The Aqua Barons "Extreme Guitar Conditions" 2020

The Aqua Barons were formed in January 2010 in Lechaion, Corinth by the two brothers Petros & Philippos Sotiropoulos, they really dig vintage gear & influenced from traditional So-Cal surf music, with guitars soaked in reverb and fuzz, and from the lyricism of the European instro bands from the 60's as well!!! Their 1st instro-strike was in 2014 via the comp ''Searching For Atlantis'', including the ab-fab tracks ''Osonupo'' & ''Fuzzlalum'' & their 1st full-length released two years later called ''Southeast Stompers'' (Green Cookie Rec.)...
...The same year the instro magazine Continental, picked up ''Into The Deep'' for the CD-comp # 24!! Their 2nd full-length ''Extreme Guitar Conditions'' is out, gathering 10 brilliant tracks! The opening track ''Spy Romance'' is one of the best instrumentals ever written & i mean it, a catchy melody that will stuck on your mind, an up-tempo with fuzzed guitar parts, as well a bubble-up organ make this one a real masterpiece!!! ''Galaxy Cruise'' & ''Jungle Calling'' will travel you in a perfumed instro-exotica garden, while ''Butterfly Valley'' is another fave instro with nostalgic-bittersweet mood & ''Town Of Shelter'' is the perfect soundtrack for a movie, dealing with a ghost town, or maybe in far west where outlaws seek protection from their predators?! (as Petros said). ''Crazy Orbits'' is an alternate space-instro-oddity, blended with Beat Oscillator sounds, a shot to the moon & back to planet earth!! You'll find also a 2nd & slightly different version titled ''Crazy Orbits (English Spaceman)''! ''Gulag Party'' is a fab drenched instro with Polka flashes, while ''Unknown Seas'' is a trippy tune with excellent guitar work, backed with nice backing vocals and Doo-Wop feeling & ''Grand Finale'' is a weird encounter with vibraphone, a mash of goosebump-melodies, kinda of like John Barry meet Henry Mancini's compositions!!! A must have for the reverb-heads, an instro-blast for any rock'n'roll fan out there!!! Don't miss this album for any reason!!! - bandcamp
trax:
01 Spy Romance 02 Galaxy Cruise 03 Jungle Calling 04 Butterfly Valley 05 Town Of Shelter 06 Crazy Orbits 07 Gulag Party 08 Unknown Seas 09 Grand Final 10 Crazy Orbits (English Spaceman)

…and now for something completely different! 2552 - 2024

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The Creeps "Enjoy The Creeps" 1986

Ever since the release of the 1972 Nuggets: Original Artyfacts comp there have been bands like the Creeps, and most likely there always will be. The Swedish retro act aims squarely at mid-'60s garage rock, aping the bands that aped the Yardbirds, but thanks to inspired playing and inventive arrangements, they succeed in adding to the tradition rather than just running in place...
...Recorded with period-appropriate atmosphere (i.e. a thick, dirty echo), the Creeps bang out nine originals that channel the Animals and Them, delivered with power and precision. "Down at the Nightclub" leads off Enjoy the Creeps with a stiff swing and a booze-positive philosophy, then breaks down with a jazzy piano coda. Other highlights include the lascivious "Hi, Hi, Pretty Girl," the Farfisa-driven instrumental "Rattlesnake Shake," and the frantic drum rolls and fuzz solo on "Ain't No Square." A medley of Sonics covers ("Maintaining My Cool" and "I'm A Rolling Stone") is reverent and energetic, but won't change anyone's mind about the wild, rambunctious Northwest originals. In fact, the only thing missing on Enjoy the Creeps is a sense of true abandon, that apocalyptic spark that makes the most primitive, boneheaded garage bands like the Count Five or the Seeds so eternal. The Creeps are musicians, not punks, and while there's no lack of get-down vitality to their sound, they won't take the listener anywhere except the dancefloor. However, their pugnacious take of the obscure, middle-finger anthem "City of People" seethes with defiance ("Baby don't you mess with me/Cuz you know you could never bring me down/Hey Hey Hey!"), equaling the sneer of the original 1966 Illusions single, and nearly matching Fireworks' vicious 1995 rewrite as "City of Assholes." Garage rock revivalists will find lots to move to on Enjoy the Creeps, but the band didn't stay tied down to their nostalgic muse for long. The Creeps modified their sound in later years, taking on more modern elements with soul/funk textures that earned them a Swedish Grammy, and a big hit in their homeland with "Ooh, I Like It" in 1990. - Review by Fred Beldin
trax:
01 Down at the nightclub 02 Ain't no square 03 Come back, baby 04 Rattlesnake shake 05 City of people 06 Just what I need 07 The creep 08 Darling 09 Hi, hi pretty girl 10 Maintaining my cool - I'm a rolling stone 11 She's gone
Ripped from Vinyl by RYP with Audacity 3.6.4 : Thorens TD 318/Audio-Technica VM95E - Yamaha A-S301 - Q Acoustics 3020i / Yamaha NS-SW050

Kim Fowley "Love Is Alive And Well" - Sounds & Scenes Of The Flower-Love-Generation 1967

