THE DIRECT HITS "Blow Up" 1984 (WHAAM Big 7)

ONE OF THE BEST MOD ALBUMS FROM THE 80s. ORIGINALLY RELEASED ON THE HIGHLY COLLECTABLE "WHAAM" LABEL IN 1984 AND HAS BECOME A VERY COLLECTABLE ALBUM.

"Good band, played my local, The Bridge House, Elephant & Castle once to about 12 people. As Monkey says, more 60's orientated rather than Mod. Colin used to play one of those Hofner Basses ala McCartney, the size of him made it look like a Ukelele! Prior to the Direct Hits, they were known as the Exits releasing a single called Fashion Plague c/w Cheam in 1978 on Lightening Records, though Brian wasn't in them at this stage." - Dave e

THE DIRECT HITS:
Geno Buckmaster - guitar,vocals / Colin Swan - bass, kybds,vocals / Brian Grover - drums / guest appearences: Dan 'Mr. Personality' Treacy: piano / Ron 'Liberace' Lewis: keyb / 'Robbo' and his amazing psychedelic tambourine

traxfromwax:
1. Ever Ready Plaything 2. A Place in The Eighties 3. Naughty Little Boy 4. Miranda Berkley 5. What Killed Aleister Crowley 6. The Old Curiosity Shop 7. Too Shy 8. This Was Marc Deans 9. My Back Pages 10. Henry, The Unhappy Inventor

"GET BACK UP AGAIN" Vol. 3

Great collection of original soul and R&B 45’s from long time collector Yankeeboy!

Real tough and rare sixties soul. Gyro Records hits the soul vaults and finds all these original 45’s that are here to knock you out - many have never been comped before! You won’t find a better soul comp series any time soon! Grab this while you can.

traxfromwax:
1. It's The Beat - Major Lance 2. The New Breed - Jimmy Holiday 3. Love Me One More Time - Jimmy Holiday 4. Inky Dinky Wang Dang Doo - The Dramatics 5. Dick Tracy - The Chants 6. Baby You've Got It - Maurice & The Radiants 7. Rattlesnake Baby, Rattlesnake - Joe Johnson 8. Gold-Digging Man - Joe Johnson 9. Wrap It Up - Sam & Dave 10. Somebody Please - Billy Hamlin 11. Move Mr. Man - The Contours 12. Let Them Talk - Witches & The Warlock 13. Karate Monkey - Chubby Checker 14. Karate - The Emperors 15. I Don't Want To Live My Life Alone - Witches & The Warlock 16. The Concentration - Billy Hamlin 17. Behind Locked Doors - Witches & The Warlock 18. You'll Soon Be Gone - The Precisions 19. Tossin' And Turnin' - Bunny Sigler 20. If This Is Love (I'd Rather Be Lonely) - The Precisions 21. I Can't Get Away - Lee Dorsey 22. Feel The Need In Me - The Detroit Emeralds 23. Dust Yourself Off And Try It Again - Beautiful Zion Choir 24. Cynthia - Lee Dorsey 25. I'll Go Crazy - James Brown 26. Here I Am - Jackie Moore 27. Dear John - Jackie Moore 28. Annie Get Your Yo-Yo - Little Junior Parker
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Mike Rudd & Bill Putt "Living On A Volcano" 1995

The notes state that "This album is dedicated to my wife, Helen, Lyricist, Collaborator & Critic, whose indomitable spirit was the inspiration that brought this project through the darkest days and into the light. - Mike Rudd"

Mike Rudd (born 15 June 1945, Christchurch, New Zealand) is a New Zealand-born musician and composer who has been based in Australia since the late 1960s, and was the leader of Australian progressive rock bands Spectrum and Arielin the 1970s. - discogs

trax:
1. Living On A Volcano 2. Indian Summer 3. Having A Wonderful Time 4. Dancing At Midnight 5. Kneedeep 6. We Saw It Coming 7. Voice Of The Andes 8. (I Cannot) Look At The Moon 9. Waiting For A Sign 10. San Andreas 11. Almost Hollywood 12. How Far (Can This Thing Go On) 13. Circulate 14. You Are What You Are
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"Twisted Tales From The Vinyl Wastelands" Vol. 8 "Please Don’t Go Topless Mother"

Great collection of twisted country in the vein of “God Less America” comp!

If you don't have a good recipe for cooking up opossum, or a bail bondsman on speed-dial, then you might not quite understand this collection. Basically this is a gathering of unhinged, uninhibited, and often unlawful Country recordings, the likes of which you probably haven't ever quite experienced before. You get songs about being drunk - Drunk On The Street by Bo Ratliff, Drunk-Drunk-Again by Billy Brown; songs about mental problems - Insane by Katie Lee, unlucky love - Cousin Zeke's Lover Man Minus Sex Appeal; ghosts - Slim O'Mary's Ghost Of Henry Wells; more songs about getting drunk - Luke Gibbons' Queen Of Skid Row; and then a couple tragic tales of motherhood - The Hi-Fi Guys with Rock 'n Roll Killed My Mother, and the title track Please Don't Go Topless Mother by that talented little scamp Troy Hess. You also get a bonus drunk song with an unissued Phillips recording Drunk by J.W. Brown, possibly the oddest and best track on here. If you have some beer that needs crying into, or you need to kill some time waiting for your grandma to get out of prison, than this CD is certainly made for you; the rest of us are just witnesses. (JM) (Roots & Rhythm)

trax:
1. Heartbreakin' Special - Duke Larson 2. Harlan County - Howard & The Truetones 3. Down & Out - Chuck Wells 4. Queen Of Skid Row - Luke Gibbons 5. Carolina Beach - Tex Craddock 6. Please Don't Go Topless Mother - Troy Hess 7. It's Nothing To Me - Loy Clingman 8. Drunk-Drunk Again - Billy Brown 9. Drunk On The Street - Bo Ratliff 10. Drunk UNISSUED PHILLIPS RECORDING - J.W. Brown 11. Prisoner's Promise - Luke Gibbons 12. Stranger - Houston Barks 13. Shadows Of The Prison Bars - Boots Till 14. The Little Monster - Russ "Big Daddy" Blackwell 15. Hell Bound Train - The Lumberjack 16. Insane - Katie Lee 17. Anwer To life To Go - Patsy Timmons 18. Long White Line - Leon Hart 19. Lover Man Minus Sex Appeal - Cousin Zeke 20. Chick Inspector - Dick Curless 21. Ice Man - Filthy McNasty 22. Miss Irene - Ginny Kennedy 23. Cold Cold Grave - Wayland Chandler 24. Rock 'n' Roll Killed My Mother - The Hi Fi Guys 25. Big Feet - Sierra Rhythms 26. Fire Burns - Johnny Starr 27. Wild Hog Boogie - Troy Hess 28. Just About Dawn - Wayland Chandler 29. Ghost Of Henry Wells - Slim O'Mary 30. On A Hill - Dude Martin
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…and now for something completely different! 1366 - 2021

We have a first entry each day that is a picture or a video, and only in that entry you can place your music links and requests (NO ALBUMS RELEASED IN 2019 AND AFTER, AND A DAILY LIMIT OF 3 ALBUMS)! Please keep your language polite and respectful. All the rest official posts will only allow comments related to the official posts and such. That way it will keep things much more organized and tidy. Enjoy! RYP and Gyro1966

Lime Spiders "Headcleaners" 1987

The Lime Spiders first exploded into the unsuspecting ears of the music public in the post-punk era of the early 80ís…

...Described by US Rolling Stone as ìthe Sex Pistols on acidî, the Spidersí sound was inspired by everything from 60ís punk/pop/psychedelia, to the more innovative and eclectic 70ís rock and late 70ís punk. .. The hybrid created combined the most extreme elements of all these influences to create a monster ñ a sonic assault of unparalleled intensity. Headcleaner is a sixteen track compilation album containing all their classics picked from singles and EP's. A real must-erpiece!

trax:
01. 25th Hour 02. Can't Wait Long 03. Slave Girl 04. Out Of Control 05. That's How It Will Be 06. 1-2-5 07. Beyond The Fringe 08. Save My Soul 09. Weirdo Libido 10. Here With My Love 11. Heard Her Call My Name 12. Drip Out 13. I Was Alone 14. Mr. Soul 15. Time Of Day 16. My Flash On You
…originally served by Edward...

