"I WAS A TEENAGE CAVEMAN" - Raw Savage Sixties Punk VA

If anybody asks you what exactly is sixties garage punk, just put this album on and let it rip. Snarlin’ vocals, rippin’ guitar breaks, and primitive screams - the essence of garage punk. I dare you to find me a better collection of U.S. garage punk songs on any comp! (All U.S. garage except The Haunted from Canada.) Legendary greatness!traxfromwax:
1. The Grains Of Sand - Goin' Away, Baby 2. The Gents - If You Don't Come Back 3. The Zakary Thaks - Bad Girl 4. The Fallen Angels - Bad Woman 5. The Emperors - I Want My Woman 6. The Esquires - Judgement Day 7. The Five Canadians - Writing On The Wall 8. The Haunted - Eight O'clock This Morning 9. Cobras - I Wanna Be Your Love 10. The Gentlemen - It's A Cry'n Shame 11. The Innsmen - Things Are Different Now 12. Thee Sixpence - My Flash On You 13. The Beachnuts - My Iconoclastic Life 14. The Hysterics - Won't Get Far 15. The Reasons Why - Don't Be That Way 16. Things To Come - Sweetgina 17. The Split Ends - Rich With Nothin' 18. The Tropics - You Better Move
...originally served by Gyro1966...

"Shaggerman Rock'n'Roll" Vol.1 VA

Rockin' wild stuff! LINK WRAY, BENNY JOY, DOUG SAHM, Surf, Rockabilly, and cool Rockers.trax:
1. TOMMY BELL: Midnight Dreams 2. DAZZLERS: Somethin' Baby 3. VAL RAYS: Hopped Up Mustang 4. TWISTERS: Countdown 1-2-3 (Instr.) 5. FENDER FOUR: Margaya (Instr.) 6. BENNY JOY: Wild Wild Lover 7. BONGO TEENS: Surfin' Bongos 8. TERRY STAFFORD: Suspicion 9. DOUG POWELL: Jeannie With The Dark Blue Eyes 10. LITTLE MONTIE JONES: You're Just That Kind 11. CORVETTES: Shaften (Instr.) 12. BLUE ECHOES: It's Witchcraft 13. DEMOTRONS: Rockaway Special 14. LOAFERS: Crazy Talk 15. LINK WRAY: Comanche (Instr.) 16. EDDIE QUINTEROS: Lindy Lou 17. FIREFLIES: Stella Got A Fella 18. WEAYMAN PARHAM: Hang Loose 19. DOUG SAHM: Slow Down 20. JOHN & JACKIE: Little Girl 21. TONY JOE WHITE: Polk Salad Annie 22. TED WEEMS: Heartaches
...originally served by DooWopDaddyO...

"JERK! SHAKE! AND VIBRATE!" VA

Given the hot little groovers on here, it's hard not to jerk, shake, and vibrate when listening to this set -- as the collection's stuffed with loads of funky soul tunes! The package dips into the far end of the 60s indie scene -- going for obscure 45s issued on small labels that mostly never got proper distribution -- with a sound that's informed by the harder and deeper soul artists of the time, but carried off with a lot more energy and pure raw power than the acts that ever made it on the radio! CD version features 24 tracks in all -- with titles that include "I Do The Jerk" by Bil Pinkney, "The James Brown Bougelou" by Little Genie Brooks, "Mister CC" by Jim Pipkins & The Boss Five, "Let's Monkey Again" by The Persians, "Thread The Needle" by Al White & The Hi-Liters, and "Funky Funky Horse" by Lester Young & The California Playboys (Dusty Groove)trax:
1. I Do The Jerk - Bill Pinkney 2. Broadway Sissy - Roscoe And Friends 3. The James Brown Boogaloo - Little Genie Brooks 4. Mister C.C. - Jim Pipkins & The Boss Five 5. The Kick-A-Poo Part 1 - Kickapoo Kidd & The Deputies 6. We Got It - Gene Willis & The Aggregation 7. Hoopy Doo - Willie Wicher 8. Uncle Witty - Plookie McCline 9. Do The Ape - Reggie Powell 10. Sookie - Mel Williams 11. Let's Monkey Again - The Persians 12. Take Me To Los Angeles - Jimmy Soul 13. Baby Don't You Leave Me - Clarence Paul 14. Sweete'n - Wilbur Reynolds & The Masters 15. Shake And Vibrate - Sir Latimore 16. Running For My Life - Roscoe Shelton 17. Neck Bones - Allen Greene 18. Shindig City - Dorothy Parker 19. The Broom - The Af-Tabs 20. Thread The Needle - Al White & The Hi-Liters 21. Funky, Funky Horse (Part One) - Lester Young & The California Playboys 22. How Much Longer (Must I Wait) - Lee Moses 23. Let Your Love Shine - Lester Young 24. The Earthworm Part 1 - Maurice Dollison & The Turnkeys
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THE SHAMS "Take Off" 2001

