Thee Headcoats "Knights Of The Baskervilles" 1996 + "I Wanna Get Fucked" - 7'/45rpm 1997

I first heard this album my first week of highschool and fell in love with it right off. Nowadays I'm a huge fan of Billy Childish and all the other Thee Headcoats realeases, but this album is still the best. For anyone into ANY kind of Rock n Roll. - By Repeater6655Few artists are as prolific as Billy Childish, who seems to put out numerous records with numerous different bands every year. Most of the material is worthwhile, though, sometimes his frequent releases can be forgettable. Thee Headcoats' Knights of the Baskervilles is definitely one of his best records. Undoubtedly, he spent time writing a lot of these clever songs, and he's nailed down the blues here, too, on a couple of tunes, something most English songwriters would have a hard time with. The majority of the tunes have the usual frenzied, raw, dirty garage sound to them, while the lyrics are all very witty. Childish shouts many of his vocals, and this may be a bit jarring for some listeners. He's also definitely written some of these songs before, though, but it's hard not to repeat yourself when you're as prolific as he. But records like this one should make him more than a cult figure, as his body of work is extremely lengthy, impressive, and always improving. - Review by Adam BregmanThee Headcoats were Billy Childish – Git/Vox, Bruce Brand – Drums, Johnny Johnson – Basstrax:
01 She's In Disguise 02 You Can Choose 03 Meet Me 04 I'm Unkind 05 Knights Of The Baskervilles 06 By The Hairs On My Chinny Chin Chin 07 What You See Is What You Are 08 She's Fine, She's Mine 09 What's Wrong With Me 10 This Wondrous Day 11 Like A Flag 12 It Ain't Mine

"I Wanna Get Fucked" - 7'/45rpm 1997Thee Headcoats were a band formed in Chatham, Kent, England in 1989.trax:

01 I Wanna Get Fucked 02 Have Love Will Travel

The Sandy Coast "Stone Wall" 1973

In 1973, both the moderate success of the single 'Blackboard Jungle Lady' and the lukewarm reviews of the album prompted Hans Vermeulen to discontinue the group. It will be good to Hans Vermeulen that this album now gets the appreciation it deserves in the box with the album from 1971. - nlkinkWhat an album! Really great. Nice sound on this album, like on Tangerine, Blackboard jungly lady (the single) and Stonewall. But the quiet songs are also gems, perhaps even more beautiful than the uptempo. The song Wonderland was later recorded by Anita Meyer on her first LP In the meantime I will sing in 1976. Production; Hans Vermeulen. Now easily available on CD again together with the album from 1971. - tim_eaftrax:

01 Blackboard Jungle Lady 02 Chava 03 Dewdrop 04 Don't get me wrong 05 I'm the Believer 06 Stone Wall 07 Tangerine 08 That'll be the Day 09 Wind. 10 Wonderland

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Dave Berry "This Strange Effect" The Decca Sessions 1963 - 1966 - disc 1

Wonderful compilation of a rather quirky performer. This is early Britpop, heavily influenced by early rock ‘n roll and R&B. Gradually the rough edges of his repertoire were smoothed out by great balladry like The Crying Game and (The Kinks’) This Strange Effect (which later turned out to be the Low Lands’ best selling pop single of all time)…...The first 45 RPM single I ever bought happened to be Dave Berry’s Can I Get It From You from 1965. That’s a song I hadn’t heard for at least 45 years. And for not having listened to this after all that time it turns out surprisingly good. I remember seeing him on black and white TV as a kid and finding his performances weirdly compelling, as he sang while hiding behind curtains and moving slowly. Nowadays it’s probably just quirky. This CD set is quite enjoyable and I’m glad this rather obscure material was reissued. Other great songs: Don’t Gimme No Lip Child (later recorded by The Sex Pistols), Little Things (See the Pennebaker documentary Don’t Look Back!) and One Heart Between Two, and the Graham Gouldman penned I’m Gonna Take You There. (Stuart Millman, All Music Guide)trax disc 1:

01 Easy To Cry 02 Tongue Twistin' 03 Memphis Tennessee 04 Tossin' And Turnin' 05 My Baby Left Me 06 Hoochie Coochie Man 07 Little Queenie (live) 08 Diddley Daddy (live) 09 Baby It's You 10 Sweet And Lovely 11 The Crying Game 12 Don't Gimme No Lip Child 13 Not Fade Away (version 1) 14 You Better Move On 15 Diddley Daddy (studio version) 16 Not Fade Away (version 2) 17 I Don't Want To Go On 18 Ella Speed 19 The Girl From The Fair Isle 20 Go On Home 21 Everybody Tries 22 God Bless The Child 23 On The Other Side Of Town 24 Go Home Girl 25 My Last Date 26 St James' Infirmary 27 Just A Little Bit 28 CC Rider 29 Don't Make Fun Of Me

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The Adult Net "Edie" 1985 - 12"/45rpm + "Incense and Peppermints" 1985 - 12"/45rpm + "Waking Up in the Sun" 1986 - 12"/45rpm + "White Night (Stars Say Go)" 1986 - 12"/45rpm

"BRIX SMITH is the girl who can't really help it: she has rich-baby eyes, heavy blonde hair, a voice that comes in giggles "Having ended her marriage to Mark E. in early '89, Brix left the Fall shortly after the release of The Honey Tangle that summer...

