Andre Williams "The Black Godfather" 2000

Man, I love this record. It's the voice. I could just about care less as to the indie rock credibility he's gained by playing w/ Blues X, Compulsive Gamblers, etc. and with the Beck-like production to boot. The godfather sings like he is quite literally losing his mind. He screams like he wants the devil to come out of his body. Imagine Joe Cocker in the body of Howling Wolf on some major amphetamines in a padded room. Simple arrangements with nods to punk, surf, metal and soul permeate the background for Mr. Williams, Esq's blow torch vocals, intimations on adultery, drug-dealing, stripping, and just being a godfather. One last thing, play this album late at night with an equal amount of drunk men and women in the same room. Fun. - By Yalu Jenkins

trax:
01 Intro (Feat. Boss Hog's) 02 The Black Godfather (Feat. The Jon Spencer Blues Explosion) 03 Whip The Booty (Feat. The Countdowns) 04 What'cha Gonna Do (Feat. The Dirtbombs) 05 Sling That Thing 06 The Dealer, The Peeler And The Stealer 07 Freak Blues (Feat. Steve Mackay With The Countdowns) 08 You Got It And I Want It 09 Shake A Tail Feather 10 I Hate Cha (Feat. The Compulsive Gamblers) 11 Montana Slim (Feat. The Countdowns) 12 I Wanna Go Back To Mexico (Feat. The Countdowns) 13 Can't Find My Mind (Feat. The Cheater Slicks) 14 Fire In The Hole 15 Nasty Women 16 Dictionnary People 17 Hit Squad

Joe "King" Carrasco y las Coronas "Viva San Antone" 1985 - 12" 45 R.P.M. E.P.

"The EP I was unaware of but I had heard all the songs before. These mixes sound different to me. They sound better." - Don K.

Line Up:
Bobby Balderama - guitarra, vocalista / Joe "King" Carrasco -guitarra, vocalista / Marcelogauna - acordeon, organo, vocalista / George Reiff - bass, vocalista / Dick Ross - batterias

traxfromwax:
1. Don't Let A Woman (Make A Fool Out Of You) 2. Viva San Antone 3. Fuera Yanqui 4. Chicano Town
...served by Don K...

Andre Williams w/Diplomats Of Solid Sound "Aphrodisiac" 2006

Men, let's keep Andre Williams week going on:With a mind-boggling 50-year career in the music business, 70-year old Andre Williams is showing no signs of slowing down. The original rapper and R&B performer returns to his soulful roots on "Aphrodisiac," enlisting the 'Diplomats of Solid Sound' as his backing band on this diverse an adventurous offering. Hints of blues, rock, R&B, rap and soul fill the grooves of this release that flows seamlessly from start to finish. Andre's voice never sounded better as he tackles topics ranging from alcoholism (I'm Not Worthy), Hurricane Katrina (Thee Sisters), rejection (I Can See), and love (Do You Remember). But it's also a fun, masterfully produced album that will transfix both past Andre fans and new listeners. Recorded in Iowa City, this is the real Andre…the real deal…from the 'Black Godfather.' (From Pravda Records website)
Ready to shake to the morbid atmosphere of this sound? I particularly like the duet "prove it to me". There's also a tune about the hurricane Kathrina.

trax:
01 Hold Up 02 do you remember 03 i'm not worthy 04 Prove It To Me 05 I Don't Need Mary (Juana) 06 Three Sisters 07 Uptown Hustle 08 Chrysler 300 09 Thunder Thighs 10 I Can See
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Joe "King" Carrasco And The Crows "Bordertown" 1984

Very Rare Texas Alternative at it's best!"Hi, RYP, I hope you've had a great summer. I was at my friend's the other day and wanted his copy of Joe King Carrasco's first album to upgrade my existing files. He had a record I'd forgotten about, Bordertown. I really enjoyed hearing it as I was ripping it. There is some hot playing, it's one of my favorites now." - Don K.

Line Up:
Joe "King" Carrasco - guitars, vocals / Kris Cummings - Vox organs, synthesier, accordion and harmonies / George Reiff - bass, percussion / Dick Ross - drums, percussion

traxfromwax:
1. Current Events (Are Making Me Tense) 2. Dinero 3. Put Me In Jail 4. Vamos a Bailar 5. Mr. Bogota 6. Yabba Ding Ding 7. Manana 8. Walk It Like You Talk It 9. Tumale Baby 10. Who Buy The Guns 11. Hola Coca Cola 12. Escondido
...served by Don K...

