Bobby Charles "After A While, Crocodile" 2010

Als Nachschlag hier der komplette 50's Output von Mister Bobby Charles. Saustark, wie ich finde. Wünsche eine entspannte Woche. Gruß aus Berlin, DooWopDaddyO

Just about the ultimate cult artist, Bobby Charles was a genuine one-off - a fabulous songwriter and a great singer, who actively avoided pursuing either commercial success or even a regular recording career. This compilation anthologises his 1950s recordings, comprising the tracks that he recorded for Chess Records between 1956-57, including his original version of 'See You Later Alligator', plus the almost unfeasibly rare half-dozen singles he cut for Imperial in 1958-59, which have never previously been re-released. - amazon

trax:
01 See You Later, Alligator 02 On Bended Knee 03 Hey Good Lookin' 04 Why Did You Leave 05 Don't You Know I Love You 06 Watch It, Sprocket 07 Time Will Tell 08 Take It Easy, Greasy 09 Ain't Got No Home 10 Laura Lee 11 No Use Knocking 12 Put Your Arms Around Me, Honey 13 Why Can't You 14 Lonely Street 15 Mr. Moon 16 I'll Turn Square For You 17 No More (I Ain't Gonna Do It) 18 You Can Suit Yourself 19 One Eyed Jack 20 Yea Yea Baby 21 Good Lovin' 22 Since She's Gone 23 At The Jamboree 24 Since I Lost You 25 Oh! Yeah 26 What Can I Do 27 The Town Is Talking 28 Bye Bye Baby 29 Those Eyes 30 What A Party 31 I Just Want You 32 Four Winds 33 Nothing As Sweet As You
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"GET BACK UP AGAIN" Vol. 6

Great collection of original soul and R&B 45’s from long time collector Yankeeboy!

Real tough and rare sixties soul. Gyro Records hits the soul vaults and finds all these original 45’s that are here to knock you out - many have never been comped before! You won’t find a better soul comp series any time soon! Grab this while you can.

traxfromwax:
1. African Boo-Ga-Loo (Keyman 114, 1968) - Jackie Lee 2. Bring It Home (Keyman 114, 1968) - Jackie Lee 3. Hang Up Your Hang Ups (Columbia 45081, 1970) - Bobby Lester 4. Your Eyes May Shine (Pepper 434, 1968) - The Short Kuts 5. More, More, More Of Your Love (Chariot 101, 1967) - Bob Brady & The Con Chords 6. Soul Ranger (SSS International 812) - Clifford Curry 7. Stop & Listen (Capitol 5969, 1967) - Patti Drew 8. My Lover's Prayer (Capitol 5969, 1967) - Patti Drew 9. Jesse James (Jomada 602 1967) - Rosco Gordon 10. I've Got To Be Strong (Wand 1142, 1967 - Chuck Jackson 11. I Got You Babe (Cadet 5506, 1968) - Etta James 12. Dew Drop In (Reprise 0947, 1970) - Little Richard 13. Freedom Blues (Reprise 0947, 1970) - Little Richard 14. Big Boss Man (Shout 218, 1966) - Erma Franklin 15. I Don't Need No Doctor (ABC 19865, 1966) - Ray Charles 16. Do You Know Everything About Love (Thunderbird 102, 1962) - Donoman & The Skylarks 17. Whiplash (Conlo 879, 1965) - The Shells 18. Come Back Home (Atlantic 2252, 1964) - Deon Jackson 19. I Was Born To Move (King 6055, 1966) - Hank Ballard & The Midnighters 20. Baby Dumplins (Peacock 1920) - Eddie & The De-Havelons 21. Come By Here (Musicor 1201, 1966) - Inez & Charlie Foxx 22. One Monkey Don't Stop The Show (Brunswick 55291, 1966) - LaVern Baker 23. Birmingham (Groove 58-0043, 1964) - Junior & The Classics 24. Dog (Groove 58-0043, 1964) - Junior & The Classics 25. Slow Jerk (Roberts 701, 1962) - The Sherrys 26. It's All Over Now (SAR 152, 1964) - The Valentinos 27. You're Breaking Me Up (Constellation 135, 1964) - Lee Dorsey 28. Messed Around & Fell In Love (Constellation 135, 1964) - Lee Dorsey 29. One More Time (Wall 552, 1962) - Pearl Woods & The Gems 30. Baby Please (M.O.C. 664, 1965) - Norm West
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Margaret Urlich "Safety in Numbers" 1989

Margaret Urlich emerged on the scene as co-lead singer of Peking Man, an Auckland band that scored a No.1 single in December 1985 with ‘Room That Echoes’. The following year Urlich joined the part-time, but very successful When The Cat’s Away and in mid-1987, the singer announced that she was leaving Peking Man to pursue a solo career. Using Sydney as her base, the singer sold a massive 240,000 units in Australia of her 1989 debut album Safety in Numbers...

...When Peking Man and Margaret Urlich signed to CBS Australia, the company had a new managing director, Denis Handlin, who wanted to prove that an Australian boss was what the company needed. The ambitious Handlin wanted to massively increase the sales by the label’s local repertoire, both at home and abroad. He got the top job at CBS after years of growing frustration by the Australian staff that the CBS bosses were usually flown in from the Northern Hemisphere to gain work experience in the company’s top job.
In Billboard (1 December 1984) Glenn A. Baker wrote: “The theory that the Australian top post had been a ‘finishing school’ for potential senior executives.”
This ended with the appointment of Denis Handlin in 1984. The departing USA executive Bob Jamieson spoke of CBS’s intention to “close off that training avenue, probably permanently.”
Another CBS Records executive that would enthusiastically support Margaret Urlich’s career, Peter Bond, arrived from London in January 1985 to oversee the CBS Records offices in Southeast Asian and Africa. When Peking Man recordings arrived on the desks of these Australian executives, they made it clear, that for the Australian market, it was Margaret Urlich that they were interested in, not the band.
As Margaret embarked on her solo career, she was hit by personal tragedy, late in the first half of 1987 – her youngest sister took her own life. There were seven children in the family and they had to face the grief of losing their youngest.
After this traumatic event, Margaret found a support group, known as When The Cat’s Away. She loved working with her friends, although her own solo album was her priority. The initial A&R work on the album was done in New Zealand, while the singer was managed by the Auckland-based, former CBS Records A&R manager, Gilbert Egdell. “Peter Bond, a South African, he adored Margaret – he authorised everything – we spent a fortune on the first album.”
In the rock landscape of Australian music, the funky hit single by The Rockmelons, ‘New Groove’ (1987), was refreshingly multi-cultural sounding for Margaret: “I heard an album producer Robyn Smith did with the The Rockmelons, which was really good.”
In May 1988, Margaret visited the UK with manager Gilbert Egdell and photographer Kerry Brown. Margaret had a positive first meeting with the English producer Robyn Smith and she also met London CBS staff…to be continued… - Murray Cammick - audioculture

trax:
1. Escaping 2. Number One (Remember When We Danced All Night) 3. Only My Heart Calling 4. Give Me Some Credit 5. Guilty People 6. The Tide Keeps Rolling In 7. Your Love 8. Open Up 9. Slip On By 10. Deep Down 11. God Bless The Child 12 Make It Last 13 Boy In The Moon (Over The Moon Version) 14 Boy In The Moon 15 Human Race 16 Human Race (Blitzed Out Mix) 17 Human Race (Instrumental)
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"Twisted Tales From The Vinyl Wastelands" Vol. 9 "Sorrow City Heebie Jeebies"

Great collection of twisted country in the vein of “God Less America” comp!