"GET BACK UP AGAIN" Vol. 2

Great collection of original soul and R&B 45’s from long time collector Yankeeboy!

Real tough and rare sixties soul. Gyro Records hits the soul vaults and finds all these original 45’s that are here to knock you out - many have never been comped before! You won’t find a better soul comp series any time soon! Grab this while you can.

traxfromwax:
1. Good Things - The Olympics 2. Looking For A Love - The Olympics 3. Shakin' Time - Candy & The Kisses 4. Nite Owl - The Dukays 5. Do I Make Myself Clear - Etta James & Sugar Pie DeSanto 6. Everybody Dance Now - The Soul City 7. Go Go Shoes - Lonnie Youngblood 8. Go Go Place - Lonnie Youngblood 9. , Hey, Hey, Hey - Tammy St. John 10. A Rather Hip Shing - The Millionaires 11. Boys - Tammy St. John 12. Sippin' Sorrow - Pearl Woods 13. Driving Beat - Willie Mitchell 14. Now - Pearl Woods 15. It's Easier Said Than Done - Otis Clay 16. 30-60-90 - Willie Mitchell 17. Take Five - Willie Mitchell 18. Help Yourself - Bobby Marchan 19. Everything Is Gonna Be Alright - Willie Mitchell 20. You Better Hold On - Bobby Marchan 21. Tired Of Being Lonely - The Sharpees 22. Make Up Your Mind - The Sharpees 23. He's Got The Nerve - The True Tones 24. The Scratch - Robert Parker 25. To Please You - The Sharpees 26. Happy Feet - Robert Parker 27. Show It - Betty Harris 28. She's With Her Other Love - Leon Haywood 29. Keep On Keeping On - Ruby Johnson
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Ariel "Live in Concert" 1978

The band Ariel was formed in 1973 in Australia. From the band Spectrum came Mike Rudd (guitar, harmonica, vocals), Bill Putt (bass) and John Mills (keyboards), from Tamam Shud came Tim Gaze (guitar / vocals) and Nigel Macara (drums)...

...The interest in the band was great, Ariel got a contract with EMI Harvest and could quickly record the single Jamaican Farewell. The single hit the Australian charts and was even named Single Of The Year, but commercially, they had hoped for more. Ariel then went on tour as support with Gary Glitter, in December 1973 the debut album A Strange Fantastic Dream was released. The album made it to number 12 on the Australian LP charts, a radio ban against three songs (Confessions Of A Psychotic Cowpoke, Medicine Man and Chicken Shit) stood in the way of greater success.
In April 1974, Mills, Macara and Gaze went. Rudd initially withdrew and wanted to write material for a rock opera. Together with his buddy Bill Putt, drummer John Lee and guitarist Harvey James, Rudd released the single Yeah Tonight in August 1974, after which the material for the rock opera The Jellabad Mutant was to be recorded at EMI Studio Sydney. In the end, it was not released because EMI England saw no market for a rock opera.
Ariel received an invitation from EMI England to record a new album at Abbey Road Studios and then to tour. The company became a tour de force for Ariel, they had to go to the studios almost immediately after arriving in London to realize the album. There was a lack of material for this, as Rudd previously only cared about his rock opera. For this reason he resorted to old material and arranged songs from the spectrum (I'll Be Gone, Launching Place, We are Indelible, What the World Needs (Is A New Pair Of Socks) and Murtceeps phase (Some Good Advice The result was the commercially unsuccessful album Rock'n'Roll Scars.
After this experience the band returned to Australia, where they formed the MKIII formation with Glyn Mason (guitar, vocals). In December 1975 the single I'll Take You High came out (number 36 on the Australian charts). Ariel went to England again for a few gigs, during which John Lee went. He was replaced by Nigel Macara. In March 1976 Harvey James left the band in the direction of Sherbet, he was replaced by keyboardist Tony Slavich. That left the MK IV line-up with Rudd, Putt, Glyn Mason, Nigel Macara and Tony Slavich.
Ariel changed labels and recorded the third LP Goodnight Fiona on CBS. Shortly after the release, Macara was replaced by Iain McLennan. The final MK V formation released the single Disco Dilemma in early 1977, then more or less the air was out. Ariel changed the label again, announced the dissolution in July 1977 and played their final concert in August 1977 (later released as Aloha Ariel and Ariel Alive! More From Before or as Live In Concert).
Mike Rudd worked as a producer and music promoter. Bill Putt went to the USA to study music, and after his return teamed up again with Rudd and played with him, among other things. in new editions of Spectrum.
Glyn Mason first worked as a solo artist, then among others. with the Loose String Band and Stockley See & Mason. John Lee went to the USA and became a sought-after songwriter there. He returned to Australia in the 1990s, but unfortunately passed away in 1998.
Guitarist Tim Gaze released solo albums and later worked again with Tamam Shud, was briefly with Rose Tattoo, The Bushwackers and The Hoochie Coochie Men.
Slavich and McLennan joined a backing band for theater and musical productions. - https://www.rezensator.de

trax:
1. Disco Dilemma 2. The Party's Just Begun 3. Where Do You Go? 4. Amazon 5. Illicit Love 6. Hollywood 7. It's Only Love 8. All I Need Is A Change 9. It's Gonna Get Worse 10. You Keep Me Moving 11. King's Cross Crusader 12. I'll Be Gone 13. Jamaican Farewell 14. Island Fantasia Suite (Coral Queen/Dark Side Of Yeppoon/Party Reprise; It's Time We Said Our Goodbyes) 15. We Are Indelible 16. Rock & Roll Scars 17. I'll Take You High/ Red Hot Momma/ Some Good Advice
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The Move "Anthology 1966-1972" - disc 3+4

Apparently, the Move's discography is so complex that not even a lovingly compiled, rarities-laden, career-spanning box set like Salvo's 2008Anthology 1966-1972 can fit everything within the confines of four discs. The devil is in the licensing, as it always is, something that always plagues Move compilations because their last album, Message from the Country, was on Harvest, while their first two -- The Move and Shazam -- were on EMI and the third, Looking On, was on Fly…

