I couldn't list the title in the bulletin since it sounds like a rap album. And trashy Thee Exciters are! These guys sound like they crawled out of a gutter, picked up some instruments, and proceeded to completely empty a bar's liquor supply. Vocalist Paul Le-Brock sounds like he spent the night taking shots of whiskey and chain smoking only to wake up the next day and start over early in the morning while Justin Cunningham's tube amp is turned up to "11" and channeled through a three fuzz boxes. A scratchy voice and some mean, fuzzed out and downright nasty guitar. Spending Cash, Talking Trash is for the garage rock purist. It just doesn't get any more garage than this.To make things even more primitive, there's a true caveman rocker complete with ape noises on "Ugly Face" combined with just a hint of surf and a pounding beat from Richey Walker that could scare your parents. That's a damn good thing. Rock 'n' roll should always scare your parents. A standout track is "Guts for Garters" which could easily be mistaken for "Your Body, Not Your Soul" from Cuby and The Blizzards, but only after making sure the original tape is sandpapered down almost to the point of not being playable.
Spending Cash, Talking Trash is 12 tracks of fuzzed out garage rawk that will sucker punch any garage afficionado into realizing that Southampton is only secondary to Detroit. These guys sound like a Stooges vs. Sonics bash over the head with guitars brawl, but with survivors! The songs are basic r&b thrown in battery acid. "Bringing Me Down" highlights that basis and then amps it up with a super loaded bass from Alex Tapps and then trashed up with Justin's riffs and occasional Townshend monkey swings which sound like emphatic statements. One also just can't get away from the perfect scream-howls from Paul, but the song descends into an all out guitar/bass wail that goes beyond the basic. The following track "Chillin' Truth" follows the same premise but has it sped up to a southern fried beat that will get even the most knuckle-walking troglodyte to the most uptight, tailor made drainpipe pants hipster to stand on two feet and start moving.
Spending Cash, Talking Trash, the debut full length album from Southampton's Thee Exciters has too many good songs to mention. It was also recorded in mono, which makes it sound even more uncivilized. If that's not enough to get your RAWK on, the CD version contains an entire live set from Dirty Water Club's 10th Anniversary weekend in October 2006.
Ladies and gentlemen, this is your brain: This is your brain on Thee Exciters: Any Questions? - The Paisley Umbrella
trax:
01 Spending Cash, Talking Trash 02 Pretty, Elegant And Neat 03 Ugly Face 04 Johnny's Too Messed Up 05 Guts For Garters 06 Bringing Me Down 07 Chillin' Truth 08 Mummie's Little Boy 09 Jacob's Gutter 10 Out Of My Hands 11 Things Ain't Right 12 Why Can't You See? 13 Two Dollar Bill 14 Chillin' Truth (Live) 15 Spending Cash, Talking Trash (Live) 16 Johnny's Too Messed Up (Live) 17 Out Of My Hands (Live) 18 Mummie's Little Boy (Live) 19 Queen Of The Scene 20 Pretty, Elegant And Neat (Live) 21 Ugly Face (Live) 22 Things Ain't Right (Live) 23 Guts For Garters (Live) 24 Jacob's Gutter (Live) 25 With You (Live) 26 Why Can't You See_ (Live)
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THEE EXCITERS "Spending Cash, Talking Trash"
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THE SNITCHES - STAR WITNESS
OH! TONITO Records 2001
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After eight years, Montreal rockers the Snitches have found a way to reach the United States. They may have ditched the violin and piano and turned to old-school garage rock while doing it, but there are definitely some fun things happening on Star Witness. After starting it off with an upbeat rock & roll swagger, the catchy "Right Before My Eyes" pumps up the tempo. Then comes the Cars-influenced "Willie," which plays off the story of "My Best Friend's Girl" as well as borrowing the Cars' quirky synthesizer. The friendly "Wednesdays on My Mind" seems a bit out of place, sounding like a track from the Grease soundtrack, while "Swallow" goes a little overboard with its hard rock vocals. For the most part, though, this is lively rock & roll filled with spirited guitars and stories about a "Crazy Talking Girl" and a "Sugar Mommy." -- Kenyon Hopkin (Allmusic)
Okay. I looked but I couldn't find a five star review to post along with this record. It just doesn't deserve one, I suppose, but don't give up yet. I'm not trying to turn anyone away. I like this record and play it a lot. Yes, it's that Indie Alternative Rock or whatever the hell Rock & Roll was called in the 90s and 2000s. But to me it's all Rock'n'Roll anyway. No incredible guitar work here. No inspired vocals. Just pop/punk rock'n'roll songs played with juvenile intensity.
Driving home from work one day long ago I heard a review of this album on National Public Radio. That was long before YouTube or most music blogs and since I was intrigued by the review and the snippets of songs I heard, I had no other recourse but to buy the CD. The song "Right Before My Eyes" immediately jumped out at me and it is still my favorite. With further listening the whole album just grew on me and every song now has become familiar and pleasing. My wife can't stand this record but as long as she wears her earphones to listen to her Sheryl Crow and Dido I don't care what she thinks.
