Mel Parsons "Red Grey Blue" 2011

...“It gave me a really clear vision, a drive I suppose, to be doing music. Having that experience – obviously horrific as it was – it gave me insight that it can all be gone, you know? We might not be here tomorrow. With music I had been thinking ‘oh yeah, I’ve got heaps of time, I’ll start doing music properly at some point.’ And then I just was like ‘that point is now.’”
Within a few months of returning home, Parsons threw herself into recording her debut album in Wellington. She had only a brief amount of recording experience from her music degree, and boldly fumbled her way through a process she knew little about...
...“A lot of people get stuck on ‘I want to make an album, but I don’t know how’, and I was like ‘I want to make an album and I don’t know how, but, I don’t care. I’m just going to do it and stuff will come to me.’”
Working with her friend, multi-instrumentalist Shaun Elley, they recorded in bedrooms, lounges and the occasional studio, borrowing gear and advice wherever possible. While helping as a studio assistant on Don McGlashan’s first solo album Warm Hand, McGlashan had offered Parsons his help when she was ready to record, and she cashed in the favour.
“He [McGlashan] said ‘you’ve got great songs’, which seems like it could have been a throwaway comment at the time, and maybe it was. But he told me that before I had released anything, and it made me feel like that might be enough.”
McGlashan put her in touch with musician, producer and screen composer David Long, who consulted Parsons and her co-producer Elley on the recording and offered his studio for a few tracks. McGlashan also featured on the album, as did other friends such as the Sami Sisters, Lisa Tomlins, and Neil Watson.
Not waiting around to be signed, Parsons created her own label, Cape Road Recordings, and in 2009 – only two years after returning home – Over My Shoulder was released. The warm critical reception and nomination for Best Folk Album at the 2009 New Zealand Music Awards gave Parsons her long-awaited sense of legitimisation. “I felt like I was a real musician.”
“Mel Parsons writes music for the soul, to softly heal all hurt with the dependable remedy of a pretty melody,” wrote Hayley Koorts in a four-star review for Under the Radar. “With a voice as thick and frothy as a calming cappuccino, the Southern Islander’s debut drips with all the heart-warming comfort of a toasty log-burner in the midst of a wild West Coast winter … Parsons has put together a gorgeous catalogue of honest Kiwi folk songs.”
Parsons toured the album in New Zealand and Australia with her band The Rhythm Kings – Aaron Stewart on bass, Ed Zuccollo on keys and Elley on the drums and harmonies.
“I decided at that point that I was never going to work a part-time job or do something on the side. I’m going to do this, focus on this and I’ll make it happen. That bloody mindedness, I suppose, is how I’ve made a career out of it.”
Having learnt the ropes on Over My Shoulder, the making of her second album, Red Grey Blue, was a smoother and more confident affair. There was a touch of difficult second album jitters, but not enough to force anything contrived.
“This has kind of carried on for me – going into an album, I just write. I don’t think ‘this album is going to be this theme’ or ‘I want to write songs like this’. I write in an unconscious sort of way ... I try not to pre-judge the songs.”...to be continued... - audioculture

trax:
1. I Won't Let You Down 2. In My Heart 3. I'll Go 4. Bones 5. Damage 6. Saturday Night 7. Springtime Sun 8. Things Will Get Good 9. True Story 10. We Will Find Love Again 11. End Of The Day
…served by Gaius…

Billy “The Kid” Emerson "Red Hot" The Sun Years, Plus

While pianist and singer Billy "The Kid" Emerson had a long career issuing classic singles for Sun, Vee-Jay, and Chess, most of which were rocked up R&B and blues sides with decided gospel -- but definitely secular -- overtones, his real forte was as a songwriter, and he penned dozens of songs for artists like Junior Wells, Willie Mabon, Wynonie Harris, and Buddy Guy,..
...and while he cut several great sides for his first label Sun Records in the early to mid-'50s, it was cover versions of those songs by the likes of Elvis Presley (who cut Emerson's "When It Rains It Pours," for instance) that made Emerson such a valuable commodity at the label. One of his songs, "Red Hot," the title song of this wonderful 33-track survey of Emerson's Sun years (which also includes his key Vee Jay and Chess singles as a plus), was an offhand rockabilly masterpiece, and was covered brilliantly by Billy Lee Riley at Sun and later by Bob Luman at Imperial. Emerson really wasn't a rockabilly singer, but through songs like "Red Hot," he certainly left his mark on the genre. Bear Family Records has done their usual exhaustive restoration on this set, and the sound is fresh and bright, and one wonders why Emerson wasn't more of a front page star. A fiery piano player, a joyous singer, and a songwriter with the twin understanding of what made people want to dance and what made them want to cry, he certainly deserves to be better known. This set, which is a darn near perfect introduction to his work, might change that. - Review by Steve Leggett, Allmusic

trax:
01 If Lovin' Is Believing 02 No Teasin' Around 03 Hey Little Girl 04 When My Baby Quit Me 05 The Woodchuck 06 I'm Not Going Home 07 Move Baby Move 08 When it Rains it Pours 09 Shim Sham Shimmy 10 Red Hot 11 No Greater Love 12 Satisfied 13 Cherry Pie 14 Little Fine Healthy Thing 15 Something for Nothing 16 Don't Start Me Lyin' 17 If You Won't Stay Home 18 Every Woman I Know (Crazy 'Bout Automobiles) 19 Tomorrow Never Comes 20 Somebody Show Me 21 The Pleasure Is All Mine 22 Do the Chicken 23 Don't Be Careless 24 Do Yourself A Favor 25 You Never Miss Your Water 26 Give Me A Little Lov 27 Woodchuck 28 Believe Me 29 Holy Mackerel Baby 30 I'll Get You Too 31 Um Hum My Baby 32 When it Rains it Pours (Lost Version) 33 I Never Get Enough
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…and now for something completely different! 1665 - 2022

These arrogant fucking politicians, warlords and religious don't give a fuck about us, they only pretend! Go to hell! They don't know that they are as superfluous as telephone disinfectors and hairdressers! It is to cry for! - RYP

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 2020 AND AFTER, AND A DAILY LIMIT OF 3 ALBUMS)! Here you can say what you like, unless it's offensive, racist or discriminatory! 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

Keef Hartley Band "Halfbreed" 1969

This is a 1st class British blues album. Reviewer oparin 1954 says it all, except one thing : Miller Anderson did not play any guitar on this album. All guitar parts were done by Spit James, real name Ian Cruickshank. Honour to whom honour is due. - Holli Holsen
This album by the excellent Keef Hartley Band, one the best Blues / Rock / Jazz ensembles ever, founded by drummer Keef Hartley following his stint with John Mayall's Bluesbreakers. The band featured a nucleus consisting of singer / guitarist Miller Anderson, guitarist Spit James, keyboardist Peter Dines, bassist Gary Thain and Hartley on drums. In addition a horn section was added to expand the band's sound, which on this album consisted of the best horn players in Britain: trumpeters Henry Lowther and Harry Becket and saxophonists Lynn Dobson and Chris Mercer. Together this nine-piece band had a tremendous power and considering the quality of its members it was simply the best "little Big Band" around at the time. Hartley's sensitive drumming drives the music through a set of fantastically well written and superbly arranged tunes, which are Blues based but extend often into Rock and Jazz. The guitar work is stunning, the brass arrangement just right on the money, in short heaven on earth for any Blues fan, but basically early Jazz-Rock Fusion enthusiasts will find here everything they need to make them happy. Definitely a classic of the genre and an essential piece of music if ever there was one! - oparin 1954

trax:
01 Sacked - Confusion Theme - The Halfbreed 02 Born To Die 03 Sinnin' For You 04 Leavin' Trunk 05 Just To Cry 06 Too Much Thinking 07 Leave It 'Til Morning 08 Think It Over - Too Much To Take