“I’ll be back As a brown paper sack, A wretched guitar Or a Chinese car...” (excerpt from "Reincarnation")
...Why this never appeared on a garage punk compilation is puzzling: it’s snot-snot-snotty, barely coherent and has that kinetic teenage Vox-Continental a-go-go rhythm that many tried for and only glimpsed for a moment. As for Fowley, he caught it barehanded and wrestled it to the studio floor in one take. “Reincarnation” is well worth the price of admission, and has recently surfaced on Rev-Ola’s “Mondo Hollywood: Kim Fowley’s Jukebox” compilation.
I’m sure “Love Is Alive And Well” was cut within a week’s time as Fowley was known for his economy in the studio -- contrasted by the self-penned liner notes that take up a good portion of the back sleeve:
”Love is alive an’ well. Our return to the innocence of childhood is the only flash of beauty and light upon the cropless field of life on which many of us may live.”
You see what I mean with that earlier ‘sincerity’ thing? It’s impossible to sum up Kim Fowley. But I’ll try: he’s a rock’n’roll enig-maniac like Iggy Pop meets Guy Stevens on the corner of Z-Man Barzell and Phil Spector who worked with The Soft Machine and appeared onstage at the Roundhouse in 1972 during a Deviants reunion gig singing “Pappa Ooo Mow Mow.” - Reviewed by The Seth Man
traxfromwax:
1. Love Is Alive And Well 2. Flower City 3. Flower Drum Drum 4. This Planet Love 5. War Game 6. Reincarnation 7. See How The Other Half Love 8. Flowers 9. Super Flower 10. Me
Features The West Coast Pop Art Experimental Band and was co-produced by Michael Lloyd (engineer). Kim Fowley is credited for vocals, keyboards and production.

"Teenage Shutdown" - Vol 12 - No Tease

"Primi-Teen Pounders" - Inept, Outta-Tune Teen Romp from the (W)rec(k) Room!
This is one of the COOLEST darn records y'all are gonna hear! This comp. features some of the best dance-oriented garage pounders ever put on wax! The great thing about this record is that it explores some of the more soulful sounds produced by "garage" bands in the 60's. The SOUL is what sets this collection apart from the often lame "garage" collections that have plagued music fans since the 80's. Moden "garage" wanna-be hipsters could improve themselves by absorbing some of the soul on this stellar disk! - By jason gilmour (Toronto, Ontario)
trax:
1. No Tease - The Fugitives 2. She Gives Me Love - The Outcasts Four 3. Coolville - The Nomads 4. Let's Go - The Standels 5. One Of These Days - The Kon-Taks 6. What A Life - The Strangers 7. Instant Happiness - The Bare Facts 8. She Lied (I Know Why) - The Jesters IV 9. Drambuie - The Coachmen 10. Just For Me - The Midknights 11. Last Laugh - The Cholos 12. The Outcast - The Illusions 13. Come On Girl - The Swingin' Safaris 14. I Do - Jay Dee & The Chasers 15. Bad Girl - The Marauders 16. I'm Gonna Love You - The Hangmen 17. Have You Seen My Baby - The Kare Takers 18. The World Still Turns - The Mere Existence 19. By The Sea - The In-Vaders

…and now for something completely different! 2551 - 2024

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"KFJC 2002 - Totally Tubular"

Fundraiser 2002 warrants another fine surf instro release from KFJC. This year, it's an extra special 2 CD set, with 21 bands on disc 1, and a full hour of a live performance by the Eliminators...
...That's over two hours of instrumental music, all live, most from performances in KFJC's Pit, and all unavailable anywhere else. - Phil Dirt - Reverb Central
CD 1 "Pitstop":
1. John Blair - SURFS UP! 2. The Halibuts - Centipede 3. The Mach IV - Dreams 4. The Bitch Boys - Skawboy 5. The Thrusters - Banzai Pipeline 6. The Shi-tones - Wild As The Sea 7. Dead Men Don't Surf - Endless Summer 8. The Berzerkers - It Came In The Wind 9. 3 Balls of Fire - Return to the Oort Cloud 10. Pollo Del Mar - Apache Drummer 11. The Cocktail Preachers - Margarita Meltdown 12. John Blair and the Halibuts - Baja 13. The Belairs - The Crawler-Moon Dawg 14. The Dynotones - Seniorita 15. The Balboas - Daguire 16. The Astroglides - Kabalah 17. The Alvarados - Casbah 18. The Cadillac Angels - SO BO! 19. The Packards - Gird Thy Sword On 20. Voodoo Court - Lost In Mazatlan 21. Da Monz - Miserlou 22. Unknown Surfband - Untitled
CD 2 The Eliminators "Woodies on the Wharf":
1. Intro 2. Rincon 3. Punta Baja 4. Bone Cruncher 5. Latin'ia 6. Boneyard 7. Six Pack 8. Depth Charge 9. Endless Summer 10. The Wedge 11. Johnny's Nose Ride 12. Doho 13. Surfin' Spies 14. Chief Whoopin' Koff 15. Surf Buggy 16. Caterpillar Crawl 17. Miserlou
...originally served by Agent Teisco and Al.Zombie...
p.s.: FYI - KFJC is a radio station located at a Foothill College in Los Altos Hills, CA, about 40 miles south of San Francisco. They have been on the air since 1959 and are still going strong, thanks to listener donations. For decades, they have been the strongest voice in the broadcast world in championing instrumental surf music and still are, by playing the music, hosting the bands, and producing CDs like this. This CD was created as a fundraiser. Download and enjoy it! If you like what they do, please consider making a donation (no matter how big or small) at www.kfjc.org. Thanks! - DrNecessitor