Another delightful collection of obscure country sides from the 50s and 60s with a thematic bent or are just plain weird! Subjects include truckers, unemployment, drugs (including the amazing The Slave by Buck Ritchey), topless bathing suits, murder, the Peace Corps, booze, prison (Prison Gray by Dee Mullins is a great honky tonk song) and more. On the weird side we have Jackie Powers' great but bizarre blues Lonesome Heebie Jeebies and Rocky Foster's version of Mule Skinner Blues which the cover describes as the "most primitive recording ever" which might be a bit of an exaggeration, but not much of one - it sounds like it was performed in someone's bathroom with the microphone in another room! Too bad since it's a pretty good performance. Grandpa Jones does a delightfully improbable cover of Bill Parson's All American Boy and there are lots of other delights in store for you if you enjoy the unusual. (FS)(Roots & Rhythm)

trax:
1. Truck Drivers Hell - Sonny Cole 2. Diesel Drivin' Devil - Carol Huff 3. Johnny Cellars - Janette Monday 4. Highway 41 - Joe Prater 5. Hell's Angels - Johnny Bond 6. Unemployment Line - Karl Jay 7. Steel Men - Rocky Jones 8. Cocaine Blues - Jim Kandy 9. The Slave - Buck Ritchey 10. Rubber Doll - The Lone X 11. Topless Bathing Suit - Kelly Rogers 12. Lonesome Heebie Jeebies - Jackie Powers 13. Mule Skinner Blues - Rocky Foster 14. Peace Corps - Gene McKown 15. The All-American Boy - Grandpa Jones 16. It's Nothin' To Me - Bob Hood 17. The Killers - Ed Love 18. Twenty Years - Johnny Guitar 19. Prisoners Dream No. II - Elbert Sykes 20. Alcatraz - The Hayseeders 21. Prison Gray - Dee Mullins 22. When De Debbil Taps You On The Back - Della Hicks 23. Preacher And A Girl In The Night - Jimmy Patton 24. Sorrow City 1963 - Curley Day 25. God's Talent Scout - Elvin Walters 26. Our Stars - Honey Bee 27. New River Train - Jackie Powers 28. Capital Punishment - Jimmy Duncan 29. Beer Belly Blues - Big Bill Johnson 30. Country Boy - Jay Luttrell 31. The Ice Man - Bobby Ward 32. Lovesick Blues - Mike Debusk
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…and now for something completely different! 1369 - 2021

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 2019 AND AFTER, AND A DAILY LIMIT OF 3 ALBUMS)! 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 Iguanas "Nuevo Boogaloo" 1994

We purchased this at an Iguanas concert many years ago, and while we liked it a lot at first, it has grown and grown on us, to the point that it stays in the car player and cycles over and over. It's fun, catchy and at times poignant. The bass player -- Rene Coman (ex Tav Falco & Panther Burns), I believe -- is superb, and the dual saxes make for a wonderfully distinct sound. I love the heavy use of accordian on this CD and was disappointed to read that they moved away from it in the new album. - amazon

The obvious point of comparison for this tasty combination of R&B, Tex-Mex, conjunto, and rockabilly is Los Lobos. However, the New Orleans-based Iguanas draws on Louisiana swamp pop to establish their own identity. The music doesn't sound as wild and intense as you might hope, and the vocals could be more forceful and distinctive, but Nuevo Boogaloo does sound looser and more spontaneous than their debut album. From the sprightly "Oye Isabel" to the rockin' "My Girlfriend Is a Waitress" to the soulful "Hey, Sweet Darling," this is a very appealing recording. - AllMusic Review by Todd Kristel

trax:
01 oye isabel 02 boom boom boom 03 nuevo boogaloo 04 loco 05 el orangutan 06 la vanidosa 07 angel 08 my girlfriend is a waitress 09 la tentacio'n 10 somebody help me 11 ven a bailar 12 as we kiss goodnight 13 hey, sweet darling

"GET BACK UP AGAIN" Vol. 5

Great collection of original soul and R&B 45’s from long time collector Yankeeboy!

Real tough and rare sixties soul. Gyro Records hits the soul vaults and finds all these original 45’s that are here to knock you out - many have never been comped before! You won’t find a better soul comp series any time soon! Grab this while you can.

traxfromwax:
1. I Got To Dance To Keep My Baby (Chess 1887, 1964) - Maurice & The Radiants 2. Noble Bargain Man (Chess 1887, 1964) - Maurice & The Radiants 3. I Can't Stand It (Hi 2203, 1972) - Joe L. 4. As The Years Go Passing By (Hi 2195, 1971) - Joe L. 5. Bad Girl Pt. 1 (Musicor 1242, 1967) - Lee Moses 6. Bad Girl Pt. 2 (Musicor 1242, 1967) - Lee Moses 7. More Money (Amazon 708, 1962) - Jennell Hawkins 8. Money-That's What I Want (Amazon 708, 1962) - Jennell Hawkins 9. Little Taste Of Soul (Gedinson's 100, 1962) - Sugar Pie DeSanto 10. Keep On Searchin' (Minit 32074, 1969) - The Charmaines 11. I Do (ABC-Paramount 10629, 1965) - The Marvellows 12. Greenwood, Mississippi ((Reprise 0942, 1970) - Little Richard 13. I Saw Her Standing There ((Reprise 0942, 1970) - Little Richard 14. It's Too Good To Be True (Chess 2069, 1969) - Harvey Scales & The 7 Sounds 15. Get Down To It (Dial 4002, 1965) - Bobby Marchan 16. Love Is A Gas (Chess 2069, 1969) - Harvey Scales & The 7 Sounds 17. What Is Love (Vee Jay 489, 1963) - The Pyramids 18. Two Sides Of Every Story (Argo 5452, 1963) - Etta James 19. Shakin' Fit (Vee Jay 489, 1963) - The Pyramids 20. I Don't Need Nobody Like You (Constellation 165, 1966) - Dee Clark 21. Hot Potato (Constellation 165, 1966) - Dee Clark 22. Tip Toe (Nola 729, 1967) - Robert Parker 23. Hold On To It (Revilot (216, 1968) - J.J. Barnes 24. Back In The USSR (Buddah 100, 1969) - Chubby Checker 25. Soul King Of Loving (Nola 729, 1967) - Robert Parker 26. You'll Miss Me (Checker 1111, 1965) - Fontella Bass & Bobby McClure 27. Stop & Take A Look (Verve 10388, 1966) - The Shalimars 28. Reputation (Volt 134, 1966) - The Four Shells 29. Hot Dog (Volt 134, 1966) - The Four Shells 30. Don't Jump (Checker 1111, 1965) - Fontella Bass & Bobby McClure
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Peking Man "Peking Man" 1986

In late 1985, Peking Man hit the big time with their single ‘Room That Echoes’ topping the NZ Singles Chart for two weeks. But it was the beginning of the end for the band as all music industry eyes were on co-lead singer Margaret Urlich and it was inevitable that she would be encouraged to pursue a solo career…

...In 1986, I was publishing RipIt Up and I visited CBS Records to look at  new publicity photos of Peking Man. There was one, and one only, casual snapshot of Margaret Urlich that caught my eye. I suggested to Gilbert Egdell that the casual shot would make a great magazine cover. Gilbert said, “Just take all the photos, if you use the one of Margaret, I don’t know anything about it!”
The photo of Margaret appeared on the cover of the June 1986 Rip It Up and the group’s self-titled debut album was released in the first week of July. The album peaked at No.6 on the NZ Album Chart and charted for 11 weeks.
Peking Man cleaned up at the 1986 NZ Music Awards. They won eight awards: Album of the Year, Single of the Year (‘Room That Echoes’), Top Group, Best Female Vocalist, Best Male Vocalist, Best Producer (Bruce Lynch), Best Engineer (Graeme Myhre) and best Album Cover (designer Phil O’Reilly).  
In September 1986 Margaret Urlich joined friends Debbie Harwood, Dianne Swann and Annie Crummer for a weekend at Auckland nightclub Wildlife, performing as When The Cat’s Away. The light-hearted romp through soul songs and New Zealand classics was a sell-out. Urlich loved the fun she had with her new friends. - Murray Cammick - audioculture

trax:
1. Running In The Human Race 2. Room That Echoes 3. Standing On Your Own Feet 4. Afraid Of The Dark 5. Good Luck To You 6. Lift Your Head Up High 7. Time In Store 8. Between The Lines 9. Start At The Beginning 10. Breathe A Sigh Of Relief
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"Rare Mod" Vol. 1: A Collection of 60s Underground Rhythm 'N' Blues, Psych & Soul