"Edie" 1985 - 12"/45rpm...Ex-Blondie drummer Clem Burke, erstwhile Smiths guitarist Craig Gannon and bassist James Eller back her on this catchy power-folk-pop collection that sounds like a flashback to 1981 Los Angeles...The Adult Net:
Brix Smith - Vocals, Guitars / Craig Cannon - Guitars / James Eller - Bass / Clem Burke - Drums / Craig Leon - Keyboards / Cassell Webb - BG Vocals / Luis Jardim - Percussion

traxfromwax:
1. Edie 2. Get Around 3. Phantom Power

"Incense and Peppermints" 1985 - 12"/45rpm...Polished by Craig Leon's mild paisley production, Smith's songs (plus a joyous cover of P.F. Sloan's "Where Were You (When I Needed You)") and wispy vocals recycle classic styles to no special effect, but the familiar setting helps sell the tuneful material. The American CD and cassette include four bonus tracks, including "Incense and Peppermints." - from trouserpresstraxfromwax:
1. Incense And Peppermints 2. Searching For The Now 3. Fat Hell

"Waking Up in the Sun" 1986 - 12"/45rpmStudying theatre and literature at Bennington College in Vermont, Smith Start formed a group, Banda Dratsing, in which she performed as bassist/vocalist; she adopted the name "Brix" after the Clash's 1979 song "The Guns of Brixton". Smith Start met Mark E. Smith, vocalist of the Fall, at a Chicago concert in April 1983; she moved to his native England, where they settled in Manchester and married in July of that year. She joined the group on guitar and vocals for the album Perverted by Language. She co-wrote some of the best-regarded Fall tracks from the period, and is acknowledged for introducing a more mainstream, pop-oriented element to the group's sound. She remained with the Fall until her divorce from Smith in 1989. Acknowledging her importance to the band, some critics break the Fall's career and evolution into the pre-Brix years, the Brix years, and the post-Brix years. She rejoined for the recording and live promotion of the albums Cerebral Caustic (1995) and The Light User Syndrome (1996)...traxfromwax:
1. Waking Up The Sun 2. (Remember) Walking In The Sand

"White Night (Stars Say Go)" 1986 - 12"/45rpm …In 1985, Smith Start launched side project the Adult Net with fellow Fall member Simon Rogers. Contributors included Mark E. Smith. The group released four singles for the Fall's label Beggars Banquet Records in 1985 and 1986, including a cover of Strawberry Alarm Clock's "Incense and Peppermints". The Adult Net released The Honey Tangle in 1989 on Phonogram Records. This line-up included Craig Gannon, The The member James Eller and Blondie drummer Clem Burke. - wiki traxfromwax:

1. White Night (Stars Say Go) 2. Naughty Or Nice?

Thee Headcoats "In tweed we trust" 1996

During the '90's I must have seen them 60 times, I even went over to Japan with them in 1993. There was something really natural about them, no bullshit. We did the 'We hate The Fuckin' NME' single after a sad old journo (Johnny Cigarettes) walked out of their gig in Archway after insisting that he should get in for free as he was from the NME and then reviewing Thee Headcoatees by saying their was no girls in the band (he left before they came onstage!!)…...Lots more releases followed including the great 'In Tweed We Trust' album. Thee Headcoats carried on touring and releasing records in every corner of the world until mid 2000 when they called it a day with a final show at London’s Dirty Water Club. Billy immediately formed a new band The Buff Medways and promptly became a press darling…they split a few years back and he’s now with The Musicians Of The British Empire & The Chatham Singers…it’s a funny old game.
Bruce is in several bands including The Masonics alongside fellow Milkshake Mickey Hampshire & John Gibbs, Johnny Johnson is living in Spain.
In 2008 they got together after a MBE’s show for three songs, totally unrehearsed, shambolic and brilliant! - http://damagedgoods.co.uk/band/?c=Thee-Headcoatstrax:

01 Eveybody's wiser now 02 Too afraid 03 Want me-win me 04 I'm good enough 05 Fingers in the sun 06 This day to bust 07 It don't come easy 08 I'm hurting 09 Going down 10 The man with eyes like lit 11 I was weak 12 Sex and flies

The Triffids "Beautiful Waste And Other Songs" (Mini Master-Pieces 1983-1985) 1989

These three releases comprise the final wave of The Triffids' re-issue program that Domino Records started in 2006 with the re-issues of "Born Sandy Devotional", "Calenture", and "In The Pines", all re-mastered and released as deluxe CDs with additional music and sleeve notes. "Beautiful Waste And Other Songs" comprises a large series of recordings the band made between 1983 and 1985. For the most part, these fully re-mastered songs are appearing on CD for the first time. - amazonSeveral years ago, Domino Recording Company began its project of reissuing the entire catalogue of The Triffids. Along the way, there was found an accumulation of songs that had been issued only on long-forgotten EPs or which had never found a home on any release. But since Domino was on a roll with The Triffids project, it became almost an obligation to issue absolutely everything the band ever recorded. And so here we have the accumulation of those songs entitled Beautiful Waste.