Urban Surf Kings "Play Along with Urban Surf Kings vol. 1" 201

Reverb Ranch is the Nova Scotia, Canada based record label of all things Surf & Twang. Artists include: Urban Surf Kings, Rev Hank, and Rev Hank meets Wadadli Riders.
Play Along with Urban Surf Kings vol. 1 pays tribute to the Play Guitar with the Ventures releases. Each volume comes with the full songs, plus drum and bass versions you can play your guitar along with. Guitar tab for both pieces is included. Now crank up your guitar, turn up the reverb, and surf! - bandcamp

trax:
01 Livorno Twist 02 Calafuria Nights 03 Livorno Twist (backing) 04 Calafuria Nights (backing)

"Do The 45!" Vol. 970 (2024)

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 Go for Yourself (Burt) - The Soul Toranodoes 2 Funky Thang (Burt) - The Soul Toranodoes 3 Piece of the Action (Dot) - Karl Boxer 4 Hava Nagila (Dot) - Karl Boxer 5 Take It All Off (Soul City) - George McCrae 6 Please Help Me Find My Baby (Soul City) - George McCrae 7 Doodle-Oop (The World Is a Bit Under the Weather) (Josie) - The Meters 8 I Need More Time (Josie) - The Meters 9 Do You Wanna (Try) - Bo-Pete 10 Groovy Little Suzie (Try) - Bo-Pete 11 The Wash (Amy) - The Varios 12 Operator, Operator, Operator (Amy) - The Varios 13 Work Out (Imperial) - Michael Clark 14 None of These Girls (Imperial) - Michael Clark 15 What a Man (Cotillion) - Laura Lee 16 Separation Line (Cotillion) - Laura Lee 17 Land Beyond the Moon (Mercury) - The Motions 18 I Can Dance (Mercury) - The Motions 19 The Skrooch (Reginald) - Little Eddie 20 Teddy Bear Blues (Reginald) - Little Eddie 21 Filet of Soul (Swan) - The Buena Vistas 22 Foxy (Swan) - The Buena Vistas 23 Message From a Black Man (Abc) - The Natural Four 24 Stepping on Up (Abc) - The Natural Four 25 It's a Groovy World! (Kapp) - The Unifics 26 Memories (Kapp) - The Unifics 27 What My Baby Wants (Decca) - The Mor-Loks 28 Lookin' for a New Day (Decca) - The Mor-Loks 29 Squeelin Parrot (Twist) (Russ-Fi) - Vince Edwards 30 What Did You Leave Me? (Russ-Fi) - Vince Edwards
…compiled and served by Gyro1966...

…and now for something completely different! 2550 - 2024

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Andre Williams & The Sadies "Red-Dirt" 1999

This record's got it all, babies!!! It'll get you up on the down stroke, it's got Memphis Stax/Volt soul grooves, it's got Johnny Cash boom-chicka-ka-boom, it's got Screamin' Jay gospel menace, it's got smooth, "how ya doin, ladies?", crooning, and it's got, well, Andre-ance. He even rhymes "cash" with "ass" and makes it work!!!
Andre Williams, a collectors' cult figure who talk-sang his way through such '50s and '60s R&B novelties as "Jail Bait," "Bacon Fat," and "Cadillac Jack," waves his freak flag high on the very first track, "Hey Truckers" (rhymes with "bad you-know-whatters"). Though he cites his Alabama farm-boy upbringing as credentials, his X-rated country sounds like none you've heard before--sort of a midair crash between Screamin' Jay Hawkins, mid-'60s Bob Dylan, and the local honky-tonk hero. And while his originals, cowritten with Sadie Dallas Good, play on traditional country themes, they are more than merely clever; they are unfailingly melodic, full of nice arranging touches, and somehow true to the form, thanks in large part to Toronto's quirky cowpunk quartet the Sadies. His vocals range from a bellow to a rumbling recitation. And both Johnny Paycheck's "Pardon Me (I've Got Someone to Kill)" and Leon Payne's "Psycho" are present and accounted for, as are more conventional gems from Harlan Howard and Lefty Frizzell. Not for everyone, but perversely likable. - John Morthland
trax:
1. Hey Truckers 2. Busted 3. She's A Bag of Potato Chips 4. I Can Tell 5. Pardon Me (I've Got Someone To Kill) 6. Weapon of Mass Destruction 7. Easy on the Eyes 8. I'm an Old, Old Man (Tryin' to Live While I Can) 9. Tramp Trail 10. Psycho 11. I Understand (Do You) 12. Old John 13. Queen of the World 14. My Sister Stole My Woman

