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Friday, December 26, 2014
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Thursday, November 20, 2014
John Fallon Afterword New CD Out Now On Amazon!
John Fallon (formerly of The Steppes) has just released his first album since 1999 on Autumn 66 Records. OUT NOW at Amazon and from Autumn 66 Records at Discogs.com
Wednesday, November 19, 2014
Wednesday, November 12, 2014
Killer B-sides By David Furgess Available Now On Amazon!
200 of my favorite non-album B-sides from the likes of The Byrds, Love, Rich Kids, The Jam and even the Desperate Bicycles! OUT NOW!
The Standells-Did You Ever Have That Feeling (Tower 1867)
Tough as nails raga-rock from the LP Try It (1967)
Thursday, November 6, 2014
Code Blue-Code Blue (WB 1980)
Where are Freddie & The Dreamers?....they're all selling shoes!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Wednesday, November 5, 2014
Burton Cummings-Life And Times (Canadian TV Special)
Burton Cummings Life And Times (Canadian TV Special from the late 90's)
Guess Who-Friends Of Mine (RCA 1969)
Burton Cummings turns up the Jim Morrison dial to 20 and ends up with the Ultimate Spinach!
Where Is Out There? (100 Records That Will Flip Your Lid) Book Out Now On Amazon
This book chronicles 100 of the freakiest records in my collection from the likes of Sun Ra, Amanda By Night, The Godz, Stu Mitchell, Mario K and other weirdos! Out now at Amazon.com
Tuesday, November 4, 2014
Sunday, November 2, 2014
My Top 100 Punk/New Wave Singles (1976-1980)
Here's a list of my Top 100 Punk/New Wave 45's from 1976-1980. I put this together while watching a boring football game. I'm sure I missed a few. They are not in any specific order. Here goes:
1. Sex Pistols-God Save The Queen (Virgin 1977)
2. The Damned-New Rose (Stiff 1976)
3. Subway Sect-Nobody's Scared (Braik 1978)
4. Desperate Bicycles-Smokescreen (Refill 1977)
5. The Clash-Complete Control (CBS 1978)
6. Stranglers-Peaches (UA 1977)
7. Chelsea-Right To Work (Step Forward 1977)
8. The Adverts-One Chord Wonders (Stiff 1977)
9. The Ramones-Swallow My Pride (Sire 1977)
10. Generation X-Your Generation (Chrysalis 1977)
11. Stiff Little Fingers-Alternative Ulster (Rigid Digits 1978)
12. Undertones-Teenage Kicks (Good Vibrations 1978)
13. Rich Kids-Ghosts Of Princes In Towers (EMI 1977)
14. Sham 69-Borstal Breakout (Polydor 1978)
15. Eater-Outside View (The Label 1977)
16. The Saints-I'm Stranded (Fatal 1976)
17. Pere Ubu-Final Solution (Hearthan 1976)
18. Sex Pistols-Anarchy In The UK (EMI 1976)
19. Tom Robinson Band-2-4-6-8 Motorway (EMI)
20. The Clash-White Riot (CBS 1977)
21. The Jam-In The City (Polydor 1977)
22. Alternative TV-Action Time Vision (Deptford Fun City 1978)
23. Subway Sect-Ambition (Rough Trade 1978)
24. The Pop Group-She Is Beyond Good & Evil (Radar 1978)
25. Chelsea-Urban Kids (Step Forward 1978)
26. The Damned-Neat Neat Neat (Stiff 1977)
27. Tom Robinson Band-Up Against The Wall (EMI 1978)
28. The Clash-White Man In Hammersmith Palais (CBS 1978)
29. Sham 69-If The Kids Are United (Polydor 1978)
30. Crime-Hot Wire My Heart (Crime 1976)
31. Bad Brains-Pay To Cum (Bad Brains 1980)
32. Alternative TV-How Much Longer? (Deptford Fun City 1977)
33. Television-Little Johnny Jewel (Ork 1975)
34. Flamin' Groovies-Shake Some Action (Sire 1976)
35. X-Ray Spex-Oh Bondage, Up Yours! (Virgin 1977)
36. The Adverts-No Time To Be 21 (Bright 1978)
37. Buzzcocks-I Don't Mind (UA 1978)
38. Crime-Frustration (Crime 1977)
39. Chelsea-Look At The Outside (Step Forward 1980)
40. The Cortinas-Fascist Dictator (Step Forward 1977)
41. Generation X-Ready Steady Go (Chrysalis 1978)
42. The Jerks-Get Your Woofing Dog Off Me (Underground 1977)
43. Alternative TV-Life After Life (Deptford Fun City 1977)
44. The Lurkers-Shadow (Beggars Banquet 1977)
