sábado, 9 de abril de 2022

DAYBREAK - Daybreak [USA, Pearl River, NY, psychedelic rock 1971] 2017 Out-Sider OSR064

 


Originally released in 1971. This elusive US private pressing was originally released on the legendary RPC custom label. Intense and crude garage-psych with echoing vocals, loud distorted guitar, fuzz bass, and organ. Three killer band originals plus some insane cover versions (Steppenwolf, Neil Young) with a basement sound not unlike Mystic Siva. Remastered sound.

Daybreak

LOS TEDDY'S - Doce Psicoéxitos [Perú garage, rock 1968] 2021 Munster Records MR 417

 


Natives of the Peruvian Amazon region of Iquitos, Los Teddy’s recorded for their only LP a combination of the current chart-hits and their own songs, with that raw and psychedelic sound so common in late 60s Peru. It includes the version of The Doors’ 'Hello I Love You' as well as the lysergic original ‘Effects’.




THE VELVET UNDERGROUND, THE - 1969 [USA rock 1969] 2018 Republic Records, Polydor, Universal Music Group 00602557813999

 


This reissue of The Velvet Underground's 1969 (not to be confused with 1969 Live) compiles 1969-era Velvet Underground classics, including some rare mixes, instrumentals and alternate takes. Lou Reed, Doug Yule, Sterling Morrison and Maureen Tucker spent much of their time on the road in ’69 resulting in the “lost” live album 1969 Live. Several original 1969 mixes from this era are featured here including “Foggy Notion,” “I’m Sticking with You,” “Andy’s Chest,” “I’m Gonna Move Right In,” and “Ocean,” as well as 2014 mixes of “One of These Days,” “Lisa Says,” and more.

Velvet

GREEN ON RED - Live at Onkel Po's Carnegie Hall, Hamburg, April 11, 1985 - Archive 3 [USA paisley underground 1985] 2021 - digital file

 


Green on Red on fire here in Hamburg burning through a 21 song setlist for their first ever German tour. Recorded at the great jazz club which closed down shortly after they played there. Superb.

Green

THUS - All Of Thus [USA garage rock 1968] 2022 Guerssen GUESS195

 


Thus' 'All Of Us' is one of the rarest teen-garage albums from the US, originally released in 1968 on the custom Century label. It's a mix of fantastic original songs and imaginative covers from garage-punk to moody folk-rock, beat and proto-psych.

THE SIDEWALKS - Rhythm Kids [USA power pop 1980-82] 2004 Rave Up Records BS 013

 


Milwaukee 1980-1982 power pop! The Sidewalks (also released on CD by the “guru” of the history of american New Wave, Chuck Warner) complete studio sessions.

Fifteen amazing tracks that includes their rare and great single “Natalie”. If you like bands like The Nerves, Gary Valentine, The Shivvers, these guys will broke your heart! Great straight-ahead garage-pop with cool lyrics. 

Sidewalks

THE BAROQUES - The Baroques [USA garage psychedelic 1967] 2017 Sundazed, Chess LP 5559 - mono

 

The lone album by Milwaukee's Baroques was recorded in 1967 and issued on Chess Records as part of the label's effort to market music to a new audience. It's a beautifully-grungy affair; somewhat lo-fi, featuring many incredible originals, such as "Mary Jane," issued as the lead-off single - and promptly banned by radio for it's supposed drug references. Filled with moody vocals atop clattering and chiming guitar work.

The Baroques' one and only long-player seemingly came out of nowhere in 1967. The first non-R&B act signed to the famed Chess Records, the Milwaukee based Baroques mixed garage intensity with sonic experimentation that would come to define the later part of the decade. Though widely overlooked, their debut album was rumored to outsell Sgt. Pepper's on a local level.

Fronted by the dark baritone vocals of Jay Berkenhagen, the Baroques weave through the structures of early 60s rock, adding a subtly gloomy touch and at times departing into chaotic bursts of noise. Almost as quickly as they appeared, the Baroques quickly dissolved, but not before making their unique statement with an eclectic array of eccentric tracks.

Baroques

lunes, 21 de marzo de 2022

13th FLOOR ELEVATORS, THE - Live - Rockius of Levitatum! [USA garage, psychedelic, live 1966-67] 1989 Big Beat CDWIK 82

 


The Austin based 13th Floor Elevators represent the quintessence of American psychedelic rock. A visionary mixture of primitive riffs and lysergic melodies played with an uncommon level of intensity. Here is a great collection of live recordings from various performances held between 1966 and 1967, the band's golden era which gave birth to their first two studio masterpieces.

13th Floor Elevators

THE WANDERER'S REST - Anytime, Anywhere [USA garage rock 1967-68] 2020 Cuca Records Corporation

 


Named after a Milwaukee cemetery, Wanderer’s Rest was anything but peaceful. Led by the fuzzed-out twin guitar attack of brothers Richard and Mike Podraza, the quartet cut four records at Cuca in ’67 and ’68, leaving behind a treasure trove of unissued garage, surf, teener, and soft-psych in the process. Anywhere, Anytime gathers all thirteen recordings in one convenient place for the first time.