The Aqua Barons "Southeast Stompers" 2016

The Aqua Barons were formed in January 2010 in Lechaion, Corinth by the two brothers Petros & Philippos Sotiropoulos. Their sound is influenced from traditional So-Cal surf music, with guitars soaked in reverb and fuzz, and from the lyricism of the European instro bands from the 60's as well. - bandcamp
The Aqua Barons were formed in January 2010 in Leheo, Corinth by the two brothers Petros & Philippos Sotiropoulos. Soon the band started gigging covering mostly surf standards. After a long period of inactivity they make their comeback in the Summer of 2013.
Their love for traditional surf sound, with guitars drenched with reverb and fuzz, coming from true vintage equipment is their trademark.
They appear in the Discography for the first time in the all Greek surf bands compilation “Search for Atlantis” (Green Cookie records 2014) with two tracks. “Surfer Joe festival 2015” in Italy and stage appearances with some of the worlds top surf bands is what follows. Their debut album "Southeast Stompers" released in 2016 from Green Cookie Records. - discogs
trax:
01 Αναστενάρης (Anastenaris) 02 Into The Deep 03 Harbour Love 04 Ίσως (Eesos) 05 Lonely Siren 06 Horror Spa 07 Salsa Picante 08 Ζεχρά (Zehra) 09 Abandon Ship! 10 Last Sunset

Sonido Gallo Negro "Mambo Cósmico" 2018

Three fantastic LPs cements it: this is is the reigning champion of psychedelic cumbia. - Hunter King
I was fortunate to see them live while on vacation in Mexico City last year. I've been trying to remember to watch for new music from them. But I missed this until I came across it on Bandcamp's Top 100 of the year. Highly recommended if you love both Latin rhythms and psych rock. - Sean Kirkpatrick
trax:
01 Mambo Cósmico 02 Tolú 03 La Danza de los Diablos 04 Cumbia Ishtar 05 ¿Quien será? 06 La Focá (Cha Cha Chá) 07 Catemaco 08 Mambo Egipcio 09 Danza del Mar 10 Danzón Fayuquero 11 Cumbia de Sanación

Too late, too late!

It's not just the Russians, Chinese, North Koreans, Iranians, etc. who have elected criminals as their president! Now the Americans have also elected Mr. Donald Trump, a convicted criminal and egomaniac, as their boss (see above: Those damned religious zealots, politicians, warlords and...!) Stupid remains stupid, no amount of pills or even great music will help!

…and now for something completely different! 2549 - 2024

Those damned religious zealots, politicians, warlords and... They all bring death and ruin and they don't know that they are as superfluous as telephone disinfectors and hairdressers! - RYP

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B. Bumble And The Stingers "Nut Rocker" EP 1962

B. Bumble and the Stingers were an instrumental ensemble from the early 1960s, who specialized in rocking up classical melodies. A lot of incorrect information has been published about the group ever since they appeared on the music scene, much of which was the result of deliberate mystification. Let's try to set the record straight.
It was also Hall who came up with the idea for B. Bumble and the Singers. At the suggestion of Kim Fowley he went to see an old acquaintance, pianist Jack Fina, who had done a hopped-up arrangement of Rimsky-Korsakov's "Flight of the Bumble Bee" in 1946, scoring a # 7 hit in the process, though the label credit for "Bumble Boogie" (RCA Victor 20-1829) went to Freddy Martin and his Orchestra, Fina's regular employer. This record was also used in the 1948 Walt Disney animated film "Melody Time". Hall asked Fina to stop by Gold Star studios in L.A. and bring along his old arrangement, which was then shown to Ernie Freeman, who'd been booked to play piano on the session. Producer Kim Fowley decided to record Freeman on two piano tracks, one using a Grand for the rhythm part, whilst the other featured a doctored upright, complete with thumb tacks attached to the hammers. Earl Palmer played drums, Red Callender bass and Tommy Tedesco was brought in on guitar. A tighter rhythm section I have yet to hear.
Credited to B. Bumble and the Stingers and released on Rendezvous Records, "Bumble Boogie" went to # 21 on the Billboard charts in June 1961. It became obvious that an act would have to be created to handle promotion and public appearances and three young men from Ada, Oklahoma, who happened to be "in town" (L.A., that is), were recruited for this purpose.
The first three singles (Bumble Boogie, Boogie Woogie and Nut Rocker) are by far the best, with that fantastic rhythm section and superb piano playing. I don't know who played piano on the later recordings (post-Nutrocker), but it doesn't sound like Freeman to my ears. It is alleged that Lou Josie (of "Vacation's Over" fame) played guitar in the touring group for some time. "Nut Rocker" was reissued in the UK in 1972 and again it made the Top 20.