45. Radio Birdman-Aloha Steve And Danno (Trafalgar 1978)
46. The Saints-Know Your Product (Harvest 1978)
47. Psycho Surgeons-Horizontal Action (Wallaby Beat 1978)
48. 999-Nasty Nasty (UA 1977)
49. Slaughter & The Dogs-Dame To Blame (Decca 1978)
50. Buzzcocks-Harmony In My Head (UA 1979)
51. The Damned-Smash It Up (Chiswick 1979)
52. The Fall-Totally Wired (Rough Trade 1980)
53. Wire-Mannequin (Harvest 1977)
54. Skids-Into The Valley (Virgin 1979)
55. The Jam-All Around The World (Polydor 1978)
56. Desperate Bicycles-The Medium Was Tedium (Refill 1978)
57. Public Image Ltd.-Public Image (Virgin 1978)
58. Magazine-Shot By Both Sides (Virgin 1978)
59. Siouxsie & The Banshees-Hong Kong Garden (Polydor 1978)
60. The Saints-This Perfect Day (Harvest 1978)
61. Wire-Dot Dash (Harvest 1978)
62. Alternative TV-The Force Is Blind (Deptford Fun City 1979)
63. The Sex Pistols-Pretty Vacant (Virgin 1977)
64. The Heartbreakers-Chinese Rocks (Track 1977)
65. Johnny Thunders-You Can't Put Your Arms Around A Memory (Real 1978)
66. Brian James-Ain't That A Shame (BJ 1979)
67. Sonic's Rendezvous Band-City Slang (Orchide 1978)
68. The Ruts-In A Rut (People Unite 1978)
69. The Jam-Down In The Tube Station At Midnight (Polydor 1978)
70. Eddie & The Hot Rods-Do Anything You Wanna Do (Island 1977)
71. The Pagans-Six And Change (Neck 1977)
72. Sex Pistols-Silly Thing (Virgin 1978)
73. Wire-Map Reference (Virgin 1979)
74. Stranglers-Something Better Change (UA 1977)
75. Eater-Thinking Of The USA (The Label 1977)
76. The Lurkers-Out In The Dark (Beggars Banquet 1978)
77. Buzzcocks-What Do You Know? (UA 1980)
78. The Damned-Love Song (Chiswick 1979)
79. The Jam-Going Underground (Polydor 1980)
80. Rich Kids-Rich Kids (EMI 1978)
81. The Pagans-Dead End America (Drome 1979)
82. The Ruts-West One-Shine On Me (Virgin 1980)
83. Tom Robinson Band-Don't Take No For An Answer (EMI 1978)
84. The Adverts-Safety In Numbers (Anchor 1977)
85. The Jam-When You're Young (Polydor 1979)
86. Generation X-Valley Of The dolls (Chrysalis 1979)
87. Dead Boys-Sonic Reducer (Sire 1977)
88. The Wanderers-Ready To Snap (Polydor 1980)
89. Doll By Doll-Palace Of Love (Automatic 1979)
90. Sex Pistols-Holidays In The Sun (Virgin 1977)
91. Buzzcocks-Spiral Scratch (New Hormones 1976)
92. Stranglers-Nice And Sleazy (UA 1978)
93. Public Image Ltd.-Death Disco (Virgin 1979)
94. Avengers-We Are The One (Dangerhouse 1977)
95. Sham 69-Hurry Up Harry (Polydor 1978)
96. The Ruts-Staring At The Rude Boys (Virgin 1980)
97. Stiff Little Fingers-Suspect Device (Rigid Digits 1978)
98. Desperate Bicycles-New Cross New Cross (Refill 1978)
99. Penetration-Life's A Gamble (Virgin 1978)
100. Buzzcocks-Everybody's Happy Nowadays (UA 1979)
Friday, October 31, 2014
MU-End Of An Era (1974)
Not quite sure of the recording date. features a bitch of a guitar solo by Jeff Cotton!
Classic 45's Revisited: The Blues Magoos-I Wanna Be There (Mercury 1967)
Most folks remember the Blues Magoos for their sideways 1966 hit We Ain't Got Nothin' Yet. However, my favorite disc by the group is this somewhat obscure 1967 single. I Wanna Be There is a heavenly dose of psychedelic pop with plenty of action in every direction. It sounds a bit like a fuzzed up version of the Left Banke blended with The Nazz. Sadly, it failed to hit. It was later included on the group's third long player Basic Blues Magoos (Mercury 1968.) This single should have been a top tenner!
Wednesday, October 29, 2014
Classic 45's Revisited: The Wheels Of Time-1984 (Spin) 1967
The Wheels of Time were an Irish group and this appears to have been their only release. 1984 is a creepy, somewhat primitive disc that sounds a little bit like The Doors (unusual for a UK group.) This also brings to mind the Vancouver B.C. group The Painted Ship's single Frustration.
