The Tonics - Daddy

The Tonics –Hugger Mugger Mummery/Daddy- Fontana269 399 TF (1969 Germany)

Absolute Killer Heavy Rock ‘n’ Roll from this Rattles off shoot. The guitars positively spew overload venom over an amazing wild and crazy track. Strangely this B side is a totally different kettle of fish when compared to the irritating screwball Bubblegum of the A side. 
The Tonics were one of the many names (Spots, Ravers etc…) used by Rattles members Herbert Hildebrandt and Hans Joachim "Hajo" Kreutzfeld. Future Rattles and Lucifer’s Friend Herbert Bornhold also drums on this. Thanks To Rich of http://www.aftersabbath.com for turning me on to this monster
Stand by for some 7 degrees of separation Rattles stuff next time 

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71 singles and 1 LP now on ebay

It's been a while, but I finally got round to listing a whole bunch of cool singles on ebay. Some real essential Glam, Hard Rock, Bonehead, Punk and Powerpop stuff to complete your collection.
All have sound clips with low starts.

You can find them here  Link to PUREPOP1UK ON EBAY




One great single is this one by Sweet Wine from Minnesota released in 1970

As well as the super rare Killer Frog single

Here is the full list -Good luck!

Kid Dynamite -Breaking The Ice/ Sunshine Superman Junkshop Glam -1973

Neil Christian –She’s Got The Power -Stomping Glam/Freakbeat 1975

Covers -Modern Girls -Rare UK Powerpop -Demo 1979

Disturbance (Jabberwock)- Sneakin' Snaky -Dutch issue-1977

Harpo - My Teenage Queen -Sleazy Glam Thumping Cruncher 1974

Saints (I'm) Stranded - RARE US Promo Pic Sleeve 1977

Cock Sparrer -Runnin' Riot Bovver Boy Oi/Punk -1977 UK-Archive Copy

Slaughter & The Dogs- Quick Joey Small RARE Belgium picture sleeve 1978

Eli Culbertson –I Need Your Love Tonight –Junkshop Glam Elvis Demo 1974

Bert De Coninck –Cadillac- Heavy Rock/Glam -Belgium 1975

White Witch -Home Grown Girl -Rousing US Proto Punk Glam -1973

Thomas Dean –Oh Babe -US Anglophile Glam Big Star Ardent -1974

Buster -Superstar -Junkshop GLAM -sounds like SWEET 1974

Funky Family -Part of My Life -Killer Glam Freakbeat 1973

Funky Family -Clap Your Hands and Stamp Your Feet -Killer Glam 1973

Dazzlers - Lovely Crash 1979 UK Mod/ Powerpop

Ritz -Jenny Gentle/Why Love-WILD Junkshop Glam Cruncher-Demo-1974

Jetz -Catch Me -Rare Original Dutch Pic Sleeve Punk/Powerpop 1977

Dwarf -Gotta Get Louder ORIGINAL! US Proto Punk 1975

J.C. Livingstone -Momma Was A Steamroller -Killer Freakbeat/Glam UK 1973

Jook-Bish Bash Bosh/Crazy Kids -German Pic Sleeve -Bovver Glam 1974

Jook-Oo Oo Rudi -Stomping Glam-John's Children 1973

Jook-Alright with Me -Rousing Bovver Glam-John's Children 1972

Renegade -My Revolution -STOMPING Glam Crusher 1974

Propeller –Apache Woman -Brutal Kraut Bonehead Cruncher -1971

Booby Trap –Kelly, Grace and Sally -Killer Dutch Glam 1974

Parkinson's Law -Daughter of Thunder & Lightning -UK Boogie Glam-1972

Killer Frog -Hard Times - Cracking PROTO PUNK Ultimate Bonehead -1972

Nimbus –Uriah’s On The Move/ Lollypop--UK BubbleGlam 1973

Plastic Feet -Big Blond Baby -Dutch Glam Stomper -1974

Shambles -Hello Baby -ORIGINAL issue -Killer Glam/Powerpop -1975

Amsterdam –Jackie Gass- Dutch Glam Freak 1971

Mick Flinn Band –Doin’ It Right -Punk/Glam Killer Demo 1978

Shelby The Clap -Killing My Music-Stomping Dutch Glam 1975

Penny Wonder -Come On -Kraut Glam Bubblegum-1971

Lee –Come on Back To Me –PROTO PUNK Killer NY Dolls 1973

Husky Wells -Can't Be Satisfied -Female Mod/Glam Dancer -1974 Hear!