traxfromwax:
1. Nut Rocker 2. Nautilus 3. Bumble Boogie 4. School Day Blues

Alan Vega, Alex Chilton & Ben Vaughn "Cubist Blues" - Live In France 1996

Cubist Blues was the unholy union of future roots music wailer Alan Vega with a pair of terminal rock & roll outsiders in Ben Vaughn and Alex Chilton…
…Since almost everybody else in the indie and pop worlds were still wandering around in shock after the death of Kurt Cobain, almost no one took notice of this terrifyingly great record made in two consecutive dusk-to-dawn improvisational sessions at Dessau Studios on the Lower East Side of New York in December of 1994. Like the best of jazz when the cats in the '50s would just show up to see what would happen (more often than not, it did: check the Norman Granz Jam Session albums and the Prestige All-Stars). What does it sound like? Crazy voodoo ghost music. It sounds like Eddie Cochrane, Gene Vincent, and Johnny Burnette fighting for a place at Elvis' table someplace between heaven and hell that isn't earth. Vega's a poet of the other side of rock & roll. In the grain of his voice is the cry, weep, and wail of the blues as it met speed, cars, rocket ships, and the inside of Papa Legba's drum. Forget for one moment he was in Suicide, if you can, and listen to these freaky, screwed-down guitars, ramshackle pianos bearing their low keys like a dog's teeth, basses that rumble instead of pop. It's messed up -- check tracks like "Fly Away," where Jim Morrison meets Jeffrey Lee Pierce in the rebel squall of the south wind; the steam-shovel rockabilly of "Fat City" that is as streetwise as any hip-hop crew's boast shop, or creates a roaring sound Dion would have loved to have heard in his head in the Bronx in the '50s. It is poetry, man. There's the noir-ish blues of "Sister" that stumbles, falls, and breaks its leg before it ever starts, and the post-nightmare retake on "Dream Baby," where nothing is as it seems in the mirror. The live disc howls even more primitively, with the crew trying to force the audience through the eye of the space needle with them. Brilliant, disturbing, obsessive, and addictive; Cubist Blues is an album that time forgot, but was never more in time. - AllMusic Review by Thom Jurek
trax:
01 Fat City 02 Fly Away 03 Freedom 04 Candyman 05 Come On Lord 06 Promised Land 07 Lover Of Love 08 Sister 09 Too Late 10 Do Not Do Not 11 The Werewolf 12 Dream Baby Revisted

"Do The 45!" Vol. 969 (2024)

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 Black Velvet (Dunham) - Menahan Street Band 2 Remember the Good Times (D-Bo) - Freddy Deboe 3 Gato Loco (D-Bo) - Freddy Deboe 4 Por Que No Me Quieres (Ritmo Del Barrio) - Los Shapis 5 Por Que Eres Mujer! (Ritmo Del Barrio) - Los Shapis 6 I Thing (Big Crown) - Bacao Rhythm & Steel Band 7 Hoola Hoop (Big Crown) - Bacao Rhythm & Steel Band Cumbia En La Region (Disco Mas) - Los Daddys 9 La Cumbia Salvaje (Disco Mas) - Los Daddys 10 Scorpio (Big Crown) - Bacao Rhythm & Steel Band 11 8th Wonder (Big Crown) - Bacao Rhythm & Steel Band 12 Dead on It - Part 1 (Polydor) - James Brown 13 Dead on It - Part 2 (Polydor) - James Brown 14 The Joneses (Part 1) (Musicor) - S.O.U.L. 15 The Joneses (Part 2) (Musicor) - S.O.U.L. 16 Heartburn (Parkway) - Johnny Maestro with the Crests 17 Try Me (Parkway) - Johnny Maestro with the Crests 18 I'm on Fire (Smash) - Jerry Lee Lewis 19 Bread and Butter Man (Smash) - Jerry Lee Lewis 20 Snap Your Fingers (Jubilee) - Jimmy Ricks 1 Wigglin' and Gigglin' (Jubilee) - Jimmy Ricks 22 Twistin' the Blues (Epic) - Buddy Greco 23 Heartbreak Hotel (G.N.P. Crescendo) - Delaney Bramlett 24 You Never Looked Sweeter (G.N.P. Crescendo) - Delaney Bramlett
…compiled and served by Gyro1966...

…and now for something completely different! 2548 - 2024

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"KFJC 2001 - Gnarly Reef"

My favorite comp opener has gotta be Slacktone's version of Miserlou on the KFJC "Gnarly Reef" fundraiser. I have heard no bigger opening to any song. - Eek! The Cat
"Fundraiser CD number five chock full of live and unreleased music by 21 surfbands from far and wide. A full 73 minutes of instant surf gratification. Lots of different sounds in many different corners of the surf genre. The bands donated their tracks to KFJC for this fundraiser CD. Every last one of these tracks have been released nowhere else. Most are from KFJC live sessions. All rule!"
trax:
1. Slacktone - Miserlou 2. Eliminators, The - Sidewalk Surfer 3. Thrusters, The - Hammond's 4. Voodoo Court - Heavy On The Cream 5. Mermen, The - Emmylou Rides Clarence West And Then South 6. Supermasonics, The - Tijuana Tango 7. Bitch Boys, The - Stalkin' Mermaid 8. Inspectors, The - Red Tide 9. Neptunes, The - Switchblade Comb 10. Neon Spores, The - Swedish Rhapsody 11. Dynotones, The - High Wall 12. Manatees, The - Latin Soul 13. Reventlos, The- King Kong 14. Chachi, Boba Fett & The Wookiee - Hava Nagila / Oda To Yoda 15. Last Wave - Byron Bay Taxi Ride 16. Pollo Del Mar - Cutlass Supreme 17. Camp OJ - Ali Baba 18. Surf-Liners, The - Steamer Lane 19. Disgraceland - Lone Surfer 20. Torpedoes, The - The Happy Song 21. Ultras, The - Trick Or Treat
...originally served by Eek! The Cat (R.I.P.)...
p.s.: FYI - KFJC is a radio station located at a Foothill College in Los Altos Hills, CA, about 40 miles south of San Francisco. They have been on the air since 1959 and are still going strong, thanks to listener donations. For decades, they have been the strongest voice in the broadcast world in championing instrumental surf music and still are, by playing the music, hosting the bands, and producing CDs like this. This CD was created as a fundraiser. Download and enjoy it! If you like what they do, please consider making a donation (no matter how big or small) at www.kfjc.org. Thanks! - DrNecessitor

