The Esquires were one of Chicago's greatest soul groups ever – but despite the fact that their big hit "Get On Up" still appears on comps all over the place, none of their other excellent material has ever really been collected – until now! The group had an amazing swinging harmony style that virtually set the scene for later Chicago groups like The Artistics and The Chi-Lites – and their records are made even better by great production by Chi-soul legend Bill "Bunky" Sheppard. This 23 track set's a monster batch of loping harmony vocal tracks, with the kind of Chi-soul groove that mixed uptown production with deeper vocals, in a rich blend that was the city's unique imprint on the soul market of the old days. Titles include "You Got The Power", "Reach Out", "Why Can't I Stop", "How Could It Be", "Part Angel", "Listen To Me", "How Was I To Know", and lots more! (Out of print.) © 1996-2016, Dusty Groove, Inc.
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01 Get On Up 02 You Got The Power 03 Everybody's Laughing 04 you say 05 I Know I Can 06 Groovin 07 No Doubt About It 08 I Don't Know 09 My Sweet Baby 10 Part Angel 11 State Fair 12 The Feeling's Gone 13 Woman 14 When I'm Ready 15 How Was I To Know 16 Listen To Me 17 Why Can't I Stop 18 Things Won't Be The Same 19 (That) Ain't No Reason 20 Reach Out 21 Ain't Gonna Give It Up (Baba-Daba-Dop) 22 How Could It Be 23 And Get Away
...Many Thanks to The Northern Madman for the Esquires share! served by Gyro1966...
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The Esquires "Get On Up And Get Away"
...Many Thanks to The Northern Madman for the Esquires share! served by Gyro1966...
gitit! no pw
http://www107.zippyshare.com/v/AGA7gvPK/file.html
Great compilation - all power to the Madman for this one. However the cover art is not correct - that belongs to the Esquires sole LP. The Westside cover is here:
http://www.discogs.com/The-Esquires-Get-On-Up--And-Get-Away-With-The-Esquires/release/856939
TINA LUCCHESI
Tina is a drummer, vocalist, and icon of the San Francisco garage punk scene for at least 25 years & counting. But she ain’t no hipster wannabe doofus scenester - this chick SETS the scene, mapping out branches of the lo-fi family tree faster than you can figure out the name of her new band. And she has had a legion of bands, many of which came & went as one-off/one-7”/one-night-only collaborations that might’ve never left her hometown; other groups are now legendary among garage punk fans, assuring her free drinks and party invitations at every back-alley dive bar around.
Assembled here are her major bands or bands that released at least a full-length album. One significant band sadly missing here is Top Ten, if anyone can supply any of their EP’s you’d be my new best friend :)
THE TRASHWOMEN
True Story:
Five or six years ago, while digging a record store in a new town, I find a sealed copy of “Spend The Night With The Trashwomen” on LP – what a find! New old stock! Out of print for 15 years and it still looks brand new! When I make my way to the counter, the clerk continues a deep debate with a local about Fillmore poster art while he rings up my stack. He pauses when he reaches this album, and breaks his poster lecture long enough to mumble confusedly “The Trash… Women?” The local shrugs unknowingly and they both look at me. “The best kind of woman” I offer with a wink. “The only kind of women we know,” says the local.
The Trashwomen were original members of the San Fran “Budget Rock” scene, a collective of like-minded trash rock & roll bands perpetuated by The Mummies, with dedication to the lowest possible lo-fi recordings and steadfastly DIY production. The ladies split their tracks even between instrumental blown-out retro surf rock and deconstructed primal rock & roll, heavy on the twang, reverb, echo, & distortion.
The Trashwomen “Spend The Night With The Trashwomen” (1993) 320
http://www79.zippyshare.com/v/4fJEyyuy/file.html
The Trashwomen “Live At Tom Guido’s Purple Onion” (1994) VBR
http://www79.zippyshare.com/v/nQGa3EFl/file.html
The Trashwomen “Vs. Deep Space” (1995) VBR
http://www79.zippyshare.com/v/H0CRg7Sr/file.html
THE BOBBYTEENS
Moving straight from one legendary band to another, Tina had the fortune of linking up with other Bay Area underground heavyweights in this bubblegum garage power pop supergroup co-starring Russell Quan (from The Mummies and MANY more), Lisa Schenberg (The Spastics), Karen Singletary (Supercharger, The Brentwoods), and Danielle Pimm (Trashwomen, Brentwoods). Sweet, catchy bubblepunk with songs about important stuff like parties, boys, makin’ out, and late night TV.
The Bobbyteens “Fast Livin’ & Rock N’ Roll” (1998) 320
http://www79.zippyshare.com/v/HAbxZTSD/file.html
The Bobbyteens “Not So Sweet” (2000) 320
http://www79.zippyshare.com/v/sCeDdCx2/file.html
The Bobbyteens “We Like ‘Em Young & Dumb: Singles & Unreleased” (2001) 320
http://www79.zippyshare.com/v/wZH8sH14/file.html
The Bobbyteens “Cruisin’ For A Bruisin’” (2004) 320
http://www79.zippyshare.com/v/Y7bVKmAf/file.html
TINA & THE TOTAL BABES
When The Bobbyteens split paths, Tina wasn’t quite ready to leave the candy shop yet and put together this one-off sugar pop ensemble for one last blast of fuzzy bubblegum power pop. For this project she linked up with three prolific Minneapolis indie poppers: guitarist Jacques Wait (Rank Strangers, Pink Mink, France Has The Bomb), bassist Johnny O’Halloran (Short Fuses, Nikki Corvette & The Stingrays), and drummer Travis Ramin (Stingrays, Short Fuses, The Fevers, American Foxes). Leather & high heels bad-girl honey along the lines of Caroline & The Treats.
