Purepop Set Sale 1 week only

First come first served! This set sale will be live for 1 week only (from the 12th of June 2017)

I am updating as soon as I can, you will notice the ones in red have already sold as I have sent the list to previous buyers

You can either email me (email on profile page), leave a comment or message on Facebook if you want the full list with prices

Thanks!

Part 1: Heavy Psych, Garage, Hard Rock and Bonehead

ArtistTitle Label Country Condition Notes Clip* Price

*Clips not from the records for sale

1. 3's (Threez) -Do You See -Tranceporter US -EX From Bonehead Crunchers Vol 1 -Classic murky deep psych https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LfdQHEvcdgI  

2. AppleTree -You're Not The Only Girl /(The ballad of Pencil) -Wacks Records US EX Although the A side is not much cop, the B side is a fine gritty Hard Rock belter driven by a gleaming cowbell https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YJZRnSYRFeE 

3. Benedict -Gonna Have a Good Time (Vanda & Young)Earth –US EX Rousing Hard Rock version of the Easybeats classic https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a8hNchZ87tc SOLD

4. Big Brother –ESP All American US EX Different and heavy version of the Pretty Things £sd https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fXTs1cQifOg 

5. Brethren - New Day/Heather Ruda Bega US EX Basic US Psych double sider https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i6Yfrg8BpDg  

6. Clockwork-Cybernaut/Mean Lady test pressing Canada EX Top growling Hard Rock https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5Btj2VJYkTw  

7. Columbus - Standing on The CornerMill Records US VG+ (plays EX, pen mark on label) Great but inept Hard rock as comped on Ultimate Bonehead Vol 2 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u7W1LrX5J6Q  

8. Darkseid - Ground Zero/ Land of The Darker Sun Brooks US EX Cracking Heavy Psych double-sider.  Land of The Darker Sun was comped on Ultimate Bonehead Volume 4  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1QhCC1bgF-g   SOLD

9. Diehard Heartbreak Posae US EX As comped on Brown Acid vol 3, a fine specimen of cowbell led Heaviness https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9tqvc2EmVNM  

10. Dynamite Butch Hung Over You/ Freedom Song Dynamite Butch US EX Great Heavy Hard Rock on one side, with a greased Buckskin belter on the other https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BgL2YP_pcS0  SOLD

11. Finch - Nothing in The Sun Montage US EX (minimal label damage on edge of label)Top shelf late 60s Heavy Psych. Totally wild fuzz guitar https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=alcfOIzwohM 

12. Flight -Space Creators Cavern Custom US Top Hard Rock recorded at "The Cavern", the B side is a weird Startrek tribute…stoners

13. Forum Who Needs You Solar US EX Top Texan Heavy Psych SOLD

14. Foxfire Hard Luck Mary Polaris US VG+ (slow warp not affecting play) X on labelGreat unkwnown Psych as comped on Voyages Into... Psychedelia (Vol. 2) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bYMpGGt803g  

15. Grump Heartbreak Hotel Magic Carpet US VG+ (plays EX) Bonehead cover The Elvis hit https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j_ca4H_1jDE 

16. Hog -Cop Killer You US EX As comped on Ultimate Bonehead Vol 2, what more can be said about this shambolic piece of Biker Proto Punk…

17. Hot Lucy Kid Stuff Whale Records US EX Prime Proto Punk winner http://purepop1uk.blogspot.co.uk/2015/10/hot-lucy-kid-stuff.html  

18. Hustutler You'll Feel Better When You Know/Complications Kendall/Lee Records US EX Screeching US Hard Rock http://www.heavy45s.com/hustutler   

19. Image -Witchcraft 71 ( Hot Blood -same label both sides) Chaparral US EX Doom Heavy Pysch instrumental madness as comped on Ultimate Bonehead Volume 4 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rckK35TNmW4 SOLD

20. Inside Experience -Be on My Way/Tales of Brave Ulysses CEI US VG+ (plays EX) The B Side is a prime example of late Garage meets Bonehead. As comped on Ultimate Bonehead volume 5 and Brown Acid vol 3. The A side is an OK cover of the Cream tune https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o78ZCvke6rc    SOLD 

21. Jumbo- Classified Love  Swingin US EX Raucous  riffarama as comped on Ultimate Bonehead volume 5 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T3VpT0QKo_s SOLD