Blackstone -Goin' on The Prowl- US Heavy Psych Bonehead Cruncher Hard Rock

Buzz The Rock Roller Coaster -Glam/Powerpop 1977

Kenny Pickett –Got A Gun -Glam Powerpop The Creation -Promo 1980

Ramma Damma –Legendary Killer GLAM Weirdness -1974

Rescue Co. No 1 -Roll-A-Bowl-A-Woman -Stomping Junkshop Glam -Demo -1975

Catapult -Let Your Hair Hang Down -Thumping Dutch Glam 1974

Pheon Bear -War against War -Ultra HEAVY Freakbeat Glam Cruncher 1973

Godson –We’ve Not Made It/ All Dressed in White -RARE UK Proto Punk- 1971

London Boys -Eyes of Kazan -Rare John Carter Psych -German only- 1971

Wonderlick -Hey Joe Killer HARD ROCK update from Bobby Arlin Leaves 1973

Donnydale-Thank Goodness For The Rain/ Oh Yeah -US Popsike 1970

Friends -Mythological Sunday-Classic John Carter Popsike 1968

New Lords -Radio/TV -- Crunching Hard Rock/ Freakbeat 1971

Smoke -Sugar Man/That's What I Want -UK Freakbeat/Glam -Demo 1972

Waddy –You’re The One -Waddy Wachtel -Zevon -Fleetwood Mac -1973

Climax -You, I/ Vancouver City - FUZZ Psych Monster 1970

Sweet Wine –Things You Told Me -Obscure Heavy Psych Hard Rock US 1970

Tin House –I Want Your Body –Bonehead Cruncher US Hard Rock Promo 1971

Sunchariot –Firewater –Red Skin Junkshop GLAM 1973

Wellington –Swoop Down on You -UK Junkshop Glam STOMPER 1975

Boston Boppers -Did You Get What You Wanted -Mutoid Junkshop Glam -1974

Moby Dick –Clear Days–Rare Dutch Heavy Rock/Psych 1970

Privilege –People –Ultimate Bonehead –Top US Hard Rock Psych 1970

Panda -Stranger/Medicine Man–Rare Dutch Hard Rock/Psych 1971

Cobra –Midnight Walker - Heavy Psych FREAK Hard Rock 1971

Copperfield –Johnny Is The Big One-Dutch Proto Punk/Glam -1975

James Hogg –Lovely Lady Rock –Top Glam Hard Rock Demo 1972

Bullfrog -Glancy -Obscure UK Hard Rock/Glam -1974

Desira -Gorilla -Obscure US Punk/Glam oddity -1977

Skid -I Saw Her Standing There -UK Proto Punk/Glam -1975

Big T - Tea For Two - Obscure Junkshop Glam classic 1973

Paul Ryan -Natural Gas -Hypnotic GLAM classic- Dutch pic sleeve -1972

Stefan & The Wild Boys -Wild Boys - US Proto Punk 1976

Guru’s –Country Boy Blues –Glam Boogie Cruncher 1971 UK

BONEHEAD CRUSHERS (Crunchers) VOL 2 14 Demented Fuzz-Faced Monsters from the USA

Tommi Ohrner -Mister

Tommi Ohrner -5 O’ Clock Rock/Mister –Ariola 102881 (1981 Germany)

A while back someone posted on Facebook one of those requests to identify a tune. I drew a complete blank, however the track is question was naggingly catchy, so I was relieved when the truth was revealed. Mister is an overly commercial Teen Pop number with Glam/Rubettes inflections. It really sound like 1974, however Tommi jumped on the bandwagon late as the single was released in 1981. The A side is also is the typical Teen Rock and is worth hearing; being good but non-essential fun stuff. Thomas "Tommi" Ohrner was a well-known child actor in Germany who then released several singles and a couple of LPs in the early 80s ,

Hear a full version of Mister

 

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Majik Dust –Don’t Walk Away

Majik Dust –Don’t Walk Away/ Fistacuffs –Burlap B-7782 (1977 US)

From St. Louis, Majik Dust feature the bastard son of the Move’s Do Ya twinned with a melody that naggingly hints of Something I’ve Got To Tell You (Glenda Collins/Honeycombs). Released in 1977 it just about sits on the right side  of melodic Hard Rock thanks to its rawness and Powerpop appeal. The heavier and rockier B side Fistacuffs is a near Ultimate Bonehead contender, but doesn’t quite reach potential heavyweight bliss. Majik Dust later metamorphosed into Boyfriend with the arrival of Bobby Flynn and released an LP in 1983

