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Monday, 21 July 2008
As Camera Obscura noted : "A sampler of the biggest hits off our first 10 releases, plus five previously unreleased tracks for the collectors out there...Sleeves are laser-printed on parchment-style paper folded with the disc
and probably in a poly bag with a handful in jewel cases. Art by
Timothy Renner of Mourning Cloak/Stone Breath and Terrastock I and II
poster and t-shirt fame."
I must add that this came out in 1998, in 500 numbered copies and is now a collector's item.
As for Camera Obscura, ten years later is the most established and active label in this genre.
You can visit Camera Obscura's great site, listen more songs from their catalog and buy Serotonin Ronin II (while still in print!)
There's no need to tell you much about the music - what you get is some of the best modern-day psychedelia that will make you say "How wrong I was to believe that they don't make it like they used to"
Track listing:
1 Alchemysts "Forget About It"
2 Salamander... |
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Saturday, 19 July 2008
Early Swell Maps blues sessions? The Fall playing Kinks' songs but they don't
know the lyrics?
There's no other album in the entire New
Zealand music so chaotic, so
brilliantly cacophonous and so totally denying any label, music style or genre, like this double album from the Axemen, released by Flying
Nun, in this great label's absolute peak, in
1986.
Flying Nun was so great because, for several
years, would release music
by any, and I mean any, band that Roger Shepherd, Chris Knox and Doug
Hood thought that had something interesting, no matter what musical
style it had. This concept produced some
of the best music of the 80s, not only because the three mentioned
above have an excellent taste, but also because, 20 years before that... |
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Friday, 18 July 2008
Back in the 80s there was a scene
that blossomed in the Arizona desert. Green
on Red were one the first
and more well-known bands, but they soon left for L.A. Giant Sand,
Naked Prey, Rainer, Woodcocks, Sidewinders, Al Perry & the
Cattle, Black Sun Ensemble, River Roses and many more were
labeled by
the music press as the "desert sound", although there are only three
records that you can actually smell the desert: Meat Puppets'
"Up On
The Sun", Black Sun Ensemble's "Lambent Flame" and
Al Perry and the
Cattle's "Cattle Crossing" - and all three of them have
nothing in
common musically.
The Arizona bands
(mainly from
Tucson) were playing good, old rock'n'roll music, with loud guitars,
high tension and lots of energy. By this I don't mean that the Arizona
scene was just generic rock; on the contrary: around... |
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Wednesday, 16 July 2008
This is the record which introduced the Japanese avant-garde scene to the Western audiences. Fred Frith (the creator and producer of this compilation) was among the very first musicians who visited Japan and had many collaborations with the local artists that today are well-known worldwide: Keiji Haino, Tenko, Chie Mukai, Haco, After Dinner, Mizutama Shobodan.  Fred Frith did almost everything in this record: he discovered the music, he gathered the artists, he recorded them, he mixed the recordings and did the production, he took the cover photo, he even made one of the tracks from the remains of the recordings! (the opening "Fake").
As Frith said in the liner notes "A lot of new rock exists in Japan. It may be slavishly imitat... |
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Tuesday, 15 July 2008
....an exorcism of the Garage demons; "Havin' a Grunge-Fest with the Not Quite"
(the word "grunge" hadn't yet become the property of the city of
Seattle), a full LP's worth of straight-up garage rock. It's a
blistered classic, and a damned shame that it never got released. (from Dark Lord Rob's page for Not Quite)
A loud, fuzzed-out album, better played and recorded than their first (posted here), which was superb anyway...
As you can read in the lengthy interview from Freakbeat #7 (1990) which can be found here, this was recorded for Resonanse label, but never came out, because it was too "garagey". Well, it's never too late to enjoy it!
It contains Not Quite's originals, as well great covers of "Astronomy Domine", Clear Light's "She's Ready to be Free", and "Nobody Loves the Hulk" !
For more on Not Quite and the recent adventures of Dark Lord Rob (including... |
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Monday, 14 July 2008
Colwell-Winfield Blues Band - 1971 - Live Bust
Progressive bluesrock recorded live at the Phoenix Coffee House.
The band had an earlier major label LP in the same style ("Cold Wind
Blues", Verve Forecast, 1968).