...Typically, the first three albums are grouped together -- as they were on WestSide's 1997 box Movements -- with Message from the Country left lingering on its own, a situation Salvo almost avoids on Anthology by cherry-picking the low-riding heavy blues-rocker "Ella James" and loading up the fourth disc with the wonderful post-Message singles that captured the band at some kind of a zenith: "Tonight," "Do Ya," "Chinatown," "California Man." Although there are parts of Message that are sorely missed, this is enough to help Anthology paint a portrait of the band's full career, but it's a portrait that's slightly skewed, largely because the set relies so heavily on alternate takes and rarities. This approach makes Anthology manna for collectors -- who very well may be the only audience for such a comprehensive box set in 2008 -- as this piles on different mixes, markedly different alternate versions such as an "early piano version" of "Fire Brigade," and a simple acoustic version of "Flowers in the Rain," a bevy of single edits, and a few enhanced stereo takes, plus studio chatter from producer Tony Visconti. It's such a twisting maze that a good guide is necessary and the liner notes by Mark Paytress provide just that with a biographical overview and track-by-track liners. Yet even that is an indication that this box set is intended not as a one-stop for neophytes but a supplement to Salvo's expanded reissues (and EMI's expansion) of Message, as a whopping 30 of the 62 tracks here are previously unreleased, with another seven making their CD debut. Of course, many of these are alternate mixes and takes, but there are some nice unheard items too, including the two-part "Second Class" the early version of Roy Wood's "She's Too Good for Me," and, best of all, four pre-debut tracks that find the band sounding like a Tamla-influenced British beat band, something they never quite were in their art-terrorist incarnation. But in addition to these alternate takes comes an entire disc's worth of unreleased music from the band live at the Marquee in 1968, which is another huge incentive for collectors to pick this up. Some of this was excerpted as the Something Else EP but this gives up a full 12 tracks of the Move at the peak of their powers and they sound monstrous: huge, lumbering, loud, as progressive and primal as the Who, but at once stranger and more of a down and dirty rock & roll band, kicking out versions of "Somethin' Else," "Stephanie Knows Who," "Piece of My Heart," "(Your Love Keeps Lifting Me) Higher and Higher," and "So You Want to Be a Rock & Roll Star." The power of this set, along with the blistering version of "I Can Hear the Grass Grow" and the Nazz's "Open My Eyes" from the Fillmore West in 1969, may be the biggest revelation of the set, and it's also why this collector-bait heavy box isn't just for collectors. Sure, this is loaded up with rarities, but it does give the arc of the band's career, contains most -- but certainly not all -- of their great songs, and provides jolt after jolt of weird, wild, wonderful rock and pop, music that still has the power to intoxicate all these years later. If you're already one of the converted this is essential, but if you haven't learned how to love the Move, this box may still be necessary as there is no one album that contains all their sounds in one place. Besides, the Move were too big to be contained by one box -- at least this one comes the closest to getting it all right.(Stephen Thomas Erlewine, Allmusic)

trax - disc 3:
01 Somethin' Else (EP Version) 02 Sunshine Help Me (EP Version) 03 Wild Tiger Woman (UK Single Edit) 04 Omnibus (Enhanced Stereo) 05 Blackberry Way 06 A Certain Something (Piano Version Rough Mix) 07 Curly 08 Second Class (She's Too Good For Me) Part 1 09 Second Class (She's Too Good For Me) Part 2 10 Beautiful Daughter (Reduced Mix) 11 This Time Tomorrow 12 Hello Susie (Abridged) 13 Don't Make My Baby Blue 14 The Last Thing On My Mind 15 Open My Eyes (Live at the Fillmore West 1969)
trax - disc 4:
01 I Can Hear The Grass Grow (Live at the Fillmore West 1969) 02 Brontosaurus (US Promo Edit) 03 When Alice Comes Back To The Farm 04 Turkish Tram Conductor Blues (Take 5 Rough Mix) 05 Feel Too Good 06 Lightnin' Never Strikes Twice 07 Ella James 08 Tonight (US Edited Version) 09 Do Ya (Edited Version) 10 Chinatown 411 California Man 12 The Duke Of Edinburgh's Lettuce
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…and now for something completely different! 1365 - 2021

We have a first entry each day that is a picture or a video, and only in that entry you can place your music links and requests (NO ALBUMS RELEASED IN 2019 AND AFTER, AND A DAILY LIMIT OF 3 ALBUMS)! Please keep your language polite and respectful. All the rest official posts will only allow comments related to the official posts and such. That way it will keep things much more organized and tidy. Enjoy! RYP and Gyro1966

THE SKELETONS "Waiting" 1992

The third album from bar-band par excellence the Skeletons finds their retro sound tapping into everything from R&B to frat rock.

This band is outstanding! The music is funny, has a beautiful 60's backbeat and has infulences from all over the Rock/Country/Punk spectrum! "St. Louis" is a fantasic remake of the Blues Classic, "Waiting for my Gin to Hit Me" is a strange blend of monotone country and wild psychedelic's! "Hardware" is a Demented techno song, and "Rainy Day Parade" will have you dancing and spinning! Just amazing! I just wish they were still touring! This one and their first LP are a must have in any real music lovers collection! (also check out "In The Flesh", the Skeletons first Lp, and "The Morells SHAKE AND PUSH") The Morells are the first incarnation of the Skeletons... They play a song called "REDS", Reds was a Rt.66 drive-in hamburger stand, it is in all the Rt.66 Books... Famous for their "Giant Hamburg"... The Morells/Skeletons really honor this now defunct business! - By "kyms66" (Chicago, IL United States)

trax:
1. Downtown 2. Things We Need 3. St. Louis 4. Devil In Me 5. It's The Little Things 6. Only Daddy (That'll Walk The Line) 7. Rainy Day Parade 8. That'll Work 9. How She Boogalooed It 10. Hardware 11. Rain, Snow And Sleet 12. Watch What You Say 13. Play With My Mind 14. Waiting For My Gin To Hit Me
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"GET BACK UP AGAIN" Vol. 1

Great collection of original soul and R&B 45’s from long time collector Yankeeboy!

The Re-Up of a soul compilation series all from the original 45’s! There’s tons of stuff here that’s never been comped before, and this series will definately get you up on your feet and moving. Get ready to ‘Get Back Up Again!”

traxfromwax:
1. Chills & Fever - Paul Kelly 2. You Crack Me Up - Jimmy Norman & The Viceroys 3. Teenage Philosopher - Bobby Day 4. I Know I'm In Love - Jimmy Norman & The Viceroys 5. You're A Gas With Your Trash - The Four Pennies 6. Hooked - Bobby Marchan 7. Do What You Did - Thurston Harris 8. Soul Sister Annie - Tommy Vann & The Professionals 9. Shake Your Tambourine - Bobby Marchan 10. Memphis - The Young Gyants 11. Go Go Train - Jackie Paine 12. You & Me Baby - The Soultones 13. Take It Home To Grandma - Lester Robertson & The Upsetters 14. Sally Sayin' Somethin - Billy Harner 15. My Girl Across Town - Lester Robertson & The Upsetters 16. Let Your Hair Down - The Gems 17. Don't Want My Lovin' - Billy Harner 18. Don't Mess With Me - Mike & The Censations 19. Run One Flight Of Stairs - Gloria Jones 20. Finders Keepers - Gloria Jones 21. Big Legs-Big Stockings - Buster Brown 22. I Know What I Want - Tommy G. & The Charms 23. Women - Billy Guy 24. Whip It On Me Baby - Billy Guy 25. We Got Something Good - Irma Thomas 26. Keep Your Hands Off My Baby - The Celestials 27. I've Had It - Lee Andrews & The Hearts 28. I'm Gonna Leave You - Bobby Powell 29. Chain Reaction - The Celestials 30. Bad Habits - Artie Golden
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Ariel "It's only Love" EP 1977

Ariel was an Australian progressive rock band fronted by Mike Rudd and Bill Putt, who formed the band in 1973 after the breakup of their previous group Spectrum.