22. Koke Gunfighter/Popeye Markus US EX Lo-fi Psych on the A side ,whereas the B side is basically the Popeye tune which in turn goes heavy then fast and wild…bizarre    

23. Luke and The Apostles - Not Far Off/ You Make Me High True North Canada EX Not Far Off is an abosulte monster on the B side of a good, but more commercial slab of Psych https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wLBz5-UjxyU 

24. New Wing -  I need Love  Pentacle Canada VG+ (plays EX) Late Garage screamer -a monster https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EdeLEpU-fJ8   SOLD

25. Pendulum - Bring it On Home Pendulum  US EX Heavy shambolic Hard Rock as comped on Ultimate Bonehead Volume 3 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R2A3R_uIAB0  SOLD

26. Raving Maniac Driving Me Crazy Cricket US EX Great NW Hard Rock -reminds me on Kiss sans make up https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9EVjreZCy9g SOLD

27. River Styx Bike Writer Joey –Lu US EX Terrific Heavy Psych with top Sky Saxon-like vocals and continuous fuzz guitar https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jHG3HVNzyaY 

28. Salem Witchcraft Witchcraft/ Mr Money Private Label US VG+ (plays EX) Overall the best 2 sider this band released https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pgREUbYfP_E  SOLD

29. Serpent- Midnight Shakedown H.B.L US EX Kick ass Hard Rock as comped on Bonehead Freaks https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ng2oxMaxvMQ 

30. Sir Lord Baltimore –I Got A Woman/Master Heartache –Mercury US Promo EX. Classic two-sider and the pnly 45 release from their killer first LP 

31. Stone Axe - Slave of Fear/Snakebite Rampart Street Records US  EX Ex Josefus, the killer B side is comped on Bonehead Crunchers volume 1. In perfect condition https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5nCV1Ze-6Ug  

32. Stone Men-The Superdude Party Flatbush US EX Very strange weirdo Hard Rock/Heavy Psych https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VNeDI6EsDXo

33. Sweet Cherry - Eight Day Blues Stop US VG+ (plays EX) Cavernous and heavy Garage gems comped on Michigan Mixture https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jArWd6l-l34 

34. T.M.L - Should Have Done Better Mare US VG (scratch but only light  interference)Comped on "Some songs stuck in my mind", heavy Psych with great guitar

35. The Devil Himself -The Devil Himself North American Industries US EX Strange Heavy Psych screamer from 1974, Hard rock with clavinet? Yep…

36. The What The Devil's Game Mite US EX Top shelf Heavy Satanic Rock as comped on Ultimate Bonehead vol 4 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1YRhSQb2eAQ 

37. Truth - Being Bad Honest US VG+ (Label signed by the whole band!) Totally Heavy Freak monster as comped on Michigan Meltdown Volume 2 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zYPZM-NCVPI 

38. Truth & Janey -Under My Thumb/Midnight Horseman Sound Communications US VG+ (minor click on first few revolutions of B side) The B side is a great heavy thumper from this famed power trio released in 1972. Nice cover of Under My Thumb similar to Pentagram https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pDtKARXimPw 

39. Truth (Truth and Janey) Around and Around/Straight eight Pontiac Driving Wheel US Confusingly this is the 2nd Truth and Janey single covering the Chuck Berry nugget https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GXE-JhhEVLM  

40. Twitch- Messin' With The Bull/Mr. Spunk Astro Records Canada EX Original copy of the 1975 single re-released recently by Supreme Echo. So rare…

41. Wizard Kozmick Dream Stardust US EX Kozmick Dream is a driving mix of late Psych and Hard Rock. Heavy Freak basically https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S05X4Nem9gs  SOLD 

Part 2: Sixties Freakbeat, Beat and Psych

1. Alexander Bell - Alexander Bell Believes CBS UK EX From 1967. Totally underated but brilliant piece of UK popsike https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T0KScKmToic

2. Easybeats- Good Times UA Demo UK VG+ The Classic Vanda & Young penned floor filler. Nice in its UK demo format  £

3. Four Fuller Brothers - Groupie MCA UK EX Great lewd Bubblegum Groover "to others you are nothing but a groupie, but to me you will always be groovy…" in rare pristine UK edition