Every once in a while a compilation comes along that re-defines the genre: such is Rare Mod…

…Last year, Acid Jazz released a recently discovered EP from Steve Marriot's pre-Small Faces outfit The Moments, which hit the Indie Top 10, so Acid Jazz began a quest to unearth more super rare and unreleased material from the glory days of the mid '60s Mod scene. Rare Mod features some of the finest unheard gems, tracks that were never released at the time through to demos and obscure 45's that were pulled within days of release. From obscure British soul (Truly Smith) though R&B (The Shots, The Doc Thomas Group), early Psyche (The Attack, The Silence) to out-and-out mod classics (Steve Marriott's Moments, The Shapes Of Things) - all genres and styles are represented and many of the musicians involved went on to massive success in later years. 19 tracks.

trax:
1. You Know He Did - The Attack 2. Keep A Hold Of What You Got Now Baby - The Shots 3. This Is The First Time - Truly Smith 4. Back In Your Life Again - The Love Affair 5. Striving - The Shape Of Things 6. Down Down - The Silence 7. That Driving Beat - The Favorite Suns 8. Money Money - Steve Marriott & The Moments 9. I'll Be Doggone - Doc Thomas Group 10. So Bad - Steve Howe 11. Takin' Time Off - Truly Smith 12. Walk Right Out - The Shots 13. You Must Believe In Me - The Shape Of Things 14. Cold On Me - The Silence 15. Can't Get Enough Of Your Lovin' Baby - The Unknown Mod Band 16. Feel Like Flying - The Attack 17. Good Morning Blues - Steve Marriott & The Moments 18. Satisfaction Guaranteed - The Love Affair 19. Rescue Me - Doc Thomas Group
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…and now for something completely different! 1368 - 2021

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The Crimson Shadows "Out Of Our Minds" 2000

Garage-Rock-band from Vallingby, Sweden. Performed in the mid 80ies. The band-members later went on to bands like The Wylde Mammoths and The Stomach Mouths. - discogs

This mixture of released and unreleased material includes both of the Crimson Shadows' singles, at least some of the songs from their EP (the liner notes do not make it clear whether everything from the EP is here), a couple of tracks from various-artists compilations, and more. Even as '60s garage revival, it's no better than average, the singing sometimes crossing the line to over-the-top snottiness that's more childish than threatening (especially on the higher vocals). The reference points, shared by so many likeminded bands, are here: the Music Machine, the Standells, the Chocolate Watch Band, the Haunted, ? & the Mysterians, the Seeds, innumerable minor-league Nuggets and Pebbles groups, and early Pink Floyd at the most psychedelic moments. They wrote all of their own material, and all of it was derivative. There are some odd spoken bits between the tracks that sound like soundbites from a Swedish porn film, and at least that's something you don't hear on many garage revival records. - AllMusic Review by Richie Unterberger

trax:
01 Out Of My Mind 02 When I'm Going 03 What I Want 04 I Know Nothing 05 Even I Tell Lies 06 You Can't Come Down 07 Gonna Make You Mine 08 Nightmares 09 I Want You to Leave Me 10 It's Cold 11 Night Of The Maniacs 12 Blue's Theme 13 Gotta Get Away 14 I've Had Enough 15 The Vampire 16 Now I Know 17 You Don't Love Me Anymore 19 Bonus Track

"GET BACK UP AGAIN" Vol. 4

Great collection of original soul and R&B 45’s from long time collector Yankeeboy!

Real tough and rare sixties soul. Gyro Records hits the soul vaults and finds all these original 45’s that are here to knock you out - many have never been comped before! You won’t find a better soul comp series any time soon! Grab this while you can.

traxfromwax:
1. Broadway Freeze (Magic Touch 16001, 1968) - Harvey Scales & The 7 Sounds 2. The Robot (Duke 457, 1970) - The Malibus 3. I Can't Cry No More (Magic Touch 16001, 1968) - Harvey Scales & The 7 Sounds 4. I Just Can't Stand It (Duke 457, 1970) - The Malibus 5. You (Smash 2094, 1967) - The Tempests 6. Would You Believe (Smash 2094, 1967) - The Tempests 7. Somebody Help Me (Verve 10462, 1966) - Billy Prince 8. Clapping Song (Congress 234, 1965) - Shirley Ellis 9. Walking Out On You (Goldwax 312, 1966) - Spencer Wiggins 10. Mongo & McCall (Audio Arts 60008, 1967) - Mongo & McCall 11. Let The Good Times Roll-Feel So Good (Parkway 153, 1967) - Bunny Sigler 12. Kiss To Build A Dream On - Benny Gordon And The Soul Brothers 13. What's The Use (New Chicago Sound 69710, 1970) - Barbara And The Uniques 14. There It Goes Again (New Chicago Sound 69710, 1970) - Barbara And The Uniques 15. I've Got A New Love (Ascot 2172, 1965) - Paul Martin 16. Hold It Baby (Pepper 439, 1969) - The Short Kuts 17. Broke Down Piece Of A Man (Pepper 439, 1969) - The Short Kuts 18. You Can't Take It Away From Me (Vee Jay 703, 1965) - Fred Hughes 19. Soul Food (Okeh 7290, 1967) - Johnny Watson 20. Putting The Best On The Outside (Calla 128, 1967) - Jean Wells 21. Oo-Ma-Liddi (Storm 502, 1959) - J.J. Jackson & The Jackels 22. My Heart Cries Oh (Vee Jay 703, 1965) - Fred Hughes 23. Let The Show Begin (Storm 502, 1959) - J.J. Jackson & The Jackels 24. I'd Rather Be Your Baby (Okeh 7290, 1967) - Johnny Watson 25. After Loving You (Calla 128, 1967) - Jean Wells 26. Sweeter Than The Day Before (Chess 1977, 1966) - The Valentinos 27. Let's Get Together (Chess 1977, 1966) - The Valentinos 28. I Don't Need No Doctor (Verve 10463, 1966) - Nick Ashford
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Sons of the Vegetal Mother "Garden Party" EP 1970

Sons of the Vegetal Mother (also known as The Vegetals to fans) were an Australian "esoteric special-occasion progressive band", formed in late 1969, with a floating line-up based around the nucleus of Ross Wilson (2) and Ross Hannaford. - discogs

trax:
1. Love Is The Law 2. The Garden Party 3. Make It Begin
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"Do The 45!" Vol. 605 (2021)

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. Fellow Slave (Shurfire) - The Stone Cutters 2. Mister, You're a Better Man Than I  (Shurfire) - The Stone Cutters 3. Ching Bam Bah (Golden Artists) - The Velveteens 4. I Feel Sorry for You Baby (Golden Artists) - The Velveteens 5. Polly Wally (Revue) - Tony Borders 6. Gentle on My Mind (Revue) - Tony Borders 7. The Chicken Back (Lawn) - Bobby Comstock and the Counts 8. Sunny (Lawn) - Bobby Comstock and the Counts 9. Look Out World (Uni) - The Silver Fleet 10. Come on Plane (Uni) - The Silver Fleet 11. Accept Me for What I Am (Busy-B) - The Leather Pages 12. The News Is Out (Busy-B) - The Leather Pages 13. See You Soon Baboon (Checker) - Dale Hawkins 14. Four Letter Word (Checker) - Dale Hawkins 15. Cell Block #9 (Tequila) - Chuck Rio and the Individuals 16. Cleopatra (Golden Crest) - The Precisions 17. Someone to Watch Over Me (Golden Crest) - The Precisions 18. B-I-Bickey-Bi, Bo-Bo-Go (Capitol) - Gene Vincent & His Blue Caps 19. Five Days, Five Days (Capitol) - Gene Vincent & His Blue Caps 20. Just You and I (Checker) - Guitar Red 21. Old Fashioned Love (Checker) - Guitar Red 22. Zach (Zack) (Rca Victor) - Tony Sheppard 23. Blue Eyed Baby (Rca Victor) - Tony Sheppard 24. That's My Dream (Hyperloop) - The Quests 25. Scream Loud (Hyperloop) - The Quests 26. Bad News (Pat) - The Stix And Stonz 27. Gator Tails and Monkey Ribs (Pat) - The Stix And Stonz 28. Cool It (Indigo) - Flash Terry 29. Her Name Is Lou (Indigo) - Flash Terry 30. Don't Follow Me (Tener) - Denny Noie & The In-Crowd 31. Dee-Dee (Tener) - Denny Noie & The In-Crowd 32. Hot Lips Baby (Norton) - Herbie Duncan 33. Little Angel (Norton) - Herbie Duncan
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ps.: for all late arrivals we have in the comments 3 reups of this series.