Tracks :
A1 Cursin Blues
A2 Have A Taste
A3 Help Me
A4 How Blue Can You Get
B1 Eyesight To The Blind
B2 Sombrero Sam
B3 Don't Start Me Talkin'
B4 Stop Breakin Down
I was happy to see the Colwell-Winfield Blues Band included on a Bosstown Sound sampler because I thought they were forgotten and maybe would not be invited to the party because they were not playing rock. They were definately part of the scene. A lot of us rockers were finding the blues during this period. One of my most thrilling musical experiences was seeing BB King at the Boston Tea Party. I vaguely knew Clapton drew from him. BB's quitar playing opened up a whole new world to me and that night the audience reacted to every bend and trill.
I always thoug... |
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Monday, 14 July 2008
Tar Babies  Tar Babies - No Contest (1988)
Tar Babies - Honey Bubble (1989)
Tar Babies - Death Trip (1992) One of the lesser-known bands on the legendary SST roster, the Tar Babies emerged from Madison, WI, with a distinctive brand of punk-funk that often drew comparisons to their labelmates the Minutemen, as well as the Texas-based Big Boys. Colored with bits of psychedelia, jazz, and avant-noise skronk, their music quickly progressed beyond their roots in hardcore and evolved into a scratchy but danceable, groove-centered hybrid complete with horns and George Clinton-style jamming. The Tar Babies were formed out of the ashes of Madison hardcore punkers Mecht Mensch, who disbanded in 1982. Guitarist/vocalist Bucky Pope, bassist Robin Davies, and drummer Dan Bitney debuted with the 1982 EP Face the Music, issued on local indie Bone Air. By the time of their second release, 1985's Respect Your Nightmares, their funk influence had begun to come into focus, whic...
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Sunday, 13 July 2008
The Isley Brothers - 1971 - Givin' It Back
Tracks :
1 Ohio/Machine Gun
2 Fire and Rain
3 Lay Lady Lay
4 Spill the Wine
5 Nothing to Do but Today
6 Cold Bologna
7 Love the One You're With
Givin' It Back is as much a time capsule as an album. Not that it
can't be enjoyed on its own absolute musical terms by someone just off
a boat who wasn't even around in 1971, but to really appreciate how
daring it was and how delightful it is, that side of its history should
be known. Those who are old enough should recall the time whence it
came, an era in which hatred and disunity over the Vietnam War, civil
rights, school desegregation, the environment, and a multitude of other
issues were threatening what seemed, potentially, like the beginning of
a new civil war, this one not between states but between factions and
ethnic and racial groups in 1,000 individual neighborhoods. The opening
cut of Givin' It Back, "Ohio/Machine Gun," is a slap-in-your-face
reminder of just how angry the times and the people were. The track
evokes instant memori... |
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Friday, 11 July 2008
 Here's a happy summer cross-post courtesy of the kind and all-seeing -Valis from Trip Inside This House. -Valis asked for and did verily receive from nearly a score of bands a brand new song each celebrating summer, the solstice and his own great blog! Yes - 18 brand new psych psongs for psummer! For full track info and artwork, go here. (Scroll to the bottom of the post for the artwork links). Here's what -Valis says about the comp and how it came together:  Happy Solstice!!! It's Summer! (Here, in the Northern Hemisphere. To all of our beloved Southern Hemisphere readers, well.., you'll have to bide your time.) Summer conjures up a massive well-spring of emotions for me and every summer needs ... |
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Thursday, 10 July 2008
Gale Garnett and the Gentle Reign - 1968 - Sausalito Heliport
Gale Garnett Guitar, Kazoo, Producer
Rob Fisher Synthesizer, Keyboards
The Gentle Reign Synthesizer, Vocals
Tony Hill Guitar, Percussion, Noise
Bruce Horiuchi Organ, Piano
Paul Robinson Percussion, Producer
Dick Rosmini Guitar
On her pair of obscure late-'60s Columbia LPs, Gale Garnett had changed from the fairly middle-of-the-road pop-folk singer of the mid-'60s to one far more aligned with the pop/rock and psychedelia of the times. On the second of these, Sausalito Heliport, she was backed (as she had been on the first) by the Gentle Reign. Unfortunately, the general facelessness and purposeless eclecticism of the material and arrangements remained, leaving one to wonder just what Garnett might have accomplished had she been in a band with truly good songwriters. For the songs here aren't much to rave about, sometimes seeming like awkward attempts to get in on the California psychedelic rock action, with occasional downright embarrassing improvised-sounding lyrics on some of the more ambitiou... |
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Wednesday, 09 July 2008
Barbeque music from hell - Steve Albini
Bonemen of Barumba were a unique punk/gothic punk band from the early 80s. They released three records during their lifetime and played at the 2005 O'Banions reunion, though Mark Panick was the only original member. They also made a video (very rare for the bands of that era) and even made a float and participated in a parade in Villa Park. Though not as popular as many of their early 80s contemporaries, Bonemen of Barumba were well-respected for their unique sound and artistic/visual approach to their music.