"Radio Radio" Bob Dylan's Theme Time Radio Hour - Vol 1 - disc 4

Four discs, 78, 77, 71, 75 minutes each approximately. The sound is overall very crisp and clean, with only a few tracks suffering from their recording era. The six page booklet gives a short synopsis of several lesser known artists in this collection, but has the feel of being put together without much thought or direction...
...The discs are snapped in, inside the tri-fold book-style cardboard holder. One panel has a number of b&w photos of some of the artists, and is a nice touch. All tracks are listed with title, artist, length, year of release, and are listed under the various themes of the radio format. Some of these themes (usually with two or three tracks each) are weather, coffee, summer ,laughter, fools, guns, telephones, devil, eyes, and so forth. The b&w photograph of Dylan on the cover is nice and I'm assuming alludes to his earlier days when this music influenced him, but its possible that its use is for purely merchandising purposes. Yes, this music is from Dylan's radio shows. And no, Dylan is not heard anywhere on this collection. But the vast array of musical genres / groups heard on these four packed discs makes up (almost) for the lack of Dylan's commentaries. While the focus of most complaints is the fact that Dylan's voice is not heard (which was by and large great), the music goes a long way in making up for it. Artists include Johnny Cash, Bob Wills, Otis Spann, Little Richard, Fats Waller, Sonny Burgess, Muddy Waters, and Louis Jordan, among many other well known artists. But its the unknowns that give this set its depth and feel for a certain era of American music. People like Curtis Gordon, Hurricane Harry, Mr. Sad Head, Tin Ear Tanner, The Charmer, and Little Miss Cornshucks, among others, all contribute some great music - music that you'll never hear on the radio. Many genres are heard here, such as pop, country, rockabilly, blues, r&b, etc., and most tracks are from the 50's,with a few from earlier decades.
The musical ground covered in this collection is truly a look at American music in many forms from an earlier period. This is music from a time when America was a different place, and music was strictly for entertainment, not to deliver any message, or to indulge any artist. This set is a treasure trove of, by and large, unheard music (with notable exceptions) by artists who at best were popular regionally, or nationally for a short time. This music will take the listener, with big ears, back to a time when music was simpler, unpretentious, and straight forward. Are all the tracks worth hearing over and over again? No. Every listener will have their favorites, and with open ears listeners will find a lot to like here.
This first volume (and the two volumes following it) are a great introduction to some great American music that has influenced not only Bob Dylan, but countless other artists. Anyone who has a liking for American roots music should give these sets a listen. With the help of these sets listeners can once again hear music that influenced Dylan and any number of other artists. (Amazon)

CD 4:
1. Mr Hard Luck - The Orbits 2. Cry Me A River - Julie London 3. The Bells - Billy Ward & The Dominoes 4. After My Laughter Came Tears - Big Joe Turner 5. I'm Laughing At You - The Gardenias 6. That's When Your Heartaches Begin - Billy Bunn & His Buddies 7. Directly From My Heart - Little Richard 8. Shine - Louis Armstrong & His Sebastian New Cotton Club Orchestra 9. Chattanooga Shoe Shine Boy - Red Foley 10. The House Of Blue Lights - Ella Mae Morse 11. Red Cadillac And A Black Mustache - Warren Smith 12. Pink Cadillac - Sammy Masters 13. Ay Te Deja San Antonio - Don Santiago Jimenez Sr 14. Under A Texas Moon - King Nawahi's Hawaiians 15. All That Oil In Texas - Oscar McLollie 16. The Train Kept A Rollin' - Tiny Bradshaw 17. Casey Jones - The Jubilaires 18. All Aboard - Muddy Waters 19. The Underground Train - Lord Kitchener 20. Fool, Fool, Fool - The Clovers 21. Fools Fall In Love - The Drifters 22. Why Do Fools Fall In Love - Frankie Lymon & The Teenagers 23. Take The 'A' Train - Duke Ellington 24. I Paid My Income Tax Today - Gene Autry 25. I'll Be Glad When You're Dead, You Rascal You - Louis Armstrong w\Louis Jordan & His Tympany Five 26. I Cried - Cookie & The Cupcakes 27. Take The Devil Out Of Me - George Jones 28. Live Fast, Love Hard, Die Young - Faron Young
...originally served by Gyro1966...

Mel Parsons "Over my Shoulder" 2009

“Bloody-mindedness” is what Mel Parsons attributes to her decade-long success as an independent artist. Parsons’ catalogue has been described as folk, alternative folk, and country, but she doesn’t care about labels anymore.
Growing up on a beef and sheep farm on the West Coast of the South Island, music was on “on the periphery” for Parsons, the first musician to come from the family. The stereo was often on in the background, playing the major records of the time or maybe something a little more obscure, if the record was a gift. Parsons names Fleetwood Mac, Paul Simon, Dire Straits and Cat Stevens as some of artists that lodged into her subconscious as a child...
...All four Parsons siblings took piano lessons from a young age, but it never turned into a passion for Mel, and she doesn’t consider herself a piano player. “It’s annoying, I had so many lessons,” she told AudioCulture in late 2021. “I should be amazing!”
Instead, the lessons became a grounding for the guitar, which she picked up at 14 and immediately connected to. “That was it, I got really hooked on guitar. It’s the classic story, I started writing songs in my bedroom. They were pretty forgettable and thank goodness there was no social media to record it at the time.”
It wasn’t until her late teens that she began to think of music as a career path. After leaving high school, her years of tertiary study in music included stints at (the then) Nelson School of Music, MAINZ in Auckland and the University of Auckland, peppered with gap years working in Australia and teaching music. She quickly learnt she didn’t enjoy teaching and ruled it out early. Parsons eventually graduated with a music degree, which stirs mixed feelings for her.
“I still find it quite weird to be honest, being a songwriter with a music degree,” she reflects in 2021. “There’s such a deconstruction of the songwriting process, and I’m just not that kind of writer.”
Leaving Auckland in her early twenties, she travelled, worked, and gigged overseas, spending most of her time in Canada. In the winter months she was a ski instructor, and in the summers, a tree planter (“the hardest work you’ll ever do”). She often played acoustic gigs in the ski lodge bars, but at the time it just felt like “mucking around”.
“It’s funny, I was obviously a musician, and playing gigs before I left Auckland, but because I hadn’t released anything I still felt like I wasn’t a proper musician.”
After six years away, Parsons’ life changed in an instant when she and her New Zealand partner were involved in a car accident on a highway in Canada. Her long-time partner died, and she returned to New Zealand with an intense new perspective...to be continued... - audioculture

trax:
1. Still Life 2. It's Been Good 3. Darlin' Darlin' 4. Pleasure & Pai 5. Against the Tide 6. Song For Mrs King 7. On Your Grave 8. Falling For You 9. Far Fetched Idea 10. Down in the Bar 11. You & I
…served by Gaius…

"Great Googa Mooga"

Here's a fresh idea for a various-artists compilation, at a time (2003) when novel notions for such things were getting kind of thin: old rock & roll and R&B songs built around absurd, occasionally even idiotic nonsense syllables...
...A song actually called "Great Googa Mooga," an obscure 1965 single by Tom & Jerrio, is here to give this 27-song anthology its name, and the material spans the mid-'40s to the mid-'60s (though just one track, Marion Abernathy aka the Blues Woman's 1945 R&B hit "Voo-It! Voo-It!," predates 1953). The breadth of cross-licensing to ensure a wide variety of labels and artists is impressive, more so since relatively few of the songs and singers are well known. Indeed, only a couple of these tunes (Little Anthony & the Imperials' "Shimmy Shimmy Ko Ko Kop" and Jessie Hill's "Ooh Pooh Pah Doo, Pt. 1") were reasonably big hits, though you do get some little-exposed tracks by artists who did have major chart singles, like Little Richard, Larry Williams, the Penguins, the Bobbettes, J.J. Jackson, and LaVern Baker. Some of the song titles are entertainment in themselves: "Yama Yama Pretty Mama" (Richard Berry), "Ting Ting Boom Scat" (Jonesy's Combo Featuring Fletcher Smiths' Squares), "Ookey Ook" (the Penguins), and "(You Got) The Gamma Goochee," credited to an artist billed as Gamma Goochee Himself. It goes without saying that all of these tracks have some to much silly infectious fun. The wet-blanket critic, though, has to note that not too many of the songs are brilliant, and many of them stick to generic R&B/early rock & 'roll chord progressions. There are some real good items here, though, including the Rivingtons' superbly odd "Mama Oom Mow Mow (The Bird)" (not to be confused with their similar singles "Papa Oom Mow Mow" and "The Bird's the Word"!); the Chips' blubber-mouthed "Rubber Biscuit," covered in the late '70s by the Blues Brothers; and Claude McLin's description-defying growly scatting on "Jambo." Also, the fella dubbed Pretty Boy offers a good Little Richard imitation with "Bip Bop Bip"; as Don Covay, the singer went on to some success in soul music. The rarity of most of this material would be enough to satiate the instincts of the average collector, but for those who care, it offers previously unissued takes of Little Richard's "Bama Lama Bama Loo" and Richard Berry's "Yama Yama Pretty Mama," as well as a previously unissued instrumental version of McLin's "Jambo." - Review by Richie Unterberger