Ariel was a formidable band. The record company recognized the potential, but Ariel never really became known (at least outside of Australia). A shame, because the musicians confirmed the claim of a supergroup with their intelligent and overall high-class performance in any case. Based on the facts, A Strange Fantastic Dream fits (for me) perfectly into the Hidden Gem category. - https://www.rezensator.de

trax:
01 It's Only Love 02 Disco Dilemma 03 It's Time We Said Our Goodbyes
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The Move "Anthology 1966-1972" - disc 1+2

Apparently, the Move's discography is so complex that not even a lovingly compiled, rarities-laden, career-spanning box set like Salvo's 2008Anthology 1966-1972 can fit everything within the confines of four discs. The devil is in the licensing, as it always is, something that always plagues Move compilations because their last album, Message from the Country, was on Harvest, while their first two -- The Move and Shazam -- were on EMI and the third, Looking On, was on Fly…

...Typically, the first three albums are grouped together -- as they were on WestSide's 1997 box Movements -- with Message from the Country left lingering on its own, a situation Salvo almost avoids on Anthology by cherry-picking the low-riding heavy blues-rocker "Ella James" and loading up the fourth disc with the wonderful post-Message singles that captured the band at some kind of a zenith: "Tonight," "Do Ya," "Chinatown," "California Man." Although there are parts of Message that are sorely missed, this is enough to help Anthology paint a portrait of the band's full career, but it's a portrait that's slightly skewed, largely because the set relies so heavily on alternate takes and rarities. This approach makes Anthology manna for collectors -- who very well may be the only audience for such a comprehensive box set in 2008 -- as this piles on different mixes, markedly different alternate versions such as an "early piano version" of "Fire Brigade," and a simple acoustic version of "Flowers in the Rain," a bevy of single edits, and a few enhanced stereo takes, plus studio chatter from producer Tony Visconti. It's such a twisting maze that a good guide is necessary and the liner notes by Mark Paytress provide just that with a biographical overview and track-by-track liners. Yet even that is an indication that this box set is intended not as a one-stop for neophytes but a supplement to Salvo's expanded reissues (and EMI's expansion) of Message, as a whopping 30 of the 62 tracks here are previously unreleased, with another seven making their CD debut. Of course, many of these are alternate mixes and takes, but there are some nice unheard items too, including the two-part "Second Class" the early version of Roy Wood's "She's Too Good for Me," and, best of all, four pre-debut tracks that find the band sounding like a Tamla-influenced British beat band, something they never quite were in their art-terrorist incarnation. But in addition to these alternate takes comes an entire disc's worth of unreleased music from the band live at the Marquee in 1968, which is another huge incentive for collectors to pick this up. Some of this was excerpted as the Something Else EP but this gives up a full 12 tracks of the Move at the peak of their powers and they sound monstrous: huge, lumbering, loud, as progressive and primal as the Who, but at once stranger and more of a down and dirty rock & roll band, kicking out versions of "Somethin' Else," "Stephanie Knows Who," "Piece of My Heart," "(Your Love Keeps Lifting Me) Higher and Higher," and "So You Want to Be a Rock & Roll Star." The power of this set, along with the blistering version of "I Can Hear the Grass Grow" and the Nazz's "Open My Eyes" from the Fillmore West in 1969, may be the biggest revelation of the set, and it's also why this collector-bait heavy box isn't just for collectors. Sure, this is loaded up with rarities, but it does give the arc of the band's career, contains most -- but certainly not all -- of their great songs, and provides jolt after jolt of weird, wild, wonderful rock and pop, music that still has the power to intoxicate all these years later. If you're already one of the converted this is essential, but if you haven't learned how to love the Move, this box may still be necessary as there is no one album that contains all their sounds in one place. Besides, the Move were too big to be contained by one box -- at least this one comes the closest to getting it all right.(Stephen Thomas Erlewine, Allmusic)

trax - disc 1:
01 You're The One I Need 02 I Can't Hear You No More 03 Is It True 04 Respectable 05 Night Of Fear (Alternate Version) 06 Disturbance (Undubbed Alternate Version) 07 I Can Hear The Grass Grow (Full-Length Version) 08 Move 09 Wave The Flag And Stop The Train 10 (Here We Go Round) The Lemon Tree (Original Stereo) 11 Flowers & Lemon Tea (Tony Visconti Talks To The Players...) 12 Flowers In The Rain 13 Cherry Blossom Clinic (Enhanced Stereo) 14 Vote For Me 15 Fire Brigade (Early Piano Version Rough Mix) 16 Useless Information 17 Yellow Rainbow (Enhanced Stereo) 18 Kilroy Was Here (Enhanced Stereo) 19 Fire Brigade 20 The Girl Outside (Alternate Take) 21 Mist On A Monday Morning (Enhanced Stereo) 22 Flowers In The Rain (Acoustic Version Rough Mix) 23 Simple Simon (Backing Track Take 6 Rough Mix)
trax - disc 2:
01 Move Bolero (Live at the Marquee 1968) 02 It'll Be Me (Live at the Marquee 1968) 03 Too Much In Love (Live at the Marquee 1968) 04 Flowers In The Rain (Live at the Marquee 1968) 05 Fire Brigade (Live at the Marquee 1968) 06 Stephanie Knows Who (Live at the Marquee 1968) 07 Somethin' Else (Live at the Marquee 1968) 08 So You Want To Be A Rock'n'Roll Star (Live at the Marquee 1968) 09 The Price Of Love (Live at the Marquee 1968) 10 Piece Of My Heart (Live at the Marquee 1968) 11 (Your Love Keeps Lifting Me) Higher And Higher (Live at the Marquee 1968) 12 Sunshine Help Me (Live at the Marquee 1968)
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The Chevalier Brothers "Live and Still Jumping" 1985

The Chevalier Brothers were a jumpin' jive jazz band from London…

...Originally a busking band around Portobello Road and Camden Market. As a three piece they won an NME busking competition in the summer of 1982 and decided to expand the band and play in clubs & pubs. They were one of the hottest club acts in London around the mid 80s. - discogs

trax:
01 Five Guys Named Moe 02 Reet, Petite and Gone 03 Fat Sam from Birmingham 04 Air Mail Special 05 Self-Inflicted 06 The Joint is Jumpin' 07 The Jam Man 08 One More Drink Bartender 09 Wake Up Baby 10 Baby, You're Something Else 11 I Like 'em Fat Like That 12 Caldonia 13 Harlem Nocturne 14 Coco Beano 15 Jumpin' at the Jubilee 16 Barnyard Boogie 17 Open the Door, Richard

This music is dedicated to the tradition of Johnny Diego's Rock 'n' Roll Free Sunday!

"TwilightZone! 45rpm JUKE BOX" - Vol. 18 (Upbeat Soul Edition)

Another great volume of upbeat soul from the collection of the legendary modman. Tons of greatness here, so scoop it up!

traxfromwax:
1. girl don't make me wait - Bunny Sigler 2. the sissy - Bob & Earl 3. everybody's going to the love in - Bob Brady & The Con Chords 4. come spy with me - Smokey Robinson & The Miracles 5. she don't want to - Mickey Lee Lane 6. (it's against) the laws of love - The Volcanoes 7. i'll keep holding on - The Marvellettes 8. i wanna be there - The Flirtations 9. stop - Howard Tate 10. baby you've got it - Maurice & The Radiants 11. secret love - Billy Stewart 12. one more heartache - Marvin Gaye 13. candy - Chuck Jackson 14. shotgun wedding - Roy "C" 15. i think i found a love - J.J. Barnes 16. neighbor neighbor - Jimmy Hughes 17. sookie sookie - Don Covay 18. get out of my life woman - Lee Dorsey 19. i'm a midnight mover - Wilson Pickett 20. the spoiler - Eddie Purrell 21. (i can't get no) satisfaction - Otis Redding 22. two is a couple - Ike & Tina Turner 23. you better believe it baby - Joe Tex 24. karate boogaloo - Jerry O. 25. up hard - Willie Mitchell 26. a hard day's night - The Barkays 27. shhhhhh (for a little while) - James Brown & The Famous Flames 28. the philly freeze - Alvin Cash & The Registers 29. (you're gonna) hurt yourself - Frankie Valli 30. shotgun man - Jerry Lee Lewis
…originally compiled and served by Gyro1966...