The Wanderer's Rest

THE FANS - You Don't Live Here Anymore [UK power pop 1979-81] 2021 Radiations Records RRS151

 


Enigmatic power-pop quartet the Fans formed in 1978, spurred into action by the Bristol area's vibrant new wave scene. Singer/guitarist George Smith previously fronted the Dragons (with future Tom Robinson collaborator Jo Burt) and guitarist Rob Williams was in Uncle Po (with future Dexy's violinist Helen Bevington); they split after two singles for Fried Egg, but regrouped in 2010 following a Japanese hit cover of their dejected "You Don't Live Here Anymore". This dynamite collection joins the Fried Egg work with rare demos and live recordings, the definitive picture of one of Avon's most impressive new wave guitar bands.

The Fans

THE NORTHWEST COMPANY - Eight Hour Day [Canada garage rock 1966-1973] 2003 Neptoon Records 004

 


Northwest Company were one of the most hard-working bands from the Vancouver scene of the Sixties. Famous for their monster garage-punk double sider from 1967, the reverberating "Hard To Cry"/ "Get Away From It All", the group released seven singles between 1966 and ‘73. Eight Hour Day features a selection of those 45 sides, their cool & raw studio demos from 1966 and their final 7-minute long hard-blues live freakout "Police's Coming". Including all-time garage classics like “Get Away From It All”, “Hard To Cry”, “Each Day”, "Eight Hour Day" and more!

The Northwest Company

LOS IBEROS - Los Iberos [España freak-beat, pop 1969] 2020 Columbia, Legacy 19439735531

 


Rare 1969 album, probably the best ever psych-pop album from Spain at the time, though it was recorded in London. Los Iberos were a kind of supergroup that failed to succeed but recorded this wonderful album for your pleasure, blending psychedelia, sunshine-pop and some soul influence as well. A couple of tracks from this album are always in demand among '60s specialist DJs, including 'Hiding Behind My Smile' and the amazing cover of the Castaways' 'Liar, Liar,' but the rest of the album is also very nice with some Fading Yellow style tracks.

Los Iberos

sábado, 12 de marzo de 2022

THE PREACHERS - Stay Out Of My World [USA garage punk 1966] 2022 BeatRocket BRCD 167

 

The Preachers were together for less than eighteen months, but they packed a hell of a lot of action into that brief lifespan, racking up three terrific 45 releases in the space of five months, making TV appearances, and playing countless live gigs in the Los Angeles area and as far afield as Tucson and Las Vegas.

In the short time they were together, the Preachers did better than all right. Decades later, “Who Do You Love” and “Stay Out of My World” were hailed as outstanding examples of pure, visceral sixties garage punk.

Preachers

jueves, 10 de marzo de 2022

WILSON McKINLEY - Now I'm A Jesus Freak! [USA xian psychedelic rock 1970-76] 2009 Tanignak WM-7079-2

 


Two full discs of legendary Jesus Rock, all sourced from the original mastertapes! The first CD contains the complete tracks of Spirit of Elijah and Heaven's Gonna Be a Blast (Wilson McKinley's two most famous and oft-pirated albums) in a completely new digital remix, rounded out with three other album tracks making their CD debut. For others that might be enough, but there's also an entire second CD of unreleased material that contains some of their best writing and ranges from straight- ahead rock to country-rock to harmony- rich ballads, recorded between 1970 to 1976 and only hinted about before, including several live tracks where the vocals had to be remixed to be audible, but the musicianship is outstanding. In addition, founding members Randy Wilcox and Mike Messer have provided several unreleased tracks each for the second disc.

Wilson (new link, new rip)

RAY PIERLE - Time And Money [USA psychedelic melodic hard rock 1980] 2016 Out-Sider OSR038

 


Released in 1980 as a private edition of 300 copies, "Time and Money" finds outlaw rock hero Ray "McKay" Pierle abandoning the rural rock sounds of his famous "Into You" album for a more hard–rock approach.

Twin guitar attacks charged with fuzz–wah and catchy songs full of memorable hooks and melodic vocals.

Recorded mostly at Ray Pierle’s home–made studio and mixed by Moe Whittemore at the legendary 700 West studios in Indiana, resulting in a warm, fabulous analog sound.

Master tape sound. Insert with lyrics and liner notes

"Among the three records with Ray Pierle involvement, "Time & Money" is the heaviest guitar LP" – Stan Denski (Acid Archives)

Ray

IÑAKI EGAÑA - Karma [España progressive, hard rock] 1974 RCA Victor SPL1-2097

 


Spanish Monster progressive hard rock.

Iñaki

DENNIS COFFEY - One Night at Morey's 1968 [USA disco, funk, live 1968] 2018 Omnivore Recordings OV-284

 


From his early work with ’50s/’60s hit makers The Royaltones (who also backed other artists like Del Shannon)—to his run through the Motor City’s independent labels as a session ace—to his pioneering and legendary work with The Funk Brothers, backing band to massive Motown hits like “Just My Imagination,” “Ball Of Confusion (That’s What The World Is Today),” “War,” “Cloud Nine,” “Someday We’ll Be Together” and “Band Of Gold” among many others—Dennis Coffey is a guitar legend.

The ’70s didn’t slow him down for one second as he struck out on his own and had a million selling hit with “Scorpio,” in 1971. He continued his studio session work (notably appearing on “Boogie Fever” by The Sylvers), scored films and produced other artists’ albums like Gallery’s Nice To Be With You and Rodriguez’ Cold Fact.