trax:
1. Heeby Jeebies - Larry Wiliiams 2. Rubber Bisquit - The Chips 3. Great Goo-Ga-Moo-Ga - Tom And Jerrio 4. Ookey Ook - The Penguins 5. Bip Bop Bip - Pretty Boy 6. Yama Yama Pretty Mama - Richard Berry 7. Um Bow Bow - The Bobbettes 8. Bim Bam - Don & Dewey 9. Ting Ting Boom Scat - Jonesy's Combo featuring Fletcher Smith's Squares 10. Voo-It! Voo-It! - The Blues Woman (Marion Abernathy) With The Buddy Banks Sextet 11. Du-Bi-A-Do - The Falcons 12. Oochie Pachie - Arthur Lee Maye & The Crowns 13. Mamo Mamo - Marvin & Johnny And The Marsmen 14. Boom Pacha Boom - Billy Byrd & His Penguins 15. Good Googa Mooga - Magic Tone 16. Voodoo Voodoo - LaVern Baker 17. Ooh Poo Pah Doo - Part I - Jessie Hill 18. Yacka Hoom Boom - The Savoys Featuring Al Smith With Jack McVea's Orchestra 19. Ay La Bah - Dolly Cooper 20. Shimmy, Shimmy, Ko-Ko-Bop - Little Anthony & The Imperials 21. Mama-Oom-Mow-Mow (The Bird) - The Rivingtons 22. Jambo - Claude McLin 23. Bama Lama Bama Loo - Little Richard 24. Oo-Ma-Liddi - J J Jackson & The Jackaels 25. (You Got) The Gamma Goochee - Gamma Goochee [Himself] 26. Loo-Key Doo-Key - King Coleman 27. Jambo (Previously Unreleased Instrumental Version) - Claude McLin
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…and now for something completely different! 1664 - 2022

These arrogant fucking politicians don't give a fuck about us! They don't know that they are as superfluous as telephone disinfectors and hairdressers! It is to cry for! - RYP

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 2020 AND AFTER, AND A DAILY LIMIT OF 3 ALBUMS)! Here you can say what you like, unless it's offensive, racist or discriminatory! 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

Radio Birdman "Burn My Eye / More Fun" - EP's 1988

Proto-punk / garage rock band based in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia...
...Original line-up: Chris Masuak (guitar) | Deniz Tek (guitar) | Pip Hoyle (keyboards) | Rob Younger (vocals) | Ron Keeley (drums) | Warwick Gilbert (bass).
Reformation personnel, 2006: Chris Masuak (guitar) | Deniz Tek (guitar) | Jim Dickson (bass) | Pip Hoyle (keyboards) | Rob Younger (vocals) | Russell Hopkinson (drums).
trax:
01 Smith and Wesson Blues 02 Snak 03 I-9 04 Burned My Eye 05 Dark Surprise (live) 06 Breaks My Heart (live) 07 More Fun (live) 08 Didn't Tell the Man

"Radio Radio" Bob Dylan's Theme Time Radio Hour - Vol 1 - disc 3

Four discs, 78, 77, 71, 75 minutes each approximately. The sound is overall very crisp and clean, with only a few tracks suffering from their recording era. The six page booklet gives a short synopsis of several lesser known artists in this collection, but has the feel of being put together without much thought or direction...
...The discs are snapped in, inside the tri-fold book-style cardboard holder. One panel has a number of b&w photos of some of the artists, and is a nice touch. All tracks are listed with title, artist, length, year of release, and are listed under the various themes of the radio format. Some of these themes (usually with two or three tracks each) are weather, coffee, summer ,laughter, fools, guns, telephones, devil, eyes, and so forth. The b&w photograph of Dylan on the cover is nice and I'm assuming alludes to his earlier days when this music influenced him, but its possible that its use is for purely merchandising purposes. Yes, this music is from Dylan's radio shows. And no, Dylan is not heard anywhere on this collection. But the vast array of musical genres / groups heard on these four packed discs makes up (almost) for the lack of Dylan's commentaries. While the focus of most complaints is the fact that Dylan's voice is not heard (which was by and large great), the music goes a long way in making up for it. Artists include Johnny Cash, Bob Wills, Otis Spann, Little Richard, Fats Waller, Sonny Burgess, Muddy Waters, and Louis Jordan, among many other well known artists. But its the unknowns that give this set its depth and feel for a certain era of American music. People like Curtis Gordon, Hurricane Harry, Mr. Sad Head, Tin Ear Tanner, The Charmer, and Little Miss Cornshucks, among others, all contribute some great music - music that you'll never hear on the radio. Many genres are heard here, such as pop, country, rockabilly, blues, r&b, etc., and most tracks are from the 50's,with a few from earlier decades.
The musical ground covered in this collection is truly a look at American music in many forms from an earlier period. This is music from a time when America was a different place, and music was strictly for entertainment, not to deliver any message, or to indulge any artist. This set is a treasure trove of, by and large, unheard music (with notable exceptions) by artists who at best were popular regionally, or nationally for a short time. This music will take the listener, with big ears, back to a time when music was simpler, unpretentious, and straight forward. Are all the tracks worth hearing over and over again? No. Every listener will have their favorites, and with open ears listeners will find a lot to like here.
This first volume (and the two volumes following it) are a great introduction to some great American music that has influenced not only Bob Dylan, but countless other artists. Anyone who has a liking for American roots music should give these sets a listen. With the help of these sets listeners can once again hear music that influenced Dylan and any number of other artists. (Amazon)

CD 3:
1. Great Long Pistol - Jerry Irby & His Texas Rangers 2. Don't Shoot Baby - Vernon Green & The Medallions 3. Skeletons In The Closet - Nat Gonella & His Georgians 4. Zombie Jamboree - The Charmer 5. Dancing To The Rhythm Of The Rock n Roll Band - Eddie Seacrest & The Rolling Rockets 6. I Can't Dance (I've Got Ants In My Pants - Roy Newman 7. Sleeping In The Ground - Sammy Myers 8. Rock Me To Sleep - Little Miss Cornshucks (Mildred Cummings) 9. Hamburger Hop - Johnny Hicks 10. I like Pie, I Like Cake - The Four Clefs 11. Them There Eyes - Billie Holiday 12. Teach Me Tonight - Dinah Washington 13. Good Night Cincinatti, Good Morning Tennessee - Shorty Long 14. Trucker From Tennessee - Link Davis 15. By The Light Of The Silvery Moon - Fats Waller 16. When My Blue Moon Turns To Gold Again - Cliffie Stone 17. I Got Four Big Bothers (To Look After To Me) - Maddox Brothers & Rose 18. Tea For Two - Joe Mooney Quartet 19. Far Away Christmas Blues - Little Esther & The Johnny Otis Orchestra 20. Mambo Santa Mambo - The Enchanters 21. Safronia B - Calvin Boze 22. Little Maggie - The Stanley Brothers 23. Gentlemen Prefer Blondes - Eddie Noack 24. Red Headed Woman - Sonny Burgess 25. Cleanhead Blues - Eddie 'Cleanhead' Vinson 26. When Yuba Plays The Rumba On The Tuba - Johnny Mercer 27. Crazy 'bout A Saxaphone - Buddy Johnson & His Orchestra 28. Wheel Of Fortune - Kay Starr
...originally served by Gyro1966...

Pajama Club "Pajama Club" 2011

A seemingly another flash in the pan,..

...the Pajama Club (why it's spelled like that and not with a 'y', only Neil Finn knows and nobody else hides under this practical piece of clothing). And this album also comes from BigGray and his extensive Finn Brothers collection.

trax:
01 Tell Me What You Want 02 Can't Put It Down Until It Ends 03 These Are Conditions 04 From A Friend To A Friend 05 Golden Child 06 Daylight 07 Go Kart 08 Dead Leg 09 TNT For 2 10 The Game We Love To Play 11 Diamonds In Her Eyes
…served by BigGray + Gaius…

"Do The 45!" Vol. 673 (2022)

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. Do You Ever Think of Me (Mercury) - Ralph Marterie 2. Everything but You (Depp Groove) - Piney Brown 3. (I'm Tired Of) Running (Deep Groove) - Piney Brown 4. Blow Your Whistle (Sussex) - The Soul Searchers 5. Funk to the Folks (Sussex) - The Soul Searchers 6. Down in the Valley (Atlantic) - Brother Jack McDuff 7. A Change Is Gonna Come (Atlantic) - Brother Jack McDuff 8. Really Together (Atlantic) - Billy Vera & Judy Clay 9. Storybook Children (Atlantic) - Billy Vera & Judy Clay 10. In the Midnight Hour (Capitol) - Billy Preston 11. Advice (Capitol) - Billy Preston 12. I Got a Feeling (Ultra Sonic) - Dolores Gibson 13. Another Woman's Man (Ultra Sonic) - Dolores Gibson 14. Be My Girl (Antifaz) - Tito Ramirez 15. Lonely Man (Antifaz) - Tito Ramirez 16. Groovin' (Stereo) (Columbia) - Mongo Santamaria 17. Chili Beans (Stereo) (Columbia) - Mongo Santamaria 18. Mambo No. 666 (Antifaz) - Tito Ramirez 19. Amenecer Sin Ti (Antifaz) - Tito Ramirez 20. Hippy Hippy Shake (Big Beat) - The Milkshakes 21. Rip It Up (Big Beat) - The Milkshak 22. Danse a La Musique (Columbia) - The French Fries 23. Three O'clock Rock (Triumph) - The Capitals 24. Write Me a Love Letter (Triumph) - The Capitals 25. Pay to the Piper (Invictus) - Chairmen Of The Board 26. Bless You (Invictus) - Chairmen Of The Board 27. Lily Maebelle (Rama) - The Valentines
…compiled and served by Gyro1966...