4. My Dear Watson- Have You Seen Your Saviour  DJM UK EX Close to my heart for their cover of The Shame Just Drained, this single is way more collectable as it features a certain Reginald Dwight https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B8uqHZNH1sw 

5. Rupert's People - Prologue to a Magic World/Dream on My Mind Columbia Demo UK VG 

(hear full sound clips taken from the record) Featuring the Freakbeat Killer Dream On My Mind   SOLD

Part 3: Junkshop Glam, Bubblegum,  Proto Punk, Powerpop and oddities

1. Andy Bown – Supersonic GM UK EX (small sticker on label) Glam TV masterpiece…https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uJ2ZnwE-TkA  SOLD

2. Arrows- I Love Rock 'N' Roll/Broken Down Heart RAK UK EX (sample sticker on A side) Something no one should do without…. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KASgOFvIQVc   SOLD

3. Equals - Diversion President NL EX/EX Lovely Dutch  pic sleeve on this rampant and raUcous cruncher https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bhKd1Vzr-YQ  SOLD

4. Buster Superstar Bradleys UK EX Top UK Crunching Glam https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OLX6b-_gUew    SOLD

5. Johnny Palermo Silly Old Songs Hans Belgium EX/EX Infectious second Proto Punk single from Johnny. Melodic and powerful https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qC2eXVqHt3M SOLD

6. Kindness - Light of Love RCA UK EX A pre Smokie affair featuring Chris Norman and pals https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dUZ7D8_U4C8  

7. Listen- Astral Boogie Parlophone Demo UK EX Interesting  female fronted near Glam tune featuring some weird brass honking…

8. Smoke - My Lullaby/Looking High Decca   UK EX  This is very similar to Sugar Man and none the worst for that https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uwz7WuScOG4   

9. Sylvester’s Jukebox -Juke Box/ Guess It's Because CBS UK EX Kim Larsen's Gasolin offshoot. Very rare especially in its UK issue. The A side is a cool instrumental while Guess It's Because is a wonderful Kinks impersonation https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wSxF0LTame4  

10. Tales- Rockin' Suzanna MAM UK EX Great Rolling Stones cop! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BlD5HZs8Jdo  SOLD

11. Tracey Dean  -Moonshiner/Boy On The Ball Decca Demo UK EX (Number on Label) Top Glam double-sider stompers by Giorgio Moroder and Peter Bellotte. UK issues are harder to locate than ther European counterparts  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BKND95SFWvA SOLD

Heavy Gun –High Class Woman

Heavy Gun –High Class Woman/You’re on My Mind –Golden Voice 834G 12715 (US 1970)

 Heavy by name, Heavy by nature, Heavy Gun’s sole single is a real sludge-fest of a dirge further emphasised by its murky mix. However it is rather splendid in its lo-fi obscurity with all the ingredients of a Heavy Bonehead classic including cowbell, fuzzed-downer guitar and dumbed down vocals. Out of Illinois, this is one of the hardest singles to find on the Golden Voice label, and may be a duff pressing as there is quite a lot of surface noise when the copy of the record itself is pretty much unmarked. Anyone else got a copy? 

 Hear a full version of High Class Woman

Bitter Sweet Orange –Aimless Lady - Heavy Psych Monster

Bitter Sweet Orange –Aimless Lady/I Could Love You –Pacific West 4683 (1970 US)

From Springdale Arkansas comes this Heavy Fuzz double-sided Bone Crunching release that ticks all the boxes in terms of primal Neanderthal thudding with the vocalist Ken Wade mastering a snotty growly  delivery across the 2 sides. Aimless Lady is NOT the Grand Funk tune, but a lesson in how to not stray away from a groove once it’s been launched. The B side is slightly more aimless but with some killer guitar and caveman-like vocals. The recording took place at John’s Recording Studio in Russellville, it seems the studio is still in business, but looking at the Google Maps satellite pic, it appears to be a large barn with some of the roof missing!