The Creeps "Hans Ingemansson's a great organist..." 1985

Recorded live at a certain radio show somewhere in Sweden in 1985 and live at VAXJO the 11/23/85.
A copy of the legendary Creeps live album, that was never released officially.
Recorded live in Sweden at a radio show, in 1985. The Creeps were among the best of the garage punk acts from Sweden back then, you can hence imagine how this sounds like!!!
trax:
01 Have love will travel 02 Down at the night club 03 Dirty water 04 Ain't it hard 05 Come back, baby 06 Your'e gonna need my lovin' 07 City of people 08 High time baby 09 Darling 10 Just what I need 11 Down at the nightclub (2) 12 Have love will travel (2)

"Teenage Shutdown" - Vol 11 - Move It!

Frantic Frat-Stomp Fracas!
This is one of the COOLEST darn records y'all are gonna hear! This comp. features some of the best dance-oriented garage pounders ever put on wax! The great thing about this record is that it explores some of the more soulful sounds produced by "garage" bands in the 60's. The SOUL is what sets this collection apart from the often lame "garage" collections that have plagued music fans since the 80's. Moden "garage" wanna-be hipsters could improve themselves by absorbing some of the soul on this stellar disk! - By jason gilmour (Toronto, Ontario)
trax:
1. Crazy World - Peck's Bad Boys 2. On The Road Again - The Deadlys 3. I Know - The Stompers 4. Oop Poo Pah Doo - The Buccaneers 5. Slow Down - Dave & The Stone Hearts 6. I Want Love - The Individuals 7. Niat Pac Lavram - The Chevrons Five 8. Johnny Be Good - The Retreds 9. Move It - The Twiliters 10. Something's Got A Hold Of Me - The Shondels 11. One More Time - The Reason Why 12. Let's Dance - The Excels 13. Don't Be Mean - The Creations 14. True Love-Heartaches - Bobby Runnel's Faux Pas 15. What'S Wrong With You - Bill Tatman & The Rampagers 16. Gitchy-Gitchy-Goo - The Galaxies 17. Take A Ride With Me - The Banshees 18. Let's Go In '69 - The Customs Five 19. Lollipop - The Royal Coachmen

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The Miles Davis Quintet "Miles Smiles" 1967

With their second album, Miles Smiles, the second Miles Davis Quintet really began to hit their stride, delving deeper into the more adventurous, exploratory side of their signature sound...
...This is clear as soon as "Orbits" comes crashing out the gate, but it's not just the fast, manic material that has an edge -- slower, quieter numbers are mercurial, not just in how they shift melodies and chords, but how the voicing and phrasing never settles into a comfortable groove. This is music that demands attention, never taking predictable paths or easy choices. Its greatest triumph is that it masks this adventurousness within music that is warm and accessible -- it just never acts that way. No matter how accessible this is, what's so utterly brilliant about it is that the group never brings it forth to the audience. They're playing for each other, pushing and prodding each other in an effort to discover new territory. As such, this crackles with vitality, sounding fresh decades after its release. And, like its predecessor, ESP, this freshness informs the writing as well, as the originals are memorable, yet open-ended and nervy, setting (and creating) standards for modern bop that were emulated well into the new century. Arguably, this quintet was never better than they are here, when all their strengths are in full bloom. - Review by Stephen Thomas Erlewine
trax:
01 Orbits 02 Circle 03 Footprints 04 Dolores 05 Freedom Jazz Dance (Evolution of the Groove) 06 Gingerbread Boy

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

The Sadies "Pure Diamond Gold" 1999

Dirty, damaged, raggedy and surreal, the Sadies' brand of country draws blades tempered in the flames of urban decay. Dark yet playful, like a handful of sleeping snakes, intriguing and sensuous in one of those dark-eyes-from-across-the-bar kind of ways. - The Coast
Few bands approach the sheer versatility of the Sadies, live or on disc. On Pure Diamond Gold (the follow-up to their stellar debut, Precious Moments), the band lurches from Johnny Cash-inspired storytelling country ("It's Nothing to Me," "I Tried Not To") to Shadowy Men on a Shadowy Planet influenced-surf instrumentals ("Rat Creek," "Venison Creek), while veering off into Nuggets-era garage rock ("Talkin' Down," "Walking Boss") and hillbilly rock and gospel ("16 Mile Creek," "16 Mile Creek Breakdown," "Higher Power"). Pure Diamond Gold consists of songs recorded on two separate occasions -- one a 24-track session with Steve Albini, the second an eight-track session (dubbed the "seven o'clock chicken" session) with Don Pyle (of Shadowy Men on a Shadowy Planet) -- however, despite the differences, the songs hang together well as a whole. In addition to the slew of strong tracks already mentioned, the Sadies best moments here come in the form of the haunting "Eastwinds" (with vocals provided by Catherine Irwin of Freakwater), the surrealistic plane crash narrative of "With a Splash," and the slow-building instrumental "Cloud Rider" (complete with "howling" provided by the family dog). For fans of country-tinged, twangy rock, it doesn't get much better than this. - Review by Robert Kaups
trax:
01 16 Mile Creek 02 Rat Creek 03 It's Nothing to Me 04 Medicine Ball 05 Higher Power 06 Only Good One 07 Starling Auto 08 I Tried Not To 09 Reward of Gold 10 Talkin' Down 11 Friendly Devil 12 Spark Catcher 13 Eastwinds 14 Stinking Creek 15 Venison Creek 16 Walking Boss 17 Locust Eater 18 With a Splash 19 Cloud Rider 20 16 Mile Creek Breakdown