We all know how such albums can work out. Many times, the songs turn out to be a bunch of tripe that didn't deserve recording in the first place. But on Beautiful Waste and Other Songs that is not the case. There are some throwaways, but there are also many gems that beg to be heard.

My general impression of The Triffids after hearing most of their albums is that singer/songwriter David McComb can sound an awful lot like compatriot Nick Cave, whether intentionally or not. The booklet says he was heavily influenced by Cave but he often SOUNDS like Cave as well. But he's no clone. Some of McComb's songs are stylistically so different from some of his others, its often hard to believe you are hearing the same man's work. On this CD, its no different. It is heavily interspersed with songs suggestive of Cave's early Bad Seeds yet at other times, McComb can sound nearly as country as Merle Haggard.

I lean toward the Nick Cave sound, so here are my favorites: St James Infirmary, Everybody Has To Eat, Monkey on My Back, Field of Glass, and Dear Miss Lonely Hearts. Those who lean towards a more country-flavored sound should enjoy Figurine, When My Heart Breaks, the humorous Mother Silhouette, Crucifixion Speech, and Not The Marrying Kind.

Among those I don't care for are the corny Jesus Calling which is so lame it might scare off those who decide on a purchase based on soundclips, the repetitive Ballad of Jack Frost, and Mercy which suffers weak lyrics but boasts decent music.

Overall, Beautiful Waste is a good value if you buy it from one of amazon's partners. You get more than an hour's worth of music and a handsome 24 page (counting the cover) booklet that features useful notes, pictures, lyrics, and pertinent album information. Domino has done an excellent job with The Triffids reissues. Pick this one up while it is still reasonable. - By Kurt Harding

trax:

01 Jesus Calling 02 Embedded 03 St. James Infirmary 04 Everyone Has To Eat 05 Ballad Of Jack Frost 06 Property Is Condemned 07 Raining Pleasure 08 Figurine 09 When My Heart Breaks 10 Mother Silhouette 11 Mercy 12 Crucifixion Speech 13 Not The Marrying Kind 14 Bright Lights, Big City 15 Monkey On My Back 16 Field Of Glass 17 Native Bride 18 Dear Miss Lonely Hearts 19 Beautiful Waste

"Do The 45!" Vol. 479 (2020)

Super fun collection of soul, blues, R&B, instro, and rock 'n' roll from the original 45's. (From my record collection.)It's just me having fun with my 45's and whatever random record I pull out of the boxes. I will try to give both sides of the 45 unless one side is dull, unbearable or unplayable. I hope you enjoy. (Gyro1966)trax:

1. If Things Don't Change (Our) - Little Jimmy Griffin 2. I'm Searchn (Our) - Little Jimmy Griffin 3. Tizzy (Junior) - Jon Thomas 4. Feeling Good (Junior) - Jon Thomas 5. The Greasy Spoon (Federal) - Hank Marr 6. You Don't Love Me (Ace) - Gene Thompson and the Counts 7. Won't You Let Me Know (Ace) - Gene Thompson and the Counts 8. Something Is Wrong (Space-Age) - Frank Butler 9. Build a Little House for You (Space-Age) - Frank Butler 10. Goodie Train - Pt. 1 (Goodie Tan) - Cleo Page 11. Goodie Train - Pt. 2 (Goodie Tan) - Cleo Page 12. I'm Going Home (Zynn) - Bobby Jay 13. Somebody New (Zynn) - Bobby Jay 14. Night Train (Jayco) - Bob Marriott and the Continentals 15. I'll Walk a Mile (Jayco) - Bob Marriott and the Continentals 16. Who's in the Shack (Soul) - The Barons 17. While the Cats Away (Soul) - The Barons 18. Am I the Man (Baritone) - Al Kent 19. Hold Me (Baritone) - Al Kent 20. Stop (Rush) - The Tic Tocs 21. True by You (Rush) - The Tic Tocs 22. Respect (Volt) - Otis Redding 23. Ole Man Trouble (Volt) - Otis Redding 24. Let the Good Times Roll (Aladdin) - Shirley & Lee 25. Did You Mean to Hurt Me So (Aladdin) - Shirley & Lee 26. Jaguar (Selbon) - The Nobles 27. Black Widow (Selbon) - The Nobles 28. Oil in My Lamp (Columbia) - The Byrds 29. Ballad of Easy Rider (Columbia) - The Byrds 30. Snowball (Tower) - The American Machine

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Adam Schmitt "From The Vaults" 1992

Singer / songwriter Adam Schmitt first won acclaim in the early '90s when his 1991 debut album, World So Bright, and 1993 follow-up, Illiterature, had critics hailing him as a young pop genius…...However, when his label Reprise didn't want to release a third album from him, Schmitt decided to record other artists instead, engineering, producing, and mastering music for Tommy Keene, Hum, Beezus, Robynn Ragland, and others in his home studio. By 1998, Schmitt was ready to concentrate on his own music again, but his perfectionism and production work delayed the release of his third effort until the middle of 2001. That album, Demolition, was issued by Parasol; Schmitt started out as a producer by working with many of the label's artists. - Artist Biography by Heather Phares

trax:

01 Dime Store 02 Brighter Days 03 Garden Of Love 04 River Black 05 Birds In Sky 06 World So Bright 07 Handful Of Trouble 08 Dead End 09 1000 Times 10 Big City 11 Love On The Rocks 

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Thee Headcoats "Beach Bums Must Die" 1995

Thee Headcoats were mainly Billy Childish (Git/Vox) Bruce Brand (Drums) and Johnny Johnson (bass), they formed in 1989 after Billy's previous band Thee Mighty Caesers gave up the ghost. By 1992 they had already released something like 6 albums and 15 singles one of which was Damgood 1, a split single with Thee Headcoatees…ok, so billy childish has recorded who knows how many records and you're wondering where to start given that an output that large has got to have clunkers here or there. yeah, that plus the fact that the man seems to have no sympathy for those poor buggers without record players -- you'd think he'd be on the side of the poor but no matter -- and so you don't know that the records you've overheard your buddies playing have what you heard on cd or what. well, if that's your situation and you're looking for a solid start but the record you heard way back when doesn't look like anything in the offing at amazon, then i'd say "beach bums must die" is a good start. i for one wish that they offered that record with the gun on the cover with the epitaph "ripping off the stars of yesterday, influencing the stars of tomorrow" but it looks like they don't and this record is very solid billy c. given what i've heard of his output. for me the cd really starts going around song 8, the best tunes being "headcoat on backwards", "the case of the thundering dunderhead", "give me that apple, eve", "she's got a strange attractor" and their cover of chuck berry's "jaguar and thunderbird". a couple of years ago i saw them at s.o.b.'s and the crowd wacked out when they hit strange attractor. good stuff.
if, on the other hand, you've never heard any headcoats before and you're wondering whether this is a good place to start, i'd say yeah. the headcoats are kin to the gories, the mummies and any number of punk rock groups that build off their 60s garage band predecessors. but they're in the top of their league. recommended. - By I. Gimlettrax:

01 Youngblood 02 You Broke My Very Mind 03 The Strangler of Boston Town 04 Beach Bums Must Died 05 A Town Named Squaresville 06 Slide 07 That Special Kind Of Clay 08 Headcoat on Backwards 09 Murder in The Moors 10 All My Feelings Denied 11 Pow Wow 12 Ain't Never Found 13 No Such Animal 14 In Your Hand 15 The Case Of The Thundering Dunderhead 16 Give Me That Apple, Eve

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The Sandy Coast "Sandy Coast" 1971

Sandy Coast was a Dutch rock band fronted by Hans Vermeulen (1947-2017); they were successful in the late 1960s and early 1970s. The band's biggest hits include Just a Friend and True Love (That's a Wonder) in The Netherlands……Vermeulen formed the band in 1961 as Sandy Coast Skiffle Group; his bass-playing brother Jan (1945-1999) joined and on his insistence they became Sandy Coast Rockers. The name was eventually abbreviated to Sandy Coast. They performed at community-centers and talent-contests; in 1965 they won a record-contract at Negram and released their debut-single Being in love. Their fourth single, a 1966 cover-version of Vera Lynn's We'll Meet Again (completely based on vocals and harmonies and instruments arrangement on The Byrds version from 1965) gave them their first taste of chart-success. I see your face again from their debut-album And their name is... broke the top 20 in the spring of 1968, and Sandy Coast soon traded beat for psychedelic rock. Capital punishment, recorded when Vermeulen suffered a cold, became another top 20-hit early 1969. The same year Sandy Coast signed to Page One; they recorded three singles plus their third album Shipwreck which failed to be as successful als its predecessor From the workshop. The label folded after a row between Larry Page and Dick James; the contract was still valid, and Sandy Coast were unable to put out new material for two years. In 1971 they signed to Polydor and released True Love (That's a Wonder) and Just a Friend. During this period the band were a five-piece completed by pianist Ron Westerbeek, longtime drummer Onno Bevoort and former Livin' Blues bass-player Henk Smitskamp (Jan Vermeulen temporarily switched to rhythm-guitar); the latter soon departed to join Shocking Blue. Chart-success continued with Just two little creatures and Summertrain in 1972, and Blackboard jungle lady in 1973 album. It was to be their final hit for the next couple of years as Sandy Coast disbanded in 1974. - wikitrax:

01 Just a Friend 02 Side Step 03 If 04 Take Off 05 True Love, That's A Wonder 06 Nobody 07 You've Got To Do It Better 08 Sorry 09 Yes It Must Be Spring

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"Do The 45!" Vol. 478 (2020)

Super fun collection of soul, blues, R&B, instro, and rock 'n' roll from the original 45's. (From my record collection.)It's just me having fun with my 45's and whatever random record I pull out of the boxes. I will try to give both sides of the 45 unless one side is dull, unbearable or unplayable. I hope you enjoy. (Gyro1966)trax:

1. Come Over Here (King) - James Brown & The Famous Flames 2. I'll Go Crazy (King) - James Brown & The Famous Flames 3. My Baby's Gone, On, on (Chess) - Johnnie & Joe 4. Over the Mountain, Across the Sea (Chess) - Johnnie & Joe 5. Don Juan (Atlantic) - Lavern Baker 6. Saved (Atlantic) - Lavern Baker