The 2000s have found Dennis appearing on the big screen including the 2002 film Standing In The Shadows Of Motown and the 2012’s Searching For Sugarman. And to this very day you can find him playing every Tuesday night in Detroit.

One Night At Morey’s: 1968 is drawn from the residency at Morey Baker’s Showplace Lounge in Detroit by the Lyman Woodard Trio. The trio consisted of Coffey on guitar, brilliant organist, Lyman Woodard, and drummer Melvin Davis, and could be found at Morey’s once a week. They played to a dedicated, often repeat, audience so the band kept the repertoire fresh and changing. One Night At Morey’s: 1968 follows last year’s Hot Coffey In The D: Burnin’ At Morey Baker’s Showplace Lounge released by Resonance Records, also drawn from the Morey’s residency, but with an entirely different track list.

All tracks on One Night At Morey’s: 1968 are previously unissued and come directly from the vaults of Dennis Coffey and producer partner, Mike Theodore. Tracks include original compositions, “Big City Lights,” “Mindbender,” and “Union Station,” as well as surprising and funky covers of “Billie’s Bounce” by Charlie Parker, “Burning Spear” by The Soul Strings, “Cissy Strut” by The Meters, “Eleanor Rigby” by The Beatles, “Groovin’” by The YoungRascals, and “I’m A Midnight Mover” by Wilson Pickett from the pen of both Pickett and Bobby Womack.

Dennis

THE ATHENIANS - Steppin' Out With The Athenians [UK Scotland r&b 1964-65] 2018 Wah Wah Records LPS216

 


The most popular and productive line-up of The Athenians beat group came together in Edinburgh in late 1963 and comprised Rick Alcorn (Bass), Ally Black (Guitar), Keith Henderson (Guitar), Arthur Mackey (Drums) and Ian Orr (Vocals). After a deep delve into the catalogues of Sue, Chess, Atlantic, Motown etc. a pretty sassy outfit became the exponents of some very acceptable R&B/ Rock. Having now acquired a fan club, a manager and a large following, the band were playing seven nights a week, two of these as residents of the famous Gamp Club, allegedly their second home.

Although only part-time, they were relishing their situation especially the attention coming from the student fraternity at Edinburgh University and soon they'd be performing with Manfred Mann, The Hollies, The Animals, The Pretty Things, Diana Dors (what?) and many, many more. The University connection was to introduce them to their first taste of recording as a request was made to cut a single to promote the Charity Appeal for that year. Entering Craighall Studios in early Feb. 1964 tracks 'You Tell Me/ Little Queenie' are produced and released in all their glory (It has now been confirmed by rock historians/pundits that this record is the first 7" Single to be released by a Scottish beat group).

The Athenians

AGAPE - The Problem Is Sin - Live And Unreleased [USA christian psychedelic rock 1973-1993] 1996 Hidden Vision Ac-3023

 




1996 release. "Official reissue plus five bonus tracks... Agape should be remembered as the first Christian hard rockers. A band well ahead of their time. This release captures the intensity of Agape's live performances as well as providing some unreleased studio tracks. The live cuts are taken from an 8-track release which was produced as a promotional item passed around to local radio stations. Only a handful of copies of this ultra-rare 8-track were ever circulated. One copy recently changed hands for $200. Since resurrecting this find we cleaned it up and digitized it as best as the technology allowed." "This 8-track only live recording from a California college gig in 1973 captures the band in just the right jammy guitar-psych mood you hoped for. Extended excursions on tracks from their studio LPs, plus a title track unique to this release; all of it certain to please any fan of westcoast Jesus psych-rock with a dose of Hendrix and keyboard prog/jazzrock. Raw recording with in-yer-face sound and an enthusiastic crowd."

Acid Archives


SNEAKERS - Sneakers [USA pop, power pop 1976] 2015 Omnivore Recordings OVCD-151

 


Expanded reissue of 1976 indie-pop classic featuring future members of The dB’s and Let’s Active.

Sneakers

LONG ORME - Long Orme [France acid folk 1975] 2018 Wah Wah Records LPS208

 


Ultra rare, sought after French acid folk psychedelic masterpiece, Long Orme is the work of singer-guitarist-songwriter Yves Fajnberg, his girlfriend singer Anne Marie Butel plus a full cohort of musician friends. The LP was laid down to a 2 track Revox Reel To Reel recorder between late 1974 and early 1975 and originally released in 1975 by Sonart Disques to such a limited run that an original copy sells nowadays for no less than 400 euros.Together with Yves Chauvet, Fajnberg had worked on Dominique Droin’s Wave On LP issued by Le Kiosque d’Orphée, all done on a small home studio set by Chauvet. They used the same facilities, mainly two 2-track Revox reel-to-reel magnetophones and an 8-track mixer, to produce a delightful peace of poetry and acoustic guitar.

Long Orme

IGGY & THE STOOGES - Tribute To Ron Asheton [USA rock, punk, live 2011] 2013 MVD Visual MVD571D

 


This exclusive concert event feature Iggy and the Stooges playing songs from The Stooges, Fun House, and Raw Power, along with performances by Deniz Tek, Henry Rollins, and many more special guests. 