…and now for something completely different! 1663 - 2022

These arrogant fucking politicians don't give a fuck about us! They don't know that they are as superfluous as telephone disinfectors and hairdressers! It is to cry for! - RYP

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 2020 AND AFTER, AND A DAILY LIMIT OF 3 ALBUMS)! Here you can say what you like, unless it's offensive, racist or discriminatory! 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 FORBIDDEN DIMENSION "Sin Gallery" 1993

It's a wonder why this band hasn't gotten any more popular than they have. Almost no one knows about them, which is sad as they are one of the greatest horror rock bands ever...
...Each song is infused with a morbidly humorous touch. Songs about monsters, ghosts, aliens, psychopaths etc played with a combination of rockabilly, surf rock, psychadelic rock, and early punk. Imagine a combination of Link Wray, early Alice Cooper, and the Misfits.
This cd is a must have for Death Rockers, TRUE Punks, Psychobillies and Goths that don't take themselves too seriously. Sadly most of Forbidden Dimension's music is out of print, so if you're lucky enough to see it, get it! - By Crypt "thecrypt777" (Arkham)
trax:
1. Vulture Feed / Dreamdate 2. Mars Is Heaven 3. Haunted 4. Graveyard Line 5. Spiderbite 6. Wild Doll 7. Loveletter 8. Two Hearts In Wax 9. Tall Dark And Gruesome 10. Martian Death Saucer 11. Deadly Pickup 12. Atomic Canninbal 13. Pardon My Goulish Laughter 14. Shrunken heads 15. Dig That Cra-a-azy Grave! 16. White Line Reaper 17. Corpus Earthling 18. Bikini Widow 19. Honeymoon On A Hook 20. In The Pines

"Radio Radio" Bob Dylan's Theme Time Radio Hour - Vol 1 - disc 2

Four discs, 78, 77, 71, 75 minutes each approximately. The sound is overall very crisp and clean, with only a few tracks suffering from their recording era. The six page booklet gives a short synopsis of several lesser known artists in this collection, but has the feel of being put together without much thought or direction...
...The discs are snapped in, inside the tri-fold book-style cardboard holder. One panel has a number of b&w photos of some of the artists, and is a nice touch. All tracks are listed with title, artist, length, year of release, and are listed under the various themes of the radio format. Some of these themes (usually with two or three tracks each) are weather, coffee, summer ,laughter, fools, guns, telephones, devil, eyes, and so forth. The b&w photograph of Dylan on the cover is nice and I'm assuming alludes to his earlier days when this music influenced him, but its possible that its use is for purely merchandising purposes. Yes, this music is from Dylan's radio shows. And no, Dylan is not heard anywhere on this collection. But the vast array of musical genres / groups heard on these four packed discs makes up (almost) for the lack of Dylan's commentaries. While the focus of most complaints is the fact that Dylan's voice is not heard (which was by and large great), the music goes a long way in making up for it. Artists include Johnny Cash, Bob Wills, Otis Spann, Little Richard, Fats Waller, Sonny Burgess, Muddy Waters, and Louis Jordan, among many other well known artists. But its the unknowns that give this set its depth and feel for a certain era of American music. People like Curtis Gordon, Hurricane Harry, Mr. Sad Head, Tin Ear Tanner, The Charmer, and Little Miss Cornshucks, among others, all contribute some great music - music that you'll never hear on the radio. Many genres are heard here, such as pop, country, rockabilly, blues, r&b, etc., and most tracks are from the 50's,with a few from earlier decades.
The musical ground covered in this collection is truly a look at American music in many forms from an earlier period. This is music from a time when America was a different place, and music was strictly for entertainment, not to deliver any message, or to indulge any artist. This set is a treasure trove of, by and large, unheard music (with notable exceptions) by artists who at best were popular regionally, or nationally for a short time. This music will take the listener, with big ears, back to a time when music was simpler, unpretentious, and straight forward. Are all the tracks worth hearing over and over again? No. Every listener will have their favorites, and with open ears listeners will find a lot to like here.
This first volume (and the two volumes following it) are a great introduction to some great American music that has influenced not only Bob Dylan, but countless other artists. Anyone who has a liking for American roots music should give these sets a listen. With the help of these sets listeners can once again hear music that influenced Dylan and any number of other artists. (Amazon)

CD 2:
1. Charming Betsy - The Farmer Boys 2. Hobo You Can't Ride This Train - Louis Armstrong 3. The Devil Ain't Lazy - Bob Wills & His Texas Playboys 4. Must Have Been The Devil - Otis Spann 5. Devil's Hot Rod - Johnny Tyler 6. She Winked Her Eye - Clarence "Gatemouth" Brown 7. Eye Balling - Chuck Higgins 8. A New Salty Dog - The Allen Brothers 9. Dog House Boogie - Hawkshaw Hawkins 10. My Next Door Neighbour - Jerry McCain & His Upstarts 11. Last Night - Little Walter 12. On Your Radio - Richard Lanham 13. Deonomination Blues - Washington Phillips 14. That's What The Good Book Says - The Robins 15. KnoXVIlle Girl - The Louvin Brothers 16. I Used To Work In Chicago - Tin Ear Tanner 17. Waiting In School - Ricky Nelson 18. Hey Little School Girl - The Marquees 19. Good Morning Schoolgirl - Sonny Boy Williamson 20. Telephone Blues - Eddie Gorman & His Group 21. Long Distance Call - Muddy Waters 22. Hold The Phone - Hank Penny 23. I'd Rather Drink Muddy Water - The Cats & The Fiddle 24. Cool Drink Of Water Blues - Tommy Johnson 25. Ice Water - Glenn Barber 26. Sixty Minute Man - Billy Ward & The Dominoes 27. Walkin' After Midnight - Patsy Cline 28. Shot-Gun Boogie - Tennessee Ernie Ford
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Orange (New Zealand / USA) "Orange" 1993