Hear a full version of Don’t Walk Away



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Here’s a good resource for St. Louis acts http://www.stlmusicyesterdays.com  It’s where I lifted the following press shot of Majik Dust from

Silver –Serpent in The Street

Silver –Serpent in The Street/ Find Another Feeling- Aquarius AQ 5029 (1973 Canada)

The Henman brothers were always my favourite April Winers, with David Henman writing some of the best riff-led numbers on their first 2 LPs. Leaving April Wine in the middle of the recording of the Electric Jewels LP, Dave and Ritchie formed the one-off Silver as a temporary outlet prior to forming The Dudes with Bob Segarini (Wackers) and a couple of Mashmakan guys. It appears that Serpent in The Street was to have been included on Electric Jewels and features the full April Wine line-up. It’s a surprising number, being quite an elaborate fusion of Glam, Hard Rock with some unexpected twists and turns once the tune gets going. There’s also some top guitar riffing and soloing By David Henman. The B side is OK but more mundane.

Hear a full version of Serpent in The Street

Melrose Abbey- Small Fat Jim

Melrose Abbey- Small Fat Jim/ Morning Break -R.P.C. 171273 (1973 NL)

Melrose Abbey came from Vlissingen (NL) and were in existence between 1970 and ’75, but didn’t get much further than the odd support slot with Kayak or Focus and recording this single. Small Fat Jim is a driving Rock n’ Roll Boogie work out where the original power trio is augmented by some keyboards. It is all pretty brainless and pleasingly basic. The B side is a slow smooching instrumental of limited interest.
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Sleepy Hollow –Take Me Back

Sleepy Hollow –Take Me Back/ Roller Coaster Man –Philips 6078 012 (1972 UK)

Surprisingly, Sleepy Hollow was not a UK band, but hailed from Philadelphia with this sole UK release. Fitting nicely next to early 70s Philips releases such as Fresh Air or Rocking Horse or more appropriately Nimbo (also a US band on Pye), Take Me Back is a fine slab of early 70s Purepop with more than a strong hint of Beatles with a Raspberries twist. Sleepy Hollow also released an LP (US and France) from which this track is pulled. I haven’t heard the LP, but it would be interesting to see how far it goes beyond being an ersatz Beatles effort

Hear a full version of Take Me Back

A Little Shopping Trip: Hoorn Record Fair July 2015

One of those spur of the moment things…Receive notification email about the fair one day, when merry on wine a smartphone on hand and pronto a cheap EasyJet return flight with a 6am departure is booked…

Hoorn is a picturesque Dutch town north of Amsterdam on the shores of the Ijsselmeer lake (well it used to be the North Sea, but those crafty Dutch subjugated it). Once a year the Utrecht record fair people (who also have record shop Dropstyle) organise an outdoor fair that curls around the City centre with over 75 dealers in tow. There was a good turn out of dealers, with some Utrecht regulars along with more opportunist dealers. I must have gone up and down the fair 3 times, and although mainly Dutch dealers, there was an abundance and a good variety of items and mainly on vinyl. So the catches, some great new discoveries including…

The phased out Heavy Psych of The Sub https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PV0f3Fls6zg

Belgium’s Mustang and Melrose Abbey with a couple of killer Boogie work outs

Small Fat Jim https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-9wgZmPwjj4

Another great one is Holland’s Gallery with The Problem. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bUxhcy5KCcE

More Lowland heaviness with Jeronimo’s No No No

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IvBHfYIxpg0

No sound clip, but the crunching Heavy Boogie of the Crunching She Rolls by Pluto is also pretty cool

And the rest of the bunch? Of particular note is the late (Dave Allen and) The Arrows exercise in heaviness with Little Big Horn

 

And 1 LP. The  Dutch issue of the second Sir Lord Baltimore LP. Although an uneven affair that pales next to their first outing, it features a wonderful one-off cover that better fits the band

Anyhow it was a fun day trip, felt pretty knackered coming back. Would I return? Yes, but more likely as part of a record shopping trip checking out other shops in Holland and Belgium. As proved here, there are more lowland lowlife 45s to be found.