Ron

VVAA - Louisville in the 60s (The Lost Allen-Martin Tapes) [USA garage, psychedelic] 2019 Out-Siders OSR077

 


14 tracks from the Louisville late 60s/early 70s garage–psych scene.

These cuts (all of them previously unissued except for one originally released on a rare 45) were found in the archives of the city’s well known Allen–Martin Studio, after the owners retired and the place closed down.

Including some rather well known names such as The Rugbys, The Illusions, The Keyes and The Oxfords, as well as more obscure local heroes like Free Reign, The Premieres, Roc, Conception...Highlights include fabulous psych rockers by Rugbys and Oxfords; fuzzed out garage by Blues and Illusions; psychedelic hard–rock by Babylon and Free Reign; jangly teen beat by JB and The Young Wheels; killer psych covers of Beatles and Traffic by Keyes and Company Front, ...

Louisville

SLOW - Against The Glass [Canada, punk, garage, rock 1985] 2017 Artoffact Records AOF278CD

 


It is almost impossible to over-estimate the effect of Slow on Canadian music. Formed in the mid-80s in Vancouver, and releasing only one album and one 7" on Zulu Records, the band has consistently been called one of the most influential punk rock bands in Canada and forerunners of the Seattle grunge scene. Perhaps most infamously, Slow is also the band that brought Expo 86 to its knees.

Not bad for a band that recorded only eight songs.

Slow was formed by Thomas Anselmi, Christian Thorvaldson, Stephen Hamm, and Terry Russell. Ziggy Sigmund was added to the line-up soon after as a second guitarist. The band released the 7" I Broke the Circle in 1985, followed by Against the Glass in 1986, which featured the legendary "Have Not Been the Same," one of the most iconic songs in Canadian music history. The song's name was even taken as the name for the CanRock Encyclopedia, published by ECW Press.

Slow's brand of rock n roll and punk rock has not aged one bit: Anselmi's voice is monstrous, the guitars seriously rock n roll, and the drummer is all energy and destruction. Against the Glass is the kind of album that could only be delivered by a veteran act of 20 years---or a bunch of genius teenagers with not much better to do. Artoffact Records present the first-ever official reissue of Slow's only album, complete with both tracks from the first 7".

Slow

jueves, 10 de febrero de 2022

PANAL - Panal [Chile psychedelic rock, latin folk rock 1973] 2021 Vampisoul VAMPI 238



Very rare Chilean album that blends folk and rock in a similar way to one of the most successful bands on IRT: Los Jaivas.
A roster of very experienced and talented musicians, including some members of Aguaturbia, was recruited for this project and this self-titled album was finally released in 1973.

Fierce percussions, stunning guitar riffs and filtered voices create a unique sound across this only album by Panal.

 


 

THE NEW CREATION - Troubled [Canada garage xian rock 1970] 2003 Companion Records CR1

 


That is how the New Creation's Chris Towers summed up the difficulties of fusing psychedelic rock music with Christian ideals. He and his deeply spiritual mother Lorna were what were known as Jesus People, having even written a Christian-themed play that they had entered in a CBC contest. But it was 1967 and the budding guitarist was equally smitten with the near-possessed fingering of Jimi Hendrix and the leaden riffs of Cream. In a couple of years he would discover 'Gimme Shelter', the Stones' apocalyptic anthem that would become his favourite song.

Their play never did win. But in an attempt to prove the devil wrong, Towers and his mother continued writing devotional poems that eventually evolved into songs. With an acquaintance, 21-year-old Janet Tiessen, on drums, the Vancouver trio set themselves up in a rec room in nearby Coquitlam, hashing out their trippy, folk-inspired music and dubbing themselves the New Creation. Before long the group, which Lorna described as "unpretentious and unsophisticated", had amassed a sizeable cache of songs.

"How the songs, in their astonishing force, suddenly 'arrived' was a miracle," Lorna recalled. "And more so the tunes - they kept coming with blazing speed, some fifty of them. What were we to do with what we had? We had no agenda, and the world of music, out there, was hi-tech."

Of course, the believers out there - and even the cynics, sarcastically - might suggest some divine intervention at work. And you would not be so far off the mark. "With the encouragement of family and friends, we prayed much and we practised, we sorted out songs, and, by the grace of God, suddenly found ourselves with a studio." The New Creation allegedly had to pool their resources to come up with the thousand dollars they needed for the six-hour graveyard slot at Studio 3. Once there, the songs poured out with lightning speed, with most needing no more than a single take. The studio crew, she adds, seemed almost alarmed at the group's efficiency.

The resulting LP, Troubled, was pressed up in a tiny run of just a hundred copies and distributed mostly among family and friends. Oh to see their faces when they dropped the needle on 'Countdown to Revolution!', the opening track on side 1! It's a jaw-dropping seven-minute mash-up of religious and anti-religious slogans, Zappaesque feedback and musique concrete that could have fit comfortably on the last side of the Mothers of Invention's Freak Out. Those who hadn't already yanked off the tonearm and had continued listening would have heard a beguiling collection of folk-infused, mostly amateurish tracks (um, one take, eh?). Most are forgettable. Some, like the eponymous 'New Creation' touch on the haunting psych-folk that bubbled under in the late-sixties, while the uptempo groove on 'The Status Quo Song' even hints at the early Velvet Underground, if you strain the imagination a bit. Mostly, though, Troubled is a clumsy mess, leading some to dub the group 'the Xian Shaggs' (which, depending on your views on outsider music, is either an insult or compliment).