7. Baby Face (Specialty) - Little Richard 8. I'll Never Let You Go (Specialty) - Little Richard 9. Creeque Alley (Dunhill) - The Mamas & The Papas 10. Cinderella Sunshine (Columbia) - Paul Revere & The Raiders Featuring Mark Lindsay 11. It's Happening (Columbia) - Paul Revere & The Raiders Featuring Mark Lindsay 12. Tell the Truth (Atlantic) - Ray Charles 13. Apricot Baby (Elektra) - Rhinoceros 14. It's So Right (Boss) - The Tren-Dells 15. Love (Boss) - The Tren-Dells 16. Ain't No Doubt About It (Atlantic) - Wilson Pickett 17. Don't Let the Green Grass Fool You (Atlantic) - Wilson Pickett 18. Let the Little Girl Dance (Old Town) - Billy Bland 19. Sweet Thing (Old Town) - Billy Bland 20. The Bounce (Epic) - The Bouncin' Beats 21. I Need Your Love (Epic) - The Bouncin' Beats 22. Take It From Me (Philles) - Darlene Love 23. Wait Til' My Bobby Gets Home (Philles) - Darlene Love 24. Deep Dark Secret (Cameo) - Dee Dee Sharp 25. Good (Cameo) - Dee Dee Sharp 26. Easy Ride (Elektra) - The Doors 27. Steel Guitar Rag (Bomarc) - The Dynatones 28. Lost Someone (King) - James Brown & The Famous Flames 29. Shout and Shimmy (King) - James Brown & The Famous Flames 30. A Man and a Half (Atlantic) - Wilson Pickett 31. People Make the World (What It Is) (Atlantic) - Wilson Pickett

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Frédéric Belinsky "Swing Tzigane" 2005

“Dans cet album”, déclare Frédéric, “je rends hommage à mes grands-parents, Stéphane Brotescu et Valia Bélinsky, deux grands musiciens qui auraient été fiers de m’écouter”. Frédéric Bélinsky sait comme personne faire passer et partager dans ses concerts cette flamme romantique et cette émotion propre à la musique russe alliée à une technique surprenante. - Jean-Pierre Tandin"Né le 25/08/1974 à Caen, descendant d'une famille russe. Médaille d'argent en 1997 du conservatoire national de Paris. Il rend ainsi hommage d'une part à ses grands-parents et jazzifie des mélodies slaves pour créer son propre style à la fois manouche et jazz. Le tout servi par une technique étonnante. D'ailleurs Jean Pierre Tandin lui rend un hommage important. Pour les 15 plages interprétées il est accompagné de Samuel Daussat : guitare rythmique, et Simon Teboul : contrebassse. Amateur du genre un trio qui ne manque pas d'audace. A vous procurer d'urgence." Czardas DE MONTI - JAZZ NOTESmembers:

Frederic Belinsky (guitare), Samuel Daussat (guitare), Simon Teboul (contrebasse)

trax:

01 Swing Gitan 02 Le Temps Du Muguet 03 Stompin' At Decca 04 Czardas De Monti 05 Clair De Lune 06 Les Yeux Noirs 07 Mister Sandman 08 Avalon 09 Lady Be Good 10 Si Tu Savais 11 Minor Swing 12 Rêveries Tziganes 13 La Rosée d'Automne 14 La Gitane 15 Les Fenêtres De Moscou

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Thee Headcoats "Conundrum" 1994

It's a Headcoats album -- anyone expecting anything different or unusual who already knows their work might as well go home. But, as with most everything Billy Childish has a hand in, what Conundrum lacks in surprise it more than makes up for with energy……"Every Bit of Me" alone has enough rough-voiced and snarling garage punk power to shame wannabes half the age of Childish, and that's just the first track of 14. His witty, blunt, and passionate views on life, love, and lust are as strong as ever, while the band sounds particularly great, still embracing the rough-and-ready Toerag Studio sound but cutting the musical crap and kicking out jams like nobody's business. If you need proof, throw on the drumming from "(Bitten Off) More Than You Can Chew" or the steady, malevolent punch of "Again and Again" to show how the guitar/bass/drums lineup can still kill when handled just right. Childish's long-running Native American song theme, sparked by his own personal worship of the guitar god par excellence Link Wray, gets a nod with the smoking "Crazy Horse," which actually sounds like a Bo Diddley cut more than anything. Then there's "Watch Me Fall," where Childish's guitar is so trebly and overmodulated it almost sounds like an electric sitar without even trying! Sometimes, however, all it really takes is Childish's own fierce contempt for the idiots of the world -- thus "He's So Popular With the Girls," which demolishes fame in musical and other spheres in a series of brilliantly intense verses that aim to rip heads off first and foremost. "We Ain't Gonna Be," meanwhile, makes romantic angst sound more wounded and raging than ever. - AllMusic Review by Ned Raggetttrax:

01 Every Bit Of Me 02 (Bitten Off) More Than You Can Chew 03 I Wish I'd Never Been 04 We Ain't Gonna Be 05 What Smashed Me 06 Crazy Horse 07 Again And Again 08 Girl Fom '62 09 Thief 10 Watch Me Fall 11 He's So Popular With The Girls 12 I'm An Idiot 13 Hoping 14 Wish I Knew What I Was Living For

The Triffids "Stockholm, Live 1989" 1990

After a decade spent slamming themselves against the ramparts of musical complacency and cliché on the Australian rock scene, the Triffids finally gave up the ghost in 1989. The next year, Island Records -- who were still owed one more Triffids album -- released this post-mortem live set, recorded shortly before the band's dissolution…...Containing a mixture of early and latter-day material, Stockholm: Live functions as both primer and goodbye letter. The similarities between Triffids frontman David McComb and Nick Cave in sound, attitude, and mood are immediately apparent, but neither artist was an influence on the other; they were simply kindred spirits whose aesthetics developed at the same place and time. While Cave eventually found a worldwide audience, the Triffids never quite transcended cult status even in Australia. In fact, longtime Triffids bassist Martyn Casey had already become one of Cave's Bad Seeds by the time Stockholm was released. One thing this recording makes clear is what an intense, passionate, and powerful frontman McComb could be. He could come off as a sentimental romantic, soft-pedaling the love ballad "Sure the Girl I Love," he could whoop and sputter like an Aussie Iggy Pop atop the pounding intensity of "Property is Condemned," or he could take the role of expansive, storytelling troubadour on the slowly unfurling "Wide Open Road," all with equal aplomb. The rest of the Triffids match their fearless leader step for step, whether spitting out saber-toothed post-punk riffs, swimming around in the dark, swampy waters of one of the band's moodier pieces, or indulging in the Americana influences that became a significant part of the Triffids' musical personality as they evolved. McComb passed away a decade after the concert captured here, but as a final statement on his work with the Triffids, Stockholm stands up straight and tall. - AllMusic Review by James Allen

trax:

01 Property is condemned 02 Hell of a Summer 03 Personal Things 04 Raining Pleasure 05 Lonely Stretch 06 Sure the Girl I love 07 Wide Open Road 08 Keep your Eyes on the Hole 09 In the Pines 10 Billy 11 I am a lonesome Hobo 12 How could I help but love you

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"Deep & Gritty The Sound Of The City" Vol 8: Detroit Part Two

Deep, tough and rare Detroit soul from the 60’s into the early 70’s - most have never been on a compilation before!trax:

1. A Better Place. Chuck Armstrong 2. You'll Be Sorry. Cody Black 3. Luck Walked Through My Door. Johnnie Mae Matthews 4. Gonna Have to Put You Down. Oscar Bishop 5. Come to Me. Othea George 6. The Goodnight Song. Gas & the Funk Factory 7. A Good Man (Is All Want). Leah Dawson 8. I Don't Want No Part Time Love. Benny Mccain 9. Stop This Train. Willie Kendrick 10. Guilty. Twentie Grans 11. You Do Your Thing. Belita Woods 12. Believing You. Gary "U.S." Bonds 13. Hour of Your Need. The Final Decisions 14. Look Up and Smile. Gene Cooper  15. Just Because Your Love Is Gone. Darrell Banks 16. Yea Yea Yea Yea. The Two Fellows 17. You Took Me From a World Outside. Tyrone Edwards 18. I Can`t Stand It. Al Gardner 19. If I Could Steal You Away. Lee Rogers 20. Won't You Join the Band. Joshie Jo Armstead

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Shannon & The Clams "Hunk Hunt" 2009 - EP

Indie garage punk band based in Oakland, California.A reviewer at Still in Rock stated that their "shows are among the best in the world, with an inexhaustible spirit and a musical style with no equivalent. Its influence on the independent scene is one of the greatest, together with Ty Segall and very few others."
A reviewer at Punknews.org wrote that Shannon and the Clams has the "sound of a prom band in 1964 getting dosed with acid and having the sweetest lovelorn freak out. Imagine a brawling Etta James, backed up by the 13th Floor Elevators singing Shangri La's tunes."
The Chicago Reader's Jessica Hopper described Shannon and the Clams as "something from a John Waters lucid dream... complete with horny teenage anthems that walk the line between greasy, frantic 50s rock 'n' roll and innocent, hip-swinging 60s pop."
In an effusive review of Onion, Allison Wolfe wrote: "Reminiscent of the Collins Kids, both Shannon and Cody's voices mingle and soar, and I often can't tell their beautiful articulations apart. No matter – this is a gorgeously sincere and infectious body of work that I can't put down.trax:

01 Blood 02 Would You Love Me If I Was Dead 03 Hunk Hunt 04 Heartbreak

Thee Headcoats “W.O.A.H.! BO IN THEE GARAGE” 1993 + "Louis Riel" - 7'/45rpm 1992

Originally released on Hangman Records, this Bo Diddley covers album by Billy Childish and co. is a fantastic lo-fi garage-drenched tribute to one of R n’ R’s greatest heros. Done in his own style with equal parts humor and respect, this is now a true gem.Thee Headcoats is one of the various band monikers assumed by garage rock primitive Billy Childish (aka Bill Hamper), a native of Kent, England. Over several decades -- and regardless of the fashion of the time -- Childish has churned out no-frills garage rock, the likes of which saw a resurgence in hipness in the new millennium with groups such as the Hives and the White Stripes. The ultra-prolific bandleader/producer/poet/painter/publisher first emerged in 1979 with mod-punkers Pop Rivets. By 1982, the Pop Rivets had become the more musically catchy Milkshakes (akaThee Milkshakes or Mickey & the Milkshakes). The band was remarkably prolific, releasing no fewer than seven albums in 1984 (four of them on the same day). Shortly thereafter, Childish moved on to the similarly minded Thee Mighty Caesars. Nevertheless, since the late '80s, Thee Headcoats -- a trio that includes Pop Rivets/Milkshakes/Mighty Caesars drummer Bruce Brand -- has been Childish's primary outlet for his more accessible, straight-up rock & roll. 1995's Beached Earls CD combines the vinyl albums Beach Bums Must Die and The Earls of Suavedom. Bo in Thee Garage is a sloppy but interesting tribute album to Bo Diddley, while the live efforts Live! At the Wild Western Room and The Sound of the Baskervilles represent not only Thee Headcoats but the all-girl Thee Headcoatees (comprised of members of the Delmonas, for whom Childish writes and produces). To add to the confusion, Thee Headcoats have also released cover versions of Clash songs under the name Thee Stash. As of 2000, Thee Headcoats were Childish's most prolific outlet (no small accolade). The group played its final gig that year at London's Dirty Water club, though tracks continued to be released. - Artist Biography by Erik Hagtrax:
01 Road Runner Intro 02 Crackin' Up 03 Can't Judge A Book 04 Who Do You Love 05 Gratest Lover In The World 06 Diddy Wah Diddy 07 One Ugly Child 08 Keep Your Big Mouth Shut 09 I Can Tell 10 She's Fine, She's Mine 11 Dearest Darlin' 12 Before You Accuse Me 13 Road Runner

"Louis Riel" - 7'/45rpm 1992Thee Headcoats were a band formed in Chatham, Kent, England in 1989.trax:

01 Louis Riel 02 Don't Try & Tell Me

The Sandy Coast "Shipwreck" 1969

Pioneering Dutch quartet Sandy Coast formed in the town of Voorburg, near Den Haag, in 1961…...Early work found release on a series of singles on the Delta label during the mid-1960s. referencing an American pop-rock sound, framed by choral harmonies; soon, the evolving close harmony of songs like “We’ll Meet Again” saw them edging towards the realm of the Moody Blues, while “Milk And Tranquilizers” was based more strongly on a rhythm-and-blues framework. Moving to the Relax label in 1967, they began issuing spacious psychedelic songs such as “Capital Punishment,” and their debut album From The Workshop was thoroughly in psychedelia mode. Larry Page issued sophomore album Shipwreck in 1969, the disc an early concept album focusing on a lengthy suite that recounted a doomed voyage, captained by one Derrick Holmes in 1779. Much of the rest of the album recalls the spacey sounds of King Crimson, but there is also raw blues, psychedelic pop-rock, and an individual reading of Paul McCartney’s “Eleanor Rigby.” - hhvtrax:

01 Shipwreck 02 I May Happily Forget 03 North Canadian Paradise 04 Blue Blackman's Blues 05 Advice 06 Timothy 07 Re Re Le Loup 08 Deep Down Down (Single A-Side, 1969) 09 Back To The City (Single B-Side, 1969) 10 Eleanor Rigby (Single A-Side, 1970) 11 In My Opinion (Single B-Side, 1970)

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"Deep & Gritty The Sound Of The City" Vol 7: Los Angeles Part One

Deep, tough and rare Los Angeles soul from the 60’s into the early 70’s - most have never been on a compilation before!trax:

1. I'm A Whole New Thing - Ural Thomas 2. I Need Your Loving - The Turn-A-Rounds 3. Together At Last - George Torrence 4. You Should Have Told Me - The New Yorkers 5. Every Woman Has A Right ( To Change Her Mind ) - Carl Underwood & Della Copeland 6. I'msorry We Had To Part - Bobby Kimble 7. Million Dollar Man - William ' Blues Boy' Wells 8. Stop Dragging My Heart Around - Bobby Taylor 9. A Woman Has Taken Her Place - Linda Evans 10. Let Me Love You - The Fuller Bros. 11. Standing Here Crying - The Incredibles 12. Good Things Come To Those Who Wait - Pat Hunt 13. Faith - Ray Agee 14. Just Won't Believe - Claude "Baby" Huey 15. This Time( I'll Bethe Fool) - Darrow Fletcher 16. Still I Love You - Johnnie Ruth King 17. A Lover's Blues - The Raelettes 18. For Goodness Sake - Jimmy Robbins 19. Just Your Feel - Leon Hayward 20. Same Time Same Place - Sweet Linda Divine

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…and now for something completely different! 0938 - 2020

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 2018 AND AFTER, AND A DAILY LIMIT OF 3 ALBUMS)! 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

Thee Headcoats "The Good Times Are Killing Me" 1993 + "Girl From '62" - 7'/45rpm 1992

