIND -Label:ALIVE TWO COPIES ONLY! Archive copies previously belonging to the owner of ALIVE.
A blast from the past? This is more like a kick in the gut, coupled with an adrenaline rush - Rolling Stone. The homecoming of Wayne Kramer (MC5), Deniz Tek (Radio Birdman) and Scott Morgan (Rationals, Sonics Rendezvous) CD $10 SKU:2248

PINK FAIRIES- Do It WAREHOUSE FIND- Label:Total Energy From our archive. UNSEALED. 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 $8 SKU:12262

CONCRETE WAVES- Split release with JFA / BLUE COLLAR SPECIAL / The WORTHLESS LAST COPIES-Label:DISASTER Records Produced by skateboard legend Duane Peters, who helped forge the bond between skate and punk music , this SPLIT RELEASE (this is NOT a compilation!) is a SKATE ROCK album that presents brand new studio recordings by 3 cool punk bands. "Sure, JFA (Jodie Foster's Army) has some basic but decent tunes and Blue Collar Special puts up one helluva showing, but The Worthless are the slamming, near-Oi! goodness of this collection. Vulgar, offensive, loud and fucking unstoppable, The Worthless have their shining moment with "Oh No!" where the flaring energy and infectious shout-along takes precedence as the must hear. Worthless my ass! - Technopunkmusic COMP CD $3 SKU:2273

STEPPES - Alive-Alive Oh-Live(Psych-folk masterpiece ) Label:Voxx - Their penultimate release, recorded live in Germany, shows why European audience were so enamored of this band. It begins with the power chords and mystical innuendos of "A Play on Wordsworth" and proceeds through an hour of highlights from their first four albums. European tour recordings with bonus tracks LP $5 SKU:2140

DISTORTED PONY - Punishment Room - (Industrial power prod by Steve Albini ) LAST COPIES OF BOMP release.-Label:BOMP Records This Band took the aggressive punk of Big Black and added an element of industrial power, amped up with their own memorable tunes, in their Bomp debut. Produced by Steve Albini. LP $5 SKU:1941

JOYNER, BRUCE & THE UNKNOWNS- 10” -Label:MARILYN LAST COPIES Anthology of this seminal LA band from the early 80s which recorded for Sire. The album includes unreleased material and liner notes by Bruce Joyner. LP $5 SKU:4494

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CHILTON, ALEX - JESUS CHRIST (1975 power pop) Label:MUNSTER RECORDS (SPAIN) In 1975 Alex Chilton went into the Ardent Recording Studios with producer Jon Tiven and out of some tumultuous recording sessions came a number of loose and unpolished gems, which would ultimately become the Bach's Bottom album. Munster is proud to present this 7" featuring previously unreleased alternate versions of three of those tracks, another instance of Alex Chilton magic. 45 RPM $9 SKU:16756