Urban Surf Kings "Penguin or Robot?" 2014

Reverb Ranch is the Nova Scotia, Canada based record label of all things Surf & Twang...
...Artists include: Urban Surf Kings, Rev Hank, and Rev Hank meets Wadadli Riders.
trax:
01 Penguin or Robot? 02 Agent 6K6 03 Quick Draw Norman 04 Last Chance for Clams 05 Trans Ural Express 06 Snow Day 07 Surf Monkey 08 Quick Draw Norman (unabridged)

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Alex Chilton "A Man Called Destruction" 1995

A Man Called Destruction is the most successful Chilton release since his Feudalist Tarts EP in the mid-eighties...
...Alex's voice is excellent, the playing is solid, and the songs avoid the indulgence of most of his earlier solo career. "New Girl In School", "Sick and Tired", and "What's Your Sign Girl?" are some of his most inspired covers, and "Don't Stop" is one of his best Post-Big Star compositions. Overall, AMCD is the most satisfying solo album from Chilton- just don't go in expecting it to sound like Big Star and you'll enjoy it.
The Players:
Doug Garrison, Richard Dworkin: drums / Ron Easley: bass, vocals / Alex Chilton: guitars, vocals, harmonica / Bob Marbach, Chearles Hodges, Al Gamble: organ / Jim Spake: tenor-sax / Fred Ford: baritone-sax / Nokie Taylor: trumpet / The Jackies: backround vocals

trax:
01 Sick And Tired 02 Devil Girl 03 Lies 04 It's Your Funeral 05 What's Your Sign Girl 06 Il Ribelle 07 You Don't Have To Go 08 Boplexity 09 New Girl In School 10 You're Looking Good 11 Don't Know Anymore 12 Don't Stop 13 She's Alright

Sonido Gallo Negro "Ecos de otro Mundo" 2016

Moves along very nicely. - Family Feet
Sonido Gallo Negro has taken the cumbia music to another level, you can hear that in this album, without forget the basis of the peruvian music, they add sounds from their own inspiration to create tripy, misterious and even scary songs, but interesting, captivating and unfogettable at the same time. - Cesar Aguirre Bernal

trax:
01 Intro 02 Chamula 03 Lamento en la Selva - Chinito en Onda 04 Alfonso Graña 05 La Danza de los Jibaros 06 Volando 07 Valicha 08 Vírgenes del Sol 09 Rimsky 10 Serenata Guajira 11 Bocanegra 12 Cumbia Espantamuertos 13 Santa Bárbara 14 Embrujo Amazónico 15 La pollera Amarilla 16 El llanto de la Tortuga 17 La Danza de la Chiva 18 Me Robaron mi Mula Runa 19 Lamento del Cullachaqui 20 Cumbia de las Picaditas

Pollo Del Mar "Year Of The Rooster" 2006

Pollo Del Mar drags surf music kicking and screaming into the new millinneum, updating the classic sound of twangy, reverb soaked Fender guitars by mixing in layers of atmospheric feedback, and pummeling into ocean depths with a powerhouse rhythm section. Pollo Del Mar deploys original songs, vintage surf tunes, arrangements of songs by Frank Zappa, Henry Mancini, and The Dead Kennedys The band recently released their third successful studio album, "The Golden State" and toured Northern Europe in front of enthusiastic fans.
The last time a Chinese “Year of the Rooster” occured it was 1993, the same year four guys from San Francisco got together a quasi-surf rock band and called it Pollo Del Mar. “Pollo” means chicken, of course— so chicken, rooster, close enough, right? They certainly didn’t expect to be around for the next Year of the Rooster, but 2005 turned out to be a pretty good year for Pollo del Mar. By coincidence, planetary alignment or grand design, the band found themselves rolling along faster than they had ever expected. Pollo’s last studio album, the critically lauded “The Golden State”, was released in 2004 and the band took to the road to support it. The tour eventually took them through Europe, Japan and the US, to places they had only dreamed about— and luckily a tape was rolling.
Pollo Del Mar’s “Year of the Rooster” was recorded live at the Club N9 in Eeklo, Belgium, at The Muse in Kyoto, Japan, and “in the pit” at KFJC Radio in Los Altos Hills, California (by famed surf DJ Phil Dirt.) This set features songs the band played nightly, but tries not to overlap the track list of PDM’s 2002 “Live in Japan Town” CD too much. In addition to old and new Pollo originals, there are a number of cover tunes: Slacktone’s “Bells of St. Kahuna”, the Chocolate Watchband’s “Dark Side of the Mushroom”, and the Surf Coaster’s “Tsunami Struck”, which features an appearance by Surf Coaster’s guitarist Shigeo Naka. The “Wild Wild West Medley” cruises through 10 western themes in 8 minutes and “Jack the Ripper” pays tribute to Link Wray.
Pollo Del Mar presents this “fans only” release as a document of their best year ever, and looks forward to the “Year of the Rooster, Part 2” due out in 2017. - from: http://www.pollodelmar.com/rooster/
Pollo Del Mar:
Jefferson Turner - Bass, Chris Thomas - Drums, Jono Jones - Guitar, Ferenc Dobronyi - Guitar