The Shams' debut disc is a cave-stompin' garage rock collection that owes a huge debt to the Seeds, the Velvet Underground, the Stooges, and anyone else who woke up the neighborhood on a Saturday morning somewhere in mid-'60s middle America with a spirited blast of bass, guitar, drums, battered keyboards, and scratchy vocals.Take Off is an enjoyable lo-fi affair chock-full of cheesy organ sounds, way too much reverb (which is a good thing), amplifier buzz, and four guys looking to meet girls. Each track is a rollicking pastiche of eighth- and 16th-note rhythms that are rendered slightly out of time and just a pinch out of key. Down, but not out of the mix, Zach Gabbard howls à la Mick Jagger and Jim Morrison, as did countless musically inclined delinquent teenagers in decades past. His partners in crime kick out the jams as if their lives depended on it, relying primarily on simplicity and volume. Kudos to the boys for covering Alan Tousssaint's dirty funky "Get out My Life Woman" and the goofy space jam that somehow found its way into the bridge of "I Get High." As long as there are concrete enclosures for parking, and as long as there are young men who want to be rock stars and impress the cute blonde cheerleader in chemistry class, there will be bands like the Shams. Long live rock & roll. - Review by Tom Semioli (All Music Guide)trax:
1. Rock N' Roll 2. Scream My Name 3. Not Right Now 4. I Get High 5. 1/2 Past 12 6. Me No More 7. Get Out My Life Woman 8. In The City 9. Wolfman 10. Walkaway 11. Don't Cry To Me 12. Free My Mind (Live) 13. Sleepy Hollow
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The Discords "Second to no-one" 1986

"From the Medway Towns Delta: 13 tunes, all under 2 minutes - short and painless! Here's one other from the Hangman Legends Series released in 1985 but salvaged by Billy Childish in 1991, produced by Graham Day and the sleeve was made by Bruce Brand. A family afffair!" - Mr NoonTHE DISCORDS - vintage shenanigans from the house of Hangman. Recorded back in 1986, and produced by legendary Prisoner's member Graham Day, this encapsulates the essence of the world-famous Medway Sound.
We have the equally legendary Wild Billy Childish - former Milkshakes, Mighty Caesars, and now Headcoats, (and of course father of Hangman records) to thank for salvaging the work of the DISCORDS from the annals of history, and the same demi-god to thank for recognising the raw garage punk power of DODSON's DOGS.
This DISCORDS / DODSON's DOGS extravaganza makes an essential part of any true Meway/Hangman/Childish officionado's collection. Beware! This production is liable to maul your face off and leave you with distemper!
Toured Belgium twice and Spain (Wild Weekend III). Headlined the 100 Club, Hope and Anchor, Boston Arms (Dirty Water Club), Sir George Robey, Dublin Castle, Putney Half Moon, Dingwalls, Hammersmith Clarendon, Ryans Corn Rocket Club and virtually every Medway venueThe Discords:
Dodds - Guitar + Vocals, Kas Lee - Bass + Vocals, Russ Baxter - Drums

traxfromwax:
1. Second To No-One 2. Little Miss Misfit 3. We''re Gonna Have Fun 4. Brainstorm 5. Since You've Been Gone 6. You Can Catch Me 7. Get Youself Together 8. You Won't Get Far 9. Happy You're My Girl 10. Steam Train 11. It's You, Girl 12. Leaving Here 13. Take The Hurt Off Me

...originally served by Mr Noon...

