THE MOCKERS - SMELLS LIKE SPAIN (1997)

This is kind of an odds and sods Mockers collection of extra tracks and alternate mixes released on the Spanish label SNAP to promote the tour of Spain in 1997. This is the Brad Jones mix of "C'mon Over To My Side." "Outdoor Café" is a different mix from the first album, mostly noticeable on the "Leslie" effect on the guitars. "Speedboat" is a great surf instro that Tony wrote for his first band, the Surf Piranhas and "Have Love" is a take on the Richard Berry classic, filtered through the Sonics, of course. The last track is an acoustic version of "5 Minutes Before" recorded live for Spanish National Radio on Jesus Ordovas' (the Spanish John Peel!) show Diario Pop.

FLAC or mp3 (320)

Songs
C'mon Over To My Side / Outdoor Café (Alternate Mix) / Speedboat / Have Love Will Travel / Interlude #1 / 5 Minutes Before (Acoustic Version) / Interlude #2

MAGIC CHRISTIAN - MAGIC CHRISTIAN (2004)

After the Flamin' Groovies had split, Cyril Jordan's new project was Magic Christian with Alec Palao on bass (Sneetches) drummer Prairie Prince (Tubes, Todd Rundgren, etc.), and singer/Bay Pop Festival founder Paul Kopf. Together they put out a great set of mostly original 60's-influenced pop tunes. This rare release is a 2cd set limited edition in gatefold sleeve and was ranked #6 by David Bash in his Top 125 of 2004.

In 2009, a new Magic Christian (Cyril Jordan, Clem Burke, Eddie Munoz and Paul Kopf) released the excellent "Evolver". Click here to purchase.

Special note: I added a custom booklet and tray.

Studio (FLAC or mp3)
Too Close to Zero / Things She Said / Here She Comes / Right Back Where I Started / She's So Good / No Time to Cry / My Gal / Some Day Soon / Flash / Ride the Light / Till I Looked in Her Eyes / Angel / I Can See for Miles

Live (FLAC or mp3)
Made My Bed / Till I Looked in Her Eyes / Right Back Where I Started / Flash / Ride the Light / Too Close to Zero / No Time to Cry / Things She Said / She's So Good / My Gal / Here She Comes

THE ONE - CULTURED PALATE EP (1994)

The first release by The One and only one Peter Perrett. Miyuki, was the keyboard player and also his manager's wife. A full band was then assembled via adverts in Melody Maker. Richard Vernon was recruited on bass, Steve Hands on drums and Jay Price on guitar.

FLAC or mp3 (320)

Songs
Baby Don't Talk / Twilight World / Made To Fall Apart / A Company Of Strangers.

10cc - GOING PINK ON PURPOSE (1975)

10cc’s visit in the fall of 1975 was remembered by the release of their "King Biscuit Flour Hour Live " album, a set which is simultaneously one of the strongest in the entire KBFH series to date, and one of the most frustrating. For whatever reason, it highlights only material from the group’s first two albums; "The Original Soundtrack" material is altogether absent, leaving the astute collector with no alternative but to also seek out a rare bootleg featuring highlights from the same show. "Going Pink On Purpose" (TAKRL) includes five live songs, two of which, "The Second Sitting For The Last Supper” and "I’m Not In Love", offer some indication of what the official release omitted. The bootleg released in the US also included five studio B sides (4% of Something, Bee In My Bonnet, 18 Carat Man Of Means, Gismo My Way and Channel Swimmer). Source

Songs
Intro / Silly Love / Old Wild Men / The Second Sitting For The Last Supper / I’m Not In Love / The Wall Street Shuffle

THE LOUD FAMILY - GREAT AMERICAN MUSIC HALL (1993)

Another excellent soundboard recording from master cassette. This was the "Plants and Birds and Rocks and Things" release party show.

Special note: I got the lossless files a few years ago. They come from the same source as Game Theory's Berkeley Square. Complete PPC artwork (booklet, inlay and tray) included.

mp3 (320)

Songs
Sword Swallower / Isaac's Law / Spot the Setup / Rosy Overdrive / Aerodeliria / Jimmy Still Comes Around / Some Grand Vision of Motives and Irony / Idiot Son / Wyoming / Re-Make, Re-Model / Take Me Down / Last Day That We're Young / Even You / Give in World / Like a Girl Jesus / He Do the Police/Beauty and the Beast

SCOTT MILLER - LOUDFAMILY.COM (2001)

Between 1999 and 2002, every month loudfamily.com presented an exclusive rare mp3 track. No guarantees were made as to whether past mp3’s would ever be re-posted.