…and now for something completely different! 1367 - 2021

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 2019 AND AFTER, AND A DAILY LIMIT OF 3 ALBUMS)! 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 DIRECT HITS "Blow Up" 1984 (WHAAM Big 7)

ONE OF THE BEST MOD ALBUMS FROM THE 80s. ORIGINALLY RELEASED ON THE HIGHLY COLLECTABLE "WHAAM" LABEL IN 1984 AND HAS BECOME A VERY COLLECTABLE ALBUM.

"Good band, played my local, The Bridge House, Elephant & Castle once to about 12 people. As Monkey says, more 60's orientated rather than Mod. Colin used to play one of those Hofner Basses ala McCartney, the size of him made it look like a Ukelele! Prior to the Direct Hits, they were known as the Exits releasing a single called Fashion Plague c/w Cheam in 1978 on Lightening Records, though Brian wasn't in them at this stage." - Dave e

THE DIRECT HITS:
Geno Buckmaster - guitar,vocals / Colin Swan - bass, kybds,vocals / Brian Grover - drums / guest appearences: Dan 'Mr. Personality' Treacy: piano / Ron 'Liberace' Lewis: keyb / 'Robbo' and his amazing psychedelic tambourine

traxfromwax:
1. Ever Ready Plaything 2. A Place in The Eighties 3. Naughty Little Boy 4. Miranda Berkley 5. What Killed Aleister Crowley 6. The Old Curiosity Shop 7. Too Shy 8. This Was Marc Deans 9. My Back Pages 10. Henry, The Unhappy Inventor

"GET BACK UP AGAIN" Vol. 3

Great collection of original soul and R&B 45’s from long time collector Yankeeboy!

Real tough and rare sixties soul. Gyro Records hits the soul vaults and finds all these original 45’s that are here to knock you out - many have never been comped before! You won’t find a better soul comp series any time soon! Grab this while you can.

traxfromwax:
1. It's The Beat - Major Lance 2. The New Breed - Jimmy Holiday 3. Love Me One More Time - Jimmy Holiday 4. Inky Dinky Wang Dang Doo - The Dramatics 5. Dick Tracy - The Chants 6. Baby You've Got It - Maurice & The Radiants 7. Rattlesnake Baby, Rattlesnake - Joe Johnson 8. Gold-Digging Man - Joe Johnson 9. Wrap It Up - Sam & Dave 10. Somebody Please - Billy Hamlin 11. Move Mr. Man - The Contours 12. Let Them Talk - Witches & The Warlock 13. Karate Monkey - Chubby Checker 14. Karate - The Emperors 15. I Don't Want To Live My Life Alone - Witches & The Warlock 16. The Concentration - Billy Hamlin 17. Behind Locked Doors - Witches & The Warlock 18. You'll Soon Be Gone - The Precisions 19. Tossin' And Turnin' - Bunny Sigler 20. If This Is Love (I'd Rather Be Lonely) - The Precisions 21. I Can't Get Away - Lee Dorsey 22. Feel The Need In Me - The Detroit Emeralds 23. Dust Yourself Off And Try It Again - Beautiful Zion Choir 24. Cynthia - Lee Dorsey 25. I'll Go Crazy - James Brown 26. Here I Am - Jackie Moore 27. Dear John - Jackie Moore 28. Annie Get Your Yo-Yo - Little Junior Parker
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Mike Rudd & Bill Putt "Living On A Volcano" 1995

The notes state that "This album is dedicated to my wife, Helen, Lyricist, Collaborator & Critic, whose indomitable spirit was the inspiration that brought this project through the darkest days and into the light. - Mike Rudd"

Mike Rudd (born 15 June 1945, Christchurch, New Zealand) is a New Zealand-born musician and composer who has been based in Australia since the late 1960s, and was the leader of Australian progressive rock bands Spectrum and Arielin the 1970s. - discogs

trax:
1. Living On A Volcano 2. Indian Summer 3. Having A Wonderful Time 4. Dancing At Midnight 5. Kneedeep 6. We Saw It Coming 7. Voice Of The Andes 8. (I Cannot) Look At The Moon 9. Waiting For A Sign 10. San Andreas 11. Almost Hollywood 12. How Far (Can This Thing Go On) 13. Circulate 14. You Are What You Are
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"Twisted Tales From The Vinyl Wastelands" Vol. 8 "Please Don’t Go Topless Mother"

Great collection of twisted country in the vein of “God Less America” comp!

If you don't have a good recipe for cooking up opossum, or a bail bondsman on speed-dial, then you might not quite understand this collection. Basically this is a gathering of unhinged, uninhibited, and often unlawful Country recordings, the likes of which you probably haven't ever quite experienced before. You get songs about being drunk - Drunk On The Street by Bo Ratliff, Drunk-Drunk-Again by Billy Brown; songs about mental problems - Insane by Katie Lee, unlucky love - Cousin Zeke's Lover Man Minus Sex Appeal; ghosts - Slim O'Mary's Ghost Of Henry Wells; more songs about getting drunk - Luke Gibbons' Queen Of Skid Row; and then a couple tragic tales of motherhood - The Hi-Fi Guys with Rock 'n Roll Killed My Mother, and the title track Please Don't Go Topless Mother by that talented little scamp Troy Hess. You also get a bonus drunk song with an unissued Phillips recording Drunk by J.W. Brown, possibly the oddest and best track on here. If you have some beer that needs crying into, or you need to kill some time waiting for your grandma to get out of prison, than this CD is certainly made for you; the rest of us are just witnesses. (JM) (Roots & Rhythm)

trax:
1. Heartbreakin' Special - Duke Larson 2. Harlan County - Howard & The Truetones 3. Down & Out - Chuck Wells 4. Queen Of Skid Row - Luke Gibbons 5. Carolina Beach - Tex Craddock 6. Please Don't Go Topless Mother - Troy Hess 7. It's Nothing To Me - Loy Clingman 8. Drunk-Drunk Again - Billy Brown 9. Drunk On The Street - Bo Ratliff 10. Drunk UNISSUED PHILLIPS RECORDING - J.W. Brown 11. Prisoner's Promise - Luke Gibbons 12. Stranger - Houston Barks 13. Shadows Of The Prison Bars - Boots Till 14. The Little Monster - Russ "Big Daddy" Blackwell 15. Hell Bound Train - The Lumberjack 16. Insane - Katie Lee 17. Anwer To life To Go - Patsy Timmons 18. Long White Line - Leon Hart 19. Lover Man Minus Sex Appeal - Cousin Zeke 20. Chick Inspector - Dick Curless 21. Ice Man - Filthy McNasty 22. Miss Irene - Ginny Kennedy 23. Cold Cold Grave - Wayland Chandler 24. Rock 'n' Roll Killed My Mother - The Hi Fi Guys 25. Big Feet - Sierra Rhythms 26. Fire Burns - Johnny Starr 27. Wild Hog Boogie - Troy Hess 28. Just About Dawn - Wayland Chandler 29. Ghost Of Henry Wells - Slim O'Mary 30. On A Hill - Dude Martin
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Lime Spiders "Headcleaners" 1987