THE TIKI MEN "Twelve Dusty Diamonds" 1995

The Tiki Men pioneered the great West Coast surf explosion of the early 90’s, influenced by and playing alongside the likes of the world-famous Phantom Surfers at such world-famous venues as San Francisco’s The Purple Onion. The Tiki Men embraced surf music years before its nation wide comeback on concert circuits, soda ads, and latenight talkshows; and they embraced the Pacific island tiki culture long before tiki masks and coconuts became a staple of the Capitol Records lounge exotica revival. They did all this, played tons of shows, recorded a historic LP, and got out before anyone had a chance to analyze them.The Tiki Men's Twelve Dusty Diamonds chronicles the dark, dirty, raw adventures of a wave-loving surfer stranded in the desert. Armed with only some beer and a guitar, his journey is all about finding meaning in a waterless world. Well, maybe I listened to it too many times, too late at night. Either way, this is one hella fine album of instrumental surf music. The Tiki Men combine undeniably catchy hooks with rough lo-fi production in an album which varies in mood and intensity, taking you from irreverent excitement to loneliness and despair, and back again. As the title suggests, this is a musical diamond in the rough- check it out.traxfromwax:
1. pitcheresque 2. man of mystery 3. badlands 4. harlem nocturne 5. have guitar... 6. that's the way it goes 7. milkshakes 8. the frump 9. island honey 10. spring fever 11. fireball 12. last call
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M.O.T.O. "Blast Of Silence" 2007 + "Some Thing" 2007 - 7"/45rpm

"Once again, your drunken -SuicidekinG- appears. Today we're going to dig a bit of this fat mo herf ck r's 7'' archive. Today's up is two seven inchers by the amazing Masters Of The Obvious, or more familiarly M.O.T.O..... First, the Blast of Silence lets us know MOTO as i personally know it. Raw powerpoppish, but still extramelodically punk. Either way, amazing shit. I hope that few of you readers will go out and buy MOTO records because of this upload. Paul Caporino, the greatest songwriter since Lennon, still works at used records store and does this for nearly nothing. And has been doing it since the beginning of the eighties. As a proof, you can still order copied c-tapes from Mr. Caporino through MOTO website. The vocal melodies of "Blast of Silence" and "I used to tell the truth" are just merely a glimpse of this man's songwriting capabilities.
Well. Some of his work is just drum-machine, bassist , 4-track recorder and him. Or sometimes not even a bassist. So the other 7'', "Some Things" is closer to that reality. You can hear the enormous songwriting and chorusbuilding skills through that cheap drum-machine. And that buzz of noise. But still. Caporino IS the new Lennon. (please, don't kill him for that:)
For first-MOTO-timers i recommend to listen only to Blast of Silence, since that's what MOTO sounds like, when it's a band and not just Paul.. Yeh. Caporino. Not Mackartni or hows that spelled again..." -SuicidekinG-

trax "Blast Of Silence":
01 Blast Of Silence 02 Rock And Roll All Day 03 I Used To Tell The Truth 04 Ain't No Modern Day Robin Hood
trax "Some Thing":
01 Some Thing 02 It's Easy 03 Top Of The World 04 How Come He Gets To And I Don't?
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LUIS AND THE WILDFIRES "BRAIN JAIL" 2007