IT’S PSYCHEDELIC BABY-#1 w CD A must-have for fans of Shindig!, Flashback or Ugly Things Magazine!-Label:MERLINS NOSE RECORDS (GERMANY) 130 full-color pages, glossy sleeve, plus a bonus space rock/neo-psychedelia compilation CD! A must-have for fans of Shindig!, Flashback or Ugly Things Magazine! Read what Vernon Joynson has to say about it: The first Country Joe And The Fish album Electric Music for the Mind and Body is one of the very finest examples of psychedelia and when Klemen found it as a 12-year-old among a pile of his dad's records and played it, his life changed forever. His curiosity led him to research deeper and deeper into the whole '60s music scene. He started a blog where he discussed private pressings and over the next few years, with the help of a network of like-minded friends, the blog evolved into the fabulous online magazine that is now It's Psychedelic Baby!. The name is perhaps a little misleading because the magazine's scope is much wider than just psychedelia. Its scope encompasses prog-rock, jazz, blues, folk, punk, metal & avant-garde music. Indeed, Klemen is a huge folk and jazz fan. Above all, the web site has a special focus on obscure and rare music. At the last count this stunning site contained over 500 interviews with a very broad range of artists and people connected with the music business, as well as lots of reviews and articles. He has done so much original research, located so many forgotten artists and even helped some to find record labels. What you have in your hand is the first hard copy version of this magazine! This first edition is primarily dedicated to Texas psychedelia. The state has a very rich and diverse musical tradition, but in the '60s it produced countless tough garage-punk bands and some of the most demented acid-punk records to come out of the U.S. in this era, as well as some seminal hippie-rock bands. Many of these were drawn to the attention of wider audiences in the subsequent years by the pioneering works of David Shutt, whose Journey to Tyme was a brilliant interpretative discographical guide to Texas 1960s punk and psychedelia and by Doug Hanners' equally excellent magazine Not Fade Away, focusing on the Texas music scene in that era. It is largely due to them and other Texas collectors that many obscure Texas recordings of the mid to late '60s found their way onto the many various artists' compilations of '60s punk and psychedelia that emerged in subsequent years. Now, in this new hard copy magazine, Klemen, assisted by other music historians like Kevin Rathert, has traced and interviewed many more artists and the magazine contains features about Powell St. John, Zakary Thaks, The Moving Sidewalks, Lemon Fog, Golden Dawn, Homer, Corpus, and many more. Be sure to read the interview with Michael Jensen (who was a member of the 13th Floor Elevators in the '80s) and shares for the very first time many stories about Roky and different meanings of some of the band's songs. In keeping with the sheer scope of Klemen's antenna, this mag includes many other features, too. He has tracked down the Zambian band Witch and has a fascinating feature (probably the first in hard copy) about the whole '70s Zambian music scene. He's also found Vyto (from First Chips) and there are articles on the Mexican Kaleidoscope, Bodo Molitor, Anonymous, and reviews of new reissues and new psych releases. There is also a fascinating non-music-related feature about "music as medicine." Read on... I promise you will not be disappointed. CD features tracks by: White Hills, Uncle Acid & The Dead Beats, White Hills, Les Indiens, The Oscillation, Get Your Gun, Farflung, Strangers Family Band, Jacco Gardner, Earth Mk.II, Amen Dunes, Aalto, David Greenald.
$22 SKU:16296

CHURLS-SEND ME NO FLOWERS PLUS ST cd ( Canadian'60's psychedelic )- Label:PACE Chord-crunching blues-rock . Two LPs on one CD $16 SKU:15406

COUNTRY JOE & THE FISH- Carousel Ballroom 14-02-68 w background notes and rare images -Label:KEYHOLE Recorded at San Francisco's legendary Carousel Ballroom on Valentine's Day 1968, this superb live set captures Country Joe & The Fish, one of the city's original psychedelic rock bands, at the peak of their powers, performing a mixture of material from the two albums they'd released the previous year (Electric Music for the Mind and Body and I-Feel-Like-I'm-Fixin'-to-Die), as well as the classic "Rock and Soul Music," from their 1968 third LP, Together, unreleased at the time of this performance. It's offered here in superb fidelity, complete with background notes and rare images. CD $17 SKU:16562

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

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 $18 SKU:16561


31 FLAVORS- Hair (Rare 60s psych ) -Label:OUT-SIDER (Spain) ut-Sider reissues on vinyl this mysterious psychedelic exploitation album from the late '60s.Features raw garage covers of "Hair" and "Aquarius, and some doom-heavy psych burners."One of the best of the psych-ploitation LPs, with more fuzzzz than a dozen 1971 private press hard rockers. Great raw live feel, wild playing and excellent fuzz riffs." --Patrick Lundborg, Acid ArchivesIn the late '60s, a bunch of mysterious psychedelic exploitation albums were released by America's budget Crown label. Issued under different band names (The Firebirds, Underground Electrics, 31 Flavors), these LP's were recorded by an anonymous group of studio musicians. 'Hair' by 31 Flavors is the counterpart to The Firebirds' LP 'Light My Fire'. Along with demented raw garage covers of 'Hair' and 'Aquarius', it contains some of the heaviest, fuzzed out exploitation sounds ever committed to vinyl. You can hear echoes of Blue Cheer, Hendrix and Sabbath, featuring proto-doom, heavy-psych bombs like 'Distortions Of Darkness'. LP $26 SKU:15775

BURNING PLAGUE- ST (Belgian blues psych 1970!)-Label:PSEUDONYM RECORDS (Holland) This edition reproduces the original artwork and includes a detailed biography by Doug Sheppard of Ugly Things magazine.180 gram vinyl; Deluxe 320 gram carton gatefold sleeveRare archival photos includedLIMITED TO 400 COPIES.First time official reissue of highly collectable 1970 debut album by this legendary Belgian PSYCHEDELIC BLUES ROCK band. Burning Plagues self-titled 1970 debut album provided a flashpoint for Belgium's burgeoning blues rock scene, ramping up the intensity so far at various points that it verged on heavy. It wasn't quite enough to make the band famous, but their ballsy blues rock played through massive 100-watt Marshall stacks has made the original LP a highly-coveted collectors item that now commands princely sums. After many shoddy bootlegs, Pseudonym Records is proud to present the first legitimate reissue, 24-bit remastered from the original tapes with the full cooperation of the band. LP $24 SKU:16785