Hear a full version of Aimless Lady


Hear a full version of I Could Love You

Hot Rocks –All Night Long/ Down on 42nd Street –Unreleased Proto Punk/Glam acetate

Hot Rocks –All Night Long/ Down on 42nd Street –Unreleased Proto Punk/Glam acetate

Here is a long awaited update to the post I featured 9 years ago, it also gives me an opportunity to make the sound files of this amazing Proto Punk gem available once again 
What is new is that we now have a name for the band as Hot Rocks was a real entity even supporting Savoy Brown at the time. The singer was Valerie Hunter - ex 'Pepsi Girl', and model who moved to London along with guitarist John Christian (Ex Shady Lady), Bass player John (Insect) Weir (ex Curtis Knight and T2), and drummer Graham (The Kid) Waxman. No information who played the rockin’ piano though. See the promo scan for more information on the band with a big thanks to Bob Stannard for getting in touch and for providing these scans

Here is the original review, as vital now as it was then…

Here are full versions of two wild slabs of Proto Punk Glam just oozing ATTITUDE. All Night Long was initially recorded by LA Glamsters Shady Lady and the original recording of All Night Long can be heard here: myspace.com/shadyladyrocks along with other tracks from their album that was unreleased at the time.
The track was written by singer Stefen Shady with guitarist John Christian. John left the band in 1973 and went to London where these two tracks were recorded in 73/74. The sassy vocals are handled by John’s wife Valerie. Both tracks are equally as good and are great examples of NY Dolls sleaze (with a bit of Quatro thrown in) and would have fitted in well with the burgeoning NY Punk scene, but definitely 3 years too early for the UK…


Hear a full version of All Night Long



Hear a full version of Down on 42nd Street





Hot Rocks press scans © B.Stannard 2016

Artist – Every Lady Does It

Artist –For The First Time/ Every Lady Does It –Peppermint Presents PP1132 (1977 US)

Every Lady Does It is a hard and meaty Midwestern cruncher. It’s a real though performance balancing quite tuneful lead parts with a metronomic Cowbell and driving drums that keep proceedings focused on the ultimate crunching ride. The vocals are also spot on and never venture into any dodgy histrionics. The A side is more of a grower as it’s less instantly startling, but the feel and tasteful musicianship makes it a worthwhile detour to take with an unexpected vocal delivery and surprising chord changes

Recorded at Peppermint Studios (Youngstown OH), Artist were probably local however calling the band “Artist” makes Googling rather pointless. Anyone know any more about this one?

Hear a full version of Every Lady Does It



Hear a full version of For The First Time

Purepop Set Sale

                           SALE  IS NOW CLOSED

Hi


I am selling the following 45s as a set sale on a first come first served basis.

The sale is up for 1 week only (until 9th of May)

I am updating as soon as I can, you will notice the ones in red have already sold as I sent the list early this morning to previous buyers

You can either email me (email on profile page), leave a comment or message on Facebook if you want the full list with prices

Thanks!

Part 1: Sixties Freakbeat, Beat and Psych

The Accent –Red Sky at Night/ Wind of Change –Decca UK VG+ 

Fantastic meaty UK Psych classic. The A side is fine and plays EX, however the B side has a mark that can be heard half way through the side, so I would grade the B side as VG-  SOLD

Angel Pavement –Baby You’ve Gotta Stay/Green Mello Hill –Fontana UK EX 

Their first of 2 singles. The B side features their best moment, the delightful popsike of Green Mello Hill SOLD

The Answers –It’s Just a Fear/You’ve Gotta Believe Me –Columbia UK G  

Terrific Freakbeat monster by Tony Hill and associates. Now the single has some issues, vinyl has marks and there is a small edge lift. However, audio-wise the A side plays VG+, the B side is noisier and plays VG-. The condition is reflected in the price, but the A side plays great  SOLD

Brincos –Nobody Wants You Now/The Train –Page One UK EX 

Perfect seemingly unplayed copy of the Spaniards’ best moment, stands with the best of all that Rubbles/Circus Days stuff…what a production! SOLD

Dave Dee, Dozy, Beaky Mick and Tich –Frustration/ Hard to Love You –Fontana Dutch VG+/VG+ (small name of cover) 

Holland seems to be the only place where their most raucous track (Frustration) came out on a single. Both sides play EX SOLD

The Game - It’s Shocking What They Call Me/Help Me Mummy’s Gone –Parlophone UK Demo VG+ 

Killer Freakbeat double sider. A few lights marks and some low level crackle. Audio is somewhere between VG and VG+. Initials on B side label.SOLD

Grapefruit –Sha Sha/Universal Party –Deram –Germany EX/VG+ 

By this time Grapefruit was but a name, however both sides of this release were recorded by George Alexander, George Young and Harry Vanda no less. Great under-valued single!