“One of the wildest records of the year!”Luis and his gang go for broke on their savage debut album! Recorded in LA's legendary Wild Records garage studio and issued to worldwide acclaim on the red hot WILD label on CD, the album makes its vinyl debut on Norton with two exclusive bonus cuts! Includes the dance floor monster hit Let's Party. The Wildfires blend together such influences as Johnny Carroll and Slim Harpo with a garage whomp and a solid nod to their Mexican musical heritage with a cover of Tony Casanova's Yeah Yeah Come Another Day. The Wildfires continue to tear it up on stages at major rock n' roll festivals from Spain to Japan. After witnessing their insane show, astute talent scout Todd Abramson was led to remark, “I've just seen the new Los Locos Del Ritmo!” The band was recently nominated for an AVN award for Best Porn Soundtrack to Vivid Video's THE REBELLE ROUSERS.traxfromwax:
01 dance in the rain 02 wild in the head 03 gonna leave 04 yeah, yeah come another day 05 i hear voices 06 genie in a bottle 07 wildfire 08 let's party 09 that's love 10 under your spell 11 cast iron arm 12 come on over baby 13 mouth hug 14 goodbye
...originally served by Mojo...

"Teenage Cruisers / The Cream Of California's Rockabilly Rebellion" 1980 VA

Whenever Johnny is asked his age he replies, "I'm 20 years younger than Tony Bennett, I don't need any hits; I'm 10 years younger than Tina Turner, I don't need any tits; and I'm two years younger than Cher, and I don't need hairy pits".Teenage Cruisers was the brainchild of one Johnny Legend. Teenage Cruisers, the 70’s porn film was dubbed the “first x-rated rockabilly movie. Legend started in 1970 “The first authentic rockabilly band since the 50’s “by the Rockabilly Hall of Fame. His Rollin’ Rock Rebels included the likes of Ray Campi, Billy Zoom, and Ronny Weiser. In fact, most of musicians contributing are from Weisers Rollin Rock label. Highlights include The Blasters original Marie, Marie and 2 Billy Zoom tunes and even the infamous Alvis Wayne’s “I Want to Eat Your Pudding”. - Philo
As far as the movie is concerned well You can read the review here:
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0154013/traxfromwax:
1) Johnny Legend - Are You Hep To It 2) Billy Zoom - Bad Boy 3) Billy Zoom - Say When 4) Blasters - Marie Marie 5) Ray Campi - The Newest Wave 6) Wildman Billy Conn - Hard Knocks & Tough Rocks 7) Johnny Legend - California Rockabilly 8) Johnny Legend - Let's Get Goin' 9) Jerry Sikorski - Backseat Boogie 10) Alvis Wayne - I Want To Eat Your Pudding 11) Jackie Lee Waukeen Cochran - Hungry Hill 12) Charlie Feathers - That Certain Female
...originally served by Philo...

THE HATE BOMBS "Hunt You Down" 1999

The Hate Bombs' music is an explosive combination of garage punk, fuzz and rock insanity!Known nationally in the live circuit for their manic musical performances, they pull off just as powerful deliverance on HUNT YOU DOWN. The band started their own record label, Speed-O-Meter, in 1993 intending to use the label to put out their own releases. As the Speed-O-Meter gained in popularity so did the band and the label became less of a priority. The Hate Bombs have an impressive discography, with releases not only on Speed-O-Meter, but many compilation appearances Helter Skelter, Spinning Top, Blood Red Vinyl, Baskervinyl, and the Dionysus compilation TIGER MASK TRASH AU GO-GO. The Hate Bombs are also well known in the fest-circle, putting in smokin' sets at Treblefest, Dixie Fried Back Alley Brawl, Gutterfest, The Dionysus Demolition Derby and Cave Stomp 99. People constantly confuse Ken Hate Bomb with Bruce Brand of Thee Headcoats, though some think he looks like a young Mike Love from The Beach Boys!trax:
1. What Do You Say To A Girl Like That? 2. Hunt You Down 3. Woah 4. Going Away Baby 5. Workin' Like A Dog 6. Cool & Aloof 7. It's Not Hard To See 8. Wrong Place, Wrong Time 9. Price To Pay 10. A Love Like That 11. Uranium Fever 12. Until Tomorrow 13. Talkin' 14. Almost There 15. Words To The Wise
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THE HATE BOMBS "Here Comes Treble" 1997