Tuesday, October 28, 2014
My Favorite Albums Of 1966
1. The Beach Boys-Pet Sounds (Capitol)
2. Spencer Davis Group-Autumn '66 (Fontana)
3. The Kinks-Face To Face (Pye)
4. Love-Love (Elektra)
5. The Seeds-The Seeds (GNP Crescendo)
6. Tim Hardin-Tim Hardin 1 (Verve Folkways)
7. The Rolling Stones-Aftermath (Decca)
8. John Coltrane-Meditations (Impulse)
9. Bob Dylan-Blonde On Blonde (Columbia)
10. The Beatles-Revolver (Parlophone)
11. Mothers Of Invention-Freak Out (Verve)
12. Blues Project-Projections (Verve Forecast)
13. Butterfield Blues Band-East-West (Elektra)
14. The Fugs-First Album (ESP-Disk)
15. Manfred Mann-As Is (Fontana)
16. The Yardbirds-The Yardbirds aka Roger The Engineer (Columbia)
17. The Cream-Fresh Cream (Reaction)
18. The Who-A Quick One (Reaction)
19. Them-Them Again (Decca)
20. Love-Da Capo (Elektra)
21. Gene Clark-Gene Clark With The Gosdin Brothers (Columbia)
22. The Byrds-Turn Turn Turn (Columbia)
23. 13th Floor Elevators-Psychedelic Sounds (IA)
24. John Coltrane-Kulu Se Mama (Impulse)
25. Roy Harper-Sophisticated Beggar (Strike)
26. Jefferson Airplane-Takes Off (RCA)
27. Lovin' Spoonful-Daydream (Kama Sutra)
28. The Seeds-A Web Of Sound (GNP Crescendo)
29. The Monkees-The Monkees (Colgems)
30. John Mayall & The Bluesbreakers-With Eric Clapton (Decca)
31. John Coltrane & Don Cherry-The Avant Garde (Columbia)
32. Archie Shepp-Mama Too Tight (Impulse)
33. John Fahey-Guitar Volume 4: The Great San Bernadino Birthday Party and Other Excursions (Takoma)
34. Buffalo Springfield-Buffalo Springfield (Atco)
35. Walker Brothers-Portrait (Phillips)
36. The Animals-Animalisms (Decca)
37. The Sonics-Boom (Etiquette)
38. The Byrds-5D (Fifth Dimension) Columbia
39. Wayne Shorter-Speak No Evil (Blue Note)
40. The Godz-Contact High (ESP-Disk)
*Note-albums are not listed in any specific order
Song Of The Day-Guess Who-All Hashed Out (RCA 1973)
Full force rock & roll from the 1973 LP Artificial Paradise. Features a sizzling guitar solo by the late, great Kurt Winter.
Monday, October 27, 2014
My Favorite Albums Of 1965
1. Rolling Stones-No. 2 (Decca)
2. The Pretty Things-The Pretty Things (Fontana)
3. The Paul Butterfield Blues Band-The Paul Butterfield Blues Band (Elektra)
4. Bob Dylan-Bringing It All Back Home (Columbia)
5. Them-Angry Young Them (Decca)
6. The Zombies-Begin Here (Decca)
7. The Byrds-Mr. Tambourine Man (Columbia)
8. The Kinks-Kinda Kinks (Pye)
9. The Who-The Who Sings My Generation (Brunswick)
10. The Missing Links-The Missing Links (Phillips)
11. The Rolling Stones-Out Of Our Heads (Decca)
13. The Sorrows-Take A Heart (Piccadilly)
14. The Lovin' Spoonful-Do You Believe In Magic (Kama Sutra)
15. The Beatles-Rubber Soul (Parlophone)
16. Bob Dylan-Highway 61 Revisited (Columbia)
17. The Pretty Things-Get The Picture (Fontana)
18. John Coltrane-Ascension 1&2 (Impulse)
19. Miles Davis-ESP (Columbia)
20. Sun Ra Arkestra-Art Forms Of Dimensions Tomorrow (Saturn Research)
21. The Beach Boys-Today (Capitol)
22. The Animals-Animal Tracks (Columbia)
23. Graham Bond Organization-The Sound Of '65 (Columbia)
24. Manfred Mann-Mann Made (HMV)
25. Jackson C. Frank-Jackson C. Frank (Columbia)
26. Phil Ochs-I Ain't Marching Anymore (Elektra)
27. The Sonics-Here Are The Sonics (Etiquette)
28. Wayne Shorter-The All Seeing Eye (Blue Note)
29. The Village Fugs-Sing Songs Of Contemporary Protest, Point Of Views & General Dissatisfaction (Broadside)
30. P.F. Sloan-Songs Of Our Times (Dunhill)
Saturday, March 29, 2014
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