Troubled rightfully languished in total obscurity for some three decades until a California collector named Will Louviere happened upon a copy and sought to reissue it on his Companion label. When he finally managed to track down Thiessen, she thought it was a joke. After all, she was not in contact with the Towers nor had the group heard anything about the LP in ages. "No one had ever mentioned the record to them in thirty years," an incredulous Louviere explained. "It was truly and completely lost."

These days it is precisely the 'lost and then found' nature of Troubled that leads collectors to fork over such huge sums - $2900 USD according to Popsike - for an original copy. Some will dismiss it as pure rubbish, while others will hear in it a purity of intent that comes with the best naive art. Irwin Chusid, author of Songs in the Key of Z: The Curious Universe of Outsider Music and longtime WFMU program host, is clearly in the latter camp, writing, "Troubled is just a terrific album, a showcase of raw, inventive musicality. Categorically, it's - I dunno - Sixties Garage Godcore? Yet it transcends being a mere period piece. The songwriting is deliriously brilliant, the lyrical perspective haunting. The band's sincerity is unquestionable, even if its meters are unfathomable. And its appeal - undeniable.

New Creation

FLAMIN' GROOVIES - 68-70 [USA garage, rock & roll] 1992 Eva Records EVA B17

 


Tracks 1 to 6 are the earliest live recordings on January 10th 1968.

Tracks 7 to 14 are a 1970 rehearsal at the Matrix, San Francisco.

Groovies

MANDUKA - Manduka [Brazil progressive, folk, acid 1972] 2020 IRT, A.R.C.I Music Chile ILS-109, ARCICD002

 


Reissue of the first album by Brazilian musician, poet and plastic artist Manduka. Originally released in 1972 on IRT, the album is a sought-after collectors' item, especially among those who seek in its cultural richness, fundamental episodes of Chilean popular musical history. An essential record almost entirely written by Manduka during his exile years in Chile, away from his home in Brazil. It includes improvised jams and songs about Brazilian history, his own exile and the new cultures he got exposed to. A sublime combination of acoustic guitar sounds, percussions and delicate songwriting that may remind you of some other Brazilian artists like Os Novos Baianos or even Caetano. It includes a special cover version of Violeta Parra's Qué dirá el Santo Padre and features guest artists like Soledad Bravo, Patricio Castillo, Baltasar Villaseca from Congregación, brothers Gabriel and Eduardo Parra, members of Los Jaivas, and Numhauser himself.

Manduka

LOS ROCKETS - Los Rockets [Nicaragua garage, beat 1965-68] 2019 Munster Records

 


Los Rockets were one of the first and most relevant bands in Nicaragua during the 60s and early 70s, regular performers at legendary venue La Tortuga Morada and owners of their own famous club The Happening.


THE DIODES - Rarities [Canada punk, rock, power pop 1979-81, 1999] 2017 Artoffact Records AOF248CD

 


Canadian punk rock history! This exclusive collection of rare Diodes tracks contains alt versions, demos, and archive treasures, including two versions of the band's hit Tired Of Waking Up Tired.

Diodes

THE PRISONERS - Rare And Unissued [UK garage rock 1988] 2008 Big Beat Records CDWIKD 276

 


In 1988, a year after they had fallen apart, loved by a hard-core legion of fans who had supported them up and down the country and across Europe, the Prisoners released “Rare And Unissued” on Billy Childish’s Hangman label. Despite its rather lo-fi nature, it became a prized possession for many of those fans but has.

In the intervening 20 years the Prisoners’ legend has grown. Graham Day and Allan Crockford have formed a variety of groups, from Planet to the Solar Flares (and Allan is currently in the Billboard Garage charts with his group the Stabilisers), organist James Taylor formed his Quartet and virtually invented Acid Jazz. The Prisoners are now lauded as the great pioneers of modern day garage, lauded in the NME as one of the most influential bands of the 80s and recently having their “Last Fourfathers” album described by Uncut as “one of the most important in British rock”. Everyone from Oasis’ Noel Gallagher to Radio One’s Steve Lamacq claim to love them, taking in Ian Brown and the Horrors along the way.

Big Beat version does not include a handful of tracks that are already available as bonus tracks on Big Beat’s reissues of the Prisoners’ original albums, but otherwise sees the Hangman album present and correct with great live tracks, live cuts and early B-sides showing a truly breathtaking outfit in action. Includes two wonderful undiscovered cuts, an instrumental called Unbeliever (fast) from the “Wisermiserdemelza” sessions and a take of Love Me Lies recorded live in a studio some time before the its appearance at those sessions. Also added are two cuts recorded at a demo session in 1984 which appeared on various small run compilations – Joe 90 and an amazing version of Hush.

Prisoners

GOSPELFOLK - Prodigal [UK xian garage psychedelic rock 1969] Emblem Records JDR 324

 


Scottish Christian rock group.