Orange are another bygone act the bulk of us have yet to make our acquaintance with. Better late than never given the impeccable ear candy this San Francisco treat had to offer by way of their lone LP from 1994. Orange focal point Sonya Waters was a London transplant who possessed a delicate set of lungs that incorporated the best parts of the Sundays' Harriet Wheeler and The Cranes' Alison Shaw. That approximation alone would have command of my ears even is she was singing the proverbial phone book, but far better, Shaw parlayed her talents against a Lush-ious backdrop, yielding results that struck me as uncannily similar to Emma, Miki and the boys. Coincidence or not as the aforementioned goes, Orange's Complete Recordings is a convenient one-stop shopping excursion, featuring some jaw-droppingly gorgeous songs like "Feijoa," "Heather" and their unique spin on the Pixies "Gigantic." My only complaint here is a thorough lack of liner notes (not even so much as a simple band roster or copyright date) in an otherwise visually captivating album sleeve...
...The early 1990s was a very creative time for alternative music. The Cocteau Twins had changed labels from 4AD to Capitol Records and were touring medium sized halls. Radiohead came on the scene with the single “Creep” from their first album. “Loveless” by My Bloody Valentine was blasting from car stereos and influencing bands in college towns everywhere. There were few signs of the grunge era to come. It was in this environment that Orange came to be.
Originally from New Zealand, Sonya Waters lived in London when she received an invitation to record an album for Strange Weekend Records in San Francisco. The project did not come to fruition but she fell in love with the city and decided to stay. After an initial lineup of musicians fell apart, Sonya put an ad in a local paper and met Michael Papenburg. From the first time they played together, it was clear that they had something magical. Sonya moved from keyboards to guitar and sang in a language inspired by books on myths, extinct animals, ancient civilizations, Goddess worship, botany, and pure melody. Michael experimented with effects and alternate tunings in order to create floating walls of sound with his guitar. Together, they would improvise on song ideas for hours with a goal of creating beautiful music that was free of traditional pop confinements.
Michael Papenburg, a Bay Area native, lived in Berkeley at the time. Initially drawn to the sounds of Pink Floyd and Led Zeppelin, he found true inspiration in bands such as The Cure, Siouxsie and the Banshees, Bauhaus, The Cocteau Twins, and Dead Can Dance. In the late 80s, he enjoyed regional success as lead guitarist for the band Missile Harmony featuring Kurt Herr from Wire Train on lead vocals and rhythm guitar. At the time of Sonya’s ad, Missile Harmony had dissolved and Michael was searching for a true kindred spirit. He found one in Sonya.
The initial lineup of the band came together fairly quickly. Katherine Cole joined the group on bass and background vocals. They played a few house concerts as a trio and then added Mike Burns on drums. The band became a staple of the SF music scene, opening for bands such as The Brian Jonestown Massacre, Mazzy Star, Lush, and Tarnation. When performing live, Orange hung large canvas banners around the stage against which beautiful images were projected directly onto the band. By combining stunning imagery with ethereal and haunting music, the band set itself apart from most bands in the scene.
Soon after its inception, Orange began recording with Bart Thurber who ran the House of Faith recording studio in Palo Alto. House of Faith ironically specialized in recording punk bands but Bart was a very talented engineer and did an excellent job of capturing the Orange sound. During this time, Anton Newcome from The Brian Jonestown Massacre invited the band to include a few songs in a box set released on Bomp records. The recordings eventually found their way to Dewdrops Records in Los Angeles who signed the band and released their self-titled album. Orange would eventually record a cover of the Pixies song “Gigantic” for the compilation CD Thurteen on the same label.
Over the three years it was together, Orange went through a number of lineup changes. Heidi Vincent, Tim Ong and Topper all played bass for the band at different times as well as Steve Watkins on drums. As would be expected, different members brought their influences to the group but Sonya and Michael remained at the core of the band’s musical direction. These lineup changes brought about numerous setbacks, though, and the eventual demise of the band.
Every band that ever exists is a magical creature of sorts. Equal parts energy, vision, hubris, beauty, integrity, and vulnerability. To have experienced an Orange performance was to be engulfed in sound, light, and pure emotion. Their CD captures much of that. It is an echo from another time.
trax:
01 Seahorse 02 Starwheel 03 Hindenburg 04 Feijoa 05 Swim 06 Heather 07 Daisy 08 Blue Budd 09 Against Nature 10 Painted Tongue (Bonus)
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"Great Googly Moo" (And More Undisputed Truths)

The follow-up to Ace's compilation Great Googa Mooga presents 24 more nonsensical tunes from rock & roll's formative years, spanning the early '50s to the mid-'60s...
...Really, where else can you hear, in just one hour, titles including "Ipsy Opsie Ooh," "She Goes Oonka Chicka," "Ka Ta Ga Boom Beat," "From the Top of Your Guggle (To the Bottom of Your Zooch)," "(You Got) The Gamma Goochee," and "Shombalor"? Nonsense syllables, of course, were a big part of doo wop music, and you'll hear some doo wop tunes here, including the title track, done by the Spaniels in 1958. Yet the stylistic range is fairly broad, taking in Los Angeles R&B, frat rock, early soul, girl groups, and even surf-style music. Some of these acts would challenge the memories of even mammoth record collectors, yet others were quite well known, including the Kingsmen, the Drifters, Larry Williams, Shirley Ellis, LaVern Baker, and Screamin' Jay Hawkins. Perhaps the only well-known songs here are the Rivingtons' "The Bird's the Word" (the basis for the Trashmen's hit "Surfin' Bird") and Little Richard's "Tutti Frutti" (here represented by an alternate take). But although some of this is the sort of novelty material whose humor might wear off pretty quickly, a good number of tracks defy you not to both grin at the absurdity and bop along with the beat. "The Bird's the Word" scores high in that regard, but so do Baker's "Pig Latin Blues" (a 1952 recording with some pretty astounding nonsense scatting); the Boss-Tones' "Mope-Itty Mope," with some of the best buzzsaw, gravelly, bass vocals of any doo wop song; Pat & the Californians' "Be Billy," infectious 1964 surf-garage; the reliably strange Hawkins' tune "I Hear Voices"; and, in a kind of piece de resistance as far as made-up phrases go, Helen Humes' "Woojamacooja." Such weird recordings require explanation, which Ace gives in its typically amply annotated and illustrated liner notes. - Great Googly Moo and More Undisputed Truths Review by Richie Unterberger

trax:
1. Hocus Pocus - Larry Williams 2. Great Googly Moo - The Spaniels 3. Shombalar - Sheriff & The Ravels 4. Tutti Frutti (Take 2) - Little Richard 5. Chop Chop Boom - Jack McVea With Al Smith & The Savoys 6. Woojamacooja - Helen Humes And Her Orchestra 7. Shtiggy Boom - Joe Houston 8. Bom Bom Lulu - Gene & Eunice 9. The Bird's The Word - The Rivingtons 10. Pig Latin Blues - LaVern Baker With Todd Rhodes' Orchestra 11. Mope-Itty Mope - The Boss-Tones 12. Yodee Yakee - The Drifters 13. (You Got) The Gamma Goochee - The Kingsmen 14. Rock And Ree-Ah-Zole (The Teen-Age Talk) - The Bobbettes 15. Egyptian Shumba - The Tammys 16. From The Top Of Our Guggle (To The Bottom Of Your Zooch) - The Five Blobs 17. She Goes Oonka Chicka - The Premiers 18. Ka Ta Ga Boom Beat - Shirley Ellis 19. Puddy Cat (Mama-Meow-Mow) - Wade Curtiss & The Rhythm Rockers 20. Ipsy Opsie Ooh - Shirley Gunter & The Flairs 21. Be Billy - Pat & The Californians 22. I Hear Voices - Screamin' Jay Hawkins 23. Boom-A-Lay - The Astro-Jets 24. Goofin' Off - Macy Skipper
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…and now for something completely different! 1662 - 2022

These arrogant fucking politicians don't give a fuck about us! They don't know that they are as superfluous as telephone disinfectors and hairdressers! It is to cry for! - RYP

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 2020 AND AFTER, AND A DAILY LIMIT OF 3 ALBUMS)! Here you can say what you like, unless it's offensive, racist or discriminatory! 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 Astronauts "Surfin' with the Astronauts" 1963

Considering that, by their own admission, the Astronauts had not only never played surf music, but had never heard of surf music before they were signed to record this album -- which was done in two days during May of 1963 -- the results are not only very good, but astounding…
...The long-player, which also marked only the group's second time in the recording studio (and the first for this version of the band), does what any good surf music album should do, imparting a sense of forward momentum and never letting up. From the opening cut, "Baja," the band acquits itself well on the instrumentals and decently on the vocal numbers, which include "Susie-Q," "Surfin' USA," and "Baby Let's Play House." No one was going to forget the Beach Boys, Dale Hawkins, or Elvis Presley over the renditions here, although in fairness, neither are they terrible -- just uninteresting if you know the originals. With one original here (the group-composed "Kuk"), the Astronauts were very much slaves to outside writers, but the band and its producer had a good sense of where to look for material. The result is an album that stands with the best of the surf albums of the period, even if it's not otherwise exceptional on its own terms. - AllMusic Review by Bruce Eder
trax:
01 Baja 02 Surfin' U.S.A. 03 Misirlou 04 Surfer's Stomp 05 Susie-Q 06 Pipeline 07 Kuk 08 Banzai Pipeline 09 Movin' 10 Baby Lets Play House 11 Let's Go Trippin' 12 Batman

"Radio Radio" Bob Dylan's Theme Time Radio Hour - Vol 1 - disc 1

Four discs, 78, 77, 71, 75 minutes each approximately. The sound is overall very crisp and clean, with only a few tracks suffering from their recording era. The six page booklet gives a short synopsis of several lesser known artists in this collection, but has the feel of being put together without much thought or direction...