The Lime Spiders first exploded into the unsuspecting ears of the music public in the post-punk era of the early 80ís…

...Described by US Rolling Stone as ìthe Sex Pistols on acidî, the Spidersí sound was inspired by everything from 60ís punk/pop/psychedelia, to the more innovative and eclectic 70ís rock and late 70ís punk. .. The hybrid created combined the most extreme elements of all these influences to create a monster ñ a sonic assault of unparalleled intensity. Headcleaner is a sixteen track compilation album containing all their classics picked from singles and EP's. A real must-erpiece!

trax:
01. 25th Hour 02. Can't Wait Long 03. Slave Girl 04. Out Of Control 05. That's How It Will Be 06. 1-2-5 07. Beyond The Fringe 08. Save My Soul 09. Weirdo Libido 10. Here With My Love 11. Heard Her Call My Name 12. Drip Out 13. I Was Alone 14. Mr. Soul 15. Time Of Day 16. My Flash On You
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"GET BACK UP AGAIN" Vol. 2

Great collection of original soul and R&B 45’s from long time collector Yankeeboy!

Real tough and rare sixties soul. Gyro Records hits the soul vaults and finds all these original 45’s that are here to knock you out - many have never been comped before! You won’t find a better soul comp series any time soon! Grab this while you can.

traxfromwax:
1. Good Things - The Olympics 2. Looking For A Love - The Olympics 3. Shakin' Time - Candy & The Kisses 4. Nite Owl - The Dukays 5. Do I Make Myself Clear - Etta James & Sugar Pie DeSanto 6. Everybody Dance Now - The Soul City 7. Go Go Shoes - Lonnie Youngblood 8. Go Go Place - Lonnie Youngblood 9. , Hey, Hey, Hey - Tammy St. John 10. A Rather Hip Shing - The Millionaires 11. Boys - Tammy St. John 12. Sippin' Sorrow - Pearl Woods 13. Driving Beat - Willie Mitchell 14. Now - Pearl Woods 15. It's Easier Said Than Done - Otis Clay 16. 30-60-90 - Willie Mitchell 17. Take Five - Willie Mitchell 18. Help Yourself - Bobby Marchan 19. Everything Is Gonna Be Alright - Willie Mitchell 20. You Better Hold On - Bobby Marchan 21. Tired Of Being Lonely - The Sharpees 22. Make Up Your Mind - The Sharpees 23. He's Got The Nerve - The True Tones 24. The Scratch - Robert Parker 25. To Please You - The Sharpees 26. Happy Feet - Robert Parker 27. Show It - Betty Harris 28. She's With Her Other Love - Leon Haywood 29. Keep On Keeping On - Ruby Johnson
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Ariel "Live in Concert" 1978

The band Ariel was formed in 1973 in Australia. From the band Spectrum came Mike Rudd (guitar, harmonica, vocals), Bill Putt (bass) and John Mills (keyboards), from Tamam Shud came Tim Gaze (guitar / vocals) and Nigel Macara (drums)...

...The interest in the band was great, Ariel got a contract with EMI Harvest and could quickly record the single Jamaican Farewell. The single hit the Australian charts and was even named Single Of The Year, but commercially, they had hoped for more. Ariel then went on tour as support with Gary Glitter, in December 1973 the debut album A Strange Fantastic Dream was released. The album made it to number 12 on the Australian LP charts, a radio ban against three songs (Confessions Of A Psychotic Cowpoke, Medicine Man and Chicken Shit) stood in the way of greater success.
In April 1974, Mills, Macara and Gaze went. Rudd initially withdrew and wanted to write material for a rock opera. Together with his buddy Bill Putt, drummer John Lee and guitarist Harvey James, Rudd released the single Yeah Tonight in August 1974, after which the material for the rock opera The Jellabad Mutant was to be recorded at EMI Studio Sydney. In the end, it was not released because EMI England saw no market for a rock opera.
Ariel received an invitation from EMI England to record a new album at Abbey Road Studios and then to tour. The company became a tour de force for Ariel, they had to go to the studios almost immediately after arriving in London to realize the album. There was a lack of material for this, as Rudd previously only cared about his rock opera. For this reason he resorted to old material and arranged songs from the spectrum (I'll Be Gone, Launching Place, We are Indelible, What the World Needs (Is A New Pair Of Socks) and Murtceeps phase (Some Good Advice The result was the commercially unsuccessful album Rock'n'Roll Scars.
After this experience the band returned to Australia, where they formed the MKIII formation with Glyn Mason (guitar, vocals). In December 1975 the single I'll Take You High came out (number 36 on the Australian charts). Ariel went to England again for a few gigs, during which John Lee went. He was replaced by Nigel Macara. In March 1976 Harvey James left the band in the direction of Sherbet, he was replaced by keyboardist Tony Slavich. That left the MK IV line-up with Rudd, Putt, Glyn Mason, Nigel Macara and Tony Slavich.
Ariel changed labels and recorded the third LP Goodnight Fiona on CBS. Shortly after the release, Macara was replaced by Iain McLennan. The final MK V formation released the single Disco Dilemma in early 1977, then more or less the air was out. Ariel changed the label again, announced the dissolution in July 1977 and played their final concert in August 1977 (later released as Aloha Ariel and Ariel Alive! More From Before or as Live In Concert).
Mike Rudd worked as a producer and music promoter. Bill Putt went to the USA to study music, and after his return teamed up again with Rudd and played with him, among other things. in new editions of Spectrum.
Glyn Mason first worked as a solo artist, then among others. with the Loose String Band and Stockley See & Mason. John Lee went to the USA and became a sought-after songwriter there. He returned to Australia in the 1990s, but unfortunately passed away in 1998.
Guitarist Tim Gaze released solo albums and later worked again with Tamam Shud, was briefly with Rose Tattoo, The Bushwackers and The Hoochie Coochie Men.
Slavich and McLennan joined a backing band for theater and musical productions. - https://www.rezensator.de

trax:
1. Disco Dilemma 2. The Party's Just Begun 3. Where Do You Go? 4. Amazon 5. Illicit Love 6. Hollywood 7. It's Only Love 8. All I Need Is A Change 9. It's Gonna Get Worse 10. You Keep Me Moving 11. King's Cross Crusader 12. I'll Be Gone 13. Jamaican Farewell 14. Island Fantasia Suite (Coral Queen/Dark Side Of Yeppoon/Party Reprise; It's Time We Said Our Goodbyes) 15. We Are Indelible 16. Rock & Roll Scars 17. I'll Take You High/ Red Hot Momma/ Some Good Advice
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The Move "Anthology 1966-1972" - disc 3+4

Apparently, the Move's discography is so complex that not even a lovingly compiled, rarities-laden, career-spanning box set like Salvo's 2008Anthology 1966-1972 can fit everything within the confines of four discs. The devil is in the licensing, as it always is, something that always plagues Move compilations because their last album, Message from the Country, was on Harvest, while their first two -- The Move and Shazam -- were on EMI and the third, Looking On, was on Fly…