Andre Williams "Rhythm and Blues!" 2004

"He spoke to his audience long before the disco generation learned to rap." Andre's special language has never gone out of style.Happily, Andre is once again the epitome of health, a recent court case has seen him finally awarded royalties from his most popular composition "Shake A Tail Feather" - a 1963 hit for The Five Du-Tones, memorably featured in the films "Hairspray" and "The Blues Brothers" - and he is currently once again electrifying crowds around the world, thanks to the acclaim garnered by such staggeringly sleazy albums as "Silky", "Red Dirt" and "The Black Godfather." However, as the man himself says "You keep jumpin' up to the dick!" - by Joss Hutton

trax:
1. She Don’t Eat Meat 2. Honest I Do 3. Shake A Tailfeather 4. Rock Me Baby 5. Just Because Of A Kiss 6. Hallelujah 7. Night Time Is The Right Time 8. I Hear You Knockin’ 9. Tell Her For Me 10. I’m A Man 11. Blue Monday 12. Boston
Files in .m4a! Lucky who uses i-Tunes!

The Fuzztones "Teen Trash" vol. 4: From Los Angeles, CA 1993

Compiled as part of Music Maniacs' Teen Trash series which showcased several 80's garage bands from Europe, this collection features B-Sides of singles, all of which had never been previously released on album or CD. If this album was ever reviewed, we were not aware of it. - from: http://www.fuzztones.net/discography.htmRudi and "Mad" Mike move to Los Angeles and reform the Fuzztones. Ironically, two of the new members are former New Yorkers. This line-up recorded In Heat, which was produced by the legendary Shel Talmy, and was the only 80's garage band to land a major label deal. Their high energy stage performance and testosterone-driven off-stage antics earned them the nickname, "The Paisley Pussy Posse."The Fuzztones:
Rudi Protrudi - Vocals, Lead & Rhythm Guitar, Harp / Mad Mike Czekaj - Drums, Vocals / Jordan Tarlow - Lead & Rhythm Guitar, Vocals / Jason Savall - Organ, Vocals / John Carlucci - Bass

traxfromwax:
1. Nine Months Later 2. Girl, You Captivate Me 3. Cheyenne Rider 4. Greatest Lover In The World 5. I Can't Control Myself 6. You Must Be A Witch 7. Jack The Ripper 8. Action Speaks Louder Than Words 9. I Never Know 10. Yeah Babe 11. My Nothing 12. Romilar D

Andre Williams "Bait & Switch" 2001

"...Raw, R-rated shizznit... filled with grungy, one-take production and plenty of Williams' lascivious personality..."Another irreverent, punkish set from the king of sleaze rock, Bait and Switch contains almost no surprises for fans of Andre Williams' predictably wild and raucous R&B. Backed by a garage band featuring the aggressive guitar of Matt Verta-Ray and the greasy, growling tenor sax of Lonnie Youngblood, Williams belts his tales of double-standard misogyny with the same enthusiasm as his early singles back in the 1950s. Fans of music that denigrates women will find "Sling It, Bang It and Give It Cab Fare Home" appealing, but Williams also goes far enough to balance the tables with the hilarious "Put That Skillet Away" (his lover is not cooking with it, but threatening to beat him). Long-lost brother to the late Screamin' Jay Hawkins or thug rapper born 40 years too early, Williams is still a treasure of the American rock underground. ~ John Duffy, All Music Guide

Personnel includes:
Andre Williams, Rudy Ray Moore, Ronnie Spector (vocals); Robert Quine, Matt Vert-Ray (guitar); Marcus "The Carcass" Natale (bass); Willie Martinez (drums).
Recorded at N.Y. Head Studios, New York, New York.

trax:
1. Detroit Michigan 2. Get This Love Off My Mind 3. I Ain't Guilty - (with Rudy Ray Moore) 4. Bait And Switch 5. Put That Skillet Away 6. Sling It Bang It And Give It Cab Fare Home 7. Soul Brother In Heaven And Hell 8. It's Gonna Work Out Fine - (with Ronnie Spector) 9. Your Stuff Ain't The Same 10. Lie, The 11. Head First 12. Open Your Eyes 13. Hey Country Girl 14. Bigger Than Greed Or Need 15. Sent Up 16. Burning The Roses

SIR BALD DIDDLEY AND HIS RIGHT HONOURABLE BIG WIGS "Get Ahead Get A Fez!" 1995

Eight rippin' instrumentals and two vocal numbers recorded in early 1995. Faster, tighter, and more intense than ever surf mania!traxfromwax:
1. fezora 2. beachcomber 3. how i could (vocal) 4. barfly 5. fezebel 6. ripcurl 7. torture 8. birdman (vocal) 9. camel train 10. fezrun
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Taking four days off to visit Vienna. Küss die Hand!