CALLAHAN, EDDIE - False Ego ( rare 1976 California private press gem w. heavy mini-LP style cover, Japanese woven inner sleeves, and a double-sided insert ) Ltd ed -Label:TIME LAG high quality reissue of very rare 1976 California private press gem, originally issued on the Ocean label. “First ever reissue, deluxe and legit, of this quite rare 1976 southern California private press gem. It's a strange, fantastical, and totally distinct album that will have you sucked in almost instantly. This one is extremely hard to pin down - think something like a loner powerpop rock opus, heavy on the psychedelic production values, studio dreamer vibes, and timeless hooks. The songs are unusual but infectious, the production is breezy and expansive but not polished, and the vocals are constantly morphing yet always effective. In fact, the hazy chameleon-like personality here might be one of the best things going for the album, as not only does Eddie seem to be channeling a handful of different vocalists, but the whole mood and sound shifts around unexpectedly as well. The questioning, self-reflective lyrics add yet another layer of mystique to the trip. Musically the mellowest points hover around gorgeous, airy, rural-tinged, floating psychedelia with beautifully layered acoustic & electric guitars, tinkling keys, and lush mellotron. When things pick up they're truly rocking, with tight punchy rhythms and Eddie firing off big chunky guitar riffs like he's playing to the packed stadium behind his third eye. All the studio tricks at hand are put to full use with sweet Leslie guitar effects, special tones, backwards solos, elaborate multi-tracked sound fields, and some of the most wonderfully bent synthesizer soloing ever laid to tape. The perfectly strange and beautiful cover art seals the deal. False Egos is mastered from the artist's well preserved and great sounding master tapes. LP $28 SKU:16512

CHILTON, ALEX -Live At the Ocean Club '77 DBL LP-Label:NORTON Live in NYC-- direct from master tapes with crystal clear sound!)... never heard, never issued...All Of The Time / September Gurls / Memphis, Tennessee / In The Street / Walk, Don't Run / Back Of A Car / Windows Hotel / Can't Seem To Make You Mine / The Letter / Night Time / My Rival / Wouldn't It Be Nice / Way Out West / O My Soul / She Might Look My Way / Dominating Force LP $28 SKU:16789

CITY BLUES - Blues For Lawrence Street ( Ultra-rare private garage blues 67 )-Label:VOID RECORDS (USA Ultra-rare private garage blues LP from the Los Angeles area (released on Nouveau Records in 1967); reminds many of early Quicksilver Messenger Service, specifically the 1966 pre-Cipollina lineup as heard on the Groucho releases. Trebly guitars, wailing harmonica, etc. One of the rarest California private LPs with originals virtually non-existent and fetching large sums. Limited to 500 copies." As Bob Lescher recalled, "I got mad at Dick and threw a harmonica at him. My patience was pretty short in those days. Lucky that he ducked. It left a hole in the acoustics on the wall of the studio. The final track, 'Smokestack Lightning,' is about twelve minutes long with all sorts of noddling going on. It was our take on Butterfield's East-West." LP $19 SKU:16353

JULY- ST - ( rare 68 UK essential psych w poster , insert, 180 gram vinyl,carton cover ) -Label:GUERSSEN RECORDS (Spain) Guerssen Records is proud to release on vinyl nothing less than an essential album to anyone with a minimum interest in psychedelic music. This very rare 1968 UK album, originally released on the Major Minor label, features essential psych classics such as "Dandelion Seeds" and "My Clown." This is the definitive vinyl reissue of this beauty, pressed on 180 gram vinyl and housed in a high-quality carton cover with old-style backflaps and a fantastic 4-page insert with photos and extensive liner notes by UK psych authority David Wells. Also included is a full-color reproduction of the rare-as-hell original promo poster. LP $32 SKU:16563