 

 

Half Life- Get Down

Sorry for the lack of activity on Purepop....but I am currently unable to upload new sound files to Divshare who stored all my sound files (before they lost them all). Not sure when normal service will be resumed...In the meantime enjoy this wonder...A pulverising Proto Punk masterpiece from 1969 that was unreleased at the time. Before settling on the name Half Life they were called No Fun. Yes a Detroit band named after The Stooges number. Wow.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wn6iEy7qWnw

Tribal Sinfonia - Something Has You Turned Around

Tribal Sinfonia - Do You Want Me/Something Has You Turned Around–Tribe Records Z4KM- 3010 (1970 US)

Out of Detroit, here is quite an oddity. Horn driven Rock with some blistering guitar riffs and lead. It is not so much Chicago as a mutoid marching band crossed with the heaviest of what Michigan could offer, only slightly hindered, by a weedy interlude. Compiled on one of those Michigan Meltdown comps, it sounds best as nature intended. It appears they released a second single but supposedly in a more Funky vein. The b side is pants and features flute, so is best avoided

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Note: I am unable to upload files to Divshare…yet AGAIN! Arrrgh…

Vodka Collins –Automatic Pilot

Vodka Collins –Sands of Time./Automatic Pilot- Express ETP -2857 (1972 Japan)

A wondrous and killer single released in 1972 by Alan Merrill whilst in Japan following the initial line up of Streak  and forming hit-makers Arrows in the UK. Automatic Pilot could have been huge beyond Japan, if only their management and label had seen the wisdom of recording the song in English and looking beyond the Nippon market, but it was not to be. Alan’s Japanese sojourn did bring local success and they also recorded an album Tokyo New York. Automatic Pilot is the perfect Glitter choogler with a chorus that is pure T.Rex bliss in its hooky melodicism.

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Alan was kind enough to fill in the gaps and tell the tale...

Streak was formed by Alan with Jake Hooker and John Siomos (drums) “We started Streak in New York while I was on holiday from Japan waiting for a work visa to go back there. It usually took 3 weeks to a month. We recorded a demo tape that reached Tony Hall" (Black Sabbath/Arrival manager), John soon left the band and Streak reconvened in London recruiting David Wesley on drums. However things weren’t moving fast enough for Alan. “At this point my money was running low and with no retainer in sight I got cold feet and took a flight back to Japan where I knew I'd have solid work and a record deal…”
Alan had co-written (although un-credited) "Gonna Have A Good Time and Be Your Ryder which was the first Streak singe on A&M featuring Alan’s replacement Ben Brierly on bass Meanwhile back in Japan… "While Jake was struggling to make Streak a hit band in the UK I had managed to make the first ever Japanese language glam rock records, singing in Japanese with Vodka Collins. I wrote the songs in English in 1971 and my drummer Hirsohi Oguchi made Japanese lyrics for the songs. "Automatic Pilot" & "Sands Of Time" in 1972. It was a double a-sided hit single. I think at that point in time I had made the right decision to return to Japan rather than stay in England with Streak..."
Was Automatic Pilot ever recorded in English at the time?
"No, that was one of the major sore points. I wrote the song in English but EMI Japan would only release the Japanese language version. That confirmed my fear that they had no interest in promoting the product outside of Japan. It was so frustrating. Compound that with only a very small trickle of money coming my way from Vodka Collins' management, so I had to say 'Sayonara" and jet it to London to start the Arrows. I took a big chance. When I got to England in 1974 I was broke, slept on Jake Hooker's floor until we got the record deal with RAK a few months after I arrived in London. It all worked out somehow. We were soon in the charts and touring as Arrows. I see in Vodka Collins you were a duo then were joined by a guy from The Spiders plus another..."
Was Automatic Pilot recorded as a duo?
Vodka Collins started as a duo, much like T Rex in the UK. We rehearsed my original songs just bass and drums for a few weeks. When the time was right we brought in a bass player (who was actually a fine guitarist, top musician) to complete the live line up. "Automatic Pilot" was recorded as a trio with Hiroshi Oguchi on drums and Take Yokouchi on bass. I played all the guitars (Gibson Les Paul) and sang the lead vocal (and the high falsetto octave vocal, overdubbed) in Japanese. Monsieur Kamyatsu of the Spiders joined us for live gigs, his being such huge star in Japan it was a great plus having him aboard.