All of the 21 mp3's shared here today were grabbed from the official Loud Family site a mere ten years ago. All the mp3's were posted in 128, but i wasn't able to catch them all, so there are some missing parts, as some covers of Nico's "Fairest Of The Seasons", Anton Barbeau's "Little Daisy" or My Bloody Valentine's" When You Sleep" and some rare live performances. But there are some cool stuff here (specially the long version of "Chardonnay") courtesy of loudfamily.com. I made a slim case artwork for the PPC readers.

Special bonus: You can visit Rushbo's blog @ "Big Plans For Everybody" if you want to grab some rarities not featured here. Thank you.

Songs
You Could Make It All Worthwhile [Adolescent Embarrassment Fest] / When She's Alone [Recorded 1979]/ The Letter [Dead Center French LP 1984]/ Chardonnay [Long Version Original Mix 1987]/ We Love You Carol & Alison [Live On Broadway] / A Child's Christmas Saving The Whales [True Gamesters Tape 1989] / My Free Ride [Demo 1990]/ Rose Of Sharon [Fan Club Track 1990] / He Do The Police In Different Voices [GAMH Live 1993] / Re-Make Re-Model [GAMH Live 1993] / You Can't Put Your Arms Around A Memory [Never Mind Tape 1993] / A Horse With No Name [Star Power Compilation] / Back Of A Car [Live 1996 From Hotel Utah] / Inverness [with Aimee Mann @ Bimbo's, San Francisco 1996] / 24 [Live 1996 Interbabe Concern Tour] / Corpus Christi [Live 2000] / Tearjerkin' [Live Bear's Place 2000] / Crosseyed [Live Bottom Of The Hill 12-21-2000] / Finnegan [Live 2001] / Paranoid [Live @ The Starry Plough 2001] / Vado Via [Fall 2001 @ Scott's House]

GAME THEORY - LOLITA NATION (Single LP) (1987)

Certainly Game Theory's most ambitious album, "Lolita Nation" was a two-LP set also available in CD format.

Weirdly enough, the european release edited the 74 minute 2LP set to a single album of 42 minutes. It is also noteworthy to know that "Choose Between Two Sons" was moved at the end of side 1. This tighter version has never been reissued on CD.



FLAC
mp3 (320)

Songs
Kenneth-What's The Frequency? / Not Because You Can / Go Ahead, You're Dying To / Dripping With Looks / We Love You Carol and Alison / Nothing New / Slip / Choose Between Two Sons / The Real Sheila / Andy In Ten Years / Chardonnay / Last Day That We're Young / Together Now, Very Minor

GAME THEORY - BERKELEY SQUARE '86-'88

I got these two Berkeley Square performances in lossless format a few years ago on a registered site. As they are not seeded anymore right now, i post both of them as a two-fer.

Here are the notes of the original post.
"Two soundboard recordings that are to the best of my knowledge from a cassette master or 1st generation cassette copy. I would like to thank Robert Toren, my source for many of these recordings I have been posting. Robert was the band's "official" photographer and frequently toured with them as a road manager."

In a 1990 B.o.B. interview, Scott Miller said: "the five-piece that did "Lolita Nation" of Donnette Thayer, Shelley LaFreniere, Gil Ray and Guillaume Gassuan got to the point where it could really do some killer live shows. None of the other bands really did, but that one was together for so long it could really cook sometimes."

I made a special PPC artwork (booklet, inlay & tray) and both concerts are shared in FLAC and mp3 (320). Links are independent, so you can grab the concert you want.

October 2, 1986: mp3 (320)
March 24, 1988: mp3 (320)

October 2, 1986
Carrie Anne / Rayon Drive / 24 / Waltz the Halls Always / Girl with a Guitar / Look Away / Where You Going Northern / Shark Pretty / I've Tried Subtlety / Friend of the Family / Kung-Fu Fighting / Curse of the Frontierland

March 24, 1988
Erica's Word / Not Because You Can / Metal and Glass Intact / One More for St. Michael / Real Nighttime / Like a Girl Jesus / Friend of the Family / Real Sheila / Look Away / Shark Pretty / Chardonnay / disrobing theme / Curse of the Frontierland / Date With an Angel / Re-Make, Re-Model / White Rabbit / Nine Lives to Rigel Five / L. A. Woman / We LOve You Carol and Alison / Throwing The Election / I've Tried Subtlety (aborted) / I've Tried Subtlety (fades out)

MATERIAL ISSUE - RARITIES VOL 11

The famous Tower Records concert in 1994 is the last part of this Material issue collection i was lucky to grab a few years ago. There are 5 more volumes but i didn't have time to get them. So, here's the last part for now until i could find the missing parts.