This band always delivered a very wild stage show. Here’s their debut album. 100 mph trash from US garage band. Play very loud! This music reflects Hate Bombs many influences, from garage, to mod, right up through 77 styled punk delivery and is heavy and tuneful at the same time.It's all about having fun at a Hate Bombs show - no posing, no strained existential angst - just four guys having a real good time doing (1960's-tinged) garage punk. The four guys: Dave Ewing, the frontman on guitar, vocals and mod haircut who has perfected that Ready, Steady, Go! headbob; Ken "the kiss of hops" Chiodini on drums, primal vocals, and Schlitz beer; Mick Crowley on guitar, vocals, and the meanest-cheesiest Acetone organ in Florida; and Scott Sugiuchi, a Kyle MacLachlan doppelganger who has perfected that "faux-disaffected-stare at the ceiling look" on bass. The Hate Bombs - once, at a cocktail party, Ken's wife claimed a pair of catty women were lobbing "invisible hatebombs" at her - play a slew of retro-rock originals influenced by Billy Childish (Thee Headcoats, Thee Milkshakes, Pop Rivitz, et al.), The Sonics, The Squires, Pretty Things, and lesser-known 1960's fuzz-rock ephemera. The Hatebombs also play some inspired covers such as "Diamond Head" by The Ventures and "Your Love" by The Trogs, but they are truly good original songwriters and musicians. - Ray Gunn Virustrax:
1. Just Make Me Happy 2. She's No Good 3. Like It That Way 4. Shake 5. One Inch Punch 6. She's All Right 7. What I Want 8. Going All The Way 9. One Thing On My Mind 10. You Lied/Haymaker 11. Drag Hag 12. No Use Cryin' 13. What I Wouldn't Do 14. All At Once 15. Can't Trust No One 16. That's Cool, That's Trash
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The Babies "Not Coming Home" 2005

"Hey there... This should be small­ THANXXX to you for all great things I've finally found with your help.. I'm from Croatia, and this could be interesting for you and all visitors. Maybe most of guys knows about Croatia via Bambi Molesters, one of the finest surf-rock bands ever, but we have some more cool pebbles, like The Madmen, Erotic Biljan & His Heretics... and like these guys - The Babies. I send you their second (and last) album, recorded and produced by mighty Tim Kerr... Probably the best 30 punk-rock minutes ever recorded in this fucked-up region. Hope you'll post it, and enjoy it!!! Regards from Croatia..." - Tonitrax:
01-Burned on fire 02-S.O.U.L. 03-Get it on 04-Not coming home 05-Pleasure killer 06-Watching you 07-Hated that day 08-I found... 09-Not gonna cry 10-Suicide 1989 11-Ride 12-ExP
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Gene Vincent "Bird Doggin" 1967 (Challenge/Line Rec)

Gene looking upwards as if in a trance, his black gloved hands wrapped firmly around the mike, one knee bent and the Cripled leg stretched. Dressed in black leathers, with a huge chain around his neck, singing ‘Be Bop-A-Lula’ with an otherworldliness that was both intimidating and enthralling at the same time.Faced with a career that was going nowhere fast on a treadmill of gigs, booze and oldies, Gene Vincent regrouped in 1966 and with the help of an allstar team of Southern California studio whizzes, recorded a batch of songs that stand out as some of his best work. Challenge Records assembled some topnotch session cats like Glen Campbell, Al Casey, Jim Seals, Dash Crofts and David Gates, rounded up some good songs, and let Gene loose. The songs aren't rockabilly, though, not even a little. Instead they are solid mid'60s fare with a folkrockmeetsgarage sound. He is in fine voice throughout, sounding tough and ready on hard rockers like "Bird Doggin'," "Ain't That Too Much" and "Words and Music," sensitive on sweet ballads like "HiLili, HiLo," and heartbroken and blue on desperate songs like "Hurtin' for You Baby" and "Am I That Easy to Forget." He shows off his country side on a rocksolid cover of Merle Haggard's "I'm a Lonesome Fugitive," gets loose and swinging on a boppy "Poor Man's Prison," and on what may be the album's best song, the chiming folkrocker "Love Is a Bird," which sounds very much like Gene Clark. In fact at times the record sounds like (with some 12string guitar added) the Byrds, but mostly the results are not too far from what the Everly Brothers were doing around the same time. Sadly, Vincent had even less commercial success than the Brothers, as his Challenge singles sank without a trace and were never collected as an album in the States. Most of the songs remained unreleased except on cheapie European albums. In 2002 Magnum released a version of the sessions called Bird Doggin': The Complete Challenge Sessions which comes close to being as good as 1992's excellent release on Sundazed, Ain't That Too Much: The Complete Challenge Sessions. It comes up short in the sound and package department, and also loses points by including modern remakes of "Hurtin' for You Baby" and "Born to Be a Rolling Stone," by the songwriter Jerry Merritt. Stick to the Sundazed version for the real goods. - Tim Sendra, All Music Guidetraxfromwax:
1. Hurtin' for You Baby 2. I'm a Lonesome Fugitive 3. Born to be a Rolling Stone 4. Hi Lili, Hi Lo 5. Poor Man's Prison 6. Words and Music 7. Bird Doggin' 8. I've Got My Eyes on You 9. Love is a Bird 10. Ain't That Too Much 11. Lonely Street 12. Am I That Easy to Forget