THE SQUARES "Squarification" 1995

5th and final Lp by this great Medway influenced band from France. Produced by Liam Watson at Toe Rag Studios.Despite the French government's curious attempt to legislate cultural isolationism, there are now officially two good bands in France: Les Thugs, of course, and this quartet. But there's nothing new in the garage these guys call home—a heavy debt to Billy Childish is evident throughout, and the Squares flirt with plagiarism on tunes like “Believe” and “Kick Me Out.”
Still, the Squares aren't content to simply mime the current garage-punk trend (no entering its 33rd year, by the way). This band pays snarling, snotty respects to the guys who couldn't play and didn't care even before that was hip and postmodern. “Baby” and “You've Won” are as good an “I Need You”-era Kinks burn as you'll find this side of “My Generation,” while “I'm Going Home” (not a Sonics cover) wouldn't be out of place on a Crypt Back from the Grave sampler. And the tom-tom–heavy title track—with its sensitive cannibal's refrain “Mmm, your eyeballs taste nice”—is sillier than anything the Trashmen ever pondered. — John Pecorelli - Alternative Press magazinetraxfromwax:
1. believe 2. learn that law 3. ain't no shame 4. can't stand it 5. i wanna know 6. i got more hate 7. squarification 8. baby 9. goin' home 10. you've won 11. another lie 12. life ain't no fun 13. kick me out
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THE SQUARES "Pure And Filthy Rhythm ‘n’ Punk" 1994

The only time we saw Billy in Nancy was at the P'tit Zing with the Squares opening for the Headcoats. And all was said.Some of the best Medway-sounding Garage came from France with The Squares. This was their 4th LP, recorded at Toe Rag Studios with Liam Watson. Great stuff!traxfromwax:
1. Ain't That Rough 2. Just One Night 3. The Little Girl 4. My Babe Is Gone 5. His Name Is Dad 6. Walkin' 7. Just One Word 8. I Hope You're Ready 9. Hell Into Heaven 10. She's Still Mine 11. You Come Home 12. Wanna Be
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THE SQUARES "Tribute to the Medway Scene" 1993

Some of the best Medway-sounding Garage came from France with The Squares. This was their 3rd LP, recorded at Toe Rag Studios with Liam Watson. Great stuff!With the Squares, it's like playing at home. Going out and ten minutes later, see them live in town. The Squares mean for me the P'tit Zing headquarters with Dédé behind the counter. It means the concerts in a place we miss, the rehearsals with the guys of the band "Panik" in the next room.
The influence of the Headcoats on their stuff is real, but they shouldn't be reduced to the label "French Headcoats". They have a bigger debt to the whole Medway scene, to which they will dedicate an entire album. The only time we saw Billy in Nancy was at the P'tit Zing with the Squares opening for the Headcoats. And all was said.
The Squares, 3 guys : Nick (guitar/vox), Stanley (bass) and Oli (drums) who toured in the whole country (with a crash for every van they had on tour, rock'n'roll attitude !) and abroad. It's also a garage-like discography with not less than five albums and a bunch of singles. They took afterwards different ways, but the beat is still here ... my baaaaby's gone ... yeah yeah she's gone !!! - http://www.geocities.com/traxfromwax:
1. Brimfull Of Hate (Jack Ketch And The Crowmen) 2. I've Got Everything Indeed (Mighty Caesars) 3. Goin' Nowhere (Pop Rivets) 4. Delmona, The Temptress Of Love (Delmonas) 5. Just Like You (Milkshakes) 6. Wherever I'm Gone (Prisoners) 7. Jealousy (Delmonas) 8. Miss Black (Mighty Caesars) 9. Let Me Touch (Thee Headcoats) 10. When The Night Comes (Mighty Caesars) 11. She's Just 15 Years Old (Milkshakes) 12. Chatham Train (Milkshakes)
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The Squares "Curse Of The Squares" 1992

Recorded at Toe Rag with Bruce Brand & Liam Watson. This is the second Squares LP.The Squares make no secret of their influences: The Medway scene, Bo Diddley, The Seeds, The Sonics, The Kinks, The Damned... from whom they try to root out the primitive energy to do what they call Rhythm ‘n’ Punk!

