Saturday, June 25, 2011

Link Cromwell And The Zoo - Crazy Like A Fox



Link Cromwell, better known as Lenny Kaye, musician, writer and record producer. Long time guitarist with Patti Smith and the man responsible for the birth of the sixties garage compilation with the awe inspiring Nuggets collection. This collects both sides of the 1966 single (1,15) and live tracks (2-14) from 1966. 

Friday, June 24, 2011

Avengers



Excellent punk rock from this early San Francisco band, who happened to open for the Sex Pistols at their final show at Winterland, which led to a recording session with Steve Jones. This collection was released in 1983 and contains the bands complete output between 1977 and 1979. Supposedly this was re-issued in 2010, however I have not been able to track it down, if anyone knows where to purchase this please let me know. So if you ever see this awesome disc, by all means grab it. And lastly, this was meant to be played loudly, so enjoy!

Thin White Line

Tenpole Tudor - Eddie Old Bob Dick And Gary



Some of you may already be familiar with this uniquely excellent album, the rest of you need to hear it.

Swords Of A Thousand Men

Thursday, June 23, 2011

Tuesday, June 14, 2011

Plan 9 - Dealing With The Dead (1983)


Plan 9 was one of the best bands to come out of the Paisley Underground scene, and one could argue this was one of the best records as well. The band hailed from Rhode Island, and consisted of Eric Stumpo, Deb DeMarco, John DeVault, Evan Williams, Mike Ripa, Tom Champlin, John Florence and Steven Andersen. Prior to the release of Dealing With The Dead the band had released a 45 and EP on the Voxx label. Dealing With The Dead was released in 1983 on Midnight Records, sporting R.K. Sloane fluorescent artwork and a comic book to boot. There is nothing flowery or pretty on this record, Plan 9 had more of an acidic garage sound than a hippie vibe, sometimes it can even be spooky. If you fancy a wall of guitars, whirling keyboards this is for you. I had the good fortune to catch these guys at a small club in Madison Wisconsin back in the day, and I was just blown away, I had never seen 8 people crammed onto such a small stage. And those 4 guitars, just incredible, one of the best shows I’ve ever seen. This was remastered in 1993 with 6 bonus tracks added. So if you missed this excellent record the first time around give it a listen, and if you enjoy it, take that money you were going to spend on that David Archuleta CD and buy this instead, cuz nobody’s going to remember David Archuleta in 25 years. Buy Here













DEALING WITH THE DEAD @256
Now in glorious FLAC too!

Sunday, June 12, 2011

Mondo Topless - Get Ready For Action!



Great organ fueled garage from Mondo Topless!

All Night Long

Meat Puppets - Up On The Sun



Classic album by this superb band, this should be in everybody's top 100 list.

Up On The Sun

Saturday, June 11, 2011

Menster Phip and the Phipsters - Phip City!



Brothers Kenny and Richie Collins (along with any family or friends nearby who wanted to help out) recorded these tracks in the family’s basement, also known as the Asparagus Room, in 1963 on a two track reel recorder delivered by Santa himself in 1962. So if you dig raw and crude rock and roll passionately played, this may suit your tastes well.
m4a@320 or FLAC the choice is yours

Long Tall Sally & Friends

Let's Dig 'Em Up!!! CD Edition



Here’s a cool global comp to get your Saturday morning off to a good start, m4a@320 Let’s Dig ’Em Up!!!
And for those who want to tackle an almost 500MB download in FLAC here.

Sunday, June 5, 2011

Lime Spiders - Headcleaner [FLAC]



Classic Australian garage punk in FLAC. Trying a different file format here, let me know what you think.

Loose Lips - Talkin’ Trash [RE-UP]



RE-UP of this great record.
With You - Loose Lips