Ariel "Aloha" 1977

Consisting of excerpts of Ariel's final concert - for which they had an "Island Fantasia" theme - this album focuses almost entirely on new material, previously unreleased in studio versions - the only songs that would have been familiar to record buyers would be their two most recent singles "Disco Dilemma" and "It's Only Love", and Spectrum's smash "I'll Be Gone" (which appropriately closed the concert)…

...By now the band had become very democratic, everyone except Bill Putt contributes their share of songwriting and lead vocals, although Mike Rudd is still the dominant force. Tony Slavich is playing somewhat more synthesiser than before, but otherwise this is a continuation of the sound and songwriting approach of the previous album "Goodnight Fiona" - ie slick mainstream pop/rock. There is no hint whatsoever here of the band's prog beginnings. One only for Mike Rudd's most ardent fans. - From Progarchives.com

trax:
01 Disco Dilemma 02 The Party's Just Begun 03 Where Do You Go 04 Amazon 05 Illicit Love 06 Hollywood 07 It's Only Love 08 All I Need is a Change 09 It's Gonna Get Worse 10 You Keep Me Moving 11 King's Cross Crusader 12 I'll Be Gone
…served by Gaius…

"Twisted Tales From The Vinyl Wastelands" Vol. 7 "Elvis Resses Peanut Butter & Banana Cream"

Great collection of twisted country in the vein of “God Less America” comp!

Just when you thought it was safe to re-enter the trailer park here comes another wild and crazy collection - mostly with a rock 'n' roll flavor. Songs deal with subjects like 500 pound canaries, stealing hubcaps, fugitives, aftershave, auctioneers, cockroaches, smoking in bed and more. Artists include Jules Blattner, Bob Lee (a Screamin' Jay Hawkins influenced performer), Bill Royal, The Facets, Junior Jordan, Jerry Foster, Bill Peyton, Hong Kong White Sox (a tasteless version of Alley Oop sung in mock Chinese accent as Cholly Oop), Zip & The Zippers, Dudley (a parody of El Paso called El Pizza), Henry Thome, Senator Bobby & Senator McKinley (Bobby Kennedy and Everett McKinley imitators sing (?) Mellow Yellow) and others. (FS) (Roots & Rhythm)

trax:
1. Elvis Reece's Peanut Butter Créme - Mister Roman 2. 500 Pound Canary - Jules Blattner 3. The People Hater - Jerry & Brad 4. Stealing Hubcaps - Billy Ledbetter 5. Wanted For Questioning - Bob Lee 6. The Fugitive - Lamar Morris 7. One Night Stand - Kenny Lee Martin 8. Caffeine-Nicotine-And-Gasoline - Bill Royal 9. Wait'll You Get A Whiff Of My Aftershave Lotion - Al Hendrix 10. Big Foots - Pleasant Valley Tune Jammers 11. Auctioneer - The Facets 12. Auctioneer Lover - Wendy Powers 13. Chickenfeed - Danny Lamego 14. Down Boy! Down Boy! - Junior Jordan 15. Please Mr. Sullivan - Warner Brothers 16. Roaches - Jack Larson 17. I Ain't No Beatle - Jerry Foster 18. Goatee - Joey Warren 19. Back Crack Twist - Johnny Dio 20. Don't Smoke In Bed - Bill Peyton 21. Motor-Cycle Mike - Davey Dave 22. Rockin' China Doll - Gene Ross 23. Cholley-Oop - Hong Kong White Sox 24. Japanese Skokiaan - Spike Jones 25. El Pizza - Dudley 26. Gig - Zip & The Zippers 27. Next Time - Aristokatz 28. Lover Boy - Johnny Royal 29. Wolf Bait - Henry Thome 30. Ugly - Pleasant Valley Tune Jammers 31. Mellow Yellow - Senator Bobby & Senator McKinley 32. Groovy Grub - Groovy G-man
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"Wax, Board And Woodie" 1996

Subtitled "a collection of rare and unreleased surf and hot rod songs," this 14-track compilation hits the intended target in a big way…

…Culling its contents primarily from the MCA / Dot Records vaults, one of the big tickets here is a bone-chilling unreleased moment when we hear the Surfaris attempting to take on the Rolling Stones with their swipe at "Route 66," way cooler than it sounds. A couple of silly but great fun anyway P.F. Sloan sides, including a unreleased sloppy-as-hell song demo, compliment one-off instrumentals like "El Gato" by the Chandelles and "Tremble" by the Galaxies. And in true Dot Records tradition (the label that made their rep inflicting Pat Boone on an unsuspecting world) there's even a "cover" version on here by a Milt Rogers of Dick Dale's "Let's Go Trippin'"!! Not the most essential set of tunes, but one hell of a fun compilation. - AllMusic Review by Cub Koda

trax:
1. Wax, Board And Woodie - The Surfaris 2. El Gato - The Chandelles 3. The Masked Grandma - The Blazers 4. Door Banger - The King Pins 5. Lone Survivor - The Beachcombers 6. Skateboard Craze - Willie & The Wheels 7. On The Run - The Rondels 8. Let's Go Trippin' - Milt Rogers 9. (Get Your Kicks On) Route 66 - The Surfaris 10. Tremble - The Galaxies 11. (The Original) Surfer's Stomp - Kay Bell & The Tuffs 12. (Surfin' At) Tia Juana - Johnny Cymbal 13. Moon Shot - Kenny & The Fiends 14. Dragon Lady - Phil Sloan & The Fantastic Baggys
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"TwilightZone! 45rpm JUKE BOX" - Vol. 17 (Upbeat Soul Edition)

More great upbeat soul to keep you movin’- assembled by the legendary modman himself from his 45’s!

traxfromwax:
1. Rubberneckin' - Elvis Presley 2. Ain't No Soul (Left In These Old Shoes) - Ronnie Milsap 3. Love Is After Me - Charlie Rich 4. Got To Get You Into My Life - Little Joe Ritchie 5. Stranger In Your Arms - Lynne Randell 6. What - Judy Street 7. Fine Fine Fine - Judy Hughes 8. I Can't Control Myself - Big Maybelle 9. A Lot Of Love - Homer Banks 10. Baby I Love You - Howard Tate 11. Once I Had A Love - The Flirtations 12. Stop And Get A Hold Of Myself - Gladys Knight & The Pips 13. Don't - Dorothy Berry 14. Big Mouth - Patti Austin 15. The Weight - Aretha Franklin 16. Rather Be An Old Man's Sweetheart - Candi Staton 17. My Weakness Is You - Edwin Starr 18. Marching Off To War - William Bell 19. Our Love (Is In The Pocket) - Darrell Banks 20. Breakin' Down The Walls Of Heartache - The Bandwagon 21. Homicide Dresser - Billy Harner 22. Out On The Floor - Dobie Gray 23. I Gotta Dance To Keep From Cryin' - Smokey Robinson & The Miracles 24. Take This Hurt Off Me - Don Covay 25. Ride Your Pony - Lee Dorsey 26. Oo Ma Liddi - J.J. Jackson 27. He's All I Got - The Supremes 28. Take Me Back Again - The Volcanoes 29. Nothing Can Stop Me - Gene Chandler 30. Woman's Got Soul - The Impressions
…originally compiled and served by Gyro1966...