  You know, odd as it seems to this day I am still considered a domestic Japanese act, and not a foreign act in Japan. In that sense I'm unique and an anomaly. The only foreigner who will always be considered a home grown local act…

Bruce Spelman -29 Years to Doomsday

Bruce Spelman -29 Years to Doomsday/Cutting The Traces Leaving The Places/Remember This –Montagu -Mont 3000 (UK 1972)

Montagu Records was an off-shoot of Beacon Records. Bruce actually had an LP on Montagu “You Don’t Know What You’re Paddling in”,  so Phil was a bit of an eco-warrior and 29 Years to Doomsday is another one of those “respect the planet or will drown in a cesspool of muck” ditties, however it goes beyond being an expected laidback folky dirge and is actually quite a concise driving and catchy tune similar to a Phil Cordell or Hetherington type number with a nice line in cutting fuzz guitar.

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Mike King –Rock n’ Roll Waitress

Mike King –All the Boys and Girls/ Rock n’ Roll Waitress –O Brothers PW 440 (197? US)

Here’s a strange one that I can’t find any information on. It appears to be out of Oklahoma City and I assume it’s late 70s. Rock n’ Roll Waitress is a grinding cross of Johnny Thunders/Heartbreakers (One Track Mind) and Flies on Sherbert (I’ve Had It) era Alex Chilton minced through a Bonehead grinder. Simple, rough and effective. The A side is also pretty decent, but with more of a bar band tinge. Why is this a Google ”0”?

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Pesky Gee! –Where is My Mind

Pesky Gee! –Where is My Mind/A Place of Hearbreak –Pye 7N. 17708 (1969 UK)

Pesky Gee! Was in fact Black Widow before their name change. Their cover of this Vanilla Fudge track finds them leaving their soul cover band origins behind and heading into the weirder territory they would later occupy. The saxophones and high vocals add a certain baroque feel which is odd yet fitting with the Heavy dose of Psych fuzz. Ex Pesky Gee! members Clive Jones and Clive Box would later re-appear in the late 70s as Agony Bag, releasing the incredible Rabies is a Killer. I was lucky enough to see Clive perform the track live with Guida last year shortly before his untimely death.

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Gilbert Kopland –Leave The Rest To Me

OST Ultime Gride Dalla Savana –For You and Me/ Leave The Rest To Me –AMP 157 (1975 Italy)

On the soundtrack of the tame and mostly stagged Italian Mondo movie “Ultime Grida Dalla Savana” (Savage Man Savage Beast) lurks this driving gritty rocker which melds Barry McGuire with Chicory Tip into a 3 chord Beat on The Brat no hope wonder. It sounds like it was recorded more as an afterthought with an ending that is more than abrupt. The lyrics attempt some form of socio realism from its factories and assembly lines to switchblade knives, dealers, Junkies, street fighting men and honky tonks with fun results.
  If you like this tune, you’re in luck as there are literally dozen of really cheap copies out there. The A side starts out like Neil Young then goes all Italo-schmaltz…so quite listenable for the first 30 seconds! Gilbert Kopland appears to be a pseudonym; however he sounds reassuringly American.

Hear a full version of Leave The Rest To Me

Shindig! Magazine taken over by usurpers!

Over the years, through its different permutations, Shindig! has not just been the finest (and readable)music mag out there, but also the most influential. It's the shared vision of Jon Mills and Andy Morten that has made Shindig! special and unique. Now through some ghastly underhand tactics, their vision has been ripped out of their hands by Volcano Publishing and has been replaced by some ersatz /pale imitation under the name of Kaleidoscope. If you believe in integrity, if you believe a publication would be hollow with content stitched together  without a driving vision. Stay away from Kaleidoscope and give Volcano a right earful. Shindig! will be back and hopefully soon.

Please the statement below and show your support
http://www.shindig-mag.com/?p=52

Utrecht Record Fair -Day 3

OK, all done now. Today was half price or "Sunday prices" on most of the stuff, so it was worth doing a relaxed last walk around the stands. The weirdest purchase was the 4 track Thai Bloodrock EP!
All in all Utrecht remains the best record fair anywhere and is a constant reminder of how crap fairs are in the UK.

Until November then!

Utrecht Record Fair Day 2

A more compact bunch today, including this corking heavy Swedish double-header

Zane –Step Aside

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VzmMUvyoe2Q

Zane –Damage

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G6-WTQ0LG1g

Although the sleeve has seen better days, I was well chuffed to find this single by Panda

Panda –Medicine Man

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fumszjvkd-E

The rest of the 45s...

Now not my usual buying behaviour, but I also picked up 4 LPs....

Tomorrow I will spend a few hours and perhaps a few Euros more at the fair before flying back  to the UK...