trax:
1. You Ain't Square 2. Reasons 3. Cry Little Girl 4. Behind Every Tree 5. I Wish I Was A Child 6. Out Of Nowhere 7. He's Down 8. Guide My Sword 9. Makin' Love 10. Dark Gonna Catch You 11. In My Street 12. Kitty The Schemer 13. We've Been Cursed 14. Curse Of The Squares
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The Broken Jug "Grand Junction" 1985 - 7"/45rpm

13 minutes of modern garage-acid-punk rock. Glitterhouse label, vinyl.traxfromwax:
01 New Generation 02 Weird Sounds 03 Writing On The Wall 04 Grand Junction 05 Listen To The Bells
...served by The Bomber...
more Broken Jug 7" here: GARAGELAND

THE SQUARES "Trapped In A Square" 1991

Great debut album from this seminal Medway-sounding French band. The Squares are three frenzied fruitcakes from Nancy, France. This LP is produced by the legendary Bruce Brand (Headcoats, Pop Rivets, Masonics etc)

trax:
1. Introduction 2. He's Back 3.Night & Day 4. Come Back 5. Ballad Of The Madman 6. Sweet Chains 7. Doctor A. Deamon 8. No Excuse 9. I Saw Your Face 10. Just For Money 11. Sweeter Than You 12. You Can't Destroy All My Love 13. Trapped In A Square - Recorded at the Red Studio, Chatham. Produced by Bruce Brand.
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"Full Race Rock-A-Billy" 2000 VA LP

Authentic 50's Style Rockabilly, Good Raw Boppin’ Collection!A Manifold Hot Compilation Of High Revvin' Rockers by four of today's hottest bands! Out on Crazy Gator Records.traxfromwax:
1. IT CAME TO ME IN A DREAM / DEKE DICKERSON 2. TRAVELLIN' BLUES BOY / TEXAS SHAKEDOWN 3. I'M GONE / THE WESTERN BOPS 4. LOOK AT THAT MOON / DEKE DICKERSON 5. ONE MORE TIME / RANDY RICH & HIS POOR BOYS 6. HEY POOR BILLY / TEXAS SHAKEDOWN 7. WILD SIDE OF LIFE / RANDY RICH & HIS POOR BOYS 8. IN THE DEEP DARK JUNGLE / DEKE DICKERSON 9. FOR MY HEART'S SAKE / THE WESTERN BOPS 10. I DON'T CARE ABOUT YOU / RANDY RICH & HIS POOR BOYS 11. HOW LONG BLUES / TEXAS SHAKEDOWN 12. TULSA BABY / DEKE DICKERSON 13. BENTLEY AVENUE / RANDY RICH & HIS POOR BOYS 14. TUMBLEWEED / TEXAS SHAKEDOWN
Bonus Non LP Tracks: 15. Hot Boogie Chillun- I Just Want To Make Love To You 16. The Marvenells- Smoke This Joint
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THE DOWN-N-OUTS "Subterranean Beat Punk Blues" 2000

The Down-n-Outs are a genuine garage band with Vox guitars and organ...... The record even says it’s recorded in fabulous mono (I’m pretty sure it’s recorded in stereo). All the songs even remind me of a simpler time, when all you had to worry about was teenage love gone wrong. "Set Me Free" starts off with some cool organ and has an extra long intro. As a matter of fact, you think it’s gonna be a instrumental until Micheal Daboll comes in and sings one verse screams and has a screaching guitar solo outro. "Ain’t Got You" is a nice piece of straight ahead rock ‘n roll. It has a great harp solo. "Yeah" is a slow burner that starts off with a fat fuzzy riff and then has that organ kick in. It reminds me of the Fuzztones. My favorite track is "I Saw A Girl." It has a jangly riff and a cool chorus, "I saw a girl. I saw a girl. I saw a girl and I wanna make her mine." It comes in at a punk rock length of a 1:30, they nail the song and shut the hell up. This is a cool garage punk record. If you dig the stuff from the Crypt’s "Back From The Grave" series, you’ll probably dig this. - cyclops marktrax:
1. Set Me Free 2. Ain't Got You 3. All I Want 4. Feel Alright 5. Wreck My World 6. Yeah 7. I Saw A Girl 8. Out Of My Mind 9. She's So Unkind 10. On Your Own
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The Broken Jug "Burning Down The Neighborhood" 1987

Here's a bomb for Ghee served by The BomberSecomd LP by one of the leading German (Bamberg) garage outfits from the 80's (who had two albums on Glitterhouse). Amazing hardrockin', motor city riffin' garage fuzz release.

traxfromwax:
A1 Let's Go Jealous A2 You Bring Me Down A3 A. C. A4 Do The Jug A5 Last Bullet's For Em A6 Gimme Cop B1 Beer City Five Blues B2 Auckland '88 B3 Manic Inflation B4 Rain Of Death (Hopelessly Obscure) B5 She Just Wanna Make It Right
...served by The Bomber...