Ariel "Goodnight Fiona" 1976

By the time of this album, Ariel had reverted to being a five-piece two guitars and keyboards band - and in so doing had lost the hard rock edge of the previous album. Nor did they return to the proggier approach of the first album…

...This is straight pop/rock, albeit sophisticated pop/rock, with witty lyrics, well arranged and played by excellent musicians. However, since it displeases both the original prog fans and the later hard rock fans, this album tends to get a bad rap, which I think is unfortunate. Glyn Mason has joined on second guitar, and also shares lead vocals and songwriting duties, being responsible for about half the album. New keyboardist Tony Slavich eschews the layered multi-keyboard approach of his predecessor, sticking to piano and organ, but he's a consistently interesting player, even when approaching an otherwise-straight boogie number like "Cypherland Blues". Rudd's humour remains intact, particularly on the title track which is the best (and funniest) anti-nuclear song I've ever heard.
So it's not prog, but it's not bad on it's own merits, and it's such an improvement on Rock & Roll Scars I think it merits a higher rating than that album. - From Progarchives.com

trax:
1. Hot Sweet Love 2. Take Me For A Ride 3. Goodnight Fiona 4. Rock N' Roll Lady 5. Rock Critic 6. Cypherland Blues 7. I'll Not Fade Away 8. Redwing 9. I Can Do Anything 10. Caught In The Middle Again
…served by Gaius…

"Dance Floor Winners" Vol. 6

Dance Floor Winners Volume 6 is a collection of 21 jivin', strollin', rockin' and rollin' tracks especially for dancers - but it's also great rockin' music if you only want to listen.

trax Vol 6:
1. I Should Have Treated You Right - Barbara Green 2. Too Late For Tears - Thunder Lee 3. Hey Mr. Landlord - Shirley Jernigan 4. That Would Be So Good - The Preludes 5. Crazy Flu - Ace St. Clair 6. You're Gonna Miss Me - B.B. King 7. Messing With My Bread - Eddie Burns 8. Ring Telephone - J.J. Jackson 9. Don't Run Away - Otis Blackwell 10. Dont'cha Shop Around - Laurie Davies 11. Stay At Home Lulu - Dale Hawkins 12. Let's Go To The Rock'n'roll Ball - The Pastels 13. Let The Four Winds Blow - Bobby Charles 14. Dumplins' - Byron Lee & The Dragonaires 15. Don't Let Them Tell Me - Lorri Rudolph 16. Money Blues - Eugene Lee 17. The Pied Piper - Billy Williams 18. Ten Steps To Love - The Electras 19. If It Ain't One Thing - Betty & Dupree 20. Take Me With You - Tiny Powell 21. Hanky Panky - Ellie Greenwich & The Raindrops
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Bobby Charles "Bobby Charles" 1972

Co-produced by Rick Danko and John Simon, Bobby Charles was the perfect marriage between the good-time Danko side of the Band and Bobby Charles Guidry's own swampy cajun roots…

...On the opening "Street People", Bobby sounded like a Bowery version of Randy Newman; on "Long Face", he was a bayou Lee Dorsey. Behind him Rick put together a wonderfully loose sound somewhere between the Muscle Shoals Swampers and the band Allen Toussaint had used for his great Minit productions in the '60s. With guest appearances by Garth, Levon, and Richard, as well as Mac Rebennack and Woodstock guitar maestro Amos Garret, it was certainly a far more enjoyable record than Cahoots. - Barney Hoskyns, Across the Great Divide

trax:
01 Street People 02 Long Face 03 I Must Be in a Good Place Now 04 Save Me Jesus 05 All the Money 06 Small Town Talk 07 Let Yourself Go 08 Grow Too Old 09 I'm That Way 10 Tennessee Blues 11 Homemade Songs (Bonus Track)
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"TwilightZone! 45rpm JUKE BOX" - Vol. 16 (Upbeat Soul Edition)

This time we check out a great variety of upbeat soul sure to have you up on the dancefloor. Thanks to the legendary modman for assembling this volume.

traxfromwax:
1. Dancin' Everywhere - Bob & Earl 2. How Can You Tell Me - The Flirtations 3. There's Gonna Be A Showdown - Archie Bell & The Drells 4. She Tried To Kiss Me (All I Could Do Was Run) - The Butlers 5. At The Discotheque - Chubby Checker 6. Soul Time - Shirley Ellis 7. See You At The Go Go - Dobie Gray 8. Sally Saying Something - Billy Harner 9. Look At What I Missed - The Parliaments 10. I Love You (Yeah) - The Impressions 11. Try My Love Again - Bobby Moore & The Rhythm Aces 12. The New Breed - Jimmy Holiday 13. Hold On - The Radiants 14. There's A Ghost In My House - R. Dean Taylor 15. Last Minute Miracle - The Shirelles 16. Without You - Martha Reeves & The Vandellas 17. I've Lost You - Jackie Wilson 18. Patty Cake - The Capitols 19. Ain't Nothin' But A Houseparty - The Showstoppers 20. Purple Haze - Johnny Jones & The King Casuals 21. S.O.S. (Stop Her On Sight) - Edwin Starr 22. There Is - The Dells 23. Come See Me (UK) - J.J. Jackson 24. Do The Batman - Gate Wesley & Band 25. Night Owl - Howard Tate 26. If You Love Her - Bobby Taylor & The Vancouvers 27. Contact High - Ike & Tina Turner 28. Michael - The C.O.D.'s 29. See Saw - Aretha Franklin 30. Baby Take Me - Chuck Jackson & Maxine Brown
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Ariel "Live at the Station Hotel Prahran" 1975

The band Ariel was formed in 1973 in Australia. From the band Spectrum came Mike Rudd (guitar, harmonica, vocals), Bill Putt (bass) and John Mills (keyboards), from Tamam Shud came Tim Gaze (guitar / vocals) and Nigel Macara (drums)...

...The interest in the band was great, Ariel got a contract with EMI Harvest and could quickly record the single Jamaican Farewell. The single hit the Australian charts and was even named Single Of The Year, but commercially, they had hoped for more. Ariel then went on tour as support with Gary Glitter, in December 1973 the debut album A Strange Fantastic Dream was released. The album made it to number 12 on the Australian LP charts, a radio ban against three songs (Confessions Of A Psychotic Cowpoke, Medicine Man and Chicken Shit) stood in the way of greater success.
In April 1974, Mills, Macara and Gaze went. Rudd initially withdrew and wanted to write material for a rock opera. Together with his buddy Bill Putt, drummer John Lee and guitarist Harvey James, Rudd released the single Yeah Tonight in August 1974, after which the material for the rock opera The Jellabad Mutant was to be recorded at EMI Studio Sydney. In the end, it was not released because EMI England saw no market for a rock opera.
Ariel received an invitation from EMI England to record a new album at Abbey Road Studios and then to tour. The company became a tour de force for Ariel, they had to go to the studios almost immediately after arriving in London to realize the album. There was a lack of material for this, as Rudd previously only cared about his rock opera. For this reason he resorted to old material and arranged songs from the spectrum (I'll Be Gone, Launching Place, We are Indelible, What the World Needs (Is A New Pair Of Socks) and Murtceeps phase (Some Good Advice The result was the commercially unsuccessful album Rock'n'Roll Scars.
After this experience the band returned to Australia, where they formed the MKIII formation with Glyn Mason (guitar, vocals). In December 1975 the single I'll Take You High came out (number 36 on the Australian charts). Ariel went to England again for a few gigs, during which John Lee went. He was replaced by Nigel Macara. In March 1976 Harvey James left the band in the direction of Sherbet, he was replaced by keyboardist Tony Slavich. That left the MK IV line-up with Rudd, Putt, Glyn Mason, Nigel Macara and Tony Slavich.
Ariel changed labels and recorded the third LP Goodnight Fiona on CBS. Shortly after the release, Macara was replaced by Iain McLennan. The final MK V formation released the single Disco Dilemma in early 1977, then more or less the air was out. Ariel changed the label again, announced the dissolution in July 1977 and played their final concert in August 1977 (later released as Aloha Ariel and Ariel Alive! More From Before or as Live In Concert).
Mike Rudd worked as a producer and music promoter. Bill Putt went to the USA to study music, and after his return teamed up again with Rudd and played with him, among other things. in new editions of Spectrum.
Glyn Mason first worked as a solo artist, then among others. with the Loose String Band and Stockley See & Mason. John Lee went to the USA and became a sought-after songwriter there. He returned to Australia in the 1990s, but unfortunately passed away in 1998.
Guitarist Tim Gaze released solo albums and later worked again with Tamam Shud, was briefly with Rose Tattoo, The Bushwackers and The Hoochie Coochie Men.
Slavich and McLennan joined a backing band for theater and musical productions. - https://www.rezensator.de