"DRINK BEER! YELL! DANCE!" Midwest Teen Band Frat And Garage Stompers 1961-1966!!

Cool comp compiled by Deke Dickerson from his 45 collection. Crude as hell garage!traxfromwax:
1. spellbound - The Twiliters 2. kapo - The Lyndells 3. she's so fine - The St. Johns 4. she cares - Rod & The Satellites 5. how do you lose a girl - J.D. Wyatt & The Thunderbols 6. coco cherry mash - The Catalinas 7. you lied to me - The Vandals 8. gloria - The Boys 9. come to the party - The Gallows 10. talkin' bout you now - The Catalinas 11. peanut butter - Friar Tuck & His Merrymen 12. i'm telling you right now - Rod & The Satellites 13. land o'love - David & The Boys Next Door 14. contentment - The Lyndells 15. bring it to me - The Rebel Rousers 16. for your love - The Boys
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THE GREENHORNES "Gun For You" 1999

On this sizzling garage rock debut, Cincinnati, OH's Greenhornes showcase their talents at combining solid early- to mid-'60s Stones/Kinks-style rock with a jovial mod influence and Detroit blues-rock punchiness.Craig Fox on guitars and vocals, Brian Olive on guitar and backup vocals, Patrick Keeler on drums, and Jack Lawrence on bass; the pervasive organ right up front in the mix comes courtesy of spectacular keyboardist Jared McKinney. There are ten blues- and soul-tinged originals here in all, along with two blistering covers (including the old Blues Project chestnut "Wake Me, Shake Me"). Fox's multi-range singing talents are wildly apparent on howling rave-ups like "No More," "The End of the Night" (a song about the nature of dysfunctional relationships), and "Going to the River," or blue-eyed soul numbers "Hold Me," "I've Been Down," and the smoky "No Friend of Mine." Review by Bryan Thomastrax:
1. The End Of The Night 2. No More 3. Good Times 4. Wake Me, Shake Me 5. Hold Me 6. My Baby's Alright 7. No Friend Of Mine 8. Show Me Love 9. So Cold 10. What A Fool 11. Going To The River 12. I've Been Down
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The Easybeats "Absolute Anthology" 1980

The wonderful guitarist for the band was George Young, who really was one of the nicer players of the era in a Keith Richards's mode. After the band broke up he and co-guitarist Harry Vanda became producers, their most successful project being a band formed with George's younger brothers Angus and Malcolm, AC/DC.The Easybeats hit the big time with "Friday On My Mind" in 1967 and followed up with an eccellent pop song called "Heaven and Hell". Unfortunately, US stations wouldn't play any song that had terms like heaven or hell in them and the BBC banned the song because of the line "hell is finding someone else in your bed". The Easybeats quickly replaced that line with "hell is finding that your love has gone dead", but it was too late and this great pop tune flopped everywhere but Australia. I always wondered why the Easybeats didn't re-record some of their Aussie hits, such as the eccellent "sorry" or "I'll make you happy" for American release and the former Easybeats drummer Snowy Fleet said that the reason was "that the music scene had changed"(??) I always felt that this was a big mistake as those songs were perfect for the US market. This album has some great tracks from the band, such as the above, and also "land of make believe, women, she's so fine, hello how are you" and others from a band that should have been much bigger had the right decisions been made. - amazon