And I really believe that whatever she hates you guys at TWILIGHTZONE! will love. -- JohnnyDiego
1. December 21
2. Pinkie Standing
3. Right Before My Eyes
4. Willie
5. In My Head
6. Perfect Gentleman
7. Wednesday's On My Mind
8. Gets Me Down
9. Sugar Mommy
10. Crazy Talking Girl
11. Swallow
12. Slut Shark
BONUS 1 OF 8
Lead Kindly Light: Pre-War Music and Photographs from the American South ’14 @320
Amazing sounds and really gorgeous images – maybe one of the best book and CD combinations we've seen so far from the always-great Dust-To-Digital label! The volume features nearly four dozen vintage 78rpm recordings – all from the pre-WWII years, in a range of southern styles that includes string band music, gospel, blues, and a bit of early hillbilly – all brought back to light with wonderful fidelity, and presented in a book-style volume that also offers up 159 photographs from the time! Together, the music and pictures evoke a south that's been lost for years – and which hardly ever got more exposure during the time, especially as so many of these scenes were dying during the Depression. Artists include Mississippi Bracey, Roane County Ramblers, Georgia Yellow Hammers, Al Hopkins & His Buckle Busters, Narmour & Smith, Rev JC Burnett, Loveless Twins, Fiddlin Sam Long Of The Ozarks, and many others. © 1996-2015, Dusty Groove, Inc.
CD1
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CD2
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INFO
https://www.dustygroove.com/item/718144
http://www.dust-digital.com/lead-kindly-light/
http://spectrumculture.com/music/various-artists-lead-kindly-light-pre-war-music-photographs-american-south/
BONUS 2 OF 8
Chicago Blues: The Beginning '73 (Testament LP) @320
Fantastic early blues compilation LP from this stellar blues record label.
A1
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Muddy Waters
Hard Day Blues
A2
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Johnny Shines
Delta Pine Blues
A3
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James Clark
Come To Me, Baby
A4
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Homer Harris (2)
Atomic Bomb Blues
A5
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Johnny Shines
Ride, Ride, Mama
A6
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Muddy Waters
Jitterbug Blues
B1
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Homer Harris (2)
I'm Gonna Cut Your Head
B2
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Johnny Shines
Evil-Hearted Woman Blues
B3
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Muddy Waters
Burying Ground Blues
B4
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James Clark
You Can't Make The Grade
B5
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Johnny Shines
Tennessee Woman Blues
B6
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Homer Harris (2)
Tomorrow Will Be To Late
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INFO
http://www.discogs.com/Various-Chicago-Blues-The-Beginning/release/3755639
http://www.wirz.de/music/testafrm.htm
BONUS 3 OF 8
MIKE SANCHEZ - Babes & Buicks '10 @320
The UK's number one Rockin' Rhythm & Blues man Mike Sanchez is back with a fabulous new album Babes and Buicks.
He is ably backed by the fantastic Beat From Palookaville (formerly known as Knock-Out Greg and Blue Weather) who previously backed The Sanch on his 2003 album Women and Cadillacs.
British singer, pianist and guitarist Mike Sanchez is one of the most exciting and charismatic performers of Rhythm & Blues and Rock 'n' Roll in the world today. His indelible image as a frenetic front man, pumping powerful boogie-woogie from the piano in a soaking suit, has won him fans from all over the world and attracted a following from many famous rock and blues legends who have lined up to work with him.
"Mike" Sanchez (born 17 February 1964) is a rhythm and blues singer, pianist and songwriter of Spanish-English heritage. Sanchez is known for his work with the Big Town Playboys and Bill Wyman's Rhythm Kings, and for his solo career. He is noted for his charismatic on stage presence and his encyclopaedic knowledge of the history and performers of rhythm and blues.[2]
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INFO
http://www.raucousrecords.com/babes-and-buicks-cd.html/
http://www.amazon.com/Babes-And-Buicks-Mike-Sanchez/dp/B0064Y3QGG
BONUS 4 OF 8
HOUND DOG TAYLOR - The Best Of Hound Dog Taylor '14@320
Wild, raucous, crazy music straight out of the South Side clubs.
If you think the slide guitar blues of Elmore James is as loud and ragged as music can be, then you've never heard Hound Dog Taylor. Born Theodore Roosevelt Taylor in Natchez, Mississippi, in 1915, he didn't pick up the guitar until he was 20, and was instantly smitten by the rawboned sound players like James got by slipping a slide across the strings of an electric guitar. The raw, boogie style of his trio (with Brewer Phillips on second guitar and Ted Harvey on drums) was nurtured over endless nights in Chicago blues clubs. Sometimes, Phillips plays a single-note lead guitar that suggests Buddy Guy on a bender. More often, the trio slams out a boogie beat that is topped by Taylor's slide guitar, an electrified whine that's about as subtle as a broken bottle on a tavern floor. --John Milward
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INFO
http://www.allmusic.com/artist/hound-dog-taylor-mn0000225754
JohnnyDiego and GYRO, thanks and I'm looking forward to checking out The Snitches and the Blues offerings.
Here's an interesting record that was released in 1970 taken from a live show in probably 1965.
Eric Clapton And The Yardbirds Live With Sonny Boy Williamson (1970) Vinyl
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http://www.discogs.com/Eric-Clapton-and-YardbirdsWith-Sonny-Boy-Williamson-Eric-Clapton-And-The-Yardbirds-Live-With-Sonny-B/release/4770692
Thanks again and hope y'all enjoy!
Thanks
Johnny Diego I've allways enjoyed your comments. Be sure that I'll hear The Snitches.
LittleJack
Hi G. Thanks for sharing yet another Dust to Digital classic collection. There's something very special about listening to vintage 78s. Even the surface noise is entertaining. This set is especially touching for an old southern guy like me. All the best,
Iggy
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