MOTHS- ST ( UK underground hippie acid-folk 1970) -Label:GUERSSEN RECORDS (SPAIN) UK underground hippie acid-folk from 1970, originally released as a micro-pressing of less than 30 copies on the collectable Deroy custom label. Mellow atmosphere with acoustic guitars, flute, bongos, bass and refreshing, sincere vocals. A few self-penned tracks plus some amazing & haunting covers of people like Incredible String Band, David Ackles, Dylan, Tim Buckley, Bert Jansch. Rated with the maximum rarity on Hans Pokora’s “3001 Record Collecting Dreams”. Remastered sound, insert with liner notes and photos. New cover design (the original album came in a plain white sleeve). “…Enchanting atmosphere and fragrant mellow vibes. Soft vocals, vivid earthy use of bongoes, and haunting flutes possess the LP in its entirety. The vocals throughout are subdued, laid-back beyond mellow...folk lost in a sleepy haze, for the beach on a warm summer's night...comforting diffused light hazily pulls the listener into dreamscapes where flutes softly cut swathes through mists with doleful but captivating sounds, crystalline clarity of sound...One of the rarest, obscurest UK releases” – Stephen Smith (Progressive Music) LP $27 SKU:16280

NATURE - ST ( rare 1972 debut self-titled album by Swedish underground psychedelic hard rock band) -Label:SUBLIMINAL SOUNDS (SWEDEN) First ever vinyl reissue of rare and sought-after Swedish underground hard rock psych treasure from 1972. The band's serious heavyweight musicians managed to create the ultimate so-called "brass och öl" (pot and beer) album. Includes a booklet with previously unpublished photos and in-depth liner notes by Reine Fiske. Limited edition of 600 copies.
LP $31 SKU:16534

REED, LOU - Banging On My Drums w rare tracks, photos and interview -Label:KEYHOLE Includes Velvet Underground classics, solo album gems and unreleased tracks, rare photos and a revealing background interview. This superb live double album contains rare recordings made by rock legend Lou Reed in America, Canada, Australia and Holland between 1975 and 1977. Taking in Velvet Underground classics, gems from his solo albums and a smattering of unreleased tracks, it finds him at arguably the peak of his powers, and comes complete with rare photos and an illuminating background interview. LP $38 SKU:16792

ROCH,JOHN MICHAEL-With You in My Arms Ltd ed of 500 psych -Label:SUBLIMINAL SOUNDS This reissue includes in-depth liner notes by the artist himself and photos. Limited edition of 500 copies.First ever reissue of a very special, mega-rare, and practically unknown Los Angeles mid-1970s pop-rock-psych private press treasure, dedicated to the memory of Patrick "The Lama" Lundborg (1967-2014), author of the groundbreaking psychedelic literature The Acid Archives (2006) and Psychedelia (2012).Although collectors have been searching frantically to turn up every unknown North American psych treasure from the past for some time, there are still unknown and mind-blowing nuggets to be found out there! LP $31 SKU:16795

ROCKIN' HORSE - Yes It Is (power pop ) SAALE - Label:SING SING "Rockin' Horses' "Yes It Is" has been critically hailed as one of the true lost British power pop relics. When the late Greg Shaw (Bomp Records & Magazine) created his Voxx subsidiary, the first single he decided to reissue was Rockin' Horses' 1971 magnum opus single, "The Biggest Gossip in Town." Shaw declared that the single was the greatest power pop song of all time ? heady stuff. The power pop sounds of "Yes It Is" have been favorably compared to the best of The Beatles' "Let it Be" era and Badfinger's early 1970 efforts. As an homage, the band's name was drawn from The Beatles' "Lucy in the Sky With Diamonds" and the album title itself from The Beatles B-side of "Ticket to Ride." Rockin' Horse was formed in 1971 by lifelong best friends Jimmy Campbell (The Kirkbys/23rd Turnoff) and Billy Kinsley (The Merseybeats/The Merseys) after the end of their respective Liverpool bands had split. Joining the Liverpool core duo were hired studio guns: Bobby Falloon (guitar), Stan Gorman (drums) and Michael Snow (keyboards). Having been schooled in the very same musical influences as the Fab Four, the end result is eerily similar to the sound the Beatles were creating at the end of their career during 1968-1970. The album was not an attempt to "ape" The Beatles' sound, but more the end product of having grown up as contemporaries of The Beatles in Liverpool and listening to the same records and playing the same circuits . How could they not end up sounding similar? Locating a copy of the original album is close to impossible and very expensive. Now you can own one of the greatest power pop recordings of all time on vinyl with its original Hipgnosis sleeve design." LP $21 SKU:13792