Songs
Going Through Your Purse / Kim The Waitress / One Simple Word / Funny Feeling / Help Me Land / The Fan / Very Good Thing / Diane / She's Going Through My Head / Ordinary Girl / Eko Beach / Valerie Loves Me / Jet / What Girls Want... Plus Interview

MATERIAL ISSUE - RARITIES VOL 10

Two live performances from 1994. Both were aired on FM radio. The Rosemont Horizon in Chicago through WXRT and the China Club through another Chicago area FM radio Q101.

WXRT Live @ The Rosemont Horizon 1994
Intro / Goin' Through Your Purse / Renee Remains The Same / One Simple Word / International Pop Overthrow / Diane / Funny Feeling / Next Big Thing / Very First Lie / Kim The Waitress / The Fan / What Girls Want / Valerie Loves Me / Crazy

Q101 FM Live @ The China Club 1994
Diane / Next Big Thing / Renee Remains The Same / Kim The Waitress / What Girls Want / Valerie Loves Me

MATERIAL ISSUE - RARITIES VOL 9

An audience recording of a Material Issue concert in 1992 at Palo Alto at the Keystone place. Maybe not as great as the previous ones already posted but still listenable.

Songs

Intro / Destination You / Renee Remains The Same / L'il Christine / Next Big Thing / Crazy / When I Get This Way Over You / The Very First Lie / Trouble So Easy To Love Somebody / What Girls Want / Everytime / Valerie Loves Me / Encore Ballad Of A Lonely Man / Diane

MATERIAL ISSUE - RARITIES VOL 8

Material Issue on WXRT in 1992 with songs from the first two albums.

Songs
Destination You / Renee Remains The Same / Who Needs Love / International Pop Overthrow / The Loneliest Heart / Lil' Christine / So You Want To Be A Rock 'n' Roll Star / Next Big Thing / The Girl From Out Of This World / When I Get This Way Over You / The Very First Lie / Everything / Trouble / What Girls Want / Diane / Ballromm Blitz / Valerie Loves Me

MATERIAL ISSUE - RARITIES VOL 7

Two concerts from FM radio source. compiled on the #7 of this collection of rarities. First album era.

Live on WXRT from Grant Park, 1991
Intro / International Pop Overthrow / Chance Of A Lifetime / The Loneliest Heart / Renee Remains The Same / Very First Lie / Crazy / Diane / Valerie Loves Me / Ballroom Blitz

Live @ The Palomino, 1991
International Pop Overthrow / Renee Remains The Same / The Kids Are Alright / L'il Christine / Out Right Now / This Letter / So Want To Be A Rock 'n' Roll Star / Diane / Trouble / Valerie Loves Me

....plus Goin' Through Your Purse (live in studio)

MATERIAL ISSUE - RARITIES VOL 6

I lost the text file attached with this concert. So i don't know neither the place nor the year of the event. All i can say is there are some early Material Issue tunes (e.g "Why" or "Walk Into The Fire") but also some songs i have never heard elsewhere, specially a cover of the Mel Tillis classic "Ruby Don’t Take Your Gun To Town" and some songs introduced as new ones (e.g "A Day Like Today") by Jim Ellison. Another Radio FM source. According to a PPC reader, it's from Gaspar's in 1986.

Songs
Why / Lonely Anymore / Reason To Love You / Gray Fevers / 16 Tambourines / Dominique / I Am A Rock / I Want You / Walk Into The Fire / Boys’ Night Out / Ruby Don’t Take Your Gun To Town / Now That You’re In Love / Chance Of A Lifetime / Eko Beach / A Day Like Today / The Underground / Nobody Else / Color TV

MATERIAL ISSUE - RARITIES VOL 5

The Empire Concert Club in Cleveland, Ohio, on May 9, 1991 promoting their debut album, "International Pop Overthrow". A WMMS Radio FM broadcast.