Bonemen got their start with Mark and Tom, two fans of Super-8 artfilm, decided to form a band after a field trip to New Orleans. Shortly after, they built a Bonemen-themed float out of a 1964 Mercury station-wagon for the Villa Park 4th of July parade. Shortly after the release of the debut LP for Fever, internal tensions within the band forced the breakup. (from punkdatabase.com)
Chicago's Bonemen... |
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Wednesday, 09 July 2008
'We’re Late For Class' Jams With Jim Morrison
Via a medium, stoner college jam band We’re Late For Class performed a 14 minute improvisational space jam along with the disembodied voice of Jim Morrison, the late singer of The Doors.
“Why not!?,” said a We’re Late For Class spokesman. “It's cheaper than a living singer, what with classified ads, lodging and alcohol... and besides, you know how lead singers are to deal with.”
It’s entitled The Jim Morrison Seance Tapes and is their 30th. It’s available for free at the band’s blog, http://werelateforclass.blogspot.com
“So you don't think this is just something we slapped together with old recordings and ProTools... (you can hear) the engineer ask Jim for the ‘post-death stuff... the stuff without copyrights,’” the spokesman persisted. “In the end,” he said, ”it went smoother than our Screamin' Jay Hawkins seance.”
The free download also includes a 14 minute instrumental version for those that don’t ...
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Tuesday, 08 July 2008
With the first notes you're in Height-Asbury in a hot noon of the summer of 1968, listening to an acid jam. Then, your curiosity makes you look at the back cover for info and you realize that the jam is not from '68, but from '98 and the band is not from San Francisco, but from Germany!
This Essen trio released and EP in 1987 and 3 albums from 1993 to 1998, all in very limited quantities (Improvise released in 300 vinyl copies) and gained the title of "West Coasters of Ruhr".
Most of you may recall the name from the Delerium label compilations from the 90s (CK were in two of them).
Cosmic Kangaroos were Mechy, Kermit and Groucho Kangaroo, and in their first release, a 4-track EP from 1987, they started their trip in West Coast acid/psych, although there were still traces of garage sounds. 10 years later we find them in this LP, with two side-long tracks, to fly in acid heaven, trying to reach Jerry Garcia and John Cippolina. Their music in Improvise is, as the title states, long instrum... |
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Monday, 07 July 2008
A raw punk outfit from Fort Worth who were a popular local attraction in their day. Sometimes known as The Jades Of Fort Worth, their second 45 and later pressings of the third one were released under that name, Their third 45 was originally credited to Jades Of Stone. They specialised in cover versions, which they delivered in their own fiery style. On I'm Alright Gary Carpenter set a Rolling Stones song to new lyrics and the formula worked - they enjoyed a local hit. Next up was a Small Faces song and for their third and final effort they choose a Van Morrison composition. They finally called it a day in 1969 by which time only Carpenter and McCool remained from their original line-up. For the first half of the seventies Carpenter played for a showband called Colossus and later he recorded an album which he decided not to release. After a spell as a DJ in Fort Worth he was last heard of managing the Sound Idea stereo store on Camp Bowie. The ... |
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Sunday, 06 July 2008
Ju Ju Hand (Domingo Samudio) (2:05)
Magic Touch (Evans-Livingston) (2:53)
'Cause I Love You (Samudio-Chalmers) (1:57)
Medicine Man (Reynolds-Addington) (2:15)
That Old Black Magic (Arlen-Mercer) (1:44)
I've Got A Voodoo Doll (Gibson) (2:32)
I've Got My Mojo Working (M. Morganfield) (3:05)
The Gypsy (R.W. Reid) (2:06)
Witchcraft (Leight-Cy Coleman) (2:27)
Love Potion #9 (Leiber-Stoller) (2:09)
Magic Man (Davidson) (2:00)
I'm Your Hoochie Cooche Man (Dixon) (2:40)
Liner Notes;
This is the second album Sam The Sham and The Pharaohs have made for MGM Records. The set includes their hit Ju Ju Hand-and the whole idea behind the LP is one of mystery and magic with a beat.
In this LP, Sam and the group make the rhythm pot boil with a wild assortment of tunes that carry the Pharaohs trade mark-that great Memphis beat. This album is a powerful follow-up to Sa... |
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