Laughing Gravy –Vegetables/Same –White Whale –US VG+ 

Dean Torrance’s  (Jan and Dean) contemporary Smile recreation. Dean got to hear the unfinished track during the Smile sessions and with the project being shelved saw the opportunity of being the first to release Smile material.

My Dear Watson –The Shame Just Drained/Elusive Face –Parlophone NL VG+ 

The first and only version of Vanda and Young’s masterpiece released when the  Easybeats  Good Times album got shelved. Although relegated to the B side, it’s another testament to the genius of Vanda & Young who produced both sides of the single. Plays EX, slight rubbing on B side label. SOLD

Rag Dolls –My Old Man’s a Groovy Old Man/They Didn’t Believe Me –Columbia UK Demo EX (small number on label) 

Another outlet to release a great Vanda and Young gem that was poised to appear on the  Easybeats’ unreleased Good Times LP

Shadows of Knight –My Fire Department Needs a Fireman/Taurus-Hansa Germany  EX/G 

German issue of the Knight’s monster. Record is fine, but the sleeve has seen better days…SOLD

Part 2: Junkshop Glam, Bubblegum,  Proto Punk, Powerpop and oddities

Airship –Get Out, Take Your Mother With You/Gimme a Can of Spray Paint Decca Demo EX 

Great demo copy of this frenetic Punk Boot Boy Cruncher. It has recently been reissued, but this is the original issue SOLD

American Jam Band –American Jam/Nature’s Child –Parlophone UK Demo 

Pristine copy of the phased Junkshop Cruncher SOLD

Antilope –Down on Your Feet/Goodbye –BASF NL EX/VG+ 

Cracking Crunching NederGlam double-sider not to be missed SOLD

Bitch –Good Time Coming/At The Party WB Germany –EX/VG+ 

The original version of Good Time Coming from the NZ band who made the trip to London hoping to make it. Great track, great performance. Not too sure why the German cover features a pig though…SOLD

Buggies –Julie July/ Allright She Said –Philips –NL EX/EX 

Produced by the great Peter Koelewijn (Bonnie St Claire etc…), Julie July is a great popsike tune, somewhere between The Hollies and Smyle. The B side is more raucous SOLD

Children – Movin’ On/Montana –BASF –DK EX/EX 

Not their best single, but 2 sprightly uptempo pop ditties from the Danish Teen/Glam sensations SOLD

Children of The Morning –Hey America, America/Children of The Morning –Hansa Germany EX/EX £10

Why in 1973 would an Italian based Brit write about the Kent State Campus killing from 3 years previous? Sound-wise you could think of a protest infused John Kongos with Donovan tendencies over the mother of all slapping Gunshot beats. Great Pic sleeve.

Tracey Dean –Moonshiner/Boy On The Ball –Decca Demo UK  EX (Number on Label) 

Top Glam double-sider stompers by Giorgio Moroder and Peter Bellotte. UK issues are harder to locate than ther European counterparts

Eddie Kidd –Motorbike Kid/Big Jump Decca UK Demo EX

The A side is a 50s pastiche, however the B side is a crunching semi-instrumenal with hand claps and a driving beat punctuated  by shouts of “Big Jump”. The same B side is on Leave It To The Kid…SOLD

Eddie Kidd - Leave it To The Kid/Big Jump 1978 UK Decca Demo EX 

Leave It To The Kid is a bone-crunching-13-double-decker-hopping-semi -smash-stomper by the UK’s own Evel Knievel: Eddie Kidd. Of the Decca singles I have, this is by far the greatest as it’s a truly rousing performance featuring Eddie’s unmistakable vocal range along with a great driving string section. SOLD

Fluff –Sunny Honey Girl/Walking Alone –DJM Belgium issue  VG+/VG+ 

Infectious UK uptempo Bubblegum. As was sometimes the case in Belgium, the pic sleeve is just one-sided SOLD

Funky Family-Clap Your Hands and Stamp Your Feet/Allright –Vogue –French EX/EX 

It’s hard to beat a blonde in hot pants clutching a sub-machine gun especially when within you have a stomping Male sung cover of the Bonnie St. Claire classic

Funny Dog –One, Two, Three/Momo’s in Two –CBS Promo cover EX/VG+ Germany

Fun BubbleGlam from Mr Chirpy Cheep Cheep himself (Lally Stott), the B side is more chugging in approach