This one is rare. Supposedly only 99 copies were made. Gospelfolk were a Christian band from Scotland that sounded like the Velvet Underground. Emblem is known for producing Lo-Fi recordings on cheap vinyl.



viernes, 14 de enero de 2022

PLUNDERERS - Every Monday - Sometimes Thursday [Australia power pop, garage 1988-89] 2019 Half A Cow Records hac221

 


Demo recordings from October 1988/June 1989

When Geoff Milne joined the Plunderers in October 1988 – replacing Peter Velzen on the drums – the band rehearsed every Monday, and most Thursday nights, originally at White Room in Surry Hills and then at the newly-opened Troy Horse in Newtown.

The twelve songs on the aptly named Every Monday, Sometimes Thursday album were recorded during these rehearsals. In the case of the first six songs, they were all recorded on Monday 24th October 1988 at White Room and it was only the fourth time Geoff had played with Stevie and Nic. Three songs (“La La”, “Take A Ride”, and “Take This…)” were old Plunderers songs from 1984-86 and the other three (“Is My Time Up”, “I Didn’t Even See Them At All” and “Peggy”) were new ones.

The version of “Take A Ride” is unique amongst the many versions of one of the first songs that Stevie and Nic wrote together for the band in 1984 because they try out a possible chorus: “What a perfect sail, what a sail, what a sail”. This looks to be the only time the song was given a new arrangement and, after this recording, it went back to the original way.

Plunderers


PAGAN BO - Traditional Bard And The Future Inevitable [UK psychedelic acid folk rock 1978] Planet Records IC.L. 01

 

Private UK - ultra rare 1978 stoned, eccentric and depressed UK acid/folk gem in Barrett/Spence vein … Stoned effects, fuzz outbursts, great guitar work, Tyrannosaurus Rex-like bongo jammers, out-there vocals, Parachute’s era Pretty Things like compositions, stoned vibe … 

This album was only pressed as demo.

Pagan Bo

LYLE & PEAKE - Lyle & Peake [USA xian folk, rock, psychedelic 1978] Rebirth Songs AMP 1003



Jeremy Lyle grew up on the music of the sixties and early seventies and knew he wanted to play guitar and sing. After playing in various secular bands over the years, he decided to dedicate his life to Jesus and started to play in church where he formed a christian music band called Rebirth. Kenny Peake had a similar background when he started attending the same church as Jeremy. Kenny joined Rebirth as their drummer. Jeremy and Kenny would get together to write songs and decided it was time to record their original tunes. The other members from Rebirth couldn't make the sessions so Jeremy and Kenny played all the parts themselves. Recording took place over the course of a few weeks in a small studio in Prunedale, California. Jeremy played acoustic 6 or 12 string guitars and overdubbed the Bass and electric lead guitar parts. Kenny also played 6 or 12 string acoustic guitar and overdubbed the drum parts. Kenny sang lead on "Daniel" and "Jesus Is Savior" while Jeremy sang lead on the other songs. Both musicians overdubbed harmony vocal parts. The only other person to contribute to the record was friend David Powell who happened to stop by a recording session just in time to lend a harmony vocal part to "Daniel" The album was titled "White Dove" and was released to little fanfare but has gone on to become hugely popular in the Christian Rock, XIAN genres. Below is a review of the album from the Standin' At The Crossroads website:

Jeremy Lyle and Kenny Peake's custom lp is an exceptional mix of hard-edged garage rock, jangly hippie folk and dreamy acoustic songs. The electric stuff will blow you away, rugged basement rhythm guitar coupled with stinging electric leads, bringing a rough Jefferson Airplane kind of sound to 'Armageddon Blues', 'Get Your Life In Tune', 'Jesus Is Savior' and 'Open Your Heart', all of which have extensive fuzz guitar soloing. Bass and drums are in there, too (no keyboards). The twosome is equally effective in the unplugged format, their 6 and 12-string acoustic guitars creating soft impressionistic folk/psych moods within titles like 'White Dove'. The delicate acoustic ballads 'Such A Long, Long Time' and 'Jesus Gave Us Life For Free' have a fragile sincerity that is intensely moving. A touch of harmonica on 'Daniel 2:20', soft Byrds-like jingle-jangle on 'Love Still Remains'. More climactic fuzz can be found building up the closing ballad 'We Are The Stillness Of Silence'. An outstanding record and a prime candidate for Christian monsterhood. Nice cover painting of a dove. Recorded in Monterey, California.

 


 

HI HOPES - Ability [USA rock, pop 1972] Band'N Vocal Mobile Recording Service BVRS 1200


Hi Hopes comes from Hope School located in Anaheim, California. Hope School opened in September of 1969 to "serve the trainable mentally retarded of the Anaheim Union High School District" according to the liner notes. The music department of Hope School was headed by Doris Walker, who accompanied the band on piano. She also wrote several original songs for the album ("Label", a song written by Miss Walker, was offered as an MP3 on Show and Tell Music). Other songs on the album are "Raindrops Keep Fallin' On My Head", "Candy Man", and "Everything Is Beautiful". "La Cucaracha" stands out as my favorite as lead singer Paul Kuehn tries to pronounce some of the Spanish lyrics but the real star of the song is Art Medina, the "Spanish solo". Read more on Last.fm. User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.