trax:
01. Train Song 02. What The World Needs Now Is A New Pair Of Socks 03. We Are Indelible 04. Keep On Dancing 05. I Can't Say What I Mean 06. Confessions Of A Psychopathic Cowpoke 07. Caught In The Middle Again 08. Jellabad Mutant Suite: Neo-Existentialist Greens/Medicine Man/The Letter Song/Use Your Imagination 09. (I Am) The Laughing Man (For Leo) 10. Rock & Roll Scars 11. I'll Take You High 12. Red Hot Mama 13. Some Good Advice 14. I'll Be Gone 15. Real Meanie (Bonus Missing Track)
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"Twisted Tales From The Vinyl Wastelands" Vol. 6 "Strange Happenings In The Boonies"

Great collection of twisted country in the vein of “God Less America” comp!

Just when you think that all of the odd, wild and obscure nuggets have been unearthed from the Rock 'n' Roll and Country mine, you get a collection like this with all kinds of crazy diamonds. I personally think that there is a compound somewhere in the Ozark Mountains where they have a bunch of wild-eyed southern boys holed up, fed a steady diet of moonshine and cheeseburgers, with nothing but vintage Grand Ole' Opry broadcasts, Sun Records 45s, and Ed Wood movies for entertainment. At this compound they are given cheap guitars, stand-up basses, and two-piece drum kits and encouraged to record all these wild tracks, which are then made to look like rare old records that nobody has ever heard of... That's my conspiracy theory, and there are plenty more on this collection for you to enjoy. Tackling so many of the pressing issues of the day like: Puberty - (Cowboy) Jack Clement My Voice Is Changing; inter-racial adoption - Johnny Starr Little Brown Baby; government conspiracies - The Space Walkers - Swamp Gas; drug addiction - Margie Singleton - Jesus is My Pusher; and so on. Also possibly the most unsung issue, the one of women wearing other women's hair, thankfully tackled here by Bud & Darlene Chambers in The Wig Song, with the phenomenal line "When a woman wears another woman's hair, you can't hardly tell who they 'air" (sic). You get songs about John Wayne, the Devil, monsters, and even one Sitar Pickin' Man. There're also two great alligator songs: Bobby Hodge's Alligator Man, which celebrates the great alligator hunters of the south, and Johnny Ray Harris's Alligator Meat, which celebrates the fruits of that labor. Aside from Swamp Gas, and Hank Hill (from the show King Of The Hill) doing Red Sovine's Teddy Bear, I can't say as I have ever heard many of the tracks here--and this kinda stuff is what I love! I have made a point of hunting down collections like these for the last 20 years or so. If you like it weird, if obscure Rock 'n' Roll, and Country music, Wrastlin' and b-movies are what you call high-culture, then you won't want to miss this one. (JM) (Roots & Rhythm)

trax:
1. White Lightning ' N Excess - Lum Hatcher 2. Rock 'Round The Old Corral - House Brothers 3. Lover's Hell - Merle Kilgore 4. I Created A Monster - Glenn Barber 5. Dingaka(The Witch Doctor) - Faron Young 6. The Devil, My Conscience &  - Billy Barton 7. Dead Man - George Weston 8. Tiny Space Man - Bill Carlisle 9. Swamp Gas - The Space Walkers 10. Alligator Man - Bobby Hodge 11. Alligator - Meat - Johnny Ray Harris 12. Bayou - Tommy Jim Beam 13. Out In The Smokehouse Takin' A Bath - Leroy Pullins 14. TV Dream - Bobby Wayne 15. TV Commercials - Don Bowman 16. Sitar Pickin' Man - Bobby Zehm 17. My Voice Is Changing - Jack Clement 18. Little Brown Baby - Johnny Starr 19. The Wig Song - Bud & Darlene Chambers 20. Heeby Jeeby Blues - Jackie Powers 21. Blue Moon Of Kentucky - Pinky Pinkston 22. The Hero(John Wayne) - Red Sovine 23. I Was With Red Foley - Luke The Drifter Jr 24. Jesus Is My Pusher - Margie Singleton 25. Mother Trucker - Lloyd Hugo 26. Teddy Bear - Hank Hill 27. Teddy Bears' Last Epitaph - John Texas Rocker 28. Giddyup Do-Nut - Don Bowman 29. Stars Guitar - Vince Roberts 30. Behind The Fear - Lum Hatcher
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The Back-Wash Rhythm Band (Davie Allan & The Arrows) "The Golden Breed" Original Soundtrack 1968

One of the rarest surf soundtrack albums of all time! A surfing movie soundtrack treasure!

Davie Allan of "The Arrows" fame resurected this superb album from the original analog tapes. The sound is excellent and the songs were some of the best music coming out of the Mike Curb factory in the mid sixties. Allan pens some of his uptempo and very likeable instrumentals. Some of Sidewalk Records' artists were responsible for the vocals including Mike Clifford, Bob Bennett & Phil Kasper of "The Riptides". Allan, Guy Hemric and Jerry Styner, Harley Hatcher, and Mike Curb wrote most of the songs. This soundtrack has kept the surfing movie genre alive with a fresh new release. "Waimea Bay", "What Turns You On" (the vocal on side 2), and "The Goldnen Breed" final cut vocal are all favorites. All you need is a turntable. Hope Capitol decides to release it on a remastered CD! - By Burbank Burner

trax:
01 Gloden Breed 02 Hawaiian Circus 03 In The Curl 04 What Turns You On (Instrumental) 05 Golden Time 06 Coral Below 07 What Turns You On 08 High Rise 09 Over The Falls 10 Walmesa Bay 11 Surfer Paridise 12 The Glolden Breed

"TwilightZone! 45rpm JUKE BOX" - Vol. 15 (Sixties Edition)

Gyro Records reaches into the vaults and pulls out some of the coolest & hippest 60’s records from all over the world!

traxfromax:
1. little man, in a little box (ray davies song) UK - Barry Fontani 2. but cry- UK - Rob Storme Group 3. when i see that girl of mine-US - Bobby Rydell 4. i made her that way - UK - Paul & Barry Ryan 5. i can't explain-UK - The Talismen 6. the sun shines from his eyes-UK - Pandemonium 7. step by step-UK - Wishful Thinking 8. (but she can't replace) the love we knew - UK - The Times 9. i'm up - US - Somebody's Children 10. hiding behind my smile - Spain - Los Iberos 11. he's a good face (but he's down and out) - UK - The Gaylords 12. lovely city (when do you laugh) - UK - Cat Stevens 13. baby get your head screwed on - UK - The Double Feature 14. rejected - UK - Paddy,Klaus & Gibson 15. where the good times are - UK - Beverly 16. until my baby comes home - UK - The Mojos 17. it's time you realized - Australia - The Morloch 18. comin' home - Holland - The Sandy Coast 19. booby trap - UK - The Unit 4 + 2 20. yes i'm glad - Australia - Zoot 21. little sally - Sweden - The Troublemakers 22. hip hip hurray - Belgium - The Snapshots 23. lies - Denmark - The Lollipops 24. hey! watch out - Australia - Hugo 25. goodbye - Sweden - The Mascots 26. death is coming - Norway - The Pussycats 27. look at the lights go up - UK - Hopscotch 28. i cannot stop you - US - The Cherry Slush 29. don't want your love - US - The Great Scots 30. a deeper blue - Germany - The Petards
…originally compiled and served by Gyro1966...