Tina & The Total Babes “She’s So Tuff” (2001) 320
http://www79.zippyshare.com/v/VoSAHjL6/file.html
DEADLY WEAPONS
Deadly Weapons consisted of Justin Maurer from The Clorox Girls, Erin McDermott from The Western Dark, and Larry Jackson of The Rickets and Larry & The Gonowheres. They played classic garage punk trash rock & roll and had a good run & a whole lot of fun, but with half the band in other groups at the same time, they just couldn’t get the momentum flowing.
Deadly Weapons “Get Right In There” (2004) 320
http://www79.zippyshare.com/v/ZFUuvahK/file.html
MIDNITE SNAXXX
Reflecting on her history of categorically different garage-punk and garage-pop bands, this time she knocks it right down the center and splices her two worlds together like a zipper with punchy power pop bubblepunk - not too sugary and not too mean, this is bad girl garage rock meets girl-next-door high school innocence. Although Tina was hugely responsible for putting them on the map, she’s no longer with this band; the equally-talented Dulcinea Gonzalez from The Loudmouths has taken her place (the “Don’t Wake Me” single last year is their first release with the new line up).
Midnite Snaxxx, Self-Titled LP (2012) 320
http://www79.zippyshare.com/v/gs6t8Tek/file.html
Midnite Snaxxx, Singles Pack, separate folders in one zip:
-Like Lightning 7” (’10), A Guy Like That 7” (’11), You Kill Me EP (’12), Don’t Wake Me Up 7” (’15)
http://www79.zippyshare.com/v/pkQKlBi4/file.html
CYCLOPS
Two-piece guitar & drums primitive caveman punk’n’roll – as in, the “12 songs in 15 minutes” kind of primitive. The kind of primitive where the fuzz is turned up louder than the microphones. The kind that makes you boost the volume without even thinking about it. Her partner in crime, PDX punk rock long-timer Jonny Cat, has described this project as “a bad joke that’s gone too far”, and maybe that’s why it kicks so much ass. They did some touring last year, so fingers are crossed that a new slab is headed our way in the future. This debut long-player was released only in two limited vinyl runs, never available on CD or digital download that I know of.
Cyclops “Escape From Cyclops Island” (2014) 320
http://www79.zippyshare.com/v/x6DSPyQg/file.html
LoFi --
Nice heap of trash you've left us today. I just gonna have to dive right in. And I love L-U-V your little explanatory bios. I guess there are still as many garages around as there ever was.
@ Northern Madman, @ Gyro: A big thanks for the Esquires!
As I said yesterday, I love soul but hadn't a clue where to
start (xcept the usual stuff). Here at TZ you're all giving
me the chance to delve deeply and properly into this fabulous
music. Can't thank you all enough...
Cheers Daniel, from Spain...
LoFi Larry, you're a genius! Thanx
Thanks RYP and the northern madman! I`ve got the vinyl, it`s nice to have the expanded version!
Love the Esquires single (bought for 39 cents at Woolworth's in NYC back in the day); don't know anything about the rest of their catalogue and am looking forward to checking it out.
LoFi, I know nothing of Tina and her various conspirators, love your descriptions, and am greatly looking forward to hearing the stuff. Thanks!!
SoulTime59 - Both covers are offered in the DL. .
Thanks LoFi Larry for another brilliant post. I've only seen The Trashwomen play a couple times, but I never had a chance to see her other bands since they don't come to my side very often.
Thank you LoFi for enlightening me about the magnificent Tina Lucchesi. Excellent post!
LoFi you've just turned this gremlin into a happy bouncing toad, thanks again man!
To Madman, Gyro, thank you, I enjoy listening to the b-sides and discover truly lost gems. Thanks for the all the other sounds TZ.
Thanks LoFi for the Tina Lucchesi posts. Being from the SF Bay Area, I saw many incarnations of her work, but you definitely filled some holes in my collection.
many thanks lo-fi Larry for tina Lucchesi
To LoFi,
Thanks for all the Tina Lucchesi madness! As a small token of my esteem... It's only at 128 but here's
Top Ten: Never Get Enough
http://www81.zippyshare.com/v/gFtjJln6/file.html
& if memory serves... this is the Rats album you were looking for at a slightly improved 192
The Rats: In A Desperate Red
http://www81.zippyshare.com/v/VLMzhE3o/file.html
(fresh links/all deference to artists & original share)
I'm glad y'all are diggin' the Tina material, and thanks to Gremlin for the request - I've "needed" to rip some of her records for years but never got around to it.
Thanks Kevo for the files, low bits are always better than no bits!
Thank you Kevo for the Rats & Tina Lucchesi's Top Ten!
Thanks for the Tina Lucchesi and Esquires stuff!
Long live TZ!
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