Hi Hopes


 

EVERYONE INVOLVED - Either - Or [UK psychedelic, rock, folk 1972] 2013 Guerssen GUESS111

 


"Either / Or" is a perfectly played and professionally recorded album (something very unusual for a private pressing). Top–notch psychedelic folk–rock / acid–folk with male–female vocals, flute, electric–acoustic guitars, bass, drums and some freaky / weird arrangements–effects. The album is now also famous for including "A gay song", which is probably the earliest known example of a pro–open gay song.

The original pressing of 1000 copies was never distributed or sold at stores, all the copies were given away for free (even to people passing on the street!). One of the members even buried a large number of them in a time capsule at the Amazonas rainforest!

Needless to say, the original album is a highly sought–after artifact since the early days of obscure psych–prog record collecting.

This reissue reproduces the original embossed cover and includes repros of the two rare inserts, including the giant fold–out poster with new linernotes and info printed in the revers. We’ve also included a repro of the "Save Piccadilly" 7" single released in 1972, featuring a non–album track: "The circus keeps on turning".

Either - Or

TIDE - Almost Live [USA progressive psychedelic rock 1971] Mouth Music 7237

 


First song on side two is a hard blues rock burner with riffing guitars that sounds like a cross between Josefus and Soup, then there’s some prog and some rural rock a la early 70s Grateful Dead. This is an interesting little-known LP. 


SHILOH - Where Is The Peace [USA xian folk, rock 1976] Sonburst SBR 104

 


Good private press bay area, Christian-folk music from the 70's.

Shiloh

GLI AVVOLTOI - Quando Vuoi Scappare (1991-1995) [Italy garage, rock] 2015 Area Pirata AP049


What may be called the second life of Avvoltoi takes shape at the end of 1991.

Moreno Spirogi together with Sandro Piu, after the Ugly Things, decided to dust off the old initial, Gli Avvoltoi exactly. The line up is completed by Stefano "Pugnaro" Cervellati, also just back from the Ugly Things, bass player and Max Cippo, already active in many of the ‘ugly birds’ lives in the '80s, at the keyboards.

The sound changes in the references and intentions than the 80s, the approach is rocker, harder, with some excursions approaching some kind of popsike. In this collection we find the three official recordings of that period, two singles published by Destination X and the 12" released for Vu Ballè Vu plus many unreleased songs kept for many years in a drawer and some live tracks. Analysing the songs of this collection we find three important Italianised cover, I'm A Man, Get Yourself Together and Hush, cleverly combined to tracks signed by the band characterized by a very personal propensity.

This Gli Avvoltoi’s phase hadn't yet been assembled in a unique collection the less it has gone out on CD. Surely the most interesting part is the one of many unreleased songs, with original recordings most of them recorded on 4-track tape.

Finally, this album contains all the material recorded by the band in the years from 1992 to 1995 and it can be considered a "definitive" collection that resumes that awesome period and photographs it in its true shades and in its essence.

Gli



 

THE PROS - Love Return [USA garage, rock, psychedelic] 1977 Barbarella Records AW 14065 - digital file (2011)

 


"Another Johnny Kitchen-related release, published in 1977, but almost certainly recorded in the 60's. Gloriously, head-scratchingly f'd up, this is a jumble of seemingly unrelated tracks, some of them obviously incomplete, others tinkered with in bizarre, incongruous ways. There are, however, a couple of genuinely great cuts -- god knows where Johnny swiped them from."

Heratius


miércoles, 5 de enero de 2022

NO STRANGE - Universi e Trasparenze [Italy psychedelic rock] 2015 Area Pirata APC40, Psych-Out Records PO33035


"Thirty years ago we did our first LP and that’s how the No Strange (post No-Strani and post tape self production) discographic trip started and we achieved this also thanks to Toast Records , which was born officially at the same time.

On this 10", our first out on this format, we decided to pay tribute to musicians that have been formative to us.

This is the first time we play tracks we didn't write but these aren't just covers... at all! They are personal interpretations of tracks that represents our roots. Tracks that are coming from the most intense period of our existence: the period between 60s and 70s. Distant souls that are always by our side, tinted with dreams. Psychedelic souls in self contemplation... for all their life."

Side A:

- Popol Vuh “Die Sanftmütigen” (Florian Fricke) 2’.40”
- The Nice “Dawn” (Davison, Jackson, Emerson) 4’:05”
- Le Stelle Di Mario Schifano “Susan Song” (Paul Thek) 5’:03”

Side B:

- Terry Riley “Embroidery” (Terry Riley) 10’:14”
- La Monte Young “The Tortoise, His Dreams And Journeys” (La Monte Young) 3’:41”


CARLOS FIRE AGUASVIVAS - Eclipse Of The City [USA - Rep. Dom. psychedelic funk 1980] 2021 Anthology Recordigs ARC089

 


Carlos Fire Aguasvivas and a band of buddies recorded Eclipse of the City, the privately pressed, psychedelic funk rock album lost to time, sometime in the blur between 1975 and 1977, and made one master copy. Circumstance being what it was, Aguasvivas was unable to press the album for a handful of years.