...The discs are snapped in, inside the tri-fold book-style cardboard holder. One panel has a number of b&w photos of some of the artists, and is a nice touch. All tracks are listed with title, artist, length, year of release, and are listed under the various themes of the radio format. Some of these themes (usually with two or three tracks each) are weather, coffee, summer ,laughter, fools, guns, telephones, devil, eyes, and so forth. The b&w photograph of Dylan on the cover is nice and I'm assuming alludes to his earlier days when this music influenced him, but its possible that its use is for purely merchandising purposes. Yes, this music is from Dylan's radio shows. And no, Dylan is not heard anywhere on this collection. But the vast array of musical genres / groups heard on these four packed discs makes up (almost) for the lack of Dylan's commentaries. While the focus of most complaints is the fact that Dylan's voice is not heard (which was by and large great), the music goes a long way in making up for it. Artists include Johnny Cash, Bob Wills, Otis Spann, Little Richard, Fats Waller, Sonny Burgess, Muddy Waters, and Louis Jordan, among many other well known artists. But its the unknowns that give this set its depth and feel for a certain era of American music. People like Curtis Gordon, Hurricane Harry, Mr. Sad Head, Tin Ear Tanner, The Charmer, and Little Miss Cornshucks, among others, all contribute some great music - music that you'll never hear on the radio. Many genres are heard here, such as pop, country, rockabilly, blues, r&b, etc., and most tracks are from the 50's,with a few from earlier decades. The musical ground covered in this collection is truly a look at American music in many forms from an earlier period. This is music from a time when America was a different place, and music was strictly for entertainment, not to deliver any message, or to indulge any artist. This set is a treasure trove of, by and large, unheard music (with notable exceptions) by artists who at best were popular regionally, or nationally for a short time. This music will take the listener, with big ears, back to a time when music was simpler, unpretentious, and straight forward. Are all the tracks worth hearing over and over again? No. Every listener will have their favorites, and with open ears listeners will find a lot to like here. This first volume (and the two volumes following it) are a great introduction to some great American music that has influenced not only Bob Dylan, but countless other artists. Anyone who has a liking for American roots music should give these sets a listen. With the help of these sets listeners can once again hear music that influenced Dylan and any number of other artists. (Amazon)

CD 1:
1. Just Walking In The Rain - The Prisonaires 2. Stormy Weather - The Spaniels 3. Uncloudy Day - The Staple Singers 4. A Mothers Love - Earl King 5. Mother In Law Blues - Little Junior Parker 6. It Aint Far To The Bar - Johnny Tyler & His Riders Of The Rio Grande 7. One Mint Julep - The Clovers 8. Newks Fadeaway - Sonny Rollins 9. Say Hay - The Treniers 10. Heart - Damn Yankees (Broadway Cast) 11. Caffeine And Nicotine - Curtis Gordon 12. Coffee, Cigarettes And Tears - The Larks 13. Folsom Prison Blues - Johnny Cash 14. Jail Bait - Andre Williams 15. Last Meal - Hurricane Harry 16. Mama Loves Papa - Jack Rhodes & His Lone Star Buddies 17. Father Alone - The Swan Silvertones 18. I'm A Married Man - Johnny Tyler & His Riders Of The Rio Grande 19. Leave Married Women Alone - Jimmy Cavallo 20. Alimony Blues - T-Bone Walker 21. You Cant Divorce Your Heart - Lefty Frizell 22. Heat Wave - Sol K. Bright's Hollywaiians 23. Hot Weather Blues - Mr. Sad Head 24. San Antonio Rose - Bob Wills & His Texas Playboys 25. The Grape Vine - Lucky Millander 26. Get Out Of The Car - Richard Berry 27. Too Many Drivers - Smiley Lewis 28. No Money Down - Chuck Berry
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Bill Cate & Boyd Robertson "Companions" 1979

...In New Zealand, the song seemed unavoidable in 1975-76, not just through radio play, but also television advertising placed by Stewart Macpherson, the promoter whose record label Stetson released it in New Zealand. (On the Stetson 45, the sub-title is spelt “chauvenest”.)Almost inevitably, the novelty song was a huge hit in Australia and New Zealand. It made #6 across the Tasman, and #5 in New Zealand after a 20-week journey through the charts. If it was an answer song to Helen Reddy’s ‘I Am Woman’, then it’s no wonder she responded with ‘Ain’t No Way to Treat a Lady’...
...After over 15 years playing together, Bill & Boyd were at the peak of their career, performing on a Dinah Shore TV special filmed at the Sydney Opera House, and touring with Glen Campbell. This connection led to Campbell producing an album for the duo in Los Angeles, using his own backing band. When Companions was released they were dividing their time between England and the US, but they still regarded themselves as New Zealanders. On the TV show Dinah they agreed to perform only if a National Film Unit clip on New Zealand was screened while they were singing. “That clip was so long,” Cate told Gordon Campbell, “that we must have gone through about 50 repeats of ‘Pōkarekare Ana’.”
In 1978 Bill & Boyd hosted their own variety series on TV1, featuring songs, skits, dancing, and overseas guests such as Kate Bush, Graham Bonnet, and the Hues Corporation alongside local acts, among them Sharon O'Neill and the Rodger Fox Big Band.
Bill & Boyd continued to perform together until 1989, more than 30 years after they first traded harmonies. In Australasia at the time, perhaps only the Bee Gees could claim a longer career – but they were brothers. As John Dix wrote a year earlier in Stranded in Paradise, “Schoolmates at Wellington’s Naenae College, Bill Cate and Boyd Robertson must really like each other.” Bill Cate passed away on 29 November 2020, aged 80. - audioculture
trax:
01 Companions 02 Universal Law 03 Where There's A Love There's A Way 04 I See Love 05 Colleen 06 This Is Getting Funny 07 Let's All Sing A Song About It 08 Roll On Brother 09 Fool Ya 10 At Times I Wonder Why That The Lord Has Chosen Me 11 Santa Never Made It To Darwin (Bonus Track)
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Howlin’ Wolf "Memphis Days" The Definitive Edition, Vol. 2

The second volume in this series collects up all the known Memphis recordings that were either issued or originally offered to Chess...
...As such, it stands as a marvelous collection of Wolf's early 78s for that label. But what truly puts it over is the added bonus of a newly discovered acetate featuring several unissued versions of "How Many More Years" and "Baby Ride With Me (Riding in the Moonlight)." Much of this volume is pulled from discs, but the overall sound is good and the performances make it yet another must-have. - Review by Cub Koda

trax:
01 Baby Ride With Me 02 How Many More Years 03 Moanin' At Midnight 04 Howlin' Wolf Boogie 05 The Wolf Is At Your Door 06 Mr. Highway Man 07 Getting Old And Grey 08 Worried All The Tim 09 Saddle My Pony 10 Oh, Red! 11 My Last Affair 12 Come Back Home (Take 2) 13 Dorothy Mae 14 Oh Red (Take 2) 15 Come Back Home (Take 3) 16 How Many More Years 17 How Many More Years 18 Baby Ride With Me 19 Baby Ride With Me
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…and now for something completely different! 1661 - 2022

These arrogant fucking politicians don't give a fuck about us! They don't know that they are as superfluous as telephone disinfectors and hairdressers! It is to cry for! - RYP

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 2020 AND AFTER, AND A DAILY LIMIT OF 3 ALBUMS)! Here you can say what you like, unless it's offensive, racist or discriminatory! 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 Vettes "Rev-Up!" 1964

Drag-Strip tested! A fantastic West Coast rarity, Rev-Up is a mono masterpiece filled with harmony-laden hot rod vocals and powerhouse instrumentals!..
...Originally issued in January 1964... Rev-Up is waxed wildly by genre-legends such as Steve Douglas, Bruce Johnston, Jerry Cole & other studio king-pins including Hal Blaine, Glen Campbell, Tommy Tedesco, Leon Russell, and more—a Wrecking Crew who's who!
Appearing here in the valued mono mix—copies routinely sell for hundreds of dollars—Rev-Up is a gasser of a record, with Johnston hot off his recent hit with "Hey Little Cobra," ready to rumble with the cream of the hot rod club. Tracks from this album also appeared briefly on another '60s car-themed collection, but this is the premier set of mixes and tracks for this set of sessions, featuring the lone single issued in '63 as the Vettes, "Little Ford Ragtop" backed with "Happy Hodaddy (With Ragtop Caddy)." Modern Harmonic proudly presents Rev-Up, with restored artwork, and pressed onto wiper fluid blue vinyl! This little deuce is guaranteed to leave skid marks!!! Cut by Kevin Gray at Cohearent Audio. - sundazed
trax:
01 Little Ford Ragtop 02 Devil Driver's Theme 03 Happy Hodaddy (With Ragtop Caddy) 04 Chevey Scarfer 05 Devil Driver 06 Voodoo Green Part 1 07 4.56 Stingray 08 Voodoo Green Part II 09 Superstock Vette 10 Cheater Slickin' Time 11 Shutdown King 12 '55 Bird

