THE FEEDBACKS - EL LOCO CLUB (2011)

On tour promoting their newly released album, "Give A Tree Your Name", the Feedbacks were recorded live in Valencia at El Loco Club. A soundboard recording courtesy of the Alta Tension association. These catchy tunes confirm the Feedbacks as the Kings of Spanish Power Pop. You can listen to their sixth album on bandcamp and purchase it from Rock Indiana.

Special note: I got the show from a spanish mate at the Alta Tension association and i made a special artwork for the PPC blog.

Songs
Lost The Words / On And An / Laugh / The Girl / The Canyon / Julia Wright / The One For Him / Hope / Always Waiting / New Direction / Before / When You Walk In The Room / No Recall / Summer Again / Wrong Girl

THOSE BYRDS HAVE FLOWN (A Byrdsian Tribute) (2011)

"Although they only attained the huge success of the Fab Four and Brian's band for a short time in the mid-'60s, time has judged the Byrds to be nearly as influential as those groups in the long run. The jangling, 12-string guitar sound of leader Jim McGuinn's Rickenbacker has been permanently absorbed into the vocabulary of rock. The Byrds influenced Dylan and the Moptops almost as much as Bob and the Fab Four had influenced the Byrds. The Byrds' innovations have echoed nearly as strongly through subsequent generations, in the work of innumerable bands that feature those jangling guitars and dense harmonies".Richie Unterberger

So, after the Beatlesque collections (2007 and 2011) and the Brian Wilsonesque compilation, this is my first tribute to the sound of the jangling guitars of the Byrds.

Special note: This Byrdsian tribute comes with the usual set of PPC artwork (booklet + tray, inner, inlay and disc)

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VARIOUS - SONGBOOK Volumes 1 & 2 (1990)











Released in 1990, two of the first collections of that kind, compiling some covers of our favorite popsters

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JOHN WICKS & THE RECORDS (Facebook 2011)
With Fall comes change. And, thanks to a new Records' Facebook promotion, you can keep yours in your pocket while getting some FREE music to listen to. John Wicks, lead singer of The Records and co-writer of the hit songs "Starry Eyes" and "Hearts In Her Eyes", has decided to post a complete live set via his Facebook fan page found at the Records page

Starting October 2, each week John will be posting one of nine live songs from a set that was recording earlier this year. With guest appearances from Debbi Peterson of The Bangles and Andy Qunta of Icehouse, this recording is truly one of a kind. Just "like" the page, and the mp3 is yours.

We'll post one track per week, leading up to the re-release of Rotate due out Noverber 8, this time with three bonus tracks and an all new, pedal to the metal version of The Records' classic hit "Starry Eyes".

Starting October 2, go to Records page and click "Like", refresh your browser, and the mp3 will be available to you...FOR FREE. Check out The Records' main website at John Wicks.com for news, tour, or any other additional information about The Records or the new version of "Starry Eyes".

28th DAY - 28th DAY (1985)

28th Day, a pretty good guitar-pop band of the kind that was so common in the mid-'80s, released a single seven-song mini-album in the US during its existence. The group's main significance, as the packaging of the 1992 edition makes clear, was as Barbara Manning's first band (she played bass; guitarist Cole Marquis wrote most of the songs but drummer Michael Cloward co-wrote a couple).

The mini album produced by Russ Tolman, was expanded by Innerstate in 2003, and this CD is really tricky to find. Cole Marquis has released several albums since.

Special note: This vinyl rip was made in 24 bit/96khz then dithered and resampled to 16bit/44.1khz with iZotope RX 2. It is now available in both lossy and lossless versions and comes with the usual set of jewel case artwork.

lossy (mp3)
lossless (flac)

Songs
25 Pills / Where The Bears Sing / This Train / I'm Only Asking / Pages Turn / Lost / Burnsite

Original sticker available on the 12" mini album