My favorite headcoats album. a wonderful mix of childish being at the top of his vitriolic game "it was too late", "i'll be out of here", with some very nice link wray inspired instrumentals "double face" and "picket fence". a garage punk classic! - BumpsAndGuysLong-out-of-print and highly coveted 1993 set from Thee Headcoats, one of the most savage and exciting rock and roll groups of all time. Not just one of the best H’coats sets, this album is a modern classic. Fourteen blistering songs, raw and engaged and dealing exclusively in hard knocks. Out of print since its original issue on Vinyl Japan.trax:
01 Got To Get What's Been Forbidd 02 I Wasn't Made For This World 03 It Was Too Late 04 Double Face 05 I'll Be Out Of Here 06 Picket Fence 07 The Good Times Are Killing Me 08 House On The Water 09 Paedophile 10 At The Bridge 11 Strychnine 12 Every Little Thing 13 Walk Of The Lost 14 She'll Keep You On Standby

"Girl From '62" - 7'/45rpm 1992Thee Headcoats were a band formed in Chatham, Kent, England in 1989.trax:

01 Girl From '62 02 I need Someone

The Triffids "The Black Swan" 1989

Outback Cabaret!The subtle quirkiness of The Triffids is all too easily overshadowed by the self-professed otherness of bands like The Birthday Party. But don't be fooled: this Australian band offers one of the most haunting and outlandish listens around. The Black Swan (the title of a short story by Thomas Mann), produced by Smiths producer Stephen Street, takes you on a melancholy tour around Australia's darker underbelly. The atmosphere is dreamy yet unsettling, with superb lyrics to match the music. The cast of characters includes drunken hobos, sad clowns, or a magician turning butterflies into worms. There are also Jill Birt's acidic pseudo-pop songs. Somewhere between fairytale and nightmare, The Black Swan's outback cabaret is an overlooked masterpiece. - Reviever: Anat Pick (Tel Aviv)The Triffids:

David McComb (lead vocals, guitar, piano, keyboards), Alsy McDonald (drums, percussion, vocals), Robert McComb (violin, guitar, backing vocals), Martin P. Casey (bass), Jill Birt (keyboards, vocals), 'Evil' Graham Lee (pedal steel, lap steel, vocals, guitar)

trax:

1. Too Hot To Move, Too Hot To Think 2. American Sailors 3. Falling Over You 4. Goodbye Little Boy 5. Bottle of Love 6. The Spinning Top Song 7. Butterflies Into Worms 8. The Clown Prince 9. Good Fortune Road 10. New Year's Greetings 11. One Mechanic Town 12. Blackeyed Susan 13. Fairytale Love

"Do The 45!" Vol. 477 (2020)

Super fun collection of soul, blues, R&B, instro, and rock 'n' roll from the original 45's. (From my record collection.)It's just me having fun with my 45's and whatever random record I pull out of the boxes. I will try to give both sides of the 45 unless one side is dull, unbearable or unplayable. I hope you enjoy. (Gyro1966)trax:

1. Everybody Let's Dance (Constellation) - Gene Chandler 2. You Can't Hurt Me No (Constellation) - Gene Chandler 3. Loving You and Being Loved by You (Silver Fox) - Gloria Taylor 4. You Got to Pay the Price (Silver Fox) - Gloria Taylor 5. Rock It Down to My House (Decca) - Justin Tubb 6. Sugar Lips (Decca) - Justin Tubb 7. Love (Makes Me Do Foolish Things) (Gordy) - Martha & The Vandellas 8. You've Been in Love Too Long (Gordy) - Martha & The Vandellas 9. After Tea (United Artists) - The Spencer Davis Group 10. Looking Back (United Artists) - The Spencer Davis Group 11. Red Hot Henry Brown (Decca) - Sue Thompson 12. The Beard (Rca Victor) - The Trends 13. Chug-A-Lug (Rca Victor) - The Trends 14. If (United Modern) - Trini Lopez 15. Sinner Not a Saint (United Modern) - Trini Lopez 16. Ping Pong Baby (Mercury) - The Voxpoppers 17. Pony Tail (Mercury) - The Voxpoppers 18. Help Me Rhonda (Capitol) - The Beach Boys 19. Kiss Me, Baby (Capitol) - The Beach Boys 20. Amor (Atco) - Ben E. King 21. Souvenir of Mexico (Atco) - Ben E. King 22. Here's My Picture (Top Rank) - Billy Boy 23. You've Got Me Wrong (Top Rank) - Billy Boy 24. Itchy Twitchy Feeling (Sue) - Bobby Hendricks 25. A Thousand Dreams (Sue) - Bobby Hendricks 26. Sunshine of Your Love (Atco) - The Cream 27. SWLABR (Atco) - The Cream 28. Candy Girl (Vee Jay) - The Four Seasons 29. Marlena (Vee Jay) - The Four Seasons 30. This Is My Song of Love to You (Stax) - Frederick Knight

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ps.: for all late arrivals we have in the comments 3 reups of this series.

…and now for something completely different! 0937 - 2020

Watch out you Trumpies, this video is especially for you!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 2018 AND AFTER, AND A DAILY LIMIT OF 3 ALBUMS)! 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