Aguasvivas saved enough money to press three hundred copies of Eclipse in 1980. A self-taught artist and comic book fan, he drew the album’s distinctive artwork. Both sides were meant for the back cover, including a mise en scène of the Eclipse band drawn from memory, as they didn’t think to take any group photos around the sessions. Rare and in-demand, the record became a cult favorite among heads as the years passed by.

Aguasvivas

THE FRANTICS - Birth [USA psychedelic rock 1968] 2018 Nor-Va-Jak Music NVJCD11 - digital file

 


In early 1968, THE FRANTICS entered Norman Petty Studios with the first session for a full length album project. No band that recorded at the 7th Street Studio, previously or afterwards, would have a heavier, psychedelic sound than this 6 piece group that originally formed in Montana.

Now basing themselves out of Colorado, they made a name for themselves with performances in the area and returned late in the year to finish their recordings.

It was an entirely new style of music being introduced to Norman Petty. What Norman excelled at was creativity in the studio, and constantly striving for something different. What we are left with is an album that pushed boundaries as much as any other record at the time. 1968 was already an incredible year for music in arguably the most creative decade in rock.

Classic albums from Blue Cheer, The Beatles, Cream, the Jimi Hendrix Experience, Rolling Stones, Velvet Underground, Big Brother & The Holding Company, and many others were all released that year.

"Birth" would have fit nicely among the best of the day and would have been worthy company.

As fate would have it, the band moved to California and hooked up with new management and began recording for a local label, abandoning their Clovis recordings that have remained in the Petty audio vault for 50 years.




THE PETS - The Pets [Venezuela garage, fuzz] 1968 Discomoda DCM 638

 


"Whoa! Here's a real sleeper for you. Overall, my experience with South American releases is that there aren't a whole lot of really good ones; a few, but not many. Most are respectable, though generally not worth the mega-buck price tags attached to many original albums. And most of the best LP's are from the early 70's period. The farther back into the late 60's you go, the weaker they get. Most of the releases from this time period consist largely of US/European hit covers. That's what makes this 1968 album, from Venezuela, so special. Sure it has a few covers: "Jumpin Jack Flash", "Hello I Love You", and "Revolution". And these are the best cuts on the record, done particularly well. But many of the originals are also well worth listening to. Except for "Hello..." and "Revolution", all vocals are in Spanish, backed by some pretty cool fuzz and Farfisa organ too. The end result is a decent (even by US. standards) garage album with mild psych influences. The way cool cover was ripped off for the Love, Peace, and Poetry compilation series. Originals are as rare as hen's teeth, so look for the bootleg; no doubt, your only hope!"

Tymeshifter

Pets

APARTMENT - Live in Bristol 1980 [UK power pop, punk] 2019 Bristol Archive Records ARC338

1977 Bristol & I was playing guitar in my very first band, a college rock band playing my first gig at The Granary, mostly doing covers with a few original songs thrown in. But for quite some time I had been writing lots of songs at home, experimenting and developing ideas on my trusty reel to reel tape recorder. College ended and so did that band.

But punk had just arrived like some gigantic bulldozer. Totally energized with what was happening, I decided this was the time to form my own band featuring these new songs that I had written & recorded.

In early '78 I put up adverts in various local music & record stores for a bass player and drummer.

This led to finding Richard White, who had moved down to Bristol from Ross-On-Wye in search of a band and glory. By a stroke of good luck, he also knew of a great drummer in Bristol intriguingly named Emil. So very quickly, Apartment just fell in to place.

We decided to keep to a three-piece line-up initially, and spent a lot of time rehearsing & learning the songs. We also checked out prospective venues to approach to play, but this was quite tough to break into without being known locally first.

ApartmentSo we ended up hiring a function room that was joined onto the back of The Bunch Of Grapes pub, called The Stonehouse for a fiver (this was down at the end of Newfoundland Road in Bristol-sadly now replaced by an office block & a 21st century mall) and started playing a gig there once every week.

 After a short period of playing there we got more and more people turning up, and as a result developed a bit of a following. The word got out & other bands started to play at the Stonehouse, and by mid 1979 it had become a real thriving scene, like our own mini-CBGB's.

We also sent a demo cassette to Simon Edwards of Bristol's Heartbeat Records. He loved it and kindly offered us the chance to record a track ('The Alternative') for his new Bristol compilation album - Avon Calling.


Following the release of Avon Calling in late Oct '79, Heartbeat were also keen to work on a single.

We recorded 'The Car' and 'Winter' as a double A-sided single at Crescent Studios in Bath in Dec'79 in between a flurry of local gigs. 'The Car' gained a fair amount of national radio play which led to a Radio One Mike Read session. This got us more exposure & through various promoters we managed to get more gigs outside Bristol.

Around about this time we added Steve Street of the Europeans on bass, as Richard really wanted to switch to rhythm guitar. By early 1980 we were now playing quite a few support gigs in London at the Marquee, 100 Club and the Moonlight. We were also opening for bands like the Cure and Gang Of Four locally. But we got to a point where we should of released another single, but it didn't happen. In fact 'Poison' (the demo of which is on the CD release of Avon Calling) was to be the next possible candidate. By mid-summer of 1980 with no new single & no real deal on the horizon, Apartment stalled & we decided to split after not getting to the next level.

Alan Griffiths (guitar)

Apartment - Live in Bristol 1980

Apartment - single 1979