Ricky Gordon- Get Around 1974 Belgium Vogue EX/EX 

A strange one. Moving from Mud/Elvis turns to Beach Boys/Four Seasons style with an ever present distorted guitar, this one certainly doesn't know what it is…Weird

Hammersmith Gorillas –You Really Got Me/Leavin’ Home –Penny Farthing –German EX/EX 

Near perfect copy of this great cruncher from Jesse housed in the coveted Man in Gorilla suit cover. The sleeve has a tiny date neatly written on the top of one side of the cover (both sides have the same picture) SOLD

Hogback 'n' Pig If You Can't Be Good…Be Bad/Good Old Rock n’Roll UK CBS EX               

Not quite Glam, not quite Hard Rock, not quite Pop, but it's catchy, all good …no bad

Josuha –Jenny –Magic Carpet CNR NL VG+ (2 inaudible scratches on side 1) /VG+ 

Now, here’s a real treat. Jenny starts off in the mode of the sleeve at a trot but then the riff kicks in and the track turns into a fab Bubblegum/Rock tune with lyrics playing around with old chestnut (mare?) double-entendres about “going for a ride”...It’s all great fun and a top tune. Magic Carpet is nice n’ heavy and here they sing about the magical tripped out properties of cheap plonk.

Libido  Hold on To Your Fire/Weren't Born A Man Mooncrest  UK VG+  (name on label) 

Like a lush Badfinger song, the track then builds into subtly orchestrated track with some fine lead guitar. The vocals by Dana Gillespie are gorgeous conveying both sweetness and sass SOLD

Mo-i-Rana –So My Daddy Says/Alone Polydor –DK EX/EX 

Great copy of this Danish Crunching Glam scorcher SOLD

Mo-i-Rana –You Really Got Me /Since You Been Gone Polydor –DK EX/VG+ 

Great Take on the Kinks’ hit. Heavy and rocking SOLD

Pony- It’s Gonna Be So Easy/ ‘Til I Met You –Pye UK Demo EX 

Only released with a B side in the UK, this is all that come out from these US Powerpop pathfinders. An unreleased album remains in the vaults. Archive copy SOLD

Randy and The U Turns - 99 Octane Girl/Roll On Roll Off  UK UA EX/VG+ 

Not KBD as has  been listed elsewhere, but a fine Pub Rock/Punk crossover with harmonies recorded down in Rockfield. Demo in picture sleeve SOLD

Rescue Co. No. 1 - It's Only Words/Look Out 1973 JAM Demo UK EX (Sticker on B side) 

Demo copy of this great Garage meets Glam cruncher. SOLD

Rescue Co. No. 1 - I Want to Save You/Amanda JAM Demo  UK VG+         

Brilliant Move sound alike from the Rescue SOLD

Rescue Co. No. 1 – Life’s Too Short/Then I Think About You –RAK UK VG+

Another quality single from Rescue Co. No. 1. This one showcases their knack in delivering infectious Pop. Small tear on B side label

Rubber Band - Moonwalker/Wichita 1973 UK Youngblood Demo EX 

Overlooked Glam cruncher, it’s surely going to break through sooner rather than later. Total KILLER! Why is this one still under the radar? Check out the Youtube clip! SOLD

Paul and Barry Ryan –Won’t You Join Me/ Glad to Know You Polydor France EX/EX 

Glad To Know You is a totally fab piece of Psych-Bubblegum-Glam. Hidden on the B side of the full blown heart string-puller Won’t You Join Me, it’s another choice example of the brothers aptitude of coming up trumps on the B side. The song twists and turns, the orchestration is understated, the guitars have real oomph, and production touches like the vocals through the leslie cabinet make this an imaginative yet totally accessible winner. SOLD

Skid –I Saw her Standing There/Endless Sleep –Hansa –Germany EX/EX 

Perfect condition on this sought after Proto Punk double-sider housed in the smart German picture sleeve featuring the mystery group SOLD

Skyband –Bang! Ooh! Ya Got Me/Cold Light of Day –RCA UK EX (Stamper on label) 

Underated Gem with mixes Junkshop Glam drive with neat pop overtones, not to mention silly head gear…(See their LP cover!) SOLD

Smoke - My Lullaby/Looking High 1974 UK Decca EX         

Super rare late (1974) Glam release by The Smoke. This is very similar to Sugar Man and none the worst for that.

