THE SHADOWS - Jigsaw / From Hank, Bruce, Brian And John [1967]
1967. The Summer of Love. Sgt. Pepper's and Satanic Majesties, San Francisco, flowers in your hair...and the dear old Shadows, still besuited and a-twanging, a-grooving, and a-moving, and so firmly...
View ArticleBO DIDDLEY - Hey! Good Lookin' [1965] Vinyl Rip!!!
One of Bo Diddley's least-known albums, mostly recorded in April of 1964 and released a year later, at the point when none of his records were selling in America. With an edgy, raunchy sound and modern...
View ArticlePAUL BUFF PRESENTS: Highlights from the Pal and Original Sound Studio
Multi-instrumentalist Paul Buff created Pal Recording Studio in December 1957 with a simple two-track Viking recorder. The demand for stereo recording led Buff to create a homemade, five-track...
View ArticleTHE BONGO TEENS - Surfin' Bongos [1963] + Bonus Trax
When Art Laboe of the Original Sound label contacted Paul Buff about recording some surf tracks with bongos in the spring of 1963, Buff got together with guitarist Dave Aerni and became The Bongo...
View ArticleTHE ECSTASY OF GOLD Vol.5 - 31 Killer Bullets from the Spaghetti West
Selected from one of the most complete Spaghetti Western audio archives, this series showcases the most inspired tracks in this legendary genre. Digging deep to excavate a treasure trove of obscure and...
View ArticleTHE VOLCANOS - Surf Quake [1996]
Debut instro blast on Estrus by these Michigan retro 60's surfers. Eruption!
View ArticleEXPERIMENTS IN DESTINY [1980. 2xLP BOMP! Records Comp.]
REAL COOL double LP set of BOMP! Rec. ace late 70's stuff. Here you gotta deal with New Wave, Power Pop & Punk tunes by some well known BOMP! names as Stiv Bators, The Real Kids, Paul Collins, The...
View ArticleTHE NUNS - The Nuns [1980]
The Nuns were a punk rock/new wave and gothic rock band in San Francisco. Best known as one of the founding acts of the early San Francisco punk scene, the band went through a number of hiatuses and...
View ArticleSQUIRE - The Singles Album [1985]
When the Jam moved up from punk upstarts to mod statesmen in 1979, the British kids turned to other mod outfits to satisfy their craving for everything well-dressed and retro. While the Chords followed...
View ArticleANTHONY MEYNELL & SQUIRE - Hits From 3000 Years Ago [1981]
While briefly retiring the Squire name, Meynell issued this album of unreleased tracks under his own name in 1981. Not surprisingly, it sounds just like Squire (in fact, this album boasts an alternate...
View ArticleTIKI OASIS 14 “Beat Tiki” in San Diego!
DIG TIKI OASIS the BIGGEST TIKI WEEKENDER on the PLANET! Tiki Oasis 2014: “Beat-Tiki” A Gathering of the Urban Beachcomber – Bohemian UndergroundThursday August 14 – Sunday, August 15-17 – San...
View ArticleWADADLI RIDERS - Made In Antigua [2009]
This is the first full album of Wadadli Riders. A recording proudly done and mixed in Antigua. It is actually the very first surf music recording done in the Caribbean. The sound is mostly traditional,...
View ArticleBLUE CHEER - Blitzkrieg Over Nüremberg [Live in Germany 1988]
Look folks, I don't dig heavy metal no way, no no [except Motorhead when I'm in a "Killer" mode] but BLUE CHEER proto-metal is my weakness. Their first two '68 slabs are hard rock/garage-psych jewels...
View ArticleLOOK WHAT I HAVE FOUND vol.14 "Stampede!" [16 Weird Instro Wailers From The...
"What a good time that was, the late 50s and early 60s. If you couldn't sing, don't bother; just start an instrumental band and make some great songs. Now everyone thinks he can sing and we have to...
View ArticleGARY USHER - Hot Rod U.S.A. [1960-1965]
This quasi-legitimate bootleg compilation collect 30 tunes (mostly hot rod & surf) that Usher had a hand in as producer and/or performer between 1960 and 1965, most taken from rare collector...
View ArticleMAXIMUM FREAKBEAT [Feedback! Fuzz! Distortion! And Mayham!]
Feedback, fuzz, distortion, and mayhem -- that's what the cover of this 21-song compilation of mid-late-'60s British sides promises, and it delivers and then some. There's barely a word of information...
View ArticleTHE CRAMPS - A Date With Elvis [1986]
"Stick em up baby reach for the skyHere's somethin' new you might like to tryI know a place that's far from herewhere the squares they won't come near..."After Psychedelic Jungle, the Cramps...
View ArticleTHE VISCOUNTS - Featuring "Harlem Nocturne" And "Night Train"[1960]
The Viscounts were an American instrumental rock group from New Jersey, formed in 1958. They had one hit single, with Earle Hagen's instrumental classic "Harlem Nocturne", which peaked at #52 in the...
View ArticleTHE SILLY SURFERS & THE WEIRD-OHS - Music To Make Models By / The Sounds...
What we got here are two hot rod/surfin'/novelty slabs created by Roger Christian, Nick Venet, Jimmie Haskell, David Weiss, Gary Usher and producer Reuben Klamer, based on the hugely successful early...
View ArticleTHE CREEPS - Enjoy The Creeps [1987]
Ever since the release of the 1972 Nuggets there have been bands like the Creeps, and most likely there always will be. The Swedish retro act aims squarely at mid-'60s garage rock, aping the bands that...
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