"Bo Did It!" Vol. 29

Here is the last volume that Johnny put together of this stellar series!

trax:
1. Tcha Tcha Tcha de Mi Amor - Franco & T.P.O.K. Jazz 2. Bo Diddley - Joe Reisman Orch. 3. High School U.S.A. - Tommy Facenda 4. Willie And The Hand Jive (Radio Broadcast) - Johnny Otis Show 5. Hidden Charms - Howlin' Wolf 6. Elmore's Contribution To Jazz - Elmore James 7. She's Mine - John Lee Hooker 8. Flash Floods - Vinnie Rogers 9. Help - The Deadly Ones 10. 'Till I Find You - The Mojo Men 11. Big Betty - Manfred Mann 12. Heart Full O'Soul Part I - The Super K Generation 13. What's the Buzz - The Waistcoats 14. Rampant - The Peasants 15. Here 'tis - The Purple Hearts 16. This Planet Love - Kim Fowley 17. Running Through My Mind - The Black Hollies 18. Who Do You Love - Jesse James & the Outlaws 19. Diddley Daddy - Two Tons Of Steel 20. The North Star - The Sadies 21. Sputnik Monroe - Robert Johnson & The Punchdrunks 22. Bodacious - Link Protrudi & The Jaymen 23. Negro In Reserve - The Beatles 24. A Gun On His Hip and a Rose On His Chest - Megapuss 25. Oh Yeah - Wild Billy Childish 26. Deer Stalking Man - Thee Headcoats 27. wild girl - David Peter & The Wilde Sect 28. Dangerous Charms - The Delmonas 29. Ming's Bit - The Gorgons
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Bill & Boyd "Bill & Boyd" 1975

...In 1966, Bill & Boyd made their first tour of Australia as support act to the Seekers, a show which also toured New Zealand. The following year, an Australian tour supporting Herb Alpert led to the duo going further afield. After the tour with Alpert, they went to the United States in 1968 to support him there, and stayed six months. They concentrated on gigs in Los Angeles and Las Vegas – playing the Hollywood Bowl to 17,000 people – supported The Supremes and did a show in Central Park, New York. In 1970 the pair returned to the US for a tour that took in 20 states; American audiences always enjoyed the Māori songs they included in their sets of pop, country, standards and rock and roll...
...The early 1970s were spent in Britain, where they played a long residency at London’s Showboat club, performed on TV variety shows, and on bills with Norman Wisdom, Bob Hope, Shirley Bassey, and Harry Secombe.
Returning to Australia in 1974, a charity single to raise funds after the devastating Christmas cyclone in Darwin also lifted their profile. Written by Bill Cate, ‘Santa Never Made It Into Darwin’ was recorded a week after the cyclone, and was being played on radio just hours after the sessions finished. With a light-country production similar to the Eagles, the song reached #1 in Australia and sold over 75,000 copies, with $10,000 going to cyclone relief; the B-side was ‘Chulu Chululu’.
The duo’s bookings quickly filled for 1975, and in May they responded with the biggest song of their career, ‘Put Another Log On The Fire’. Sub-titled “The Male Chauvinist National Anthem”, and described as “cheerfully offensive” by Allmusic.com, the song was written by US comic songwriter Shel Silverstein for the country artist Tompall Glaser. Besides stoking up the fire, the song’s narrator tells his girlfriend to cook him some bacon, patch his jeans, wash his socks, change a car tyre, fetch his pipe and slippers, and boil up a pot of tea. “Then put another log on the fire babe/ And come and tell me why you’re leaving me.” (The middle section goes into overdrive: “Now don’t I let you wash the car on Sunday?/ And don’t I warn you when you’re getting fat?” he sings, before suggesting “you’re too feminine to fight”.)...to be continued... - audioculture
trax:
01 Slap Your Draughty Blue Jeans 02 The Prisoner Song 03 Santa Never Made It Into Darwin 04 Question 05 Country Wine 06 Chulu Chululu 07 Meanwhile Back In Abeline 08 Put Another Log On The Fire 09 Someone To Love 10 I'll Be Your Baby Tonight 11 Union Silver 12 It's A Small World 13 Aussie 14 Cloudy Summer Afternoon
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"Do The 45!" Vol. 672 (2022)

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. Trying to Get My Grits (Symbol) - Tom Jones 2. Nothing but Fine (Symbol) - Tom Jones 3. Mojo Hannah (Atlantic) - Little Esther Phillips 4. No Headstone on My Grave (Atlantc) - Little Esther Phillips 5. Take Me for a Little While (Blue Cat) - Evie Sands 6. Run Home to Your Mamma (Blue Cat) - Evie Sands 7. Take Me for What I Am (Sar) - L.C. 8. Put Me Down Easy (Sar) - L.C. 9. Feelings (Showcase) - Yesterday's Children 10. Wanna Be with You (Showcase) - Yesterday's Children 11. Baby Made a Fool Out of You (Nork) - The Zip Codes 12. Hey Baby (Nork) - The Zip Codes 13. Bad Girl (J-Beck) - The Zakary Thaks 14. I Need You (J-Beck) - The Zakary Thaks 15. Keep Dreaming (Palmer) - The Grifs 16. Northbound (Palmer) - The Grifs 17. Respect (Columbia) - Mongo Santamaria 18. Up, Up and Away (Columbia) - Mongo Santamaria 19. Green Onions (Columbia) - Mongo Santamaria 20. Let's Copp a Groove (Beacon) - Bobby Wells 21. Recipe for Love (Beacon) - Bobby Wells 22. The "In" Crowd (Charger) - Dobie Gray 23. Be a Man (Charger) - Dobie Gray 24. Save Me (Atlantic) - Aretha Franklin 25. Respect (Atlantic) - Aretha Franklin 26. Love and Happiness (London) - Al Green 27. So You're Leaving (London) - Al Green 28. My Boyfriend's Back (Stateside) - The Chiffons 29. I Got Plenty o' Nuttin' (Stateside) - The Chiffons 30. That Mellow Saxophone (Mercury) - Ralph Marterie
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…and now for something completely different! 1660 - 2022

These arrogant fucking politicians don't give a fuck about us! They don't know that they are as superfluous as telephone disinfectors and hairdressers! It is to cry for! - RYP

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 2020 AND AFTER, AND A DAILY LIMIT OF 3 ALBUMS)! Here you can say what you like, unless it's offensive, racist or discriminatory! 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 Sonics "Here Are The Sonics!!!" (1965/1999 Expanded Re-issue)

"Here Are The Sonics" is the debut album of American garage rock band The Sonics. It was released in 1965 on Etiquette Records. It was re-released in 1999 by Norton Records. "Here Are the Sonics" was influential on later punk rock.
The utterly most fabulous debut album from the loudest crowd of punk rockers ever! Originally released in early ‘65, this hard-hitting screamfest took the local teen scene by the eardrums and never let go! An astonishing battle of the wills of Parypa, Bennett, Roslie, Lind and Parypa, this LP has long provided the measuring stick for all wishful thinkers! Lush packaging, interviews, tons of info, pix! Featuring Nortophonic Loud Sound mastering for massive fidelity. Includes four bonus cuts. --Norton Records
trax:
01. The Witch 02. Do You Love Me 03. Roll Over Beethoven 04. Boss Hoss 05. Dirty Robber 06. Have Love Will Travel 07. Psycho 08. Money 09. Walkin' The Dog 10. Night Time Is The Right Time 11. Strychnine 12. Good Golly Miss Molly 13. Keep A Knockin' [Bonus track] 14. Don't Believe In Christmas [Bonus track] 15. Santa Claus [Bonus track] 16. The Village Idiot [Bonus track]
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"BO DID IT!" Vol. 28

We will give you 29 volumes with "The Bo Diddley Beat". There are plenty of great surprises in store with these compilations!
trax:
1. Bo Diddley Bach - Sonny Curtis 2. Makin' love - The Gories 3. The Great Chinese - Little Freddie King 4. Dearest Darlin' - Chrome Daddies 5. Saturday Midnight Bop - Jerry J. Nixon 6. dearest darling - Half Japanese 7. Bad Chicken - Little Freddie King 8. In The Morning - Rev. Louis Overstreet 9. Who Do You Love - Riverside Trio 10. You Can't Judge a Book by It's Cover - Sleepy Labeef 11. Get My Gun - Gizzelle 12. Noh-Did-Duh-Lee - Michael Peloquin 13. Fox Hunt - Little Freddie King 14. Crawdaddy Crawdaddy - Catfish & The Crawdaddies 15. Juanita Dog Walk - Joe Fournier 16. I'm Sorry - Marshall Crenshaw 17. I Can Tell - The Yankees 18. Pills - Chesterfield Kings 19. I'm So Glad - Brothers 20. You can`t judge a book by the Cover - Mark Leeman Five 21. Roadrunner - Stackwaddy 22. Hey Gyp - The Belfast Gypsies 23. diddy wah diddy - The Wildebeests 24. Kinds Of Women - The Statics
Compiled by Johnny Q from his music collection - served by Gyro1966