Smoke – Sugar Man/ That’s What I Want –BASF –Germany VG/VG 

Cracking early 70s effort by The Smoke, that brings my Friend Jack right into a Glam setting. The B side is also marvelous. Not a perfect copy, but looks and plays fine SOLD

Sparks Girl From Germany/ Beaver O'Lindy Bearsville Germany EX/EX       

Lovely German picture sleeve on this great early Sparks classic

Stephen - Right on Running Man/ Epitath Antic UK VG+   

Mutt Lange in cracking Glam stomper shocker! SOLD

True Adventure Where The Roxy Used to Be/ Outlaw Love 1974 UK Decca       

Unplayed demo. The B side is an outright Glam Cruncher, while the A side is a glorious piece of emotive 70s nostalgia SOLD

Walkers – Strip Tease/ This Boy This Girl –Philips DK EX/EX 

One of the best Walkers single as both sides fully deliver in the Junkshop department SOLD

Whistle –When The Lights Go Out on Broadway/Lincoln Lullabies –York  Demo UK EX 

Hard to find second single by Whistle (The Party Must Be Over). It’s hard Glam and shares many similarities with their previous single but includes production flourishes straight out of the Bob Ezrin’s bag of tricks. Demo copy housed in York Company sleeve. SOLD

Part 3: Heavy Psych, Hard Rock and Bonehead

Blackbirds 2000 –Preludium/Let’s Do It Together Cornet German EX/EX  

As featured on Bonehead Crunchers Volume 4, Germany’s BlackBirds 2000 deliver one of the stupidest but heaviest examples of Neanderthal crunch known to man on Let’s Do It Together. (number sticker on sleeve and label) SOLD

Duffy- Running Away/The Joker- Chapter One UK  Demo EX £      

Demo copy in pristine condition of this great  UK Hard Rock double sider SOLD

Hard Meat –Rain/Burning Up Years –Island UK VG+          

Great heavy cover of the Beatles track. I know I said great already but it is really very good!

It’s All Meat – You Don’t Notice The Time You Waste/ If Only –Columbia Canada EX/EX

Perfect copy of the pic sleeve and record of this heavy Canadian Psych Groover

Gorgon Medusa – Sweet Child/Situation –Apocalypse –US EX 

As featured on Numero’s Warfaring Strangers comp a few years back. Gorgon Medusa’s private release features two Heavy Psych mixing guitar driven heavy rock with more languid psych explorations. SOLD

Jeremy B - Come on Little Pretty/ I Wanna Be Loved By You Bacillus Germany EX/EX      

Rare and obscure Kraut rocker of the highest calibre

Kansas Hook- Nervous Shakin/ Mr Universe     UK Decca VG+      

Double whammy of top UK Hard Rock belters by the American Jam Band guys!

Mushroom - This is It/Cosmic DanceUS Vulcan EX     

Great obscure near Bonehead Hard Rock/Psych       SOLD

New Lords –We Go Out In The Sunshine/Country Fever –Columbia –German EX/EX

The A side is a fine uptempo Bubblegum Pop number, but it’s the B side where the action is at. Country Fever is no country outing, but a great example of Loud and raucous 70s Heaviness SOLD

Ray Owen’s Moon –Hey Sweety/Free Man –Polydor UK VG+

Absolute killer 2 –sider by Juicy Luicy singer. A side is a bit crackly and audio grades VG, B side plays EX. Writing on A side label. Hence low price

Sensory System –Red Man/Winter’s Over Now –EMI DK EX/EX 

Killer Danish Bonehead Cruncher –Really heavy stuff…SOLD

Sunchariot - Rosemarie/Do you Want to know (1972 UK Decca Demo EX £

Great UK tough hard rocker on the B side of this super condition UK Demo. The A side is chugging UK Pop,more  like Christie with balls SOLD

PVC Record Sleeves -A warning

For the last 15 years or so I have been protecting my singles from dust and greasy fingers with polythene record sleeves. However in the last few years, for my most precious Freakbeat and Garage singles, I have been using hard PVC sleeves. I believed they provided better protection, but first and foremost that give a real premium look and feel, they look bloody great.