traxfromwax:
Disc One:- 1.For My Woman 2.Say That You're Mine 3.She's So Fine 4.Wedding Ring 5.Easy As Can Be 6.Sad & Lonely & Blue 7.You Said That 8.You Got It Off Me 9.You Can't do that 10.Funny Feelin' 11.In My Book 12.Women 13.Come & See Her 14.I'll Make You Happy 15.Too Much 16.Sorry 17.Made My Bed Gonna Lie in It 18.Friday on My Mind 19.Pretty Girl 20Remembering Sam 21.Who'll Be The One 22.Do You Have a Soul? 23.Heaven & Hell
Disc Two:- 1.Hello How Are you? 2.Come In You'll Get Pneumonia 3.Good Times 4.Bring A Little Lovin' 5.The Music Goes Round My Head (fast) 6.Falling Off The Edge Of The World 7.The Shame Just Drained 8.What in The World 9.Land Of Make Believe 10.Peculiar Home In The Sky 11.Lisa 12.Saturday Night 13.Amanda Storey 14.Down To the Last 500 15.Lay Me Down And Die (vocal version) 16.Wait A Minute 17.I Love Marie 18.Rock & Roll Boogie 19.Can't Find love 20.St Louis

The Riptides "Resurface" 1987

Brisbane band The Riptides was one of the classic Australian new wave groups. The band's blend of diamond-hard power pop, snappy surf melodies and whomping backbeat was irresistible and eminently danceable. After becoming one of the biggest drawcards on the Australian pub circuit during the early 1980s, The Riptides called it a day in 1983.The Riptides were largely a vehicle for the immense song-writing talents of Mark Callahan but over a career spanning 6 years from 1979 to 1983 the band also featured a number of excellent musicians including Howard Shawcross and Russell Parkhouse. Parkhouse is an extraordinary keyboard player and subsequently played amongst other bands with The Mexican Spitfires.
Callaghan went on to find commercial success with Gangajang but the sometime surf inspired but always inspiration pop sensibilties of The Riptides had a fun loving and naivete which could not be surpassed.
The Riptides developed a certain cult status in their home city of Brisbane, Australia. Even during the Gangajang years, The Riptides would regulalry reform to do a tour of universities during Orientation Week. A live album, "Riptides Resurface" captures the energy of these almost annual reformations.
Since 1981, Cal has been writing, singing and recording his own songs.
Whether it's with GANGgajang, The Riptides or as a solo artist, his songs help us define the way we see our selves as Australians.
Simply, his songs have helped shape the nation's psyche. - from "ganggajang"The Riptides:
Andrew Leitch: guitar, keyboards, vox / Michael Hiron: bass, vox / Mark Callaghan: vox, guitar / Buzz Bidstrup: drums, voc

traxfromwax:
1: Holiday Time 2: Some Other Guy 3: Tomorrow's Tears 4: Rules of Love 5: Sunset Strip 6: Keep It Up 7: The Power of Love 8: Hearts & Flowers 9: The Wedding Song 10: Eternal Flame 11: The Day Has Gone 12: Money for Life 13: Only Time 14: Lonely Old Sunday 15: Swept Away 16: Tombs of Gold 17: Riptide 18: Shake It 19: Venus

