"Intoxica!" Strange and Sleazy Sounds From The SoCal Suburbs 2006

This collection features instrumentals from the young bands from the California beach communities and as far east as Las Vegas; cabaret acts from the lounges of Lake Tahoe and Palm Springs; mixed in with some great R&B names who used Downey’s studio and cut some fine instrumental of their own. The theme that links them is a quirky sense of drama and fun, a certain sleaziness, a movie theme creativity, and all recorded in an experimental fashion the equal of Joe Meek, who was working contemporaneously in London.
This collection will appeal to instrumental collectors, who have to have all sax/guitar tracks they don’t yet have, and this comp has oodles of rare sides and seven unreleased gems. They will be familiar with the likes of the Revels, Rumblers, Nevegans and Hustlers. At the same time it has appeal for the lover of lounge-sleaze. A treat for connoisseurs of the strange. Includes ‘Comanche’ as featured in Pulp Fiction. - from amazon"I bought this CD because my lady absolutely shivers when she hears "Comanche". She will even skip over it on the "Pulp Fiction" soundtrack, blaming the sense-memory recall it invokes of that uh "uncomfortable" Ving Rhames/Bruce Willis scene in the film. You know the one I'm talking about. She told me "I bet every song by that band sounds sleazy...". So I dug around and found this collection. I got it for her birthday and immediately played it when it arrived. She didn't know what to make of it, wasn't sure why I'd buy her a surf rock album, until that guttural saxophone kicked in. She freaked out, and said "You didn't!". I totally did, and they did too - the producers who put the album together did a fantastic job. The Revels are only a small chunk of the wonderful Downey catalogue. She eventually enjoyed listening to the album, with the caveat that I skip over the offending track 14 ("Comanche") whenever it comes on. I enjoy the entire album. It is one of those small chunks of rock-n-roll ephemera so removed from mainstream consciousness, yet close to anyone who has listened to later artists who were influenced by the sound. Pre-psychedelica, low-fi, unbridled, and you can tell the musicians knew how to enjoy themselves. A fantastic party album, also great for driving, but probably not mood music for love unless your name is Zedd and you have a ball-gagged gangster tied to a pommel horse in your basement. Good times…" - By Sean J. Stanley (Baltimore, MD)

trax:

1. Intoxica - THE REVELS 2. Night Scene - THE RUMBLERS 3. Se Acabó - THE DEL RIO BROS 4. Eight Ball - THE HUSTLERS 5. Night Rider - ED BURKEY 6. Bandido - THE PASTEL SIX 7. Here Comes The Bug - THE RUMBLERS 8. Sound of Mecca - THE BLAZERS 9. Hava Nagila Part 1 - GINNY & GALLIONS 10. Migraine - THE HUSTLERS 11. Night Scene - CHUCK HIGGINS 12. A Week From Tuesday - THE PASTEL SIX 13. Inertia - THE HUSTLERS 14. Comanche - THE REVELS 15. Theme Of Etiquette aka Roses - THE HINDUS 16. Blockade aka That's It - THE RUMBLERS 17. Dreams Of Downey - ED BURKEY 18. Ghost Of Mary Meade Part 2 - LITTLE CAESAR & THE ARK ANGELS 19. Third Man Theme - GINNY & GALLIONS 20. Water Wheel - CHUCK HIGGINS 21. Hot Licks - THE RENDELLS 22. Frenzy - THE HINDUS 23. Rosemary’s Baby aka Apache Ghost - ED BURKEY 24. Made 'N Japan - THE NYLONS 25. Russian Roulette aka Surfbound - THE NEVEGANS 26. Space Battle - STORIES IN SOUND