I had heard some faint rumblings about PVC potentially provoking some kind of chemical reaction giving the record a milky hazy look or sometimes streaks. It was only last week in Utrecht that I was warned and directly advised to replace them with Polythene. 

On Friday I bought 400 Polythene sleeves and today, I have gone through the PVC clad part of my collection and replaced them all with Polythene.  Although the overriding majority of the records had no issues, some did. My Allen Pound’s Get Rich has a dull look (it was housed in an old PVC that the dealer sent the record in). Thank God, it sounds fine.  I have owned this record for around 4 years and I know when I played it last year, it looked fine, so the effect happens over time.  

2 records where I used new PVC sleeves  had issues (so it's not just with old ones) -  a Swedish Decca pressing of the T Boones as well as the MC5. Both have dull patches with a bright streak at one end. Again they play fine. (the photos for these two don’t really show the effect). 

This Equals single has a similar issues to both the MC5 and The T-Boones

The Our Plastic Dream might have the beginning of some kind of a reaction, but this is inconclusive. 

The biggest proof that chemical reactions can occur with PVC is on the Fancy acetate. 
Thank god this was the only acetate I had in a PVC...

Anyhow, to avoid any further risk (I am sure there are exceptions), I will no longer be using PVC. If you have heard rumblings or read stuff on forums or had doubts, I hope this helps you TO  decide.  It’s a shame to have to do this, but better safe than sorry.

Bye Bye PVC…

Utrecht Record Fair April 2017 -Day 2

Today the buzz was back in Utrecht. The vibrancy that may have been missing yesterday returned with a vengeance

Anyhow the haul...

First two Scandinavian pic sleeves I couldn't resist...

Being in Holland, it would be insulting not to taste the local brew

Singing of The Bad Thing by Shed Libation is a fine specimen of Cowbell driven Heavy Bonehead, while The Break Selection deliver one of the more inept version of "I Can Only Give You Everything" ever committed to vinyl

Some nice UK 60s singles That Pirates single with Mick Green  pretty much defined that early Doctor Feelgood sound and style. I couldn't resist upgrading to this beautiful Accent demo and the UK Defecting Grey will sit nicely next to the German issue I found yesterday. David John and The Mood was a bargain

Some nice UK pop. Loving Awareness is post Skip Bifferty. Sounds a bit like Smyle or Fickle Pickle,  Dave Cartwright is just lovely

                                        

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Some gems with picture sleeves. Finally got a copy of Sydney Gill with a perfect pic sleeve. A UK Psych classic only released in Germany at the time, as far as I know. George is in fact Giorgio Moroder. Make me Your Babe  is a kind of proto Jean Genie BubbleGlam  concoction

                                            

The absolute Monster is Albatross with I am Dead and Viet-nam War. From Austria, the singer reminds of me of Jesse Hector in competition with Roger Chapman to see who could be the most venomous!

Some spares coming your way soon...

So the second day at Utrecht was another torrid affair, the come down at the next Reading fair on Friday is going to be rather noticeable

Oh and my hotel and flights to Utrecht in November are already booked –BRING IT ON!!!

Utrecht Record Fair April 2017: Day 1

I had timed my usual arrival on the deck for 7:13am and hit the mark in that respect. There weren't hordes of German van drivers spilling tons of unplayed 70s gems direct from radio archives onto the floor. In fact the fair was a bit flat today. No amazing bargains or great discoveries. There were deals to be made for sure, but considering the post Brexit vote Sterling crash, these weren't always great deals leaving you with a smug smile on your face

Some nice 60s pieces, very pleased to complete my Virgin Sleep collection (well they only released 2 singles)

The 70s were also represented, but nothing I hadn't seen before...

There were some choices singles I haven't yet picked up (too expensive) and about 20% of dealers has not yet displayed their wares, so let's see if Saturday brings some magic to the proceedings

Utrecht Record Fair April 2017: The calm before the storm...

I arrived as per usual the day before set up day...I made a  fleeting visit to the outdoor fair by mid afternoon. It seems that stuff can be found if you arrive early am, but I opted for an extra few hours in bed.

Still nice to find a pristine copy of the  Attack single and a copy of the overlooked Glam Stomper that is the 2nd Antilope single

There were piles and piles of 45s on show, but it is no longer 2006, so it has become very unusual to find anything of consequence among the cheap singles on offer

Tomorrow -we go ape shit, crazy, bonkers