Songs
Intro / Diane / This Far Before / The Loneliest Heart / Out Right Now / Very First Lie / The Kids Are Alright / Crazy / Renee Remains The Same / Chance Of A Lifetime / International Pop Overthrow / L'il Christine / This Letter / So You Want To Be A Rock 'n' Roll Star / Trouble / Valerie Loves Me / Encore / Jet / Ballroom Blitz

MATERIAL ISSUE - RARITIES VOL 4

The fourth volume of the Material Issue's Rarities consists of live acoustic versions and of the Purple Dragon Studios 1994 sessions. Plus some live tunes.

Songs
The Loneliest Heart / Very First Lie / I Could Use You / The Fan / Kim The Waitress / Going Through Your Purse / Kim The Waitress / Going Through Your Purse / Funny Feeling / Diane / I Could Use You / The Fan / Very First Lie / Valerie Loves Me / Very First Lie / What Girls Want / Kim The Waitress/ Next Big Thing / Crazy / Diane

MATERIAL ISSUE - RARITIES VOL 3

Third part. Maybe one of the most interesting volumes with plenty of demos and alternate takes.

Songs
...We’re Material Issue (Intro) / Why (1985 Demo) / I Want You (1985 Demo) / Chance Of A Lifetime (1986 Tape) / Walk Into The Fire (1986 Tape) / Echo Beach (1986 Tape) / Renee Remains The Same (Original 7” Version) / What Girls Want (Head Wound Mix) / Valerie Loves (Different From CMJ Version) / Dizzy (IPO Outtake) / Bones (Slink Moss & Jim Ellison) / Quicksand (At Demo) / Blue Is For Boys (At Demo) / 976-Love (Demo) / Our Daughter (Demo Loud Guitar) / London Girl (Demo) / Off The Hook (Demo Shorter) / Two Steps (Demo) / Satellite (Demo Guitar Intro) / Mrs. Beautuful (Demo) / What If I Killed Your Boyfriend (Demo) / You Were Beautiful (Demo) / ...Nothing But A Budweiser...(Ad)

GREGG SWANN (August 30,1966 - February 1, 2011)

Gregg Swann died Tuesday, February 1 at the age of 44. He was an amazing songwriter, having released three albums. His latest album "Everybody's Got To Be Somewhere" (2006) was voted Album of the year by blogcritics.org. You can listen to his work on cdbaby or visit some back pages of PPC about his previous releases "Blue In The Face" or "Fever Dream". A great powerpopster.

MATERIAL ISSUE - RARITIES VOL 2

This second volume mainly compiles the "1987 6-song EP" and the official Live in Chicago 1994 "Goin’ Through Your Purse" (the song "Very First Lie" having been split unlike the CD release).

Songs
16 Tambourines (1988 CMJ Version) / Valerie Loves Me (CMJ Version)/ She’s Going Through My Head / A Very Good Idea / Mary Spins A Rainblow / Chance Of A Lifetime / Color T.V. / Carol / Master Of Ceremonies Intro / Goin’ Through Your Purse / Kim The Waitress / Very First Lie / The Fan / Funny Feeling / What Girls Want / Diane / Valerie Loves Me / Ballroom Blitz / What Girls Want (Love Mix)

MATERIAL ISSUE - RARITIES VOL 1

First part of the "Rarities" originally compiled by a Material Issue fan and shared a few years ago on a registered site. I only got 11 out of the 16 volumes made. This first volume focuses on "Eleven Supersonic Hit Explosions", the covers recorded for various tribute albums, three songs with Liz Phair and some acoustic versions. I made a custom artwork for a slim cd jewel case (rip 320)

Songs

Diane / Valerie Loves Me / The Boxer / The Problem With Jill / Echo Beach / She Was An Actress / Something’s Happened To Katherine / The Girl Who Never Falls In Love / Merry Christmas Will Do / Everything (Acoustic) / Who Needs Love (Acoustic) / Don’t You Think I Know (Acoustic) / Next Big Thing (Acoustic) / Diane (Acoustic) / Run To Me / Bad Time / I’d Wait A Million Years / Cowboy Song / Bus Stop / Little Willy / Blockbuster / The Tra La La Song (with Liz Phair) / Turning Japanese (with Liz Phair) / Rocket Boy (with Liz Phair)