trax:
01 Introduction By Phil Dirt 02 Annabelle Lee _ Red Asphalt 03 Dark Side Of The Mushroom _ As Above, So Below 04 7 Sisters, 7 Seas _ Hall Of The Mountain King 05 The Wild, Wild West Medley 06 Introduction By Naotaka Seki 07 Nightsticks 08 Introduction Of Shigeo Naka 09 The Cruel Sea 10 Tsunami Struck 11 Belgian Introduction 12 Peaches En Regalia 13 A Flash Of Green 14 Band Introduction 15 The Bells Of St. Kahuna 16 Jack The Ripper

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Southern Culture On The Skids "At Home With" 2021

Southern Culture On The Skids has been consistently recording & touring around the world since 1983...
...The band (Rick Miller – guitar & vocals, Mary Huff – bass & vocals, Dave Hartman – drums) has been playing together for 30+ years. Their live shows are a testament to the therapeutic powers of foot-stomping, butt-shaking rock-n-roll & what Rolling Stone dubbed “a hell raising rock and roll party.”
trax:
01 Call Me 02 Sugar Town 03 Polka Dot Dress 04 Run Baby Run 05 Billy's Board 06 Let Me Make You Happy 07 Don't Spill The Java 08 Where Is The Moon 09 Night Driver 10 Dear Mr. Fantasy 11 Everything Grows In Her Garden

The Challengers "Tidal Wave!" 1995

It's rare that a minor band such as The Challengers rates a package of the sort of alternate takes and rarities that you'll find on a Rolling Stones bootleg...
...That's what this 18-track compilation is, though. Half are alternate takes, five songs were previously unissued in any form, and three come from their rare 1965 LP, Surf's Up. This doesn't offer any radical redefinition of The Challengers' oeuvre, but it certainly doesn't suffer in comparison with their official vintage albums. In fact, you're about as well off with this compilation as any of their proper full-length recordings, and some tracks do burn, such as "Satan's Theme" and "Moovin' & Groovin'." Sound quality is excellent. - Review by Richie Unterberger
trax:
01 Satan's Theme 02 So What 03 Ramrod 04 Sunset Surfing 05 Bedlam 06 Moovin' & Groovin' 07 Foot Patter 08 Man of Mystery 09 Mr. Rebel 10 Dance with the Guitar Man 11 Wild One 12 Mr. Moto 13 Let's Go 14 Dance On 15 Ross at Sunset 16 Wonderful Land 17 Theme From "The Adventures Of Delvy McNort" 18 Channel Nine

"Do The 45!" Vol. 968 (2024)

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 Are You Experienced? (Warner Brothers) - Devo 2 Growing Pains (Warner Brothers) - Devo 3 I've Got Love for You (Soul 4 Real) - The Valentinos 4 I've Got a Girl (Soul 4 Real) - The Valentinos 5 What Have You Done? (Daptone) - Naomi Shelton and the Gospel Queens 6 I'll Take the Long Road (Daptone) - Naomi Shelton and the Gospel Queens 7 Escondido (Accent) - Buddy Merrill 8 Without My Lover (Accent) - Buddy Merrill 9 No Answer (Colemine) - Ike Shakedown 10 No Answer (Colemine) - The Jive Turkeys 11 Same Beat - Part 1 (People) - Fred Wesley & The J.B.'s 12 Same Beat - Part 2 (People) - Fred Wesley & The J.B.'s 13 Same Beat - Part 3 (People) - Fred Wesley & The J.B.'s 14 Love for the Sake of Dub (Big Crown) - Bacao Rhythm & Steel Band 15 Grilled (Big Crowd) - Bacao Rhythm & Steel Band 16 Dirty Money (Daptone) - Antibalas 17 A.W.O.L. (Daptone) - Antibalas 18 A Tiempo (Ritmo Del Barrio) - Julio Mau Y Los Imbatibles 19 Te Fuiste de Mi (Ritmo Del Barrio) - Julio Mau Y Los Imbatibles 20 Murkit Gem (Big Crown) - Bacao Rhythm & Steel Band 21 Hotline Bling (Big Crown) - Bacao Rhythm & Steel Band 22 Midnight Morning (Dunham) - Menahan Street Band 23 Stepping Through Shadow (Dunham) - Menahan Street Band 24 The Stranger (Dunham) - Menahan Street Band feat. Victor Benavides

…compiled and served by Gyro1966...

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