Utrecht Record Fair DAY 1

 

oOOooOOoo  good start today. One killer now off my virtual wants list: Matchbox -Run Much Faster https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s7mIYDa45OA


Now this no longer really happens in this day and age, but the bunch of 32 singles below cost €2 each. Nice to get those Smoke and Creation singles. Bargain!

More  nice stuff including the Dutch Jetz single at a reasonable price.

I'm here until Sunday...So I will report back

Utrecht Record Fair April 2015

Yes, Spring is in the air and my flight to Holland is but a few hours away. I will report back all the finds, sights and smells over the  next 3 days. With WFMU at the end of the month, April is a monster record buying month...

Stumpwater –Turn Me on Woman

Ronnie and Natalie -6 Times/ Stumpwater –Turn Me on Woman –WMC Records (1975 Canada)

Beware Canadian content! Stumpwater emanated from the outlands of Nova Scotia and this is actually the B side of the single which they shared with Ronnie and Natalie. Stumpwater were without any doubt a killer combo supremely loud and heavy, oozing attitude and a rampant sexuality, but not quite as rampant as on the other side which features Natalie Pollock who co-hosted The Pollock and Pollock Gossip Show and who’s screeching vocals complement Ronnie. Judging the size of Natalie’s ample bosom, it is no wonder Ronnie managed to get it up 6 times a night…This single will soon be re-released on the Supreme Echo label, who have already released the Twitch, Sphex and Triton Warrior with much more cool stuff to come.

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Hear a full version of 6 Times

Spirit of St. Louis –See Me Go

Spirit of St. Louis-Something Lazy/See Me Go –Hansa 14829 AT (1970 German issue)

This is the first single from this Leiden (NL) band who released at least 4 more singles. The band in this earlier incarnation was comprised of brothers Roland (guitar) and Arthur De Leeuw (drums) with Martin Kramer (bass). See Me Go is a Top Neder-Cruncher which makes me think of The Pretty Things gone Hard Rock filtered through S.F Sorrow but keeping their 60s R&B rawness. It features some cutting lead guitar at the cusp of Freakbeat and Heavier fare. The A side is a good mid tempo number, although less wild in its approach while their next single Down by The Radio (1974) was more commercial a bit like CCR covering Yellow River (Christie). So a one B side wonder?

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The Jax -The Jax are Back (Live)

 

The Jax -The Jax are Back/The Jax are Back (Live) -Baddog -FKU 69 (1973 US)

Talk about primitive. Recorded "live" at The Trashy Trailer, I would be surprised if more than 2 mics were used to capture the pure wild Proto Punk abandonment just about contained here. Pressed in miniscule quantities, their only single featured two versions of the same song, but this is the “Live” side and the wildest of the two. The other side can be found on Youtube. From Clinton, Iowa, who were these guys?

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Seompi - Almost in The Whole

Seompi - Almost in The Whole/Slide Slide -Black Star S-102 (1971 US)

(Just a quick post using a different sound file storage /player until normal service is hopefully resumed)

Seompi were a legendary Texan congregation part Hippie, part Agit pop, but full FREAK. The performance is wonderfully heavy although they do go a bit dear I say it...Jazz at the end. The band, based in Austin released 3 singles at the time and played on until 1974


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Divshare Sound file FAILURE

I am sure that many of you have noticed  on other blogs, or on ebay listings that Divshare has been down for 5 days now. Since yesterday the players have re-appeared but they are not linked to the sound files!!!
Their customer service is non -existent (well one note on their Facebook page on the 11th of March, since then...ZILCH!) . I am not the only who pays an annual fee for their service, but this is pretty bad.

About 5 years ago they lost half my files and there was another long outage back in February. This explains the lack of posts for the time being until things get resolved. In Feb I tried another service, but it is not as user-friendly as Divshare.

Divshare has a great product, but I suppose weak infrastructure that they can't afford to replace and crap customer service.  Oh dear...

Maxx -200 Years

 

Maxx -200 Years/Castles –Signal AR 1043 (1969 US)

200 Years is a Heavy Michigan fuzz fest in its original incarnation on Signal prior to being licensed to Mainstream albeit only in promo form. This trio comprised of Dennis Pinkston on guitar, Hank Markeson (bass) and Joey Pannesidi on drums didn’t manage to release anything else at the time. The thick layer of fuzz guitar, reminding me of Golden Sun, is exemplary while the performance itself could have gone on for longer than it’s short playing time. The B side is more like a Love Da Capo outtake, extended soft psych with jazzy beats and intricate changes.

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