...Typically, the first three albums are grouped together -- as they were on WestSide's 1997 box Movements -- with Message from the Country left lingering on its own, a situation Salvo almost avoids on Anthology by cherry-picking the low-riding heavy blues-rocker "Ella James" and loading up the fourth disc with the wonderful post-Message singles that captured the band at some kind of a zenith: "Tonight," "Do Ya," "Chinatown," "California Man." Although there are parts of Message that are sorely missed, this is enough to help Anthology paint a portrait of the band's full career, but it's a portrait that's slightly skewed, largely because the set relies so heavily on alternate takes and rarities. This approach makes Anthology manna for collectors -- who very well may be the only audience for such a comprehensive box set in 2008 -- as this piles on different mixes, markedly different alternate versions such as an "early piano version" of "Fire Brigade," and a simple acoustic version of "Flowers in the Rain," a bevy of single edits, and a few enhanced stereo takes, plus studio chatter from producer Tony Visconti. It's such a twisting maze that a good guide is necessary and the liner notes by Mark Paytress provide just that with a biographical overview and track-by-track liners. Yet even that is an indication that this box set is intended not as a one-stop for neophytes but a supplement to Salvo's expanded reissues (and EMI's expansion) of Message, as a whopping 30 of the 62 tracks here are previously unreleased, with another seven making their CD debut. Of course, many of these are alternate mixes and takes, but there are some nice unheard items too, including the two-part "Second Class" the early version of Roy Wood's "She's Too Good for Me," and, best of all, four pre-debut tracks that find the band sounding like a Tamla-influenced British beat band, something they never quite were in their art-terrorist incarnation. But in addition to these alternate takes comes an entire disc's worth of unreleased music from the band live at the Marquee in 1968, which is another huge incentive for collectors to pick this up. Some of this was excerpted as the Something Else EP but this gives up a full 12 tracks of the Move at the peak of their powers and they sound monstrous: huge, lumbering, loud, as progressive and primal as the Who, but at once stranger and more of a down and dirty rock & roll band, kicking out versions of "Somethin' Else," "Stephanie Knows Who," "Piece of My Heart," "(Your Love Keeps Lifting Me) Higher and Higher," and "So You Want to Be a Rock & Roll Star." The power of this set, along with the blistering version of "I Can Hear the Grass Grow" and the Nazz's "Open My Eyes" from the Fillmore West in 1969, may be the biggest revelation of the set, and it's also why this collector-bait heavy box isn't just for collectors. Sure, this is loaded up with rarities, but it does give the arc of the band's career, contains most -- but certainly not all -- of their great songs, and provides jolt after jolt of weird, wild, wonderful rock and pop, music that still has the power to intoxicate all these years later. If you're already one of the converted this is essential, but if you haven't learned how to love the Move, this box may still be necessary as there is no one album that contains all their sounds in one place. Besides, the Move were too big to be contained by one box -- at least this one comes the closest to getting it all right.(Stephen Thomas Erlewine, Allmusic)

trax - disc 3:
01 Somethin' Else (EP Version) 02 Sunshine Help Me (EP Version) 03 Wild Tiger Woman (UK Single Edit) 04 Omnibus (Enhanced Stereo) 05 Blackberry Way 06 A Certain Something (Piano Version Rough Mix) 07 Curly 08 Second Class (She's Too Good For Me) Part 1 09 Second Class (She's Too Good For Me) Part 2 10 Beautiful Daughter (Reduced Mix) 11 This Time Tomorrow 12 Hello Susie (Abridged) 13 Don't Make My Baby Blue 14 The Last Thing On My Mind 15 Open My Eyes (Live at the Fillmore West 1969)
trax - disc 4:
01 I Can Hear The Grass Grow (Live at the Fillmore West 1969) 02 Brontosaurus (US Promo Edit) 03 When Alice Comes Back To The Farm 04 Turkish Tram Conductor Blues (Take 5 Rough Mix) 05 Feel Too Good 06 Lightnin' Never Strikes Twice 07 Ella James 08 Tonight (US Edited Version) 09 Do Ya (Edited Version) 10 Chinatown 411 California Man 12 The Duke Of Edinburgh's Lettuce
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THE SKELETONS "Waiting" 1992

The third album from bar-band par excellence the Skeletons finds their retro sound tapping into everything from R&B to frat rock.

This band is outstanding! The music is funny, has a beautiful 60's backbeat and has infulences from all over the Rock/Country/Punk spectrum! "St. Louis" is a fantasic remake of the Blues Classic, "Waiting for my Gin to Hit Me" is a strange blend of monotone country and wild psychedelic's! "Hardware" is a Demented techno song, and "Rainy Day Parade" will have you dancing and spinning! Just amazing! I just wish they were still touring! This one and their first LP are a must have in any real music lovers collection! (also check out "In The Flesh", the Skeletons first Lp, and "The Morells SHAKE AND PUSH") The Morells are the first incarnation of the Skeletons... They play a song called "REDS", Reds was a Rt.66 drive-in hamburger stand, it is in all the Rt.66 Books... Famous for their "Giant Hamburg"... The Morells/Skeletons really honor this now defunct business! - By "kyms66" (Chicago, IL United States)

trax:
1. Downtown 2. Things We Need 3. St. Louis 4. Devil In Me 5. It's The Little Things 6. Only Daddy (That'll Walk The Line) 7. Rainy Day Parade 8. That'll Work 9. How She Boogalooed It 10. Hardware 11. Rain, Snow And Sleet 12. Watch What You Say 13. Play With My Mind 14. Waiting For My Gin To Hit Me
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"GET BACK UP AGAIN" Vol. 1

Great collection of original soul and R&B 45’s from long time collector Yankeeboy!

The Re-Up of a soul compilation series all from the original 45’s! There’s tons of stuff here that’s never been comped before, and this series will definately get you up on your feet and moving. Get ready to ‘Get Back Up Again!”

traxfromwax:
1. Chills & Fever - Paul Kelly 2. You Crack Me Up - Jimmy Norman & The Viceroys 3. Teenage Philosopher - Bobby Day 4. I Know I'm In Love - Jimmy Norman & The Viceroys 5. You're A Gas With Your Trash - The Four Pennies 6. Hooked - Bobby Marchan 7. Do What You Did - Thurston Harris 8. Soul Sister Annie - Tommy Vann & The Professionals 9. Shake Your Tambourine - Bobby Marchan 10. Memphis - The Young Gyants 11. Go Go Train - Jackie Paine 12. You & Me Baby - The Soultones 13. Take It Home To Grandma - Lester Robertson & The Upsetters 14. Sally Sayin' Somethin - Billy Harner 15. My Girl Across Town - Lester Robertson & The Upsetters 16. Let Your Hair Down - The Gems 17. Don't Want My Lovin' - Billy Harner 18. Don't Mess With Me - Mike & The Censations 19. Run One Flight Of Stairs - Gloria Jones 20. Finders Keepers - Gloria Jones 21. Big Legs-Big Stockings - Buster Brown 22. I Know What I Want - Tommy G. & The Charms 23. Women - Billy Guy 24. Whip It On Me Baby - Billy Guy 25. We Got Something Good - Irma Thomas 26. Keep Your Hands Off My Baby - The Celestials 27. I've Had It - Lee Andrews & The Hearts 28. I'm Gonna Leave You - Bobby Powell 29. Chain Reaction - The Celestials 30. Bad Habits - Artie Golden
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Ariel "It's only Love" EP 1977

Ariel was an Australian progressive rock band fronted by Mike Rudd and Bill Putt, who formed the band in 1973 after the breakup of their previous group Spectrum.