Ghee said... "Hi again, thank you very much for posting this!!! Is there also a chance to get the first LOVESLUG LP? Would be sooo great!!!"

"LET IT ALL HANG OUT!" Vol. 1 1996 VA

20 track vocal garage comp of 90’s Alopecia bands. Here you have 20 crunchin’ yelpers by 20 lung wrenchin’, guitar weildin’, happy young combos. All of whom have surely been listening to more Sonics, Kinks, Link Wray, Bo Diddley, etc., than is medically advised.

trax:
1. One And One - The Wildebeests 2. Make With The Bake - Sir Bald Diddley & The Wig Outs 3. Crazy Horse - Thee Headcoats 4. Catch The Pigeonv - Jamming Arabs 5. Monkey Man - BBL & The Rollercoaster 6. The Girl You Left Behind - The Cybermen 7. Intravenous Drip - Dr Morris & The Organ Donors 8. Like The Devil - The Hoty Tom Boys 9. Tell It How It Is - The Sires 10. Goin' Ape - The Bald Bomber One Man Band 11. Rendezvous - Green Hornets 12. No Reason To Complain - The Gloomies 13. Cosmic Beer Blast - Count Zero & The Cosmic Noughts 14. Lotta Rhythm - The Blue Devils 15. My Flash On You - The Unchayned 16. Why Do I Love You - The Nuthin's 17. They Prefer Blondes - LPG 18. Jungle Honey - Shakin' Spear & The Captives 19. Let's Go To The Beach - Magnificent Escapades 20. Louie Louie - The Waistcoats
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A Nonkonformist less...

Willy DeVille R.I.P., 1950-2009
Friday, Aug. 7 2009 @ 10:24AMPunk rock soul man Willy DeVille has died of pancreatic cancer in New York at the age of 59. Though his band Mink DevIlle was more bluesy, swinging and sometimes Springsteenesque than most of the groups that congregated at CBGB back in the glory days, he fit comfortably amid its grunge, and glittered in it. He wrote some extraordinary songs and sang them with deep feeling, yet despite this (and an Atlantic Records contract) never had a breakout hit (though he did place a song on the soundtrack of The Princess Bride, for which he received an Academy Award nomination). He was big in Europe, though, and among his fellow musicians (Jack Nitzsche said he was the best singer he ever worked with). DeVille went through all kinds of mess, including his wife's suicide, a car wreck that left him hobbled for years, Hepatitis C and cancer. You might say this is sort of thing that would teach a man the blues, were it not so clear in his music that he had them bone-deep from the start. - from: forum.rollingstone.de

alphish said: Many thanks for remembering Willy. I am currently near New York City, where he die last night. It's somewhat "funny" that Willy was/is more popular in my country (Holland) and yours (Germany) than over here. Anyway, here is a great radio broadcast of a concert in Bremen last year (2cd with artwork; no password):

http://www.megaupload.com/?d=XT7ABVV5

RIP, Willy.

THE GREAT SCOTS "...ARRIVE!"

Here's the recording industry's version of walking into that little record shop in South Dakota and finding everything just like it was in 1966.Halifax, Nova Scotia's Great Scots-as renowned today for wearing kilts on stage as for their knockout British Invasion-style debut disc on Sundazed-cut another album's worth of Hollies-meet-Stones fueled stunners in 1965. Here, at last, is the other Great Scots package-a 10 track rampage through material so woolly that only Eric Burdon & Co. or Mick, Brian & Keith, Inc. would dare to follow-and featuring liner notes by legendary Caribou, Maine deejay Wally Berk, who never, ever stopped believing himself to be "the sixth Great Scot."traxfromwax:
1. don't want your love 2. my baby's name 3. any other boy 4. give me lovin' 5. that's my girl 6. that wasn't no girl 7. i want to know 8. tell her please 9. lucille 10. lost in converation
ripped from wax in glorious monoloudarama!
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