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.

Lyle - Peake

 

 

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. 

Tide

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