Ariel was a formidable band. The record company recognized the potential, but Ariel never really became known (at least outside of Australia). A shame, because the musicians confirmed the claim of a supergroup with their intelligent and overall high-class performance in any case. Based on the facts, A Strange Fantastic Dream fits (for me) perfectly into the Hidden Gem category. - https://www.rezensator.de

trax:
01 It's Only Love 02 Disco Dilemma 03 It's Time We Said Our Goodbyes
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The Move "Anthology 1966-1972" - disc 1+2

Apparently, the Move's discography is so complex that not even a lovingly compiled, rarities-laden, career-spanning box set like Salvo's 2008Anthology 1966-1972 can fit everything within the confines of four discs. The devil is in the licensing, as it always is, something that always plagues Move compilations because their last album, Message from the Country, was on Harvest, while their first two -- The Move and Shazam -- were on EMI and the third, Looking On, was on Fly…

...Typically, the first three albums are grouped together -- as they were on WestSide's 1997 box Movements -- with Message from the Country left lingering on its own, a situation Salvo almost avoids on Anthology by cherry-picking the low-riding heavy blues-rocker "Ella James" and loading up the fourth disc with the wonderful post-Message singles that captured the band at some kind of a zenith: "Tonight," "Do Ya," "Chinatown," "California Man." Although there are parts of Message that are sorely missed, this is enough to help Anthology paint a portrait of the band's full career, but it's a portrait that's slightly skewed, largely because the set relies so heavily on alternate takes and rarities. This approach makes Anthology manna for collectors -- who very well may be the only audience for such a comprehensive box set in 2008 -- as this piles on different mixes, markedly different alternate versions such as an "early piano version" of "Fire Brigade," and a simple acoustic version of "Flowers in the Rain," a bevy of single edits, and a few enhanced stereo takes, plus studio chatter from producer Tony Visconti. It's such a twisting maze that a good guide is necessary and the liner notes by Mark Paytress provide just that with a biographical overview and track-by-track liners. Yet even that is an indication that this box set is intended not as a one-stop for neophytes but a supplement to Salvo's expanded reissues (and EMI's expansion) of Message, as a whopping 30 of the 62 tracks here are previously unreleased, with another seven making their CD debut. Of course, many of these are alternate mixes and takes, but there are some nice unheard items too, including the two-part "Second Class" the early version of Roy Wood's "She's Too Good for Me," and, best of all, four pre-debut tracks that find the band sounding like a Tamla-influenced British beat band, something they never quite were in their art-terrorist incarnation. But in addition to these alternate takes comes an entire disc's worth of unreleased music from the band live at the Marquee in 1968, which is another huge incentive for collectors to pick this up. Some of this was excerpted as the Something Else EP but this gives up a full 12 tracks of the Move at the peak of their powers and they sound monstrous: huge, lumbering, loud, as progressive and primal as the Who, but at once stranger and more of a down and dirty rock & roll band, kicking out versions of "Somethin' Else," "Stephanie Knows Who," "Piece of My Heart," "(Your Love Keeps Lifting Me) Higher and Higher," and "So You Want to Be a Rock & Roll Star." The power of this set, along with the blistering version of "I Can Hear the Grass Grow" and the Nazz's "Open My Eyes" from the Fillmore West in 1969, may be the biggest revelation of the set, and it's also why this collector-bait heavy box isn't just for collectors. Sure, this is loaded up with rarities, but it does give the arc of the band's career, contains most -- but certainly not all -- of their great songs, and provides jolt after jolt of weird, wild, wonderful rock and pop, music that still has the power to intoxicate all these years later. If you're already one of the converted this is essential, but if you haven't learned how to love the Move, this box may still be necessary as there is no one album that contains all their sounds in one place. Besides, the Move were too big to be contained by one box -- at least this one comes the closest to getting it all right.(Stephen Thomas Erlewine, Allmusic)

trax - disc 1:
01 You're The One I Need 02 I Can't Hear You No More 03 Is It True 04 Respectable 05 Night Of Fear (Alternate Version) 06 Disturbance (Undubbed Alternate Version) 07 I Can Hear The Grass Grow (Full-Length Version) 08 Move 09 Wave The Flag And Stop The Train 10 (Here We Go Round) The Lemon Tree (Original Stereo) 11 Flowers & Lemon Tea (Tony Visconti Talks To The Players...) 12 Flowers In The Rain 13 Cherry Blossom Clinic (Enhanced Stereo) 14 Vote For Me 15 Fire Brigade (Early Piano Version Rough Mix) 16 Useless Information 17 Yellow Rainbow (Enhanced Stereo) 18 Kilroy Was Here (Enhanced Stereo) 19 Fire Brigade 20 The Girl Outside (Alternate Take) 21 Mist On A Monday Morning (Enhanced Stereo) 22 Flowers In The Rain (Acoustic Version Rough Mix) 23 Simple Simon (Backing Track Take 6 Rough Mix)
trax - disc 2:
01 Move Bolero (Live at the Marquee 1968) 02 It'll Be Me (Live at the Marquee 1968) 03 Too Much In Love (Live at the Marquee 1968) 04 Flowers In The Rain (Live at the Marquee 1968) 05 Fire Brigade (Live at the Marquee 1968) 06 Stephanie Knows Who (Live at the Marquee 1968) 07 Somethin' Else (Live at the Marquee 1968) 08 So You Want To Be A Rock'n'Roll Star (Live at the Marquee 1968) 09 The Price Of Love (Live at the Marquee 1968) 10 Piece Of My Heart (Live at the Marquee 1968) 11 (Your Love Keeps Lifting Me) Higher And Higher (Live at the Marquee 1968) 12 Sunshine Help Me (Live at the Marquee 1968)
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The Chevalier Brothers "Live and Still Jumping" 1985

The Chevalier Brothers were a jumpin' jive jazz band from London…

...Originally a busking band around Portobello Road and Camden Market. As a three piece they won an NME busking competition in the summer of 1982 and decided to expand the band and play in clubs & pubs. They were one of the hottest club acts in London around the mid 80s. - discogs

trax:
01 Five Guys Named Moe 02 Reet, Petite and Gone 03 Fat Sam from Birmingham 04 Air Mail Special 05 Self-Inflicted 06 The Joint is Jumpin' 07 The Jam Man 08 One More Drink Bartender 09 Wake Up Baby 10 Baby, You're Something Else 11 I Like 'em Fat Like That 12 Caldonia 13 Harlem Nocturne 14 Coco Beano 15 Jumpin' at the Jubilee 16 Barnyard Boogie 17 Open the Door, Richard

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

"TwilightZone! 45rpm JUKE BOX" - Vol. 18 (Upbeat Soul Edition)

Another great volume of upbeat soul from the collection of the legendary modman. Tons of greatness here, so scoop it up!

traxfromwax:
1. girl don't make me wait - Bunny Sigler 2. the sissy - Bob & Earl 3. everybody's going to the love in - Bob Brady & The Con Chords 4. come spy with me - Smokey Robinson & The Miracles 5. she don't want to - Mickey Lee Lane 6. (it's against) the laws of love - The Volcanoes 7. i'll keep holding on - The Marvellettes 8. i wanna be there - The Flirtations 9. stop - Howard Tate 10. baby you've got it - Maurice & The Radiants 11. secret love - Billy Stewart 12. one more heartache - Marvin Gaye 13. candy - Chuck Jackson 14. shotgun wedding - Roy "C" 15. i think i found a love - J.J. Barnes 16. neighbor neighbor - Jimmy Hughes 17. sookie sookie - Don Covay 18. get out of my life woman - Lee Dorsey 19. i'm a midnight mover - Wilson Pickett 20. the spoiler - Eddie Purrell 21. (i can't get no) satisfaction - Otis Redding 22. two is a couple - Ike & Tina Turner 23. you better believe it baby - Joe Tex 24. karate boogaloo - Jerry O. 25. up hard - Willie Mitchell 26. a hard day's night - The Barkays 27. shhhhhh (for a little while) - James Brown & The Famous Flames 28. the philly freeze - Alvin Cash & The Registers 29. (you're gonna) hurt yourself - Frankie Valli 30. shotgun man - Jerry Lee Lewis
…originally compiled and served by Gyro1966...