Ariel "Rock 'n Roll Scars" 1975

Rock'n'Roll Scars is different from the Ariel debut album. The basic musical direction was different, the above-average quality of the band had not changed. You can read again and again that the band arrived in hard rock with it. I wouldn't say hard, it's a mix of pub rock, glam and art rock. With this, too, Ariel delivers above average for my taste, so I would also call their second album a Hidden Gem of rock music and warmly recommend it to every fan of classic rock…

…The band's second album was a bit of a bumpy affair. The debut album A Strange Fantastic Dream was musically convincing, but commercially it did not go as hoped. John Mills, Nigel Macara and Tim Gaze left Ariel and Mike Rudd went to work on a concept album. The concept album was rejected by the record company because, in their opinion, it would not have had a chance on the market. There was an invitation from the label to London, where the band was promised performances and recordings in the Abbey Road Studios. As far as I know, the performances didn't work out, but the band practically had to go straight from the airport to the studio, where they were given spare time to record their own material.
To this end, Ariel formed up around Bill Putt (bass) and Mike Rudd (lead vocals, guitars, harmonica) with drummer John Lee and the two guitarists Harvey James and Glyn Mason. Rudd had little material available for the realization of the album, as he had previously concentrated entirely on his Jallabad concept. In addition to six newer songs, he went back to old material and rearranged songs from the spectrum (I'll Be Gone, Launching Place, We are Indelible, What the World Needs) and Murtceeps phase (Some Good Advice).
The whole bickering had an impact on the music, the band was perceived as more concrete and more rock. Sometimes they have been called a heavy band, which is an exaggeration. Basically, the art rock factor was reduced in favor of a certain pub rock to glam rock atmosphere.
Keep On Dancing With Me suggests this - a boogie-heavy groove in the ZZ Top style, refined with vocal harmonies in the style of 10CC and Steely Dan. I'll Be Going / I'll Be Gone develops from a rustic harmonica country blues to a relaxed rock number in the style of early McCartney and his wings. Rock & Roll Scars grooves casually and rocks moderately in the style of Steely Dan.
Real Meanie is a song that cannot deny its proximity to glam rock or pub rock, I would also assume a pub rock note for Men in Gray Raincoats. Then the band picked up, for example with Launching Place Part II and the brilliant tracks We Are Idelible, the quirky What The World Needs and the cool pub rocker Red Hot Mamma. Some Good Advice and the somewhat heavier rocking I Am The Laughing Man round off the package. - https://www.rezensator.de

trax:
01. Keep On Dancing (With Me) 02. (I'll Be Going) I'll Be Gone 03. Rock & Roll Scars 04. Real Meanie 05. Men In Grey Raincoats 06. Launching Place Part II 07. We Are Indelible 08. What The World Needs (Is A New Pair of Sox) 09. Red Hot Momma 10. Some Good Advice 11. I Am The Laughing Man 12. Yeah Tonight 13. I Am The Laughing Man (alternate version)
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"Dance Floor Winners" Vol. 5

Dance Floor Winners Volume 5 is a collection of 20 jivin', strollin', rockin' and rollin' tracks especially for dancers - but it's also great rockin' music if you only want to listen.

trax Vol 5:
1. shaddy daddy daddy dip dip - The Edsels 2. room in your heart - The Pips 3. stepping high - Little Luther 4. seven day fool - Etta James 5. that's alright - Solomon Burke 6. your love - The Olympics 7. don't mess with my man - Margo White 8. that's what i wanna - Tommy Butler 9. no love like your love - McKinley Mitchell 10. oh lover - Sarah Vaughan 11. aunt mattie - Larry Birdsong 12. aw shucks baby - Bull Moose Jackson 13. satisfied - The Cashmeres 14. one of these days - David Ruffin 15. little bitty girl - Wilfred Edwards 16. let's go smitty - Floyd Dixon 17. three minus one - Tommy Lampin 18. fast choo choo - Willie Jones 19. it doesn't matter - Jason Grant 20. what a thrill - Millie Foster
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The Iguanas "The Iguanas" 1993

New Orleans, Louisiana's Iguanas reflected the diversity of musical styles found in their home state by fusing blues, Latin, classic R&B, zydeco, Cajun, Tex-Mex, and roots rock & roll. The group formed in 1989 around vocalist and guitarist Rod Hodges, who began playing guitar in San Francisco Bay Area blues and rock bands at age 14. While playing with a blues band in Colorado, he rediscovered the conjunto music that was a part of his mother's Mexican heritage, and inspired by master accordionist Flaco Jiménez, he took up the accordion as well. Vocalist and saxophonist Joe Cabral was raised in Nebraska, and his first musical experience came as part of his father's Mexican band. In college in Montana, he discovered Chicago blues, New Orleans R&B, and a honking saxophone style. Bassist Rene Coman was a native of New Orleans whose recording credits include Alex Chilton, Guitar Slim, Jr., and Willy DeVille, while saxophonist Derek Huston and drummer Willie Panker rounded out their original lineup...

...The Iguanas recorded their self-titled 1993 debut -- a pastiche of New Orleans funk ("Late at Night"), Latin music ("Para Donde Vas"), and Mexican polka ("Take Your Pictures, Your Letters and Your Ring") -- for Jimmy Buffett's Margaritaville label. By the band's second release, Nuevo Boogaloo in 1994, Panker had been replaced on drums by Doug Garrison. According to Garrison, he first worked with Rene Coman in the Alex Chilton band in the mid-'80s, where they developed strong musical bonds. They have also recorded together with Tav Falco's Panther Burns, and Garrison appears on Charlie Rich's last recording, the jazz-influenced Pictures and Paintings. In 1996 the band recorded its final disc for the Margaritaville label, Super Ball, which included a guest spot from guitarist and Iguanas fan Dave Alvin. Following the release of 1999's Sugar Town for the Koch label, the Iguanas signed with Yep Roc, reunited with producer Justin Niebank, and released Plastic Silver 9-Volt Heart in 2003. Scattered for a time in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina, the Iguanas reconvened with Niebank and Yep Roc in 2008 for the relatively (and understandably) subdued If You Should Ever Fall on Hard Times. Playing the Crescent City weekly and the American Southeast festival circuit, the band didn't record again for another four years, issuing the more characteristically upbeat and celebratory, Latin-infused rock date Sin to Sin in 2012 on Piety Street. Before the Piety Street studio closed, the band went all the way back to their roots for their Latin garage rock date Juarez in 2014, recorded with Mark Bingham. The Iguanas regularly appear at the New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival and have issued a handful of albums recorded at the annual event, including Live at Jazzfest 2016 and Live at New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival 2019.

trax:
01 Late at Night 02 Para Donde Vas (Where Are You Going) 03 This Night of Sin 04 Nervous 05 If I Turned to You 06 Por Mi Camino (Along My Way) 07 Fortune Teller 08 You Make It Hard 09 Don't Treat Her Mean 10 Dark & Dangerous Love 11 Take Your Pictures, Your Letters and Your Ring 12 No Te Olvidare (I'll Never Forget You)