Bill & Boyd "Songs For A Cloudy Summer Afternoon" 1964

...Bill & Boyd recorded first for the Peak label – their 1960 debut ‘Fall in Love With You’ was produced by renowned big band leader and arranger Don Richardson – and from 1961 were on Philips. The latter sessions took place in Wellington, and some were produced by Peter Posa. After late nights in the studio, Posa would sleep on the couch of Cate’s mother, wake up for breakfast and thank her by setting up his gear in the lounge and playing through his repertoire....
...Early recordings were often cover versions of songs that were hits overseas but not released in New Zealand; many were on the Everly Brothers’ label, Warners, which didn’t have distribution in New Zealand. Bill & Boyd would record songs from Australian station 2UE and transcribe them through the static.
Competition for cover versions among New Zealand artists was intense, said Robertson, describing the process to Gordon Campbell in 1978: “We’d try and get the jump by running through the American Hot 100 chart and picking out the fast movers to record before we even heard them. One time we had this fast mover all set up to do, we’d got the studio ready, and then the disc arrived – it was the Ventures’ ‘Walk Don’t Run’, an insturmental. How were we to know? They were really crazy days.”
They earned a place on Harry M. Miller’s Showtime Spectacular tours, variety shows that featured the Howard Morrison Quartet at the top of the bill, supported by acts such as Toni Williams and magician Jon Zealando. The massive success of these nationwide tours underwrote many of Miller’s other ventures, and they gave Bill & Boyd experience that led to many gigs supporting overseas visitors. Morrison suggested they try their luck on the Australian club circuit, and from 1965 Bill & Boyd – and their wives – were permanently based across the Tasman.
Besides gigs in Sydney’s clubland, the duo often performed on TV shows such as Bandstand and Six O’Clock Rock. An early breakthrough came in 1964 with their single ‘Chulu Chululu’, recorded live the previous year at the Rotorua Soundshell. Cate described this singalong as their riposte to Beatlemania: “We figured you couldn’t get anything much different than a Fijian folk song with a Liverpool beat.” It reached #10 in Australia just as the Beatles were visiting that country, remained in the charts for six weeks and in Australian memories for longer – it was re-released there twice, in 1973 and 1975...to be continued... - audioculture

trax:
01 A Lot Of Living To Do 02 Cloudy Summer Afternoon 03 Let Him Go 04 Just Another Fool 05 Warmed Over Kisses (Left Over Love) 06 Are You Kissing More Now_ 07 Jezebel 08 Sing Sing Sing 09 Primrose Lane 10 Sandy Sandy 11 A Doodlin' Song 12 Laughing Girl 13 Every Time I Feel The Spirit 14 Chulu Chululu 15 Holiday Hootenanny (Bonus Track) 16 He's Got The Whole World In His Hands (Bonus Track) 17 Just Walkin' Alone (Bonus Track) 18 Don't Take It Away (Bonus Track) 19 Once In A While (Bonus Track)
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Howlin’ Wolf "Memphis Days" The Definitive Edition, Vol. 1

These are Howlin' Wolf's earliest and rarest sides recorded at the Sun studios, as raw and explosive as blues records come...
...Much of this was issued on various European albums during the '70s, always transferred off of muffled-sounding copy tapes. These 21 tracks (all but two of them off the master tapes) feature the amp-on-11 guitar work of Willie Johnson and the cave-man drumming of Willie Steele; they're loose and somewhat chaotic, with Wolf sounding utterly demonic. The real bonus on this volume is the first-time inclusion of both sides of the only known acetate of Wolf's first session at Sam Phillips' 706 Union Avenue studio from 1951. With only Johnson and Steele in support (no bass, no piano), these early versions of "How Many More Years" and "Baby Ride with Me (Riding in the Moonlight)" are Wolf at his most primitive. - Review by Cub Koda

trax:
01 Oh Red (Take 1) 02 My Last Affair (Take 1) 03 Come Back Home (Take 1) 04 California Boogi 05 California Blues 06 Look-A-Here Bab 07 Smile At Me 08 My Baby Walked Off 09 Drinkin' CV Wine (CV Wine Blues 10 My Troubles And Me 11 Chocolate Drop 12 Mr. Highway Man (Cadillac Daddy) 13 Bluebird Blues 14 Color And Kin 15 (Everybody's) In The Mood 16 Dorothy Mae #2 17 I Got A Woman (Sweet Woman) 18 Decoration Day Blue 19 (Well) That's All Right 20 How Many More Years 21 Baby Ride With Me (Ridin' In The Moonlight)
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…and now for something completely different! 1659 - 2022

These arrogant fucking politicians don't give a fuck about us! They don't know that they are as superfluous as telephone disinfectors and hairdressers! It is to cry for! - RYP

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 2020 AND AFTER, AND A DAILY LIMIT OF 3 ALBUMS)! Here you can say what you like, unless it's offensive, racist or discriminatory! 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

Sam Butera & The Witnesses "Wild, Cool, And Swingin'" 1999

Sam Butera spent much of his career leading Louis Prima's band, but he continued in music long after Prima's death, and became familiar with sounds and styles far beyond Prima's brand of New Orleans jazz. A rock, R&B, and jazz legend, Butera is a towering crossover figure at the saxophone and as a bandleader...
...He was born in New Orleans to Italian-American parents. His father Joseph owned a butcher shop in a Black section of the city, and played the guitar and the concertina in his spare time. At a wedding he was taken to at age seven, Sam Butera first saw and heard a saxophone, and, with his father's blessings, started taking lessons. He studied the clarinet at school but eventually returned to the sax, and at age 18 was featured in Look magazine (Life magazine's major competitor) as one of the top young jazzmen in the country. He got a gig with Ray MicKinley right out of high school, and also played with Tommy Dorsey and Joe Reichman's bands. His major influences in those years included Charlie Ventura, Lester Young, Gene Ammons, Charlie Parker, and Big Jay McNeely, and he seemed to gravitate naturally toward swing and bebop. Ultimately, however, the biggest influence on his playing was Lee Allen, a member of Paul Gayten's band, with which he frequently played.
Butera formed his own group -- inspired by Gayten's band -- after returning to New Orleans, and they quickly began a four-year engagement at The 500 Club, which was owned by Louis Prima's brother. His sound reflected a vast range of influences, including modern jazz and R&B, and in 1951 Butera cut a pair of raunchy R&B instrumental sides that might have figured in the early history of white rock & roll if only they'd been released in time. He also had a featured spot in a Woody Herman concert that yielded both a chance for a new tour and a recording contract with RCA. The resulting sessions in the fall of 1953 gave Butera a chance to rock out in an alternately soft and sweet, or hard and playful manner. There weren't any significant sales, but RCA had him back in early 1954 for a series of sessions for its R&B-oriented Groove label (home of Piano Red, among others), and his version of "I Don't Want to Set the World on Fire" was a modest regional hit.
He played some R&B shows, including a celebrated tour as part of Alan Freed's first East Coast rock & roll showcase, and Butera's loud, wild sax sound won him an enthusiastic following. By 1955, however, he was back doing jazz with Ella Fitzgerald and Louie Bellson. He finally hooked up with Louis Prima and spent the next 20 years leading his band, the Witnesses. Butera's own record releases were cut short, with only a handful of his Groove sides (including a vocal performance "Giddyap Baby") ever issued at the time.
Butera worked for Prima for the next 20 years, and in the mid-'70s, he re-emerged as a performer in his own right. - Artist Biography by Bruce Eder

trax:
01 Dig That Crazy Chick 02 All The Way 03 Street Scene 04 Up Jumped A Rabbit 05 I Love Paris 06 Night Train 07 Bim Bam 08 Too Young 09 Love Of My Life (O Sole Mio) 10 French Poodle 11 Hey There 12 Harlem Nocturne 13 Perdido 14 Song From The Moulin Rouge (Where Is Your Heart) 15 Honey Love 16 On The Street Where You Live 17 Just Say I Love Her 18 La Vie En Rose 19 All Night Long 20 Boulevard Of Broken Dreams

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