Ariel "Aloha" 1977

Consisting of excerpts of Ariel's final concert - for which they had an "Island Fantasia" theme - this album focuses almost entirely on new material, previously unreleased in studio versions - the only songs that would have been familiar to record buyers would be their two most recent singles "Disco Dilemma" and "It's Only Love", and Spectrum's smash "I'll Be Gone" (which appropriately closed the concert)…

...By now the band had become very democratic, everyone except Bill Putt contributes their share of songwriting and lead vocals, although Mike Rudd is still the dominant force. Tony Slavich is playing somewhat more synthesiser than before, but otherwise this is a continuation of the sound and songwriting approach of the previous album "Goodnight Fiona" - ie slick mainstream pop/rock. There is no hint whatsoever here of the band's prog beginnings. One only for Mike Rudd's most ardent fans. - From Progarchives.com

trax:
01 Disco Dilemma 02 The Party's Just Begun 03 Where Do You Go 04 Amazon 05 Illicit Love 06 Hollywood 07 It's Only Love 08 All I Need is a Change 09 It's Gonna Get Worse 10 You Keep Me Moving 11 King's Cross Crusader 12 I'll Be Gone
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"Twisted Tales From The Vinyl Wastelands" Vol. 7 "Elvis Resses Peanut Butter & Banana Cream"

Great collection of twisted country in the vein of “God Less America” comp!

Just when you thought it was safe to re-enter the trailer park here comes another wild and crazy collection - mostly with a rock 'n' roll flavor. Songs deal with subjects like 500 pound canaries, stealing hubcaps, fugitives, aftershave, auctioneers, cockroaches, smoking in bed and more. Artists include Jules Blattner, Bob Lee (a Screamin' Jay Hawkins influenced performer), Bill Royal, The Facets, Junior Jordan, Jerry Foster, Bill Peyton, Hong Kong White Sox (a tasteless version of Alley Oop sung in mock Chinese accent as Cholly Oop), Zip & The Zippers, Dudley (a parody of El Paso called El Pizza), Henry Thome, Senator Bobby & Senator McKinley (Bobby Kennedy and Everett McKinley imitators sing (?) Mellow Yellow) and others. (FS) (Roots & Rhythm)

trax:
1. Elvis Reece's Peanut Butter Créme - Mister Roman 2. 500 Pound Canary - Jules Blattner 3. The People Hater - Jerry & Brad 4. Stealing Hubcaps - Billy Ledbetter 5. Wanted For Questioning - Bob Lee 6. The Fugitive - Lamar Morris 7. One Night Stand - Kenny Lee Martin 8. Caffeine-Nicotine-And-Gasoline - Bill Royal 9. Wait'll You Get A Whiff Of My Aftershave Lotion - Al Hendrix 10. Big Foots - Pleasant Valley Tune Jammers 11. Auctioneer - The Facets 12. Auctioneer Lover - Wendy Powers 13. Chickenfeed - Danny Lamego 14. Down Boy! Down Boy! - Junior Jordan 15. Please Mr. Sullivan - Warner Brothers 16. Roaches - Jack Larson 17. I Ain't No Beatle - Jerry Foster 18. Goatee - Joey Warren 19. Back Crack Twist - Johnny Dio 20. Don't Smoke In Bed - Bill Peyton 21. Motor-Cycle Mike - Davey Dave 22. Rockin' China Doll - Gene Ross 23. Cholley-Oop - Hong Kong White Sox 24. Japanese Skokiaan - Spike Jones 25. El Pizza - Dudley 26. Gig - Zip & The Zippers 27. Next Time - Aristokatz 28. Lover Boy - Johnny Royal 29. Wolf Bait - Henry Thome 30. Ugly - Pleasant Valley Tune Jammers 31. Mellow Yellow - Senator Bobby & Senator McKinley 32. Groovy Grub - Groovy G-man
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"Wax, Board And Woodie" 1996

Subtitled "a collection of rare and unreleased surf and hot rod songs," this 14-track compilation hits the intended target in a big way…

…Culling its contents primarily from the MCA / Dot Records vaults, one of the big tickets here is a bone-chilling unreleased moment when we hear the Surfaris attempting to take on the Rolling Stones with their swipe at "Route 66," way cooler than it sounds. A couple of silly but great fun anyway P.F. Sloan sides, including a unreleased sloppy-as-hell song demo, compliment one-off instrumentals like "El Gato" by the Chandelles and "Tremble" by the Galaxies. And in true Dot Records tradition (the label that made their rep inflicting Pat Boone on an unsuspecting world) there's even a "cover" version on here by a Milt Rogers of Dick Dale's "Let's Go Trippin'"!! Not the most essential set of tunes, but one hell of a fun compilation. - AllMusic Review by Cub Koda

trax:
1. Wax, Board And Woodie - The Surfaris 2. El Gato - The Chandelles 3. The Masked Grandma - The Blazers 4. Door Banger - The King Pins 5. Lone Survivor - The Beachcombers 6. Skateboard Craze - Willie & The Wheels 7. On The Run - The Rondels 8. Let's Go Trippin' - Milt Rogers 9. (Get Your Kicks On) Route 66 - The Surfaris 10. Tremble - The Galaxies 11. (The Original) Surfer's Stomp - Kay Bell & The Tuffs 12. (Surfin' At) Tia Juana - Johnny Cymbal 13. Moon Shot - Kenny & The Fiends 14. Dragon Lady - Phil Sloan & The Fantastic Baggys
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"TwilightZone! 45rpm JUKE BOX" - Vol. 17 (Upbeat Soul Edition)

More great upbeat soul to keep you movin’- assembled by the legendary modman himself from his 45’s!

traxfromwax:
1. Rubberneckin' - Elvis Presley 2. Ain't No Soul (Left In These Old Shoes) - Ronnie Milsap 3. Love Is After Me - Charlie Rich 4. Got To Get You Into My Life - Little Joe Ritchie 5. Stranger In Your Arms - Lynne Randell 6. What - Judy Street 7. Fine Fine Fine - Judy Hughes 8. I Can't Control Myself - Big Maybelle 9. A Lot Of Love - Homer Banks 10. Baby I Love You - Howard Tate 11. Once I Had A Love - The Flirtations 12. Stop And Get A Hold Of Myself - Gladys Knight & The Pips 13. Don't - Dorothy Berry 14. Big Mouth - Patti Austin 15. The Weight - Aretha Franklin 16. Rather Be An Old Man's Sweetheart - Candi Staton 17. My Weakness Is You - Edwin Starr 18. Marching Off To War - William Bell 19. Our Love (Is In The Pocket) - Darrell Banks 20. Breakin' Down The Walls Of Heartache - The Bandwagon 21. Homicide Dresser - Billy Harner 22. Out On The Floor - Dobie Gray 23. I Gotta Dance To Keep From Cryin' - Smokey Robinson & The Miracles 24. Take This Hurt Off Me - Don Covay 25. Ride Your Pony - Lee Dorsey 26. Oo Ma Liddi - J.J. Jackson 27. He's All I Got - The Supremes 28. Take Me Back Again - The Volcanoes 29. Nothing Can Stop Me - Gene Chandler 30. Woman's Got Soul - The Impressions
…originally compiled and served by Gyro1966...

Ariel "Goodnight Fiona" 1976

By the time of this album, Ariel had reverted to being a five-piece two guitars and keyboards band - and in so doing had lost the hard rock edge of the previous album. Nor did they return to the proggier approach of the first album…

...This is straight pop/rock, albeit sophisticated pop/rock, with witty lyrics, well arranged and played by excellent musicians. However, since it displeases both the original prog fans and the later hard rock fans, this album tends to get a bad rap, which I think is unfortunate. Glyn Mason has joined on second guitar, and also shares lead vocals and songwriting duties, being responsible for about half the album. New keyboardist Tony Slavich eschews the layered multi-keyboard approach of his predecessor, sticking to piano and organ, but he's a consistently interesting player, even when approaching an otherwise-straight boogie number like "Cypherland Blues". Rudd's humour remains intact, particularly on the title track which is the best (and funniest) anti-nuclear song I've ever heard.
So it's not prog, but it's not bad on it's own merits, and it's such an improvement on Rock & Roll Scars I think it merits a higher rating than that album. - From Progarchives.com

trax:
1. Hot Sweet Love 2. Take Me For A Ride 3. Goodnight Fiona 4. Rock N' Roll Lady 5. Rock Critic 6. Cypherland Blues 7. I'll Not Fade Away 8. Redwing 9. I Can Do Anything 10. Caught In The Middle Again
…served by Gaius…