Reverend Horton Heat "Spend A Night In The Box" 2000

"...Suggest a trio rocking out in an abandoned church - a warm, live sound with just the right amount of echo. The Reverend really hits his stride... Get on the dancefloor, cats and kittens, and give the man an 'Amen'."Long before the press anointed Brian Setzer the "Savior of Swing," the Reverend Horton Heat was already serving up his sonic cocktails of rockabilly, surf, and swing. SPEND A NIGHT IN THE BOX, a title inspired by the ultra-cool prison flick Cool Hand Luke, finds the Rev recording for a new label and working for the first time under the steady hand of producer Paul Leary. The result is a comfortably familiar variation on the band's stellar brand of echo-drenched psychobilly. Leary's laid-back production approach gives the band license to experiment outside the box, whether the Rev is attempting noir-ish jazz inflections ("The Party In Your Head") or delivering some humorous, mid-tempo honky-tonk ("Hand it to Me"). Drums rumble, the bass gets slapped, and the Rev's guitar bounces and weaves through songs of broken relationships ("The Bedroom Again"), drinking ("Big D Boogie Woogie"), and lawsuits ("Sue Jack Daniels") to which any proud beer drinker/hell raiser would be proud to sing along. - from: www.cduniverse.com/Reverend Horton Heat:
Jim Heath (vocals, guitar); Jimbo Wallace (vocals, bass); Scott Churilla (vocals, drums); Tim Alexander (accordion, piano, organ, bajo quinto). Recorded at Pedernales Studios, Spicewood, Texas.

trax:
1. Spend a Night in the Box 2. Big D Boogie Woogie 3. Sleeper Coach Driver 4. Girl in Blue 5. Hand It to Me 6. Sue Jack Daniels 7. I'll Make Love 8. It Hurts Your Daddy Bad 9. Bedroom Again 10. King 11. Whole Lotta Baby 12. Millionaire 13. Unlucky in Love 14. Party in Your Head

The Easybeats "The Shame Just Drained" 1977

1967 was to be a year for The Easybeats to invade the UK, and even the USA.For a group that really only scored one major international hit, the Easybeats' songwriting team -- Harry Vanda and George Young -- were very busy bees indeed in the studio in the late '60s. All but one of the songs on this 15-track compilation are taken from sessions between late 1966 and late 1968 that were unreleased at the time; five come from an album that was canned at the last minute. Apparently there were about 20 more outtakes where that came from. Don't pay any mind to the ridiculous claim in the sleeve note that "had all the material been released in the sequence (and quantity) it was created, then the Easybeats' impact might have been far more notable and we might today be comparing their albums alongside Rubber Soul, Aftermath, and other rock milestones." This is cheery late-'60s pop with mild psychedelic influences, echoing the Small Faces, the Turtles, and especially the Kinks. The cheeriness, in fact, verges on childish and sickly sweet in places. It's not bad. In fact, it's occasionally pretty good; it's just not incredibly significant. By far the best track is "Mr. Riley of Higginbottom & Clive," a bit of dry class satire that compares well with Ray Davies' vignettes from the same era. ~ Richie Unterberger, All Music Guide

The Easybeats:
Stevie Wright (vocals), Harry Vanda [Harry Vandenberg] (guitar), George Young (guitar), Dick Diamonde [Dingeman van der Sluys] (bass), Gordon "Snowy" Fleet (drums, 1964-67), Tony Cahill (drums, 1967-69)

traxfromwax:
1. Little Queenie 2. Baby I'm coming 3. Lisa 4. I'm on fire 5. Wait a minute 6. We'll make it together 7. Peter 8. Me and my machine 9. The shame just drained 10. Mr. Riley of Higginbottom & Clive 11. Kelly 12. Where old men go 13. Johnny no-one 14. Amanda Storey 15. Station on the third avenue

Psycotic Pineapple "Where's The Party" 1980 (richmond records. rich 6026)

Their first & only LP; hardly any 60's influence like on previous releases, the band concetrates on great noisy & melodic punk sound with a cheap sounding organ. Lots of great songs (although not all of them are as great as the single A sides), a must have for fans of the insane early Dickies sound.Psycotic Pineapple:
Henricius Van Holtmann: lead saw, Alexi Karlinsky: organs, rhythm saw, Dave C. Berry: animal drums, John C. Berry: base guitar

traxfromwax:
1 hang on for your life 2 the devil has work for idle hands 3 i forgot who i forgot who i was 4 i wanna wanna wanna wanna wanna wanna wanna get rid of you 5 the saw 6 headcheese 7 sabrina 8 she's boss 9 you're gonna miss me 10 drop out 11 i want her so bad